Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

But Aunt Xue has been accompanying her son to read the books in the study today.

It should be noted that although Xue Pan was also from an imperial and merchant family, he did not pay much attention to business affairs on weekdays. The ledgers sent to him were either read by him and ignored, or passed on to Baochai. Let Baochai and Aunt Xue find out the mistakes one by one, and then inform him.

Therefore, Xue Pan has not read many books seriously, and he has the name of a businessman, but so far he has never touched abacus.

Now it just so happens that at the end of the year, all the Xue family's account books from one year have been sent over for reference, and it happens that the injury on Xue Pan's face has never healed, and he deliberately pretends to be obedient in front of Aunt Xue, in order to get better. Ling, he and Aunt Xue have read the ledger for such a long time.

It was Aunt Xue who felt sorry for her son first, and coaxed Xue Pan to rest. Xue Pan then put down the account book that he had only read a few pages, and looked reluctantly at Xiang Ling who was following Aunt Xue.

How can Aunt Xue not understand her son's thoughts?But thinking that once Xue Pan got Xiangling, it would be rare for him to stay at home for the past two days, and he would only focus on being with Xiangling, forgetting about his mother and sister, and even forgetting about the account book, so Xue Pan's wish was not fulfilled .

Coming out of the study, Aunt Xue asked Xiangling to rest as well, while she went to Baochai's room.

Aunt Xue was not ignorant of the arrival of Chongyu and Daiyu in turn, but she only let Baochai deal with the guests because she was thinking about Xue Pan.

Seeing Baochai today, Aunt Xue first asked about the arrival of Daiyu's sister and brother, and finally mentioned the letter Chongyu asked Daiyu to send.

Xue Pan had already accepted the letter, but at that time his mind was all on Xiang Ling, he followed his mother to look at the account book on the surface, but in secret his eyes swept towards Xiang Ling countless times, and he was so busy with two purposes. Where can I bother to read the letter?

For this reason, I just randomly pushed the letter aside, and only read it when I was free.Although Aunt Xue was curious, it was inconvenient to urge him to open the letter and ask about it, so she just talked about it with her daughter now.

Baochai thought about it for a while, and was not in a hurry to tell Aunt Xue about the content of the letter, so she asked Aunt Xue first, "Mom, you have accompanied Brother to read the account book for so long, but I don't know how much you have read?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Aunt Xue became a little worried, and said: "I only read three or four pages, but it's rare. On weekdays, I can't persuade him to sit quietly at home and read for a while."

Baochai had expected that Xue Pan would not care about the account book, so she was not surprised, but sighed: "I don't know if my brother has more account books, or sister Ling has more?"

Aunt Xue was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized something strange.

She thought about it again, but said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if Xiangling has many children. Bao girl, you said that if I show shame to Xiangling and become your brother's roommate, how about it? After she was bought, I followed You have learned a lot of characters, and you may be able to accompany your brother to deal with some business matters in the future. Your brother has someone to accompany him, maybe he can be more serious."

Baochai was startled, and then secretly fortunate that Aunt Xue had told her first.

She hurriedly said: "Mom, this matter is not urgent, I have to tell you another matter. I actually know a thing or two about the content of the letter sent by brother Chongyu."

Without waiting for Aunt Xue to ask, Baochai had already briefly told about the intention of the Lin family brothers and sisters to ask for Xiangling.

Aunt Xue pondered carefully, and couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

No matter how much Xue Pan likes Xiangling, it's just a girl bought by their family.Now that they live in Rongguo Mansion, they really intend to rely on the power of Rongguo Mansion.That's all for Chongyu, but Daiyu is very dear to Mother Jia, and she doesn't want to refute Daiyu's face.

But who doesn't know why Xue Pan bought Xiangling?If their family really gave Xiangling away, they would lose face as well.

After Baochai finished speaking, she paused, looked at her mother's face, and said again: "Mom, you don't know why Shao'er and Brother Chongyu want to marry Sister Ling."

Aunt Xue hurriedly asked why.

Baochai said: "The Lin family is originally from Gusu, and she lived in Yangzhou for a while, so she is very familiar with that place. Now that she is in Kyoto, she can't help being attached to things or people in the south. They don't know what there is in their family. Because of fate, I actually knew that Sister Ling is also from Gusu, so I intend to let Sister Ling be a companion, so as to relieve my homesickness."

Aunt Xue didn't know that this was an excuse that Baochai came up with hastily after Daiyu left, she believed it was true, and couldn't help nodding and sighing.

Baochai continued: "Brother Chongyu was considerate at first, thinking that Shao'er would go back to the Lin family, and without the companionship of her sisters, she would become more and more deserted, so she wanted to ask sister Ling, who is also from Gusu, to relieve Shao'er's boredom." .Who knows that Yaner knows that Chongyu thinks this way, and also thinks that Chongyu likes Sister Ling himself, and also wants to please someone for Chongyu? Mom, do you think his siblings are interesting?"

Aunt Xue couldn't help laughing: "Brother Chongyu is still young, how can I ask for someone? If I ask for Miss Lin, that would be appropriate."

In particular, the reason Baochai said made her really want to give Xiangling to Daiyu, and that could be said to the outside world.Especially Mrs. Jia's side, it's better to explain, she can still please the old lady.

The old man didn't express it very much, but Aunt Xue knew to some extent that Mother Jia felt that there were not enough people around Daiyu to serve her when she returned home.Everyone in Jia's house praised Xiangling's character. She gave Xiangling to Daiyu, but she really gave it to everyone in her family.

Baochai happily asked: "Mother said so, but did she agree to give Sister Ling to Xiaoer?"

Aunt Xue pretended to be annoyed and said: "You child, you are so happy to give your family to someone else?" She said this, but it really aroused a bit of sadness, and sighed: "I don't want to, I just don't know how to do it." Tell your brother. He was able to turn the sky upside down for Xiangling back then, but I don’t know if he will turn upside down today.”

Baochai leaned into Aunt Xue's arms and smiled, "Why do you need to worry about this? The Lin family has someone who can control him."

Aunt Xue thought that Baochai was talking about Lin Ruhai, but she didn't realize there was something wrong, so she just stroked Baochai lightly.

Baochai said again: "There is one more thing. Mom only saw that my brother likes sister Ling now, but she also remembered what happened to those girls who were liked by my brother in Jinling earlier?"

Aunt Xue sighed: "Why didn't I remember? It was because I remembered that I was reluctant to give Xiangling to him."

At Xue Pan's age, he already had a housemate.And because of his habit of liking the new and loathing the old, there were quite a few girls who had some relationship with him.But no matter how much he liked it when he wanted someone that day, he always got bored within a few days after getting it.

When Xue's family arrived in the capital, except for a few servants who stayed in Jinling to look after the house, the rest, including Xue Pan's girls, had already been sent away.At that time, Xue Pan's thoughts were all on Xiangling, and he never said a word for them, shouting that they should leave alone.

Aunt Xue had previously thought that Xue Pan's interest in Xiangling was only a passing interest, especially when she went to Beijing, visited the scenery, and saw the prosperity of the capital, she might have left Xiangling behind.

But she forgot that before Xue Pan got Xiangling, there was always a cat in his heart that would scratch him from time to time, so that he could never forget it.

But Xue Pan, since Aunt Xue and Xiangling left, sat alone in the study and was very bored. He happened to see the envelope pressed by the paperweight, and then remembered that Chongyu had delivered the letter, so he picked it up and opened it.

First, he saw that Chongyu wanted to teach those who beat him for him, he laughed, and then he saw that Chongyu said that he wanted to use Xiangling and Daiyu to accompany him for a while, what did he not understand? None?

Xue Pan crumpled the letter, sneered a few times, got up with a shake of his robe, and went straight to Aunt Xue's room.

There was no one in the room, and his sullenness had dissipated a bit, and he heard his servants say that he was at Baochai, so he hurriedly turned around.

Aunt Xue and Baochai were worrying about how to raise this matter with Xue Pan.

When the two were talking in the room, Xue Pan happened to pass by outside, and after hearing a few words, brother, ignorant, etc., he felt angry, deliberately stepped heavily, and pushed the door hard.

Seeing Xue Pan coming angrily, still holding the crumpled letter paper, insisting on going to talk to Chongyu in person, Aunt Xue panicked first.

Aunt Xue said anxiously: "My son! Why do you bother to mess with their family? If you are really reluctant to part with Xiangling, Mom will give her to you today, and when you return to the Lin family another day, you will say that she is already yours. So what? Why bother to vent your anger on them yourself!"

Baochai gave Aunt Xue winks, Aunt Xue just pretended not to see her, and her heart was only with Xue Pan.

Xue Pan sneered again and again: "Their family can't be messed with again?"

Aunt Xue still wanted to talk about serious relations with Xue Pan, but Xue Pan sneered and said, "Mom, you don't have to be afraid of me making trouble. Don't tell me I'm just a troublemaker in Mom's eyes, and I can't compare to my sister in everything else? I I have my own reasons to go to brother Chongyu, so I can only go to him to make trouble? But we brothers are not allowed to have anything to say?"

Aunt Xue became more and more anxious.

Baochai was afraid that Aunt Xue's words would not express her ideas, so she spoke in a panic, which made Xue Pan even more angry.

She hurriedly said: "You don't have much contact with him on weekdays, but now you have something to say, how can you make Mom not in a hurry?"

Xue Pan didn't accept this, and still sneered: "If you see me like this! Go, go, go!"

He became angry, turned his head and left, not caring about Aunt Xue's mother and daughter's anxiety, and not caring about what he said earlier and hiding at home for two days without seeing guests, he ordered someone to hire a car and went to Lin's mansion.

Chongyu was talking with Daiyu when he suddenly heard that Xue Pan was coming, so he hurriedly left Daiyu and went out to meet the guests.

Daiyu was afraid that Chongyu would suffer, so she ordered Shuanglian to invite some strong men over, and at the same time ordered Xueyan to follow him to observe the situation.

With a smile on Xue Pan's face, he leaned against Chongyu, winked, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, let me ask you something first. Who is more knowledgeable, you or Baoyu?"

Seeing Chongyu's smile, Xue Pan hurriedly added: "I know that your father came to Rongfu that day to test you brothers with my uncle. You are a big show, but what I want to ask is not the knowledge of those articles, but the knowledge of the articles. It's poetry and songs, but I don't know how you compare with Baoyu?"

Chongyu was secretly surprised.

He originally thought that Xue Pan would probably come to talk harshly, maybe even fight each other, but Xue Pan didn't seem to care about Xiangling's matter?

Pian Xue Pan came over on his own initiative, and it didn't seem like something he would do without reading the letter.

But when Xue Pan asked him about his knowledge, he didn't have to be modest. He just said with a smile: "I have never competed with Brother Bao, so I don't know how I compare with him, but my poems have also been praised by the teacher."

Xue Pan was overjoyed.

Xueyan saw that the men invited by Shuanglian were already waiting, and Xue Pan and Chongyu were talking and laughing. She was afraid that Daiyu would be impatient, so she retreated quietly and reported to Daiyu first.

When Daiyu heard about it, she was surprised and wanted to send the snow geese to listen again, but she felt that it was wrong, so she had to tease the parrot in the birdcage, and taught it a few lines of poetry by the way, to talk about it.