Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

A few days later, exactly at noon on the fifth day, the Xue family's caravan going north to Ping'an Prefecture really entered the gate of the capital.As soon as Liu Xianglian walked on Zhuque Avenue, she said goodbye to Xue Biao, "Second Master Xue is more respectable than me in the capital, and he will never encounter trouble again. I have to go back to my aunt first, and see you later. "Xue Biao hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold his sleeve tightly, so he stood slightly.I didn't want to let him go at first, because I was favored by others and didn't want to force others to make things difficult for me, so I returned the gift and said one more thing: "Whether it's tomorrow or later, I will treat you to a table, or go home, that's fine." Call me to thank you."

Liu Xianglian is a free-spirited and unrestrained temperament, and she is also upright. Hearing what he said, she responded: "It's all done. I don't have much to do on weekdays. I mostly hang out on the street. Last time your brother did it." When we went to celebrate the marriage, it was quite interesting to see your home, and this time we can enjoy it."

After finishing speaking, the two bowed to each other and parted ways.Xue Biao first sent his staff to transport the goods to the store's specially designated warehouse, and then asked them to tell the shopkeeper to take someone over to count the accounts in time, and then turned his horse's head to the east of the city to go home after seeing that there was nothing to worry about.The Xue family got the news a long time ago. Xue Pan came back to wait for his brother as soon as he passed Mao in the morning. Hearing the commotion outside, he ran out to look.

He ran out, first looked up and down and saw that there was no sign of injury on Xue Tiao's face, and then he relieved himself and greeted the boy: "The people around me will go in with me to see the wife first, and you will wait for my brother to go back." Take a good wash and change your clothes." Then she turned around and winked at Xue Biao: "There is something good waiting for you, hurry up!" After saying that, he smiled and grabbed Xue Biao's long-term follower Laixi and walked all the way to the main courtyard.

When Mrs. Xue learned that her nephew had returned safely early in the morning, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly told her daughter-in-law Xu Ying to organize a family banquet with Xue Biao to cleanse the dust, and now everyone is waiting for him.Xue Biao didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried back to wash and tidy up. This Xue Pan had already brought Laixi to kneel in front of Mrs. Xue, telling the story of the journey.

"Mrs., grandma, girls, when we went out all the way, we went smoothly. It took only twelve days to reach the market outside the customs. Last year we had water here, but the grass grew well on the grassland. The cattle and sheep are fat, and even the The skins collected are also beautiful, whether they are wolf, fox, bear, or sable, raccoon, and lynx, they are all excellent. We also found a neat piece of tiger skin. The silk and satin porcelain we brought were also sold at a good price. After only five or six days, the car was full and ready to go back to the camp." The commander was very clever, and he knew to say some good things first and wait for a while, before encountering dangerous situations later.

"Actually, the way back is not difficult. There are old guides in the team who have accumulated many years, and they have collected some good medicinal materials brought by the participants along the way. It was only when they entered the customs and over the mountains that this kind of thing happened. Those strong people also Don't pay attention, dug a lot of traps on the road to trap the mules, and then surrounded our team with ruthless hands. I heard that this line has been managed every year since the old man, the old man, and the old man. No one else said, There must be no one in the Xue family caravan to fight the autumn wind. This group of villains must be newcomers who don't know the rules, or somewhere poor and crazy got into the mountains, and this disaster happened. When we asked them to surround us Quite a few guys got into fights with people, so they were slightly injured. When they were in a stalemate, Master Liu went straight to the leader with three punches and two kicks, and finally escaped the danger."

After he finished speaking, Mrs. Xue hurriedly called the mother-in-law to bring a stool to sit up with him, and asked him to eat fruit handles, clutching the handkerchief and saying: "It's hard for you, my family, to serve your second master all the way. Sit down and eat some fruit, and I will reward you with some delicious food later, and later I will ask someone to reward you with silver coins." Just as he was talking, the gatekeeper announced that Xue Biao was coming, and the long attendant hurriedly got off the stool again. Get up and stand to one side.I saw Xue Biao changed into clean clothes, washed his head and face, clean and energetic, stood on the ground and bowed his hands, Mrs. Xue looked at him up and down, then turned her head and said to Baoqin: "Now that your brother is back, you can rest assured " Turned around and called Xue Pan to sit down: "Sit down and talk, and later ask your brother to accompany you to drink a few cups to wash away the dust and relieve fatigue. Everything is fine at home, and there are a few happy events to tell you later."

While talking, another woman said through the curtain: "Go back to Madam, lunch is ready, please move." Mrs. Xue asked her maid to help her up, then went out and said to her subordinates: "It's good to take this child to eat Go, I'll ask him later if there's anything to do." The servants at the side all bowed down to receive orders, and sure enough they took the long entourage and walked outside.

The family of Xue's family moved to the flower hall to sit at the table, Xue Pan couldn't wait to stand up with a cup and thank Xue Biao for his hard work, Xue Biao hurriedly got up to return the gift, and finally sat down safely after two moves.Aunt Xue persuaded the young people below to eat more vegetables, and Bao Qin also sat next to her brother and talked about some interesting things in Beijing.The family is harmonious and beautiful, which means that the years are quiet and good.

As Baoqin talked about Baochai and Shen Yuxiaoding because she mentioned the interesting stories of each family, she emphasized that it was a lively place in the house that day, where there were poems and wine, and the county magistrate playing the piano. .Talking about the happy part, Bao Qin suddenly closed her mouth, her two big eyes murmured back and forth, and she looked like a naughty little girl against the flush of her cheeks.Xue Biao didn't know why, but was wondering why the girl suddenly stopped talking, and when she turned around, everyone in the banquet looked at him with mysterious smiles on their faces.

"What's the matter?" Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out right now, causing the brothers and sisters to look down to see if they were wearing the wrong clothes, and Mrs. Xue, who was sitting at the top, coughed lightly and laughed. She said to him: "Your sister is embarrassed to tell you about this." Seeing that Xue Biao became more and more confused, the little old lady said happily: "A previous Xia family came to tell you about the girl. I took a look. Well, the girl in their family is not very good. I was afraid that when the pampering passed, the two of you would fight at home every day, so I gave it back. Later, someone told me that you met a girl Xing when you were in Suzhou in the early years, and it happened that this girl is now The Rongguo Mansion has decided to take care of you, and it will be settled with you, and you can slowly prepare for it when you come back."

Xue Biao still frowned when he heard Xia's family came to the door, but when he heard the word "Miss Xing", he blushed and turned to stare at his younger sister Baoqin.Why is Bao Qin afraid of him?Sticking out her tongue and laughing: "Didn't you always say that Miss Xing is elegant, stable, knowledgeable and reasonable, and that she is not inferior to your sisters? After all, you don't hate it. I have heard of the Xia family girl, but she is a girl at home. Can you bear the hypocrisy who doesn't let people call her name, but insists on being called "Guanghan Fairy"? After thinking about it, it turns out that Miss Xing is the only one who knows her good character even if she doesn't say anything. If you don't want to Then ask mother to get the token back?" Xue Biao made fun of his younger sister, blushing with shame and thick neck, pointing at her with a trembling finger and not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Can other people's reputation be used as a joke? We want it here. Things are easy, Miss Xing told you that you can't survive this torment."

Baoqin has met this girl Xing when she was a guest at Jia's house several times. In addition, she was an old acquaintance in Suzhou back then, and they were both young sisters who got along very well. That's all.But Xue scorpion was confused when he was concerned, and he didn't react for a while.It was Baochai who clenched his fist and coughed lightly to remind him, only then did he suddenly realize that he slowed down and thanked Mrs. Xue first, then turned to look at Baoqin and told her to wait for Qiuhou to settle the score together.

Mrs. Xue sat on the top and watched for a long time, pointed to Xue Biao's red ears and said: "Brother, don't rush to argue with your sister, go back and get some flour to cover your ears." There was muffled laughter, but Xue Biao had no choice but to smile and shook his head and said to Baoqin: "Narrow!"

Several things in the family went smoothly, Mrs. Xue was very happy, thinking that it was so easy to open a large warehouse, why not simply double check all the things that will be used in the family.The first thing is to go to Jia's house on July [-]th to celebrate the [-]th birthday of Mrs. Jia. The gift that was ordered earlier should also be cleaned up and prepared.Xuying handed over the booklet and read it to Mrs. Xue one by one. Later, Baochai instructed the servants to take out the small things first.Prime Minister Lin Lin brought out two screens, four gemstone bonsai, a chiba-high sandalwood Buddha statue, a golden Buddha statue, and the "Baobao Prolonging Life Sutra" embroidered by the embroiderer of the family, which used Su Fang's pigmented face The base is made of silk, and the top is embroidered with gold and silver double thread.The basis of this scripture is that Baochai first wrote it on silk of the same size to be a model for them. Several embroiderers took more than a month to complete it. Once unfolded, the precious light blooms but does not hurt the eyes. It is just suitable for the elders. Put it on your lap and play with it.

In addition, there are two sets of Longquan kiln porcelain, two boxes of high-quality medicinal materials, and two live deer.Then there are some wonderful things collected on the market, and a big bear skin that was just shipped back.In addition, there are a cart of various materials, a cart of spices, a cart of fresh seasonal fruits from home, and other commonly used items.At the end is a small lacquer-carved box, but it is full of three layers of pure gold poured out of Baixi boys, each of which is lifelike, and there are 27 of them.This child's gift is enough for the entire capital, and it would not be beautiful if it is too much.Mrs. Xue looked at these one by one, ordered someone to repair and maintain the gem bonsai, and asked Haosheng to clean the screen, and then ordered the housekeeper to write a gift note and prepare it.

This matter is properly arranged, and it will be Baochai's dowry in the future.The Xue family's house in the capital has five entrances, which is strictly speaking beyond the limit, but fortunately no one is strictly investigating this matter now, so it's just muddling along.Now Mrs. Xue's original dowry and Xu Ying's dowry are all stored in the warehouse in their own yard. There are only a lot of large pieces of wood in this big warehouse.Mrs. Xue touched these good materials, turned her head and sighed with Xu Ying: "These materials were collected from all over the world with Sister Bao when your father-in-law was there, but since he left, I can't save these materials for her anymore. , let’s just use it for the time being.” As he spoke, he asked his mother-in-law to pass on a message to Xue Pan, so that he could go to Shen’s house to inform him about the amount of materials for the house.Only for this item, it will take half a year for the own craftsmen to hurry up, and there will be fresh cloth and the like later, so they are not in a hurry.

The next step is to propose marriage with Xue Biao, because Xue Biao's father also left something behind, and Jia's mansion has already talked about the dowry of Xiuyan, so Mrs. Xue only took a few sets of auspicious jewelry for passing the scene. , not as rigorous as before.She thought in her heart that if she had that good thing, it would be better to give it to Xue Biao directly, otherwise no one could tell how much would be left after walking around Jia's house.If a family loves a girl, they will usually put the dowry into the dowry and ask the girl to take it back to her in-laws’ house, which also appears to be prestigious; There are countless people who send people out in their own clothes, and deduct all the betrothal gifts for their own enjoyment.

This Xing Xiuyan's father and mother are all drunk, and they left their own daughter in other people's homes and ignored it, so it can be seen that they will not make decisions for their daughters.As for Jia's mansion, although Jia Amnesty would not take a girl's dowry seriously, Mrs. Xing is not putting it there for others to see - in the past few days, someone in Rong's mansion has secretly spread jokes about the master. There was this one who gave the leftover vegetable juice from lunch to his servants to dip in steamed buns. She was so vitriolic and stingy that she chopped up the meat on the mosquito's legs, thanks to her for doing it!Mrs. Xue didn't mind giving Xue Biao a good thing as a dowry gift, but if the thing didn't fall into the hands of the young couple in the end, then she would never agree, and because she was in the same spirit as Mrs. Wang, she looked at Xing Ma'am, I'm sorry, that's why I was so perfunctory just now.

After finishing her meal, Mrs. Xue dragged the dowry she was going to give to Baoqin to a corner and kept it in a pile. After all, she was too old to be tired, and she felt a little top-heavy after standing for a long time.Baochai and Baoqin hurriedly helped her to the inner room of the main courtyard. After taking two steps to see if she couldn't make it, she asked her mother-in-law to carry a wicker chair and lean her in and carry her all the way back to the room.Xue Pan and Xue Biao outside were shocked when they heard it, and hurriedly arranged for someone to invite the old doctor who was used to it, and hurried into the backyard to visit.

At this time, Mrs. Xue used the white fungus pears that had just been hung out of the idea kitchen, which looked much better than those in the big warehouse. Seeing that her mother was conscious, Xue Pan was relieved to open the vertical screen and draw the curtains, just waiting for the old lady who had been there for many years. The old doctor is here.About half an hour later, the doctor was invited, followed by Shen Yu and Tongzhi Shen who rushed over after hearing the wind.Shen Yu came in and bowed to the screen to say hello, then quietly stood beside Xue Pan to watch the doctor's pulse diagnosis.All the female relatives hid behind the curtains, and for a while a needle could be heard in the room.

The old doctor examined both his left and right arms, and asked Mrs. Xue to say something casually, then put down his hands and came out, and a young man brought a new absorbent water and a veil.While washing his hands, the doctor said to the members of the Xue family who were guarding outside: "The old lady is in good health, but she is too old to lose some money and waste. In the future, you can properly stew some food that nourishes qi and nourishes blood, soothes the liver and gallbladder. Medicinal diet, even ginseng can be put in less. There is no serious problem. If you want to use medicine, I will grab three or five doses with you and cook it yourself. Besides, it is hot in summer, so be careful not to be greedy for cold food Cold things, old arms and old legs can't stand those." Xue Pan urged the servants to come up to serve, and finally saw the doctor wave a pen and left the prescription, and then got frustrated and asked someone to open the warehouse Go to the medicinal materials and boil quickly.This Xue scorpion told the housekeeper where the new good medicines were. When Shen Yu saw that there was no help in the room, she turned around and sent the doctor out in person. Naturally, Mrs. Xue's personal maid prepared a red seal and presented it. Only then did the doctor stagger and pick up the medicine box and walk out slowly.

When Shen Yu came back again, the Xue family had arranged for Mrs. Xue's daily life, and they were all gathered in the flower hall of the main courtyard to discuss matters.For Mrs. Xue's illness, it is inevitable that all the affairs of the inner court's family are on Xuying's shoulders, and Baochai is in charge of the accounts of the shop outside, and she can't get away for a while.Simply Baoqin took over the sewing room and cleaned up the arrangements. Xue Biao not only took care of the caravan affairs but also took care of the entry and exit matters, and finally he was able to make ends meet.Xue Pan was the only one, and everyone told him to stay by Mrs. Xue's bed and be a filial son dressed in colorful clothes to entertain his relatives, so the others didn't bother him to worry about it.When Shen Yu came in and sat down, all the affairs of the family had been properly divided, only the half-la son-in-law who rolled up his sleeves and came to help the door was fine. It was so embarrassing, but it happened that Baochai took Baoqin to avoid suspicion and went back. So Xue Biao said: "Master Shen is well-informed outside, why don't you find out for us where there are some warm and tonic things that are especially good for the elderly. Maybe there are experts who specialize in these treatments, or you can invite them to your home." .”

Shen Yu smiled and bowed to him to accept the favor. At this time, Xue Pan realized that there was one more person in the room than usual: "Huh? Brother Shen, is it possible that Jin Yiwei really has ear rewards around his ears?" Shen Yu He smiled and said: "No way, my old man usually asks this old doctor Xu to check his pulse. Unfortunately, he just went to my house today, so that your servants can search all the way to beg. My old man told me to hurry up first Send old doctor Xu over to check on his wife's condition, and the others can't wait until they are in a hurry before going back to get a pulse."

When Xue Pan and Xue Biao heard that it was such a coincidence, they couldn't help sitting up straight and asking Dr. Xu what he was doing.Shen Yu didn't hide anything, and simply let go of his hand and said: "This old doctor Xu is very good at medicine and medicine. He is different from others, that is, he doesn't like to prescribe medicine, and it doesn't necessarily make the patient eat it. It is reasonable It is said that as a doctor, he only needs to sell a few doses to make a profit when he walks around the streets. He just waits for people to give him money in his pocket. It seems to be bad, but Dr. Xu is not like this, so those of us who have lived in the capital for a long time know that this is a capable old man."

Xue Biao is a careful person. Hearing what he said, he hastily asked: "Then how is grandfather doing now? Don't delay us any longer." Shen Yuhun waved his hands indifferently and said, "It's okay, it's just a matter of time. Please ask him to go to the outpatient clinic for a Ping An pulse at any time, and there will be no problem in the early or late days."

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