[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

Five hundred times of copying, although it is only a short sentence, is definitely a big challenge for Xue Pan, who can barely write horizontally and vertically. The characters with many strokes are written in a ball and can hardly be seen.In addition, Xue Pan didn't sleep well the night before, and Xue Pan, who was kneeling on the ground copying, felt his head was heavy, his stomach was growling, his legs were numb, and his whole body was burning with discomfort.

Looking at Master Xue, who was sitting in a wheelchair with his eyes closed, Xue Pan moved his body carefully, trying to adjust his posture to be more comfortable. End soon." The deep voice frightened Xue Pan to freeze quickly and continue to struggle with the copying.

I don't know how long the long night has passed. The empty and gloomy ancestral hall is quiet and silent, only a candle is beating faintly. On the low desk is a little fat pier, sleeping like a piglet waiting to be slaughtered. Mouth, after listening carefully, it turned out to be "roasted chicken, big chicken drumsticks, don't run away...", presumably, I dreamed of these delicacies in a dream, and my mouth was drooling, and the paper under my face became dizzy, on the paper The words were slowly blurred and turned into black ink balls.

When the first ray of light came outside the house, the sleeping Xue Pan was awakened by Master Xue, and continued to copy five hundred times.Xue Pan looked around with his big misty eyes, staring in confusion as if he didn't know where he was. He was still secretly regretting the big chicken leg that he was about to gnaw, and he was clutching his empty stomach with aggrieved expression. , couldn't help but slapped his mouth twice.

"Continue!" Master Xue kept his sitting posture, as if he hadn't moved all night, and said two words lightly.

Xue Pan's brain just came back to the cage at this time, remembering that he was facing a fine for plagiarism, he glanced at Master Xue who was hidden in the shadow, and didn't dare to say a word, like a wronged little daughter-in-law.He just looked down and saw the ink balls whose handwriting could no longer be seen. Xue Pan expressed his collapse. Some shiny and sticky liquid obviously remained on the paper, declaring who the culprit was. Xue Pan had nowhere to complain. I can only admit it.Fortunately, only two or three cards were destroyed. It would be really hopeless if they had to start all over again.

The next thing is that Xue Pan copied a sentence and quietly glanced at Master Xue, sometimes showing a little pitiful look in his eyes, but it was a pity that Master Xue ignored it completely, with a stern and selfless attitude that he didn't see.Xue Pan had no choice but to slump his head and continue on with limp hands and feet, but soon there were gurgles and gurgles in the quiet ancestral hall, which was extremely loud, announcing how hungry the master was.

At the beginning of the belly groan, he seemed unable to stop the car, and finally Master Xue couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted to the door: "Come on."

As soon as the words were finished, Xue Pan raised his head in surprise, with tears in his eyes, touched by the fact that his father was finally merciful, at least he would no longer suffer from hunger.

The servants outside the door finally heard the call from the ancestral hall, and hurriedly opened the door and bowed in: "What is the master's order?"

"Go and bring a bowl of clear porridge, don't make it too thick, remember, just clear porridge." Seeing Xue Xiaopang's speed, it would take at least one day and one night to finish copying five hundred times. I was dizzy from hunger, so such a punishment for copying would be nothing.It is better to use some clear porridge, so that you will not be too hungry to copy, and it can keep Xue Pan in a relatively painful state, and it can also prevent Aunt Xue from complaining and distressing afterwards. The key is that it does not violate the meaning of this punishment.

Xue Pan's full of emotion and excitement about eating delicious food were instantly shattered, the light in his eyes slowly extinguished, and he slumped again, licking his dry lips, and could only comfort himself, at least there was a bowl of clear porridge, and he ignored it. How can the father and son eat a bowl of clear porridge.

Ever since the father and son entered the ancestral hall, Aunt Xue had sent people to wait outside all the time in case they were called. Even though she was lying on the bed that night, she couldn't sleep. The ancestral hall looked at the situation, and just heard that Master Xue ordered people to pass on the porridge, so he ordered people to add a few more side dishes, and two crystal dumplings. They dared not prepare any more, for fear that Master Xue would give them away after seeing it. come out.

It's just that the extra things didn't make it into the mouths of the father and son in the end. Master Xue only left a bowl of clear porridge, and ordered his servants to take out the rest, ignoring Xue Pan's eager eyes and the constant swallowing. saliva.

"Let's eat, and continue after eating." Master Xue looked at the sea bowl, which was almost the size of a washbasin, and it was full, with only a shallow layer of rice soup on the top. He is not full, but he is not going to eat. Since he said "the son does not teach, it is the father's fault", as a father, he should also be punished a little bit, so he can teach Xue Pan by example.At that time, Aunt Xue will not only love the younger one, but also the older one, not to mention the fact that he is already sick. Compared with his son who is actually healthy, it is naturally Mr. Xue, the husband, who makes Aunt Xue feel more distressed. .

"Father, eat first." Even though Xue Pan looked at the bowl of rice porridge that he didn't even want to taste in the past, green light was shining in his eyes, and his mouth was drooling quickly, he still said these words with difficulty, but his eyes stared at the rice porridge. He had no intention of moving while eating rice porridge.

"My father said that I will be punished together with you, reflect on yourself, and let you eat porridge to prevent you from starving and fainting before you finish copying." Master Xue bluntly stated the reason for "soft-hearted", which seemed to be similar to a Unscrupulous dad is almost the same.

"My son made a mistake, so he can be punished alone, and my father doesn't need to accompany me." Xue Pan said these words forcefully, but in fact, he was also worried that he would starve Master Xue, who was already in poor health, to a good or bad end.

"Only after eating can you have the strength to accept the punishment. You need to know that if you move faster, the time for me to punish myself will be shorter. How to do it yourself weigh it up. I will give you half a stick of incense time. If you don't eat any more, I will order someone to take it away." After Master Xue finished speaking, he closed his eyes and ignored him, without giving Xue Pan any chance to refute.

Xue Pan opened his mouth and finally didn't say any more, just took a big bowl and drank it, the tasteless rice porridge was surprisingly sweet, Xue Pan's eyes turned red and tears were silent as he drank it The leftovers dripped into the mouth, adding a touch of flavor to the light porridge.

After drinking more than half a bowl of porridge, I still feel a little hungry psychologically, but physically full. After that, Xue Pan no longer dared to be lazy and play tricks. Copy it five hundred times within a short period of time, lest the frail old father continue to suffer for nothing because of himself.

Things like porridge are not very filling at all, and within an hour or two, they can be completely digested. After that, Master Xue never asked anyone to bring food in during the day, and he was indifferent to Aunt Xue's persuasion outside the door. Pan was really exhausted from copying, so he drank the remaining half bowl of cold white porridge, endured the soreness in his arms, and continued to copy.

Just copying and copying again can't resist the sleepiness, and the rumbling hunger in the stomach can't stop the sleepy bugs from coming. When I wake up again, it's dawn again, and Master Xue is flipping through the content he copied. Seeing through the back of the paper the handwriting that became more and more like a dog crawling, Xue Pan lowered his head guiltyly, fearing that he would not pass the test, and start all over again.

"Exactly five hundred times. Today is just a small punishment and a big reprimand. If you disrespect your mother again in the future, you will not expose it lightly like today. The family property of my Xue family would rather be given to others than to give it to others." A person who is disrespectful to his parents, I hope you will firmly remember this sentence from now on. Don’t think that you can do whatever you want if you have money. The Xue family’s money was earned by me and your mother, not you. Be careful to play with it one day It's too much to lose."

Master Xue said lightly, but Xue Pan inexplicably believed in the truth of these words.Although the current Xue Pan has not shown it clearly, I can do whatever I want and do whatever I want when my family is rich, but there are faint signs of this. The wealth of the Xue family has already made this young boy swollen and high , Master Xue's words just gave Xue Pan a blow in the head, and made his heart break all the time. Although he is the sole heir of a huge fortune, the final decision is still in the hands of Master Xue, the head of the family.

When the door of the ancestral hall was opened again, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, the servants and the doctor were waiting outside the door, and the father and son with vicissitudes of face came out from inside.No, it should be that Mr. Xue is more serious. His eyes are blue and black, his eyes are bloodshot, and his mouth is dry with a thick layer of skin. It's just that he has lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for two days. It was obvious that he couldn't hold on, and he was about to slip down.Xue Pan was fine, although he was still hungry, but he had a good foundation, and with Master Xue on the side for comparison, he couldn't see that he had suffered a serious crime.

"master."

"Father."

Sure enough, both mother and daughter focused their eyes on Master Xue, rushed to the wheelchair from left to right, and pushed Xue Pan away.

"Master, you have suffered." Aunt Xue's tears swirled in her eyes again, it was obviously Pan'er who was punished, why did the master seem to have lost half his life.

"Father hasn't eaten for the past two days." Xue Pan reminded with his head drooping.

"I let you eat that bowl of porridge?" Aunt Xue's voice was a little raised, it was obviously for the two of them.

"Madam, don't blame me. My husband said that he should punish himself. Naturally, he must do what he says. Don't worry..." As soon as he finished speaking, his head tilted and he passed out.

"Doctor, doctor..."

After a period of chaos, Mr. Xue was sent to the main room. The doctor gave the diagnosis that he would pass out after not drinking for a long time and he was too tired. He helped him drink a bowl of ginseng soup and prescribed a prescription for nourishing blood and Qi. My son, tell me not to spoil your body like this in the future, if you come again two times, even the god Da Luo will not be able to save you. The implication is that this time the self-punishment hurts the root, and half of the two years of recuperation have been wasted .

Hearing this, Aunt Xue couldn't care less about her son, anyway, she has capable servants to take care of her, so she won't be hungry or cold, she puts all her attention on Master Xue, hoping that he will wake up quickly.

Master Xue slept hard for a day and a night, and did not wake up until the second day of dawn, but was told by the doctor that he should stay in bed for at least half a month, and at least a month, and not to go out. Aunt Xue took this as an imperial decree Obedience, I was nervous for a long time when I saw Master Xue move slightly.

Aunt Xue made so many troubles because of Xue Pan's peeking at the two broken books, she was really upset, she slipped Xue Panti to her side and told her face, the original words were almost like this:

"Do you know why mother changed the girls in your room? Because they hooked you to see things you shouldn't see. You haven't reached the time to marry a wife and have children. You shouldn't think about those things. We don't allow such things in our family." You Yingying Yanyan, you should learn more from your father, respect your first wife, and love your children. If you dare to make trouble before you get married, I will find you a fierce and powerful daughter-in-law. I will take care of you for the rest of your life. Do you dare to stir up trouble and provoke cats and dogs?" Aunt Xue was really scared, not only afraid that the scene in her dream would reappear, but also afraid that Master Xue would put himself in danger again in order to discipline his son, so she said these words to Xue Pan, Once he changed his son's thinking that having a few confidante friends was nothing, he wished he could have a powerful daughter-in-law who would take care of Xue Pan for the rest of his life.

After all, Xue Pan was still young. Not only was he found out about the bad brochures for the first time, but he was involved in such a series of things. The fear in his heart was enough for him not to dare to try his own methods for a while, and the thoughts that came out of his mind were also extinguished.

The key is not to be immortal, but within two months, Xue Pan discovered that Chu Yuyuan's servants had undergone a complete change. It's not easy, but it's easy to work and serve people, and I don't know where Aunt Xue found it. It's not easy.Not only Chu Yuyuan, but the entire Xue residence is slowly changing people. Except for the people in front of Baochai, key places such as the main room and study room have been replaced by a group of ordinary-looking servants. Although those who are used to it can continue to serve, Aunt Xue also made the decision to marry, and Xue Pan was not given a chance at all.

Although Xue Pan in the book likes beautiful women, he is not a person who is hungry and eats anything. He is not a maid with a slightly flat face like Jia Lian and Jia She who just hides in the room. Character.There was Yinglian before, who used such a sentence to describe "See Yinglian's birth is not vulgar". Blindly, Bawang Xue's aesthetics has soared several levels; later, there will be a peerless and cold gentleman like Liu Xianglian... All these prove that Bawang Xue is lustful, barely called a good person, and his vision is above the level. In other words, this little beauty like a guy can't get into his eyes.That being the case, the chances of this group of ordinary-looking people attracting Xue Pan's attention are much lower. This is one of the reasons why Aunt Xue suggested that Master Xue should be replaced. Pursue a little bit.

Sure enough, the person has changed, and there are fewer conspicuous ones, and the little idea that Xue Pan still had in his heart has gradually faded away. After all, he is not up to the standard in his age, and he has not yet reached the stage that normal boys must go through. He has never experienced it. Naturally, I can't help but want to try with real swords and guns.

Master Xue lay in bed for a month before he was allowed to sit in a wheelchair again and go out to have a look. Just in time for the rice harvest season, Master Xue suggested that the family live in a village outside the city for two days to see this year's No matter what the harvest is, it can also be used to relax. Xue Pan, who was bored in the mansion, was the first to raise his hand in favor.

In the past two years, in order to do more good deeds and keep Mr. Xue healthy and healthy, Aunt Xue exempted the tenants in each village from [-]% of the rent in the name of Xue Pan. In fact, [-]% of the rent was not too much. , almost giving the land to the tenants for nothing.Of course, most of the Xue family's money is not considered land income, so naturally they don't care about this small amount of money.

The master's family issued an order, not everyone can carry it out conscientiously and uncompromisingly, there are at least one or two greedy people who want to do some small tricks in private. My manager is the one who committed greed, but whether it was a coincidence or on purpose, I am afraid that only Master Xue knows.

How did you commit greed?The steward followed the Xue family's order to only pay [-]% of the rent, and still collected [-]% of the rent as usual, and paid [-]% to the master's house, and put the remaining [-]% ​​into his pocket.This Zhuangzi was neither big nor small, but the steward still made a fortune. Not only did he buy a three-entry compound, he also bought a lot of land, making him richer than the average squire.

Suddenly received that the master's family was going to live in the village for two days, the steward couldn't help panicking. Apart from beating a few participants who knew about it, he also spent a lot of money to buy a few tenants, specially preparing for the master's family Ask, so as not to reveal flaws.

After preparing in a panic for a few days, the steward ushered in Xue's carriage, and a family of three got off the carriage.As for why there is a family of three, of course it was Master Xue’s idea. He said that he should use this to exercise Xue Pan and let him experience the difficulties of ordinary people’s life. Of course, Xue Pan's small arms and legs couldn't be twisted, so he could only angrily take off his exquisite silk clothes, put on the rough linen clothes of the subordinates, and sit in the cowardly passenger car. Zhuangzi who turned back.

If Xue Pan was given another chance, he would definitely not raise his hand in favor of Zhuangzi's trip. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world!