Detective in the Red Chamber

"Let's not mention that the man is older than the second sister, and he is going to fill in the house again. If he is only licentious, he is not a good match!"

He took a few more steps forward, and said angrily, "I heard that his family has more than a dozen concubines, and they would beat and scold them if they felt unsatisfactory, and even sold a few to the place of fireworks! "

"If you want to offend Second Brother Sun, someone like him who is so heartless, tyrannical, and heartless is not worthy of carrying shoes for Second Sister!"

After saying so many words in one breath, his chest rose and fell like a bellows.

Fearing that he would be angry, Xue Baochai quickly put a cup of tea into his hand, and persuaded him, "Calm down, this marriage was promised by your uncle, so what's the use of shouting at your sisters?" ?”

But Tanchun sneered from the side, "I heard that my uncle received a gift money of 1 taels of silver from others, but he was still not greedy enough. That's why he attracted people from Zhongshun Palace."

"what?!"

Recently, Jia Baoyu has been 'prestige', but few people dare to gossip in his ears, so the information he gets is more vague than others.

At this time, when I heard that there was such an inside story, I suddenly became angry again, threw the teacup on the table, and said angrily, "Isn't this selling a daughter? When did our Rongguo Mansion fall to this level?!"

"No, I have to find Uncle Li's theory. Our family is not short of the 1 taels of silver. At worst, we just need to return it all!"

Say, wait to rush out the door.

"Come back soon!"

"What are you in a hurry?"

"Don't mess around!"

All the girls turned pale with fright, and hurried forward, finally stopping Jia Baoyu.

Lin Daiyu scolded and said, "Even if there is no shortage of money in the house, the eldest uncle may not be short of it—you come to him to argue with him, what use is there other than to bring trouble to the second sister?"

Xue Baochai also said, "If it's just the two of you, it's natural to return the money, but now that Prince Zhongshun's mansion has also participated in it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of King Zhongshun to return the money now?"

Seeing that Baoyu was still somewhat dissatisfied, Xue Baochai added, "Is that absurd prince easy to provoke? If he is really annoyed, I am afraid that even the imperial concubine and empress will be implicated in the palace."

These words hit Jia Baoyu's weak spot. Although Jia Yingchun and him had some sibling friendship, how could they compare to their own sister Jia Yuanchun?

Besides, it would be fine to save Jia Yingchun from the sea of ​​suffering if she hurt her own sister.

But after Jia Baoyu's experience a while ago, how could he not know that this matter is almost a foregone conclusion, and it will not change at all because of his willfulness?

Thinking in this way, Jia Baoyu sat down on the soft bed slumped.

The sisters breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, but he immediately played it again, and vowed, "Why don't I ask Second Brother Sun, and just promise him Second Sister - with someone like Second Brother Sun, It's not considered to have humiliated the second sister!"

Hearing such whimsical remarks from him again, all the girls didn't know how to respond.

Lin Daiyu was a little annoyed, and accused her, "Let's not talk about whether your idea will work or not, just say that my god-sister is seven months pregnant and is about to give birth. You are forcing a marriage for Second Brother Sun at this time, but not for it. Is she annoying?"

Seeing Lin Daiyu start, Xue Baochai followed suit and said, "Sun Tongpan was brought up by his elder brother, but now you want to encourage him to compete with his elder brother for his wife--I'm afraid there is no such reason to talk about it!"

The two of them, one after the other, let Jia Baoyu's words down, lowered their heads and thought about something, then suddenly got up and walked out again.

Xue Baochai hurriedly asked, "Brother Bao, what are you doing?"

"Go to the study to review your homework!"

Jia Baoyu left without saying a word, and left.

Review subjects? !

All the girls stared behind them, thinking that there was something wrong with their ears.

"Amitabha."

After a while, Xue Baochai folded his palms together and said, "Brother Bao finally knows how to make progress. If he can succeed in his studies in the future, when the sisters in the family get married, they will be counted as having a brother from the natal family to rely on."

Lin Daiyu was actually quite happy when she saw 'Brother Bao' taking the initiative to make progress, but when she saw Xue Baochai's actions, she became a little unhappy.

Not to mention how their sisters are.

Just to say that the news reached Wang Xifeng's ears, the first thought was that with this relationship, it really became the best choice to do business with the Sun family in partnership!

In fact, ever since Ping'er Sun Shaozong's words were relayed to her, Wang Xifeng seemed to suddenly see the light of day. What kind of loan sharks and loan sharks, worked so hard all day, but how could they just wait for a name and wait to share the spoils? refreshing? !

It's just that she was a little worried about the Sun family, and felt that there was no need to take advantage of the Sun family.

So in the past few days, I have calculated my mother's family, my husband's family, and even Aunt Xue's family several times, trying to find a more suitable partner for cooperation.

However, at his natal family, Wang Ziteng strictly forbids his family to do business, and his elder brother Wang Ren is a fool who doesn't know how to adapt, so he may not be able to count on him at all.

As for the in-laws...

If it was just repaying it before, if she said it now, she would have to make up the shortfall in the public account first if she couldn't say the money she earned.

By the way, although the investigation of the corruption case found nearly 30 taels of floating wealth, the deficit of the Rongguo Mansion was a huge one million taels!

Even if Daiyu's 60 taels were not mentioned, Xue's family was still owed 10,000+ taels.

The last Xue family?

Just looking at his family's business going downhill and not getting better every year, one knows that this profitable business must not be handed over to his family.

So after much deliberation, it turned out that the Sun family was more suitable.

Especially after the two families got married...

"Second grandma."

Just thinking about how to make money, Ping'er came in and reported, "Second master just sent a letter, saying that he will come back to spend the night."

"He really knows how to come back!"

Wang Xifeng gritted her silver teeth, subconsciously stroked her lower abdomen, thinking that it was really not the right time for her friend to come back, and she chose to come back when she was menstruating, it seems that she can only sleep in separate beds at night.

But in this way, when Jia Lian has recovered enough energy at home, wouldn't he go outside again to make trouble?

Thinking of this, she suddenly looked Ping'er up and down a few times, and said with a little bit of reluctance, "It's cheap for you, I'm not feeling well today, and you spend the night with the second master tonight—it's the reward you took on the day of reward." risk."

Unexpectedly, when Ping'er heard this, he said in a hurry, "I think it's okay. The slave girl is also very uncomfortable today. It's about when I visited the grandma. After a little sickness, I don't dare to pass it on to the second child." Father!"

"Are you sick?"

Wang Xifeng asked suspiciously, "Why didn't I see it?"

Ping'er became more and more flustered by her stare, gritted her silver teeth, suddenly knelt down in front of Wang Xifeng, bowed her head and said, "How did the second master treat grandma and slaves recently? I feel the same way. It's really... a bit chilling." , also... I'm a little tired of that kind of thing."

Hearing her 'sincerity', Wang Xifeng felt sad for a while, and sighed quietly, "Get up first——I hope that God will bless us, so that our sisters will give birth to a boy in the next life!"

Chapter 194 Gu Ying's Self Pity

"Mother, mother!"

Xue Pan rushed into the backyard in a panic, and Aunt Xue, who was so frightened, almost put makeup on her ears and eyes.

She turned her head and glared reproachfully, and was about to teach her son a few words so that he would not yell like this all day long.

Seeing Xue Pan spreading his big hands, he said with a shy face, "I heard that my mother just made a few pieces of head jewelry recently? Quickly reward me with a good pair, so that my son can use it as a congratulatory gift!"

Aunt Xue's face turned cold, she stretched out her hand to pat off the spread paw, and said angrily, "When is this, you still want to take my dowry and go outside to attract bees and butterflies?"

"Mother, you have wronged me to death!"

Xue Pan immediately called out to Zhuang Tianqu, "It's the second younger sister in the Rongguo Mansion who is getting married, and I'm in a hurry to give her a congratulatory gift!"

"Yingchun is getting married?"

Aunt Xue knew that he and his uncle, Jia Zheng, had a different temperament, but he had a similar taste with Jia Amnesty, so since Jia Yingchun got married, it was reasonable for him to send a congratulatory gift.

So he got up from the dressing table, took the key, and opened the box containing the head jewelry. After searching inside, he asked curiously, "Which family is it from? Why did the marriage be arranged in such a hurry, and there was no word beforehand?" No."

"The man is also an old acquaintance."

When Xue Pan got the news, he ran all the way here, but he was really tired now. Seeing his mother get up and search for jewelry, he sat down in front of the dressing table honestly and said casually, "It's the eldest brother of Second Brother Sun. "

"Master Sun?"

Aunt Xue's movements froze, her two willow-leaf eyebrows frowned slightly, and she asked uncertainly, "He seems to have been married before? It seems that he is not too young..."

Xue Pan interjected, "No, Brother Sun is 36 this year, and you are one year older than your mother—isn't the mother-in-law dying for several years before thinking about continuing her strings?"

Continuation?

The dignified lady of the Rongguo Mansion actually married a general as a sequel? !

Aunt Xue felt more and more absurd in her heart, and hurriedly asked a few more questions, but Xue Pan only listened to the general idea, how could she explain her confusion?

After asking too many questions, Xue Pan became impatient and said angrily, "My younger sister lives in the Rongguo Mansion. When my mother goes to see her tomorrow, it's better to ask her a question—now hurry up and prepare the jewelry." Come out, so I can congratulate Uncle She!"

Aunt Xue had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, and concentrated on choosing jewelry suitable for Jia Yingchun.

That Xue Pan was bored at the side, saw a lot of rouge and gouache on the table, and there were many utensils that he couldn't even name, he couldn't help but wondered, "Why does mother like to dress up so much recently? She always puts on paint, this The new clothes are also much brighter.”

Aunt Xue's cheeks turned red when she heard the words, and she didn't dare to turn her face towards her son, so she turned her back and said angrily, "Seeing that you are going to get married now, why can't you be happy as a mother? Why, do you think I am old and yellow?" , shouldn’t you dress up again?”

"Deserved, deserved!"

Xue Pan heard some annoyance in his mother's words, afraid that she would not even give up the jewelry in a fit of anger, so he hurriedly praised with a shy face, "Mother is so old, she looks like my sister!"

These words are not against her will. Although Aunt Xue is a little less youthful than that young woman, she takes extra care of herself on a daily basis. Her skin is only slightly less delicate than Baochai's, but it is even more plump and plump. She also has a well-proportioned and plump figure. , If you take off your clothes and put them under the lamp, you will be a white jade beauty.

"Bah~ glib tongue!"

Aunt Xue spat, neatly stuffed a few pieces of jewelry into the sandalwood box, threw them to her son and said, "Take it, remember to ask the maids to pack it carefully, so that no one will see that I used it."

Immediately, he couldn't help complaining habitually, "I always know how to take it out, and sooner or later, giving away all the wealth left by your father will be regarded as a downfall!"

But when Xue Pan got something, he went away with a smile on his face, so who cares what she said?

Looking at her son's back, she sighed helplessly, and slowly sat back in front of the dressing table. Aunt Xue felt sorry for herself for a while, remembering her son's compliment just now, but she couldn't help revealing some secret joy on her face.

If he bumps into that blank again, he won't be ignored anymore, right?

I imagined that when I met that person again, the other person's stare blankly and naked eyes, the heart was full of pride - but I completely forgot that when she was stared at for the first time, she once Make up your mind not to meet with him again.

Of course, this doesn't mean that she has something in her heart, the idea of ​​being a woman who pleases herself.

At least until now, Aunt Xue was just not resentful of her beauty, being ignored by a womanizer.

Not to mention how Aunt Xue looks at herself at home.

However, Xue Pan rushed to Rongguo Mansion excitedly with that pair of headgear to inquire, only to find out that Jia Amnesty had personally gone to Sun's house to deliver 'snacks'.

He didn't want to pass on this great gift to others, so he went to Jia Baoyu's courtyard on his own, intending to spend some time casually, so that he could wait for Jia She to return home.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Jia Baoyu's courtyard, the first person I bumped into was not Baoyu, but Feng Ziying.

"what?"

Xue Pan wondered, "Old Feng, why are you here? Could it be that you also came to congratulate me?"

"Dao Xi?"

Feng Ziying was also baffled by his question, not to mention where the joy came from, so she spread her hands and said, "I'm looking for Brother Bao, because I want to invite him to the Second Brother Sun's house tomorrow, and listen to the Qiguan of the Zhongshun Prince's house talk about the show—what, brother Liu?" Isn't it..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly got stuck.

Gein, it was Liu Xianglian who offered to invite Xue Pan in person.

Feng Ziying didn't pay much attention at that time, but now seeing Xue Pan's confused face, she suddenly remembered that Liu Xianglian usually annoyed Xue Pan the most, so why would she take the initiative to invite him?

Obviously, Liu Xianglian's plan was to keep Xue Pan in the dark and miss the party on the sixth day of the lunar new year.

"What's wrong, Brother Liu?"

Seeing that he didn't have anything to say, Xue Pan wondered and complained, "Why didn't you tell me about such a good thing?"

Feng Ziying was about to explain, when Jia Baoyu over there was holding the auxiliary calligraphy and drew it. Seeing that Xue Pan had come, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Why is my cousin here? Xiren, why don't you hurry up and serve tea!"

After that turmoil, he was still reluctant to drive away Xiren and Qingwen after all, and only dealt with a few wives and little maids who were not very close to them.

Xue Pan put the gift box on the table with a big grin, and said with a smile, "Didn't I hear that the second sister is getting engaged? I asked my mother to choose a pair of head and face jewelry to add some dowry to the second sister."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words were finished, Jia Baoyu's face changed color, he stared at the wooden box for a few times, and suddenly shook his sleeves and said, "Two brothers, sit down for a while, I will go conveniently."

With that said, he went with a sullen face.

The haste of coming and going confused Xue Pan, scratching his head and saying, "Old Feng, what happened to Brother Bao?"

"How else can I get it?"

Feng Ziying flicked on the wooden box, "Of course he doesn't like his sister marrying General Sun Shen. You also know that General Sun has never had a good reputation as a woman."

"It's no big deal."

When Xue Pan heard about it, he immediately became careless and careless, "In my opinion, Second Brother Sun is good at everything, but he is too soft-hearted towards women——When a man is at home, he should learn from Brother Shao Zu. It deserves the word 'man'!"