The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 125 Ginger is still old and spicy

The afternoon sun fell on the window lattice, and a cicada was singing alone in the garden tree. Summer was about to pass, autumn was approaching, and even the cicada gradually disappeared.

Xue Baochai sits behind the book desk and demurely flips through the account books, with only a bun on her head and a half-new summer shirt on her body. She is simple and generous, her lips are red without spots, and her eyebrows are green without painting. The skin is condensed and moist, and the eyes are like water apricots.

Maybe it's because of this natural beauty that Xue Baochai doesn't like makeup or perfume. Just like Aunt Xue said, Bao girl doesn't like these flowers and powders the most.

Moxue Bookstore is doing well now, and it has turned a profit. Thanks to Jia Huan’s "The Palace of Eternal Life" and its ingenious business model, it has successfully revived the dying Moxue Bookstore. Now fifty books of "Longevity "The Palace" has not been fully published yet, and thousands of copies have been sold. Apart from various costs, the net profit is also hundreds of taels. It is possible that the profit will exceed a thousand taels when all fifty "The Palace of Eternal Life" are published.

Of course, this is only second, the most important thing is that "The Palace of Eternal Life" has brought super popularity to Moxue Bookstore, fans of the drama are looking forward to it, and they go to Moxue Bookstore every day just to see "The Palace of Eternal Life" Has a new book been released? This will naturally boost the sales of other books in Moxue Bookstore.

At this time, Aunt Xue came in from the outside and said while fanning: "My son, why are you always bored at home? If you get sick from boredom, go to the front and play with your sisters."

Xue Baochai said with a smile, "I just went there in the morning, and I'm taking advantage of the energy to do a set of accounts."

Aunt Xue was both relieved and distressed when she heard the words, and she scolded: "Nowadays there is a panic outside, and your elder brother is still like a horse without a bridle. , if Bao girl leaves the cabinet in the future, who else can I count on?"

Xue Bao blushed slightly, and said angrily, "Mother is talking nonsense again."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "The men's college should be married, and the female college's should be married. There's nothing to be shy about. Alas, but with the current situation, I don't know if next month's draft will be held as scheduled."

Xue Baochai bowed her head and was speechless. Aunt Xue sighed secretly when she saw this. She didn't mean to let her daughter participate in the draft. It was Xue Baochai who proposed and insisted on it herself. In order to help the family, it is a last resort.

"My son, why don't we take part in this draft? My mother is also reluctant to let you go to that shameful place. Your eldest cousin Yuan Chun was selected as a female history in the palace. It has been four years in the blink of an eye. I can't even go back home once in a few years, if you are selected now, I'm afraid it will be the same in the future, it will be difficult for mother to see you..." Aunt Xue's eyes turned red as she spoke.

Xue Baochai also blushed when she heard the words, and was about to say something to comfort her, but Xue Pan grinned happily and came in from the outside happily, saying triumphantly, "Mother, good sister, our rice shop has earned a lot of money this time." Crazy... Hey, what happened to you two mothers? Whoever dares to bully you will fail, tell me, you must knock out the prisoner's teeth!"

Aunt Xue was feeling sad, and she smelled alcohol on Xue Pan, so she scolded: "Who drank horse urine with someone and came back here to drink crazy, but if you fight yourself, who can bully my mother and daughter again, you My younger sister doesn't have to participate in the Naluo draft."

Although Xue Pan is a muddleheaded person, he also understands the real reason why his sister participated in the audition, and he said embarrassingly: "Why bring this up again, there is a huge commotion outside, maybe the audition will also be cancelled, according to me, our family will not worry about it." We don't have to worry about food and clothing, and we can't afford to find a son-in-law for my sister in the future, so why bother getting into this troubled water?"

Aunt Xue couldn't help being angry, and scolded: "Thank you for being able to speak out, you will be willing to share half of the family's wealth with my sister in the future?"

Xue Pan rolled his eyes strangely and said, "Why don't you like it? My dear sister, anyway, our family has millions of dollars, even if I give half of it to my sister, I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life."

Xue Baochai was angry, funny, and a little moved, and said angrily: "Brother is talking nonsense again. If you have this kind of heart, you might as well improve yourself and let my mother and I save some time. That's better than anything else. Besides, Even if you are willing to share half of me, will your future sister-in-law be willing?"

Xue Pan stared and said, "Does she dare? Her teeth were knocked out!"

Aunt Xue scolded with a smile: "Come on, go back to your room and lie down when you're drunk, don't drink like crazy here, if word gets out, who dares to marry your daughter into our Xue family?"

Xue Pan rolled his eyes and said: "My mother told me before that my sister's gold is to be matched with jade. Doesn't Baoyu happen to have jade now? I don't think my sister will participate in this draft. How good it is to be a relative, mother, you can feel more at ease with the support of the Jia family in the future."

Xue Baochai blushed immediately, and said in embarrassment, "Brother, you are really drunk and talk nonsense, get out of here quickly."

Xue Panba blinked his eyes, and said seriously: "I'm not drunk, I only drank two cups, why did I get drunk, oh, is my sister looking for brother Huan? Brother Huan is also good, although he is a bastard, but in the future He must be more promising than Baoyu, but I don’t know how Brother Huan is doing in Tongzhou now, if you run into a tartar, it’s not a joke, and I’ll tell you if I don’t know what to do.”

Even though Xue Baochai had a good temper, at this moment she picked up the ledger and threw it over in shame, covered her face and cried, "Mother, look what he said!"

Aunt Xue grabbed the feather duster and was about to beat her. Seeing that she had made her sister cry, Xue Pan didn't dare to do anything wrong, and quickly slipped out of the room with her head in her arms.

"My son, don't cry, your brother is a fool, he speaks without thinking, you just treat him as a fart." Aunt Xue persuaded Xue Baochai after a while.

At this time Xue Pan slipped back again, poking his head outside the room door, Aunt Xue said angrily: "You bastard, you dare to come back and mess with your sister."

Xue Pan leaned forward, bowed and bowed and said, "Good sister, please forgive me this time, I had some wine just now, and on the way back I bumped into someone, talking nonsense, talking indiscriminately, I can't complain Sister, you are angry, good sister, you have a lot of adults, just treat me as a fart."

Xue Baochai couldn't help bursting into laughter, and spat: "You don't have to put on an act, I know you despise my mother and daughter in your heart, and I wish we would leave you as soon as possible, so that no one will care about you in the future."

Xue Pan immediately swore: "If I have such thoughts, I will die badly."

"Bah, bah, bah, what nonsense you are talking." Aunt Xue was so annoyed that she raised the feather duster again to hit someone.

Xue Pan quickly clapped his hands and said: "I'm talking nonsense again, don't bother me to kiss you, I will do it myself, and beat you who speaks out of words, and see if you dare to fart indiscriminately in the future." He smacked his mouth a few times.

Aunt Xue couldn't help crying and laughing, but she couldn't do it anymore, so Xue Baochai had no choice but to smooth things over and said, "Brother, don't make jokes here, just change your mind."

Xue Pan flattered and said: "Change, definitely change, show me my sister's collar, it's time to blow it up (refurbish)."

Xue Baochai took out the golden lock and said, "It's yellow and clear, why blow it up again?"

Xue Pan said again: "Sister, it's time to make some new clothes. Just tell me what color you want."

Xue Baochai said angrily: "I haven't worn all the clothes in the closet yet, so what clothes are you doing? Brother, if you have time, you can settle the accounts." After speaking, he pushed the stack of account books forward.

Xue Pan immediately yawned and said, "I'm a little dizzy after drinking, I'm going to lie down for a while."

"You'll feel dizzy if you do business." Aunt Xue was really dumbfounded.

Xue Baochai asked, "By the way, what did my brother say just now that our rice business is making crazy money?"

Xue Pan immediately shook his spirits, and said with a smile: "Didn't the Tartars do evil around the capital? The grain from Tongzhou can't be brought in. The price of rice and noodles in the city has skyrocketed these days, almost one price a day. Thanks to our rice line Time has bought a batch of goods, hehe, I made a lot of money."

Xue Baochai frowned and said, "How much has the price of rice noodles increased compared to usual?"

Xue Pan triumphantly said: "Five times, I'm afraid it will go up again tomorrow!"

Xue Baochai shook his head and said, "Let's reduce it to twice the usual amount tomorrow."

"Why?" Xue Pan wondered, "Don't you make money if you have money?"

Xue Baochai said lightly: "It's not that you can't make money if you have money, it's that you can't make money with this kind of money. Wealth in a country's crisis is not so easy to earn. First, it attracts people's hatred, second, it can't help your own conscience, and third... If it causes civil disorder, the court will do it for you." To appease the people’s anger, it is necessary to use these people who have made a fortune for the country to take the knife, and it will be too late to regret it!”

Xue Pan said disapprovingly: "Everyone sells like this, and it's not just our family, what are you afraid of!"

"Others are others, and we are us. Could it be that others ransacked their homes and killed them, and you don't care?"

Xue Pan was a little scared when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Okay, if you earn less, you will earn less. Anyway, there is no shortage of these. By the way, I vaguely heard that my uncle (Wang Ziteng) seems to be fine. It is ordered to lead the frontier army to help Miyun."

Aunt Xue was overjoyed and said, "Who did you hear that from?"

Xue Pan said: "I just heard what Brother Zhen and the others said. Now the situation is critical. The emperor had to ask the Supreme Emperor to come out of the mountain to sit in the town. After the court discussion, he decided to appoint uncle as the governor of Zhili, restrain the Beijing army and the guards of Jizhen, and rush to help Miyun. Hehe, I heard that the general of the Shenji Battalion who was dismissed before has been reinstated, it seems that in terms of skills and prestige, the emperor is still far behind the emperor!"

Both Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's complexion changed drastically, the former covered Xue Pan's mouth in anxiety, and said in a frightened voice: "Nie Zhan, how dare you speak nonsense and die?"

Xue Pan said embarrassingly: "I only talk about it at home, but I won't talk nonsense outside."

Aunt Xue reprimanded Xue Pan for a few more words, then clasped her hands together and said: "Amitabha, my Buddha blesses me, my Wang family was able to escape this time!"

During this time, Wang Ren and his son were arrested one after another, and Wang Ziteng, who was the pillar, was recalled to the capital by the emperor's decree. Everyone thought that the Wang family was completely finished this time, but they didn't expect that when the Tartars came, things turned around. Not only did Wang Ziteng not be dismissed , and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, with him around, the Wang family would naturally not be able to fall.

However, Wang Ren injured the seventh prince, and many old cases of the father and son were uncovered by Jin Yiwei. Even if the prince could not fall, the two of them might not be able to keep it. Otherwise, where would the Sheng Emperor's face be saved?

(End of this chapter)