Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 45 2.22 Brother-in-law——

Volume Two

2.22 Brother-in-law——

That night, the Xue family's inner residence, Xue Baochai Courtyard.

"You damn hooves, what are you thinking about? Why don't you come over and refill the tea!" While he was reading, he felt his mouth was dry. He picked up the tea bowl and found it was empty. From time to time, an inexplicable smile would flash across his face, and he would angrily roll up a ball of discarded rice paper and throw it over.

"Yeah!" Ying'er was hit in the face by a paper ball. She was startled. She looked up and saw the annoyed look in her girl's eyes. She quickly ran over with a flattering look on her face and said, "Girl, call me? But I need a slave."

"Refill the tea!" Xue Baochai reached out and tapped her forehead angrily, pointing to the empty cup and said, "It seems that I shouldn't take you out today. You are back, but I don't know what I forgot in my heart." Someone picked it up! I don’t even know where my clever little girl went, so that the master is thirsty and can’t even drink water.”

"Girl!" Ying'er blushed with embarrassment, quickly poured the tea, and then said with shame, "Isn't this slave thinking about the girl? I was just thinking about the scenery I saw today, it is indeed a royal garden. "

"You!" Xue Baochai sighed quietly and pretended to hit her, "I really don't know what to say to you. Fortunately, Brother Zhou is a humble gentleman. As the saying goes, 'A gentleman does not bully the darkroom.' He still restrained himself in the garden today. This is because of me. I'm lucky, I didn't see the wrong person; if he was Meng Lang, would you and I still be alive?"

"Girl, I have seen Mr. Zhou often these days, so I know his gentlemanly demeanor." Ying'er blushed and lowered her head, deliberately not mentioning her experience every time she went to the guest room and garden, "What's more, today in the garden At the racecourse there, the girl also saw Xianggong Zhou’s power. Since ancient times, ‘a hundred steps to pierce a poplar’ has been a compliment to the magic archer, but he demonstrated it on the spot.”

"You're lucky, that meal was written down first." Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the tea cup and took a sip to relieve the heartbeat that hadn't slowed down so far, "Today I have to see Brother Zhou's martial arts skills, so I Knowing that the description in the book is not fabricated, it seems that he did not brag on purpose. For him, this martial arts matter is just like picking something out of a bag."

"It's a pity that the girl didn't bring her harp at that time. When Mr. Zhou was dancing with the sword, the servant really thought it was for herself and was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak. She only heard about the ancient elegant deeds, where the sword was often danced to the music of the harp. If The girl was able to play a song at that time." Ying'er said with a nostalgic look on her face.

"Hmph, you do have ideas." Xue Baochai said angrily, "Let's not say that I haven't thought about carrying a piano, so what if I just carry it? Brother Zhou is murderous when he dances with a sword. What song should I pay for it? I can't Is it an ambush from all sides? That's also an ancient pipa tune, so what's the use of carrying a qin?"

"Hee hee, Mr. Zhou also said that his riding and archery is still not absolutely excellent." Ying'er laughed softly, "I heard that a BMW is equivalent to an extra life for a general. , wouldn’t it be more convenient if there is a BMW to cooperate? It’s a pity that the family doesn’t do these businesses, otherwise it would be nice to give him a horse.”

"Huh?" .”

"Girl, although the eldest young master has connections, it's still hard to talk about." Ying'er whispered, "Actually, as long as the master just says a word, Manager Zhang can solve the problem."

"Damn hoof, what do you want me to say?" Xue Baochai suddenly blushed and lightly hit the maid and said.

"Hee hee, let's just say that the girl agreed to the master's arrangement—oh, girl, don't hit me, I know I was wrong!" Ying'er just made a joke, but was "beaten" by the shamed Xue Baochai.

Regardless of what happened to the master and servant, the next morning, when Zhou Yang was doing his routine morning exercises in the garden, Xue Pan's rough shouts rang in his ears again. He even heard from across the courtyard without seeing anyone at all. The wall came through like noise. "Duang!" The poor courtyard door was kicked open, and Xue Pan rushed in with big strides, "Brother Zhou—oh, why are you practicing again? I have a few friends gathering together today, You come with me, I tell you, this time we are not going to the Qinhuai River, we are still on the Xuanwu Lake, a brother promised to bring a few."

"Brother Wenlong, be careful!" Zhou Yang interrupted him angrily, pointing to his sallow face after a hangover and said, "Let's not talk about today's 'plan', if your honor makes Mr. Xue You see, just a spanking is a father's love. I'm not surprised if his legs are broken, and it's not surprising if he's beaten to death."

"Uh-hahaha!" Xue Pan wiped his face hard, touched his nose and sat on the stone bench. He poured himself a cup of tea to hide his embarrassment, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, I won't go today. Isn’t that enough? I just want to introduce you to some friends. Even if you become a high official in the future, you still need some help, right?"

"Those friends of yours?" Zhou Yang really couldn't understand Xue Pan's IQ. Xue Tu was obviously a famous businessman in the world, and he spared no effort in cultivating his son, but this person's performance was really too bad, not to mention that he felt sorry for Xue Tu. The painstaking efforts, even the money paid are not worth it, "Don't say, you don't know what they are.

Brother Wenlong, you are the heir to the Xue family in Jinling, the only son of Duke Xue, and you will be responsible for the family business in the future. Not to mention being as famous as Duke Xue, at least this is what the lord of the throne will do. Bar?You don’t care how much money you spend on weekdays, but can a little help your family? "

This is his sincere persuasion. Now that he has identified Xue Baochai, let alone taking care of the Xue family, at least there can't be someone holding him back, right?Although the stupid overlord in front of him is not as messy as in the original work, if Xue Tu disappears one day, he really doesn't dare to expect this person to be any better than in the original work.

"I" Xue Pan was choked all of a sudden. He hesitated for a long time before pouring down the tea cup in his hand. He sat helplessly on the stone bench and said, "How could I not know? But what can I do? This Jinling was originally In the place where Grandfather Taizu started, he could just throw a block and turn his head and hit a noble person.

Fortunately, this is no longer the capital city, and the remaining 'nobles' can still handle it, but although they have long lost the glory of their ancestors, they are not upside down, and the scores are very large, let alone being unreasonable Me, it means my father is outside, isn't it also the house of my friends? "

"It's impossible for all their families to raise such a waste who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, right?" Zhou Yang looked at him speechlessly and almost said to him, "If you look like a bun, don't blame the dog for following you around." What level are you at? Other families naturally arrange what kind of children they have, "Where are their official heirs? You are also the eldest son of the Xue family after all, so you can't even--you are, right?"

"This." Xue Pan was speechless in embarrassment, "It's not that I haven't invited them, isn't it all busy? Besides, don't you have you now? Don't think I'm stupid, just say yesterday's Things, do you really think that I am so stupid, let my sister rest assured? Didn’t my father say that sooner or later it will be—well, he hasn’t told you yet, right? "

"You——" Zhou Yang was completely defeated by his IQ, and he pointed at him speechlessly. He really didn't know how to respond. Even if Xue Tu decided to recruit a son-in-law, it was just a hint for the man to ask for marriage. How can there be a woman? The reason for taking the initiative to deliver it to your door?Fortunately, he was frightened by "Barely Fifteen" yesterday, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to control it.

"Well, Brother Zhou, you practice first, and I'll make some arrangements." Xue Pan couldn't help but feel ashamed, and simply ran away. In the blink of an eye, he was at the gate of the courtyard, and then remembered what he had not said yet, "By the way, I specifically inquired and found out that martial arts is actually not as difficult as you think, and it is even worse for other people.

Brother-in-law, you have never seen the martial arts scholars or martial arts scholars here, but I have seen it with my own eyes. When they were lifting three hundred kilograms of stone piers one by one, they felt as if they couldn't pull it out and were suffocated to death. They blushed. Like an actor putting on makeup on stage, who can compare with you?You just"

"Okay, okay, go ahead!" Zhou Yang was completely defeated by his words of "brother-in-law" and helplessly waved his hand to tell him to get lost. With an heir of this caliber, no one would be so stupid as to have a close relationship with the Xue family. Or should we wait and be buried together when something happens in the future?
In his heart, he also felt sorry for Xue Baochai. No wonder the Xue family, known as the "Jinling Rich Family", failed to arrange a good marriage for her in the place where their family was founded. With such an unreliable brother, who has the brains to marry?As the saying goes, "the right family is right", that is, no matter how good the girl is, there is nothing she can do about her natal family!
As for the crotch straining problem mentioned by Xue Pan, he has actually discovered it a long time ago. Not to mention the situation in the world, Jiangnan has always had a prosperous literary style. Basically, those who have some ability will train their own children to study, and they are "martial arts people" The selection is based on "province". Under such a culture of "the noble and the military are inferior", it is understandable that the quality of Jiangnan candidates is low.

Shaking his head, Zhou Yang had almost rested and continued to get up and exercise. He had lived in the Xue family for a long enough time. No matter how good the conditions here were, it was time to say goodbye. It happened to be what Xue Tu had mentioned. Ten medicinal baths" and two more, and bid farewell to Xue Tu after they were used up.

(End of this chapter)