Chapter 226 Xue Baochai
Rongguo Mansion, Xue family courtyard, Aunt Xue was hesitant when she looked at the letter sent by the butler in the middle of the capital.
She wanted to discuss with her son, but her son was going to school and she had to do homework when she came back tonight. After raising him for so many years, Aunt Xue saw her son look serious for the first time. She cherishes this time for him, so how could she bear to delay him by taking trivial matters?
So, the letter came to Xue Baochai's hands.
Hengshudian?
Xue Baochai knew that this was her pawn shop.
But how many cars of things the Zhen family can come into her pawn shop?
"Mom, this is not right."
Xue Baochai suddenly became anxious, "I heard that the Zhen family has also come to the Jia family, but my cousin directly got beaten out. Obviously, it is a foregone conclusion that the Zhen family was convicted. Their property... is probably in the eyes of those who are interested."
"I was also worried that I was uneasy because of this."
The pawnshop can use the excuse of not knowing that they have collected this batch of property, which can be worth tens of thousands of taels, but they only regarded it as five hundred taels, and the period was still three years, which obviously seems wrong.
There has been a thing of using pawn shops to hide their property since ancient times.
So the court also supervised pawnshops.
This batch of things...
"Mom, let Manager Lu go to the court to file the record immediately!"
Baochai said, "Just say he was greedy for cheapness at that time, but afterwards he felt something was wrong. He had seen the two pawns from afar at the Zhen family in Jiangnan."
The same was true.
But the manager of the Zhen family used to be on the top of his head, and they probably didn't expect that two years ago, Manager Lu got good things from Beijing and saw them when he was giving gifts to the Zhen family on behalf of his family.
"He went to the court to file a record. What happened to him has nothing to do with Hengshudian and our family."
"But..."
Aunt Xue knew that what her daughter said was reasonable.
But Manager Lu has been in the Xue family for many years. He is not only the shopkeeper of Hengshudian in the capital, but also the chief shopkeeper of Hengshudian in various places.
There is no need to say about vision and loyalty.
After my husband left, Hengshudian was the only two business that made a profit similar to before.
"If Manager Lu goes to the government to file a record in this way, then his reputation will be..."
"Mom, is his reputation important, or is it the life and death of our family important?" Baochai asked anxiously, "And the Zhen family sends things to pawn shops like this, no matter which one, the final result will be the same. This has nothing to do with reputation, or something. We can also let Manager Lu inform the pawn shops in the capital through his connections, which is equivalent to saving everyone's lives."
This?
It seems to be.
"Then I'll let someone tell him."
Aunt Xue went to call for someone immediately.
But Baochai was still very uneasy.
Although their family took the initiative to file this matter with the government, they could have two words of official character, so they should not go in if they have any reason or not.
In the past, in Jinling, all the yamen in Jinling could get a lot of benefits from their families every year.
Now in the capital...
"Mom, I'll go and tell my cousin!"
Where is the Duke's Mansion.
Even if my cousin only sends a small manager to work there, it may be different from their family.
"Go and go!"
Aunt Xue is reluctant to share her worries with her daughter?
So, not long after, Wang Xifeng knew that the Zhen family had sent the things that had not entered the Jia family to the pawnshop of the Xue family.
"Since you have filed a record at the government office, it should be fine."
Wang Xifeng couldn't help but look at her cousin more, "Don't worry, as long as the business is legitimate, Shuntian Mansion will not make any difficulties."
"That's the Zhen family's stuff..."
"Eight out of ten will be confiscated."
Wang Xifeng said, "I probably won't be able to get back the five hundred taels given."
"Zhen family..., did they just fall like this?"
Xue Baochai was still a little incredible.
Everyone in Jiangnan knows how powerful the Zhen family is.
In order to preserve the title of the royal merchant, the Xue family alone gave tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.
Just give others money for free, and you have to find a relationship to build a relationship.
I didn't expect...
"What else?"
Wang Xifeng sighed, "Their hands are too long. There are many memorials in the court that impeached the Zhen family. The emperor originally just asked Lord Zhen to come to Beijing to defend, but King Jin changed... I heard that the order to raid the house was sent out that night."
The same is true in the capital.
Two more families were raided today.
The emperor was cleaning up the court little by little.
Wang Xifeng suddenly understood that the main reason why the four aunts of the Jia family had not married into the royal family.
No wonder the uncle made such a quick decision and brought Yuanchun back to marry him.
"...But isn't Concubine Zhen in the palace?"
Baochai still didn't understand, "The Royal Family doesn't read at all..."
"First of all, Concubine Zhen protected her son."
How did the emperor read this?
From her housekeeper's experience, Concubine Zhen didn't know how many trips she had put on the emperor and the queen in the palace.
Wang Xifeng experienced it when she was just a housekeeper.
Although my mother-in-law is a stepmother-in-law, she can’t care about others and make things difficult for her... it’s not too easy.
Similarly, if Concubine Zhen gets the face of the Supreme Emperor, the queen will suffer grievance. "Secondly, because the King of Jin is unfilial, the Supreme Emperor will be furious and suffer a stroke." Wang Xifeng said, "By this alone, Concubine Zhen is guilty."
This cousin wants to enter the palace.
Royal...
Wang Xifeng doesn't want their family, because of their relatives, to be involved in the royal affairs.
Being a good minister is actually safer.
"Sister comes from Jinling, maybe I don't know how many people are convicted in the palace... every year."
Wang Xifeng sighed, "It's actually very amazing to be able to reach this point."
The Zhen Concubine Zhen and the Zhen family are actually interdependent. "But look, the Supreme Emperor has fallen. No matter how great she has, she will have no place to use her skills." Xue Baochai: "..."
From Wang Xifeng's house, she found a remote path, and felt a little sad when she walked back.
My cousin was actually advising her not to enter the palace.
But if she didn't enter the palace, her family...
My mother is weak-hearted and her brother can't stand up again.
The Xue family looked fine when the four major families in Jinling were given gifts to the Zhen family every year, the family had to connect with the three families of Jia, Wang and Shi.
Since you want to borrow from someone else's relationship, of course you also have to give gifts.
In my hometown, I have to give it better every year.
Although they will also give back gifts, what does that return gift look like...
Baochai sighed softly.
She stopped, thought for a while, and turned to Jia Muyuan.
It's getting late, and welcoming the spring and the others are about to leave school.
Baochai wanted to get along with them more, but after that, she didn't expect that Shen Ning called out all the little girls just to see her face and the Nancheng paper-cut that she bought today.
This is full of wild things. Apart from Min Mei and Daiyu who have gained a lot of knowledge from Jiangnan to Beijing, Yingchun and Tanchun are really rare.
Tanchun pulled Shen Ning's sleeve, "Uncle, I want to get a face-to-face."
"And I."
The third sister pulled the sleeve of my aunt, and Daiyu pulled the one here, "Auntie, take me with you tomorrow when you go out!"
The little girl looked so eager...
Don’t say that two come together, even any one, Shen Ning couldn’t stand it, “You can’t go out.”
Ah?
The girls are all very disappointed.
"But..."
Shen Ning kept it in a hurry, "I plan to come home with the doughmaker."
Ahh? "Auntie, you are so good." Daiyu immediately cheered. Min Mei, who was holding Xiao Yueyue, couldn't help but smile. "I want to invite that woman who is good at cutting paper too."
Shen Ning couldn't wait for her daughter to paint the Grand View Garden.
Anyway, there will be no Grand View Garden in the future.
It is also a very meaningful thing to cut it out and preserve it well.
"Why should she cut you all in then?"
"...The characters she cut are not very good?"
Daiyu took a look at Nancheng paper-cutting, "There are no eyes and noses."
"Hahaha!"
Shen Ning laughed and took the opportunity to rub the girl's tender face, "I don't think she has no eyes and noses, so you can help fill it in!"
"I'll do it."
No mistakes, one song, one content, one book, one bar, one book, one bar, one bar!
Tanchun volunteered, "Mr. I say that my eyes and nose are good."
When I was learning to draw, she received more praise than Lin Meimei.
"Ah, are you so powerful?"
Shen Ning praised her and also touched her little face, "Then I will send it to Ningcuixuan tomorrow, so that the gentleman can see you paint your nose and eyes."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Tanchun nodded vigorously. "You help me with your work, so let's have dinner here today!" Shen Ning knew that they would not object, so she said to Qingping, "You go to the old lady in the West and say that the girls are having dinner here today."
"Yes!"
Qingping went with a smile, and the girls chattered and surrounded Shen Ning's little-faced man again.
They look forward to seeing themselves in small trumpets.
Jia Yue was caught in it by her sisters and was happily 'ahhhhhhh'.
Baichai, who heard that the girls were not coming back for dinner, was a little disappointed when she was kept by Grandma Jia.
She also hopes to join there.
But there is no good reason yet.
Mrs. Shen is a scholar, don’t she likes merchants very much? "Fortunately, I have Baochai here."
Mrs. Jia smiled and glared at Qingzhu.
She was unhappy because of her parents' family, but Baochai was a considerate and coaxing child. She told her many interesting stories about Jinling, "Your wife will either snatch me up next time, or let me go half of it."
"Puff~"
Wang Xifeng, who served here, almost laughed, "Did you hear it? The key is that she didn't rob the old lady, the old lady was jealous."
"Don't you take me jealous?"
Mrs. Jia pretended to be a tiger-faced but failed, and laughed, "Qingping, I'll tell your wife when I go back. Next time I want to snatch my excitement, I'll kill the old lady and knock her head."
"Hey~"
Qingping smiled very happily, "I promise to say nothing without missing a word, old lady, please wait, our wife will definitely create your chance to kill her and let you knock her head."
"...you!"
Mrs. Jia couldn't sit still with a smile, "What are you saying?"
"It was our wife who said it myself. She said that she was so old and could still have elders to take care of her. This is a blessing."
"Haha..."
There was a sudden burst of laughter in the room.
Baochai discovered that Mrs. Shen from the East Mansion was really good at coaxing people.
The maid who chose was also good at talking. She came here to report something, and in the end she won the reward, the old lady also asked to carry a big food box, saying that she would give her extra meals.
Hu~
It's amazing, she has to learn.
After eating, and after saying something for a while, Baochai hurried back home.
Xue Pan has already gone back.
Today, he was beaten again.
Because the ink that was ground has dirty all the students' books.
The last gentleman now teaches him how to grind ink.
His family is rich and some are slaves, but Xue Pan doesn't understand why he has to polish the ink by himself.
He wanted to tell his husband that he didn't need to take the science exam, and that he didn't need to learn such an annoying thing as grinding ink.
It’s hateful that Mr. Wu from Ningguo Mansion was standing outside the window at that time.
He didn't dare to say it.
But he didn't use any effort to polish the ink. With a force, the ink strip was broken by him, and the ink also touched the gentleman's face.
In the end, the gentleman said that his attitude was inappropriate and knocked the three rulers on his left hand.
Woo~
Xue Pan wanted to cry, but he didn't have time to cry.
Today, Mr. Wu from Ningguo Mansion said that he did not stand well in his horse stance and punished him with a meal of sweet rice to remember the bitterness and thought about it.
That thing...
Xue Pan didn't know why it was eaten by people.
He was very strong and didn't eat it.
He observed yesterday, and the school was a little worried in the afternoon. He endured it for a long time, but he didn't expect that the snack was also limited, and each of them could only eat one piece.
Xue Pan had no choice but to endure it. Now he was hungry and his chest was pressed against his back.
He has never suffered such pain since he grew up.
Aunt Xue saw her son's greedy look, and she thought he had suffered so much, and tears flowed.
When Baochai went home, she saw her brother crying while eating and eating.
Her heart suddenly got together.
When I know the whole story...
Baochai took her maid to fetch water and cleansed her face for her mother and brother. "Brother, my father once said, 'People grind ink, ink grinding people', which means the process of grinding ink. When the impetuous heart grinds ink, it must slowly become quiet. Only in this way can we write good words. Grinding ink is also a process of cultivating the mind and cultivating the nature."
Unfortunately, my brother did not remember his father's words.
Mother will cry. "Come to the study room, I will grind the ink for you now."
My father passed away too early and his mother spoiled him blindly is not a good thing.
Now...
Baochai suddenly realized that the enthusiasm of her husband to discipline her brother may have really been different in three years.
"There will be three years in the next."
She threatened her brother who wanted to make her mother cry, "I have to write every day. Brother, don't you want to be beaten every day, right?"
Xue Pan: "..."
"How could it be? He was not yesterday..."
Aunt Xue wanted to talk to her son.
At least he was not beaten by his husband for grinding the ink yesterday.
But Xue Pan glanced over his face.
Baochai is clear, "Did you use classmate's ink yesterday, or did you help you grind it?"
"He... grinds a lot."
Xue Pan really wanted to shout loudly.
"Brother, he can't grind too much every time. You have to learn this thing."
Grinding ink is also very particular. "By the way, how many big words do you have today?"
"Five pictures!"
That's fine.
Baochai nodded, "There is plenty of time, let's come now!"
"..."
Xue Pan looked at his mother and finally followed helplessly.
"It is better to use less water than more. If you grind it thickly, add water and then grind it thickly."
Baochai said while teaching, "The posture of grinding ink should be correct, the weight and speed should be moderate, and the ink should be kept vertical and flat. You should circle vertically on the inkstone, do not grind obliquely or push directly, and do not grind randomly. At this time, the force is too light and the speed is too slow, which wastes time and the ink floats; if you use too heavy and the speed is too fast, the ink will become thick and sluggish, and the color will be lost."
Her fingers pressed and pushed with force, and the voice was slow, "If you have this, the fingers pressed and pushed with force, the lightness and weight are coordinated."