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After the boy left, Aunt Xue became more and more confused. She looked at Baochai and said, "Bao girl, what are you doing?"
"If we agree on the matter earlier, we can make purchases calmly. Isn't that good?" Aunt Xue became more and more confused.
After getting up and pouring a cup of tea, Baochai slowly handed it to Aunt Xue, and then said: "Mom, the matter must be settled today, but now it's their turn to be anxious!"
"Only by making them more anxious will these people agree to our plan!"
Aunt Xue nodded. This was the first time she had encountered such a big event, so she always felt uneasy.
Taking the tea from Baochai, Aunt Xue sighed slightly. She was only glad that she had this daughter.
Besides, in the front hall, seeing Aunt Xue unwilling to come out, everyone in the Xue family's rooms became anxious.
If the plan is not finalized early, the Xue family may not be able to complete the emperor's mission if it is delayed, and then the whole family will be unlucky.
"Second uncle, what do you think we should do?"
"Yes, you have to make up your mind quickly. No one can bear the wrath of His Majesty if you miss it!"
Xue Yucheng wanted to wait a little longer, but seeing how anxious everyone was, his heart was no longer so firm.
How long will it take for Xue Pan's worthless thing to come back? Xue Yucheng was also afraid of causing trouble.
"The matter must be settled as soon as possible. Then send someone to convey my message. Just say that I invited my wife to come out to discuss the matter!"
So another servant came into the inner house to reply, but soon brought back news that disappointed everyone.
Aunt Xue still said that Xue Pan is now the head of the family and everything will be decided after her son comes back!
This made everyone extremely angry, but Aunt Xue refused to show her concern, so they could only stare.
"Send more people to look for Pan'er. We must find them before the sun sets!" Xue Yucheng said, shaking with anger.
From noon to now, the Xue family has sent out three groups of people to search, but there is no news yet.
In fact, in this era without mobile phones and surveillance, it is really difficult to find people in big cities like Yingtian.
The matter has dragged on to this point, and everyone in the Xue family is panicking. The idea of picking troubles and asking for the benefits from the eldest family has faded by this time.
They only have one idea now, and that is to set the apportionment amount as soon as possible, and then each room will do their best to complete the emperor's task.
Each room can hold each other back on other matters, but when the Chief of Ceremonies urgently delivers something they need, they don't dare to neglect it in the slightest.
After waiting for another half an hour, seeing the sun reaching the eaves, Xue Yucheng finally couldn't wait any longer.
"Forget it, let's go and invite the wife. We really can't wait any longer!"
Everyone present agreed to this proposal and helped Xue Yucheng to walk to the inner house.
Seeing that everyone from the house came to invite them, and their attitude was extremely sincere, Aunt Xue knew that this bet was right, and it all depended on Baochai's planning.
So now, she simply let Baochai make his decision.
When the matter reached this point, Baochai did not dare to take it too seriously. She asked her mother and other clan members to negotiate for a while, and finally reluctantly agreed to discuss matters on Xue Pan's behalf.
Although everyone in the Xue family was panicked, when Aunt Xue proposed the apportionment plan, everyone still quarreled over it.
However, no matter what others said, Aunt Xue would not let go at all. They were in a stalemate for half an hour before finally settling the matter.
In other words, the Xue family has raised 100,000 yuan out of 120,000 yuan, and the emperor's mission can be completed.
Afterwards, everyone discussed for another half an hour and distributed the purchasing tasks for each room, and then everyone went about their own business.
When she returned to her residence, Aunt Xue was overjoyed. When she entered the house, she told Baochai about the situation just now.
"Mom, this matter has come to an end, but the remaining 20,000 silver must be made up as soon as possible!"
"If the palace asks you to buy things again, then you will be in a hurry again!"
Aunt Xue nodded, but this matter is not urgent for the time being. Anyway, when the time comes, each room will have to come together.
Baochai sighed, and there was no words between mother and daughter.
After a while, there was a noise outside, and soon someone came to report that Xue Pan was back.
"Let him come to see me immediately!"
"This bastard, today's matter is so important, he went out to hang out... I have to teach him a lesson!"
After hearing this, Baochai shook her head helplessly, knowing that it was of no use.
After a while, Xue Pan walked gently into the yard. At this moment, his body was still in severe pain. In order not to worry his mother and sister, he also put on a relaxed look.
"uncle!"
Servants and maids greeted him one after another along the way, but Xue Pan walked straight into the house as if he didn't notice.
But when he entered the house, he saw his mother sitting in the main hall with a frosty face, holding a ruler in her hand.
Before Xue Pan could speak, Aunt Xue scolded: "You bastard, kneel down!"
No matter how much of a bastard he was outside, Xue Pan's filial piety towards his mother was true, and he immediately knelt down when he heard this.
"Where have you been today?"
"I went to my friend Zhuangzi..."
"What to do?"
"There is food in his family's treasury, and I want to buy it back and use it as royal food!"
Xue Pan had been thinking about this on the way, so he answered it fluently at this moment.
Hearing that her son was going to do business, Aunt Xue's anger was reduced a lot, but she still asked sternly: "Don't you know that there is a major matter to be discussed in the clan today?"
"My son knows that he wanted to come back early, but he was delayed on the way!"
"As the head of the family, you act without regard for the seriousness of your actions. Should you be punished?"
Xue Pan lowered his head and replied: "Yes!"
Without saying a word, Aunt Xue stood up, walked to Xue Pan, and hit him on the back with a ruler.
Obviously, Aunt Xue has used this kind of corporal punishment education method in the past.
This also just illustrates the truth that corporal punishment does not have very good educational significance, otherwise Xue Pan would not have grown crooked.
Xue Pan was already injured, and the pain from the beating was getting worse, but he still managed not to scream.
"Madam, an official from the government office came outside, saying that he came to the government office to collect money on the order of Mr. Hu, the promotion official!"
The sound of reports outside made Xue Pan anxious, fearing that her mother would pursue the matter.
"Get money? Is our Xue family the government's bank account?"
"The official said that I accepted the uncle's request to help with the management expenses, and I will only pay this time!"
Hearing this, Aunt Xue glanced at her son in front of her, and her questioning intention was very obvious.
"Mom, look for Westerners to buy guns, son..."
Xue Pan didn't expect the person asking for money to come so quickly, so he didn't draft it in advance, so he couldn't make it up at the moment.
"What's going on?" Aunt Xue waved her ruler and hit Xue Pan.
Xue Pan screamed, but failed to gain Aunt Xue's love, and was beaten a few more times.
Baochai on the side looked extremely anxious and quickly reminded: "Brother, you still won't tell the truth?"
So Xue Pan quickly confessed, telling the whole story about how he brought his servant to buy someone to beat him, and then he was beaten and sent to the government office, and then he asked Hu Jinan for help.
"The traitor, you are the traitor..."
Aunt Xue cursed a few times and hit Xue Pan a few times. Then she sat aside and cried, asking Xue Pan to kowtow and admit her mistake.
"Brother, it's your fault in this matter. If you ask me to tell you, just forget it!" Baochai persuaded softly.
"Forget it, then where can I put my face?"
"You still have face? My face has been completely embarrassed by you!" Aunt Xue scolded.
Baochai reminded: "Now the clan is in need of money. If you use these eight thousand taels of silver to buy face, our family will have to sell our house and land!"
"But Hu Jin'an's side..."
Aunt Xue said categorically: "Give him some money and tell him it's better to dissolve enemies than to end them, and that's the end of the matter!"
"Yes!" Xue Pan was a little reluctant.
Baochai added from the side: "Let the Feng family members who are imprisoned be released as well. After all, we are unreasonable!"
