But Xue Pan, the stupid overlord, really became interested after getting Jia Huan's promise.
He first went to the most prosperous shop on East Street, where he brought 10,000 taels of silver and asked shopkeeper Gao to buy the items on the list Jia Huan gave him.
He also decided to vacate the shop and convert it into selling perfume.
Xue Pan belongs to the young master's family, and the high shopkeeper has to respect the orders of the young master's family.
Just when he had time, shopkeeper Gao quickly sent a boy to report everything here to his wife, that is, Aunt Xue.
Although Xue Pan belongs to the young master's family, this young master's family is useless.
Apart from drinking and visiting brothels, he knows nothing else.
It's enough to come to the shop to get money. These can be recorded in the account.
But now, it is clear that the young master has been bewitched by someone, and it is clear that he wants to destroy this shop.
With no other choice, shopkeeper Gao had no choice but to inform his wife of the news.
If the wife doesn't care about it, even if the young master's family loses the shop, it won't be his business.
He is an old man. Even if this shop loses money, he can continue to work in other shops.
Shopkeeper Gao, on the other hand, hopes that Shaodong's family will lose the shop. If he really lost the money, then the store's accounts could be destroyed secretly. By then, no one would be able to find out the money he had spent on money that he had been greedy for in recent years.
In Jia's Mansion, Xue Baochai walked around the Jia Mansion.
I chatted with Jia Baoyu for a while at Mother Jia's place, then went to Lin Daiyu's place to sit for a while, chatted and joked with Tanchun, and then returned to Lixiangyuan.
Their family came to the capital firstly to send Xue Baochai to the capital to be selected to accompany the princess and the princess to school, and to act as a commendation for talents.
The second is to visit relatives and friends in the capital, and the third is to settle old accounts in the capital.
Well, this is all rhetoric to the outside world, especially to the Jia family.
In fact, the first item is true. The Xue family sent Xue Baochai to be selected. If she can really be selected as the princess or the princess's school escort, then the Xue family will have a way out.
But it's a pity that Xue Baochai was sick - a fever brought by her womb. With this kind of disease, wouldn't the royal family be afraid of infecting the princess and princess? It is absolutely impossible for her to be selected.
Your second and third points are just rhetoric. After Xue Baochai lost the election, you also visited your relatives and friends. How many old accounts cannot be settled? How many years will it take?
The court's accounting was not as laborious as her family's.
In fact, the purpose of their family's coming to Beijing, apart from waiting for election, was to avoid the lawsuit over Xue Pan's life. The most important point was to marry into the Jia family, so that Xue Baochai could marry into the Jia family and marry Big Face Bao.
The Xue family is really in decline now. Since the death of Xue Pan's father, the Xue family has been getting worse day by day.
There was only one orphan and a widower left in the entire Xue family - there was actually a second wife, but Aunt Xue guarded against the second wife like a thief, fearing that the second wife would take away the family property.
Xue Pan is useless, and Aunt Xue is just a housewife. Although Xue Baochai has some talents, it is not convenient for the girl to take charge of the house.
Furthermore, even though Xue Baochai is talented, she has no one to teach her and her abilities are limited.
If the Xue family cannot find a reliable backer, they may lose everything in Xue Pan's hands.
This is the reason why their family stayed in Jia's house and never left. If not, the Xue family was not so depressed that they could not afford to eat. How could they live in Jia's house for several years and not leave?
Xue Baochai naturally knew Aunt Xue's plan. Aunt Xue relied on Xue Baochai to fulfill her wish, so it was impossible not to tell her.
In this regard, Xue Baochai neither agreed nor opposed.
For daughters of wealthy families like them, marriage matters are not something they can do on their own.
They were just tools for family marriage, so Xue Baochai naturally understood this.
After Xue Baochai met Jia Baoyu, he was also satisfied with Jia Baoyu.
Although Jia Baoyu loves to hang out with girls, loves to eat the lipstick on the maids' lips, does not like to read, is spoiled, has no sense of responsibility, is ignorant of worldly affairs and many other minor problems.
But among the dudes, he was considered a good person.
He doesn't have many of the problems that playboys have.
Just compare Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and others and you will know.
Moreover, Jia Baoyu can also compose poems and understands the girl's thoughts. It will be a great thing to sing poems and wine in the future.
However, during the six months since she entered Jia's house, Jia Baoyu also liked her and often showed great attentiveness to her.
But this kind of love is no different from his love for other little maids.
But it was Lin Daiyu who made Jia Baoyu always think differently.
Miss Lin, by contrast, never pretended to be nice to Jia Baoyu and was very disgusted with her.
The more this happened, the more Jia Baoyu became obsessed with Miss Lin.
In this regard, Xue Baochai only felt bored.
In her mind, Jia Baoyu was just a marriage partner.
She thought Jia Baoyu was good, but only good. In fact, she didn't really like him.
How could Xue Hengwu, who could write "Good Wind" and "Send Me to the Qingyun" by his own strength, not have ambitions in his heart?
She also persuaded Jia Baoyu once, hoping that Jia Baoyu could study and make progress.
At that time, Jia Huan had not been expelled from the house, and Xue Baochai persuaded Baoyu to study with Brother Huan, and he would be able to make progress. By then, Jia Baoyu would also become a scholar, wouldn't it make the old lady happy?
As a result, Jia Baoyu coughed, picked up her feet and walked away regardless of the trouble on her face.
After that time, Xue Baochai became discouraged and never tried to persuade her again.
Everyone has their own destiny, and it was helpless for her to deal with such a person.
Sometimes, another person's figure flashed before Xue Baochai's eyes.
How great would it be if Baoyu made progress like Brother Huan?
Thinking of the fifteen-year-old Jia Baoyu still acting coquettishly in her mother's arms in the ancestral house today, Xue Baochai couldn't help but feel bored.
Suddenly, he remembered what Brother Huan once said: Brother Bao is still young, he is still a child, and Xue Baochai couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At this moment, Xue Baochai had already walked back to Lixiangyuan.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw her mother crying and wiping tears from her eyes. She was very sad.
Xue Baochai couldn't help being startled. She quickly took out her handkerchief and wiped away the tears on Aunt Xue's face.
He asked with concern: "Mom, what happened? Mom, please don't scare me."
Aunt Xue couldn't help crying: "My son, it's not because of your brother, that bastard! How has he ever heard a word from me?"
Xue Baochai was taken aback and asked quickly: "Mom, what trouble did my brother get into again? Does it matter?"
The stupid overlord is used to getting into trouble. Seeing Aunt Xue acting like this, Xue Baochai's first thought was that her brother had gotten into trouble again.
(End of chapter)
