"This man's family, although it is important to study and take the imperial examination, it is important to make meritorious contributions, but the head is the same, this heart must be kind, take care of brothers and sisters, and love each other among peers, the relationship between the head of this family will be harmonious, and it will naturally get better," Jia's mother smiled, "I look at my aunt's brother, not only for this Baoyu's cousin, but also for the second girl, the fourth girl, and this Lin girl, etc., and look at it coldly, they all get along very well, and they have never been the same as this Yu'er," Jia Mu patted Baoyu with disgust, " I know that I just blindly play around. ”

"So it can be seen that this kid is kind-hearted, if it's not good, why are these people willing to go to Lixiangyuan to find him stubborn? Aunt taught me well," Jia Mu sighed, "and I also expected Baoyu to be able to learn a point or two from his cousin." ”

Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "The old lady must not say that, he is just a few years older, taking care of his younger siblings is supposed to be, our two families are good relatives, and it is right to take care of each other. What's more, it's nothing, if the old lady praises him again, according to his temper, I'm afraid that after a while, my tail will be cocked. ”

Everyone laughed again, "What Mrs. Aunt said is that these relatives were meant to take care of each other. ”

Xue Pan said, "It's rare for the old lady to praise me, why did my mother stop it, the old lady's words of the old man of Fushou, it's good to praise it, you stopped it again, you haven't seen it," Xue Pan pretended to complain, "The old lady won't boast." ”

Saying this, the audience laughed again, and Jia Mu also smiled, "Brother Pan'er is really interesting to speak." At this time, Daiyu also came in from outside, and when she heard Jia's mother say this, she couldn't help but look at Xue Pan with blinking eyes, and after a while, the tortoiseshell came and said that lunch was over, and Jia's mother said, "It's lively today, please eat some here with your aunt and brother, what's the best dish?" ”

The tortoiseshell said that there were steamed lambs with milk, fried pheasant cubs, and freshly made mushroom pickles, and Jia Mu nodded, "That's fine." Mrs. Wang got up and said with a smile, "My daughter-in-law is fasting today, so I won't accompany the old lady." ”

"You go," Jia Mu nodded, Mrs. Wang walked down with the girl, there is still a table full of people, Jia Mu let Xue Pan sit by herself today, but put Daiyu behind, Xue Pan and Daiyu sat side by side, behind is Xichun, Baoyu and Yingchun Tanchun sat on the other side, Aunt Xue and Jia Mu sat on the top together, Jia Mu said: "Let Baoyu his sister-in-law, and Brother Feng don't have to come, let them eat their own raw food, this is going to be the end of the year, I'm afraid that things will be busy." The mandarin duck smiled, "The old lady is happy today, and she will have to eat more when the meal is passed." ”

After a while, the servants and women served the dishes, and the mandarin duck pointed to a few dishes in front of Jia's mother, and introduced: "This chicken pith bamboo shoot was brought by the master, and it is tender when you look at it; The eldest man entered a bowl of mussel stewed venison; Uncle Dongfu Zhen brought the pepper, salt and mushroom sauce, saying that it was porridge for the old lady to drink. ”

Mother Jia took a piece of bamboo shoots and ate it, but she didn't touch the venison, and the mushroom sauce also tasted it, "The taste is okay, and my aunt can also taste the taste," Mother Jia instructed the mandarin duck again, "Tell them, I have accepted this intention, but now I don't have to do it before, many things can be avoided, don't waste it so much, how much can I eat alone, plus these girls?" It's a waste to send it in vain. So that they don't have to send it again in the future. ”

The mandarin duck agreed, but said with a smile, "The filial piety of the old man is so unavoidable, although I go out to say, I'm afraid that no one will listen to me." ”

So he started to eat, Xue Pan's eating appearance has always been very appetizing, although it is very restrained, but it is still sweet, Daiyu saw Xue Pan liked the venison very much, and specially sandwiched a piece to Xue Pan, Xue Pan nodded, smiled and took a piece of red date cake to Daiyu, "My sister is not strong enough, eat more red dates, and I am not afraid of cold in winter." ”

At this time, Baoyu and Tanchun talked about the poem he had just made in front of Xu Juren, and Tanchun said with a smile, "The second brother is so powerful, in the future, we will start a poetry club, I can't say that I want you to make a poem first to strengthen the momentum." ”

After eating, a few people said goodbye, and Xue Pan asked everyone: "Tomorrow, Brother Zhen said that he wanted to invite him to the play, do you want to go?" ”

Baoyu loves to be lively, so she naturally wants to go, Daiyu said that she was not in good health, so she didn't go, and she said to go to Yingchun Tanchun, but Xichun also said that she was not in good health, "I have never liked to listen to dramas, but now that my body is not good, I feel more and more headaches, so I naturally don't go." ”

Xue Pan originally wanted to invite everyone to sit in Lixiang Courtyard, but Yang Liu came to report that Xue Baochai was a little unhappy, so he hurriedly went back, and when he arrived in Lixiang Courtyard, he saw Baochai sitting on the kang, and when he saw Xue Pan coming in, he wanted to get off the kang to salute, but Xue Pan stopped, "How can you be so dignified, your body is uncomfortable?" ”

"It's just an old illness, it's just a cough, and it doesn't matter," Baochai said with a smile, "Ying'er is already frying cork soup, and if you eat cold incense pills later, it will definitely be fine." ”

"Cold incense pills?" Xue Pan was puzzled, "What kind of medicine is this?" ”

"Brother forgot?" Baochai said, "In the old years, a monk gave a sea fairy prescription, saying that it was a hot poison in my mother's womb, just eat cold incense pills." ”

He had forgotten that there was such a thing, "Is it okay to take this medicine?" ”

"It's just a slight cough, a little out of breath, just eat it," Baochai said, "I said I didn't have to call my mother, Yang Liu still went to please, I don't know if it alarmed Nafu." ”

"Your body is the most important, what is not alarmed," Xue Pan waved his hand, "I happened to be outside the door, but I didn't be alarmed, so I came to look for you first." Since he is not in good health, he doesn't have to go to Dongfu tomorrow, so he can rest at home. ”

So the two of them said something, Xue Pan saw that Baochai took the medicine before he was relieved, returned to the courtyard outside, and discussed some business with the housekeepers and deacons at home, through the matter of redirecting the salt, Xue Pan's ticket number expanded his business scope in Beijing, in short, Xue Pan pretended to be public and private, and used the opportunity of the salt merchants to hand over the silver, and paid the silver to the imperial court through the ticket number of Xue Pan's family.

It's just that relying on this, in the end, you can't make money, after all, in the old years, Hu Ge Lao reformed the currency system, and all the broken silver was canceled, but it was set to silver dollars, and the days of this ticket number were not as good as before. Since Xue Pan is preparing to live in the capital for a long time, he naturally has to plan another business.