This is different from Jiangnan's own home, at that time, several people's yards were far away, Xue Pan seemed to have to walk a long way to get to his mother's main courtyard, or to go out to run errands, or to go out to do business, or the front hall director, had to walk a long way, Xue Pan suspected that he had lost weight in the period from last year to this year, probably because he walked too much at home.

Now the front and back yards, although cramped, but it seems to be quite warm, the family lives in a yard, Xue Pan strode into the yard, the servants who swept the house saw Xue Pan so they asked Ann to say hello, "Uncle is very early," Mama Li opened the curtain and walked out, and when she saw Xue Pan, she smiled and said, "This Mrs. has just gotten up." ”

Xue Pan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where did Mama Wang go?" "I'm here to settle accounts with her!

"Sister Wang went out," said Mama Li, "it seems that I went to my uncle's house, and my wife ordered me to send something to my uncle's wife." ”

"I'm not at home every day," Xue Pan rolled his eyes, "It's busier than me, and my mother is up?" I'm going to say hello. ”

Mama Li gave Xue Pan a curtain, Xue Pan went to the inner room, only to see that there were twelve rosewood chairs in the court, and there was a screen of glass jade inlaid with gold and precious stones and other gems at the back, and there was a long table of golden silk nanmu, on which there were several pairs of colorful vases of the official kiln, and the painting in the middle hall was the most popular and the most expensive Ma Miaoshan's Yutang rich picture, all this, according to Xue Pan, these magnificent furnishings can only be described in one word, that is: vulgar.

But my mother likes it, and I can't help it, these guys are still shipped from Jinling, Aunt Xue was originally an elegant person, but she said: "Living in a relative's house, naturally it's not easy to live too simply, but it makes people look down on it." ”

This truth is also right, so Xue Pan turned a blind eye to the dazzling wealth in front of him, and when he went to the east, he saw Aunt Xue combing her hair on the dresser, and Xue Pan sang a promise: "Mother, my son is here to ask for peace." ”

"Why did you wake up so early today?" Aunt Xue said curiously, "It's not a serious day, it's better to sleep more." ”

"Don't sleep, I'm going to the Internal Affairs Office today," Xue Pan said with a smile, "Take advantage of the early to get up, come to see my mother first, and then go out after breakfast." ”

"This is outside, but it's not as good as at home," Aunt Xue advised, "The outside won't let us all go, be cautious in everything, go to the Internal Affairs Office, prepare more silver, people who have always come to the Internal Affairs Office recognize silver, I heard your father say, as long as the silver arrives, you are not afraid of someone embarrassing you." ”

"I know," Xue Pan was a little disapproving, "I'm just going to sell the number, routine stories, there must be no twists and turns, and Grandpa Zhang took me there, it's almost the same thing here, Mrs. can rest assured." ”

After saying this, Bao Qian also came in from outside, saw Xue Pan sitting on the kang, and said strangely, "Brother got up early." ”

"I was woken up by our wet nurse," Xue Pan yawned, "Otherwise, I'll still be meeting Zhou Gong this time." ”

"I had dinner with your sister Feng yesterday, but you were still happy?" Aunt Xue smiled, "Mama Wang came back and said that you had drunk a lot of wine, and I was afraid that you would get drunk and hurt your body, so I asked someone to prepare to come and see you, but Mama Wang said that she didn't need to, saying that Yang Zhi took care of her very well there, and you were okay yesterday?" ”

It's very proper, I had already won it yesterday, but I didn't expect to be spoiled by Xiangling again, Xue Pan was very sad and angry, but at this time Baochai asked again: "Yesterday Xiangling came back in a panic, what did her face look like red, asked her how she was, but she didn't say, she said before that she would send you tea to drink, but she drank it?" ”

Neither of these questions could be answered, Xue Pan coughed, "It's okay, I'm not drunk, I'll wake up after sleeping." ”

"Sister Feng is so polite, and she specially invited her brother to eat and drink," Baochai smiled, "This face is really big, I heard the sisters talk about it yesterday, and they all said that Sister Feng has always been uninvited to dinner, and my brother is the first one." ”

Xue Pan smiled slightly, "Sister, do you know that there is no good banquet in this banquet, is the Hongmen banquet good?" What will happen to Michi? It's not a very good thing, Second Brother Lian is polite to me, it's just a request for me. ”

Xue Pan said a little about Aunt Xue and Baochai about the previous salt, and Aunt Xue was surprised and said, "I said, why is it not a festival, and I came to invite you over to eat and drink, it turns out that there is something for you to do." ”

"Count it out, we are not short of this money," Xue Pan was very bold, "But this salt guide can be sold for more than 100,000 taels of silver outside, but when it came to the second brother Lian, he took two thousand taels of silver to me, and he wanted to send me away, which is too much to put me in his eyes, I gave him so much salt, just for the sake of his relatives, if it wasn't for Sister Feng's husband, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to him." ”

"Don't say things that look down on relatives like this," Aunt Xue was a little dissatisfied with Xue Pan's bold tone, and warned her, "Pan'er is not allowed to say that." ”

"Yes," Xue Pan said with a smile, "I also said it very tactfully yesterday, I said that this silver is indispensable, you can't take two thousand taels of silver and send me away." ”

Although Aunt Xue is an inner woman, the Xue family is a family that does business, so she naturally knows the value of these things outside, especially the salt introduction, Xue Pan said that the one hundred and fifty salt quotations for Jia Lian are put outside to sell, and those who are interested are afraid that they will drop the price of more than 1,000 taels to buy one, in this way, one hundred and fifty can be sold for at least 150,000 taels of silver, which is still to hurry up and take advantage of the price that the rich people in other places have not come to rush to buy, if it is put in the middle of the auction in the capital, I am afraid that it will be sold at a sky-high price.

Aunt Xue heard Xue Pan say that she wanted Rongguofu to take something to mortgage, she lowered her head and thought about it, "This method is a little stingy, but I can't trust my relatives." ”

"But there is no such thing," Xue Pan said, "I also said that there is no need to do this, as long as he returns the salt to me, but Second Brother Lian refuses." ”

"Phew!" Aunt Xue took a sip, "Is there a reason to get the things sent out back?" Even if you don't have any money, it's not good to be like this, you will lose the face of our family, if so, I will not have the face to live here in the future. ”

"I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with my aunt's family," Xue Pan said with a smile, "When I heard this yesterday, I am afraid that the matter of Second Brother Lian was hidden from the house." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I'm afraid that Second Brother Lian picked it up and did it himself, not the affairs of the public school," Xue Pan said, "Otherwise, this matter wouldn't be so strange." ”