The wind and moon in Suzhou and Hangzhou have always been lovely, but the old capital of Jinling, the embers of the Six Dynasties, the smoke and the moon are prosperous, flourishing in the south of the Yangtze River, singing and dancing, and crowning in the sea.

Since the establishment of the dynasty, a cadre of old sons, born in this long peaceful world, inherited the father and ancestor Yu Yin, can not write, can not get on the horse, full of food all day long, nothing to do, then linger in this Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, looking for fun, sleeping flowers and drunken willows.

Jinling fishing alley area, has always been a fence forest, Qinlou Chu Pavilion, no less than dozens, rouge powder, difficult to count, but mostly vulgar powder, not enough to be an elegant person.

Next to the peach leaf crossing, the Zhulou Water Pavilion, the spotted bamboo green curtain, the smoke willow is ethereal, and the fishing flute sends the shadow, which is suspected to be the wind and water aura.

There are looking for a guest, come to the door, then see the Zhu door slightly open, the snow-like Habarr followed a hanging bun boy out to greet the guests, under the green bamboo curtain, the colorful parrot fluttered: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law is here, Amitabha." ”

The boy followed: "Mother, brother-in-law is here." ”

The bustard's mother, who was full of pearls, stood in front of the hall and said with a smile: "Gongzi's surname is noble." ”

Xunfang Ke replied with a smile: "The surname is Shen." ”

The bustard's mother also smiled: "The son is so good-looking, why is he not surnamed Xie? ”

Shen Ke laughed: "Xiaosheng's surname is Shen, if he is not surnamed Xie, he is not Baoshuer." The bustard's mother smiled back: "In this way, the son's surname must have been Xie in his previous life." ”

He bowed down again and asked, "Childe is here, how can he see the teaching?"

Shen Ke replied: "I have heard my mother's love for a long time, and I have admired it for a long time, so I came to visit." ”

The bustard's mother urged the maid and said: "Xue'er, there is Shen Gongzi here, call the young lady to come out quickly." ”

Xue'er replied crisply: "My sister didn't wake up from a nap, so I'm annoying to wait a minute." ”

Shen Ke said with a smile, "It's okay, Xiaosheng treats each other with tea." ”

For a long time, the sky has been dark, Fang heard Huanpei Shanshan, the fragrance is fragrant, the waiter helped out a graceful beauty, it is really Penglai Fairy, Chang'e in the world, faint spring clouds, light condensing autumn water, covering the fan and smiling, enough to fall into the city.

Laughing at a while, singing and dancing at the banquet, Shen Ke was drunk, carrying the young lady into the room, and to the inner room, looking around, suddenly saw a green brocade booklet on the table, the book "Qing Niang Biography" three words, there is a peach blossom note, the pen is soft, vaguely inscribed with verses, thin life is the beginning of the flower, not to mention the flower ownerless.

Therefore, I thought that this biography was nothing more than a child's affection, so I laughed and said: "I am lovesick in January, and I will die for Qing." Isn't it far better than the man in this book? ”

Unexpectedly, the young lady changed color and said angrily: "You are waiting for mediocre streams, how dare you defile me Mo Lang." ”

Then the guest went out, and there was no need to go into details.

Let's say that the Xue family is in the eighth room in Jinling, Xue Pan's house has gone to Beijing, and Xue Zhen's house has been bought and sold in various provinces, and he goes to take care of the cooking from time to time, and often leaves Jinling, so the Xue family is in Jinling, but there are only six rooms.

These six rooms are also businessmen for a living, although they are not as rich as Xue Pan's house, but they also have a huge family business.

Among them, there is also a room, the head of the family, Xue Hong, the word Tianyu, is also like Xue Pan, lost his father at an early age, but there is no uncle who can rely on the envoy of the Beijing Camp Festival, and his mother is soft, seeing that he is still young, it is inevitable that relatives in the clan will come to the door to help him one or two.

said that it was a foil, but in fact, no one knows, relatives are scheming, more ruthless than others, it is nothing more than to come to Xue Hong's property, if he succeeds, Xue Hong's property will not all change the owner, but also lose more than half.

The shopkeeper of these guys of the Xue family, seeing that the head of the family is young, even Xue Pan dares to abduct him, not to mention that Xue Hong has less to rely on than Xue Pan, so the silver in the account is ninety percent of the loss, not to mention those tricks of backlog on credit and swallowing up theft and selling......

Everyone guessed that Xue Hong's house was about to decline, who knew that although Xue Hong was young, he was extremely smart, and the things in the business were clear at first sight, and the hands and feet on the books would never be hidden from him.

It's just that the Xue family started as an imperial businessman, and this business has a very unclear relationship with officialdom.

No matter how smart Xue Hong is, he can guard the fat industry of his ancestors, and he has no backer, which is tantamount to a child holding gold to make trouble, and the reputation of the four major families can stop outsiders, but it can't stop the clansmen.

Xue Hong has lost his father and has no backer, this business will not work sooner or later, so it should naturally be handed over to someone who can run it, and the same surname is Xue, which saves outsiders cheaply......

But these clansmen never expected that Xue Hong was not only smart, but also very lucky, and somehow was valued by the Northwest Commander, and he was chosen as his son-in-law.

Since he made a marriage with the daughter of the northwest commander, Xue Hong took advantage of the situation to start buying and selling medicinal materials, transporting goods to the northwest once a year, and in less than three or four years, he restored the industry left by his father.

Because Xue Hong rebuilt his family business, relying on the way of the martial arts, the people of the Xue clan tried to plot other people's industries, and Xue Hong had a suspicion, seeing this, he couldn't help but say that the martial artists were vulgar, and his words were full of ridicule and sarcasm, looking down on Xue Hong.

Xue Hong only has a mother and a sister, her sister is named Baoyun, she is born with a peerless appearance, graceful demeanor, pampered since childhood, too naïve, but her temperament is really refreshing.

A few years ago, seeing that the family was in the middle of the road, Xue Hong was in a dilemma, and this Baoyun took out his own makeup box and converted it into silver for the family's use.

In this way, how can it not make Xue Hong sigh in his heart, after the business has improved, Baoyun is almost obedient, and he wants the stars not to give the moon.

It's just that this Baoyun's family suffered a great change when he was a child, and although he later recovered, this psychological shadow could not be erased for a while.

Xue Baoyun has been rich in clothes and food since he was a child, and he was originally a poor and enjoyable character, but now, he has a heart disease of taking precautions, and he added a new set of clothes in January, so he feels extravagant and wasteful, and he has a good set of faces, and he is afraid of low discounts.

In the Xue family, they are all people in the business line, boasting of glory and wealth, it is inevitable, the women in the clan, there is also the style of comparison, weekday clothing, the silk of the city, and then exquisite, it is also vulgar, the head of the jewelry, the shop in Beijing is too dull, the palace craftsmen are commonplace, to a pearl and a stone, the craftsman's craftsmanship is luxurious and ingenious, breathtaking, can be worn.

Xue Baoyun's dress is not gorgeous and novel, playing with these sisters, it is inevitable to be looked down upon, although Xue Baoyun said that these phoenix hairpins and pearls, when they were poor, they only got a few taels of silver, and they didn't seem to care, but after all, it was the daughter's family nature, and every time the party was over, she would inevitably be depressed for a while.

Xue's mother loved her daughter's life, and when she heard about it, she couldn't help but coax Xue Baoyun to make new clothes and buy new jewelry under various names, so that her daughter would not be too lost when she got together.

This style of comparison is not limited to the head of the clothes.

Nowadays, foreign goods are booming, and if you get a foreign word, it is extremely expensive and rare, and these girls of the Xue family are compared to the foreign things in their own homes.

Mother Xue searched everywhere, but how could ordinary foreign goods enter the eyes of these ladies of the Xue family, which made people laugh.

Xue Hong learned that he was helpless, he took the Northwest Trade Road, only knew the word sheep, and it was not at all related to foreign goods, and the foreign things that could be made rare in the Xue family were not available for a while.

As a result, every time Xue Baoyun and these sisters in the clan got together, the smile on his face became a little lighter, and occasionally he complained that the sick man was lazy, which made the Xue family more and more worried.

On this day, Xue Hong returned from outside and was about to see his mother, when he suddenly saw several girls walking over with things in their hands.

When a few girls saw Xue Hong, they hurriedly saluted and said with a smile: "Uncle is back." ”

Xue Hong nodded, and just turned around to leave, but when he glanced at it, he saw the things that these girls were holding in their hands, which were very familiar, as if they were Western furnishings in his sister's house, and turned his head again, and asked, "Uh, these things, what's going on?"

One of them, a pretty girl with magnolia flowers in her ears and temples and a lotus-colored dress, replied crisply: "It was the girl who told us to clean it up, and as soon as the girl came back today, she said that there would be no need to put these in the house in the future." ”

When Xue Hong heard this, she became more and more suspicious, and hurriedly asked, "Where did my sister go today?"

The pretty girl replied with a smile: "Miss Bao Se of that room, I have come down and invited the girl to come over to enjoy the flowers." ”

When Xue Hong heard this, he felt that it was not good, it turned out that this Xue Baose's family was also the descendant of the Xue family, and the two families of Xue Zhen and Xue Pan were the closest in the family, and they had very close contacts.

Xue Pan's family went to the capital, and part of the property in Jinling was entrusted to Xue Baose's family to take care of, and Xue Baose's family was away for many years, and the family business near Jinling also relied on Xue Baose's family to take care of it.

Xue Baose's family is not rich among the Xue family, but because of the friendship with Xue Pan and Xue Tads, they can often get some rare things.

This year, Xue Bao's family was buying and transporting foreign goods along the West Sea, Rao is Xue Hong didn't ask, and he also knew that Xue Baose had a lot of fresh foreign gadgets, and in front of the sisters in the clan, he was in the limelight a few times.

This time, it must have been these little girls showing off their gadgets together again, and they had a quarrel, which made his sister unhappy.

Xue Hong thought to herself, these little girls, when they are good, they are like a person, and when they are bad, you ignore me, I ignore you, I don't let them meet, and I am not happy.

Alas, I don't know if to call them childish or to say that they are boring.

But when he thought that the angry person was his sister, Xue Hong sighed and made a decision without principle, it's just that, if it's really as he thinks, it's a big deal that he has some favors, and then asks someone to collect some rare foreign gadgets, how can he not make his sister unhappy?

Xue Sister Kong Hong thought about it and went to his sister's room.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, his sister put on a lazy bun and wore a green gauze shawl, watching the girls move things.

Xue Hong saw that those girls were moving Western cabinets and Western chairs that he specially bought from the central government last time, so he couldn't help but be stunned, raised his eyes, and sighed: "But I offended my sister?"

Xue Baoyun was puzzled, turned around and smiled: "Brother, you're back." What do you say?"

Xue Hong pretended to hammer the table and said, "I didn't offend my sister, why didn't my sister want what I sent?"

Xue Baoyun chuckled and said, "Brother is embarrassed to say it, the things that were given to me are not complete." It's a shame that I didn't post to invite someone today, otherwise, it would have been me who had been laughed at for a few days. ”

When Xue Hong heard that things were not complete, he immediately thought that he had been fooled, and his pretended anger suddenly turned true: "How can this be reasonable, I deceived Uncle Hong, and I saw that I didn't kill these bitches." ”

Xue Baoyun frowned, pulled Xue Hong's sleeve, and said unhappily: "Brother, if you talk nonsense again, see if I don't tell my mother." I don't want these things anymore, my brother just asks someone to take it back or ask someone to sell it, why bother to fight and kill, let me and my mother worry? Brother Pan in that room, since he killed someone that year, has never returned to Jinling. ”

Xue Hong listened to his sister-in-law's words, but forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't say this, and my sister shouldn't say what she doesn't want, since it's not a set, I'll buy it outside." ”

Xue Baoyun frowned, pursed his lips, and said with a smile: "I really don't want it." Brother, I'm not a Western girl, there are so many Western things in the house, what do I look like?"

"Really?" Xue Hong looked at Xue Baoyun and nodded, frowning: "But what did that girl from Bao Se say today?"

Xue Baoyun laughed, pinched the handkerchief and said, "Sister Baose didn't say anything. It was Sister Bao Tian who asked Sister Bao Se when she opened a Western grocery store, or why would she put everything in the house. Sister Baojia has always been fast-talking, and she actually said next to her that there are clouds in the book, and everything in the world is precious. Like such ornaments, there are one or two pieces, can still be seen, if there are more, there is only a vulgar word. No wonder the world says that the merchants are unbearable, just because there are too many people like Sister Bose......"

Xue Hong smiled, thought for a while, and asked, "Xue Baose's girl is not a taciturn person, Baodian and Baojian said this about her, but she didn't talk back?"

Xue Baoyun covered his mouth and smiled, his eyes flowing: "Sister Bao Se said vulgar and unbearable words, but she hated the vulgar people, and the elegant people did not." ”

Saying that, Xue Baoyun smiled again: "Sister Baochai said, can this layman have it, can it be better than the eunuchs and dignitaries in Beijing? Sister Baose has always been better with Sister Baochai, Sister Baochai is now a guest in Rongguo Mansion in Beijing, don't you know whether this Rongguo Mansion with hairpins and a crown is vulgar or elegant?"

Xue Hong shook his head, one by one, his teeth were sharp, how could it be good to go to his mother-in-law's house in the future?

Xue Baoyun didn't notice it at all, and continued to smile and said: "Sister Baoqi said that the servants of Rongguo Mansion still know how to study and medical customs, and when they think about it, they hate the elegance that the laity have. After talking like this for a while, seeing that Sister Bao Se seemed to be angry, everyone dispersed. ”

Xue Baoyun said with a smile: "I don't want to be a layman, these Western furnishings are enough to keep one or two." ”

"As you please. Xue Hong responded with a smile, suddenly thought of something, and asked with a smile: "That girl Baojia, how did you know that the servants of Rongguo Mansion want to study medicine and customs?"

Xue Baoyun replied without thinking: "It looks like it is in the book." ”

"What kind of book, the book actually writes about the Rongguo Mansion?" Xue Hongqi said.

Xue Baoyun wrung his handkerchief and stuck out his tongue and said: "It's a new script in Beijing, called the Biography of Qingniang, which is half-true and half-true about the Mo family, and occasionally mentions a few small things in Rongguo Mansion. Not only read books and medical customs, but even the words that say that everything in the world is precious and less is precious, is also what Sister Baojia sees from the book. ”

Xue Hong only felt that this name was really familiar, thought for a long time, and laughed: "Qing Niang, Qing Niang's biography, it is actually this book!

And Jia Cong in the capital, he doesn't know these things at all, he is worried about the matter of the silver tael, two hundred taels looks like a lot, but when it comes to using it, he feels that it is too little.