Others don't know how much Xue Baochai lost in this grain transaction, but Ying'er still doesn't know? Before, Xue Baochai hoarded a large amount of grain, not only collected all the grain on his dowry Zhuangzi, but also specially borrowed silver to buy a lot of high-priced grain, just waiting for the grain price to go up a little more, so he could throw it out in one go and make a lot of money.

But now, the grain is smashed in his hands. On average, the cost of these grains in Xue Baochai's hands is twice the current grain price.

It's no wonder that Xue Baochai is not dizzy.

Xue Baochai arrived, but Ying'er couldn't follow the dizziness.

He hurriedly pounced, next to Xue Baochai's ear, and said, "Grandma, grandma, you hold on." Last time, my uncle asked my grandmother for money, but my grandmother didn't give it. Grandma, wake up! ”

Xue Baochai covered his heart and glanced at Ying'er.

Ying'er immediately understood what Xue Baochai meant, he found out the cold incense pill, and let someone fry the cork soup, watching Xue Baochai eat it, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

After eating the cold incense pill, Xue Baochai also felt better. He whispered in Ying'er's ear: "You go and take out the beaded jewels and jewelry that are not commonly used in my jewelry box, so that the whole three thousand taels of silver will come out." I worked. ”

Ying'er was startled: "Grandma! ”

Xue Baochai said: "Don't delay, go and take that as such." ”

Ying'er couldn't bear it, and said: "Grandma, those are the dowry jewelry that your wife gave you to renovate, and some even gave you ...... when the master was there."

Xue Baochai said: "Don't talk about this. Last time, I didn't take out the money right away, and our master was faintly unhappy. This. I can't shirk anything. I only hope that he has put the money to good use. ”

Ying'er had no choice but to say: "Grandma, our master is different from the second master Bao. ”

Xue Baochai nodded. "It's really different. ”

Later that day, when Liu Xianglian came back from outside, she saw several large boxes on the ground, which were full of white silver.

Liu Xianglian was very surprised: "Lady, what are you doing here?" ”

Xue Baochai came up diligently to take out the coat outside for Liu Xianglian, with a smile on his face, and said, "Didn't you say it last time." Do you need silver taels for something? At that time, I was short of money, so I only got the money out today......"

Liu Xianglian faintly felt that Xue Baochai's attitude was different, but he couldn't care about it now.

Liu Xianglian said: "It's too late. ”

"Too late?" Xue Baochai still didn't understand.

Liu Xianglian said: "Originally." I've already told a few friends to buy some food for disaster relief. If it does, someone will report it to the court. With this meager merit, move a little more. You can also get a petty official to do it. But. Daomen's shot, I'm afraid that only the Daomen can be seen above. ”

Xue Baochai originally heard that Liu Xianglian had the opportunity to be an official, and he didn't know how to regret it, but when he heard this last sentence, he couldn't help but ask: "Daomen?" ”

Liu Xianglian replied: "It is the Daomen. I heard that Daomen got a large amount of grain from overseas, and the price of grain was immediately lowered. Finally, the people no longer have to go hungry, and they don't have to sell their sons and daughters. That's right. I heard that the person who led the Daomen to find food was the county lord of the Rongguo Marquis Mansion. ”

Xue Baochai listened. hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a wry smile, and said, "I hit the door, and I gradually faded away from the sisters in the old days." Not to mention the county lord of Jia. Although he is generous, he went to Yuqing Mountain, and he never returned home for the New Year! When the old lady in Nafu was in good spirits, he was the one who always talked about it. ”

Liu Xianglian frowned slightly when she heard this, thought about it, and said: "That's it, after all, the county lord Jia is already a member of the Daomen, and I heard that there is a saying that there is a dust-cutting edge in the upper echelons of the Daomen, and I don't know if it's true or false." However, the county lord of Jia has indeed made a great contribution this time. It is said that this time, Long Live also made a special request to ask the national teacher to take the county lord Jia to the palace banquet. ”

When Xue Baochai heard this, his heart jumped again.

Among the girls who lived in the same Jia family in the past, if Xue Baochai's desire to participate in the palace banquet ranked second, no one could rank first.

Xue Baochai's Qingyunzhi has never disappeared from his heart.

But in the same way, Xue Baochai has never had the opportunity to really get close to that palace gate. Every time he thought of this, Xue Baochai would add a resentment towards Mrs. Jia Yuanchun in his heart, and when he saw or heard about Jia Baoyu, a resentment would also rise.

However, Xue Baochai also knew that it was inconvenient for Liu Xianglian to know these things now.

Therefore, after Liu Xianglian told him this, Xue Baochai could only say: "Speaking of which, the second sister is already a frequent visitor in the palace when she comes back from the border pass." ”

Liu Xianglian said: "How is this the same? In the past, the county lord of Jia was a guest of Princess Changle, and he stayed in the palace and also in the North Palace. This time, Banzai is the person who feasted on the Daomen at the Jinluan Palace. said, and said: "It's a pity, in such a prosperous world, people like us are not qualified." ”

Xue Baochai thought for a while, and suddenly said: "I remember that the old lady of Rongguo Mansion is about to reach her ninetieth birthday." The old lady's birthday is in January, but every birthday is done in August. It's just that last time when the old lady was 80 years old, it was just in time to catch up with the relatives in the palace who were not good, the second master and the second wife had accidents one after another, and even affected them. I think this time, Nafu should be a big ......."

Liu Xianglian frowned and said, "Probably not, right?" Although the old lady said that he was long-lived, he had been bedridden for ten years. ”

Xue Baochai said: "Even if there is no post for us in Nafu, I will personally send a generous gift." Anyway, my second sister has also taken care of me a lot. ”

Liu Xianglian said: "This is the right reason. On that day I will go with you. As he spoke, he paused again and said, "By the way, by the way, call Shangbaoyu." ”

Liu Xianglian is good friends with Jia Baoyu, but when she moved out of Daguan Garden, Xue Baochai and Mrs. Jia Zhengwang's side of the people faded, even if Jia Baoyu was his cousin. Even if he almost married Jia Baoyu. However, he is only looking at Jia Baoyu for Liu Xianglian's sake. It can even be said that Xue Baochai has long stopped treating Jia Baoyu as his cousin.

However, since he needed to borrow Jia Baoyu's light to go to the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion, Xue Baochai didn't mind dealing with Jia Baoyu.

He also knew that with Jia Baoyu's temperament, even if he knew his purpose, he would not demolish himself.

The couple discussed for a while. And they went to sleep.

Liu Xianglian felt that she had another way to advance, and she slept exceptionally peacefully, but it was Xue Baochai. Didn't sleep all night. Thinking for a while, how much money Liu Xianglian's friends had scraped together, how much food they bought, and how much money they had lost. Among them, how much Liu Xianglian has produced; I thought about it again for a moment. When I went to the Rongguo Mansion, how to talk to the ladies in the Rongguo Mansion, and how to become a guest of the Rongguo Mansion again.

This thought is most of the night.

Xue Baochai didn't fall asleep almost all night, and didn't close his eyes until the sky was bright.

On the contrary, it was Liu Xianglian, who had a rare good sleep and was refreshed in the morning. The mood is also very good. After eating dinner indiscriminately, I went to find Jia Baoyu.

I heard that I was going to congratulate Jia's mother on her birthday. Jia Baoyu was also very happy, even Xia Jingui, who was very sour and spicy in the past and rarely gave Liu Xianglian a good look, when he saw him today, he was also kind and pleasant, and he poured tea himself.

Liu Xianglian was very surprised: "Could it be that there is something good in the house?" Or do your younger siblings have added something to you again? ”

Jia Baoyu only laughed, but it was Xia Jingui who said generously: "If I have a child at this time, my mother will let me lie in the house and not allow me to walk around." ”

When Xia Jingui gave birth to a son before, she caught up with dystocia and suffered a lot. Fortunately, nothing major happened, Xia Jingui was young again, and he had been raised in the house for half a year, but he got better in the end, and he did not fall ill. However, Xia Mu and Jia Baoyu were frightened by Xia Jingui's birth, if Xia Jingui was really pregnant again, not only Xia Mu, but even Jia Baoyu was reluctant to let him work.

Liu Xianglian glanced at Xia Jingui in surprise.

"It's not a big deal, it's a good person with a good reward." Xia Jingui explained: "Last year, I heard from the old people in the neighborhood that this year's weather was not good, so this nerd remembered it, and despite my objections, he exchanged all the money in the family for rice grain. No, this year's food prices are getting bigger and bigger. I thought that I would press it again, but this guy coldly sold all the food at home, and it was 20% cheaper than the market price at that time! After I knew, I almost died of anger! Who knows, after two days, Daomen actually released grain? It just so happened that the grain was bought back at parity. In such a rough calculation, we not only filled the original vacated granaries again, but also earned almost three granaries of money and grain. By the way, I heard that my sister-in-law is also getting food, I don't know how much my sister-in-law earns? Listening to the people below, Mrs. Sister-in-law's wedding Zhuangzi is much larger than ours, and Mrs. Sister-in-law has more silver at the bottom of the box in her hand, so she has earned at least 50,000 taels of silver. ”

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she felt uncomfortable.

He forced a smile and said, "How is it possible...... How could Baochai do such a thing? ”

Xia Jingui said: "How is it impossible? When Sister Bao was not married, he couldn't pay attention to the big and small things of their Xue family, and he could take eighty percent of the attention. Otherwise, how could the county lord of Jia be cheated by him for tens of millions of taels of silver? ”

Jia Baoyu saw that Liu Xianglian's expression was a little wrong, and hurriedly pulled Xia Jingui.

If it was the past, Xia Jingui would have lost his temper, but now that Xia Jingui has money in his pocket, he is in a good mood, and when he saw that his husband gave him a look, he just glared at his husband, turned his face and said, "I'll go see the kitchen." In order to thank us for taking care of us, the villagers specially sent two bamboo chickens. I made it in the kitchen for you to drink. ”

With that, he lifted the curtain and went out.

When Xia Jingui walked away and couldn't see anyone, he heard Liu Xianglian say: "I originally said that my younger brother and sister are a thunderous temper, if you marry him, I'm afraid there will be a lot of it." Unexpectedly, he was still subdued by you. ”

Jia Baoyu smiled: "He's a good person, but his temper is straighter, as long as he says it, it's fine." In the end, she is also a well-read, literate and sensible lady. He asked Liu Xianglian again: "I saw that your face was wrong, but did something happen?" ”

Liu Xianglian was silent for a while, then told the whole story, and said: "I thought that there was a name for disaster relief, and if I found someone to dredge it, I would be able to get a petty official to do it, but he ...... it."

Jia Baoyu sighed and said, "You are also a pure person, why bother to drill there?" ”

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said, "What about you?" Why did you take the Xiucai exam and become a teacher? ”

Jia Baoyu said: "Gaining fame is just for seeing officials without kneeling." As for being a teacher, it's just because I see the villagers' yearning for study......"

Before dealing with those villagers, Jia Baoyu never knew that those villagers were eager to one day their children would be able to read and write. It was because of the love of these villagers for their children and grandchildren that Jia Baoyu became a teacher.

Not for anything else, but to fulfill the love of these parents.

Liu Xianglian suddenly said: "But I heard that several of the children you taught have already passed the Xiucai examination......

Jia Baoyu said: "It's just three or four people." I don't have the ability to do anything else, only this poem still has a bit of spirituality, and in addition, I can guess the question. ”

If you talk about the understanding of the subset of scriptures and history, Jia Baoyu is not successful. According to his idea, he didn't want these children to be the country's beetles. In the end, he went to the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion, cheekily, borrowed the merchant's book through Jia Lian and his wife, and then copied it back little by little, and then taught these Mengtongs.

Liu Xianglian said: "Since you can guess the question, why don't you try to take the test?" ”

Jia Baoyu was stunned.

If you talk about your own heart, Jia Baoyu is unwilling to go to this imperial examination. However, he also knew that if he became a lifter, it would not be exempt from tax and labor alone, but even the tax and labor of his family.

Jia Baoyu knew his wife's hard work, so he didn't hesitate in his heart.

Just as Jia Baoyu was about to speak, he heard someone outside and said, "Say it again." It's just a showman, and it's like that, and I heard that it's more difficult to get a show than a show. Our Baoyu is not you, we don't have as good a body as you! ”

Liu Xianglian raised her head, which one is not Xia Jingui?

Liu Xianglian looked at Xia Jingui, and then thought about her wife who was extremely utilitarian and always thought that she couldn't be motivated but often dragged herself back, and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in this letter. (To be continued.) )