Just when Jia Jiu and Qin Keqing were talking about each other, they saw the little girl announcing outside the door: "Girl, Miss Bao is here, saying that it is Miss Xie's medicine." ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Sister Bao? I didn't give him any medicine. That's it, the visitor is a guest, please. ”

When he was young, Xue Baochai came in with Ying'er, and after meeting Jia Jiu and Qin Keqing, he gave an eight-color gift, and said: "Before, our mother and daughter were confused by outsiders, and I saw that this body was not good for a long time, my mother was anxious, and I was offended, and I hope that the second sister will be considerate, and don't be angry with my mother." ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "Look at what Sister Bao said, is it possible that I am such a petty and unreasonable person?" Although there was only one glance, I also saw the situation of Sister Kebao that day. Mrs. Bao is Sister Bao's biological mother, how can she calm down when she sees Sister Bao like that every day? Today, I saw that Sister Bao was able to come out and walk around, which is a great thing. ”

Xue Baochai sighed. These days, he lives in fear. If he doesn't get better for a long time, I'm afraid that his future will be over. Without his beautiful face, how can he Xue Baochai fly on the branches and become a phoenix in his life, and become a master from now on? Thinking of that period of time in the house, Xue Baochai had palpitations.

Xue Baochai said: "These days, I don't know how much bitter medicine juice I have eaten, but this body has not improved. My mother was also very anxious, even my brother gave up an unknown amount of food to the temple for me. It's a pity that this money is spent like flowing water, but it always doesn't work. When I first heard that my second sister had an elixir here, my mother was like a treasure. Now that I think about it, if there is no second sister to stop me. If the medicine is not right, I'm afraid I don't know how long I'm going to stay in the house. Today, I made a special trip to thank my second sister. ”

As he spoke, he bent down to salute Jia Jiu. Jia Jiu hurriedly asked Xiu Tang to help him up, and said, "Sister Bao." You're really, saying anything that can't be stopped. The old lady is my own grandmother, and I don't dare to talk too much about the things in the old lady's house, and how can I do anything to meddle in the guest's house! Even Sister Bao is now living in my house, and the same is true. Speaking of which, I have to apologize to my sister. ”

Jia Jiu didn't know if Xue Baochai was angry with himself and deliberately said such things. But put yourself in your shoes and think about it, if you change yourself and suffer from the same disease, and the neighbor next door has a rare good medicine in her hand, and her mother personally comes forward to beg the other party or still refuses to give it, and she is afraid that she will be annoyed if she is just afraid of it. Xue Baochai can speak with a sharp edge. Jia Jiu is not annoyed, if he doesn't have any expression, then Jia Jiu will be afraid.

Jia Jiu also knew that after this time, Xue Baochai's favorability towards himself had almost bottomed out, and the reason was, of course, because he didn't give him the elixir. This is how people are, when they are suffering from a serious disease, they hear that someone else has a cure, whether it is the right symptom or not. I always want the medicine to be in my own hands. Since Jia Jiu insisted on not giving it, Xue Baochai would definitely have resentment.

If it was before, Jia Jiu would definitely try his best to brush up Xue Baochai's favorability to get more points, but now. After copying the Tao Te Ching in the [Advanced Cultivation Ground] for so long and practicing the sword for so long, Jia Jiu's temper has also come up.

What about bad fighting? If I have to back down if I try, then won't I become a bun?

Even if Jia Jiu didn't notice it himself. His mentality has changed. The most obvious manifestation is that he doesn't care about Xue Baochai as much as before.

Anyway, people have already been offended. It's too late to fix it now. And although Sister Bao's reputation is good, it can't compare to Sister Lin's generosity. Sister Lin is really generous from the bottom of her heart, and Sister Bao's generosity is often just for the sake of profit. Instead of currying favor with him now, it is better to make clear to him his interests and force him to back down.

With his mind racing, Jia Jiu had already made a decision. Just as he was about to speak, there was the sound of the little girl's hurried footsteps outside. The girls of big families have been carefully trained, where can they run so disrespectfully? Xiaohong didn't wait for her girl's command and went out.

Jia Jiu smiled: "These girls are all new. According to the old rules of our family, if you want to become a second-class girl, you must stay in the rough girl for three years, and only after you are familiar with the rules and people are generous and no longer make a fuss, you can enter the house to call. It's just that this year's events are one after another, and there are only one or two hundred people left in the original family of thousands of slaves. Let me see the joke. ”

Qin Keqing immediately said, "Look at what my aunt said." As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, and it is a scripture that is difficult for every family to read. In a huge family, there are always so many unsuccessful minions. If they obey discipline, what can they do, but if they don't obey discipline, and rely on the dignity of several lifetimes to hold their masters hostage? This kind of thing is not only here for my aunt, but also for our family. It's just that when my sister encounters such a thing, it's all a big thing and a small thing, and she just reveals it gently. ”

As he was talking, he saw Xiaohong kneeling down outside the curtain and said, "Back to the girl, a large boatload of frozen sea crabs, shrimp and sea fish was sent outside, and the master asked someone to pick up a box and send it to the girl." In addition, this is a chiseled gold plum blossom hairpin sent by the master, saying that it is a new dress for the girl. As he spoke, he held up a long box.

Jia Jiu's heart moved: "How much seafood did you send to the old lady?" ”

Xiaohong said: "Back to the girl, the master personally led people to carry two boxes of seafood to the old lady, and asked someone to pack up two boxes and ask Grandma Zhen to take them back to Dongfu." At this time, the maid's father was taking someone to deliver seafood to Zhang's family. ”

When Qin Keqing heard this, he immediately got up and said, "Auntie, I came with my mother. I'm afraid our grandmother is looking for me at this time. ”

Jia Jiu immediately nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then you can go." If you have time, come and sit down and talk to me. I love to hear what you have to say. Qin Keqing agreed, but repeatedly refused Jia Jiu's send-off, and led the people away.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai also said: "Speaking of which, when we were in the south, we also ate this sea crab. Although the taste is delicious, the fishy smell is also heavy, and the coldness is even heavier. Every year in March and April, the beach is full of crabs, and you can pick them up by bending down. ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Really? That's a good idea. Speaking of which, more than half of our family likes to eat this, but it's a pity. There are only a few days a year when you can eat crabs. ”

Xue Baochai said: "Although things are good, you shouldn't eat too much." Since God has arranged for this crab to be eaten on only a few days a year, it is obviously useful. If you force it, it's not beautiful. I'm just curious about what the house uses to preserve this sea crab. After all, sea crabs are the same as crabs. You have to rush to the pot while you are alive, and it is not good to get out of the pot if you die. ”

Jia Jiu thought for a while and said, "What else can I use?" The girl also said that the following was sent in freezing. ”

Xue Baochai was taken aback and said, "Ice? It takes seven or eight days to take a boat from Jingshi down the river to the mouth of the sea, not to mention from the sea to Jingshi, which is against the current, and it is impossible to do it without half a month. Not to mention that it's August, and the weather is getting cooler. But it is also the day of wearing sarn. Could it be that the house has the ability to turn a little water into ice? ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "I don't know about this." I just took it like that. ”

Where is Xue Baochai willing to give up. He knew very well that if he could get this recipe that turned water into ice, it would be equivalent to pinching a big gold mine. I believe that the magnates in Beijing should be happy to spend a lot of money to buy ice. As long as you take this recipe, you can wait for a steady stream of gold to flow into your storehouse.

Xue Baochai didn't care about the fact that he had just told Jia Jiu about the medicine before, and at this moment, he just wanted to find out the recipe for making ice in summer from Jia Jiu's mouth. He remembered that this summer, there was still a lot of cold rooms in this house. Not only the second girl's house, but also the two adopted daughters' houses in the back garden are not missing ice. Before, Xue Baochai thought that the Jia family had always been willing to spend money on this, but now it seems. Where is the Jia family's generosity willing to spend money on this, it is simply that they have a recipe for turning some water into ice, which is not uncommon for ice in this summer.

Thinking of the price of ice in the summer, Xue Baochai's heart was also moved. He wanted to ask again, but he heard a girl outside report it: "Girl, the seafood has been collected in the kitchen." It's just that these things are frozen. Now it's from the front to the back, moving and melting ice at the same time. It's wet everywhere. In the kitchen, dare to ask the girl, how to preserve these seafood? Do you want to ask the big kitchen for ice? ”

Jia Jiu hadn't spoken yet. I felt that Xue Baochai on the side was also looking at him with burning eyes. Obviously, the other side is also interested in ice.

Jia Jiu hesitated for a moment and said, "That's it, at this point, the ice stored in the winter is not enough, where can I find any ice to freeze him." Xiaohong, you go to the kitchen and watch, and ask someone to pick out all the shrimp and crabs, wash them, and marinate them in salt water. As for the sea fish, they were also washed and salted. Be fast. If the ice has melted and has not been pickled, I am afraid that the taste of these seafood will also change. ”

Xiaohong immediately ran out in a hurry with the little girl.

Jia Jiu thought about it and called a little girl: "You go to the Huansha Pavilion to invite the two nieces and nephews, and tell them that there are a lot of shrimps, crabs, and fish sent outside, and ask them if they like it." If they like it, share some of it. This stuff can't be left for a long time, so it's better to eat it as soon as possible. ”

The girl went out at once.

Here Xue Baochai also muttered. Although Jia Jiu had to know nothing about ice, Xue Baochai felt that since the Jia family could eat seafood from the sea, there must be some recipe for turning water into ice. Jia Jiu didn't know that this recipe was excusable—he was a little girl after all—but the Xue family couldn't live without it. For the sake of the Xue family and for himself, he must get this recipe in his hands.

At this moment, Xue Baochai regretted for the first time, why was Jia Yuanchun grounded? If Jia Yuanchun came out, he wouldn't see the business opportunities here-he actually regarded Jia Yuanchun as a fool, Xue Baochai looked up too much on himself and underestimated himself too much-as soon as he said it, he would naturally make trouble with Jia's mother, at that time, he just had to wait in the back to drink soup and eat meat. Xue Baochai believes that even if Jia Yuanchun gets this prescription, it is impossible for him to operate it himself, the only possibility is to hand it over to himself, let the Xue family run it, and then wait for the silver to be divided. This is also one of the classic means of financial management for the families of the powerful.

Seeing that Jia Jiu didn't have time to entertain him, Xue Baochai also got up and said goodbye with interest. He had to find a way to get the recipe for making ice from Jia's house, but there was no time to delay. It was Jia Jiu, who saw that he was so desperate that he couldn't keep it, so he had to ask someone to take a big basket with a few big crabs and shrimp and sea fish, and let Xue Baochai take them back to eat. Xue Baochai couldn't refuse. In the end, I still brought it.

Aunt Xue in the back was listening to her son talk about this in the house: "Mom, didn't you see it." The carriage of such a large carriage was covered with a thick cloth and swaggered through the city, and the ruts of the carriage were very deep. It's still dripping wetly. The ruined man who had a good thing deliberately summoned and took the opportunity to remove the cloth covering the carriage. Boy! There was a large chunk of ice on the wagon. Everyone thought that it was the ice that the palace went to buy in other places, but they didn't expect that the water would make a noise and jump out of such a big fish! Good guy, I smashed a Chinese character on the side on the spot. The son looked at the fish alone at least a hundred catties! A long carriage, to say the least, there are one or twenty of them, if they are all such live fish, how much silver should they be worth? The son thought, this can't be a tribute from a foreign domain, right? Mother. You know what? This guy actually stopped on this Ning Rong Street! I sent someone to ask again, and then I found out that it was the handiwork of the old man. The eldest lord knew that the old lady liked to eat crabs and shrimps, so he specially asked someone to go to the sea to buy them, and it took the boss's efforts to transport them into Beijing. Mom, in the coming year, my son will also ask someone to get you such a cart of sea fish, and also ask someone to take a look, our Xue family is not nothing. ”

Aunt Xue said, "Good boy, do you think this fell from the sky?" Be. The fish and shrimp on the beach are not valuable, and even such a big fish has more in the sea. But this fish and shrimp are so good, if you want to send them to Beijing, you can't do it without a few means. If nothing else, let's just talk about my father, when your grandfather was still in trouble. Our royal family is in charge of the building of the sea pond in the south. At that time, your grandfather also thought about getting some seafood to pay homage to your head. But in the end, the cost was too great, and ten boats were sent in. Ten ships are dead, and a hundred ships are sent in. A hundred ships are dead. Later, the boss reprimanded him, and your grandfather didn't dare to send it to Beijing. ”

Xue Pan said: "Mom." Since this ridiculous and lascivious old man has become a big man, it doesn't make sense for me. Maybe my grandfather didn't find the right way. People like the big man can do it, but I can't do it if it doesn't make sense. ”

Aunt Xue said: "Let's go, I'll be your son, I don't expect you to be anything, as long as you are safe and sound for the rest of your life." As for the seafood, you still don't have to think about it. I'm not going to say yes. ”

Xue Pan was a little unhappy when he heard this, thinking that his mother was looking down on him, but he didn't dare to talk to his mother, so he had to keep his head down and not speak.

was in the cold field, when he saw Xue Baochai coming in from outside, and seeing the house like this, Xue Baochai hurriedly said, "Mom, what are you talking to your brother?" Did my brother make you angry again? Mom, don't be angry, your daughter will make amends to you for her brother. "When you speak, you have to salute.

I don't know what this is, Xue Baochai's behavior came down, and it looked like he gave his mother a step down, but he put an unfilial hat on Xue Pan's head.

But Aunt Xue and Xue Pan didn't hear anything wrong with this. I only heard Aunt Xue say this about the whole story, and then said, "Bao girl, help me persuade your brother." Didn't he say this coldly, didn't he pick at my heart? ”

Xue Baochai said: "Mom, my brother has the heart to do big things, which is also a good thing." It's just that brother, don't blame my sister for saying you, how old are you now? It's not even fifteen. Someone else's fifteen or sixteen-year-old child is not under Cheng Huan's knees? If you want me to say, it's too late, wait for two years, my brother is also older, and he has some rules for doing things, so it's not too late to get this again. Moreover, I watched coldly, if I wanted to bring in seafood, I was afraid that a lot of ice would be indispensable. I think there may be a recipe for making ice in this house. As long as we get our hands on that recipe, we can't do a lot of things. Where do you need my brother to rush to the beach? ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately said, "That's exactly the reason." Pan'er, your sister is right, you have to keep it in mind. By the way, Bao girl, how do you know that ice will be made in this house. ”

Xue Baochai said: "Mom, in fact, I have been paying attention to it since the two girls from the Huansha Pavilion entered the house. It's just that there was no evidence at that time, so I could only press it in my heart. It's just that now when I look at it, it's eight or nine and ten. Mom, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the prescription alone. I'd like to ask my mom for a favor. ”

"How?"

Xue Baochai immediately said this in Aunt Xue's ear.

Aunt Xue nodded, indicating that she understood.

Xue Baochai said: "Brother, my second sister also gave me a basket of seafood today." Don't you like crab the most? The current river crab is not fat enough, and the sea crab in this capital is extremely rare. Why don't we accompany our mother to have a little wine, and the family is relaxed and relaxed? ”

Xue Pan was still a little unhappy, but when he heard that there was wine to drink, he immediately threw away the little discomfort in his heart.

Along the way, Xue Baochai had already thought about it, and it was absolutely difficult to be alone in front of Jia Mu. To put it mildly, it is the girl of the Jia family, the old lady still doesn't pay attention to it, let alone the daughter of the guest's family. Although the Xue family and the Jia family are old relatives, the relationship between the two families has faded now. Especially after the division of the sect in this mansion, the eldest lord regarded his family as not having zài; The second girl was okay with herself, but after the flower puja, his attitude changed.

Xue Baochai always felt that the idea of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix carefully let the other party find out, which made the other party look down on himself and began to stay away from him. But if things had never happened, Xue Baochai would still do it, at most it would be more secretive.

Now, I still go to the old lady every day to say goodbye, laugh with the old lady, and lose money to the old lady to make the old lady happy, but there is no sense of discomfort in my heart. He is the daughter of the Xue family, why would he please a lady from an outsider family like this, he would do this, why not for his brother, for his mother, and for his family?

Xue Baochai's surname is Xue, and like Lin Daiyu, he doesn't need to honor Jia's mother as an outsider, he will do this, not because he is a feudal lady who abides by the rules, but because it can bring benefits. First, you can brush your favorability in front of Jia's mother, and secondly, you can also let people see how filial and virtuous he is. Especially the benefits of fame, which are more important than anything else for a woman. Because in this world, only women are allowed to excel in fame.

Xue Baochai wanted Jia Yuanchun to come out to help him. It stands to reason that Jia Yuanchun should be cultivating in a good life, and it would be better if he could take the opportunity to come out like a child. Because that's the dragon species.

Xue Baochai was very aware of the importance of a prince or a princess to the Jia family, but he was not sure if Jia Yuanchun would be left with this child. Perhaps leaving a son to go to the mother will be the first choice above.

Believing that he had touched the meaning of the above, Xue Baochai immediately hit the idea on the sea crab in front of him. Crabs are cold, and sea crabs are more cold. If you do it well and let Jia Yuanchun flow this child, I don't know if the above will pay attention to himself?

After experiencing the days in the house, Xue Baochai's heart was like a demon, and he wanted to climb up, but he forgot that there were some things that he should not interfere in. But once a person thinks about it, it is not so easy to turn around. When Xue Baochai came back to his senses, in addition to the three sea crabs that had been steamed and a plate of fried sea shrimp, there was only a cage of crab roe buns left in front of him.

Xue Baochai was stunned at the door of the kitchen for a long time, and then called a little girl and said, "You send this cage of xiaolongbao to the eldest girl." It is said that this is the crab that the second girl gets, which is extremely fat, and it is also the first batch of crabs this year, so I specially invite the eldest girl to try it. These days, I don't know how the big girl is doing, and I ask the big girl to take care of it, and don't put it in your heart if you have something. If you have something, just ask. ”

The little girl answered, and sure enough, she went.

Xue Baochai didn't know if Jia Yuanchun would fall for the trick, but he wanted to gamble, bet on his luck, and bet on Jia Yuanchun's brain. Sure enough, after dinner, when Xue Baochai was looking at the account book under the lamp, he saw the little girl coming back, and said: "Girl, the eldest girl is very happy to see the bun, and she also said that the second girl has a heart, and she still remembers his poor sister." I also asked the second girl what she was doing these days. The maidservant said that the girl's face was wounded, and that she had only recovered for the past two days. It's just that I don't dare to eat these hair things now, and I remember that the eldest girl likes to eat this the most, so I specially made it and sent it to the eldest girl. The maid also said that if the eldest girl likes to eat this, she can just open her mouth. The eldest girl also rewarded her servant with a golden. As he spoke, he showed it to Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai nodded and let the little girl go down. (To be continued......)