For such a situation, Xing Shuang was also very distressed. But she can't make this decision for Baochai, because Baochai is not her daughter, and this is not something she can decide.

Thinking of Baochai's biological mother, Xing Shuang sighed deeply in her heart.

Since the Xue family returned to Jinling, there has been no news. It is impossible for her family not to know about such a big event as her family coming to Guangzhou. But he delayed his departure for so long, and he didn't wait for the Xue family to entrust him with a few words like "take care of Baochai".

In Aunt Xue's eyes, there is only Xue Pan, and her son is everything to a woman in this era. What's more, for a woman who has lost her husband, her son is her only reliance in this life.

Aunt Xue is like this, and so is Li Kun in the book. It's just that Li Kun chose to teach patiently, with hard work. But Aunt Xue chose a path that ruined their family.

This kind of pampering, the final result, is that Xue Pan does not know the preciousness of human life, which leads him to kill people in the end.

The saying that the poor must have something to hate, is an eternal truth. Aunt Xue looks down and pitiful now, but if it weren't for her hatefulness, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

It's just that now Baochai is finally getting better, and facing such a problem, Xing Shuang can't help but wonder what Baochai means.

Xing Shuang did not answer James directly, but said to him with a smile: "There is an old saying in Huaxia, it is fun to have friends from afar. Since the two of you are here, they are friends of my Jia family, and I invite the two of you to go to the guest room to settle down, and when the master comes back in the evening, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for the two. ”

This was said in Huaxia, and James was confused when he heard it, but Benjamin hurriedly translated it for him.

When James heard this, his heart couldn't help but feel half cold, and when he arrived at the guest room, he grabbed Benjamin and asked, "You say, what does Mrs. Jia mean?" Is she not allowing me to pursue Baochai? ”

Benjamin smiled bitterly, pulled his hand away and said, "James, you calm down." The woman in the East is introverted and reserved, and besides, she has just met you, and she doesn't know you, how can she immediately agree to your request with confidence. You must know that I have been with her family for so long, and she has not let go of her mouth to allow me to pursue the spring. ”

When James heard this, he was relieved, and asked worriedly: "But if she doesn't agree, I'll ...... when I go back."

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "That's why I told you not to come, because I know you won't get anything." The customs of the East are different from those in the West, where women can fall in love freely, but women here can only listen to their parents and marry someone they have never even met.

"You're luckier than me, though. The situation of the hairpin is different from that of Yingchun. Hai fell out with her family and ran away from home, although she was already able to marry in the East, she broke away from the family in the East and went to the West.

In the West, she has no identity, and she can still move around England with her relatives. Once she turns eighteen, her status becomes her biggest obstacle. She had to change her pass for an adult, but she couldn't change it, could she?

"If you can wait a few more years, when she's eighteen, to propose to her under the pretext of giving her an identity. I think she'll think about it, but whether she'll love you or not, I'm not sure. ”

James clutched his heart and said bitterly, "Oh no, how can she not love me?" ”

Benjamin laughed, patted James, and said to him, "You rest first, I'll go and inquire for you." ”

After speaking, Benjamin walked out, he was actually just looking for an excuse to come out, wanting to go to Jia Lian, who knew that after only two steps, he saw Jin Chuan coming over, asked him to come over, and his wife had something to ask.

Benjamin had no choice but to turn back to the main hall, and when he saw Xing Shuang sitting there with a serious face, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Don't worry, madam, James is not a strong man, he just listened to Baochai's flicker, so he came to ask for your blessing." ”

Xing Shuang was confused, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on with them?" ”

Benjamin sat down and smiled happily: "What else can I do, I can only say that the charm of the hairpin is too great." James had only known her for two months and fell in love and was crazy about pursuing her. ”

Xing Shuang asked curiously, "What about Baochai?" ”

Benjamin shrugged: "I don't understand this, I'm also curious, and I asked what the hairpin means." She just smiled at me, but didn't give me an answer. But I looked, she also seemed to be a little shaken, but she kept refusing to agree to James's pursuit on the grounds that she was still underage. ”

Xing Shuang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Since she didn't agree, then I won't agree for her, this kind of thing is originally what you and I want, and there is no reason to let a third person intervene." ”

The two put aside this and talked about Baochai's affairs in England. Benjamin told Xing Shuang what Baochai had done after she went to England, and finally said: "Her current property is only more than 100 times that of a year ago." Just one piece of embroidery from her embroidery workshop can sell for two thousand pounds at auction. ”

Two thousand pounds, which is a lot of money, Xing Shuang asked again: "Then how many pieces does she auction a year?" ”

Benjamin held out five fingers and shook them.

Xing Shuang was a little disappointed: "Fifty pieces? ”

Benjamin shook his head.

"Five hundred?"

Benjamin shook his head again.

Xing Shuang frowned, could it be that Baochai can sell 5,000 pieces a year? In that case, not only will the embroidery girls be exhausted, but her business will also plummet rapidly.

You must know that this thing is rare and expensive, and the things auctioned should be rare and precious things. Once she puts a large amount of embroidery up for auction, she may not be able to sell it for even five hundred pounds next year.

Benjamin saw Xing Shuang frowning, and he didn't dare to hang his appetite anymore, so he hurriedly said: "It's five!" ”

Xing Shuang was stunned, and suddenly couldn't hide a smile on his face.

Benjamin sighed and shook his head: "Sure enough, you are as shrewd as the hairpin. She said that if there are too many things, they are not precious, and five pieces a year is already the limit. If it weren't for her lack of capital in the early stage, she would even want to shoot only two pieces a year. ”

Xing Shuang was overjoyed, her mouth couldn't be closed, her smiling eyes narrowed into a slit, and she said to Benjamin: "Thank you for your hard work, in order to help her, you should have done a lot." ”

Benjamin became serious and said to Xing Shuang: "No, if you really want to count, it should be me who thanks the hairpin and Mrs. If it weren't for my wife's family to help us, we wouldn't have had a chance to get out of bankruptcy. And if it weren't for Baochai, I might have been running around the two countries for the rest of my life. ”