Chapter 10
Chapter 10
"Second," Baochai raised a slender finger again, and nodded at him from a distance, "After coming to the capital, brother must not run around outside. It is best to go to Jia's house as mother said. It is serious to study well at home for a few days."
Xue Pan's eyes widened, studying?
He wrinkled his bitter face, and said, "My good brother, you know me well. Let me sit obediently in the school and face that bearded old man... you might as well just go straight Smeared my neck with a knife."
After all, he carefully looked at Baochai's face, and asked in a low voice, "How about... let's change?"
"It's okay to change it." Baochai took a sip of tea slowly, "If my brother pays money to the cashier again this month... I won't approve it."
When you hit a snake, you need to hit seven inches, and when you deal with people, you also need to deal with sore feet.This threat hit Xue Pan's most painful spot precisely. If he had no money, what could he do even if he went out?Seeing that first-class beauty who looks like flowers and jade but has nothing in his hands and pockets, it would be better not to see her.
So he had no choice but to agree reluctantly, and asked again: "What about the end?"
"Finally," Baochai said seriously, "there are countless nobles in this capital, but our family is just a small class of imperial merchants. Although we have the name of emperor, we are still the most despised merchants in the world. Brother But remember, on the outside, one thing more is worse than one thing less; if someone really bullies you, come and tell me that you must not do it privately, do you understand?"
Xue Pan nodded repeatedly, indicating that he knew.
"I have two young men here who know how to punch and kick," Baochai clapped his hands, and called two men with big arms, round waists and muscular muscles from outside the door. Fatty said, "Brother, if you have anything to do, you just need to tell them. But if you go out of line...don't blame their subordinates for being merciless."
The two servants had also practiced, and they had been instructed by Baochai early on. Now they all agreed, and stood beside Xue Pan, one on the left and one on the right, like two lofty mountains.
And the Silly Overlord who was caught in it, with such a strong figure on both sides, was forced to become a defective product that Nu Wa randomly rubbed two balls and put them together alive.His head is chubby, and his body is also chubby. At this moment, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, his eyes and mouth are bulging, and he looks so funny that people can't help laughing.
Unfortunately, he is also a flamboyant master, wishing he could hang all his belongings on his body so that everyone can see it.Therefore, he also wore a gown with fringes bordered by red gorilla felt plate with gold color embroidered stone green makeup satin, and dark patterns were embroidered with peacock gold thread.He also wore a trembling bundle of hair inlaid with a purple gold crown, and wiped a large pearl on his forehead.Standing in this room, the whole person is a big group of golden light, as if another round of the sun has risen.
Baochai always liked plain and clean things the most. Seeing his attire, she couldn't help but sigh, feeling her piercing eyes ache.He waved his hand feebly, and said, "Then brother, you must remember these three things, don't forget them."
"I can't forget it, I can't forget it." Xue Pan fully agreed, then glanced outside the door and asked, "Brother, shall I go out for a stroll today?"
Seeing Baochai nodding his head, he jumped out happily as if he had received great grace.The two servants caught Baochai's wink and immediately followed behind inseparably, acting as taciturn caretakers.
Ying'er, who was originally standing behind Baochai, looked at it for a long time, and then said: "Second Lord, will this be bad?"
Baochai leaned back a little tiredly, leaning on the red sandalwood throne inlaid with mud and brocade, stretched out her hand to rub her forehead, and said in a deep voice, "How do I know...it's just that I There are many things to be busy, so I can't look at my brother for a while. Mom is soft-hearted. I'm afraid my brother will say a few nice words, and I'm afraid she will be soft-hearted. My brother is always causing trouble outside. Apart from finding two people to take care of him, I can't find any other way."
Their Xue family always seemed to be standing on a cliff that might collapse at any time.There are so many merchants in this world, who doesn't covet the name of the imperial merchant, who doesn't want to swallow up his shop that is making money every day?Xue Pan only knows how to eat, drink and have fun every day, so naturally he doesn't need to care about it; but he has to be careful not to take a wrong step, and not to leave a little bit of leverage that can be used, so that he can stand firmly in an invincible position.
No matter how dignified the young master is, for this family right now, he has to go all out to fight for a fortune and a stable future.
Ying'er stopped talking, and after half a day she said softly: "Second Master, you haven't had a good night's sleep for quite a while. Today, why don't you rest early?"
"Then let's wash up first. There are still a few merchants to meet tomorrow." Baochai closed her eyes slightly and nodded.Ying'er went to fetch hot water from a copper basin, rubbed soap into a very fine foam, waited for him to wipe his face, and then took off his big clothes.The ink-painted curtain was put down for a few seconds, and Ying'er heard the sound of very thin and even breathing.
She opened a slit and looked inside, the handsome young master on the bed had already fallen into a deep sleep.The jet-black hair lay beside the pillow, like fine silk and satin, with a faint luster.The figure under the brocade quilt is a little thin, and the exposed face is also a little pale, and the cheeks are slightly sunken.
Ying'er glanced at it and couldn't help but sighed silently.
In recent days, she has had more and more illusions—feeling that her father seemed to be completely bent down under the weight of this burden, and since the death of the master, he has become even more emaciated, as if he was about to be easily swept away by the storm. broken.
It's not easy, but how many people in this world are easy?
The Xue family came to Beijing this time because it was for business and they had a house, so it was not easy for them to live in Rongguo Mansion.So he lived alone in this house outside.When they came, they had brought five or six servants with them, and they were comfortable living in a separate courtyard behind closed doors.
Except for Mrs. Wang's displeasure in wanting to make Xue's support come to naught, no one else reasoned.After Baoyu heard this, he was also greatly relieved.
It was not for other reasons, but after meeting Baochai for the first time that day, he caught a glimpse of a new page in the book on that day, on which Baochai's name was impressively written.
And the following line of words made him unable to sleep well all night, because there were three horizontal and vertical characters in the book that day:
[Very pitiful. 】
God knows that when Baoyu saw this sentence, he almost wanted to bump into the wall with all his strength.
He never did anything, how did he arouse that master's pity?
The point is, this kind of friendship...he doesn't want one bit of it!
How did he know that Baochai watched Xue Pan too much, and she devoted her mind as if she was teaching her son, and she forcibly switched his brother status with Xue Pan, and everywhere he went to take care of his brother instead.My family raised a bear child, and seeing Bao Yufeng handsome and able to read again, it was like seeing a child from someone else's family.
Children from other people's families, look, how nice and obedient they are!He was born well, and he spoke well, and he didn't rush forward when he saw a slightly better-looking one.The most important thing is that I never make trouble outside at will, it can't be better.
He's not like Xue Pan, that tired-looking guy who only knows how to cause trouble everywhere!
These days, Baoyu is indeed obediently acting as a standard example of "other people's children", studying hard every day.Although he has never had a head hanging on his head, but he has the appearance of studying hard. Seeing that he is losing weight day by day, Xi Ren goes to the small kitchen every day to urge someone to make wolfberry chicken soup for him.
【Why do you have to work so hard? 】Wordless Tianshu said, 【If you really want to, use some good words to coax me, even this book can tell you the topic of the test, wouldn't it be better than you are working so hard for a child now? 】
How can that work?Baoyu laughed dumbly.
If he wants to save his relatives, he must do it with his own hands—in this life, he must no longer be that son-in-law who can only stand aside and watch but is useless, even for the sake of Jia who loves him. Mother, he also needs to force himself to grow up, grow wings as soon as possible, and firmly protect this mansion where he grew up.
The wordless book rolled in the air, and shook it up and down in a serious manner, just as a nod.
[Fool, now I finally understand. 】
"It's not just enlightenment," Baoyu said with a smile, "In these two lives, I have never seen it so clearly in one day."
Knowing what he should do, knowing where he can still put more effort... This made him feel that he is no longer a follower in the mighty tide of fate, on the contrary, even fate I also had to bow my head to him and bow my head to surrender, watching him walk out a brand new path that is completely different from the previous life.
Baochai occasionally came to the mansion a few times, and every time she saw Baoyu staying in the study, holding a scroll and reciting endlessly, she couldn't help but feel more and more envious.Going back to the mansion, I saw Xue Pan coming over like a little daughter-in-law abandoned by her husband's family, pointing to the two people behind her and complaining: "Brother, they must be too strict!"
"Where?" Baochai raised an eyebrow.
Xue Pan became more and more aggrieved: "It's all right, why do they follow me and stand next to me when I go to clean the room?"
Facing the two faces staring at him with no expression... Xue Pan's outbursts of outbursts were suppressed abruptly, and he couldn't even untie his trouser belt.
Unexpectedly, these two people are the sons of the Lian family, he is a pampered rich man who can't push or pull, the two of them seem to have taken root in the clean room.
In the end, he couldn't take it anymore, so he had to wait for half a day under the focused eyes of his four bright eyes, but finally he couldn't vent, and he wanted to cry.
Such a day is simply not human.
Baochai:......
He had never felt so tired.
The elder brother at the stall was an idiot, so he recognized it; but the servants in the family were all idiots too!
What is his life?Take care of the idiot's life?
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