Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 181 Baochai is leaving

Things had come to this point, and the mistress could no longer regret it. She could only bite the bullet and admit that she had secretly obtained the account book from Manager Fan.

When Xue Pan learned about this, he was suddenly at a loss and only wanted to go into the Jia Mansion to discuss countermeasures with Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue.

But Jia Zheng had already ordered that Xue Pan not be allowed into the mansion. Once he knew that someone dared to let Xue Pan into the mansion without permission, that family would be sent to the farm in the north.

Think about the servants who followed Xue Pan before. The third wave had been sent to a farm in the far suburbs by Jia Zheng.

With such a precedent, who would dare to sacrifice the entire family's wealth and glory for Xue Pan's little reward?

Xue Pan was so angry that he paced around at the corner gate, but the Jia family was so large and powerful that it was impossible for him to break through their obstruction and enter the inner courtyard.

In desperation, he had to take out some silver and asked them to go to the corner gate of the inner courtyard to pass the message.

With such a big thing happening just now, Xue Baochai no longer had the energy to deal with Shi Xiangyun. She even forgot about learning etiquette and hurried to the front yard, pulling Aunt Xue.

Seeing Xue Pan walking around anxiously in the back room, Xue Baochai thought to herself, "Brother, what happened? I heard that Manager Fan embezzled our family's property."

"Yes!" Xue Pan took out an account book from his bosom and handed it to Xue Baochai. "This is what Manager Fan's mistress sent over. She said it was Manager Fan's own private account. Sister, take a look!"

She opened the account book and looked through it for two incense sticks of time. After a rough estimate, she found that there was a difference of several hundred taels of silver in a month.

She not only recalled the period since her father's death, but also especially the businesses in Beijing.

The managers wrote to complain from time to time, but they were far away in Nanjing and could not do anything. Finally, they had no choice but to reduce their business and sold many shops.

At the moment, it seems that the failure of these industries is probably not as simple as it seems.

Xue Baochai told her mother and brother her analysis.

Xue Pan was a little impatient when he heard this: "Why are you bringing up these trivial matters? What should I do now?"

Xue Baochai raised her voice and said, "Brother! You should also improve yourself! Will you still come to me like this when I encounter problems after I enter the palace?"

Xue Pan said shamelessly: "Then don't enter the palace!"

Xue Baochai was so angry that she was shaking all over. She looked at Aunt Xue and cried, "Is this what you want to see? If I were a man, my family would never be like this!"

Aunt Xue held Xue Baochai's trembling hand and said, "Baochai, please help him again!"

Xue Baochai closed her eyes with trembling lips, thinking back to how her brother had treated her well in the past, running around to prepare Lengxiang Pills for her. She took a deep breath and said firmly, "Brother, I will help you one last time. You can't be such a jerk in the future!"

Aunt Xue hurriedly protected Xue Pan: "How can you talk about your brother like that!"

Xue Baochai ignored Aunt Xue and kept her eyes fixed on Xue Pan.

Xue Pan knew that he could not get away with it this time, so he could only nod and agree to his sister's request. However, how to do it in the future was still up to Xue Pan.

Xue Baochai closed the account book and began to teach Xue Pan how to deal with it. After she finished her explanation, she did not forget to ask Xue Pan to repeat it again. Seeing that he had memorized it, she added: "Although your uncle has gone out of the capital to patrol the border, your aunt is still in the capital. After you finish this matter, send a letter to your uncle's house and ask your aunt to lend you a few people to help you find other managers."

Xue Pan was not happy when he mentioned Aunt Wang's scrutinizing eyes: "You and Mom both live in the Jia Mansion, why don't we just ask Aunt Wang to lend us someone? Why do we have to go to Aunt Wang to find someone else?"

"It's because you were so absurd before, and you brought Baoyu along to play around! Don't you know that Baoyu is the apple of your aunt's eye? How could your aunt be nice to us if you brought him along to play around?"

As Xue Baochai spoke, she seemed anxious and angry.

Aunt Xue felt distressed when she saw her son being scolded, and hurriedly urged him to leave: "Go quickly, just do what your sister taught you, why are you nagging!"

"Mom! If you keep protecting him like this, how can he ever learn to support this family!"

Aunt Xue patted Xue Baochai on the shoulder and said, "This is still in the front yard. Let's go back to the house and talk about it."

However, after Aunt Xue returned to the courtyard, she had no intention of continuing the topic. She thought that the crisis had passed and she could rest easy from now on.

Only Xue Baochai was silently calculating the remaining banknotes in Aunt Xue's hands: it seemed like a large amount, but in fact it was not enough to spend.

From that day on, Xue Baochai paid more attention to learning the rules and regulations, and even forgot about Wen Xing. She wanted to finish her studies with Gu Mama as soon as possible, and then return to the Xue family to teach Xue Pan all the knowledge about how to manage the property that her father had taught her since she was a child.

These days, Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun were very busy planning the flower-viewing banquet.

Originally it was just a small fight between a few sisters, but Shi Xiangyun invited Baoyu, as well as Lady Wang, Lady Xing and others, and finally even Lady Jia was alarmed.

This is not something a small Lixiangyuan can accommodate.

Everyone was at Grandmother Jia's place that day.

Grandmother Jia hugged Shi Xiangyun and Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Yun girl is just making trouble. How can we ask your sister Lin to pay for the flower viewing party held in the mansion? I will make the decision. I and your aunts and sisters-in-law will each pay a little, so Daiyu doesn't have to pay."

"Originally, this was just a joke between us sisters, but I didn't expect Sister Yun to be so generous and make such a big scene. The peach and apricot blossoms in the yard are in bloom, so why not invite Sister You and Madam Rong from the East Palace to come and have some fun together." Daiyu suggested.

After hearing this, Jia's mother's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands in agreement, saying, "This is a good idea! Invite a small troupe and order a couple of good plays so that everyone can have fun. By the way, Baochai is going home soon, so this can be a farewell banquet for her."

Daiyu pretended to be surprised and looked at Xue Baochai, and asked, "Sister Baochai, are you going home now? Why don't you stay a few more days so that you can learn more about the rules?"

Xue Baochai smiled modestly: "There are too many things to do at home, and I have learned almost everything I should learn."

Shi Xiangyun interrupted, "Sister Baochai is really amazing! Unlike me, I find Nanny Gu and Nanny Liao so serious when I see them."

Grandmother Jia smiled and patted Shi Xiangyun on the back: "You have such an opportunity, you must study hard and don't be lazy!"

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun just stuck out her tongue mischievously and didn't respond.

Daiyu knew that Shi Xiangyun was always lazy when she was learning the rules or attending classes. Gu Mama also mentioned this to Daiyu, but Daiyu thought that Shi Xiangyun's innocent and naive life was a kind of happiness, so she did not interfere too much with her lifestyle.