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红楼梦Chapter24

Well， in that case， aunt， ventured Chia Yuen with a smile， you had better depute me to-morrow， and have done!

This job， continued lady Feng after a pause， is not， my impression is， very profitable; and if you were to wait till the first moon of next year， when the fireworks， lanterns， and candles will have to be purveyed， Ill depute you as soon as those extensive commissions turn up.

My dear aunt， pleaded Chia Yuen， first appoint me to this one， and if I do really manage this satisfactorily， you can then commission me with that other!

You know in truth how to draw a long thread， lady Feng observed laughing. But hadnt it been that your uncle had spoken to me on your account， I wouldnt have concerned myself about you. But as I shall cross over here soon after the repast， you had better come at eleven a.m.， and fetch the money， for you to enter into the garden the day after to-morrow， and have the flowers planted!

As she said this， she gave orders to drive the scented carriage， and went on her way by the quickest cut; while Chia Yuen， who was irrepressibly delighted， betook himself into the I Hsia study， and inquired after Pao-yue. But， who would have thought it， Pao-yue had， at an early hour， gone to the mansion of the Prince of Pei Ching， so that Chia Yuen had to sit in a listless mood till noon; and when he found out that lady Feng had returned， he speedily wrote an acknowledgment and came to receive the warrant. On his arrival outside the court， he commissioned a servant to announce him， and Tsai Ming thereupon walked out， and merely asking for the receipt， went in， and， after filling in the amount， the year and moon， he handed it over to Chia Yuen together with the warrant. Chia Yuen received them from him， and as the entry consisted of two hundred taels， his heart was full of exultant joy; and turning round， he hurried to the treasury， where after he had taken over the amount in silver， he returned home and laid the case before his mother， and needless to say， that both the parent and her son were in high spirits. The next day， at the fifth watch， Chia Yun first came in search of Ni Erh， to whom he repaid the money， and then taking fifty taels along with him， he sped outside the western gate to the house of Fang Chun， a gardener， to purchase trees， where we will leave him without saying anything more about him.