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红楼梦Chapter24

Pu Shih-jen gave a sardonic smile. Dont， he said， again allude to any such thing as selling on tick! Some time back a partner in our establishment got several ounces of goods for his relatives on credit， and up to this date the bill hasnt as yet been settled; the result being that weve all had to make the amount good， so that weve entered into an aGREement that we should no more allow any one to obtain on tick anything on behalf of either relative or friend， and that whoever acted contrary to this resolution should be， at once， fined twenty taels， with which to stand a treat. Besides， the stock of these articles is now short， and were you also to come， with ready money to this our mean shop to buy any， we wouldnt even have as much to give you. The best way therefore is for you to go elsewhere. This is one side of the question; for on the other， you cant have anything above-board in view; and were you to obtain what you want as a loan you would again go and play the giddy dog! But youll simply say that on every occasion your uncle sees you， he avails himself of it to find fault with you， but a young fellow like you doesnt know whats good and what is bad; and you should， besides， make up your mind to earn a few cash， wherewith to clothe and feed yourself， so that， when I see you， I too may rejoice!

What you， uncle， say， Chia Yun rejoined smiling， is perfectly right; the only thing is that at the time of my fathers death， I was likewise so young in years that I couldnt understand anything; but later on， I heard my mother explain how that for everything， it was lucky that you， after all， my uncles， went over to our house and devised the ways and means， and managed the funeral; and is it likely you， uncle， arent aware of these things? Besides， have I forsooth had a single acre of land or a couple of houses， the value of which Ive run through as soon as it came into my hands? An ingenious wife cannot make boiled rice without raw rice; and what would you have me do? Its your good fortune however that youve got to deal with one such as I am， for had it been any one else barefaced and shameless， he would have come， twice every three days， to worry you， uncle， by asking for two pints of rice and two of beans， and you then， uncle， would have had no help for it.