Let's see how many properties he has first.
His own house is a big house with five sides, one * * * and seven entrances, worth eight hundred and twenty pieces of silver. Later, he bought a house in Huazixu and Li Pinger next door, as well as the house in the Qiao family across the street. Together with the house on Lion Street in Li Pinger, the total property price in Ximen Qing is about 3,200 pounds. According to the shopping details described in the novel. For example, five taels of silver can buy a servant girl. San Qian silver can buy an altar of Jinhua wine, and two silver can buy a pig's head and four trotters. According to the purchasing power of silver at that time and the purchasing power of RMB now, the real estate in Ximen Qing is roughly equivalent to 30 million RMB, a proper mansion.
There are also several big pharmacies in Ximen Qing, which lend usury.
Almost all his wives have dowries. The richest man is Li Pinger.
After her husband died, she went to Li Pinger, Ximen Qing. A leather coat is worth 620 silver. According to today's RMB, it is conservatively estimated to be worth 50,000 yuan. There are also one hundred western beads and several boxes of soft ones. After Li Pinger's death, all these properties were divided up by Ximen Qing and his other wives.
Ximen Qing, like some wealthy businessmen now, is rich, so it is inevitable to look up to intellectuals and be arty.
Ximen Qing has little culture. It turned out to be "not reading much, wandering around all day." In order to be arty, Ximen Qing built three study rooms. The biggest one is in the garden, called Emerald Xuan. Judging from the decoration of the study, it is mainly used to show off.
Instead of books, there are "sweat towels and handkerchiefs, books and gifts, buttons" in the study cupboard.
There are all kinds of chairs and cool beds in the study. Celebrity landscape paintings are too full.
The flowers in the study are not elegant Daphne flowers.
It can be seen that Ximen Qing's study is not used for reading and studying, but for doing dirty work and showing off.