Dream of the Red Chamber ~14 呆霸王薛蟠

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Simplified Chinese
薛蟠哪里肯依？宝钗从中调停道：『哥哥既想学好，母亲就打点一千、八百两银子，交与他试一试，也能够增加些阅历，总比关在家里好些。』

Tradionnal Chinese
薛蟠哪裡肯依？ 寶釵從中調停道：『哥哥既想學好，母親就打點一千、八百兩銀子，交與他試一試，也能够新增些閱歷，總比關在家裡好些。』

Simple Translation
Where can Xue Pan go? Baochai intervened and said, “Since my brother wants to learn well, my mother will give him 1000 or 800 liang silver to have a try. It will also increase my experience. It’s better than being confined at home.”