The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 308
Because he hit it off with Jiang Yuhan at Feng Ziying's house, Jia Baoyu seemed to rejuvenate for the third time [including Qin Zhong], swept away the depression of the past few days, and ran out happily almost every day.

However, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang have deliberately indulged again recently, so he has become more and more a wild horse, floating outside eight out of ten days, which has the meaning of "three flats are not as good as you want, let's make a round boat".

But on the ninth day of March, he obediently stayed at home.

Gein Shi Xiangyun, who stayed in Rongguo Mansion for more than half a month, is finally going back home.

Early in the morning, all the sisters surrounded Shi Xiangyun out of the Grand View Garden, and walked towards the two gates, while listening to her counting the days with her fingers: "I will be back when the thirteenth, or fourteenth at the latest, anyway, I will definitely not miss the poem of the fifteenth." meeting!"

When she said this, she tapped her fingers one by one, and said with a straight face: "During the few days I am away, you must not be lazy! Last time we prepared in a hurry, and we caught up with brother Bao and sister Lin. In one event, it was said to be a poetry meeting, but most of the words were not as good as the ordinary income, what a pity for the golden paper from Tongdetang!"

Hearing her mention of the conflict between herself and Baoyu, Lin Daiyu gave Xiangyun an angry look, and teased: "I haven't gotten through the door yet, so I feel distressed first?"

As he spoke, he said to Li Wan who was on the side: "It's a pity that the appointment is on the twelfth of this month. If it had been last month, sister Xing's five hundred papers sprinkled with gold would have been replaced by mulberry paper."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and the flowers trembled wildly, and they also followed suit.

This one said: "I'm going to promise someone, and I'm still so careless. Be careful not to let your mother-in-law listen to it!"

That one said: "You can go at ease, even if you don't come back, we will write a few good poems with all our energy and wisdom, so that I can put them in the bottom of the box as a dowry for you!"

But it turned out that when Shi Xiangyun came home this time, he was waiting for Jiao Shun to officially come to the door to give the dowry.

Being teased by the sisters one by one, and hugged and laughed together, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but blushed, stomped his feet and spat: "Bah, you are not good people, and you are talking like no one has this day It's—when you get engaged, see how I laugh at you!"

Seeing her shame and annoyance, everyone laughed even harder.

It wasn't until they approached the Hanging Flower Gate at the entrance between the two gates that the sisters calmed down a bit, and bid farewell to Shi Xiangyun one by one in front of that gate.

It's not the first time to say goodbye to each other, not to mention that Shi Xiangyun also said that she will be back in three to five days, but because she has gone this time, she will have a home in the future, and everyone always feels strange for no reason, so it is more natural to say goodbye. Reluctantly.

After all the sisters finally finished their heartfelt conversations, Jia Baoyu, who had been hanging behind him all this time, finally came to Shi Xiangyun. Seeing the familiar face since childhood, he opened his mouth, but tears flowed down his face.

"Brother Bao, what's the matter?"

Seeing this, Li Wan hurriedly suppressed his voice and scolded: "Wipe that cat's urine quickly, what a happy thing, what does it look like to people?!"

Jia Baoyu raised his hand and wiped it with his sleeve, but the tears were more and more wiped, and there was a cry in his mouth.

Seeing that if things go on like this, there is still no way to make trouble, Xue Baochai stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Brother Bao is confused, don't say that it's just an engagement right now, even if we really become a relative, we can't break the relationship." ——Especially Brother Jiao is generous, even Sister Xing has never restrained her, let alone Sister Yun when she passed the door."

Tanchun also followed suit, and the two managed to coax Jia Baoyu, and then surrounded Shi Xiangyun into the sedan chair, trembling out of the Chuihua Gate.

Only then did Jia Baoyu stop his grief, and sighed quietly: "When I was young, I was looking forward to her coming all day long, and I only thought that when I grew up, I would be able to make my own decisions. Who would have imagined... Sigh!"

"Humph~"

Lin Daiyu sneered when she heard the words: "What you said is sincere, but the second master has been floating outside every day recently, and I don't know what he is doing. Obviously Yun girl is the guest, but it turns out that she is looking forward to your return all day long!"

Jia Baoyu's face froze, and he was speechless in embarrassment.

He was ashamed to say that he was out all day recently to avoid Daiyu and Xiangyun, and he was even more embarrassed to say what he was doing outside.

"Sister, be careful!"

However, Li Wan hastily pulled Lin Daiyu back, pouted her mouth in the direction Shi Xiangyun was going away: "Sister Yun is about to get engaged, so it's not easy to make fun of these words in the future."

As he said that, he greeted everyone: "Let's all go back. I'd better think about what questions I have. When the [-]th poetry meeting is held, everyone will have to write a question."

Originally, Jia Baoyu wanted Miaoyu to be the president of the 'Red Plum Poetry Society', but because Li Wan settled in the Grand View Garden and became the supervisor, she was naturally the president.

Seeing her speak now, all the sisters talked and laughed again, and turned back to the Grand View Garden.

…………

Flash forward to March [-]th.

At dawn, Jiao Shun rode a tall horse, with gongs in front to clear the way, followed by a 36-carrying bride price, and rushed to the Bowling Marquis Mansion.

Several guests from the same family welcomed Jiao Shun into the gate of the mansion, 32 of them were placed in the courtyard, and the other four were sent to Shi Xiangyun first according to his wishes, and then the manager brought the gift list, as if flying Present it to Bowling Hou Shi Nai for a review.

During the period, those high-sounding vulgar etiquettes were not listed in detail.

However, after Jiao Shun was finally led into the hall, an eleven or twelve year old boy with a round face quietly approached him, poking his head through the crack of the door to peep inside.

After seeing Jiao Shun's stature and appearance clearly, he couldn't help wondering: "This is my brother-in-law? Don't tell me he is a civil servant, how can he be so tall?"

This boy is Shi Nai's second son, Shi Teng.

Hearing what he said, the maid following behind also took a sneak peek curiously, and then said indifferently: "The one who is the matchmaker for my uncle is General Shenwu, who must be both civil and military - don't forget, second master, In the "work show" we watched a while ago, the muskets and cannons used in the war were all built by my uncle!"

Hearing the words "guns and guns", Shi Teng's round face was filled with excitement, and he said excitedly: "Then I'll go and tell my elder sister to ask my brother-in-law to get me two good guns, if they can hunt bears That kind!"

Saying that, Sa Yazi ran to the back house.

At this time, Shi Xiangyun also received the four gifts, opened them curiously and looked at them, and found that one of them was a variety of exquisite playthings, the other was a collection of rare poems on the market, and the other was the Four Treasures of the Study produced by Tongdetang. , but two hundred small and exquisite round fans.

That’s all for the rest, what are you doing with all these round fans?
Shi Xiangyun curiously picked up a few handles and took a closer look, only to find that there was a blank space in the middle of the fan, with landscapes, flowers, birds, sun, moon and night embroidered on the edges and bottom of the two sides, and the four characters "Hongmei Poetry Society" made of plum blossom petals in the corner. .

Shi Xiangyun suddenly realized that it was specially prepared for the poetry club!
Thinking that if the sisters have good poems, they can just be carried on the round fans of the occasion, and they are elegant, delicate and convenient to display, Shi Xiangyun's lips turned up slightly before he knew it, secretly thinking that thanks to his hard work, he prepared these things for himself specially.

Before she thought about marrying Jiao Shun, she couldn't say whether she was happy or sad, but she just had the thought of marrying a chicken as a chicken, marrying a dog as a dog—but now she felt that Jiao Shun cared about her, but it was faint There is a little more sense of identity for this marriage.

"What, let me see!"

He was holding the fan in a daze, when suddenly someone snatched it from the sidelines and looked over and over again - but it was Shi Teng who was peeping at the entrance of the hall just now.

"What are you doing? Give it back to me!"

Seeing that he is his cousin who loves to make trouble on weekdays, Shi Xiangyun raised his brows, snatched it back, and carefully put it back into the gift box.

"Tch, it's just a few fans, what's so precious?"

Shi Teng stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and suddenly shaved his face and said: "I know, big sister was just dumbstruck, she must be thinking of a man! Shame, my sister is thinking of a man!"

"You, look, I didn't tear your mouth!"

Shi Xiangyun was ashamed and angry, and rushed forward to teach his cousin a lesson, but Shi Teng ducked and dodged, and the whole room was running around and shouting.

"Cough, Teng'er, Xiangyun."

The two siblings were arguing, when suddenly someone coughed dryly at the door.

The two looked together, but they saw that the person who came was Shi Nai's first wife, Mrs. Wu, and Shi Teng was completely paralyzed like a cat seeing a mouse; He called out 'Auntie'.

This Mrs. Wu first let her maid take away her son, but when she turned around, she smiled at Shi Xiangyun from ear to ear, took out a handkerchief, wiped Shi Xiangyun's temples, and complained, "Look at you, it's so cold in spring sweat, what if it catches the wind?"

She talked about being intimate, but Shi Xiangyun froze on the spot.

The year before last, when Shi Xiangyun taught Shi Teng a lesson, she stopped him and made a mockery of him. The aunt and nephew had a big fight, and Shi Xiangyun left Rongguo Mansion angrily.

At that time, Shi Nai and his wife were called by the old lady to scold them. On the surface, it seemed that the Wu family had lost for a while, but how could a lonely little girl beat a woman who is in charge of the house?
In the past two years, Xiangyun has been squeezed by her both openly and secretly, and the two of them are not even close to each other.

Now that she suddenly changed her previous face and put on such an affectionate posture, Shi Xiangyun was really caught off guard.

However, Shi Xiangyun is also a smart person after all, and he quickly figured out the joints - Jiao Shun is the only one who can change her attitude at this time.

To be more precise, it was a betrothal gift from Jiao Shun!
Things did not go as Xiangyun had expected. Mrs. Wu first dragged her to talk a lot, recalled bitterness and sweetness, and apologized around the bush. Finally, she finally explained why she came here: "I thought he was the one 32 It's a bit meager, I don't want your future husband-in-law to be so extravagant that he transferred half of the shares of 'Tian Xing Jian' to your name!"

Speaking of this, she raised her hands with bright eyes, and pointed out seven fingers: "I heard that there are enough dividends for a year!"

Shi Xiangyun only knew that 'Tian Xingjian' was led by Jiao Shun, who helped the Rongguo Mansion set up a shop, and it seemed to make a lot of money.

But how much can you get for half of the dry shares?
So he guessed: "700 taels?"

"What's that enough?!"

Wu raised her eyebrows and said exaggeratedly, "It's a full 7000 taels of silver!"

At this point, she couldn't close her mouth with joy.

It can't be blamed that Wu's eyes are so open to money. Historians are all donkey dung and superficial. But a while ago, Shi Nai spent all his family's wealth to dredge it up, and even owed a lot of favors and deficits to others for this.

Originally thought that with his title, as long as he fills the vacancy, he must be an important official in a province, and he will not have to wait to take up his post at that time. The confidants of the gentry in the capital will naturally send a lot of money to the door.

But who would have imagined that he somehow became some kind of ambassador to Europa, how could there be any gentry in that shitty place, and why would he come to such a guild hall in Beijing?
This bet really lost my wife and lost my army!
The fault was that he had been helped by Jia Zheng a while ago, and he almost couldn't even make up the money.

However, Shi Nai had to go on the road, but after he went to the ocean, what would the family, the old, the weak, women and children, who had lost their pillars, live on?
For this reason, the husband and wife are so worried that they can't sleep all day long, their eyes are red from boiling, and everyone looks like a fat sheep that should be slaughtered!
The reason why the niece was married to Jiao Shun in a smooth manner was due to the fact that she had no choice but to fight three poles, thinking that the other party was from a lowly family background, so if she wanted to climb up the Marquis's mansion, she would naturally have to give more dowry and less dowry.

But I never expected that Jiao Shun would make such a generous sacrifice!

A dividend of 7000 taels of silver a year is more than all the income of the Bowling Marquis Mansion combined!
If they can get this money—even half of it, the husband and wife will no longer have to worry about making a living!

but……

The money was not given to Baolinghou's Mansion, but was placed under Shi Xiangyun's name.

So it's no wonder that Mrs. Wu lowered her figure and bowed her knees to her niece, who had always been regarded as a thorn in her side.

After all the good words, she finally tried to see: "You know the situation at home, and your uncle and I will definitely not leave you with this money, it is just used temporarily for emergency, when your uncle comes back from Wuxi country , I will make up for you what I owe you."

Hearing that she really was planning on this money, Shi Xiangyun was a little flustered for a while.

She is not as rich and idle as Jia Baoyu, who has almost no idea about the amount of money.

She clearly knew what the 7000 taels of silver meant to herself and to the current Bowling Marquis Mansion!
But because of this, she didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

If there was only the Wu family in this mansion, she probably would have rejected it without even thinking about it, but in this mansion there are also her own brothers and sisters, as well as the maids, nurses, and old servants left behind by her parents...

On the other hand, she is affectionate and righteous.

After hesitating again and again, I had to say: "It is reasonable to pay all my money to the family, but after all... Auntie, wait for a few days, and when I go back to Rongguo Mansion, ask Sister Xing to ask over there to see him. What kind of regulation is it, or if it is dealt with in a muddle, what should people ask?"

Mrs. Wu can't find fault with these words.

Of course she wished she could just swallow the money, but Jiao Shun is not a vegetarian now, not to mention it would be in the way of Jia Zheng and Feng Tang's face.

So he had to forcefully laugh and said: "It should be so, it should be so!"

After a pause, he asked suspiciously again: "Who is this elder sister Xing you are talking about?"

After Xiangyun introduced Xing Xiuyan's identity, Mrs. Wu suddenly became vigilant again, and said: "If she gives birth to a son, how can she be willing to be with us in the future? You must be more careful, it is best to have an interview with Brother Shun !"

(End of this chapter)