The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 340 Birthday Banquet [[-]]

It was dark on the second day.

Laiwang was dazzled by the candlelight in his sleep, turned over and sat up, muttering to ask what time it was, but when he turned his head, he found that Mrs. Xu was looking at the mirror.

He couldn't help complaining: "It's Mrs. Xue's birthday, not yours. I don't know what the hell I'm trying to do with the waste of candles."

"Why are you messing around?"

Mrs. Xu turned her head and gave her husband a sideways glance, and said angrily, "Isn't it because of the family's face? It's you, Brother Shun, who only entrusts you with that, what..."

"Master Zhao Yan Zhao."

"That's right, Mr. Zhao! Didn't he already introduce himself in the same year, and fill in the needs of the Zhang family's father and son? But you are still busy every day, regardless of the weather, and you are busier than a serious official like Brother Shun! "

"What do you know?"

Laiwang got up from the bed, and retorted: "Master Li just came here not long ago, and he is not yet familiar with the official duties in the yamen, and what's more, his character is not yet known-this office is the first class in the Ministry of Industry. The most important thing, if I don't keep a close eye on it, if something gets out of the basket, it won't be our brother Shun who will suffer?"

"Besides, if I don't set an example, the newcomers will definitely follow suit. Wouldn't the annual salary of 400 taels be all in vain?"

"Humph~"

Hearing most of what he said, Mrs. Xu just curled her lips and muttered: "Duplicity."

Immediately, he told Wu'er next to him, "I don't need you here, go and serve the master to change clothes and wash."

After speaking, he looked at the mirror again and got busy.

Under Wu'er's service, Laiwang quickly put on his clothes neatly, and when he was leaving the house, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, Miss Shi is probably going to Xue's house today, have you prepared a meeting ceremony? "

Xu replied without turning her head: "I have already prepared it, and I will wait for your reminder. The day lily is cold!"

As he said that, he couldn't help sighing and said: "It's a pity that the daughter-in-law here hasn't passed the door yet, otherwise it would be more decent to take her there."

Laiwang had already guessed that she was driven by vanity and wanted to show off in front of her childhood master, so after hearing this, she didn't bother to argue, took the toothbrush and powder for rinsing mouth, and went outside to the porch.

Seeing that the lights in the East Wing were still dark, he couldn't help but secretly sighed: Sure enough, the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuchs were in a hurry.

Jiao Shun was not in a hurry.

Due to overwork last night, he slept until the sun was up, and then got up under the service of Xiangling and Hongyu.

After washing up, I turned to the east chamber, thinking of making up a few nonsense words to make up what happened last night. .

When he didn't want to enter the door, he saw his mother holding Xing Xiuyan to ask for his health.

"Where did you mess around yesterday?"

Seeing her son coming in from the outside, Mrs. Xu said angrily, "Xiuyan is about to give birth, please don't bring anything dirty back!"

"do not worry."

Jiao Shun laughed and said, "I'm just afraid of this. Every time I come back in the middle of the night, I stay in the West Wing. I don't come here until the sun is seen the next day."

As he said that, he took two steps forward, looked Xu Shi up and down, and said in a loud voice: "You are more like a birthday star than a birthday star. I almost kowtowed to you first when I entered the door."

"Stop being glib!"

Mrs. Xu was pleased, but her face sank, and she scolded: "Hurry up and change some clothes, so we can go to Xue's house to celebrate his birthday."

Jiao Shun sat next to Xing Xiuyan, hugged her bulging stomach and said, "I'm not in a hurry, after all, it's a widow's birthday, how many decent male guests can come over? It would be embarrassing for me to go early."

After thinking about it, Mrs. Xu really had such a reasoning, so she simply got up and said, "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have waited for you—then I'll take a step first, so that the Xue family won't make trouble with us."

Seeing that Xing Xiuyan was also getting up to see him off, he hurriedly said: "You sit still, this monkey cub is enough."

Jiao Shun sent her out of the door by himself, and was about to turn back into the room when he suddenly remembered something, hurriedly chased her up in two steps, and repelled Qingwen and Wu'er with his eyes.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu asked in bewilderment.

"It's nothing."

Jiao Shun rubbed his hands together and said with a smile: "When we see Miss Lin, mother might as well get closer to her—we're thinking about having sex, so we'll take a place in advance to be prepared, so it's better to touch her when the time comes."

Mrs. Xu opened her mouth wide and stared blankly for a while, wanted to say something but couldn't, and finally gave her son a hard look, turned around and walked away.

Although the two servant girls didn't know why, they hurriedly followed.

…………

When Mrs. Xu rushed to Xue's house, there were not many guests present, only Wang Xifeng came to help out early in the morning - as a result, when the old master and servant met face to face, each other felt a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Xue Baochai smoothed things over in time, dragged Wang Xifeng around to inspect, and left his mother alone to entertain Xu, thus avoiding an embarrassment.

Although they are also masters and servants in the old days, Mrs. Xu and Aunt Xue are much more harmonious together.

Talking about the past and the present and talking about the children, as long as they avoid the matter of regretting the marriage and don't mention it, they will be very close to each other.

While chatting, the outside gradually became lively. The two got up and looked outside, but it turned out that everyone in the Grand View Garden led by Mrs. Wang and Li Wan had arrived.

Aunt Xue hurriedly greeted them with vigor, but as soon as she went out, she saw Xue Pan standing in front of the door and smiling foolishly at the girls.

Even Aunt Xue was taken aback by her salivating naivety, let alone a crowd of Yingyingyanyans.

For a while, even the laughter and laughter subsided, avoiding, hiding, and Baochai, who was leading the way, flushed with anger when she saw this, and raised her voice to reprimand: "Brother, what dream is there again? Come see my aunt and sister-in-law soon." !"

Xue Pan just woke up like a dream, stepped forward to salute embarrassingly, and asked, "Why don't you see Brother Bao?"

Although Mrs. Wang didn't like his ignorance just now, but in the end she was partial to her natal relatives, so she followed his words and sighed: "I was going to come, but I didn't want to be summoned by the palace right after I left."

On the surface, he sighed, but in fact, he was showing off, and anyone could see it.

Xue Pan was quite upset when he heard this, and forgot to answer for a while.

Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "It is Baoyu's blessing to be valued by the emperor - he has a promising future, which is better than giving me a hundred birthdays!"

This talking and laughing barely concealed Xue Pan's rudeness just now.

Fearing that he would make trouble again, Xue Baochai took the opportunity to pull Xue Pan aside and told him, "Since brother Bao didn't come, brother don't follow in, just wait outside to welcome the guests."

"How did this happen?"

Xue Pan stared bull-eyed and said excitedly: "If I'm not by the side, how do you know if you're coaxing me?"

"With you by my side, how can we talk?!" Xue Baochai said angrily, "Do you have to disturb mother's good life to be satisfied?!"

Seeing that his sister was annoyed, Xue Pan reluctantly agreed.

After dealing with this hidden danger, Xue Baochai entered the hall, just in time for Li Wan to hand over the gift list to Aunt Xue.

Baochai hurriedly walked a few steps to her mother's side, and only waited for her to take a look at it, and then naturally took the gift list.

She turned around and was about to put it on the long table where presents were piled up, when she suddenly saw a line of small characters, and her heart skipped a beat.

Then, while everyone was talking, he quietly rummaged through the gift box.

After a while, he found out what he needed, secretly gathered it in his sleeve, and returned to Aunt Xue's side as if nothing happened.

After everyone chatted and laughed for a while, there was a woman in charge outside who gave the playbook, and asked the birthday star to order a play.

Xue Baochai just laughed: "My mother almost made a joke when she ordered a play last time. I'd better ask my aunt to order two plays that suit the occasion."

Saying that, he handed the trick book to Mrs. Wang, and winked at his mother.

Aunt Xue got up quickly: "My sister ordered two dishes for me. Baochai and I just went to see how the banquet preparations are going."

The mother and daughter then transferred to the side hall.

Only Baochai said: "Don't worry, mother, there is already a ready-made reason for this."

As he spoke, he took out a delicate wooden box from the sleeve.

Aunt Xue wondered, "This is?"

"Sister Lin's birthday gift."

As Baochai said, he opened the box and took out an ivory comb from inside: "This carving is extremely exquisite, and it is by no means an ordinary handicraft. If you have something, you dare not accept it rashly, so I asked her to come over and return it quietly."

While explaining how Aunt Xue should answer, she ordered Ying'er to invite Lin Daiyu alone.

Not long after, Lin Daiyu was indeed invited, but she was accompanied by Zijuan - looking at the posture, it was obvious that Zijuan was worried that sister Lin would go to Longtan alone.

Ying'er pouted and wanted to explain, but Baochai quickly dismissed her with winks.

Immediately he took out the ivory comb, and said seriously: "My sister stays at home all year round, and spends all her food and clothing in the mansion, but where did she get such things?"

Lin Daiyu raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and said coldly: "Why, sister Bao is going to interrogate me?"

As he said that, he looked at Aunt Xue again: "Or is it that Auntie wants to interrogate me?"

She looked coldly, and beside her, Zijuan clenched her small fists with puffed cheeks, as if she was about to quarrel if she disagreed with her.

This is what Aunt Xue was afraid of, and hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood, it is your sister Bao who sees this rare thing, I am afraid it is an old thing in your family, if it is really left by your mother, I will take it, I will take it. Absolutely can't take it!"

Only then did Lin Daiyu realize that it was an oolong, but she didn't want to give in to her 'enemy', so it was embarrassing to ride a tiger for a while.

"Look at the poor man."

Seeing this, Aunt Xue hurried forward to embrace Lin Daiyu, then turned her head and reprimanded Baochai: "You are so good, why do you want to scare her?"

As he spoke, he stroked Lin Daiyu's back gently, and sighed: "Although your sister has no father, she has me and a real brother—I always tell your sister that I love you very much in my heart, but it's not good outside. Bring it out, after all, there are many people in this mansion, few people say good things, and many people say bad things, when the time comes, don't say that you are helpless, that you are a clique and hurt others, just say that we look at the old lady I love you, so I pretend to be ingratiating."

When Lin Daiyu was hugged by Aunt Xue at the beginning, she felt her body was stiff and uncomfortable, but leaning on the soft and warm embrace, listening to those considerate and loving words, her body gradually loosened up, and her eyes became rosy.

At this time, Xue Baochai said with a smile: "It's easy for mother to love her, just let her recognize her as her mother."

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she was really moved for a moment, and she didn't want to hear Baochai say: "It just so happens that my brother hasn't made up his mind yet. My mother and the old lady begged her to be a daughter-in-law tomorrow. Wouldn't it be better to look for it outside?" good?"

With one sentence, Lin Daiyu's color changed immediately, and she motioned to break away from Aunt Xue's arms, and she was about to utter a few harsh words on the spot.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue knew that this matter must fail, she sighed in her heart, and quickly smoothed things over: "What nonsense! I'm afraid that I will be ruined by your brother even if I look for it outside, let alone such a lovely girl like Lin? !"

Then he smiled apologetically and said, "Girl Lin, don't be as knowledgeable as your sister. She pretends to be old-fashioned on the outside, but she does tricks in front of me. I will pay you for her here."

Lin Daiyu naturally doesn't want to have another attack when she expresses her opinion like an elder, but thinking of Xue Pan's behavior just now, she is so bored that she wants to vomit, and she absolutely refuses to get close to Aunt Xue again.

So he said with a cold face: "The comb was given to me by Sister Xing earlier, I was reluctant to use it, so I borrowed flowers to present it to Buddha - if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xue's mother and daughter to speak again, she turned around and went back to the living room like a gust of wind.

Watching her enter the hall instead of walking away directly, the mother and daughter of the Xue family breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

"Ah~"

Aunt Xue sighed softly: "This can be regarded as breaking your brother's thoughts—in fact, I really feel sorry for this Lin girl. You just lose your father, so you have to be more careful than others, not to mention that she lives here alone. ?”

"If mother takes pity on her, she will love her more in the future." Xue Baochai said casually, and then changed the subject: "The most important thing right now is to ask my aunt and her old man to come forward to make amends, otherwise I will start again, Isn't it a waste of work?"

When Aunt Xue heard the words, she hurriedly restrained her feelings, and led her daughter to the hall in a hurry.

She said a few polite words of "waiting slowly", and let Baochai and Wang Xifeng lead the crowd to the side hall for the table, leaving Mrs. Wang alone to speak in the hall.

After everyone had left, Mrs. Wang asked curiously before Aunt Xue could open her mouth, "What did you ask Miss Lin for?"

Aunt Xue sighed and talked about Xue Pan's unrequited love and what happened just now.

He said again: "I thought this matter was inappropriate, so I never mentioned it to my sister, but that evil person broke out again yesterday, so I had to bite the bullet and help him find out Lin girl's mind."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang shook her head again and again: "It's not that I'm partial to Miss Lin, this marriage is really inappropriate—and besides, Miss Lin's thin body may not benefit her children in the future."

"It's impossible to be left or right now."

Aunt Xue smiled wryly and said: "In order to avoid that evil trouble again, I want to ask my sister to help Wenlong find a marriage, no matter what the family background is, but the appearance and stature must be outstanding. In short, he can be coaxed no longer like Daiyu. .”

"This……"

Mrs. Wang had a problem: "In the past, this matter would have been easy, but now I... Otherwise, let's go to Wang's house some other day and ask my sister-in-law to come forward to discuss this matter. She has made many friends recently. Yes, there may be ready-made ones at hand."

For Aunt Xue, it doesn't matter whether it's the elder sister or the sister-in-law, as long as there is something that can appease her son.

So I hurriedly decided on a time to go to Wang's house with my sister - Wang Ziteng was not at home, this sister-in-law was really a bit snobby, if only Aunt Xue came to the door, I'm afraid she might not take it to heart.

The two of them had just decided on a date when they heard Wang Xifeng laughing outside: "The jokes are about to start over there, why is the birthday guy still hiding here?"

After saying that, she walked in with a smile on her face, and said, "No, everyone asked me to invite birthday stars."

Just as Aunt Xue was about to speak, it was reported outside that Uncle Jiao had arrived.

(End of this chapter)