The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 341 Birthday Banquet [Middle]

But when everyone was walking into the flower hall, Mrs. Xu took the opportunity to call Shi Xiangyun aside to speak alone.

Ren Shi Xiangyun has always been open-minded and informal, and he is also shy when facing the mother-in-law-to-be, and only speaks when asked.

Seeing her shyness, Mrs. Xu didn't say much, just stuffed the gift she had prepared, and dragged her into the living room.

In this flower hall, one wall is vacated, which is used as a stage for singing operas, and two tables, one large, one small, and three tables are placed on the other three sides.

The small table at the far north, separated by a screen, was obviously prepared for the male guests [Jiao Shun] and Xue Pan.

The biggest table in the south is full of young girls who have not left the pavilion.

Xiangyun naturally blended into the table, accepting the teasing and teasing from the sisters.

But when Mrs. Xu was about to make it to the table in the middle, she found that Wang Xifeng had gone somewhere, leaving Li Wan alone to guard the main table.

Seeing Mrs. Xu coming back, Li Wan got up subconsciously to greet her. He pulled the chair and rinsed the teacup himself, as busy as serving his mother-in-law.

"Don't, don't dare!"

Mrs. Xu hurriedly said: "There are maids waiting on you, so do you need grandma to work?"

Li Wan cleaned the cup, filled it again, handed it to Mrs. Xu respectfully, and said with a smile: "It's all right, you can just sit here—this room is a girl's house, and it's precious. , am I the only one here to entertain you?"

Hearing her talking about herself and others, Shi Xiangyun subconsciously wanted to quarrel with Li Wan, but suddenly remembered that the opposite was his future mother-in-law, so he calmed down and pretended to be a lady.

Mrs. Xu couldn't give in, and was about to take the seat halfway, but suddenly heard Lin Daiyu coughing not far away, she pondered for a moment, then apologized to Li Wan, and walked quickly to Daiyu's side.

"Miss Lin, are you okay?"

Mrs. Xu bent her body slightly, and asked with concern on her face: "I heard from Xiuyan that you have been in better health for a while, why did you cough again for no reason? I'm afraid you just caught the wind?"

Lin Daiyu's lungs were aroused by Baochai's joke.

Covering her mouth with a handkerchief, she was secretly sad, and unexpectedly received the care of her elders. Sister Lin was a little at a loss for a while, her watery eyes looked at Mrs. Xu for a moment, and then she hurriedly got up and said, "Aunt Lao Lao misses you." , My illness is good and sometimes bad, it's okay..."

"It's always good to press down."

Xu said with pity: "You wait, I'll have someone cook a pot of porridge with white fungus and bird's nest and bring it here."

"No, don't bother!"

Lin Daiyu hurried to pull her, but she couldn't help coughing again.

"What's the trouble?"

Mrs. Xu hurriedly patted her on the back, her mouth was half persuasion and half pity: "You children are so thin-skinned that you can't tell what you have to suffer, but you don't know that your body is the most important thing——" Now, I brought up the woman who was in charge of the courtyard, so why is it so difficult to ask her for a few bowls of porridge?"

As he spoke, he pushed Lin Daiyu back to his seat: "If you accept Auntie's love, you will visit your sister Xing more in the future, and talk to her to relieve boredom."

Lin Daiyu finally sat down firmly, and nodded seriously: "Even if Auntie doesn't tell me, I will go there often."

Watching her out of the flower hall, Sister Lin felt warm in her chest, but also felt a little sour. At one moment, her mind was filled with the care of Xing Xiuyan and Mrs. Xu, and at another moment she was lonely since she was a child. It became hazy again.

But Mrs. Xu hurried outside, sighed helplessly, then found the woman in charge, and asked her to cook a pot of white fungus and bird's nest porridge, and serve it to the girls.

In the end, I took out another golden bean to make up for the debt.

The woman in charge refused to accept her life and death, and the two of them were arguing, when they saw Xue Pan leading the way like a monkey, leading Jiao Shun to the main hall.

Seeing Xue Pan's gaudy attire, painted in red and green, as if he was about to perform on stage, Jiao Shun couldn't help but joked: "Brother Xue wants colorful clothes to entertain us today?"

Caiyi Yuqin said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was an old dutiful son who was 70 years old and dressed in colorful clothes as a toddler to make his parents laugh.

It is naturally used here to tease Xue Pan.

But Xue's big head obviously didn't know this allusion, and he shook his sleeves quite complacently and said: "How about it, my brother is not inferior to Baoyu today, right? It's a pity that he didn't come, otherwise I would have compared him face to face!"

Jiao Shun couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this.

Fortunately, he is still from a rich family, isn't this aesthetic concept too weird?

Originally, he was still a dignified man without makeup or makeup, but now he insists on following Baoyu's order, but he is neither male nor female, and has no human appearance at all.

With just these two sentences, the two of them had already arrived in front of the main hall door, Xue Pan hurried a few steps, and raised his voice, "Mother, aunt, Big Brother Jiao is here!"

As he spoke, he looked around twice, seeing that the girls—especially Daiyu were not in the hall, his disappointment was beyond words.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang shook their heads secretly, and didn't bother to pay attention to the fact that the mud could not support the wall. They all smiled and looked at Jiao Shun who was behind.

Jiao Shun walked behind Xue Pan and bowed deeply across Xu Yuan: "My little nephew congratulates my aunt, I wish my aunt good fortune and longevity forever."

Aunt Xue hurriedly took two steps towards her, and said with a little help: "My good boy, get up, get up!"

After Jiao Shun got up, he asked again: "I heard that you won the first prize in Beijing this spring, but is it true?"

"Because my tenure is still young, I should have been second class." Jiao Shun said with a smile, "I don't want the officials to report to the imperial court, but His Majesty favored me and promoted my nephew to a first class."

Wang Xifeng interjected from the side: "This first class hand-picked by the emperor is probably better than the original first class!"

Aunt Xue nodded slightly, looked up at the tall and burly Jiao Shun, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful in her heart.

The daughter said that she was eager for quick success, but what she heard and saw was all the news that he was a fish in water in the officialdom and had a bright future.

Kui Baoyu is also the master who can often face the saint, otherwise this regret would not be a little bit.

At this moment, Jiao Shun also quietly looked at the three women in front of him.

The most eye-catching one is naturally Wang Xifeng.

As usual, this phoenix hot pepper is brilliantly embroidered with colorful embroidery, her head is tied high with a golden thread in a bun with clouds, a phoenix seeking phoenix is ​​inserted obliquely in the blue silk, and three long, two short and three strings of jasper beads fall from the head of the hairpin. , swaying on the brows, complementing the bright red and fading eyeliner below, the triangular red phoenix eyes are more and more vivid.

Under the nose that hangs like a gall, a small cherry mouth is slightly upturned. At first glance, it looks warm and friendly, but when you look closely, it reveals cunning.

If it is said that she is usually in the small hall, she looks like a beautiful and charming Bodhisattva; now, looking at her, she is a little more delicate and lively as a young woman.

Aunt Xue in the middle has a different style, her facial features are in the same line as Xue Baochai, her skin is as delicate as a powder ball, and she looks kind and kind everywhere.

However, the red dress that was put on to celebrate her birthday was tightly held up in a sinister arc, showing the ferocity hidden in a peaceful atmosphere like a demonstration.

It feels like water tofu that has just been splashed with spicy oil. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it is wrapped in a taste that fresh tofu cannot give.

As for Mrs. Wang...

When he was young, he might not be inferior to Xifeng, but now after all, his best time has passed, and he is dressed in a conservative manner. At first glance, he looks like he has been moistened with jade, without any attractive edges and corners.

But now, every time Jiao Shun sees her, what he recalls in his mind is the scene when he was bewitched that day - he must have seen it with his own eyes, who would believe that the flirtatious and debauched woman at that time came from the same person as Baoxiang Zhuangyan now ? !

But after such a turmoil, the attire at that time must have become an out-of-print limited edition, and in the future, he can only pay tribute to Yu Chuan.

All in all, these three women stood side by side, just like the evolution history of a lady in ancient costume!

Of course, if Li Wan and Mrs. Xing can be inserted between Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng, then the picture will be more detailed and comprehensive.

"Let's not talk too much."

Just as I was thinking about something, I heard Mrs. Wang say: "Now the guests are almost all here, let's go to the flower hall to have a seat, so as not to make the maids wait in a hurry."

Before the others could speak, Xue Pan rushed to agree first: "That's right, let's go to the flower hall to have a seat!"

Said, turned around and walked out.

Aunt Xue frowned, and just as she was about to stop her, Mrs. Wang next to her spoke first, "Brother Pan, don't go, I have something to tell you with your mother——Girl Feng, take Changqing first Flower hall."

Wang Xifeng agreed, and said with a smile: "Brother Shun, come with me, we will be a family from now on, so there is no need to avoid it too much."

The two came out of the main hall one after the other, Jiao Shun was thinking about what medicine Xue Pan had taken wrongly today, dressed like that for no reason, and had nowhere to vent.

At this moment, Wang Xifeng suddenly stepped forward and turned around, Jiao Shun almost bumped into her arms without paying attention, he hurried to the brakes, glanced condescendingly, and then withdrew and retreated.

Wang Xifeng was also a little surprised, she gave Jiao Shun a hard look, and then asked, "Brother Shun, tell me the truth, is the business at sea really dangerous?"

The evil is naturally big, but not as big as Aunt Xue.

Jiao Shun was racking his brains, but he explained with a serious face: "Of course there are dangers, but it's not as scary as the outside says—if it's really close to death, why would Westerners come to us in groups? Doing business in Daxia?"

"Then according to your opinion... can this business be done?"

Wang Xifeng stared straight at Jiao Shun, not daring to miss his expression.

"I can't guarantee it."

Jiao Shun laughed and said, "How can there be a business in this world where you can make money without losing money? If my sister-in-law is worried about losing her book, she can just put loan sharks outside as usual. Why bother to go through this muddy water."

"Humph~"

Wang Xifeng said angrily: "What's more, just because you promised Ni Er two shops, I didn't have any useful people under my hands because of the trouble - besides, the market outside is not good, even King Zhongshun personally It's over, I've only earned a few hard-earned money after being busy inside and outside."

Speaking of this, she glanced around from the corner of her eye, and saw that there was no one nearby, so she put on an ambiguous attitude and said with a half-truth and half-fake smile: "If you can guarantee that I won't lose money, Naturally, I cannot do without your benefits."

Saying that, she lowered her head and covered her mouth with a smile, then raised her eyes to look at Jiao Shun charmingly.

For a moment Jiao Shun's bones were brittle, he thought to himself that this phoenix hot pepper was really salty and sweet, and wondered why Jia Rui gave his life for her in vain.

However, although Jiao Shun is greedy for money and lust, he never wants to do business that loses money. He shook his head like a rattle: "I can't believe what my sister-in-law said--the last time I came down from the rockery, my sister-in-law also said that I would give benefits, but in the end Turn around and contact Brother Rong to frame me."

"Bah~"

Speaking of this matter, Wang Xifeng was so angry that she couldn't care less about putting on a seductive face, she clutched her handkerchief on her hip and spat: "Obviously you, a monkey boy, wanted to be blind, and now you dare to follow me!" I'll beat you up!"

Speaking of this matter, she didn't bother to be too lazy anymore, and said seriously: "Speaking seriously, if you finish this matter, I will promise you Ping'er, how about it?"

Jiao Shun was baffled at first, Ping'er had already become his own person, why did Feng Lazi make a promise?
But after thinking about it, his eyes widened immediately: "Sister-in-law, is she coaxing me? Miss Ping'er is the second brother Lian's man. Even you, I'm afraid you can't be her master, right?"

"Don't worry about it!"

Wang Xifeng said decisively: "Of course I have my own method. If you don't believe me, we can establish a letter as proof. As long as you promise to double... triple the amount of money I invested within one year, I will send you money." Ping'er for you!"

If Mrs. Xing had evidence like that, Jiao Shun could not be sure, so he agreed.

But looking at Wang Xifeng's attitude, he knew that this matter was absolutely impossible.

Without this 'living baby', just risking a large sum of money in exchange for Ping'er's nominally belonging to him...

Although Ping'er is excellent, and he is the only person in this world who treats himself sincerely, but if he loses this bet, most of his property will be lost!

"Since you don't agree."

Seeing Jiao Shun's delay in answering, Wang Xifeng immediately sneered and said, "Then I'll tell Ping'er about it, hum~ When you don't succeed, you men are full of gold and don't want to change it. When you defile your innocent body, you'll be fine." Not worth a penny!"

With that said, he turned his head and tried to leave.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry!"

Jiao Shun hastily stopped her, secretly cursing that the woman was really cruel, and wondered that she wanted to use Ping'er as an excuse, so she was waiting for him here!
If this were the case, Ping'er would be disappointed with her and gave up, but it would be the next best thing. What she was afraid of was that Wang Xifeng would spread the news and ruin her own plan.

After thinking about it, thinking that using official channels, the chances of winning would still be greater, Jiao Shun gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't it just a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver? For Sister Ping'er, why don't I bet with my sister-in-law once?!"

"really?!"

On the contrary, Wang Xifeng couldn't believe it now, she didn't actually think that Ping'er could be so valuable, and she originally thought of giving Jiao Shun some more "sweetness" - otherwise she wouldn't have deliberately seduced him before.

Who would have thought that Jiao Shun would actually agree for Ping'er!
At this moment, she felt a little sour in her heart, thinking that if it was Jia Lian who had no conscience, she might not be willing to take risks for herself.

"Of course it's true!"

Jiao Shun said firmly, and then said: "But three times the profit is too high, I can only promise twice at most."

"make a deal!"

Wang Xifeng immediately said: "I will write a deed in the afternoon and let Ping'er keep it first!"

After a pause, he added with a sneer: "Otherwise I can't trust you!"

After saying that, he ignored Jiao Shun, turned his head and went to the flower hall again.

It stands to reason that she should be happy that she has achieved her goal, but at this moment her heart is empty and she is so bored.

"Second Grandma, Second Grandma!"

As soon as they walked outside the gate of the flower hall, they suddenly heard someone shouting loudly at the gate, Wang Xifeng and Jiao Shun looked subconsciously, and saw Yuanyang waving towards them.

And beside her was a familiar delicate figure, who else could it be if it wasn't Ping'er?
(End of this chapter)