The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 584 Next post【Part [-]】

Turn around and it's the right day.

Jiao Shun and Baoyu went to Xue's house early in the morning - Jia Lian originally wanted to go, but firstly, Wang Xifeng had already gone; secondly, Xue's family invited Jiao Shun, an outsider, to post a monthly post, but he passed him, his cousin-in-law. , He was not happy in his heart, so he said he was sick at home.

Going to say that the two were welcomed into the courtyard by Xue Pan and Xue Bian, and they saw that the pits and valleys were already full of dowry gifts. The gift slip was folded more than twenty times, and it was tied tightly like a book. Zhang long.

This is still relatively small. According to the current customs and customs, the dowry that a rich family gives to a daughter is at least three to five times more than the bride price of the man, and it is even possible to return it ten times—so Wang Xifeng said in the original book, The girls spent 1 taels each on their marriage, while Jia Huan only needed 3000 taels for their marriage.

Of course, for a family treasure like Baoyu, the bride price is only a part of it, and the other expenses under the table are the big ones.

Passing through the matrix of dowry gifts, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were already waiting in the living room, because they had already explained everything that needed to be explained yesterday, and today there are only a few scenes and handing over the marriage certificate.

For some reason, there was no sign of Wang Xifeng in the living room.

This made Jiao Shun suspicious, but even if Wang Xifeng wanted to do trouble, he would have to wait until he came back to return to his life, so there was no need to be wary for now.

During this period, there is no need to go into details.

Before leaving, Aunt Xue personally accompanied a glass of 'Zhuang Xingjiu', and the queue that had been waiting for a long time came out of Xue's mansion in a mighty way.

Speechless all the way.

When we arrived at the street where Xia's house was located, we saw that the lanterns in the shape of sweet-scented osmanthus were hung in two places, and there were countless brocade and silk ribbons hanging from them, which stretched for several miles. , I'm afraid it will cost thousands of taels of silver.

A temporary archway with a height of three feet was erected in front of the gate, and six lion dancers were using this archway as a stage to perform various unique skills.

This momentum is even more grand than ordinary marriages, and I don't know how much of it is from the original intention of the Xia family, and how much is because of Jiao's coming.

Before Jiao Shun and Xue Biao got off the carriage, the head butler of the Xia Mansion led people up to greet him, and surrounded Jiao Shun's carriage to the middle gate.

Just as Jiao Shun picked up the curtain and got out of the car, Mrs. Xia, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, came out to greet her in person. She gave a slight salute across Zhang Xuyuan, and said, "I should have invited someone of high esteem to entertain the distinguished guests, but our orphans and widows are helpless." Yes, there is no such sympathy, and it is not very convenient. In the end, the little woman can only bite the bullet and take the lead. Please don't take offense at the abruptness."

Jiao Shun hastily returned the gift, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xia is serious, but our brothers are young and inexperienced. If there is something wrong, please forgive me."

After a few polite words, Mrs. Xia respectfully invited the two of them to move into the mansion.

After the guests and hosts were seated in the living room, Jiao took out the marriage letter and presented it with both hands.

Although Mrs. Xia focused most of her attention on Jiao Shun, she still took it and scanned it carefully, and discussed with Jiao Shun the details of auspicious god directions and taboo attributes.

When this serious matter came to an end, Mrs. Xia ordered someone to put away the marriage certificate, and then greeted with a smile: "Dear guests are coming, I have nothing to entertain, I only prepared a few glasses of homemade water and wine, and I would like to invite Mrs. Jiao to taste it." Learn."

This is also a customary practice, not to mention that the Xia family's sweet-scented osmanthus brewing is well-known in the capital, and now this scene, what is brought out must be a treasure, even Jiao Shun, who is not good at wine, can't help but feel hopeful.

So he pretended to evade a few sentences, and then he complied logically.

But the first one to appear was not Xia's sweet-scented osmanthus wine, but more than [-] little opera actors disguised as men. Look at those costumes, it was exactly the "model play" that Jiao Shun rehearsed back then.

Compared with the original version, the folk troupe has obviously made some modifications, highlighting the lively and festive elements, and a little less impassioned, which is appropriate for this situation.

Not long after, another servant brought a few small wine jars, and opened three seals with hard porcelain utensils. A thick but not strong fragrance of elegant wine immediately permeated the air, invisible and silent, and faintly overshadowed it. The model show next to it was in full swing.

Jiao Shun sniffed vigorously, and smiled to Xue Biao beside him, "This time we got your brother's favor."

Before Xue Biao could answer, Mrs. Xia rushed to say: "If your lord likes it, you might as well take thirty or fifty altars with you when you leave."

It is not an exaggeration to say that the price of this kind of good wine is comparable to gold. I am afraid that there is not a big jar of thirty or fifty jars that cannot be sold for several thousand taels of silver.

Jiao Shun hastily refused, and after pushing and shoving, he accepted the two altars symbolically.

It's strange to say that this side retreated for a long time, but the little maid who was in charge of serving wine over there was still busy in front of the wine jar.

Jiao Shun and Xue Biao went in without knowing it, thinking that there was some special process involved, but Mrs. Xia was waiting impatiently, she turned her head and raised her voice to urge her, but the little girl who was serving wine trembled, but she almost threw her hand away. The tin jug in his pocket fell to the ground.

Mrs. Xia became more and more displeased when she saw this, but it was not easy to get angry in front of the guests, but when the maid came over carefully carrying the jug, she secretly gouged her out.

The maid stared at her, and she didn't even dare to lift her head. Qi Qi Ai Ai approached to pour wine for Mrs. Xia. Mrs. Xia protected the wine glass with her hand, frowned and said: "If there are no rules, go to Jiao Jiao first." The adults are full!"

The servant girl trembled again, she turned around slowly holding the bottom of the pot, and leaned towards Jiao Shun's body stiffly.

"Madam, you are welcome. You are the elder, and you should..."

Jiao Shun was in the process of being courteous, when he suddenly heard a crisp clang, when he looked down, it was the maid who accidentally touched the wine glass.

He got up quickly to avoid the drink dripping down the edge of the table.

At the same time, Mrs. Xia on the opposite side also jumped up, pointed at the maid's nose and cursed: "Damn little hoof, how dare you be so rude?! What's your name? Which room are you in?"

That little maid knew she had gotten into trouble, she shrank into a ball in fright, how could she still say a few words?
Seeing this, Jiao Shun waved his hands with a smile and said, "It's a day of great joy, why bother with little things—I think Jiao's life is a bit fierce, which scared this little girl."

Mrs. Xia was relieved when she saw that Jiao Shun had no grievances. First she apologized repeatedly, and then waved her sleeves at the maid: "There is no need for you here, get out!"

At this time, the servant girl still showed hesitation, and Madam Xia gave her a hard look, and then she seemed to run away.

Chasing away this careless maid, Mrs. Xia smiled again, and could not help but say that she personally held the pot and filled Jiao Shun and Xue Biao with wine.

The two said "I dare not" in succession, and after thanking them again and again, they sat down again.

The words are divided into two parts.

After the maid rushed out of the living room sullenly, she still wanted to run forward, when a person suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed her, and asked under her breath, "Why did you come out?! How did you go with what the lady told you?" ?!"

The person who came was Xia Jingui's eldest maid, Baochan, who was the first thing Xia Jingui thought of for this job, but Baochan said that he was too eye-catching, and his wife inevitably became suspicious when she saw it, so she pushed the job to the new little maid, Hongmei .

This is how the previous scene where Xia Jingui used a person as a stool happened.

As for Hongmei being pushed into a hurry, whether she will tell Mrs. Xia and the whole thing is completely out of the consideration of the master and servant.

But when Baochan caught Hongmei and questioned her, she was frightened and frightened for a while, and she was speechless.

Seeing Baochan, he became more and more stern: "You dare to spoil Miss's good deeds?!"

"No, no...how dare I..."

"Then what are you doing out now?"

Baochan continued to ask: "Has the pot ever been changed? Has the organ been used?"

Hongmei nodded again and again, and waited for Ai Ai for a while and said: "I opened that mechanism, but now it can't be closed, what should I do?!"

"This……"

Baochan let go of Hongmei, walked to the door quickly and looked inside, then turned back and said worryingly: "I've already drunk it, even if it's too late to close the mechanism."

After a pause, she stomped her feet again and said, "It doesn't matter, let's go back and report to Miss, and let Miss make a decision!"

…………

Go back and talk about the living room.

Under Mrs. Xia's hospitality, Jiao Shun and Xue Biao had a few drinks each, and Mrs. Xia also had three drinks with her.

But the wine smells good and tastes like that.

Disappointed, Jiao Shun wanted to go back to his life as soon as possible, but for some reason, he felt his chest was burning and his head was a little dazed.

Looking at Mrs. Xia on the opposite side, she also looked overwhelmed by alcohol, with peach blossoms in her eyes and dizzy cheeks, she was good at making a fan and pulling her collar - she used to be quite pretty, but now she is even more enchanting and charming, just look at her Jiao Shun's mouth was parched.

The aftertaste of this wine is too strong, could it be medicinal wine?

Jiao Shun shook his head, got up and asked to resign: "We have to go back to report. If Madam has no objection to the marriage certificate, Jiao will not beg for mercy."

Mrs. Xia originally wanted to get closer to Jiao Shun, but after drinking these three glasses of wine, her eyes became hot and flustered. She looked at Jiao on the opposite side, always wanting to get close in a physical sense.

Although she didn't know why, she also knew not to lose her composure in front of others, so she didn't dare to stay with Jiao Shun for a long time, so she gritted her teeth and got up to push the two of them out of the living room.

After walking more than ten steps away, Jiao Shun couldn't help but unbuttoning his neckline, turned his head to look at Xue Biao, and saw that he was also looking dazed and blushing, and could not help but rubbed his temples and complained: "This The sweet-scented osmanthus wine from the Xia family is also on top, right?"

If this kind of situation happened in Xue's house, he would probably have been alerted long ago, but how could someone Jiao think that if he came to help someone, the next month-to-month post would be tricked by a woman?

at the same time.

In a hidden corner not far away, the well-dressed Xia Jingui stretched her neck and looked around for a while, then turned her head and asked expectantly, "Is it the handsome one, or the burly one?"

Baochan replied, "It's the burly one."

"Ah~"

Xia Jingui sighed, she actually guessed that the burly one was Jiao Shun, but seeing Xue Biao's real handsomeness, she still couldn't help having fantasies.

Now that her illusion is disillusioned, she said helplessly: "Forget it, it's him, you hurry up and lure him here."

As he said that, he took out the mirror and scratched his head to make a pose.

Baochan got the errand and was about to go out to block the way, but she stopped him suddenly, turned around and only listened to Xia Jingui's order without raising his head: "If he really doesn't want to come, just call that handsome one. "

Baochan: "..."

He was stunned for a while, until Xia Jingui glanced coldly at him, and then Baochan hurriedly jumped out and blocked him in the middle of the road.

Jiao Shun was walking forward when he suddenly saw a pretty maid blocking his way, he unconsciously took two steps forward, and subconsciously raised his hand to pull it back and forth.

As a result, he woke up suddenly with his hand halfway out, hurriedly took half a step back, grabbed Xue Biao who was stumbling and was about to jump up, and asked in a muffled voice: "Young lady stopped me, I don't know, I don't know what's the matter?"

With just a few simple words like that, he felt that his heart was getting hotter and hotter, and the maid in front of him had also developed from a mediocre beauty to a fairy-like beauty, so he hurriedly closed his eyes not daring to look again.

He listened vaguely to what the maid said in a daze, but he didn't understand the meaning, he just felt the lingering sound lingering in his ears and touching his heart.

wrong!

Something is not right!

At this time, Jiao Shun finally woke up, bit his tongue cruelly, took advantage of the pain to wake up a bit, and ran out without saying a word.

"Hey, wait, don't run!"

Baochan thought that just as he started talking, the other party ran away suddenly, and followed behind for a few steps. Seeing that others had been alarmed, he stopped and stamped his feet and cursed inwardly: Mr. Jiao ran away as soon as he ran. That handsome little husband-in-law stay!

"Useless things!"

At this time, Xia Jingui, who had been peeping by the side, came out and scolded: "For such a small matter, you make mistakes over and over again, what use is it for me to support you?! When you go back, you and Hongmei will give me a hand. I kneel to the rules!"

Baochan complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute, he just changed the subject and said: "Miss, I think the two of them seem to be in hysteria, is it okay for Madam?"

Xia Jingui glanced at her, thinking that this noble man had already run away, he couldn't lose his wife and lose his army.

So he led Baochan to his mother's room.

As a result, when they entered the door, they saw all the maids and shrews outside the door, all of them bowed their heads and kept silent.

She didn't know why at first, but when she pushed the two old mothers who were guarding the door and entered the room, she immediately understood everything.

I could only hear the waves in the bedroom shouting 'Lord Jiao' hoarsely.

Of course Xia Jingui knew that it was her handwriting, but how could she take the blame on herself?
So in front of the two embarrassing old mothers, he sneered and mocked: "It's strange that my mother has been talking about Mr. Jiao inside and outside these days, so there is such a relationship behind the scenes!"

…………

At the same time that Xia Jingui blamed his mother, Jiao Shun finally dragged Xue Biao to the street. Seeing Shuan Zhu and Xia's servants coming up to meet him, he immediately ordered: "Get two wet towels, it will be cold."

There was a commotion around, and not long after, someone brought two towels.

Jiao Shun slapped one of them on Xue Biao's face, and then rubbed it hard with the other a few times. Although he regained consciousness a lot, the situation of side issues didn't improve at all.

So far, he was 100% sure that there was something wrong with the Xia family's food and drink, but he still couldn't figure out why the Xia family did this.

Even if Mrs. Xia wanted to hug her thigh, it shouldn't be so simple and rude, right?

Besides, how did she know that she liked it?
(End of this chapter)