The Red Chamber: Daiyu's eldest sister is not easy to be

Chapter 12 Gift Giving and Return Gift

Jiusi pretended to chase her for a while with a smile on his face, and then stopped chasing her. He told the steward here to let her look after her more, and then went back to deal with other things.

Back in the hall, she ordered Liu Yue: "January, take them and send the meeting gifts I prepared for the masters of the Jia family. Although we don't plan to stay here for a long time, we are here as guests anyway. , etiquette is still indispensable, lest people say that our Lin family does not understand the rules, how bad it is!"

It's one thing to give the Jia family a prestige with a gift list when you enter the door, but it's another thing not to give a meeting gift to everyone in the Jia family, especially when Lin Ruhai is being watched now, her behavior after entering Beijing will definitely have a heart Note, therefore, it is better to be more thorough.

When Liu Yue heard her order, Qi Qifu responded with a salute: "Yes, girl, the servants are going right away." After finishing speaking, they turned around and went to the various courtyards.

Jiusi didn't prepare anything specially for them, but Mother Lin asked her to prepare according to the situation of the masters of each courtyard.

Mother Jia likes richer things, and what she gave her was a screen embroidered with gold and silver threads. The picture was drawn by Jiu Si casually, and the embroidery was done by the maids. It must be a bit of nightmare powder that Jiusi accidentally sprinkled on it!
The second is the two masters of the Jia family.

Grandpa Jia Jia She likes to collect things, so Jiusi gave him a vase. If there is anything special about the vase, it is that the patterns on it are not only complicated, but also hollowed out. The water does not leak.

But the second master, Jia Zheng, likes elegant things, so Jiusi gave him an inkstone, which is really a famous and good inkstone, it depends on whether he knows the goods.

For the rest of the Jia family, regardless of whether the concubine sent them the Four Treasures of the Study and books with annotations, they were all good things. It just depends on whether anyone has studied them seriously.

Compared with men's gifts, the gifts given to women's relatives are richer and nobler. Mrs. Xing's background is poor, and what she lacks most is money and jewelry to support the scene, so Jiusi gave her a set of gold inlaid jade headgear. Make sure you get the attention of others.

As for Mrs. Wang, who was involved in all the affairs, Jiusi sent Buddhist scriptures from famous masters, the kind that she was guaranteed to read every day.

It is not easy for Buddhist things to contaminate other things, as it would be offensive, so Jiusi fiddled with the box where the things were placed to ensure that she and Jiamu were treated the same.

Li Wan was a widow, and Jiusi couldn't afford to give her something eye-catching, so she used jade to make a set of nine chains and other objects to relieve her boredom.

Wang Xifeng has a flamboyant personality and has a daughter. Jiusi gave her two sets of red jade headmasks, the designs and colors of which are matched by mother and daughter, so that others can recognize them as mother and daughter at a glance.

As for Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun, there are twelve jade hairpins for each person, and there are flowers and trees in the twelve seasons, so they can wear them as they like.

For these three poor women, Jiusi felt a little pity in his heart, so he spent a little more thought when giving gifts.

As for the three members of the Xue family, Jiusi didn't personally arrange them. They were all prepared by Nanny Lin according to the practice for distant relatives. She didn't pay much attention to them, as long as they didn't make people feel rude.

It has to be said that it is true that Li Duo does not blame this statement.

The members of the Jia family who were still very dissatisfied with her changed a lot after receiving the things she sent them. Even if she didn't send them personally, they didn't think she was rude, they just thought she had no time to be busy. .

The most intuitive manifestation is the return gifts brought back in six months.

Six months put things in front of her one by one, and began to introduce them to her: "This first box is a return gift from the old lady, and it contains her head jewelry when she was young, saying that she doesn't need it now. Now, let’s bring it to the young lady and the second young lady to play with.”

Hearing this, Jiusi opened it and took a look. Although the things inside looked good, they didn't look like the things worn by the old lady. It was supposed to be something left by Jia Min before she got married, and the box seemed to be made of It was soaked in some medicine, and it smelled a little strange.

Oh, this old lady is really unwilling to give up!
Since it was left by Jia Min, then give it to Daiyu, she won't need it anyway, but if you send it to her, you have to change the box first, otherwise it's doing bad things with good intentions.

Thinking about it, she went to the shelf to get a new box, and then, after changing the contents into this new box, she threw it to January: "Go, give this box to the second girl Go, girl, I want to keep my filial piety, I don't need these bright things."

Yiyue reached out to catch the box, answered "Yes", and took the box to Daiyu's.

Er Yue reached out to take the box with the problem, handed it to San Yue to take care of it, and then introduced to her: "These two boxes are a return gift from the Da Furen and the Da Lord, and there is a dowry brought by the Da Furen A gold bracelet, and a gem-studded dagger from the Grand Master."

Jiusi opened the two boxes and took a look. Although the gold bracelet was outdated, it was in good condition, but the dagger was cut open. It seems that this old man is not as bad as anyone thought!

"These couples are really interesting. They are clearly a close couple, but one of them gave her a sincere gift without knowing anything, and the other gave her a sharpened dagger as a warning. It's really interesting!" She said. The dagger was thrown back into the box.

Er Yue saw that her expression was wrong, thought for a while, and said: "Miss, do you want this servant to teach him a lesson?"

Jiusi waved his hands indifferently, and said, "No need, he's just a coward who only knows how to escape.

Even if he has real talent and learning, after so many years of trouble, he is almost useless. It is useless to warn me, it is nothing more than incompetence and rage. "

Hearing what she said, Er Yue calmed down, and continued to introduce: "This is a return gift from the Second Master and the Second Madam. It is a pair of calligraphy and painting and a pair of jade bracelets."

Jiusi opened it and took a look. It was quite satisfactory, and there was no special medicine added, so he nodded in satisfaction.

Next came Li Wan's return gift, and Er Yue opened the box for her to watch, while explaining to her: "The eldest young lady said that she is a widow and has no support, and her life is not well-off, so she returned the same gift as the three girls. It's the embroidery I embroidered by myself."

Hearing the words, Jiusi couldn't help but sneered: "Oh, although I didn't give the gift for them to return the gift, but I wanted to see how the head of the family would react to my arrival, but this young lady's attitude made it clear It's because you don't like me very much, if that's the case, then you should have less contact with that place from now on!"

Li Wan, the eldest young lady, was not as simple as it seemed, otherwise she would not have left safely with her dowry and so much wealth that the Jia family had given her after the defeat of the Jia family.

But the reason why Jiusi didn't want to get in touch with her was not because of how powerful she was, but because her heart was too cold.

　One more...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)