Rebirth of the scholarly lady

Chapter 3 The Gift of Irony

"Miss? Miss..."

The cry of the girl next to her lingered in her ears for a long time, Nan Surou, who was sitting on the soft couch, woke up from her contemplation, raised her eyes and blurted out: "What's the matter?"

I didn't think there were many things in this mansion before, but now Nan Surou's mind is full of thoughts about how to run the Nanfu, which is about to decline, and she doesn't want to think about other things. The mother's arrangement was full, and she couldn't figure it out. Why didn't she feel bored before?

At this moment, Nan Surou is thinking about a newly delivered embroidery pattern. It seems that she is thinking about how to embroider the pattern, but her heart has already gone to the sky.

"Miss, the master just sent someone to say that the second young master of the Nan family is here and brought a gift. The master said that it is only reciprocal if one's own family accepts a gift in return. He told you to get ready." Yun Xin stared wide-eyed, using a lot He described his intentions in an obedient tone.

South?Er Shao?who?

A question flashed in Nan Surou's mind, but she responded, "Got it, tell Madam Ying to go to my mother's side, and tell her to prepare a set of the Four Treasures of the Study from Lanyue Pavilion." It's just a gift, does it need to be so grand? ?Since the other party is a man, and he comes from the Nan family who loves face, it is the worst thing for others to say that they are uneducated, so just send back the Four Treasures of the Study.

Yun Xin didn't think too much, and when she heard Nan Surou's order, she wanted to retreat.

However, just when Yun Xin was about to step out of the threshold, something suddenly flashed in Nan Surou's mind, she immediately stopped Yun Xin and said, "Wait!"

Yun Xin didn't know why, so she stopped and turned around.

Nan Surou immediately put down the things in her hands, stood up, and asked, "Which second young master of the Nan family did you mention just now?"

Yun Xin smiled and said: "Miss, why did you forget? Some time ago, during the Ching Ming Festival, the master went back to the Nanfu of Yunzhou. The second young master of the Nan family said that he wanted to travel, so he came back with the master. A few days ago, the master let him stay. He didn't like it when he came to our house, so he bought a house in the outskirts of the city, so he came to visit."

Nan Surou's eyes narrowed slightly, and she tried to think back. Suddenly, Nan Surou's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the second young master of the Nan family was talking about her cousin Nan Kangdong who was specially cheating?
A bad premonition spread. In her previous life, Nan Surou remembered that her cousin Nan Kangdong was an inexperienced person. Until she was nine years old, Nan Kangdong cheated all relatives out of money. Then he disappeared, and never appeared again. This was also what Madam Wei Guo accidentally mentioned when she told her about the family.

At this time, there are still two years before Nan Kangdong disappears completely. During this period, he may be cheating. Why did this guy come to their house?

This had to make Nan Surou vigilant, and suddenly said: "Yun Xin, what gift did the second young master give you?"

Yun Xin looked at Nan Surou suspiciously, and replied honestly: "Miss Hui, it is a pot of crabapple flowers. Nan Er Shao said, because the flowering period has passed and it is about to reach the fruiting period. Those crabapple flowers are bright red. gratifying."

Nan Surou frowned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked Yun Xin to ask someone to bring the flowerpot in.

I saw that the petals of the crabapple in that pot had gradually withered, and a small red color protruded from the inside, but even so, the leaves were well lined, bright green, and the craftsman pruned them neatly.

Nan Surou was actually quite depressed. Her father, Nan Wenyun, always made up his own mind and accepted gifts for her, and never sent someone to let her take a look. Sometimes she didn't know what gifts she received. Well, her father is really an idiot with no reputation, he would accept this kind of gift?
Begonia flowers, also known as heartbroken flowers, are unlucky things. Nan Surou only knew about this when she entered Wei Guogong's mansion in her previous life, and Mrs. Wei Guo also said that this kind of flower cannot appear in Nanfu, Yunzhou. It's common sense, but her father didn't understand it?No, it's not that her father didn't understand, but he didn't want to shame the Nan family, or thought that Nan Kangdong was young and didn't know the meaning of this flower. Really, his daughter was bullied to the head, and he even gave it to others She humiliated her own daughter.

Nan Surou doesn't believe that Nan Kangdong doesn't understand the meaning of it. The Nan family has always despised Nan Wenyun. Sending this flower is a satire and insult. Nan Wenyun accepted it and asked Nan Surou to return the gift?My brain is flooded...

Looking at the red and green crabapple flowers, Nan Surou subconsciously reached out and tore off the small fruit that was still growing on the branch, then crushed it hard, and threw it into the bamboo basket beside her.

Yun Xin looked at her in astonishment, but didn't dare to say anything.

Nan Surou raised her eyes and saw Yun Xin's eyes, she immediately realized that she had lost her composure, and she smiled, "Recently, mice have been running around and ate crabapples."

Yun Xin was slow, she didn't understand immediately, so she didn't respond in time, but stared blankly at Nan Surou, wondering: Where are the mice?Where did the mice come from in broad daylight?

Seeing Yun Xin's expression, Nan Surou knew in her heart that this Yun Xin was stubborn and not very delicate, so she couldn't understand the meaning of her words. Nan Surou secretly said: This girl can't do it, she must find a way Replace it, or there will be endless troubles.

Recalling the previous life, this Yun Xin had caused Nan Surou a lot of trouble, and had caused her to die a few times, so I can't blame her for being cruel in this life.

Thinking of this, Nan Surou said: "Just now I saw that the fruit was not very good, so I picked it off. Don't tell the master, or he will say it again."

Only then did Yun Xin understand, she lowered her head and replied, "Yes."

Even so, since Nan Surou knew the meaning of this gift, how could she let the other party climb on her head?She thought for a while, and smiled at Yun Xin: "Yun Xin, you don't have to go to my mother's place, you let Yun Rong come over, and then you go and order someone to move this pot of crabapple flowers to the back garden, and put those The fruit was picked, washed and sent to me."

Yun Xin didn't doubt that there was him, but thought that Nan Surou wanted the crabapple fruit, so she retreated in response, but she was obedient, and quickly called Yun Rong in according to Nan Surou's instructions.

Because Nan Surou thought that Yunrong Bingxue was smart, so she asked Qiu Yuyin to ask for this girl, and now she sees that Yun is not happy, so she reminded her of it.

Not long after, Yun Xin accompanied Yun Rong into the room to greet Nan Surou, and Nan Surou went straight in: "Just now Yun Xin came in and told me that Second Young Master Nan sent a pot of crabapple flowers, and my father asked me to return the gift, and I Seeing that there is nothing good in my house, it is the rouge delivered by my mother a few days ago, the one in the purple box has not been touched, I don’t need it for the time being, Yun Xin, take it back to Nan Er Shao , Just say, I don’t have any decent presents here, so please don’t dislike him.” To save face, she wanted to give some face-saving items, and she was still young, so Nankangdong probably wouldn’t be able to vent her anger.

Yun Xin didn't think much about it, she responded, obediently followed her instructions, went to the dressing table to get a large box of rouge, and went out.

For Yun Xin, it was the young lady's decision on what to return as a gift, no matter what, she just followed the orders, and the mistake was also the young lady's fault.

From the beginning to the end, Nan Surou carefully looked at Yunrong's facial expression. Although Yunrong's facial expression did not change obviously, she still caught the clue of the moment. When she saw Yunxin walking away, she smiled lightly. Said: "Sister Yunrong thinks my gift is inappropriate this time?"

Yun Rong bowed her head and said respectfully: "When you return to Miss, the servant girl doesn't think so. The servant girl thinks that the lady returned the gift based on the gift given by Nan Er Shao."

Yun Rong lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye, and she didn't show anything wrong. She originally thought that it was understandable for her young lady to be ignorant, and the people in the hall probably thought so, even if she was rude, she wouldn't blame her But unfortunately, when Nan Surou said this, it clearly meant that she knew that the gift was rude, but she still returned it with that thing. There is only one possibility, that is, Nan Surou did it on purpose.

In the second courtyard of Nanfu.

Nankang Dong had a forced smile on his face. He had just received the gift in return and was about to leave the house when Nan Wenyun warmly sent him off.

As soon as he got on the carriage, Nan Kangdong's mask-like smiling face was as ferocious as a broken mask. Accompanied by this ferocious expression, he ruthlessly threw the exquisite rouge box to the corner of the carriage, suppressing his voice, and said viciously : "I really didn't expect that my mother said that my little uncle is a lowly son, who was not raised by his parents. Sending a pot of crabapple flowers would definitely humiliate him without knowing it. Who knew he would do this for me, making Nan Surou That little bitch returned the gift, that little bitch actually gave me back a box of rouge, what does it mean to give me something like a big man, hmph, let's see how long you can be proud!"

At this time, Nan Kangdong only felt that Nan Wenyun deliberately found an excuse to ask Nan Surou to return the gift, and the instigator was still Nan Wenyun, so he had to be more cautious in his strategy against Nan Wenyun.

But what Nan Kangdong didn't know was that after Nan Wenyun sent him to the carriage, he hurried back to the hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he screened away the idlers, and sternly said to Yun Xin who had just come to deliver the rouge box : "Kneel down!"

Yun Xin originally thought that the master would give her a reward after seeing off Second Young Master Nan, that's why she was asked to wait in the hall.

At this moment, Nan Wenyun roared, which actually made Yun Xin startled suddenly. She had never seen the master speak so harshly, and she didn't react at all. Kankan knelt down.

"Yun Xin, I thought you were sweet, so I arranged for you to serve Rou'er, but you are not smart, do you know what you did today?" Nan Wenyun said sharply.

How did Yun Xin understand what she did wrong? She was just following the orders of her master. Could it be that she was at fault?But seeing the master so angry, she could only beg for mercy: "Master, spare me!"

Nan Wenyun was angry. Seeing Yun Xin being so obedient and directly begging for mercy, he smiled instead of anger: "Do you know that I let you be in front of Rou'er just because you are obedient and obedient? Do you think I asked you to serve her? What is it?"

(End of this chapter)