The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 218

Xiuyan dug out a small wooden box from her baggage. The box was not big, but it was delicate enough. Inside was a telescope, inlaid with a Venus glass buckle. If you look closely, there was a naked woman with yellow hair painted with Western enamel on it. There are meat wings on the two ribs, and the face is different from the painting style of this dynasty. It can be called lifelike and lifelike.

Jia Baoyu's eyes lit up, and he held it in his hand without Xiuyan opening his mouth, playing with it and saying happily, "I also have a few telescopes, but they are not half as exquisite as my sister's." Jia Baoyu played with them for a while, thinking After thinking about it, I put the things back into the box: "It's such a precious thing, wouldn't it be a pity for my sister to give it to me!"

Xiuyan smiled and pushed the box: "Brother Bao said, we are relatives, such a little thing is just a smile for Bo sisters, what is it worth?" Ken, he simply accepted it half-heartedly.

Shi Xiangyun hugged the matryoshka and gently tugged at Baoyu's sleeves: "Brother Ai, we have taken these things from Sister Xing, so we should be more courteous." Baoyu waved his hand: "Sister Yun is still thoughtful, how could I I forgot. But, Elder Sister Xing doesn’t lack anything at home, what can we give as gifts?”

Shi Xiangyun's eyes rolled: "Didn't Aunt Lin just give you a pair of koi yesterday? Why don't you give it to Sister Xing instead, firstly, living things are rare now, and secondly, we don't end up being greedy." The notoriety of admiring other people's money."

Koi have always been regarded as living gems in the water, and this pair of Lin Zhixiao's family is quite different from ordinary koi. An erythema with no entrainment of other colors at all.The bottom is pure white like snowflakes, the erythema is dense but uniform, and the border is clearly visible.

At that time, Baoyu took a fancy to the pair of koi, and hurriedly asked someone to raise them in a lotus tank in the main room of his Yihong Courtyard, and even fed and changed the water himself, without pretending to be someone else.

Now hearing what Shi Xiangyun said, Baoyu didn't show stinginess at all, and nodded quickly: "Why did I forget this!" He hurriedly invited everyone to Yihong Courtyard, and strongly invited Xing Xiuyan.

Everyone didn't go to Yihong Courtyard for some days, and they didn't know that Lin Zhixiao's family gave such a big gift, so they were very curious and followed Jia Baoyu.Everyone entered Yihong Courtyard, Xiren and Sheyue rushed up to serve tea, among them, Sheyue was especially hospitable to Xiuyan.Shi Xiangyun couldn't wait to see the koi, Xiren just thought they were out of curiosity, so he didn't care much, and even led everyone to the lotus vat himself.

Xiren smiled and said: "I don't know how it is good for the little fish. Our second master can't see enough in one day. He even has to feed them before going to bed at night, lest they be hungry. I laughed at him and said , It’s not that we don’t have any at home, so it’s strange, if you look into the pond, there are all these things, densely packed.”

Baoyu immediately retorted: "I just said you were ridiculous, but you came to laugh at me. Don't you know what is ordinary and what is treasure? The koi in our pond may not be as good as the one here."

Xiuyan broke through the crowd and squeezed in from the outer layer. The koi in the lotus tank were probably afraid of strangers, so they hid under the big lotus leaves and refused to poke their heads out, leaving only two small dark red tails to swing around. Go, very naughty.

Xiuyan just took one look and fell in love with her, Jia Baoyu observed her words, guessed something when he saw her expression, and hurriedly told Xiren: "You go and ask Mingyan to wait outside the garden, and send a few people to join him later. And send this lotus jar to Big Sister Xing's house. Forget it, Mingyan is not steady in handling things, so I have to take Li Gui for a walk in person."

Jia Baoyu thought to himself, he sent things all the way to Xing's house, why didn't his uncle and wife leave him a dinner?At that time, not only did he avoid the master's scolding, but he could also get close to the elder sister of the Xing family.

The more Baoyu thought about it, the more he felt that the two koi were worth it, but Xiren, who was gnashing his teeth in the corner, didn't think so.Xiren may not really like koi, but he always feels that half of the things in Yihongyuan belong to him. Now that Jia Baoyu gave it away, and it was Xing Xiuyan, Xiren felt uncomfortable from the bone.

She dragged Baoyu out of the crowd while everyone was surrounding the lotus vat, and complained in a low voice: "Why don't you discuss such a big matter with me. Aunt Lin kindly sent us the things, and she will come to check the night later It is necessary to ask you, let's see how you explain to Aunt Lin!"

Jia Baoyu said bluntly: "Oh, you are really stingy, you are just two little fishes, and you complained about the humidity in the house, it's good now, I just gave away the lotus vat, and you came to tell me about it! "Jia Baoyu was talking, and Xiuyan was already making arrangements to go back to the mansion.

Daiyu couldn't bear it, so she pulled Xiuyan: "My sister will stay with me in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for a day, and it's not too late to go home tomorrow." Normally, Xiuyan would probably agree to it, but in the past two or three days, it's not too late. There are also various things going on at home.So Xiuyan comforted Daiyu and said: "Before you get married, I will ask someone to pick you up and live there for a while, then we sisters will talk in depth. By the way, I don't have time to ask you, when will Aunt Li and the eldest wife get together?" Did you go somewhere? And what happened to Princess Fu?"

"Hey, it's a long story. A few days ago, we saw the eldest wife frequently entering the garden to go to Daoxiang Village. At first, everyone didn't pay attention to it. After two or three times, the maid secretly told us that the eldest wife and Aunt Li were talking to each other from time to time. Hiding in the Baosha and whispering. The sister-in-law was worried, and asked people to listen to it twice before she found out that Aunt Li had entrusted the eldest wife to talk to Sister Wen. The sister-in-law tried hard to persuade, not only did Aunt Li not listen, she Coco Lee also feels that sister-in-law's intentions are not pure."

Xiuyan frowned: "How could this happen, I don't think Li Coco and Li Qi are such girls either!"

Daiyu sighed: "The Li family moved out of the garden a few times. At first we thought it was because Aunt Li didn't want to bother the mansion, but later I heard Suyun, the sister-in-law's maid, said that it was because the mother and daughter of the Li family were all in Daoxiang Village. The elder sister-in-law raised another brother Lan herself, so the expenses were very high, and the elder sister-in-law was already a little bit overwhelmed. Aunt Li felt ashamed and ashamed in her heart. Suddenly, Princess Fu's family asked for a kiss. Aunt Li almost didn't think about it. accepted."

Xiuyan said in a deep voice for a long time: "Aunt Li has always been a prudent person, but today this matter is in a hurry. I don't know about Princess Fu's natal brothers, but Princess Fu is not a kind person, you can call Sister Wen sometime Be careful."

Tanchun and the others saw the two young ladies whispering here, and they all yelled to drag them to the main seat, and Sheyue hurriedly sent the maids to buy pastries in the small kitchen.Sometimes Jia Baoyu's eyes fell on Xing Xiuyan, and sometimes on Daiyu. Sometimes when he saw her two arguing with Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun, Jia Baoyu laughed so hard.

When Xiren saw it from a distance, his heart twitched, and his eyes staring at Xiuyan became more and more hostile.

(End of this chapter)