The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 241

Shi Xiangyun faintly regretted that he was outspoken just now, if Baoyu got mad again and beat him in front of the Rongguo Mansion, Shi Xiangyun would not be able to refute even if he had a hundred mouths.She hastily tugged on Jia Baoyu's cuff: "Let's not be in a hurry, it won't be too late to ask our ancestors for advice."

Baoyu's heart brightened: "That's right, the old ancestor was well-informed. She asked the uncle and wife of the Xing family, and the uncle and wife would definitely not hide it. This important marriage is about the matchmaker's words. I will respectfully go to Xingda University. Uncle and wife will not be dissatisfied when my sister's family proposes."

The more Jia Baoyu thought about it, the more he felt that this plan would work, so he pulled Shi Xiangyun in.In the evening, the old lady entertained You Shi for dinner in her yard, and the Er You sisters were among them. The second sister You saw that Jia Mu treated her very enthusiastically, and asked Jia Mu's eldest girl, Fei Cui, to serve her vegetables in person. I was even more moved, and regarded Jia Mu as the most benevolent old man in the world.

But Third Sister You is always wary of Mother Jia.

After dinner, Mother Jia led You Shi, and Aunt Xue played cards with Wang Shi. The Er You sisters couldn't go first, so they also laughed and laughed.Seeing the opportunity, Li Gongcai quietly gestured to Shi Xiangyun and called her to the corridor outside.

"What can't sister-in-law say inside?" Shi Xiangyun looked at Li Wan in confusion.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Li Gongcai said in a low voice: "What did you say to brother Bao today? When I was waiting for the old lady to change her clothes in the inner room, I saw that the old lady looked very bad, and vaguely mentioned Bao. Brother and the eldest sister of the Xing family."

Shi Xiangyun's complexion changed, and he was very unhappy: "Sister-in-law's words made me unable to think about it. Since you only mentioned Brother Ai and Big Sister Xing, why did you come to ask me about my fault? Besides, I'm not the only one here, And Sister Lin!"

Li Wan was annoyed that this girl didn't know good from bad, and Shi Xiangyun's sneering words extinguished her eager thoughts just now.Li Wan stood there with a sullen face for a long while. After Shi Xiangyun said something before, he also felt that something was wrong. The two stood beside the big vermilion pillar in the long corridor, and neither of them spoke first.

Xiangyun felt uncomfortable, "Then, sister-in-law, I'll go in first." After finishing speaking, she hurriedly ran in. Li Wan called her three or four times from behind, but Shi Xiangyun turned a deaf ear to her, and seemed to be chasing after something. It seemed that he entered the house in a flash.

Li Gongcai was angry and funny at the same time, she was angry at Shi Xiangyun for not being able to understand her painstaking efforts, and laughed at herself for looking for trouble, meddling in her own business and complaining.

At dusk, the strength of the south wind was not weak, and when it blew on Li Gongcai's body, it hurt like wicker strikes.

"Mother, why don't you go home?" A thin figure flashed out from the side of the hanging flower door, Li Wan took a closer look and said happily, "Brother Lan, why are you here?"

It turned out that it was Li Wan's son Jia Lan who ran out of the Grand View Garden at some point.As usual, Jia Lan was wearing old homely clothes, holding a small bamboo fruit basket in her hand, standing under the shadow of the tree and looking at her mother docilely.

Li Wan's eyes suddenly turned sour, looking at his precious son, it was like seeing Jia Zhu when he was young.

"I saw that my mother hadn't come back so late, and I was a little worried, so I gave the old lady a chance to give fruit to welcome mother." Jia Lan, still childlike, handed over the small fruit basket as if offering a treasure to her. Mother look.

In fact, this basket is just some young fruits, and even the greedy girls in the garden don't bother to pick them.

Li Wan held his son in his arms with pity: "Good boy, the old lady will definitely be touched by your filial piety."

Jia Lan leaned on Li Wan's shoulder and said sullenly, "I don't expect the old lady to talk about me, I just hope she can treat mother kindly."

"It's nonsense again. Why doesn't the old lady love us both? If the old lady is gone, we don't know where our mother and son will go!" Li Wan pushed Jia Lan to let him into the room: " My wife is here too, don't be petty when you see her, you have to make your wife like you."

The wife Li Wan was talking about was undoubtedly the Wang family.

With a tense little face, Jia Lan stepped into the threshold with one foot and kept the other outside, and suddenly said, "I just want to have a clear conscience." The corners of Li Wan's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't know how to persuade his son to change his mind.

Here, Mother Jia was very happy to see Jia Lan bringing the fruit. Although the fruit was sour and unpalatable, it was the great-grandson's wish after all.Jia Mu immediately asked Yuanyang to give Jia Lan a set of the Four Treasures of the Study.

"This is bought by Lai Da from the south. Because of the skillful workmanship of the craftsmen, it is a rare boutique. There are only two sets in total. One set will be given to Tan Hualang of Gan's family, and the other set will be given to you."

As soon as Jia's mother's voice fell, Baoyu hurriedly called out: "Didn't the old ancestor tell me earlier that when I go to Bishan Academy to study this autumn, I will take the set of the Four Treasures of the Study with me?"

Jia Mu's face was a little uneasy, so she said angrily, "You won't be able to use it for a while. You might as well ask your nephew to use it for nothing. Don't worry, Baoyu, your master has prepared these things a long time ago. Would you still feel wronged?" You can't do it?"

Jia Baoyu was just used to it casually, so that Xi blurted out without having time to think about it.Listening to the old lady's explanation now, I also feel embarrassing, so boring.Baoyu quickly looked at Jia Lan: "Brother Lan, don't think I'm stingy, you go to Yihong Courtyard tomorrow, I have something nice for you!"

Jia Lan thanked him with a smile, but felt chills in his heart.

Back to Daoxiang Village with his mother in the evening, Li Wan went to see Coco Li, who was in low spirits, and said a few words of comfort. She turned around and went back to her inner room when the moon was above the treetops.

Jia Lan sat on the low couch, with the pens, inks, papers and inkstones she had just acquired lying in a mess in front of her. Seeing Li Wan coming back, she hurriedly said, "Did Aunt Yun show your mother a look just now?"

Li Wan's hand froze when removing the hairpin ring, and then smiled and said, "Aunt Yun is such a person! We were just chatting for a while, but you bumped into me at the door."

Jia Lan sneered: "Mother, don't lie to me, I can guess. Aunt Yun is a proud person. When she was in the garden, she only got along with Aunt Baochai. She occasionally walked around with Third Aunt. She never went to the place of Second Aunt and Fourth Aunt. Yes, she just concentrates on playing behind the second uncle. She must think that our mother and I are not valued by the family, so naturally we have no respect for our mother."

Li Wan was slightly angry: "You don't study hard every day, why do you always pay attention to these useless things? We are no better than your Uncle Bao. Even if he is ignorant, he can go to Bishan Academy, but you It's different. It took us a lot of effort to find you a good master, but that's not the case, you are still just a white man."

"Since mother understands, why don't you think about it? Who helped to invite my husband? Aunt Xing helped us so much, how could mother help others?" Jia Lan straightened her neck and stared at Li white silk.

"Little ancestor, keep your voice down!" Li Wan hurriedly stepped forward and covered his son's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that the walls have ears."

Jia Lan pushed Li Wan's hand away, although her voice was lowered a lot, she could still hear the anger inside: "Otherwise, why are you pulling Aunt Yun to whisper? Everyone knows that Aunt Yun has always looked down on Aunt Xing .”

Only then did Li Wan understand what his son was worried about, so he laughed and scolded: "Little clever ghost, I will help you foolishly to help Aunt Yun and Aunt Xing? It's just a warning to Miss Yun and tell her to be more peaceful. If I hadn't seen you today Your Uncle Bao's complexion is a bit wrong, I won't go into this muddy water."

Jia Lan was dubious about what her mother said, and Li Wan didn't intend to explain more to his son. In Li Gongcai's eyes, his son was still a child who would not grow up.She completely forgot that a teenager who has no father since childhood is often more precocious than those of the same age who live a carefree life.

In the early morning of the next day, Jia Lan made the excuse of going to the teacher to deliver something to leave the house, but Li Wan didn't care too much, and only told the long-term follower who was traveling with him outside to do his best.

As soon as Jia Lan came out of Ningrong Street, he came to Fengwei Hutong. Unfortunately, neither his long-term followers nor Jia Lan himself went this way.

Today, Mrs. Lu hugged Fu Geer to talk to Mrs. Xu. When Jia Lan followed the maids into the inner courtyard, the small kitchen made fresh lotus leaf chicken and brought it to her. The strong fragrance of lotus leaves lingered in front of her nose.

Xiuyan looked at Jia Lan and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that you came sooner than later, you are lucky today."

She didn't tell Jia Lan that she didn't realize that when he was in Daoxiang Village just now, Jia Lan hardly moved his chopsticks because of his worries.At the moment, he stayed in the horse for a long time. After what Aunt Xing said, Jialan's appetite suddenly whetted, and he ate two bowls of Japonica rice.

Mio and Meilian waited behind Xiuyan, and couldn't help giggling as they watched Jia Lan gobbling it up.

After all, Jia Lan was still a child, and when he heard the voice, his face suddenly became ashamed, and he immediately put down his chopsticks when he thought about the third bowl.

Xiuyan looked back at the two of them with displeasure, and then smiled with Jia Lan: "Don't worry about them, these two are crazy people, and they will be foolish when they meet strangers," Xiuyan personally told Jia Lan. Lan Man filled a bowl, although the mouth of the bowl was not big, but there were quite a lot of green japonica rice protruding like a hill.

It was the first time Jia Lan ate so calmly when he was a guest at a stranger's house. He touched his chubby belly and smiled: "The old lady's big kitchen often cooks this, but unfortunately it is not as good as the one at my aunt's."

Xiuyan smiled and said: "There are many things to pay attention to in making lotus leaf chicken, so I said that the river mud wrapped in it must be dug out from the same pond as the lotus leaf. If it needs to be buried under the root of the flower and baked with the vines of the first year , can’t save trouble, just stuff it into that furnace casually.”

Seeing that Jia Lan was listening carefully, Xiuyan asked again: "By the way, brother Lang is here today."

The boy hurriedly put down the bowl and chopsticks, and told Xiuyan the few scattered words he heard last night.

Xiuyan was speechless for a long time, and after a long time said: "You come here, does grandma know?" Seeing Jialan's eyes dodging, Xiuyan understood it very well, so she smiled: "I know about this, and I will use it after you go home." The sister-in-law said, so she won't worry anymore. But from now on, Lang Geer can just focus on his homework, and don't listen to these innocuous little things. "

Jia Lan nodded ignorantly. For some reason, he always felt that Aunt Xing had an indescribable "smell", which made people have to believe and made people who followed her feel at ease.Often the words make people feel like a spring breeze, and they want to get close to her unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)