Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Danju smiled and said: "Grandma usually thinks those jewelry are too cumbersome, but today this set is light and chic, grandma doesn't have to worry about her neck hurting anymore." While talking, she took off the hairpin and handed it to Xiu Zhu and others After registering and making a book, seeing that Li Wan's bun was a little loose, he wanted to comb it again.

Li Wan glanced at the western clock on the wall and saw that it was three o'clock in the unitary hour, so he waved his hands and said, "There's no need to clean up, it's getting late now, anyway, I won't go out today, just take off the bun." , Trick your head for me."

Danju agreed, and helped her remove the bun, and took a comb to lightly comb her hair.

Not long after, Xiuzhu took Suyun and the others to make a book, and asked, "Grandma, should we put all these jewelry away, or keep some in the dowry?"

Hearing this, Li Wan thought for a while and said: "Keep those pairs of bracelets, and pick out a few light hairpin rings, rings and earrings that I always wear at home, and put the rest away."

Xiuzhu agreed, and picked out a few pairs of earrings, rings and hairpins and put them into the jewelry box as Li Wan's daily wear.

Danju also took care of Li Wan's hair, and tied it loosely with a red gold flat hairpin.

Li Wan was very satisfied, thinking that Danju and the others had worked very hard in the past few months, so he opened a mother-of-pearl jewelry box on the dressing table, picked out two long golden hairpins inlaid with emeralds from the box, and handed them to Danju, saying: "You and Xiuzhu have worked hard these days. Seeing that it's the end of the year, let's wear these two hairpins." He also picked out a pair of gold silk lantern earrings inlaid with beads for Suyun, and a few rings with double dragons playing with beads. Wait for some little girls for Wutong.

Everyone knew that Li Wan was rich and generous, so they hurriedly thanked him for taking it.

The winter was short, and Li Wan drew a picture of dispelling the cold for a while, and before he knew it, it was time to light the lamps. Suyun lifted the curtain and came in, saying: "Brother Cai just sent a message, saying that today Mr. Shen's house has guests. I won't be coming back for dinner."

After hearing this, Li Wan said: "Then don't wait for him, just ask the kitchen to deliver the meal."

Suyun agreed, and sent someone to the kitchen to deliver the meal. After Li Wan ate dinner and washed up, he said to Dan Ju and the others, "Go and eat by yourself."

At this time, Xiu Zhu had already eaten and came to change shifts, Dan Ju agreed and didn't mention the meal.

In the days that followed, Li Wan went to Jiang's house for a visit at the invitation of Yan Hui, and visited Mrs. Gu, and spent the rest of the time taking care of the old age.

Shen House.

Shen Yi got up early in the morning and saw that the morning glow was just rising and the sun was warm in the sky. It was a rare and fine weather. Seeing that it was still early, he asked his servant Fu'er to fetch a fishing rod, and Shou'er to fetch a fishing rod.

Fish basket, go fishing by the pond in the garden for recreation.

He picked a rock and sat down, waved his servants back, and watched for fishing, which was very interesting.

Suddenly hearing a woman's voice from the partition wall, Shen Yi couldn't help being startled, the thought was so familiar, and then he realized that it was the voice of Lan'er's mother, Mrs. Jia, whom he had met last time.

The location on this street is precious, and the houses are close to each other. The walls of the two houses are only separated by an alley no more than five or six feet away, so it is not surprising that they can hear the movement.

The voice was clear and soft, like pearls and jade hitting each other. She said: "This garden is spacious. You can tell Guanshi Liu tomorrow that after the spring, remove the huts in the corner over there, and connect the flower garden behind to cover it. The three arrow halls are for Lan'er to practice martial arts, since he wants to try it out, he must exercise his body, otherwise he will not be able to pass those few exams."

Hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help but secretly nodded, thinking that this Mrs. Jia was very considerate.

Then only a crisp voice who looked like a maid answered, and said, "I'll go and talk to Steward Liu in a while."

Then another voice of an older woman said: "Didn't grandma want to build a grape trellis earlier, when these covered rooms are demolished, why not put it in this corner, it will be cooler in summer if there is a shaded place." .”

Today, Li Wan just went to the garden on a whim to relax. She didn't know that there was someone on the other side of the wall. After listening to Dan Ju's words, she looked at the surrounding terrain, nodded and smiled and said, "That's a good idea. I'll send people to look for it later. Plant some peonies, peonies and roses, and it will be beautiful when the garden is fully bloomed in spring."

Danju agreed, and said with a smile: "Everyone likes plum blossoms and orchids, no matter how bad they are, there are still lotus flowers that are not stained by mud. Only our grandma likes peonies, peonies, and roses."

Li Wan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and said: "These noble and unyielding gentlemen are all imposed by the world, so what does it have to do with flowers? I like bright flowers like peonies and roses, and they are pleasing to the eye."

Suyun laughed and said, "Grandma said that flowers only need to look good, who cares whether they are gentlemen or hermits, noble or vulgar."

Li Wan nodded and said: "That's very true. Flowers are always different from each other, and there is no distinction between high and low. Even the wild flowers on the roadside may not be inferior to peonies and peony."

While talking, he suddenly saw Jia Lan coming with a stone-blue bundle, and greeted Ann first, Fang smiled and said: "Tomorrow is my mother's birthday, and my son has nothing good to honor, so I use the skin I made earlier to call someone." Made a dress, see if mom likes it.

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Surprised and delighted, Li Wan took the bundle and opened it. It turned out to be a fox fur cloak, with a snow cap attached, and a few half-bloomed plum blossoms embroidered on the willow yellow satin. Hairy, exquisite and gorgeous.

Danju and the others couldn't help but praised: "The clothes are so exquisite, my brother is really filial."

Li Wan liked it very much, touched his little head, and said with a smile: "This is the favorite gift my mother has received."

Jia Lan's eyes lit up when she heard the words, her little face flushed immediately, and she said a little excitedly: "Don't worry, Mom, I will ask Mom to be ordered to wear a phoenix coronet and Xiapei after my child is named on the Gold List in the future."

Hearing this, Li Wan was both moved and sad in his heart, couldn't help but sighed, and said: "It doesn't matter if you fail the exam, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the imperial examination, mother just hopes that you will be safe and successful, and that you can do what you want. Live happily."

Jia Lan's heart warmed up when she heard this, she hugged Li Wan's arm, raised her head and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mom, this is the path my son chose, of course he is willing and not forced. Although he dare not be complacent about learning , but with the guidance of Mr. Shen, a famous teacher, it should not be a problem to become a Jinshi in the future."

Li Wan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and said helplessly: "You child, you speak so loudly at such a young age that people can't laugh out loud after hearing this."

Jia Lan stuck out her tongue and smiled: "My child learned this from my mother. Didn't you teach me to be confident when I was a child?"

Hearing the words, Li Wan was both angry and funny, nodded his forehead, and said: "It's okay to talk about it at home, but you have to be more modest outside, otherwise it won't be surprising if people don't laugh at it."

The talking and laughing gradually faded away, Shen Yi came back to his senses, looked at the calm water, couldn't help thinking of his childhood memories, couldn't help but sighed, it was a blessing to have such a mother, no wonder his little apprentice talked The behavior is different, and it really has a reason.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and Li Wan was so busy with the yearly affairs and buying gifts that he never had a good birthday.

On this day, Li Wan sent people to give New Year's gifts to each family, and each family had a gift in return, but it was just a rule, and there was nothing to remember.

Only the Shen family returned gifts, apart from the customary silks, satins, food, drinks, and antiques, there were also a dozen or so pots of bonsai, wintersweet, camellia, etc., all of which were in very bright bloom.

There are also a few potted plants with no discernible flowers. After looking at them for a long time, everyone didn't recognize them. In the end, a servant woman of the Lin family who took care of the flower garden all the year round knew them, and said: "These plants are peonies newly cultivated by the Zhang family a few years ago. It is a famous species of peony, and the flowers are big and fragrant, but it is not easy to cultivate this flower.

Very rare, extremely rare. "

Li Wan was startled when she heard the words, she just said a few days ago that she wanted to plant peonies, but she didn't expect them to be delivered to her door today, although she felt it was a bit of a coincidence, but it is common for families to send bonsai flowers to each other, so she didn't think much about it at the moment, and said to the servant : "I'll leave these flowers to you, take care of them carefully."

The servant woman agreed, and hurriedly asked someone to carry it down.

The story was divided into two parts, but it was said that Li Wan was busy with his old age in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jia's mansion in Beijing was also very busy with family visits during the Lantern Festival in the first month, and the whole mansion could not be free for a moment.

Coincidentally, a group of people from the Rong Mansion who went to Jiangnan returned to Beijing that day. Mrs. Wang and others were in the room of Jia Mu to greet her, so they hurriedly called Dong Cheng's family to ask questions. It's just a generalization, and the specific situation is still unclear.

Dong Cheng's family explained in detail how Yinglian's family invited Dr. Zhou to treat Jia Lan, and finally handed Li Wan's letter to Mrs. Wang, saying: "Master Xiaolan has recovered now and has grown taller." It’s better, and I’m ready to end next year.”

After reading the letter at a glance, Mrs. Wang was finally completely relieved. She couldn't help clasping her palms together and said aloud to the Buddha, saying: "It's good that nothing happened. My heart is finally relieved."

Mother Jia nodded when she heard Tanchun read the letter, and said, "This is all blessed by the Bodhisattva. It is said that there must be more celebrations in a family of good deeds. Zhu's daughter-in-law is honest and honest, and the Bodhisattva blames her for this blessing. You are young." Listen to it and keep it in mind, if a person always eats fast, recites Buddha and does some good deeds, the Bodhisattva will naturally come to bless him."

Everyone agreed, and Sister Feng smiled and said, "That's because the ancestors and their wives have worshiped God and believed in Buddhism all their lives, and their accumulated virtues have passed on to their children and grandchildren. We still rely on the blessings of our ancestors. When Boy Lan becomes a marquis in the future, you guys Think again if what I said is right."

Mrs. Wang was very happy when she heard that, she nodded and said: "This sentence is absolutely true. I hope that Lan'er will be successful in the future, and I don't expect him to be a Marquis or Prime Minister. It is our family's good luck to be a Jinshi."

Everyone laughed and said: "Madam, don't worry, hurry up tomorrow to be named on the Lange's Gold List, get a three-yuan prize, and then marry a virtuous grandmother, big and small, and have a few great-grandsons and great-granddaughters. My wife will wait for you." Let's be the old Fengjun."

Mrs. Wang became more joyful when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Then I will lend you a good word."

Jia's mother also laughed and said, "Then I'll wait to hold my great-great-grandson."

After hearing this, Sister Feng laughed and said: "The old ancestor is very happy. When Brother Bao gets married, he will hold both great-grandsons with both hands.

I'm afraid I can't hold it. "

Jia Mu laughed and said, "I'm not stupid. Why do we hug together? Is it okay to hug one and then the other?"

Baoyu was puzzled at first, but only now did he realize that he was talking about himself, his face flushed red, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "You can't do it!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

When Jia Zheng returned to the mansion in the evening, he heard that Jia Lan was about to end. He was both surprised and happy. He just thought of his previous serious illness, and he still had lingering fears. Exams are also very difficult.

Although Jinling is the original place of the Jia family, they are all distant relatives of the side branches, and there is no real elder. Even with Shen Yi taking care of him, Jia Zheng still can't rest assured. After much deliberation, he discussed with Mrs. Wang, Deciding to wait until the concubine's concubine visits are over here in the mansion, he asked Jia Lian to take a few servants to Jiangnan to look after them for a period of time, and then return to Beijing together after the exams are over.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

The author has something to say: After reorganizing the outline, I finally found a clue

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