Evening Shaohua in the Red House

How smart Li Wan is, he understood Jia Mu's intentions as soon as he thought about it, and he couldn't help admiring secretly. Indulging in pleasure, his vision and knowledge are not comparable to ordinary people. Now that he is planning ahead and leaving this retreat early, even if Jia's family declines in the future, Baoyu and others will not be reduced to the desolate situation in the original book.

Thinking of this, Li Wan no longer declined, and bowed with blessings, saying: "Thank you, old lady, for your reward."

She didn't want to pretend to refuse, this is what they should have, not to mention that Jia Lan is the eldest grandson of the Rong family, if something happens to the Jia family in the future, the people in the two rooms will have to rely on their mother and child to help them, and they will need money for everything, instead of raiding the house in the future If you don't want someone else, it's better to accept it now, anyway, it will be used on the Jia family in the end.

What's more, Jia's mother was born in the Marquis's mansion, she was the wife of the Duke, and she had been in charge of the family for decades, so she was very rich. Although these things were valuable, they were only one-twelfth of her wealth.

Seeing that she accepted it calmly, Jiamu knew that she understood what she meant, and she was very satisfied. She nodded slightly and said, "You have always been successful. I don't need to ask you for the rest. Go back and educate Laner well. From now on, our family will rely on him to support the lintel."

Seeing Jia Mu's gloomy expression, Li Wan couldn't help but secretly sighed, seeing how gloomy Jia's mother was, why he didn't understand her thoughts. No wonder Jia's mother is uncomfortable.

Jia's mother lost her composure. Seeing that Li Wan was still standing with her hands down, she waved her hands and said, "Go back and rest."

Li Wan respectfully agreed, and ordered his mother-in-law to lift the cage and leave.

Mother Jia had sent a message early in the morning to bring something to Daiyu, so when they saw Li Wan coming out with a few boxes, they didn't think much about it, they thought it was Mother Jia who gave Daiyu and the unborn child. But she didn't dare to say anything more, after all, Daiyu is not what she used to be, her husband's family is prominent, and she has a princess, so she naturally wants to curry favor with her.

Back in the courtyard, Li Wan called Suyun Biyue over, pointed to the cage given by Jia Mu and said, "This is the old lady's reward just now, and the box with the plum blossom lock is for Sister Lin, put it first, and the rest The three boxes are for Lan'er, you should count and record the contents separately, and take them to the village together tomorrow."

Hearing the words, Suyun Biyue agreed, took a pen and ink, and opened the box to count things, but when they saw the things inside, both of them gasped.

Angrily, Suyun raised his head, hesitantly said: "Grandma, are these all for our brother?"

Li Wan nodded, and said: "For now, it's for Lan'er, just clean it up."

Suyun and Biyue looked at each other, feeling more and more puzzled, but they didn't ask any more questions, and carefully counted.

Li Wan hadn't looked carefully in Jiamu's room just now, only then did she realize that although the three boxes were not big, there were more things in them than she expected, and one box was full of all kinds of precious rare ancient books. Calligraphy and painting, a light but precious antique treasure filled with various colors.

The last one is the most important, containing various jewelry boxes and 600 taels of gold. In addition to the two big boxes of pearls, agates and gemstones, there are also six boxes of head and face jewelry, all of which are complete sets, a total of 24 sets, and the least set has twelve pieces. , either inlaid with beads or inlaid with treasures, or silk, or emerald, with exquisite styles and complicated craftsmanship, very delicate and precious.

The 600 taels of gold were all 20 taels of gold ingots. Thirty golden ingots filled the two boxes to the brim, dazzling and blooming.

Fortunately, Suyun and Biyue have been with Li Wan for a long time, and they have seen a lot of jewelry, gold, jade and antiques, and they still don't change their expressions when they look at this box full of gold, jade and jewelry, and they count and catalog in an orderly manner.

After more than half an hour, the things were almost counted. Suyun closed the booklet, and was about to ask Biyue to put the counted things back in, when he suddenly found a small carved box in the corner of the box, about the size of a palm. The appearance and color of the box are very similar to the box, and the volume is small, so it is easy to ignore it if you don't pay attention.

Suyun picked up the box, but found that it was very light. She was puzzled and couldn't open it without permission, so she walked up to Li Wan and said, "Grandma, I found a small box under the box. It's very light. I don't know what's in it." What is it?"

Li Wan took the box as light as nothing, and felt a little strange. When he opened it, he couldn't help being slightly startled. It turned out that inside the box was a thick stack of deeds, two courtyards, four shops and three villages. Write Jalan's name.

Because she had expected that the Rongguo Mansion would raid the house in the next few years, she had been planning to buy a house for a while. Once the house was ransacked, the Rongguo Mansion would definitely not be able to live in it. Where can a person live?Although she had two dowry houses before, they were not very big, only three houses, and could not accommodate many people.

But the house deed in front of me is a courtyard with four entrances, and the address is on Jinxiu Street in the capital.

Li Wan had also heard that the location was very good, and most of the people living around were dignitaries, so the prices of the houses there were very expensive, and the slightly better ones had already been snatched up.

A four-entry house like this would cost seven to eight thousand taels of silver at least, and if you don’t have a certain background, you can’t buy it with money alone. She guessed that this house was either bought by Jia’s mother in the early years or when she came out of the cabinet. dowry.

Looking at the four shops, they are all located in good and prosperous areas. The three Zhuangzi have a total of [-] acres, a total of [-] mu. They are all fertile and good fields, but they are all in the Jiangnan boundary.

The value of these house deeds and land deeds can far exceed gold, silver and jewelry. After all, these farm shops will not depreciate in value. 5000 taels of silver.

She thought that Jia's mother gave only gold, silver and antiques, but she didn't expect that even the farm shop was under Jia Lan's name.

Although the box of antique jewelry is light and light, it is extremely valuable. The other boxes of jewelry and jade are worth at least 4 to 600 taels of silver, not to mention those antique calligraphy and paintings, which are priceless even tens of thousands of taels of silver. Buy it from anywhere, plus the [-] taels of gold, this large amount of property, as long as you don't squander it recklessly, is enough for the Jia family to spend a lifetime.

Li Wan couldn't help admiring Jia's mother's shrewdness. At first glance, it seemed that Jia Lan had gained something cheap, but these things were basically used on Jia's family in the future. Baoyu and the others didn't care, not only that, but they had to be careful and thoughtful, and they couldn't be perfunctory at all, otherwise everyone would poke Jia Lan's back.

Thinking of this, Li Wan couldn't help sighing, that's all, she didn't intend to leave the Jia family alone anyway, these things will be used on the Jia family anyway, but she is not the Holy Mother, she can't take care of them for a lifetime, when the time is right, Find another opportunity to hand things over to Baoyu Jialian and the others.

Suyun and Biyue saw that she was in a daze, her face fluctuating, and they couldn't help feeling a little worried, "Grandma, what about these land deeds?"

Li Wan regained his senses, handed the box to Suyun, and said: "Put it away first, we'll talk about it later, you should also pack your bags early, and leave early tomorrow morning."

Suyun agreed, and went down with Biyue to pack things.

Early the next morning, Li Wan took a group of maids and women to Xishan by car. Because Jia Lian accompanied Jia Zhen and Jia Rong to escort Jia's mother into the palace to accompany the sacrifice, Jia Lan led people to escort them all the way.

After driving for an hour, they arrived at Cuiwei Mountain Villa. At that time, Danju was early

Having got the news, he led people to welcome him in, asked people to set up the cage, and said with a smile: "Grandma and brother's room has already been cleaned up, and the Tangquan pool is also cleaned up. Should grandma wash up first or rest for a while?" ?”

Now that Liu Youfu has long since resigned from the post of housekeeper, the old couple only care for their grandchildren at home, and Danju and his wife take care of everything in Cuiwei Villa.

Li Wan was feeling tired, and when he heard the hot spring, he was very moved. He smiled and said, "I've been in the car for half a day, and my body is sore. Let's go to the soup pool first." Then he looked at Jia Lan, who smiled and said, "Mom Let's go and rest, I'm not tired yet, I want to go to the village."

Li Wan didn't care about him anymore, and after a few instructions, he returned to the main courtyard. Cuiwei Villa was originally owned by the royal family. There were about a dozen springs, big and small, the largest of which connected to the main courtyard. It was converted into a bath, which is very convenient.

Suyun took Wutong and a few other little girls to tidy up the box and cage, found a few clean clothes for a change of clothes, and took off a few gold beads, hairpins, bracelets and rings on Li Wan's head, and only used one for his black hair. The rosewood hairpin is on the top of the head.

Li Wan pushed open the small room next door, and felt a gust of hot air blowing towards his face, bypassing the white marble moiré screen, he saw a small hot spring pool, which could accommodate four or five people. Covered with petals of various colors, misty.

Bi Yue knew that Li Wan didn't like to be waited upon while taking a bath, so she put the tray containing clean clothes and fragrant soap on the stool beside the screen, gently closed the door and left.

Li Wan took off his outer clothes and only put on his jacket, and slowly walked down the bath, the bottom of the pool was paved with pebbles, very comfortable to step on, and the water temperature was just right, warm but not scalding.

Li Wan hadn't felt so relaxed for a long time, Li Wan let out a sigh of relief, took off the wooden hairpin, closed his eyes and leaned against the pool, his whole body was relaxed and immersed in the water, his body was warm and comfortable, the scent of flower petals was in his nose, elegant and pleasant, Exhausted all over the body.

However, although the hot spring is good, it can't be soaked for a long time. After two quarters of an hour, Suyun gently knocked on the door outside to remind: "Grandma, it's almost half an hour."

Li Wan responded: "Got it, I'll come out now." Picking up the western towel next to him to wipe off the moisture, he changed into a light moon-white silk satin pajamas, pulled his hair and went out.

Suyun had already been waiting outside with a lotus-colored jacket, and when she saw Li Wan coming out, she hurriedly put it on, saying: "Although it is August, it is a bit chilly in the morning and evening, grandma just soaked in the soup pool, so don't catch cold .”

Li Wan smiled helplessly, put on his little jacket, sat down on the glass to do his makeup,

in front of the mirror.

Biyue took another towel and wiped her long black satin hair with her, twisted each strand, then combed it carefully with an ivory comb, and finally used a jade hairpin to loosely tie it into a homely bun.

Li Wan didn't sleep well last night, and today he got up early in the morning and only took a dip in the hot spring, so he felt drowsy now.

Suyun was making the bed at the side, seeing this, she couldn't help laughing and said: "I got up early this morning, and took another half-day bus ride, grandma must be a little tired, anyway, it's still early, why don't you take a rest first."

Li Wan rubbed his forehead and said, "No, I have to go to Sister Lin's soon."

Biyue hurriedly laughed and said, "Sister Danju came to send a message, saying that Aunt Lin has sent a letter back, saying that grandma is tired all the way today, so she should take a rest first, and it's the same when I see you tomorrow."

When Li Wan heard this, he immediately lay down on the bed and said, "Then I'll sleep for a while and call me after half an hour."

Biyue chuckled, and said: "Grandma is too impatient, she hasn't even taken off the hairpin yet." As she spoke, she stepped forward to help her remove the bun.

The quilts were freshly aired, warm and fluffy, and very comfortable. Li Wan's eyelids got heavier, and he said vaguely, "You guys have worked hard too, let's go to the hot spring to relieve fatigue."

Suyun Biyue agreed with a smile, went out and told the little girls to listen outside, and went to wash up without mentioning it.

Everyone rested for a day, and the next morning, Li Wan washed up and cleaned up. Watching Jia Lan go back, Fang ordered Bi Yue to pack some exquisite and easy-to-digest snacks into a box, and then asked someone to carry Jia Mu to her. For things, go to the Gu family courtyard.

At this time Mrs. Gu and others had already returned to the city, and Daiyu was the only one in the village. The housekeeper's daughter-in-law had received orders yesterday. When she heard that Li Wan was coming, she hurriedly went to greet her and sent someone to pass on a message to Daiyu.

When he came to the main courtyard, Daiyu was holding Zijuan's hand and standing at the door. Li Wan couldn't help being startled when he saw this, and quickly stepped forward to hold her hand, saying: "It's not an outsider, my sister is now You are so heavy, why so much courtesy."

Zijuan hurriedly said: "That's not true, we persuaded for a long time and didn't listen, and only our girl listened to what grandma said."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not like I'm made of crystal glass, but I'm only walking two steps. How can I be so delicate?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "Although you are not a crystal glass person, you are not far from it."

While talking, she looked carefully, and saw that she was wearing a loose pink and purple eight-treasure gauze shirt, and a moon-white pine and bamboo gauze skirt underneath. Her belly was high and swollen, but her figure was still slender; Only use the red headband to hold the Japanese

Falling into a bun with two golden beaded hairpin rings slanted, although no makeup is applied, but it can't hide the natural beauty of lotus, she can't help laughing and said: "I was a little worried at first, but now my sister looks good."

Daiyu couldn't help stroking her abdomen, and said with a smile: "This child is well-behaved, only a little shy in the first few months, and never troubled me again."

Since she was pregnant, Daiyu has taken good care of herself, her skin is white and greasy, and her complexion is ruddy. At this time, there is a trace of maternal tenderness in her clear and delicate eyebrows, making her look even more charming.

Seeing this, Li Wan was very relieved, and said with a smile: "I knew to be considerate of my mother when I was still in the mother's womb, and I will be a filial and intelligent child in the future."

Everyone who said it laughed, and Daiyu became more joyful when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "I have borrowed a good word from my sister-in-law."

After talking for a while, Li Wanfang remembered Jia Mu's explanation, and hurriedly asked someone to carry the box up, saying: "The old lady asked me to bring it here, and it is for my sister and little nephew."

Zijuan stepped forward to open the cage, but saw that on the top was a big bag made of peach red silk, which contained more than a dozen sets of exquisite small clothes and shoes and socks. The fabric was soft and delicate, and the colors were bright. They were all suitable for newborns .

Several brocade boxes contained two sets of gold bracelets, gold anklet jewelry, and four necklaces, all of which were very light and unique.

In addition, there are two boxes of jewelry given to Daiyu, most of which are pearls and jade, which are very elegant and unique; as well as various precious medicinal materials for nourishing the body, a dozen light and precious antique curiosities, and silk and satin in various colors, etc. wait.