Evening Shaohua in the Red House

It's just that Li Wan listened intently for a long time. Jiamu Youshi and others only talked about buying gifts, and never mentioned Qin Keqing's family background. It's tricky, and it's not enough for Jia Mu and others to avoid taboos, so how can they mention it in public.

Anyway, Qin Keqing's identity has nothing to do with her, so she stopped thinking about it now.

When you and the others were talking about the betrothal gift, they saw Baoyu coming over excitedly with some flowers, and they all fell silent.

Baoyu came to the flower pavilion, held up a few peony flowers in his hand and said, "These are some flowers I found in the flower garden, and I wear them for the old lady and the two wives."

Youshi and the others all laughed and said, "Baoyu is still filial, and even a flower thinks of old ladies and wives."

Jia Mu was very happy and said with a smile, "Only Baoyu has this kind of filial piety. Others still blame me for favoring him."

Sister Feng and others hurriedly laughed and said, "This is unreasonable. Baoyu is popular, who doesn't prefer it."

Mrs. Wang was also very happy. Seeing that Baoyu's forehead was covered with sweat, she felt a little distressed. She called him to come forward, wiped it with a handkerchief, and said, "Why are you sweating profusely when you come back? Shouting for a headache."

Baoyu smiled and said, "I was catching butterflies in the flower garden just now." Seeing that Mrs. Wang wanted someone to change his clothes, she hurriedly said, "I'll go and pick some flowers for my wife." .

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Mrs. Wang was angry and laughed, she was worried after all, she turned her head to Li Wan after thinking about it and said, "It's hard to come out, you should go for a stroll too, just to watch Baoyu and the others."

Jia Musu liked that Li Wan was virtuous and stable, and at the same time she was a little worried about Baoyu, so she nodded and smiled when she heard this, and said, "Your wife is right. It's your sister-in-law who invites everyone to visit today. You should also take it easy. You don't have to come here." There are rules here."

Li Wan hurriedly said: "The old lady and the wives are still here, there is no reason for me to go wandering by myself."

When Sister Feng heard this, she pushed Li Wan and said with a smile, "Just go, I'm here!"

Youshi also smiled and said, "You go, we are here."

Li Wan had no choice but to agree, and said, "Then I'll go shopping and come back."

After finishing speaking, he saluted Jiamu, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, and then turned around and left the flower pavilion.

When I came to the flower garden, I saw Daiyu standing in the middle of the flowers, lost in thought. Today she was wearing a white silk jacket with flowered flowers, a lake blue satin waistcoat, and a white silk pleated skirt.

Ying, like a painting.

Li Wan admired it quietly for a while, then Fang stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why doesn't my sister stop being stubborn and just stand here lost in thought?"

Daiyu came back to her senses when she heard the sound. Seeing that it was Li Wan, she hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said, "Sister-in-law."

Seeing that her eyes were reddish, pink and smooth, Li Wan couldn't help frowning and said, "What's the matter, why are you crying, but who wronged my sister?"

Daiyu forced a smile and said, "I've never been wronged. It's just that I saw the peonies blooming well in this garden. I couldn't help but think of the few peonies my mother planted at home. I was a little touched by the scene."

Li Wan was suddenly stunned, and couldn't help sighing secretly, after all, Daiyu was only a seven-year-old girl, her mother had just passed away, and she was far away from her parents' hometown, living under the fence, how could she not miss home.

Although she has only been with Daiyu for half a year, she really likes this intelligent and delicate girl. She hugged her shoulders and comforted her in a warm voice. The manager in the shop will go to Huaiyang, Gusu to buy goods in two days, my sister can write a letter to Uncle Lin, and then I will let them take it to Yangzhou along the way."

Daiyu was both surprised and happy when she heard the words, her heart was pounding and she hurriedly asked, "Is what sister-in-law said true?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "What did I lie to you for? After a while you go back and write the letter, and I will send it out in the morning."

She originally planned to tell Daiyu after going back today, but seeing her so sad just now, she couldn't help telling her in advance.

Daiyu was grateful and happy at the same time, said: "Sister-in-law has helped me many times, I really don't know how to repay."

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's just a incidental thing, it's nothing more than a little effort, why bother."

"What are you talking about, sister Lin?" It was Baoyu who came over.

Li Wan and Daiyu looked at each other, hurriedly covered the topic, and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything, didn't you just say you were going to fold flowers, why are you here?"

Baoyu didn't care, and said with a smile, "It's already folded. My second and third sisters and I are ready to fight grass. I didn't see Sister Lin for a while, so I came to look for it."

Li Wan winked at Daiyu quietly, and said with a smile, "In that case, you guys go play together, I'll go back after wandering here for a while."

Daiyu couldn't be in the mood to have fun at the moment, but she knew that Li Wan didn't want people to know about it, so she suppressed her emotions and followed Baoyu.

After playing for a while, Youshi invited everyone to the table again, first tea and then wine, but there is not much new writing to remember.

Finish eating

After lunch, everyone went back to the mansion, and Li Wan entered the yard when he saw a chubby little doll running over waddlingly.

The little doll was born in pink and carved jade, with a pink and chubby little face, like a small glutinous rice dumpling, wearing a small blue satin jacket with flowers, green gauze trousers, loose trouser legs, and hanging around the neck. A small and exquisite six-style gold Ruyi longevity lock, which looks more red and white, cute and pleasing.

The fat baby was holding a round lychee in his hand, he held it up high and said with a smile: "Mom, eat fruit!"

Li Wan took the lychee and said with a smile: "Our brother Lan is really good, he knows how to be filial to his mother at such a young age."

Holding Jia Lan in his arms, he turned his head and asked everyone, "Where did this lychee come from?"

Although it is the season for lychees now, the capital is thousands of miles away from the south of the Five Ridges. In this era, there is no way of long-distance transportation to preserve freshness, and lychees are not easy to preserve. Not to mention ordinary rich and noble families, even the officials of the Hou family will see you later. less than.

Mei Xiang smiled and said, "It was sent by the third grandma of Shoushan Bo's Mansion just now. There is only a small basket."

Fu Ling brought a plate of lotus leaf jadeite filled with lychees, and said: "Nowadays, this thing is precious, and it will take a lot of effort to transport this small basket from the south."

Li Wan took a look and saw that the lychee was bright in color and very fresh, so he ordered people to divide it into several shares and sent one to Mrs. Xing's room, Mrs. Jia Muwang's wife. There were not many left, so after thinking about it, he sent someone to invite I brought Daiyu Baoyu and Sanchun sisters to taste it together.

All of a sudden the little girl brought up the washed lychees, and the purple-red lychees were placed in a white agate dish wrapped in silk, which was very beautiful.

Li Wan invited everyone to eat.

Baoyu picked up a lychee, and saw that the skin was dark red and green, exuding a faint fragrance. After peeling it off, the flesh was white and crystal clear. After eating one, he felt sweet and refreshing, with a lingering fragrance and unique flavor. He couldn't help but praise: " The flesh is as white as ice and snow, and the juice is sweet and sour like yoghurt, it really tastes very good, no wonder Concubine Yang liked to eat this food back then."

Tanchun also ate one, spit the core into the handkerchief, and said with a smile: "It's still fresh and delicious. The flesh is tender, crisp and sweet. It's strange that Xiangshan layman once said, "If you leave the branch, your color will change in a day." In two days, the fragrance will change, in three days, the taste will change, and in four or five days, the color and smell will disappear." The iced lychees we often eat at home always taste wrong."

Li Wan said with a smile, "If you eat a lychee, you will lose your books."

Everyone laughed.

Yingchun and the others also ate some, but Du Daiyu had a weak spleen and stomach, and her nature was hot, so she didn't dare to eat more, so she only took one to taste.

Just taste it.

Li Wan saw that there were not many left, so he asked Zijuan to serve the book and others to share.

After eating lychees, everyone chatted for a while and then parted ways.

Li Wan collected the letter that Daiyu had just left, and sent someone to deliver it to Li Guanshi in the shop, and a girl came back and said, "Aunt Liu has come to say hello to grandma."

Li Wan was startled when he heard the words, then remembered something and said with a smile: "Please come in quickly."

Fu Ling was also a little puzzled, not knowing what her mother was doing here at this time, and suddenly remembered what her mother told her when she went home last time, and couldn't help but feel moved.

Aunt Liu came in to greet Li Wan, chatted for a while, and explained her purpose in dialect: "Today, I want to ask for Granny's favor. We have taken care of a family for Fuling girl, and we want to take her out to get married."

Everyone was surprised and happy when they heard the words, Fu Ling blushed immediately, and hurriedly hid back in the room.