Evening Shaohua in the Red House

After hearing this, Jia Zheng nodded and said: "The old lady is very worried, and this matter has to be discussed in the long run."

He was also a little embarrassed for a while, although he and Shen Yi had only dealt with each other twice, but he could also see a little bit of the other party's temperament, seemingly gentle and refined, but actually quite aloof, very few people could catch his eye, Even though Baoyu is talented and intelligent, he has an eccentric temperament and hates official career and economics the most. How can others like him?

Mother Jia thought for a while and said, "Why don't you ask your in-laws for help?"

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Mother doesn't know. Mr. Shen is not very human. He has his own ideas in his actions. If he doesn't like Baoyu in his heart, no one can intercede."

Mother Jia was silent when she heard the words, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "We don't need to speak out, we just need to find a time for Baoyu to meet Mr. Shen and talk, and then ask the master in-law to talk about it, Mr. Shen." Those smart people will naturally understand that when the time comes, let's find another excuse to invite Mr. Shen to a banquet. If he is willing to go to the banquet, this matter will have some meaning. It would hurt face."

Jia Zheng also felt reasonable when he heard this, nodded and said: "According to the old lady's opinion, Mr. Shen seldom socializes outside, and most of the people who come and go are Qingliu scholars. How can Baoyu see him?"

Mother Jia thought for a while, and said: "The weather is hot now, and it's not suitable to hold a banquet. I remember that August is the birthday of the in-laws. I heard that Mr. Shen's father and the in-laws are old acquaintances. Now we Lan My son is worshiping under his door again, and he will probably go to celebrate his birthday when the time comes, you should talk to the master of your in-laws first, ask him to help arrange, and then bring Baoyu to pay birthday respects, and you will see him naturally."

Jia Zheng bowed his head and thought for a while after hearing this, and said, "That's good, just one or two months can urge Baoyu to work harder, so that he won't be wrong in the test."

Fearing that he would be too harsh on Baoyu, Jia's mother hurriedly said, "Although it is important to ask for a teacher, Baoyu is born weak, so don't push him too hard, and make him sick carefully."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the old lady, my son knows it well."

Jia Mu said again: "Don't tell others about it, and don't mention it with your wife or Baoyu. Let's talk about it when you have a clue."

Jia Zheng agreed, "That's exactly what my son means."

The mother and son had already made up their minds, when they suddenly heard the word from the girl that the second master Bao was coming, they looked at each other, and immediately put the words down.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch. Here, Li Wan doesn't know that Jia's mother and Jia Zheng are discussing

Because of the intense heat, apart from occasionally talking to Daiyu and a few others, I just read and practice calligraphy in the room, or played chess and arranged flowers for entertainment.

One day, Li Wan was practicing calligraphy under the window of the moon hole, when suddenly Danju came in with a happy face and said, "Grandma, just now Sister Fuling sent someone to announce the good news, saying that a brother was born today."

Surprised and delighted, Li Wan hurriedly put down his brush and asked, "When was it born? How is the situation?"

Dan Ju smiled and said: "He was born at noon. The people who heard the news said that my son weighs eight catties. Because the child is big, it was a bit difficult to give birth. Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. Now both mother and child are safe."

Li Wan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. In this era, giving birth to a woman is like walking through the gate of hell. Fortunately, nothing happened.

Xia Zhu said with a smile: "This is a very happy event. I heard magpies calling on the branches this morning, so it should be on this branch."

Dan Ju said: "Theoretically, we should also send someone to congratulate, I wonder what grandma means?"

Li Wan said: "Naturally, it's just that Poria cocos was born today, so it must be busy there. I'm afraid I don't have the time to greet the guests. If I go there, it will cause trouble for others. It's better to wash up and go again in the next day. You should prepare the congratulatory gifts first. If you can't go in person, you sisters, go and see her for me, remember to bring two more people to follow."

Danju agreed, then laughed again: "Who will grandma take?"

Li Wan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Just take Wutong, the girl is afraid that she will be bored in the mansion for the past few months, so take this opportunity to take her out for a stroll, and she is very strong, so it is appropriate to have her with you some."

Danju agreed, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Wutong will be very happy."

Xia Zhu asked someone to fetch paper and pen, and began to draw up a gift list to prepare for the congratulatory gift, and read it to Li Wan while writing.

Li Wan listened for a while, and said: "Silks and satins are fine. It's hot now, and I don't need them. I remember there are hundreds of pieces of gauze in the small storeroom in the east wing. You pick a few that are soft, thick and light. In addition, two boxes of medicinal materials for body repair are added, and the necklace and bracelet are woven with the whole set of gold silk sent from the shop last time. It is reasonable to make two colorful clothes, but the time is too short, I don't know if it will come or not. In time."

Xia Zhu wrote them down one by one, and said with a smile: "Grandma, don't worry, it's easy. The baby's clothes don't need much effort, and I don't think there is any need to hand them over to the needleworkers. Let us do it, anyway, the few of us are sewing together." They are all passable, but two sets of clothes can be obtained in less than a day."

Dan Ju also smiled and said: "What Xia Zhu said is, leave the matter of Caiyi to us, it can be regarded as us

A little thought for my little nephew. "

Li Wan nodded and smiled when he heard the words: "Since that's the case, I'll leave it to you. It just so happens that the western fabrics I got a while ago are very soft, comfortable and breathable. They are suitable for making clothes in summer without hurting the baby's skin. Go and cut two pieces." The end of the ruler is used as the lining, and softer solid yarn is added to make the face, and there is no need to embroider too many patterns, only the pattern and color matching are enough."

Dan Ju and the others agreed, and went to cook without mentioning it.

Xia Zhu went to the storeroom to unpack a few gauzes for use, cut off the ruler head, and led Suyun and the others to start making clothes.

Danju searched for a long time but couldn't find the set of gold ornaments Li Wan mentioned, so she came out with a box, saw Xia Zhu, Suyun, Biyue and others were cutting fabrics in one place, and asked: "I remember what is in this box?" There is also a set of extremely light and unique necklaces and bracelets, how come there are only a few longevity locks and gold collars, but the whole set is missing?"

Everyone asks, you look at me, I look at you, but they can't remember.Half a day later, Xia Zhu thought about it, and said with a smile: "Why did you forget? When you packed things last time, you said that these things were too messy, so you told me to pack them in another box. I remember that you put them in another box. You can find it in the mother-of-pearl cabinet in the ear room."

Only then did Danju get some impressions, she couldn't help but patted her forehead, and said with a smile: "I'm confused." Turning around, she went to the ear room and opened the Luodian cabinet, and the last one was filled with incense beads, incense strings, palace fans, and incense cakes , all kinds of purses, sweat towels and other things; the next one is a small basket of broken silver.

So I opened the drawer and saw a big red brocade box. When I opened it, I found a whole set of baby jewelry made of gold silk, including necklaces, bracelets, anklets, etc., which were extremely light and chic.

After checking to make sure it was correct, Dan Ju put the lid on the brocade box and added it to the gift list.

After packing up the congratulatory gifts, Xia Zhu and the others had already cut out the fabric, and then began to fly needles and threads, but they finished two sets of small clothes in one day.

One set is made of red crepe with bamboo and plum pattern and moon-white muslin, which is very suitable for the baby's delicate skin. There is a gold ingot embroidered on the front of the skirt, which means "Baoding", which is the meaning of wishing the child a long life.

The matching trousers are trimmed with blue chrysanthemum patterns, decorated with yellow flower ribbons, and connected at the back of the waist with a light green dark floral silk belt.

The other set is made of silver-red chrysanthemum-and-butterfly-patterned gauze for the front and moon-white muslin for the lining. It is breathable and comfortable to wear. The tiger-skin pattern is painted on the trousers of the same color.

Dan Ju showed the clothes to Li Wan, and said with a smile: "There is still some fabric left for making clothes, so we will

In addition, I made two more bibs and two pairs of tiger-toe shoes, and put them in the bag. "

Li Wan looked at it carefully, nodded and smiled and said, "The stitches are so fine that you can't see a trace of stitches, and the color scheme is also very good, so it's very appropriate. After you pack up your things, go and tell Feng girl, Let her arrange the carriage and horses tomorrow."

Danju agreed, and came to Sister Feng's room.

I saw Sister Feng wearing a silver silk cloud bun on her head, a white gauze lace-up blouse, and a peach red skirt, leaning on the couch and talking to Ping'er. After Danju explained the reason, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Young Fuling girl Is it the second one? I remember that the firstborn seemed to be a brother too?"

Danju smiled and said: "Grandma has a good memory, that's exactly why, her eldest brother is two or three years old this year."

Sister Feng thought that she had only given birth to a younger sister after being married for many years, she couldn't help being a little envious, and sighed: "She is very lucky."

Immediately, he called Feng'er over and gave instructions: "Go out and pass on a message, tell the people below to prepare the carriage and horses tomorrow morning, and then ask Zhou Rui's family to arrange two family wives to follow the carriage."

Feng'er promised to go.

Sister Feng asked Ping'er to congratulate her with two bolts of silk and satin. Ping'er followed her advice and went out to get the silk and satin. Then she opened her own box and took two bolts of red gauze to Danju. I can't go, it's my wish, my sister brought it for me, please congratulate me."

Dan Ju fully agreed, and said, "Sister, don't worry."

The next morning, Danju got up early, washed and changed clothes after breakfast, and went to call Wutong when she was dressed.

Indus just finished tidying up, and changed into a newly made goose-yellow gauze shirt and white silk skirt. Hearing this, she hurriedly came out of the house, and was stunned when she saw Dan Ju's makeup: she was wearing a brand new lotus root powder gauze shirt, with an outer cover A lake green soft silk vest with pinched teeth, a white gauze skirt tied underneath, and a sweat scarf of the same color around the waist.

On her head is a pair of black and oily hair, with a simple hanging hairpin on her arm, two long red gold emerald hairpins, a bunch of crabapple flowers pinned to her temples, and large hard red and gold earrings on her ears. There is a string of red agate beads on the wrist, which makes her skin white as snow, delicate and charming.

Wutong was stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he come back to his senses, and exclaimed: "My sister is so beautiful today."

Dan Ju couldn't help laughing, and said: "Naturally, when you go out as a guest, you have to clean up decently, who would like to be so troublesome at home."

While talking, there was a message from a woman saying that the carriages and horses were ready, and the two of them got into the car, followed by the two women, who brought the gifts and asked the driver to go to Fu Ling's house.

Dan Ju opened the screen window and took a look outside, saw that the sun was already high and it was getting hotter, she said: "It's getting hotter now, I only know that I'm in Red Sandalwood Castle, I don't know how far it is, if I walk a distance In two hours, I'm afraid people will suffer from heat stroke."

The driver of the car already knew about it, and said with a smile, "Miss, don't worry, it's not far away, it's the Zhou family in Red Sandalwood Castle, only a dozen miles away from the city."

As he said, he drove out of the city with a whip, and went to Zhou's house.

The author has something to say: in the middle of writing, suddenly there was lightning and thunder outside, so I had to turn off the computer, and now I am finishing it.