The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 430 Birthday [Part [-]]

All the girls, together with Jiao Shun and Baoyu, were hiding in the gazebo, but Wang Xifeng was very busy inside and out, circling around like a butterfly, not even talking about it.

After all the arrangements were made, she rubbed her dry throat and went back to her table. She was about to pick up a half-dried pot of tea from the banquet and pour herself a drink when she suddenly saw Ping'er pushing a bowl of thick soup in front of her. .

Wang Xifeng lowered her head and sniffed, only to feel the fragrance was tangy. With a spoon, it was sticky like skin jelly. She took a sip, and the slightly sweet and mellow fragrance was filled with a special smell of meat. She couldn't help but wonder: "This What kind of soup is it?"

"Deer tendon soup with mincemeat, white fungus and bird's nest - it has been simmering since yesterday morning, and the remaining ingredients are sifted out. It is said to be the best for moistening lungs, relieving cough, clearing heat and dispelling fire."

After listening to Ping'er's explanation, Wang Xifeng wondered while eating: "Why didn't I see this soup on the menu?"

"It's right that grandma didn't see her."

Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng and said meaningfully: "Someone feels sorry for grandma's hard work these days, and specially asked Qinghonglou to prepare it and send it here, without even touching half of our family's money."

The first thing Wang Xifeng thought of when he heard the words was Jia Lian, but then he thought about it again, not to mention that the husband and wife are strangers now, even when they are really close to each other.

So she quickly thought of another person: "Is that dog slave?"

Wang Xifeng pressed her voice and asked, and after getting Ping'er's affirmative answer, she couldn't help softening her face, and muttered to herself: "Forget him, he still has a little conscience."

But then she asked again: "Is there any role for Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Zhen?"

"Probably not, but I got one too, because I saw Yuanyang coughing tiredly just now, so I gave it to her."

"Hmph~ You are so generous!"

Wang Xifeng snorted sourly, obviously dissatisfied that Ping'er was treated the same as herself, but thinking that she was the only one among the young mistresses, she couldn't help feeling complacent.

While eating, suddenly Zhou Rui's family came looking for it in a hurry, Wang Xifeng wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, got up and asked: "Why, which family's gift has arrived?"

"This time it's not a gift!"

Zhou Rui's family said anxiously: "The Zijin Street just sent someone to spread the word that the Xue family's Master Tad and Miss Baoqin have arrived in the capital and are waiting on the pier."

"Why did you arrive so soon?"

Wang Xifeng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Come on, come with me to see my wife and aunt."

Leading Zhou Rui's family out for a few steps, he suddenly turned around and said, "Let me warm it up in a steamer on the stove, and I'll drink it later."

Without waiting for Ping'er to agree, she hurried straight to the middle of the banquet.

When Aunt Xue heard that Xue Biao and Baoqin had arrived in the capital, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Why did they arrive at this time? Didn't they say that they would not arrive in Beijing until around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year?"

"what happened?"

Jia's mother was chatting with her niece [Mrs. Shi Jia's wife], when she heard Aunt Xue's exclamation, she turned her head and asked curiously, "Who has come to the capital? Could it be the nephew and niece that my aunt mentioned earlier?"

Seeing that the old lady had heard it, Aunt Xue could only smile embarrassedly: "It was said that we arrived around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, but somehow we arrived in the capital ahead of schedule. It's our fault that we disturbed the old lady's mood."

"What does it say?"

Jia's mother pretended to be displeased and put on a serious face: "It's not an outsider, so I just invite them all over. It seems that I am an old man, and I like to be close to young people. The more people there are, the more lively it will be!"

After speaking, he laughed heartily again.

It was really inconvenient to leave for Zijin Street at this moment, so Aunt Xue said twice, "Don't dare to beg for mercy" to no avail, so she agreed with the situation, and ordered Xue Pan to pick him up at the pier, and at the same time sent someone to send a message to Baochai. , let her make some arrangements in advance.

The mandarin duck next to him heard this, and hurriedly asked for orders to send a message in the gazebo.

When they got near the gazebo, they heard the sound of shouting 'kill' inside, and then Lin Daiyu's coquettish anger sounded again: "You let the Nanmans go wild without discerning the loyal and the traitors, you are a foolish king-seeking peaches!"

"Sister Yun, don't trust her, she must be a traitor!"

This is Tanchun.

"Sister Xichun can't get through? Anyway, there is nothing I can do here."

This is Xue Baochai.

"I, I... I too."

The one who hesitated and cringed at Lin Daiyu was undoubtedly Baoyu.

The maidservant, who was watching from the mandarin ducks, squeezed in, but seeing Jiao Shun standing beside Baoyu, she couldn't help blurting out, "Why didn't Master Jiao play with you?"

Jiao Shun spread his hands helplessly, and before he could explain, Shi Xiangyun rushed to say: "Brother Jiao is so good, he wins every time, so it's boring to make trouble."

"Brother Jiao made this card in the first place, so he is naturally proficient."

Lin Daiyu interjected, and couldn't help joking: "I think you are annoyed because Brother Jiao refused to show mercy to you alone, right?"

"Humph~"

Shi Xiangyun curled his lips and said decisively: "I won't save you either, just show your identity!"

Lin Daiyu turned the ID card over, pointed at the word "loyal minister" on it and said angrily, "You still don't admit that you are a fool, are you dumbfounded now?"

Shi Xiangyun's face collapsed, and he murmured, "How come..."

Immediately, he stiffened his mouth again: "Who told you to win the last round of anti-faking loyalty, how do I know that you didn't repeat the old trick?"

Taking advantage of the bickering between the two, Xue Baochai asked Yuanyang with a smile: "But what is the old lady's order? Or are you arguing to find Brother Bao again?"

"No, it's a relative from your family."

Yuanyang briefly recounted the matter, and said again: "Look at what that means, the old lady probably wants to stay with guests, so my aunt asked the girl to make some arrangements in advance."

"This……"

Xue Baochai was in trouble for a while, but Xue Biao was easy to arrange, and Xue Pan had plenty of places to settle.

But Baoqin is in some trouble, her own yard is not big, and there is already an extra Shi Xiangyun, so it may be troublesome to move around.

At this time, Jia Baoyu heard that a new 'sister' was coming, and immediately came up to her with great interest, and asked with bright eyes: "What kind of person is Sister Bao's cousin, comparable to those in our house? "

Xue Baochai smiled helplessly: "How can I judge you? They are all my good sisters, and the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. How can there be any difference?"

Tanchun laughed at the side: "Sister Bao is saving face for us. Her younger sister can't be a vulgar thing. I'm afraid she will compare us all when she comes."

Shi Xiangyun asked the younger sister if she ever went to school and read books.

Baochai said with a smile: "Not only has she studied, my sister has been with his father since she was a child, and has been to all over the world. In terms of knowledge, I am far behind."

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he scratched his ears and cheeks with even more joy, imagining what this woman who traveled all over the country would look like, and couldn't help suggesting: "Why don't we go to meet her too?"

After hearing his unrealistic proposal, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help flattening his mouth and said: "Brother, why are you so anxious? Didn't the Xue family elder brother pick it up? Let's talk about how we get out?"

Jiao Shun took advantage of the situation to pull Baoyu, pushed him back to his original position, and joked with a smile: "Brother Bao, hurry up and calm down, don't tell me that so many sisters who are like immortals combined, can't compare with a person who has never met ?”

These words came from the bottom of his heart. He had forgotten all about Xue Baoqin in the original book. He only vaguely remembered that Baoqin was very ordinary in the TV series, and he was not considered an outstanding character. .

After Jia Baoyu was held down, he still felt a little edgy.

Seeing this, Baochai sighed secretly, stood up and said, "We don't need to pick it up, but I'm going to discuss with my mother to see how to arrange for her two brothers and sisters—are you looking for someone to replace me, or..."

"Just let it go."

Lin Daiyu pushed the card in her hand to the middle, and said with a sneer: "Some people hear that there is a new 'sister' coming, and they are afraid that their souls will fly away. How can they still have the heart to accompany us old people?"

The two of them expressed their opinions one after another, and the game naturally broke up.

All the girls got up and walked towards the main hall of the Grand View Garden. Jia Baoyu realized that he seemed to have made a mistake again. He stepped quickly and slowly, intending to catch up and explain, but he didn't know what to say.

Jiao Shun leisurely stayed at the end, and the one who also chose to slow down was the mandarin duck who came to report the news.

Seeing that he was far away from the main force, Jiao Shun glanced at the mandarin ducks, and whispered: "The soup, can Ping'er send it?"

Yuanyang's eye circles turned red all of a sudden, she nodded heavily, and said in a low voice: "There are so many things to do outside, but you still have to worry about me... It's all my fault that I made a random oath that day, and now I can only make trouble. Get together less and leave more with my master!"

As he spoke, the tears couldn't stop streaming down.

Jiao Shun asked Pinger to send similar little surprises every now and then, some valuable and some not, but without exception, they were all done with care—at least in the eyes of Yuanyang.

Therefore, even though she didn't see each other for a while after the worship that day, the heart of the chief maid of the Rongguo Mansion has repeatedly engraved the word "Jiao Shun", and she has already given up her heart until now, regretting that she was too old She made a lot of trouble, and now she even wants to be Jiao Shun's concubine.

"What are you crying for?"

Jiao Shun said sternly: "If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night——Ping'er's identity, if you hadn't heard her talk about it with your own ears, who would believe that she can go to Jiao's house in the future?"

Hearing Jiao Shun take Ping'er as an example, and thinking about it, he is now a fifth-grade sacrificial wine, and his future prospects are even more limitless. Maybe one day he will be able to welcome himself home without hesitation about the face of the Rongguo Mansion.

Only then did Yuanyang's mood turn better, and he said seriously: "If this day really comes, I will be willing to wait ten or twenty years!"

Immediately without waiting for Jiao Shun to ask, he took the initiative to remind: "Master Zheng is getting more and more unhappy now because he was taken over by him. I heard that he complained to Jia Yucun in the morning. It's strange that Mr. Zheng's tired mansion is in the same boat as scholars. , being hostile and excluded for no reason.”

Jia Yucunyuan was also on today's list.

However, this guy was born as a civil servant after all, and now is the critical moment for being promoted to the governor of Shuntian Mansion, so he didn't dare to get involved with Jiao Shun, so he just quietly met Jia Zheng in the front yard, left a gift and left directly.

"I see."

Jiao Shun nodded slightly: "If you have any news, you can just let Ping'er pass the message."

This is exactly the reason why he cares about mandarin ducks. With mandarin ducks as the core ear reward god, and other ministers under his crotch, almost all the big and small affairs of Rongguo Mansion are under the supervision of someone like him. .

After all, it wasn't a secluded place along the way, the two of them talked for a few words before returning to the main hall.

At that time, Jia Baoyu, who was one step ahead, was pestering Aunt Xue like twisting candy to question Baoqin's character and appearance, completely ignoring the fact that there were many people in the palace talking and he was about to get engaged.

Jiao Shun saw Aunt Xue trembling as she was pulled by him, sourly cursed inwardly twice, but he had no choice but to walk to the main male guest table resentfully.

At this time, Jia Qiang stood up suddenly and stopped him, smiling all over her face and said, "Uncle, can I take a step to talk."

Jiao Shun was a little puzzled, he thought that he had no friendship with Jia Qiang, so why did he take the initiative to find him now?
With the thought that it would be no harm to listen, Jiao Shun led him out of the palace gate again, looking for a place with few people.

Jia Qiang flattered her with a smile, bowed to Jiao Shun and said, "Uncle, my nephew is in urgent need of money recently, I wonder if uncle can temporarily lend three 500 taels of silver to my nephew for an emergency."

As he spoke, he patted his chest and added: "Uncle, don't worry, I'll pay back the capital with interest after a while!"

Jiao Shun heard about his recent situation from You Shi, and knew that this guy was a rare infatuated seed in Rongning and Ningfu's two houses. He was so fascinated by a little actor that he even turned against Jia Zhen.

Uh……

Was his turning around before or after Jia Zhen fell ill?
It’s fine if it’s before, but if it’s after...

I heard that gay things are the easiest to get sick!

Jiao Shun unconsciously took half a step back, but he joked, "It shouldn't take so much money to redeem that senior officer, right?"

Jia Qiang smiled sheepishly: "Sure enough, I can't hide from my uncle. It doesn't take much money to redeem her, but I don't want to wrong the senior officer, and I plan to set up a small courtyard outside, so..."

"Never mind."

Jiao Shun took out 500 taels of silver from his sleeve, and threw it lightly: "For the sake of your infatuation, you can spend this money, no matter what the benefits are, and return the principal to me when the time comes." Just fine."

Jia Qiang was overjoyed, she took the bank note and bowed to thank her again and again.

Jiao Shunhun waved his hand indifferently, and returned to the hall on his own.

Because Jia Amnesty was drinking too much, he went home to rest for the time being, only Jia Lian and other young people were left on the table, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

Especially after Jiao Shun was seated, some of the less powerful members of the Rongning Second Mansion came forward to flatter him, which made the table even more lively - in addition to the influence brought by Qiu Shi'an earlier, many people also looked at him. Not only did Jia Yun gradually grow up with Jiao Shun, but she even married a decent official lady, so she deliberately wanted to follow suit.

Just pushing the cups and changing the cups like this, half an hour passed by in a flash.

Jiao Shun was half drunk, so he shied away from going to the bathroom, and wanted to go outside to slow down.

Unexpectedly, just after getting up and walking a few steps, he bumped into Xue Pan head-on. Xue Pan's big head is nothing to look at, but the girl behind him...

But in an instant, it made people look straight!
(End of this chapter)