The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 368 tasteless

Chapter 368 tasteless

Hengwu courtyard.

Taking advantage of the refreshing energy of the morning, Xue Baochai was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat's bed to manage the accounts. Suddenly, she heard the rattling of the pearl curtains, and knew that it must be Shi Xiangyun, so she raised her head and said, "Why are you up so late today..."

Halfway through, seeing Shi Xiangyunchai yawning in disarray, apparently unable to sleep well all night, Baochai put down the Langhao pen in his hand, and sighed: "Even if we want to help these things, we are powerless. Why bother?" Make things difficult for yourself."

Shi Xiangyun didn't answer, and went forward and sat behind Baochai, put his haggard oval face on Baochai's shoulders, wrapped his arms around Baochai's waist and muttered: "Usually, I'm said to be a kind-hearted man. Come on, sister is really the prime minister who can pull a boat in his belly."

Xue Baochai pinched her face with his backhand, and said angrily: "If you want to scold me, just say it out of your heart."

Shi Xiangyun chuckled, and then regained some vitality, still leaning on Xue Baochai's back and said softly: "Sister, don't waste your money, let's hurry up and eat, go and see Sister Lin."

"You think I'm happy to care about this?"

Xue Baochai sighed helplessly, but followed her words and put away the account book.

After a simple breakfast, the two rushed to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with Yinger, Cuilu and others.

Seeing the Fengyao Bridge, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was already in sight, Shi Xiangyun suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Hey, is that Brother Bao?"

Xue Baochai looked up, and saw a familiar figure loitering in front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but who else could it be if it wasn't Baoyu?

She felt a little uncomfortable at the moment, if it was in the past, it would be fine, now the two have talked about marriage, and Lin Daiyu has also chosen to avoid suspicion, but Baoyu is still wandering alone in front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion early in the morning...

But Baochai didn't show any abnormality on his face, instead he said with a smile: "It's a coincidence—let's go over quickly, otherwise that idiot might not dare to enter the door in his life."

As he said that, he was about to quicken his pace, but Shi Xiangyun suddenly reached out and grabbed her.

Xue Baochai looked back wonderingly, and seeing something strange on Shi Xiangyun's face, she thought she was being unworthy of herself, so she smiled and said, "Am I that stingy person? Usually when their brothers and sisters hang out together, when will I..."

"It's Brother Jiao."

Shi Xiangyun suddenly blushed and interrupted Baochai, half shy and half curious: "Why did he come to this garden again so early in the morning?"

Xue Baochai looked up again, and found that there was indeed a burly figure beside Baoyu, she realized that she had made a mistake, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and hurriedly used jokes to cover up her inner feelings: "What else could be the reason? Of course, there are people in this garden who he cares about."

Shi Xiangyun was not so thin-skinned at first, but when he saw Jiao Shun, he thought of the scene of being driven around the yard in his rickshaw yesterday, and his heart was sour and sweet, how could he hear these jokes?

Immediately, blushing and resolute, he stepped forward to heal Baochai's itch.

Not to mention the frolic between the little sisters.

But Jiao Shun was supposed to be on duty at the Yamen today, but he was really worried about Xing Xiuyan, so he simply asked his father to take half a day off and came to pick him up in person.

Unexpectedly, in front of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I ran into Jia Baoyu who was wandering in Lianzhan.

Naturally, Jia Baoyu ran here because he heard that Lin Daiyu had fallen into the water, and he was worried, but the two had been in a cold war for half a year, and he hesitated outside for a quarter of an hour, but he couldn't summon up the courage to call the door.

He bumped into Jiao Shun unexpectedly, he didn't ask the reason, he stepped forward and stuffed some bottles and cans over him as if he had seen a savior, and said repeatedly: "Brother Jiao, give these things to Sister Lin for me !"

Saying that, he bowed deeply again: "Please!"

Then he turned around and fled as if flying.

Watching his figure disappear quickly on the tree-lined path, Jiao Shun looked down at the things in his hands, shook his head slightly, and then stepped forward to knock on the door knocker.

Not long after, the little servant girl came out from the inside, seeing that it was Jiao Shun, an outsider, she couldn't help being startled, Jiao Shun hurriedly said: "I'm here to take Xiuyan home, please come in and let me know."

As he spoke, he stuffed those bottles and jars to the maid again: "I just met Brother Bao outside, and he asked me to pass these things over to you girls."

Now that the golden and jade marriage has become a foregone conclusion, he is not worried that there will be any changes in it-on the contrary, it will be unsightly if Baoyu asks about it in the future.

But she said that the little girl subconsciously took the medicine bottle in her hand, and she was about to close the door, only halfway through it was she surprised that something was wrong, she hurriedly opened the door again, and said awkwardly: "Master, wait here for a while, this servant will go in and report .”

With that said, he turned around and flew back to the main room.

Here, Jiao Shun was looking at those bamboos through the door, when he heard a voice from around the corner: "Brother Jiao."

Following the prestige, I saw Shi Xiangyun leading the way with a complex expression, followed by the dignified and gentle Xue Baochai.

Walking closer, Xiangyun glanced at the direction Jia Baoyu was leaving, then looked at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, opened his mouth to say something, then looked at Xue Baochai next to him, and finally changed the topic abruptly: "Listen What does Big Brother Jiao mean, did Sister Xing stay here last night? I wonder why Sister Lin always misses her well."

Seeing Jia Baoyu's lingering love, but unable to renew the relationship, she remembered the scene of the two childhood sweethearts, and couldn't help feeling a little bit sad, but she couldn't express it in front of Xue Baochai.

Jiao Shun said with a smile: "When Xiuyan got married back then, Miss Lin went to send her off without avoiding suspicion. It can be regarded as a friend in adversity."

Hearing that he called Xing Xiuyan's marriage to him a "misfortune", Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but burst out laughing, and immediately covered it with the back of his hand, jokingly said: "So, sister Xing is considered a blessing in disguise, how can you know it's not a blessing?"

"Yes."

Baochai, who had been smiling subtly by the side, suddenly interjected, "According to this, my sister is also a blessed one."

Only then did Shi Xiangyun realize that his words were somewhat ambiguous, and he couldn't help but blushed. Just as he didn't know what to say, he saw Xing Xiuyan walking out of the main room surrounded by four maidservants. She hurriedly left Jiao Shun and Xue Baochai to go up and take the initiative Xiang Ling held Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan didn't dare to keep saying that she couldn't refuse, so she let her help out the courtyard door, seeing Jiao Shun outside the door, tenderness flashed in her eyes, but she couldn't show it in front of outsiders. He just held his stomach and bent slightly: "Why are you here, sir? Aren't you going to be on duty in the yamen today?"

Jiao Shun said with a smile: "I always have to see that you come home safe and sound before I can rest assured."

As he said that, he also took over the chess player on the other side.

This time, it turned out that the hostess and hostess sandwiched the concubine's room.

Seeing that Jiao Shun also came to help, Shi Xiangyun deliberately avoided, but he was worried that Xing Xiuyan would be misunderstood by this, so he pondered for a while, and then said to Xue Baochai, "Sister Bao, go and see Sister Lin first, I will follow and see Sister Xing for a ride .”

Seeing this strange "family" go away, Baochai turned her head to look at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the smile on her lips faded unconsciously, and it took a long time before she pulled her legs Step inside.

After following Zicuckoo into the inner bedroom, she saw Lin Daiyu staring blankly at the medicines that Baoyu had given her. Xue Baochai's eyes flickered slightly, and she was about to pretend she didn't see it and ask if Daiyu was feeling better.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu suddenly said: "Sister Bao, please send these things back to him, just say that I don't need them here, and ask him not to send any more things in the future."

Xue Baochai was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately persuaded him: "This is also his intention. You two brothers and sisters have been close since childhood, why are you making such a fuss now?"

"Hehe~"

Lin Daiyu sneered, and said without hesitation: "Sister, there is no need to put on a show in front of me. I couldn't tolerate people back then, so naturally I didn't expect people to tolerate me!"

It's also interesting to say, because she has a deep affection for Jia Baoyu, so she can't tolerate his flirting; Jiao Shun doesn't have any real feelings, and she doesn't feel much about his practice of taking concubines first and then concubines. There is something wrong.

It can be seen that the deeper the love and the more serious the responsibility, the more tolerant towards those irrelevant people.

Xue Baochai was stunned again when she heard the words, sighed for a long while, stepped forward and sat beside Daiyu, met Sister Lin's scrutinizing eyes and said: "Now I know what it means to compare one's heart with another's heart. So candid."

As he spoke, he sighed again: "I know my sister has a grudge against me, but why can't I help myself? Whether my sister believes it or not, it was Jin Chuan who was at fault in the first place. I'm afraid my mother and I have already moved to Zijin Street I will never compete with my sister for anything."

Lin Daiyu met her eyes, and shook her head for a long time before saying: "What's the use of talking about it now? Now I just think that I know him for nothing - my sister will be one with him in the future, so why bother to explain?"

What she said was to show that she would not forgive Jia Baoyu, and naturally she would not get close to Jia Baoyu's future wife, so no matter how much Baochai explained, it would be superfluous.

Faced with such straightforward words, Baochai couldn't help but smile wryly.

Now that things have happened, she feels more and more that this marriage is like a chicken rib, which is tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

…………

It was also early in the morning.

Li Wan took Suyun to find Qiushuangzhai.

Seeing Tanchun returning from sword practice, she asked Tanchun to hand over the weapon straight to the point.

Tanchun naturally refused to agree, although after the sneak attack last time, it is probably impossible to injure someone with cold arrows, but with these things close by, at least he can have a thought and feel more secure.

Now pretending to be relaxed and laughing, he said: "Why did my sister-in-law suddenly take care of this? Our family was born in the army, and we blindly relied on literati and refined scholars, but we forgot our roots—not to mention that this book is also among the six arts of gentlemen, I still think about it." When you are familiar with it, teach it to Lan Geer, and let him follow Shuluo to relax his muscles and bones."

Li Wan's face was as heavy as water, and he said to Tan Chun across the kang table: "Whether the third sister wants to inherit the ancestral business or relax her muscles and bones, I shouldn't care about it, but yesterday there was a little maid in the peach blossom forest. I found this thing on the road..."

As he spoke, he waved to Suyun who was beside him.

Suyun hurriedly opened the box she had been holding, took out an arrow from it and handed it to Li Wan.

Li Wan took it with one hand, put it on the kang table and pushed it in front of Tanchun: "This thing has a deep mark on the slate, don't say my sister accidentally dropped it there."

Only now did Jia Tanchun remember that because Miaoyu almost hit him at that time, when he left in a panic, the arrow he shot at Jiao Shun was never retrieved, and he couldn't help feeling regretful.

When he was about to prevaricate, Li Wan pointed out that there were deep marks on the stone slab, and finally he had to apologize with a smile and begged, "I was just being too skilled, so I shot an arrow at the edge of the forest. Good sister-in-law, I won't dare to mess around anymore. Just forgive me this time."

"Humph~"

Li Wan snorted coldly, but his face softened a lot. He raised his hand and pointed at Tanchun and said, "I only know that although you are bold, you know how to advance and retreat. How could you think that you would do such a thing?" Come on? This time I will let the past go, but you must hand over the bow, arrow and sword!"

Before Tanchun could argue, she continued: "At this time, people often play in the peach grove. Yesterday, Suyun bumped into Mrs. Miaoyu who was going to pick peaches. I heard that Brother Jiao is also there... If You shot an arrow just in time for someone coming out of the forest, but what should you do?!"

"Although my wife is now living in the garden, I still take care of everything. How can I just sit idly by? If you refuse to hand it over, I'm afraid I can only ask my wife to make the decision."

Hearing this, Tanchun knew that the bow and arrow could not be kept, so he made the next best thing and wanted to keep the long sword.

Unexpectedly, Li Wan still shook his head, saying that if Tanchun still wants to practice swords, she can ask someone to make a handle with good wood, so that the weight difference seems to be the same and there is no need to worry about hurting people. Isn't it the best of both worlds?

In the end, Tanchun had no choice but to hand over all the weapons to Li Wan.

Seeing Li Wan return victoriously with those things, she was very discouraged, when she suddenly saw Aunt Zhao flashing out from behind, and asked like a thief, "Why did Grandma ask you so early in the morning?"

"It has nothing to do with my aunt!"

Jia Tanchun gave her an angry look, and said as he walked out: "I'm going to visit Sister Lin in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. If Auntie has nothing serious to do, I'd better go back earlier."

Unexpectedly, Aunt Zhao came up from behind, grabbed her and pressed her throat and asked again: "Are those things that Cai Suyun was holding in his hand just now the ones you plan to use on Uncle Jiao?"

"So what?"

Tanchun saw that the maids were far away, so he also gritted his teeth and whispered: "To tell you the truth, I almost shot that villain to death yesterday!"

Aunt Zhao was taken aback, but after thinking clearly, the meaning of the near miss should be that she didn't shoot, otherwise the whole family would have known about such a big incident.

He ignored this at the moment, and muttered to himself: "Just now when something like this happened, she...it really was her that night!"

"What is she? What did my aunt say? Is there something wrong with my sister-in-law?"

Tanchun only vaguely listened to half of it, and saw that Aunt Zhao was half surprised and half gnashing her teeth, so she couldn't help becoming suspicious.

"No!"

Aunt Zhao hurriedly put her aside, trying to cover it up and said: "I'm just going to discuss with Grandma about the Qiqiao Festival, you just go to your Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Saying that, he left Jia Tanchun excitedly.

How can Jia Tanchun believe her words?

Since he insisted that there must be something strange in it, he hesitated for a moment, then quietly followed behind.

(End of this chapter)