Phi-Fic Chapter 693 Another 1st Birthday 【Part [-]】
Chapter 693 Another 1st Birthday 【Part [-]】
Chapter 693 Another Year of Birthday 【Part [-]】
At the same time that Rongguo Mansion was getting more and more popular.
In Peach Blossom Alley, Lin Daiyu was leaning on the desk with her chin in her hands, staring out the window for a long time.
At first she was thinking about Jia Mu's birthday, but gradually her thoughts could not stop wandering, recalling all kinds of experiences from childhood to adulthood, pondering the current situation, and hesitating about future choices.
Yes, even now, Sister Lin still hasn't made up her mind to make a final decision—after all, she once vowed to go south to Suzhou to guard the spirit. Although she has been greatly shaken now, she is still a little bit ashamed.
Then again, if she really obeyed Jiao Shun obediently like this, it would not be Lin Daiyu's temper.
outside the house.
Xueyan peeked in furtively, carefully scrutinized the expression on Lin Daiyu's face, and wanted to analyze the ugly Yinmao from it, so as to use it as a reference for the 'Master'.
She was originally inclined towards Jiao Shun, but now that she loses her body to Jiao Shun, she is even more devoted to her, wishing she could pack the girl with herself and give it to Jiao.
"What are you doing here?"
At this time, Zijuan's voice suddenly came from behind, Xueyan was startled, covered her chest, turned around and blamed: "Why is my sister walking like a ghost without making any sound!"
"You are sneaky yourself, and dare to say me!"
Zijuan made a gesture and was about to rush into the study: "Let's go, let's find a girl to judge."
"Judging is judging."
Xueyan was not afraid at all. Ever since Jiao Shun gathered her together and treated her tenderly and considerately, she felt that her waist had become a lot stiffer. She dared not say that she could directly surpass Zijuan and become the number one maid beside Lin Daiyu. Instead of fighting in court, we will not fall behind.
Therefore, facing Zijuan's manipulation, Xueyan directly defended: "Uncle Jiao said, you can't let the girl sit still for a long time. I see that the girl has stayed in the study for a long time, and I want to ask the girl to come out to exercise. Where can I do it?" Sneaky?"
Zijuan is also smart, how can she not see that the snow geese have the intention of challenging herself - besides, that day Lin Daiyu chose the younger snow goose instead of the oldest herself, which also made Zijuan feel a lot of uneasiness.
It was precisely because of this uneasiness that she couldn't tolerate Xueyan's attitude even more, so when her face darkened, she would retort.
Unexpectedly, the door curtain suddenly lifted at this time, Lin Daiyu came out from inside, glanced at them and said, "What's the trouble? We're going to be jealous, and we should wait until Big Brother Jiao comes."
"girl!"
The two servant girls blushed immediately.
Zijuan was still waiting for a few sentences, and Lin Daiyu said again: "I'm a little tired today, and I'll go in for a rest, and I won't have lunch."
"How did this happen?!"
Immediately, Zijuan Xueyan was distracted and surrounded Lin Daiyu to persuade her repeatedly.
Lin Daiyu saw that the heat was almost ready, so she pretended to reluctantly agree, but she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
She originally thought that Xueyan was determined to stay, while Zijuan had always kept Jiao's elder brother at a respectful distance, so she arranged Xueyan to serve Jiao Shun that night, thinking that if she still wanted to go to Suzhou in the end, she would only take Zijuan with her. A few, entrusting Xueyan to Brother Jiao is also fulfilling her wish.
However, judging from Zijuan's performance now, it is obvious that he was worried about not being able to sleep that night.
perhaps……
It's because I really don't know how to meet people.
Just as he was feeling emotional, he suddenly saw Ouguan walking in quickly with a small box in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he said, "Girl, brother Xu who was pulling the cart just now sent something, and said that it was Mr. Jiao who entrusted it to the medical center for transfer." for him."
Transferred from the hospital?
Lin Daiyu didn't pay attention to it at first, she just thought that Jiao Shun had found some good herbs for her to nourish and moisten her lungs, and she didn't want to open it to take a look, but inside was a new book with a strong smell of ink.
She took it out suspiciously and looked at it carefully, but saw that there were five big characters "Pride and Prejudice" written on the cover.
The word 'arrogance' in front undoubtedly touched Lin Daiyu's sensitive nerves, she frowned slightly, and was about to open it to take a closer look, when Zijuan reminded: "Girl, there is still a letter below. "
Lin Daiyu removed the book in her hand, and she found that there was a letter at the bottom of the bookcase, and the envelope was written "Miss Su kisses her".
After taking it apart and scanning the book ten lines at a glance, she realized that the title of the book on the cover had nothing to do with her—at least on the surface.
According to what Jiao Shun said in his letter, shortly after the first batch of work-study students entered the school the year before last, he asked someone to buy a lot of books from Europa for translation.
However, because the Xia Dynasty was full of merchants at that time, there were very few people who actually went to the ocean, and the progress was always very slow. It was not until Shi Ding became the Minister to Europa, and the ocean trade gradually flourished, that this matter gradually became smoother.
Since April, Europa's works have been translated one after another, most of which are related to engineering.
As for this "Pride and Prejudice", it was translated by Jiao Shun, who took advantage of his power and self-willedness. ...].
This book was published more than ten years ago [1813]. The author is the most famous female writer in Europa. Although the rhetoric is not as gorgeous as the literati in our dynasty, it is better than the simple and vivid content. It also uses a group of women as the main characters to describe the The customs and scenery of Wuxi country, the way of the world and human conditions.
Only four copies of the first edition were printed, one was kept in Engineering as a draft, one was given to Shi Xiangyun a few days ago, one was prepared to be brought to Tanchun by Jiao Shun at the birthday banquet, and the third was naturally given to Lin Daiyu for making For boredom.
After reading the letter, Lin Daiyu stroked the "Pride and Prejudice" with mixed feelings in her heart.
In addition to being gentle and considerate, Jiao Shun's behavior also implies that he will regard Daiyu as an existence on par with Tanchun - Shi Xiangyun is slightly higher as the original partner, so he was also the first to get this book.
"girl."
Just as her thoughts were flying, Xueyan couldn't help asking: "What is written in this book? Why did Uncle Jiao ask someone to send it to the girl?"
"I haven't watched it yet, how do I know?"
Lin Daiyu restrained her thoughts, smiled slightly and said, "There is nothing else left and right, let me read it to you."
The snow geese clapped their hands and applauded, and the azalea was also in high spirits.
So they called Wang Momo, Chunxian and Ou Guan to sit in a row in the study and listen to Lin Daiyu reading and telling stories.
So on the morning of this early August, a group of girls who had been imprisoned in the high wall for more than ten years saw for the first time the life of the women in the countryside of Wuxi country thousands of miles away.
…………
Back to Rongguo Mansion.
After Second Sister You entered the door, while looking enviously at Shi Xiangyun's belly, she held on to her sister's hand tightly.
Seeing it from the side, Wang Xifeng couldn't help teasing You Shi: "You two sisters are really sisters, and when they come to our house, they still refuse to separate like Tilian."
Second Sister You gave a mocking smile, but she still refused to let go.
What kind of sisterhood is she? She is clearly afraid that if one of them can't take care of her, Third Sister You will cause some disaster--it's nothing else. , I'm afraid it will soon turn into a dream.
Seeing that Youshi presented the gifts from the two sisters, Shi Xiangyun suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly called Cuilu to take out a small box, walked up to the old lady and said: "Just now I was busy talking to the sisters, but I forgot about it for a while. , I have prepared a separate gift for you here."
After a while, the old lady grinned and said: "It's because you have a heart, quickly take it out and let me see what treasure it is."
Seeing this, everyone also gathered around.
However, after Shi Xiangyun opened the box, there was a gold chain and a red gold ring inside. The gold chain was dotted with five emerald gemstones, and the five characters "Fu" were clearly engraved on it by some unknown means.
As for the red gold ring, if you take a closer look, it is composed of the titles and tails of the characters for longevity.
However, there is nothing rare about this thing.
Aunt Xue asked curiously, "What do these two gifts say?"
"It hasn't been said yet, but it will be soon."
Shi Xiangyun lifted the gold chain with a smile, stretched it slightly with his thumb and index finger, then put the gold ring in from the ground, raised it between his thumb and index finger, and imitated the tone of a busker on the street: "Please Look up, everyone."
As he spoke, he let go of the hand holding the golden ring, and the golden ring fell downwards. Seeing that it was about to hang on the ground, it was suddenly shocked and was suspended in mid-air by the golden chain.
Amidst everyone's surprise, Shi Xiangyun held the worn pendant in front of Jia Mu with both hands, and said with a smile: "Old lady, this chain of five blessings holding longevity is my congratulatory gift to you."
"What a five blessings and a long life."
Wang Xifeng asked half admiringly and half sourly: "The omen is good, and the tricks are also good. You learned this from Brother Shun, right?"
Shi Xiangyun giggled and said nothing.
Immediately afterwards, she explained with gestures: "Actually, there is nothing difficult, just touch it with your middle finger when the golden ring is falling, and let it hang on it after turning around in mid-air."
As she spoke, she slowly rehearsed it for everyone.
When everyone suddenly realized, Xue Baochai stepped forward and put his arm around Xiangyun, and said with a smile, "It's true that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Girl Yun has learned to juggle after following Brother Jiao."
Xiangyun hurriedly defended: "This is actually the principle of learning from things, what is it called, what is topology."
She tried her best to explain a few words, but the women sitting here were not interested in knowing anything.
Mrs. Wang continued: "It's true. I met Jia Yun a few days ago. She was timid to give birth to a child. After following Chang Qing for a few years, she seemed to have changed her appearance. , not the slightest sign of cowardice."
As he said that, he thought of his heart again, and couldn't help but smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's a pity that Baoyu refuses to go to engineering school. If he doesn't follow Changqing, he can get it through experience!"
The reason why Jia Yun changed his appearance was because of his body and energy—he was not mediocre in the first place, and it was all due to his status in the past that made him appear humble and reserved.
Now he is in high spirits, and naturally he is not what he used to be.
As for Jia Baoyu...
What is lacking in him, I am afraid that the position of power cannot make up for it.
"It's still in the period of filial piety, so don't go if you don't go."
Hearing Mrs. Wang's mourning, the old lady hurriedly came forward to make amends for Baoyu, and then looked at Xue Baochai: "After the filial piety period, all his marriages have stopped, so he will naturally know that he is making progress."
A "all" with deep meaning immediately made Xue Baochai grit her silver teeth secretly, thinking how could this old lady ridicule her face to face, could it be that she hated herself because of sister Lin's leaving the capital?
This guess cast a shadow over her heart.
Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and it was said that the old lady should move to the main hall of the Grand View Garden, and then got up and walked out.
During the period, many relatives, friends and family members of lower status joined the team. When they arrived in front of the main hall of the Grand View Garden, there were already more than a hundred people.
After the female relatives were seated, there were no less than three hundred men who came after them, and some of them were not of sufficient status, so they could only sit in the square outside.
I don't know if it was arranged by Jia Lian. Jiao Shun didn't sit at the main table this time, but was in charge of accompanying the wine at the next table as half of the host. Considering Jiao Shun's background, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Mu relationship, this arrangement is barely justified.
With his current status, he naturally doesn't need to be too attentive when facing the guests at the next table, so he has the spare energy to pay attention to the female family seat opposite.
Even though there were two layers of veil, Jiao Shun could still feel the burning gazes, which made him feel terrified, thinking, what kind of Grand View Garden is this?
Don't stay here for long!
After making up his mind, Jiao Shun waited until he had eaten and drank enough, so he hurriedly entrusted the Xiren guarding outside the door to send a message to invite Tanchun to a secluded place to meet him.
When Tanchun came, he was obviously a little apprehensive, but when he learned of Jiao Shun's intentions, and after he took the ink-scented "Pride and Prejudice", his heart melted almost half, and he couldn't help but rush forward into Jiao Shun's arms , had a good time with him.
Although the biggest reason for her insisting on marrying Jiao Shun is that she is not willing to be stuck in the status of a woman and wants to show off her strengths, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't care about Jiao Shun's attitude towards her.
When they returned to the banquet, Tanchun's little mouth was slightly red and swollen. It must be the wrong time and place, and the two of them were about to have a fierce battle.
When Jiao Shun returned to the banquet, he was trying to find an excuse to get out as soon as possible, but he unexpectedly found that the number of guests in the hall had dropped by more than half.
After careful consideration, he understood clearly.
It's just that this way, it's not good for him to get up and leave immediately, otherwise, wouldn't he appear to be as indifferent as those people, seeking good fortune and avoiding evil?
I had no choice but to go to the chairman's table and continue to drink with Jia Zheng.
After finally getting through it until almost everyone left, he stood up and said to Jia Zheng, "Uncle Shi, Xiangyun is only pregnant after all, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the fatigue, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lin Zhixiao staggered in, pointing his finger outside and tremblingly said: "Master, there is another angel outside, outside!"
Jia Zheng's complexion changed suddenly and he stood up abruptly, the wine table that he hit directly made clanking noises.
At the same time, the surrounding voices were also quiet. From Jia Mu down, everyone in the Rongguo Mansion looked terrified—since the beginning of the year, every time an angel came, it was not a good thing, and everyone had already become frightened.
(End of this chapter)