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Because he hit it off with Jiang Yuhan at Feng Ziying's home, Jia Bao seemed to be glowing with the third spring [counting Qin Zhong], sweeping away the decadence of the past few days, and running out happily almost every day.

Recently, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang have deliberately indulged themselves, so he has become an unbridled wild horse. He has been floating outside for eight out of ten days, which has the meaning of "three flats are not what you want, and you are trying to make a round boat".

But on the ninth day of March, he stayed at home obediently.

Shi Xiangyun, who had stayed in Rongguofu for more than half a month, was finally going to return home.

Early that morning, all the sisters gathered around Shi Xiangyun and left the Grand View Garden. As they walked towards the two gates, they listened to her counting the days on her fingers: "I'll be back when it's thirteen, or fourteen at the latest. Anyway, I won't miss the fifteenth poem."

meeting!"

When she said this, she clicked them one by one with her fingers and said with a straight face: "You must not be lazy these days when I am away! Last time we prepared in a hurry, and Brother Bao and Sister Lin were having trouble.

It was said to be a poetry meeting, but most of the words were not as good as ordinary income. What a pity for the gold-sprinkled raft of Tongde Hall!"

Hearing her mention the conflict between herself and Baoyu, Lin Daiyu glanced at Xiangyun angrily and said jokingly: "We haven't even gotten through yet. Are you already feeling distressed?"

As he said that, he said to Li Wan beside him: "Fortunately, it's the twelfth month of the month. If it had been left last month, Sister Xing's five hundred golden rafts would have been replaced by mulberry paper."

When everyone heard this, their branches trembled with laughter, and they also joked along.

This one said: "You're about to marry someone, and you're still so arrogant. Be careful not to let your mother-in-law hear this!"

The one said: "You can go with peace of mind. Even if you don't come back, we will work hard to write a few good poems, so that we can put them at the bottom of the box for you as a dowry!"

But it turns out that Shi Xiangyun came home this time just to wait for Jiao Shun to officially come to deliver the betrothal gift.

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but blush as the sisters teased each other and hugged each other. Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but blush, stamped his feet and spat: "Bah, you are not good people, you are talking as if no one has this day."

- When you get engaged, look how I will laugh at you!"

Seeing her embarrassment, everyone laughed even harder.

It wasn't until they approached the hanging flower gate at the entrance of the two-door aisle that the sisters restrained themselves a little and bid farewell to Shi Xiangyun one by one in front of the gate.

It's not the first time we've said goodbye to each other, not to mention that Shi Xiangyun also said that she would be back in three to five days, but since she left this time, she would have someone to go to in the future, so everyone always felt a little strange for some reason, so the farewell was naturally even more intense.

Farewell.

After all the sisters had finished talking to each other, Jia Baoyu, who had been staying behind, finally arrived in front of Shi Xiangyun. Looking at the face he had known since childhood, he opened his mouth, but tears started to flow down his face.

"Brother Bao, what are you doing?"

When Li Wan saw this, he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Wipe up that cat's urine! What does it look like to be so happy for others to see?!"

Jia Baoyu raised his hand to wipe it with his sleeve, but the more tears he wiped, the more he cried.

Seeing that he didn't know what was going to happen if he continued like this, Xue Baochai stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Brother Bao is probably confused. Don't say that it's just an engagement now. Even if we get married, we won't be able to break off the relationship."

——In particular, Brother Jiao is a generous person, he doesn’t even restrain Sister Xing, let alone Sister Yun after she has passed the door.”

Tan Chun also persuaded, and the two of them finally coaxed Jia Baoyu, and then they surrounded Shi Xiangyun and got on the sedan chair, and walked out of the hanging flower gate tremblingly.

At this time, Jia Baoyu stopped crying and sighed quietly: "When I was a child, I looked forward to her coming all day long. I just thought that when I grow up, I can make the decision on my own. Who would have imagined... Alas!"

"Hmph~"

Lin Daiyu sneered when she heard this: "What you said is sincere, but the second master has been wandering outside every day recently, and he doesn't know what he is doing. It's obvious that Girl Yun is a guest, but she is looking forward to your return all day long!"

Jia Baoyu's face froze and he was speechless.

He was embarrassed to say that he was out recently just to avoid Daiyu and Xiangyun, and he was even more embarrassed to say what he was doing outside.

"Sister, be careful what you say!"

But Li Wan hurriedly grabbed Lin Daiyu and pouted in the direction of Shi Xiangyun: "Sister Yun is about to get engaged right now. It's not easy to laugh at these words in the future."

With that said, he called to everyone: "Everyone, go back. I'd like to think about some topics. When the fifteenth poem meeting is held, everyone will have to come up with a topic."

Originally, Jia Baoyu thought of letting Miaoyu be the CEO of the "Red Plum Poetry Society", but since she settled in the Grand View Garden and became the supervisor, she naturally became the CEO.

Now that she had spoken, the sisters chatted and laughed again and returned to the Grand View Garden.

…………

Fast forward to March 12th.

At dawn, Jiao Shun rode a tall horse, sounding gongs in front to clear the way, followed by thirty-six loads of betrothal gifts, and arrived at Baolinghou Mansion in a mighty manner.

Several members of the family welcomed Jiao Shun into the gate of the mansion. Thirty-two of them were placed in the courtyard, and four others were individually delivered to Shi Xiangyun according to his wishes. Later, the stewards held the gift list, and Fei Ye

It was as if it was presented to Baolinghou Shi Nai for inspection.

The high-sounding customs during this period are not listed in detail.

But after Jiao Shun was finally led into the hall, a round-faced boy of eleven or twelve years old quietly came closer and peeked in through the crack in the door.

When he saw Jiao Shun's figure and appearance clearly, he couldn't help but wonder: "This is my brother-in-law? If not he is a civil servant, why is he so tall?"

This young man is Shi Nai's second son Shi Teng.

Hearing what he said, the maid who was following behind also took a curious peek, and then said nonchalantly: "The person who protects my uncle is a general with both civil and military skills. Second master, don't forget,

In the 'work drama' we watched a while ago, he was in charge of making all the muskets and artillery used in the war!"

Hearing the words "muskets and artillery", Shi Teng's round little face was filled with excitement, and he said excitedly: "Then I'll go tell my eldest sister and ask my brother-in-law to get me two good guns, one that can hunt bears."

That kind!"

Saying that, Sayazi ran towards the back house.

At this time, Shi Xiangyun also received the four gifts. He opened them curiously and looked at them. He found that one of them contained various exquisite toys, one contained a collection of poems that were rarely seen on the market, and another contained the Four Treasures of the Study produced by Tongdetang. The last one contained

, but it is a small and exquisite round fan with two hundred handles.

It’s okay to pay for the rest, what are you doing with all these round fans?

Shi Xiangyun curiously picked up a few handles and took a closer look, only to find that the middle of the fan was blank, and the edges and bottom of the two sides were embroidered with landscapes, flowers, birds, sun, sunset, moon and night. In the corner, the four characters "Red Plum Poetry Society" were spelled out with plum blossom petals.

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At this moment, Shi Xiangyun suddenly realized that it was specially prepared for the poetry club!

Thinking that if the sisters had good poems, they could be copied on the round fans for the occasion, which would be elegant, delicate and easy to display. Shi Xiangyun unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, secretly thinking that it was thanks to his care that he had prepared these things for himself.

Previously, she couldn't say whether she was happy or sad about marrying Jiao Shun, but she just wanted to marry the chicken and follow the chicken, marry the dog and follow the dog - but now she felt Jiao Shun's consideration and respect for her, but she felt a faint feeling towards her.

This marriage has a little more sense of identity.

"What is it, let me see it!"

While holding the fan, he was lost in thought when someone suddenly snatched it from the side and looked at it over and over, but it was Ston who had just been peeping at the door of the hall.

"What to do? Give it back to me!"

Seeing that it was his cousin who was always fond of making trouble, Shi Xiangyun raised his eyebrows, snatched it back and carefully put it back into the gift box.

"Hey, it's just a few fans, what's so valuable about them?"

Stern stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said with a face: "I know, the eldest sister was so stunned just now, she must be thinking about a man! Shame, shame, sister misses a man!"

"You, look, I won't tear your mouth apart!"

Shi Xiangyun was ashamed and angry, and rushed towards his cousin to teach him a lesson, but Shi Teng ducked and dodged, running around and shouting all over the room.

"Ahem, Teng'er, Xiangyun."

The two siblings were having a fuss when they suddenly heard someone coughing dryly at the door.

The two of them looked at each other, and saw that the person who came was none other than Shi Nai's first wife, Mrs. Wu. Shi Stengdeng immediately became as if a cat had seen a mouse. Although Shi Xiangyun was feeling better, he hurriedly calmed down his expression and said respectfully.

Called 'Auntie'.

Mrs. Wu first let her maid take away her son, but when she turned around, she smiled at Shi Xiangyun from ear to ear. She took out a handkerchief and wiped Shi Xiangyun's temples, complaining: "Look at you, you made a scene even in the cold spring."

Sweating, what will happen if the wind catches it?"

She was talking about being affectionate, but Shi Xiangyun froze on the spot.

The year before last, when Shi Xiangyun was trying to teach Shi Teng a lesson, she stopped her and made sarcastic remarks. The aunt and nephew made a big fuss, and Shi Xiangyun ran away from Rongguo Mansion in anger.

At that time, Shi Nai and his wife were called in and scolded by the old lady. It seemed that the Wu family had lost for a while, but how could a lonely child fight against the woman who was in charge of the family?

Overtly and secretly in the past two years, Xiangyun has been squeezed by her a lot, and the two of them are not even close to each other.

Now she suddenly changed her previous attitude and assumed such an affectionate posture, which really caught Shi Xiangyun off guard.

But Shi Xiangyun was also smart after all, and he quickly figured out the joints - at this time, the only one who could change her attitude was probably Jiao Shun.

To be more precise, it was the betrothal gift sent by Jiao Shun!

As expected, things went as Xiangyun expected. Wu first pulled her into talking about a lot of things, reminiscing about the sweetness and apologizing in a roundabout way, and finally finally explained his purpose: "I thought he was there."

Thirty-two dollars is a bit meager, but I don’t want your future husband to be so extravagant that he transferred half of the shares of Tian Xingjian to your name!"

At this point, she raised her hands with bright eyes and showed seven fingers: "I heard that the dividends alone in one year are enough to get this amount!"

Shi Xiangyun only knew that "Tian Xingjian" was led by Jiao Shun and helped Rong Guofu build a shop, and it seemed to be very profitable.

But how much can you get from the half-percent dry shares?

So he guessed: "Seven hundred taels?"
To be continued...