When she came back from Zhou's house, she smiled and pulled up her sleeves, and showed Li Guan a pair of jade bracelets on her wrists, the color was very positive, and it was not ordinary at first glance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Guan smiled and nodded: "Good-looking, it matches your clothes, it was given by Mrs. Zhou?" ”

Chu Fang raised her eyebrows proudly: "She insists on thanking me, of course I won't be polite to her." ”

Li Guan and Xun Fang couldn't help but wonder.

Chu Fang said again: "Mrs. Zhou also prepared a gift for me to bring back." "Take out a jewelry box and put it on the kang table.

Li Wan opened it and saw that it was the head of a set of emeralds, and it looked very new, like it was newly made.

She smiled, asked Xunfang to put away her things, and sent two boxes of snacks to Zhou's house the next day.

Mrs. Zhou was very happy, and she didn't feel that it was a loss to exchange the emerald head for a snack.

On Mrs. You's birthday, she pinched a little to pick up Li Guan at the post station, welcomed her to the house and served tea, and went in to help Li Guan make up.

After about half an hour, Li Guan slowly came out of the inner room.

Mrs. Zhou's eyes couldn't help but light up.

I saw that she was wearing a snow-blue stand-up collar wide-sleeved jacket, a true purple gray squirrel skin armor, and a lotus pattern embroidered with different shades of silk thread on the neckline and sleeves, layered and lifelike. The long black and thick hair was combed into a high bun, and a pearl bead flower the size of a wine cup was hairpinned, and the pearls on it were smooth and restrained.

She didn't have a second piece of jewelry on her body except for the beads on her bun, but Mrs. Zhou, who was full of beads, stood beside her, but she felt a dwarfed shame.

When Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Guan, Li Guan was also looking at her: "Your dress today can barely catch your eyes, but there are more things on your head, and that ruby hairpin can be saved." ”

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she hurriedly instructed her maid to help her take off the hairpin that Li Wan said.

Li Wan nodded with satisfaction and went out with her.

The You family is the dignitary of Jiyang, the old lady You is on her birthday, the scene is very huge, the guest's carriage has been parked at the entrance of the alley, ushered in the send-off, and the guests are weaving.

Rao is like this, as soon as Mrs. Zhou and Li Guan's carriage entered the alley, some of the You family's little servants rushed back to report the news, and when their carriage stopped in front of the You family, Mrs. You had already led many maids and wives to wait.

At Li Guan's behest, Mrs. Zhou's carriage walked in front of her carriage and got out of the carriage before her.

Mrs. You Er greeted her enthusiastically: "Sister, I'm waiting for you!" ”

Mrs. Zhou's warm and intimate tone startled Mrs. Zhou, and she forcibly endured the surprise in her heart and saluted her.

As they spoke, Chu Fang had already gotten out of the car and turned around to help Li Guan.

Mrs. You and Mrs. Zhou looked at each other in unison.

Li Guan, who was dressed in mink fur and crane, bowed down and came out of the carriage, swept his cold eyes, and stretched out his hand directly towards Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou immediately left Mrs. You, stepped in front of the carriage in two steps, and helped her out of the carriage with Zhu Fang.

Second Mrs. You suddenly perked up, and stepped forward to greet Li Guan enthusiastically and respectfully.

Mrs. Zhou helped introduce on the side: "This is Mrs. You." ”

Li Wan glanced at Mrs. You Er, bowed slightly, and there was a kind of natural arrogance in her expression.

Second Mrs. You was stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted, and led them to Mrs. You's residence with a smile, where today's birthday banquet was placed.

Almost all the big families in Jiyang City who have or do not have friendships with the You family have people who have come, and they sit in a full house, and the scene is lively and noisy.

A little maid trotted all the way into the house and said, "Old lady, the second lady came in with Miss Li!" ”

The laughter in the room immediately fell silent, and Mrs. You said loudly: "Please! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the curtain of the door lifted, and the energetic Mrs. You Er walked in with a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl.

She was Miss Li, and the thought flashed through the minds of everyone in the room, looking at her curiously and in awe.

Mrs. You Er smiled and said, "Mother, Miss Li is here to celebrate your birthday!" As he spoke, he was ready to introduce Li Guan to everyone.

Li Wan walked through the room full of guests with an indifferent expression and came to Mrs. You.

Second Mrs. You's face stiffened slightly, and she smiled wryly.

Li Wan slowly blessed Mrs. You, and said with a light smile: "The old lady has a long life, and the younger generation wishes you happiness like the East China Sea, and a longevity better than Nanshan." Then he motioned to the Fang behind him to give the birthday gift, "A little heart, I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Chu Fang put the birthday gift wrapped in lake blue silk cloth in her arms on the table.

The guests in the room began to whisper, it was the first time they had seen someone give a gift like this.

Old Mrs. You glanced at the birthday ceremony, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she said to Li Guan with a kind smile: "Miss Li came from afar, it should have been my wife and son who entertained you with the friendship of the landlord, but now I want you to break the bank, I'm really sorry." ”

"You're so polite."

"Grandmother, what's in there?" A little boy about three or four years old who was sitting next to Mrs. You pointed to the birthday gift on the table and asked, reaching out to pull the silk cloth on the birthday ceremony as he asked.

"Brother Bao, no!" Second Mrs. You hurriedly spoke to stop it.

But it was already late, and the slippery silk cloth was gently pulled by Bao Ge'er, and it spread out and slid down on the table, and the birthday gift inside was also exposed to everyone's eyes.

There was an eerie silence in the room.

I saw a two-foot-high statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva standing on the blue silk cloth of the lake, and the key is that this Bodhisattva statue is carved from wood.

Li Guan gave a wooden statue of Guanyin to Mrs. You as a birthday gift.

Everyone looked at each other, and many people who had already prepared their bellies and were ready to shoot on the back stopped eating.

In this embarrassing atmosphere, Li Guan smiled at Mrs. You with a calm expression: "I heard Mrs. Zhou say that the old lady has a bodhisattva heart, and specially ordered the servants of the family to give porridge outside the city to help the victims, so the younger generation specially selected this Guanyin statue to give to you." ”

Mrs. You looked at the Guanyin statue on the table in a daze, and then thanked Li Guan with hindsight.

Li Wan smiled lightly and glanced at Chu Fang.

She walked over to the table and poured her a glass of wine.

Li Guan raised his glass to Mrs. You and the guests in the room: "The little girl toasts you." He raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, and then said, "The little girl has just arrived, and she is a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, so I will leave today first, and I will have the opportunity to invite you to tea another day." ”

After saying that, he put the wine glass on the table and walked straight away.

It wasn't until her back disappeared behind the curtain that the others reacted.

The house was in an uproar.

The faces of the You family showed shame and indignation, they visited her repeatedly and four times, and sincerely invited her to be a guest, if she really didn't want to come, forget it, why bother humiliating them like this. Sending a woodcarved Guanyin statue to the old lady as a birthday gift, even if she didn't even sit, she just left, and let them lose face in front of the distinguished guests in the city.

It's too much!

Second Mrs. You looked at Mrs. You angrily: "Mother, she ......"

Old Lady You had already calmed down, and her eyes glanced at her sharply, making her swallow back the words of indignation on her lips.

"Miss Li is young, and most of them don't like to entertain my wife, so she came to give me a birthday gift and left." Mrs. You explained with a smile, as if she was very tolerant of Li Guan's rudeness, and instructed the maid to accept the Guanyin statue on the table, "It's Miss Li's heart, and this Guanyin statue will be offered to my small Buddha hall." ”

The maid whispered yes, and stepped forward to pick up the statue of Guanyin.

Mrs. Zhou, who was standing silently on the side, suddenly came over to stop her, and said nervously: "You can be careful, this Guanyin statue was brought by Miss Li from the capital all the way, and it was a treasure opened by the enlightened monks of the royal temple. ”

The treasures of the enlightened monks of the royal temple?

Those who heard her words close widened their eyes in surprise and looked at the statue of Guanyin on the table in disbelief.

Second Mrs. You was even more excited to hold Mrs. Zhou's hand: "Sister, what did you just say, this Guanyin statue is a treasure of the enlightened monks of the royal temple?" ”

Mrs. Zhou nodded, and then instructed the maid to "be careful in your movements" before replying: "Yes, Miss Li came all the way to Shandong, and the elders of the family couldn't rest assured, so they specially let her carry this Guanyin statue with her, so as to ask the Bodhisattva to bless her with a safe journey." I heard that your old lady was too old, and I couldn't find a suitable birthday gift for a while, so I thought that this Guanyin statue was suitable for the old lady, so I decided to use it as a birthday gift. This morning, I went to pick up Miss Li at the post station, and saw her maid invite the statue of Guanyin down from the Buddhist shrine and bring it all the way in her arms. ”

No wonder this statue of Guanyin was wrapped in silk cloth and carried in by Miss Li's maid!

Everyone suddenly realized, and the eyes looking at the statue of Guanyin suddenly became different, as if there was some rare treasure in front of them.

Mrs. You was pleasantly surprised, and personally got down from the Luohan bed, hugged the Guanyin statue from the maid's hand, and touched it cherishedly.

Seeing this, everyone admired one after another.

"With the treasures of the royal temple's enlightened monks as a birthday gift, Miss Li deserves to be a lady from the capital, what a big deal!"

"It's still the old lady who has face, we can't even see Miss Li's face, but you can receive a birthday gift from her personally!"

"This statue of Guanyin looks nothing special at a glance, but the more I look at it, the more I feel extraordinary, the Bodhisattva's face looks compassionate, but it is a little similar to the old lady!"

Mrs. You was overjoyed, smiled from ear to ear, carefully pulled up the silk cloth on the table to wrap the statue of Guanyin, and said to the guests in the room: "Old woman, I will go and place the Bodhisattva first, and then come out to entertain you later." Then he instructed Mrs. You to entertain the guests, and she went to the small Buddha hall in her house with the statue of Guanyin in her arms.

So far, the whole birthday banquet is about Li Guan and the Guanyin statue she gave to Mrs. You.

As an "insider", Mrs. Zhou was surrounded by those ladies and ladies, and she also enjoyed the envious gaze of others.

Mrs. Zhou took the trouble to tell the origin of the Guanyin statue over and over again, her face full of red light, as if she was the one who received this great gift.

Li Guan, who had already left, did not see the lively scene of the You family, she was taking a carriage to Bai Weiwei's house, and she and Bai Weiwei made an appointment to go back to Duoshi Town together today.

On the carriage, Chu Fang smiled and said, "Miss, believe it or not, Mrs. Zhou will definitely tell others how precious that Guanyin statue is!" ”

"The mouth grows on her, and she can say it if she likes to." Li Guan said disapprerovingly.

As soon as she thought of the possible scene in the You family after they left, she couldn't help but laugh: "We just casually said in front of Mrs. Zhou, 'The statue of Guanyin opened by the master of the royal temple', and she believed it and thought that the statue of Guanyin that you gave to Mrs. You was a treasure." Didn't you see the way she looked at me before, I can't wait to snatch the Guanyin statue and hold it in your arms! She laughed out loud, "They must never have imagined that the Guanyin statue was not a treasure opened by the master at all, but a slave maid who spent two taels of silver to buy it at a stall outside Tianning Temple!" ”

Li Wan also laughed: "But fortunately, the statue of Guanyin is well carved, otherwise it would be easy to expose today." Or is your brain spinning fast enough to come up with such a damaging idea. ”

After receiving her praise, Chu Fang couldn't help but show pride: "People like the You family, your gift is light, they think you look down on people, your gift is heavy, and they think you are cheesy, you have to want this kind of mysterious thing, they like it to be satisfied." Just wait and see, the old lady of the You family will definitely solemnly offer the statue of Guanyin and make incense sooner or later! ”

Thinking of that scene, Li Wan also felt very funny.

The two of them laughed all the way to the Bai family.

As soon as the carriage entered the courtyard gate, Bai Weiwei jumped out to greet her, and before Li Wan got out of the car, he heard her delicate and glutinous voice: "Xiaoguan, you are finally here, I thought you forgot today's agreement!" ”

"I told you something good a few days earlier, how could I forget!" Li Guan got out of the car with a smile.

As soon as Bai Weiwei's gaze fell on her, her eyes widened in amazement: "Xiaoguan, your clothes today are so beautiful, and the beaded flowers on your head are also very good-looking!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chu Fang take out a mink crane from the carriage and drape it on Li Guan's body, the low-key and luxurious color made Li Guan look graceful and luxurious, and she was ashamed to stand there, so she didn't dare to look at it directly.

Sensing her discomfort, Li Guan patted the crane on his body with a big grin: "Do I look particularly bloated wearing this thing?" But I'm afraid of the cold, and although this thing is a bit bulky, it's very warm, so I don't believe you can touch it. Pull up the crane and hand it to Bai Weiwei for her to touch.

As usual, Bai Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, she hesitated slightly, then touched it curiously, and then exclaimed: "It's really warm!" ”

Li Guan looked at her with a smile.

"Weiwei, why are you talking to Miss Li standing outside?" Just as they were talking, a soft and smiling voice suddenly came from the gate of the courtyard.

When Li Guan heard the prestige, he saw a woman wearing a pink daffodil pattern gown slowly coming in from outside the courtyard.

Except for Liu Hanlu, who lives next door, who else can there be? (To be continued.) )