Miss Qi received the salute and blushed rarely.

After Miss Qi left, Xu Qirong was coquettish in front of Princess Pingtai, and then asked, "What does grandmother think of Miss Qi?" ”

Princess Pingtai waved her hand, and there was a rare smile on her face: "Don't you think you can see what I think?" But how useless we think this matter depends on your father's intentions...... The next time you see Miss Qi again, I'm afraid you won't be able to call someone Miss Qi. ”

Xu Qirong felt that since Miss Qi had passed the level of Princess Pingtai, she was sure that she would be her stepmother. In the previous life, the Cheng family was not the best-looking, and she spoke with a childish atmosphere, didn't her father dislike it! It doesn't make sense to dislike Miss Qi in this life.

It's just that now that it's the end of the year, it's naturally not good to tell Master Xu Si about it at this time, and it's not good to let the matchmaker go next door to say goodbye at this time. This matter had to be pressed first.

Princess Pingtai finished dinner here, and went back to Lanzhi Courtyard in Ruyi Lane, in order to check Xu Tingjin's matter, Princess Pingtai repeatedly forbearance to Mrs. Guo's side, but Mrs. Guo regarded Princess Pingtai's forbearance as a concession, and repeatedly made inches, Princess Pingtai wanted to have a meal on her younger son's side, and Mrs. Guo set the time.

Princess Pingtai felt that she could deal with these things by herself, and she didn't mention them in front of the juniors, so as not to disturb the excitement of this good day. It's just that Xu Qirong has known Mrs. Guo for two lifetimes, and he still knows how much he knows about Mrs. Guo's temperament, even if Princess Pingtai didn't say it, Xu Qirong saw Princess Pingtai's hurried appearance. I also guessed eight or nine.

Master Xu Si didn't know the joints in it, and complained vigorously: "What's wrong with resting here for a night?" Is it possible that the people on my side can't serve her well? I haven't been here a few times throughout the year, but I finally came. But he looked like he was in a hurry to leave. ”

Xu Qirong knew that his father was awkward, but he no longer wanted to see the estrangement between him and Princess Pingtai, so he persuaded: "Daddy's words are not right. Grandmother was thinking about us in her heart, and it was not easy for her to come to the Xu family, and it was not easy to come to see us. Daddy didn't say that he felt sorry for his grandmother, why did he complain about his grandmother coming? ”

Fourth Master Xu didn't really want to complain about Princess Pingtai. Now when I heard Xu Qirong say this, I immediately remembered what Mama Gui told him more than 20 years ago. Yes, Xu Jinxing is a wolf. Their husband and wife had persecuted Princess Pingtai like that back then, how could they be kind to her now?

"Otherwise," Xu Si proposed, "I don't care about Xu Tingjin's affairs." We'll pick up your grandmother tomorrow. Let's live together, shall we? The son is filial to his mother, and he doesn't care what outsiders say! ”

Xu Qirong thought about what Princess Pingtai told her about Aunt Xiang when she went to Lanzhi Courtyard before, and said, "Daddy, I'm not in a hurry at this time." Grandmother herself has a sense of proportion, maybe next year, the things that grandmother wants to figure out have been figured out, and then we will change to a larger house. Wouldn't it be better to bring your grandmother to serve in a dignified manner? ”

Master Xu Si listened. guessed that Princess Pingtai already had eyebrows on her side, so she breathed a sigh of relief, it was only next year's thing, and it was not impossible to fulfill her wish.

Early the next morning, Xu Qirong got up and freshened up, and then arranged for people to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and the sacrifice before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Master Xu Si picked out the good things he collected in his study, and planned to use them for personal contacts during the New Year. Although his friends sometimes don't necessarily show up for two or three years, this New Year's gift is always indispensable.

For those fairy-like friends of Master Xu Si, Xu Qirong knows very little, only knowing that every time Master Xu Si sends out good jade, people often come back with a bag of fried tea that he picked. The quality of the tea may not be good, but Master Xu Si is always full of joy and feels that it is a friend's heart.

In Xu Qirong's opinion, such a mind is too cheap, and her father is friends with others, which is obviously a loss. Not to mention, if a friend suddenly said to Master Xu Si that his expenses for traveling far away were not enough, Master Xu Si always gave a generous Cheng Yi without saying a word.

However, since he sold the family property and distributed the silver tickets to his two daughters, Master Xu Si has been much more restrained in this regard. No money in hand is a lack of confidence. But since Xu Qijin got married and left a large stack of silver tickets, land deeds, and renunciations to Master Xu Si, Master Xu Si began to relapse again.

Xu Qirong is a daughter, so naturally she can't say that her father has done something wrong in this regard, let alone accuse her father of making friends, but fortunately, her family lacks other things, but she doesn't lack this blockage, so Master Xu Si is happy. Or, Miss Qi will pass the door next year, she is so shrewd, maybe she can manage her father's lavish style of spending.

Thinking so, I calmed down. Therefore, waiting for Master Xu Si to ask her to come over for questioning did not affect her good mood.

There were a bunch of good things on Master Xu Si's desk, only a bronze jue and a pair of Ou sculptures of a moonlit night in the Spring River were put aside alone.

The bronze carcass is light and rough in workmanship, oval in shape, long and narrow, short tail, no column between the mouths, flat bottom, and engraved with beads. It should be the drinking vessel of the Xia Dynasty. There are not many well-preserved bronze bottles in the Xia Dynasty, let alone this beaded one.

The Ou sculpture of the moonlit night in the spring river is a tea tray, and it is not simple, the water waves and moonlight make people can't help but reach out and touch it personally. Without decades of hard labor, this state would not have been possible.

Master Xu Si pointed to these two things and asked Xu Qirong: "Daddy has a friend who likes to drink both alcohol and tea, what do you say Daddy would give him?" I wanted to give him both, but I was afraid that other friends would think I was favoritism. ”

Xu Qirong looked at the two things and slurred.

In the end, he asked softly: "What's the dilemma of this, Daddy's friend, does he prefer to drink wine or tea?" ”

When Master Xu heard this, his brows tightened: "If only I knew." Don't make any more mistakes. I haven't seen him for a while, and the last time we met, he mentioned that drinking utensils in ancient times were much more interesting than today's jade cups. But the last time we met, he praised the Ou plastic tea tray as the most elegant. ”

At first, Xu Qirong didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her father giving away these two things, anyway, this thing was bought by her father himself, and if she gave it away, it wouldn't be her who was distressed. But when she heard Master Xu Si say this, she felt that something was wrong.

How did she think that her father's friend was trying to remind her father of what he wanted?

Thinking about it like this, she felt that she was too villainous, after all. Her father's friends are all fairy-like characters, and their temperaments are more proud than the other, how can they pull down their dignity to calculate her father's things!

Rao thinks so. Xu Qirong still couldn't help but ask: "Daddy, I don't know who your friend is?" It is not necessary to send a bronze jue or a tea tray made of Ou sculpture, it may be better to send something else. ”

Master Xu Si said: "It's Tang Zhizhou, you also know this person." He is good at landscape painting. A very dusty character. ”

When Xu Qirong heard this, she felt a little strange in her heart, she had always had a good memory, and immediately remembered which Tang Zhizhou was. It's not that I think of how powerful Tang Zhizhou is, but I think that Liang Wenjing and Duan Xu asked her father to get together, and after several appointments, her father refused to go. Later, it was this Tang Zhizhou who mediated and used the name of appreciating new paintings. Got her father.

It seems that after this, that Tang Zhizhou has less contact with her father. She didn't expect that there was less connection, and he was embarrassed to ask her father for good things!

Since she can get her father to meet Liang Wenjing and Duan Xu, Tang Zhizhou is naturally not a high-ranking person!

The market price of the bronze jue and the ou sculpture tea tray is not low, although her family is not short of this idea, but she can't let such a villain go, otherwise people will think that their family is a good church!

After a turn of thought, Xu Qirong already had a plan, and said to Master Xu Si with a smile: "Since that Uncle Tang is a master of landscape painting, it will not be good for Daddy to send this Ou plastic tea tray on a moonlit night in the Spring River." ”

After thinking about it, Master Xu Si felt that his youngest daughter was right, so he smiled immediately, with a relaxed face: "Then don't worry about it, just give the bronze jue." ”

"Neither." Xu Qirong said seriously, "Daddy, this thing has been old for a long time, just talking about the craftsmanship, it is also extremely rough, even if Uncle Tang likes to drink, he can't replace this jade cup." ”

Master Xu Si touched Xu Qirong's head with a smile and explained: "He's just playing with it, who really uses this to drink!" ”

Xu Qirong still shook his head and stomped his feet: "Daddy, where did you get this thing?" It must have been pulled out of someone else's grave by those Captain Jin. The things that came out of the grave, how can they be taken away for the New Year? When Uncle Tang broke off his friendship with Daddy because of this, Daddy, don't blame his daughter for not reminding you! ”

How could the bronze lord of the Xia Dynasty not be taken out of someone else's tomb?

When Master Xu Si heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "It's because Daddy didn't think it through, and this bronze jue can't be sent." Then he was annoyed, "What should I send?" Otherwise, you can go to the treasury with me and see, what's suitable? ”

Xu Qirong said with a smile: "Daddy, don't worry, there is a way!" ”

Seeing that Master Xu Si looked deaf, Xu Qirong felt a little proud in his heart, he was here, and he must not let his father be coaxed by those cats and dogs, and said: "Since Uncle Tang likes to drink, don't we still have a few jars of snow spring in our house, and the wine has been put for several years. ”

When Master Xu heard this, he hesitated a little: "Send two jars of wine...... It's too invaluable! ”

Xu Qirong said with a straight face: "Daddy, this is your mistake." The gift is to give it to other people's hearts, and your own heart is delivered, regardless of whether the gift is valuable or not, what to do! Uncle Tang has been friends with his father for many years, so he naturally understands his father, and he will never blame his father for not being expensive enough. ”

After thinking about it, Master Xu Si felt that it made sense, as far as he was concerned, it was better for someone else to give him a lone book than to give him a mountain of gold and silver.

And so the matter was settled. (To be continued......)