The golden mandarin duck was a little reluctant, you look at the mud and water, and there are hay and weeds and leaves in it, it doesn't look comfortable. She didn't dare to disobey Jia's mother's words, and simply turned into a delicate green jade fox, with a little golden hair on her forehead that was particularly beautiful. To say that this changed its original shape and moved really quickly, it didn't take long for the fire kang to be ready.

Here, the attackers inserted the stone slabs clean, covered them with thick mattresses trimmed with gilt silk and purple yarn, and the golden mandarin ducks outside the house burned the fire, and the muddy hands pulled the bellows like a wheel. The flames surged like magma, and the smoke became more intense, like a beast in heat, rushing out of the flue and spewing out again.

The warm pavilion was even warmer, and Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, and a young maid were stunned. The golden mandarin duck came in from outside, almost thinking that the tea kung fu had changed the world, and in this warm pavilion, it was as warm as the spring breeze in April.

Jia Mu smiled and said happily: "What a Baoyu, this wrongdoer, in the end, misses my old man, and he is a filial person." The heart is spacious, and it is pleasing to the eyes to see the attacker, and he said distressedly: "Look, a wonderful person with a good end, tossed like a mud monkey." Mandarin ducks, you asked the maids to boil water and wash the attackers. ”

The attacker said cleverly: "Ancestor, you can take me and Sister Mandarin Duck in your eyes." ”

This sentence is wonderful, it is wonderful! The golden mandarin duck looked at her very pleasing to the eye, and hurriedly beckoned the little girls to get hot water.

The attacker stopped them and told them about the usefulness of the fire door on the large stove and the kang outside, causing a burst of laughter. The charcoal pot is small, and I used to take a hot water, which was inconvenient and tiring. Now it's simple, the big stove outside is very poisonous, and it is easy to boil water.

The fire door on the kang is better, if the ancestors want to make tea, or warm wine, just put it on it, saving the girls a lot of tiredness. For a while, the big girl and the little girl in the house looked at the attacker differently, which was called a cordial.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm afraid. In fact, it is the credit of Bao Erye, in order to study this thing, Bao Erye did it himself, you see that I am like a mud monkey, our Bao Erye, that is really like. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she was heartbroken, "This wrongdoer, this wrongdoer......" sourly screamed twice, and complained: "You said Baoyu also made it look like a mud monkey......?" It doesn't make sense. He's the young master in the house, and he didn't have a reason to get this kind of indiscriminate thing, isn't he guilty of dementia again?"

and pouts, and stomps. She remembered that Baoyu was thinking of her, which was called a comfort, but when she thought of Baoyu's appearance covered in muddy water, her heart twitched.

Mrs. Wang joked: "Ancestor, don't blame Baoyu. He didn't know which miscellaneous book he heard a way to honor your old age. ”

Jia Mu smiled, took a beloved piece with her, and after thinking about it, she gave it to the attacker with the finch gold fur and asked her to bring it to Baoyu.

The attacker shrank back in fright. It's nothing, she dares to take as much as she wants, but the finch gold Qiu ...... It is rumored in the house that this is one of the three treasures at the bottom of the old ancestor's box.

Jia Mu smiled: "I asked you to give it to Baoyu, not to you, what dare you not receive? This finch gold fur is not worth anything, it can't withstand Baoyu's filial piety, it's just warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is the most suitable to wear outside." I saw that Baoyu held back for a long time, and with his temperament, he wanted to be the thief who climbed over the wall, avoiding Zheng'er and being stubborn outside. ”

Only then did he dare to accept it, and his heart was happy.

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One of the advantages of Confucianism is that it is a courtesy.

Baoyu was surrounded by seven or eight little girls, chattering so lively, Raider, Qingwen, and Musk Yue were laughing beside her, and Lin Daiyu also brought people back, staring at a bunch of gifts in a daze.

It didn't take long for Qingwen to prick up her eyes, and the little girls were frightened, and they ran outside in a swarm, leaving Baoyu to look at the return gifts from each room.

The ancestors returned the gift: green jade handles, finch gold fur;

Jia Lian and Feng Lazi return the gift: a copy of the ancient book;

Li Kun returned the gift: a hand-embroidered sachet;

Jia Yuanchun's return gift: nine-bend plain pattern bracelet;

Jia Yingchun's return gift: a heavy burden;

Jia Tanchun's return gift: a word of oral transmission;

Jia Xichun's return gift: a piece of ten-button paper;

Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan returned the gift: a peace charm.

Baoyu looked at the ancient book first, and threw it aside without two eyes. That's right, it's an ancient book, this phoenix is really fond of money, and he took a copy of Kong Sheng's "Book of Songs" back, the edition from 50 years ago. It is a pity that Confucius's writings are famous all over the world, unless the first book of the sage, the semi-holy transcription, or the manuscripts of the great Confucians, scholars, and bachelors, nothing else is valuable.

Li Kun and Aunt Zhao's return gifts were decent, and he also admitted it and appreciated it. Aunt Zhao's case money is small, she says that she is the master, but in fact she is half a slave; Li Kun's case money is the same as he used to be, and it is all used on Jia Lan, and she can't keep any money.

It was Jia Tanchun's words that made him quite convinced.

Jia Tanchun said in the message: Mrs. Xing seems to be convinced, but she is ruthless in her heart. She will help Baoyu keep an eye on Mrs. Xing, and be the first to inform him if there is any trouble.

The most poisonous woman's heart, Baoyu can't guard against Mrs. Xing every day, Mingyan, an immature housekeeper, can't be used on the master of the house, with Tanchun's help, he is a lot lighter.

Look at Jia Xichun's ten-button paper again, it is a good thing, worth 50 taels of silver, if he wants to compose poems and write lyrics, this ten-button paper can carry a famous poem.

Of course, not to write now.

Baoyu handed the ten buttons of paper to the attacker and asked her to help collect it, and then picked up the nine-bend plain pattern bracelet sent by Jia Yuanchun, only to see that it was a bracelet made of white jade, with a delicate feel, warm touches, and a faint twist and turn of the cloud pattern inside, which looked hazy and ethereal, and it was a good thing with aura.

Qingwen said with a smile: "The eldest girl said, this bracelet is a pair of two, one for her own and one for you." If you have a grandmother in the future, you can make do with it. ”

"Hey, what do I want this thing for?"

Jia Yuanchun said this, and he definitely couldn't sell it. If one day in the future, someone outside wears a bracelet and collides with Jia Yuanchun, and his bones will be dismantled. Baoyu saw Daiyu staring, and said casually: "Do you like it?" ”

Dai Yuqiao's face was slightly red, and with a snort, she lifted the cyan gauze tent and returned to the blue gauze cupboard. Mama Wang and Brother Parrot waited, and before leaving, Brother Parrot gave him a grimace.

"This little girl ......"

Baoyu shook his head with a smile and handed the bracelet to the attacker, "If you put it, you can put it away, so let you wear it." ”

The attacker hurriedly dodged and said with a smile: "I don't dare." This bracelet is very precious, I want to serve you, if you fall and touch it, you can't die of distress. She really likes it, even Qingwen and Musk Yue's eyes are shining, but as she said, she fell and touched it, and it was too distressing.

Not to mention the bracelet, even if it is a hairpin on the head, they don't dare to wear jade.

Baoyu was helpless and asked the attacker to help take it.

Then there are the green jade handles, the finch gold fur. The green jade put the piece is a handful, a plaything, and Baoyu casually put it on the table and raised the finch gold fur. Raider, Qingwen, and Musk Moon stepped forward left and right, waiting for him to put it on.

The finch gold fur is moss-green as the base, as if the peacock's feathers hang down finely, and each piece of 'feather' has a gold silk embroidered eye, like a copper coin, shiny, golden. It feels heavy to the touch, but when you put it on, it's as light as yarn.

Baoyu raised the fur tail, the bronze mirror glowed with golden light, and it felt soft and comfortable when wrapped, like a baby wandering in the mother's womb, whether it was touch, temperature, or deeper soul, there was an indescribable beauty.

"Good thing!" he exclaimed.

The attacker stroked the fine gold thread of the finch gold fur and said: "Isn't it a good thing? The ordinary finch gold fur is made of gold and twisted gold thread, and the feathers of peacocks, pheasants, kingfishers and other rare birds are twisted with threads, and then used at the same time with various colored silks to weave a brilliant brocade yarn. Your different, twisted feathers are not ordinary rare birds. ”

Baoyu was interested and asked, "What's that?"

"Acacia sparrows. ”

At the mention of this name, Raiden, Qingwen, and Musk Yue were all fascinated, and even lifted a corner of the blue yarn cupboard, revealing half of Lin Daiyu and Brother Parrot's little faces. Through the gap between the two, you can see the steady Mama Wang, and her young and kind eyes are confused.

The attacker sighed: "Acacia sparrow, that's a dream-like thing." ”

Baoyu felt the same and nodded slightly, in the "History of the Great Zhou", he had read the record of the lovesick sparrow.

Like the red-sleeved lady, the acacia finch is also a type of ghost elf, just as rare, and just as endearing. It is recorded that only those who truly love birds and raise birds can see acacia birds.

Birds are raised, fed, loved, and pitied in every way, and only after they die can they become acacia finch. This thing is like a soul, it grows at night, and the sun will die in the east, leaving only a feather for the owner to talk about lovesickness and comfort.

According to historical records, the person who has seen the most acacia sparrows in the world is Liu Yan, a bachelor who died three hundred years ago. Liu Yan raised tens of thousands of birds in his life, and he loved them only three times and got three feathers. This thing is precious, rare, and significant, and cannot be purchased with money.

Qingwen saw that he was going to take off the golden fur, and sneered: "Second Master Bao, are you afraid?"

Baoyu didn't care about her, how could he dare to wear such a valuable thing? Afraid of being seen by a powerful person, he would slap him to death? He understands it.

Qingwen laughed at him and said, "What are you afraid of? The feathers of the acacia finch are twisted into threads, and ordinary people can't see it." Those who can see it will not offend our master of Rongguo Mansion for the sake of the acacia feathers twisted into a thread. ”

Baoyu wrapped his finch tightly in anger and hummed: "You sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed, if you don't hurt you in the future, you will hurt people and musk moon." ”

"Which one wants you to hurt!" Qingwen pricked up her eyes, about to make a noise.

Baoyu was reluctant to quarrel with her, so she waved her hand and said, "That's it, the harvest is good." Attacker, you take the green jade to your mother, just say that the ancestors gave it, I don't need it, the right to be filial, and then ask my mother for some silver back, first fill in Mama Liu's side, and the rest from the treasury to buy bamboo paper, I want to practice calligraphy. ”

The rules in the house, except for the old ancestor and Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty, even if Baoyu and the four girls take things, they must buy them with silver.

This is the rule of Feng Lazi, and the money accounts in the house have been sorted out a lot, but Wu Xindeng, who is in charge of the treasury, is a person from Feng Lazi, how many cats are tired, Baoyu can't guess.

The attacker smiled and said, "Master, are you exchanging with the second grandmother?"

Baoyu pouted and said, "Go quickly." ”

If you don't change it, can't you take it for nothing? Xiao Baoyu did this, and he didn't have the face to do it.

The attacker received the order, and Qingwen was in a hurry, and as soon as she pulled the attacker, she said to Baoyu: "You won't take a look at the second girl's things?"

"Jia Yingchun? Oh, this burden. ”

Baoyu really forgot. Jia Yingchun is a wooden one, and the maids secretly call her Ermu. Her return gift was roughly the same as Li Kun and Aunt Zhao, there was nothing to look at, and she forgot about it for a while.