Liu Fan said very angrily: "The most important thing in gift-giving is to do what he likes, can the virtuous brother know, what does my mother like?" ”

Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Little brother doesn't know." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Liu Fan sighed helplessly: "You don't even know this, so you want to win your mother's favor by giving gifts?" I'll tell you as an elder brother, my mother's favorite thing is to play chess, so if you want to give gifts, you have to work chess. ”

Yuan Shao understood, glanced at Liu Fan gratefully, and thought to himself: "If it weren't for Brother Shi's suggestion, I'm afraid I'm still in the dark now." Brother Shi is so good. Then he said: "This is easy to do, I immediately asked someone to buy some jade chessboard and jade chess pieces as gifts for my aunt." ”

Liu Fan shook his head again: "Will my Liu Mansion lack this thing?" This junior brother, I'm from here, and when I see you like this, I always can't help but want to mention you, but you don't open up, which makes my brother very disappointed. He shook his head, disappointed, pigs are smarter than him.

Yuan Shao was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shi, the younger brother has just arrived and doesn't understand the rules, you must teach me." ”

Liu Fan sighed and said, "What my mother wants is not chess, but her heart, can you send a jade chessboard over to reflect your heart?" How much money is the jade chessboard worth compared to the family background of my Liu Mansion and your Yuan Mansion? I'm afraid that my mother won't even want to take a second look; Therefore, you should do it yourself and carve a set of chess pieces in the past, so that your mother will be happy. ”

"Carving chess!" Yuan Shao was stunned and said, "The little brother doesn't know how to carve." ”

"Then let me come, you teach someone to bring tools, and I can help you carve it in half a day." Liu Fan patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Brother Ben, you are a good person, my sister is married to you, I am very relieved, so this favor, I will help my brother, you can rest assured!" ”

Yuan Shaozi called the capital, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has no relatives, although there are a few world friends, and he has also visited, but most of the uncles and uncles saw him just chatting a few words and asking some daily life, that is. Mainly because there is a generation gap in age, I can't talk about it. Now that he finally met such a good person as Brother Liu Fanshi, he helped himself so selflessly, which made Yuan Shao very moved.

Yuan Shao said embarrassedly: "Then it's troublesome for the brother." ”

"No trouble." Liu Fan said: "You go and find tools, you don't have to worry about other things." ”

Yuan Shao nodded, hurriedly ran back to the guest room, and called two family members to look for tools........

The tools were sent to Liu Fan's courtyard, Yuan Shao waited for an hour and a half, went to take a bath, changed into new clothes, and ran to Liu Fan's courtyard. At first glance, the chess has been carved, but this chess ...... How to say it, it's very new, so new that I've never seen it, Yuan Shao didn't understand it and asked: "Brother Shi, why have you never seen this kind of chess brother?" Did you make a mistake? ”

Liu Fan said: "That's right, this kind of chess is the most popular in Beijing at the moment. Besides, what you are giving is your heart, and the gift is just an auxiliary, don't always pay attention to the gift, understand? (The chess engraved by Liu Fan is the Chinese chess of later generations, and the chess that Yuan Shao refers to is the six chess pieces made of ivory.) Liubo and Chinese chess have just been called the same thing. ）

Yuan Shao nodded yes.

Liu Fan said: "That's it, a good son, whether the carving is good or not, right or not is secondary, the most important thing is that your heart should be delivered, as long as you are willing to do it with your heart, this is fine." ”

Yuan Shao understood, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shi's words are very reasonable, okay, the junior brother will send this set of chess." Is the little brother going now? ”

Liu Fan said: "Yes, just go now, at this time, my mother happened to have just taken a nap, and she was in good spirits, you sent this over, she was very happy." Well, I'm going to talk to my mother anyway, and let's go together, maybe I can say something nice for you. ”

Yuan Shao said happily: "This is the best, I will go with my brother." He was originally a little nervous, afraid that when the time came, he would go to see Aunt Liu's cold field, and with his brother by his side, he would be a little more bold.

Liu Fan accompanied Yuan Shao to greet Mrs. Liu, Yuan Shao was a little nervous, holding a chessboard in his hand, thinking in his heart, "What should I say to Aunt Liu then?" What if she dislikes her? Something like that. After all, Yuan Shao stayed in Ruyang most of the time, and the Yuan family was extremely powerful in Ruyang, and it was usually others who went to slap him when they saw him, but at this time, teaching him to socialize normally and please Mrs. Liu made him timid.

But with Liu Fan's company, he had a little confidence, Brother Liu is really good, if it weren't for this brother, he wouldn't know how important it is to please Mrs. Liu.

One after the other, she went straight into the hall, Mrs. Liu raised her eyes, saw Liu Fan and Yuan Shao coming in, and immediately smiled: "Fan'er, Yuan Gongzi, come, sit down and talk." Yuan Shao hurriedly said: "Aunt only needs to call the little nephew Benchu, the little nephew really doesn't deserve the title of son in front of the uncle." "Originally, Mrs. Liu's impression of Yuan Shao was still good, this nephew from Ruyang was good-looking, very polite, and a good match for Ran'er, this time he also came to propose marriage to Ran'er, but listening to Master Liu's meaning, he strongly disapproved of Yuan Shao's marriage to Ran'er. Mrs. Liu, who had heard the three reasons plagiarized by Master Liu, also had a great change in her opinion of Yuan Shao's personality.

Yuan Shao bowed to Mrs. Liu solemnly, and said: "I have seen my aunt, my aunt's body is very tough, I gave pearl powder from the coast when I came to the house a few days ago, I don't know if my aunt uses it?" Pearl powder is well-known all over the world and is a good product for beauty. ”

Mrs. Liu said: "You kid ......" thought to herself: This kid doesn't seem to be very particular, how can he say this when he sees someone. The impression of Yuan Shao is a little more disgusting.......

Yuan Shao sat down stiffly, trying his best to show his confidence and demeanor in front of Mrs. Liu, Yuan Shao suddenly had the courage and said to Mrs. Liu: "Auntie, Liu's mansion is very big, although the little nephew has lived for a few days, but many beautiful scenery is still not seen. He first casually said some flattering words to set the stage for the following gifts.

Mrs. Liu smiled: "After all, Liu's Mansion is in the capital, how big can it be." I heard the master say that Ruyang Yuanfu covers an area of 1,000 acres, and the Qionglou Yuyu is endless, which is the real breadth. When you come here, I'm afraid that you've seen something new, so you feel big. ”

The two of them were talking, Liu Fan didn't interject, and after a conversation, Yuan Shao finally couldn't help it, and said: "I heard that my aunt loves to play chess very much, and my little nephew is coming this time, and there is a gift for my aunt." ”

Mrs. Liu laughed, thinking to herself: This Yuan Gongzi is quite well-behaved, and he doesn't necessarily understand the world. Well, let's see how he pleases me as an aunt. Mrs. Liu said happily: "The original nephew has a heart, I don't know what kind of gift it is?" ”