Chapter Twenty-Three: A Thunderbolt from the Clear

After listening to the Zen, Mrs. Changxing Hou and the two Mrs. Zhuo were about to pack up and go back, and the Lin family sent a girl to look for them.

Zhuo Ruoning and Geng Kan quarreled, and without thinking much about it, they went back with the crystal ornaments.

Lin Shi saw the ornament in her arms and said strangely: "What is this, where did it come from?" ”

Geng Kan didn't have time to stop it, Zhuo Ruoning replied: "It's a quartz mine, and Brother Geng Kan sold it to me." ”

The Lin family and the second wife both laughed, and Mrs. Changxinghou's expression was a little stiff, she glanced at Geng Kan, and blamed: "Nonsense, how can you accept the money from the sister of the Zhuo family?" ”

Geng Kan couldn't help but glance at Zhuo Ruozhen, seeing that her face was pale, her teeth were clenched on her lower lip, and she looked frightened, and quickly explained: "It's not that I want to take her money, it's that she insists on giving it." ”

"Mm-hmm, that's what I proposed to buy......"

On the way back, Lin carefully inspected the crystal ornament and smiled so much that his eyebrows were gone.

"This is a good thing, such a big crystal stone, it can make a whole set of jewelry, it is too face-saving to be a dowry pressure box, it can be seen that Geng Kan still values you."

"It's not for jewelry!" Zhuo Ruoning tightly guarded the ornament, "Grandfather is short-sighted and struggling to read, I want to make a pair of glasses for him as a birthday gift." ”

She has planned everything, the Zhuo family respects the old lady, and she has to make her grandfather happy, so that she can ask for a chance to go out and find the scattered energy fragments.

"Ouch, my good girl has grown up and knows how to please the old lady." Lin put his arms around her and shook it, "But this gem was given to you by Geng Kan, you took it to your grandfather as a birthday gift, did he agree?" ”

"I said I bought it, five hundred taels of silver."

"Five ......!" A thunderbolt struck Lin's head, making her instantly dazzled.

"I remember that there is some money in the box that Xia Sang kept, and I don't know how much is missing, if it is not enough, can my mother lend me some money?"

"Five hundred taels! What about him robbing money? Where are you going to get five hundred taels of silver? Lin couldn't wait to knock her head open to see what was wrong.

"Have you been cheated? Isn't this worth five hundred taels? ”

Lin Shi took a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger: "In terms of value, a complete set of jewelry inlaid with this spar can be worth five hundred taels, but how can you afford it?" Your father only has 120 stones of rice a year, and he spends 500 taels of silver to buy precious stones, so that the family can drink the northwest wind? “

Zhuo Ruoning didn't know how much trouble she had caused, and asked cautiously: "How much silver can one stone of rice be exchanged for?" ”

"According to the current market price, one stone of rice is exchanged for five hundred Wen, you can calculate it yourself."

Zhuo Ruoning silently calculated, and was stunned: with his father's current salary, without eating or drinking, it will take eight or nine years to buy this quartz mine!

"Geng Kan, this traitor, he lied to me!" Zhuo Ruoning was furious, and immediately got out of the car to find him to theorize.

Lin Shi held her down: "Didn't you buy it yourself?" What do you think now when you go to someone and let Mrs. Changxing Hou see it? ”

"What then?"

"Let's go back tomorrow, Geng Kan must be playing with you." Anyone with a little brain knows that she can't make up five hundred taels.

Zhuo Ruoning agreed verbally, but hesitated in her heart, her grandfather was a bookworm, she didn't care about anything else except books, if she returned the quartz mine, what gift would she find to coax him to be happy?

Over there, Mrs. Changxinghou was also blaming her son: "...... If you don't like it, why would you give her such precious gems? ”

"This spar was given by a Mobei businessman, thank me for saving his daughter's life, I took it useless, just Nian Nian said that he wanted to use this thing to make lenses, so he gave it to her, and it was not exactly given, and her bracelet was still mortgaged to me."

Mrs. Changxinghou: "How much did you sell it to her, and you still took the gold bracelet as a mortgage?" ”

Geng Kan hesitated and said, "Five hundred taels." ”

"What?" Mrs. Changxinghou stood up in surprise, and the reaction was so great that Geng Kan's shoulders shrank in fright.

"The Zhuo family is not a wealthy and noble family, how can Nian Nian get five hundred taels of silver?"

"It's not really like asking her to give five hundred taels, just give some meaning......"

"You kid just don't have a long heart, she knows that she can't make up five hundred taels, and deliberately mortgages the bracelet to you, now it's okay, you give her the gem for nothing, and her bracelet stays with you, can this marriage be returned?"

Geng Kan heard the meaning of the words, and said strangely: "Do you agree with my divorce?" ”

Mrs. Changxinghou sighed in disappointment: "I observed and missed that child today, stupid, I can't even draw lots, I'm afraid it's really as rumored, sick brain." ”

Although his mother's change of attitude was a good thing for Geng Kan, he still helped to defend himself: "I think Nian Nian is more cheerful than before." ”

"What? You don't want to get out of the marriage again? ”

Geng Kan hurriedly said: "Retreat, of course you have to retreat." ”

Mrs. Changxinghou warned him: "Since you want to return, you can't take the girl's jewelry, and the province will cause misunderstanding, and return the bracelet tomorrow." ”

Geng Kan nodded: "I wasn't going to ask for her, I just had fun to tease her." ”

After coming back, Zhuo Xiao told Zhuo Li and Zhuo Cheng about the bullying of his sister in the light tower, and the two masters were also angry. However, the Lianguo Mansion has been seized by Jinyiwei, if the matter is reported to the emperor, I am afraid that the Zhuo family will be involved in the case, and the two of them decided to suppress it, so that Zhuo Xiao and Zhuo Ruoning will not make a noise.

The day after returning from Dabao'en Temple, Mother Jiang led someone to clean up the east corner of the Moon Shadow Pavilion in the back room, and the cage was also sorted out, just waiting for Zhuo Ruoning to nod and move over.

When Lin saw the vacant room, he sat in front of the window and shed tears. Zhuo Ruoning was looking forward to living alone, so she took her hand and persuaded her to stop.

Moon Shadow Pavilion has a row of five rooms, with corridors on three sides, and tables and chairs are placed in the middle of the room, where the girls usually eat.

The east room is the bedroom of the third girl Zhuo Ruoling, and the east room was originally stacked with seasonal furniture, but now it is packed up for Zhuo Ruo to live in; The two rooms on the west side are occupied by the eldest girl Zhuo Ruobing and the fourth girl Zhuo Ruozhen.

Lin looked around the room back and forth, his brows were furrowed, he was extremely dissatisfied with the environment, he thought that the room had a musty smell, there was a bush of bamboo in front of the house to block the light, the small courtyard behind the house was dark, and the wall next to it used to be a thatched house, and the smell was big in summer...... In short, all kinds of pickiness.

The family stood under the porch, looking at the Lin family sighing, Aunt Jiang covered her mouth and smiled: "Last night, the third girl told the master that she would give the east room to the fifth girl to live." ”

Lin's heart was overjoyed, who knew that Aunt Jiang immediately said: "But the master said, the third girl will get married next year, toss and change the room, others still think that our family can't accommodate a married girl, and we can't wait for a year, so I'm anxious to let her vacate the room." ”

Lin glanced at her angrily, Aunt Jiang was afraid that she would change the room of the third girl, so she deliberately preempted her and used the words of the eldest master to dispel her thoughts. To be honest, Lin really had this idea.

Zhuo Ruobing glanced at the fourth sister quietly, and was about to speak, Zhuo Ruolin stood up first and said: "Why don't you let me change with the fifth sister, the light in the west is good and dry." ”

Lin hesitated slightly, and Jiang's mother persuaded: "When the west is sunning, it is cold in winter and hot in summer, and the five girls are weak and can't live." ”

Zhuo Ruoning didn't care much about the problems that the Lin family was entangled, she had memorized a lot of poems recently, shook her head and read: "Under the west window, the wind shakes the green bamboo, and it is suspected that the old man is here." It is this artistic conception, mother, I like this house. ”

Lin couldn't do anything with her, so he asked his subordinates to move everything in. Zhuo Ruoning used to live with the Lin family, and she didn't have many things, so she was settled in the morning.

In order to celebrate the joy of housewarming, the eldest sister gave her a gilt hollow butterfly wearing a flower scented ball, the third sister gave her a three-color fish pattern vase, the fourth sister painted a picture of a flower beauty to her, and the second wife, the second brother and Aunt Jiang also sent congratulatory gifts.

At noon, the Lin family paid for the kitchen to make a table of dishes, so that the sisters could be happy.

After eating, the girl came over and said that the old lady had returned.

Zhuo Ruoning immediately threw away the chopsticks, wiped the back of her hand on her mouth, and said, "Sister, eat slowly, I'll go see my grandfather." ”

"Which one is she singing?" Zhuo Ruoling shook her head, dissatisfied with her fiery behavior.

Zhuo Ruobing said: "Yesterday, I heard Nian Nian say that he wanted to give something to my grandfather as a birthday gift. ”

Zhuo Ruoling deliberately looked at the silent Zhuo Ruoling and said, "General Xiao Geng is really generous, such a big crystal stone was given to the fifth sister without blinking an eye." ”

Sure enough, Zhuo Ruozhen's face changed greatly when he heard this.

Zhuo Ruobing didn't know it, and said with a smile: "I heard Niannian say that I bought it." ”

Do you believe that? Yesterday I went to the temple, and the fifth sister brought ten taels of silver when she was in the sky, and ten taels of silver to buy such a large piece of gems, isn't that the same as giving it? ”

Zhuo Ruobing nodded: "From this point of view, General Xiao Geng still has affection for Nian Nian. ”

"Yes, their marriage contract was made by the two parents, how can they say that they will quit, you see, no matter how much trouble they make, they will eventually get married, but those who are looking forward to their divorce, in the end, the bamboo basket is empty, and they all have to die of anger."

"I'm full." Zhuo Ruozhen put down her chopsticks and got up.

Zhuo Ruoling said with concern: "The fourth sister eats this?" Don't go hungry. ”

"Thank you for your concern."