Although Jian Yan refused, Old Lady Jian still agreed to take him with her to teach under Fang Mojiao's pleading. Fang Mojiao was afraid that Jian Yan had committed a leftist offense, so she hurriedly thanked Old Lady Jian for him.

Old Lady Jane suddenly looked at her granddaughter with a smile, "It's not you who gets the benefit, why do you want to thank this kid." ”

"Grandfather, don't make fun of me, Cousin Yan is smart and will definitely make great achievements in the future." Fang Mojiao replied while giving Jian Yan a wink, "Cousin Yan, don't hurry up and thank your grandfather." ”

Jian Yan thanked Old Lady Jian under her urging, and Old Lady Jian waved his hand and said: "Thank you for not needing, I will say ugly things in front, follow me must not be arrogant and lascivious, indulge and work hard, otherwise where will I come from." ”

Under Fang Mojiao's gesture, Jian Yan replied with five words: "You can rest assured." ”

Seeing that the matter had been done, the big stone in Fang Mojiao's heart fell. Old lady Jane had other things to do, so she let them leave on their own.

Coming out of Old Lady Jane's study, Fang Mojiao called Jian Yan, "Cousin Yan is free right now, if there is nothing to do, can you go to Liufang Courtyard with me?" ”

Since Jian Yan participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, Mrs. Jian changed the yard for him. His new residence was in the front yard, and Fang Mojiao was not good and always ran forward.

Jian Yan didn't ask anything, and followed Fang Mojiao to Liufang Courtyard.

Fang Mojiao asked Jian Yan to wait in the living room, and asked Baixi to bring tea and snacks to serve, and she went to the back room.

After a while, Fang Mojiao came out with a nanmu box, she opened the box in front of Jian Yan, and saw that there was a piece of pine smoke ink engraved with pine wind and water moon and a flawless pine flower inkstone side by side.

"Cousin Yan's birthday is in October, and I have already returned to the capital at that time, so I will hand over the birthday gift to you in advance, and I hope that Cousin Yan will have a smooth life and always be healthy." With that, he pushed the box over.

Jian Yan still looked indifferent, his gaze moved from the box to Fang Mojiao's face, "This gift is too valuable, cousin should take it back." ”

Fang Mojiao knew that he would refuse, and pointed to the box and said, "It's okay to take it back, this is specially customized for you, and it still has your name on it." ”

Jian Yan looked along her fingertips, and sure enough, she saw that there was a Yan character engraved on the ink and the lower left corner of the inkstone. He raised his head and looked at Fang Mojiao, and there was something indescribable in his eyes.

"Why, I've said everything about this, do you still want to refuse?" Fang Mojiao asked with a smile.

Jian Yan had no choice but to put the box away, and after returning to his residence, he opened the box again, staring at the ink and inkstone in the box for a long time. He didn't expect Fang Mojiao to remember his birthday, let alone that she would prepare a birthday gift for herself.

Before the age of ten, his brothers and sisters in the house and his biological mother, Aunt Du, would celebrate his birthday and prepare a birthday gift, and after the age of ten, only his grandmother remembered his birthday. His grandmother had passed away not long ago, and he thought that no one would ever remember his birthday again.

Someone still remembers!

His eyes became a little sour as he watched, and then the white peeking out of the edge of the box attracted him. He took out the inkstone and ink, and when he lifted the silk cloth covering it, he found that there was a stack of silver tickets inside.

The denominations of the silver tickets are fifty taels, and all the amounts add up to five hundred taels. Looking at the silver ticket in his hand, Jian Yan's brows furrowed. After a while, he went to the corner at the end of the bed, and after removing the two large boxes containing clothes, he removed a green brick from the corner of the wall, and took out a purse from it.

If Fang Mojiao was present, she would definitely recognize that the purse was the one she gave before. Jian Yan poured the contents of the purse on the table, and the broken silver given by Fang Mojiao last time was used up, but the silver ticket was still there. Later, he took several jobs of copying books, and finally made up for the money he had spent.

He put the last silver money together with the five hundred taels, planning to find an opportunity to return it to Fang Mojiao. Fang Mojiao didn't know that Jian Yan had this idea, and they would leave Jian's house in two days, because they had to pack their suitcases, and the two personal maids, Baixi and Luyin, were as busy as spinning tops. Fang Mojiao and Fang Moyu couldn't help much, so in order not to make trouble for them, they had to sit quietly and drink tea.

At this time, in the Wei Rui Pavilion, not far from Liufang Courtyard, Jian Fang was already anxious about to get angry, but her ally Jian Yun was sitting with the old god, not affected by Jian Fang at all.

Jian Fang glared at her, "Originally, I should have expressed my heart to Cousin Yu a long time ago, that is, you asked me to wait and wait, but now it's okay, Cousin Yu will leave the Jian family in two days, what should I do then?" ”

"My big sister, don't be impatient." Jian Fang pointed to the chair next to her and said, "You sit down and have a cup of tea first, and we'll talk about the rest when you calm down." ”

Although Jian Fang was upset, she still did as she said.

When Jian Fang was no longer as impatient as before, Jian Yun spoke: "Cousin Yu hasn't left yet, two days is enough time for you to do a lot of things." ”

"Is there anything you can do to help me get there?" Jian Fang asked anxiously.

"There is a way, it depends on whether my sister dares to do it." Jian Yun looked at Jian Fang's hopeful eyes and said, "I have already inquired clearly, the eldest brother and the second brother will invite Cousin Yu to drink alone tonight, and you also know that the second brother eats wine with someone, and he refuses to stop if he doesn't get that person drunk." Although I don't know how much Cousin Yu drinks, with the second brother here, it shouldn't be pleased. At that time, my sister wore clothes similar to the big girl Fang and went to give Cousin Yu a hangover soup. ”

Jian Fang's eyes widened when she heard this, "You let me hook ...... Seducing Cousin Yu? ”

"Where is this considered a seduction, Ruoyu's cousin recognized the wrong person, and her sister was the one who was bullied, so she took this opportunity to make him responsible."

Jian Fang subconsciously objected, "No, if my father and mother know about me, I'll be finished." After speaking, he looked at his sister with a blank face, "Wow, I believe in you so much, but you gave me all my bad ideas, and I also thought that you were sincerely helping me, but I didn't expect to harm me." ”

Jian Yun smiled, "Since my sister doesn't believe me, then I don't have anything to say." I've already told you the method, it's your own business whether to do it or not. Sister should remember, the best time to do things right now, if you miss it, you can't chase it to the capital, right? ”

Jian Fang ran out of ideas, she didn't want to do anything that damaged her reputation, and she didn't want to give up Zheng Yu, a wishful man. After she went back from Jian Yun, she hesitated for a long time and finally made up her mind.

My sister is right, the best opportunity has come, and if you miss it, you really miss it. As for the name, anyway, it happened in the Jane family, if she became a thing, the first person to help her finish up would be her mother-in-law, Mrs. Jane, the daughters of the big family are all prosperous and loss-making, after all, the sister-in-law has not yet said that she is married.

After convincing herself, Jian Fang asked her confidant to inquire when Brother Jian and Second Brother Jian would invite Zheng Yu to dinner, and after getting the exact information, she began to prepare.

Zheng Yu didn't know that he had become someone else's prey, the two cousins had to practice it for themselves, and the three of them didn't know how much wine they had drunk, and when they had drunk to their heart's content, they were already in a mess. Second Brother Jian drank very well, but compared to Zheng Yu, the two brothers of the Jian family were so drunk that they were unconscious, and they were carried back to rest by the people who served them.

Zheng Yu didn't get much drunk, and said that drinking made people brave, and Zheng Yu planned to quietly go to Liufang Courtyard to meet his sweetheart. But when the cool breeze blew outside the Liufang Courtyard, the courage to come out of the wine collapsed instantly.

"Forget it, don't bother her." This she is naturally Fang Moyu.

He stood outside the Liufang Courtyard for a pillar of incense, and then turned around and went to Jian Yan's residence.

It was late at night, Jian Yan hadn't slept yet, and he was busy under the candlelight at this time. If someone approached him, he could be seen carving, with several knives of varying thicknesses and a pile of fine wood chips on the table.

When Zheng Yu knocked on the door, the object in his hand had just taken on a childish shape. Hearing a knock on the door, he stopped what he was doing and turned to open the door.

"Cousin Yan hasn't slept yet?" Zheng Yu looked at him with a smell of wine, "The night is heavy, can Cousin Yan let me in and sit?" ”

Jian Yan leaned sideways and let him in.

After Zheng Yu entered, his eyes were immediately attracted by the things on the table, he leaned in and took a closer look, "If I guessed correctly, this thing should be a rabbit, right?" ”

Jian Yan didn't answer, but quickly put away the things on the table.

Zheng Yu laughed and said: "Cousin Ji is a rabbit, you carved this should be given to her." Speaking of this, he burped, and after the uncomfortable energy in his stomach passed, he continued: "To be honest, I have long seen that you are interested in your cousin, and you hide it well, but you can't hide it from my eyes. ”

The expression on Jian Yan's face finally relaxed.

Zheng Yu said again: "I advise you not to fall too deep, because it is impossible for you to be with her, you are very smart, and you can understand the reason if I don't say it." ”

"I understand." Jian Yan's heart was bitter.

It is precisely because he understands that he feels pain, and it is precisely because he understands that he does not dare to tell her the affection in his heart. He was very envious of Zheng Yu, even to the point of jealousy, because he could show his heart to the girl he loved, but he could only silently bury those thoughts in his heart.