Chapter Twenty-Three: The Folding Fan
Lou Yi was wet, Xiaoru was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he originally planned to ask the shopkeeper of Xianglanju to find a set of clothes for him to change into, but Lou Yi had too many trivial things on his body, which was really inconvenient, so he only wiped the water stains with a clean towel, and that's it.
"Look, that's what your son did! He deliberately found fault and broke my cousin's fan, you say, what should I do? ”
As soon as everyone sat down, Xiao Er gave a pot of hot tea, but unfortunately, the tea was in the stomach, and it did not eliminate much anger, Li Gongzi had a thick layer of anger on his face, and angrily unfolded a folding fan and threw it on the table, there were already some subtle cracks on the folding fan bone, and a layer of oily stains also floated on the smooth and shiny white fan surface.
Seeing that the Li family's face was ugly, Zhang also straightened his face, and snorted coldly: "Isn't it just a broken fan, what's the big deal, if you want it, I'll pay you ten handfuls, but if you hurt my reputation, I'm ......not done with you."
"You ......" that Li Gongzi was even more furious when he heard this, stood up suddenly, pointed to Zhang's nose and said, "You, you really don't know anything, this is the best hundred bone fan of Hangzhou Fangfeng Pavilion, the treasure of the town store, not an ordinary fan, only a few tribute to the royal front are made every year, and there are few folk circulation, my cousin Ji Mao begged in Fangfeng Pavilion for more than two years, and Boss Hong reluctantly agreed to give him a handful of white noodles, do you think this fan is easy to get?" ”
Zhang was stunned by the bluff, and was actually frightened for a while, and did not speak.
"Ji Mao? That famous Sichuan fan master? ”
Lou Yi blinked, barely scavenging out this person from his memory, when he used to drink and chat with his colleagues, he had heard that Sichuan Ji Mao was a fan-making fanatics, and once even opened his father's favorite tortoiseshell box for his mother's marriage, and chose tortoiseshell fan bones, as a result, his father was so angry that he beat him with a rattan stick......
"Brother Lou actually knows my cousin's name?" Li Gongzi was stunned, and then smiled bitterly, "Hey, blame me, yesterday I was grinding my cousin to lend me the fan he begged for fun, and I just ran to Xianglanju to show off, so I would suffer from this misfortune......" said, and glared at Zhang angrily, he can't find the owner now, so he has to sprinkle his resentment on the person who spoils the master.
After hearing so much, Zhang Gongzi looked at it again, and he was a little weak-hearted, and muttered sneeringly: "I don't know what's going on, our reputation is the most obedient......"
Xiao Ru frowned, although she didn't know how valuable the folding fan was, but the fan in front of her made people feel that it was expensive just by looking at it, and in addition, in the eyes of people who like him, this thing can't be converted into money at all, and the Zhang family is so virtuous, it seems that this time Zhang's mother and son are going to be hated by the Li family, Xiao Ru smiled, but what does this have to do with herself, after she leaves, they can make trouble as much as they want, just don't get in the way of their own eyes......
Lou Yi's face softened a lot, and he said with a smile: "I have one of the hundred bone fans in the Fangfeng Pavilion, but it's not white-faced, Li Gongzi, see if you can make do with it." As he spoke, he took out a waterproof oil-paper bag from his waist, first moved aside a dozen thin throwing knives wrapped in colored silk, and then took out a small hundred-bone fan, opened it, and laid it flat on the table.
Li Gongzi was stunned, stunned to look at the fan, only to see that the fan color is ancient and thin, the fan bone is sandalwood, hollow carving, with a shallow fragrance, the fan bone imitates the shape of the swallowtail, made extremely exquisitely, looking at the fan surface, one side is the imperial pen in today's life, there is only one big wisdom word, although the other side is not settled, but the landscape is blue, at a glance is a famous painting, but it is more precious than their own.
"This, this ......"
"Li Gongzi, this fan is placed here with me, and even vassal elegance doesn't use it often, it's really a waste, why don't you please help me transfer it to Master Ji, and it can be regarded as finding a good place for it."
"Then how can it be done...... Li Gongzi was startled, his face was red and swollen, and he hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, "The average court fan is also worth at least hardware...... This fan is a priceless treasure......"
Lou Yi stuffed the fan into Li Gongzi's hand, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly took it, and then smiled: "It is precious in the eyes of people like Li Gongzi and Master Ji, and in the hands of the subordinates, except for shelving it and letting it become moldy, it is useless, that is, to drive away mosquitoes in summer, I think it is too cumbersome, so don't shirk it." ”
Lou Yi persuaded for a long time, but Li Gongzi just refused to agree, Xiao Ru shook his head and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, in fact, the fan made by Master Ji is not inferior to that of Fangfeng Pavilion in our hearts, if you feel embarrassed, it is better to let Brother Xiao Lou use this fan and exchange it for Master Ji's Sichuan fan, wouldn't everyone be happy?" ”
Li Gongzi was stunned, and he was right when he thought about it, his cousin's fan-making technology and Fangfeng Pavilion were not inferior, but he liked to collect famous fans, so he attached great importance to the scarce tribute, in the eyes of others, maybe the fans he made were even higher, thinking so, Li Gongzi hesitated to accept it.
Lou Yi saw that he accepted it, so he breathed a sigh, today's matter, if he didn't happen to have a hundred bone fan, there was really no way to solve it, a few people said a few more gossips, Zhang was anxious to go back to see his son, got up and left.
Avoiding outsiders, Xiao Ru couldn't help but glare at Lou Yi and said in a low voice: "Just your kindness!" ”
Lou Yi smiled bitterly: "Anyway, it's also your stepmother, besides, it's just a fan, I don't like it anyway." ”
Xiaoru raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart: Even if you don't like something, you can't take it to that woman as a favor, her mother-in-law brought so many gifts, and she was not very happy to give it to Zhang's family.
Sitting in the carriage home, Xiaoru stared at Lou Yi vigorously, and Lou Yi was terrified.
"Ahem, don't look at it, lady, I really don't like the elegant person who shakes the folding fan without anything, this fan is given by the old man, last year's Dragon Boat Festival, the saint drank too much wine, and he pulled the old man, saying that he was comparable to Zhuge Kongming of the Three Kingdoms, and was his own think tank military advisor, so he was stunned to stuff the feather fan to the old man, and then the wine was half-sober, and I felt that the feather fan was not enough to have the literati temperament to let people take a box of tribute folding fans, and ordered the old man to paint, he inscribed, after the wine woke up, he was dumbfounded, and his heart was ridiculous, but, The saint still gave the old man all the folding fans. ”
Lou Yi couldn't laugh or cry, "A box of twelve fans, the old man didn't want to pile them all up and let them get moldy, so he distributed them everywhere and gave them to a lot of people, Ding Feng and I also got one each, but we are the kind of handsome sons who like to swagger, this fan is in my hands, there is no use at all, it is better to give it to someone who knows the goods......"
"Flutter ......" Listening to Lou Yi say helplessly, Xiao Ru couldn't help laughing, and said in her heart, the current emperor, at least now, can really be regarded as a Ming Jun with an excellent heart, however, which dynasty and which generation of the founding emperor, when the country was first established, there were few people who were not Ming Jun, such a fork, Xiao Ru's heart was not angry, and she couldn't help but laugh at herself, why bother, and there is no deep hatred, how can you say that Zhang is also his father's wife, and he gave birth to children for his father, and his face is not good for her to have no face.
It was very quiet along the way, Zhang made another carriage and had already rushed home, Xiaoru and Lou Yi were not so anxious, and only walked slowly.
"Brother Xiaolou, let's go home early."
Lou Yi blinked and smiled bitterly: "How can you leave as soon as you come, when you first went on the road, my mother specially explained that I want me to stay with you at your mother's house for a while longer, and it is best to stay for ten days and a half months, so that I can have a good relationship with my brothers and sisters......"
Xiao Rununu mouthed, and suddenly felt that she should really tell her mother-in-law that it was not difficult for her to have a good relationship with the Zhang family, but it was impossible.