CHAPTER XXXI
Bai Zhan listened to Bai Jue's words, and couldn't cry or laugh: "This ......" didn't know what to criticize him, so he had to sigh and give up.
At this time, Mrs. Jiang said: "Aunt Yuan, this witch said that this jade plate can be worn from time to time to keep you safe."
Bai nodded and said, "Xing'er knows." After speaking, she took out the jade card and directly asked Zhu'er to hang it on her waist for her.
Old Madam Jiang saw it and nodded with satisfaction. At this time, Bai Jue happened to open the brocade box in his hand, only to see a wolf hair, an inkstone, and a landscape painting lying inside.
Bai Jue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you, grandmother."
Mrs. Jiang urged: "Open the painting and take a look."
Bai Jue: "Yes." Then I picked up the painting, opened it and looked at it carefully.
"This?!" Bai Jue pointed to the painting, looked up in disbelief, and muttered, "This is Yun Zongnan's painting?!"
Old Madam Jiang nodded: "Exactly."
When Bai Jue heard this, he was overjoyed, Yun Zongnan's paintings are difficult to buy, not only because of his extremely high attainments in portraits, but also because the paintings he painted can make people feel a sense of sudden enlightenment when they see it, which makes people feel refreshed. Moreover, Yun Zongnan has made very few paintings in the southern half of his life, and the twenty paintings he has made until now are hard to find.
Bai Jue was pleasantly surprised: "My grandmother is really good to her grandson!" My grandson is so happy! ”
Zhan Zhen's voice was loud: "Since you are the grandson of my Zhan family, naturally, good things are left to your descendants."
Mrs. Jiang echoed: "Yes, as long as the three of you are single-minded, it will be fine."
Bai Jue nodded: "My cousin is like a brother, don't talk about one-mindedness, if he wants to go up to fight, I will go with him!"
When Zhan Jue heard this, he laughed, hooked Bai Jue's shoulder, and said heartily: "Ah Jue has won my heart!"
Bai Jue rolled his eyes at this time, and retorted: "I don't want to win your heart!"
Zhan Jue was helpless: "How can Ah Jue and his cousin become more and more of a temperament."
Bai Zi didn't admit this: "My cousin is wrong, what is a character, my brother is so cute and troublesome."
Bai Jue raised his eyebrows: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have lived more and more."
Bai Zi: "......"
And Zhan Zhen, seeing that they had almost finished speaking, stood up and said to Bai Zi: "Okay, my grandfather has something to tell you."
The round-faced woman said, "It's rare for us to come to the Taiwei Mansion, so we want to make friends with Miss Bai."
"Yes, yes." The slightly darkened woman immediately chimed in.
Bai Zi smiled faintly and said, "Then thank you two sisters." She looked at the two absent-minded women with some teasingness, and said, "The two sisters haven't introduced me yet, the two sisters and the two sisters call it like this, it's weird."
"Oh~" The swarthy woman suddenly realized, and immediately said: "My name is Wang Yan, and my father is Wang Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry."
When Bai Zizi heard this, he smiled and paused, and said, "It turned out to be Sister Wang."
And the round-faced woman also spoke, "My name is Jiang Yushuang, and I am the daughter of Jiang Changfeng of the Hanlin Academy."
Wang Yan immediately opened her mouth to answer this: "Yes, Sister Jiang was born on September 9, so Master Jiang named Sister Jiang according to Cui Shanwei's poem "September 9th".
Bai Zi heard this, and looked at Jiang Yushuang with his glasses, and sure enough, he saw that her eyes were a little uneasy. Bai Zi smiled and greeted Jiang Yushuang affectionately:
"Sister Jiang is the style of the forest, and she has the temperament of a child of a scholarly family."
When Jiang Yushuang heard this, she immediately smiled and said to Bai Zi: "Thank you, Sister Bai."
Bai Zi, who listened to her words, was stunned for a moment, and was a little uncomfortable with this title, so he said quietly: "Sister Jiang call me on my own, be more intimate."
Jiang Yushuang smiled and nodded: "Okay."
And Wang Yan also spoke: "Can I also call you myself?"
Bai Zi looked at her, nodded with a smile, and said, "Of course you can."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Yan smiled.
Bai said to himself: "It's good to know Sister Wang and Sister Jiang, it's just that my throat is uncomfortable today, I'm sorry." As soon as these words came out, Jiang Yushuang understood, smiled at Bai Zi, and said:
"That way, I won't bother myself."
Seeing this, Wang Yan also said: "Then take care of your throat by yourself, and we will talk about it in the future."
When Bai heard this, he smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Jiang Yushuang and Wang Yan returned to their positions and sat on the jade to talk and laugh.
Bai Zi smiled, and it can be seen from this that Jiang Yushuang has a good literary talent, and she also knows how to advance and retreat. And Wang Yan, perhaps, has a gentle temperament, but she lacks some eyes.
All the ladies who came today have brought their own women, and when they see it, they will know what it means. It's just that Bai Jue has reached his age, and he has appearance, knowledge, and background, which has attracted all families to compete for marriage.
It's just that Jiang Yushuang and Wang Yan are talking about, with the current path of his brother and the situation of Taiwei's Mansion, perhaps, Jiang Yushuang is more suitable for him, and it is better to have a virtuous helper than anything else. But Wang Yan's words may not be conducive to the current situation of his brother and the Taiwei Mansion.
Taiweifu was originally a big move, although it was said that the emperor trusted, but if he married the Ministry of Engineering among the six ministries, he was afraid that it would make the emperor jealous.
After thinking about it for a while, Bai Zi sighed in his heart. Now it is not time to decide Bai Jue's marriage too early, or to see who he likes.
After three rounds of drinking, the ladies and ladies of each family have to say goodbye. So Bai Zhan personally sent them away, leaving Bai on his own, and instructed his subordinates to clean up Meixiangyuan.
When I went to Taoshouyuan, Bai Zhan's clan also came back, and Bai Jue and Bai Jugao were also in the house.
Bai Zhan said to Bai Zi with a smile: "Yuan Gu is becoming more and more capable now."
Bai Jugao, who heard her words, smiled in surprise and asked, "Really?"
Bai Zi smiled and replied to Bai Jugao: "No matter what, it's all praised by my mother."
Bai Jue teased at this time: "It's Aunt Yuan who is too modest and doesn't recognize her own ability."
Bai Zi, who listened to his words, smiled lightly before he said: "Brother, don't talk about me, you don't know how many noble girls from the capital have come."
When Bai Jue heard this, he said, "How much does it matter to me?"
Bai Ziwan, who was listening to his words, glanced at him, and just saw Bai Jue's face flushed, and asked teasingly, "Does my brother have a crush on a woman from which family?"
As soon as Bai Zhan heard Bai Zi's words, he immediately asked, "Aunt Yuan is serious?"
Bai Jue immediately retorted and said, "It's Aunt Yuan's joke, don't take it seriously, mother!"
Bai Zi said again: "Then why are you blushing?"
Bai Jue, who listened to her question, immediately glared at her and said, "Brother, this is hot."
Bai Zi didn't believe his words, so he only said, "Brother, didn't you forget this first moon?" It's the coldest day.