Luo Sheng returned to the attic, and Xie Wan was surrounded by Luo Ju and them listening to the relay.

Luo Yi didn't know when he had volunteered to buy sweet pears from the melon and fruit shop opposite, Shen Tian peeled the pear skin, and Luo Ju used a knife to cut the pear flesh into beautiful and well-proportioned small square pieces, and then took a toothpick and inserted it on the plate.

Yu Fang's eyebrows fluttered and she wiped the pear juice on her hands, talking about Ning Da's embarrassment. Even Li Ershun, who was "next to Zhao County Order", also fanned the fire in the furnace from the side. A bunch of guys are so doggy.

Luo Sheng said with a smile: "The girl came forward to clean up Ning Ershao, and there was a few more businesses in the shop. ”

Xie Wan just couldn't suppress that enthusiasm, but he really didn't think that he could bring any other benefits because of this. She turned the toothpick in her hand, listened to the voices of the people in the cabinet below, and couldn't help but smile, "That jade pei is worth at least forty or fifty taels of silver, and it was robbed and sold so cheaply by us, I'm afraid that Ning Dayi's breath won't be swallowed easily." ”

Luo Ju said in a high spirit: "What are you afraid of?!" His Ning family doesn't have the ability to compete with the Xie family, even if he does, a few of us will definitely tell him to not move the girl's hair! ”

Xie Wan turned his head and said to Li Ershun, who echoed the voice: "You go back, if you have anything to say to Shopkeeper Luo in the future, you don't have to wait for me." ”

Li Ershun, who had been manipulated by her, saw that she was not only ruthless, but also very good at being a scoundrel, and even the kind of rampant people of the Ning family dared to provoke without changing their faces, and they had already trembled and confused her in their hearts, I didn't know how deep she was, and where did she dare to be disobedient at the moment, so she hurriedly said yes and left the basement in obedience.

Xie Wan enjoyed everyone's hospitality, and let Luo Ju pick up the cloth and go home.

When she returned to the mansion, she asked Yuxue to send the wrapped silk cloth to Xie Qi, and then asked Yufang to send the two cigarette yarns to Xie Wei.

Jingshi's reply hadn't come yet, and Xie Wan was a little anxious. Yuxue comforted her: "It will take three or four days to come and go back and forth, and we have not been in contact with the Jin family for so many years, Lord Jin will inevitably be surprised when he receives the letter, and he will always have to think about it for two days before he can put pen to paper, and then wait and see." ”

Xie Wan waited and saw as he said.

Counting the days ahead, Xie Lang's trial date is on February 14, which is gradually approaching. In the past few days, Xie Lang has been in the study except for the school, and even the food is in the house, and he doesn't see anyone at all. So much so that on Xie Qi's birthday on the seventh day of the first month, he didn't go to participate.

Wang gave five taels of silver for Ruan to give Xie Qizhi birthday lunch, and invited his brothers and sisters to play in the garden.

Xie Wan heard earlier that there were other little guests in the house, and it was expected to refer to Ren Jun, so this day was delayed until three poles on the day before passing the Qifeng Courtyard. When I passed by the second gate, I didn't see the carriage of the Ren family in the courtyard, and when I went to the second room, I saw Xie Qi also looking at the gate of the courtyard, it turned out that Ren Jun didn't come!

Xie Wan suddenly felt relieved, and happily accompanied Xie Qi to his birthday dinner.

Xie Qi's face was always covered with clouds, Xie Wan knew it, and after dinner, everyone played for a while, and then went back to Yifeng Courtyard.

The next morning, I was doing needlework in the room, but Yuxue came in and said, "Mrs. Ren and the third prince have come to the house." ”

Xie Wan paused when he heard this, he didn't come for Xie Qi's birthday, but came the next day?

Mrs. Ren was in her forties, dressed as a common middle-aged rich woman, sitting at the head of the flower hall in the main courtyard, smiling in response to Wang's inquiry.

“…… I have long wanted to come over and talk to my wife, I have not been idle, in the morning I heard the housekeeper say that yesterday was the birthday of the second girl in the house, and the wife also asked people to pick up Brother Jun and Sister Xin to come to the house, but it happened that these days I took the two of them with our master to the Grange, and only came back last night. ”

Wang's eyebrows smiled, "Madame, what's the matter, it's just that the children are trying to have a good time, and I also think that Brother Jun will come to our house to play some days, so I will let someone pick it up and play for two days." If you apologize, you can't afford it, but if you visit the door, you are very welcome! ”

Mrs. Ren smiled and took a small box from the maid's hand, and said: "The sons and girls in the house are all good-looking, and I happen to have a pair of beads brought by my aunt and grandmother from Jingshi, and they are still exquisite, so I brought them over for the second girl to wear and play!" ”

Ruan Shi took Xie Qi to sit beside him, and when he saw the two lilies strung with pearls the size of a grain of rice in the box, he immediately couldn't close his mouth, and got up and said, "Madam really looks up to our chess girl, how can this be done?" Sister Qi is not going to kowtow to Mrs. soon? ”

is not a maid's subordinate, and if you get two beaded flowers, you have to kowtow to others, and you lose your identity in vain. Mrs. Ren glanced at Xie Qi, who couldn't hide her joy from the corner of her eyes and got up and kowtowed, but Wang couldn't help but move her brows and cleared her throat.

Ruan didn't know what was wrong, and he was afraid that the atmosphere would be embarrassing, so he saw that Ren Jun was sitting silently on the side, not as smart and lively as before, so he smiled again: "The third prince is coming to the house this time, but do you want to stay and play for a few more days?" ”

Ren Jun didn't know what he was thinking, but when he saw that the topic suddenly turned to himself, his body shook, and he subconsciously looked up at Mrs. Ren and pursed his lower lip. Mrs. Ren glanced back at him, and her eyes could not hide her sorrow.

Seeing this, Wang knew that Mrs. Ren's visit was not as simple as visiting the door, so he said to Ruan: "You go down to the big kitchen and tell them to cut off one of the legs of the newly slaughtered deer in front of them, so that it can be cooked. ”

Ruan Shi was worried about how to get out, and when he heard the instructions, he hurriedly went out.

Xie Qi was reluctant to leave, and sat down on the brocade beside Wang with a dough fan.

Mrs. Ren also said to Ren Jun: "Didn't you say that you miss Brother Yun and them?" Go ahead. ”

Ren Jun stood up with a sigh of relief and went out honestly.

As soon as he went out, Xie Qi naturally made an excuse to go out.

Wang saw the two people who left with their front and back feet, and sighed with a smile: "It's really two little guesses." ”

Mrs. Ren's face was facing the door, and there was a smile on the corner of her lips, but her eyes were very deep.

"Madame, taste this tea, the new tea produced this year in our tea garden in the south." Wang smiled and stretched out his hand to Mrs. Ren.

Mrs. Ren lowered her head and took a sip, praising it: "It's really good tea." The fragrance is fragrant, and the entrance is fragrant. ”

Wang said with a smile: "Because this batch of tea was picked early, there are not many of them. I only got five or six pounds here. When I went back, I asked someone to wrap two catties, and my wife also brought it back to Master Ren to taste. So saying, he called Su Luo and gave the order.

Mrs. Ren put down the tea bowl and smiled gently: "Madame really doesn't treat me as an outsider. It's just that tea is secondary, and I came today, but I have a little thing to ask my wife for a favor. ”

Wang knew that this was to the point, so he said, "Madam, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Mrs. Ren said: "It's a little hard to say, but it's because our two families are so good that I dare to open this mouth." Our brother Jun has always had a piece of jade tied to his body, and a few days ago I suddenly found that I hadn't seen him wear it for a long time, and when I asked him, he first said that it was put in the room. But after a few days, I still found that he was not wearing it, so I asked the people around him, and the people around him said that they had not seen this piece of jade since they returned from Xie Fu.

I felt that something was wrong, so I called him to ask carefully, but he couldn't resist it, so he said that it fell on your mansion. I came here today to ask my wife to help ask the people below, but where did our brother Jun accidentally fall and let someone pick it up? If you really pick it up, please return it to us, and we will naturally reward you with a lot of money. ”

Wang exclaimed: "Is there such a thing? Can you tell us more about what kind of jade it is? ”

"It's an auspicious cloud-like jade with a whole body dripping green." Mrs. Ren said apologetically: "Originally, with the family background of our two families, although it is not as good as that rich family, it is not inferior to a piece of jade." It's just that this jade has a lot of origin, but when our old lady passed through the door first, Chengnan Concubine Niangniang personally gave a piece of jade, one is a palace gift and dare not lose, and the other is an heirloom, and I dare not leave easily, so I have the cheekiness to ask Mrs. for help. ”

Nan Concubine Niangniang is the concubine of Emperor Taizong and the aunt of the old lady Ren, and the Nan Concubine did not give birth to an heir, so the Ren family did not enter the nobles of the descendants. In terms of ** and the imperial court, the southern concubine is nothing, but after all, she is the wife of the inner palace, and the Ren family has always regarded the ancestor as a royal concubine and regarded it as a family glory.

Now that this jade pei given by his relatives is lost in Xie Mansion, especially since the relationship between the two families is so close, the Wang family naturally can't slack off.

Then he said: "Madame, don't worry, I'll let people interrogate carefully." As he spoke, he called the couple on Tuesday and went down: "Ask one by one, ask carefully!" If there is any unauthorized concealment and non-reporting, pull it out and fight! ”

This battle is worthy of the Ren family.

Mrs. Ren hurriedly said: "The interrogation is done, don't hurt people"

While the Wang family invited tea, they remembered what she said earlier, so it seems that their absence from Xie Qi's birthday yesterday was not because they couldn't come because of something, but because they were afraid of ruining Xie Qi's interest, and deliberately avoided coming over this day. It's just that Ren Jun knows that this jade is so important, but he refuses to tell his parents, but it's strange.

Then he said softly: "It's been two months since this time is counted, and I knew that there was such a thing, and Brother Jun told us how good it should be at the beginning." ”

Mrs. Ren sighed: "Madame said yes. If I don't ask, I'm afraid he'll keep it a secret. The children don't know the severity, but they don't know how much trouble it can cause if the family heirloom is lost. ”

Generally speaking, family heirlooms are not easily given away except for one's own family, unless it is a family agreement.

When Mrs. Ren said it, Wang's heart was cold, Ruan had mentioned to her many times that Xie Qixin Xu Renjun was Xie Qixin, and she also saw Xie Qi's dependence on Ren Jun on weekdays, but she always felt that they were still young, and they didn't think much about it. Now that Ren Jun has lost the jade and kept it a secret, what does this mean? Could it be that he secretly gave the jade to Xie Qi?