Grandma Liu, who can talk and laugh, is gone, and the garden is not clean.

As soon as Jiang Yan returned to Yihong Courtyard from the front, she saw Li Kun send someone over and hurriedly invited Jia Baoyu away, saying that several girls had arrived and there was something to discuss, and I don't know what kind of club they had over there.

When Jia Baoyu came back, he learned that it was Xichun who told everyone to take a year off and not participate in the poetry club, and was ready to go all out to paint a picture of the Grand View Garden. Everyone is giving him advice on what to prepare and how to draw pictures.

Qingwen didn't go to accompany them to the garden yesterday, and she didn't know why, so she asked, "Why did the four girls think of painting the Grand View Garden?" This is not a small project, doesn't she just smear a few strokes on weekdays? ”

Jia Baoyu smiled: "It's not Grandma Liu, she said yesterday that our garden is more beautiful than the painting." The old lady was happy and let the fourth sister draw it. ”

Jiang Yan actually felt that Jia's mother was a little too high, and she looked down on Xichun. Xichun didn't learn painting seriously.,But it's self-taught.,It's not long.,This pavilion.,The characters are so complex that you have to learn it systematically.。 She doesn't ask for a master for others, and she just thinks about when she will go, no wonder she has to take a year's leave in the spring.

Jia Baoyu is very optimistic, "Sister Bao has a good idea, many of the Qing guests outside the master are good at painting. When the time comes, if there is anything that won't, I'll go out and ask them. There is still more than half a year to go, and I can always draw this painting. ”

"We don't know about this, but Miss Bao has always been right, and she must be right when she says so." But there is one thing I want to ask you, the second year of junior high school is the birthday of the second grandmother. You're ready to give something. ”

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "I have prepared the things a long time ago, it is the Persian playware I got last time, it is in the brocade box under the Duobao Pavilion, and you can look at the rest." But what did you have for her? ”

The attacker smiled: "What we can prepare as maids is just a little heart." I made a purse for her. ”

They said that Jiang Yan couldn't interject a few times, and the attacker was the aunt of Neiding, and she had a lot of contacts with Wang Xifeng, and she also sent something over on her birthday in the past. These maids have no contact with that side, and they are not familiar with Wang Xifeng, so naturally they don't need to send her anything. It's just a matter of congratulating when the time comes.

They originally thought that this year would be like this, but who knew that the news came on the second day, saying that Jia's mother was going to make Wang Xifeng's birthday, and the small family asked everyone to join together to invite the opera troupe to hold a banquet, which happened to be lively.

As soon as Jia's mother's words came out, everyone was naturally happy, Jia's mother gave twenty taels, and the others from Mrs. Wang's Aunt Xue to Li Kun and Jia Baoyu also gave out money, and the people below who had a face wanted to please Wang Xifeng, and they were also very positive. That's not all, Wang Xifeng smiled and pulled the two aunts in, saying that even the maids gave out money, and they couldn't forget the two aunts, lest they say that they looked down on people. Mother Jia thought about it, so she sent someone to ask the two aunts.

Wang Xifeng is taking the opportunity to find Aunt Zhao's stubble, Aunt Zhou has always been honest, and the cost is not much, even two taels of silver can be used. Aunt Zhao is different, she had a quarrel with Tanchun before, who doesn't know that she is now short of silver, but Wang Xifeng asked so openly, can she still say that she can't come out? Isn't that even as good as a maid! I could only grit my teeth and agree.

Wang Xifeng was already happy because Mother Jia made her face, and when she heard that Aunt Zhao gave her two taels of silver, she smiled even more.

You Shi quietly scolded her, "Our mother has scraped together so much silver and it is not enough for you to use, why bother to pull out the hard work of the two of them." ”

Wang Xifeng snorted, "What are the two of them suffering?" If you have silver, you will give it to others, so it is better to give it to us for fun. ”

The last time she and Baoyu were cursed, although it was cut off because of the long time when they only went to the pulp washing room, and nothing was found, but several people in this house who like to ask God and Buddha have been checked by her, Aunt Zhao has spent a lot of money in this regard, no wonder she is always not enough silver, rather than letting her spend in this area, it is better to accept her silver now.

You Shi didn't agree with it in his heart, but he didn't say anything, anyway, Wang Xifeng's birthday must not be handled by her personally, this matter must be handed over to her, and she can just deal with it when the time comes.

In the end, there were more than one hundred and fifty taels. Twenty taels for a small family can be used for a year, and one hundred and fifty taels in Jiafu is just a day's play and wine.

How can so much silver be enough, You Shi thought about it in his heart, and was ready to return the big girls of Mandarin Duck Ping'er to them, just one or two or two, not bad for these few, just to do personal favors. When she went to Mrs. Wang's courtyard to give Caixia a refund of money, Wang Xifeng was not there, so she gave them two taels of silver from the two aunts by the way.

Jiang Yan and these maids are naturally happy Wang Xifeng's birthday, anyway, they don't need to pay money, just watch the play and listen to the story.

On the second day of the ninth lunar month, the house was lively early in the morning, and although You Shi returned the money to some people, it was only about ten taels, and this birthday was still very lively. There are storytellers, singers, and playmakers.

Originally, this day was Jin Chuan's death day, and Jia Baoyu had no intention of attending the birthday banquet, so she went out early in the morning to find a temple to worship her. But because Jiang Yan intervened, Jin Chuan is still at home now, so he naturally doesn't have to go out, so he happily watched the play with a few sisters early in the morning and had fun.

At noon, everyone had a banquet, and Jia Mu instructed everyone: "All year round, Feng girl, you thank her for me, let her relax and relax today." ”

Everyone heard Jia's mother say this, and they all toasted Wang Xifeng one by one, first the grandmothers and girls, followed by the major maids, and all the housekeepers, Rao is Wang Xifeng's alcohol is good, and she feels dizzy after drinking it in a round, so she is busy asking You Shi to take care of her, and she will go down first to wash her face and be sober.

Wang Xifeng staggered out by the door, and the others were watching the play and drinking, and they didn't notice this, only Ping'er and Jiang Yan saw it and hurriedly followed.

Ping'er cares about her master, Jiang Yan is mission is here again, she just lost 100 points for Jia Baoyu to burn incense and sacrifice Jin Chuan because she saved Jin Chuan, and she didn't dare to do it again this time

lost points, for fear that I would accidentally miss something, Wang Xifeng's movements are always watching, and then there will be a lot of trouble!

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