Chapter 22: The Lost Jade
Although Baoyu didn't invite outsiders when he caught Zhou, there were a lot of masters and subordinates present, and there were those who were fast, and the news was spread early, so the matter of Jiafu was discussed for two more days, only the previous time Baoyu was born was guessed and curious, this time it was more of a joke, a son-in-law, caught Zhou and caught rouge, this joke is enough to be open for several years.
Even the people around Baoyu looked at him as young, he couldn't understand, and they kept chattering, but the girls had limited knowledge, and it was also a relief to talk about it, but it was not the same thing at all in Baoyu's ears. In his previous life, he was envious of the wealth and glory of the mortal world, and he had to come down after giving birth to a mortal heart, but this time he couldn't, but no matter which time, he wanted to have a good experience of himself, and the old people attached to him would give him something else, and it was Baoyu, and rouge, a one-year-old child, it was passed on like this, and whenever something happened to him in the future, it became a strange talk. Although he can't do evil by killing people and setting fires, if he really wants to make a career, it is estimated that someone will have to stop him.
But he can't do nothing, is he waiting for death, he just waits for death, and he has to involve a bunch of people, besides, he still remembers that an important reason why he was pushed down to the mortal world was that Mu Jushi and the gray waiter were not satisfied with everyone's ending, if he didn't do anything, and things developed as before, maybe he would have to start again.
No, something has to change. Baoyu was holding the short hair on her head with her little hands, while thinking about where to start, and suddenly looked down and saw the beautiful jade hanging on her chest, and had an idea in her heart, well, maybe you can start with this broken stone.
Baoyu was originally with her eyes closed, and a little girl next to her was holding a paddle in front of the bed, in case mosquitoes and flies came to disturb Baoyu's sleep, who knew that Baoyu was laughing, so she threw down the paddle, and ran outside on her feet, and said to the needlework there: "Sister, come and see, Baoyu is laughing there." ”
Linglong really got up and came this way, glanced at the bed and said: "Baoyu is sleeping, I think I dreamed of something good, don't be lazy, I am holding a racket to guard, in case something flies in, be careful of your skin!" ”
The little girl stuck out her tongue and went in again.
Baoyu was originally pretending to be asleep, but he was small and had limited energy, so he really fell asleep unconsciously, and when he woke up, he saw that Linglong and Jade were in the house, and when he woke up, they were busy coming forward to dress him.
Because the weather is hot again, there is no need to wear a coat, only a short placket of a house yarn, a pair of sprinkled silk trousers, buttoned up, fastened the belt, Linglong went to arrange the collar bracelet for him, as soon as he stretched out his hand, his face suddenly changed greatly, and said: "What about the jade?" ”
Jade said: "What jade? Isn't that around your neck? ”
Linglong grabbed her and asked her to look at Baoyu's chest, and her anxious voice changed: "Look at it, where is the jade?" ”
Jade took a closer look, only to see that the collar that usually put jade was still on the neck, and the tassels that fell below were still there, but the place where the jade was placed in the middle was empty, and the beautiful jade did not know where to go.
At this time, Jade also panicked, and said forcefully: "Sister, look carefully, maybe it doesn't matter which corner of the bed it is." ”
Linglong steadied her heart and said: "Yes, now you hold Baoyu first, and I'll look for it later." ”
Jade picked up Baoyu, watched Linglong shake off the quilt and mattress on the bed and put it aside, under the pillow, under the bed also touched one by one, not a trace of Kodama's shadow was seen, and now Zi was really anxious to shed tears, and said: "It's fine before going to bed, why is it gone!" ”
Jade said: "I went out to fetch water just now, my sister has been in the house, have you seen anyone else come in?" ”
Linglong said: "I've been doing needlework outside, and the old lady is taking a nap, and no one has come." It's just the little girl Yan'er who is here, just now you came back, I estimated that Baoyu was about to wake up, so I sent her out, no, I'll look for her again. ”
After speaking, he ran out of the house, ran in a hurry, and almost collided with Liuli in Jia's mother's house, hurriedly stood firm and saluted and ran away, Liuli wondered: "Did this girl take the wrong medicine today?" ”
Linglong couldn't take care of it, looked for it, and finally found Yan'er in the corner room in the backyard, she was eating there with a handful of melon seeds, and when she saw Linglong, she hurriedly hid her hand back, and Linglong slapped her with her hand, and said, "What did you do just now?" ”
Yan'er was so frightened that she cried and said, "Aunt Liu from the big kitchen came over to bring snacks to my sisters, and it happened that I was on the side, so she grabbed a handful and gave it to me, I didn't steal it." ”
Linglong said angrily: "Who asked you this!" I mean, what did you do in the Baoyu room just now! ”
When Yan'er heard that it was not a matter of melon seeds, she immediately relieved herself and said, "I just used a racket to catch insects, and I didn't do anything else." ”
Linglong pointed her finger at her forehead and said, "You didn't do anything, you didn't do anything...... Have you seen Baoyu's jade? ”
Yan'er was shocked: "Baoyu's jade is gone? ”
Linglong hurriedly gagged her mouth and said, "Little hoof, do you want to die!" What a whea! I don't know what's going on yet, didn't I ask you first! ”
Yan'er said: "I swear I have never touched Baoyu's jade again, who doesn't know that precious?" What am I going to do with it? ”
Linglong couldn't ask anything, so she had to let go of her words, and she went back to the house to find a new side, not even letting go of the tent on the bed, still no, she collapsed on the side of the bed, her eyes were straight, her body was stiff, and Mu Mu said: "It's over, the jade is lost, and I can't live now." ”
Seeing her like that, Jade couldn't hold it anymore, and cried: "Sister, let's tell the old lady to go, let the old lady send someone to find it, maybe you can still find it." ”
Linglong knew that this matter was to the old lady, no matter whether the jade could be found or not, she was convicted of poor care, but there was no other way at the moment, and if she hid it, the consequences would be even more serious. I had to wipe my face indiscriminately, go to Jia's mother's room, and tell me about it.
Jia's mother was shocked when she heard this, because when Baoyu was born, a monk instructed her, saying that Yuyu must not be lost, otherwise there will be a disaster. I didn't have time to pursue Linglong, so I asked all the people in my room to look for it and go to Baoyu's side by myself.
Liuli took a step behind, pulled Linglong and said, "It turns out that you were in a hurry just now for this matter, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
Seeing Linglong's unyielding appearance, he sighed, stopped talking about her, and helped find the jade himself.