Leaving his younger siblings to continue playing in the yard, Lin Jiaruo entered the main house.

Lin Jiawei still wanted to follow, but when she saw the two big girls guarding the door of the main house, she still closed her feet with a smile.

When Xu Jiaoning's eldest maid was guarding the door, Lin Jiaruo was the only one in the main house who was allowed to enter and exit, not even Lin Shisheng and Lin Yuanzhi.

But since Xu Yaoning hasn't come back yet, and there is no one in the house, why do you want to make such precautions?

Lin Jiaruo entered Xu Jiaoning's bedroom with doubts, and on the dressing table, familiar objects came into view, and there was a "buzz" in his head, and the whole person was stunned.

There was a greeting from the maids outside the door, it was Xu Yaoning who had returned.

When Xu Jiaoning heard the maids say that Lin Jiaruo was in the house, she knew that she had found out, but she didn't plan to hide it from Lin Jiaruo.

But before she could explain, Lin Jiaruo angrily complained: "Mother! How can you steal! ”

Xu Yaoning glared at her, and said confidently: "What stealing?" It was meant to be yours! ”

Lin Jiaruo was even more angry: "You said it was mine, I have already lost to Cousin Mingzhu, and my eldest brother also gave me a new one, why did you steal this back?" ”

It was the boxwood pillow on Xu Yaoning's dressing table, the boxwood pillow that Lin Jiaruo lost to Xu Mingzhu and Xu Mingzhu lost.

I didn't expect my mother to steal...... Lin Jiaruo's heart was cold.

Xu Yaoning saw that the topic was far away, and hurriedly pulled it back: "There is a problem with this pillow!" ”

"You can't steal if there's a problem!" Xu Mingzhu not only apologized to her all the time, but also compensated her with her beloved things, but the culprit was her own mother!

Xu Yaoning rubbed the corners of her forehead and said, "Your aunt is just for this pillow, so she wants to set you for a while, and then she changes her mind to set Mingzhu!" ”

Lin Jiaruo finally stopped, stared at the wooden pillow in disbelief for a long time, then flipped it over in his hand, and finally looked up suspiciously and asked, "Why?" My aunt wants this pillow to open her mouth directly, neither me nor Cousin Mingzhu are stingy people! ”

"There must be some secret hidden that she can't speak directly!" Xu Yaoning said.

Lin Jiaruo heard it: "So you're just guessing?" ”

Xu Yaoning nodded and said: "When the wooden pillow was in your hand, she asked to marry you, and when it came to Mingzhu's hands, she asked to marry Mingzhu again, I think the wooden sleeper may have hidden something that makes her care about it and can't say it clearly!" ”

"Then if you want a wooden pillow, you can also say it! Why steal! Lin Jiaruo still cares about "stealing".

"Your aunt didn't say it because she didn't want others to know the secret, and I didn't say it directly, because I didn't want her to know that I knew the secret." Xu Yaoning said.

Lin Jiaruo was a little dizzy when he heard it: "What is the secret of that?" ”

Xu Jiaoning took the pillow, looked at it again, shook his head, and said, "I can't see it for the time being, I need to find someone who understands the mechanism to take a look." ”

Although Lin Jiaruo is also curious about the secret of the wooden sleeper, she is now more concerned about another matter: "Now that the wooden sleeper has been stolen by my mother, will my aunt want to divorce her cousin Mingzhu?" ”

Whether it will be quit or not, it's hard to say for the time being.

After the Xu family lost a wooden pillow, they only looked for it at home for a while, and there was no theft, as if it was just an ordinary trivial matter.

And the master of the organ on Xu Yaoning's side has nothing to gain for the time being, as if it is just an ordinary wooden sleeper.

Xu Jianning had expected that if the wooden sleeper really had a secret, maybe after the "theft", someone would come to her to inquire about the news.

But she never expected that the first person to mention the wooden pillow to her would be Xu Dan.

Xu Dan is the old son of Mrs. Xu, two years younger than Xu Jiaoning, she has been very smart since she was a child, but she is a lazy character, she refuses to go to school well, she began to travel around at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and she often disappeared for ** months a year.

This time it was really a coincidence, he didn't know where he was when the Lin family was invited, and he came back only two days later.

The day after I came back, I came to Lin's house.

Xu Dan specially picked Lin Jiaruo to come over in the afternoon at home.

When Lin Jiaruo followed Xu Jiaoning to the door to greet him, he saw that he was wearing a brown short shirt and carrying a big bamboo basket on his back.

Even if Xu Haoning explained in person, the porter still looked incredulous.

Lin Jiaruo suspected that if she testified alone, the porter would not believe the identity of her brother-in-law.

You must know that Lin Jiaruo's uncle Xu Zheng and Xu family's cousin are both people who pay great attention to grooming and neatness, but Xu Dan walked to the door with a bamboo basket on his back, and he was simply a merchant walking the streets and alleys.

Xu Yaoning and this younger brother of similar age have been close since childhood, and when they saw him like this, they said angrily and funny: "Why are you dressed up strangely, when our old lady sees it later, she should frown again!" ”

Xu Dan smiled: "I'm not weird at all, I'm carrying a bamboo basket, don't I have to wear this clothes?" I patted my sleeves on both sides, and I looked quite complacent.

Lin Jiaruo walked around behind him to look at the bamboo basket, and asked excitedly, "Uncle, is the bamboo basket a gift for me?" ”

Xu Dan's children have a good relationship, and every time he returns from his travels, he will bring many strange and strange things to the children, which is very pleasing to the children.

Compared with the last time he pushed two buckets of white sand in with a board cart, this time he only carried a small bamboo basket, which is also decent.

"Not for you!" Seeing Lin Jiaruo's stunned expression, Xu Dancai said with a smile, "It's for you and your wishes!" ”

Lin Jiaruo smiled again, jumped up, and followed the bamboo basket into Ciyin Hall, and didn't even pay attention to Old Madam Lin's face, so she jumped and followed the bamboo basket out again.

Xu Dan's bamboo basket is filled with dozens of wooden things, including tumblers, rattles, and spinning tops for Lin Yuanzhi, as well as tangrams, nine links, and Luban locks suitable for Lin Jiaruo.

Lin Jiawei looked at it from the side, and said timidly: "Uncle, can Ah Wei play?" ”

Xu Dan smiled at her with an amiable smile, and just as Lin Jiawei was happy, she heard him say kindly: "I'm not your uncle!" ”

Lin Jiaruo saw that her sister was about to cry, and glared at Xu Dan: "Don't bully children!" Turning his head and instructing the maids, "Everything has been received from the East Chamber, take Wishful and Ah Wei to play!" ”

He also instructed one of the wishes: "Everything is yours, play with Awei!" ”

Lin Yuanzhi nodded obediently, and the children were taken away.

Xu Dan was amazed: "Our little Ah Ruo is terrible now!" ”

Of course! Lin Jiaruo raised her head proudly, and then immediately lowered her head to fiddle with her new gadgets.

Xu Dan smiled, looked up and said to Xu Yaoning: "Ah Ruo really likes wood, and once upon a time, a wooden pillow was like a baby-" paused, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I heard that the baby wooden sleeper was lost by Mingzhu?" ”