Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

, lifted Jia Lan up from the seat and said, "I knew this earlier, so I wanted to hide it for a while."

Qi Yi sneered even more: "Unexpectedly, after seeing you for a few years, you have become so childish."

Shui Rong ignored his provocation, and just looked at Jia Lan and said, "You and I are family friends, so what you did today is a matter of birth."

Jia Lan thought in her heart, "Friends of the world, wouldn't Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty also kneel when they saw you?"He didn't want to abolish etiquette today, and when the news reached Jia Zheng's ears, his legs would be broken.

Although I thought so in my heart, I still said respectfully in my mouth: "Don't dare."

19. Extravagance, Surprise

Seeing that Jia Lan's mind had not changed, Shui Rong couldn't help but squinted slightly, and calmly glanced at Liu Xianglian, who was pretending to be dead.

Liu Xianglian hurriedly stood up and poured a glass of wine for Jia Lan, and said with a smile: "Lan'er, why should you be so polite? Although I haven't known the prince for a long time, I also know that the prince is the most reasonable person. We usually treat him as a friend's gift." If we meet each other as seriously as Lan'er, what's the point of this friendship?"

Jia Lan didn't speak, just looked at him coldly.

Seeing this look, Liu Xianglian's heart pounded. He thought for a while and said, "Baoyu thinks the same way."

As soon as Jia Lan heard Baoyu's name and thought of her usual life, she couldn't help being dubious, and said, "That's what I said, but the etiquette cannot be discarded. It is Jia Lan's blessing to see the prince today, and I dare not ask for friendship." Friendship." This sentence is true.

Jia Lan rarely socializes. In fact, he mostly follows Jia Zheng, a bit pedantic, and because he is not a person in this world, he thinks twice before doing things. He thinks about three steps before taking one step, and subconsciously keeps a certain distance from everyone.

Not rushing, not being high or low, keeping one's own place, and living an ordinary life is his way of life.

Seeing that he was so stubborn, Shui Rong didn't say much, just smiled and said: "Forget it, there's no need to mention this matter, let's drink today."

Everyone in the banquet was already tense by the atmosphere, Fang Songxia was overwhelmed when he heard this, they all smiled and chatted freely, only Qi Yi looked at Shui Rong and sneered a few times, with a look of sarcasm on his face.

Shui Rong saw it naturally, and was not upset. He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of blue pastry, put it on the Jialan plate, and said with a smile: "This cake is made of blue shrimp, a special product in the East China Sea. The live prawns are finished within a quarter of an hour, otherwise the flavor will be lost.”

Jia Lan was curious for a while, and forgot that the prince of Beijing personally picked up the vegetables, and asked: "According to the book, the blue shrimp will not be revived when it leaves the East Sea. How can it be transported to the capital?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Since you know that it can't live without the East Sea, how can you not guess that it came to the capital with the East Sea?"

Jia Lan suddenly realized that the merchants transported the East China Sea together in order to keep it fresh, but it was only financial and manpower... He whispered: "It's really luxurious."

Shui Rong smiled, "In this world, apart from the royal family, the Qi family in Jiangnan is probably the only one with such luxury."

Jia Lan was shocked, he didn't know that Qi Yi's family had such a background.

Qi Yi snorted coldly, "Since you know that my blue shrimp is precious, you also know that it's not just something you can eat casually."

Shui Rong curled his lips into a smile, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up two pieces of pastries and placed them in front of Jia Lan, then brought the plate with only three pieces of pastries to Jia Huan, and said, "Huan'er can eat whatever you want."

Jia Huan was flattered and hurriedly took it, "Thank you, my lord."

Jia Lan looked at Qi Yi's hands pinching the chopsticks with bruised veins, and couldn't help laughing until he hurt internally. He always saw Qi Yi being arrogant and rude, and today was an eye-opener.

Speaking of which, this pair of brothers and sisters really "love each other".

However, although Qiyi was not angry at Jia Huan's unconsciousness, he still asked Jia Huan what he needed in a low voice from time to time.Jia Lan subconsciously thought, this is fine, Jia Huan will be protected in the end, his future journey will be much smoother, and the messy ending in the book will probably not happen again.

Shui Rong saw that Jia Lan was looking at Jia Huan absent-mindedly, so he smiled and said: "Young Master Qi has had a smooth life, and he has always been the only one who respects me and has no eyes. Ring."

Jia Lan nodded, thought for a while and said, "Each has its own destiny."

Shui Rong's face became extremely strange, "Marriage?"

Jia Lan said: "There is a saying in Buddhism that if there is a cause, there must be an effect, and if there is an effect, there must be a cause. I think no one else can know my own karma."

Shui Rong smiled, "Unexpectedly, Lan'er still has research on Buddhism."

Jia Lan shook his head, "How can I study it, but my little aunt often talks about it in front of me." Xichun likes to study these Buddhist and Taoist metaphysics the most, and will publicize it in front of everyone when she has the opportunity. Jalan can also recite one or two.

After hearing this, Shui Rong stopped talking about it, and just talked about other things.Qi Yi and Jia Huan also whispered in secret, and had nothing to say with others.And Liu Xianglian listened to the book quietly from the beginning to the end, and had nothing to say.

Let's say that after the Dragon Boat Festival, Shi Xiangyun brought some maids and daughter-in-laws to live in the mansion. Jia Lan heard about this after school, and went to Jiamu's room with Jia Huan to greet her.

As soon as he entered the door, the old lady, the lady, Li Wan, Daiyu, Baochai, and Sanchun were all there, but Baoyu didn't know where he had gone.Jia Lan bowed to Shi Xiangyun, then snuggled up to Li Wan and listened to their chatting and laughing.

While talking, Baochai suddenly brought up old things, saying that Xiangyun was the most mischievous and liked to wear other people's clothes. Underneath it looks like Baoyu, coaxing the old lady to jump.

Daiyu also replied: "It's nothing, but I picked her up in the first month of the year before last, and it snowed within two days of her stay, so she put on a new gorilla felt cloak, so the thing is big and long, and it's easy to wear." I pulled a sweat towel and tied it around my waist, and played with the girls in the backyard to play with the snowman, but my foot fell in the ditch, and I was covered in muddy water."

As we spoke, everyone laughed when they remembered the past.

Baochai asked Zhou's nurse who followed Xiangyun, "Mother Zhou, is your girl still so naughty?" Mother Zhou also laughed.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's better now. Someone came to visit the day before yesterday, and saw that there was a mother-in-law's house, so it's still the same."

Jia Lan listened to the people chatting and laughing happily, when she suddenly saw Mrs. Wang saying this, she couldn't help but startled and asked, "Did Aunt Yun agree to it?"

Tan Chun smiled and said, "What's the matter, Lan'er, don't you want to follow the example of Uncle Bao and complain that your daughter's family is separated?"

Jialan was embarrassed for a moment, thinking that Baoyu was reluctant to leave Xiangyun when he heard the news, so he made a fuss for a while, and now he has been implicated.Jia Lan said: "Third Aunt is joking, but who does Aunt Yun agree to?"

Shi Xiangyun blushed uncommonly, bowed his head and twisted his handkerchief and said, "I heard from the second aunt that he is the son of the Wei family in the north of the city."

Jia Lan asked, "Are there any taboos?"

Shi Xiangyun's face turned even redder, he gritted his teeth and threw himself into the old lady's arms, saying coquettishly, "Old ancestor."

The old lady put her arms around her and smiled and said, "You see, it's not a big deal now, this tomboy knows how to be shy." Everyone laughed.

Jalan smiled and stopped talking.

Just laughing, Baoyu came back from the outside and said with a smile, "Sister Yun is here. I sent someone to pick you up earlier. Why didn't you come?"

Mrs. Wang said: "I just talked about agreeing to others, and I'm afraid I won't be able to receive anyone from now on."

When Baoyu heard this, his face darkened.

Daiyu said quickly, "Sister Yun, why don't you hurry up and please your elder brother Bao?"

Shi Xiangyun asked strangely: "Why should I please him?"

Daiyu covered her lips and said with a smile: "Your brother got a good thing the day before yesterday, and it's waiting for you."

Shi Xiangyun said: "What?"

Baoyu laughed and said, "Don't believe her. It's just a few days ago when I went to Qingxu to watch some Taoist priests. I saw one similar to yours, so I asked for it." treasures.

It is indeed one of the congratulatory gifts given by the Taoist priests during the ritual ceremony, a golden unicorn the size of an egg, which looks and looks like the golden unicorn tied on the ribbon of the Xiangyun Palace.

Xiangyun was overjoyed when he saw it, and couldn't put it down.

The old lady smiled and said: "I said why we are familiar with each other when we met that day. It turns out that Yun'er also has one. Forget it, it's not just right for you two brothers and sisters to have one for each of you."

Xiangyun lay in the old lady's arms and said: "Then Yun'er wants the bigger one."

The old lady smiled and said, "It's worth your coquettish showing off for such a small thing, Baoyu, why don't you let this go?"

Baoyu laughed and said, "Since Sister Yun wants it, how dare I refuse?"

Xiangyun untied his golden unicorn and replaced it with Baoyu's. It turned out that the smaller one was given to Baoyu.

Jia Lan only thought the two golden unicorns were very interesting, and didn't pay much attention to them, but he didn't want this pair of unicorns to lead to a good marriage, so I won't say that for now.

At noon Li Wan stayed in Jiamu's room to take care of the old lady's lunch break, while Jia Lan followed Daiyu, Baochai and others back to the Grand View Garden.Because Baoyu and Jia Huan had received Jia Zheng's order earlier, they went to Huijiayu village and did not go with them.

Walking on the road, Tanchun and Xiangyun frolicked, insisting on grabbing the golden unicorn, but Xiangyun refused, so they ran around several sisters.

Daiyu laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe, and said, "Look at these two people, don't they want to grab a good fortune?"

Tanchun wondered, "What's the explanation?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "You know something, but you don't know that in this book, it is often said that talented people and beautiful women are matched by small toys. There may be mandarin ducks, or phoenixes, or jade rings and golden accessories. And look at this golden unicorn, doesn't it meet this requirement? The two of you robbed and snatched it, but it wasn't for this romantic event, so why?"

When Xiangyun heard this, her cheeks were flushed, and immediately, regardless of the lady's etiquette, she picked up the corner of her skirt and chased after Daiyu, so anxious that Zhou's mother kept whispering behind her.

Tanchun, Yingchun and the others laughed so hard that the branches trembled and staggered from side to side.Baochai suppressed her smile slightly, and looked at Daiyu twice more.

Daiyu hid beside Jialan,