There are more than a dozen people in the bustling crowd, and there is a foreign man like Sun Shaozong, so it's not good to eat at the same table.
Therefore, there were three tables in the hall, and a screen was erected in the middle. Mother Jia led Shi Xiangyun, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai to occupy a seat; Madam Wang and Aunt Xue sat with Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun. a table.
As for the table outside the screen, it was naturally reserved for Sun Shaozong and Jia Baoyu.
The other two, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, because one had to take care of the old lady and the other was in front of her mother-in-law, they had to wait by the side first, and then sat down to eat after everyone had finished eating.
He didn't mention how it was inside, but said that outside Jia Baoyu lifted the silver pot and filled the wine glasses in front of the two of them. He couldn't help but listen curiously and said, "Second brother, did you find any clues later?"
"There are two traces of climbing over the wall in the northeast corner. One in and one out. There are three pairs of footprints." Sun Shaozong picked up a piece of eggplant with chopsticks and chewed it in his mouth. : "Back to your house, this meal has never been the same."
"The second brother is still less here."
Jia Baoyu had no interest in these meals at all. He didn't touch the chopsticks, and said, "So, those thieves have already escaped?"
"Eighty percent of the time, but it's also a blind eye."
"Can the second brother..."
Jia Baoyu salivated, as if he had something to ask for, but before he could finish speaking, he heard someone shout from behind the screen: "Lao Liu, Lao Liu, you eat as much as a cow, you can eat an old sow without raising your head!"
Immediately, he heard a burst of laughter, Jia Baoyu looked around curiously, only to see Shi Xiangyun spewing out a mouthful of rice; Lin Daiyu sighed, leaning over the table and sighing; Madam Wang pointed at Sister Feng with a smile, and only She couldn't speak; even Aunt Xue couldn't hold it, the tea in her mouth sprayed Tan Chun's skirt; the rice bowl in Tan Chun's hand was buckled on Xichun's body; A rubbing of the intestines.
The maids in the house all bent over and bent their backs without laughing. Some hid and squatted and laughed, and some held back their laughter and came up to change the clothes for her sisters. Only Sister Feng supported her, and she just let Grandma Liu use it. meal.
Seeing that Grandma Liu picked up the chopsticks, she said, "The chickens here are also handsome, and the eggs they lay are small and handsome - I'll slap one!"
Everyone stopped laughing, and when they heard this, they couldn't close their mouths with joy.
Seeing the tears coming out of Mother Jia's smile, Jia Baoyu turned back to the table with her mouth flat, but became more and more annoyed, and said, "This old woman is not crazy, but she played a good show!"
Sun Shaozong saw Wang Xifeng and Jia Tanchun long ago, and they pointed at Grandma Liu as if planning something, so he shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily that she is singing a one-man show, but I'm afraid it's your second sister-in-law who sees other people's dramas and pushes them. Added a show."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Mother Jia say with a smile: "This must be caused by a little girl Feng, so don't believe her words."
Seeing that Sun Shaozong had made things happen again, Jia Baoyu admired and couldn't help but sighed, "The people who rap and sing are lunatics, and those who watch the show are idiots - we have ears on the wall, but I don't know how to talk about it."
Because Wang Xifeng said that the quail eggs cost a tael of silver, Sun Shaozong used chopsticks to string two of them, shaking them in Jia Baoyu's bowl, and said with a smile: "She sings about her, why do you care so much. A golden egg of two silver coins, isn't it enough to stop you?"
Jia Baoyu finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, picked up the two quail eggs and ate them, and made up what he just said.
But it turned out that he saw that his sisters and sisters didn't talk about it, but there was a string in his heart, so he hoped that Sun Shaozong could stay in the garden for one night, so that everyone would not be afraid.
Sun Shaozong didn't immediately respond to this matter. He originally wanted to take Jia Yingchun in the afternoon and leave this place together. If he wanted to stay in the garden at night, Jia Yingchun would not be able to go home alone.
But Jia Yingchun was pregnant after all, so how could she be so frightened
Telling Jia Baoyu about these concerns, Jia Baoyu also felt that the second sister should not be involved, so he hurriedly said that it is enough to have himself in the garden, and there is no need to trouble the second brother Sun.
After I opened this article for a while, Baoyu picked up a few delicious meals, and quickly filled his stomach. Watching Sun Shaozong flying like a fly, he finished a few bowls of rice in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but envy him again. Appetite.
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After a long while, Jia Baoyu suddenly remembered another doubt, so he asked curiously, "What do those words that Second Brother Lian said in the morning mean?"
"Uh… "
Sun Shaozong almost didn't choke, he wanted to cover up the past, but after thinking about it, Jia Lian's attitude alone might not be able to keep this matter for a long time. Wait, and avoid embarrassing each other in the future.
Besides, this happened because Jia Baoyu slept with King Beijing's concubine, so he wasn't afraid of being annoyed.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a while, and then said: "Actually, after you got drunk at noon yesterday, Xiaohong, the maid in your house, was ordered to spread the word in the Yihong Courtyard. The second brother Lian was probably influenced by the King of Beijing. If I had to let that little red serve me, I refused again and again, but I still…”
"oops!"
Sun Shaozong was talking here, when Jia Baoyu suddenly made a bird call, not to mention that Sun Shaozong was startled by him, even the mother Jia and Mrs. Wang inside were alarmed, and they all asked through the screen.
Jia Baoyu knew that he was in trouble, and quickly explained: "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of an important thing and forgot to do it."
He turned around with a bitter face again, and said, "It was originally agreed that I was going to visit Sister Qiulian this morning, but now... ah."
It turned out to be remembered.
Sun Shaozong said with relief: "It happened for a reason, and it wasn't your intention to do it. Besides, it's nothing to be missed by a day."
Jia Baoyu really listened to people's persuasion, and decided to go to Beijing Wangfu to visit the concubine Qiulian tomorrow morning.
After speaking, he hesitated again: "Brother, for the full moon wine tomorrow night, either I will not go, and I will not make my little niece sick."
"What are you afraid of?"
Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "It's cold at night, I didn't plan to take the child out and let you guys pass it on."
After thinking about it, he warned: "But Xue Pan fell ill a few days ago, and his body is still very weak. When you come out of the Beijing Palace, you might as well go home to bathe and change clothes, and then go there for a drink."
Jia Baoyu hadn't heard of this, so he followed the situation and asked what happened. He couldn't help complaining about Aunt Xue and Sister Bao.
But after only complaining a few words, he turned to the part he cared about most: "Second brother, have you found anything in the past few days?"
Sun Shaozong shook his head: "Yun'er, whom Xue Datou raised, does have a lover in private, but he is a helpless man, and there is no power in his family, so it should have nothing to do with this matter."
"As for the rest... Xue Datou has been much more honest than before recently, at least on the surface he didn't offend any enemies."
During this conversation, I heard that the banquet inside had been dispersed, and Mother Jia led everyone out, and after telling Sun Shaozong to eat and drink enough, she went to Jia Tanchun's boudoir to gossip at home.
Among them, there was no sign of Grandma Liu, and it was thought that the old lady in the countryside had not had enough to eat and drink. In addition, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan stayed inside to eat.
Because he was always disturbed by Jia Baoyu, Sun Shaozong only ate half full, so naturally he refused to feel wronged. He was about to sit down and continue to eat and drink, when he heard Grandma Liu sighed behind the screen: "It's nothing else, I only love you all. In this way of doing things, strange people say 'respect everyone'."
What a 'gift to everyone'!
This is clearly the etiquette of the Rongguo Mansion!
Sun Shaozong had given the old lady a higher look than others, but after hearing these four words, he realized that he still underestimated her!
There are needles hidden in these four words, and it's not that he doesn't know the tricks of the name, but he just acts according to the master's intention.
The timing was just right. One minute early disturbed the scene, and one moment later lost weight. If it wasn't for the insight into world affairs, it would never have been possible to handle such proportions!
Immediately after hearing that, Wang Xifeng apologized again, and repeatedly ordered the maid to serve tea to Grandma Liu, but Grandma Liu hid her sharpness and was full of simple and honest words.
Outside Jia Baoyu was stunned for a while, then Fang smiled wryly and shook his head: "Second brother said yesterday that I'm not as good as her, and I'm still not convinced. Now that I think about it, it's really my dog's eyes to see people low."
Sun Shaozong couldn't get used to his fussiness, but he liked his disposition of never pretending to be wrong, so he smiled and said, "There is a saying that 'everything is insightful and knowledgeable; The more you experience in the future, the better you will be.”
Jia Baoyu nodded in agreement, and suddenly felt that this sentence seemed to have been seen before, but he couldn't remember the source for a while, thinking that he might have read it in that book, so he didn't think much about it.
But he said that when Sun Shaozong was 80% full, he saw that Grandma Liu, accompanied by Li Wan, went to Jia Tanchun's boudoir.
"Wait a minute!"
Without waiting for Jia Baoyu to respond, Wang Xifeng suddenly appeared behind the screen, and said with a cold face, "I have a few words that I want to clarify with Erlang face to face—Brother Bao, please wait outside first."
Although reluctantly got in-laws, it is still taboo to speak in private.
If it were someone who was old and serious, eight of them should have persuaded me politely, but Jia Baoyu was not one to follow the rules, and he was most scornful of men and women.
So in this Xiaocui Hall, only Sun Shaozong and Wang Xifeng were left.