Chapter 200: Jia Lan is partial and gives gifts unevenly
Although the dinner was somewhat disrupted by Jia Baoyu's intrusion, the chefs in Rongguo Mansion were all very experienced, and the dishes served were still just right hot, not burning your mouth and not cold.
Jia Lan may not have eaten food at home for a long time, so he couldn't help but enjoy it.
Seeing Jia Lan take a few bites of the food in the bowl, Jia Mu laughed and said, "Looking at the way Lan Ge'er is eating, I'm also hungry, old lady."
Li Wan lectured his son: "Look what you look like! You've only been out for a short time and you're already so wild!"
Jia Lan put down his bowl and chopsticks: "It's been so long since I've eaten the food in my ancestor's house, I'm so hungry."
One sentence made Jia Mu burst out laughing, "Okay, okay! If you like it, eat more. It's a blessing to be able to eat!"
After that, she asked Yuanyang to bring another bowl of rice, and personally brought some vegetables to Jia Lan, so everyone watched Jia Lan finish the second bowl of rice with another gust of wind.
Then the third bowl, the fourth bowl...
"Are you full?" Xiang Yun was dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask.
"It's almost there, about seven to eight points." Jia Lan said frankly.
"Seven, seven or eight points..." Xiangyun recalled that just now Jia Lan had all the delicious food in his hands, and he didn't know where to say it.
Seeing Jia Lan eating so deliciously, everyone unknowingly ate more of the meal.
Only Jia Baoyu stared at the bowl blankly, feeling that the delicious food in the past was so boring today.
After the meal, the maids served everyone a cup of Laojun Mei. This tea soup is bright in color, fragrant and fragrant, and can help digestion.
Jia Mu took a sip and smiled at everyone: "Speaking of which, Langeer specially brought this tea from the south. Did you notice any difference after drinking it?"
Sister Feng said: "No wonder! I said it has a unique fragrance."
"You poor peasant doesn't know the difference." Mother Jia smiled and said, "This is a unique fragrance that can only be picked fresh from an old tree. It is most suitable for digestion."
"Hey!" Sister Feng held up the cup of tea, as if looking at something rare and expensive, and said to Jia Mu with admiration: "Let me just say, you are well-informed and knowledgeable, and you are better than young people like us."
It’s much stronger. If it were me, I would probably just have a drink!”
Jia Mu laughed and cursed a few words, then turned to Jia Lan and said with a smile: "This tea is not easy to make. I took it out of Brother Lan's filial piety."
Sister Feng said: "When Lan Ge'er came back this time, he gave us all gifts. As an aunt, I have to thank Lan Ge'er."
Daiyu asked curiously: "I wonder what Brother Lan gave to Sister Feng?"
Wang Xifeng smiled and took out an object from his body. When everyone saw it, it was a small box with a chain.
Baoyu glanced at it and said with some disdain: "What's so rare about this little box?"
"Haha, Baoyu, now it's your turn to be ignorant!" Sister Feng joked, crossed her fingers and touched it, and the box opened with a click, and everyone said "Eh".
"What a coincidence. It looks like a Western time teller?" Xiangyun said in admiration.
"That's not all..." Daiyu stared intently, "Look at the other side..."
Everyone looked again and were immediately amazed. There was actually a painting carved on the back of the cover. The painting was a figure. That figure...
"Isn't this the second sister-in-law Lian?" Xichun called out.
The figure in the painting wears a golden bun with eight treasures and pearls on her head, a hairpin with five phoenixes hanging from the Chaoyang River, a red gold necklace with a dragon on her neck, a powdery face that does not show the power of spring, and a smile before her lips are opened.
Wen, if it’s not Sister Feng, who else could it be?
"What an exquisite skill!" Xiangyun and Sanchun exclaimed.
Even Jia's mother said after seeing it that the painting was wonderful and pretty, and she couldn't stop praising it.
Xichun blinked at Sister Feng's gift, then glanced at Jia Lan's expression, and for some reason pouted and said, "Brother Lan is partial."
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their attention.
Jia Mu looked at Xichun with wide eyes, as if she had seen a new world, and soon burst into laughter, as if she was very happy to see Xichun's transformation.
Jia Mu urged curiously: "Four girls, please tell me! Why is Brother Lang so partial?"
"Yes! Fourth sister! Tell us quickly!"
When he heard that he was talking about Jia Lan, Jia Baoyu immediately became interested and felt that an opportunity had come.
Feeling that she had become the focus of everyone's attention, Xichun became a little scared. She glanced at Yingchun and Tanchun, but Shuangchun was surprised by Xichun's words just now and did not react for a while.
While hesitating, Xichun suddenly heard a chuckle, but it was Jia Lan who looked at him calmly and said, "Fourth aunt said I am biased, I would like to hear how I am biased?"
Xichun then plucked up the courage: "Brother Lan gave Sister Feng such a clever thing, but only gave it to me... Oh, and Sister Yingchun and Sister Tanchun each only gave one book. Isn't this partiality?"
"What's wrong with books? What Langeer gave me were books."
Daiyu spoke in a lively and calm manner, and no one could tell that she secretly wanted to defend Jia Lan.
Xichun said: "Miss Lin is a book lover. It's great for Langeer to give you books. Besides, my two sisters and I also love reading..."
Daiyu was puzzled: "Then why..."
Xichun glanced at Jia Lan and saw that his face was calm and not unhappy at all. He still had the same encouraging eyes. Then he continued: "The problem is that the books Langeer gave us are all our original books."
I’ve just seen it, isn’t this perfunctory for us?”
Jia Mu asked curiously: "What did Brother Lang give you?"
The people in the room and the maids who were accompanying them all looked curious.
Xichun cast a look of help on the faces of Yingchun and Tanchun. Yingchun responded now, but was still a little flustered and did not dare to speak.
Tan Chun sighed softly, glared at Xichun fiercely and said respectfully to Jia Mu: "Back to our ancestors, Lan Geer gave us three a set of "Taishang Inspiration" and a set of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
And a set of "Three Words and Two Beats" by Gu Qusanren."
Jia Baoyu originally thought that Xichun wanted to accuse Jia Lan of sending some vulgar books such as "The Female Ring". Unexpectedly, Tan Chun came out with some books that he thought were good, which made him immediately blame Jia Lan.
The plan came to nothing.
Sister Feng doesn't usually like to read, but she has heard of these three books. When she heard this, she looked at Jia Lan and said, "Now that I hear it, it seems a bit normal."
She knew that Jia Lan gave Mrs. Wang a jade Buddha made of jade produced in Hongnan, a box of fine Nanyang spices to Mrs. Jia Shexing, and Aunt Xue sent a set of gold and silver jewelry.
Even Baochai sent a pair of lotus shoes made of fine Su embroidery.
Yingchun finally spoke: "Second sister-in-law Lian misunderstood. Gifts are less important than affection. Our biggest wish is that Brother Lang can come back safely. How can we expect the importance of the gift? There is actually another reason for what the fourth sister said."
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Jia Mu praised Yingchun's words, which were quite appropriate, and made her even more curious: "I wonder what the reason is?"
Yingchun glanced at Jia Lan: "Fourth sister thinks that the book Lan Geer sent is right, but the person is wrong."
Jia Mu was surprised and said: "Can this person send the wrong gift?"