The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 221: The Birthday Present

Ping’er's words clearly meant something.

The remote places in other courtyards referred to the small courtyard where they had a tryst that day.

Well~

It seemed that he had to return to the old location again today.

It was only necessary to find a suitable reason to enter the courtyard for the Imperial Concubine.

When he was thinking about it, his sleeve was suddenly pulled, and he looked down. Jia Lan asked seriously, "The front is the Old Lady courtyard. Do you have anything you would like me to convey? I can go in and say."

Seeing his small appearance, Sun Shaozong couldn't help laughing and patting him on the top of his head, saying, "There's nothing from me. After entering, just call out your Uncle Bao."

"I see."

Jia Lan agreed to it, and then he jumped his way into the courtyard.

Sun Shaozong waited for a while outside the door again and saw Jia Baoyu hurrying out. He yelled, "Second brother, I heard that Brother Wei is going to take your place as the Assistant Magistrate, is that true?"

Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to respond, he stamped his foot again and said, "What is this? Since the two families don't deal with each other and avoid each other, why do they have to make you two tear each other apart?"

Although Jia Baoyu and Sun Shaozong had a good relationship recently, he and Wei Ruolan have also known each other since childhood, so he was the last person who would like to see the two people fighting against each other.

But if things were as simple as he thought, there would be less hatred in the world!

Sun Shaozong didn't think much about it but said with a smile, "Why do you mention him? Here, this is a birthday gift from my family. Help me hand it to Lady Lin later."

He then put the gift box into Jia Baoyu's hand.

Jia Baoyu thought it was a little too big at the beginning. Unexpectedly, when the box fell into his hand, it was surprisingly heavy. He nearly twisted his waist and hurriedly changed into two hands to hold it. He was surprised. "What's in it? How can it be so heavy?"

"The Duan inkstone of the previous dynasty, as well as dozens of gold engraved with the word "blessing," was originally made by our family for the monthsary banquet. By the way, I also filled some for Lady Lin, to give her a gift on her birthday."

Last year, when Lin Daiyu received the ninety-nine pieces of gold leaves, which were put together into an evergreen tree, Jia Baoyu secretly laughed, saying that Ruan Rong was a foreign woman and only knew to send some yellow and white worldly things.

However, now that he knew the sufferings of Lin Daiyu and looked at the gift of "village custom," he was in a different mood.

The family members of his whole family were not as considerate as an elder god-sister who knew her half the way!

Especially when Xue Baochai celebrated her fifteenth birthday a few days ago, there were both big performances and banquets in her family. The scene was much more lively than Daiyu's birthday in recent years.

Jia Baoyu judged others by himself, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable. His eyes were red, but he couldn’t wipe them. He had to lower his head, and in a sullen voice, he said, "Second Brother and Sister Rong had spent big on the money again."

"It's not your turn to say this at the moment."

When Sun Shaozong saw him like this, he hesitated a little but couldn’t help but vaguely nod. "You may not be able to say it in turn later!"

Jia Baoyu looked up in astonishment, opened his mouth, and stopped.

He was skeptical that Sun Shaozong had seen through the sordid affairs of one man and two families.

Jia Baoyu's suspicion was not entirely wrong.

However, the reason why Sun Shaozong decided that he and Lin Daiyu wouldn’t have any good results was mainly demonstrated by the physical condition and figure of Jia's daughter-in-law.

Li Wan's delicate body was stripped and measured by himself while the others were temporarily put aside.

Her gourd-shaped body, which was easy to breed, was quite different from Lin Daiyu's slender body shape, which was like a willow.

But how would Sun Shaozong dare to say these words?

So he could only digress from the topic again by saying, "Brother Bao, although our new theatrical troupe has been trained by famous teachers, it always feels that something is missing, so I want to learn from your family, but I don't know..."

This was, of course, a temporary reason. Those actors were now in the courtyard of the visiting Imperial Concubine, and their residence was not far away from the courtyard, which was convenient for Sun Shaozong to do things secretly.

After hearing this, Jia Baoyu came back to his senses and said, "Second Brother, wait outside. When I give this gift away, I will take you to have a closer look."

He then hurried into the courtyard with the gift box.

He originally wanted to give the gift to Zijuan, who was baking in the corridor for the time being, but considering the gloomy look of Daiyu on Xue Baochai's birthday a few days ago, he simply opened the curtain and held it directly into the hall.

Facing the curious eyes of the crowd, he smiled and said, "Brother Sun is here to send birthday gifts. Here, this big gift-heavy box. I don't know what is in it. Sister Lin, open it quickly for everyone to see."

As he spoke, he dropped the box on the kang table next to Old Lady Jia.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly stopped him, stamped her feet, and said, "What do you want to see of the gift Sister Rong gave me? Give it back to me!"

Baoyu was afraid that her strength was weak and she might accidentally drop something again, so he refused to let go of it and said, "Be careful, be careful. Second Brother said that there were many gold beans in it, so don't spill them!"

He just said that he didn't know what was inside, and now he talked about the golden beans. In addition, the two people held a box tightly with four hands and pulled it, so everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

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Shi Xiangyun was quick and joked casually, "Just a few golden beans, are they worth both of you guys grabbing onto them?"

With just this sentence, Daiyu's face turned a little black.

Jia Baoyu knew that when Xue Baochai's birthday was celebrated the other day, she was angry with Shi Xiangyun. Now, fearing that something would happen again, he hurriedly said, "The golden beans are just ready for Sister Lin to give to others. The real gift is an excellent inkstone from the previous dynasty."

In fact, he didn't see the quality of the inkstone but expected that Ruan Rong's current position in the Sun family wouldn’t be stingy, so he directly boasted for her.

Lin Daiyu was the most thoughtful and immediately knew why he was so eager.

She was already very happy on the inside, but on the surface, she still looked angry. She grabbed the gift and pretended to be angry. "Keep your mouth closed! The excitement of guessing the gift my sister sent me has been ruined by you!"

Jia Baoyu was full of complaints, and the clouds were scattered that day.

He asked his Grandmother to leave again and was ready to accompany Sun Shaozong to see the opera troupe.

"Grandmother, I have written the riddle this time, and I will send it back to the palace." Then he made a face at Jia Huan and said, "Third Brother, you didn't guess the riddle you sent last time. This time you have to use your strength."

Jia Huan raised his face and looked angry.

Jia Baoyu was laughed at, then walked out of the yard bitterly and led Sun Shaozong straight to the provincial courtyard.