Tomorrow is Lan Chun's birthday, and for some reason, she took a leave of absence this year to go to her aunt's house.

Before leaving, her friend Hua Qinger put her beloved beads on her and said that she would make a snack tomorrow and send it to her.

The next morning, Yang Dan hurriedly took a carriage to the Venetian John Jewelry Store in Xifang City, and selected a rectangular dark green velvet jewelry box in the photo, the surface of the box is complex and delicate, inlaid with a row of diamonds.

When you open the box, you will see purple satin inside, with a rich aroma, which is different from the light and pleasant that China pays attention to.

In those days, crude perfumes from Europe could not be sold at all, so they were sprinkled on a variety of goods to increase the selling point, but delicate items such as jewelry were very popular, and the Venetian merchants brought a large number of jewelry artisans.

Coming back in a hurry, Yang Dan waited for Mama Li to come out to buy breakfast, called someone over, and handed over a piece of broken silver, "This is for you, take it." ”

Mama Li stretched out her right hand to pinch the silver, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yang, how is this good?" ”

"Nothing."

Yang Dan took out the gift box again.

"Thank you."

Mother Li squatted slightly, and said with a smile: "What is the assignment of the son, the slave family must live up to its mission." ”

"You give this thing to Mrs., I heard that today is Lan Chun's birthday, and I don't have time to buy a gift."

Yang Dan handed over the gift box, "I saw her with Zhucui last night, it just so happened that I bought a foreign one a few days ago, but the family didn't like the exotic style, so it was naturally inconvenient for me to return it, so it was better to give it to Lan Chun, please accept it from your wife." ”

"I see."

Mama Li thanked her again, turned around and went home and said to Mrs. Leng: "Young Master Yang next door learned about Miss's birthday, and Baba went to buy a birthday gift. I just said that I bought it early, and no one wanted it. Hehe! But since someone bought it on purpose, we can't afford not to accept it. ”

"What birthday gift?"

Mrs. Leng took it and opened it to take a look, and there was a string of crystal clear pearls inside, and she sighed.

Zhengse asked, "This is what Young Master Yang personally handed over to you?" ”

Mother Li nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

"Oops."

Mrs. Leng said speechlessly: "How can we accept such a big gift from others? Hurry back. With a short hand, Mama Li said: "Where can I return what people send out?" Isn't it a loss of face for others? I don't send it. Mrs. Leng said angrily: "I don't know how important it is to speak at such an age. So guess what, how much silver is this bead worth? "It's just a string of beads, is it better than the girl's jewelry?" Mama Li pouted. "It's only a few dozen taels of silver." "A few dozen taels of silver?" Mrs. Leng became more and more speechless, "Ten tens of taels is far more than that." "Ahh Mother Li was stunned and said in surprise: "Worth so much silver?" Thanks to the girl, I often get back a lot of pearl powder, I followed my wife to get wet, no matter how rich the Xu family is, they can't waste the silver so much! "The beads of the Xu family are not so valuable. Ah. You don't understand it. Mrs. Leng shook her head, "Pearls are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and these good ones are more valuable than gold, you say that they are just old neighbors for many years, what kind of friendship do you have with the Yang family?" Can you afford to be heavy? No, you send it back to me. Mother Li also shook her head and accepted a piece of broken silver from others, if she returned it. If you mess up your errand, do you expect to go back next time? So he dodged a few steps, "This thing is too expensive." I don't dare to take it, in case I miss it and it falls on the ground and breaks, I can't afford to pay if I sell it. At this time, Lan Chun came out of the bedroom, and Mrs. Leng handed her the box, "Look, the next door sent it for no reason." Is this worth it? Eighty percent of weasels give New Year's greetings to chickens, but they don't have a good heart. "Don't talk about people like that." Lan Chun glanced at the string of beads in the box. The expression is not shocked, as one of the most favored four springs. Some people send treasures just to make her smile, of course, they will not accept a single outsider, even so, such as Xu Hao and his wife, Xu Ye brothers and Ripples The birthday gifts they have given over the years have been accumulated, and it is estimated that it is more than enough to buy a Venice jewelry store. Pinched the pearl with two fingers, Lan Chun first put it on her wrist and looked at it, and then hung it around her neck, not the string of beads that Qing'er wore for her to play with, but a pearl necklace that was eight years old, each pearl was the general size, about dozens, mixed with eight black pearls, not better than pearls from the East, and it was rare to come from thousands of miles away. Mrs. Leng and Mama Li saw her look at it again and again, and they seemed to be in love with it. Li's mother said: "It seems to be better than Miss Qing'er." "Of course it's better." Mrs. Leng frowned, thinking that she was celebrating her birthday today, and she couldn't bear to spoil her happiness, otherwise she would insist on sending her back. "In addition to this heavy gift, do you have any explanation?" Lan Chun played for a while and put the necklace back in the box. "Nope." Li Ma said. "Well, I like this string of beads very much, and I am reluctant to return it to others." Lan Chun smiled, "Since he dares to give it, I dare to accept it, and don't expect any return gift and thanks, so be it." After speaking, Shi Shiran took the gift box and went back to the room, making Li Ma and Mrs. Leng look at each other, Li Ma smiled: "In the end, it is a girl, ordinary girls will definitely be scolded for loving vanity." "Actually, she really said it, how could Lan Chun not understand that Yang Dan, a handsome young man from an official eunuch's family, was going around in front of him when he had nothing to do? Naturally, the so-called fair lady gentleman is good. Lan Chun is extremely realistic in this regard, she grew up in the Xu family where Zhong Ding Yushi, how can she bear it if she wants to marry an ordinary family? Now Yang Dan's family background meets the conditions, and his appearance and age are all suitable, and Xu Ye, who is also the best candidate, has two wives, Xu Yu has been merciful everywhere recently, and none of the three sisters of the Chunzi generation have been concubines for the young masters, so she can only look outside. Everyone's thoughts are different, the sudden appearance of Yang Dan made her eyes shine, of course, Lan Chun's age is more focused on the two loves, and said that Yu'er will come to compose poems today, but to see if he has real talent and learning, don't be a big straw bag in which gold and jade are ruined. Outside the city, Xia Jue came into the city to meet Li Yuan's father and friend, but he was not at home, and his eldest son Wang Xun came out to receive him. Xia Jue found that Wang Xun was not as affectionate to him as before, he didn't know that Qin Yan told the matter, and thought that it was because he left the Xu Mansion. Sit for a while. He had to take Wang Xun to the Li Mansion next door to find Li Xian, and when he met, he said: "Li Yuan is on his way now, and no one takes care of him, so I ask your mansion to help me with one or two." "Li Xian's family is from Fujian, and they are also from the same ancestor on the genealogy. It has been inherited for more than 200 years, and it can be regarded as a clansman with the same surname who can't be beaten by eight poles. Li Xian was very generous and said: "My own brother, you don't need him to break a penny, just hand it over to me." "Brother Li really values love and righteousness." Xia Jue waited for him to say this, and said goodbye with a smile. After coming out. Wang Xun's face was a little better, and he said, "If you need anything, it's okay to say it." "Xia Qixin said that obviously his family no longer wants to see Li Yuan and me, if I want this and that, I can't help but be looked down upon by his family and regarded as asking for food. Anyway, the Li family has already taken care of everything, and the rest of the things might as well be for your father and son to also see Lao Tzu's connections, so he smiled and said: "I know, if necessary, I will definitely come to the door." "Hmm." Wang Xun nodded and said, "Today's poetry club gathering, I'll go first." "Please." Xia Qi watched him leave with a smile, and thought about it and went to Xu Run's house. Because he didn't come for several months, he left Xufu again. Xia Qi couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Mrs. Xu didn't say anything, just asked a few words lightly, and Xia Jue offered to borrow Mrs. Xu's pearl crown and jade belt, python clothing jewelry or something. Mrs. Xu said, "Yes." Even my stuff is nothing precious, don't laugh. "No, no." Xia Jue was happy in her heart, talked for a long time, and came out to see Xu Run, and Xu Run was for the sake of Qin Yan. I blamed him in my heart, he was not as affectionate as before. Here, Qing'er came to find Lan Chun. Bring your own rose cake, steamed with flour. Some raisins and other fruits were spread on it, and in short, the cake became an invention of the Ming Dynasty. At noon, Lan Chun and Qing'er ate shou noodles, moved out two rattan chairs, and lay down under the jujube tree in the yard to chat. Qing'er said: "The old master and the young master both asked me to go to their poetry club, I don't want to, they are all a group of men, and Sister Yingchun's talent is obviously far better than mine." Lan Chun smiled: "You don't have to be presumptuous, your words and articles are much better than Sister Yingchun, she is better than poetry." If you are not happy to go, you will not go, and when they see you as a woman, most of them will look down on you in their hearts, so why take their own humiliation, so let them sit in the well and watch the sky. "Look at what you said." Qing'er stuck out her tongue, "Young Master Yu, regardless of his calligraphy talent, I have always admired him, and his friends must be first-class celebrities." "A bunch of pedantic readers." Lan Chun's expression was leisurely, "Don't you realize that our new learners and them, the people of the Four Books and the Five Classics, are becoming more and more like people from two worlds?" Fortunately, in recent years, the imperial court has not paid much attention to the Bagu article, otherwise the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth when he speaks, and he can't say a piece at all. "I don't think so." Qing'er tilted her head, "The master proposed liberal arts and science, but I lack interest in learning about things, I still like poetry and songs, those translated foreign poems, they read strangely, and the lack of artistic conception is too obvious." While chatting, he heard the sound of applause from next door, Lan Chun immediately got up and said, "Let's climb the ladder and see the excitement over there." The gap in the courtyard wall was repaired by the craftsmen sent by the Yang family, and there were rows of hexagonal holes at the head of the wall. I saw that the place of the party was also in the courtyard, and Xu Yu's expression was clearly visible, and a group of crepe friends were sitting around, except for Wang Xun, Li Xian and others, there were some people who didn't know each other. The poetry club has been open for more than an hour, and I saw a man with a handful of beard, who was pointing fingers and saying: "The master's masterpiece has not yet been taught, please Brother Yang for advice." Another middle-aged man said: "Brother Yang's poems are personally instructed by the Yang Cabinet, and the family history is based on family history, no matter how it is written, it will be better than all of us." "Hugh is going to make fun of it." Yang Dan got up and said with a smile: "Everyone here is everyone, what am I?" Qing'er heard Lan Chun beside her sneer: "Even if he knows how to be modest." "Ahh Qing'er didn't understand, turned her head and asked; "Sister, who is he?" "Lord Yang Pu's son." Lan Chun said, and explained, "I have been neighbors for many years. "Oh." Qing'er nodded as if she didn't understand. Lan Chun dodged the men's gaze and said: "There is no first, we have been learning to compose poems and fill in lyrics with my aunt and grandmother since we were children, although we are not considered to be in the room, but we also know that it is difficult to distinguish between poetry and inferiority. Except for Yu'er, these people don't look like well-educated people like Mr. Sheng and them, Wang Xun, Li Xian, Xu Run, Xu Zhu, are all gentlemen, and the young master of the Yang family is probably the same, but I want to take this opportunity to see how his poems are, I hope not to disappoint me. Qing'er was even more confused, and said in her heart, isn't it a neighbor for many years? So why don't you know the details of other people? Why take the opportunity to see the strength of the family? What do you want to do? It's just an irrelevant man. (To be continued)