novelraw Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Zijuan knew that Daiyu didn't accept Yan Li's valuables, because she didn't want to owe him too much favor, so as not to be short-handed in the future, and she couldn't speak confidently, so she didn't mention this matter, and went to the front yard to help Qing'er I went to work.
After lunch, Daiyu felt very empty after not reading for a long time, so she asked Aunt Li to go to Yanli's house to borrow a few idle books to read.Aunt Li laughed and said, "I'm an old lady, I don't know a single big character, how can I know what idle books are, why don't you go to the son's house to pick out by yourself."
Daiyu wondered: "The master is not at home, so it's convenient for me to go in and get things as an outsider?"
Aunt Li said with a smile: "What's the inconvenience? It's just a few books to relieve boredom. Besides, the girl is not an outsider, she is my son's most caring guest. Don't talk about taking a few books, just ask him for this yard." , I guess he will give it too."
Embarrassed, Daiyu turned her body to one side and said angrily, "Aunt Li is really good at making fun of people, so I won't obey!"
Zicuckoo listened to it, and laughed out loud with a "puchi".Aunt Li deliberately pretended to be stupid and said: "Oh, my old lady said something wrong? Which sentence is wrong, please tell me, girl, and I will change it! Otherwise, if my son finds out, I have to teach my old lady a lesson!"
When Daiyu heard this, she became more and more ashamed and couldn't lift her head.Zijuan had no choice but to come out to make a rescue, and led Aunt Li out with a smile.
After reluctantly dawdling for a while, Daiyu finally couldn't bear the boredom, and really ran to Yan Li's room to look for books.
Because Yan Li didn't live in this house, there are not many books in the house, just a small bookshelf with three rows of books on it.Daiyu turned over from the beginning, and saw that the types of books were very diverse, covering everything from painting, music theory, tree planting and flowering to astronomy and geography, but the most important ones were paintings and poetry collections of predecessors.Daiyu picked out a few of the dustiest books, guessing that they were miscellaneous books that Yan Li didn't read often, and picked up a collection of poems by Liu Yong and a collection of poems by Du Mu, and turned to leave contentedly.
And when passing the book case, I suddenly saw the written words on the case, so I went to look at it curiously. It turned out to be two lines of poems by the predecessors: "Luohua intends to follow the flowing water, and the flowing water has no intention of falling in love with falling flowers."
Daiyu didn't know these two poems, and didn't know the deep meaning, she was surprised and thought about it for a while, and she already figured out eighty-nine parts of the meaning, her cheeks involuntarily burned red.After holding it up with both hands to appreciate it carefully, I realized that the writing is chic and powerful, and it is so powerful that it penetrates the back of the paper. It is much better than Baoyu's writing. At the moment, I sighed again, and at the same time, I was curious. This Yan Li looked like a martial artist , I didn't expect it to be well written.
When he was rewarding, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes outside the courtyard, approaching from far away, and rushed towards this side quickly.Daiyu was taken aback, she couldn't put the scroll flat in her panic, so she quickly folded it into half the size of a handkerchief, stuffed it in her sleeve, and fled out of Yanli's room in a hurry.
After a while, Yan Li did enter the courtyard.Uncle Li hastily went up to lead Ma Zong, while Aunt Li put down her work and followed Yan Li into the room to answer the question.
In the backyard, Daiyu rejoiced that she escaped quickly, otherwise she would have to be caught and show her face. At that time, she would lose all face.After calming down her shortness of breath, Daiyu suddenly remembered the letter hidden in her sleeve, and hurriedly took it out of the sleeve, but couldn't find a safe place to hide it, so she had to stuff it under the pillow, thinking about what to do in the future. Find a chance when Yan Li goes out and secretly return it.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door. Before he could recover, Yan Li rushed in angrily, still holding the bag of gold and silver jewelry she returned to him.
Seeing that he was coming in a bad way, Daiyu couldn't help being startled, got up subconsciously, and stammered, "Mr. Yan, you..."
As soon as the word "you" came out of his mouth, Yan Li let out a "hum", threw the bag of jewelry on the table, frowned and said, "What does Miss Lin mean? I think the things I Yan Li sent are not good, Or do you think I, Yan Li, are a bad person?"
Daiyu didn't expect this incident to make him so angry, and she was a little dazed for a while, before explaining: "Young Master Yan misunderstood, I didn't dislike things, let alone you, I just... It's just... I don't want to owe you too much..."
"But you already owe a lot, do you still care about owing more?" Yan Li asked sharply.
Daiyu blushed in embarrassment, raised her head slightly for a long time, and laughed at herself: "Young Master Yan is right, I already owe you a lot, so I shouldn't care about this kind of favor any more, but what can I do, I am such a person who doesn't know If Mr. Yan doesn't like people who are unreasonable, you can let us go, even if we starve to death outside, we will never come back to ask Mr. Yan for alms!"
"You...you know that's not what I mean!" Yan Li, who was originally angry, laughed angrily at Daiyu's angry words.He sat down on the chair alone, pointed to the bag of jewelry and sighed: "Miss Lin is such a selfish person, she only cares about her own dignity, but doesn't think about my embarrassing situation, and Aunt Li and Uncle Li, They are so old, in order to buy these jewelry for you, they drove a carriage to several towns to find them, but you dismissed us so hastily, wouldn't it make us feel cold?"
Daiyu was indeed taken aback by the question, her originally impregnable psychological defense was half broken, she lowered her head in shame and aggrieved, and said, "Daiyu, how can I let you bother me so much? Aren't you going to put me in a state of embarrassment?"
Seeing that her face was a little loose, Yan Li hurriedly hit the rails while it was hot: "Since the girl also feels sorry, why don't you accept it. Although these are not as good as the things you have in Rongguo Mansion, they are good for daily use, girl If you don't accept it, people will think that I, Yan Li, treat my friend's girl harshly, where do you want me to put this face?"
After hearing this, Daiyu thought about it for a while, and felt that Yan Li's words were not unreasonable, so she could only sigh and said, "In that case, I'd rather be respectful than obey, and accept it for now, and give it to you when we leave in a few days." Leave."
"Go? Where are you going?" This time it was Yan Li's turn to be surprised.
Daiyu simply took the opportunity to tell her plan: "I have been thinking about it for the past few days, and I don't think I can stay at your house like this forever, so I would like to ask Mr. Yan to help us hire a car and take me and Zi Juan is sent to Gusu."
"Back to Gusu?" Yan Li stood up suddenly, walked around the room with his hands behind his back, Fang shook his head and said, "No, I can't let you go!"
"Why?" Daiyu asked in surprise.
Yan Li sighed and said, "Actually, when I went out today, I saw officers and soldiers posting lists to arrest people along the way, and Jia Baoyu and his wife were among them; probably because you are only a relative of the Jia family, I haven't seen the list about you. , but the rumors are getting tight right now, I advise you not to show your face at this juncture!"
"Ah?!" Daiyu was taken aback. Although such a consequence was expected, she couldn't help being terrified when she first heard it, and lost her mind for a while.
Seeing the fear on her face, Yan Li could only pretend to be relaxed and persuaded: "Don't take it too seriously, since they can get the news and escape in advance, they will definitely have a careful arrangement, and nothing will happen."
Daiyu was still uneasy, she lowered her head and sat quietly on the chair, not knowing what she was thinking.Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Yan Li couldn't stay any longer, so he had to get up and prepare to leave.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few books on the table under the window, which looked like his old books, so he walked over curiously, took a look, and said with a smile: "So you Do you also like Du Mu's poems?"
Daiyu hurriedly got up and said, "I'm just playing with it, but I don't really understand it!" She then explained embarrassingly, "These books belong to the young master. I borrowed them without your permission. You won't blame me, will you?" ?”
Yan Li smiled and said: "It's just a few books, you don't have to take it to heart." Then he said, "I heard before that you are the most talented person who can read and write. It seems that the rumors are true. But you also Don't be too proficient in poetry and books, otherwise where will I put the face of a big man?"
Daiyu forced a smile and said, "I'm just watching for fun, how can I compare to the young master!"
Yan Li smiled, and stopped being polite to her, accepted his compliment generously, and told him that if he wanted to read a book, he could get it from him at any time, so he left and went to the front yard.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the front yard, he looked up and saw Zijuan and Qing'er trimming the pomegranate in front of his door together, his handsome face sank again.
Before he got close, Qing'er ran over with a smile on his face, and said respectfully: "My lord, are you back?"
Yan Li nodded, looked at Zijuan and asked: "What's the matter? Didn't I just tell you to just serve your girl well? Why did you forget it in just one day?"
Just as Zijuan was about to reply, Qing'er took the lead in explaining: "Master, it's not that Qing'er was lazy and ordered sister Zijuan to do it this time, it was Miss Lin who heard that Qing'er was in poor health and took the initiative to let sister Zijuan share my burden. Half of the work. If you don't believe me, you can ask Sister Zijuan."
Yan Li frowned slightly, and looked at Zijuan suspiciously.Zijuan hurriedly nodded and said: "Master Yan, Sister Qing'er is right, my girl ordered me to do it. My girl also said that if we live in the son's house for a day in the future, let me do the work for a day, otherwise it will be free. Drink it, we feel sorry for it!"
Hearing what Zijuan said, Yan Li believed it, but he felt unhappy in his heart, and muttered casually: "Your girl is so thoughtful, how can I have so many worries here? It really makes me worry. !” After that, he waved his hands at the two of them and went into the room.
Seeing that he came back empty-handed, Aunt Li was so happy that she quickly dried her hands and followed him into the house, and asked with a smile, "Master, did Miss Lin accept it?"
Yan Li nodded triumphantly, and said in a low voice: "She is very sensitive. She is afraid that she will be short-sighted and short-sighted, and that she will not be able to pay back the favors she owes in the future. Fortunately, she is pure and kind-hearted, and she doesn't want to be punished because of herself. Let us people feel embarrassed, so we reluctantly accept it."
Aunt Li smiled and said: "Anyway, just accept it. Anyway, I think Miss Lin is pretty good, not to mention her appearance, she is also very dignified, but her temperament is a bit colder, it's okay, and everyone will be warm when they get to know each other in the future. .” After saying this, he went to work happily.
Yan Li didn't feel his face burning until Aunt Li went out.He paced around the room uneasily, and suddenly looked at the desk as if remembering something, and saw that the words he had written earlier had disappeared, he slapped his forehead heavily in regret, and cursed: "Idiot, idiot, How could you be so careless!"