Mrs. Luo summoned several of the girls to meet Mrs. Liu. The girls in the Luo family were all pretty, fair-skinned, and beautiful women. Mrs. Liu praised them and even gave the youngest, Yining, a bag of gold beans as a reward.
Young Master Liu glanced at Luo Yiyu and was a little embarrassed to see how beautiful she really was. Luo Yiyu, on the other hand, looked straight at Chen while she spoke, her back straight.
Mrs. Liu was naturally very satisfied with Yi Yu, and after a conversation, the two families decided on the marriage.
The stage was set up in the front yard, and everyone went there to watch the show.
The girls sat down at the back, and Yi Lian softly persuaded Yi Yu, saying many good things about Master Liu. She also said to Yi Yu, "The prefect of Baoding will probably be leaving office in a few years, and Master Liu will have plenty of opportunities for promotion. And since you're a lucky girl, you'll definitely be fine."
Luo Yiyu's expression looked a little better, and he whispered to Yi Lian's hand for a long time.
Luo Yixiu turned to Yining and said, "You are such an amazing sister. My fourth sister has never spoken to me in such a friendly manner."
Yi Ning thought, "How can you two be sisters? It's like you have a feud. You blush and get angry whenever you see each other. How could Luo Yiyu talk to you nicely?" She said leisurely, "Sixth sister is gentle and friendly. She gets along well with everyone."
Luo Yixiu seemed to be thinking after hearing this.
As the afternoon sun grew hotter, Mrs. Luo invited Mrs. Liu to rest in the flower hall.
Chen called Luo Yiyu over to talk. Seeing that she was about to leave, Luo Yixiu begged Yiyu to take off her tourmaline bracelet to play with it. Yiyu glared at her and slowly took it off her hand. Luo Yixiu took it to Yining and showed it to her: "Look, isn't it beautiful?"
The deep green jade-like beads rolling between the white fingers are indeed beautiful.
Xuan Ge'er sat in Yi Lian's arms. Seeing the beads were new to him, he opened his chubby little hands and said, "Fifth sister, Xuan Ge'er wants to play with them too, too!"
Luo Yixiu retracted her hand, not daring to let the child play with such a valuable thing. She coaxed him: "Xuan brother, be good, you can't play with this."
Xuan Ge'er was the youngest boy, and usually received the same treatment as Yining. Everyone doted on him. Aunt Qiao doted on her only boy, giving him whatever he wanted. When he heard that he was not allowed to play, he immediately cried and asked for it.
When Yi Lian heard her brother crying, she quickly squatted down and took out a rattle to comfort him. However, Xuan Ge'er didn't want this thing he was tired of playing with, so he pushed it away and reached out to Luo Yixiu. Seeing that her brother insisted on having it, Yi Lian frowned and said softly to Luo Yixiu, "How about... Fifth Sister, just let Xuan Ge'er play with it, so that he won't cry."
Luo Yixiu snorted and said, "What if he gets hurt?"
Yi Lian took a quick look and thought it was just an ordinary gemstone. She thought to herself, "Xuan Ge'er himself has lost count of how many precious jade pieces he's broken. It's just a bracelet, how could it break so easily?" She patiently advised, "Fifth Sister, if it's just an ordinary item, it's okay to let Xuan Ge'er play with it..."
Yixiu was about to speak when the servants brought up dessert: the red bean honey snow that she often ate in the summer. A small, jade-like bowl filled with crushed ice, topped with boiled red beans and sweet sugarcane juice, was so appetizing it looked so appetizing.
Yi Ning took the dessert off the plate and said to Xuan Ge'er with a smile, "Xuan Ge'er, do you want to eat this?"
Xuan Ge'er was attracted by the dessert and stopped asking for the bracelet.
Luo Yixiu was a little unhappy: "What do you mean by ordinary things? Even if I asked her to pay for it if it was broken, she couldn't afford it! It really is the work of a concubine..."
Yi Ning made a hushed gesture to her and whispered, "Xuan'er, just stop playing. Why are you saying all this?"
Luo Yixiu was still dissatisfied and grumbled, "Why are you speaking for her? Let me tell you, the girls around me are discussing privately that if it weren't for Aunt Qiao coming into the family, your mother wouldn't have become so depressed and sick, and would have died so early..."
Yi Ning was trying to persuade her because she was afraid someone would find fault with her words, but this brainless person just couldn't speak clearly. She sighed, "You're just like a dog biting Lu Dongbin. You don't know how kind people are. I'm too lazy to persuade you!"
Seeing Yining like this, Luo Yixiu smiled and tried to take Yining's arm. "Don't be angry. What are Yiyu and the others talking about outside? We should go and listen."
Yining, always lazy and afraid of the heat, naturally refused to go. Luo Yixiu, however, was very curious and got off the bed to eavesdrop on Chen's conversation. Her maid hurried after her, asking her to run as fast as she could.
Yining slept late yesterday and was just thinking of taking a nap in the afternoon. She hoped Luo Yixiu would not disturb her.
She had just hugged a pillow and was about to take a nap when she suddenly heard a crisp sound, as if it was the sound of countless beads breaking.
Yi Ning's heart suddenly tightened, and she immediately heard the sound of a child crying loudly. She opened her eyes and saw that the tourmaline beads in Xuan Ge'er's hand had been scattered all over the floor, and the maid who served him hurriedly tried to comfort him. Yi Ning pointed at the beads and asked, "Didn't you say he shouldn't play with them? Where did Xuan Ge'er get them from?"
The eldest maid quickly knelt down and said, "I woke up the Seventh Young Lady. These beads... these beads were given to the Young Master by the Sixth Young Lady to play with. I don't know the reason."
Yi Ning quickly got off the bed and said to Xue Zhi, "Go and help her comfort Xuan Ge'er." She then called Song Zhi, "Hurry and find the fifth young lady!"
The two Zhis felt that their young lady, when she was serious, still had the demeanor of a young lady, and they felt that they were indeed sisters. They quickly ran out to look for someone.
Yi Ning walked in and saw that several tourmaline beads had been broken. Tourmaline was inherently fragile, and Luo Yilian had actually given it to Xuan Ge'er to play with! This string of tourmaline was Chen's dowry and was extremely precious. If Chen knew about it, Luo Yixiu would probably not escape punishment.
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