Chapter 561: elopement
Chapter 561 Elopement
In the twelfth lunar month, every household begins to worship various gods, sweeps the courtyard, and worships ancestors. There is also an important business: giving New Year gifts.
Ceremonies are still exchanged, and relatives and close friends should send them: important or close family New Year gifts should be carefully prepared; casually buy something on the street if you have a general relationship.
The three brothers from the Jiang family have received the most New Year gifts. Last year, Mrs. Jiang and her two daughters-in-law were busy for a long time in return for the gifts. Although Yazheng had a big belly this year, she didn't bother her mother and sister-in-law for the New Year's ceremony, so she took care of it herself. Having opened a piano shop for ten years, she is already familiar with these trivial matters.
Jiang Liu and Jiang Muyan not only gave New Year gifts to their grandmother, but also received gifts from their friends and needed to return gifts.
One of these gifts, Jiang Liu and her sister did not know how to respond: Huang Liyan, the daughter of Princess Renyang, gave each of them a pair of beautiful bead flowers, which was a gift from the palace at first glance.
Seeing the embarrassment of the two daughters, Ya Zheng guided, "The adults are adults, and the children belong to the children. If Miss Huang gave it and you accept it, you should return the gift. Just pay attention: your return gift is for Miss Huang. , not the Huang Family or the rest of the Princess Mansion."
After listening to his mother's suggestion, Jiang Liu discussed with his sister and decided to give Huang Liyan a pair of gold bracelets.
Jiang Muyan discussed with her sister, "I'm going to read more than a dozen books today, how about my sister and Jiang Ling to choose a gold bracelet?"
Jiang Song and Wang Wenqiao's research on the traceability of famous scripture calligraphy masters has entered a bottleneck period, and they have found a carload of books through various channels and began to search for information. In the era of no electronic resources, searching for information is really a page-by-page, local search, which is extremely labor-intensive.
Yazheng was about to give birth, and Mrs. Jiang kept her from worrying about it, so she was excluded from the people looking for information. However, Jiang Muyan, Jiang Muzheng, Wang Youhan, who read carefully and earnestly, and Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang, who were on annual leave, were all assigned the task of consulting literature.
Jiang Muyan is very enthusiastic about this matter, she will turn over the book whenever she has time, not to mention chatting with her sister, shopping and shopping, she can't even care about playing the piano now.
Therefore, Jiang Liu was not at all surprised to hear what his elder sister said, and said with a smile, "Sister is going to be busy, and I will go with my brother."
When you go to buy a bracelet, you can also buy the new clothes of brother and Hezhi. It can be delivered and delivered tomorrow.
"Don't come back too late, inquire about the whereabouts of the two princesses before going out." Jiang Muyan instructed her sister a few words, and then went to the study to get busy. But before she took a few steps, a servant came to deliver the letter, saying that the steward of Liujiazhuang had come to deliver the New Year's goods.
The steward of Liujiazhuang is Wang He, the husband of his sister's nanny Wang Xiangzhi. Jiang Liu thought that his sister would find time to meet him, but his sister said, "Liu'er, go and have a look, take the things, and give Uncle He a second. A red seal for two silver coins, and a blue cloth from the warehouse. I have already selected the cloth, and I will let Shuying pick it up."
After saying that, Jiang Muyan walked away without looking back, as fast as an afterimage.
Jiang Liu sighed secretly, my sister is busy, she is more like a strong woman than herself...
When he went to the reception room in the front yard, Jiang Liu had someone call Wang He in, only to find that it was Wang He and his wife who came in with a load of New Year's goods. Wang Xiangzhi lived in Zhuangshang for several years, her complexion darkened and she became fat. The servant in the front yard of the Jiang family did not recognize her.
Wang Xiangzhi was also stunned. After greeting Jiang Liu, she couldn't help asking in a loud voice, "Sixth girl, third girl is not in the mansion?"
"Sister is busy, I didn't know you were here." Jiang Liu replied briefly. Wang He handed the New Year's order to Miss Liu and started reporting the New Year's goods to the girl, "two sheep, two deer, one pig, one basket of big carp, one basket of red dates..."
After the New Year's goods were inspected and sent to the warehouse and kitchen, Jiang left a few words of greetings, and sent the red envelope and cloth prepared by her sister. Wang Xiangzhi, who was supposed to leave and go home, begged, "Girl, can this servant go in and see the third girl? Just take a look through the window."
Sister is in Dicuitang, so it's okay to meet Wang Xiangzhi in the past. Jiang Liu nodded and asked the nanny to lead her there.
After the daughter-in-law left, Wang He stepped forward and said in a low voice, "There is something, the villain thinks that he should mention it to the girl."
"Uncle He, please speak." Jiang Liu listened carefully.
Wang He asked, "Does the girl remember Shu Xia? She used to serve the three girls in the mansion, but she was kicked out of the mansion for committing a crime the spring of the previous year."
Jiang Liu is not a real child, of course he remembers, "What Uncle He wants to say has to do with Shuxia?"
"Yes." Wang He, who is not good at words, murmured a few times before briefly saying, "In June, Shu Xia went to the yamen to sue her father Wang Ke. Wang Ke was beaten by the Lanyang county magistrate 20 times. I never gave Shu Xia a good face. Wang Ke booked another house for Shu Xia last month, but Shu Xia didn't want to and ran away secretly. Before she ran away, Chun'er's mother gave her three hundred money."
Jiang Liu knew that Shu Xia went to the yamen to sue her father, but she really didn't know what happened next, "What kind of family did Wang Ke book for Shu Xia?"
Miss Liu was only nine years old, and Wang He was a little embarrassed to say this in front of her, "It's a widower with a dead daughter-in-law. Girl, Shu Xia can't endure hardship, and I can't stand it outside. Sooner or later, I will go to the city to beg you for peace The three girls help. The girl must never let her in, and don't give her money. "
On the way to Dicuitang, Wang Xiangzhi also told Nanny Zhao about this matter, "That widow is over forty years old, it's not a thing, Wang Ke is fascinated by silver, and his daughter-in-law can't be the master. The child can be considered to be grown up by us, she kowtowed in front of me, what do you think I can do?"
After saying that, Wang Xiangzhi sighed heavily.
Nanny Zhao frowned and reminded in a low voice, "Don't talk about this in front of the girl."
"It's not a decent thing, I know." Wang Xiangzhi glanced left and right, then got closer, and asked in a low voice, "How is the second master and Mrs. Yazheng getting along?"
The matter of the master can't be discussed in private, Nanny Zhao glared at Wang Xiangzhi. Wang Xiangzhi pouted and followed into Dicui Hall.
Jiang Muyan, who was busy in the study, learned that the nanny was coming, and quickly got up to greet her, "If I knew you were here, I would definitely go to the front yard."
If she didn't mention it, the sixth girl didn't want to let herself in. Wang Xiangzhi felt uncomfortable, and after saluting, she wiped her tears and said, "The girl has grown taller again."
The nanny has only been here in October, how much height can she grow after only a month? Jiang Muyan smiled and helped her sit down and ordered tea. Wang Xiangzhi stretched her neck to look in the back room, and found that the table and table were full of books, she asked curiously, "What is the girl busy with?"
Jiang Muyan said vaguely, "Uncle and second uncle are studying ancient books, let my second sister and I help with some ancient books to find clues."
Wang Xiangzhi has stayed in the Wang family for many years, knowing that studying and studying is hard and exhausting, and persuaded Jiang Muyan to say a few words, and finally revealed the purpose of her trip when she left, "The dowry that Madam left to the girl, the girl has to keep it, and no one can Can't give."
can not be given to the Jiang family, nor can it be given to the Wang family. Wang Xiangzhi only dared to say this in her heart, she was eagerly looking forward to the third girl, hoping that she could understand what she meant.
But from the girl's face, Wang Xiangzhi couldn't see anything. After leaving Dicuitang, Wang Xiangzhi continued to gossip about Shu Xia with Nanny Zhao, "Shu Xia said she was going to defect to her old friend, but she didn't know who the old friend was in her mouth, so she was not allowed to fall in love with someone's poor boy in private. , eloped."
(end of this chapter)