Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 412, Pearl and Family Jewelry
King Pingxi didn't expect the young Qi Yue to understand his difficulties, but the situation was exactly the same as what he and his elders experienced, so he just said the last sentence.

Most of the mobs in the crowd are ordinary people. How is this different from what the kings of Pingxi County have encountered in suppressing bandits for generations?The northwest is vast and sparsely populated, and the many hills make way for it to be difficult to walk. The ten-mile road circles several hills. When the reinforcements arrive at the robbed village, the robbers can take advantage of the hills to escape calmly.

It is easy to encircle ten miles, but it is difficult to encircle several hills with complex terrain and not enough soldiers.

And sometimes the next door village robs the next door village, removes the mask and restores the common people, the kings of Pingxi County have suppressed bandits for generations, and there are still bandits in the Northwest for generations.

It's just that the people are so poor that they go to other villages to eat food under the pretext, whoever has the hardest fist has the upper hand. There are no enemy soldiers.

Even if it's false news, Prince Pingxi has to work hard, otherwise he will lose territory, population and lives. He doesn't have enough people in the northwest.

Earlier generations of emperors wanted to move people from the inland to the northwest, but no matter how poor the inland was, their livelihoods were stable, and there were constant battles in the northwest. It was difficult for other people to live in the homeland, not the locals who could not leave their homeland.

The King of Pingxi County didn’t intend to tell Qi Yue these words, so he didn’t want to explain them to the inland civil servants. Let those damn imperial censors who only know how to exploit, let them talk nonsense. The days of Northwest Taiping are longer, but they are unwilling to do it with painstaking efforts.

In order to save a way out for myself.

He only reminded Qi Yue here: "Boy, if you want to marry my daughter, you have to understand the situation you are facing."

Qi Yue blinked his eyes, he was always very clever when it came to the Monkey King, and immediately said: "Father-in-law, did you agree?"

King Pingxi slapped him for a few steps, and said contemptuously, "When did I promise, stay away from me."

While comforting, threatening, and killing people, another half a month passed, the king of Pingxi County and master Yun Zhan, Qi Yue jumped up happily: "My son, how is sister Xiu, how are my sister and Luzhu, brother Ning is at the end!" noodle."

Yun Zhan looked at it carefully, and joked: "It looks like you have strong muscles and bones, and you are much more promising than in Beijing."

"Yes, I can only be successful, and I won't be ashamed." Qi Yue said.

King Pingxi heard that he seemed to have something to say, and interrupted displeasedly: "He is not the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, how can you have so many words. Get out of the way, you will lose your face, and speak before me."

Qi Yue smiled and backed away.

The king of Pingxi County came forward to greet each other with Yun Zhan. Yun Zhan went out of Beijing according to the order, but the county king was a generation older. Delivered: "This is your son-in-law's gift for this year. It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Let's finish the business and set a date for their marriage."

Open it, and there are ten bright pearls.

Prince Pingxi took the pearl and handed it to his soldiers, and immediately turned his face: "A girl from a hundred families begs, wait for the 99 families to reply, and we will make a decision."

Yun Zhan smiled: "I'm not in a hurry, the king of the county accepts Erjia No. 1 as his son-in-law, he just needs to think about it, if your Feng Shui in the northwest changes from now on to study and progress, how can you explain it when you worship your ancestors during the Chinese New Year?"

Prince Pingxi was not in a good mood: "I will say what you say in the New Year's Day."

Yun Zhan also turned cold, feeling offended.The two entered the tent to discuss matters, both expressionless.

It is not difficult to get rid of the chief culprit and get relief supplies in place. In November, Mrs. Song returned to Xinji, Prince Pingxi returned to the northwest, and Yun Zhan continued to host the disaster relief until the twelfth lunar month and returned to the capital.

Song Xun was particularly fond of his daughter's family business. Song Han and Lvzhu had a good relationship since they were young. The old man Song wanted to stay in Beijing for the New Year, but he was always worried that he would die of old age outside. Township.

When Yun Zhan came back in the twelfth lunar month, every household was celebrating the New Year, Yuan Xiu was busy preparing banquets for him at the same time.

This year's shop is still the same as in previous years, the wind is smooth and the income is generous. The king of Pingxi County sent troops long before the imperial decree arrived in Beijing, so that Hou Ping and Yunfei would not be delayed in delivering the New Year's gift.

The New Year's Day gifts are escorted by soldiers of the National Guard, and there is no mistake.

Shopkeeper Zheng and the bodyguard agencies along the way signed a guaranteed arrival contract. If the waterway is not accessible, the land route will be used. If the land route is not accessible, the waterway will be used.Dried seafood is a dry product, and there is enough stock in Jingli, so you can come to Beijing later. There is no shortage of seafood in this year's store.

This kind of contract is the first to be admired by various bodyguard bureaus and businessmen, and Tong Yunju has also signed this kind of contract over the years.

There are disasters in other provinces every year, either big or small, and there is no escape in spring, waterlogging in summer, flooding in autumn, and cold in winter.But anyone who has goods in a field store in other provinces knows how important the guarantee contract is.

Tongyunju is the most expensive dish in Beijing, so it is not a bad idea to hire a bodyguard. This time, the problem was that the goods were halfway through, and the rioters in front and behind got up and blocked them in the middle. I don't want to take it away either.This is a rare occurrence.Tongyunju can only ask for help from the Suwangfu shop, which has been famous for selling seafood in Beijing in recent years.

Escorts will pay, but Tong Yunju can't bear the financial loss.

This kind of experience in other provinces, whether it is the east or the west, is also experienced by the hostesses who are in charge of the house in Beijing.For mansions such as Nanyang Hou Mansion and other mansions that are not as good as his family, the goods are sent to Beijing by the farm or shop to escort them. They rarely spend money on escorts, and even if they spend money, they will not spend a lot of money to sign contracts that guarantee delivery.

On the day of Yunzhan Kuaima's class teacher, the twelfth lunar month just entered the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and the capital was to the north, with snow and ice crystals. In the eyes of rich and idle people, it was a beautiful scene.

Mrs. Hou of Nanyang frowns to take care of housework, which is not suitable for Xuedi.

Until someone replied that her dowry was her housekeeper's assistant, she came in and smiled softly: "Second Grandma has brought New Year's gifts, more than usual, go and have a look."

This kind of smiling and winking doesn't look very generous, but Mrs. Nanyang Hou didn't reprimand him. This person also knew that when Qi Shi sent something, the people in the family who knew it together hid it from Feng Shi.

Feng's new daughter-in-law came in, and before confiscating her old family members, she talked about frugality every day. As Cha Yu said, who should the master use for frugality?Naturally, the family members are inferior, and the old family members who rely on their face to make a fortune are the first to refuse. Besides, they have been with Madam Hou of Nanyang for decades, so they naturally have feelings for Madam Hou. I like Feng.

The marriage in the Qinghe Hou Mansion was decided by the deceased Mrs. Hou. Before she died, Mrs. Lao Hou passed some fine jewelry to Feng's daughter-in-law secretly.Mrs. Hou of Nanyang wanted to marry her son to her aunt's granddaughter but failed.Without Yanyan coming in, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also have their own thoughts.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, and the old family members turn to Mrs. Nanyang Hou, and put Feng's stumbling block whenever they find an opportunity.

And Yanyan's shop never makes it public when they deliver things.Before Zaohua got married, Zaohua and Lewang followed the car and came in through the corner gate. Mrs. Nanyang Hou saw it and put it directly into the warehouse.

If Feng Shi paid a little attention, he would know.The problem is that she saw her dowry one time, but she didn't ask too much because she didn't dare to worry about it.Feng Shi herself also saw Zaohua standing beside the car once, she instinctively refused to believe that it had something to do with Qi Shi.

Mrs. Hou's dowry in Nanyang came in with a small smile, thinking that Mrs. Hou could just be happy and happy, and let the grandma know, wouldn't she jump up when she said that she was thrifty every day?

It is better not to be angry during the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Hou of Nanyang came out to see. Today, Chai Zhi and Le Wang are escorting the car. Le Wang is the family who went to Beijing with He Ning. There is one more car than last year.

Chai Zhi said: "Second Grandma said that the province is in chaos this year. I don't know if the family has collected all the things for the New Year. She has them in the shop, so I will send an extra cart, so that Madam doesn't have to think about how many times to go back. Let everyone be happy during the New Year. Just be generous."

Mrs. Hou of Nanyang was ashamed and sad at the same time, she almost shed tears, and rewarded firewood sticks and Lewang money, and told them to go back and tell Yanyan to worry about her.

She took the gift list back to her room, and after giving orders to the housework, she breathed a deep and long sigh of relief.

This year, she is waiting for the mistreated daughter-in-law to give her a new year gift to save her life.

After all, this year's weather has been smooth, Madam Nanyang Marquis is happy to collect the money. From the busy spring plowing to the summer harvest, when waiting for the income from the farm shop, there is chaos. There are dead people in the farm shop, and some family members are in other provinces, and they want to reward the coffin. Silver, some family members in Beijing not only want to reward the coffin with silver, but also to appease the family, and give another sum of money.

This is how the Marquis of Linjiang's mansion wiped out all the cash on the books, and even sold the dowry of the daughter-in-law.Of course, his family pays dearly.

Nanyanghou's mansion was hit by disasters for two years, and the cash on the books was all gone. Mrs. Nanyang Hou demolished the east wall and moved the west wall to support it until the twelfth lunar month, and found that there was almost no money for the year.

The first time she thought of asking Yanyan for help, Mrs. Nanyang Hou didn't think about it. As the Qi family became richer and her status rose, Mrs. Nanyang Hou didn't dare to underestimate her, so she didn't dare to blackmail her.

Asking for help, this is too embarrassing, where will I put the face of my parents-in-law in the future.

There is really no other way but to go to the pawn shop.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou has been thinking about it for the past few days, until the gift list from Qi's family came, she held it in her hand at this time, and saw that it was more complete than usual, not only tiger meat, bear meat, venison, etc., but also millet, rice, and rice of various colors , Dried vegetables and seafood are all available.

Tears slid down Madam Nanyang Hou's cheeks, she immediately understood her heart, she dared to say that subconsciously she had been hoping for Qi's help, and had been waiting for these New Year's gifts.

Go to the dressing table and sit down, open a brocade box, inside are three pieces of jewelry, one emerald, one piece of coral, and one piece of gemstones of various colors, which are extremely beautiful in red, green, blue and yellow.

This is an old thing from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, which has been passed down from generation to generation.

I shouldn't have taken out these three pieces when I wanted to go to the pawnshop, but when I was feeling defeated, Mrs. Nanyang Hou wanted to sell several pieces rather than one piece, and was thinking about which one to send to the pawnshop for valuation.

Now there is no need to go to the pawn shop, and the feeling of finding it again made Mrs. Nanyang Hou cherish this heirloom jewelry very much. She murmured and cried: "Although the children and grandchildren are not filial, but fortunately there is a daughter-in-law, so there is no need to do shameful things that insult the ancestors."

She was alone in the room crying over the jewelry.

Another dowry of hers came outside the room, who is also in charge now, knocked on the door, and replied under the window: "Grandma saw a lot of things in the warehouse, and said that the hat that the young master wears on the New Year is on the top of the hat. Jade, I want to exchange for a good one."

Mrs. Nanyang Hou was so angry that she shed tears.

The careless slut seems to check the account book several times a day, and she knows the things in the treasury again.How could she not be able to know that it was a gift from the Qi family, and she also took out her private house as a gift to the family.The betrothal gift for marrying the Qi family was 3 yuan, and it cost more than [-] yuan to marry this careless person. The dowry given by the Qinghe Marquis seems to have this amount.

If you have money in your hand, you can just buy it yourself. Why do you need to blackmail your family in these bleak years?

If you don't give birth to a son, who hasn't given birth?

Mrs. Nanyang Hou wiped her tears and walked out, her face sinking like water: "Show her the account book, there is no money in the family account book." Holding the jewelry box just now in her hand, she handed it to the dowry: "You send this to me by yourself. In front of the Second Mistress, I asked her to see a total of three pieces. They said that they paid homage to the ancestors on the first day of the new year. This is a family-heirloom jewelry, and it makes the ancestors happy when they wear it."

Dowry happily said yes repeatedly.

The confidantes around Mrs. Nanyang Hou all knew that it was a good job to go to the Second Grandma. The Second Grandma was generous and generous, and the reward was never less than one tael of silver.

Before leaving, the dowry whispered again: "But as I said, I'm afraid I'll have to rely more on the second grandma in the future. Let's get better now."

Mrs. Nanyang Hou's eyes were red again: "Go and tell her that it was owed to her at the beginning, and now it is paid back, so that she will not be annoyed that her in-laws underestimated her back then."

Wait, and then said: "This should help, but I want to see her face, it really doesn't make sense."

When Yanyan received the jewelry, she opened it with her own hands and was amazed. She hurriedly asked Chongyang to take ten taels of silver as a reward for the dowry, and the dowry went with a thousand gratitude.

Chongyang and another girl are Yanyan's dowry, they are both beautiful and beautiful, and they are going to be used by Yanyan for favor.Zaohua and Jiuhua are married, and the kitchen is now run by Mama Zhang and Nanny Yanyan. Under the leadership of the two nanny, Chaizhi Biyun learns to be the manager of the backyard of the store, and the two dowry of Yanyan are personal waiters.

Yanyan and Luzhu are not frivolous people. If they have money, they will be bought by ten or eight girls. Some people use them in the store, so they will not consider entering them for the time being.

After Chongyang poured the tea, she went to help in the kitchen, Yanyan was alone in the room, feeling indescribable in her heart.

The reason why the mother-in-law confessed to her was that she knew that Feng's betrothal gift contained family jewelry from the Nanyang Houfu, and the three pieces of jewelry that were sent were good things at first glance.

Yanyan had precious jewelry in her hand, and she was in daily contact with Yuanxiu, the princess and the princess and Yuanhui who wore the jewelry given to her by the princess, so she recognized it as a good thing at a glance.

But curiosity got in the way, I always wanted to know the price, so I asked the jewelry shopkeeper on this street to talk, before He Ning went out, he joked that she and Lvzhu always showed jewelry to others, and the greedy shopkeeper came back several times , asking every day if this jewelry is for sale, my family bought it.

For no reason, it is always tempting.

The shopkeeper came and quoted a good price. Naturally, Yanyan would not sell it, and the shopkeeper was not angry.Yan Yan shop also takes care of his business all year round, adding jewelry to Yuan Xiu, herself and sister Yuan Huiting.The shopkeeper still left the word, come to me when you want to sell it, and I will help you sell it for a good price.

　Correct the typo again, today is actually the night I slept last night.

　　Nucleic acid test yesterday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)