Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 437, Contrast

Beijing.

On the day after the new year, Mrs. Nanyang Hou came to see Luan Ying with a gift, and Yanyan returned home in fine clothes. Mrs. Nanyang Hou had no choice but to bite the bullet and see her grandson.

If she doesn't watch it now, she will think about it in her heart, and if she doesn't watch it, she is afraid that the princess will say that she is neglecting Luan Ying. Look, the whole process is actually quite obedient to describe it as embarrassing.

First go to the Duke Hu's mansion to pay homage to Mrs. Shizi, Yuanxiu usually doesn't see her, a girl comes out to accept the gift, not in vain, and asks a woman to lead the way, Mrs. Nanyang Hou thanked her.

Both the main building of Huguogong Mansion and the main building of Princess Mansion are on the central axis. The road is a bit far away. The scenery of Qionglin in the snow is quite good. Madam Hou of Nanyang walked all the way to enjoy it, but sweat came out.

She can only go a long way, so that Luan Ying can see her directly when she comes out of the main room.

When you can see the main hall, turn around and enter the main hall from another gate, then go through the pavilions and the halls. This is the main room of the princess. She and Guogong do not live in the main hall.

The promenade is surrounded like a swimming dragon, walking gradually, the carved panels on both sides are tightly closed, exuding the fragrance of wood, so the lighting is not good, there is a circle of thin gauze on the top, which can let the wind and light through, and the cage fire can also be smelled The brazier is fragrant with silver charcoal, so you don't have to think about keeping warm.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou had just sat down in a room, and before she could look at the furnishings in the room, she heard a clattering sound. Madam Nanyang Hou knew that Mrs. Huguogong Shizi had notified her on her behalf. When she stood up, footsteps came, clattering The sound got louder, and a few girls walked in, followed by two little fat men, leading two jade horses.

The clattering sound came from the jade horse.

The base of the jade horse Qi Yue gave was a semicircular seesaw, which was flickered for children to play with. The children’s imagination was amplified, and there was a golden rein immediately. Luan Ying and Yunlong always wanted to lead the horse around. The princess asked the craftsman to find a way, Add a wooden shaft and a wooden wheel to the red sandalwood base, and you can shake it back and forth when you don't want to pull it.

Luan Ying and Yunlong were playing in the room just in time, they heard that they came out to see their grandmother, one came out, followed by the other, they didn't drop their hands, Yu Ma followed behind.

"Huh, huh, huh." Luan Ying, who was wearing a flowered jacket, smiled at Mrs. Nanyang Hou, who he recognized.

The imitation among children was very strong, Yunlong followed immediately, and smiled with his white and fat face up, and the smile became more serious.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou bowed down like a candle. Even though Yunlong's father was still the eldest son and Yunlong didn't have a title on his head, he still worshiped meticulously a few times and sent up the gifts he brought, two boxes of fine snacks, two boxes of supplements for the princess, ginseng Donkey-hide gelatin and the like.

Before Luan Yingyunlong stretched out his little hand, the people following him immediately put away the four boxes in front of Mrs. Nanyang Hou. There is nothing wrong with Mrs. Nanyang Hou. She knows that things from outside cannot easily enter the inner door. She is now stepping on the inner house, this means not to give Yunlong food of unknown origin easily, Luan Ying follows the rules.

She didn't have this rule after she married into her husband's family, but listen, I still heard it.

I kissed Luan Ying for a while, and didn't dare to stay too long, so I watched him drag Yuma back along the corridor. Occasionally, he turned around and put down his chubby hands, showing his deciduous teeth and holes in his mouth with a smile.

This was enough for Mrs. Nanyang Hou to be happy. She was almost flattered and laughed with her grandson. In this mansion, she couldn't speak loudly, she could only wave her hands silently and try her best to smile.

The mother-in-law sent her out in the car, and the return gift from the Duke Huguo's mansion to Yuanxiu was always worth more than all the gifts entrusted by Mrs. Nanyang Hou. There is another word for this return gift, which is called "reward".

From the beginning to the end, the princess did not announce Mrs. Nanyanghou, but long before Yanyan got married, Mrs. Nanyanghou came to pay her respects, and sometimes she could still see her.

The grandson was raised in the princess room in brocade and satin, but the grandmother was not decent. At first sight, Mrs. Nanyang Hou knew that Princess Dayi clearly expressed her dissatisfaction, and she could always think of how much she had wronged the Qi family.

This is like a gift from Prince Tie of Pingxi County, gold bricks, okay?good.Is it expensive?precious.But compared with the gift given to Luan Ying on the spot, it was rude and domineering.

Luan Ying's jade horse is not the most expensive gift among the 72 bags. The extremely wealthy family may not necessarily regard jewelry as the ultimate gift. One bag of incense weighs twelve catties. It contains famous and exotic fragrances and overseas spices. In the past few years, there are no spices from overseas, and even a dose of incense will not come out. This is difficult to buy even if you have money.

There are 48 kinds of incense, each of which has its own effect. Repelling mosquitoes and relieving summer heat are just common effects. It is said that regular smelling can beautify the skin and even cure some chronic diseases.

Some people may say that this is an exaggeration, how can incense cure diseases?

Carrying the patient to the bright spring flowers, smelling the fragrance does have the effect of assisting healing.

This kind of incense is more expensive and rare than how many gold bricks.

Let Nanyang Hou Mansion and other declining aristocratic families have a new experience and see what is the real aristocratic heritage.

Yanyan was never stingy, and never let others talk. She gave some to her parents-in-law, and kept the rest by herself, regardless of Yuanxiu's green bamboo, because Yuanxiu's office must give it away, and Qi Yue is also a good sister when she is a green bamboo. The county magistrate wondered how his confidant could be so good that he could live with his sister-in-law in Beijing, without losing the share of green bamboo.

The strong contrast has been running through the Nanyang Hou couple since the day Luan Ying was born. Mrs. Nanyang Hou leaned on the carriage thinking of the princess's indifference, thinking of her grandson's jade horse, grandson's clothes, and grandson wearing a new collar today. When the car with the golden lock plate with glittering gemstones hanging below entered the house, she felt joyful like waking up from a dream.

She is still happy, after all, she can enter and leave the princess mansion.

Mrs. Feng came out to welcome her, Mrs. Nanyang Hou didn't avoid her, she handed over the reward she brought back to her girl to put it away, Guisheng walked beside his mother and called grandma, Mrs. Nanyang Hou said a few indifferent words to him, but didn't hug him , Let’s talk about the New Year with Feng.

This year's farm has a bumper harvest, whether it is new or old, Madam Hou of Nanyang unceremoniously attributed the good luck to Luan Ying, saying that the gift from uncle Ying brother received during the week was in exchange for a good harvest in the fertile field. All the fields of the land have a good harvest.

Feng Shi listened with a respectful look, and his mind flew out for nine days.

Qi's birth, Feng's world and Nanyang Houfu's world have changed. This year's Guisheng's birthday, Feng's did not dare to choose clothes, golden locks, and grandeur. She consciously gave in and wanted to see ten How does Luan Ying celebrate her birthday in January?

She didn't invite Yanyan, but waited for Yanyan to send someone to tell her, and also prepared a small gift.

As a result, Luan Ying was carried back by Zhang's mother, kowtowed to her grandparents, ate a small bowl of birthday noodles, and was taken away after receiving a gift. Only then did Mrs. Feng know that Mrs. Qi had left Beijing to return home, and Mrs. Zhang took care of Luan Ying at the princess mansion .

Luan Ying's birthday is exactly the same as that of most aristocratic families, and it is exactly the same as that of Guisheng. In such a dynasty, unless corrupt officials want to collect money, children don't celebrate their birthdays. Gifts leave.

Feng's previous desire to let Guisheng show off during the Chinese New Year has gone down a bit, and Brother Ying is just celebrating his birthday like this, so what can Guisheng do?
She once again listened to her mother-in-law's instructions on how to manage the new year, as if she was ashamed or calm. Madam Nanyang Hou is a bit like her mother-in-law this year, because the harvest is good and the green bamboo is in Beijing. She will give her New Year's gifts as usual. Madam Nanyang Hou will distribute it to Feng fairly and evenly. The things in the family's and Qi's rooms, and the young woman and girl in the Qi's room, are cashed out and put into a small box, ready to be carried into the Duke Huguo's mansion tomorrow, and the Song Dong's family who has just given birth should keep it.

There were more things than last year, Feng was a little happy, took them back to show Guisheng, and told him to get closer to his grandparents again, Guisheng still pouted.

Grandpa is okay, he can hug Guisheng, but grandma doesn't hug him, how can children get close?

Guisheng suddenly thought that there was still someone he could get close to: "What about my brother, I want to play with him."

Feng stroked his head lightly: "Your brother can't get close, what if he falls and touches him?" Guisheng was even more unhappy, he shook off his mother's hand and walked away, and after a while, he forgot about his brother. .

Yuanxiu is joking with Lvzhu right now.

"Lvzhu, I thought that Yanyan was not in the capital, so you would save the things you would send to the Nanyang Marquis, and not this year." Yuan Xiu covered her face with a smile, and a blush appeared on her bright red cheeks, as if she still had a girlish innocence.

Green Bamboo gently pushed Brother Jie's crib, blinking his eyes as if years had not passed, and said with a smile: "If I don't give it back, the return gift will be gone."

She smiled mischievously: "You forgot, the fields bought with gold bricks given by Brother Yue will be harvested this year."

Yuan Xiu burst into laughter: "See what you can, and how much harvest Yanyan's mother-in-law's family has, and you also keep it in mind."

Luzhu looked at his sleeping son again, "I don't remember, anyway, there is this amount, sister Xiu, you said that this mother-in-law will wait for Yanyan to come back, or will she send it to you in a hurry."

Yuan Xiu got up: "Wait a minute," brought a deck of cards over, and Lu Zhu's eyes lit up: "I'll draw first, I'll single you two." Yuan Xiu played with her for a while, and if there was an answer outside, he went to the house again.

In the evening, Luan Ying, Yunlong and Yun Zhan came in one after the other. The jade horse was gone, and each held a fragrant pomelo: "Play with my brother."

Stretching out his head to have a look: "Brother always sleeps, when will he wake up?"

Yun Zhan patted the two children from behind: "My brother is still young, so he can't play ball now."

Luan Ying and Yun Long nodded, and walked to Yuan Xiu, Lu Zhu and Yun Zhan greeted each other, Yuan Xiu asked Luan Ying: "Did brother love my brother today?"

Luan Ying said: "Let's eat fruit together."

Yuan Xiu asked Yunlong again: "Is my brother on good terms with my brother?"

Yunlong said: "Let's eat Guoguo together."

Yuan Xiu was very satisfied, and held their hands to see Brother Jie again, and told him softly, "Be good to Brother Jie too."

Luan Yingyunlong picked up his pomelo and put it in the cart: "My brother eats fruit."

Yun Zhan caught them one by one: "Brother can't eat Guoguo yet, you two can kick and play."

Yuan Xiu ordered the meal to be served, and the family produced more green bamboo, and Luan Ying sat down to eat together. The two children came over so late, and they would sleep in this room if they didn't go back to the princess mansion at night. Green bamboo brought her Brother Jie went back to the room, Yun Zhan hugged one, Yuan Xiu hugged another, listened to their learning words, clapped their hands and sang the newly learned nursery rhymes.

The firstborns are all boys. For Yuanxiu, Yanyan and Lvzhu, it is very lucky in such a dynasty.

The snow on the street was deep, and when it was frozen solid, it was considered smooth even if it was not slippery. Luan Jingxia was on duty for a while, and the lights on the street were still on, but he still walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The hideous look on Luan Jing's face made Luan Jing look like an evil ghost, and a large cloud of white air spewed out from his panting nose.

The person who treated him viciously was the person he used to regard as his brother.

Prince Longshan, Prince Hubu, Prince Chunjiang, Prince Dinghe, etc., as well as his cousin Ma Dechang.Just now, when Luan Jing came out of the yamen, he met a group of dandies full of alcohol. The erratic dandies ridiculed Luan Jing and called him an obscene, slutty, and rotten bastard.

Luan Jing opened his mouth and never fought against these people. When he was defeated, the dudes cheered behind him: "lost, defeated."

Luan Jing was so angry that he walked and cursed without thinking, and all kinds of incidents that a group of dandies attacked. Looking back carefully, only 30.00% of them were caused by him, and 30.00% were caused by everyone If you want to tease me, the other 30.00% belongs to other people.

How did he become a villain alone?
Ice and snow were blowing on his face, Luan Jing thought of Youzheng, after Brother Ying, he changed his name and said You thought Uncle Shi, and Youzheng didn't object, Uncle Youshi scolded him badly, but he was never vicious, and to be honest, every sentence reasonable.

After the new year, it was the second half of the twelfth lunar month, Luan Jing went straight to the shop, saw the red candlelight outside, and heard the faint sound of reading, his heart slowly settled down.

Again, in the 30.00% of the events he initiated, half of them were instigated by dudes.

These dandies come in and out together, and if there is a molesting incident, in fact, no one can escape, just like in an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

Luan Jing straightened his chest, feeling that he still had the right to walk into the sound of reading. When he came to the backyard, Qi Jun stood on the porch and greeted him.

Nong Yun and Chong Yang picked him up and gave him warming soup: "This is a New Year's gift from my family. It is boiled and even scholars have used it."

Luan Jing raised his voice and subconsciously asked, "Have you delivered something from the store?"

Chongyang said: "Although the owner is not here, the owner of the green bamboo will send it at the beginning of the month."

Luan's white eyes appeared again in front of Luan Jing's eyes. Compared with the vicious words of the dudes, the green bamboo's white eyes were more beautiful than New Year pictures.

Then he was angry again.

It doesn't make sense.

Did you do those bad things by yourself?
When I went to Xinji, I asked my brothers to write letters to me for fun. At that time, no one who knew that I was going to Xinji did not stop me.

It's really unreasonable, it's unreasonable, he was stunned, these people, how often have they prided themselves on being reasonable, and they have always been unreasonable.

That night, Luan Jing didn't sleep well. When he went to the yamen early in the morning, he took a hard look and found the crux of his unhappiness in being an official.

The yamen is a place for reasoning.

They didn't make sense before.

"Huh..." Luan Jing let out a long breath, walked into the yamen with peace of mind, and saluted his colleagues, no longer aggrieved as before.

In the morning when Yun Zhan came to see the army horses, Luan Jing ran away in fright as usual, lest Xiao Bixie take away what he gave.

(End of this chapter)