Medical skills help me win the arrogant husband

Chapter 200

The days were passed in a dull way, and Gu Fuyun was also used to the days when everyone was a lady. Although she couldn't go out, but staying at home, living a life where she could stretch out her clothes and open her mouth when she had a meal, it was pretty good.Every morning, I learn Zhou's way of housekeeping. When I have nothing to do, I accompany Qiao to do needlework, go to the old lady's room to talk to the old lady, ask for advice on managing Zhuangzi and doing business, and spend the afternoon in a warm room. Read medical books, learn new things by reviewing the past, and practice a few big characters.When she was tired from practicing, she asked the servant girl to massage her back, and when she was hungry, she begged, and someone brought delicious food for her to enjoy.Sometimes when I am bored, let the maids go outside to buy some scriptures, or read current affairs newspapers to learn about state affairs.If you get hungry, you can also order the maid to run errands to buy some snacks outside.

I don't have to clock in at work to earn money to support my family, I don't have to work late at night, and I don't have to worry about making a living. I live a comfortable life.

And the comfortable days have always passed quickly.In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month, and the Zhou family had already started to prepare for the new year.Even if Gu Fuyun hadn't personally experienced the New Year's battles of the ancients, he has also experienced the difficulty of the New Year's Eve this time.Although the Gu family is not the top dignitaries, they are quite influential in the middle class.

Gu Gaojie has ordered people to open the ancestral hall, cleaned it, packed up the offering vessels, invited the gods, cleaned the house, and went to the priest of the Ministry of Rites to receive the spring sacrifice.

It was only later that Gu Fuyun found out that the reward for the Spring Festival is the silver taels given by the emperor to the bureaucrats under the shackles for ancestor worship according to the custom. Although it is not much, it is better than having face.To be rewarded by the Emperor's Spring Sacrifice, he must be someone who has a lot of background.

Gu Fuyun didn't know how the other family celebrated the New Year, she only knew that during the New Year in the Gu family, from the master to the servants, everyone was busy on their feet.On the twenty-eighth day of the new year, the door gods, couplets, and listings were changed inside and outside the Gu family, and peach talismans were repainted, giving them a completely new look.Even Gu Fuyun's Hanxiangyuan also posted a door god and a new peach talisman. The couplet was thought up by Gu Fuyun and asked his second brother Gu Yuanshan to write it.On the eve of New Year's Eve, the Gu family and their offshoots in the capital held a grand ancestor sacrifice in the ancestral hall, and opened the hall with thirty tables to entertain the Gu family members.

On New Year's Eve, at five o'clock, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Zhou went to the palace to pay their respects and congratulate each other in eight sedan chairs.Gu Fuyun and the other sisters were not idle either, and led the servants to clean up the mess of last night's banquet.It was busy until noon, when Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Zhou came back from the palace, it was another round of busy...

After the new year, everyone started to bring gifts and walk around with each other again. Gu Fuyun would go out with Zhou or Qiao to visit relatives almost every day. In addition to food, the gifts included silk, gold, jade, jewelry, and precious ingredients.After presenting gifts, the elders should first kneel down and say auspicious words to the elders, and the elders will return the prepared gifts in return, usually a string of copper coins or gold and silver scorpions.Most of the rewards for girls are gold and silver bead ornaments or zizi full of meaning.Peers should also bow to each other and give gifts to each other.Compared with modern people, the ancients paid more attention to the communication between clans.Visiting relatives during the Spring Festival is one of the most important social activities for the ancients.Presenting gifts and sending blessings not only realizes the connection and mutual condolences between each other, but also is an important family support for mutual care in future life.

This year, the Gu family has a few more in-laws. One is the Yun family, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Xiaoyun's future husband's family.The second is Gu Youyun's future husband's family, the Wu family of Dali Temple Minister, and the third is the Su family of Marquis of Wu'an.The three families did not move around, but they all exchanged annual gifts.

Mrs. Zhou also took the annual gift list, and said to Mrs. Gu: "The Yun family was the first to give gifts. They sent them on the first day of the new year. They gave a box of red dates and two catties of high-quality tea leaves. The Wu family sent them One catty of tea leaves, two bolts of Songjiang cotton cloth. This is the gift list, please have a look at it, old lady."

The old lady Gu took it and glanced at it. Although the gift from the Yun family was simple, it was also exquisite. The New Year gift from the Wu family was rough and not equal to what the Gu family gave. After she knew it, she asked again: " What about the Su family?"

Mrs. Zhou hesitated for a while: "I haven't received a gift from the Su family yet."

The old lady Gu's face was gloomy, and she snorted softly: "We didn't beg them at the beginning, but they rushed to ask to marry the fifth girl. Now we give the new year gift according to the etiquette, and we don't even get a gift in return. Being human is nothing more than that.”

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Don't be upset, old lady. The Marquis of Wu'an is not comparable to our family, and he comes and goes with all famous and powerful people. It is said that the mansion of the Marquis of Wu'an is full of feasts every day. Maybe Mrs. Su is busier than us. It is also inevitable."

The old lady Gu snorted: "His family is busy in the whole capital, and other families don't have to celebrate the New Year? I think it's all an excuse, and it's clear that we don't care about our fifth girl." At the end, she sighed, "The fifth girl's character She looks good in everything, but it's a pity that her reputation is not good, and some people like to care about minor details. That's all, Wu Yatou is not a temperament that hurts the spring and the autumn, I just hope that I worry too much." Some girls learned that If you are not valued by your in-laws, you will inevitably have psychological burdens. If you do things timidly, you will lose your status and dignity.

Zhou said with an apologetic smile: "Don't worry, old lady, the fifth girl has always been calm and generous, so she won't be at ease. By the way, old lady, the Chu family also sent a New Year's gift."

"Which Chu family?"

"The Chu family of the Duke Huguo's mansion." Mrs. Zhou handed the gift list to the old lady.

Mrs. Gu took the list hesitantly, and there was a long list written on the gift list. There were five pieces of seven-colored smoked brocade, two pieces of mink and fox fur, one piece of second-grade oriental pearls, and forty-nine small golden pigs weighing eight coins. One piece, two catties of bird's nest, one piece of purple gold inlaid jewels, one emerald jade bracelet, one pair of white jade bracelets, and various cakes, not listed for the time being.Mrs. Gu frowned, and looked at Mrs. Zhou: "What does the Chu family mean?"

These gifts, one can tell at a glance that they are given to young girls.The Chu family has divorced the Gu family, so why give such an expensive gift?It's too weird.

Could it be that the Chu family fell in love with the girl from the Gu family?

But several girls of the right age in the Gu family are already engaged, and the sixth girl and the seventh girl are still young and have not yet reached the age of marriage.

Mrs. Zhou said: "Yes, I also find it strange, but the woman who gave the gift said that it was sent by their old lady. By the way, the woman also specially greeted Wu Yatou."

Old Madam Gu frowned even more fiercely.If the fifth girl hadn't divorced Chu Rui, the Chu family's New Year's gift would still make sense.Now that the two parties have lost their engagement, and Wu Yatou is also engaged to Su Liu, it would be strange for the Chu family to give gifts, especially if the Chu family also specified that it would be given to Wu Yatou.

"What do you think about this? Have you asked the woman who gave the gift?" Mrs. Gu asked Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou said: "I asked, and I said that this gift is too expensive, and I dare not accept it. But the woman said that these gifts are for Wu Yatou. I said, Wu Yatou is a boudoir girl, let alone accept it." Such an expensive gift, she can't bear such an expensive gift. But the old woman smiled and said, our old lady said, fifth girl can afford it."

Old Madam Gu frowned, and said slowly: "There is nothing to be courteous about, it's either adultery or robbery."

(End of this chapter)