Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 144
It was Yaqing who was thoughtful and bought another bamboo hat and a loose robe from the farmer's house.

Song Jingxing was wearing a bamboo hat, wrapped in a robe, and with his long legs straddled, he rode on the donkey.

With green mountains and green waters, the sun was hot, one person and one donkey walked unhurriedly, followed by a carriage dangling behind.

In the carriage, Zhao Jinyi was half lying on the pillow, sleeping soundly.

It was true that she was not worried about Song Jingxing, but she fell asleep accidentally because she dozed off too much and the carriage shook.

While Zhao Jinyi was sleeping soundly, at Zhao's house, Mrs. Wu's face was like a spring breeze, smiling happily.

Compared to the grand occasion when the marriage proposal was proposed, the scene of the Song family's coming to make an engagement was like beating the big family and the third wife.

There are quite a lot of objects needed for engagement, in addition to these, there are a few more cages, which were placed from the main hall to the outside yard.Xipo also specially sent someone to pick up a pair of small baskets, which contained a lot more wedding money than when they proposed marriage.

Most of the Zhao family's servants crowded in, begging for happy money, saying auspicious words, and the scene was full of joy.

Steward Hu stood in the corridor, wiped the sweat from his forehead, ordered his subordinates to take good care of the visitor, and went back to Tai'an Courtyard.

It was very quiet in the Tai'an courtyard. Zhao Qing was ill for a few days, except for the second bedroom who came the most frequently, the other two bedrooms came to have a look at it sooner or later and then left.

Zhao Qing was awake, and Dr. Wang's apprentice was pinching his acupuncture points.

Manager Hu asked the young apprentice to retreat, and he massaged the old man himself.

While pressing, Manager Hu was nagging: "Master, the fourth girl is engaged today, and it is the Song Langzhong whom you despised before. Do you blame the old slave for not stopping this marriage? But the old slave has no choice. There is news from the palace that the Tian family will choose a concubine in April, and the fourth girl is engaged, so there is no need to enter the palace. At that time, the Tian family will choose a beauty, and the old slave will help the fourth girl to return this unsettled marriage How can the disciple of the old bandit Su be worthy of our fourth girl... However, the Song family probably knows that they are high-ranking, and they attach great importance to our fourth girl. Looking at the gift, the old servant said, They are all good. Mr. Song even gave you a set of tea sets that you liked earlier but could not be bought anywhere. He is very considerate, unlike that old thief Su..."

Manager Hu was nagging, talking with the old master all the time.

Although Zhao Qing was awake, he did not respond.

In this room, the steward Hu is chattering with the old master, and in that room, the veils of the eldest and third-bedroom wives are about to be torn.

Mrs. Huang is the mistress, so she can only force herself to sit on the main seat, while Mrs. Zhu said that she is sick and cannot see guests.

The girls of the Zhao family huddled in the porch to watch the excitement.

Zhao Jinhua and Zhao Jinyun stood together, talking.

Zhao Jinhua was still envious: "The Song family attaches great importance to the fourth sister." Thinking of her shabbiness when she got married, she couldn't help feeling a little ups and downs.

Zhao Jinyun stared at the hall full of presents, feeling sore in his heart, but said: "The Song family is a craftsman, so what if there are so many vulgar things, the fourth younger sister will marry in the future, and they will have nothing in common with the fourth younger brother-in-law. , it's not boring."

Zhao Jinhua was not stupid, so he could hear Zhao Jinyun's sourness.

She just smiled and stopped talking.

Seeing that her wedding date is approaching, she is more worried about the unknown days in the future.When I come to the land of Lingnan in the future, don't mention whether I have a common word with my husband in the boudoir, the first thing to worry about is how to survive in Lingnan.

Why A Niang suddenly betrothed her to such a person, although she didn't ask, she knew it.

It's all Dad's fault.

That man was doing A Niang a bit of face, he didn't come to the door with much fanfare, but asked someone to bring a letter, in which he told in detail about how his father robbed his fiancée.That man was very quiet, and he forbears to say nothing when he was in Jiangzhou, and he wrote a letter to the Huang family only after he got the honor in the capital examination and was appointed an official.

At the end of the letter, it is proposed that if the matter is to be settled, the daughter must be married to him.If not, he will sue the imperial court before the imperial court.

A Niang would never tell her the truth, or her wet nurse, who was A Niang's accompanying mother, felt sorry for her, so she picked out a few words from the letter and told her to listen.

On the night when he learned the truth, Zhao Jinhua's tears soaked half of the pillow.

Why should she pay for the sins my father committed.

Father has been out for more than ten years, which means that she has almost no impression of him.Correspondence on weekdays will never be mentioned.Most of the gifts from Jiangzhou on New Year's Day are light and thin.

The children of their eldest family, like A Niang, are not valued by their father.

Aniang always said that the fourth younger sister was the most favored, but in her opinion, her grandfather was hundreds of times better than her father.She still remembers when she was young, her grandfather would love to teach them how to read after he was off duty.It's just that later, the third uncle had more and more children, the grandfather was getting old and unable to do what he wanted, and the brothers in the family couldn't live up to his expectations, so he broke the pot and broke it, and no one cared.The fourth younger sister was favored because she was already smart.Grandpa likes brighter children, so how can it be wrong?

Why she married, she must not reveal a word to the second and third.In front of her sisters, she has always been the most calm one.

Seeing that the third sister didn't care, Zhao Jinyun pinched the handkerchief and stopped talking.

After seeing the excitement, Zhao Jinyun returned to the room and greeted Aunt.

Mrs. Zhu claimed that she was sick, but she was lying on the couch with her forehead tied on her head, her face was yellow.

Zhao Jinyun was taken aback: "What's wrong, Aunt?"

Mrs. Zhu didn't speak, but Fang's mother said: "It's not the third son, who broke in and asked why the wife wanted to divide the family."

Zhao Jinyun frowned, his elder brother Zhao Xiuwen had always been close to the eldest and second wife, so it was understandable that he didn't want to separate the family.But the separation was proposed by father, not by mother, so why did the elder brother make trouble against mother.He didn't dare to question Father, but came to embarrass Mother, what a fool.

But she doesn't want to care about these things, she will get married next month, and it has nothing to do with her whether the family is divided or not.She was in a hurry to go out to meet her friends.

Zhao Jinyun pressed her head to Mrs. Zhu, and said softly, "Mother, don't think so much. Miss Su even asked her daughter to accompany her to try dishes at Baiweiju today."

Back from the tea house that day, Zhao Jinyun told Mrs. Zhu about the extraordinary look of the Su family girl vividly, and Mrs. Zhu was very happy.Su Bo is a member of the third rank, and his daughter can know Su Chu and become Su Chu's close friend, which is a rare honor in Kanglefang.

No, just when Zhao Jinyun mentioned Miss Su, Mrs. Zhu cheered up, and warned: "You can accompany Miss Su to try dishes, and you can't look petty. Everywhere you want to look like the Zhao family is small, but the cultivation is not ordinary."

Zhao Jinyun nodded frequently, looking at Mrs. Zhu: "Then Aunt..."

Mrs. Zhu was very forthright: "Mother Fang, from my private room, I will send you [-] Guan and the third girl. This is a relationship with a high-ranking family, so you can't let them look down upon you."

Zhao Jinyun took the bank note with a smile, bid farewell to Aunt, boarded the carriage, and soon came to Baiweiju.

Naturally, Su Chu hasn't arrived yet, so she waits at Baiweiju first.

Su Chu came on time, also accompanied by Ning Yong.

Ning Yong still looks calm and indifferent to others, but he takes great care of Su Chu.

Su Chu was very good at being a man, she took Zhao Jinyun's hand and said with a smile to Ning Yong: "My boudoir's close friend is here, so I can't neglect her."

Zhao Jinyun was flattered by the words of a close friend.Immediately, he secretly vowed in his heart that he must protect this friendship.

Su Chu specially reserved a private room on the third floor of Baiweiju for tasting dishes.

It's not that Zhao Jinyun has never been to Baiweiju, but it's the first time for her to experience that Su Chu is so extravagant, as if those expensive dishes in Baiweiju are worthless.

She squeezed the thin bank note in her sleeve, and hardly dared to make a sound.

But in my heart, I am more determined. Being friends with Su Chu has only advantages and no disadvantages.

(End of this chapter)