Dirty color

Chapter 179
Gu Yuwen has always been delicate and good-tempered in front of others. She either smiles at people or endures grievances, so she is very popular, and the young ladies from the Gu family more or less add makeup to her.

After all, today is Gu Yuwen's big day, so everyone just sat down for a while and then left, so as not to delay Gu Yuwen from doing other things.

Not long after, someone outside started shouting: "The groom is here to pick up the bride..." "The new son-in-law is here..."

After hearing this shout, Gu Mingxuan's mind was in a trance. She thought of her previous life, and amidst such shouts, she was full of joy and anticipation. She married Qi Feiming, who she thought would be her husband, but unexpectedly, she Just jumped into the fire pit.

Looking back now, Gu Mingxuan did not have the anger and grief that she had when she was reborn at the beginning, but more of indifference - why should she worry about people who are doomed to have no good end, after all, her end is doomed.

Gu Mingxuan couldn't help but smile—I think Gu Yuwen is full of expectations at this moment. I don't know if Gu Yuwen will like the arrangement she made for her in the future.

"Why is big sister smiling so happily?" Gu Mingzhi was standing beside Gu Mingxuan, talking to other ladies, and when she turned her head to see Gu Mingxuan's smile, she couldn't help asking.

Gu Mingxuan glanced at Gu Mingzhi, smiled faintly, and said, "I heard that Master Qi is very valued by the emperor, so I am happy for Sister Wen."

"I heard that big sister gave sister Wen a set of emerald hairstyles? Is it true?" Gu Mingzhi asked again.

Gu Mingxuan was a little strange this time, but in front of others, she always wanted to show that the Shun'an Hou Mansion was sisters who loved each other, so with a gentle smile on her face, Gu Mingxuan shook her head in denial, and said: "Nothing, what I gave is twisted silk Bat pomegranate gold bracelet."

"But I heard from the girls that the big sister gave sister Wen a set of emerald hair." Gu Mingzhi tugged on Gu Mingxuan's sleeve and said, "The big sister doesn't admit it, it's not because she doesn't want to give me and the second sister three Sister, right? Then I don’t agree.”

Although the firecrackers outside have been ringing non-stop since Qi Feiming arrived, they can still hear the conversations of people around them. Therefore, after someone heard what the Gu family sisters said, they pricked up their ears and continued to listen calmly.

Occasionally, there were rumors that today's new son-in-law, Shun'an Hou, was originally going to show up to the eldest lady, but he didn't expect that Gu Yuwen was cheaper in the end. Yes, why would you give such a valuable thing?
A set of face, any complete set, should not be cheap.

What's more, the fourth lady of the Gu family is so active in wanting it, it must be worth a lot.

"I gave it to Sister Wen on behalf of my mother. Sister Wen was married when she was married to Mother Huan. Of course I want to give some gifts to Sister Wen on behalf of my mother." Seeing that Gu Mingzhi wanted to keep asking, Gu Mingxuan asked Vice Buwen swears not to give up, after lightly frowning, he said.

It's not something shameful, if she wants to know, just tell her.

"Big sister thinks really carefully." Gu Mingzhi praised Gu Mingxuan, and after that, she stopped clinging to Gu Mingxuan and started chatting with the girls around her again.

After Gu Mingxuan was slightly taken aback, her complexion turned strange——Gu Mingzhi is showing affection to herself?
Thinking about Gu Mingzhi who used her husband's family and her sister and brother-in-law to run amok in her previous life, and Gu Mingzhi who made her famous without leaving a trace, Gu Mingxuan felt dumbfounded.

And just like what Gu Mingxuan thought, Gu Mingzhi is really letting her own sister, Gu Minghe, not to show her closeness, but showing her closeness to Gu Mingxuan, because she has already seen through that her own sister is simply selfish and indifferent. For those who love her, count on her, unless it helps her, if it doesn't help her, count on her, forget it!

On the contrary, this big sister, who I had never been used to before, was not so ruthless, not to mention her tricks. It seemed that she could make friends with her.

That's why Gu Mingzhi suddenly started showing affection to Gu Mingxuan.

This little episode, in Gu Mingxuan's mind, disappeared without a trace after just a funny thought. At this time, Qi Feiming also passed many tests and finally entered the Shun'an Hou Mansion. In Haitangwu, Gu Yuwen Also ready, after being covered by Xi Niang, an adult man from the Gu clan will carry Gu Yuwen downstairs to the bridal sedan chair.

The firecrackers sounded more joyously, Gu Mingxuan curled the corners of her mouth, she just felt that it was boring, because after she said a few words to others, she excused something and left here.

Early in the morning of the second day, after Du Ying took the little girl to serve Gu Mingxuan to get up, she wentssip with Gu Mingxuan - last night, the emperor urgently summoned some officials of the General Administration Department, Qi Feiming was one of them, and then, Qi Feiming He was sent out, and who knows when he will come back!
"Ghost girl." Gu Mingxuan nodded Du Ying's forehead, and Du Ying was smiling. Anyway, if Gu Yuwen is unhappy, she is happy.

While the master and servant were having a good time, Gu Yuwen on the other side was vomiting to death—Qi Feiming was drunk last night. Although he tried to escape, he still drank a lot. Therefore, after returning to the house, there was a burst of nausea After tossing and sobering up and taking a bath, Qi Feiming was in a state of being slightly drunk.

Just happens to be the best time to do good things.

Unexpectedly, after taking off her clothes and hugging her, just before the last step, someone outside shouted: "Master, master, the yamen is demolished, and the master is here to look for you."

Gu Yuwen was shy and embarrassed at the time, but Qi Feiming, after being taken aback for a moment, could only comfort Gu Yuwen in a low voice, and then left in a hurry. Bitter breath—I thought that the future would be a good day, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing on the first day.

But, after all, this is the official business of the Yamen, and Gu Yuwen can't help it.

Because she felt uncomfortable, Gu Yuwen fell asleep almost at dawn, but it didn't take long for the sky to dawn, and Gu Yuwen had to get up. After all, even if Qi Feiming was not at home, she was still going to greet Mrs. Qi.

However, when Gu Yuwen passed by, the old lady Qi was eating breakfast. After seeing Gu Yuwen, she was very surprised and said, "Daughter-in-law, why are you here?"

Gu Yuwen was dizzy, she came quite early, now is the time, shouldn't Mrs. Qi wait for her to invite An Jingtea before doing other things?
Why are you eating it now!

But Gu Yuwen's reaction was still very early, and she was always good at pretending to be cute and delicate, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "It's my fault, I got up late, I should get up earlier to serve my mother for dinner."

As he spoke, he hurried forward, wanting to pick up some food for Mrs. Qi—but found that the food on the table was extremely simple, just a plate of pickled vegetables, a bowl of thick porridge, and two corn breads with miscellaneous grains.

Gu Yuwen was a little confused, this, how did this make her pick up vegetables?

Besides, there are no chopsticks for holding dishes on the table.

As for Mrs. Qi, she was very happy when she heard that her daughter-in-law wanted to serve her for dinner, but she felt that her daughter-in-law was a eldest lady, and it was not good to let her daughter-in-law serve her, so she took Gu Yuwen's hand, Said: "No, no, my wife, I don't need to be waited on, come, sit down and eat together..." He then ordered a maid standing next to him, "Bring another set of bowls and chopsticks."

Mrs. Qi was used to it before, and felt that her hands and feet were nimble, and it was a waste to ask someone to wait on her, but Qi Feiming just said to her: "My colleagues also come to drink at home, so why not let them cook by themselves? Besides, if there is no servant to serve, others will look down on my son."

That's why Mrs. Qi reluctantly hired a little girl to serve her. Most of the time, she chatted with her when she usually ran errands. After all, Mrs. Qi was very boring when she was alone at home.

Seeing that there was no hope of serving tea, Gu Yuwen could only sit down to eat with Mrs. Qi in silence.

When Gu Yuwen sat down, Mrs. Qi immediately asked someone to fill Gu Yuwen with a bowl of thick porridge, and said, "It's delicious, I let Xiaohong stew it very badly."

"Thank you, mother." Gu Yuwen had a very sweet mouth, and after yelling, she lowered her head and drank a mouthful of porridge gracefully, and then she almost wanted to vomit it out!
The rice used for thick porridge is really not very good rice. Not only does it not have the fragrance of all kinds of rice porridge in the Shun'an Hou Mansion, but it also has a slightly musty smell. Yes, this porridge seems to have sand and stones in his mouth!
Gu Yuwen didn't swallow it, nor did she spit it out. In the end, she could only pinch her nose and swallow it, but she would never take a second sip, so she put the porridge on the table, pretending to wipe her mouth, Don't even touch it.

At this moment, Mrs. Qi enthusiastically picked up a chopstick of pickles and put them in Gu Yuwen's bowl, and said, "Try this pickles, I made them myself, they are delicious."

Gu Yuwen was about to tremble. The chopsticks that Mrs. Qi just took out from her mouth to pick up vegetables for her still had Mrs. Qi's saliva on them!

Fortunately, she did not intend to drink.

As for Chen Xiangbanxia, ​​she was also a little confused when she saw this - this, this... They are all senior officials from the fourth rank, why is there no rules at all in Mr. Qi's family?
"What's the matter? Is the food not to your liking?" Mrs. Qi asked when she saw that Gu Yuwen was staring at the bowl without moving.

Gu Yuwen dared to say anything else, she shook her head slightly, and said: "My daughter-in-law just misses her husband, entered the palace so late yesterday, and hasn't come back yet, I don't know if there is a place to rest and eat in the palace?"

What's the matter of eating without talking and sleeping without talking, as long as she is not allowed to eat this bowl of rice, she would rather appear uneducated.

Mrs. Qi also sighed when she heard the words, and felt sorry for her son - she heard it when his son left last night, so she didn't sleep well at night, and she guessed that her daughter-in-law didn't sleep well either, so she didn't call Gu Yuwen in the morning Wake up, want her to sleep a little longer.

But she was very happy to see Gu Yuwen appearing so early.

Now, she persuaded Gu Yuwen, saying: "A man's family is always busy, how can he stay at home every day, he is a big man, he will never be able to starve himself, don't worry."

Gu Yuwen nodded, Mrs. Qi lowered her head and began to eat again, but Gu Yuwen couldn't eat anymore, she just sat still, Mrs. Qi persuaded again, Gu Yuwen gave Chen Xiang a wink in desperation, Chen Xiang immediately understood Gu Yuwen when she saw this It means, but, at this time, why are you so restless?
Chen Xiang was also in a dilemma, she really couldn't break this bowl of porridge.

Gu Yuwen also knew that she was embarrassing Chen Xiang. In fact, she herself had no hope. Seeing this, she could only say: "The porridge is delicious, but I don't have much appetite."

"Let's eat, let's eat, don't we women starve to death if the men don't go home? Come, let's eat." Mrs. Qi had a pickle with a chopstick and put it in Gu Yuwen's bowl.

Gu Yuwen: "..."

In desperation, Gu Yuwen picked up a spoon, pointed at the place where there was no pickles, scooped up a grain of rice, and slowly swallowed it...

In this way, it was finally time for Mrs. Qi to finish her meal. Gu Yuwen immediately put down her spoon and got up, standing beside Mrs. Qi, with an appearance of filial piety to her daughter-in-law.

After finally returning to her new house, Gu Yuwen immediately asked Chen Xiang to fetch water for her, she wanted to rinse her mouth!
When she finally felt that her innermost mouth was clean, Gu Yuwen rubbed her head and sat at the table with a look of grievance on her face—it shouldn't be like this, this is not the life she expected, shouldn't she be with her Is your husband singing harmoniously and sweetly?

Fortunately, although Gu Yuwen is also wronged, she will not be limited to complaining about others. Qi Feiming is not around, so she can do other things. Looking up, Gu Yuwen said to Chen Xiangbanxia: "The servants of the Qi family, you have inquired about it." ?”

Chen Xiang hurriedly replied, while Gu Yuwen was listening, she was thinking about how to make the servants of the Qi Mansion obedient and at the same time understand the rules—it can't be like Mrs. Qi's side, which has no rules at all.

When her husband comes back, she must gently persuade him to let him know how important it is to set up rules.

Also, she must not go to eat, she would rather have a snack in the morning and be full than go to eat!
However, Gu Yuwen waited for two days, and Qi Feiming still didn't come back!
Seeing that tomorrow is the day to go back home - although Qi Feiming can't go back with her because of the court affairs, Gu Yuwen is still very wronged.

Mrs. Qi was also a little embarrassed. This... her son sent a message the next day saying that the court had something to do and she had to go on an errand. She couldn't do anything about it.

Therefore, Mrs. Qi touched Gu Yuwen's hand and said, "I had already prepared the ceremony for returning home, and I wanted to let Ming'er take you back, so that my in-laws would know that our family values ​​you, but now, I There is no other way, if you take the money and buy something else, this person really has no way to go, so it would be good if we were more courteous!"

Hearing this, Gu Yuwen felt a lot more comfortable in her heart. While refusing to ask for the money, she pretended that "the elders don't dare to resign" and accepted the purse. After receiving the purse, Gu Yuwen's face couldn't help but froze— —Is there three taels of silver here?

Heh, generous gift, what kind of gift can you buy?
Thinking about Mrs. Qi's background, Gu Yuwen had no choice but to forget it. Mrs. Qi was originally from the country, and it was normal to think that a few taels of silver was a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuwen was no longer depressed, but when she was halfway there, Gu Yuwen suddenly remembered one thing: According to Mrs. Qi's calculation, then...how much is the return gift she prepared? thick"?
As a result, Gu Yuwen wanted to cry but had no tears—could it be that Mrs. Qi really didn't understand anything?
If Mrs. Qi hadn't been so kind to her these two days, Gu Yuwen would have felt that Mrs. Qi had punished her on purpose.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yuwen hurriedly told Chen Xiang: "After you get out of the car, go and buy some decent things immediately. Be quick, you know? It doesn't matter if you don't know what to buy, just ask the shopkeeper when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yuwen asked Banxia to stop the carriage immediately - there were not many servants in the Qi family, a little girl on Mrs. Qi's side, a little girl in Gu Yuwen's yard, plus a rough woman, plus Gu Yuwen The agarwood pinellia that I brought, and Qi Feiming's study, there are two servants, besides, there is a coachman and groom.

Fortunately, although these two carriages are simpler, their appearance is still acceptable.

Hearing Ban Xia's call, the coachman hurriedly stopped the carriage and asked, "Grandma, what are your orders?"

What can Gu Yuwen say?Can it be said that this time the door ceremony is really forbidden to see people, so she has to buy some money by herself?
He could only excuse that he forgot to buy some things, and asked the maid to go, and the driver stopped obediently.

When Chen Xiang finished shopping, it was already too early. Fortunately, it was still in the morning, so Gu Yuwen hurriedly asked the coachman to go.

"Why did Sister Wen come so late?" When Gu Mingzhi saw Gu Yuwen, the first sentence was this, "I have been waiting for Sister Wen for a long time."

Cui Shi asked them to meet Gu Yuwen at Ermen, saying that sisters should be so close, Gu Mingzhi complained a little.

Gu Yuwen smiled weakly, and said sorry: "Your brother-in-law is not at home, and I have to watch over trivial matters, so I am late, no wonder Zhi'er."

Gu Mingzhi nodded with a smile, and said: "Daddy is often not at home. The court's errands are important. Sister Wen has worked hard."

While Gu Minghe disdains to ridicule Gu Yuwen, Gu Mingxuan is indifferent in his heart, Gu Mingling wants to ask how her life is after marriage, after all, she will get married next year, she will always be a little nervous, but she is embarrassed if no one else asks, Stop talking.

Seeing that no one mentioned her late arrival, Gu Yuwen breathed a sigh of relief, and went to meet Cui Shi with Gu Mingxuan and Gu Minghe who were waiting at the second gate.

Cui Shi asked some questions, but it was nothing more than a question of whether the life in Qi's family was good or not. Naturally, Gu Yuwen would not tell Cui Shi how bad the food in Qi's family was, how bad the cook was, and so on. She just talked about it.

After waiting until later, Gu Yuwen hesitated and said: "After all, the Qi family is new to Beijing, and I really don't know the rules in Beijing. I am too young to handle things. I want to ask my grandmother to send me a nanny." , so you can give me some pointers..."

When Cui heard this, she felt like a mirror in her heart—mammy Cui had already told her about today’s return ceremony, and some of them seemed to have been prepared a long time ago, but they were probably worth only three or five taels of silver, while others The things are just bought at first glance, and they are not consistent with the previous packaging.

It can be seen that Mrs. Qi really doesn't understand these things.

Cui nodded and agreed: "Nurse Qi's daughter-in-law usually also listens to the teachings by Nanny Qi's side. Although it can't be said that she can't compare with Nanny Qi, she can handle ordinary scenes. I think The Qi residence may be busy for a while, why don't you take Madam Qi's daughter-in-law there, after all, she is young and full of energy."

Cui's face is not small, and Nanny Qi's daughter-in-law!

Gu Mingxuan hurriedly thanked her.

During this process, Gu Mingxuan just sat upright with a smile, watching Gu Yuwen talk to Cui Shi, she observed very carefully, although Gu Yuwen looked very good now, but her eyes were tired, and, on weekdays, Gu Yuwen always To show people as delicate, you may cry at some point, so you usually don't wear makeup, otherwise, when you cry, you will not be able to arouse sympathy, but will make people laugh.

But recently, Gu Yuwen has put on a lot of makeup!

why?
Of course it was to cover up the bad face!
This is the beginning... Gu Mingxuan has crooked eyebrows, the Qi family has no foundation and no money, so she put a lot of dowry in back then, but at that time, although her father was disappointed with her, she still gave herself a lot of dowry. So she can afford it, but what about Gu Yuwen?
Can she afford it?
Gu Yuwen, this is just the beginning. Some things are really not as beautiful as you imagined. I worked hard to get the honor and luxury of Uncle Jingyang Mansion. You came here and snatched it away. Enjoying the glory, I think Qi Feiming is really wonderful.

But in this life, let alone Uncle Jing, even the Qi family has very few servants. See how you enjoy the same happiness as in your previous life.

"Old lady, lunch is ready, should I set the meal now or wait a while?" Aunt Cui came in and asked Mrs. Cui for instructions. Mrs. Cui smiled and asked Aunt Cui to set the meal. After waiting, he asked the girl to invite Cui Shi and others, but he was still staring at the dishes.

When Mrs. Cui and others passed by, Aunt Cui came up to meet her, she was about to speak with a smile, but she just felt dizzy for a while, her feet went limp, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden——if her maid hadn't pulled her hard, she would have About to fall forward.

"What's the matter? Did you fall?" Cui asked concerned, Aunt Cui hurriedly said in shame under Cui's concern: "I don't know what's going on. I just felt dizzy just now. I'm fine now. I didn’t hit it, and the tired old lady is worried.”

Cui heard that he didn't hit it, so don't worry this time.

The dishes were served and everyone sat down. Aunt Cui refused to rest, and stood beside Cui with a smile, saying witty words to serve Cui for dinner. It was so disgusting that I couldn't help but want to retch.

When Gu Mingxuan saw this, her heart skipped a beat—is this, you're happy?
As for Mrs. Cui, she is also someone who has been there, seeing Aunt Cui's performance, a look of joy appeared on her face!
(End of this chapter)