The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 190

Yushu held a stack of about ten postcards and put them on the kang table, and said crisply: "I accepted so many postcards when Madam was not at home. I can't wait for Madam to come back. The aunts responded accordingly; the important thing right now is two:

Here in our family, the eldest lady posted a post saying that Dongyue 23 is Grandma Pei’s birthday, there are a few tables of banquets prepared in the mansion, and a small show is invited, and Madam is invited to have a drink and watch a show;" he said, handing over the post.

Shi Chuying flipped through the post and looked at it, secretly thinking: Grandma Zhou is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the big house, and also the future clan wife of the old house, she can be regarded as the sister-in-law of the next room.After all, she is the elder sister-in-law of the eldest room, so she must go to this banquet, and the birthday gift cannot be ignored...

Shi Chuying and Chu Xu looked at each other, and said to Yushu: "Reply to the post, just say that I will definitely go. The general will see the situation of the errand."

"Yes!" Yushu responded, and pulled out another post: "There is another post from the third-class guard in Scissors Alley, saying that it is the [-]th of this month's children's hundred-day banquet, and the general and his wife are invited to have a drink... "

Shi Chuying glanced at Chu Xu, took a look at the post and handed it to Chu Xu, and asked, "Hundred-day banquet? Do you have any impressions of Xisan and Manyue?"

Chu Xu pinched the post and frowned and thought for a while, "Cough! I'll ask Shi Feng Shi Dian..." At that time in the old house, he really didn't pay attention to how these things were handled.

Chu Xu got up, shook his robe, and was about to go out.Shi Chuying grabbed his sleeves and said angrily, "It's such a cold day, you should put on a cloak anyway, if you're so careless, the wounds on your body won't be the root cause of the disease!" Saying that, she dragged people inside, He found a black ermine cloak to tie on, and then sent Chu Xu out.

Yushu and Yuzhu both pursed their lips and smiled when they saw it. The general has always been obedient under Madam's hands, and they are no strangers to being servants.

Shi Chuying wasn't afraid of the girls laughing, she sat back on the couch again.Yulu came in to exchange for hot tea, Shi Chuying took a sip and said, "What else?"

Yushu shook his head, "The rest are nothing important, Madam is not in a hurry to look back after reading it."

"Go and ask Aunt Yue to come in and talk." Yuzhu responded.

Shi Chuying felt that there must be something going on in the mansion, otherwise the stewards would not have that look on their faces, not knowing whether the matter of the outer court or the inner court...

Shi Chuying was thinking about Aunt Yue's arrival.

"Auntie, please sit down!" Shi Chuying moved to the couch, but Aunt Yue declined with a smile and sat on the embroidered pier.

"Auntie has worked hard these past few days! About the post, I heard from Yushu that the other side of the old house must be there. It's only a birthday gift, but what will my sister-in-law send?"

Although they have become independent households, it is not good to be too different from others, and there must be a reference.

"We asked about this. Since it's not a whole birthday, and we don't have much to do, we invited people from acquaintances and Grandma Pei's natal family. Grandma Li gave a set of 'Lingbo Pavilion' Rouge gouache, plus Yuyan beans, Yurong ointment."

The rouge gouache, snail daisy, face and lip balm, hair oil, and flower lotion of the "Lingbo Pavilion" in the capital are well-known far and wide, and they are the first choice of the noble ladies in the capital.I heard that the empresses in the palace sometimes let people come out to buy things for their family.

It is said that their family contacted 'Wanci' several times, wanting to get the goods of Yuyan beans and Yurong ointment, but 'Wanci' has never agreed, and it is impossible to agree. Who would give away such an expensive thing? Second, Shi Chuying didn't agree either.If 'Wanci' changed hands of these things, Shi Chuying would not supply them to Wanci again.

After hearing this, Shi Chuying thought for a while and said, "Auntie and I will go to the warehouse early tomorrow morning to have a look and make an order...Other things, what's the big deal?"

Aunt Yue took a sip of her tea and said, "There are two more important things. One is the charcoal in the house. Originally, we set a one-month quota. Now that the winter solstice has passed, there have been several snowfalls. It got colder and colder from now on. My aunt heard that charcoal fires have to be burned here for 110 days a year in winter. There is an earth fire dragon in the main house of our house, and charcoal basins are used in other houses.

It's not too early to buy a winter's charcoal at this time, the high-quality silver bone charcoal, medium smokeless white charcoal, and ordinary black charcoal have to be calculated and bought.Even later the price goes up.

My aunt and the stewards of the outer courtyard did some rough calculations, and all the charcoal in the house would cost five or six thousand catties this winter. It would be cheaper to buy them all at once instead of buying them every month. "

Shi Chuying nodded, she certainly remembered that the last time the mansion accounted for the account, because there was not much money in the account, many purchases were reduced.

At that time, it was not too cold, and the charcoal was purchased for about a month.Now that she is not short of money, she naturally doesn't need to be frugal.Moreover, some time ago, more than 5 taels of cash were distributed to the second-family property, and all of them were included in the account.Otherwise, the procurement steward of the outer courtyard would not mention this topic.

"Auntie just go and discuss with the stewards of the outer court, draw up a regulation and the total amount for me to see. As for the regulations in various places, there is no need to be too rigid. Although our family is not rich, it will not freeze people. Chai The amount of charcoal should be given enough." Money is different, look, now she speaks with full confidence.

Aunt Yue nodded in response. She looked at Shi Chuying who was sitting upright on her hands, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Yesterday, a girl came to the door, begging to see the general and his wife, and said she was here to thank the general for saving his life..."

Shi Chuying raised her almond eyes, and said to herself, what else?interesting!
"And then?" she asked quietly.

Aunt Yue pursed her lips and said, "It was said at the door that the general and his wife were not at the house, so the girl said that I would come to thank you another day."

"Do you know which one it belongs to? What kind of life-saving grace?"

"There is no sign on the carriage, so I can't tell whose family it belongs to, and I didn't say anything when I asked..." Aunt Yue looked at Shi Chuying and said, "But for those who are well-educated in the family, even if it is a life-saving favor, it will be done by the elders of the family." Come out, how can a girl come to the door by herself, besides, if she wants to come, she should post a post first. People who act like this are usually very sticky."

(End of this chapter)