Blessed

Chapter 15 The House of Zhongming Ding Food
"Second Sister, don't cry." Yuzhu was in a state of panic, not knowing how to comfort her, she held Yuxiang in her fleshy little hands and went to wipe her tears.

Yuzhu guessed that the second elder sister's crying was related to the second elder brother's marriage. At this time, Mrs. Mu was away, so she went to the shop, and several maids were also guarding under the verandah. Yuxiang was even more sad to see that no one was crying, "Yuzhu , I am so sad, why do I have such a father, the second elder brother just got married, he arranged a marriage for the second elder brother from the outside, who is the Shi family? , but, but the daughter of the Shi family is not a good person to hear about."

Yuzhu doesn't know much about this era, but it is more tolerant than the era recorded in history. The children of merchants can also obtain fame and fame, and the children of government officials can also set up one or two shops to do some small business. The cultural background is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. North is somewhat similar.

So some aristocratic families will also marry merchant girls.What did that girl do?Could it be that the length is not good?No
Yuzhu was still thinking about what was going on, but Yuxiang didn't say anything, and said, "Grandmother said that in the future, the second brother's marriage will be under the control of the mother, and no one is allowed to talk to the second brother about the marriage. This marriage is what he promised. , let him marry, anyway, grandmother will not agree, no one in the mansion will recognize this marriage, their Shi family has the ability to send their daughter directly to the mansion, otherwise the second brother will not ask for marriage."

Tao Shi and the old lady are willing to go all out, they can't just let this stupid father ruin brother Heng's marriage and future.

Yu Zhu'er nodded involuntarily, guessing that it was the second uncle's friends who saw that the second brother knew Yuan, so they tricked the second uncle into agreeing to the marriage.

Yuxiang came to talk to Yuzhu and felt much more at ease. After a while, her tears gradually stopped, she looked at Yuzhu embarrassedly, and stretched out her hand to hug her younger sister who was like Yutuan in her arms. I'm sorry, just pretend you didn't see it." She didn't realize that a three-year-old child could understand her own words.

Yuzhu'er fulfilled her wish, nodded blankly, and Yuxiang laughed amusedly, stretched out her hand and gently scratched the tip of Yuzhu's nose.

The two sisters had nothing to do, so Licorice took two begonia-colored embroidered back pillows and put them on the bed, letting the two girls rest and play on them.During dinner, Yuxiang happily returned to Luomei Courtyard, Yuzhu was a little helpless, thinking that the second sister was also a big-hearted person, and it was only half an hour later, so she forgot about crying when she came here.

After dinner, Yuzhu'er washes up and rests, today is Licorice on duty, she wraps a quilt on the couch under the bed and guards the little master.

Outside the corridor, Baiji and Baishao were still whispering, and Yuzhuer listened to them.

What Jiang Anshan was talking about was the marriage that Jiang Anshan was looking for for his second brother. It turned out that the second sister actually meant that when she said that the girl from the Shi family was not a good person.

Jiang Anshan is the second master Jiang.

From what the two little girls said, Father Shi and Jiang Anshan were indeed old friends, but Jiang Anshan was unreliable, and the money he gave out for eating, drinking and having fun outside was getting less and less.I didn't think about making a list yesterday, news of Brother Heng's understanding of Yuan spread in the capital, father Shi immediately approached Jiang Anshan, and told him that he had a well-bred daughter, fifteen years old, about the same age as Brother Heng, It's better to make a marriage, and when my daughter marries into Jiang's family, she will bring more than 100 dowry.

The Shi family is rich, of course more than 100 sets of dowry will not be just enough, they are all the best things, Jiang Anshan was moved when he heard it, he felt that the uncle's house is so poor, if his son can marry the daughter of the Shi family, it is like marrying a golden nest , In the future, I don't have to be short of money when I use it. What a good thing, I just agreed.

But the daughter of the Shi family has a bad reputation. The daughter of the Shi family had previously engaged in a marriage, and it was arranged since she was a child. The picker is indeed good-looking, and he looks at the picker every day, writes love poems and hands them to the picker on a handkerchief.

Unexpectedly, there was a welding wife in the shopkeeper's family long ago, and this love poem was discovered by the welding wife and brought to Shi's house, so it became a scandal in the whole capital. In the past, no one knew about the disturbance back then, and the Shi family's business suffered some setbacks as a result.

Yuzhu'er was really dumbfounded when she heard it, it was not inferior to the modern stories about the original mistress, she couldn't help but open her round eyes to look at the corridor.

Bai Shao Bai Ji is still whispering.

Hearing that Jiang Anshan came back and happily told Tao Shi about this marriage, Tao Shi hit him with a glass angrily, and asked him, "Years ago, there was a lot of trouble between the girl from the Shi family and the shopkeeper, don't you know why? Brother Heng has just passed the Jieyuan Examination, and seeing that he will have a good future in the future, do you insist on ruining him like this! Jiang Anshan, let me tell you, don’t say that I will not agree to this marriage. The marriage of the children is up to me. How do you promise? You can marry yourself. If I have the ability, I will not issue a letter of engagement. You ask the Shi family to bring her daughter directly to the mansion. If he dares to carry her, I will beat his daughter directly. go out!"

Jiang Anshan's face darkened, "Brother Shi said it all, it's a misinformation."

Tao Shi sneered, "It's really ridiculous, and it's misrepresented. It's spread all over the capital. Who would believe it? I don't recognize this marriage! Get out of here!"

Jiang Anshan left angrily and went to Aunt Yun's residence.

After a few days, this matter will be settled. After all, the man will not go to the woman's house to ask for her name. Najib, and there is no letter of appointment, who will admit this marriage.It's just that this story was still spread in the capital, some ridiculed, some added insult to injury, some sighed, and some scolded the Shi family and Jiang Anshan.

In the end, the Shi family also gave up on this marriage, and they couldn't just take their daughter to Jiang's mansion without saying anything, and they would not be arrested by the officials.

The old lady also had the intention to rectify Jiang Anshan. Since that day, he was not allowed to leave the mansion, and two old slaves forced him to go to the Buddhist hall to kneel and chant the Buddha's scriptures, and he had to recite for three hours a day.

In the twinkling of an eye, more than two months later, Xie Che wrote, saying that he was about to return to Beijing with the goods.

It's already winter now, and it's freezing cold, and it snowed a few days ago. Due to the snow, Xie Che took the official road when he came back, so it took half a month later.

Yuzhu'er's thin jacket was replaced by a thick jacket. There was no cotton in this era, and the stuffing in the jacket was animal fluff. The poorer people would use wool or the soft hair of other animals as stuffing. Down is much more expensive. Her jacket is full of rabbit down. The most precious ones are duck down and silk. The jacket made of the two is light and comfortable, and it is also the most expensive. Then one or two heavy ones cost dozens of taels Silver is not something that the rich and powerful families can't afford.

The jacket made of rabbit down is also very warm. Yuzhu'er is wearing a thick moon-white round-neck Suzhou embroidered begonia flower jacket skirt. On her feet are rabbit down boots with two red silk balls on them. Her shoes and boots never touch Landing on the ground, someone will always hug her when she goes out. Now she is wearing warm boots and sitting cross-legged on the couch, playing with a wooden carved boat.

This is carved by the sixth elder brother Perge himself for her. It is not very pretty, but it is still very good for an eight-year-old child to carve a small wooden boat. Yu Zhuer put it in her toy box very preciously.

Her three older brothers go to school after breakfast at dawn, and only at dinner time, and they don't spend much time together. In the house, only she and Yulan haven't gone to school because they are too young, and the rest of the brothers and sisters are all went.She is a bit bored during the day, occasionally Mrs. Mu will accompany her to read, and most of the time Mrs. Mu has to go to work in the shop. The shop is at an important stage right now, and some Mrs. Mu are busy.

So Yuzhu'er was a bit pitiful when she was alone, and she couldn't ask the maids for other books to read. After all, she was a toddler and couldn't read all the words. It would be strange to ask for gossip or travel books.

When she was alone, Yuzhu'er could read the Three-Character Classic by herself, and she could memorize the Three-Character Classic, but Mrs. Mu didn't give her other books to study, for fear of learning too quickly and hurting her brain.

There is a charcoal stove in the room, which is warm, and there is a pot of dried fruit and honey tea on the stove, which is sweet. When she is thirsty, the licorice will pour a cup, and Yu Zhuer will hold the tea cup and drink it carefully. with.After a while, Baiji came back from nowhere, and as soon as he entered the room, he opened the door in the cold air.

Licorice hurriedly pulled the person in, closed the curtain, and saw that the bletilla striata was about to run to the little master in a heartless manner, so she hurriedly pulled the person back, "It's cold, what should I do, girl, go to the stove first Warm up your body."

Baiji warmed her body with a smile before going over to Yuzhu'er, and she leaned over and laughed, "Fourth girl, the wife of the Duke of Zhen's mansion sent a message to our mansion, saying that he is asking the wife and the girls to visit the mansion of the Duke of Zhen's house." What about Lamei?"

Lord Zhen?Yuzhu'er stared slightly, expressing surprise, how could this elusive Duke's mansion give posts to Uncle Yongyi's mansion?
In the past few months since she came back, she has heard from two servant girls that there are quite a few hairpin families in Shangjing. She doesn't know the specifics of the pivotal position, but she only knows that it is a very distinguished family.

Licorice asked, "Where did the news come from?"

Bai Ji smiled and said, "The maidservant just went to the Waterside Courtyard, and the old lady showed the post to the eldest lady. The little maidservant in the Waterside Courtyard told the slaveservant, it must not be fake."

Yuzhu'er wrinkled her little nose, she didn't want to go to see winter plums in such a cold day, but she also knew that this was one of the ways for various families to connect with each other, such as various banquets, flowers and scenery.

After dinner, Mrs. Mu was called over by the little maid in the old lady's courtyard, and told Yuzhu'er in a quarter of an hour that she would go to Zhen Guogong's mansion to enjoy the plum blossoms tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)