The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 9 Jujube Seed Longan Porridge

The Gu family in Wuxi sent a letter, and the Zhang family knew about it, but what they didn't expect was that Gu Zhenguan came to say it.

"Brother Dunfu, I'm not careful enough about this matter..."

When Gu Zhenguan sighed, he looked older and older. Gu Yaofang's reply was something he never expected.Although the Gu family is good, but he has long since lost his official position. If it is true that Gu Yaofang wants to promise to Zhang Ergongzi, it is his sister Fang who is at the top of his family.

Zhang Ying knew Gu Zhenguan quite well, how could it be unusual for the court to observe his words and demeanor for so many years?

Ever since he happened to bump into Gu Huaishu coming out of an old friend's house yesterday, he had already vaguely expected it.

The eldest girl of the Gu family is virtuous and her talent is famous far and wide. Occasionally, some people pass on a poem or two from the boudoir, and they think it is fresh and elegant, with a sense of nobility.So not only Gu Zhenguan was satisfied with Zhang Tingyu, Zhang Ying was also very satisfied with Gu Yaofang.

It can be said that the adults of the two families hit it off right away, who would have expected such a side issue?

Thinking about it, Zhang Ying didn't think that the other party looked down on her family background and future, but thought that her second son's reputation of being weak-tempered spread far and wide, which made the girls feel a little discouraged.Gu Zhenguan would not speak bluntly about how her daughter commented on the Zhang family. The excuse was that "the old illness seems to be recurring, and I have to go home to see. I am afraid that the marriage between the two families will be discussed later."

Everyone can speak casually, and everyone knows that it is casual.

How could Zhang Ying not know that something went wrong with Gu Yaofang?He didn't want to hurt his close friendship with his old friend, so he just smiled heartily: "You said it all, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and we two immortals don't worry about it? Use it. When Brother Yuanping returns to Wuxi, if If there is news, everyone is naturally happy, if there is no fate, where is there no grass in the end of the world? Let's go with the juniors."

This is open-minded, and it is also Zhang Ying's way of dealing with the world.

After a while, the topic was changed by Zhang Ying. The matter of the two families discussing marriage before seemed to have never happened before, neither Zhang Ying nor Gu Zhenguan said anything about it.

Originally, Tongcheng was mainly for sightseeing, but after this happened, the people below said that Gu Yaofang was not in good health at first, and since she knew about the marriage talk, she couldn't get sick.Gu Zhenguan was also worried when he was outside, and he would not be happy to play all the way, so he packed up his things early and went back to Wuxi, the journey was only three or two days.

The departure date was set in two days.

I was planning to go back as soon as possible, but there seemed to be troubles in the Anhui area, some banditry, and life was delayed by a day.

So this morning, Gu Huaishu sat at the table eating porridge again.

Today's porridge is different from yesterday's.

Gu Huaixiu frowned, holding a gold-painted porcelain spoon with flower and bird pictures on the bottom of the spoon in his hand, stirred the porridge a little, and said strangely: "Jujue kernel? Longan? It wasn't the barley and red bean porridge that was served yesterday, how could it be born today?" Changed?"

Where did Qing Dai know so much, she could only ask the maid serving outside.

A girl in a green satin jacket standing at the door came in, bowed and said, "Return to Miss San, when I was going back to the kitchen with Miss Qingdai yesterday, I happened to bump into the second young master passing by in the south, so I happened to bump into my slave." We talked to the chef. I heard that the third girl ate carefully, and Qingdai girl said that you always get up early and sleep well, so the second son casually said to cook a porridge with jujube kernels and longan, and drink it for ten and a half months. That's good. The servants don't know why they changed this porridge when they went to the kitchen the next day...it must be..."

It must be the good thing that the second son did again, right?

Gu Huaixiuxin said that heart disease is not a common medicine that can cure it, and diet therapy has little effect, it is mostly because of the patient's own hints in his heart, and he always feels better.She stirred the porridge and lost her appetite for some reason, but at someone else's house, Gu Huaishu only smiled slightly: "If there is another chance to meet by chance like that again, remember to thank Second Young Master for me."

She gave Qing Dai a wink, Qing Dai nodded and did not move for a while.

Gu Huaishu then filled the jujube kernel and longan porridge, tasted it a little, the taste can only be considered mediocre, there is nothing good or bad about it.A good cook can make white porridge the best in the world. It's not because she entrusted her with it. Everything in this family is good, but this cook is definitely not as good as the one Gu Huaixiu likes.

Fortunately, this day doesn't have to last long, Gu Huaishu drank the porridge happily, and then forgot about it when he turned around.

But when she removed the bowls and plates, Qing Dai went over and quietly stuffed a small string of copper coins into the hand of the maid, and said: "You are also a clever talker, this was rewarded by my third girl, and there is no way to show off when you are about to leave. It’s better not to be disgusted.”

The servant girl became a little apprehensive, took the money tremblingly, and only said: "Didn't Miss San blame the kitchen for being troublesome?"

"Where did you go? We are guests, but the lady eats very little in the morning and is too delicate, so every time she eats porridge, she can't eat anything else, and it's hard to refuse Zhang's family's favor. Hey , Miss is still waiting for me to take care of her, I will tell you later." Qing Dai stopped in good time, saw the maid had left, and then lifted the curtain from the outside to come in.

She stood in front of Gu Huaishu and said, "Let's go."

There were seven or eight strings of beads made of small agate grains on Gu Huaixiu's table, and he was playing "catch" by himself. When he turned his palm over, he put a handful of beads on the back of his hand, with an expression on his face. On the contrary, he was relaxed and just asked casually: "Did you say it?"

"Say it." Qing Dai replied sullenly.

Gu Huaixiu asked again: "How do you say that?"

"Miss!" Qing Dai didn't understand again, "Could it be that you have been slandered by the eldest lady so much, so you let it go? Is it necessary to say these words to the people below? I don't know what to say to the young lady later!"

Although the words are a bit offensive, Gu Huaishu likes her straightforward personality, she doesn't have too much scheming, she is not stupid when she says she is stupid, she is not smart when she says she is smart, she is a qualified subordinate.She scratched her hand, followed the agate string with her eyes, and said, "You should be beaten! I haven't disciplined you for many days, and I opened my mouth and talked all over the place! When I free my hand, I will teach you a lesson. I just want the Zhang family to know. , I can't marry a girl like me."

Who wants to marry such a picky daughter-in-law back?

Gu Huaishu is not a fool, that day at the Lantern Festival, Zhang Tinglu, the third son of the Zhang family, sent someone to invite her, but she flatly refused; yesterday when Gu Zhenguan asked her to talk about something, he seemed hesitant to speak.Gu Huaixiu didn't know what he was planning, but marrying her to Zhang Tinglu was actually a good way to solve the current problem.

It's a pity that she, Gu Huaishu, was unhappy and didn't want to marry.

Qingdai's mouth is tight, and she will talk about the fact that she can't sleep well and wake up early, but the matter of eating, I'm afraid it's the girl from the Zhang family who will say it.Such a person, if you tell her something, the whole world will know it in a blink of an eye, he is undoubtedly the best mouthpiece.

Today Qingdai told her that she could spread the word among Zhang's servants in the future.

Gu Huaishu hopes to let others know that although she has a bad reputation, she has a good appearance, so it is hard to guarantee that someone will marry her just because of her stinky skin.

This is also a helpless solution. Who told her that she is "useless", and her appearance accounts for 99% of it?

In order to humiliate herself, she also worked very hard.

Qing Dai actually knew her intentions, otherwise she wouldn't have gone out and said that Gu Huaixiu was picky before Gu Huaixiu hadn't explained.

It is true that she is picky, but she seldom shows it outside, let alone speak out by herself.

Qing Dai frowned, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, the matter of Mr. Zhang is true."

With a "snap", three strings of agate fell from the back of Gu Huaishu's hand, but she didn't catch it.

Gu Huaishu just kept stretching out the back of his hand to pick up the agate strings, looked back at Qing Dai with thoughtful eyes, then slowly turned his head, picked up the agate strings on the table, and started playing again.

She didn't speak, but Qing Dai was curious: "Did you think of something just now?"

"What do you think I thought of?" Gu Huaishu asked her back.

Qing Dai stuck out her tongue, scratched her ears and cheeks for a long time, but said boldly: "Why does this slave think that... this second young master seems to have so much interest in Miss?"

"Girls, you don't feel ashamed to say that." Gu Huai didn't look sideways, as if Qing Dai's words hadn't affected her in any way.

After talking about everything, Qing Dai didn't hesitate, she stretched her head and saw no one outside, she quickly squatted beside Gu Huaixiu: "Miss, I'm serious, although this Second Young Master is older than you Three years old, but what is this? The important thing is that he is elegant, handsome, and has a heart for the young lady."

"It's just a random word, what kind of jujube kernel and longan porridge is just a letter from you, a girl."

Gu Huaixiu said how could it be so simple, and she didn't pretend to be sentimental, everyone in this family is not an ordinary person, so how can you take something that is mentioned casually, seriously?It would also be interesting for her to be the cook of this family, but if Zhang Tingyu mentioned it casually, he would remember to change the porridge the next day, isn't it strange?
Thinking of this, she paused again, pinched the agate string and rubbed it, and felt cold sweat on the back of her neck again.

Why is it that I can't understand this situation more and more?

Qing Dai almost lay down on the ground, wailing: "We're leaving tomorrow, and we're going back to Wuxi to look at the face of the eldest lady, this servant really loves me..."

Hearing this, Gu Huaixiu let out a "puchi" laugh, "I'm afraid that if we go back to Wuxi, Eldest Sister will be even more worried."

She turned her head to look at Linghua Mirror, raised her eyebrows, and thought to herself, no matter what these people think, she still packed up and went back to prepare to talk to Gu Yaofang.

Qing Dai also laughed: "You go to persuade her later, she will faint so many times, this servant will laugh just thinking about it, poof..."

What kind of persuasion is just talking for fun.

Just looking at a white porcelain spoon painted with gold from Zhang's family, Gu Huaishu can tell which of the two has a stronger background.She knew very well that Gu Yaofang could not be married, and it would be bad for her to marry anyone in this world, but that one might save the Gu family's reputation.

Gu Huaixiu knew that Gu Zhenguan's trip was for nothing, so he left in a chic way.

The next day, before dawn, Qing Dai woke her up and dressed herself up. She wore a plain white thin shirt with blue borders, and an elegant light green pleated skirt with layers of elegant light green pleated skirts. It was still a begonia and white jade hairpin. She simply wore a double snail bun. Together with Gu Zhenguan, they bid farewell to Mrs. Zhang Ying and his four sons who were standing in front of the mansion, and set off on their way home.

(End of this chapter)