Beautiful step by step

Chapter 71

Wei Wei changed into a sky blue embroidered chrysanthemum dress, with high cloud temples and thin red lips, a pure gold crested hairpin, and a simple gold ornament on the combed hair on the right side of her forehead, making her whole person refreshing and refined.

A Tong from Uncle Wei's house changed his clothes and walked in a little awkwardly. He saw clusters of golden chrysanthemums in full bloom on the sky, which was bluer than usual under the sun. Among the chrysanthemums, the beauty was like jade.Looking closely, the beauty is the sister-in-law married to his cousin.She always knew that her sister-in-law was extremely beautiful, but she never thought that she could be so beautiful.

Glory Qiuju, Huamao Chunsong.

Seeing that Wei Tong, who was always well educated and reasonable, looked a little dazed, Wei Wei smiled and waved to her gently.

"A Tong is here? You really look good in this dress."

Last night, the Governor's Mansion posted a post saying that the next day would be the Governor's birthday banquet.It just so happens that Shengjia will be stationed in Youzhou in the near future, and the officials of Liangzhou will also go to see him.Let's take this opportunity to get together and discuss matters related to seeing the driver.

Wei Wei lamented the specialness of Liangzhou's officialdom. If it were to be placed in the capital, he would probably only say "the governor's birthday banquet". Everyone is a smart person who can understand what will happen next, so it goes without saying.

On the other hand, she found it funny that they had been in Liangzhou for such a long time, until the last day, and they had to stay up until late at night to report.This small idea of ​​running on people is really simple and rude enough.

It's good to be simple and rough, but if everyone has an exquisite heart and hides needles in everything they do, then she will be really exhausted.

During the dinner, he asked the officials of Liangzhou City about the general behavior, and Wei Wei determined that tomorrow's birthday banquet should be in the easy mode.That being the case, she wanted to take Wei Tong there to show her face.

Yan Heng's mother married Yan Baihu out of helplessness, the past cannot be made up for, and the next generation of the Wei family must never fall into that situation again.Besides, she could tell that although she was born in poverty, Wei Tong had read a lot of books. She was a fair, succulent young girl who was not bad anywhere, and she deserved the care of any good man.

Being praised by such a beautiful cousin, Ah Tong was a little shy: "Thanks to the good clothes of my cousin."

"Clothes also depend on the person wearing them."

There should not be too many comparison pictures between the buyer's show and the seller's show. She is about the same size as Ah Tong. The little girl has a white complexion and a bookish look. The chrysanthemum-yellow dress matches the color of the sky-blue embroidered chrysanthemum on her. A proper seller's model show.

"The silver hairpin on the head looks pretty, but there's something missing."

Wei Wei turned around and rummaged through the dowry, and took out a large silver flower without much effort.I can't tell what the name of the flower is, but the petals are very large, layered on top of the nearly flat silver flower, which just echoes the silver hairpin that Aunt Wei took out on A Tong's head.The originally dull silver hairpin will show simplicity and elegance.

Looking in the mirror, Ah Tong's face was full of surprises.

Seeing her surprise, Wei Wei was also happy.After changing his clothes, Yan Heng walked in, and saw his wife and cousin dressed up, sitting in front of the mirror beamingly and admiring each other.

"It's getting late, and it's almost time to leave. Ah Tong, is it true that Auntie won't come today?"

Wei Wei also looked at Ah Tong with concern. She was the aunt and Ah Tong who invited her, but last night in a hurry, she only sent the clothes that Ah Tong needed.

"I don't have clothes suitable for my aunt, don't let her misunderstand something."

Ah Tong shook his head, not panicked at all, but a little helpless: "Mother said that she went to this kind of occasion, and I'm afraid she didn't know where to stand. Besides, our family's situation is such that we are not afraid of my cousin's jokes. This silver hairpin It was the last bit of money in the family. If it wasn't for the clothes sent by my cousin, my mother wouldn't know what I should wear."

Speaking of the various difficulties of the Wei family, Wei Tong's face was very calm, and he didn't feel embarrassed by his poor family at all.Her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, she said what should be said, and thanked what should be thanked.Most people who listened to her would forget that her family was poor, and would only admire her for her modesty.

Of course, this does not include Yan Heng, he knows why the Wei family is poor.In the final analysis, his mother's dowry emptied the family's wealth.Grandfather and grandmother wanted to collect a generous dowry, and they would never suffer a loss when their mother married.But unexpectedly, this dowry finally made Zhou Shi cheaper.

The feng shui turns, and the Zhou family will live with the face of a beggar in Zhang Wa for the rest of his life.Yan Heng pondered, thinking of the letter from Jiuquan he received early in the morning.Zhou Qian's family has begun to return the proceeds from the ransacking of the house, and the rest of the family has moved back to Zhou's Village.They would not live in the old house that had been carefully repaired before, so the Zhou clan arranged these people in a few adobe houses that had been in disrepair for a long time.

The conditions were so difficult that the aunt who was snatched by the Zhou family to be a maid and concubine started to run away no matter how determined she was.Those with natal families returned to their natal families, and those without natal families or those who were not accepted by their natal brothers and sisters simply took the little money compensated by the government to make a living by themselves.Regarding the latter, the Zhou family was also jealous and wanted to take care of the money, but now the Zhou family was on the cusp of a crisis, and when they saw the new head of the yamen, the head of the Yan family with a tiger-like smile, they silently withdrew their outstretched hands.

After such a period of time, the Zhou family also ran wild.At the same time, Mrs. Zhou, who had been lingering on the sick bed, miraculously recovered.She hated Yan Heng, but she didn't dare to be too blatant.Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, she would curse the two Wala beggars every day.

This is roughly what Jiuquan wrote in his letter. Uncle Chen also mentioned that the vertical flower gate in the second entrance has been completely repaired.After thinking over and over again, Yan Heng finally made up his mind when Ah Tong mentioned the situation of the Wei family.Yan Baihu's and Zhou's face had already grown back the beggar's skin. It's time to make room for them, even if they don't want to return to their original faces in this life.

After making up his mind, Yan Heng took Wei Wei's writing brush in the bedroom, and quickly added a line of words at the end of the reply.Seal the number with wax and hand it over to the messenger who came.

Then he got on his horse, took Wei Wei and Wei Tong who were in the carriage behind, and hurried to the Liangzhou government office.

When they arrived at the Liangzhou government office, the gate of the house closest to the back house was full of horse-drawn carriages.Seeing that the master's family didn't intend to make room for them to pass by, the Yan family's carriage could only make a detour and stop in front of the government office.Lifting the curtain, Wei Wei saw that no one was waiting at the door, so she simply grabbed Ah Tong who was about to get out of the carriage, and the two talked in the carriage.

The Wei family is the Wei family after all, even if they are down and out, Ah Tong can still figure out the complicated official titles in Liangzhou Mansion.Among them, the few companies belonging to Jiuquan, even if they had no direct contact at all, she could even say that they were ugly when they mentioned it.

Wei Wei couldn't help sighing, this is the official thinking, and you can always see the intricate details behind it from some very subtle places.Ah Tong, who was a generation away, is still so sharp, let alone Webster who was taught by Wei Xiang himself.Perhaps it was because of the influence of his biological mother that Yan Heng was able to get out of the way while offending the Wu family.

Listening to Wei Wei, she sighed: "Fortunately, I brought Ah Tong here today. With you here, I may save a lot of worry."

Ah Tong laughed and said: "I heard all these from my father. When it comes to responding to childbirth, I can't compare to my cousin sister-in-law."

After speaking, she glanced pointedly at the outside of the carriage, following her gaze, Wei Wei saw a side door of the government office opened, and a woman came out slowly from it.

After coming out, the mother-in-law first went around the steps and looked towards the main entrance of the mansion. Seeing that there was no one there, she hesitated and walked towards the carriage.

"Ma'am, it's easy for me to find an old lady. I'm busy with a birthday party later, and I can't get away for a while. Old lady, I am late with my old arms and legs. Don't take it for granted."

Wei Wei sat in the carriage without moving at all, the mother-in-law took the initiative to lift the curtain of the carriage, and saw the two people looking attentive.

Eyelids drooped slightly, Wei Wei looked behind through her.

Yan Heng just rode away for a while, and he didn't know where he went. He came back just now, dismounted and threw the reins to Batu behind him. He was standing behind the woman, and it was hard to ignore the invisible pressure.

The mother-in-law turned her head and saw that where she was standing was blocking the way of others, she moved aside in embarrassment.

Yan Heng walked forward without looking sideways, and stretched out his hand into the carriage.In front of the Yamen of Liangzhou Mansion, in front of the wife of the governor's mansion, he still carried his daughter-in-law princess out of the carriage as usual.Although his behavior is very bold, but his expression is gentle and solemn, which makes people unable to get any lustful thoughts.

Liangzhou Mansion was well-informed, the imperial decree of Yan Heng's appointment came, Wei Wei's background, and gossip about his promotion on the day of marriage came to the governor's mansion.She was working in front of the governor's wife, and the mother-in-law had heard a little about this matter.She thought that marrying such a daughter-in-law would definitely make Yan Zhenfu a lot of dissatisfaction.

But now he looks a little dissatisfied!
The mother-in-law was stunned for a while in surprise, until her back went numb when she was stared at by a sharp gaze.

Smiling enthusiastically, she hurriedly asked, "What orders does Master Zhen Fu have?"

Yan Heng didn't speak, but raised his chin into the carriage.The mother-in-law understood, and her face was a little embarrassed.There were two people in the carriage, and Yan Zhenfu carried his wife down, could it be possible to ask her to help carry another person?She can hug and move, but she has never heard of such rules.

Seeing Yan Zhenfu's gaze became more and more fierce, the mother-in-law was cruel, and imitated his appearance just now and stretched out her two hands.

Wei Wei couldn't help laughing out loud: "It's not for you to hug, there are often carriages coming and going in the front yard of the governor's mansion, there should be a step stool for people to step on."

While talking, she still didn't forget to appease Ah Tong in the carriage.

Although Ah Tong said before getting off the car that she could easily jump from this height, what does it look like for a lady from an official family to jump down in front of the gate of someone else's house?

The mother-in-law looked a little embarrassed: "This..."

Wei Wei's face darkened: "Could it be that the governor's mansion has a banquet today, and the stools have been moved to the back."

How could Mrs. Yan know?The mother-in-law not only knows that the step stools have been moved to the back, but also knows that the wife has already counted, and the Yan family's carriage will stop at the gate of the mansion.In this meeting, Mrs. Yan should be the one who jumped into the carriage, but Yan Zhenfu didn't play cards according to common sense.

When the mother-in-law looked hesitant, Yan Heng said beside her: "The door of the back house should be temporarily blocked, and the other side has been cleared out now. I just rode around and saw a carriage passing by all the time. .”

Wei Wei sighed: "Even if we can walk over there, we can't go back and forth like this."

After speaking, Wei Wei took a look at the gate of the Liangzhou government office which was still tightly closed. The gate was closed, but the side door through which the mother-in-law came out was always open.Mrs. Governor's majesty was really ridiculous. If she hadn't been able to hold her own, an ordinary person would have jumped out of the carriage early, stood in front of the mansion door to bask in the sun for a while, and then slipped in through the side door in despair.

Thinking of this, she looked at her mother-in-law sternly: "It's not an option to wait any longer. Since there is no step stool, then I will wrong you to make a step stool."

The mother-in-law couldn't believe it: "Could Madam Yan be joking?"

Wei Wei sneered: "I never joke. People respect me a foot, and I respect others. Either you get me a step stool right away, or you kneel down and use it as a step stool."

The old woman said helplessly: "The old woman has old arms and legs, and she can't stand it. I'll go to the back and find a step stool for my wife."

Wei Wei sneered: "I see that not only your old arms and legs, but also your ears are so old that you are deaf. I mean immediately, who knows how long it will take you to walk backwards with your old arms and legs."

The mother-in-law's face was a little ugly: "Ma'am, what you said is so embarrassing to the old woman."

Just as Wei Wei was about to refute, Yan Heng kicked the mother-in-law next to her: "She can't understand what you're saying, what's the point of talking to her under the sun."

Yan Heng's kick was so accurate that the mother-in-law wobbled and fell down, lying on the ground in front of the carriage.Yan Heng's soap boots stepped on her back, and after trying to see if it was stable, he rested his feet on her neck.

Wei Wei stretched out his hand into the carriage: "It's just why Ah Tong has been waiting for so long, get out of the carriage quickly."

Holding her hand, Ah Tong put his toes on the woman's back, and nimbly got out of the carriage.Yan Heng let go of his feet, and ordered his mother-in-law sharply.

"Hurry up and ask someone to open the door."

The mother-in-law patted off her clothes, feeling more bitter than drinking coptis water.Every family member of a newly appointed official in Liangzhou has to go through this experience when they come to the governor's mansion. It is said that this is still the rule when the Chu family was strong.Most people are afraid of the authority of the governor's office, so they probably just bear with it.

But today she ran into two hard stubbles, so she knelt down and acted as a human stepping stool.But she was just a servant after all, if this incident got serious, Mrs. Yan might not look good, but in the end it would always be her who was punished by Mrs. Inspector's grudge.When she was kneeling on the ground, she thought it through, so she just endured it.

But unexpectedly, they would open the middle door.

Even the Commander of the Liangzhou Guard, who is on an equal footing with Lord Inspector, came through the door of the inner house today.If the main gate of the government office was opened for Yan Zhenfu alone, wouldn't it mean that the governor's government treats a Zhenfu more seriously than a genuine commander?
Swallowing the bitterness in her heart, the mother-in-law could only pretend to be stupid: "The door is already open, Mr. Zhenfu, Madam, Miss Biao, please."

Wei Wei raised his eyebrows, and the sarcasm on his face almost turned into substance: "This is the rule of the governor's mansion for hospitality?"

Open a side door next to the steps for them to go, which reminded her of when sister Lin entered Jia's mansion in Dream of the Red Chamber.At that time, she was angry when she saw the Red Mansion. Lin Ruhai was so rich, and he assigned a hundred or eighty servants to his daughter. When the time came, a row of dark men would stand up and smash Jia's mansion without opening the front door. In the end, we would see who would be ashamed.

This is also the reason why she can't look down on the Red Mansion. The famous book is wonderfully written, but it doesn't agree with her three views.Jinling Twelve Beauties are all beautiful women, each of whom deserves to be taken seriously by life, but in the end they can only succumb to reality, and none of them end well.

And she has lived two lifetimes, and she has never been wronged.

She was kind to the Wei family and Ah Yun, not to please Yan Heng, but because she liked these people.Now that the governor's mansion dares to treat her like this, she naturally won't knock out her teeth and swallow her blood alive.

"Deliberately blocking the road to prevent people from passing through, we are magnanimous and don't care about it. Walk a little longer to get to the government office, and the governor's mansion opened a side door for people to go through the dog hole. I don't believe it, you dare to open a dog hole in the back house The side door, let all the visitors today go through the dog hole like this."

The mother-in-law was at a loss for words: "The main gate of the government office cannot be opened easily."

Wei Wei obviously didn't believe it: "Then what is not easy?"

"Madam Yan, don't make it difficult for us servants."

"Difficult to do?" Yan Heng's deep voice came, and a bright yellow secret order appeared in his hand: "Is it so difficult to open the front door? This Zhenfu is an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor. It turns out that the governor's office arranged the score like this." Damn, in order not to disturb Lord Inspector's birthday, even the emperor is ignored."

(End of this chapter)