The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 4 The farm boy's cousin visits the door (please recommend and collect)
(Because of everyone's support, Xiaohe successfully entered the new book list. Although it is a hang-up, she is still very happy, (*^__^*) hee hee...)
At that time, the enshrinement of a seventh-rank county magistrate was only 43 taels, and 300 taels was considered a huge fortune.The mother and daughter of the Xing family didn't know what the market was like when they first arrived, but Xiuyan clearly remembered such a plot in Cao Gong's works.

"Mom, in addition to the money given to the county magistrate, we can also leave a large sum of money, which is enough for the whole family to support, and it will not be difficult to raise a younger brother. There is a grandma Liu in the original book. I remember Jia's family eating crabs." At that time, she calculated that 20 taels would be enough for the dealer's family to survive for a year."

Lu's mother walked down the street holding her daughter's hand, leaning over and asking the price of the vegetables at the small stalls, but she didn't buy them, and left after asking: "My honest girl, the farmers grow their own vegetables and collect their own food. They Where can I use silver? Even if it is like this, it will cost 20 taels, so there are plenty of places to spend money! If you want to live here, your father’s income alone is definitely not enough, so I have to come out of the mountain.”

Xiuyan's eyes are bright, and her mother is ingenious, who doesn't ask her for help when she is at work?The sweaters I have grown since I was a child are all knitted by my mother, and they are more beautiful than those sold outside.Have a delicious meal at home and cook it in different ways.

"Mom, I actually came up with a good idea a long time ago, but I don't know if it will work."

"You're talking about it."

Xiuyan said in a low voice: "People in Gusu are fond of sweets. Although they are not as good as in Wuxi, they are well-known. People here also love to eat. If we start with food, it will definitely work."

Mother Lu's thoughts coincided with her daughter's. In ancient times, who would hire a woman to be an accountant?Her little ability is useless at all, but in order to replenish the body of her daughter who is going to school, Mother Lu learned a lot of food.

"We are from the north, so we don't know Suzhou cuisine."

"Don't worry, Mom. I've already thought about it. Whether you're a southerner or a northerner, you can't refuse a cream cake, right? I ate a piece of crabapple cake at Luzhu's yesterday. I brought it back from Yangzhou. Mom, the cream cake you made is delicious and rich in ingredients, and it must be better than crabapple cake."

Although the ancients have long mastered the method of making butter, but it is mostly used in the balm and cream used by court ladies. Few people will eat it, and the taste is so strange that it is hard to swallow. How can it be compared to centuries of cream? Cream after?In addition, people's pastry is just dead dough, and it is difficult for people with bad teeth to bite. If they make sponge cakes, the Xing family's business will not be too bad.

Lu's mother touched her daughter's little face: "It's better to be my girl. We have money, and we will give you a good body, just like before."

Xiuyan's heart felt sour, thinking about her previous life, when her mother had money, she was reluctant to dress herself up, and spent all of it on herself.Buy the best cosmetics and the most fashionable clothes.Just like the few pairs of good shoes that Dad bought for him after going to work, he said that his daughter was a waste, but the smile in his eyes was hard to hide.

It's no wonder that in the entire Jia family, everyone despises Xing Xiuyan. First, it is the most snobbish place, bullying the poor Xing family. Second, it is chronically malnourished. How good can Xing Xiuyan in the original book be?Fortunately, Qingwen also said that Xing Xiuyan, Xue Baoqin and Li Wan's two nieces are like water onions.Probably the last three are the ones, and Xing Xiuyan is counted together.

The mother and daughter were delayed for a while on the road, and it was already noon when they reached the entrance of the alley.As soon as I entered the laneway, I saw a boy sitting on the steps in front of the house.

The boy was dressed mostly in coarse cloth, holding a booklet in his hand. He only wore a pair of straw sandals in such a cold March day, and a dead pheasant was placed at his feet.

Hearing footsteps, the boy looked up and saw that it was the mother and daughter of the Xing family, and they stood up happily.

"Aunt, big sister."

The mother and daughter looked at each other calmly, and Xiuyan cheerfully greeted her: "Why are you here?"

The boy stuffed the booklet into his bosom, Xiuyan took a look at it, and saw that it was densely packed with small characters, like the Three Character Classic or something.

"My mother heard that my eldest sister was ill, so she told me to give her a pheasant to make up for her health. The aunt next door told me that my aunt and eldest sister had just left, and I was waiting here."

Xiuyan guessed that this might be the son of an aunt in the Xing family.It's just that she is a little older. Didn't it mean that the two daughters of the Xing family were married after Mrs. Xing?

Before I had time to think about it, Mother Lu had already knocked on the door.Xiuyan saw with her own eyes that the young man was tense for a moment, as if he was facing an enemy.

Not long after, the door opened.Xiuyan's father hugged the baby and said: "I hope you are back. This child"

Seeing that he was a stranger, Xiuyan's father was completely stunned.It's not like picking another one, is it?Xiuyan's father glanced down, could it be that picking up his son also gave him a pheasant?
Mother Lu saw what her husband was thinking, and said angrily, "You haven't invited the guests in yet!" Then she took the infant baby.

After all, the young man has not been deeply involved in the world. After some cross-examination by Xiuyan's parents, the child completely "confessed". It turned out that the three sisters of the Xing family and Mrs. Xing brought all their belongings with them when they got married, leaving only a space for everyone. shell.Taking advantage of the prestige of the Rongguo Mansion, the second aunt reluctantly married a small businessman in Yangzhou.When I arrived at Grandma Sangu's place, the Xing family couldn't afford the dowry because they had a lazy elder brother.

It turned out that Xing Zhong didn't want to support his sister for nothing, so he asked a matchmaker to go to the countryside to inquire.Sure enough, there was a nice family, but it was a pity that he was a widower, but he gave ten taels of silver as a dowry.Xing Zhong didn't care whether his younger sister was happy or not after marrying, he just chose a date and married her off.

The child who came here today is called Zhang Yi, a child left behind by the third uncle's former wife, and he listened to his stepmother and came to bring some food to the poor elder sister.

After sitting for a long time, Zhang Yi got up and went to the yard to chop firewood.The three members of Xiuyan's family looked ashamed, especially Xiuyan's father, how could it be difficult for other people's children before?
Xiuyan's father hurriedly chased him out, grabbed the ax in Zhang Yi's hand, "Good boy, go in and rest, and ask your aunt to cook something delicious for you."

Xiuyan also rushed up to grab Zhang Yi: "Brother, I saw the brochure you brought, you can teach me too!"

Zhang Yi chuckled: "Big sister is teasing me, you taught me the characters here!"

He didn't refuse, he followed Xiuyan into the house.

Zhang Yi stood at the door and took a look. Seeing Xiuyan's parents went to the kitchen, he carefully took out a paper bag from his arms: "My mother asked me to give it to you, here."

Xiuyan was pouring water for Zhang Yi, when he heard his talk, she took the paper bag curiously, opened it, and found that it was a pair of tremella pendants the size of pearl grains, engraved with the pattern of plum blossoms, the craftsmanship was not very exquisite.

"This is?"

Zhang Yi smiled shyly: "Big sister's birthday is coming, my mother asked someone to beat this, she said that girls should not be too clean, and should have a decent piece of jewelry."

It would be a lie to say that they are not touched, it seems that everyone in the Xing family may not be mean-spirited, in the previous life, Xiuyan liked these small jewelry the most, and it didn't cost much for a box, it was just a matter of mood.But when I get here, my stomach is still not full, so how can I have any spare money to take care of clothes?
Xiuyan carefully put away the earrings, and smiled at Zhang Yi: "Thank you, brother."

Zhang Yi blushed, and lowered his head shyly: "Big sister, you are welcome. Oh, yes, there is this." Zhang Yi took out the booklet that Xiuyan saw at the door just now, and pointed to a passage in it: "Big sister, look at this sentence. I went back and read it again and again, but I didn't understand the deep meaning. I asked Mr. Xiucai in the village, but Mr. Xiucai hesitated and couldn't tell."

Xiuyan poked her head curiously to look, and sure enough, what she wrote was simple words such as writing the Three Character Classic, but what Zhang Yi pointed to was a small poem:
Three springs, wind and rain, wet makeup,
When the bay leaves turn over, they want to be heartbroken.

The world of mortals outside the threshold has no intention of asking,
The shadow of the blue lantern illuminates the meditation bed.

"Mr. Xiucai asked me who wrote it. I didn't dare to say the name of my eldest sister. I only said that it was a brother from a relative's family. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xiucai shook his head frequently and said that it was absolutely impossible. This is clearly a disillusioned and experienced Buddhist. The insight that only disciples can have is absolutely impossible for people of my age. I don’t dare to argue too much, big sister, who did this come from? What’s Bayeux’s intention?”

Xiuyan held the pamphlet and said with a smile: "You forgot, our family rented the house of Jingci Temple on the mountain, when I went to sit around, I saw this poem was novel and cold, so I copied it down, it's nothing special. "

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi shook his head suspiciously: "Eldest sister, avoid contact with such people from now on. How old are you? What kind of Zen, green lantern, it's not good for outsiders to hear about it. Let me see."

Zhang Yi lowered his voice: "I see that uncle is not the same as before, and the life of the eldest sister and aunt will be easier. After a while, I will ask my mother to pick you up for your birthday and live in the countryside for a few days. My father is about to go into the mountains to hunt, and he just asked you to go to the tooth festival."

Seeing that Zhang Yi spoke honestly, Xiuyan didn't hide any evil intentions.Although the grandma of the third aunt of the Xing family was a stepmother, Zhang Yi didn't have the slightest intention to exclude her, and she was kind to Xiuyan.

Lu’s mother was nimble, and she packed four dishes in a short time, pheasant feet soup, braised chicken nuggets, Kung Pao chicken, and Xiuyan’s father went to the street stall at the door to buy a piece of tofu and made a dish himself. Mapo tofu.

Zhang Yi refused to serve at the table at first, until Xiuyan's father put on a serious face, Zhang Yi sat beside Xiuyan nervously, only picking tofu clips.

Xiuyan's mother sighed softly in her heart, and treated this relative who was the first to visit after time-traveling more kindly.

After Zhang Yi left, the family quickly put on the bolts and gathered in the main house to count the money.From now on, the livelihood of the whole family will depend on it. Whether Xiuyan’s father can enter the workplace again, whether Xiuyan’s mother and Xiuyan’s business plan can be implemented smoothly. Without the 300 taels of silver, everything is just empty talk .

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