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Chapter 675 Taibai Temple (4)
Aunt Shang jumped over the window and was a little surprised when she saw these two people coming in.I didn't expect that the little girl's family environment is good.Why say it's good, just think about Chunmei's house.Chunmei's family members were all in her hometown, and Chunmei was taken to the capital by her grandmother by herself, and was later sold to the Shangshu Mansion as a girl.

It is impossible for Chunmei's family to come to the Shangshu Mansion to see Chunmei. Every time, they entrust friends who come to Beijing to pay some money back from Chunmei.

It is enough to see that the girls who usually work in the homes of rich families sell themselves because of the necessity of life at home.However, this Ziye doesn't seem like such a thing.

Later, Aunt Shang thought about it, and only remembered that it had been so many days since she came back to Yandu. They, the group who followed Li Min to the Duke Huguo's mansion, went through life and death, which is enough to reward them.Indeed, after returning to Yandu that day, within a few days, I don't know if it was the result of discussions between Li Min and Zhu Li. As a result, each of them received a reward of a hundred taels of silver.

How much is one hundred taels of silver equivalent to?
According to the consumption level of Ming Dynasty, one hundred taels of silver is enough to buy a better residential house.

Those domestic slaves who received the rewards were all happy to send most of the rewards home and notify the family members to come and get them.She and Chunmei couldn't send the money out because there was no one in Yandu.But Ziye is not.I have never heard of Ziye asking her family to come to collect the silver reward.

Aunt Shang's heart turned to this, she stood up and walked to the door.

When Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Zhang arrived at the door of the house, they saw an older woman walking out from the cotton curtain raised in the room. She was wearing a very dignified dark blue dark flower trousers, a pair of plain pot shoes on her feet, and a Although the previous jade hairpin is plain and clean, the quality of jade is transparent and bright.

Such a woman, no matter how you look at it, should have some status.

Sure enough, I was introduced by the person next to me: "This is Aunt Shang. I heard that she was an aunt in the Emperor's Palace. Later, because the second lady of the Shangshu Mansion became the princess of our palace, Aunt Shang followed the princess to our palace. .”

In a word, a discerning person can understand it as soon as he hears it.That is, Aunt Shang is almost equal to the right-hand man in this mansion. In front of the mistress, she should be someone who can speak and influence the mistress to make a decision. She is equivalent to a staff officer, and her status in this mansion can be seen .And they came here, didn't they want to curry favor with the mistress?How can a smarter person not curry favor with the people around the mistress first?

Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Zhang hurriedly bent down, bowed their bodies and said: "The women are just lowly. I have seen Aunt Shang."

In ancient times, there were distinct levels, but Aunt Shang knew that the so-called humble status was the lowest level in society, but it was abolished as early as when Lord Wanli came to the throne.There is no such thing as a cheap household registration in the legal household registration.Hu and Zhang are self-effacing.

Aunt Shang glanced over the tops of the two of them with her eyeballs, and then smiled warmly, the kind of smile that makes people unclear, and said: "If you want to talk about a lowly family, I am also a lowly family. After leaving the palace, I was a After Mrs. Li and Princess Wang are adopted, they are still slaves."

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Hu were almost at a loss for words.In fact, their family is not of lowly status, not even slave status, because Ziye's second brother in the family has performed military service in the army and was promoted together with his family, and now he is of good status.If it wasn't for Ziye's own willingness, the family could actually buy Ziye back from the prince's mansion to sell her body and redeem herself.

It can only be said that this Aunt Shang has not investigated them before, then she is amazing, and she can tell at a glance.

According to Li Min's instructions, Aunt Shang led them into the house and began to ask questions about offering incense in Taibai Temple.

Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Zhang had heard about such a question from Ziye before, so when answering, they were of course prepared.

Mrs. Hu first said: "In the case of Taibai Temple, the rules are actually not much different from those of other temples. But—"

"but?"

Mrs. Hu turned to Mrs. Zhang: "Grandma, do you still remember that last time the third young mistress of the Ningyuan Hou Mansion said that she was going to bathe before offering incense, and it took about ten days to make two new clothes, including After leaving the bathhouse on Chunshu Street, before offering incense at Taibai Temple, I stayed in a nunnery near Taibai Temple for a while."

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "The movement of the third young mistress of Ningyuan Hou's mansion is considered small. The first young mistress of Ningyuan Hou's mansion, before she was pregnant with a child, and after she was pregnant with a child, no matter whether she was asking for a child or fulfilling her wish later They carried boxes of things up the mountain."

Aunt Shang was a little confused when she heard it at first, but she thought that she would be more cautious now that she had asked the Bodhisattva for a child, and she should be more cautious.This is probably no different from other temples across the country.

In the back, I heard Hu and Zhang say that this Yandu is far more than Ningyuanhou's mansion, whether it is Ningyuanhou's mansion or Fenggongbo's mansion, as well as the noble people inside and outside Yandu, all of them are right. The Buddha of Taibai Temple is very devout.It is reflected in the offering of incense and the amount of money donated must be at least a base, and it is appropriate to discuss in multiples.

In addition to the rules on silver, people who go to Taibai Temple to offer incense must also be very neat in their attire.For example, newly-made clothes must be required, because only newly-made clothes are called pure and clean, and no pollution is called sincerity in front of the Buddha.

Such strange rules were never heard of by Aunt Shang, nor had she heard about them from other people before.

Why didn't anyone tell her this when she asked others.Both Hu and Zhang knew about these inside stories.This is about to mention, Ziye's family, except for Ziye who went to the Duke Huguo's mansion to work as a girl, other relatives and friends all went to work in the homes of other high-ranking officials and nobles in the city.In this way, the news that is unknown to the outside world in many noble mansions can reach the Hu family and the Zhang family.Like Hu and Zhang themselves, when they were young, they were slaves in noble families, just like Ziye.

But the most important point is Aunt Shang's accent. Aunt Shang is an old man serving the palace in the capital, and has long been assimilated by the capital with a Beijing accent.Which place is not exclusive?Hearing Aunt Shang's obvious Beijing accent, ordinary people will inevitably feel a little repulsed psychologically, and will not tell Aunt Shang that there are only Yandu people in the local Yandu.Aunt Shang asked people to inquire, but after all, she had only come to Yandu not long ago, and she had not cultivated anyone who was loyal to her.

For this, Aunt Shang had to admire Li Min in her heart.Needless to say, Li Min must have expected all this.At this time, it cannot be said to rely solely on the natal family, it is time to make use of these local people.

And Li Min asked her to go to Ziye, instead of summoning Ziye's family by herself, her intentions were obvious.Li Min is giving her a chance to be her aunt.Isn't Aunt Shang worried about how to carry out the work in Yandu, can't find anyone to trust, and lacks manpower?Now, these people seem to be downlines that can make her Aunt Shang develop.

(End of this chapter)