It feels very, very different to be home than it is to be outside. It's also about eating, the food in Pei's house is much better than that in Yu's house, but when Yu Tang eats at Pei's house no matter what, even if she is alone, she will feel a little reserved. But in her own home, even if she sat with her uncle and aunt, she would still feel comfortable and happy if she wanted to "keep quiet and sleep without talking". The same is true for sleeping, and even the other courtyards of Pei's mansion use lacquered beds. The house sleeps on a black lacquered mother-of-pearl bed, and she still tosses and turns every night and needs two sticks of incense to fall asleep. Lying on her four-poster carved bed with semi-new fine gauze curtains, smelling the soft smell of the bedding that had been tanned by the sun, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, and slept until the next afternoon.
When Yu Tang opened his eyes, he just heard Shuangtao talking to Mrs. Chen: "...that persimmon is really delicious, not bitter at all, sweet, and it's the first time I've eaten such a delicious persimmon. Liu Xu said, Those hoarfrosts are all sun-dried, and they were brought over from Fujian in a hurry. The lady also likes to eat them. When the lady came back from Pei's mansion this time, the Pei mansion gave our family two small baskets of persimmon cakes. Speaking of which, Pei The maids in the mansion are also really good. Liu Xu, who was assigned to serve in our room, is said to be only a second-class in Pei's house, not outstanding, but I don't know how careful and thoughtful they are when they do things. Just send persimmons. I heard that she told Aunt Chen about it. When I first went there, I felt that the lady was making a big fuss, but after getting in touch with Liu Xu for a while, I am quite grateful to the lady for letting me learn the rules from her."
Don't talk about these things everywhere, right
Expose yourself to be short!
Yu Tang turned over, there was a slight rustling sound in the room, Shuangtao immediately stopped the topic, and whispered to Mrs. Chen: "Miss should be awake, I'll go and have a look. You can put these cakes here first Alright, I've seen the lady and I'll come over to clean it up."
If it was in the past, Shuangtao might not always pay attention to Yu Tang's movements, and even if she did, she wouldn't be so proactive in coming over to see if she had any requests.
It can be seen that Shuangtao followed her to Pei's mansion and made some progress.
Yu Tang pursed his lips and smiled, and was taken care of by Shuang Tao to get up and wash up.
Mrs. Chen is here.
When she came over, she was still holding a red-painted box in her hand, and when she saw Yu Tang, she also looked a little nervous: "A Tang, have you ever read the gift list of Pei's house carefully? I have been checking Pei's house before." I found this box with the things sent over." He said, and opened the box.
A piece of golden light is shining, which makes people unable to open their eyes.
"It's all gold jewelry." Mrs. Chen continued worryingly, "Your father and I made a rough estimate, and it must be two or three catties. This, this is too expensive! Why did you accept it?" ?”
Yu Tang was also taken aback, got up and took the box, and looked it over carefully: "I really don't know. At that time, the Pei family's gift list was covered with an outer seal, and it wasn't until I went home to bid farewell to Mr. Pei that he was in charge. For me. How could I have the nerve to see what was written on the gift list in front of the Pei family? Later, I was in a hurry to go home, thinking that I would take everything away, and then just return the same gift in the future. I haven’t opened the gift list to look at it.”
A box of gold ornaments is a set of headgear. In addition to distractions, hairpins and the like, there are sideburns, all of which are red gold. Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the pair of temple flowers, the size of a wine cup, made in the shape of a peony flower, and it looks like one or two taels in your hand. It is not something that can be played by ordinary gold towers.
This is not a matter of how much gold, but how much silver it is worth.
No wonder her mother is upset.
She was also very disturbed.
"What did Dad say?" Yu Tang asked her mother about such a big matter, it was impossible for her mother not to discuss her dad.
Chen said helplessly: "What can you expect your father to say? He will only say 'the future will be long', but what can our family give back as a gift from the Pei family! Anyway, I told your father, in a few days I'm going to take you to pay respects to Mr. Pei Lao'an, and send something over there, so that your father will be troubled."
Yu Tang giggled, imagining his father scratching his head and not knowing what to do.
Mrs. Chen put away the box and said, "I'll put it away for you. Such a good thing should be kept as a dowry for you." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Chen let out an "oops" and said, "Look at my memory! You Brother, I sent someone early this morning to ask you if you got up, and said that I have something important to see you. When you get up, let me send someone to tell him—I forgot all about it. I will send someone right away Go tell your elder brother, and bring a letter to ask your uncle, aunt and your sister-in-law to come over for dinner, it’s rare that you are at home, and it’s almost Chinese New Year, so you don’t need to be so clear.”
Yu Tang nodded repeatedly.
She also has something to ask her aunt.
My aunt's cousin's husband's family name seems to be Zeng Lai, and there is a mole on the corner of his mouth. But she asked several people in Ku'an Temple, but no one knew about this woman. And when she mentioned Ku'an Temple yesterday, her aunt didn't mention that she had a cousin in Ku'an Temple.
Could it be that she remembered wrongly
My aunt's cousin once said that she was abandoned by her husband's family because her son stumbled and drowned. If she has not yet entered Kuan Temple, does it mean that her son may still be saved
Yu Tang felt a little anxious.
Fortunately, the eldest aunt came earlier.
She threw Xiangshi to her mother regardless, and her mother talked with her, and pulled her aunt to the side to whisper, and asked about Zeng's affairs.
The eldest aunt looked very dazed, and said: "I have a cousin who married into the Zeng family, but died of dystocia more than ten years ago, she can't become a monk or meditate in Ku'an Temple! Did you remember wrongly?" ?Also, I shouldn't have mentioned my cousin to you, if you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have any impression of it myself? "
Yu Tang was completely dumbfounded.
She asked, "Then what is the name of your cousin who married into the Zeng family?"
"The surname is Zhang." Wang said, "I only have this cousin."
Yu Tang said: "Then is it possible that someone from the Zeng family didn't want everyone to pay attention to her, so he directly said that she was your cousin in front of me?"
"It's possible." The aunt thought for a while, and said, "If this is the case, then I'd better send someone to inquire about it. Maybe something happened to me? It's better to help .”
Yu Tang nodded again and again, and the eldest aunt asked her about Ku'an Temple: "According to what you said, the female family members of the Pei family are going to help the people of Ku'an Temple to support themselves? I think this is really a great thing. If it is useful If you have any questions about me and your mother, just open your mouth. You little girls don’t know how many married women have a bad life and are kicked out. Basically, there is no way out. If If you can accomplish the work in Kuan Temple, you have done a great deed of saving suffering and suffering!"
"Without the female family members of the Pei family, how could I have done such a thing." Yu Tang and the eldest aunt said modestly, but they were worried about the son of the woman from the Zeng family, and urged the eldest aunt to send someone to visit the Zeng family. .
The eldest aunt called Wang Si to come in.
Yu Tang was taken aback.
The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Wang Si has helped a lot during your absence. Your uncle is planning to accept him as a disciple!"
In this way, he will always be a member of the Yu family.
Yu Tang saw that his hands and feet were more agile, and his eyes showed a bit of shrewdness, and he was no longer the same as Wang Si when he first came.
Maybe it's a good thing to keep him in Yu's house.
The Yu family just had no one available.
Yu Tang greeted him with a smile.
He respectfully bowed to Yu Tang, and took his orders to leave.
A little later, Yu Yuan rushed over.
He came to talk to Yu Tang about the business of the lacquerware shop: "The drawings drawn by Mr. Zhang are very popular. In just a few days, they have been sold for almost thirty taels of silver. I mean, you can go there in person these few days. Go to Zhang’s house, after all, you and Mrs. Zhang’s wife talked about this business in the first place. I think it’s better to leave this matter to you. It would be best if you can persuade Mrs. Zhang to draw us more pictures. gone."
What else could Yu Tang do? I can only agree. But she also entrusted Yu Yuan to make a suitable red lacquer box for the second miss of the Pei family, which she will give to the second miss of the Pei family as a makeup gift: "Think about it, the Pei family and the Yang family are married. When the dowry is displayed, many people will definitely come to watch the ceremony, if our lacquerware can make those people look at it, it will definitely bring some business to our shop."
Yu Yuan agrees with her views very much, and he also believes that no matter what kind of opportunity it is, as long as there is an opportunity, one should try it and seize it.
He said: "Leave this matter to me. I will make a few more appearances. When the time comes, I will let you choose. Make sure to make one that Miss Pei's family will like." Afterwards, he talked about the old house of Yu's The seabuckthorn fruits planted in the fields and mountains: "Wang Si is rare and careful, and several trees have survived. They will definitely grow better next year, and we can continue to get some saplings to plant. Because it involves seedlings, when the time comes Let's go ask Second Uncle what he means."
The brother and sister talked for a long time about the future, and Yu Bo also came back from the shop.
The two went to the hall together, and the whole family had a sumptuous reunion dinner together.
In the next few days, Yu Tang felt that he was too busy to stop like a spinning top.
She first went to Mr. Zhang's house to see little Zhang Qing, and asked tactfully if Mr. Zhang could continue to draw a few pictures for their house. Ma Xiuniang politely refused in embarrassment. Yu Tang had been mentally prepared before, and although he was a little disappointed, he could still accept it. Afterwards, I went back to my hometown to look at those seabuckthorn trees. As her eldest cousin said, they were growing very well. Wang Si and the forest watchers paid great attention. Yu Tang rewarded Lin Ren with a tael of silver, and as for Wang Si, he rewarded Wang Si after he came back from his cousin's husband's house. Of course, Yu Tang rewarded him with a tael of silver more than Kan Lin. .
He thanked him again and again with the money, and then talked about the missing person: "The cousin of the eldest wife's natal family has an aunt, who is about the same size as the cousin, married in the same village, and there is only a forest in front and back. As you said, there is a mole on the corner of her mouth. However, since she married into her husband's family, she has given birth to five girls successively, but she has no son. She is still living in her husband's house now. I don't know if it is the one you want to inquire about people."