"Don't say a few words, careful mother will hear it later." Li Zhi tugged at Li Chan's sleeve, and then glanced at the servant woman next to her.
The old woman was knowing and winking, as if she didn't hear what the two sisters said, she lowered her head and taught them how to pickle duck eggs.
Explaining in detail in his mouth, he said that what kind of formula ratio should be used to figure out a good salted duck egg, and what kind of wine should be used. The mother-in-law has gained years of experience.
Speaking of this, Gu Qingci tasted one here first and thought it was good. After mentioning a few words, the old lady asked her mother-in-law to make another pot, and taught Li Chan and Li Zhi by the way. It's true that after going out of the door, the in-law's family will value it even more.
Li Chan only dared to say these two sentences, and she dared not refute her in front of Bai Shi.
Both of them pretended to be troubled in their hearts, and they were not as relaxed as the first one.
Li Zhi felt that Bai Mu might have some plans when she came here at this time, Bai Shi always listened to Bai Mu's words very much, she felt uneasy because she was afraid that Bai Mu would mention her marriage.
Li Chan felt more and more resentful and aggrieved, their mother treated her own daughter harshly to outsiders, I don't know what she was thinking.
The mother-in-law watched the two sisters marinate the salted duck eggs, then got up and picked them up and put them in the kitchen.
Li Chan and Li Zhi washed their hands, hesitated for a while, and then went to Gu Qingci's side.
But they didn't dare to reveal anything in front of their sister-in-law, and they just wanted to steal a moment of meditation.
Gu Qingci's character is totally different from the cowardly and timid ones like the two of them. When the second wife wanted to propose to her, she was not so shy. Later, when she fell into the water, she would not marry Li Chengze and had a lot of trouble. Woolen cloth.
Of course, on the one hand, it's because the second wife dotes on her. If it's really someone like Bai who doesn't care about his daughter, it's useless to make trouble.
Gu Qingci didn't say anything, but she thought in her heart that she should write a letter to tell her husband to see what he thinks, in short, she won't just marry the two of them casually.
Gu Qingci asked the servant girl to bring up the iced watermelon, shared it with Li Chan and Li Zhi, and left a meal for the evening, and didn't let them go back until it was getting dark.
After a few more days, there was no movement at home, so Gu Qingci gradually put this matter aside.
At this time, another news was received, and Liu Shuyue made an appointment for the marriage.
Gu Qingci's expression was surprised and happy, and said: "But really, why didn't you notify me earlier?"
The envelope was brought in by Yuzhu, and she laughed when she heard this, and said: "Grandma is really, what Miss Liu said, when it was just decided, which lady had the nerve to shout around."
Gu Qingci snorted: "I just said the next sentence, you just came to make fun of me, I think your mouth is getting more and more dexterous, you are wronged if you stay in the room to wait, go to the teahouse tomorrow to be a storyteller." , and get a lot of reward money!"
"Listen, our grandma is as clever as a tongue, just stay here as a slave." Yuzhu replied with a smile.
"It is said that like a master, there must be a servant. This is not bad at all." Yu Chuan answered with a chuckle.
Liu Shuyue's marriage is coming soon, so he will not go out to attend various gatherings right now.
The next day, Gu Qingci took some time to go to Liu's house, but it was a long time since anyone wanted to talk to her.
Maybe it's because of her engagement, Liu Shuyue's eyes are filled with spring, which reveals a different kind of charm.
Speaking of which, the dozen or so of them who participated in Cuju are now becoming more and more popular. Many wives and wives inquired openly and secretly, thinking that it would be good to hire one back to be a daughter-in-law.
Of course, Gu Qingci, who has become a relative, is an exception.
Not to mention Liu Shuyue, her family background is very good, her father is an important minister in the court, and the Cuju incident made the emperor happy, Liu Shuyue was even awarded by a sage.
Such a woman with such a good status and family background is naturally sought after by thousands of families.
Fortunately, Mrs. Liu is also a woman who loves her daughter clearly. Her daughter's marriage is not hasty at all. She has been looking at each other before, and after choosing for a long time, she asked Mr. Liu to refer to it before finally deciding on it.
Gu Qingci made fun of Liu Shuyue, Liu Shuyue was also thick-skinned, he only recovered after being shy for a while, and played tricks on Gu Qingci instead.
The two laughed and quarreled in the room, during which Liu Shuyue told Gu Qingci another anecdote.
As soon as she opened her mouth, she said: "You have only been thinking about going with your husband-in-law these few days. It's understandable that you haven't heard of it." She also knew about Li Chengze's current study at Fengtai Academy early in the morning.
Gu Qingci arrogantly put her hands on her hips, as if to tear her mouth.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. If you say it's tight, don't you listen to me?" Liu Shuyue laughed so hard that she didn't let go.
Gu Qingci just stopped, glared at her and said, "Then why don't you say it quickly."
Liu Shuyue cleared her throat, "It was about the Cuju match with Princess Yan that day, and I also heard about it from others later, we didn't know about it when we played on the field that day.
A young man surnamed Zhang said some nasty words, to the effect that women should not play Cuju. Perhaps someone who had disliked him heard it, and felt unhappy, so he resorted to tricks to make him look ugly..."
"How do you make a fool of yourself? Don't be a fool."
"It is said that Mr. Zhang has always admired Jiang Yun, the cousin of Duke Cheng's mansion in private. Jiang Yun was there that day. You also know how crowded the paddock was. Mr. Zhang stared at Jiang Yun, or wanted to meet someone else. It's unknown what to say, but she didn't dare to go up because there were always people following her.
Later, a little girl appeared out of nowhere and stuffed a note into Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang opened it and saw that there was a line of words written on it, but the signature was a word Jiang. Do you think Mr. Zhang will not be excited? He thought it was Jiang Yun who wrote it to him, and it happened to be a place written on the note, so he mistakenly thought that Jiang Yun also had friendship with him, so he dumped his servants and went to wait there, waiting for a while. After a long time, about an hour, suddenly, Mr. Zhang's eyes lit up, and he saw a girl standing with her back to him under a big tree not far away. So hurriedly walked forward in two steps, the other party wore a scarf on his head, but Mr. Zhang didn't care, and showed his feelings to the other party..." Liu Shuyue said very excitedly.
Gu Qingci was also very excited when he heard it: "And then and then."
"Mr. Zhang probably said something inappropriate. Later, the veiled girl suddenly screamed and yelled, and then attracted a lot of people. Think about it, how many people there are there, they can't be on the spot all at once. Catch, the veiled girl saw a lot of people, and she cried and complained on the spot, saying that Mr. Zhang recognized her as someone else, said a lot of inappropriate things and made a fuss. Someone asked her why she was wearing a veil, and the girl said Immediately took off the veil, saying that her face was accidentally stained with a kind of pollen, it was red and swollen due to allergies, and she covered it up for fear of scaring people. She was just a servant girl, so naturally she dared not approach her master to serve her with such a face. I had to go farther and hide under the shade of a tree. I didn't expect this to happen.
There were a lot of people at that time, and the sharp-eyed ones quickly noticed that the clothes worn by the maid looked like Jiang, and Mr. Zhang hadn't concealed his admiration for Jiang Yun before. Zhang's is really a man of bad conduct, and he did such an insulting thing on such an occasion, so everyone disdains him very much.
Mr. Zhang's reputation is completely bad, and even the eyes of some people looking at Jiang Yun are subtle. Speaking of which, Jiang Yun has suffered an indiscriminate disaster. I thought about it but didn't dare to say it. "
Although Gu Qingci didn't have a good impression of Jiang Yun, but he hated the kind of disgusting and random people named Zhang who ruined the reputation of women.
If someone from a different family background is a little bit worse, he might be tired.
As soon as Jiang Yun was mentioned, Gu Qingci suddenly remembered that she and Li Chengze went to Xiaozhuxuan Window together, and saw Jiang Yun inside, as if she was attending the banquet of the eldest prince.
Although Jiang Yun is a cousin who lives in Duke Cheng's mansion, it's strange that Jiang Yun is loved and loved from top to bottom in that mansion.
Gu Qingci was shocked suddenly, thinking that Cheng Guogong's mansion would secretly vote for the eldest prince, right
Although Gu Qingci is not sensitive about the court, he also knows that the emperor has not established a prince yet, and it is very dangerous to stand in line in this situation in private.
At least the Gu family dared not do such a thing.
For a moment, she was lost in thought, until Liu Shuyue pushed her a few times before regaining consciousness.
But Liu Shuyue only thought that she was angry after hearing Mr. Zhang's shameless behavior, so she didn't think much about it.
"Then what happens later."
Liu Shuyue went on to say: "Afterwards, Zhang's family sent a gift to the maid's master's house to make amends. What is difficult to deal with is the Chengguo mansion. After all, they still have feuds with the Chengguo mansion, and they are linked by others. Please go out with a gift."
In fact, if you think about it carefully, you should understand that Mr. Zhang was probably plotted by others, otherwise, how could it be so coincidental? At that time, he justified that he had received a note to attend the meeting but no one wanted to listen to him, and the people in Cheng Guogong's mansion could not wait to go up and tear his mouth.
Gu Qingci twitched her lips, "Let him suffer on his own, he deserves it."
"Who's to say no, he deserves to be taught a lesson!" Uncle Liu agreed with a smile on his face.
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Gu Qingci took his leave of home almost at the end of the lunch at Liu's house.
She was thinking about Jiang Yun all the way. When she got home, she went to the study and wrote a letter. After sealing it, she brought in Yuanbao and asked him to send it to Li Chengze in the academy tomorrow.
Yuan Bao quickly agreed.
That night, Gu Qingci rested early, but had a lot of dreams at night, woke up early in the morning but couldn't remember anything, just felt that he hadn't slept well and was bored.
While eating breakfast, he casually asked if Yuan Bao had gone out.
"Grandma got up a little later than usual today. Yuan Bao set off early in the morning, saying that it was not too hot in the morning and it was more comfortable to go on the road. Seeing that grandma didn't get up, she didn't come to talk, so she told me and Yu Chuan."
Gu Qingci nodded, and then said to herself: "Msanggong should reply to a letter when he receives it."
She didn't think so, and Yuzhu Yuchuan held back a smile and looked at each other.
It's only been a few days, and grandma is thinking about grandpa.