The current jewelry box is made of huanghuali wood, it is not big, but it is quite delicate. It was divided into several layers, and Chu Lian opened them one by one. Although there are many jewelry inside, there are very few of real weight.
These jewelry can be worn on weekdays, but if there are any formal occasions, few pieces are suitable.
There is only a set of ruby butterfly heads in the jewelry box, which is relatively easy to get. It is mentioned in the original text that it was left to her by Chu Lian's mother.
As for the others, they were the Wanfu jade pendant given by Mrs. He during the tea ceremony, the blood jade bracelet given by Mrs. Jing'an, and the red jadeite bracelet given to her and sister-in-law the day before yesterday.
It stands to reason that Uncle Jing'an's mansion will also prepare some jewelry for the bride, but for some reason, Chu Lian has not seen any of them until today. For this reason, several servant girls complained.
But as long as you think about it for a while, it becomes clear that since He Changdi doesn't like her so much, it's completely normal for him to make her suffer in some places.
In the original book, when Chu Lian just married, he was taken care of by He Sanlang, at least he was not harsh in terms of clothing, jewelry, food and drink.
He Changdi prepared more than a dozen sets of jewelry for her, which is not a small sum.
Chu Lian curled her lips and closed the jewelry box.
Hmph, it's fine if you don't prepare it for her, she doesn't care about it, and when she earns money, she will draw the pattern and send it to the jewelry store.
Chu Lian is not talking big. She studied design in modern times and is also a food lover. Her usual hobby is to eat food and see the world. She can be regarded as half a donkey friend.
If it comes to the Great Wu Dynasty, if there is anything else she is good at besides food, it is painting skills.
Nanny Gui and Xiyan standing next to her saw Chu Lian sitting on the soft couch, pushing away the jewelry box, hugging her knees as if in a trance, their expressions changed.
The old and the young looked at each other, and secretly decided not to wear jewelry in front of the third grandma in the future, so as to save the third grandma from worrying. At the same time, the two personal servants of Chu Lian also complained about He Changdi.
Which newlyweds don't have a few sets of heads that can be sold, even if they are the daughters of ordinary people's families, they still need to buy a few novelty silver hairpins when they get married! Not to mention the honorable family.
There are not many people who are as aggrieved as Miss Six.
"Put it all away! Give Fu Yan the key, she will be in charge of the jewelry box from now on, and Xi Yan will help the nanny manage the expenses in our yard."
Nanny Gui hesitated to speak, but seeing that Chu Lian seemed to be in a bad mood, she closed her mouth again and said nothing.
In fact, Chu Lian is not in a bad mood, she is thinking about how many private houses she still has!
After all the calculations, even with the gold and silver nuggets obtained after melting off the jewelry, it is estimated that it will not exceed six hundred taels.
The private house of the third grandma who is currently married to Jing’an Bo’s mansion is only 600 taels in total, no one will believe it!
Based on what he saw and heard in Jing'an Bo's mansion in the past two days, Chu Lian found that Jing'an Bo's mansion was not as grand and rich as the outside world said.
At least her mother-in-law Mrs. Jing'an's life is not very good. As for the old lady's private property, she has a granddaughter-in-law after a generation.
If you want to eat, drink, dress well, you still have to rely on yourself!
Chu Lian sighed, realizing that it was difficult to be a comfortable rice worm anywhere. Especially a rice bug like her who doesn't hurt her husband.
As soon as he settled his private property, a little girl outside reported that someone from Songtao Garden had come.
Who will come at this time
Chu Lian put on satin soft shoes embroidered with autumn chrysanthemums, and took Nanny Gui and Xiyan to the flower hall outside.
There were three people standing in the middle of the flower hall, the leader was a tall and thin middle-aged nanny, and the two behind were maidservants in light green dresses.
The three of them have ordinary faces, but just looking at them will make people feel a strange sense of disobedience.
Chu Lian sat on the main seat of the flower hall and looked at the three people in front of him.
"What are you doing here?" Chu Lian asked strangely.
When Chu Lian came in, Grandma Zhong was also looking at Chu Lian out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that the new grandma was wearing a peach red dress, covered with a light red gauze, because she was in her own yard, she simply put it up in a bun, and only wore a peach blossom hosta on her smooth black hair, and her eyebrows and eyes still had the tenderness of a girl, But a face is good-looking, and after a few years it grows, it will definitely be more beautiful than it is now.
But what attracted her the most was not Chu Lian's outstanding appearance, but those clear and transparent eyes, watery, one could see the bottom at a glance, as if there was a power to cleanse people's hearts.
Grandma Zhong has a lot of experience, and she subconsciously felt that a woman with such eyes must not be a person with bad morals.
This third grandma was really quite different from what she had imagined.
But thinking of the order given to her by the third young master before leaving, Nanny Zhong put away her judgmental thoughts.
Nanny Zhong took a step forward, bowed her head slightly, her appearance was ordinary, but it made people feel that her temperament was different from others.
"Third Grandma, the old slave is Nanny Zhong, and brought Wenqing Wenlan to Songtao Garden to take care of Third Grandma at the order of the Third Young Master."
ah? Chu Lian opened his mouth to serve her? Still following He Changdi's order.
There are already enough servants in her yard, okay? In addition to the four geese who are close to me on weekdays, Nanny Gui, there are five or six second-class and third-class maids, and there are also those who were originally serving in Songtao Garden. , Three more people came in, and there was almost no place to live.
Seeing that Chu Lian didn't say anything, Nanny Zhong just stared at her with slightly bulging cheeks, and blinked her clear eyes, making her feel uncomfortable being looked at.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The third young master said that if the third grandma has any mistakes in her words and deeds on weekdays, let the old slave correct it. Also, this is the letter that the third young master left for the third grandma before leaving."
Nanny Zhong glanced at the expression on Third Grandma's face as she spoke, seeing that she was still cute with bulging cheeks and crooked head, the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching.
Could it be that the third grandma is stupid? If ordinary brides hear these words, won't they immediately start to curse in anger
It's fine for her husband to leave, but he still doubts his words and deeds, and even has a few people around to watch.
Isn't this a hot slap in the face!
Chu Lian's expression didn't change, it's just that she hasn't thought about this level yet, she said to Nanny Zhong: "Bring me the letter and I'll have a look."
Xi Yan took a step forward and took the letter and put it in Chu Lian's hand.
Chu Lian looked at the strong and strong words on the envelope, "My wife, Mrs. Chu, from her family." She was afraid that she would only see him calling her my wife on the envelope.
Chu Lian opened the envelope, and then pulled out a thin piece of paper from inside. When the paper was unfolded, there was only a row of about ten characters on the whole side of the paper.
When Chu Lian saw what was written on it, her face turned red immediately.
"To kill the enemy in the north for my husband, I also hope that my wife will abide by women's morals!"
The four words "observe women's morals" were actually written with a bright red vermilion pen, as if she was afraid that she would not be able to see it.