Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 142, Follow the trend and fanfare
On New Year's Eve, the host just wanted to entertain the guests well, and she was going to marry the royal family soon, so she only wanted to gain a reputation of being infallible. It's nothing more than the inside story of the guest's singing, dancing, and musical instruments, and the culinary skills. He still follows the guest's methods and acts as the master.

Yanyan and Luzhu tried their best to help Yuanxiu get rid of it, but what about reprimanding?There is no such master.It's even more impossible to kick out, breaking up friendship is just fantasy, reasonable?See if the people in this courtyard are willing to listen.

After a while, Yanyan and Lvzhu bid farewell and went home to eat New Year wine. Usually, it’s okay for them to visit each other for food and lodging. On the first day of the first lunar month, the whole family has to reunite, and they can’t finish worshiping the New Year in the morning, and then worship again in the afternoon.

"Sister Xiu, when we get home and think of what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, I will tell you immediately."

Yuanxiu was angry: "Let's go, let's go, I can deal with it alone." However, which mad drug did these guests take and what could they use to get rid of it? Yuan Xiu, the housekeeper's girl, was at a loss, what happened this year?
She wasn't really wronged, someone came all the way to cook soup for her, and brought her own ingredients, what's wrong with that, but Yuanxiu couldn't guess what they were thinking, and Yanyan and Luzhu were there, so Pretend to act like a baby to the sisters.

When only Yuan Hui and Sister Ting were in front of her, Yuan Xiu regained her composure and looked leisurely at the girls in the courtyard who kept arguing about whether you were strong or weak. But it just couldn't catch it.

"Qiu Cao, let's set up lunch, and invite the guests to have a full meal and then have fun."

She didn't accompany her for lunch. Relatives of Yuan's family came to visit on the first day of the new year. The old man pretended to be tired and gave up the main hall to Yongting Hou to wait for unexpected guests. Instead, he entertained normal guests in his room. There were men and women. To eat, leave the girls to eat by themselves, there is a quarrel at the dinner table, Yuan Xiu pretends not to hear.

After lunch, she pretended to have guests, she didn't want to go to accompany the crazy girls, but in fact, there were indeed guests, such as Zheng Liugen's parents, such as the homes of scholars who followed Yuan Lian to Beijing, until the evening, the crowds were full of people. , Matsuko, who is the gatekeeper, is also busy.

The answer to the mystery was solved on the twelfth day of the first lunar month. Mr. Niu from the province, together with Mr. Zhu and Guo Chang, the county magistrate of Sanbao County, came to pay New Year greetings to Mr. Yuan. Mr. Yuan poured bitter water on them: "About a few If I don't accept a gift of [-] yuan, I will quarrel with me. I always feel that I am in good health. This time I hit a wall. I feel dizzy when I see them, and I get tired when I hear their footsteps. I dare not go out of this room. To avoid arguing with the gift givers, my second daughter-in-law is a girl, and sister Xiu is shy when she is about to get engaged, but sister Hui is going to fight with her hips on her hips. What is the use of her nine years old? Yes, the adults came just in time, if you don’t come, I will go to see you with a gift after the fifteenth day, please deal with it quickly, and return my quiet living room.”

Throw a stack of gift slips to the table.

Guo Chang frowned and planned to deal with these gifts seriously. He didn't think for a while that among these people were the titles of Marquis of Yongting and rich men who sold fish balls in the province. , he had to find a way to get the best of both worlds.

The magistrate of Zhu County is the first class, and he thinks higher. He waits for the words of the chief envoy Niu and the procurator Huang. .

Master Niu took the gift list and casually flipped through it, then laughed: "Should a great Confucian be a bookish man?"

The old man Yuan was also funny: "What do you mean by that, my lord?"

"Struggling for fame and fortune is something everyone has in mind. It has never happened now, and it has happened in the past, and there will be more in the future. It is reasonable to follow the trend,"

The old master Yuan was a little anxious, and while waving his hands, he said repeatedly: "Hold on, my lord, listen to me." A pile of books were already piled up in his stomach to plan theories.

Lord Niu also waved his hand: "Listen to me, old man, the bright sun is in the sky and thousands of people admire it. The moon and stars cannot be chased, and the fireflies compete with each other. It's only a summer season. The thunder and the Kyushu are all moving, and the clouds are thick and thick before you can see the fog What about these people, they can't gather into thunder or cloud into fog, but water pours into the ground and penetrates everywhere. Why don't you be me, old man, since you're unshakable, because you have wind from all sides."

Organize the rest of the gift list and send it back to the old man Yuan: "You accept it, and write it down one by one clearly. You can't put away freshly used things. It's a pity to waste them if you don't use them. Pearls and jade can be kept for a hundred years. If they ask you to do business , you return it according to the gift list, "

The old master Yuan became more and more funny: "If no one dares to come to me, I will just like what the adults said, can I accept them all and enjoy myself?"

Master Niu smiled: "So the charge of bribery is no lower than that of accepting bribes. If one person gives you, you don't take it. If you don't accept a hundred, I'm afraid there will be 99 people who will say that your Yuan family has 1 people. It's not good. It’s the trend of the times, it’s not impossible for the old gentleman to follow suit.”

The old master Yuan was not in a good mood: "Correct reasoning, such a crooked reasoning, I can show it at any time."

Master Niu calmly said, "I'm willing to listen. I'm afraid I don't have much free time. Master Huang and I are not only here to pay New Year's greetings, but also to discuss with you about the eldest girl's marriage. The welcoming team will stay here for a few days, how to entertain, how to deal with it, what kind of fireworks should be prepared, how many whips are appropriate for a plate, "

When he was speaking, Lord Huang kept nodding in agreement.

The old master Yuan pondered. Compared with these gift givers, it is indeed more important for his granddaughter to get married. Just as he thought of this, Master Niu smiled again: "Besides, if you think what I said is wrong, it is also important to get married for the big girl. And be patient for a while, because your grandson-in-law Yun Shizi will come to greet you in person. When he arrives, what troubles do you have to say to him? At that time, return the gift according to Yun Shizi's words or deal with it otherwise, okay? If you still If you don’t want to obey, then after we leave, you’ll have to keep your spirits up and make all the fuss about gift giving, hehe, fortunately, I brought a sprig of good ginseng, and Master Huang also gave you something to invigorate and nourish your body. It's fun to make noise while mending."

After speaking, he and Master Huang looked at each other and smiled.

Master Zhu, the magistrate of Sanbao County, heard all this, and admired the two adults from the bottom of his heart. I understand that I refuse to speak ill of Mr. Zhu, because sometimes the gift giver corrupts the recipient.

This malpractice has existed since ancient times, that is, one person's misbehavior will bring a lot of troubles.

Master Zhu felt that he was one of such examples, and this was his own thinking at this time.

The old man Yuan is a person who entered the palace examination. He has never been an official and has seen officialdom in Beijing. He told himself that the reason for his excitement is that his granddaughter's marriage is the first priority, and it is right for his son-in-law to ask him to deal with it. Furthermore, he really couldn't spare the energy to argue with a bunch of guests, some of them were middle-aged in their prime of life, some were young people.

I can't afford it.

Ask Youwang to put away the gift list: "Give it to the second grandma, tell me what I say, and put it away first, take out the new things here to entertain the guests, this is called repaying someone in the same way." He couldn't help laughing, Then he continued to blame, and smiled on his face.

Mr. Niu and others accompanied him with a laugh, and began to discuss about sister Xiu's marriage. Greetings, patrols, and accommodation were all big things. In the afternoon, everything gradually became clear, and we just waited for the details to be negotiated. The girl remembered again.

It's about the reputation of the girls. Until now, the old man hesitated to guess: "There is one more thing, this is this. How should I say this?"

"Hahaha" This is at the wine table, everyone is eating and talking, Mr. Niu sprayed wine, Mr. Huang sprayed tea, County Magistrate Zhu was stunned, Guo Chang has been deeply troubled by his lack of knowledge since Mr. Niu "followed the trend" Among them, amidst the movements of the adults, he was sober at this point, he looked left and right to see why the two adults lost their composure?
When the adults Niu and Huang were not smiling, their faces showed anger, they slapped the table and shouted: "It's unreasonable, I've seen a little wife, but I've never seen such a big fanfare!"

This time, the old master Yuan really understood, it was exactly what he thought, and it was no different from all the flattery he heard when he was in Beijing before. He tilted his beard upside down in anger, and opened his eyes wide: " My granddaughter is not married yet!"

In this life of waiting to die, the old master Yuan never regretted participating in the chaos of the palace examination, but the life in the market town is actually quiet, and there are no such monsters and ghosts.

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