Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 325, Scholarly Family

Yongyi's nanny replied: "The princess of the county handed over the county master to us. If the county master's failure is related to our lives, how dare we not care about it. If there is such a sentence, I just heard that the son of Xianwang invited the county The Lord is playing, and Brother Hui, Prince of Baoguo County, is also there. The Lord of Dongyang County of Ningguo County and the Lord of Changhe County of Jingguo County are both there. Princess Xian said to relax and asked my county owner to come to the front, and suddenly said something like this In a word, I stood two steps away and didn't hear it."

The princess nodded: "I will focus on it in the future." Someone rewarded Yongyi's nanny and girl with silver, and asked them to retire.

Yun Zhan called out to sister Xiu: "Did you tell your mother the joke you told me?" Yuan Xiu said that she had already answered, but did she wait until now, when her husband's help to speak?She is a girl who is studying, she will not be sued, she will be sued, if she hears gossip, she should ask her parents-in-law to tell her, she has already said it, why should she be aggrieved.

As soon as she thought of this, Yun Zhan put on a straight face and said, "There is no report, no matter what kind of gossip you hear, big or small, good or bad, you have to ask your parents to tell you, you know ?”

Yuanxiu stood up and responded to this man's prestige today.

The old man Yuan was concerned: "What happened?"

The princess smiled and said: "She is being bullied, it's okay, I will deal with it." The old master Yuan thanked her, the girls said that lunch was already served, the princess asked for a banquet, the family moved to the side hall with relatives, Yuan Hui took Seeing that Yongyi was already here, the two of them held snacks in their hands and stared at the food on the table. Zheng Liugen laughed beside him: "I am responsible for watching that you are not allowed to move around. The elders have not come yet."

Yuan Hui rolled her eyes: "Don't do anything wrong, I know better than you."

The four-year-old Yongyi county master followed him to play truant, but he also followed Yuan Hui to school for a few days, and he was able to keep up with a few sentences, and said crisply: "Do not look at evil, do not speak evil, I am also very good at speaking." That is to say As she spoke, her eyes continued to stare at her favorite dish.

The princess was overjoyed, and said to the old man, "Sure enough, you are from a scholarly family, it's not true at all."

After the banquet was over, the fine music rang outside the curtain. There were many small opera troupes in the princess mansion, and there were dozens of maids who were good at musical instruments.

The shops are equally lively. During the small Chinese New Year, on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, most of the shops are closed for checkout. There are fake shopkeepers who are looking forward to returning home for the New Year, so what should the shoppers do?

Although there are few shops that are not closed, they cannot completely cover all the streets in Beijing, but there are countless stalls for the old-style New Year at this time, from Changjie to Erdao Street, and even deserted streets with few pedestrians. New Year pictures Stalls New Year's goods stalls, as long as people live, relatives will walk around during the New Year, it can be said that there are business opportunities everywhere on the street.

Yanyan's shop didn't close until noon. It's strange to say that sporadic people always come to buy clothes and make gifts temporarily. This is related to the closure of most of the shops, but Yanyan, Luzhu and He Ning couldn't help but rejoice: "We The store has gained a reputation in Beijing."

Jujube flowers, hops, Nanny Yanyan and Qi Xunfu Qi Jun’s wife did not celebrate the New Year alone, mainly because the poor’s family couldn’t afford to celebrate the New Year, which didn’t fit in with the New Year in Beijing. Mrs. Nanyang Hou was in charge of her natal family alone. In the kitchen, she ordered what kind of New Year dishes to steam and how to arrange the noodles.

Firecrackers sounded everywhere on the street, and the smell of gunpowder filled the courtyards. The green bamboos in the shop told He Ning to close the shop: "Let's just have lunch, and I'll set off the firecrackers."

He Ning led the guys to close the door and looked around, Luzhu said strangely: "There will be no guests today, who won't go home for the New Year?"

"Scholars who come to study every day, those whose families are poor, give them a piece of meat and ten catties of food in the name of the guys, and invite them to come to eat New Year's wine. I don't know if they will come today. When we close the shop, people They're all in the main room, and I can't hear you knocking on the door."

He Ning said in a low voice.

Lu Zhu said, she is always careless, it is not surprising that she can't think of it, but since she heard about it, she stretched her head and neck to look at the street. When the eyes were restored, Luzhu cried out: "Hey, look who is that!"

He Ning chased out of the street: "Be careful of catching a cold." The shop floor was covered with fire, and thick curtains were used to cover it, so he often didn't wear a coat when working in the shop.

He was also stunned when he jumped out, and said in surprise: "Dong Bo! Is it really you?"

With snowflakes all over his shoulders, Qi Dong is also piled up like a snowman in front of him and behind him. He is talking to the green bamboo who is jumping and laughing at him, his face is also frozen, his smile looks forced, and his eyes reveal joy: " The green bamboo has grown up."

He Ning waited to welcome him into the store, Qi Dong was stunned as soon as he came in: "It's so warm here." Among the clerks, Qi Shu and Qi Xiang were relatives of the Qi family, and he bowed down to help Qi Dong get rid of his clothes and snow. He hurried back to his room, took a coat of his own and gave it to Qi Dong to change into, and surrounded him and walked towards the courtyard.

Qi Dong didn't want to leave yet. He looked at the counter, the shelves, and the stairs leading to the second floor. He couldn't put it down. He couldn't see enough. He was reluctant to go inside.

Yanyan came out from the main room and smiled: "Brother Ning came in in a hurry, took the clothes and left, is it still fashionable to go out at the age of thirty?"

As soon as she looked up and saw Qi Dong in the black jacket, Yanyan burst into tears as if struck by lightning.

When Qi Dong saw Yanyan, he didn't care about appreciating the courtyard, he walked a few steps, his smile eased and he no longer stiffened, he laughed and said: "Yanyan, I'm here to celebrate the New Year with you."

"Uncle." Yanyan knelt down and burst into tears: "Okay, it's great that you came to celebrate the New Year."

Qi Dong also cried, and helped Yanyan to look at her face: "My good boy, are you doing well, uncle has been worrying about his heart, always worrying"

Yanyan cried: "Okay, very good."

Green Bamboo came up impatiently and looked up at the sky: "Hey, you can't shed your tears at the [-] shops that celebrate the Chinese New Year. If there is one, it will be closed."

This voice really worked, Yanyan immediately shed tears, and with tears on her cheeks, she changed into a happy expression: "Uncle, you see, I live in a [-]-yard house, two second-entry yards are equivalent to four-entry yards, and there is a lotus pond in the back ,"

Green Bamboo said again: "Hmm! The frost on the pond is not as good as the fire in the main room."

Yanyan looked at her amusedly: "Thank you for the reminder," helping Qi Dong to go up the room, while wiping off the cold spots on his face: "Uncle, look at our New Year's dishes, what else do you want to add? Just say what you like, and let the losers buy it.”

He Ning grinned from behind, did Dong Bo understand who was the loser?He's used to not responding.

The middle screen was removed from the main hall, and the front and rear main halls are open to the eyes. There are two big red lacquer carved tabletops with plates and bowls, and the stove next to it makes a slight sound. Chai Zhi looks at the hot wine and sees Second Mistress with a strange man When I came in, I didn't come back to my senses all of a sudden, and just stared blankly.

Qi Dong recognized her without waiting for an introduction: "This is Chai Zhi?" He heard Qi Xi say it countless times at home, and Qi Dong also remembered the description of the waiters who came out from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion.

Yanyan smiled at Gu Chaizhi: "This is my uncle."

Chai Zhi knelt down and kowtowed, Qi Dong was startled: "No way, I'm also a commoner, what kind of gift should I make?" He took out a small bag from his arms, opened it and smiled all over his face: "I'll give you lucky money during the Chinese New Year, Give one or two firewood branches, no need to kowtow, if you kowtow again, I will be scared out of trouble."

Put the money one by one in the space on the table: "Give these two taels to Zhang Mama, where is the old mother? One tael to Luan Luan"

"Luan Tai?" Lu Zhu spoke bluntly again.

"It's true. One tael is for Biyun, is that the name? The 100 tael is for Yanyan, the 100 tael is for Lvzhu, and the 100 tael is for Brother Ning,"

He Ning smiled and said, "Shall we eat double?"

Qi Dong said: "It's based on the head." The other two were put back in his arms: "This is sister Hui's, I will give it to them when I see it."

Zhang's mother rushed over after hearing the letter, and Qi Dong had a big burden. He Ning carried it here, opened it and took out a pack of white fungus and a pack of longan: "I heard that my mother is getting old, so I will make soup for you." Zhang's mother also told her He kowtowed and scared Qi Dong away.

What about the others, Yanyan's dowry, the shop assistants, Qi Xunfu and Qi Jun?Qi Dong forgot.

He could think that it would be good to give money to the people who came out from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, and to make Yanyan look decent. As for Yanyan's dowry, it was from his own family. Qi Xunfu and Qi Jun were originally sent by Qi Dong.He couldn't think of rewarding these people.

The New Year's dishes were served, and everyone was seated. He Ning toasted the wine for three times, and Lu Zhu couldn't hold back his words, and asked cautiously: "Dong Bo, you gave me a lot of money. Is the private house all these years gone? What's wrong with the big aunt?" manage."

Qi Dong's spirits were high, and his courage was high: "Dong Bo's private house aunt doesn't know, and Dong Bo likes it after spending all of it for you, so Dong Bo can save more."

Luzhu still stretched her head: "I mean, we will give you a gift when you leave, so don't refuse."

Qi Dong's wine was strong: "How can Dong Bo ask for your money, you little people have a family, it's not easy to start a family business in Beijing."

Lvzhu pouted and spread out the handboard, on which was the 100 taels: "You don't want mine, and I don't want yours either."

Yanyan also took out the 100 taels of silver that she had just obtained as a joke, He Ning laughed so hard that she could only learn from things, Chai Zhi was a solid person, so she took out her one tael of silver, and Biyun's one tael was kept in the room Not with him, he ran into the room, and quickly came out to send a tael of silver back to Qi Dong.

Qi Dong was stunned, and burst out laughing for a long time: "Okay, when you leave, steam some steamed buns for Uncle as a side dish, Uncle will accept yours."

Everyone took back the money, Qi Dong ate another glass of wine, and was very happy to see the table full of wine and dishes. On this table, there were oily braised big hoof, whole chicken, duck and goose, steamed fish with braised fish, sea cucumber, prawn and scallop soup.

Qi Dong instinctively wanted to say something frugal, but suddenly he slapped his head, and then he remembered: "Yanyan, your store has such a big face."

He Ning laughed loudly: "Dong Bo, you didn't understand until now." Other people in the main hall also laughed, and their laughter crossed the curtain, but it was impossible to cross the wind and snow and pass through the shop.

(End of this chapter)