Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 386, The Good Girl and the King of the Mountain
When the car arrived outside the gate of Yuan's house, Guo Li once again realized that he was not smart to force the Guo family to stay. Soldiers on patrol were everywhere, which made him annoyed that he hadn't come to see Princess Xian earlier.

When he first came home, he was in a bad mood, and men and women were different, thinking that it was impossible for the criminal officer to have the opportunity to meet Princess Xian.

He forgot that the Yuan family's house was not deep, so it was only natural for him to enter the main hall to have tea in the name of sending Guo Shi home. Goodbye loudly.

And it is easy to meet the grandchildren, because although the Yuan family is bigger than the Guo family, it is full of people. Guo Li can hear the laughter of the children in the yard outside the door.

He graciously opened the curtain for Mrs. Guo, smiling like a familiar uncle, and deliberately raised his voice to attract the attention of his descendants. If they were curious and asked who he was, they could take the opportunity to greet him.

"Sister, brother sent you home, please come in." Guo Li said.

Guo Li was always polite to Mrs. Guo, who asked her to marry a good husband's family, it was like this before, and it's like this now.

Mrs. Guo thought about his father's smile before, and his cold face now, and he smiled at Guo Li as much as before, and said loudly: "Brother, I'm home, please bring it to me, come in and sit for a while, if it's late Yes, just stay here overnight."

This pair of distant cousins ​​walked into Yuan's house more kindly than real brothers and sisters. Guo Li puffed up his chest. He was not begging for the autumn breeze or begging for mercy. He was the uncle who sent his sister off. When she came back, she had her brother to take care of her and her brother to send her off.

But the mood is unavoidably depressed. She has a similar family background as Zhen's, and she always wanted to be better than Zhen's in front of her in-laws.

Brother and sister, you greet me, and I greet you, speaking loudly on purpose, so that you don't look lonely.

A lot of potted plants were added inside the main entrance, and Yuan Hui and the others were talking lively, but there were too many people coming in and out to answer and deliver things every day, so they didn't pay attention to the Guo Li brothers and sisters coming in.

The topic of Yuan Hui and the others seemed much more important to them.

Jing'an, Tang Chan, etc. were all here, and everyone blinked at the extra child. Zhang Mugen boldly came in, trying to convince Sister Ting.

"Don't go to Beijing, you won't be able to come back if you go to Beijing."

Yuan Hui laughed: "Haha, I didn't leave Sister Ting this time, are you in a hurry?"

Zhang Mugen raised his fist: "Sister Hui, let's fight again, I won't let Sister Ting marry someone else."

"What?" Jing An, Tang Chan and others spoke in unison, but none of them understood.

Zhang Mugen didn't dare to be bold when facing the nobleman, so he lowered his fist first, squinted at Tang Chan from the corner of his eyes, and muttered: "If I don't know, you want to be engaged to Sister Ting, right? Since Sister Xiu came to Beijing, Ting Sister is the best girl in our school, she loves to go to school so much, she and I are a perfect match, you nobles, keep Sister Hui's mischievous ghosts away, and don't take Sister Ting away." He was in the school. I heard that Sister Ting is going to Beijing too.

Princess Jing'an has regained her spirits. Ever since Sister Hui chased away the one who loved her unabated, Nanny Meng took stricter precautions.

In Nanny Meng's view, the princess can only point out the marriage of the princess, and the princess should be responsible for the life of the princess.If you're having a bad time, find the princess.

The nanny forgot that although the princess is immature, she is not considered a normal girl, but she is 13 years old, at the age of the first love, and she read some scripts given to her by the little actors.

Princess Jing'an smiled and said: "So, your love for Sister Ting is unabated?"

Zhang Mugen was proud: "Of course."

He also looked at Tang Chan from the corner of his eye. Ten-year-old Tang Chan, who was the same age as Sister Hui, was Zhang Mugen's first suspect.

Tang Qing and Tang Hui were younger than Miss Ting, and they were the second and third suspects.

It was only this time that Tang Song noticed the look in his eyes, and he laughed in surprise: "You think I'm going to marry Sister Ting?"

"Isn't it? Sister Ting is the best girl in the new episode now." Zhang Mugen said, his mouth curled up like a tiger's head, his face was full of grievances.

Yuan Hui clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "Ha! You still make such a fool of yourself."

"Wow!" Zhang Mugen burst into tears: "It's all your fault, why did you come back? Finally you left, I was the first in school to fight, and Sister Ting is a classmate. You will go to Beijing tomorrow, and you are not allowed to come back." return."

Yuan Hui laughed more and more: "I'm crying, I'm crying, hahaha." Her little friends clapped their hands and laughed together.

Only Tang Chan didn't smile: "Don't take pictures, don't cry, I don't make an engagement with Sister Ting, I have." He smiled and said, "It's from my mother's family, my cousin."

With proud squinting Jing An: "My cousin is the best girl, she is different from some people."

Before Jing An could fight back, the little county magistrate of Dongyang resigned: "Then what about us, aren't Chang He, Yong Yi and I the best girls?"

"That's right, let's make it clear." Changhe Xiaoxian and Yongyi chimed in.

Tang Chan said with a smile: "You are also good girls, but you are little girls. My cousin is two years older than me. When my mother mentioned her, my father disagreed at first. I overheard her. You are not allowed to pass it on."

Jing An hurriedly held his mouth, he couldn't make fun of it at this time, otherwise there would be no Gu Ji to listen to.

Tang Chan nodded satisfied with her actions: "My mother said to my father, if you don't believe me, you can see for yourself. I picked it up the next day, and my father agreed the next day. We were engaged that year. "

Tang Song likes his cousin very much, she is gentle and kind and knows his heart the most. When Yuan Hui didn't come to Beijing, when he was bored in school, he wrote to his cousin and said that the cousin could always persuade him to relieve his boredom.He chased Yuan Hui out of Beijing, and his cousin sent the family to send some utensils, and let Tang Song play well.

Listen to this, the cousin knows the heart of the world best.

Some people may ask, then why do Tang Chan and Yuan Hui spend so much time playing.

Tang Chan is the prince's son, and the girl who will be the prince's concubine in the future learns needles and housekeeping at home every day, learns all the etiquette that should be learned, etc., and avoids suspicion. She has the most correspondence with Tang Chan in a year. There are many days when guests are treated on time in Duke Huguo's mansion.

Zhang Mugen let out a long breath, and glanced at Tang Qing from the corner of his eye again: "Then, is there anyone else who wants to be engaged to Sister Ting?"

Tang Qing and Tang Hui looked at each other blankly, and Tang Qing ran away: "I'll ask my grandmother if I'm engaged to Sister Ting."

Sister Ting chased after her: "I'm not engaged to you, you're a noble person, I'm not worthy."

Tang Song called Sister Ting back: "Don't sort it out bro, he doesn't know what engagement is."

Having said that, Tang Hui, the eldest son of Baoguo County, also ran away: "Let me ask the nanny, do I want to be engaged to Sister Ting?"

Sister Ting wanted to chase after her again, but Jing An called to stop her: "Don't bother with Brother Hui either, he is not someone who loves you forever."

Zhang Mugen was really happy now: "So, you are not engaged to Sister Ting, Sister Ting, you go to Beijing, will you come back?"

Sister Ting smiled: "But I'm not engaged to you either. I'll go to Beijing to see my father, and I'll come back after watching."

County Master Yongyi pouted: "I won't let you come back. If you come back, Aunt Hui will come back too. Huh?"

She suddenly remembered: "Brother Song, you didn't say that Aunt Hui is a good girl, Aunt Hui is also a good girl."

The two small county heads, Dongyang and Changhe, nodded.

Tang Song laughed loudly: "Sister Hui is not a good girl, she is our truant king."

"Hahaha" including Yuan Hui agreed, everyone laughed and cheered together.

Zhang Mugen was also satisfied: "Yes, sister Hui, you are the king of the mountain, you are not a good girl."

Yuan Hui gave him a grimace, and Zhang Mugen returned it.

Tang Qing and Tang Hui ran back again, and some people went to explain that Princess Xian was not careless. Tang Qing and Tang Hui came back and said: "We are not engaged to Sister Ting either, but grandmother likes Sister Ting and said that she can marry her in Beijing." Find a relative."

Zhang Mugen was full of ambition: "Well, if Sister Ting doesn't come back, she must find a marriage in Beijing, okay!"

He happily called out: "Next year, I will learn from Zheng Liugen and go to Qiu Wei, and I will also go to Beijing to make a marriage arrangement in Chun Wei."

Happily told Sister Ting: "You are waiting for me in Beijing."

Jing An asked Yuan Hui: "Isn't this called deep affection?"

Yuan Hui giggled: "This is called bragging to go to heaven." Look at Tang Song: "The one that Brother Song is betrothed to, maybe it is because of the deep love."

Jing An made a face: "Him? Don't scare me."

Zhang Mugen wiped away tears, walked away happily, and turned around every three steps: "Sister Ting, remember to wait for me."

Yuan Hui made fun of him: "Sister Ting still goes to school tomorrow, she won't leave tomorrow, and she won't leave the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Mugen shrank his neck and looked at her: "It's so scary, aren't you leaving tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" Yuan Hui raised her fist symbolically and ran away after speaking.

Still wanting to take a step forward, Li Shi came to call her: "Sister Hui, our head of the family, come quickly, we need a housekeeper."

Tang Qing said quickly: "Give me something delicious."

Tang Hui said: "I want fruit."

Li Shi smiled: "It's not the housekeeper, it's the third grandma of this family who has returned. Don't you see the housekeeper?"

Princess Jing'an heard that this matter seemed to be a big deal, Su Wang's mansion picked someone from Dazai's yamen to enter the house again, Nanny Meng asked the princess to learn how to teach, saying that such things should not be sloppy.

Jing An said: "I treat guests, let's go out to eat."

Tang Qing ran the fastest: "I'll buy an antique for my grandmother, an antique for my grandfather, and an antique for my father."

Tang Chan couldn't listen anymore: "Why do you recognize antiques?" He pondered for a while, he was insane to treat guests, and it would cost her a lot of money, he grinned and said, "I'll buy a big face for my cousin."

Princess Jing'an stopped in her tracks: "No way. Where is your affection unabated, I won't invite you."

Tang Chan thought about it: "Then I'll buy pearls and gold threads, right? Are you suddenly stingy? You should know that the nickname of a cheapskate is madness."

Jing An said: "This is fine, you can also buy antiques, I'd rather spend them."

She walked with Sister Ting and wondered whether Zhang Mugen was a person with undiminished love. Tang Song walked with three little county owners. The little county owner of Dongyang said quietly: "I will share some pearls and gold threads. I'll give it to you after the bead is finished."

Her small face was bright: "I helped my mother wear it."

Tang Song quickly looked at Jing An: "She didn't hear it, Dongyang, please keep your voice down, don't let her know."

Sister Ting also whispered to Jing An at this time: "Bring back the pearls and gold thread, you can wear pearl flowers by yourself, Brother Song is the one who will never diminish the love."

Jing An whispered to her: "He made jewelry with his own hands, and I treated him to the guests. Originally, buying ready-made things as gifts is called putting on a show, don't you think so?"

Sister Ting laughed out loud.

Following Tang Qing to the antique shop, Jing An will not forget Yuan Hui, and asks Sister Ting to help pick one for Yuan Hui.

Yuan Hui was in the main hall at this time, sitting high in the middle made Guo very uncomfortable.

Guo Li was also stunned, this, this, seems wrong.The juniors sit in the middle, and the elders sit on both sides, with the upper one in the middle and the lower ones on both sides.

Zhen's group happily introduced: "The old man has something to say. The year my grandmother passed away, I ordered that after Sister Xiu takes care of the house, Sister Hui will be the housekeeper. Sister Hui, the third aunt is coming home, please say something."

Guo's face is stern, is this a show of authority?This kind of prestige to let the elders sit down is too outrageous. Isn't this family always paying attention to the rules of the master?
Guo Li also couldn't help but open his mouth, sure enough, he looked around looking at his face because he was unlucky because he lost his official position. Is this second grandma of the Yuan family a bully?It doesn't matter if he can't see it, how can the uncle not speak when he is here: "Although the old lady has something to say when she is dying, the second girl is still young, how can she take care of the house."

Mrs. Li helped to confirm this: "It's true. The guests who came to the house are all the good friends of the second girl. It's been a few months since the second girl came home to entertain them. It's good." He added: "Sister Xiu used to be the housekeeper. At that time, she was about the same age as Sister Hui."

Guo Shi sneered: "You understand our family affairs."

Li Shi shut up for a moment.

Yuan Hui waved her little hand: "Let me tell you, my mother asked me to talk to my third aunt because she wanted me to issue an account and distribute the income of my third uncle and third aunt to my third aunt in the past few years after they left the house?"

Zhen Shi smiled: "That's exactly what you said. If you don't say it, how can you give the money to your third aunt?"

Listen to Guo Shi and Guo Li, giving money is a good thing, let's see it first.Seeing the girl bring out the ledger, Yuan Hui checked the numbers, asked her mother to check it again, and handed over the cash to Mrs. Guo.

Guo Li didn't say anything. He was an official in the department before Yuanxiu's marriage. He took Yuanyun and his wife to take office. Send it to Guoli Yamen.

One year Yuan Yun received it, and another year Yuan Yun said that it was enough to spend outside, so let the family collect it first.

In the year of Yuan Xiu's engagement, Yuan Yun originally said that he would go home and have a look, but Yuan Xiu didn't ask anyone to give away the money from that year.

Then Yuan Lian was taken to Beijing by Yun Zhan to celebrate the New Year in advance, and the old man Yuan wrote a letter asking Yuan Yun to go directly to Beijing and not go home. The old man's temper did not show off his granddaughter's good relationship in the letter.Mrs. Guo was so happy that she didn't rush on the road in the cold, and stayed in Guo Li's yamen. At that time, she and Guo Li's wife were busy negotiating money, and she belatedly knew that Yuan Xiu was married.

After Yuan Yun came to Beijing, he knew that his niece was going to marry high, and felt that his identity was immediately different from others. It was superficial in this, not superficial writing letters to rejoice with Guo Li.

When Yuan Xiu got married, he and Yuan Lian both picked up the boat at Jingli Wharf, and they didn't rush home to see off their relatives, so they didn't let Mrs. Guo rush home.

If Mrs. Guo were to go home from Guoli Yamen to see her off, she would not be able to find someone to pick her up.

It counts that several years of interest can be distributed to Mrs. Guo, and Mrs. Zhen has written a lot of money in the account book. Sister Hui is now the housekeeper, and she really has to send it out through Sister Hui.

Feeling satisfied, Mrs. Guo suppressed Yuan Hui's displeasure in her heart for the time being, and Yuan Hui asked her to take out another thing: "This is from the betrothal gift when the eldest sister got married. This is the one from the third uncle and third aunt."

It was a glazed lamp, and Guo Li also looked at it dumbfounded, estimating the value of the lamp.

Since the guests have not left, there is no spare room, but it is not appropriate for Mrs. Guo to live outside alone. In the courtyard of the second room.

As a grand welcome, Yuan Hui accompanied Mrs. Guo back to her room, and Mrs. Zhen asked her natal brother, who just came back from business, to talk with Guo Li.

Mrs. Guo walked through Mrs. Zhen's main room, and her displeasure increased. She saw jasper lamps, jade lotus flowers, agate screens, etc. in Mrs. Zhen's room. At that time, Erfang didn't have these things, and Erye was not an official, so it was impossible for the Zhen family to have a way to obtain these things.

Mrs. Guo inevitably suspects Mrs. Zhen's ignorance of her father's affairs. It is said that Mrs. Xiu married a high-ranking lady with a lot of dowry.

She didn't expect that this was a gift that Mrs. Zhen got when she came back to Beijing. There were three large boxes in three carriages, ten boxes of Yuan Hui occupied one cart, and the other two carts were presents from the princess, Yuan Xiu and the royal family in Beijing.

The white jade lotus has a natural blush, and the skillful craftsman carved out a red lotus among the white lotuses, the water head is almost flawless, this is a gift from Princess Jing'an.

Guo's love for the glazed lamp has gone on a lot, and before leaving home, she was not at all dissatisfied with Yuanxiu's butler, but she was replaced by Yuanhui.

She muttered: "Sister Xiu is married, and the old man is not here. You and I should be in charge of this house together. Who are you coaxing? Calling my daughter up to be the housekeeper will completely cut off my housekeeper's heart? The second sister-in-law is too thoughtful." It's finer."

(End of this chapter)