Chapter 37 Establishment of the Bureau
Mother Zhou thought that the second wife had never cared about Dong Ruyi, and said distressedly: "No wonder you are unwilling, you are the same as the third master and the third grandmother, and my mother will not embarrass you." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Dong Ruyi said: "Mom, how much money do we have?"
Mother Zhou said: "When the third master left, he left one hundred taels of silver, and you brought back more than fifty taels from the school last time, plus the one that Mrs. Chen bought for you this time, a total of one hundred and seventy eighty taels is added." ”
Mother Zhou frowned when she saw Dong Ruyi, thinking that it was indeed less to go back to the Dong family for more than 100 taels of silver, and if those people in the courtyard did not give rewards, I am afraid that their lives would not be better in the future.
But she can't say any of this, if the sister is young, if she wants to deviate and then break up with the third master, she will suffer.
Mother Zhou endured her worries and comforted: "This can't be blamed on the third master, after all, you will not lack food and clothing in the Chen family, and there is no need for us to use silver to make people in the Chen family, and this one hundred and two three masters are also left for you to buy snacks." Who would have thought that the Dong family would come to pick us up. ”
When Lu's mother came to Chen's house, she was not in front, and she didn't know that Lu's mother was actually here to pick up the third grandmother, where did she think that the third master's family went to Beijing Dong's family without knowing, so she directly thought that Dong Ruyi offended the Feng family by what she said at the flower appreciation banquet, and the Feng family was ready to clean them up when they took them back.
It's just that the people from the Dong family were sent back by Mrs. Chen, but as long as the Feng family wanted them to go back, they always wanted to go back.
Dong Ruyi shook his head and said: "I'm not unhappy, and I don't complain about my father, I know that my father doesn't have enough money, and it is estimated that he saved all the money from studying." ”
Mother Zhou saw that Dong Ruyi was so sensible, so she didn't say anything more.
Dong Ruyi said: "Let's go, let's go out for a walk again." ”
Dong Ruyi has been muttering to the second master of the Chen family in the study these days, but she is going out with Zhang Luo, but fortunately, as long as she goes out, she is very well-behaved, and she never runs around, and Zhou's mother will follow her when she has more times.
This time they were no longer going to eat and drink, but to where the literati went.
There are many poetry and painting pavilions in Jiangning, Dong Ruyi has been pondering these during this time, and she also specially consulted Chen Mingxing for this reason.
Originally, she wanted to sell high imitation calligraphy and paintings, but she wrote a good hand in her last life, as the so-called people are too smart to feel that there is nothing difficult to do, and always want to challenge themselves.
When she was bored, she first learned to copy Dong Wende's handwriting, and later found it interesting and began to copy the calligraphy of everyone.
It's easier said than done, she practiced for five years, wrote a cocoon on one hand, and then had the foundation to do it.
But now when she picked up the pen again, she found that the strength of this little hand was not enough, and it was okay to barely write a few big characters, and if she wanted to write the whole article, her wrist strength was obviously insufficient.
Dong Ruyi had no choice but to give up this method of quick money.
This time they went to a place called Mu Zhai, and it is said that the people who opened Mu Zhai were nobles in the capital, and they were powerful and powerful, and no one dared to make trouble here.
It is an elegant place where literati and artists often go to fight poetry, painting, and chess.
To put it bluntly, it is a place for literati to gamble, compare, and have fun.
Mother Zhou was very depressed and whispered, "Miss, we shouldn't come to such a place." ”
Although they are all literati, they are also adult men.
Dong Ruyi was wearing a scholar's robe, holding an ill-fitting folding fan in his hand, and swaggered as he walked: "Mom wants to call me son." ”
Zhou's mother could only follow behind, and she had a bad premonition.
Dong Ruyi didn't attract too many people's attention, and others should have been children who came to look for him.
In the hall on the first floor, a few people were reading poems and facing pairs.
Dong Ruyi walked up to a guy and said, "I want a private room." ”
The guy was stunned for a moment, and then he followed the voice and looked down.
When he saw Dong Ruyi, he immediately smiled and said, "Does the little boy want the first floor or the second floor?"
Dong Ruyi said: "I want to set up a chess game, is it better to have the first floor or the second floor?"
The guy said: "If the little boy is not bad for money, it is naturally the second floor, you see that the second floor on the opposite side is all private rooms, the inside is spacious and bright, and when the banner is hung on the railing, this floor and the second floor on the opposite side can all be seen." ”
Dong Ruyi said: "Then the second floor is good, it is best to be close to the back stairs." ”
The guy shouted happily, "Okay, there's a private room on the second floor." ”
Dong Ruyi and Zhou's mother went up to the second floor together, and they went to the Yaju Pavilion on the second floor, and a woman about seventeen or eighteen years old stood at the door to greet each other in the Yaju Pavilion.
The woman wore a baby pink gown, which looked very fresh and refined.
She smiled and saluted: "Childe, please sit inside, dare to ask what Childe is called? ”
Dong Ruyi sat down and said: "Miss Yuyan, please take a seat, Xiaosheng's surname is Dong, I want to set up a chess game, with two hundred taels as the lottery, and the winner can leave with the lottery." ”
Mother Zhou's eyes widened, and she hurriedly looked at Dong Ruyi, she only brought twenty taels of silver with her when she went out, even if she didn't have two hundred taels at home.
Yu Yan in front of her was also stunned, two hundred taels is not much for chess, the premise is who to play chess with.
If it was the little boy in front of him who was playing chess, wouldn't it be silver falling from the sky and giving it away for nothing.
Yu Yan said, "Who is coming?" she said and looked at Zhou's mother.
Mother Zhou hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't know how to play chess. ”
Dong Ruyi smiled: "Naturally, I went down." ”
Such a young voice said such a big thing, Yu Yan wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so she had to endure and say, "What does the little boy want?"
Dong Ruyi said: "I want a screen, after all, I have a woman here." She said and looked at Zhou's mother.
Although Zhou's mother is her nursing mother, she is only in her early twenties this year, and she is born white and pure, which is much more noble than ordinary maids.
Zhou's mother blushed, and there was a trace of gratitude in her heart.
Yu Yan nodded and said, "This is easy, we are a suite here." ”
Yu Yan said and walked to open a wooden door next door.
"Many of the guests are like the little boy, with female dependents. It is inconvenient for the female relatives to show their heads, so they can rest here. There is also a back door here, which is used for the female relatives to enter and exit, and the little boy and this sister can also leave from here. ”
Dong Ruyi nodded with satisfaction and made the following arrangements.
Her requirements are very simple, that is, the person who plays chess needs to pay ten taels of silver, and the time of each chess move is set at ten breaths, and those who do not take a step within ten breaths are counted as losing, and the person who wins the game can take the lottery.
It stands to reason that there is no such rule for playing chess, and it is common for some people to play chess for a day and a night, but the person who played chess this time was her.
She didn't want to waste time with those people, and I guess those people wouldn't mind spending time with a child like her.