Chapter 139: Annoying
Gu Yao's engagement is a happy event, and Gu Jialuo, as the eldest sister, should be happy for her from the bottom of her heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After sending Song's mother away, Gu Jialuo ordered someone to take out the account books from her private treasury, thinking of choosing some delicate things to send to her home to add makeup to her sister.
"Well, these jewelry materials are all of the best quality, but they look a little old."
Gu Jialuo flipped through the booklet, and asked Ziwei to go to the library to carry a box of gold and jade jewelry, glanced at it roughly, and said with dissatisfaction: "That's it, let's take that box of gems, weigh another two hundred taels of gold, and send them to the Treasure Pavilion to let the craftsmen there remake some new jewelry." ”
A few days ago, when he made jewelry for his sister-in-law, Gu Jialuo deliberately chose the Treasure Pavilion. When she got the jewelry back, she was very satisfied. Whether it is the style or the craftsmanship, it is superior.
"In addition, I remember that there are a few fine jade rough stones in the library, you can take someone to bring them out and ask the treasurer of the Treasure Pavilion to see what kind of small objects are suitable for carving.
Gu Jialuo's family is rich, in addition to the original dowry, after getting married, Qi Jinzhi will send her a lot of jewelry and antiques every year. The county lord of Qinghe also has a 'subsidy' from time to time.
In addition, some of the industries that Qi Jinzhi and Gu Jialuo are making in the southwest are also recorded in Gu Jialuo's name, and those are all profiteering industries, with an annual income of tens of thousands of taels.
After three or four years of accumulation, Gu Jialuo's box with silver tickets has increased by a few times.
Not to mention, there is also the gift of Master Myo Zhen.
…… Adding up to several items, it is no exaggeration for Gu Jialuo to say that 'the rich rival the country'.
However, Gu Jia Luo is not a person who likes to dress up, except for formal occasions such as going out and banquets, she rarely dresses up. So the boxes and boxes of jewelry were basically set aside. Some she didn't even wear once.
Yes, the treasures in Gu Jialuo's treasury are not ordinary.
Gu Yao married into the Song family, the Song family is a scholarly family, and it is quite famous among the scholars, but it is not very rich.
Gu Jialuo couldn't bear the hardships of her sister after she got married, so she wanted to add some more practical and useful things to her when she wanted to add makeup.
For example, gold, silver, gemstones, cultural toys, porcelain and other objects that can be exchanged for money directly.
"Song Er is the second son of the second son and cannot inherit the family business...... I want to add another grange and shop for Sister Yao. ”
In the evening, when Qi Jinzhi came back from Dali Temple, Gu Jialuo held a one-foot-square red lacquer luodian box, picked out two deed papers from it and handed them to him, "Uncle, look at it, can these two be returned?" ”
Qi Jinzhi took it and took a casual look, the grange is a suburb of Beijing, more than 300 acres, not big, but the geographical location is good.
There are many powerful people in Beijing, as well as the Xiao royal family, and the good fields around the capital basically have owners, unless they have to, few people will sell them easily.
Therefore, many newly prosperous families cannot buy land in the suburbs of Beijing at all. They had to go farther to Hebei, Shandong and other places.
As soon as Gu Jialuo made his move, it was a small grange of more than 300 acres, which was definitely a big deal.
The shop is also excellent, the area is not large, only five, the advantage is in the good location, the shop is located in the center of East Street, it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is expensive.
These two alone add up to one or two thousand taels of silver.
In the homes of ordinary eunuchs, the dowry given by the parents of the daughter is nothing more than that.
Gu Jialuo is just a sister, she can be so generous, she is really kind.
"My mother really treated me, but I broke her heart in those years, and, still-"
Gu Jialuo lowered his head and said unspeakably guilty, "I owe a lot to my mother, who is kind and generous, and has never cared about me. But I can't be without a conscience. Sister Yao is her mother's only daughter, I, I-"
Gu Jialuo is not just guilty, but more aggrieved, damn 'Gu Jialuo', she did so many stupid things back then, four years have passed, and she still has to pay for her mistakes!
Qi Jinzhi held Gu Jialuo's hand, interrupted her words, and said in a low voice, "I understand." Arrow, you just follow your own heart, and you don't have to worry too much. Besides, these are your dowries, and you can dispose of them as you want. It's just, don't forget to praise our daughter's dowry! ”
Qi Jinzhi didn't want to see Gu Jialuo's sad appearance, so he deliberately joked.
Gu Jialuo was brewing emotions, and when Qi Jinzhi said this, he was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, sneered and chuckled, and said angrily: "Uncle, just rest assured, from this year onwards, I have begun to praise the dowry of Xingxing and Sister Fu." Whoever has been wronged, I will not be wronged by my precious daughter. ”
Qi Jinzhi hurriedly raised his hand and said to forgive: "Yes, yes, our Grandma Gu is the loving mother of Tianzi No. 1, but I was clumsy and said the wrong thing." By the way, my sister is married, do you want to go back? ”
Qi Jinzhi's impression of the Song family is very good, as Gu Jialuo said, the Song family is a truly noble and kind person. There are many stepmothers in this world who hate and abuse their stepdaughters, but there are also good mothers like the Song family who treat their stepdaughters as their own daughters.
Just looking at the kindness of the Song family, Qi Jinzhi also sincerely respects her.
The daughter of the Song family was married, and Qi Jinzhi was happy to remind Gu Jialuo to go back and make her face.
Gu Jialuo nodded, "I was about to talk about this. My grandfather came back, I wanted to go back to see, but it happened that there was a happy event for Sister Yao, and I should go back. ”
"Grandfather has returned to Beijing?"
A flash of surprise flashed in Qi Jinzhi's eyes.
Gu Jialuo knew what he liked, and said with a smile: "Yes, in my opinion, the uncle is simply with me, and it is better to discuss some things with my grandfather in person." ”
The Qi family wants to develop a new type of weapon, and the raw materials involve oil, and if Gu Jialuo is not mistaken, there is an oil-producing area not far from the camp in Liaodong.
On the premise of not alarming the imperial court, if the Qi family wants to take away the oil smoothly, it will inevitably need the cooperation of the Gu family, the head snake.
Qi Jinzhi once mentioned a sentence to Gu Jialuo, and Gu Jialuo wrote letters to his grandfather and father respectively. The two elders replied, "The Gu and Qi families are in-laws, and they should help each other from the beginning to the end. This is the meaning of the Gu family's willingness to help.
Qi Jinzhi didn't even think about it, so he responded: "It should be, it should be!" ”
The husband and wife made up their minds.
In the early morning of this day, Qi Jinzhi sent someone to Dali Temple to take a leave of absence from the chief official, and he accompanied Gu Jialuo, with two fat girls, and a family of four rushed to Gu's house.
The porter of the Gu family saw that the second lady and the second aunt were coming, and hurriedly ran inside to reply.
After a while, the steward of the outer courtyard came over at a trot with his hat covered, saluted respectfully, and then greeted Gu Jialuo and them into the house with courtesy.
The steward bowed over and led the way, and kept saying, "The old lady was still talking to you before, saying that you should come back in the future...... The fourth lady is engaged, and now she is learning housework with her wife...... Eldest Miss, eldest Miss, take the little Miss to accompany the old lady in Daoxiangyuan......"
Gu Jialuo listened quietly.
The steward is very good at talking, and in his description, the Gu family has achieved great harmony, brothers and concubines respect each other, and the elders and younger generations live happily.
However, Gu Jialuo knew that although the steward's words were slightly exaggerated, they were not false.
The Gu family, the only filth is the contradiction between Gu Ze'an and his twin brother Gu Zecheng.
Gu Zecheng has always been dissatisfied with Gu Ze'an's brother, feeling that he has robbed him of his position as the son of the world. Gu Zecheng's wife is not a trouble-free person, and she instigates behind her back.
Over the years, there has been no major contradiction between the big house and the second room, but there has been constant friction in the small ones.
But since Gu Lin's in-laws had an accident, Gu Lin returned to her parents' house with the child, and the second room stopped inexplicably.
The day before yesterday, Gu Ze'an followed Grandpa Guo home, and he no longer had trouble with his eldest brother like in the past, let alone delusional about regaining the dream of regaining the son, but followed his father to learn how to train troops and how to set up formations.
The big room and the second room get along in a rare harmony.
In the Daoxiang Courtyard, Gu Lin was dressed in a plain moon-white dress, the long hair of the crow was simply tied into a bun, and a small white flower was hairpin on the sideburns.
Without the arrogance and arrogance of the past, she faced the sky, hugged the girl who was about one year old, and sat quietly on the side.
Seeing the 'old enemy' Gu Jialuo, Gu Lin behaved very indifferently and nodded slightly at her.
A flash of surprise flashed in Gu Jialuo's eyes, Gu Lin had really changed, not because of the pitiful gesture deliberately made by the widower, but from the inside out, she exuded calm and indifference.
Mrs. Zhao is still in good spirits, only the gray hair on her sideburns has increased a lot. This is also helpless, the old man is in grade, and no matter how much he maintains it on weekdays, he can't stop the pace of time.
Gu Jialuo asked his grandmother to say goodbye, and taught his two daughters to be called 'Old Ancestor'.
Xing Xing and Sister Fu can already say some simple words, but the words are not very clear.
The two fat dumplings wore exactly the same red embroidered gold thread dress, staggered to the ground, according to their mother's explanation, they called 'zhu' in a milky voice, and raised their small fists and waved at Mrs. Tai.
The cute appearance of the little ones made the ladies present chuckle. Even Gu Lin couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.
The atmosphere in the hall is harmonious, and the Gu family is really getting more and more harmonious!
After talking to his grandmother for a while in Daoxiang Courtyard, Gu Jialuo took the children to the main courtyard with the Song family.
“…… You've got a heart! ”
Looking at the box pushed over by Gu Jialuo, Song was silent for a long time, and Fang said softly.
Gu Yao had already blushed, but she still endured her shyness and said to Gu Jialuo sincerely, "Thank you, second sister!" ”
Although she is young, she is not ignorant.
These days, following her mother to learn housekeeping, Gu Yao knows a lot of chores. At least, she knew very well how valuable the makeup her sister had sent.
In the past, Gu Yao was very dissatisfied with Gu Jialuo, her mother treated Gu Jialuo well, but she also targeted her mother everywhere, and even killed the fetus in her mother's womb.
During that time, Gu Yao hated to strangle Gu Jialuo.
Later, Gu Jialuo was sent to Tiejian, and Gu Yao was happy for a few days, temporarily ignoring the complicated emotions in her heart.
But not long after, her mother actually went to pick her up in person, Gu Yao was angry and anxious, but faintly, there was still some expectation.
Fortunately, after Gu Jialuo came back, he changed his temperament, no longer angered his parents, and his behavior became regular. Gu Yao couldn't be innocent of Gu Jialuo, but he could also get along peacefully.
But between them, they can't be as close as real sisters.
Gu Yao said that it was false not to be lost, and she wished that she could have a caring sister like her friends.
But now, Gu Jialuo is extremely generous in adding makeup to her, Gu Yao can feel her sister Akagi's heart, and for a while, she can't tell what it feels like in her heart.
Gu Jia Luo Quan didn't see the contradiction in Gu Yao's eyes, smiled and greeted the Song family, and introduced the two daughters to adjust the atmosphere.
Xingxing and Sister Fu don't recognize life, especially Xingxing, who is a lively personality, even in an unfamiliar environment, can adapt quickly.
She giggled and crawled around on the big kang near the window, and in the face of the teasing of the Song family and Gu Yao, she was also very cheering.
Sister Fu is still so quiet, maybe it's really fate, she likes Song very much, obediently nests in Song's arms, not noisy or noisy, not to mention the small appearance that hurts people.
The Song family was very rare, and after getting along with each other, he directly withdrew the rosary on his wrist and put it on Sister Fu'er's white and chubby little arm.
"Mother~~"
Gu Jialuo recognized that it was the Song family's beloved object, which was said to have been passed down to her by the Song family's mother's grandmother, and was blessed by a Taoist monk.
Song waved his hand, interrupting Gu Jialuo's excuse, and looked at Sister Fu softly with two eyes, "I have a fate with this child, she and Xingxing are my granddaughters, there are good things, I naturally want to leave them to them." ”
Saying that, Song ordered the maid next to him to take a peace buckle carved from the best mutton fat jade, and tied it to Xingxing on the placket with his own hands, "This is what I specially ordered someone to prepare, and I offered it in front of the Buddha for seven seven and forty-nine days." I wanted to give it to you back then, but it turned out to be, alas, to be lucky. ”
Gu Jialuo's heart was sour, she knew that what Song said should be that she fell off the carriage back then, and Song was distressed and guilty, so she bothered to find such an object and invited a senior monk to chant the scriptures, just to bless Gu Jialuo's safety.
However, no one expected that after Gu Jialuo sobered up, he had changed someone.
"Thank you, Mother."
Gu Jialuo blinked vigorously, forced the tears back, and then taught the two girls to say 'thank you'.
Xingxing and Sister Fu said 'xixi' vaguely, but Song happily hugged one with one hand and kissed and kissed.
Gu Yao also made fun of it, and said that the little niece was smart.
Although he couldn't completely eliminate the rift between himself and the Song family and Gu Yao, Gu Jialuo was already very satisfied with being able to treat each other sincerely.
Qi Jinzhi also had a very good conversation with Gu Chong.
The two foxes, one old and one young, said a lot of things, and finally walked out of the study with a smile. No one knows what they are talking about except themselves. But looking at the expressions of the two, they were very satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation.
I had lunch at Gu's house, and in the afternoon, Qi Jin's family said goodbye and left.
"Big brother? Is it Brother Qi ahead? ”
The Qi family and his entourage slowly walked through the East Street, Qi Jinzhi rode a horse to protect the side of the carriage, through the window, and had a gossip with Gu Jialuo.
Suddenly hearing a familiar voice, Qi Jinzhi couldn't help frowning.
Gu Jialuo followed the prestige and happened to see a beautiful young man with a smile like a flower. It's just that the young man's eyes made her very uncomfortable......
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