CHAPTER XX
"It's a strange day, it's a rain just after the beginning of autumn, it rains for several days in a row, the whole summer is gone, and the cold makes people shiver."
Tangzhi carefully replaced the bamboo curtain, and asked the pomegranate to replace it with a slightly thicker curtain that could block the wind.
"Kyoto and Yanzhou are originally different, and it is not unusual for it to be cold earlier." Acacia lay on the windowsill, listening to the sound of the rain outside the window, the room had just opened the window for ventilation, and there was still cold humidity in the air.
"How good is this, the eldest girl of Dongfu also invited the girl to taste Nanyao's flower tea for the past two days." The two copper lions that rolled hydrangeas were taken and hung under the curtain, pressing the bottom of the curtain to prevent the autumn wind from penetrating the cracks of the curtain.
Acacia smiled, took a handful of nuts and put them in the palm of his hand and ate them slowly. Not to mention that it is raining, even if it is a knife, her father will let her pass, they have been from Yanzhou to Kyoto for so long, but her father's errand is still hanging, and he also points to the big house to give her father around, so he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to get close.
Waiting for the curtain to be hung up, Mama Zhang walked in, her brows furrowed slightly while carrying the food box, and she even sighed secretly inadvertently.
Acacia turned his head and found Mama Zhang's extremely subtle expression, and said goodbye to the food box that was lifted in Mama Zhang's hand, and she knew it in her heart.
Yes, it's time for that.
When they were still in Yanzhou, she was still young, and at that time, even if the Yongchang Hou Mansion did not have much contact with her mother, she still took care of their two granddaughters, and there were many subordinates brought from the Hou Mansion in the main courtyard at that time. The old lady and Meng Er's villain heart were afraid that these subordinates would still have dealings with the Hou Mansion in private, so they were not too harsh on the two concubines, and even the gifts prepared by the Hou Mansion for the two children during the New Year's Festival were mostly deceptive, and they did not dare to take it by force in the posture of an elder, so they were afraid that the people of the Hou Mansion would know about it and call the door in person.
However, gradually, the mother became more and more disagreeable, and because of her father's instigation, she had a big quarrel with the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, which made the Yongchang Marquis extremely disappointed in their mother and daughter, and completely broke off contact when she was about five years old.
It's okay in this life, she still has a Mama Zhang, in her last life, she fought alone and her temper was so bad, almost from the body just better, her living environment began to plummet after the big house no longer asked, just because after they arrived in Kyoto, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion didn't even come to the door to ask, and it was as if they had never given birth to this daughter.
The father ignored it, the mother ignored it, and the old lady was in charge of the family again, which on the surface still seemed to be the daughter of the second room of the Meng family, just because her father was not so ugly when she went out, but there was always such an unsatisfactory thing behind the scenes, and the meal was the same.
Acacia thinks about it now, most of the reasons why she tossed like that before she got married was because she was desperate, what is her reputation if she lives to that point? She could only be glad that the old lady and the eldest brother in the family had not been mad and wanted to kill the two sisters.
It was also at this time that she understood the meaning of money before the age of ten.
"It's been raining lately, so I'm not going to be able to buy enough." Mama Zhang took out stacks of obviously light lunches from the food box and put them on the table, and there was some meat foam in the tofu.
Not bad, at least not the overnight dish from the day before.
Acacia was not angry, but took the meal and used it without complaint. Her meals are all like this, and it is evident that those who serve her are there.
"Girl......" Mama Zhang's eyes were a little red.
"Anyway, the big house is also keeping filial piety, so it's right for us to eat light." Acacia scooped up some tofu bibimbap with a spoon and ate it.
The big house and the second room are separated, if the second master Meng didn't want to tie up the big house, it is estimated that he would not be able to keep the filial piety for the previous 27 days, not to mention the old lady and Aunt Mei, how can they be without meat for a day? In his previous life, Acacia also heard about his grandfather's filial piety, and the old lady secretly used meat soup to pretend to eat bibimbap. treats his own husband like this, not to mention the uncle who rarely comes and goes on weekdays.
It's no wonder that Acacia himself drank wine and ate meat in his last life when the old lady and Second Master Meng died, and they were really a family.
Suppressing the self-deprecation at the corners of her mouth, Acacia was eating big, she didn't want Mama Zhang to worry.
"I'll use it well, and you can divide the rest."
When Mama Zhang looked at it, except for the plate of meat foam tofu on the table, the rest of the dishes were almost unchanged.
"The girl is just when she grows her body, how can she use so little."
Acacia wiped his mouth, and after cleaning his hands in the basin brought by the pomegranate, he took a sip of tea and said: "I used a big bowl of rice, where is there still a little, Mama and the pomegranate you go down to take turns to eat, I will read for a while." ”
Mama Zhang couldn't do it, so she could only go down with the tangled branches first, and keep the pomegranate to wait for the change.
Turned two pages, but Acacia didn't read a word. Even if she can bear such hardship, but it is not a matter for a long time, the old lady can't do too desperate things, but the deduction of the moon silver and food, clothing, housing and transportation is absolutely done, in the eyes of this old lady, her daughter is a loss of money, and in the future, a thin layer of dowry can be married.
The reason why she had a rich dowry to marry the dead ghost's house in her previous life was that her grandmother gave her a lot of things before, and then she took out all her savings and put the money in private at the instigation of Mama Qin, and the whole process was handled by Mama Qin. Box by box went to Mofu.
It was useless for the old lady to grit her teeth at that time, she married Mofu, speaking of which, they were still high, and the dowry of a person with such a good face as her father could not be thin, and those things with the private seal of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion would flow out, even if the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the Guan family had no contact at all, it was estimated that they would come to the door.
To put it bluntly, the old lady is also a master who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, likes to be greedy and cheap, and is timid.
Thinking of these old things, Acacia suddenly felt that her final ending was not unpredictable, if she was not tough and full of suspicion of everyone, Mama Qin might have secretly taken her silver out, and in the end she couldn't get a penny, as for the things that her grandfather's family had sent, if she hadn't almost yelled that the old lady wanted to rob her things, it was estimated that she would have been taken away one step earlier.
If she didn't enter Mofu at all, what would have happened?
Acacia shook her head, I'm afraid she won't live to the longevity of her previous life.
So money is a good thing, isn't it?
In this life, the money is not done, and this matter was ripped out after the last life, if it wasn't for the man who helped her, it is estimated that she would have to fold it in.
After all, she is only nine years old, and it is too unrealistic to go out to open a store and there is no manpower, if it is exposed, not to mention her reputation, the money she earns can only go into the old lady's purse.
"Pomegranate, what day is it?" Acacia looked sideways and looked at the pomegranate that had put incense slices into the incense burner.
Pomegranate immediately said: "The beginning of summer has just passed, and today is the eighth day of the seventh month." ”
Acacia closed her eyes and was silent for a long time, until Mama Zhang came in and changed the pomegranate to go out for dinner, and she slowly opened her eyes.
God really won't let her be cornered, if she wants the silver to be bright and dark, there are two ways to go, if she is lucky, she will take both, if she is unlucky, she will earn less at most.
"Mama, how much more money do I have?" Acacia asked, propping his chin.
Mama Zhang took good care of her, and she didn't like to steal like Mama Qin, so she quickly said calmly: "In addition to the gold bars of the jade rabbit to worship the moon sent by the Hou Mansion at the beginning, there are about a hundred or ten taels. ”
The Jade Rabbit Moon Worship is the festival gift of the Mid-Autumn Festival sent by the Hou Mansion that year, and the small box should be for Acacia to play, and then the old lady also wants to pass, and they are all pushed back by the bad temper of Acacia, so until they get married, this gold bar is still there. I didn't want to use it in this life.
"Leave twenty taels, and the remaining eighty taels for me to put away, and I will be useful later." Acacia was afraid that Mama Zhang would think that she was going to spend indiscriminately, so she hurriedly said: "The eldest sister of the big house wants to earn dowry money in private, and she looks at me and closes her eyes, so she wants to pull me." ”
Seeing the more sensible Acacia, Mama Zhang's eyes became hotter and hotter, and she didn't ask anything else, just turned around and went in to prepare the silver.
Acacia took out a pencil case embroidered with green bamboo from the basket and gently touched the pattern on it. She lied to Mama Zhang, she didn't want to give the money to Meng Xintong, but was going to leave it to Meng Huoran, the eldest brother of the big house, who was about to be tight for a while.
With Meng Huoran's character, she believes that she will be able to get a good return in just three months, and then she will try to see if her good reputation can be bought with money!