Chapter 37 Lower Employment
In the twilight of the river, the cooking smoke is curling, and the grass and trees are thick. On the bluestone road outside Locke's door, the sound of horse-drawn carriages sounded from far and near.
Mama Yan got out of the red-wheeled flat-top car, looked up at the sunset on the horizon, and finally arrived before sunset. She tugged back her loose hair and smiled on her face.
"Go knock!" She shouted at the little guy who followed behind her, Rongliu.
It's only been six days since the last time I came to propose to the fourth master Rong Jue, and the flowers in front of Luo's house seem to be blooming more brightly. The so-called people are in good spirits when they are happy, and they are full of joy when they see everything.
This errand is definitely a beautiful one. Before the matter was done, the third lady Jiang sent Qifeng to give her one hundred taels of silver as hard-earned money. She didn't shirk and was happy to accept it.
This money is different from the one hundred taels of silver given by Mrs. Cheng last time she came to Jiangdu. The money was for Luo Yan to buy clothes, and he didn't lose half of it...... Mama Yan thought in her heart that Mrs. Jiang had made a heavy investment for her stupid son this time. She looked back at the dowry on the eight mule carts lined up behind her, and the smile on her face deepened.
Mrs. Luo had to report that the Rong family in Yangzhou had come, and hurriedly took the maid out to greet her.
At a glance, the big red cages on the red wheeled cars lined up in a row have already understood the ** points. The women and children of the neighbors around the Locke family came out to see the excitement, and they admired the dowry that was constantly brought into the Locke family.
Mrs. Luo stood in the sunset, with a bright smile on her face, a smile she hadn't seen in years.
Luo Yan can marry into the Rong Mansion, she has to taste her long-cherished wish. Luo Zinian's future is also guaranteed... Luo Shizi, who thought about going to Beijing to visit his son ten days ago, should also be happy! In the past few days, her unstable heart "plopped" and fell to the ground, splashing ripples of happiness in her heart, her cheeks, her face flushed with excitement, and her face that had lost her youth added a little gorgeous posture......
After some festivities, Mama Yan drank a few more glasses, and when she settled down in the backyard guest room, it was already moonlight outside the window.
This time, it was the two little maids who came together, and the two leaned on the porch of the door and counted the broken silver rewarded by Mrs. Luo. The little face couldn't hold back her excitement, it had been almost a month since she entered the house, and there was no monthly routine for them to be divided into small maids who were to be divided into rooms. I didn't expect to receive the first wealth in my life today, and my mood can be imagined.
"Sixteen, how do you count the money?" Eiroku walked over with a grin.
He and several Rong family nurses lived in two temporarily vacated grass houses in the backyard to rest. I can't sleep when I'm idle, so I'm going to play with two little girls. Ping Suri was very bored guarding the gatehouse, and if it weren't for the two marriages in the house this time, he wouldn't have been able to send his errand. I happen to be familiar with the two little maids, and I feel happier by talking and laughing along the way.
The little maid named Sixteen was a little taller and gave him a blank look. "Didn't you just come to see our sisters after counting? The tips are all the same, you don't have to guess. ”
Rong Liu smiled and touched his head, "It's all guessed by you, it's really boring." Turning his head to look at the short little maid, "April, why don't you go in and serve Mama Yan, today you are bolder?" ”
April ignored her and carefully wrapped the broken silver and put it in her purse.
Rong Liu felt bored, and raised his eyebrows and raised his ear, "You said that Mrs. Luo married her daughter to a fool, why are you so happy to reward us?" ”
"You are salty and eat radish, don't worry about it! Hurry up and go back, wake up Mama Yan and you are guilty. Sixteen counted, and he did it all in one go.
Rong Liu stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and smiled, "Mama Yan is too drunk, and she won't wake up if she shouts in her ear." You two little devils will bully Brother Rong Sixth to be honest, and I will have to send you to the second lady on an errand in the future, and make you worry all day long. ”
Sixteen "hummed", and April said timidly: "This depends on the meaning of Mama Qu, April is so stupid, she will definitely not choose to go to Yonglu Building." ”
Rong Liu smiled evilly, "It's still April to be sensible and know the depths, but the second courtyard is good, the name is good, the golden hairpin, the silver hairpin or something is so good, you go to Zhunbao to get a good name." ”
"No matter how nice the name is, it is still serving the master, what does it matter? My mother didn't call me sixteen because I was born on the sixteenth day of the first month. April too, her father saw that she was born in April, so he named her. It's all cheap and cheap......"
As the three of them were talking, they heard a rustling sound on the edge of the bamboo forest and knew that someone was coming.
Rong Liu knew that this was the backyard of the female dependent, and it was not easy to be seen, so he made a grimace and quickly slipped away. Halfway through, I couldn't help but turn around, lying on the corner of the guest room and peeking.
Luo Chan heard that Mama Yan came to the house in the evening to give a dowry, so she secretly went to the side hall to see. Silk and satin clothing, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings...... She was dazzled, and there were 10,000 taels of silver alone!
Back in the boudoir, it is difficult for a heart to be calm. Luo Yan is just marrying a fool, and the Rong family is so extravagant. If you can marry your uncle, what a beautiful scenery it should be!
She waited restlessly for Mama Yan to go back to the guest room, so that she could find an opportunity to go over and inquire about the entrusted matter. Seeing that the night was dark, Mama Yan was hugged by a group of maids and sent back to the guest room by Mrs. Luo herself.
Through the shadow of the bamboo forest, seeing that Mama Yan's room was gradually quieting down, she made up her mind and supported Kaiqing'er and Liu'er to change into plain clothes.
Walking to the porch, the two little maids recognized her and greeted her. Luo Chan asked Mama Yan softly if she was okay and wanted to go in and talk.
Sixteen hurriedly said that Mama Yan had fallen asleep. April looked at Luo Chan in amazement, her pale skin was like a lotus flower with dewdrops hanging in the night, swaying and colorful.
Luo Chan hesitated, stood still, and pretended to casually ask the Rong family's grandmother if she was okay? I went to see her last time I went to the house.
"Grandma is gone!" Sixteen spoke crisply, as if saying something inconsequential.
April added, "It was gone three days ago. It's a pity that I'm only twenty years old. Sixteen tugged at the hem of her robe, blaming her for not being qualified to beg for mercy on her master.
Luo Chan's shoulders shrugged slightly, and the corners of her mouth arced and fell, "It's a pity!" I just want to see her again......" said an embroidered handkerchief wiped on the corner of his eye, as if infinitely sad.
The two little maids didn't know the details, and said that she had a personal relationship with the eldest grandmother Yang Wan, and looked at her in a daze, not knowing how to comfort her.
Luo Chan was speechless for a moment, put down the embroidered handkerchief, and asked the little maid to wait for Mama Yan to wake up tomorrow, and said that Luo Chan had come. After saying that, he turned around and left.
The two little maids looked at her back and muttered in a low voice, "She's so beautiful!" ”
The corners of her mouth moved, "It turns out that she knows the eldest grandmother, no wonder Grandma Tuo Yan brought something to the uncle......"
April asked her how she knew, and Sixteen craned her neck to look at Luo Chan's disappearing figure without speaking.
Four days ago, the eldest grandmother was critically ill, and the uncle Rongrui returned home, and was later called to the old lady's Cuiyuan. Sixteen happened to be sent to deliver strawberries, and saw the old lady take the jade pendant to show him, and heard that it was the Luo family's girl who gave it to Yan's grandmother......