Chapter 195: Little Aunt
Mrs. Qian was even more unhappy when she heard her granddaughter talk back to her, and scolded, "Little girl, since you know that people can't wear it, why do you want to make it like that?" It's all ugly to death of their ancestors. β
Monkey girl can understand some everyday words now, but some words can't be understood at all, so she doesn't know that she is disliked. But when she saw Mrs. Qian's murderous person, she was still a little scared, and crawled to Qian Yixiu's body with tears in her eyes.
Qian Yixiu sat on her lap and explained, "It's a piece of cloth, it's not enough to make clothes for people, and it's unlucky to make shoes, so I made a skirt for Monkey Girl." β
Mrs. Qian also wanted to say that she couldn't make shoes and could always make socks, so Qian Yijin hurriedly picked up a piece of golden lotus root on the plate and gave it to Mrs. Qian and said, "Grandma eats lotus root, this is the sprout on the tip of the lotus, sweet and crisp." β
"Well, it's still my Jinwa filial piety." Mrs. Qian took the lotus root and ate it, and said, "This lotus root is delicious, but it is a little too expensive to sell than meat." If you want me, meat is as expensive as lotus root, and I am still willing to buy meat to eat. β
Qian Sangui smiled, "Isn't this new, when there are more of these lotus roots in the future, I won't be able to sell them at this price." Those who can afford to buy this golden lotus root now are also rich people, and they don't care about that money. Seeing that the monkey girl was about to cry, she kindly took a piece of lotus root for it to eat.
Mrs. Qian couldn't get used to seeing her son spoil her granddaughter, but now seeing that he was even spoiled by a monkey, she was angry, and she was reluctant to say it, and she was very entangled. Qian Yixiu saw that she wanted to find something to scold the Wu family again, so she hurriedly took the monkey girl out.
As soon as she came out, she saw Huang Tie coming to her.
Huang Tie took two small brocade boxes to her, which were the jewelry that Qian Yixiu asked him to go to the county town silver building to retrieve.
The little aunt is about to get married, and Qian Yixiu has been thinking about what to add makeup to. After returning from Dongtianchi, he took five small pearls out and went to the Yinlou in Xishan County to give his little aunt two pieces of jewelry. Three of the beads were made with a butterfly red gold hairpin, and two were hit with a pair of red gold pearl pendants.
Actually, she wanted to take a bigger bead, but she still didn't dare to take it after thinking about it, for fear that it would attract too much attention, and Grandpa Sangui didn't agree.
If you want to talk about the members of the Qian family's three rooms, Qian Yixiu relies most on the three noble grandfathers, the most respected is the Wu grandmother who has worked hard for this family for many years, the most distressed is the beautiful little mother, the most favorite is the little Zhengtai, and the most grateful person is the kind and pleasing little Aunt Manxia.
Ten years ago, Qian Yixiu, who was still a ghost, came to this home, as a bystander, watching how the family struggled on the poverty line, life and death, watching them almost despair, and finally struggling again.
This big family, supported by Qian Sangui on the bed for a long time, and relied on the Wu family's early and greedy work to live, there are sorrows, tears, but there are still laughter.
And laughter is what the optimistic, open-minded, and kind little aunt brings to everyone.
Cheng Yue came to this family, and in the first few years, Qian Manxia really got along the most. She used the kindest gestures and the most gentle attitude to be close to and tolerate the little mother, so that Cheng Yue could live happily in this family.
At the same time, the little aunt cared for the little brothers and sisters with the most selfless love, bathing, feeding, washing, and even serving feces and urine, doing it willingly and without complaint.
Wu has a saying that evaluates Qian Manxia most faithfully - he has done more and eaten less since he was a child.
The little aunt is getting married and leaving this person, and everyone in the family is reluctant, including Qian Yixiu.
Before playing jewelry, Qian Yixiu went to discuss with Xiao Zhengtai and asked him to contribute some money, which was given by the brother and sister together.
Her argument was that the three noble grandfathers had not sold out of the beads before, and there were still a few left, so she was going to come over and want to add makeup to the little aunt's jewelry. It's just that she doesn't have enough money, so she asked Qian Yijin what to do.
Xiao Zhengtai took out a purse from his arms and said, "My brother is also trying to discuss with my sister, I have saved more than 30 taels of silver, and my sister will take some more money, let's buy a decent set of jewelry for my aunt." β
Qian Yixiu came out with more than a dozen taels of silver, red gold and handmade, a total of fifty taels of silver, and these two pieces of jewelry were customized in the silver building of the county seat.
The gift given by the little lady was ready last year, and it was a different color double-sided embroidery embroidered by the little lady - cat.
This embroidery is an attempt by the little lady to study and explore the double-sided embroidery of different colors, and on the basis of completing this embroidery, she has made improvements on her own embroidery.
Although the embroidery is an attempt by the little lady, the picture is exquisite, the kitten is smart, and Qian Manxia, Qian Xiaoyu, and Cai Xiaohua are rare and bad at that time.
Grandpa Sangui and Grandma Wu were also stunned, they had seen double-sided embroidery, but they had never seen double-sided embroidery with different colors.
Even the well-informed Qian Hua shouted incredulous, saying that he had never seen double-sided embroidery in the capital that could achieve different colors on both sides.
Qian Yixiu made a shelf and embedded the embroidery into it as a makeup for the little aunt to give to the little aunt.
The size of the embroidery is not large, so the carpenter master made a walnut round tiger head frame.
Qian Yixiu took the brocade box to Wangjiang Tower, but the little lady still didn't come out of the workshop.
Every day, the little lady would stop what she was doing when it was a little dark, and then look out the window for a while, and wait until it was completely dark before having dinner. She embroidered for a long time, and she was able to keep her eyes clear, perhaps related to looking into the distance for a long time.
Qian Yixiu did not go to the main courtyard for dinner, but waited here for the little lady to eat together. She looked at the little lady's face today, so she took out the jewelry and showed it to the little lady.
"How's that, it's beautiful, isn't it? This is the makeup that my brother and I sent to my little aunt. Qian Yixiu said proudly.
Cheng Yue glanced at the beads and earrings in the jewelry box, and pouted, "If you replace the pearls with cat's eyes, it will look better." β
Qian Yixiu was speechless for a while, and the little lady who had fallen into the mortal world would occasionally come up with the names of some heavenly items, but where could there be anything here?
Qian Yixiu put away the jewelry and said, "Our family is poor and has no cat's eyes." β
"When you sell the embroidery, you will have money." The little lady said, "When Brother Jiang sees the embroidery and returns home, the family will be richer." When the time comes, find a way to buy the embroidery back. β
The little lady is quite scheming, but it is not easy to take it back when the thing is out. Moreover, how could the little daddy, who was already boneless, come back.
On the evening of August 25, Qian Yixiu, Qian Yijin and Cheng Yue took their things to Cuizhuxuan. Two days later, the little aunt got married, and they went to add makeup.
Qian Sangui and Wu were both sitting there. Aunt Manxia was wearing a bright green skirt, combing her double flat bun, and her face was crimson. Seeing that their mothers were coming, they quickly got up with a smile and greeted them. The most beautiful time for the little aunt is when she giggles, her eyebrows and eyes are crooked, the pear is shallow, and the laughter is crisp, and the people next to her can't help but be infected by her.
Cheng Yue's eyes turned red when she gave her the things, and said, "Sister-in-law, Yue'er is reluctant for you to leave the house." Without you, Yue'er is not used to it, and Jinwa and Xiu'er are not used to it. β
The little lady is a sensational master, and as soon as her words came out, several other people were red-eyed, and the little aunt shed tears.
Wu wiped his eyes and smiled, "Aunt Xia is getting married, this is a happy event." She is married closely, and when she misses her, let her come back to see us. β
After a while, the old man Qian and his wife led the big room, the second room, and the fourth room to add makeup. Qian Sigui led his family back from the provincial capital yesterday to attend Qian Manxia's wedding.
Originally, it was best for their relatives to come the day before the wedding to add makeup, but because there were distinguished guests coming to the garden tomorrow, they came early.
They may have discussed it, and each family gave two taels of silver, which is already a very big gift in the countryside.
Qian Mandie also gave Qian Manxia a pair of hand-made embroidered shoes and a beautiful silver hairpin, and Qian Manting and Duoduo children also gave them a handkerchief embroidered by themselves.
Last night, Qian Sigui took the Wang family to return to the garden, and quietly gave Qian Manxia two Hunan embroidery fans that they bought in the embroidery building in the provincial capital.
At the same time, Qian Sigui apologized to Qian Sangui on behalf of his father and brother with red eyes, saying that if he was there, he would never do that.
Qian Sangui comforted him and said, "The third brother doesn't complain about his father and the eldest brother and the second brother, and there is nothing wrong with their thoughts." The third brother is still your own brother, and if you need your brother's help in 'Brother Dim Sum', your brother will still help you as before......"
Xiaxia Cake House has found a good shop and is up and running, and the business is very good.
In order to start the fame of Xiaxia Xiang Cake House, under the planning and promotion of Qian Yixiu, two new products were specially launched.
One is nasturtium, which is a "jelly" made of lotus root powder, which is ordinary lotus root powder, but it is filled with the juice of the "third generation" nasturtium. The color is golden, translucent, rich in floral fragrance, refreshing and delicious. This dim sum dish is very popular with children, as the ingredients are limited and available for a limited time.
One is a baked plum blossom cake, which is also golden in color, soft and glutinous and sweet. Because it is soft and glutinous, it is easy to restrain and has a good taste, which is very popular with the elderly.
The dim sum of the fragrant cake house has also become the special dim sum of Wuxi Tea House, and a small counter has also been set up in the tea shop to sell the dim sum of Xiaxia Fragrant Cake House. Those tea customers can not only eat at the tea house, but also buy them to take home.
When Qian Manchuan saw it, he also wanted to set up a counter for "Old Brother Dim Sum" in the tea shop, but Shopkeeper Cui didn't agree.
In fact, the shopkeeper Cui specially sent someone to ask Qian Yixiu, and the teahouse still sells "old brother" dim sum. Qian Yixiu asked them to continue selling. Although the family is separated from the business of those houses, they are still relatives, so they can't just disown people as soon as they are dismantled.
On 26 August, the Qian family had breakfast early. Except for Cheng Yue who returned to Wangjiang Tower, the rest of the people began to get busy, and even Qian Sigui came to help.
Because Qian Manxia is going to get married the day after tomorrow, there will be many distinguished guests today, and they will live in Guiyuan. The old lady of the Zhang family and the Song family, who did not make the trip last time, as well as the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper Cui, they will all come.
They specially cleaned up the guest room in Hexi Garden, Linxiangyuan, where the daughters of the Zhang family and the Cui family lived, Zhang Zhongkun and the Cui shopkeeper lived in the front yard guest room, and Mr. Yu went to live in Wanjia first.
It seems that the fourth master of the Song family will also come, and if he comes, he will also arrange to stay in the front yard guest room.
Again, the plan didn't change quickly. Shopkeeper Cui suddenly came in a carriage, he said, not only the Zhang family and his family will come today, but Song Siye will also bring his two daughters, Sister Lan and Sister Qing. The most important thing is that Lord Liang is also coming. Because of the arrival of Lord Liang, there may be officials from Xishan County who will come on the wedding day.
Let the Qian family hurry up and prepare a place to live.
These people want to come, and the place where they live can only be changed. After discussing with the shopkeeper Cui, Qian Sangui decided that Liang Zezhong and Song Siye were distinguished guests and lived in Linxiangyuan in the guest house. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, Sister Lan and Sister Qing live in the Lotus Perfume Pavilion, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Cui family live in the wing room of the main courtyard, and Qian Sangui, Zhang Zhongkun, and Cui live in Mr. Yu's Linhe Garden.
Some subordinates, except for those who serve closely, live with their masters, and the rest of the men live in the front yard and the women live in the main courtyard.
Hearing these legendary characters, Qian Sigui on the side couldn't help but sigh secretly, the old father and brother and nephew were too heavy on small profits, and the loss of dim sum was immeasurable.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the carriage of the Zhang family's mother-in-law and the Cui family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came. Zhang Zhongkun is busy, so he can only come tomorrow. It was Zhang Yang who sent them, and he had to rush back later, Huang Yue'e and her son Yu Ge'er were still at home.
The carriage stopped, and Zhang Yang helped Mrs. Zhang down first, followed by Song. Coming down from the second carriage were Cui's shopkeeper's daughter-in-law Hong and daughter-in-law Hua.
When everyone saw the ceremony, Qian Yixiu pulled the old lady's sleeve and accompanied them to the Lotus Perfume Pavilion.
And the Hong family and the Hua family are also busy, as long as the master of the capital comes, they can't treat themselves as guests. And this time, it was the head of the family, the old grandfather, who was coming, and they didn't dare to slack off. They led people to Linxiangyuan, and they wanted to clean up the house according to the preferences of the old grandfather.
Mrs. Zhang lived in Qian Yixiu's bedroom, while Song lived on the couch in the West House. Qian Yixiu apologized to the Song family very embarrassedly, saying that her family's conditions were poor and she was neglected.
Song said with a smile, "This room is the best, you can see the beautiful scenery in the lake by pushing the window, and you can smell the fragrance of lotus leaves at any time." Give me another room, I don't want to. β
At this time, the lake is already full of lotus, and only a few leaves are still green. However, many literati and writers prefer the poignancy of the remnant lotus, and Song also liked to read poetry and recite literature when she was young, so she really liked this room.
Qian Yixiu accompanied them to dinner here, then let them rest and went back to Wangjiang Tower.
In the afternoon, several more carriages came back to the park. Liang Zezhong and Song Siye were accompanied by Qian Sangui, Qian Yijin and others to Hexi Garden, while Qian Yixiu accompanied Sister Lan and Sister Qing to the Lotus Perfume Pavilion.
The two young ladies themselves are relatives of the Song family and are very familiar with each other, so they are very happy to live together.
The little sisters of the Song family added makeup to Qian Manxia on behalf of the Song family, which was four jacquard brocades. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhang family gave a set of inlaid jade red gold head noodles, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Cui family gave a four-bed dragon and phoenix Chengxiang colorful brocade quilt.
The Liang family gave a pair of cloisonnΓ© vases. In addition, he also gave Qian Yijin a jade carved inkstone, and Qian Yixiu gave him a red gold inlaid jade ring.
Qian Sangui knew that the spiritual object that the old fairy asked his granddaughter to fetch last time was related to the Liang family. The Liang family sent so many good things in a disguised way to thank their granddaughter for helping. (To be continued.) )