Chapter 420: The Thing in the Box

Listening to the snow forest planted plum trees, this season coincides with the plum blossoms and the dark fragrance hitting people, and the end is beautiful.

This poetry meeting under the guise of fundraising for the border soldiers is actually not much different from the ordinary poetry meeting, the difference is that the other end of the tent is full of male guests drinking and enjoying flowers, either the father and brother of the female guests or the husband, or the young talents who admire it, and the atmosphere on the female guest's side is a little subtle.

The name of the leader is not something that everyone can compete for, so at least write a good poem to stand out.

There is no need to say more about chatting about flowers and appreciating flowers, and soon it will be time to compose poems.

The plum poetry meeting is naturally based on plum blossoms. The women who participated in the poetry were spread out on rice paper in front of everyone, and the maidservants offered pen and ink.

Cheng Wei's desk was empty, and a maid wearing a rose-red armor came over and laid paper and polished ink for her.

"Take this away, I don't write poetry." Cheng Wei raised his eyes and said to the maid, and then his expression froze, and he pinched the note in the maid's hand and quietly stuffed it.

The maid responded with a good voice and withdrew the pen and ink.

Cheng Yao glanced at Cheng Wei and said with a smile: "Why did Cousin Wei withdraw the pen and ink?" ”

"I can't compose poetry, so I don't need it." Cheng Wei said lightly.

Cheng Yao was surprised: "How come?" I heard Shizi say that my cousin has dabbled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, how can there be a reason not to write poetry? ”

Cheng Wei looked at Cheng Yao, her gaze moved downward, and she fell on the rice paper spread in front of her, pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm like this, I can't do my best, so I just won't be ugly." The eldest cousin should focus on composing poems, don't be anxious when you can't write it. ”

Cheng Yao seemed to have already made up her mind, and she was not in a hurry, and said with some embarrassment: "I don't agree with what Cousin Wei said." In a poetry meeting, there will only be one person at the best. If they can't do their best like Wei cousin and don't participate, then how many people will contribute to the soldiers of the Northland? ”

Cheng Wei sighed lazily: "The eldest cousin's words are interesting, who said that if I don't write poetry, I can't contribute to the soldiers?" ”

She beckoned, and a maid stepped forward: "What do you command, girl?" ”

"Give this to the Duchess of Weiguo, and say that I can't compose poetry, and I'm embarrassed to show ugliness, so I'll donate some money in advance to show my heart." Cheng Wei handed over an inconspicuous small box to the maid.

The maid was stunned. Then he saluted: "Yes." ”

Cheng Yao stared at the maid's back. Secretly sneered.

Is this spending money to cover up ugliness? I don't know how much money a big person like Cheng Wei can donate, ten taels? Twenty taels? Or a hundred taels?

Poetry will be such an elegant thing, as soon as she makes a move, she will be infected with copper stench. What a stupid, sheer spending money is not flattering.

Cheng Yao had the idea of watching the joke, so he kept paying attention to the maid's movements.

At this time, Tao was listening to the praise and flattery of his daughter-in-law, and he was in a happy mood. I ate a few more bites of dim sum.

At this time, the maid in the rose-red bikini came forward and saluted, "Madam." This is what the cousin asked her servant to give you. ”

Tao glanced at the inconspicuous box in the hand of the maid, and frowned: "Cousin? ”

"Yes, my cousin said that she couldn't compose poems, so she donated some money in advance to talk about her feelings." The maid replied.

Dow's smile froze. Yao Yao glanced at Cheng Wei, and said in his heart that this is really a mother and a daughter, and Han is a person who does not learn and has no skills. When it was her daughter's turn, the jar was broken.

You can't write poetry. It's okay to charge it anyway, just say it directly, and take a small box to fill it, which simply loses the face of the Guogong Mansion.

The more Tao thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt, and then looked at Cheng Yao who was sitting next to Cheng Wei, and most of his previous disgust was gone.

No matter what Meng Shi does in private, at least there will be no shame on the scene.

That's it, if the Meng family can always be safe, she will turn a blind eye, who let her son ask for it herself.

A lady sitting next to Tao spoke: "Cousin? Is it the cousin girl who was accepted as a disciple by the national teacher? ”

The lady who spoke was the wife of Zhang Shoufu, and the identity of the noblewomen present was one of the best, and she would never participate in this kind of poetry meeting, but because of the name of raising donations for the border soldiers, as the wife of the head of the civil official, and because of her curiosity about the national teacher and disciple who cured her daughter-in-law's infertility, she attended.

"Exactly." Tao felt shameless, so he handed the small box to the maid behind him.

Another lady spoke: "The disciple of the national teacher really behaves differently from ordinary girls, and I don't know what is in this small box?" ”

Another lady smiled and said, "We are not unfamiliar with jewelry and the like, maybe it is a treasure given to my cousin by the national teacher." Duchess of the Kingdom, hurry up and open it for us to see, and it is good to open our eyes. ”

"This-" Tao hesitated, and had already scolded Cheng Wei half to death in his heart.

It's okay now, even if she wants to hide the past in a low-key way. A little girl's house, what good things can be in the box? It's already remarkable to hold up a piece of jewelry worth one hundred and eighty taels. If it were a few beaded flowers or something, the face of the Guogong Mansion would be embarrassed.

Dow's hesitation, several ladies couldn't help but look at each other, curious about the contents of the small box, and then had some ideas.

Han on the side finally couldn't help but speak: "Since it is something donated by Wei'er, sister-in-law will open it and take a look." Today's poetry meeting was originally here for this purpose, and when the time comes, who wrote the poem and who donated how much money, isn't it just to write it down clearly? ”

How could her daughter come up with a hundred and eighty taels of things to be ashamed!

At this point, Han is extremely sure.

Everyone was eagerly waiting, and Han bluntly asked, Tao couldn't say anything, and reluctantly smiled: "In that case, let's see what's in the box sent by Wei'er." ”

Tao looked at the small box with ordinary material, and motioned to the big girl Qing'e on the side to open it.

Qing'e opened the small box and saw a stack of paper tickets lying inside, her face was ordinary at first, and then her eyes suddenly widened, and she was stunned.

Seeing that the usually calm big girl was out of shape in front of the ladies, Tao couldn't help frowning and shouted: "Qing'e-"

Qing'e came back to her senses, looked at the box in her hand again, and felt extremely hot, carefully holding it in front of Tao, as soon as she opened her mouth, her voice trembled a little: "Madam, there is a silver ticket in the box......

"Well, it turned out to be a silver ticket, no wonder the box is not big, you count how many, and go back to the cousin to remember it, it is also her heart." Dow said lightly.

The silver ticket of Yinzhuang, the minimum denomination is five taels, and there may be a few hundred taels in this box, although it is not as good as the things given by the national teacher, it is much stronger than a few pieces of jewelry.

"Qing'e?" Seeing that the big girl didn't move, Tao wondered.

Qing'e shook her hand and handed over the box: "Madam, there is ...... inside." It's a silver ticket of 10,000 taels! (To be continued.) )

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