Chapter 13 Borrowing
When the two teenagers arrived at Chen's house, they quickly attracted the majority of villagers to Chen's house to watch, and the door, wall, and trees were full of people. According to the people in the village, I have never seen such a good-looking and rich person in my life for dozens of years, and the presumptuous eyes hesitated on the two teenagers, and even the hot eyes of the bold girl rushed directly over.
"Looking at these two clothes and jewelry, they look like noble sons, and the young ladies and young masters of the Ding family and the Sun family are so rich, and they are not dressed like this."
"What are the Ding family and the Sun family, that is, they are rich in our Xiao County, according to me, the two must be from Xuzhou Mansion."
"Xuzhou Mansion? I think it's from Beijing. ”
The villagers were talking. Chen Xuejiao thought to herself, it seems that gossip has been passed down from generation to generation from ancient times to the present, and it is these two characters who have added I don't know how much to talk about to the ordinary life in the countryside, and it can be regarded as contributing to the construction of spiritual civilization in ancient villages.
Although the two teenagers have been serving in groups since childhood, it is the first time that they have been watched and discussed.
"I knew that I would put these two people in a cage for everyone to visit, and it was also a business to receive a penny for one look." Chen Xuejiao muttered.
Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen were very angry when they saw Chen Zimin bring them back at first, and they were worried that they would have to add more food. But seeing the villagers watching and talking about the two of them as noble sons, the unhappiness of worrying about adding food was swept away, and there was a look of pride on his face. Yes, looking at the entire Maoshan Village, their family has entered the noble son, and these two noble sons may be able to help the eldest grandson Chen Qilin.
The Chen family's dinner today was very rich. Old Man Chen sent his second son Chen Zichang to the town to make a pot of wine, bought two catties of Hu Xianglou's pastries, cut two catties of meat, and bought a Meng family roast chicken, and Mrs. Chen personally cooked her specialty dish.
Gongzi and Song Siyuan saw that the Chen family was not wealthy, but they made a table of sumptuous meals to entertain them, and they couldn't help it.
Chen Xuejiao found that Chen Xuemiao deliberately changed into a silver-red knitted skirt with a sprinkled flower soft bottom, covered with an autumn-colored vest, her face was carefully retouched, she sat next to Mrs. Chen and pretended to be a lady, occasionally raised her eyes to look at Gu Siyuan opposite, and lowered her head with a red face.
Gongzi and Gu Siyuan found a strange phenomenon, everyone else was comfortable with vegetables, and Chen Zimin's family except for Chen Xuejiao didn't pick up vegetables much. When Chen Xuejiao was picking up vegetables, Mrs. Chen and Chen Xuemiao glared at her fiercely, but she turned a deaf ear. The youngest child, Chen Qiping, was timid when he picked up vegetables, and always looked at Mrs. Chen's face frequently. The two sons glanced at each other, and their understanding of this big family was roughly the same.
At the dinner table, Chen Xuemiao said coquettishly that the eldest sister Chen Xueyao and the eldest brother Chen Qilin were coming back. If it weren't for Chen Xuemiao, Chen Xuejiao almost forgot that there were these two people, and she hadn't seen them since she crossed over.
"Two sons, you haven't seen my eldest grandson yet, the whole family belongs to my eldest grandson, who is good at reading and filial. He went to study in Xuzhou Mansion School, and next year to participate in the talent exam, they all said that my eldest grandson can be admitted to ten miles and eight townships, and the Sun Ju family in Xiao County wants to marry our family, and they are in a hurry to marry their daughter to their eldest grandson. Mrs. Chen said without saying anything. Mrs. Chen called her eldest grandson, and Chen Qilin's mother Zhao behind her heard Mrs. Chen praising her son with a smug look.
What is this, Gu Siyuan and Huang Gongzi glanced at each other.
"The two sons are from Jingshi, and the accent doesn't sound like ours from Xuzhou Mansion." Old Man Chen asked.
"The old lady is well-informed, Huang Gongzi and I are indeed from Beijing." Song Siyuan said.
"Jingshi is a good place, you come out, family" The reason why Old Man Chen heard from the accent that they were from Jingshi was because their accent was the same as that of the original Liu, who was from Jingshi.
"That's right, my father and Song Gongzi's father are in the medicinal materials business, and Song Gongzi and I go all over the country mainly to collect medicinal materials." Huang Gongzi hurriedly said.
"Doing medicinal herb business, I thought you were a noble son, and you are not afraid of thieves when you dress like a noble son in business." As soon as Mrs. Chen heard that they were in the medicinal herb business, her attitude immediately changed, and in Mrs. Chen's heart, doing business was a relatively lowly industry.
"Dressed as a noble son, you can suppress the scene." Gu Siyuan teased.
Chen Xuejiao didn't believe that they were in the medicinal materials business, why did they go to Master Qin in the medicinal materials business, this was just an excuse to the outside world.
No matter what Chen Xuejiao thought about in the blink of an eye, since they said that they were in the medicinal materials business, they must have a bit of a way to deal with this area, so why not collect some flowers and plants in the countryside that can be used for medicine, and use their momentum to open up the sales situation. Thinking like this, Chen Xuejiao's eyes swept over the two sons became hot, just like seeing two golden Buddhas eager to scrape out gold dust.
In the evening, the Li family arranged Song Siyuan and Huang Gongzi to rest in Chen Zimin's small study. Li was kind and enthusiastic, and deliberately took a new cotton quilt given by his mother's family last winter to the two sons.
Chen Xuejiao used fresh wild chrysanthemums to make tea for Chen Zimin and Chen Qi'an, and re-bandaged Haidongqing's wings and fed it food and water.
Early the next morning, Chen Xuejiao found that Chen Xuemiao's family was jubilant, and knew that Chen Xueyao and Chen Qilin were coming back.
The courtyard was already full of idle and bored villagers, looking at the two noble sons in the courtyard with wide eyes. The two daughters of Zhang ** at the head of the village looked at Huang Gongzi with smiling eyes in red jackets and green skirts that they only wore during the New Year, and told the blind lady of Han Ergou at the end of the village about the heroic posture of the son. Han Ergou's mother's smile trembled, and he said to Mrs. Chen with joy: "Zichang and his mother, you are so blessed, the two noble sons came here, I heard that they came from Jingshi last night." When I was young, I loved to be pretty, and when I first got married, my father took me to Xuzhou Mansion to buy flowers to wear, and I met several people from Beijing, and the pomp and circumstance were so magnificent. I guess that the accents of the two sons are the same as those of the first Zimin and his mother, and they are not Zimin's mother's family. Speaking of Zimin's mother, Han Ergou's mother began to chatter: "Poor Zimin and his mother, a beauty, a beauty who melts when the wind blows, is also a hard-working person, my heart is good, when I gave birth to the second dog, it would be so cold, the father of the second dog went again, and it took a night to give birth, or Zimin's mother braved the heavy snow and looked at me regardless of the dark road." The newly born second dog had nothing in his bare body, and Zimin's mother brought a cotton mattress, and gave a pound of brown sugar and a pound of eggs. What a good man, why didn't you go? ”
Mrs. Chen has been competing with Chen Zimin and his mother Liu, and when she heard Han Ergou's blind old lady grinning and talking about Liu's life, she felt a wave of anger in her heart. Mrs. Chen is a village lady, she is not a virtuous lady, her cultivation is not high, and the boredom in her heart shows on her face, and she can't wait to go up and tear up this blind old woman, and said in a yin voice: "Sister-in-law of the Han family, Zimin's mother is a blessed person." These two sons are not from the noble families of the Hou Mansion, they are craftsmen who sell medicinal materials. ”
When the two sons heard that Mrs. Chen unceremoniously shook out their identities, they didn't feel anything, but nodded and smiled at the onlookers.
With this demeanor and this smile, a group of village flowers are crazy again. What about the medicinal herb business, maybe this person who wears gold and silver is a yellow merchant, and his family is full of gold and silver.
Chen Xuemiao looked at those village flowers, and raised her head proudly, what's the matter, you also live in our house in Fugui. Chen Xuemiao was dressed up very beautifully today, drawing eyebrows and eyes, wearing an autumn-colored dress, and embroidering a lilac orchid on her chest, needless to say that this dress was brought by Chen Xueyao from Dingfu.
Li Shi walked over and gently told Mrs. Chen that the meal was ready, and she began to eat breakfast. The crowd dispersed, and they couldn't stare at other people's dinners.
Breakfast is very simple, white porridge and pickles, and white steamed buns are the treatment of Old Man Chen and Old Mrs. Chen. Since Mrs. Chen knew that the two sons were businessmen, she decided that she could not bring any benefits to her eldest grandson Chen Qilin, and her face began to be not so good-looking. Song Siyuan and Huang Gongzi greeted her early, but she didn't pay much attention to it, but said to the Li family: "If you boil too much porridge, if you eat and drink for nothing like this, this family will fall sooner or later." ”
Everyone ate silently, and after eating, Gu Siyuan took out a silver ingot from his pocket and said to Chen Zimin and Li: "Thank you Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen for their warm hospitality, and the little nephew is very grateful, this ingot is two silver."
"I can't do it, I can't do it." Chen Zimin didn't wait for Gu Siyuan to finish speaking, and waved his hand.
"I know that Mr. Chen doesn't accept this silver, so I'll give this money to Sister Xuejiao, and she will take care of Hai Dongqing for me." Gu Siyuan put the silver in Xue Jiao's hand, and Xue Jiao accepted it confidently.
Chen Zimin, Li and Chen Qi'an glanced at Xue Jiao dissatisfiedly, meaning how could they accept Gu Gongzi's silver.
Mrs. Chen glanced at Chen Xuejiao fiercely, she knew that Chen Xuejiao had become sharp and sharp since the change of relatives, and she was desperate all day long, so it was strange that the silver could be scavenged out in her hands.
After that, it was Chen Qi'an who pulled Xue Jiao and gave her an education heartbreakingly, to the effect that the sage Yun Junzi loves money and takes it again, we are happy to help others, how can we accept other people's silver. Chen Xuejiao retorted, I take care of Hai Dongqing for them is the reward I deserve, not to mention that I am just a little woman and not a gentleman.
After the meal, Gu Siyuan and Huang Gongzi wanted to go to the private school in person, and they wanted to try to meet Master Qin as well.
For the requirements of the two, Chen Zimin was very difficult. Master Qin's identity is very mysterious, and only Chen Zimin knows a little about the entire Xuzhou Mansion, and it is not said by Master Qin himself, but by Chen Zimin who senses it through Master Qin's ominous chat. In Maoshan Village, the villagers only know that Master Qin is a landed old talent who opened a private school in the village to support his family, and as for his real name, birthplace, background, and family situation, they don't know anything, and even Master Qin's own face is rarely seen by the villagers. Chen Zimin also guessed that the identities of Huang Gongzi and Gu Gongzi were not as simple as the medicinal herb merchants they said, and although they couldn't guess the specific identities by listening to their accents and behaviors, they must have come from the noble family. Master Qin has been away from Jingshi for ten years, and no one has ever disturbed him in the past ten years, and now these two well-dressed sons must have something important to do when they come thousands of miles to find Master Qin. It's just that Master Qin has refused neatly yesterday, and if he asks to see him once, he is afraid that he will disobey the master's original intention.