Chapter 199: Speculation
These days, An Ruolan likes to count silver.
She deliberately picked out an eight-treasure brocade box, and packed up the silver naked, golden beans, and golden melon seeds that day.
She put the silver ticket sent by the guard in a separate box, and put it next to the pillow every day before going to bed, which was the first gift given to her by the guard, which was of great significance, of course, it should be treated specially.
With a good heart, An Ruolan directly regarded the hush money as a gift.
An Ruojin leaned on the beauty couch, and saw the appearance of someone at the end of the couch counting the amount of silver, and couldn't help sneering: "I know that you are proud, you have come back with so much silver, and you can have a treat another day, I heard that there are a few new dim sum in Taibai Building, I have long wanted to taste it."
She had already heard An Ruolan talk about the feat of that day, and now she still felt ridiculous when she thought about it.
An Ruolan smiled and put away the last golden leaf, waved her hand proudly, and said, "What's there, call Sister Shangke and Sister Yan another day, let's go and have a full meal."
She has always been generous, and now that she has a full purse, she naturally doesn't take it into account for dinner.
An Ruojin was just joking, seeing that she agreed happily, she laughed happily and said, "Then dare to be kind, I'll go and make an appointment with Sister Ke and Sister Yan later."
An Ruolan raised her eyebrows, that means, whatever you want. An Ruojin couldn't see her so little appearance, so she threw the embroidered hoop and pounced on her to tickle her, and the two sisters suddenly made a mess.
was having a good time, and the voice of asking for peace suddenly sounded outside, listening to the movement, it was Murong Shi who came over.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" An Ruojin got up and pulled An Ruolan up again, and the two of them hurriedly sorted out the clothes and hair that had become messy because of the noisy frolic. Before Murong entered the door, he took the embroidered hoop in his hand, and pretended to start being a female celebrity.
As soon as Murong stepped into the door, she saw the two sisters sitting quietly on the beauty couch embroidering, their eyes were focused and serious, which almost made her think that the frolicking sound she heard outside the door was an illusion.
Pursed her lips helplessly and glanced at the two sisters with a smile. Murong pretended to be stern and asked, "Have you done your homework today?"
An Ruojin smiled and got up to give up her seat. Rou Shun said: "It's almost there, there are still a few petals left."
As he spoke, he handed over the handkerchief that was about to be embroidered and asked his mother to check it.
An Ruolan followed and got up. He also showed the half-embroidered handkerchief to Murong Clan.
Murong took the handkerchief embroidered by the two sisters, and while inspecting it, he pointed out the deficiencies, and the two sisters listened carefully. Be humble and seek advice.
After instructing the homework, Murong pulled the two sisters to sit down. He smiled kindly, "Your father wrote back a letter, saying that he had found a lot of interesting things over there and would bring them back to you when the time came."
Both sisters were very happy to hear that there was a gift. An Ruojin thought about the doubts in her heart and asked, "I went to the Yongning Marquis Mansion to drink the wedding wine before, and Lan'er said that she saw the prince of Jin and the third cousin of Meng San. Mother, didn't they go to the northwest with them? How can you appear in Shengjing and go to drink happy wine?"
Murong was slightly stunned, remembering the news she had heard in the past two days, she said in a low voice: "Your father did not mention this matter in the letter, but I heard that the prince of Jin and Meng San have been moving around the mansions and houses very frequently these days, and I don't know why."
Moving around a lot?
An Ruojin and An Ruolan looked at each other, and An Ruojin asked, "Is it for the disaster relief in the northwest?"
This is also what An Ruolan wants to ask.
Murong Clan, a woman who lives in the back house, knows all this, but said: "I just heard the lady next to me mention it once or twice, and I don't know."
and said sternly: "You girls, care about these things, learning good virtues and words is serious, don't think that I didn't hear you messing around."
An Ruojin and An Ruolan glanced at each other weakly, shrunk their necks and stuck out their tongues.
Two days later, according to the agreement, An Ruolan invited An Ruojin and a few people to Taibai Building for a snack.
Because Mrs. An had already let go, she wanted to carry the four-room concubine An Ruoyun as her concubine, and let An Ruolan's four concubines have time to take her with her.
An Ruoyun is one year younger than An Ruolan, ranked ninth, and looks very well-behaved, but she is a little cowardly and timid, and when she is with An Ruolan and the four of them, she always seems nervous and at a loss. The reason for this, firstly, may be because she rarely got along with An Ruolan and the four of them before, and secondly, I am afraid that in her heart, she still feels that she is a head shorter than the four people.
During this time, An Ruolan and the four of them also pulled An Ruoyun to play and frolic together, and their attitude was also very kind and casual, but An Ruoyun was always very cautious in front of them, as if she was afraid of offending them, which made them quite helpless.
Despite this, if there is anything delicious and fun, An Ruolan and the four of them will still call An Ruoyun together.
This trip to Taibai House is no exception.
Straight to the point.
The five sisters took the car to Taibai Building, and were directly introduced into the reserved private room, and when Xiao Er served tea, An Ruolan waved her hand boldly, and put the dim sum in the store, whether it was new or old-fashioned, salty, sweet, crispy, crispy, glutinous, but if there was, she ordered a copy of everything, and also rewarded Xiao Er with a silver ingot, and told Xiao Er to prepare a copy of every new product, and she wanted to take it back to Houfu for everyone to taste.
That posture is not an exaggeration to say that it is heroic.
Xiao Er took the reward and went down happily to spread the word.
The private rooms were closed, An Ruojin glanced at An Ruolan disapprovingly, and said, "Let's not say that you spend money indiscriminately, so many snacks, can a few of us eat them?".
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An Ruolan blinked and said innocently: "If we can't finish eating, we will send it to the eldest brother, they will definitely be able to finish it."
An Ruojin was angry and funny, stared helplessly, and said: "You think well, if you can't finish eating, you will send it to the eldest brother, if the eldest brother knows about it, I am afraid that I will cry to death."
"Let's not talk about it, big brother, they won't know." An Ruolan cheats.
An Ruoke covered her mouth cooperatively and said, "I'm sure I won't say it."
"So do we!" An Ruoyan and An Ruoyun also made guarantees.
An Ruojin is too lazy to be poor with them.
An Ruolan was just joking, of course she wouldn't really do that, and when the snacks were on the table, she picked out most of them first, and asked Xiao Er to pack them in a food box and send them to the carriage waiting downstairs with the previous order.
And a few maids were also pulled together to sit down with snacks.
Drinking tea and eating snacks, the five sisters feasted, all of them were dangerously supported, and after sitting and resting for a while, they were ready to get up and go home.
Coincidentally, out of the private room, a few people met Zhao Yimeng Sanshao and his party, who had also just come out of the private room.
Because there was still a young man next to him, An Ruojin immediately covered her face with a handkerchief and turned sideways.
When the outsiders all said goodbye and left, the sisters greeted Zhao Yi and the others.
"Cousin Yi, Third Brother Meng, why did you go back to Shengjing?" An Ruolan pretended to be puzzled and asked.
Meng Sanshao knocked her with a fan, and said angrily: "You ghost girl, you took your brother's silver, and now you remember to care about your brother, you should be beaten!" scolded in his mouth, and knocked down again.
"Ouch!" An Ruolan deliberately hugged her headache and shouted, but in fact, it didn't hurt at all.
An Ruojin could see at a glance that she was wailing, and she didn't mean to come forward to help at all, so she only covered her lips and watched the play.
In the end, Zhao Yi couldn't stand it, so he stopped the fan that Meng Sanshao was about to knock down with a smile, and said, "Okay, what does it look like to bully the small with the big, I'm worried that Mrs. Meng will know that it's time to miss you again."
Meng Sanshao just wanted to scare and scare this little cousin who had no conscience, and the strength in his hand was light, hearing this, he took advantage of the situation and withdrew his hand, and hummed: "You are the most cat!"
An Ruolan didn't care, and grimaced at him weirdly, so angry that Meng Sanshao's hands were itchy again.
Enough trouble, An Ruolan turned around again and asked, "Are you still in the northwest?"
Meng Sanshao glanced at her and said, "You have so many ghost thoughts, so I won't tell you."
An Ruolan's eyes widened, he snorted at him angrily, and said proudly: "Don't think I don't know, you are coming back to do big things, I heard that you are running around, contacting the nobles of the family, and the rich merchants, I guess you are going to raise money to sell grain, and then transport it to the northwest, am I right?"
This was her guess, but as soon as she saw the reaction of Zhao Yi and the others, she knew that she had not guessed wrong.
Could it be that the grand fundraiser in the previous life was initiated by the two cousins?
The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible.
The reason why she guessed this was because this time happened to be the time when the fundraiser was held in her previous life. The fundraiser held for disaster relief, but this year's life experience.
The two cousins who went to the northwest to investigate the disaster relief suddenly returned to Shengjing, and they were still walking around to expand their contacts, if they said that they had nothing to do with the fundraiser, she would not believe it.
Don't say it, she guessed right.
Zhao Yi and Meng Sanshao looked at the little cousin in front of them who was still childish and raised their small chin in shock, they never thought that their plan would be guessed by a seven-year-old girl.
Meng Sanshao's itchy hand gave his little cousin a fan, and scolded with a smile: "You have the most brilliant brain, if you are a male baby, see how I beat you!"
"Hmph, you're jealous of me." An Ruolan hummed and chirped.
Zhao Yi touched her head lovingly, and laughed softly: "With a smart and sensible sister like you, Wen Sheng and Wen Yan are really blessed."
An Ruolan was slightly stunned, how could she hear the taste of loss from Cousin Yi's tone?
Zhao Yi quickly cleaned up his feelings, and said with a slight smile: "You are right, we are indeed collecting silver."
"Yes, I'll run around after I return to Beijing, but I can be regarded as settling things, for the sake of you being so smart, my brother will take you to the fundraiser to join in the fun." Meng Sanshao blinked aggressively.
Sure enough, it was a fundraiser.
An Ruolan's eyes lit up, her mind turned slightly, and she said, "Can I also donate silver then?"
Zhao Yi and Meng Sanshao were stunned by the question, and after a while, they smiled with relief: "Of course you can, Lan'er is really sensible."
An Ruolan squinted her eyes and smiled, and said in her heart, wait until the fundraiser, you will know how sensible I am!
A plan is quietly taking shape in my heart. (To be continued)