Chapter 83 to Jiangzhou
Princess Pingtai hesitated for a rare moment, but she didn't tell Xu Qirong about the business. He only glanced at Xu Qirong with a complicated expression, then turned around and left with Mama Gui, and told Mama Gui to prepare for going to Jiangzhou with an expressionless face.
Xu Qirong's mind was occupied by Xu Qijin's marriage, and he didn't notice Princess Pingtai's hesitation.
Jiangzhou is not far from Xijing City, and the carriage will arrive in half a month. Mama Gui is meticulous and well-prepared for everything, the only thing that makes Xu Qirong feel unsatisfactory is that Xu Qiyu also came.
Xu Qiyu came up in the name of taking care of his grandmother and cousin, and his eldest uncle Xu Tingjin spoke, saying that if he didn't want Xu Qiyu to follow, he would let Xu Qiyun, the granddaughter of his relatives, follow him and serve. Princess Pingtai agreed to let Xu Qiyu go with her.
Xu Qiyun is sick these days, let her go together, who will take care of who doesn't know! Besides, Xu Qiyun likes to be competitive and competitive, and she is not as good as Xu Qiyu in Princess Pingtai's heart!
On the way to Jiangzhou, Xu Qiyu really served Princess Pingtai well. As for Xu Qirong, on the grounds that he was weak and afraid of the wind, he stayed in another carriage and never even dined with Princess Pingtai, so Xu Qiyu did not have the opportunity to contact Xu Qirong.
But this is enough to arouse Xu Qiyu's suspicions. Fortunately, Princess Pingtai's prestige is very high, and if she says a word casually, Xu Qiyu will not dare to blatantly explore Xu Qirong's question.
When she arrived in Jiangzhou, Xu Qiyu lost a lot of weight, but Xu Qirong, because she was in a hurry, Mama Gui did not restrict her diet, Xu Qirong had silver money in her own hand, and along the way, she instructed Yu Xia to buy how many delicious things to quietly move to the carriage, and when she arrived in Jiangzhou City, Xu Qirong gained four or five pounds.
When Mama Gui saw Xu Qirong's slightly rounded figure, she was angry and regretful, and immediately thought about letting Sister Rong eat a small half bowl of rice at each meal in the future, accompanied by a small half bowl of dewatered vegetables. Fortunately, Princess Pingtai helped Xu Qirong say a good word: "It's okay, Sister Rong is still young, and there is some baby fat." After two years, I lost weight. ”
Mama Gui had no choice but to stop mentioning half a bowl of rice and half a bowl of vegetables in addition to water, but she muttered in her heart, Sister Rong didn't have baby fat two years earlier, how could there be baby fat after half a month's work in Xijing City!
It was when he was growing his body, Xu Qirong's dresses were deliberately made looser, so Xu Qirong didn't notice that he was fatter.
Xu Qiyu followed behind Princess Pingtai and listened to Princess Pingtai and Mama Gui talk about Xu Qirong's figure, quietly looked at Xu Qirong, and then pursed her lips and secretly laughed.
Xu Qijin is a particular person, and he doesn't like guest houses, Gao Bo has made a lot of money in the past two years, Xu Qijin thought that he would often go to Jiangzhou anyway, so he simply bought a three-entry house in Osmanthus Lane in the east of Jiangzhou City.
Princess Pingtai's carriage had just arrived at the Jiangzhou City Gate, and Xu Qijin, who had received the news, was already waiting at the city gate with people.
Xu Qijin greeted Princess Pingtai with eagerness and joy on her face, and then smiled at Xu Qirong, as if she didn't know why Princess Pingtai and Xu Qirong came. Xu Qirong was a little depressed in his heart, and he couldn't say anything because Xu Qiyu was present.
As the name suggests, the osmanthus lane is full of osmanthus trees, but this world is not the flowering period of osmanthus flowers, so you can see green leaves everywhere.
Princess Pingtai still looked cold, did not eat the fireworks in the world, walked into the gate leisurely, and listened to Xu Qijin's report on the situation of the house and the situation of coming here to talk about business as she walked. Xu Qirong was full of thoughts about the Yi family's proposal, and he didn't pay much attention to what Xu Qijin said to Princess Pingtai, but Xu Qiyu listened to it with relish, as if what Xu Qijin said was not a dry economy but a classic of mountains and seas of gods and demons.
Passing through the shadow wall, all the way to the main hall, whether it is the blue and white stone built on the ground or the stone tables and stone benches placed on both sides, and the grapevine trellises, they are all quite in the style of Xijing. After I wanted to come to Xu Qijin's house and buy it, I renovated and arranged it again.
When I arrived at the main hall, the tables, chairs and benches should all be small Nanmu, although Xiaonanmu is not as expensive as Nanmu, but it is better than that of pear blossom wood. The teapots and cups placed on the table look like they are also good porcelain from Ru kiln. There are several glass bottles on the eight treasure shelves next to it, and a few blooming osmanthus flowers are raised with water. Next to the eight-treasure shelf is a blue and white porcelain water tank as big as two people hugging each other, which contains two phoenix-tailed dragon's eye fish.
Xu Qiyu looked at it coldly, but her heart was overturned, she never thought that her second sister, who "loves" business, could save so much money! This house, depending on the size, location, and layout of the house, is worth thousands of taels of silver!
Although Mama Gui was not as shallow as Xu Qiyu, she was really shocked, and turned her head to ask Princess Pingtai, "What does Your Highness think?" ”
Xu Qijin is not very close to Princess Pingtai, it's not that she doesn't like Princess Pingtai, it's true, Princess Pingtai is too cold, except for Xu Qirong, who doesn't take Princess Pingtai's coldness seriously, no one can really get close to Princess Pingtai.
At this time, hearing Mama Gui ask Princess Pingtai like this, Xu Qijin immediately looked at Princess Pingtai with anticipation, hoping to get a trace of affirmation from her.
Princess Pingtai nodded lightly, saw Xu Qijin's expectant look, and added: "You are very similar to your mother." ”
Xu Qijin was a little puzzled.
Mama Gui explained: "They are all good at making money. ”
Xu Qijin choked, she wanted to hear her grandmother's evaluation of her taste in decorating the house, who wants to talk about the ability to do business! What's more, this business is completely supported by Gao Bo!
Xu Qijin was thinking of Uncle Gao when he heard Princess Pingtai ask, "What about your errand manager?" ”
Xu Qijin hurriedly said: "The senior executives followed a few jade merchants to the Qian family's jade mine to inspect the quality of the jade vein, and it will be dark before they can come back." Then he paused, and then hesitated and said, "The Qian family has two daughters, the eldest lady Qian Yuzhu has already married, and the second lady Qian Yumin is about the same age as me, so she asked me to go to Bodhi Temple this afternoon to offer incense." Grandmother, you see ......"
Originally, Princess Pingtai and her entourage should have arrived yesterday, but who knew that the road was delayed. Boss Qian spoils Qian Yumin's daughter very much, Qian Yumin is willing to be good friends with Xu Qijin, and the cooperation between the two families is a good thing. Therefore, Xu Qijin did not push off the afternoon date.
Princess Pingtai thought for a while, and turned her head to look at Xu Qiyu: "You have lost a lot of weight recently, I'm afraid you didn't bump into something on the road, right?" Why don't you go to the Bodhi Temple to incense together, and then ask the abbot for a few scriptures to come back and copy them? ”
Princess Pingtai pondered, Xu Qiyu couldn't keep up with her like this, and it would be a lot easier for everyone to find something to do for her.
Xu Qiyu twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, how could he say this about his younger uncle's grandmother! In his mouth, he opened his mouth very deferentially: "Yu'er just wanted to serve the old ancestor, and she didn't dare to eat more along the way, so she lost a little weight, and it was no big deal." But listening to the name, the Bodhi Temple should be excellent, to give the Bodhisattva three incense, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless the ancestor Shou and Tianqi to bless the East China Sea, it should also be. ”
Princess Pingtai is used to being cold, and it can be said that her coldness is because of her lonely status, so she is a little arrogant. Now that I have been in the Buddhist hall for more than 20 years, the previous dynasty has long since fallen, and this coldness, to put it bluntly, is that Princess Pingtai has become a little alienated in the handling of interpersonal relationships.
Therefore, when Princess Pingtai heard Xu Qiyu's words, she didn't feel the slightest touch, but nodded: "In that case, go back to your room to rest for a while." ”
After rushing for such a long time, she is not in a hurry to talk to Xu Qijin for a while.
Xu Qijin hurriedly arranged it. Knowing that the princess of Pingtai was coming, Xu Qijin had already moved from the main house to the east wing, and rearranged the main room in the style of Princess Pingtai in Lanzhi Courtyard. Because he had heard that Xu Qiyu was also coming, Xu Qijin also cleaned up the west wing room that was used to stack sundries on weekdays.
Because Xu Qijin only came to live here to "talk about business", there were not many people in the whole house, fortunately, Mama Gui was worried that she would not take good care of the road, so she specially brought a few more maids and wives when she went out.
Yun'er instructed the people to carry hot water to the main room and the east and west wings, and a few little maids followed behind with a few baskets of petals with a smile. Yu Qiu took the maids, mothers-in-law, servants, and servants to the West Corner Gate to settle down. Xu Qijin personally went to the kitchen to check the dishes at noon.
Xu Qijin felt that his sister had lost weight, so he personally asked the cook to boil the East China Sea fish gelatin stewed lotus seeds, and then personally sent it to the East Wing.
On the way, I met Mama Gui who was holding the balm, Mama Gui looked at the food box in Xu Qijin's hand and frowned: "Second Miss, Fifth Miss, I have gained a lot of weight in the past half a month." ”
Xu Qijin smiled calmly and said, "It's just white fungus lotus seed soup to cool off the heat." ”
Only then did Mama Gui let her go.
After Xu Qirong bathed and changed her clothes, she let Yu Xia wipe her hair, and drank the cup of "white fungus lotus seed soup" while holding the cup. When Yu Xia helped her dry her hair, the whole person was like a chicken pecking rice. Yu Xia hurriedly carried the person to the bed and placed it.
When Xu Qirong woke up, Princess Pingtai and the others had already finished lunch.
According to Princess Pingtai's meaning, this Bodhi Temple, Xu Qirong does not need to go this afternoon. Who knew that Xu Qiyu said: "It's a good thing to be incense, the fifth sister has slept for so long, and her spirit looks good, it's better to go with me to ask for the Bodhisattva, maybe this year will not have a small illness from time to time like in previous years." ”
In this matter, Xu Qiyu rarely brought a few hints of persistence, and in the end, Princess Pingtai had to let Xu Qirong follow. Xu Qirong pretended not to wake up and came to Xu Qijin's side, avoiding Xu Qiyu, while muttering in her heart, she had been guarding against Xu Qiyu along the way, but Xu Qiyu seemed to be here to serve Princess Pingtai, and did not embarrass her. So what is the reason for the abnormality of this moment? R1152