Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Old Comes to the Door
The New Year's Festival is coming, and it is normal for the exchange of rites and ceremonies, Mrs. Gu's Zhou specially brought a pair of children to Fan's Mansion on this day, and the concubine naturally had no share, so she stayed at home obediently and did not go out.
The messenger went to Fan's Mansion to inform him, Mrs. Fan was busy receiving several ladies, including the wife of the household waiter, Mrs. Dali Siqing and the grandmother, Mrs. Su Langzhong of the military department, Mrs. Xu Langzhong, etc., several ladies heard the maid to report, their faces were different, after all, Mrs. Wang, the head of the court, was older, and heard that the wife of this upstart in the court was actually a sister with the concubine of the lord of Fan's mansion. When Lord Gu was in office, he relied on the help of Mrs. Gu to manage and settle the inner house, so that he could have today's political achievements and win the emperor's eyes. ”
Mrs. Fan came back to her senses, smiled at Mrs. Wanghubu, and then said: "When Mrs. Gu was young, she had several relationships with me, but unfortunately after they got married, they were released with their husbands, and they didn't see each other for more than ten years."
said that it was a relationship of several faces, naturally it was to say lightly, the two of them were of the same age back then, and they could talk, otherwise when Mrs. Gu encountered a problem, how could she find Mrs. Fan to solve her worries on her behalf? It's just that neither of them expected that Aunt Zhou would hook up with Fan Changze in order to get rid of the shackles of the Yongning Hou family.
Since that incident, Mrs. Gu went to work with her husband, and Yu Yan expressed her apologies several times during her round-trips, but this kind of thing, how can a pale apology be smoothed out?
The other ladies and grandmothers who were seated, needless to say, the younger ones, although the older ones had heard fragments, but after all, it was an old thing more than ten years ago, and few people could say it clearly! However, this does not prevent them from watching the excitement. Mrs. Fan had to be mentioned by Mrs. Wang Shilang, and knew that she needed to be friendly with Mrs. Gu on the surface, so she asked with a smile about the achievements of Lord Gu.
I don't know if I don't ask, but I know after asking, Master Gu is really good, he has handled a few tricky cases in a row, and he has really done a lot of things, compared to him, the achievements that Master Fan has always been proud of are simply pale and powerless to the extreme.
Mrs. Fan thought selfishly, if it weren't for Master Fan having a good father, I was afraid that after returning to report on his work, it would be impossible for him to make up for the military department to make up for it. Mrs. Fan has been with her husband in officialdom for a few years, and she somewhat understands.
The mother-in-law stopped Zhou Jingquan from entering the door, and if she wanted to enter the door, she had to knock off the piece of meat in her stomach first, the two sides couldn't get down, the Fan family could boil and drag, but Zhou Jingquan's stomach couldn't be boiled, let alone dragged on, so she resorted to a plan to mourn and go to Fan Changze to cry, crying so soft-hearted, crying that he felt distressed, crying that he felt that she was the only one in the world Zhou Jingquan was on the same side as him and trusted him wholeheartedly.
Crying so much that he turned around and forced himself with a big belly, he went to plead with his in-laws and let her Zhou enter the door as a concubine.
Did Zhou Jingshui know that her sister had calculated her and herself from the beginning? I don't know! Although her husband was only a minor official at that time, she was an official wife, and she had a sister who was a concubine, so she was glorious?
If it hadn't made a big fuss, everyone would have turned a blind eye and mixed it up, but Zhou Jingquan would have made a big fuss! Mrs. Fan gave a reward, since she wanted to make a big fuss, she had to show the facts, to put it bluntly, the daughter of the Zhou family had a bad character, and her daughter-in-law was kind enough to help, but she was betrayed and took her husband.
Yongning Hou was not comfortable in those years, and after getting to the bottom of it, why did Zhou Jingquan calculate her? Wasn't it forced by the Yongning Hou family?
At that time, she could still avoid the most embarrassing time by giving birth to a child and confinement, but Mrs. Gu would not be! Mrs. Fan let go with her husband, knowing very well that when she first arrived in the place, she wanted to communicate with people and win people's hearts, and she could not tolerate people to retreat, and Mrs. Fan remembered how frightening people's eyes were when she reappeared with her mother-in-law.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Fan's heart softened even more, and when Mrs. Gu led a pair of children and followed the housekeeper's daughter-in-law into the door, Mrs. Fan was already able to show a sincere smile, not a polite smirk.
The two sides talked very happily, but sat aside, waiting to see the lively people were disappointed, Mrs. Fan called her three sons and two daughters, and met them one by one and gave a meeting gift, Fan Anju looked at the handsome Gu family Xiaolangjun, her face was a little red, the two children of the Gu family were about the same age, the boy was older, called Gu Yuye was fourteen this year, the girl Gu Yuzhen and Fan Anju were twelve years old at the same age, Gu Yuye had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, Gu Jizhen was black and beautiful, and her eyes were white and delicate, and the two brothers and sisters stood together, it was really a golden boy and a jade girl.
The ladies of the family have seen the children of the Fan family, and it is the first time they have met the brothers and sisters of the Gu family.
Mrs. Fan smiled and waited for the ladies to come to an end, before letting her sons take Gu Xiaolangjun to play, and let Sister Fan Anju greet Gu Yuzhen.
Gu Yuye had heard his father and ancestors talk about Fan Anbai, and knew that he had grown up with Taifu since he was a child, and he often met with Fan Anyue's brothers.
Fan Ansong didn't care, he was also curious about what kind of person the emperor was, but they were also brothers, they had the opportunity to face the saint, but they didn't, Fan Ansong was not annoyed, so naturally he couldn't open his mouth to ask, at this time someone spoke for him, he was happy to hide behind and listen without having to come out himself.
Fan Anbai is calm, unassuming, has no merit but faces the saint from time to time, he will not show off this kind of thing, although Fan Anyue is young, he has a lively temperament and loves to be public, but the matter of facing the saint, in his opinion, is to accompany his grandfather to meet an uncle, the identity of the uncle happens to be the emperor, he thinks that his grandfather is still better, and the emperor is very polite and respectful when he talks to his grandfather.
Therefore, on the issue of Gu Jiye, the two brothers glanced at each other, and invariably diverted the topic and talked about the customs and folklore outside the stable.
After entering Beijing, although his father was reused by the emperor, there were many jealous people in the younger generations, and he couldn't help but be satisfied that he grew up in the stable since he was a child, and despised him for being in the field, so after Gu Jiye returned to Beijing, he didn't often talk about life outside the stable.
But the attitude of the two brothers of the Fan family made him feel like a spring breeze, and for the first time he was interested in talking about his life in office with his father.
Fan Anbo only walked around the stable with his grandfather, and the experience of Fan Anyue and Fan Ansong was similar to that of Gu Yuye.
Fan Anyue was bored, "I didn't." ”
"You're still young! Let's play, right? How do you know to leave something for your thoughts?" Gu Yuye smiled and bent his eyes, he also accepted some small things as a souvenir, and the four of them made an appointment to go to Gu's house to play together on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and he showed them again.
Fan Amber reminded the younger brother with a smile: "Ah Zhao may have it there."
"Where is Zhao?" Fan Anyue's eyes lit up, and the brilliance was extinguished again. "Big brother, did you say something was wrong? Ah Zhao is only a lot older than me, I don't know what to collect as a souvenir, how can she?"
Fan Amber was good-natured and let him complain, and seeing that Gu Yuye's face had not changed, he relieved his heart and said to his younger brother: "Mother must have it there, but Mother is busy today, you let people ask Mama Ding, right?"
In fact, you can still ask Fan Anju and Fan Anlan, but Fan Anbo deliberately didn't mention it, Fan Anyue asked the big girl to ask Mama Ding, and not long after, Fan Ansong's maid came in with a boxwood tray, and on it were several clay puppets and purple bamboo gadgets collected by Fan Ansong.
What he took from Mrs. Fan's library were a few pieces of fabrics and spices unique to the south, Gu Jiye's eyes flashed slightly, "This fabric is really special!" ”
It's a little rough to the touch, and the color isn't very pleasing.
"This is kudzu, which is worn in the summer and is very cool, and it is very hot and ...... in the south in the summer."
The boys had a good conversation here, and the person sent by Madame Fan smiled when they returned.
In contrast, the girls are not very harmonious!
The reason is very simple, Fan Anlan is a strong one, Gu Yuzhen is too, the two aunts and cousins are not much different in age, but Gu Jizhen is at home, she is a delicate girl held in the palm of her hands by her parents and brothers, and the sisters who are out of her are only low and small in front of her.
She didn't expect that when she came to the Fan family, she actually sent two concubines to receive her, didn't she say that the Fan family had concubines? Or is it the youngest Lang Jun of the Fan family who is a dragon and phoenix fetus, the Fan family didn't let their daughters greet them, but let Fan Anlan and them accompany them, do they look down on her family?
Although Fan Anlan was taught by Li's mother, her nature was difficult to change, and she said that she was an aunt and cousin, but she put on a condescending face and spoke with a condescending posture, which made Fan Anlan hate her teeth, but she didn't understand why Gu Yuzhen was full of displeasure.
The place where Fan Anlan's sisters entertained was in Fan Anlan's house, she took a lot of good things from Fan Anyang, she put them all out, and she was quite complacent in her words, Fan Anju was envious and jealous, but Aunt Jiang was low-key, even if there were really good things in the house, would she take them out for her daughter to show off.
"The little lady of the Gu family can make the third girl angry, the slave maid heard the sister in the courtyard of the third girl say that the third girl took the jade plate from the girl and told the little lady of the Gu family that it was made by Su Yi, a famous craftsman in the previous dynasty, and it was ancient jade, but the little lady of the Gu family said that it was an imitation, and it was not ancient jade."
Fan Anyang had no impression of the jade plate in Ruifang's mouth at all, and He Zhang's family covered his mouth and laughed when he heard it, "The memory of the third girl is really good, and I have long been interested in that jade plate." ”
After finishing speaking, seeing everyone in the room looking at her inexplicably, she explained: "That jade plate is indeed made by the famous craftsman Su Yi in the previous dynasty, he made two pairs, but when he made the second one, the jade material was not enough, so he used the inferior jade material to make it, and the old lady left the two jade plates to the six girls, and the six girls only took the imitation out and put it out."
Needless to say, it must have been taken by Fan Anlan.
"The third girl liked it very much, and pulled the sixth girl to ask a bunch of questions, which made the sixth girl annoyed, and the sixth girl only told half of the matter to the third girl."
It was also a loss that Yancui only got half of the keys at that time, and there was no booklet, otherwise as long as she had read the booklet, she would not have given Fan Anlan the jade plate placed on the Duobao grid, but should have given her the jade plate locked in the warehouse.
The girls parted unhappily, and Aunt Zhou came when she heard the news, and scolded all the people waiting around Fan Anlan, "Didn't you say that it was amazing?" Why didn't you open your mouth to help the three girls when you encountered such a thing?" She glared viciously at Mother Li.
Mother Li's expression did not change, and she said lightly: "If you go back to your aunt, the girl's jade plate has not been registered, and the slave doesn't know its origin, how can she help the third girl?"
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