Chapter 128: Inquiring
Let's not mention how Qi Xuanhui and others worked this auspicious white tiger that is rare in a century, just when Qi Xuanhui and they were traveling, Cui Wanqing, who settled down in Jiangyuan County, also met her biggest surprise after being reborn.
This has to be said after Qi Xuanhui and the others left.
Because Qi Xuanhui deliberately left Aunt Huang behind, he solemnly instructed her to manage her life at home.
Isn't he just so that Cui Wanqing can be accompanied by someone who knows the world well and is an elder?
With Huang's mother taking care of his sweetheart, Qi Xuanhui can set off with confidence, he doesn't worry about anything else, mainly thinking of Cui Wanqing and the two sisters, who inevitably want to play near Jiangyuan County.
In this kind of situation, which may happen at any time and emergencies, if you don't arrange a person you approve to accompany you, Qi Xuanhui's heart must not be split in half?
It stands to reason that in fact, Cui Wanqing and Cao Tang, the two cousins, have Cui Guangkui and Cao Sheng, two big housekeepers, Fang's mother and Xu's mother, and those smart and stable maids, and there is not a shortage of people to use.
And Mother Fang and Mother Xu are not out of the backyard, they haven't seen the Lord of the world outside, Mother Xu won't say it, this is a person from the Hou Mansion of Ming'an, it's not good to comment more.
When Fang's mother was the most pitiful, she was digging wild vegetables in the mountains, looking for mushrooms, selling herbs, leaning against a big mountain, and she was stunned to hold on to your situation for four or five years.
can really afford the four words 'well-informed', this person not only has an accurate eye for people, but also is absolutely powerful at bargaining to buy things. This is a skill honed in the mountain market.
However, Qi Xuanhui still felt uneasy, so he insisted that Aunt Huang must accompany the two young ladies, and she must take care of people.
Well, since her new master gave such a solemn order, Aunt Huang didn't dare to disobey the order.
Besides, it depends on the good prince's dedication to Miss Cui Jiajiu, if it doesn't work, Cui Wanqing will be her housewife in the future. How can you be so lazy?
Since the opportunity to please the future mistress. has been properly placed in front of him, can a human spirit like Aunt Huang still catch it unsteadily?
No, Qi Xuanhui and the morning of their departure. Aunt Huang is fragrant. Stuck and went to Cui Wanqing's yard. In addition to saying hello to Cui Wanqing, I also want to ask Cui Wanqing's opinion first to see if this pair goes out to play. How it was planned.
When Aunt Huang arrived, Cao Tang happened to be there, and the sisters both went downstairs and talked to Aunt Huang and Xinxiang in the living room downstairs.
After a few words of greeting, Aunt Huang got to the point, "Miss Nine, Miss Three, the slave maid thinks, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is good, and everywhere is picturesque, even if it is this small Jiangyuan County, I am afraid that there is that elegant scenery." ”
"My son-in-law and all my lords, it will be ten days and half a month to go here, and it will be boring to be bored in this garden, if you can take the slaves and maids out for a walk, it will be great."
As soon as Aunt Huang mentioned this topic, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became lively.
Mother Fang and Mother Xu, the two elders, couldn't help but smile on their faces, not to mention Ah Tao and Yinling, who were young and lively, and they couldn't hold it down, and they silently communicated with their eyes.
Cao Tang is the most fun-loving and lively, so he grabbed ahead of Cui Wanqing and asked, "Mother Huang, since you asked like this, have you already inquired about the best places to go?" ”
Aunt Huang shook her head with a smile and said, "How can it? I just sent my son away this morning, and even if the slave wants to inquire, I don't have the time. ”
"No, as soon as you guess the time, I'll hurry up and ask the young ladies, see what your two plans are?"
Cui Wanqing knew that Aunt Huang was the Empress Dowager Ciyuan, and she was a little jealous of this unconsciously, and unknowingly, she took up the money from her previous life.
Although her spring-like smile is very comfortable to see, her straight sitting posture and slightly raised head make people feel that she is so undignified.
The balance between affinity and dignity is extremely appropriate, and if you hit it by mistake, it fell into Aunt Huang's eyes and met Aunt Huang's heart.
Think about it, princess, she has to have the princess's drive, right?
Like Cao Tang, cuteness is cute enough, and it is indeed very pleasing, but it obviously does not meet the conditions that a princess should have.
Looking at Aunt Huang's eyes, showing some satisfaction, Cui Wanqing's eyes rolled slightly, and she smiled and instructed Yulan: "You go, let someone find someone from the Dai family to come over and ask." ”
"Well, let's find someone about the same age as Yun's mother."
Seeing Yulan go outside the door and order someone to do an errand, Cui Wanqing said to Aunt Huang: "We are all outsiders, how did you come here, where do you know where to go?" ”
"You might as well ask the locals to see if there are any interesting boundaries, ask clearly, just drive around."
"I mean, don't go to a place that is too far away, but I want to take my cousin to play in the county, see the local customs, and then go to the teahouse here to listen to the story or something."
"By the way, Tang'er still wants to sit down, the common beautiful boat in Jiangnan, this time the time is very relaxed, you might as well get her wish."
Cao Tang was so unhappy when he heard this, he immediately stood up and said to Cui Wanqing, "Thank you, cousin, I know that my cousin treats me well." ”
Cui Wanqing stretched out her hand to help her up, and continued with a smile: "Let's talk to the Dai family's descendants in a while, and invite their wife to come over and talk." ”
"This time, I want to explain to Mrs. Dai, if anyone asks who lives in his family's garden, please ask Mrs. Dai to say that we are the old days of their Dai family in the capital."
"This time I stopped by to see them, after all, we are foreigners, and the gentlemen are not at home, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be black-hearted because of this, with the protection of the name of the locals, there will be fewer young people who covet it."
"Second, ask them if they have a boat, we can rent it, buy it, and exchange the money we should pay for it and send it over for neat gifts, which has caused so much trouble. It's better to show your heart anyway. ”
When Aunt Huang saw her say this, she was very thoughtful, these trivial things, even if she asked her to arrange them, it was nothing more than that.
Cui Wanqing is just a teenage boudoir lady, but she is so old and spicy, she is really surprised.
Cui Wanqing saw that her mouth was slightly open, and she didn't answer for a long time, and said secretly in her heart: "Oh no, I'm so happy." I got carried away. Look at the scared Aunt Huang. ”
She pursed her lips and smiled, "Mother Huang, don't be surprised, these are all last night, I discussed it privately with my grandmother." That's what happened. ”
"I also think about the elders in the family. The men went out hunting. We women must always take precautions and take care of ourselves first. It also saves people who are away from home, and they still have to worry about us, right? ”
Aunt Huang raised her eyes and glanced at Mother Fang beside Cui Wanqing, and when she saw that she was not shocked, she smiled and nodded to herself, indicating that what her young lady said was true.
But seeing that this Fang's mother's expression was very natural, she couldn't see anything wrong at all.
Aunt Huang unconsciously believed Cui Wanqing's remedial words.
smiled and asked Fang's mother, "After the New Year, I will be forty-six, dare to ask you this year"
Fang's mother took over with a smile, "Yo, that's really a coincidence, we are both the same age, but my birth month is small, and I am in the wax moon, I'm afraid I have to call you sister." ”
After speaking, he bowed to Aunt Huang and shouted, "Sister Wanfu." ”
Aunt Huang responded with a smile, hurriedly stood up and walked to Fang's mother, took off a red gold cat's eye Fulu Shoubian Fang on her head, and put it on Fang's mother's sideburns.
smiled: "It's not in vain to let my sister call me sister, this flat square is a gift from my housewife, and it is also an old object with years, and you can wear it if you give it to your sister." ”
Mother Fang knew that this was the henchman of the prince of Qi, and given the likely relationship between the two in the future, where could she let Aunt Huang suppress her?
Stretched out his hand and put one on his wrist, a bracelet with a white jade carving Guanyin like a red and blue two-color treasure, and put it on Aunt Huang's wrist.
She said softly: "This is a congratulatory gift from my young lady on my sister's birthday last year, and it is an ancestral heirloom of the Cao family. ”
"This will inevitably say to my sister, saying, because our young lady is the most considerate, before my sister's birthday, I also sent this bracelet in advance to Dacheng Temple in person."
"Please ask Master Ran to help enshrine in front of the Buddha for 6636 days, contaminated with the immortal spirit of the Buddha, and now I will give it to my sister as a return gift, I hope that this only the object protected by the Bodhisattva can bless you with good luck and good luck, and everything goes well."
Aunt Huang is a knowledgeable person, and when her eyes turned, she knew that in terms of gifts, the two were evenly divided, and neither was better than the other.
But the bracelet that people came back to carve Guanyin is carved with Guanyin, and it is in front of inviting the most prestigious master in Beijing to worship the Buddha, only this layer, but it is not much precious.
Needless to say, it is obvious that he has fallen behind.
Fortunately, Aunt Huang's person who came out of the palace was so thick-skinned that she ranked first, you see that she was not embarrassed at all, but took Fang's mother's hand, and sighed with envy: "My sister is really a blessing, you see, the young lady of the milk is so attentive to you, tsk, tsk, tsk, this is not something that everyone can meet." ”
"You, the days of happiness are yet to come."
When Fang's mother heard this, she couldn't help but be shocked, and somehow, she thought of her own pair of children whose whereabouts were unknown and who did not know their life and death.
If it weren't for Yulan who happened to bring Dai Fu's mother in and inadvertently rounded the round for her, I was afraid that her strange face would be seen to be wrong by the experienced Aunt Huang at that time.
Cui Wanqing raised her hand to let Gu's mother, who was asking for peace, get up, and ordered: "Go, move a small pestle for Gu's mother, and then give her all the tea and snacks, anyway, we are idle today, you might as well listen to her talk about this Jiangyuan County." ”
The ancient mother that Yulan asked people to find is the daughter-in-law of the steward of the outer courtyard of the Dai family's garden, because her father-in-law is the general manager here, she will inevitably take care of her own family.
Just let her manage the purchase in the backyard, which can be regarded as a fat poor, and she has a little power in her hands, because her errands are so, and dealing with all kinds of shopkeepers is inevitable.
On the first day she moved in, Fang's mother asked Ah Tao to clean up the things in the backyard, and then asked Yulan to give a four-color gift to several faceless mothers, and this ancient mother was one of them.
In the next few days, Gu's mother was very attentive to Cui Wanqing and them, but all the purchase orders sent here were the best ones to buy, which left a good impression in the hearts of many people.
As soon as Cui Wanqing said that she wanted to invite a young mother, Yulan was the first to think of her, and it was obviously a flattering errand, so why not cheapen someone who can do things?
Don't look at Gu's mother in the Dai family garden, it is still beautiful, but this Dai family garden, out of the twelve months of the year, ten months are empty.
The people she deals with on weekdays are either the shopkeeper outside, or the mother in Dai's house, and even Mrs. Dai rarely meets.
Ladies from families like Cui Wanqing and Cao Tang have never seen them.
Although Cui Wanqing has lived in for three days, there are many rules for high-ranking families, and Rao is Gu's mother sends things to the yard several times a day, but most of them are in the ear room.
The closest time, that is, under the porch of the embroidery building, was because Yulan ordered things and couldn't leave him.
Unexpectedly, today's luck is good, I was lucky enough to enter the embroidery building, when the ancient mother saluted, she finally did not hold back her curiosity, and had the courage to take a sneak look, but saw that there were two beautiful young ladies sitting on the main seat, dressed in beads and greenery, fragrant temples like clouds.
I only feel that the big one is noble and elegant, like a fairy in the fairy palace, and the small one is smiling, just like the little dragon girl who sits in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
As soon as Cui Wanqing spoke, Gu's mother was pulled by Ah Tao and pressed to the small pestle, and she saw several maids who served her snacks and tea, all of them were dressed in silk and beaded flowers on their sideburns.
I just felt that my eyes were not enough, and there was a look of admiration in my eyes that I couldn't hide, and I thought to myself, "It's really worthy of being a big family in Beijing, not to mention the ladies, which one will throw out the best young lady in our Jiangyuan County for eight streets." ”
"Why are even these maids dressed up so luxuriously, it's really enviable."
Mother Gu held a white porcelain tea cup in her hand, and looked at it secretly, Mother Huang, who was sitting on the brocade stick, wondered if this brightly dressed woman was not the lady of that family, who came to visit?
But this look is very unfamiliar, not like a person from Jiangyuan County
I was thinking about it in my heart, so I heard Cui Wanqing ask her to talk about the customs of Jiangyuan Town.
couldn't help but blurt out: "Hey, Miss Cui, you let the old slave relax first, not to mention that you and Miss Cao are fairy-like, even the maids who serve around you are all water spirits one by one." ”
"I can't see the slave here, I have to take it slowly, slowly" (to be continued......