Chapter 122: The Visit (1)
"Grandma, today's achievement, Mrs. County's congratulatory gift accounts for a lot of credit, those rich people see that Mrs. County Order is in our house to order things, they also rushed to the embroidery village to customize things, we must take a good Xie Lu Xie County Order, I think it's best tomorrow before you go back, take us to Mrs. Xie Xie, Mrs. Xie has sent things to our family a few times, we can't not say it once!"
"Where should we go to Xie Lu Xie, Mrs. County, but there are no good things in our farmer's house, so we can't go empty-handed, what should we send?" Li felt that Xia Zhi's words were very correct, and he really should visit Mrs. County Ling, not to mention the previous few times, at least they should be grateful for today's events, but for them, a farmer, there are no valuable things, and what should be sent to Mrs. County Ling is a headache.
"A-Niang, Mrs. County Commander has never seen anything, even if we go bankrupt and buy something, presumably Mrs. can't look down on it, let's just send some local products at home, just talk about it, and Mrs. won't blame it!" Zheng Shi was on the stool next to him, and when he saw that Li was worried about the gift-giving, he spoke.
"Yes, Grandma! A-Niang is right, Mrs. and the county magistrate have never seen anything, if we buy something valuable and send it to the bankrupt, on the one hand, Mrs. must think that we are scolding her, which will inevitably make her disgusted, and secondly, as A-Niang said, Mrs. can't look down on our little thing! So let's send some local products at home, and also make special sweet potato cakes at home, so that Mrs. County Ling can try it, there is no outside this thing. It's hard to eat! ”
"Yes! Summer Solstice is right. We haven't been to the town yet, and we haven't met the prefectural magistrate. Tomorrow, the old woman, you take your daughter-in-law and children to meet Mrs. Xia, I will take the boss and them to meet the county commander, the county commander is not thin on us, we can't be ungrateful, things are not important, the important thing is that the person arrives, presumably the county commander will not blame these, let's send some souvenirs! ”
Lao Luotou sat on the other side of the kang table. I very much agree with Xia Zhi's statement, he kowtows to the county commander, he is unwilling, presumably the county magistrate will not care about these vulgar rites. Lao Luo thought to himself, the county magistrate is like this, and the wife of the county magistrate must not be a greedy person.
"Well, tonight, I will draw the patterns of the things ordered by Mrs. County, so that tomorrow we will go over under the pretext of sending patterns from Mrs. Madame, and we can't make trouble for Mrs. I'm afraid there are many people in this town who are eager to meet Madame. ”
"That's fine. It's settled, and it's too late. Let's hurry up and cook and eat, the children are also tired, after eating and sleeping, tomorrow morning we will hurry up to see Madame, we will have to go back in the afternoon, there is still a mess at home! Li saw that Tian was stunned by the nodding in Wang's arms, urging her to hurry up and cook, eat dinner and rest, although this Niangniang town is prosperous, but she doesn't know what's going on here is that she is not used to staying here, it is better to have a busy day today, if she is allowed to sit there every day like an old lady, then she must not be in a hurry.
"Hey, let's go. Second sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law, I am a intestine, and the third sister-in-law is three sticks that can't make a sound, and we don't know what to send to Mrs. Ludao, why don't I go and my third sister-in-law to cook, and you two go to pack up the things for Mrs. County? Wang knew that she and Liu were not the same material, so it was convenient for Lin and Zheng to discuss her and Liu's cooking, and Wang and Zheng to pack up their gifts. Although they all say that they only need to send some souvenirs, there is a difference between souvenirs and souvenirs, and the two of them definitely can't do such a meticulous work.
"That's okay, let's go, the child and Daddy and Auntie are tired! Hurry up and finish your meal and take a break! Zheng and Lin nodded very happily and agreed, after Lin nodded, he got up and walked out, ready to pack up her things, today is really tired of her, her throat is still smoking, hurry up and finish things, everyone rests and rests after dinner.
After listening to the words, everyone still had things in their hands, and the changes were all dispersed, Li and Lao Luotou were tired for a day, and they really didn't want to move when they sat on the kang, so the two of them leaned on the kang and rested.
Xia Zhi took this time to draw the tricks of the county lady, so that she could rest after dinner. A few sisters of the Tian family took advantage of this time, hurriedly played a few lines, opened on the first day today, and consumed the networks that were played a few days ago, and I don't know what the situation is tomorrow, if it is like today, there is no stock in the store.
Tian Juhua and Zhao Changlin haven't seen their two sons for a long time, so they led their two sons to the place where they lived, and went to the Tian family, and the four brothers took Tian Jingzhen and were not idle, and tomorrow a few embroidery girls will come to work, and they will go to the front yard to see if there is anything to pack.
Tian Meihua and Liu Tiezhu packed up the luggage they brought today, she planned to live in the town for a while, it was not easy for them to come to the town once, since they came to live for a few days, they could help them with the summer solstice, this store has just opened, everything is not on the right track, and there is still a period of busy, and tomorrow Xiuniang is coming, as soon as they leave, there is no one to cook here in the summer solstice, and they can't let a few children cook, Tian Juhua has an old man at home who can't leave, but she has no worries, so she promised the summer solstice to stay and help cook rice, do some simple work.
In this way, the family was busy with their own work, and when the two of them cooked dinner and ate dinner, everyone was busy all day, and they were all tired, so they all washed and slept without saying.
But said that the next morning, everyone had breakfast, sent away Zhao Tian and Zhao Yang who went to school, opened the store door and started to do business, and so on to the embroidery girl arrived one after another, the summer solstice will do what should be done, as well as the regulations of the village and everyone explained clearly, leaving Tian Chrysanthemum and Tian Meihua two families in the store to take care of. Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, they packed their things, and Li and Lao Luotou took the children of the family and led the things given to the county commander, and prepared to visit the county magistrate's wife and the county magistrate.
The early morning wind was a little cool, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, Xia Zhi thought to himself, now that they have finally taken another step, they now have a house in the town, and they no longer have to rush to do things every time they go to Niangniang Town, just to be able to get home early before dark. Not to mention how to make money in Xiuzhuang, but fortunately, Tian's family has a place to live in the town, and it is not a very anxious thing, so they don't have to rush back at night.
The group was divided into two groups, one group of Lao Luo and Tian Boss walked in front, and the other group of Li took a few daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Today, because they were visiting the two in private, the family did not go through the front door, but went through the back door.
Xia Zhi felt that more than 20 members of his family were walking towards the back door of the county office, and the goal was really a bit big. If people know about the congratulatory gift given by the county magistrate's wife yesterday, the Tian family will come to visit today, and I don't know what Lu Dao will be said to be. Therefore, a group of people was divided into two groups, one in the front and one in the back, and the province was eye-catching.
It was still Boss Tian who knocked on them, and it was an old man in his fifties who opened the door, Xia Zhi thought that he might have to explain to this old man for a long time before he could help them report, but he didn't expect Boss Tian to say that the Tian family came to visit Mrs. County and Lord County Order, and the old man immediately politely asked them to wait for a while, and he reported. The Tian family, who looked at each other, wondered, could it be that the people who came to meet the county order could be reported so easily.
In fact, the Tian family did not know what to do, yesterday after the county magistrate and his wife discussed the congratulatory gift, Ma Shang and his wife said that the Tian family would come to visit today, at that time the county lady was still very unconvinced, saying that it could not be otherwise, Ma Shang guessed so accurately, the two still made a very childish bet, and the gambling money was the embroidery sold to Ma Shang on the summer solstice.
It is said that Mrs. County Commander couldn't put it down when she saw the wealth and fish of the summer solstice, but Marchand was also very fond of it, Mrs. County Commander begged her for a few days, and he was not willing to let him go, and Marchand, although it was a county order, but his savings were not much, even if there was a county order Mrs. Order. So the money he paid for the embroidery was given to him by Lin Yunlei, and now he still owes Lin Yunlei a thousand taels and hasn't paid it back. Mrs. County Ling means that if the Tian family does not come, Ma Shang will give her the embroidery, and Ma Shang bets that when the Tian family comes to visit, Mrs. County Ling will pay back the 1,000 taels he owes.
For this gambling contract, Ma Shang specially explained to the subordinates of the front and back doors, and if there was a visit from the Tian family, he would report it immediately. When the next person reported, Ma Shang and his wife were drinking tea, and when they heard Mrs. Zhou's report, the two glanced at each other, and the Tian family really came.
Mrs. County Ling inquired in detail, and asked some questions about the people who came to the Tian family, whether they had anything in their hands, and then sent someone to welcome the Tian family in.
"Even if there are male guests, I will go to the study to see them, and don't forget to pay back the 1,000 taels of silver for your husband!" Marchand said with a sigh of relief, getting up and walking to the study as he spoke. Mrs. County's house is not suitable for inviting male guests in.
Here, Mrs. Zhou got the instructions of Mrs. County Commander, and personally went to greet the Tian family, and when the Tian family was welcomed into the door, she handed over Lao Luotou and them to the housekeeper, and he took them to the study to see Ma Shang, and she led the Li family to meet Mrs. County Order.
This week's mother-in-law is the earliest time to go out to buy vegetables, the Tian family's affairs to the county lady to listen to the vegetable buying woman, this mother-in-law was the county lady from her mother's house in the early years, and later because of her age, she was married to the steward, the county lady is very dependent on her, everything has her own hands. , because she often serves in front of Mrs. County Commander and hears a lot about the Tian family, she naturally knows that Ma Shang attaches great importance to the Tian family, so she does not dare to slack off when she faces the Tian family, not only that, but also specially explains that her family must treat the Tian family well. (To be continued......)