Chapter 38: Sharing the Emperor's Grace
Jin Xida left for a month, and sure enough, she sent a nurturing mother, Liu's mother, who was personally brought over by the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion.
Liu's mother is about thirty-five years old, holding a simple bun with a jasper hairpin, wearing a well-fitting green coat, thin and tall, not smiling, but without the slightest meanness, but exuding a dignified and majestic style all over her body, she is not an ordinary mother at first glance.
Mother Liu was accompanied by Mother Song beside Mrs. Weiyuan Hou, and a palace mother from the palace, Mama Liu, who came to worship Donnie Yen and his wife, and brought two carts full of various items to Shujie and the three of them.
Among them, three golden exquisite wooden boxes were rewarded by the Queen Mother, and each of the three brothers and sisters was one, which contained all the learning and daily necessities suitable for their respective ages, and of course, they were all high-quality products.
For example, Shu Yao's box has beautiful beads and jewelry that are not in the other two boxes, considering that she is in the three-year filial piety period, they are all plain, and the most eye-catching is a high-necked crane in the white fox fur of a powder blue snowflake brocade, which is noble, luxurious and elegant, and can also be worn during the filial piety period.
Because Mama Liu is a high-grade palace mother sent by the Queen Mother, the emperor's grace is vast, and she can't be slow, Shujie changed her clothes and cleaned her hands under the guidance of Liu's mother, and led Shuyao and Shuwen to kowtow three times in the direction of the capital first, and then took Mama Liu and Mother Song to the hall to worship together.
After worshipping, Mama Liu stood in the middle of the courtyard and said aloud to the many people watching outside the door: "Today, the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor advocate grace and righteousness, and advocate the beautiful world style of 'the old and the old, the young and the young', and hope that the Great Periphery is warm everywhere, and everyone is benevolent and righteous. The Empress Dowager thanked Mrs. Zhen for her kindness and kindness, and sent me to pay respects, and asked your neighbors to take more care of the three children who lost their parents. ”
Yang County, who had just arrived, hurriedly followed the people in and outside the courtyard to kneel down, and shouted "Long live the emperor, and the queen mother is a thousand years old." ”
Yang Xianling shouted "dangerous" in his heart, and his back sweated when he thought about it.
Fortunately, he hadn't done anything to these three children, but he didn't expect that Donnie Yen, who was always smiling and light-hearted, was so hard in the background, not only befriended the two nobles Jin Xida and Mrs. Weiyuanhou, but also got a high look from the Queen Mother. Really, really, Xia Linxuan is really a big fool, in other words, he has such a wife, he has already soared, where would he nest in a small county town as a catcher?
And the luck of these three children seems to be too good, although there are two big backers in Beijing, after all, the distance is farther, but people don't have any secret recipes, and the tofu and soy milk made are very delicious, and now several big restaurants have given up grinding tofu by themselves and ordered directly from the Xia family. I heard that the big restaurants in several neighboring counties are planning to row, and when the weather is cold and the tofu is not easy to spoil, they will send a carriage to Xiajia every day to pull goods.
However, Xia Shujie is also really benevolent, and after discussing with several tofu factories, he raised the price of his own products by two percent, leaving most of the market for other peers. After all, most people can't wait to break a copper plate into two halves, and they are reluctant to spend more than 20% of their money every day to buy tofu and soy milk to eat.
Now the Xiajia Tofu Workshop is mainly facing rich people, fortunately, there is an endless stream of merchants in Yulin County every day, they don't care about this money, they go out all the year round and work hard, and they often take the Xiajia Tofu Shop as their fixed breakfast point every time they go to Yulin. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, plus the location of the Xia family tofu shop is good, the business is still very good.
What makes Yang County even more greedy is that the three little broken children don't know where to get auspicious beasts like the little white tiger and the red fox, oh my God, if he can get one and offer it to the top, I'm afraid that he won't be promoted?
It's a pity that greed is greedy, and there are more people who are greedy, and he is not the only one, but who dares to rob it? It's a tiger, it's a beast, it eats people, it's not something that can walk with it. When that little boy is powerful, mother, that momentum can really scare people to death, no wonder the people of the Zhen family are rolling in urine one by two.
The little broken child even named him "Little Girl", which is really funny and tricky! Where's the good thing? Have you ever seen a well-behaved tiger?
Yang Xian Ling nodded and wanted to walk into the courtyard, but was stopped by two people dressed as palace guards: "What person?" ”
"Xiaguan Yang Yishan is the county magistrate of Yulin County, and he is also the close friend of the Xia family, and the sworn brother of Xia Zhutou." Although those two are just guards, they can't stand being guards in the palace, and I don't know if they are close to the queen mother or the emperor? Yang County ordered a seven-grade sesame official not to dare to hold it up.
The guards saw that the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion nodded in confirmation, and let Yang County Order in.
What kind of person Mama Liu is, as soon as she saw Yang Yishan, she knew that he was not sincere, and he was too lazy to speak, her grade was higher than Yang Yishan, and she didn't need to salute, she just said politely at the moment: "The Queen Mother is kind, I miss these three poor children, and I hope that Yang County will make you, a parent, take care of it more." ”
After speaking, he turned around, took out a small iron plate from his purse and handed it to Shujie: "This is the queen mother's reward, if you need it in the future, you can use it to enter the palace to ask for a meeting." ”
Shujie hurriedly raised his hands above his head, took it respectfully, knelt down again with his younger siblings, and kowtowed in the direction of the capital: "Thank you Empress Dowager Niangniang, Empress Dowager Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”
Mama Liu nodded with satisfaction, this child is smart and knowledgeable, and he can understand it at one point, so Mother Liu taught it at the beginning, not only did she make no mistakes, but she also knew how to bypass the class.
The two little ones were also very well-behaved and sensible, and they saluted behind their eldest brother and did a decent job. Seeing the good things rewarded by the Queen Mother, there was curiosity and joy on the little face, but there was no greed, and there was no gaffe at all.
The Zhen family is really good at raising children, and these children are no worse than the children of those big families in Beijing!
Hearing the news, the people in Xia Mansion who rushed to see the scene of "giving cards", their eyes lit up, Xia Linyu asked the two guards who were blocking the gate of the courtyard: "Hurry up and let us in to thank you, we are the people of the Xia family, the elders of the three children, and our own uncle." ”
The guards looked at the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion and Mother Liu, and when Mother Liu went out of Beijing, Jin Xida told her a lot of things, and naturally knew that these people from the Xia Mansion whispered a few words in Mama Liu's ear.
Mama Liu frowned, and said to the guards: "We are here to worship Mrs. Zhen on the orders of the Queen Mother, and we have nothing to do with anyone else. ”
The guards received the order and drank to Xia Linyu and the others: "Disperse, disperse." ”
Shujie glanced at Xia Linyu and the others, but he didn't even move his eyelids.
Shu Yao looked at the whole pile of snacks and gently shook the eldest brother's hand, the brother and sister had a common mind, and looked at each other and smiled.
Shujie saluted Mama Liu: "Mama, since the death of my parents, fortunately, the neighbors on Xitang Street have taken care of our brothers, sisters and brothers in many ways, and truly uphold the emperor's idea of 'young and young and young people', I want to share these snacks and food given by the Queen Mother to everyone, so that everyone can feel the benevolence of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, I don't know if it is possible?" "The rewards of the palace are not to be distributed freely, nor are they available to anyone.
Mama Liu's eyes were full of admiration: "Young Master Shujie's intentions, the Empress Dowager will definitely praise it, and the snacks and food can be shared, it doesn't hurt." After speaking, he instructed the four palace maids beside him: "You help, leave some for the two young masters and girls of the Xia family, and distribute the rest to each household on this street, and each family will share a little." ”
Mother Liu and Mother Song also nodded straightly, good boy, generous, grateful, worthy of Mrs. Jin Xida and Mrs. Weiyuan Hou wholeheartedly.
Especially Mother Liu, she is a grandmother who has just been released in the emperor's **, a retired palace mother like her has always been a candidate for competition from famous families, and she is a nurturing mother or housekeeper mother for those young ladies who are treated very well.
It was only because Jin Xida was kind to her that she agreed to come over to be Shu Yao's parenting mother. She saw the small actions of Shu Yao and Shu Jie just now, and immediately became willing to make her choice, and it is not bad to entrust the second half of her life to such a benevolent and simple family, the eldest young master is a promising person at a glance, the girl is sensible and gracious, and she will not be treated badly in the future.
As for the Xia family, which is still a small household in the market, Mother Liu doesn't care, she is not a person who can't do without fine clothes and food, and she has experienced a lot of things, and she yearns for a warm and simple life. It is precisely because of this that Kim Heeda chose her.
The neighbors outside the courtyard hurriedly followed Zhang Shiwen and knelt down and shouted in unison: "Thank you for the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is a thousand years old." "I am very moved by the Shujie brothers and sisters, they are really distressing good children, when will I never forget their neighbors, like Xia Zhutou and Xia Niangzi, who value love and righteousness!