Chapter 4: Two Encounters
After resting for a while, I was reminded by Cui's mother that the time had come. Jiang Ying got up regretfully, took another look at the scenery in the middle of the mountain, and lingered.
"I can't help but leave."
"If you like, you can come with your wife every month."
"Stop. It's still easy to flip through books in the courtyard. ”
"Miss, you just said that the scenery here is rare. It can be seen that it is vassal elegance. ”
On the mountain stream path, a few bright figures gradually drifted away. The people who had been waiting in the ink bamboo forest for a long time stepped out and entered the uninhabited stone pavilion.
"The verses are excellent." At first, the man leaned on his arm, and looked into the distance, and the majestic scene jumped in front of him. It really fits the occasion.
"It is indeed a good poem." The attendant who followed behind him, the middle-aged scribe Guan Xu, answered.
Zhou Zhun stood solemnly with his arms crossed, this poem obviously could not move him. At this moment, he was full of worries, and this time he returned in vain, and the son of the world could not sleep peacefully at night.
"She was young and humble, but she was not a man of vanity. Looking at the dress, there is no doubt that it should be a woman from a family here. I don't know where it came from. ”
Knocking on the folding fan in the palm of her hand, if it weren't for the wrong timing, Guan Xu would have been aroused by her interest in chanting poetry. As for what Jiang Ying said, this poem was written by someone else, and the three people present felt that it was reasonable.
"The Jiang family of Tailong County, the seventh daughter of the Jiang family."
Guan Xu just asked casually, but he didn't think that he could really get an answer. He was not the only one who was surprised, but even Zhou Zhun was surprised.
"Shizi, do you know that woman?"
But the man looked up and did not respond.
He should have gone down to Tailong County to guard Jiang He. A few days ago, this man offered to pick up the wind for him and wanted to set up a family feast. Now, it seems, there is no need for this.
"Let's take care of it and go back to Beijing tomorrow morning."
Guan Xu only felt that there were many accidents today. The son of the world has never been the same. At this time, he suddenly changed his mind, and he didn't plan to go to the county guard's mansion for a banquet again. But why?
It's just that because I met the seventh girl of the Jiang family, I ...... to her Don't like it?
However, Mrs. confessed...... "Mrs. Guogongfu and the stepmother of the Jiang family are in the same Xu lineage. The former is a descendant of the Xu family, and his biological father is the champion of the dynasty. The latter's identity is much worse, but he is only the daughter of a five-room concubine, and his family is weak.
Hearing that the prince was going to Tailong County, the Duchess of the Kingdom paid attention to etiquette, and was reminded by the mother next to her, so she remembered that there were distant relatives in the county guard's mansion and distant relatives in the clan. And so he prepared a courtesy, so that he would not be truthful.
"He Yi sent someone to send it. No matter how much you say, you don't have to say it. ”
"In this way, your majesty will receive the command."
In the courtyard where the ladies were entertained, Jiang Ying had just gone back, and he met the little novice who came over and said that the food had been prepared. If it's convenient, it's best to taste it hot.
"Then there is Master Lao." The Xu family was in charge, and after everyone washed, they sat down one by one.
"Seventh sister, you really came for the food. Ci'an Temple is really still the most memorable food. Jiang Rou saw her focus on Zhai Cai, and she only felt funny.
"Shouldn't it? Such a good dish should not be missed. Unabashedly happy in his mood, Jiang Ying smiled and generously admitted.
Xu Shi saw it in his eyes, and he only felt happy. This child, whose appearance follows her grandmother's, is very outstanding. It's also good.,Very likable.。 In the future, if you promise a good family, you will be able to put aside your worries in this life.
As for Jiang Rou...... After all, it is raised in her name, but as long as she is not excessive, she will not embarrass her. Now that Jiang Rou has turned eleven, in a few years, she will marry her daughter, and it is not her, so why do you need to be more serious with her.
"It's really my wife's daughter, your wife is also looking at this fast, and she sent someone to ask Zhang Fangzi just now. It is said that he went back to the house and asked the small kitchen to make the temple snacks, and a few small ones should be liked. ”
Mrs. Tong of the big house seemed to say casually. Those who understand it will remember it in their hearts. Xu's Yuguang glanced at Tong's, didn't refute a word, and smiled at the maid's cloth.
Dafang came over this time, and the county keeper didn't hide it from her. The eldest lord wants to borrow money and beg the old lady to "raise filial piety" to buy an official body.
Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. With such a large amount of money at home, life has to be saved. Seeing that the three girls want to see each other, they have to prepare a dowry. There is also Jiang Nan, the eldest son of the house, although he is the sister-in-law of the Ji family, he still respects her wife. This year is the fourteenth, and next year the crown ceremony will be performed. The matter of promoting virtue also needs to be done in advance.
There are places where money is used everywhere, and 50,000 taels are released in her hand at once, not to mention whether she is willing or not, even if she is an adult, she is hesitant again and again.
If it is said that the eldest master is a wealthy man, he borrowed money to donate an official body, and he can support each other in the future. But that person has never grown up, and at this age, he can still be a favorite concubine, so angry that the Tong family doesn't even want his own reputation, so pampered eleven girls. In this case, the money has to be given to the Jiang family's big house, which is not as good as a meat bun beating a dog - there is no return!
It was precisely because the big house had been coming for several days that the county guard had not given an accurate word. Only then did the Tong family have some resentment, openly and secretly stirring up trouble.
Although Jiang Ying didn't know why Tong's suddenly became difficult, he also knew the truth of his family's own family. Look at Jiang Rou again, her eyelids are lowered, and she silently delivers food to her mouth. The face is well-behaved, but the shrewdness in the eyes can't be hidden.
Tong's words were also said to her. "It's really my wife's daughter", these words are in Jiang Rou's ears, I'm afraid it's not a taste. occupies the identity of a concubine, but has to rely on others. In the future, if you get married, you have to look at your wife's face, how can you be willing.
"It's not disgusting. What the wife gives, it is all good. Jiang Ying said lightly, but it made Tong's face sneer.
How does it sound like the Seventh Girl has seen through her intentions? Tong picked up the porcelain bowl of the eleventh girl and added a bowl of hot soup for her.
She must have been thinking too much. These seven girls were in the ancestral house of Nanyang County before, and they were not visible. Except for the good looks of the face, everything next to him is just improvised. There should be no such scheming.
"It's still my wife who loves me the most." Jiang Shan blew off a layer of hot air on her face, scooped a spoonful, and poured it down. Wiping his mouth, he smiled crookedly.
Except for the crooked temperament that was raised, this six-year-old girl's face is even more brilliant than Jiang Rou. Jiang Ying buried his head and secretly said that it was a pity.
Mrs. Dafang loves you, and you have no ability to live in peace.
Xu glanced at his daughter, whether it was Jiang Rou or Jiang Ying. If nothing else, the brain is enough. Especially the small one, with a gentle and gentle face, and a temperament that is not slow. If you really want to talk about it, you have never suffered a loss.
Then he also smiled and said to the eleventh girl, "Mrs. Dafang is a bodhisattva with a heart and a philanthropic heart. Eleventh girl, remember that your wife is kind to you. Don't forget your kindness when you grow up. ”
can enter the county guard's mansion to be a step-room, and also coax the county guard to obey, obviously Xu's wrist is good, not a soft persimmon to be manipulated.
Tong's very blessed face smiled a little, and he understood that this was Xu's tooth for tooth, and stabbed her back.
Jiang Ying watched from the side and smacked her tongue secretly. Eating a fast meal can also be a clear gun and a hidden arrow, you come and go. The days in the back house are very exciting.
Half an hour later, everyone said that they would go back to the house to rest when they had used it. Xu Shi should go down, and as soon as Shen Shi arrived, he set off to go down the mountain.
Jiang Ying woke up a little earlier from her lunch break. pushed the door out of the door to say hello to Xu's mother Tao, and only said that he would walk around and wake up.
Tao's mother smiled and reminded Mo not to delay the time to meet everyone, so she also went with her. The seventh girl has been sensible since she was a child and is very measured.
"Miss, this inscription has been exposed to the wind and sun, and most of it has been eroded and cannot be seen clearly. You've been standing like this for a long time, as if you could see a flower. Where it's interesting. ”
"If you don't have the patience, you go to play, and you don't have to interrupt people all the time." Glaring at her, Jiang Ying drove Lu Fu to the lotus pond, counted the copper coins thrown by the pilgrims, and watched the pen and ink of the famous masters of the past dynasties alone in the forest of steles.
"Good word." Praise and say hello, and was about to move, but when he turned around, he saw the cat that was often held in Jiang Shan's arms, with its tail standing up, and the hair on its back stood upright. A pair of eyes stared at her as if defiant.
What a brute! No wonder Green Fu said that this cat has the same virtue as the master.
I was going to go far away, but I didn't want the cat to follow her. There was a vague sound in his throat, and there was a taste of not giving up.
"Hey, that's weird. When your master sees me, he just lifts his chin. Are you worse than your master? He looked at it for a long time, and slowly squatted down.