Chapter 31: A Serendipity
It was already noon when Xu Cancan woke up, and the Xu family's lunch was ready.
Xu Wang felt sorry for his daughter, and didn't let Biyun and Xiaoxiang call her in the morning.
Xu Shunhe was in a hurry to go to his eldest brother Xu Tinghe to discuss the opening of a pharmacy, so he didn't wait for Xu Cancan, but went to Xu's mansion by himself.
After accompanying his mother and younger brother to lunch, Xu Cancan and Xu Wang went to Madao Street to buy rings.
Their house is located on Bookstore Street, which is only a few steps away from Madao Street, so Xu Wangshi did not instruct Chang Liu to set up a car, but asked Biyun to follow him to Madao Street on foot.
I haven't been shopping with my mother for a long time, Xu Cancan is very happy, and everything feels fresh when he sees it.
After visiting several material stores, Xu Cancan finally chose a gold ring inlaid with ruby and a silver ring inlaid with jade in Xu's Gold and Silver Building. The ruby on the gold ring is only the size of a soybean, and the jade on the silver ring is even smaller, about the same size as a mung bean, which is not expensive, but it is chic and delicate on the knees. Xu Cancan took a fancy to it at a glance.
Xu Wang's family saw that the jewelry in this store was extremely exquisite, so he wanted to choose a hairpin for Xu Cancan.
When she chosen, Xu Cancan quietly went over and paid the silver. When Xu Wang saw it, he was angry and funny, and lightly tapped Xu Cancan with his finger: "Silly girl, my mother still needs you to pay the money?" ”
Xu Cancan smiled and took his mother's hand, put the gold ring on his mother's left ring finger, and put the silver ring on his index finger.
Xu Wang was very happy, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and said, "Mother will take you to buy some clothes again!" ”
Xu Cancan smiled sweetly and took his mother's hand out of the store. The two rings didn't cost much silver, but she was still very happy to be able to buy something for her mother!
Xu Wang's took Xu Cancan into the silk village opposite Xu's gold and silver building. Xu Wang was asking Xu Cancan to look at a kind of satin with pear blossoms woven with silver thread on a light green background, and Biyun pulled Xu Cancan and motioned her to look out.
Xu Cancan glanced out, and saw Aunt Wei in the uncle's mansion hurriedly walking over with a little maid.
Xu Wang looked at his daughter and asked, "Cancan, what's wrong?" ”
Xu Cancan smiled coquettishly: "Mother, it's okay!" ”
She looked at the satin in her mother's hand, and felt that this kind of satin was exquisite and ingenious, and she was afraid that it was very expensive, so she pulled her mother out: "Mother, I have enough clothes to wear, go and go shopping elsewhere!" ”
Walking out of the silk village, Xu Cancan couldn't help but think of what he had seen Aunt Wei just now, and couldn't help but guess: At this time, Xu Mansion is afraid that she has just finished lunch, and the ladies in the mansion have to take a nap on weekdays, what is Aunt Wei doing when she comes out at this time?
Aunt Wei walked very fast, and the little maid Liuyin who followed behind was about to be unable to keep up.
As soon as she had lunch, Aunt Wei received a message from her mother's family, saying that she had to go back for something.
She didn't dare to go back to his wife, but it happened that the old man was discussing things with the second master in the house, so she privately begged the master first, and took the quicksilver back to her mother's house in Osmanthus Hutong on Madao Street. Aunt Wei's mother's family originally lived in a rented house in Yuwangtai, and after following Xu Tinghe, she used her private money to buy a small yard for her father, mother and sister-in-law to live in Guihua Hutong on Madao Street.
The distance is not too far, let the chauffeur set the car for fear that the wife will know the way, so she came out of the side door, took the small road through the road to Guihua Hutong through Madao Street.
As soon as Liuyin knocked on the brand new door a few times, Aunt Wei's sister-in-law, Sister-in-law Wei, opened the door from the inside, with a smile on her face: "Oh, our eldest girl is back!" ”
Aunt Wei smiled reservedly and followed her sister-in-law into the courtyard.
As soon as she entered the hall, Aunt Wei saw her mother Wei Lao Niang and a strange woman sitting on the kang, she was a little puzzled, so she slowed down.
Sister-in-law Wei took away the quicksilver in a gust of wind, saying that she was going to take the quicksilver to the east wing to eat fruit.
Mrs. Wei greeted Aunt Wei warmly: "Big girl, come and sit on the kang!" ”
Aunt Wei saw that the mat on the kang was quite clean, so she sat down with her thoughts - since she entered the Xu Mansion, she has seen some of the world, and she already looks down on her mother's style and furnishings!
Mrs. Wei took a clean cup and poured her a cup of tea, then pointed to the woman in brocade clothes on the side and introduced: "This is Mother Song, who is in charge of buying and selling human beings in this part of our Madao Street!" ”
Aunt Wei understands that this Mother Song is a tooth woman who specializes in buying and selling people!
She glanced at Mother Song, with no expression on her face.
Mother Song has a white and fat face, the elder has drawn her eyebrows and painted rouge, and she is wearing a purple brocade shirt and black satin skirt, looking at Aunt Wei with a smile on her face.
Mrs. Wei hurriedly said to Mother Song: "You can tell our eldest girl about that!" ”
Mother Song was not hypocritical, and explained her intention straight to the point: "The old man came this time to be entrusted by the fourth son of Uncle Shu's family. On the road, his old man met the inner family of Xu Shilang's mansion on the incense, and he fell in love with one of the extremely beautiful little ladies at a glance. ”
Aunt Wei looked at her and was a little puzzled in her heart: last time the incense was offered, except for the young fifth girl, she didn't go, and the second, third and fourth girls all went. The third girl, Xu Yilian, has a mediocre appearance, and she can't get along with beauty, and the one who was born beautiful is Yitong and the second girl Xu Cancan. So who is Uncle Shu fancy?
Mother Song looked at Aunt Wei's face with hesitation, so she added some chips: "Fourth Prince Shu said, if you know which girl it is, Uncle Guo's Mansion will definitely hire three media and six people to propose marriage!" ”
Aunt Wei's heart moved: Uncle Guo's Mansion is Shufu, the first cousin of Daliang, and the family is Shu Lianyun, the queen's younger brother.
Thinking of putting it here, her attitude towards Mother Song was a little kinder, and she said with a smile: "There are three girls in my family who go to Shangxiang, I don't know if the fourth son of Shu has provided other clues!" ”
As soon as Song's mother heard that there was a play, she thought about it and said: "Shu Sigongzi said that he was born extremely beautiful, his skin was very white, his skeleton was small but plump, and his eyes were watery......
As soon as Aunt Wei heard it, she knew that the fourth son of Shu had a crush on Xu Cancan.
She made a look of trying her best to think: "It sounds like the description of the four girls in our house...... Aunt Wei still said Xu Yitong.
Song's mother thanked her.
Aunt Wei said politely and politely.
Out of the silk village, Xu Cancan was a little tired, so he and his mother entered the tea shop diagonally opposite the Xu's Gold and Silver Building.
There was only one elderly mother in the tea shop, so Xu Cancan instructed her to order three almond tea with walnuts and crushed walnuts, and Biyun and the three of them had a bowl each.
The tea shop was very crowded in the house, but fortunately there was a grape trellis on the street, and there were several tables under the grape trellises. It was too hot in the house, so Xu Cancan and the three of them found a clean table under the grape trellis and sat down.
Xu Wang sat facing the street, Xu Cancan and Biyun sat on the east and west sides respectively, she was asking her mother to look at the silver ring on her finger, when she heard a clear male voice: "Aunt Xu? ”
Xu Cancan looked up and found that it was a young man wearing a black and red official uniform.
Although this handsome young man was talking to Xu Wang, his eyes were looking at Xu Cancan, and his eyes were burning with forbearance.
Xu Cancan was stunned, but Xu Wang had already stood up, with an embarrassed expression: "Erlang ......"
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Cancan realized who the person in front of him was, his face was a little pale, and he also stood up.
Because he didn't go to class, he accompanied Emperor Yong'an to finish lunch, and Fu Yuchen left the palace at an early time.
As soon as Fu Yuchen came out of the Xuande Gate, Fu Liu, who was waiting outside the palace, greeted him.
He followed Fu Yuchen and walked a few steps, seeing that there was no one around, and then he said in a low voice: "Duchess Guo has returned to Shufu!" ”
There was a sneer on the corner of Fu Yuchen's lips, but he didn't speak, took the reins from Fu Gui's hand, and then said, "Let her go!" ”
Fu Liu hurriedly said: "Childe, the craftsmen in the house can't make the four pieces of jewelry you wanted, and the slave sent them to Xu Silversmith on Madao Street, and Xu Silversmith said that some places are not good and some changes need to be made...... "Silversmith Xu is the most famous silversmith in Bianjing, and even a lot of jewelry in the palace is from him." Silversmith Xu said that it was not easy to play, it seems that the style designed by Childe is still too complicated!
Fu Yutan paused and said, "I'll go and see for myself!" The three of them went to Madao Street.