Chapter 16: Tao Ranju
Wang Xiao walked to Wang Zhen's courtyard with the silver.
He looked up and saw that the plaque at the gate of the courtyard had three big characters written on it - Tao Ranju.
The handwriting is tendoned and willow bones, showing the power of the pen.
There is also a small poem engraved on the wooden pillar at the door: "Wait for the Juhuang family to mature, and the total monarch will be drunk and intoxicated." ”
Because Wang Zhen's wife's maiden name is Tao, and the Wang family is a winemaker, it takes the meaning of "one drunk and one Taoran" as Tao Ranju.
Before entering the door, you can see the timeless artistic conception of some readers.
But this mood obviously exists only between words. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Wang Xiao could faintly hear that Tao seemed to be arguing with Wang Zhen about something.
"Anyway, you're also a lifter, see if they can despise you......"
Tan Xiang hurriedly shouted: "The eldest young master, the young grandmother, the third young master is here." ”
When Dow heard this, he left the house.
She should have been a beauty when she was young, but now she is a little fat, and she still has a bit of arrogance on her body.
When she saw Wang Xiao at this time, she smiled and said: "The third brother is here, why do you still bring things when you come to your eldest brother, it must be Ying'er who asked you to bring it." ”
Tao said, stepped forward, reached out to pick up the cloth bag in Wang Xiao's hand, and said with a smile: "What's polite." ”
Wang Xiao shrank his hand and said, "This is given to me by the fourth brother." ”
Dow: "......"
An embarrassed look flashed, and she had to quip: "Who cares if you can't do this thing, your eldest brother is waiting for you in the hall, go in." ”
Wang Xiao entered the lobby as he said.
Tao smiled disapprerovingly, beckoned to Tan Xiang, led her to another room, and asked, "The third brother is from the fourth brother?" ”
"Yes." Tanxiang Road.
"The baggage in his hand was silver." Tao's tone was firm, and he said: "An old friend like silver, I know it as soon as I touch it, and I estimate the amount, at least two hundred taels." ”
Then, without Tao asking more, Tan Xiang said what he saw 1510.
"You mean the third brother took a piece of paper to the fourth?" Dow groaned.
Tan Xiang said: "Yes, although it is not true from a distance, the silver was brought out by the fourth young master from the eldest lady's house, and it should be given by the eldest lady." ”
Dow tapped his fingers lightly on the chair handle and muttered, "Go and let Chun'an come to see me." ”
Tan Xiang asked: "There are many people in this daytime, will the eldest lady see it?" ”
"Then I'll go see her, talk in the side hall of the compound, and if people see it, you will say that there is a good horse to make clothes for the fourth child."
"Yes, the slave will go to her."
Tao is a resolute character, so he got up and went to the place, and after waiting for a while, he saw Chun Ang trotting over in a hurry.
"Young grandma." Seeing that there was no one around, Chun Ang quickly made a thousand blessings.
"Say it here." Tao took her arm, walked to a piece of cloth, pretended to look at the cloth, and asked in a low voice, "The eldest lady gave the third brother a sum of silver, what is it for?" ”
Chun Ang said: "She seems to have a piece of paper, and she hides it very tightly. The slave maid went in to deliver tea, but she specially waited for the slave and maid to leave before hiding, and she didn't see it when she went in again. ”
Dow asked again, "How does she look?" ”
"Both of them are very happy with Mama Ji."
"Hmph." Dow sneered and said, "You can find a way to find that piece of paper, and if you find it, come to see me immediately." ”
This thing is actually a bit difficult to do, there are Mama Ji and Mama Cui in Cui's room, and they are all characters with eyes like knives.
"Yes." Although Chun'an was embarrassed, he nodded in response, and said, "There is another thing, it is about the ...... of the fourth young master."
"Fourth?" Dow said, "What can he do?" ”
"The fourth young master and Chun Li are together." Chun Ang said in a low voice, his face a little red.
Tao was stunned and said in a low voice, "Are you sure?" ”
"Hmm." Chun'an nodded, his face even redder.
Tao frowned and snorted coldly: "According to the temperament of the eldest lady, this girl is not afraid of being killed?" ”
Chun Ang listened, secretly glanced at Tao's expression, and secretly said in his heart that the young grandmother was still different from the eldest lady, and she regarded these slaves and maids as human beings in her heart.
She responded: "At first, Chun Li didn't want to, and was used by the fourth young master. After that, she had to pester the fourth young master every night, wanting to take advantage of his current prosperity, if he could get pregnant, she didn't dare to hope to be a concubine, just to save her life. ”
"I don't know what is alive or dead." Tao said: "You go and find out her tone, if you are willing to help me, I can try to protect her in the future." ”
Chun Ang said: "This kind of thing, I'm just afraid that she won't believe ......"
Tao snorted coldly and said, "You tell her that if she can really get pregnant, she can only survive if she makes a big deal in front of the eldest master......
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When Wang Xiao arrived at Wang Zhen's courtyard, it was already time to eat, so he ate in his courtyard first.
The meals are also served from the big kitchen, but there will be another dish of pork belly on the small stove in Wang Zhen's courtyard, which can be regarded as a small stove for every meal.
"Braised pork?" Wang Xiao shook his head and refused the chopsticks that Wang Zhen gave him.
Wang Zhen said: "The third brother forgot? This is ingots pork, and the recipe can be different from braised pork. You see, this meat is fat but not greasy, and this egg is burned into tiger skin, which absorbs the gravy and tastes excellent. ”
Wang Xiao looked at this bowl of red and white ingots again, and knew why the eldest brother and sister-in-law looked a little middle-aged.
So he shook his head again.
Wang Zhen sighed and said: "When my mother was here before, she often cooked this dish for us by herself, you ......"
As soon as he turned his head and saw Wang Xiaomu's stunned expression, he remembered that Wang Xiaoxiao had just been born when Su passed away, and he really hadn't eaten this dish made by Su Shi.
The white horse passed through the gap, and fifteen years were like yesterday.
Wang Xiao looked at Wang Zhen's gloomy expression, and it was difficult to connect the murderer who beat him to death with a stick with the image in front of him for a while.
"Why didn't my sister-in-law come to eat?" Wang Xiao asked.
Wang Zhen turned around and asked the next person, "What about her?" ”
"The young grandmother said that there was something to do, let the uncle eat first."
"Got it."
After lunch, Wang Zhen began to teach Wang Xiao etiquette, told him the general process of the wedding, and demonstrated how to salute the Son of Heaven in person.
But in fact, Wang Zhen herself has never seen the Son of Heaven.
Etiquette is also different from person to person. Wang Xiao is good-looking, and his various actions are pleasing to the eye, so it is naturally difficult to be criticized.
Wang Zhen said the action and told him to practice hard when he went back, so he began to let Wang Xiao recite the makeup poem.
"Princess Chunning is expensive, and the knot is good with Qin Jin. The mother of heaven mixes the powder, and the brother of the day gives flowers. Urge the shop of the hundred sub-tents, and wait for the obstacle of the seven-incense car. By asking if the makeup is not completed, the East wants to Xiaoxia......"
Wang Zhen read it again, and Wang Xiao read it again.
After reading it a few times, Wang Xiao was actually able to memorize it, but he was a 'dull' one, and he didn't know if he could memorize it so quickly.
He had to pretend that he couldn't memorize it.
Wang Zhen wrote down this poem again for Wang Xiao to hold, but he himself bit the pen and hesitated a little.
After a while, Wang Zhen's little maid Miqu ran over and said, "Young Master, Fan Gongzi has sent someone to urge you to go to the poetry club again." ”
Wang Zhen responded: "You go back to him, I still have something to do, and I'll go over later." ”
He also glanced at Wang Xiao as he spoke.
Wang Xiao understood that the eldest brother was waiting to send himself away.
He was going to tell Wang Zhen that he had memorized the poem.
After thinking about it, now when I go back, I will play with toys at home, and Ying'er will not let herself go out.
"Big brother, can my brother go to the poetry meeting together?" Wang Xiao asked.
But he was thinking in his heart: Even if Wang Zhen wants to kill himself, he can't do it when he goes out with him, it's more suspicious.
When Wang Zhen heard this, she frowned slightly, obviously a little reluctant.
However, he looked at Wang Xiao's face again, and was stunned again.
This face is still a little immature, but it has been born extremely good-looking, very similar to the deceased Su family, with pure and innocent eyes, and faintly with some expectations.
Wang Zhen suddenly thought that after her mother passed away, she had indeed never been very close to this demented third brother.
"Okay."
"Okay." Wang Xiao grinned.
Wang Zhen touched his head.
After a while, Wang Zhen frowned again and asked, "Are you carrying this bag of things?" Not too heavy? ”
"Yes, it was given to me by the fourth brother." Wang smiled.
Wang Zhen said: "You put your things down, and I will send someone to send you to the yard." ”
"Nope." Wang Xiaotou shook like a rattle, and said in his heart: "I still need money to go out." ”
"What's in there?" Wang Zhen said and lifted it with his hand, and said strangely: "Silver? What did the fourth brother do with your silver? ”
Wang smiled: "He said he couldn't say it." ”
Wang Zhen shook his head with a wry smile, and instructed Mi Qu: "Take a silver ticket of three hundred taels to the third young master." ”
The voice was not loud, but Wang Xiao still heard it.
Two hundred taels of silver for three hundred taels of silver tickets, his eldest brother is definitely a good person! I still doubt him, I must have wronged him.
After a while, Mi Qu came over with some embarrassment and said a few words in Wang Zhen's ear.
Wang Zhen's expression became extremely interesting, with a hint of self-deprecating smile on her face, and she sighed softly: "This woman ......"
Then, Mi Qu handed a silver ticket to Wang Xiao: "Third Young Master, can I exchange this with you...... Huh? ”
Wang Xiao blinked, making sure that the silver ticket had a 'two' character and not a 'three' character on it.
Two hundred taels?
Wang Xiao was stunned, and said in his heart: "Didn't you say three hundred taels?" ”
He was stunned, Mi Qu only thought he was a stupid child, and said with a smile: "Third young master, this is a silver ticket, and it can be spent just as much as the silver in your hand." You have to put it away. ”
"Third Young Master, shall we change it? You see, how beautiful I am...... Yikes. ”
You're big.
Wang Xiao sighed and accepted the deal.
"My eldest brother Wang Zhen is probably the one who knocked me on the stick......"