Chapter XXVIII
"I think you already know that Gu Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou are coming to the mansion today," Wang Yunxiu said with lowered eyes.
Hearing this name, Xu Jiayi subconsciously thought of Gu Tong in her mind, and the smile on her face disappeared instantly. If it weren't for the fact that her cousin's face was wrong that day, she wouldn't have kicked people out so easily.
Gu Tong was bewitched by beauty and indulged in it, but his cousin became the laughing stock of other girls.
There is also that peony, although it looks good, it is a person who can't be on the stage, and I don't know if I really don't understand it or deliberately show off. She wanted to marry Gu Tong, so she should go to Gu Hou's Mansion to beg Mrs. Gu Hou and ask her cousin what to do.
Although she was a little dissatisfied with the peony, Xu Jiayi didn't blame her. There is a head for injustice, and there is a master for debts, if Gu Tong can't hold it, how can there be anything to do with peony. And even if there are no peonies, there will be some peony and hibiscus women popping up.
Seeing Xu Jiayi nodding, Wang Yunxiu paused before continuing, "Grandmother has already sent Mama Su over to ask me what I mean, and replied to Master Hou and Mrs. Hou." ”
Xu Jiayi was still annoyed with Gu Tong a moment ago, and when she heard this, she immediately straightened her face, "What does my cousin think?" ”
Although the two families have been interested in getting married for a long time, their cousin and Gu Tong don't get along much in private. But Xu Jiayi is worried that her cousin has already regarded Gu Tong as her future husband in her heart, but now she is going to withdraw from the marriage......
Wang Yunxiu's expression was a little stunned, and he paused for a while before he pulled out a smile, took a deep breath and looked relaxed, "Naturally, I have withdrawn from the marriage." ”
Now that things are getting bigger, Shangshufu has also become a joke in everyone's mouths. Even she, a sister-in-law, has become a joke that even the women of Qingyuefang can't compare. Not only will his marriage be difficult in the future, but he may also affect other girls in the house to say goodbye.
To be honest, the first time Gu Tong came to her and said that she was going to withdraw from the marriage, although she was angry and sad, she didn't feel reluctant to give up the marriage after crying. As for when she saw Gu Tong and Peony again later, her face was ugly just because she felt that her self-esteem was damaged and she couldn't wipe her face.
withdrew from this marriage, and Wang Yunxiu did not feel much distressed. It's just that when she saw her grandmother and second aunt, as well as Yiyi, their cautious appearance made her feel that she seemed to be sad and sad.
However, subconsciously, Wang Yunxiu felt that she was happy, but she didn't know why she was happy, and she didn't want to marry Gu Tong. Therefore, Wang Yunxiu has always been in a trance these days, thinking about this problem.
"However, Mrs. Gu Hou sent someone to send more than a dozen boxes of things, saying that it would be regarded as adding makeup to my future marriage, and the old lady also accepted it."
Mrs. Gu Hou's original words were that since she couldn't become a daughter-in-law, it was good to be an extra daughter. These boxes of things are regarded as a little bit of her heart as an elder, and they can be regarded as reparations.
Although Wang Yunxiu didn't look concerned, Xu Jiayi was still a little uneasy, and pulled her to say something to tease her, seeing that she occasionally cooperated with her smile but was obviously not in a state, her heart ached, and secretly told Lan Xue to take good care of her girl, if there was anything, just come to her.
After Wang Yunxiu left, Xu Jiayi turned her head and asked Cuiyun, "Is the eldest aunt back?" ”
A few days ago, Zhao's mother, Mrs. Zhao, was sick, and Zhao was so anxious that she rushed over to serve the illness, because she was not in the house for the past two days. However, Xu Jiayi thought that the Zhao family would rush back in a hurry after hearing about Gu Tong's matter, but she didn't expect to rush back that night.
Now it seems that I don't know it, or my aunt's mother is really not good and can't pull away.
But although he came back, he went to his second aunt's side early the next morning and left the house again, and he hasn't come back yet.
"The eldest lady hasn't arrived at the house yet, but the news has come over, and she will be able to return to the house later today." Cuiyun replied. Although Cuiyun didn't go out in Jiaxi Garden today, she was clear about the movements in the various houses in the house, which was also the result of Xiangqiao's teaching over the years.
Xu Jiayi thought about it, beckoned Yuanxiang over, and said what was in her head.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yuan Xiang's eyes widen and staring at him in surprise, Xu Jiayi laughed first, "Yuan Xiang, what do you think of my idea?" ”
"This ...... It is a matter of course. Yuan Xiang didn't know why her master suddenly remembered this, and her lips squirmed several times before she could hold back such an answer.
"Poof," Xu Jiayi looked at Yuan Xiang's blushing face, cautiously looked at her face and replied, and couldn't help laughing. Fortunately, my cousin came over today to talk about adding makeup, which reminded Xu Jiayi of another thing, that is, the dowry that her mother Wang Wanwan brought to Xu's mansion when she got married.
These dowries, nothing can be said to be cheap for the Xu family!
He can't let Xu Mingda take his mother's money to support his women.
In the evening, after feeling that the Zhao family had returned, and waited for another hour for the eldest aunt to talk to her cousin, Xu Jiayi slowly went out from Jiaxi Garden. After arriving at the main house, seeing Zhao explaining something to Mama Zhao with a cold face, Xu Jiayi waited at the door for a while, and saw that Zhao finished speaking before walking in.
Seeing Xu Jiayi coming over so late, Zhao was a little surprised. After knowing that Xu Jiayi hadn't had dinner yet, she hurriedly asked the maid to bring some pastries over so that Xu Jiayi could cushion her stomach.
Xu Jiayi picked a piece of peach blossom crisp and put it in her mouth and took a bite, her cheeks bulging like a little hamster, and she said indistinctly, "Auntie, is Mrs. Zhao feeling better?" ”
"It's much better, it's hard for you to still remember it." Zhao pinched her eyebrows a little tiredly, she was serving at her mother's house, but she heard that the maid reported that something had happened in the house, and after careful questioning, she found out that it was related to her daughter, and immediately rushed back. As soon as he entered the mansion, he went to visit his daughter, then turned his head and entered Wan'an Hall, and only left Wan'an Hall an hour later.
When he came out of Wan'an Hall, he thought about going to find the Qian family, but he could only give up when he saw that it was getting late. The next day, he went to Qian's side at dawn, explaining that he couldn't get away for the past two days, and asked Qian's to take care of Yunxiu for himself in the past two days, and Zhao hurried back to his parents' house.
Now when he came back and listened to the early summer who stayed in the mansion talk about what had happened in the past few days, Zhao's face was blue and white for a while. In the end, when I heard Gu Hou Ye and Gu Hou Madame sincerely apologize, her face eased slightly, and she explained that Mama Zhao had paid attention to Sister Yun'er's emotions in the past few days, and only then did she see Xu Jiayi as soon as she looked up.
"That's good." Xu Jiayi nodded, "It's already so late that I shouldn't have come to disturb my eldest aunt, but I just have something I want to discuss with you." ”
Hearing this, Zhao glanced at the maids in the house, and the maids were about to withdraw, but they heard Xu Jiayi's voice sound, "Don't let them go down, it's not an important matter." ”
Hearing this, the maids stood back in their places and lowered their eyes to listen to the order.
"Auntie, I came here today just to tell you that I want to go back to Xu's mansion."
Zhao's heart was shocked, and he looked at Xu Jiayi with some surprise, not understanding why Xu Jiayi would talk about this, could it be that in the past few days when she was not there, someone from Xu's mansion came?
Zhao glanced sideways at Chu Xia, saw Chu Xia shook his head slightly and retracted his gaze, endured not to ask, and waited for Xu Jiayi to continue.
"It's not for anything else, but I suddenly remembered that something had fallen over there, and I wanted to go back and get it."
Xu Jiayi said slowly, seeing Zhao's puzzled face, she said, "Hmm" and said, "I heard the maids say that when my mother got married, there were one hundred and twenty dowries in the house. Now that my mother is gone, I am afraid that it is not appropriate for this dowry to stay in Xu Mansion. ”
Mama Zhao, who was standing on the side, unconsciously glanced at Zhao when she heard this, what the cousin said couldn't be clearer, she wanted to go to Xu's mansion to get the dowry back.
Zhao blinked, if she hadn't mentioned this matter one by one today, she would have forgotten about it.
This woman's dowry has been saved since she was a child, and she will be married when she is married. And after getting married, these dowries, in addition to those given out by the world, can be left behind, such as Zhuangzi, shops, head and face jewelry, etc., will indeed be left to their daughters.
For example, with the addition of Cui Qing and Cui Xin in their house, there are a total of four girls. The dowries of these four girls, the Zhao family, also began to prepare early in the morning.
It's just that......
Zhao thought for a while and said, "Since you have already thought about it, I will let Mama Zhao accompany you tomorrow." ”
"Don't bother Mama Zhao, aunt, you are tired these days, and Mama Zhao is here to take care of you. I'll let Cuiyun and Yuanxiang follow tomorrow. ”
Zhao thought about it and nodded in agreement, Xu Jiayi saw that it was not too early, so she got up and said goodbye and went back to her yard.
After knowing the Zhao family, Xu Jiayi took Cuiyun and Yuanxiang to the Xu Mansion on the second day.
After getting out of the carriage, Xu Jiayi asked the coachman to walk around the neighborhood and come back in an hour.
Standing at the gate of Xufu, looking up at the two big characters "Xufu" dancing on the main gate, Xu Jiayi only felt full of ridicule.
If she had a choice, she would rather have the surname "Wang" than the surname "Xu".
Every time she pronounced her name, she could recall how her mother was forced to die by the Xu Mansion group.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Jiayi slowly opened her eyes, with a bit of fierceness in her eyes that she had never seen before.
The porter of Xu's Mansion suddenly saw such a flower-like girl stopped at the door of Xu's Mansion, thinking in his heart, thinking that it was the old man who came to the door after he made flowers and grass.
But I also sighed in my heart, I don't know how such a beautiful little girl fell in love with the master?!
Although she thought so in her heart, she didn't stop at her feet, and she arrived in front of Xu Jiayi in the blink of an eye, "This girl, who are you looking for?" ”