Chapter 194: Counting
After Xie Yingrong learned the reason for Xie Yinghui's return to the mansion, his face was always a little ugly.
When Xie Mulin saw it, he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.
Even if Xie Yingrong, a concubine, did not get along with her arrogant sister Xie Yinghui, the latter only lived in the mansion for one night, and now she has already left, and she hasn't met Xie Yingrong, why does she put on such a face? I haven't seen how incompatible her sisters are before?
Maybe it was because Xie Mulin stared at Xie Yingrong a few times, Xie Yingrong noticed it, and hurriedly controlled his expression, tried to pretend that he was fine, and said with a dry smile: "It's a pity, if I come a little earlier, then I can meet the big sister." I haven't seen her for so long, and I still miss her. ”
Xie Huizhi snorted beside him: "It's not that I won't be able to see it in the future, she still said that she will come back to see us when she is free, and she will come to the mansion to see." There are many opportunities for you to meet in the future, so it's not a pity. ”
Xie Yingrong's expression froze, and he got up with a dry smile: "It's not too early, it's time for me to go to Jinxuan Hall, please forgive my wife and all the brothers and sisters for missing me." ”
In fact, not only her, but the rest of the Xie family also had their own work to do, so they dispersed and went back to their own yards.
Xie Mulin had already packed up the study room and other items yesterday, and the efficiency was still quite high, but when she saw that Li'er helped her sort out her clothes and jewelry, she had only sorted out more than half of it, and she didn't know how long it would take, so after thinking about it, she decided to take a hand.
Li'er was a little embarrassed, but she really couldn't be as neat as Xie Mulin, she could decisively give up anything to take away and leave anything behind. In her opinion, everything in her own girl is good, not to mention jewelry, those clothes, but everything that can still be worn, it is a pity to abandon it like this. The girl will grow taller every year, and the clothes she made last year will be a little longer this year, and she can barely wear them, and most of them will not be able to wear them next year. If you don't bring it back to your hometown this time, it will be in vain, wouldn't it be a waste of good things?! These are made of high-quality materials, which are worth a lot of money and fine workmanship, so where can people give up?
Xie Mulin heard her say this, thought about it, and changed his plan slightly.
Her own clothes are still the old rules, six sets of homely clothes per quarter, two sets of coats that can be used as dresses when going out, a number of underwear, shoes and socks, handkerchiefs, sachets, belts, cloaks, hats and other accessories are counted separately, and more are not brought, at most one set of plain clothes per season, in case relatives and friends have funerals, they can cope with the scene. In this way, all the clothes accessories can be added up, and the three coat boxes can be fitted, and it will not be cumbersome. If you need to make new clothes in the future, the Xie family has a weaving cloth shop, and you are afraid that there will be no clothes available?
The rest of the clothes, whether they fit fairly well or old clothes worn in the past, only those coats and winter coats that are made of particularly delicate and expensive materials are picked out, carefully boxed, and mothballs are placed to prevent moths and kept in the room. For the rest of the homely old clothes, first ask Xie Yingrong and Xie Yingfen's two sisters, if they can see it, if they don't want it, they will pick a few girls. The girls can pick up to two sets each, and after they finish picking, they will pack the rest and dispose of it according to Wen's meaning.
If it is convenient to transport it back to their hometown, they will take it back and give it to the sisters in the clan who are not very well-off. If it is inconvenient to transport it back, it is okay to send it to Xie Jinkun's house. He will always have a daughter in the future, and without a daughter, it doesn't hurt to reward the girls, anyway, he won't let these clothes go to waste.
Li'er listened to Xie Mulin's instructions, but did not object, but was a little distressed: "That's it...... Have they all been given to them? In fact, it doesn't hurt for the girl to keep a few more. ”
Xie Mulin smiled: "Anyway, you give me priority to picking out clothes that still have a large amount left and can be changed to a bigger one, and the rest will be done according to my wishes." It's not really a valuable thing, so it's a pity to leave it in vain. I'm alone, and I can change my clothes every day for 365 days a year? ”
Li'er sighed: "I know that the girl has always been very generous, and it is good for us girls to be good every year, and we will appreciate clothes and materials every year." You can put so many clothes out at once...... I'm still distressed. ”
Xie Mulin coaxed her: "You are taller than me, and I don't know if there is anything you can wear." You pick and choose yourself, which one you like, take whichever one you like, and take a few more to make it. Fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields, you wear it yourself, and you're not so distressed, are you? ”
Li'er said angrily: "Girl, really, when I am a child? "Turn around and go out, and call Cuijiao to pick out clothes. She's not a lone eater.
Xie Mulin smiled, turned around and went to tidy up his jewelry again.
Li'er picked out all the valuable pieces of her jewelry, and somewhere she found an official suitcase with a lock on the outside. As for the worthless silk flowers, pompoms, fragrant wood beads, glass beads, etc., they didn't move and threw them in place.
Xie Mulin counted his private property in the same way, and felt that he was still quite rich. However, Li'er didn't seem to think so, and always muttered in her mouth, saying that she had less jewelry, ten times more shabby than the eldest lady Xie Yinghui, but she was afraid that even the fourth girl Xie Yingfen had more private rooms than her - after all, the latter had a biological mother who had followed Xie Pu in office for many years. I'm afraid that only the third girl, Xie Yingrong, is poorer than her, because Xie Yingrong's biological mother is not favored, her background is low, she has no property in hand, and she only lives on monthly money.
Xie Mulin didn't take these words to heart, how much property the sisters had, it was their own things, so she was not greedy. She felt like she already had a lot of them.
Li'er said that she was shabby, but she also had a few boxes of gold and silver bracelets, locks, collars, all kinds of pearls and jades, ornaments, because she was young, there was no serious hairpin, but the gold rings and beads that bound her hair were stringed, and there were a lot of gems of various colors on her head, where was she poor? There is not much private property in the second room, but the clothes and jewelry issued to the girls in the public middle school every season are not cheap. Cao pays attention to his own virtuous name, and has always done enough superficial work. Waiting for idle officials and eunuchs may not have her pomp. The Xie family is rich, and it is definitely not fake.
Xie Mulin counted his things once, thought about it, and then picked a pair of red gold locks worn by children, a pair of silver bracelets, all of which were simple in style and without conspicuous marks, and then found two jade pendants with the best texture, took an empty box and put them up, and then locked the locked drawer on the official suitcase, threw the key into the box, and stuffed it into his study space.
In this way, when Li'er saw this official suitcase, she would only think that the things she didn't see were in the locked drawer, and the key was kept by Xie Mulin, so she would not be suspicious.
After this raid, Xie Mulin felt that it would be safer to keep some valuable things on hand. If it weren't for Fang Wenshan, who had an adulterous affair with the Cao family, it was not for the soldiers to raid the house this time, and the jewelry on the female dependents might not be able to be kept, so where would they have the money to maintain their lives after they left the Xie family?
Since you have a space to use, and you can't use this space for farming or anything, of course, you have to make the best use of it. Gold and jade jewelry will not deteriorate, so it's good to leave it like this. Xie Mulin also felt that if conditions allowed in the future, he could also regularly store some water, medicine, and clothes in the space, just in case. If necessary, it is also feasible to get a self-defense weapon inside.
Xie Yingrong could think of stealing a few valuable ornaments from the small warehouse and selling them for money that day, how could Xie Mulin waste his advantage?
This thought flashed through Xie Mulin's mind, and she suddenly stopped the movement of her hand.
Recalling Xie Yingrong's strange expression when she heard that Xie Yinghui was back, as well as Xie Yingrong's words and deeds when she was eager to return to the mansion a few days ago, Xie Mulin suddenly felt that she seemed to have guessed something.