Du Zhongjing asked, "What's the matter?" Glancing at the gift list on the table, as well as the fabric held by the girl, she said one more sentence: "Senior sister's home is in Jing County, thousands of miles away, which is a small place, and it is naturally not as prosperous as our capital." This thousand miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate, no matter what it is, it is a piece of their heart. ”

Yan Mingniang and Gu both stood up and said.

After Yan Mingniang sat down, she said the matter with a smile, only saying that the gift was light, but it was extremely heavy, which made them embarrassed.

Du Zhongjing smiled when he heard this, "No wonder you don't know, our little junior sister made a fortune at the beginning, relying on the good skills of dyeing cloth with one hand." Now the favorite fabric of Concubine De in the palace is dyed by my little sister. ”

Yan Mingniang and Gu Shi were stupid, and then looked at the fabric in their hands, could it be that this was also dyed by the little junior sister herself?

Doesn't this mean that they are treated the same as Concubine De?

Looking at it this way, these two pieces of fabric are simply too precious.

Gu Shi was busy asking the personal maid to take over his own fabric, and he had no intention of staying in the big room, this kind of good thing, he had to take it back to his room and think about how to cut a set of clothes.

instructed the girls to hold Wang Yongzhu's gift to the second room, and then retired.

Here, Yan Mingniang apologized: "Master, I didn't expect the gift from my sister to be so valuable, but our return gift was too simple." ”

Du Zhongjing didn't take it seriously: "Family, don't be like this." Seeing that the New Year is coming, you just need to prepare a thicker New Year's gift, remember that there is still a high hall in the senior sister's house, just don't be rude when the time comes. I think my sister and sister-in-law are both open-minded people, and they must not care about these trivial things. ”

Yan Mingniang nodded in response, and instructed the maids to move the gift list and gifts down, and said: "I think that today's senior sister gave Brother Jun and their meeting gifts are quite valuable, and I was a little worried that they would be too expensive, with the friendship between our two families, it is really not so polite." I heard the master say that the younger sister actually dyed cloth for Concubine De and made a fortune, so I realized that I was too worried. ”

Du Zhongjing shook his head: "I know that you are worried about this, I told you a long time ago, even if the little junior sister and they live in our house, they must be responsible for their own expenses for daily use, you just don't worry." I'm afraid that if I don't do it well, I have to worry about it myself, where can I use it? You're still tired of your body, aren't you? ”

"Little junior sister, although they are from the county seat, they can see that they are good people, so you can put your heart firmly in your stomach! You don't want to think about it, who is our father? If the little junior sister is a little worse, can my father accept her as a closed disciple? ”

"You see, you have been worried for a few days, for a while you said that you were afraid of snubbing them, and for a while you were worried that their family resources were not abundant, and we subsidized them too much, which made the little sister look bad on their faces. Are you relieved now? ”

In the end, Du Zhongjing didn't know if it was ridicule and began to be dissatisfied.

Yan Mingniang's face flushed: "I'm not a villain in vain!" I have been married to my lord for many years, and my father and mother treat me as if I were my own daughter, and my second brother and sister also have a lot of respect for me as a sister-in-law. This suddenly my father went back to his hometown to accept a female disciple who closed the door, we haven't seen it, this is an extra sister out of thin air, I don't think that my father and mother are afraid that they will have to be taken care of by this junior sister in Jing County, this is in the capital, it is reasonable, I have to be cautious as a sister-in-law, right? So I thought about it a little more, but I was mistaken! Saying that, he apologized and apologized, and in a few words, Du Zhongjing changed his face, and then he was relieved.

Let's say that Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu got into the carriage, only to find that there was a small half cart of things piled up in the carriage, and at a glance, they knew that this should be a return gift from Du Fu.

Because it was the Du family coachman who was driving, the two didn't speak, only closed their eyes and rested.

When he saw the inn, the coachman and the innkeeper helped move the things to the yard, and Song Chongjin gave a reward of about 20 big coins before sending the coachman back.

Mrs. Zhang was worried about Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin when they went out, and she didn't even have the heart to eat lunch, so she filled in a few mouthfuls casually and looked at the gate of the courtyard.

Finally, the two came back, and hurriedly pulled the two into the house, let them sit on the kang to warm up, Gu Yu brought hot water and a handkerchief to wash his face and hands, and brought tea, before asking, "How about going to Du Mansion today?" Didn't show you a look, did I? Isn't it human? ”

Although Mrs. Zhang trusts Imperial Doctor Du and Mrs. Qi very much, she has never seen their son after all, right? This is in the capital again, and I am not familiar with the place, where can Mrs. Zhang rest assured?

Wang Yongzhu was busy widening her mother-in-law's heart: "Mother, don't worry, the second senior brother of the Du family is not at home today, we met the senior brother, although he looks serious, he is not bad." I also met the two ladies in the backyard, as well as the children of the senior brother, all of whom were fine. ”

Mrs. Zhang was afraid that Wang Yongzhu was comforting herself, so she looked at Song Chongjin.

Song Chongjin also nodded: "Senior brother is a square person, although he is not smiling, he is actually warm-hearted. The Du family has a very strict family education, and I see that those children are all very well-behaved, and they are also quite polite to me and Yongzhu. There is nothing slacking in the whole family, mother, don't worry! ”

Mrs. Zhang was slightly relieved.

So he urged the two of them to go back to the house and rest.

Song Chongjin went back first, but Wang Yongzhu stayed, and when he saw that there was no one in the house, he came to Mrs. Zhang's side, "Mother, I'm going to Du's house today, everything else is fine, I don't know if I'm too careful, I feel that the wife of the senior brother seems to be talking a little weird." ”

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she came to her senses, and immediately sat up straight and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Yongzhu elaborated on Yan Mingniang's performance, and after listening to it, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help pouting: "I also said that only we are in the countryside, and the people in this family who have eaten a meal and are worried about the next meal, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not compatible." I didn't expect that in this capital, in front of such a big official, there was no peace in this backyard. ”

Wang Yongzhu looked at Mrs. Zhang in a daze, a little ununderstood: "Mother, what does this have to do with the incompatibility of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?" ”

"Hey, my daughter, you can have a snack! If you think about it, what does it mean to expect you to confess more for her in front of her mother-in-law, so that her mother-in-law can know her heart? Doesn't this mean that her mother-in-law doesn't look down on her, she is in a hurry to please her mother-in-law, and hopes that her mother-in-law will understand her filial piety? ”

"This sounds like a joke, but if you think about it, your eldest daughter-in-law, I'm afraid it's not good! How cheerful and atmospheric is your teacher, can you find fault with her? Besides, now that your master and mother are no longer in the capital, she is the eldest son and daughter-in-law, and she will inherit the family business in the future, so don't she have to arrange everything in this family? ”

"There are guests at home, or the relationship between our two families, with a little brain, must be arranged properly, this is what should be shared! If it's not well arranged, it's a slap in the face! Why do you still have the face to go to your mother-in-law to beg for this? ”