Chapter 52: Is It So Straightforward?
Xi Hongdou saw that Mrs. Xiao and this Su Huiwan were flattering each other, so she pursed her lips and said, "Madam, we should also go to the teahouse to find the master." β
Mrs. Xiao nodded, and turned around and left first.
Xi Hongdou was about to follow, but was stopped by Su Huiwan.
"Wait a minute, you're Xiao Zhi's maid, I want to ask you something." Su Huiwan said, her tone was no longer polite, and what she was in front of her was just a "maid", and she didn't need to be as flattering as talking to Mrs. Xiao.
Xi Hongdou pointed at himself and said, "What about me?" "It seems that this eldest lady really treats her as a maid.
Su Huiwan nodded: "It's you, did your young master say kiss?" β
"Is it so straightforward?" Xi Hongdou smiled bitterly, and then said, "It's decided." β
"It's decided? Whose daughter is it? Is her father a big official? Su Huiwan hurriedly asked, wanting to see if the other party had a good family background.
Xi Hongdou thought about her father, and then shook her head: "Her father is not a big official, he is just a little common man, so naturally he is not a young lady!" β
Hearing such an answer, Su Huiwan had a smile on her face, thinking that her family background was okay, although it was not as good as Lord Xiao and a third-grade official, but the fifth grade was better than the daughter of the little common people!
"I see, what does your young master like? Eat and play, you can talk about it! Su Huiwan said and took off a bracelet from her hand, and she was about to stuff it into Xi Hongdou's hand.
Bribery, this is naked bribery! Xi Hongdou thought so, and hurriedly pushed it back: "Don't you dare to accept it, as for Xiao Zhi, he doesn't pick and choose, how can he have time to play these days when he has studied hard?" β
Seeing that this "little maid" actually called the young master's name, Su Huiwan took a closer look and said, "Why are you so rude?" β
Xi Hongdou was stunned, where was she rude?!
Su Huiwan said at this time: "Where does your young master's fiancΓ©e live?" What is your name? What does the family do? β
"What are you going to do?" Xi Hongdou hurriedly asked, his face becoming guarded.
"Just say it, say that this thing is yours, I will never tell anyone!" Su Huiwan took out the bracelet again, thinking that Fang Cai pushed it back because Xi Hongdou didn't dare to accept it.
Xi Hongdou looked at the bracelet, white and oily, it should be what everyone calls mutton fat white jade, the price is expensive, but this matter is not a bracelet, so he still said: "Don't say it, you should leave quickly!" Then he turned to chase Mrs. Xiao.
"Hey, don't go!" Su Huiwan didn't ask what she wanted to ask, and she was a little disappointed, but since Xiao Zhi's fiancΓ©e was just a small family, there should be no pressure on the Xiao family to regret marriage!
A large number of people outside the entrance of the examination institute are the parents of Jackie Chan, Mrs. Xiao didn't leave at noon, so Xi Hongdou took out the steamed cake she made and asked Mrs. Xiao to cushion her stomach first. She made it specially for Xiao Zhi, it was newly cooked in the morning, and the one she took for Xiao Zhi was wrapped in a blanket, after all, the weather was still cold, and she brought her own food for the first day of the exam, and she was also afraid that Xiao Zhi would eat cold things and cause a burden on her stomach.
Mrs. Xiao took a piece and ate it, and asked, "Why haven't you eaten this steamed cake before?" β
"It's the first time I've been in Kyoto City." Xi Hongdou said that she usually doesn't have time, and Mrs. Xiao also borrowed Xiao Zhi's light.
Mrs. Xiao nodded, this Xi Hongdou man is hard and shafty, but this one eats well, just this ability to cook, no one can find such a daughter-in-law in Kyoto City, it seems that the small family also has an ordinary happiness.
When everyone waited until sunset, the door of the examination hall finally opened, and it was noisy all of a sudden, Xiao Zhi squeezed around in the crowd, and finally saw his family.
"Son, how did you do on the exam?" Mrs. Xiao asked, "Can I enter the academy?" "If you can't be a showman, you won't be able to participate in the township test in the future.
Xiao Zhi said: "It's okay, let's go home first, I'm tired." "A test is a day, and it's uncomfortable to sit there.
Everyone got into the carriage and went home, and Master Xiao specially asked Uncle Fang to sit on a table for a good meal, not to mention how Xiao Zhi did in the exam, on the day he could see his son go to the children's exam, Master Xiao was going to cry.
After dinner, Xiao Zhi went to sleep first, Xi Hongdou also went back to the room to prepare, Xiao Zhi finished the exam, and it was about to be the New Year, and he wanted to wait for the people in Kyoto City to finish the New Year's goods before leaving, the caravan was also making money for the New Year's goods, and the Spring Festival was even busier, and she could also follow the caravan back to her hometown.
A few years ago, Xi Mu and Xi Lin came together, and even if the last crop of grain and crabs this year was harvested, the two of them were not ready to leave immediately, waiting to sell out and go back with Xi Hongdou.
Thinking that he was going back to his hometown, he first talked to Xiao Zhi, and Xiao Zhi said, "Then I'll go too!" β
"How's that going to work? Madame is going to kill! Xi Hongdou said, the Chinese New Year abducted people, Mrs. Xiao will definitely be angry.
Xiao Zhi thought about it, and also felt that it was easy for him to make his mother even more embarrassed Xi Hongdou when he was like this, so he said, "Then I'll send you then!" β
Xi Hongdou nodded: "I heard that the list will be released on the eighth day of the new year, you also remember to take a look." β
"Don't worry, even if I forget, my father and mother will definitely not forget!" Xiao Zhi said with a smile.
The next day, at noon, the porter sent a box of snacks, saying that there was a thank you gift from Miss Su Huiwan Su.
Xiao Zhi opened it and saw that it was indeed just a box of dim sum, but this dim sum was ordinary, compared with the steamed cake specially made by Xi Hongdou on the table, it didn't look like it was delicious.
"Take it to everyone and eat it!" Xiao Zhi said, and gave the dim sum to the porter.
As soon as the porter heard that he gave it to them directly, he happily took it, and as soon as he met with a few family members, he divided the dim sum.
"This snack doesn't seem to be very delicious...... huh" The porter said, it's nothing to give a cake as a thank you, it has to be a famous pastry shop in Kyoto City, right?!
On the other end, Su Huiwan sat in the room and smiled, Lianzhu, who went out to run errands outside the door, also happened to come back at this time, and as soon as she entered the door, she was pulled over by Su Huiwan and asked, "Have you sent out the dim sum?" β
"I sent it, but I didn't see Xiao Gongzi, the porter said that Xiao Gongzi had been studying hard recently, and he didn't dare to bother, so I could only hand over the things to the porter, and specially told the porter that it was a thank you gift from Miss!" Lianzhu said.
Although it was not delivered to Xiao Zhi by hand, but it was sent out anyway, Su Huiwan said with a smile: "I don't know if he will like the dim sum I made by himself!" β
"Mind is very important, and the craftsmanship of the young lady, even in the hometown, there are few young ladies who can make such pastries, not to mention that the daughters of this Kyoto City are pampered, and no one can compare!" Lianzhu blindly praised on the side.
Su Huiwan was praised so much that she couldn't find the north, but she still said: "I have to go to my father and mother to talk about it, anyway, I want to get married, if my father can marry the squire's family, my father will definitely be happy!" β
Lianzhu said: "But that Xiao Gongzi has already made a marriage, if he regrets the marriage, I'm afraid that the woman will not agree, right?" "Not to mention anything else, the marriage contract is easy to ruin, and everyone is virtuous to keep their promises. Earlier, she also heard a story that the man and woman were married at a young age, and then the man's family was dilapidated and poor, but because this paper marriage contract was still there, the woman was stunned to marry the pearl in her palm to a poor bastard, because she was afraid of regretting her marriage and being scolded for not keeping her promises, and she was afraid of being looked down upon!
Now that the Xiao family is in this situation, I don't know how difficult it is to repent of marriage!
"The people of Kyoto City are all interested in interests, so I don't believe that the Xiao family will not choose me among the daughters of me and that little common people!" Su Ruowan is very confident, she is good in everything, the Xiao family will definitely not be dissatisfied with her, as long as her father and mother mention it, this matter is not difficult!
Lianzhu sighed, I only hope that in the end, Su Huiwan will not be empty, otherwise she will lose her temper when she gets angry, and it will be difficult for them to do it.
On the other hand, Xi Hongdou finally sold all the survival in his hand on the twenty-seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and he had a lot of money in his hand, and he was ready to set off after packing up his things, and the Xiao family also specially sent a carriage to send the three people back, otherwise it is estimated that the caravan will arrive on the second day of the Lunar New Year at the earliest.
Xiao Zhi sent it all the way, and after going out of the city and sending it a long way, Xi Hongdou said: "You have to walk back by yourself, so go back quickly." β
"Well, have a nice trip!" Xiao Zhi got out of the car and waved his hand at the carriage, and Xi Hongdou also waved his hand, until he couldn't see the carriage, Xiao Zhi didn't go back.
When I got home, Rue Xiang came over and said, "When the girl left, she deliberately left a lot of pastries, and told Uncle Fang that when she ate, just take them out and use the cage drawer to heat them up." β
Xiao Zhi sighed, Xi Hongdou did so much before leaving.
The other Xi Hongdou went all the way home, and he was busy and tired in Kyoto City, and he slept in a daze on the carriage for several times, and when he arrived in Xijia Village, it happened to be the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Xi Hongdou asked the coachman to stay directly, otherwise he wouldn't be able to rush home for the New Year, so he would spend the New Year together at Xi's house. Kyoto City is different from Yunzhou City, all of them have basically resumed business on the sixth day of the new year, and she also wants to leave on the sixth day of the new year, and she also collected a wave of grain in Xijia Village before this, and followed the caravan directly when she left, otherwise she would have nothing to sell even if she returned to Kyoto City.
"Red Bean, you're back, my father and mother want to kill you!" After Aunt Xi finished speaking, she hurriedly muttered: "The New Year can't be said to be unlucky!" "You can't say dead words!
Xi Hongdou smiled, and then asked the two brothers to bring the things that Xiao Zhirang brought over.
"Xiao Zhi still has to look at the release list on the eighth day of the first month, so there is no one to come, but there are a lot of gifts for my father and mother!" Xi Hongdou said.
From supplements to medicinal materials, there are several big boxes, Aunt Xi is also satisfied with it, this prospective son-in-law thinks about everything.
"Let's go into the house, you've been gone for three months, and your sister-in-law's belly is starting to show her pregnancy!" Aunt Xi is happy, now her family really lacks nothing, her son and daughter have been settled, and she is going to hug her grandson!