Chapter 13: The Silver Dilemma

Gu Xiuxian and Gu Anxiu came to Gu Banqin hand in hand, and the two tacitly glanced at the deciduous grass clippings on Gu Banqin's skirt, Jiuniang Gu Anxiu was young, so she immediately covered her lips and laughed lowly, not to mention it, it sounds good, Gu Banqin thought.

Gu Xiuxian, the fifth lady on the side, was older, pulled Jiuniang next to her with one hand, and pointed to Gu Banqin's skirt with the other to remind her.

Gu Banqin didn't feel anything, she didn't care about patting off the fallen leaves on her skirt, and looked at the two of them calmly.

She didn't have anything to do with a girl who was only thirteen years old.

Wu Niang Gu Xiuxian spoke at this time, her voice was soft, as if she was pinching three points of strength, this was learned from Gu Nianshu, the fourth mother of the Gu family, and Gu Nianshu learned from the princesses of the Zhao family in the previous dynasty, which is considered a family history?

"The fourth sister is about to get married, and we, as sisters with the same spirit, should also send a reasonable message to the fourth sister, talk about it, I discussed it with Sister An, and I plan to make a little silver together to create a good feather jade headdress for the fourth sister, Sister Qin, do you want to be together?"

Gu Banqin heard it with sour teeth, Sister Qin, I still Sister Lin!

complained in his heart, Gu Banqin's face was not visible at all.

Gu Banqin thought about it, but wanted to agree to it, but she was also her own sister. It's just that all the silver of Gu Banqin comes from the regulations of the house.

But the silver has never reached her hands, and it is all kept by Aunt Duan, and she is afraid that she will be too young to spend money indiscriminately!

Gu Banqin, hehe, where did she come from to spend money!

It's all tears.

So Gu Banqin could only make a helpless expression, and then looked at Aunt Duan on the side.

Aunt Duan was standing behind them, pretending to be admiring the flowers in the distance, Duan saw her daughter looking at her, licked her lips, was embarrassed to pretend to be any longer, and stepped forward and said:

"Together, together, of course. The fourth sister is getting married, this is a good thing, it's rare to see your sisterhood, of course you have to be together. ”

After Duan's words, Gu Banqin opened her mouth and gave the two sisters a quasi-letter: "Okay." ”

At this time, Wu Niang and Jiu Niang couldn't understand anything, and the two of them didn't ask Gu Banqin anymore, so they walked up to Duan and told Duan the number.

Aunt Duan smiled on the surface, and said repeatedly: "Okay, no problem, it's all heart." ”

But Gu Banqin had already seen Aunt Duan secretly holding the hem of her skirt with her hands after the two finished speaking, implying that her heart was by no means calm on the surface at the moment.

After the two sisters said this, they asked for their resignation under the pretext that there were other things in the courtyard, and the Duan family thought about the silver and did not keep the two.

After Gu Xiuxian and Gu Anxiu left, Aunt Duan looked at the backs of the two and disappeared by the courtyard gate, then turned to look at Gu Banqin, who was full of indifference on the side, and instantly her voice became cold, and she said hatefully: "Follow me to the back room." ”

Gu Banqin really felt that she had suffered an unjustified disaster, she obviously didn't say anything!

What bad luck!

Wu Niang and Jiu Niang came to her, but they just pulled someone and made up a share of the money, so that they could give a big gift to please Siniang Gu Nianshu, where is the sincerity to cultivate a sisterhood with her.

Aunt Duan agreed to other people's requests for the sake of face, but she suddenly asked her to pay so much money, and she felt pain again, so she turned her face and showed Gu Banqin's face.

Gu Banqin was really speechless! It's not what she said she was going to give!

Gu Banqin rubbed her steps, and Ai Ai followed Aunt Duan into the back room, only to see Duan take out a small wooden box from a lattice inside the dresser, this small box was dark in color, but the outline was bright, and it was obviously wiped by someone every day.

This box Gu Banqin is familiar, she has seen Aunt Duan take it out and wipe it with a reluctant face several times, and her expression is even more gentle than that of her own daughter.

This box is Aunt Duan's lifeblood, and it contains all her mother's assets.

Speaking of this, Gu Banqin felt the need to tell everyone.

When Emperor Wenguang of the Northern Kingdom died and set off a civil war in the north, and the world was peaceful, Aunt Duan and her had a case of silver to receive every month in the Gu Mansion, and the rules of the Gu Mansion were that the aunt could receive five taels of silver per month, and the young lady in the mansion could receive eight taels of silver per month.

Their mother's two years is more than 150 taels of silver at most.

Although there is no need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation in the valley house, but the relationship between people on weekdays, the filial piety of superiors is an indispensable thing, and the rewards and favors of the subordinates are also a big expense, so even if the mother is frugal for two years, she will save at most seventy or eighty taels.

Later, when the civil war began, prices fell for a long time, and the Gu family broke the regulations of the aunts and ladies in the house, just to maintain the minimum living needs, and this break was more than three years. It wasn't until recently that the new emperor ascended the throne, the Gu family reunited, and Gu Fengmao returned to the position of prime minister, which began to return to the original state.

Gu Banqin sat down next to Aunt Duan at the table, and was also curious about how many assets she had, so she stretched out her head and looked desperately at Aunt Duan's box.

Only then did he stretch out his head to take a look, but before he could see anything, Gu Banqin was knocked on the head by Aunt Duan.

Gu Banqin covered her hot forehead and looked at Aunt Duan innocently, her round eyes were watery.

Aunt Duan looked at this unlucky child with hatred and hatred, and she was distressed and funny.

I thought to myself, if this child had half of his own shrewdness and ability, even if he was not smart and capable, it would be good if he wanted to be as cheeky as the fifth lady, so that she would have less to worry about.

But it's just stupid and stupid, I don't have any heart at all, I'm stupid all day long, I look heartless, but I have such a bewitching appearance, or I don't know if I want to be deceived by that stinky man, I'm really sad to die.

Gu Banqin was covering her head, and when she saw Aunt Duan handing her gaze, it was like changing her face, she was disgusted for a while, and distressed for a while, needless to say, she knew that her mother must be complaining in her heart that she was stupid, not as smart as Wu Niang.

Wu Niang is the child of someone else's family in the first half of her life.

Gu Banqin was not annoyed, pretending not to know, tilted her head, and put her chin on the table, which looked even more stupid in Aunt Duan's eyes.

Aunt Duan sighed helplessly, not surprised by her children's stupid appearances all day long.

Thinking of the three hundred taels of silver that the fifth lady Gu Xiuxian asked for before, Aunt Duan had her own considerations.

Thinking that if you just give the fourth lady Gu Nianshu a flying jade headdress as a gift, forget it, a set of ordinary pearl and jade headdresses, the market price in Jiankang should be about one hundred taels of silver, but a set of flying jade headdresses will at least double the price, let alone four or five hundred taels.