Chapter Seventy-Four: The Head
After Xie Yunjin saw the bead flower, Mama Fang saw that the girl liked it, and the bead flower was also exquisitely made, so she asked the shopkeeper to write a list, and asked for seven or eight lotus beads with gold wire and silver thread.
A pair of gold and silver beads, with the pearl of Shanghepu, is worth dozens of taels of silver.
Mama Fang wants to put down seven or eight in one breath, which is a few hundred taels of silver.
However, these silver did not come from the Xie family's father-in-law's silver, but Mrs. Xie's own private money.
Mrs. Xie not only has the harvest of Zhuangzi and the shop, but every year the Hou Mansion will invite someone to come over to send silver to Mrs. Xie, and every time the silver is sent, it is also a silver ticket of several thousand taels.
Because the Hou Ye, who is now in charge of the Rong'an Hou Mansion, is the elder brother of Mrs. Xie's in-laws, the only surviving relative of the old Marquis is Mrs. Xie.
The old Marquis of Rong'an felt sorry for Mrs. Xie, although the Hou Mansion was far away in Jinling, but every year during the New Year's Festival, he would always send a steward and send something to Qiantang to Mrs. Xie.
In addition to the local specialties in Jinling City, there are also delicacies in the world.
Dim sum from Liangguang, tea from Lianghu, mushrooms from Yunnan......
When I was a child, every time I went back to the Hou Mansion and sent the steward to deliver things, I saw that the things sent by the Hou Mansion were full of the back cover room that Mrs. Xie specially used to place things.
Therefore, when Mrs. Xie rewards people, she is always extremely generous, and the golden hairpin and hosta are also rewarded without hesitation.
Xie Yunjin was the heart of Mrs. Xie, and when he was young, he was rewarded with a few carriages.
It's just that now those things are all asked to help Xie Yunjin put them away.
For some particularly valuable things, Roche also asked someone to break the cabinet and lock it in the cabinet, and the key was kept by Roche himself.
Xie Yunjin once wanted to call Rue Xiang to go to Minghe Courtyard to steal the key several times, but he was unsuccessful.
was also discovered by Roche several times, and was reprimanded by Roche in vain.
How much silver does Old Madam Xie have, Xie Yunjin once secretly counted Old Madam Xie, except for the silver that was rewarded, and now Old Madam Xie herself still has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Mrs. Xie once promised Luo that when her eldest brother Xie Yunjia married a wife, Mrs. Xie would give 20,000 taels of silver for herself.
When her second brother Xie Yunxi married a wife, Mrs. Xie would also take out 20,000 taels of silver for herself.
Mrs. Xie once secretly told Xie Yunjin that when Xie Yunjin got married, Mrs. Xie would give Xie Yunjin a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver, and give Xie Yunjin to marry her in-laws.
After seeing the bead flowers, the shopkeeper asked someone to hold a red lacquered wood box up.
When I opened the box, I saw that there were three or four rubies the size of pigeon's eggs in the box, as well as a huge and full pearl.
Reflected in the sun, I only felt that the southern pearl was shining and shining.
This Nanzhu is one of the tributes provided to Ouchi, how did this shopkeeper get it?
Without waiting for Xie Yunjin to ask, the shopkeeper had already opened his mouth to introduce Xie Yunjin.
"Girl, these rubies and the southern pearl were specially instructed by Mrs. Xie to bring them over and pick them for the girl."
"Mrs. Xie said, make a few sets of luxurious heads and faces for the girl, if the girl doesn't wear them often, when the girl gets married, it will be good to make a dowry at the bottom of the box."
Xie Yunjin picked up the Nanzhu in the box and looked at it carefully, the Nanzhu was held in her hand, and the heavy feeling was the best Nanzhu.
It's the first time she's seen such a huge and plump Nanzhu.
The luster and color of this southern pearl, as well as the feel, can be called a rare treasure.
Such a Nanzhu, if there is one in the family, it can be used as an heirloom, where will it be made into a face?
If you are accidentally burglarized, shunned, or lost before wearing it out of the door, the damage will be severe.
Such a thing is so precious that she can't use it now, and she doesn't dare to use it.
If she really went out, this Nanzhu would be gone, and she would really feel distressed to death.
"Single shopkeeper, just pick an inconspicuous ruby and make it into a head, this Nanzhu is really eye-catching, or put it away well."
The shopkeeper is also very discerning, and when he heard Xie Yunjin say this, he nodded hurriedly.
"Whatever the girl says, that's what it is! It's just that the old lady has already bought these rubies and the southern pearl, if the girl only uses one ruby for the head, the other gems, but she has to put them away?"
"If the girl wants to put it away, I will immediately send someone back to tell a few masters who make the head and face and tell them to make a set."
Xie Yunjin was silent and nodded.
Mama Fang got Xie Yunjin's order and personally sent the shopkeeper out of the house.
After lunch, Mrs. Wen, who was waiting by Luo's side, came over and told Xie Yunjin that it was someone from the Fan family who had come from Hangzhou and was ready to pick up Mrs. Fan's Fang and the eldest lady of the Fan family, and the second lady of the Fan family returned to Hangzhou.
Luo set up a table in the Minghe Courtyard, ready to practice for the Fang family, ordered Wen Niangzi to come over, and invited Xie Yunjin to accompany the Minghe Courtyard.
"Girl, what Mrs. means is that I want you and the two girls of the Fan family to have more contact, the two girls of the Fan family are still well-known in Hangzhou City, and the people who interact with them are also the ladies in Hangzhou. In order to establish a good reputation for the girl, the lady asked the girl to make more friends. ”
Mrs. Wen conveyed Luo's meaning to Xie Yunjin.
Xie Yunjin was silent, eating the porridge with vegetables and fresh meat in the bowl.
This porridge was Yinping got up early in the morning, went to the stove, boiled for a few hours, and came out, and as soon as it was boiled, it was sent to Xie Yunjin.
At lunchtime, Xie Yunjin used less.
After the porridge was completely cooled, Rue Xiang brought it to Xie Yunjin.
"Madame wants me to make more friends, and to see if those people are worth associating with me. The two girls of the Fan family, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, I don't want to have too much contact with the two of them, I know Fan Qian, the third lady of the Fan family, it is enough. ”
Xie Yunjin said this, and Mrs. Wen didn't want to say that the girl was not.
She only came over for her wife to convey her meaning to the girl, and she didn't care if the girl could listen to her or not.
The affairs between the lady and the girl, mother and daughter, she is a serving servant, it is better not to get involved.
"What the girl said, the old slave understands, but the lady asked the old slave to invite the girl to Minghe Courtyard, and asked the girl to dress up a little and accompany the old slave to go over!"
Wen Niangzi didn't dare to raise her head to look at Xie Yunjin, so she could only lower her head and slowly replied.
Xie Yunjin took Rue Xiang into the back room, and Rue Xiang picked out a begonia-colored gown inlaid with magnolia lace for Xie Yunjin, and on the top of the gown, not only embroidered a lifelike begonia flower, but also embroidered a string of magnolia flowers as an embellishment.
This gown is still the birthday gift given by the lady to the girl two years ago.