Chapter 113: The Parents' Orders, the Words of the Matchmaker
Following the bookstore shopkeeper to the place where the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed, Shen Wan'er turned her head to look at Shen Zhao'er, "Do you have a favorite?" ”
The aroma of books here made Shen Zhao'er feel at a loss, and she just wanted to go back quickly, gently pulling the corner of Shen Wan'er's clothes, "You can help me decide." ”
Shen Wan'er was helpless, so she only picked up a few pen, ink, paper, and inkstones that she could see, and asked the shopkeeper to wrap them.
From the time I came yesterday, the shopkeeper of the bookstore saw Shen Wan'er's generosity, and this time I saw that she picked out such a valuable pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and I was even more happy in my heart, "The girl has such amazing eyes!" These things are all the best, and these pieces of paper will be given to the girl. ”
Stretching out her head to take a look, Shen Wan'er's eyes showed satisfaction, "Thank you for the shopkeeper's generosity, how much silver are these?" ”
This flower paper is not the best kind, but it is also good, if the retail price should not be low, this bookstore shopkeeper will give this thing, may not want to develop Shen Wan'er as a regular customer.
All her brothers go to school in her family, and her sisters are also literate, so she has to buy some pen, ink, paper, and inkstones.
The shopkeeper fiddled on the abacus, and in a short time came up with a specific number.
"A total of twenty-three taels and eight coins, and the fraction of these eight coins will be wiped for you, and you only need to pay twenty-three taels of silver."
When the shopkeeper was fiddling with the abacus, Shen Wan'er also calculated in her heart, and there was nothing wrong with this number, so she simply took out the silver from her arms to pay the bill.
When she left with Shen Zhao'er, she bumped into a man dressed as a scholar.
"I'm sorry, girl."
The person apologetic was apologetic.
Shen Wan'er frowned slightly, and looked back at Shen Zhao'er who was following her, "Are you okay?" ”
She was knocked over, slowly moved her body, and shook her head gently, "Childe is polite, the little girl is fine." ”
Originally, she bumped into this person without looking at the road, even if she hurt Shen Zhao'er, she would not announce it.
The man seemed to be relieved, "It's okay, the two girls will invite first." ”
glanced at him, and Shen Wan'er didn't shirk, "Thank you, son." ”
pulled Shen Zhao'er straight away.
Until she couldn't see the door of the bookstore at all, Shen Zhao'er was still looking back in that direction from time to time, and Shen Wan'er was puzzled, "What are you looking at?" ”
It's just a one-sided relationship, Shen Zhao'er won't be thinking about that person, right?
"That son is very personable, and he should come from a good family."
I don't know what I thought, Shen Wan'er looked at her with a little inquiry, "You shouldn't be tempting, right?" ”
She didn't think it was a big deal for men and women to decide their own marriage, but Shen Zhao'er had only met the man once, and she didn't even know the other party's name, so she had a thought, it was too frivolous, which made Shen Wan'er look at her differently.
"What are you talking nonsense?" Shen Zhao'er glared at her a little unhappily, how could she be such a frivolous woman? It's just a casual sigh.
Shen Wan'er shrugged her shoulders noncommittally, "That boy just now has a good appearance, and his style is also very good, if you can have a fate with him, it would be a good thing." ”
"With the words of my parents, I can't do anything to teach and receive privately."
As if he was being teased and angry, Shen Zhao'er snorted lightly and walked straight forward.
After a while, he seemed to realize that his words were inappropriate, and turned to look at Shen Wan'er, "I didn't mean that......"
She was just ashamed to say nothing, she didn't really look down on Shen Wan'er's style, even if Shen Wan'er really didn't do it right, it was her sister, no matter what, Shen Zhao'er was protecting her.
Such a nervous reaction made Shen Wan'er a little funny, and Shen Zhao'er's words did make her feel a little uncomfortable, but Shen Wan'er was not a native of ancient times after all, and she would not die or live because of this.
She had heard a lot of ugly words, and she definitely wouldn't be angry because of this idea.
What's more, Shen Zhao'er has already apologized.
Shen Wan'er stepped forward to grab her arm, "Of course I know you didn't mean that, it's just ...... A woman's life is not easy, and it is even more difficult to find a lover, if she meets her, she must do her best to grasp it. ”
This is the first time Shen Zhao'er has heard such words, the words she has heard before are all the words of the matchmaker ordered by her parents, if the girl's family goes out to seek a marriage for herself, it will be known and her reputation will be over.
Shen Wan'er didn't care about such a statement, there are so many people in the world, and how difficult is it to meet a person who agrees?
If you don't grasp it tightly, how unworthy it is to miss a lovely person for the sake of rumors from the outside world.
“…… But if I did, I would be a disgrace to my family. Shen Zhao'er lowered her head and sighed deeply, her heart full of uneasiness.
Shen Wan'er scoffed, "The family won't feel ashamed because of this." "Isn't the matter between her and Jun Enyan the so-called private relationship in Shen Zhao'er's mouth?
But what did Shen Da and Hu Yueyue say?
They are just happy to see it, this world is not so harsh on women, although Shen Wan'er feels uncomfortable everywhere when she comes here, but there is one thing, this world does not cast strange eyes on her because she is close to Jun Enyan.
"Jun Gongzi has an extraordinary background, who dares to say anything?"
Shen Zhao'er couldn't cry or laugh, she felt that Shen Wan'er's situation was just an example, who could be as lucky as her?
She thinks that she is not from a high background, and she doesn't have any skills to make people fall in love, how can she meet a man like Jun Enyan?
Therefore, Shen Zhao'er didn't think that she could have Shen Wan'er's luck.
Shen Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little speechless for a while, Shen Zhao'er's words were reasonable, but she still didn't want her sisters to be unloved because of this world.
"Okay, we're still young now, don't think about what you have, go back quickly, come out for so long, only my mother is alone at home, and I can't take care of the big and second strong."
Even if the two are sensible, they are two children after all, and the orphans and widows are somewhat dangerous at home.
Shen Wan'er didn't say anything, and chased after her.
Neither of them mentioned the son they met before.
Hu Yueyue was overjoyed when she saw the two of them coming back, and called Shen Wan'er to her, "There is mutton in the market today, I bought some and came back, what can you do?" ”
Although mutton cannot be slaughtered like cattle, there are not many sheep herders in this place, so mutton is also a rarity, and the Shen family likes this bite, plus mutton is warm, so Hu Yueyue saw it and bought a lot of it.
But after returning home, she remembered that this kind of fresh meat couldn't last long, and it would be a pity if it went bad.
Seeing Shen Wan'er looking at the large piece of mutton and thinking, Hu Yueyue said, "...... Why don't you send some to your master, last time your master asked you to bring back some beef, and you should also exchange gifts. ”
Although Hu Yueyue has no cultural literacy, she understands the simple truth, it is always bad to just take other people's things and not give back.
"Master doesn't like to eat this." Shen Wan'er had also bought some mutton for Dr. Zhou to make mutton hot pot before, but he always disliked the smell of mutton, even though Shen Wan'er had tried her best to get rid of the taste, but he just couldn't eat it.
Everyone has their own preferences, and Shen Wan'er is not willing to force it.
"What about this ......"
Hu Yueyue was a little embarrassed, so if she couldn't do it, she would give it to her neighbors to get closer, after all, there was no waste.
"First cut ten catties and give them to the surrounding neighbors, and then I'll think of a way to do the rest."
After all, they are all unfamiliar people, and it's always bad to be too big for the first time.
Hu Yueyue bought almost fifty or sixty catties, and she had to find a way to keep the meat better.
But fortunately, there are three men in the family, and Da Zhuang is now the most able to eat, and the family should be able to eat it all together.
After cutting off the meat that Hu Yueyue was going to give as a gift, Shen Wan'er turned around several times for the mutton.
It wasn't until Shen Zhao'er entered the room and put away all the pens, ink, paper, and inkstones that she bought, that she came out and saw Shen Wan'er staring at the mutton and gnawing her fingers.
She thought for a moment and said, "I've heard that people in the north will make jerky from uneaten beef, but I don't know if mutton is okay." ”
Hearing this, Shen Wan'er's eyes suddenly lit up, yes, you can make mutton jerky!
She immediately covered the mutton with a cloth to shade the sun, and then let Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang look at it, and pulled Shen Zhao'er out of the door.
"What are you doing here?"
Just came back and was about to run out, Shen Wan'er, what's going on?
Shen Zhao'er's brows furrowed, and her heart was full of puzzlement.
"Since you want to make mutton jerky, you naturally have to buy spices!"
The taste of mutton jerky made without spices is too strong, if you are not a person who only eats mutton, you should not be able to adapt to it, at least Shen Wan'er can't do it.
Shen Zhao'er wondered, "If you make jerky, the seasonings at home are enough, why go out and buy them?" ”
When the kitchen was set up before, Hu Yueyue had already bought back most of the commonly used seasonings, it stands to reason that it should be enough to make jerky, and when she made snacks for Da Zhuang and Erzhuang before, Shen Wan'er made beef jerky, and there were no special seasonings, why is it ...... now
"If you don't put enough ingredients to remove the smell of mutton, then you can eat the jerky?" Shen Wan'er glanced at her and asked rhetorically.
“……”
Shen Zhao'er completely closed her mouth.
At this time, she remembered that beef was different from mutton.
Shen Wan'er shook her head lightly with some amusement, and went to a nearby grain and oil shop with her.
While the sisters were picking up spices, a man suddenly came in from outside.
Shen Zhao'er subconsciously glanced over there, and immediately froze.
"Girl, meet again."