Chapter 224: The Huiyuan Turmoil
Qi Yunshu didn't see much, but he heard a lot, and he didn't take it to heart, he only thanked Mrs. Zhang, took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and handed it to her, and grabbed a handful of seasonal fruits from the table and stuffed it into her hand, wanting to send her away.
But to her surprise, Mrs. Zhang accepted the fruit, but pushed away the silver horn she gave, she took a look, she also rewarded two coins of silver, as far as she knows, it is not less in the master of this house, she should not be too little.
Mrs. Zhang was very sensitive, and seeing that her face was wrong, she knew that she was afraid that she had misunderstood what she meant, and hurriedly whispered: "Young grandmother, the slave maid is not too little, but I just think that the young master and the young grandmother have just arrived in this mansion, and no lady above really cares for you."
The old lady didn't let go of Madame's previous dowry, and now that the young master has won the Jinshi, and there are more entertainments, I'm afraid that the money around you and the young master is not very good......" Mrs. Zhang said, she actually reached out and touched her sleeve, and then took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and stuffed it into Qi Yunshu's hand while she didn't look around.
Seeing Mrs. Zhang like this, Qi Yunshu was stunned for a moment, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time. So much so that Mrs. Zhang's silver ticket was stuffed into her palm.
Feeling the touch of the ink of the silver ticket, she reacted, and hurriedly pulled it out and stuffed it back to Mrs. Zhang.
"No, no, no, how can I ask for your money!"
Mrs. Zhang's face was bitter and said Grandma Don't you look down on her, these silver coins are all the savings that she and Bowen have for most of their lives, and they originally wanted to redeem their son Da Gua, but now in the case of Da Gua, it is better to stay in the house, so it is useless for them to keep the money.
Qi Yunshu's heart moved, she knew that Bowen and Mrs. Zhang had a son, and he was also smart and clever when he was a child, but when he grew up, he broke one leg because he fell a heel fight while climbing a tree in the yard.
Originally, the couple was full of expectations for the child, and they also thought about sending him to a private school, not to mention taking the path of the imperial examination, knowing some words, so as not to become blind in the future.
But after the child was disabled, the couple suddenly felt that there was no hope, and since then they have stayed in Fushou Courtyard wholeheartedly, serving the old lady.
The two shirked for a while, and Qi Yunshu quietly told her the bottom of a Zhiwei sauce shop.
When Mrs. Zhang heard that the owner behind the sauce shop that had recently become famous in Kyoto turned out to be her grandmother since she was a young woman, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth: "Uh, this is ...... I didn't tell the slave and maid, and the slave didn't know it! ”
Qi Yunshu stuffed the silver ticket back into her arms, patted the back of her hand and said, "I know Aunt Zhang's intentions, and I am grateful in my heart!" ”
After this fight, Qi Yunshu made it clear that Mrs. Zhang and Bowen are actually the same way, and they don't know why they both have an extraordinary love for Zhao Jing.
Although he didn't dare to treat him as a nephew, he was also a beloved junior.
With this doubt, she called Mama Liu over and asked about the past, only to know that Zhao Jing's mother had saved the life of Mrs. Zhang when she had just married into the Zhao Mansion.
Therefore, although Yuqingyuan does not have much intersection with the two of them on weekdays, both of them are loyal and grateful, and they have always remembered this kindness until now, and after Zhao Jing returned, they were wholeheartedly good to him!
In the evening, Zhao Jing came back and saw the gift placed in the courtyard, and he was relieved and asked who gave it to him.
Qi Yunshu picked out the gift slip and showed it to him, and learned to him the original words that Mrs. Zhang said.
Zhao Jing first sighed with emotion that the couple had a heart, and then sneered at Qin Yuru's quiet gift:
"When I was at my grandfather's place before, she also sent someone to ask, saying that there were two new scholars in the house, and there was a big banquet tomorrow, and all relatives and friends were invited to come to the house for a banquet to celebrate their birthday."
Qi Yunshu was slightly shocked: "Celebrate at this time, I'm afraid it's not time yet!" ”
The test is different from the previous township test, followed by the palace test, the time difference is only half a month, this time is busy celebrating, in case the temple test fails, don't you teach people to see jokes?
Although according to Zhao Jing's strength, there should be no problem in the palace test, but it is not a good thing to be high-profile at this time!
"You can't let her get her wish!" Qi Yunshu looked at Zhao Jing seriously.
Zhao Jing liked her so much that she was worried about him, pinched her face and said, "Grandfather refused, and said about her!" Don't worry, don't worry, our old lady understands in her heart that the Qin family can't deceive him! ”
Qi Yunshu was alarmed, gently pushed Zhao Jing, and told him about returning the courtesy.
Because the givers also include the Xia family and the Zhao family, these two families are considered to have more contacts after they arrived in the capital, so they can't ignore it!
Zhao Jing pulled her to sit in front of the table, and personally drew up a gift list and handed it to her, so that she didn't have to worry too much, just let Mama Liu arrange it.
Then he mysteriously took out two silver tickets from his bosom. Qi Yunshu took it and took a look: two sheets of five hundred taels, a total of one thousand taels.
"Where did you come from?" She didn't know that Zhao Jing actually had treasures hidden on him, and from time to time she found some silver coins.
Zhao Jing smiled mysteriously: "It's nothing, I did some business with Zhao Yu in the capital before, and I have been hiring people to take care of it, and I didn't make a profit before, so it's better now!" ”
Su Zhi took two of them, and stuffed one back for him, so that he could bring some silver taels on him, as Mrs. Zhang said, the current Zhao Jing is no longer the unknown he used to be, and there will be more entertainment in the future.
"The lady just keeps it!" Zhao Jing was reluctant to take it, but he couldn't resist Qi Yunshu, and finally took a silver ingot of five taels from Qi Yunshu's arms.
Sure enough, as Zhao Jing said, the old lady was very low-key, happy and happy, but the concierge was strictly prevented from anyone coming to disturb, only saying that his two grandsons were still busy dealing with the palace exam, and they couldn't be idle.
Qi Yunshu found that the old lady had paid a little more attention to Zhao Jing and Zhao Hui's studies, and he had to give them questions every day to make him write an article, and after writing it, the three of them had to be locked in the study for a long time to discuss.
It was originally a good thing to close Zhao Jing in this way, in order to deal with the palace test with all his might, but he didn't expect that the people in the concierge were dedicated to carrying out the orders of Old Lady Zhao, and they actually stopped Zhao Jing's letters, causing Zhao Jing to miss several important letters.
As a result, a big storm was caused before the temple test.
At the end of March, Qi Yunshu compared the medical skills of the three doctors and the dispenser in charge of the shop from the hanging pot hall, and as soon as he came out, he heard someone in the teahouse not far away talking about it, saying that the top member of the new science and technology was mixed up by fraud, but in fact, his real level was not good at all.
Qi Yunshu felt that it had nothing to do with him at first glance, but after listening carefully, he immediately reacted.
Something is wrong, isn't the Hui Yuan who will try this new branch be Zhao Jing, his closest person at the moment?
The second reaction was that someone deliberately poured dirty water on Zhao Jing to ruin his reputation.
But now that it's been a long time, why is there such a thing?
Qi Yunshu quietly slipped into the teahouse, found a table by the window, and listened to the person who spoke the loudest before, and said with a frothing voice: "Isn't that famous Huiyuan Zhao Jing just born in the former Taifu Zhao family, my good brother in front of him compared him in the courtyard of the Second Highness, and he lost hard."
I didn't expect him to win the first place this time, and my Pei brother won the second place this time because he ate the self-heating rice sold by his mother-in-law and ate his stomach. Tell me, how can my brother Pei obey him? ”
"Oh my God, there's a problem with that self-heating rice!"
"Isn't it, my brother Pei is obviously fine, but he has been diarrhea after eating a meal the day before. Delayed the level, otherwise where would it be his turn, not three days ago, he asked him to fight in the Quanjude Restaurant, and he didn't even dare to reply to a letter! It hurt my brother Pei to wait for him in the restaurant for half a day! ”
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Qi Yunshu's eyes widened when she heard this, and she couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man who was a good storyteller.
He is not ugly, but his eyebrows are high and his eyes are low, and he likes to raise his eyebrows when he speaks, which makes people feel very uncomfortable to look at.
When he finished the joke and came down to drink tea with peace of mind, Qi Yunshu realized that he was a high and low eyebrow, and what he said was as strange as his appearance!
There are people in the teahouse who listen to the wind and rain, but there are also people with online IQs, and after hearing it, they immediately refuted him, saying that his diarrhea was just accidental, how could he blame others.
"If it weren't for him, why didn't my brother Pei write three letters of challenge to invite him to go, but he refused to go? Isn't this a weakness of heart? ”
Qi Yunshu heard almost everything, and hurriedly took the carriage back, and the first thing he did was to go to the concierge to find a letter to Zhao Jing.
Hey, I really found it when I looked for it, and I sealed it seven or eight times.
There are friends such as Qi Yancai and Liu Sanyuan, and five of them are written by a person who signed Pei Guanguan.
Qi Yunshu glanced at the porter and asked him why he didn't send it to the eldest young master.
The porter shrunk his shoulders and argued, "This ...... This is what the third young master meant, and he said...... said that the eldest young master is busy reading these days, and it is inconvenient to read and reply to letters, and the little one is afraid that it will affect the eldest young master! ”
"Hmph, confused, next time there will be an object from Yuqing Courtyard, no matter what it is, it must be sent as soon as possible, otherwise you will look good!" For the first time, Qi Yunshu spoke sharply in front of the gatehouse.
The porter was busy responding, but he had heard from the erudite steward that the Yuqing Courtyard was very popular with the old lady at the moment, and he couldn't afford to offend.
Qi Yunshu turned around and went out, and only then turned around and said when he walked to the door: "By the way, the old lady said that the eldest young master's studies are not as good as the eldest young master, and his letter doesn't have to be sent over in such a hurry!" ”
The porter was shocked, and he was suddenly in a dilemma, crying and laughing.
This is a fairy fight, and they are all in trouble.
He responded with a crying face and sent Qi Yunshu away.
As soon as Qi Yunshu returned to Yuqing Courtyard, he immediately informed Zhao Jing of the news he heard in the teahouse outside.
Although Zhao Jing is studying at home behind closed doors, there are still news channels: "I heard about this matter yesterday, and I thought it was just a conversation for a few people after dinner, but I didn't expect it to be getting more and more intense now, and the palace test is imminent, but it is a little difficult to do!" ”