At this time, the Zheng family sent a message to inform her to travel together tomorrow and go to the Jizi Temple, where the incense is the most prosperous near Jingkouli, to pray for blessings. Since Zheng Yu and Zheng Yan had already returned to the Zheng family before, there were only two female relatives of Zheng and Hagi Niang on incense this time.

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, is the famous Shangsi Festival, and is also the day of the peach meeting of the highest goddess of Taoism "Queen Mother of the West".

The Shangsi Festival is the most important festival in ancient times to hold the "Cleansing Bath" activity, the main purpose is to cleanse away disasters and pray for good fortune. On this day, there is also a temple fair, where various vendors set up their stalls in the streets, and even in these turbulent times, it is one of the liveliest festivals of the year.

Since Hagi Niang rejected Zheng Yu's marriage last time, Zheng's dislike for her has become more and more difficult to suppress, and the image of a loving mother who has always been maintained very perfectly has finally cracked.

Although Zang Jun's official position is not high, his father was a Shang Shulang, and he can be regarded as a wealthy family for generations, and many of the servants in the family are born to the family. Although Zang's Mansion is presided over by the Zheng family, there are so many pairs of eyes up and down, and it is impossible for her to deduct Hagi Niang in terms of food. It's just that the paper and pen and ink strips that Xiyuan recently received are a grade lower than the original, and those expensive paints and silk threads are all used by Zheng on the grounds of "difficult to run a family", and they have no intention of buying them at all.

Hagi Niang felt that this was a signal, which meant that the Zheng family had no extravagant expectations for her, since she would not listen to the Zheng family and marry Zheng Yu obediently no matter what, why did she still put on a virtuous appearance and respond to her needs? In other words, Zheng will not hope to convince Hagi Niang, but will use her own methods to make Hagi Niang have to obey.

Zheng's will make a move soon, maybe this prayer is the time for Zheng's to make a move.

Hagi thought of several feasible plans, what would she do if she were the Zheng family? Zheng's advantage is to occupy the "long", and the dynasty is very respectful of "filial piety", as Hagi Niang's elders, Zheng will fight a battle that will not be lost, and Hagi Niang's only help from the Ruan family can rely on is very slim.

Hagi Niang didn't think about borrowing Xie Yan's "potential" at all, unless she was cornered by the Zheng family, she would never ask him for help.

The friendship of gentlemen is important in distance, and it is easy to get money, but it is difficult to take care of poverty. If she can't even solve her own family's family affairs and still needs the help of others, how to make Xie Yan value her will only cause him to resent.

Just when Hagi Niang thought about it and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, Zheng was also tossing and turning.

The Zheng family has two big girls, one is called Cuihuan and the other is called Cuiyu, both of whom are domestic slaves of the Zheng family. The housekeeper's mother's surname is Yan, who was sent by Mrs. Zheng to help Zheng manage the housework, and is currently responsible for helping Zheng manage the accounts.

Cuihuan is good at observing words and feelings, coping with changes, and whatever Zheng usually commands, he will let Cuihuan do it; Cuiyu, on the other hand, is more amiable and knows Zheng's preferences well, she accompanies Zheng more often, and can speak in front of Zheng at any time, so her status is more valuable in the eyes of the servants.

Cuihuan is a very ambitious girl, but no matter how ambitious she is, that is, the girl's thoughts, she really can't get on the table. This is actually not to blame her, the environment creates character. For a beggar who can't get enough to eat, a bowl of noodle soup and a steamed bun is the joy of life, and from this point of view, the beggar and the wild dog on the street have the same outlook on life. Cuihuan is similar, she only thinks about two things all day long, one is how to climb up to the master to earn an aunt, and the other is how to tear the mouth of Cuiyu's little hoof, so that she can no longer make a lively appearance in front of Mrs. and everyone.

For a girl, this is already very ambitious, and even a little too ambitious.

If the Zheng family knew what she wanted, I was afraid that she would be the same as Youtao back then, she would die before she left the school, and she wouldn't even find a grave after her death.

Cuihuan's heart and ambition are actually very suitable for Hagi Niang to buy, because the two of them have no conflict of interest at all. But in Hagi Niang's view, Cuihuan, a maid who is equivalent to Zheng's right-hand man, is like Zheng's henchman, and she feels that she seems to be extremely proud, but in fact, Cuiyu, who has no real power, is the best target to buy.

In this era, there was no such thing as a "silver ticket", and the most valuable currency was "gold". In ancient times, it was all wet alchemy, and gold at that time was an alloy mixed with a large amount of copper, of which less than half was real gold. Such a tael of "gold" could be exchanged for ten taels of silver at that time, which is about 3,000 yuan of purchasing power.

When Jade was dumbfounded in front of the ten "gold bars" that Hagi Niang took out, Hagi Niang held the other ten gold bars that she didn't take out in her pocket and smiled with satisfaction.

It's all money, it's false to say that it's not heartache, but it's just reluctant that the child can't catch the wolf.

Jade asked incredulously and slightly tangled, "Is this ...... Does the girl want the slave to murder the mistress? “

Hagi Niang smiled faintly: "What do you think?" “

Cuiyu looked pained, and finally shook her head: "This can't be done, everyone knows that the master mother is served by me, if there is a case, I am the first to be tracked down." “

Hagi Niang is very happy that Jade is a rational person, and did not promise in front of the moving wealth, she said approvingly: "Exactly, filial piety is the foundation of human ethics, Hagi Niang did not dare to murder her mother, but her mother has not been as lenient as before to Hagi Niang recently, Hagi Niang has doubts, and asked my sister to help each other and mention Hagi Niang." “

Jade breathed a sigh of relief, and she seriously assured, "The girl has a heart." As long as the slave and maid are not allowed to harm the master's mother, the slave and the maid are willing to be the eyes of the girl and inform the master's mother's situation. She seemed to feel that she was speaking too explicitly, paused, thought for a while, and said as if she had found a reason for herself: "The girl's care for the master's mother is very rare, and the slave is not far behind, and will definitely work with the girl." “

Hagi Niang looked at her with a smile, and said kindly: "There is Sister Lao, if you have Sister Lao's help, Hagi Niang will definitely be rewarded." “

Cuiyu immediately said: "I am afraid that the matter of this prayer was not thought of by the lady herself, and the slave maid clearly remembered that the lady had ordered this matter after receiving a letter that day. She raised her head, shook her head at Hagi Niang's inquiring eyes, and said, "The slave didn't see the letter, and I don't know who sent it, so let's pay attention to it later." Tomorrow's blessing, the slave and maid will also go with them, and they will be able to protect the girl. ”

Hagi Niang nodded and said, "Hagi Niang depends on her sister for everything." So he served tea to the guests, and took advantage of the cover of the night, and the jade quietly left.

Early the next morning, Zheng asked people to invite Hagi Niang. Since no one said whether Zheng and Haginiang were in the same car, Hagi Niang also kept a mind and brought a few more maids. Li's mother is definitely going to go, she made a lot of snacks overnight, Cai Ling and Cai Tang each carried a food box, and the group came to the corner gate to take a look, and sure enough, it was two carriages.

According to Hagi Niang's mind, she must take the car of Sang Hu, who is usually used to it, but others told her that Sang Hu rested at home because of stomach discomfort. Although Hagi Niang was a little suspicious, there was no need to entangle with Zheng in such a trivial matter, she got into the carriage casually and set off with Zheng to Jizi Temple.