Text Chapter 60: Gift-giving
Yier had lived in Wanxian for half a year and was very familiar with Wanxian. Naturally, there are still many familiar people in Wanxian County, like Wei Niangzi in the Mingfeng Embroidery Building and the embroidery girls in the Embroidery Building, like the wife Chen and Wu Ying of Wu Lin in the county, but there are also some not good memories, like the courtyard of Granny Gou in Dongping Lane!
Yi'er and Li arrived in Wanxian on the afternoon of the 29th, and they didn't alarm anyone. Coincidentally, they stayed at the Dongwan Inn where Yang Mian lived after saving Yi'er.
The scenery of Dongwan Inn is the same as at the beginning, but neither the shopkeeper nor Xiao Er can recognize that Yi'er is here today, of course, the pomp and grandeur of the Li family is not an ordinary rich girl at a glance, and the shopkeeper Xiao Er does not dare to look up at it is also the main reason why they did not recognize Yi'er!
The Li family chartered the entire backyard of the inn, and after cleaning up, before even the buttocks were hot, Zhou Yuncheng, the county commander of Wanxian County, who got the news, led his wife Liu and daughter Zhou Ying to come over and bow down!
Two years ago, the county commander Liu Yong had already been transferred to another place after his term of office expired, and this week the county order was just taken office this year, and he was worried that he could not find the opportunity to go to the peak, and suddenly he heard that the wife and daughter of the prefect came to Wan County, and he was overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly brought a carefully prepared gift, and brought his wife and daughter over!
It stands to reason that Du Ziwu didn't come, Zhou Yuncheng, as a foreign man, couldn't pay a visit to the Li family, but Zhou Yuncheng rarely seized such an opportunity, and just entered the inn and kowtowed to the Li family three times, and then left happily!
The county lord personally brought his wife and daughter over to visit, and the Qi shopkeeper and Xiao Er of the Dongwan Inn knew that it was the prefect's wife who chartered the backyard, and they were both startled and secretly proud, thinking that this prefect's wife came to Wan County to live in our inn, wouldn't it be said that our Dongwan Inn was the first in the entire Wan County?
It's just that this Qi shopkeeper is confused, but I don't know that two years ago, even His Royal Highness King Xiang had lived here, but he has no eyes, I don't know, otherwise, I'm afraid he will wake up laughing when he falls asleep!
After Zhou Yuncheng left, Li called Yi'er out to entertain guests, and after the two sides saw each other, Liu grabbed Yi'er is praise, and at the same time took a brocade box from the maid's hand, and couldn't help but say, and stuffed it into Yi'er's hand.
Yi'er opened the brocade box and saw that the box inside was full of longan-sized Dongzhu, all of which were crystal clear, well-proportioned and full!
Yi'er smiled bitterly, when she and Zhu Yuxin had a dispute in Wanhuazhai over a pair of Dongzhu heads, these people who sharpened their heads all thought that she especially loved Dongzhu, and it was her birthday in the past two years, as well as the New Year's holidays to visit the mansions, and the nine times out of ten they received were Dongzhu, what Dongzhu hairpins, Dongzhu necklaces, Dongzhu bracelets... It's almost everything, this Liu family is now simple and rude, and he directly sent a box of pure Dongzhu!
Of course, this box of Dongzhu is worth a lot of money, where will Yier accept it? It's just that when he refused, Liu smiled and said: "Please don't laugh at Mrs. Miss, my family Ying'er doesn't have any other hobbies, she likes to collect Dongzhu, the house is full of Dongzhu, and she can't put it on the table, no, I know that I want to come to visit a sister today, and I immediately packed such a box with a good condition, saying that it was a meeting gift for my sister!" If you want me to say, Miss Du is the pearl of Lord Du and Mrs. Du, where is there a lack of so many useless beads? This kid is not sensible, but he is also sincere, so I didn't stop it, Miss Du didn't shirk anymore! ”
As soon as Liu said this, Yi'er really couldn't push it anymore, although he knew that what Liu said was pure nonsense, this Zhou family is not a prestigious family, Zhou Yuancheng is just a county magistrate who has just taken office, and his family background can only be called solid at most, where can a little girl collect these valuable Dongzhu to play on weekdays?
But it's one thing to know, people have already said so, if you forcibly push it, it will really be like what Liu said, and you will live up to someone's sincerity!
Yi'er took it, thanked her, and handed it to Lu Fu behind her, saying, "You go and bring the ruby magnolia flying butterfly step, since Sister Ying gave me such a valuable meeting gift, how can I, as a sister, not give my sister a meeting gift?" ”
Green Fufu answered, turned and went to the room.
Liu hurriedly said no, but was pulled aside by Li and said with a smile: "The affairs of their little sisters are up to them, what's the matter?" Madame is reluctant to give up your Ying'er, afraid of being bullied by my kite? ”
Liu Shi hurriedly said: "Look at what my sister said, it's just that my family Ying'er is a little boring and doesn't know how to speak, isn't my sister afraid that she is not sensible and will bump into Miss Du by saying the wrong thing?" ”
"It's okay, it's okay, you can sit down, talk to me, and leave them alone!"
Lu Fu came back quickly, and also got a brocade box to put it, and gave it to Yi'er with both hands.
Yi'er took it, put it into Zhou Ying's hand, and said, "Sister, take a look, I still like it." ”
This Zhou Ying looks a little introverted, long and well-behaved, from entering the house to the present, except for the salute to the Li family when greeting the sound, never said a word, at this time timidly took the brocade box, glanced at Liu, got Liu's signal, then slowly opened the box, and saw a pair of steps lying quietly in the box, the three rubies the size of the thumb on the end of the head are shining, eye-catching, the branch is made of silver wisps of hollow wire drawn into a flying butterfly style, delicate and chic, people are happy to see, Zhou Ying almost liked it at first sight!
Yi'er's magnolia flying butterfly step shake is the jewelry in the three cages given to Yi'er by Mrs. Lin of the Marquis of Qingxiang's mansion, which is valuable and elegant, elegant but not vulgar, Yi'er has always liked it, and now she wants to give it to Zhou Ying, Lu Fu is reluctant to give it to Zhou Ying, but Yi'er commanded, but she had to take things out, and now seeing Zhou Ying's appearance, she knows such a good thing in her heart, Zhou Ying, a daughter of a county order, is afraid that she has never seen it, and she can't help but sneer slightly.
And when Zhou Ying took Bu Yao out of the box, Liu was immediately dumbfounded, she only glanced at it, and roughly estimated the value of this thing, and calculated a little in her heart, and also understood that Yi'er was giving a gift in return according to the value of the box of Dongzhu, and couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
She came here just to give gifts, but now that the gifts are given, the return gifts received in her hands are more valuable than those sent out, if she really goes back like this, it is estimated that her master can kick her out of the house with a stick!
Liu thought of this, and hurriedly wanted to get up, but was pulled by Li and couldn't leave.
Li smiled and said: "Let's start with a good idea, the affairs of their little sisters are up to them, by the way, you just said that the grandson Bo family gave birth to five daughters in a row, why are you so unlucky?" If you continue to give birth like this, won't you give birth to seven fairies? ”
Liu didn't understand that Li deliberately didn't let her go, but she knew in her heart, but she couldn't do anything, she just hoped that Zhou Ying would refuse Yi'er's thick return gift!
Zhou Ying really likes that step, and she can't put it down when she holds it in her hand, and after thinking about it for a long time, she stood up and saluted Yi'er Fushen, and said, "Thank you, Sister Du!" ”
Liu scolded Zhou Ying in her heart, a short-eyed guy, but now, where else can she do anything? can only stare at Zhou Ying fiercely!
Yi'er stretched out her hand and pulled Zhou Ying over, and said with a smile: "Since you call me sister, our own sister, what are you polite?" Come, let my sister plug it in for you, and see if this step can match Sister Ying's flower and moon appearance? ”
Zhou Ying's face was full of shyness, Ren Yi'er put the step on her head, Yi'er asked Lu Fu to bring the bronze mirror over, Zhou Ying looked at the mirror for a long time, and the blush on her face became even stronger.
After talking for a while, Mama Xu came in and said that the little master was awake, and Liu stood up and said, "Since the little boy is awake, then my sister won't bother." The two sides saluted each other again, and Liu took Zhou Ying slowly.
Lu Fu waited for Liu's mother and daughter to disappear, and then said angrily: "It's a pity that Miss's step is shaken!" ”
Yi'er glanced at her before she said: "You girl, Miss My things, I haven't been distressed, you are so distressed, you have to get it, after you go back, my home will let you take care of it, keep it like that mythical beast Pixiu, only can't get in and out, then it won't be long before I become a rich woman!" ”
Li Shi listened to it next to him, couldn't help laughing, and laughed out loud, and the girl next to him also covered her mouth and held back her laughter.
Lu Fu cried with a sad face, and said to Li: "Madame, look at it, that step shake is Miss's favorite jewelry, the slave maid is a little reluctant, just said such a sentence, and was reprimanded by Miss, the slave and maid are so wronged, Mrs. also laughs at the slave maid!" ”
Li Shi couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't complain in front of me, I don't dare to intervene casually in the affairs of your master and servant, all of them are sharp-toothed and sharp-mouthed, I can't afford to be stupid!" ”
The room burst into laughter!
The people who married the Li family arrived in Wan County early, but they did not live in the Dai family according to etiquette, and the Li family had no property in Wan County, so they were temporarily settled in a manor of the Dai family outside the city.
When Li and Yi'er arrived in Wanxian County, it was already afternoon, and then let Liu's Zhou Ying delay it so much, and it was too late to go to the manor outside the city to meet the Li family that day, Li wanted to go again tomorrow, but before dinner, the Dai family sent an invitation, saying that Li and others were invited to the banquet tomorrow!
In this way, the plan to go out of the city tomorrow will not work, Li thought about it, tomorrow to go to Dai's Mansion as a guest, the day after tomorrow to go out of the city to go to the city is also a formal ceremony, so he responded to Dai's invitation!