Chapter 3: A First Taste of Wealth (1)
Then Mama Yu sat down for a while, and after writing down all the things that Gu Liniang mentioned again, she chatted with Gu Zheng with a smile before getting up to say goodbye.
Mama Yu and Mother Chen just walked out of Tingquan Courtyard, and Mother Chen pouted and spat on the ground with a look of disdain: "I'm phew!" It's just that for some reason, we have been living in Cen Mansion for a few days, so I really take myself as the master? I don't go to the toilet to take pictures of myself! Even her virtue is worthy of being the master of our Cen Mansion?! β
Mother Chen was very unaccustomed to Gu Liniang's style, so she jumped out one after another to squeeze her words: "It's good if she really takes herself as a serious master, she will always know how to save face, but she doesn't want to be a master at all, this is really disgusting!" β
This Gu Liniang is indeed a bit of a snake and a stick, a fox and a fake tiger, and Mama Yu can't get used to her style of being a street woman. It's just that Mama Yu has always been old and steady, and she never talks about the rights and wrongs of others behind her back, so she didn't pick up Chen's mother's words, and she didn't say anything about Chen's mother's complaints, but only walked forward in a hurry.
And Chen's mother is Mrs. Luo's companion, and she is also a servant woman with some face in the Cen Mansion, but she was assigned by Mrs. Luo to greet and serve Gu Zheng's mother and daughter, which made Chen's mother hold her breath all the time and had nowhere to go, so her words soon became more and more presumptuous and disrespectful: "People like her are a well-behaved market woman, who is worthy of being our old lady's guest?!" You probably don't know, old lady, right? β
Mother Chen sneakily came to Mama Yu's ear as she spoke, and lowered her voice with thief eyebrows: "I heard that Gu Liniang not only drilled the dog hole happily, but also stole some valuable and valuable objects in the house to exchange for money!" Even the missing cloak on her body was told to be pawned for silver! I also heard that she took all the money in exchange for a gamble! β
"How can a person who behaves like this deserve to be called 'Mrs. Gu' by us? I don't think she deserves to stay in our house! I don't know what kind of kindness our old lady has, she actually left such a woman in our house, and I am not afraid that she will teach the girls in the house......"
Before Chen's mother finished speaking, Mama Yu interrupted her with a frown: "Don't stop talking yet!" How can we arrange the affairs of the master at will? β
Chen's mother pouted and said again: "Aren't I angry? The maids in our house pull one out casually, and their eyelids are not as shallow as hers! β
Seeing that she didn't stop, Mama Yu's tone was a little heavier: "How can Mrs. Tai's mind be something you can speculate about?" What nonsense about 'stealing or not stealing'! The things in the house are all owned by the masters, and the masters have not said that they have lost anything, what are you doing here? You say it's stealing, but the masters say it's a gift, and when the time comes, it's up to the masters to treat you for the crime of chewing your tongue and framing your guests! β
The reason why Gu Liniang's mother and son were invited to Cen Mansion by Mrs. Tai, Mama Yu knew a little bit about it, and this alone made her never allow the people of Cen Mansion to snub Gu Liniang's mother and daughter.
Therefore, Mama Yu was afraid that Mother Chen would really run to Gu Liniang's mother and daughter to be presumptuous, so she quickly said something and beat Mother Chen again: "You are so good at serving Gu's mother and daughter, otherwise you will regret it in the future." β
Although Mama Yu's tone was no longer wavering at the end of her words, and she had a faint smile on her face as usual, her last sentence still made Chen's mother feel strong and excited!
This Mother Chen is a personal essence, and immediately smelled a trace of information from Mama Yu's wordsβββ this Mama Yu is Mrs. Tai's indispensable left and right arms, is it that she has already known anything before others, so she is so respectful and considerate of Gu's mother and daughter?
It's just that what is the origin of this Gu family's mother and daughter, so that Mrs. Tai treats them differently?
Could it be that it is really as Mrs. guessed, Mrs. Tai is true this time......
Mrs. Tai's thoughts Mother Chen had no way of knowing, which made her want to talk from Mama Yu's mouth, so she immediately grabbed Mama Yu's arm cheekily and asked with a smile: "Hey! My old sister, I will listen to you completely, and in the future, I will treat Gu's mother and daughter as honored guests, and never talk nonsense about their mistakes anymore! But you'll have to tell me the truthβββ but you've already found out what news from Mrs. Tai?" β
"This lady suddenly ordered the old sister to take the Gu family mother and daughter to our house, provide delicious food and drink, and let the people in the house not neglect them! But why Mrs. Tai acted like this, even Madame didn't know! If you know the reason for this, sister, you can tell me something! So that I can serve that mother and daughter willingly! β
Although Mama Yu knew Mrs. Tai's thoughts, she couldn't determine what the final outcome of this matter would be, so she refused to say more than half a word in front of Mother Chen, and immediately pursed her lips tightly and strode forward, looking like she didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Seeing this, Mother Chen knew that she couldn't pry any useful news from Mama Yu's mouth, so she could only flatten her mouth and follow quickly, chatting with Mama Yu with some gossip at will...... In the blink of an eye, the two of them walked to a three-way junction, greeted each other and went their own way, one went to the Rongshoutang where Mrs. Tai lived alone in the east, and the other strode towards the main house where Mrs. Luo lived.
When Chen's mother returned to the main room, Mrs. Luo was squinting and leaning on the Luohan bed, and the little maid was beating her legs for her. β
Mother Chen immediately stepped forward and replied with interest: "Mama Yu's mouth is very tight, and she refuses to reveal a word, and the slave maid has not been able to find out any news from her mouth...... But the slave maid looks at Mama Yu's attitude, this matter should be exactly as you guessed Madame! β
Chen's mother's words made Mrs. Luo look irritable, raised her eyebrows, pressed the fan in her hand on the small table with a "snap", and said with dissatisfaction: "It seems that Mrs. Tai really found ...... this time" Mrs. Luo paused, and an unwilling look quickly surged in her eyes: "I can't let Gu's mother and daughter take such a big advantage in vain!" β
Mother Chen also couldn't see the good of Gu Zheng's mother and daughter, so when she saw Mrs. Luo fiercely picking the handle of the fan with her hand, her eyes rolled, and she immediately stepped forward to offer a plan: "Madam, we might as well take advantage of the fact that Mrs. Tai has not returned home now, and design to drive Gu's mother and daughter out of our Cen Mansion!" We can...... When we get them out of our Cen Mansion, we will find someone from outside, then they ......"
Let's not talk about how Mrs. Luo calculated Gu Zheng and her mother, but said that after sending away Mama Yu and the others, Gu Zheng took Gu Liniang to greet Mrs. Luo, after all, they live in other people's homes right now, eat other people's food, use other people's goods, and the etiquette that should be exhausted is still exhausted.
Along the way, Gu Zheng still seemed to unintentionally lead the spoon and the two girls to chatter non-stop, and soon found out a lot of news about the Cen family from their mouths, and learned that the Cen family is a famous and well-known family in Tongzhou, not only the ancestors have the merit of supporting Taizu, but also the hereditary title "Bo" and the title "Dingnan" by Taizu, and the Cen family has also produced many world-famous frontier generals, and has made a lot of great contributions to Dafeng.
It is precisely because most of the children of the Cen family have fought on the battlefield with the head of the family, and many have died in the line of duty, so the people are gradually not so prosperous, and when it comes to Mrs. Luo's husband, Master Cen, there is only one only son left, and only Master Cen is left in the lineage.
This Cen family is not only the home of the minister, but the mansion is built in a very grand manner, which makes Gu Zheng, a newcomer to the small dirt bag, an eye-opener, and he can't help but look around and admire it all the way......
As for Gu Liniang, not to mention, she has to turn around for a long time every time she passes a place, and even the rockery standing by the lake has to reach out and touch it for a while! If it weren't for Gu Zheng to stop her, Gu Liniang would even plan to lie on the ground and take a closer look at the green bricks laid on the ground by the Cen family!
Fortunately, not far from the main house from Tingquan Courtyard, Spoon and Xiao'er quickly led Gu Zheng's mother and daughter to the courtyard where Mrs. Luo lived, and had just passed through a hanging flower gate and walked along the cobblestone path for a while, Gu Liniang rushed forward with her eyes shining, and firmly hugged the red sandalwood carved shelf inlaid with marble screen standing in the center.
Gu Liniang touched the relief carved on the marble with her hand, and said in amazement: "It's really strange!" This big black stone can be carved with human carvings, and the scenery of this figure is carved vividly, just like the real thing! Spoon, this stone screen is worth a lot of silver, right? β
Spoon is the son of the Cen family, and her eyelids are not as shallow as Gu Liniang, but she didn't look down on Gu Liniang at all, and only replied honestly: "Looking back on Madame's words, this is a screen made of fine marble, I heard that it is priceless and not affordable for ordinary people. β
As soon as Gu Liniang heard that this screen was priceless, she immediately said with a face full of disbelief: "You girl has to bluff me with words!" How can this black stone be priceless? β
Spoon explained good-naturedly: "It doesn't just refer to this stone, the relief on it is carved by the most famous craftsman in Hui'an, and this rosewood carved shelf is not cheap!" β
Gu Zheng didn't want to see Gu Liniang continue to be embarrassed, so without saying a word, he stepped forward, forcibly pulled Gu Liniang off the screen, and pulled her straight forward, and soon came to the three small halls.
While asking people to go to report, Spoon pointed to the back and introduced: "The five upper rooms behind the hall are the main rooms where our wife lives. β