"Two taels of silver?" Ruan Jiao's eyes lit up.

"Not really! Why do you think your aunt is so kind? You didn't even lose your temper when you lost her clothes? Aunt Liu said.

"Could it be that the old man not only brought back clothes, but also silver?" Ruan Jiao asked, feeling a little annoyed in her heart, thinking that this old man was the young descendant's follower, and she came back to thank her, but unfortunately she was not there, so she missed it.

"People are not stupid, but this old man came to look for the girl who was washing clothes by the stream in the morning, isn't he looking for you? The aunt and grandmother saw that he was holding her clothes in his hand, so he took over the conversation, and the old man returned the clothes, not to mention, and praised the silver hairpin on the aunt's head for being good-looking, and took out two taels of silver to buy it, you say this rich man, it's stupid, that kind of silver hairpin is worth at most twenty or thirty wen, he is good, and he gave two taels ......."

Aunt Liu chattered, Ruan Jiao was funny in her heart, presumably the later life asked this old man to come over and ask for a token, in order to report later, this is good, let my aunt and grandmother pick up the cheap.

But thinking about the fact that Aunt Pingsuli treats herself well, and she picks it up when she picks it up, Ruan Jiao only smiled, and then put this matter behind her mind and didn't think about it anymore.

At lunchtime, because Yu Zhong, a long-term worker in the family, asked for leave, no one went to the school to deliver food to the two young masters, and the aunt and grandmother planned to go in person.

Ruan Jiao was idle and bored at home, so she responded to this errand, carried food, and walked towards the school at the head of the village.

The noon sun was shining on the earth, as if everything in this world was going to be cooked, Ruan Jiao picked up the shade of the tree and walked slowly, and when she walked to the door of the school, she was already sweating.

The schoolchildren have already finished their classes, and some of the family members who have delivered food early have already finished eating on the table, and those who have not delivered food are standing in the courtyard, staring out the door and waiting for food.

Gu Ming was squatting in the yard to wash his hands for his younger brother, Gu Zhun had sharp eyes, caught a glimpse of Ruan Jiao, stood up suddenly, ran towards the door, and shouted as he ran: "Brother, Miss Ruan is here to deliver food." “

"You should slow down, beware of falling." As the name wipes the water on his hands on the long shirt, he walks out slowly.

Gu Zhun snatched the food box from Ruan Jiao's hand, and ran into the dining hall with joy, but Gu Ming refused to go in, looked at Ruan Jiao standing by the wall, and said thank you in a low voice.

"Let's go eat, I'm hot, take a break here." Ruan Jiao smiled at him.

Gu Ming stood next to her, looked into the door to see that no one was coming this way, and felt through his sleeve for a long time, and found a delicate small folding fan commonly used by the official lady and handed it to her.

"Where did it come from? It's like new, but it's not cheap. Ruan Jiao didn't answer, and asked him in a dumb voice.

"Don't worry about it, it's not the family's money, I have my own way, you just use it." Gu Ming smiled.

Ruan Jiao took the fan, opened it, fanned it twice, and laughed: "Cool." ”

Gu Ming took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve and handed it to her: "You help me keep it first, and when you use it, I'll ask you to get it." ”

"What's that?" Ruan Jiao took it and opened it to see, but it was a pile of copper coins, more than a hundred or so.

"I earn it myself, I don't want to pay it to the public, you know my father, if he has money, he will only buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, or he will feast on his classmates, regardless of my mother's hard work, my mother is a person who has no idea, everything is based on him first, you help me collect it, and on my mother's birthday, I want to buy her a piece of material to make a new dress." Gu Ming whispered.

"Then I'll keep it for you." Ruan Jiao tucked the cloth bag into her sleeve.

Gu Zhun poked his head out in the dining hall and called out to him, asking him to hurry over.

As the name suggests, go inside. turned around and smiled at Ruan Jiao: "Don't worry, this money is clean, I didn't do anything bad, I just helped those gentlemen write their homework, and helped them check the typos in the dictation." ”

Ruan Jiao nodded, knowing that if she didn't leave, he would be uneasy, and he would not want to go in to eat, so he turned around and left along the shade of the tree.

Walking out of the distance, I turned my head slightly, and saw that he was still standing at the door and looking this way, and hurriedly walked two steps and turned a corner.

……

When the sun was in the west, the grandmothers and ladies who went to the town to watch the play came back in a donkey cart and got out of the car noisily at the door, and the second grandmother pulled Gu Ping into the door happily, and as soon as her feet fell into the yard, she raised her voice and shouted: "Old lady, great joy, daughter-in-law has come to report good news to you!" What a joy! ”

The old lady twisted the Buddha beads in her hand, stepped out of the Buddhist hall at the back, and looked at her with a straight face: "What joy is there?" ”

"Old lady, the young master of the county family has taken a fancy to our Ping'er! Mrs. County sent two personal mothers-in-law to ask Ping'er's birthday, and the second master's friend who worked in the county government inquired that Mrs. County had already taken the child's birthday and the young master's birthday to make people meet! Feng clapped his hands and laughed.

When the old lady heard this, a smile appeared on her wrinkled face, and she nodded: "This is a great thing, I will say that the blessing of Ping'er's life will never fall under others, if you can really marry into the county lord's family, it will be the glory of our Gu family." ”

As she spoke, the old lady took off a jade bracelet in her hand, beckoned Ping'er to her, and put it on her hand.

"Old lady Xie." Ping'er happily thanked her.

"After dinner, go to my house, and I'll teach you the rules." The old lady took Ping'er's hand and walked into the hall.

Feng Shi grinned and walked in together.

Ruan Jiao, who was standing at the door of the kitchen, poked her neck and looked at the door, and after looking at it for a while, she saw the grandmother shrunk her shoulders and walked in listlessly.

Ruan Jiao walked over and asked for a goodbye, but the Liu family didn't reply to her, as if she didn't see it, and walked straight to her house.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Jiao whispered to the maid Chunhua who was following behind.

Chunhua pursed her lips, glanced ahead, saw that the Zhang family had entered the house, put the curtain, and said in a low voice: "Tell her in the morning that if you don't have a bright dress, don't follow to embarrass people, she doesn't listen, saying that if Mrs. County Zun takes it seriously, and is still related to her, she is her distant cousin, how can she be suspicious?" Maybe I can give her some money when I think of my kindness.

The result? I didn't even look at a figure, I was stopped by the door in front of the door, when she was the old mother who was waiting for people, she was taken to the next room, the play was not seen, and she fell in the next room and was aggrieved all day! ”

"Can't you, second grandmother? Didn't the second grandmother argue for the eldest grandmother? Ruan Jiao asked.

Chunhua snorted and shook her head: "How can you not know about the affairs of this family?" The big house took advantage of the public example, and the second grandmother had already held back the fire in her heart and defended her? I can't wait to see her jokes! ”

Ruan Jiao nodded, her face was gloomy, and she was about to speak, but she heard Aunt Liu calling her in the kitchen, and hurriedly walked back.

"The master's matter, what are you involved in, is it better to have your own old lady to solve it, the old lady doesn't solve it, you have your own master to solve it, and there are two masters below, what kind of mouth do you have." Aunt Liu taught her a lesson.

Ruan Jiao responded, but said with a smile after a while: "This person can't look down on people because of other people's embarrassment, although the eldest master is not angry, and he only took the exam to show talent, but there are still two young masters Sun, isn't the eldest young master reading ruthless?" Mr. praised back, what if he was in high school, what should I do when I saw this person who didn't look down on the big house! ”

Aunt Liu glanced at her: "There is no such thing as a reading exam, there is no certainty, besides, if the eldest young master is really in high school, when the time comes, how can people be like this?" ”

……

At night, Ruan Jiao washed her head by the well platform, as the name said, she came out with a basin to release water, put down the wheel and shook the water, shook the water, and poured a copper basin for Ruan Jiao before pouring it into her basin.

Ruan Jiao said thank you.

Gu Ming grinned and said in a low voice: "I have something to ask you, my mother went out today and was angry, and she was still lying on the kang crying, you first use the money I gave you to buy her a new dress, satin and silk must not be able to buy, and it is possible to buy a large piece of cotton cloth with fresh colors, isn't it?" I'm a man who never enters the cloth village, and I don't know the exact price, so please help me buy a piece. ”

Ruan Jiao nodded in response, and was about to ask the eldest grandmother what color she liked, only to hear the eldest grandmother's angry shout from the house over there: "Ming'er, but let you go to the basin water, are you going to dig a well now?" If you don't hurry up, I owe you Lao Tzu Daddy to beat you! ”

As the name suggests, he arched his hand towards Ruan Jiao, picked up the copper basin and hurriedly walked back.

Liu opened the curtain on him and let him in, and when he put down the copper basin, he slapped him on the head and shouted angrily: "You kneel down for me!" ”

As the name suggests, he knelt down, and Liu slapped him on the head again, and shouted: "What did I tell you on weekdays? What's so good about that little slut? Alone, if you really marry her in the future, what will you rely on? You're not too young, use your brain to think about it, can you marry such an orphan? Is there a dowry or a brother? How can we help us? What kind of family background do we have, don't you know in your heart? Your father and I only hope that you will be promising, become famous in one fell swoop, glorify your ancestors, and raise your eyebrows and no longer suffer from the nest! You'd better think about the useless ones! ”

As the name was dissatisfied, he stiffened his neck and muttered in a low voice: "Why doesn't she have a dowry, I heard my father say that my father brought her to our house back then, and brought more than a thousand gold of cash and things over, people don't live in vain, you have no conscience, swallow her silver and call her as a girl." ”

"I'll kill you a little killer and let you talk nonsense!" Liu Shi was angry, raised his slap and wanted to hit again.

"Okay, are you going to hit my son or me? It's me stupid, I took the things of a thousand gold and handed them over to the father, so now, the old lady took care of us slightly, and the second room complained, and they didn't want to think about it, if we bet this windfall, and divide it out alone, now we are also a rich man, and we can live such a hard life! Gu Yunian, who was leaning on the kang and reading a book, said with a straight face.

Liu was robbed by her husband, but she had nothing to say, so she sat on the chair and cried.

Ruan Jiao, who was washing by the well platform, listened without saying a word, couldn't help sighing, and went back to the house with the copper basin.