Chapter 226: I'm Not Afraid to Play With You
Xue Ruyu's marriage finally has some eyebrows. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"
The powerful families in Beijing naturally look down on Xue Ruyu, but there are a few merchants with solid backgrounds who asked Hao Matchmaker to ask for marriage. Naturally, I like it in the future, with Wang Dong, a three-grade Beijing official, it will be easy to do things as a brother-in-law.
However, the Feng family always disliked the background of the merchant family. Xue Ruyu has been shouting not to marry since she knew that she was going to be married, crying and crying in her east chamber every day, and crying loudly when she heard someone coming in and out of the courtyard, complaining loudly that her cousin's family was mean to her.
No matter how good Xue's temperament is, he can't help but be annoyed, but there is nothing he can do.
On this day, the upbringing grandma Zhuang Mama invited by the Xue family for Sanniang and Wuniang was coming to Wang's house, and the Xue family sent someone to clean up the most spacious room in the middle of the backyard early in the morning, and put all the utensils on the table, so that Mama Zhuang would live in the future.
Xue Ruyu heard the movement outside, thinking that a guest was coming, so she sat by the window of the east chamber early in the morning and cried miserably.
Sanniang was talking to Xue in Xue's room, and when she heard the movement over there, she rolled her eyes in her heart.
immediately beckoned Bai Ying in and whispered two words to her.
After a while, Bai Ying came in with a small tray with two pieces of silver in the tray.
Xue Shi looked at Sanniang puzzled.
Sanniang smiled and reached out to pick up a spindle on the right side of the tray. This is a piece of five taels of treasure silver, the fineness is excellent, it is made by the government, and there is a mark of the largest silver number in the capital under the silver ingot. On the other side of the tray, anyone who can read a silver coin knows that it is not pure silver, but mixed with copper.
Although these two pieces of silver are five taels, if they are taken out and spent. Or go to exchange copper coins, there will be a difference of several times.
"Mother, you asked someone to take this to the East Chamber to show Aunt Xue, and tell her that even if it is three thousand taels of silver, there is a difference. When the time comes, it all depends on your mood, mother. Sanniang put the silver back and said to Xue with a smile.
Xue couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
Agarwood, who was waiting on the side, also laughed: "It's still the third lady, you have a way, see if she dares to know what to do." I thought that our lady had promised three thousand taels in front of everyone. These three thousand taels will be ironclad for her. I dare to show our wife's face. ”
Xue sighed: "It's just that it's not a way to always pick it like this, and my cousin will be a year older this year." "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa"
Sanniang shook her head, and instructed the agarwood who took the tray and said, "You go and talk to Old Madam Xue by the way." The price of silver is going to fall next year. It's best to settle things down first, and set some dowry before the price of things rises at the end of the year. The family matter is undecided, and the lady will not prepare a dowry first. ”
What kind of means must be used to deal with anyone, and if you hit a snake, you have to hit seven inches.
Agarwood responded with a smile and called two little maids to go to the West Chamber with her.
Sanniang said to Xue's family: "Mother, you will let Mrs. Hao come tomorrow and put away a few of those people's Geng stickers, and say that the man is old." Can't wait. Every time Mrs. Hao comes in the future, there are at least not many candidates. ”
If this is the case, Feng Shi is not in a hurry, and he still wants to pick and choose. Then she is really convinced.
Xue Shi wrote it down after hearing this, and she is now learning to be a housekeeper. I have always paid attention to how Sanniang acts, and I want to learn some methods by myself.
After half a tea time, Agarwood came back with a smile.
"The slave is fortunate not to be dishonored, madam, third miss, didn't you see the expression on Miss Ruyu's face just now."
Sanniang and Xue listened carefully, and the east side really stopped, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
At this time, someone outside reported that Mama Zhuang had come and had entered the inner courtyard.
Sure enough, after a while, Mama Xue led a mama wearing a dark pigment gown and about forty years old.
Sanniang glanced at this Zhuang Mama and saw that she was dressed very plainly, and there was no jewelry on her body, and the only ornament was a wooden hairpin in her hair. The face is very ordinary, the kind that can be ignored when thrown into the crowd, without half a feature. The smile on his face is just right, as if he has been practicing in front of the mirror for decades.
I heard that people who come out of the palace can have no worries about food and clothing with the rewards given by the masters of the palace, so they should have a surplus on hand. But this grandmother is dressed so simply, even the third-class mother-in-law in the house is better than her.
When Xue saw this Grandma Zhuang, he was a little disappointed, and felt that maybe he had exaggerated what he had heard about her before. Sanniang didn't feel any disappointment. She knew that people should not be good-looking, and that what looked gorgeous was not necessarily practical. And this mama, the movements along the way, the actions of saluting at the Xue family are the same as her smile, so that people can't find a trace of mistakes.
With this, Sanniang felt that this Zhuang Mama was not simple.
Because Mama Zhuang is here to teach Sanniang, and Sanniang has a teacher-student friendship in addition to the master-servant relationship, Sanniang stood up when she turned around and saluted, and gave her a half-salute.
"This is our third mother, please ask grandma in the future." Xue said to Mama Zhuang.
Mama Zhuang still had a standard smile: "This is the slave's business, madam, please rest assured." Mama Zhuang glanced at Sanniang a few times without a trace, and said, "Madame said before that there are two young ladies in the house?" ”
Xue nodded: "Wu Niang, she has been unwell for a few days, but she should be fine tomorrow, and then she will go to Mama with Sanniang to listen to the training." ”
Mama Zhuang hung her hands, leaned forward slightly, and stood in a standard posture that could not find a trace of flaws: "The slave maid will teach the two young ladies from tomorrow, teaching etiquette in the morning, and teaching women's talents such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in the afternoon. ”
"I heard that the daughter of Zhang's family was taught by Mama Zhuang before leaving the pavilion, I saw this Miss Zhang a few days ago, and she is indeed a model among the women in the boudoir." Xue remembered the well-informed Miss Zhang family he saw that day, and couldn't help but have some confidence in this Zhuang Mama again.
Sanniang frowned, the daughter of Zhang's family, she accompanied the Xue family to Mrs. Zhang's birthday banquet a few days ago, but she had only seen it before. It was indeed a model of a boudoir woman, but it was too "exemplary". That Miss Zhang is the same as Mama Zhuang, no matter what she does, it is like she has practiced thousands of times, and no one can find out the slightest mistake. Such a woman is very pleasing to older mothers-in-law, but it is also really boring.
Sanniang was noncommittal to Xue's words, and glanced at Mama Zhuang, but saw that the corners of her mouth unconsciously pursed after listening to Xue's words. This action is very subtle, and Sanniang only saw it unintentionally, so she couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Sanniang is quite good at observing words and feelings, and she feels that Mama Zhuang's action seems to be a bit mocking.
This is interesting, Sanniang secretly raised her eyebrows.
Mama Xue, who had been standing aside, suddenly spoke: "Madam, please rest assured, after Madam Zhuang came out of the palace, the famous Shuyuan she taught was not praised by others?" The old slave took Mama Zhuang down first, and then came to teach the two young ladies early tomorrow morning. ”
Mama Xue said and glanced at Mama Zhuang, and her eyes were a little meaningful. Mama Zhuang is still in the same posture, her head has not deviated in the slightest, and the smile on her face has not changed.
Sanniang felt the strangeness between these two people, and couldn't help but raise the alarm bell in her heart. Mama Xue and Mama Zhuang knew each other before, at least they had spoken and communicated.
Mama Xue took Mama Zhuang down, but Sanniang fell into deep thought.
"How did Mother find this Grandma Zhuang?" Sanniang thought about it and asked Xue.
"Before you came to Beijing, I said that I wanted to ask someone to invite a grandmother into the house. However, I am not familiar with the things in Beijing, and I have no connections, so I am thinking about going to Wenjiayuan to find my aunt to help me find it. I don't want Mama Xue to say that she suffered in the Xue family before, and when she was bought into someone else's house, she knew that there was a Mama Zhuang who was very powerful. After that, Mama Xue inquired around and helped me get in touch with this Mama Zhuang. Speaking of this, Xue frowned, looked at Sanniang, and said carefully: "Sanniang, do you think there is something wrong?" ”
Sanniang smiled and shook her head: "No, I just asked casually." Mama Zhuang looked like she was a rule-abiding person. ”
Xue Shi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." She asked this Zhuang Mama to ask for some people, if Sanniang didn't like it, she would inevitably be a little disappointed, and felt that she couldn't even do this little thing.
Sanniang knew Xue's thoughts, and stepped forward to hold her: "Thank you mother for bothering, Sanniang will study hard." ”
Xue Shi was very happy when he heard this: "This is what I should do, I don't need to thank you." ”
After coming out of Xue's room, Sanniang instructed Bai Yingdao: "When the young master comes back from school later, you go to the outer courtyard." I asked him to go to Xuan Gongzi to help me find out about the Zhuang Mama who was originally in the Household Zhang Shilang's Mansion, the more detailed the better. ”
Bai Ying wrote it down and hesitated: "Miss, do you think there is something wrong with Grandma Zhuang?" Then why didn't you just say it in front of Madame? With Mrs. and Miss's affection now, it is okay to ask her to send Mama Zhuang away. ”
Sanniang shook her head: "It's not a big problem, we have to get along for a long time in the future, she was introduced by Mama Xue, I just want to know more about the situation." ”
Sanniang said something bad to Bai Ying, in her eyes, this kind of person can only be used and unused. Mama Zhuang is not young, but she still goes to various mansions in Beijing to teach Mama to the ladies of high-ranking families, which shows that she has something to ask for. As long as the person who asks for it can be used by others, it just depends on who she uses.
Mama Xue is just a minion, without Wang Dong's trust and Xue's forbearance, she is nothing, to be honest, Sanniang really didn't take her Mama in her eyes. If Mama Zhuang can be used by Mama Xue, there is no reason why she can't be used.
If Mama Xue really wants to play "office dumping" with her...... Sanniang laughed, then it depends on who can play whom. (To be continued)