Chapter 587: Old Lady Xing Like the Wind
Xing Xiuyan has been staying at Jia's house for the rest of her life, but now the situation is different. In the book, Xing Zhong and his wife were down, so they came to join Xing's eldest sister. Xing Xiuyan's family was poor at that time, and he didn't even have decent clothes.
And at this time, Xing Zhong and his wife are not rich enough to rival the country, but they are also very rich. In addition, Xing Xiuyan has been walking around with her parents since she was a child, and she has more experience than ordinary children.
Now Xing Xiuyan is fifteen, it should be the age to look at each other, but the Xing family has not moved. It's not that my daughter was delayed because of busy business, it's just that the Xing family's family is better at this time, and their vision is also higher.
Those who go out and are strong are all people in the business field, and they don't look down on them.
Xing Xiuyan is not in a hurry, what should she do calmly every day, she gets up early to ask the elders to say goodbye, and after asking her to go back to the house to do her own thing, or female red needlework, or help the elders take the younger ones to play together, it is quiet and distressing.
Due to the tight time for Jia Liang to take office, he took Jia Lian and set off for Guangzhou within a few days. Xing Shuang sped up and was busy getting rid of his own property, and all of them were exchanged for silver tickets.
And the house in Dongfu, because it is not easy to sell, will be directly handed over to Xing Zhong and his wife to take care of, as soon as their salt road business is now in the capital, there is a place to settle here. Second, Xing Xiuyan is next door, and when there is no one at home, some people used to look at the house.
Benjamin was in a hurry, just a month before Xing Shuang was about to leave the capital, Xing Shuang handed the sign into the palace, went to see the old queen mother, and handed Benjamin's business directly to the old queen mother's mother's family.
This is a show of goodwill, and it is also a favor to sell his wife. When the emperor learned of this, he was very pleased to praise Xing in front of the old empress dowager, and posthumously gave many rewards that the governor of Liangguang deserved.
Xing Shuang got something, so he only asked people to place the things given by the emperor in the mansion of Dongfu, and took his son, daughter-in-law and others on the road to Guangzhou.
This way, it can be said that the speed of the turtle. Because of the large number of people who went, there were eight people in Xingshuang's room, including the big maids in each room, the housekeeper and the mother-in-law, and there were nearly 100 people.
There were too many people, and it was inconvenient to take the land route, so the group simply used the sailboat that Jia Liang had sent to form a fleet and went all the way south.
Because this sailing ship is not as fast as the Chinese boats, it travels a little faster, and the back is improved, and the motor of human oars is installed at the bottom, so it is not difficult to sail against the current.
So within half a month, he arrived in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Xing Shuang ordered people to sail into Hangzhou Bay, and then docked along the Qiantang River.
She ordered her eldest daughter-in-law to get off the boat to replenish supplies, and she took Jia Jin to the address given by Zhong Xiu to pick up the old lady.
As for where Xing Lao Niang went, her deceased didn't know. only said that Xing Lao Niang had mentioned most of the delicacies in Shu and wanted to go over there to see it.
Xing Shuang couldn't help but have a headache when he heard this, how could Shu be so developed at this time, it was all mountainous, and there were many mosquitoes. Although the food is really good, but the old lady ran over at this age, in case there was an accident......
She didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she hurriedly went back to the ship and called a few stewards and errand runners, and went to the southwest to find someone first, and if she found it, she would take it directly to Guangzhou. If you don't find it, then make another plan.
The group stopped the ship for a few days to replenish supplies, set off again, stopped and stopped all the way, and arrived in Guangzhou after another half a month.
When I arrived, it was already June, and the humid climate was not very accustomed to it. As soon as the boat docked, Jia Liang's side came on the boat, greeted Xing Shuang, and said: "The old man is busy with the yamen, let the little one come to the dock first to wait for the third master and grandmother." ”
Xing Shuang wiped her sweat with a handkerchief and asked, "Does he have any orders, where are we going to get off the boat?" ”
Jiaxing said again: "When the little one came, the master had an order. It is said that although the Governor's Mansion is a small place, I can only ask my wife to take my masters to live in it first. The uncle has bought two hectares of land and is going to build a new house. ”
Xing Shuang raised her eyebrows and said, "What about the house where your Uncle Zhu lived in the past?" ”
Jia Xing said with a smile: "It is the house where the Wupin officials live, and it can't occupy many places." According to the calculations of our capital, the total is only the size of the courtyard with two entrances and two exits.
"The Governor's Mansion is still not enough for the wives and grandmothers to live in. As soon as the lord came, he ordered the uncle Zhang Luo to go to this matter, and the wife just had to rest assured, now the house is almost built, and you can move in as long as the garden is repaired. ”
Xing Shuang nodded, called the family up, and said to him again: "Don't be busy moving your luggage first, you go to buy herbal tea and come back, and these adults and boys will drink a cup each." I heard that it was hot and humid, and sure enough. If you don't drink some herbal tea, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it for a day. ”
Jia Xing hurriedly smiled and patted the horse and said: "Mrs. is really thoughtful, we were not so prescient when we came, and many people had eczema after staying for less than three days." ”
After that, Jiaxing turned out and called a few servants to get off the boat with him to buy herbal tea, and after a while, he directly pulled a stall with herbal tea on the boat.
Jiaxing first sent a few bowls to each master's room, and then asked those subordinates to go to the herbal tea stall and scoop the herbal tea to drink.
After everyone has drunk it, the herbal tea stall is sold out and can go back.
The seller of herbal tea was overjoyed, and said something in the local Cantonese dialect, but no one could understand it.
However, the family had been in the house for a long time, and he could understand a little, and said to the man in half-baked Cantonese: "From then on, you will come to the governor's palace every day, and we will still drink your tea." ”
The man still muttered a few words, and then disembarked with his burden.
Zijuan asked Jiaxing curiously: "What did Brother Chen tell him about?" ”
Jia Xing said with a smile: "The man said that he sold fast today, and in the past, he had to sell until dusk to close the stall, but today it is only early in the morning, and he can go home early." ”
Zijuan said again: "So you asked him to go to the Governor's Mansion to sell herbal tea?" It's cheap, but I'm drinking bitter, and the tea doesn't look like tea, but like medicine. ”
Xing Shuang was coming out of the house, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Isn't it medicine?" There are honeysuckle, chrysanthemums, poria and other things here, and we also have them there, but we drink them only when there is dampness and heat in the body. But the climate here is different from ours, and we can't stand it if we don't drink it often. ”
Zijuan smiled when she heard this: "Mrs. is wife, no matter where you go, you will not plan for a rainy day." ”
Xing Shuang smiled faintly, and said in her heart that she had lived with her husband in Shenzhen for a few years before, and she had long had the habit of drinking herbal tea. The husband is careless, and he has no feeling for the climate in Guangdong, so where can he think of letting the people around him drink herbal tea to remove moisture?