Chapter 167: Change Her Name
Yu Zhiyan held the thing he gave in his hand, faintly smelled a familiar aroma, and looked at the porcelain basin, and already guessed what it was.
However, she didn't have time to open the oil paper, but she saw that Gu Jue had already gone out with Yu Zheshuang's arm.
Yu Zheshuang was wearing a thin gauze coat, such a cold winter, wouldn't it be good to freeze out when she went out like this.
She hurriedly put her things aside, and then chased them out.
And Su Liu also chased after him, still holding Yu Zheshuang's cloak in his hand, and couldn't help but say coldly: "It's all the trouble you caused, the foxy appearance, and the soul of the master has been taken away." ”
Yu Zhiyan was worried about what trouble would happen to her sister and Gu Jue, and she didn't have the heart to pay attention to her unreasonableness.
Who knew that Gu Jue actually dragged Yu Zhishuang to several mansions in the northwest, which was originally a place for slaves. The clothes of the little ones were still hanging in the courtyard, and the coarse cloth clothes were hard and stiff.
Everyone was stunned, and they didn't know why they came here, and even Yu Zhiyan, who knew him best, was a little inexplicable.
Gu Jue's face in the dark was full of coldness, especially the eyebrows that could squeeze out the ink.
He walked into the courtyard, stretched out his foot and kicked the water tank in the courtyard to pieces, and the loud cracking sound woke up everyone in the house, and they all lay down on the crack in the door to look at the house carefully.
Gu Jue's hand clutched Yu Zhishuang's tightly, and then said loudly: "You all get out of here." ”
The fury in his voice frightened everyone, but Yu Zhiyan's face was still calm, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
The little guys in those rooms hurriedly got dressed and went out, and they didn't know what was going on, so they just stood there in rows.
Gu Jue saw that everyone had come out, stretched out his free hand and pushed the things on the stone table to the ground, and the wooden basins, feather dusters and the like on it all fell to the ground.
Everyone was full of surprise, and even Su Liu didn't dare to send the clothes in his hands over, so he could only watch his master wearing a gauze shirt and standing in the cold wind.
Gu Jue casually threw Yu Zhishuang on the stone table and reached out to pull her shirt.
"I'd like to see what you can endure." Gu Jue's voice was full of coldness, without a trace of emotion, as if she was not his wife at all.
Gu Jue's voice was full of ridicule and mockery, as if in front of him, she was as lowly as a woman in the Qinglou.
When Gu Jue reached out to untie Yu Zheshuang's crony, Yu Zheyan knew what he wanted to do.
However, Yu Zheshuang's approach made everyone's faces full of astonishment, only to see her biting her jade lip lightly, and reaching out to pull Gu Jue's clothes belt. When Gu Jue brushed her hand away, she wrapped her slender arm around his neck again.
Everyone was completely stunned, what was this couple going to do, was it going to do such an unspeakable thing in broad daylight.
Wouldn't it be a loss of face to act like this? And those little guys also have different looks, either excited, or worried, and even more hope that things will go on.
Yu Zhiyan hurriedly ran past everyone, but saw that Yu Zhishuang's skirt had been torn open, and he was about to be out of control, so he hurriedly shouted: "Donglang, don't stop yet." ”
Gu Jue stopped the movement in his hand for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Yu Zhiyan.
He was also angry for a while, and he thought that Yu Zheshuang would spare her today by kowtowing and begging for mercy, but who knew that this woman was not afraid at all, and even blatantly called him outright.
Only then did he look at Yu Zhishuang coldly, but saw her lying weakly on the cold stone table, her dark eyes full of wood.
Gu Jue also turned his head to look at Yu Zhiyan, but saw that her watery eyes were also full of panic, as if she was really frightened by his crazy actions.
"Don't be afraid, you fool." His voice was full of tenderness, "I just don't make trouble." ”
Hearing his gentle comforting voice, Yu Zhiyan's tears flowed out. Gu Jue had never seen her cry a few times, and couldn't help but panic, "Don't cry, I think I'm a wicked person when you cry." ”
At this time, Yu Zheshuang had already come down from the stone table, the skin on his shoulders had been exposed in the cold wind, and one by one the little guys were busy widening their eyes and secretly looking.
"Why didn't you continue?" Yu Zhishuang looked straight at the pair of people standing in front of her, and there was a faint trace of fierceness in her eyes.
"It's just a joke, do you really want to perform this in front of everyone?" Gu Jue's voice was calm, but his tone was provocative, "When the emperor knows about it, I naturally say that our husband and wife are in love, and I don't care if others are watching from the sidelines." ”
At this time, Na Suliu had already taken Yu Zheshuang's cloak, and hurriedly covered her body, covering her embarrassment and embarrassment.
Yu Zheshuang said lightly: "The meal has been prepared, and the husband will be accompanied by the concubine to eat." ”
Just as he said this, Yu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, his sister would not be like this.
When she was waiting to be married in Jiangnan, a handsome young man had a crush on her sister for a long time, and she said a few words to her on the street, and her sister lived for more than half a month.
And now the woman in front of her has suffered such a great shame today, but she is still talking and laughing like this in front of everyone, and she can't help but make Yu Zhiyan's face full of astonishment.
Yu Zhiyan was dragged back to the house by Gu Jue's hands, and she was thoughtful and lost her soul along the way, no matter how Gu Jue coaxed her, it was all like this.
When she returned to the house, Yu Zhishuang changed into a clean suit and sat down at the table.
At this time, the people in the kitchen brought the food over, and it was quickly arranged on the table, with soft beef intestines, bright shrimp, and a few simple dishes.
It seems that Gu Jue was already tired from the trouble just now, and he didn't let Yu Zhiyan sit down, just let her stand by his side.
The two of them ate silently for a while, Gu Jue only thought that the plate of shrimp was Yu Zhiyan's favorite, so he didn't move a single chopstick, only kept it for her.
Yu Zhishuang ate very slowly, only half of it, and then raised her eyes to look at Gu Jue, "Although Zhiyan is my sister, but now she is a maid after all, so she naturally wants to change her name and surname." ”
Since ancient times, this maid has been lowly, but if the name of the master has any words, it can no longer be used. Now they are different from each other, but they use it
It's really inappropriate to have similar names.
Yu Zhiyan stood beside Gu Jue, couldn't help but stiffen, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, now that my sister is even going to change her name, she must have hated her to the core.
When they all thought that Gu Jue would be furious because of this incident, they saw that his face was full of joy, and said with a smile: "It's rare that you think like this, but you think of one thing with me." ”
Yu Zheshuang originally wanted to provoke him, but who knew that his face was full of joy, and he only felt that the fist he swung out bounced back.
Gu Jue had already turned his face at this time, and his handsome eyebrows stretched, "You fool, I must give you a good name." ”
Yu Zhiyan naturally had a bad premonition, just afraid that he would get up and be a cat and a dog, so he couldn't help but be full of anger and glared at him fiercely.
She looked directly at Yu Zheshuang, "The name of the slave was given by the mother herself, even if she dies, she will be brought to the coffin." ”
Hearing that his mother had passed away early, there was a trace of gloom in Yu Zheshuang's eyes.
Gu Jue's face was full of displeasure, "I know that you are filial, and it is a serious thing to burn paper money during the New Year's holidays, but your name doesn't sound good, so it's better to change it." ”
Yu Zhiyan couldn't help but be unhappy, her name has been used for more than 20 years, and what's wrong with it.
Gu Jue said leisurely: "The folded smoke beam is like a relic, and He Yin is not a meat in the Ming Dynasty." It sounds very unlucky, so change one as soon as possible. ”
Yu Zhiyan kicked his stool hard with his foot, signaling him not to add fuel and vinegar to the side.
But Gu Jue was thinking about it, so he simply put down his chopsticks, and said, "You don't have to have the surname Yu in the future, just follow me."
The surname is Gu Ba. ”
As soon as these words came out, the people in the room all looked different, only by the order of heaven and earth, the wife who was carried in by the eight sedan chairs could use her husband's surname, and even the original Yu Zheyan was not rightly named, and could not change the surname.
Yu Zheshuang also put down the chopsticks in his hand, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate." ”
Gu Jue didn't take her words to heart at all, and still changed Yu Zhiyan's name with a proud face, "In the future, I will call you Gu Fool, fools have stupid blessings, and they will be able to live a long life in the future, and have many children and grandchildren." ”
Yu Zhiyan laughed angrily, "What kind of muddy name do you have, since you like it, you can keep it in the future." ”
The two of them flirted so much in front of everyone, but they didn't take Yu Zhishuang in their eyes at all, and now it seems that she is just a superfluous and eye-catching person.
She slammed the bowl in her hand to the ground with a "snap", "Donglang, I said, she must not be surnamed Gu-"
Yu Zheshuang's words were said word by word, and the voice was more like squeezing out from between his teeth.
Gu Jue seemed to have finally heard her words, and raised her head coldly, "It was you who wanted to change your name just now, and this will not work, you woman is in the way." ”
He didn't seem to be able to bear to eat at the same table with Yu Zheshuang anymore, so he only picked up the plate of shrimp with one hand, dragged Yu Zheyan to go outside, and then sneered: "Let's go to your house to eat, and stay here to look disgusting." ”
Yu Zhishuang sneered, "The rest of our meals are naturally rewarded to the minions of the mansion in turn, and it is not good to always favor one or the other." ”
He couldn't hear the meaning of her words, but he and Yu Zhiyan couldn't take the shrimp away.
Gu Jue's face was cold, he just put down the plate heavily, and only said with a sneer, "In the future, our meals will only be served separately, and if anyone sends my food to you again, they will be disposed of according to family law." ”
"Our family is very poor now, and the minions in the mansion only cook one table of food for the master, if you don't want to eat in my house, just go to someone else's place to eat bran vegetables." After Yu Zheshuang finished speaking, she still picked up the dishes and chopsticks with a flat face and ate them elegantly.
"Okay." After Gu Jue finished saying this, he pulled Yu Zhiyan and walked outside, and when he passed by the table, he took away the pot of begonia flowers he bought.
Soon Gu Jue returned to her room with Yu Zhi's cigarette, and then lit a candle, and the flickering flames took a glimpse of everything in the house.
Yu Zhiyan said: "I'm hungry and faint now, you wait here for a while, I'll go get some food and come back." ”
Seeing that she was leaving, Gu Jue hurriedly stopped her and said, "Bring me a bowl of rice too, I didn't eat enough just now." ”
"Why do you eat so much, hold it carefully, and it's going to be noisy again at night." Yu Zhiyan saw that he had eaten a lot at the dinner table just now, and he was shouting that he was not full at this time, so he naturally didn't believe it.
Gu Jue sighed: "How do you know how tired you are on an errand today, at this time, don't say it's rice, even if a wolf is lying there, I can eat it alive." ”
Yu Zhiyan went to the kitchen to serve food, but he came back with two bowls of cold rice, but there was a layer of pickles on top, and there were a few scrambled eggs the size of fingernails.
She put the food on the table, and when she looked up, she saw the flower wrapped in oilcloth, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and smile, "What kind of precious flower is this, I haven't looked at it carefully." ”
Gu Jue remembered the flower that he had thrown aside, stretched out his hand and handed it to her, and said as if offering a treasure: "This cost me a whole seven taels of silver, you must take care of it." ”
Seven taels of silver is enough to make ordinary people have enough food and clothing for a month, she can't help but feel a little distressed, now she eats pickles here, this guy actually spends a lot of money to buy flowers.
Her red, swollen fingers, soaked in cold water, lifted the layers of tarpaulin, and when she lifted the last layer, she stared straight at it with some stunnedness.
Seeing her like this, Gu Jue only thought that she liked it, and couldn't help but be full of pride, "This flower was shipped from Jiangnan." ”
Yu Zhiyan turned his head to look at him, "How much silver did you say this pot of flowers cost you, seven taels?" ”
In fact, the peddler directly deceived him for five taels, and he posted two taels of silver, but he still nodded, thinking that he had taken advantage of it, "This is a silk begonia, and a few hundred taels are also worth it." ”
Yu Zhiyan picked up the chopsticks and knocked them on his head, and said angrily: "This pot of flowers is only worth one or two silver, and only you, a loser, will be deceived." ”
Gu Jue spent the only tea money she had to buy potted flowers for Yu Zhiyan, just thinking that she would like it, but who knew that it was a scolding that cut her head and covered her face.
Only then did he remember that Uncle Yu Zheyan's family used to be an imperial businessman, and he had also transported flowers from Jiangnan to the capital and sent them to the palace or sold them
To the high-ranking households, these must be very clear.
Yu Zhiyan looked at the gorgeous flowers, and the more he looked at them, the more distressed he felt.
Then she said: "Look at the current hour, I'm afraid that the vendor hasn't left yet, and when the food is eaten, let's go find him." ”
Gu Jue was also annoyed by being deceived, so he only said fiercely: "See if I don't tear up his stall and put him in prison, see if he still deceives people." ”
Yu Zhiyan originally wanted to go immediately, but he was dizzy and dizzy from hunger, so he had to sit down to eat.
The already hard rice slashed her throat, and she swallowed a few bites.
Gu Jue saw her eat in a big gulp, and hurriedly poured a glass of water for her, the water was already cold, and she didn't know how long it had been placed.
He couldn't help but sigh, picked up his chopsticks and gave her the few small pieces of eggs in his bowl.
The fingernail-sized egg mixed with rice and pickles is naturally difficult to pick out, especially the rickety flame, which is even more troublesome.
Gu Jue laughed bitterly while holding it: "Taste it, this is the egg of the Sun Star Official, and if you eat it, you will be a fairy." ”
Yu folded the chimney and swallowed it, but the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he only looked up and glared at him, "I think you are a fool, that Mao Sun Xingjun is a rooster, where did the eggs come from?" ”
Gu Jue also noticed it, and couldn't help laughing, reaching out and pulling her face, "You fool is not stupid. ”
He didn't do it lightly or heavily, Yu Zhiyan's face was torn by him, and she couldn't help glaring at him fiercely, but she followed herself
He gave him some pickles in a bowl that he didn't want to eat.
"This is pickled with swollen radishes in the Nine Heavens Temple, and you will become a god if you eat it." Yu Zhiyan also amused him.
Gu Jue put all the pickles in Keke's mouth, as if he was tasting them carefully, and then nodded and said, "What the lady said is really right." ”
Although the meal was very unpalatable, the two of them were happy and quickly finished eating.
Looking at the clean bottom of the bowl, Yu Zhiyan couldn't help sighing, and remembered that the time of exile had come, and she was like this in Lingnan, relying on Gu Jue for her life.
However, the two of them were not ambiguous, and only went out of the house with the flowers, and went to the vendor to settle old accounts.
Sure enough, Yu Zhiyan guessed well, the vendor was still selling there, and when he saw Gu Jue coming, he still had a delicate beauty by his side, and he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.
"Master, why are you back again?" Seeing that Gu Jue was still holding a flower in his hand, he couldn't help but guess, "The little lady doesn't like that pot, I'll introduce you to a better one." ”
Yu Zhiyan slowly walked in front of him and took out the abacus he had brought from his sleeve.
Before the peddler could react, he "crackled" and made a calculation.
She played this abacus very well, and it was very decent, and even Gu Jue was a little dumbfounded.
"Your pot of begonia flowers doesn't look pure, it looks like it was not a famous product purchased from the Jiangnan Baihua Pavilion." She didn't wait for the vendor to speak, so she said directly: "This pot of flowers in Jiangnan is only fifteen copper plates." ”
The peddler's face couldn't help but be full of surprise, obviously she was right, but she saw that she was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and she had never seen the world.
I guess I haven't been to Jiangnan, and I barely know the price.
"Where are you, the oranges in the south of the Yangtze River are still very cheap, and they haven't doubled when they are shipped to the capital, not to mention these delicate flowers, and they can't afford to toss."
Yu Zhiyan continued to fiddle with the abacus in his hand, "This is said to cost almost thirty copper plates per pot from Jiangnan, and if it is the next year now, there are even more merchant ships entering Beijing, I am afraid that it will be cheaper." ”
The peddler couldn't help but be stunned, for a moment he didn't know where this girl was sacred, but he knew these things by heart.
Just when his face was full of astonishment, the abacus in Yu Zhiyan's hand stopped, and then those shrewd eyes looked straight at the peddler, almost seeing that there was nowhere to hide.
"Counting your hard-earned money and the money spent on buying charcoal to warm the fire, it will never exceed one or two pieces of silver." She looked at the vendor, "And the flower on the market, the most genuine peony, is only two taels of silver, but you have increased the price privately." ”
The peddler knew that he was wrong, and he looked at this boy's appearance, so he asked for more silver.
"I only need five taels of silver, but this master didn't look for the remaining two taels of silver, what does it have to do with me." The peddler had no choice but to exonerate.
Gu Jue was also angry when he heard this, "It's a shame that my lady is a shrewd person, and Young Master Ben has also been deceived by you, a profiteer, to see if Young Master Ben doesn't lift your stall, and see how you will deceive people in the future." ”
The peddler knew that the man and woman in front of him had become a married couple, but they were really not a family, and they didn't enter the door.
Yu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand but saw the angry Gu Jue stop him, and then said faintly, "Naturally, you have to pay for breaking his things, and now the court has made a will, but whoever is doing business, the profit is not more than double the cost, and now only one or two things will be sold for five taels, and he will not be caught immediately to see the official." ”
While he was talking, there were already officials patrolling, and when they heard the movement here, they seemed to pay extra attention.
Every street in the capital is managed by the government, and there have been officials patrolling, for fear that the New Year is approaching, and there will be any movement at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
And those who violate the system will not only be punished, but also will not be able to do business for the rest of their lives, so will not cut off their way of life.
He originally sold it here, but the people who only thought about the capital naturally didn't know about it, and this was a fresh and precious thing, so naturally no one doubted him.
The peddler's face turned pale with fright, and he knew that he had hit a hard nail today, so he hurriedly said, "Madam, you will spare me today, and I will return the seven taels of silver to your husband, and the pot in your arms will also be given to you." ”
Yu Zhiyan still didn't give up, pointing to a pot of flowers on the stall and said, "Give me this pot too, how about it?" ”
I saw that the flower was just a few lonely leaves on a green pole, as if it could die at any time, and there was not even a flower bone.
Gu Jue couldn't help but leaned into her ear and said, "Why do you fool want that broken thing, don't pick the most beautiful one, what's there to see in those wilted leaves." ”
Yu Zhiyan lowered his head and whispered a few words in his ear, and Gu Jue suddenly nodded with a smile, "Sure enough, it's my lady,
It's so smart. ”
The peddler's face had changed when she asked for the pot of flowers, and she said hurriedly: "Madam, if you don't take you to rip bamboo like this, you are a god in the sky, and I can't offend anyone." As you know, this flower is worth twenty or thirty taels of silver, and you want my life. ”