Chapter 60: Promised
When Tong's mother came to see her again the next day, Jin Chao said to her: "They helped us for a long time last night, and it was really not easy. Thou hast paid ten denarii to each of them out of my account. β
After thinking about it, he said, "Now is the time when the green and yellow are not available, I heard that Xue Huyuan is in Tongzhou's family, and several brothers are serving farmers. Why don't you pay another visit, bring grain and cloth, and his young son is only a year old, and make a pair of silver bracelets with bells as a gift. and all from my account. β
Tong's mother smiled and promised, and took the two rough mothers-in-law to buy it together.
Jin Chao took a sip of Furen to make tea, secretly thinking that she would be better to Xue Sixteen, if he despised him, he would not do his best.
After drinking a cup of tea, I unconsciously reached noon. Jin Chao thought about his mother's illness and brought his stewed medicinal food to Xiexiao Courtyard.
Ji was leaning on the big pillow and closed his eyes to recuperate, and he didn't seem to notice that the Jin Dynasty was coming. Jin Chao put his steps extremely lightly, and carefully walked up to Ji and looked at her. Mother Xu saw that the eldest lady was still like a child, and she couldn't help laughing, so she had to stop her face and smile.
Jin Chao just wanted to see if his mother was sleeping soundly. After taking a closer look, I only felt that my mother seemed to be thinner, her skin was still sallow, she was only in her thirties now, and she looked forty years old.
In a trance, the mother's old face coincided with the face of her seriously ill in her previous life, and it was very similar. The same description is withered.
Jin Chao frowned, his mother didn't get better, and he didn't know what the reason was.
Ji Shi suddenly opened his eyes and couldn't help but be startled when he saw Jin Chao getting so close.
A group of girls and mothers-in-law laughed, and Xu's mother said to Jin Chao: "The eldest lady still looks at Mrs. like a child!" β
Ji pursed his lips and smiled, pulling Jin Chao to sit down. She remembered that when Jin Chao was three years old, she went to Tongzhou to see her. The white and tender little person sat in her grandmother's arms, obediently nibbling on crab roe buns, and did not like to talk. Between them, her eldest aunt was intertwined, and Xiao Jinchao always turned sideways, looked at her through the gap, and chased her gaze, but Xiao Jinchao quickly retracted, and then giggled happily. After she did this several times, Ji Shi realized that she wanted to play games with herself like this.
She felt very sad at that time, although Jin Chao would not lack food and clothing at her grandmother's house, but it was very lonely.
Unlike Brother Rong, he was brought up by himself, and Sister Lan was his playmate.
She didn't know how much time was left, and the Jin Dynasty had only returned to the Gu family for six years. I always feel that it is not enough to compensate her, and I really want to live for a few more years, not for anything else, but I just want to see her Jin Dynasty scenery and marry an innocent family.
Ji Shi didn't feel a little sour, and took Jin Chao's hand and said, "Mother doesn't know how long I can stay with you......"
As long as you wait for another half a month, Mr. Xiao will come.
The medicinal food brought by the Jin Dynasty was still hot, and Xu's mother took it out directly from the food box, and brought a bowl and chopsticks to serve the two mothers and daughters for dinner. This meal Ji ate more than before, and Xu's mother praised Jin Chao: "It's still the eldest lady's craftsmanship is good, and the lady has eaten half a bowl more!" β
Ji smiled bitterly: "Those medicinal foods are so bitter on weekdays...... Sister Chao'er's medicinal diet is much better and more palatable. β
Mother Xu could only say helplessly: "...... It seems that I still have to ask the eldest lady to send more medicinal food! β
A few girls laughed again.
The inner room was talking lively, and Moyu walked in with a curtain. He saluted first and said: "Madam, the slave maid just heard from the incident that the second miss's personal girl Ziling is going to get married, and Aunt Song has already picked a yard for her outside, waiting for the Grange to send someone to greet her tomorrow." β
Ji Shi frowned: "...... didn't show any rumors, and married her in such a hurry. Can you ask where you got married? β
Mo Yu nodded and said: "The slave inquired and said that she was married to Shulu County, Baoding Prefecture, where the Song family has a grange, and Ziling is going to marry the second son of the grange steward, who is the stepfamily." β
Ji nodded and said, "That girl is also at the age when she should get married." Make a chest for me with her a hundred taels of silver. β
Jin Chao listened on the sidelines, but felt strange in his heart, Gu Lan had always taken a fancy to her as a girl, and when she married into the Auxiliary General's Mansion in her previous life, Ziling was still her dowry girl. Why in this life, Ziling is suddenly going to be married to Baoding Mansion, Baoding is so far away from Shi'an, she will definitely not be able to come back in the future.
Or do you want to be someone else's steproom......
After Jin Chao returned to Qingtong Courtyard, he thought about it for a long time, and called Caifu over: "...... Gu Lan's girl Ziling is getting married, and she will welcome her in person tomorrow. You take Bai Yun to drink a glass of wine and give her three hundred taels of silver to add a box...... Add a few more boxes of ringing sugar. β
Caifu was a little cautious, but she had never seen the master add so much money to other people's girls.
She whispered, "But what do you want the slave to inquire about?" β
Jin Chao smiled: "I don't know what to investigate, you go and have a look, and then talk to me when you come back." β
Tzefu has always been smart, so she doesn't need to bother to mention it.
Caifu packed up on the second day, and with a silver ticket of three hundred taels of silver, Bai Yun held the candy again. The two inquired about the back office, inquired about which alley the yard was, and went with their things.
The courtyard is in Chenhuai Hutong, and the faΓ§ade is gray and inconspicuous. There was a rough envoy in Aunt Song's room standing at the door, and when she saw that it was the two second-class girls in the eldest lady's room, she smiled and said, "It turned out that the two girls came in person!" And he welcomed them into the chambers and sat them down.
Caifu glanced at this small courtyard, there was not even a shadow wall or a hanging flower door, and the wings on both sides, the main room, and the south side was the inverted house. There is a well in the yard and a locust tree is planted, which has an unobstructed view. It's not festive, it's just that the fan of the main house has the word Xi pasted on it.
There were also two or three little girls in the wing, all of whom were in Gu Lan's room, but their identities were not enough, so they didn't even dare to talk to them.
The furniture in the wing room was also dusty, very old, and smelled of mold.
Caifu stood up, stuffed a silver ingot into the rough mother-in-law, and asked her with a smile: "I don't know where Miss Ziling is now, we have always been friends, she is getting married, and she has to say a few words anyway." β
The mother-in-law laughed blindlessly: "This is natural, it is Ziling's blessing to know the two girls!" She was in the main room, and it was Mrs. Chen who helped to pick it up, and the person who greeted her in a while was coming. β
The status of girls and girls is also different, although Ziling is a first-class girl, they are second-class. But they are the eldest lady's important people, but Ziling has lost the trust of the master and wants to send them out, she doesn't have to think about which is more important, this rough mother-in-law knows to please them.
The mother-in-law opened the door of the main room and invited them in.
Ziling sat on the embroidery pier and looked at the makeup mirror with an expressionless face. The Chen mother-in-law, who was picking up for her, saw Cai Fu and Bai Yun coming in, and hurriedly saluted them, Ziling turned around and saw that it was them who came, and her expression was a little surprised.
Bai Yun stepped forward and gave Mrs. Chen a silver ingot: "Trouble Mama, let's say a few words to Miss Ziling." β
Mrs. Chen's eyes rolled, she took the silver and retreated outside the room, and closed the door. Another mother-in-law couldn't help but whisper when she saw it: "You want money and don't want to die, but my aunt said that you have to watch Ziling before she leaves!" β
Mrs. Chen snorted: "Don't think I don't know, you must have taken their silver too!" Anyway, everyone is leaving, let's see how my aunt will know. Seeing that the woman still disagreed, she was also angry, and said, "I'm just watching from the outside, what else can Ziling do wrong!" β
After the door closed, Ziling turned around and said lightly: "It was the eldest lady who asked you to come and see my jokes." β
Cai Fu smiled: "Miss Ziling, where did you start, our eldest lady is very good-hearted. I heard that the girl was going to get married, so I hurriedly asked the two girls to come over with candy to take a look, although it turned out to be a grudge with the girl, but now that you are leaving the Gu family, how can we target you again......" She pulled the pestle over, holding Ziling's hand and said softly. Ziling bit her lip, but she didn't withdraw her hand.
She learned about her marriage only a few days ago. The second lady didn't even ask her if she wanted to, nor did she tell her what it was like over there, she only heard her mother-in-law say that she was the son of the steward of the Song family's Grange, and her mother-in-law died last year...... After a few days, Hibiscus did everything she had done, and she soon had nothing to do. was brought here, and after being dazed for a while, her heart gradually sank, and she didn't even understand what she had done, why did the second lady treat her like this......
Hibiscus, who is usually good with her, didn't come, which shows the attitude of the second lady.
She didn't expect that Caifu and Bai Yun would come to see her.
Ziling was a little puzzled: "This ...... That's why...... "Three hundred taels is too much!"
Zev shook her head and said, "I don't understand either, it's always right for you to be careful." The daughter-in-law of the steward of the grange died inexplicably...... You have to be on guard! "It turned out to be for her.
Ziling was even more worried, she unconsciously grabbed Caifu's hand, and only after realizing that Caifu's hand was pinched out of her nail prints. "I'm sorry...... I ......" her voice was a little crying, "I don't know what to do......"
Cai Fu and Bai Yun comforted her again, and it was not until finally that Ziling calmed down. There was a commotion outside, Bai Yun opened the fan and saw that it was a few men wearing brown and red Cheng Ziyi who were coming, they were laughing loudly, and there was a lot of noise in the yard.
Ziling suddenly clenched Caifu's hand! RS
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