Chapter 140: The Greeting Gift
The next day, Qin Mingyue was refreshed and dressed up. Today is the day of the sister-in-law's confession, Qin Mingyue is wearing a pink silk face jacket, a pomegranate red sprinkled leather skirt underneath, small deerskin boots, and a warm light pink silk mink cloak on the outside, and she happily went to the upper room.
When Qin Mingyue arrived at the upper room, she found that she had arrived at the latest, and her father, mother, grandmother and others had arrived early. Even the second uncle and second aunt who lived outside the house, the third uncle and fourth uncle who were separated in the early years, and even the seventh uncle who came back from running errands outside have already arrived with their families.
Qin Mingyue smiled and said, "Really, why did I sleep before?" It's made the elders wait for a long time. ”
How can everyone really blame Qin Mingyue? The Qin family has had a few days of glory, and now they all rely on Qin Mingyue alone, and they are busy saying that there is nothing to do, and everyone has just arrived.
The old lady An said kindly: "Mingyue, you were also very tired yesterday, so many people asked you to say hello, and it is normal to get up late today." It's cold outside, but it's warm inside, so take off your cloak and sit down with your grandmother." ”
From the moment Qin Mingyue entered the door, Qin Mingzhu looked disdainful. Now, seeing Qin Mingyue happily sitting next to her grandmother, above everyone, she was even more unhappy. Originally, she wanted to say a few sarcastic words. However, she was pinched by Aunt Shui next to her and didn't dare to say anything.
After everyone sat down, Qin Guosong, who had been waiting on the side, and Zeng Yutong, who was shy and lovely, visited together.
First of all, he kowtowed to his grandmother, Mrs. An, and Mrs. An gave a set of red gold silk double phoenix hairpins, with a long red gold chain in the phoenix's mouth, and a ruby with a large nail cover underneath, which was dazzling. Such a pair of phoenix hairpins made Qin Mingzhu look at it intently.
Qin Mingyue's eyes were sharp, and she could see at a glance that this pair of phoenix hairpins was given to her grandmother before. It is also appropriate for my grandmother to take it out and give it to my sister-in-law. It can be seen that my grandmother now gets more things, and her horizons have become wider, and she is not as selective as before.
Qin Mingyue suddenly remembered her previous life, when Qu Yueru visited her grandmother, at that time, her grandmother only gave a pair of red gold lilac earrings. Qu Yueru turned her face on the spot and said a bunch of words that looked down on the Qin family, mean and sour. made the eldest brother angry, and he almost got married and was ready to divorce his wife the next day.
The chaotic scene at that time, Qin Mingyue felt as if it was right in front of her, at that time, she was also very annoyed with her sister-in-law, and she was also very helpless about her grandmother's search, the saddest thing was the eldest brother, he was sad and disappointed at that time, Qin Mingyue couldn't forget it.
Qin Mingyue looked at the kind grandmother in front of her, Zeng Yutong, who was full of shyness, and Qin Guosong, who was very satisfied with his wife, and was in a trance. In this life, a lot has changed. Because he has financial resources, he gives his grandmother some good jewelry from time to time, such as the pair of phoenix hairpins in front of him, which are decorated with brocade buildings, and the rubies on them are polished from those big gems obtained from the mirage's nest.
In addition to his own contributions to his grandmother, there are more and more people in the Manchu court and the opposition who are in contact with the Qin family, and there are more people who send things to his grandmother. Grandmother has a lot of things in her hands, where will she still search?
Zeng Yutong dedicated to her grandmother is a velvet forehead made by herself, not only the embroidery is beautiful, but also inlaid with a piece of exquisite jasper in the center of the forehead, which is very expensive.
Mrs. An said, "Well, Zeng, your female celebrity is really good. This grandmother likes it very much. ”
Zeng Yutong thanked his grandmother softly for the reward.
Then I held tea and gave tea to my parents-in-law.
After saluting, after drinking tea, Qin Ping gave his son a red envelope. As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Yin smiled and took out a red gold jewel inlaid with a hundred treasures, shining with gold and gemstones. It's extraordinary.
Mrs. Yin looked generous, beautiful daughter-in-law, that is, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.
Zeng Yutong gave Mrs. Yin a pair of shoes she made herself. As soon as she saw the flowers embroidered all over her shoulders, Mrs. Yin was satisfied.
After a few words of instruction and auspicious words, Zeng Yutong began to give gifts to her relatives, and the elders gave her a meeting gift. Mrs. Su in the second room was also rare and generous, and gave a pair of bracelets inlaid with red gold and gemstones.
The rest of the people also gave gold, but they were not as generous as Mrs. An and Mrs. Yin. These concubines who were divided by the Qin family did not get much property in the first place, and they lived a very hard life, and they couldn't get out at all. However, when they thought of the long house that was in full swing, they gritted their teeth. Many of these people gave even gilded gold objects.
For these, Zeng Yutong didn't look down on Qu Yueru like in his previous life, and made a big fuss. She thanked each one carefully, and the return gift was also given to an embroidered purse, which was bulging, if Qin Mingyue did not guess wrong, the contents of the purse given by Zeng Yutong must be two or three times the value of the gold given by the elders of these Qin family concubines.
It's just that you don't let people suffer. Zeng Yutong's attitude of respecting the elders made everyone feel comfortable. The scene became more and more harmonious.
When he arrived at Qin Kang, the seventh elder of the Qin family, Qin Kang's wife gave Zeng Yutong a pair of red gold inlaid turquoise golden hairpins in the style of Ba Province, which overwhelmed many concubines at once, second only to the big house and the second room.
This made the surrounding concubines talk in a low voice.
Qin Mingyue's ear power is good, she heard it clearly, some people said that Lao Qi followed Mingyue to Ba Province this time, but he came back with a fortune. Not only has the house changed to a big one, but the clothes on this body are also different. The official position was promoted, and many servants in the family were bought. It's getting better and better. Look at today's shot, it is directly such a golden hairpin, how can it be worth about a hundred taels.
Some people also say that there is no way to envy, who makes people have a good eye, come to the big house early, and make a bright moon, we are stupid, and we will come now. Fortunately, it's not too late, our Qin family will no longer be broken in the future, and we will slowly get better in the future, and we will be able to get a little light.
Some people also say that the big house is the scenery, but not everyone can get this scenery. Our mother-in-law won't let us take advantage of us in the first place. When everyone is like Lao Qi, my aunt died early? With the presence of the few life-and-death aunts in our family who fought with their mother-in-law in the early years, the big house will not let us be naked. Hey, who knows? Who would have expected such a beautiful house?
Qin Mingyue listened to these words and didn't care.
The recognition of relatives continues, and after the elders have met, it is time to meet the juniors and juniors.