Chapter 32: She Receives a Box Full of Books!
Wang was a little worried, "I was born as a young lady, and I don't have my mother's family as a backer, although I am very optimistic about the two sons of the An family, but it is just a proposal, but you look at Fei'er's appearance just now, there is a posture that must be taken by An Zhongting, and the master is ...... It's not good. ”
"The young masters in Madame's photo have extraordinary family backgrounds, but they are all good friends with the old lady, if Madame really plans for Miss, she still has to run to the old lady more." Chang's mother said.
Wang sighed, "How can I not know this truth, but although the old lady accepted me, she still looked down on my identity, and what happened back then, in the end, I couldn't live with Miss, and the old lady looked down on me, if I could treat Fang Fei like the first moon, I would be satisfied." ”
Wang is a smart and yin person, and he knows that blindly trying to please the old lady will backfire, so he has been a diligent housekeeper since he became Gu Yinyuan's stepfamily, and only when he encounters major events does he bother the old lady, although he is not as attentive to Gu Chuyue as Gu Fangfei, he also eats and drinks well, and he has lived peacefully for so many years.
Gu Yinyuan is a scholar, and he thinks he is high, because his childhood experience is still there, and after his children are complete, he feels that adding a concubine will disturb the house, and he has never accepted concubines anymore.
The family house is harmonious and has only one wife, which makes him quite popular in the court, and he is even elected as a representative of a group of scholars.
Mother Chang sighed when she saw her wife, and said with relief: "As long as the lady is filial, the old lady is not the kind of rude mother-in-law outside." ”
The only thing Wang can rely on is Gu Yinyuan and her own pair of children, she has to agree with what Chang's mother said, because even if she doesn't agree, there is no more way, so she has to say: "I hope so." ”
At this moment, a maidservant girl came in with a brocade box and saluted.
Wang immediately showed a decent smile, this is the servant girl of Shouhui Hall, she had seen it a few times when she went to ask for peace before.
"Madam, this is a congratulatory gift from the second son of the An family when he came today."
Mother Chang stepped forward to take it, took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve and stuffed it into the handmaid's hand, "This is the lady's reward for you." ”
The maid stuffed the silver into her waist and saluted again, "Thank you for the reward, the old lady is still waiting for the slave to go back and reply, so she will retire first." ”
Wang smiled and said, "Go back quickly, so as not to make the old lady wait." ”
After the maid left, Chang's mother put the red brocade box in Wang's hand and said, "I heard that the congratulatory gifts brought by the second son of the An family today are all from a foreign country, I really have a heart, and I guess the eldest son is not bad." ”
Wang knew what Chang's mother meant, opened the brocade box, and saw a fist-sized night yin bead lying inside, the whole was a faint water green, shiny and smooth, and the color was of the highest quality.
It's a good thing to play with usually, Wang stretched out his finger and touched it, and said, "What did Second Prince An give to the old lady?" ”
The slave maid of Shouhuitang was tight-lipped, and Chang's mother couldn't inquire about what it was, which made the Wang family also breathe a sigh of relief, "You don't know, and Hanliantang probably doesn't know either, just right, save the other side and wipe your tears again." ”
Chang's mother also said yes.
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Since going to school, drinking lotus leaf tea every day to get up has been a necessary process that Gu Chuyue needs to go through every morning.
Before he arrived at the ink shop, Gu Chuyue heard the melodious and tactful sound of the guqin from a distance, and Mr. Meng still arrived early, plucking the strings with his eyes closed, and smiled lightly when he saw Gu Chuyue.
Why do you laugh weirdly when you meet today? Isn't that Mr. Meng's style?
Just when she felt a little frightened, Mr. Meng took out a dark blue brocade box from the desk table, put it on the desk and pushed it in the direction of Gu Chuyue.
Gu Chuyue pointed at herself a little uncharacteristically and asked, "Sir, is this for me?" ”
Mr. Meng regained his detached and polite face, nodded, and raised his hand to signal her to open.
Gu Chuyue opened the brocade box, and a pair of jade beads were placed in it, and the jade was carved into a guerlain-shaped, and the stamen was dotted with very small yellow jade stamens, which was very beautiful.
She smiled sweetly, "Thank you, sir, I like it very much." ”
In the next few classes, Gu Chuyue received gifts from the gentlemen.
Mama Jin is a box of sandalwood that has been ground into incense powder, Mama Zhao gave a box of gold thread and small beads of various colors, and when taking a calligraphy class, Mr. Kong saw the pearl hairpin given by Mr. Meng and said that she had also prepared a gift, and then beckoned two maids to come in.
Gu Chuyue thought at first that it was a big object that needed to be carried by two maids, and she was still thinking that if it was too valuable, she would refuse to accept it.
When she looked out curiously, she saw two scholars carrying a small wooden box with a pull ring, and the box looked very heavy, so she was even more curious.
Mr. Kong asked people to go down, and then slowly opened the box under Gu Chuyue's curious gaze.
The first thing that comes into the result is ...... Book......
Many, many books......
Many, very many books......
A box full of books......
Gu Chuyue: "??? ”
Is this really a gift?
She pursed her lower lip and asked tentatively, "Sir, is this a gift for me?" ”
Mr. Kong nodded, bent down and took out a random book from the box.
"This is your homework for the future, there are thirty books in total, which is just enough time to borrow books."
Gu Chuyue didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy now, but she could see Mr. Kong's smiling face, and she felt that this was Mr. Kong's intention after all.
And so many books should have been picked for a long time, she was moved in her heart, picked up a book in her arms, bent her knees towards her husband, and said, "Thank you, sir, I like it very much." ”
The smile deepened on Mr. Kong's face, and he told her about the benefits of reading, and then the class began.
Mr. Kong's calligraphy is excellent, and Gu Chuyue's understanding is also high, and it didn't take long for her to make great progress, and even the old lady no longer used the description of "being picked up by a dog" when she saw it.
After class, after Gu Chuyue saw off her husband, she stretched her waist and called Pearl in.
"Call a few servants from the front yard to come over and move this box of books back to Yinyue Garden."
As a result, Pearl called two skinny maids.
“…… Pearl? Gu Chuyue pointed at them and then pointed to the box, and then spread out her hands in disbelief.
Pearl directly asked the two maids to move, Gu Chuyue hurriedly stopped, "The box is quite heavy, don't bear it...... Hurt ......"
Halfway through her words, she saw the two little maids bowing their heads, and easily lifted the wooden box that should have been moved by the two little maids, without any effort.
She was surprised and also a little interested, and propped her chin and said, "What's your name?" ”
The two little maids wrung their fingers crampedly and whispered.
"Slave Xiaohong."
"Slave and maid little green."
Gu Chuyue blinked, this name was really casual, she suddenly thought of the red and green that her grandfather always hung on her lips, what is Saina......