Chapter Ninety-Six: The Rich Rival the Country
As soon as she returned to the Hou Mansion, Chu Zishan asked Sheng Xia to take Chu Shiyu back to her yard first, called the housekeeper, and asked her to immediately clean up a courtyard for Chu Shiyu, arrange a few proper mothers-in-law and maids to wait, and carefully instructed the fifth sister to have the best food and clothing.
The housekeeper knew that the five girls' wounded officers were not allowed to stay in the waiting house, but the girl in charge spoke, and he didn't dare to question and refute if he had the courage to do so, so he agreed with a smile on his face and went to do things in a hurry.
Knowing that his mother was talking with the elders in the flower hall, everyone went to the flower hall.
When he arrived at the flower hall, Chu Chun hurriedly stepped forward to open the heavy cotton curtain, Chu Zishan stepped in, and the hot breath came to his face, and he saw that there were four or five charcoal braziers on the ground in the flower hall.
Normally, in winter, there are no more than two charcoal braziers in this hall, but now it is a warm spring, and these charcoal braziers are put in the warm spring, and the steaming heat of the room makes her feel like she is roasting in the stove, and it is a little difficult to breathe.
Mother and second aunt have always been thrifty, and they would never burn charcoal like this, Chu Zishan frowned coldly and danced in his heart, and said in his heart, he ran to her Houfu to be a blessing.
Mrs. Chu, who was on the right seat, listened to the two concubines talking, her face was flushed, and she wiped the sweat on her forehead with the handkerchief in her hand from time to time.
"Zishan, you're back. Gu Gongzi is also here, just in time, I came to meet the eldest aunt and fifth aunt from my hometown." Mrs. Chu smiled and beckoned to Gu Yimo.
Gu Yimo stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Yimo has seen all the elders."
Chu Zishan saluted the elders, and was just about to say hello when he was knocked away, Danfeng flew to his mother Wang like a flower butterfly, and twisted his skirt and turned around: "Mother, look at my dress, and my head, is it good......?"
Chu Zishan rolled his eyes, and caught a glimpse of the second aunt's red face covered with shiny sweat, stroking her chest and panting unsteadily.
She went to the window and pushed it open, and the cool air immediately poured in, and her mood was slightly better because of the heat.
The eldest aunt Li looked at Gu Yimo with a kind smile: "Ouch, what a handsome descendant, looking at the noble and outstanding, I don't know if it is the noble son of the *** family."
"Yimo comes from an ordinary family, and he is a businessman." Gu Yimo said with a smile.
"Shang Jia ......" The smile on Li's face froze, and quickly changed into a hypocritical smirk: "Okay, you can make money and have a good brain, and Zishan will definitely eat and drink in the future."
The fifth aunt on the side, Wang, snorted lightly, raised her chin and looked arrogant, "Sister-in-law, our family is a noble marquis's disciple, how noble, even if you get married, you have to be an official of the DPRK and China, how can you let Zishan marry a businessman, and the eldest sister-in-law's brain can't be pumped."
As she spoke, she looked at Chu Zishan with mockery in her eyes.
"The fifth sister-in-law doesn't know."
Without waiting for Mrs. Chu to speak, the third lady Ning shook her handkerchief, "Gu Gongzi is not an ordinary businessman, that is the emperor's guest."
"How can a businessman be the emperor's guest!" Wang looked Gu Yimo up and down in surprise.
Danfeng took Wang's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, Gu Gongzi is capable, he auctioned a lot of objects at the auction yesterday, and spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one night, and the guests at the meeting looked at us with envy and admiration, even the King of Huainan did not dare to grab the auction with Gu Gongzi, Gu Gongzi was not so prestigious.
You see, my clothes and face were all given by Gu Gongzi......
"Spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one night? Oh my God, how much money is going to be squandered." Wang was stunned.
"Rich enough to rival the country!" Ning whispered softly, his elongated tone full of acidity.
"Ouch, but it's amazing, it's amazing......
Li and Wang looked at Gu Yimo, shocked and a little questioning.
Gu Yimo smiled and bowed: "Yesterday, I heard that Zishan said that relatives from his hometown were visiting, so Yimo prepared gifts for the two elders, Yun Chuan, bring things in."
Someone outside the house answered, the cotton curtain was lifted, and Yun Chuan walked in with a red knee carved wooden box.
Wang stared at the red-kneeled box, and his greed was unmistakable.
Gu Yimena
A few brocade boxes were taken out and given to several elders: "This is the filial piety that ink gives to the elders."
Seeing that his brocade box was bigger than others, Wang couldn't close his mouth with joy, and couldn't wait to open the brocade box, and a white jade Buddha was lying quietly inside.
"What's the matter...... her eyes were full of amazement, and she gently stroked the warm jade Buddha: "What a big jade Buddha, this jade is as white as snow, without a single flaw, but it is the best in the world."
Li Shi was holding a golden Maitreya Buddha, and the feeling of being really heavy made her smile and bend her eyebrows: "Accept Gu Gongzi with such a generous gift, how can this be made, how can it be made."
"Among the brocade red and southern red, brocade red is the most precious, and the best one is as red as brocade. It is worthy of a merchant king, and it is a treasure that is beyond people's reach."
Ning smiled at the Nanhong bracelet in his hand, raised his slender willow eyebrows, and glanced at Gu Yimo: "Gu Gongzi actually knows my preferences, I heard that Gu Gongzi has a delicate heart before, today I believe it, this gift is warm, thank you Gu Gongzi."
"It's good if the third aunt likes it." Gu Yimo nodded with a faint smile.
The Wang family caressed the Jade Buddha with great affection, and saw that the other ladies had only objects to play with, and she was very proud: "Gu Gongzi has not yet married Zishan, so he gave us such a valuable gift, it stands to reason that this best object should be given to your soldier's mother, and given to me, how can I be embarrassed to accept it."
"Giggle......
Ning covered his mouth and chuckled, and pointed at Wang: "Fifth sister-in-law, you should buy pork and pick watermelons in the vegetable market, weigh the size ratio, your Jade Buddha is the best good, but it is also common, and the Da Nanzhu in the hands of the sister-in-law and the second aunt's Jinhua Fu brick tea are unique products with no price, even this one in my hand, you can't compare."
She saw that Wang's face changed, and she felt a chill down her spine when she was secretly happy, and turned her eyes to see Chu Zishan staring at her gloomily.
Chu Zishan understood her provocation, she was a little afraid, and lowered her head with a weak cough.
When Wang heard this, the jade Buddha in her hand immediately stopped smelling, and she put down the jade Buddha, "Gu Gongzi sees us as distant relatives and treats us differently."
Gu Yimo said with a smile: "When I first saw that the two elders didn't know what they liked, I made my own decisions......
Li smiled at Gu Yimo: "Thank you Gu Gongzi, your fifth aunt is a straightforward and fast-talking, don't take it to heart." She turned her head to look at Wang, "You don't give me the jade Buddha."
Wang hurriedly hugged the Jade Buddha tightly and rolled his eyes: "His eldest aunt, don't be too greedy and roar."
The housekeeper entered the flower hall and saluted respectfully: "Gu Gongzi, the outsiders at the door said that they were your attendants, and there is an urgent matter for you to return quickly."
Gu Yimo stood up and saluted a few elders: "Yimo has an important family with him, so he won't accompany a few elders, and another day, Yimo will hold a banquet for the two elders who came from afar in Baifu Building."
"If you have something to do, go get busy." Mrs. Chu waved her hand at him.
Gu Yimo bowed his head, looked at Chu Zishan, a trace of melancholy appeared in his bright eyes, and then took Yunchuan out of the flower hall.
Chu Zishan frowned slightly, inexplicably he looked at himself, what was the deep meaning?
Gu Yimo walked out of the Hou Mansion, and the attendants standing under the courtyard of the Hou Mansion hurriedly greeted him, approached him and whispered in his ears with his hands.
Gu Yimo's sword eyebrows gradually condensed, and his face became more and more solemn.
The attendant stood up straight and said, "Childe, Duke Zhou is here......
"Alas!" Gu Yimo sighed, gritted his teeth, and strode towards the carriage.