Chapter 67: Silver (1st Watch)
Mama Cao saw that Xue's hands were trembling with anger, and she couldn't help but feel proud in her heart.
Glancing at the half-new clothes on Xue's body, as well as the plain swaying on his head, the disdain in his eyes was undisguised.
It's a lady of an official family, and she doesn't wear the new clothes of her subordinates, and her hands are bare, without half of the jewelry.
She has a pair of gold bracelets for all of her mothers.
It seems that what Madame said is right, this Xue Mansion sounds good to be an official mansion, but in fact, it is so poor that even the mice are too lazy to patronize it.
Seeing the disdain in Mama Cao's eyes, the cold light in Xiao Jinyue's eyes flashed.
"Mama Cao, did your wife really let you bring two hundred taels of private silver over, and asked my mother to ask me to raise my grandmother?"
Hearing Xiao Jinyue speak, Mama Cao's scalp instinctively went numb, this Xiao Er girl had sharp teeth and sharp mouth, she was really afraid of her.
turned her head to look, but found that Xiao Jinyue's eyes were shining waiting for her to answer, and the flattery in her eyes made her stunned.
After coming back to his senses in an instant, he couldn't help but feel proud, and at the same time a wave of disdain rose in his heart, but it was only two hundred taels of silver, and the second girl's attitude towards her changed greatly before and after, and her flattering appearance was like a poor person in the countryside who had never seen a few taels of silver.
Also, in the kind of place at the border pass, there are constant wars all the year round, and the three heads of the foreign tribes come to burn and loot in two days, and the people there are probably poorer than the people in the countryside, and they don't know if they can earn ten taels of silver all year round.
When I heard that there were two hundred taels, I couldn't rejoice.
Xue Shi saw the smug and disdainful look on Mama Cao's face, and couldn't guess what she was thinking. The teacup in her hand almost couldn't help but smash at her.
Xiao Jinyue's eyes quickly pressed and smiled comfortingly at her mother.
Although Xue didn't know why she repeatedly blocked herself, she remembered that her daughter had stunned this Mama Cao speechless, and finally suppressed the anger in her heart.
Seeing that Mama Cao was still distracted, Xiao Jinyue smiled at her flatteringly, "Mama..."
Mama Cao was called back to her senses, and said proudly with her head held high, "This is natural, our lady handed over two hundred taels to me with her own hands, and I saw that it was real, all of them were silver ingots of ten taels, and they were still new." ”
Xiao Jinyue's hint of flattery made her feel a sense of charity in her heart, and she unconsciously called herself me.
Xiao Jinyue asked as if she hadn't noticed it, "Really, I wonder if Mama Cao can let me take a look, what is the difference between the silver used in Kyoto and the one we use in the north?" ”
Her flattery pleased Mama Cao, "This was originally given to you, so naturally you can see enough." ”
Mama Cao turned her head and waved her hand to a little girl who was following her, "Why don't you hurry up and bring the silver to the second girl." ”
Xue's frowns, she doesn't know what her daughter means, but she understands that the child she gave birth to will not please such a grandmother for a mere two hundred taels of silver.
Since Xiao Jinyue learned medical skills from her master, she has often provided free medical consultations to patients, and sometimes made medicines from the precious medicinal herbs collected by her master and gave them to patients for free.
Her master was so angry that she blew her beard and glared, but her Yue'er didn't care, because in her eyes, human life was more important than silver.
Thinking of the past, Xue's heart quickly calmed down and decided to wait and see what happened.
The little maid with a double bun and a turquoise dress walked over with a brocade box engraved with black lacquer and gold engraved flowers and birds in both hands.
Mama Cao stretched out her hand to take the box, but Xiao Jinyue suddenly said, "Wait a minute." ”
For some reason, Xiao Jinyue's scream, Mama Cao suddenly had a sudden break in her heart, and suddenly became uneasy.
But after thinking about it, she didn't find anything wrong, and the uneasiness was pressed down by her.
He asked Xiao Jinyue unhappily, "What are the second girls waiting for?" ”
"Mama, is there really two hundred taels of silver in this?"
"How can this be fake? It's a full two hundred taels of silver, but I put it in with my own hands, I can't be wrong! ”
Xiao Jinyue looked at Mama Cao steadily, watching her heart beat the drum, and the uneasiness that she had ignored just now surged up again.
There was silence in the flower hall for a moment, and Xiao Jinyue suddenly smiled at her meaninglessly, "Then please open the box and I'll take a look." ”
The box in Mama Cao's hand instinctively retracted, she suddenly didn't want to give the brocade box to Xiao Jinyue, and consciously told her that there was something wrong with the box.
Seeing that she was holding the brocade box in a daze, and fell into the eyes of the unknown Tsing Yi maid behind her, I thought she was reluctant to give up the two hundred taels of silver.
Also, after all, it is two hundred taels of silver, although Mama Cao is powerful in the house, but the moon silver is only two taels.
These two hundred taels of white silver are a huge amount of money in the eyes of these current people.
Just gave it to that Xiao Er girl, even she was very jealous in her heart.
It's no wonder that Mama Cao is reluctant, but the Xue family and the second girl Xiao are looking at it, this silver has to be given even if you don't give it.
The maid quietly reached out and tugged at the corner of Mama Cao's clothes, and reminded her softly, "Mama Cao..."
Mama Cao came back to her senses, and when she looked up, she saw Xiao Jinyue's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and the uneasiness in her heart became bigger and bigger.
She couldn't understand what she was worried about, and seeing that everyone in the flower hall was looking at her curiously, she could only reluctantly hand the brocade box in her hand towards Xiao Jinyue.
Xiao Jinyue didn't answer, and said to her with a smile, "Please also ask Mama Cao to help open the box." ”
Mama Cao shook her hand, and said with a smile, "Since the silver is for you, after you accept it, take it back to the room, and then look at it slowly." After all, wealth can't be exposed, right? ”
Xiao Jinyue nodded in agreement, "What Mama Cao said is that wealth naturally cannot be exposed at will. ”
Seeing her approval, Mama Cao couldn't help laughing, and just wanted to hand the box in her hand to Xiao Jinyue again.
But seeing her said unhurriedly, "Before taking it back, it's better to open it and count it first, after all, it's two hundred taels of silver." If something goes wrong, then it's not clear, Mama Cao, do you think this is the reason? ”
This is reasonable, and Mama Cao can't refute it.
If she said that she didn't need to count it, then the two girls said that the amount of silver in the box was wrong.
Those who don't know still think that she has lost a part of the silver, then she can't argue.
Count and count, the silver was put into the brocade box by her own hands, a full twenty silver ingots, a lot of one.
Remembering that the silver was put in by herself, there was nothing wrong with it, Mama Cao was relieved, and she couldn't help but despise it, but it was just two hundred taels of silver, and she Mama Cao was not nothing.
She's not so shallow that she wants to be a little bit obscure.
This Xiao Er girl was so nervous that she had to count it in person, as if she was afraid that the silver in it would be missing.
If it is really a poor sour from the border pass, I am afraid that she has grown so big, and she has never had such a large sum of money.
Mama Cao instantly felt a sense of superiority in her heart, put the brocade box in her hand on the table beside her, and pushed it to Xiao Jinyue's side.
Mama Cao stretched out her hand to open the brocade box, and said disdainfully, "Second girl, please look at it, no more, no less, a full two hundred taels of silver." ”
Unexpectedly, with the soft sound of opening the box, the flower hall suddenly became eerily quiet...
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