The account books were piled high, and Yutong and Qu sat at the desk together to read the accounts.
Both mother and daughter were attentive.
There was no sound of people talking outside, only the sound of the crackling beads.
Last year, I sent 500 taels to the Hou Mansion.
There were all kinds of local specialties in the boxing gift.
Including the errands, the amount was no more than 1,000 taels, but it was a lot of money for the Qu family to save.
You must know that Yurou could only get married.
Only two thousand taels of dowry money.
"Mom, we can bring back some more tea today.
Didn't my brother-in-law and his family send a lot of tea?"
Yutong thought that the people in the Hou family's return gifts were mostly cloth or something, nothing valuable.
She has now been asked by Mr.
Qu to start looking at the account books and learning about family matters.
Mrs.
Qu basically didn't learn these things when she was in her parents' home.
She was taught by Zhang Zhao after she took office abroad.
She herself was smart and figured out many methods, so she didn't want her daughter to be blind like her, so now she started letting her read the account books.
Of course, Yutong did not live up to her expectations.
She was able to get started in a few days and also organized all the annual gifts into a book by category, which made Qu feel a lot more relaxed.
After hearing what she said, Mrs.
Qu immediately added: "You can add this.
Your grandfather loved tea the most, especially the green bamboo leaf, which is always available at home."
"Mom, we also sent Yizhou's famous chili sauce back for them to try.
I think they also know that dad is just a fifth-rank official, and how can he compare with people from Beijing.
If we send something expensive, I'm afraid they will think we are "I have a lot of money in my hand."
Yutong once heard Wang's mother say that when her father was assigned to Yunnan, the family didn't give him much money, and it was the Qu family who took out all the dowry to tide over the difficulties.
Mrs.
Qu said, "I'm afraid they won't think so.
They all say that three years to clear the magistrate's office and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.
Maybe they think we have how much money we have outside."
As Yutong became more and more sensible, Mrs.
Qu gradually stopped treating her as a child.
From time to time, she would talk about the current situation of the Hou Mansion to let her know more about it.
The two were talking about family matters when Mother Wei came in and said that Zhang Gui was back.
Mrs.
Qu and Yutong were overjoyed and hurriedly packed up the unread account books on the table and returned to the main hall.
Zhang Gui first greeted Mr.
Qu, and while doing so, he winked at Yutong.
Mrs.
Qu loved to see her brothers and sisters playing around.
She had many brothers and sisters, but most of them were not affectionate, and some were even enemies.
She envied the relationship between her brothers and sisters, so she always let her direct brothers and sisters move around more.
There was a heavy rain outside, and a few strands of hair on Zhang Gui's forehead were a little wet.
Yutong quickly asked Chunying to bring him a dry cloth.
Zhang Gui wiped it casually a few times and put it on the table.
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"It's time for the weather to get cooler.
The bandits that Dad recruited last year were all reported to Magistrate Leng and sent to Beida Camp.
He is used to taking credit from others, and with King Kang here, those who didn't know would really think that they were being recruited.
He was the one who made the bandits."
Zhang Gui felt very uncomfortable.
His father had been working in Yizhou for three years and it was difficult to be transferred even if he couldn't be promoted.
However, Magistrate Leng was so greedy.
The other party had a cheap son-in-law named Kang Wang, and his father was afraid that he would be in trouble again.
Going to stay.
In fact, Yutong thinks it would be good to stay in Yizhou.
Yizhou is rich in products and has simple folk customs.
It is actually a very good place.
But Yutong knew that her parents still wanted to return to the capital, which was their home.
Sure enough, I heard Mr.
Qu say: "When the person named Leng first opened the company, he boasted that he wanted to recruit people from the officialdom, some kind of literati leader.
It's ridiculous that he can speak so loudly for a person to be promoted.
Fortunately, he has a sense of proportion.
Gui'er Don't worry."
Having said that, Mr.
Qu actually didn't know for sure.
His father-in-law's master had passed away a few years ago, so Zhang Zhao had no one to protect him.
He had to stumble and work hard on his own, and he was not as supportive as others. many.
Fortunately, Mrs.
Wang said that someone from the Lin family was here, and the three of them changed their mind.
The Lin family came to discuss the route around the sedan chair.
Yutong sat aside and listened quietly to the mother's words.
No wonder Mrs.
Qu took a fancy to the Lin family.
This Lin family was really secretive.
Even the old mother who answered the questions was organized and generous.
The night before Yurou got married, Mrs.
Qu specially asked Aunt Mao to spend the night with Yurou.
Aunt Mao and Yurou looked at each other, and they felt that their hardships were finally over.
"Tomorrow is a good day for the third girl.
My aunt doesn't have anything good to give you.
I have a set of gifts here, which was given to me by the old lady in the Hou Mansion.
Don't take it away, girl.
Think of it as a little thought from me to the girl. " As soon as Aunt Mao finished speaking, Yurou burst into tears, "Auntie, what can you do if you don't have any money on you?
You gave me all the money last time.
My daughter can't ask for it."
Last time, Aunt Mao gave Yurou all the two hundred taels of silver she had accumulated over the years.
She had some savings when she was a young girl.
Although she didn't use much of the money, it was her heart.
"Third Miss, I'm worried about what I'm doing.
My wife has cheated on me and Aunt Xia again.
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Yesterday, my wife even rewarded me with a pair of hairpins for me to wear tomorrow.
I gave birth to a girl in one place, so I asked her to give birth to me.
With the middle-aged man, the girl's good days are coming.
My aunt is so happy for the girl."
The mother and daughter chatted for a long time.
In the early morning, before the sun came out, Mrs.
Tang and Tang Yan came over to help.
It was raining yesterday, but it is sunny today, which is a good sign.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the weather in Yizhou is getting colder and colder.
The flowers and plants in Yutong's yard are covered with frost, which makes it feel quite desolate.
On such a cold day, it would be great to have a pot to eat.
The red chili oil is poured on the hot beef pot.
Looking at the pot, the meal will definitely be hearty.
Beef is still very rare in this era.
It is said that even the people in the palace can't eat it if they want, but the Lin family just sent beef here, which shows that the Lin family is indeed very well off.
Although he couldn't make spicy beef, Yutong had people stew white radish beef soup.
This soup had been stewed all night, and the soup was a little sweet.
Zhang Gui came directly to her boudoir early in the morning, and Yutong asked Mama Wang to serve him a portion.
"No, this soup will dispel the cold.
Please drink some."
"Okay, I heard my mother say that my sister is learning cooking, and I will be very lucky in the future."
Zhang Gui held the bowl and took an eager sip.
His eyes lit up, and he quickly finished the bowl.
Xia Jue brought the pot helmet from outside, and Yutong gave it to Zhang Gui, "Brother, you take it home and eat it first.
Sister Yan is coming over today, and I want to accompany her."
"My sister is still considerate, so I'll take it back and eat it."
They all grew up in Yizhou, and they all like spicy food and Yizhou food.
They even speak a few Yizhou dialects sometimes.
She and Tang Yan hadn't seen each other for several months.
When they met again, they always complained about each other, especially Tang Yan who complained bitterly: "In order to practice eating, I just ate a bowl of quail eggs, and there were also thorns."
The more fish there are, the more you eat fish if you don’t follow the rules.”
"My mother was afraid that I would make a fool of myself when I returned to the capital, so she asked my nanny for advice.
Sister, what are you doing for?"
Yutong was also very curious.
Tang Yan's rules were pretty good, so why did she need such a strict tutor?
Not even her Aunt Zhu was so harsh.
Tang Yan blushed.
Yutong smiled evilly and guessed: "Could it be that Sister Yan has a brother-in-law?"
Tang Yan went up to cover her mouth: "Damn it, Nizi, you really dare to say anything."
After that, he whispered to Yutong: "We said we were going to get married.
That family is Taipusi Cheng.
This The person we were dating for the first time was my father’s matchmaker, so my mother was afraid that I would be embarrassed if I went to their house.”
As both a Beijing official and a fourth-rank official, it is no wonder that Mrs.
Tang lets her daughter suffer more at home, which is better than going to the capital to make people laugh.
Yutong congratulated her: "I would like to congratulate my sister first.
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I don't know what my sister likes.
It would be better if we were always together.
If my father is not here anymore, it will be difficult to meet my sister in the future.
I have to make something in advance. elder sister."
Foreign officials are transferred here and there, and so is Tang Yan's father.
However, she has a very good relationship with Yutong.
Speaking of separation at this time, although it is not yet in sight, but I don't know what day they suddenly stopped seeing each other.
When someone arrives, he becomes sad.
Seeing her depressed mood, Yutong laughed: "Li Taibai said that to be successful in life, you must have all the joy.
We are happy now.
Even if we think of each other in the future, we will be mostly happy.
Isn't this much better than catching a cold and hurting the moon?"
"You little girl, I've got you to say both good and bad things."
Tang Yan thought about it, but he didn't admit defeat.
It was hard for her to go out recently.
She wanted to avoid breaking off the relationship with her good friend, so she quickly said: "My mother said that I will get married next year.
I have an uncle in the capital.
Then my mother and my brother will send me to the capital."
Go.
I will give you my uncle's address now.
If you can't find me for a while, you can send a letter to me then. " Yutong solemnly asked Chunying to put the paper away.
They talked here for a while, and were called by Mother Wei to accompany the bride.
Tang Yan, who was getting married next year, also wanted to observe other people's weddings, so he was a little more excited.
Yurou is Yutong's biological sister, so Yutong is even more responsible.
The groom Lin Huanzhi was stopped at the door by Zhang Gui, and he let him in after checking a few pairs.
Yurou entered the Lin house with an uneasy mood, but when she came back, her face was full of smiles.
It could be seen that she was living a good life, and she was also She was very generous and gave a bunch of gifts to Yutong and Yujia, quite like a matron.
Yutong also met her brother-in-law Lin Huanzhi.
He was a very handsome young man.
He was indeed very honest as Mr.
Qu said.
When he was trying to persuade him to drink at the table, Zhang Zhao asked his servants to pour him a few glasses of wine, and he drank a few glasses. liquor.
Fortunately, the Zhang family members were also very measured and did not get him drunk.
Zhang Gui and brother-in-law Lin were still discussing the affairs of the academy.
Yurou was proud and happy beside him, as if he had been drunk.
Her husband was a very upright man, and even though there was a married woman in the house who was serving him, he sent him out before she got married.
Her mother-in-law also said that she should take care of the house.
Compared to her long-term lack of attention in her parents' family, she can be said to have stood up and walked away from her husband's family. gd1806102: