Zhao Chonglin didn't know how many times he rolled in the quagmire, and he and the five princes pulled each other and climbed ashore.The two of them lay on their backs and panted in the half-human-tall weeds, their heads covered by a dense canopy of trees.Both of them were so thin that they lost their appearance, and their bodies were full of new and old wounds.He can't die in this deep mountain and old forest, there are still people at home waiting for him to go back.In the capital, Meng Jiaojiao's post was sent out in just half a day, and there was a reply, about Wanfu Restaurant.Since it was she who invited her, she was naturally the first to arrive and wait for the guests, and the capital was indeed different from the small places in their mansions, not to mention the cost of every inch of land.It cost dozens of taels of silver to set such an extremely ordinary wing, and this was decided a day in advance.Gu Xianzhang has not changed much in the past two years, and he is still so amorous and noble prodigal.As soon as he entered the door, he shouted dissatisfied, "Why did you decide such a broken place, I knew it was up to me." ”"It's already rare to wait until here, please ask Gu Gongzi to condescend and reward his face."
Meng Jiaojiao invited him to sit down, and then let Xiao Er serve the food.Gu Xianzhang put his arm on the armrest and leaned back in the chair casually, and looked at the person opposite a few times with his eyelids."
I thought you'd be depressed, at least not so quickly, at least a little bit of a bereavement."
Meng Jiaojiao was not surprised that he knew about Zhao Chonglin, after all, the fifth prince was the emperor's own son and Gu Xianzhang's cousin."
Let Gu Gongzi down, that's really not mine.""
You woman is really ruthless, you tell the truth, are you looking forward to Zhao Chonglin's death so don't delay you to earn money?
Tsk, I feel sorry for Zhao Chonglin, why did I marry a hard-hearted woman like you. ”Gu Xianzhang sneered again as he spoke, "My cousin-in-law cried and fainted several times after learning the bad news, and she is still depressed due to sadness. ”The cold sarcasm at him, Meng Jiaojiao was not only not annoyed, but still smiled faintly, "So what?
Should I look for life and death, and it is better to bury him when I die?
”This made Gu Xianzhang pause, he thought about it and frowned and shook his head, "That's not it."
Alas, forget that, it's good that you're like this, and the living have to live after all.Let's get down to business, you said you had something important to discuss with me?
Is there something wrong with you coming back to the capital?
How long?
I also did my best to be a landlord. ”"I don't plan to leave for the time being, and I naturally have business to discuss with you."
A lunch lasted more than an hour before it dispersed, during which Xiao Er sent tea three times.When they were separated, Gu Xianzhang remembered to ask her where she lived now, and after learning about it, he was disgusted again."
Why don't you let me find you a place?
There are too many people living in that place, so I'll change your place of residence. ”He suddenly remembered a person, "Well, you came by yourself?"
What about Miss Liu?
It's really not safe for you two women to live over there, you have to change your accommodation, you just have to wait. ”Hearing him mention Liu Cheng'er, Meng Jiaojiao couldn't help but look at him twice, only seeing curiosity and confusion in his eyes, nothing else."
Orange didn't come, Orange and Shen Xu got married, I am not afraid of living with Qiu Niang and them, there should be no danger.""
Yo, that little girl is married, it's good, it's good."
He tilted his head and said with some pity: "Why don't you tell me in advance, I'll give her a congratulatory gift after a good acquaintance, right?"
”He also thought about it seriously, "It's not appropriate to send it now, I'm afraid that her man will misunderstand." ”"Huh......
It's good that you know.I won't bother you with the accommodation for now, and I will ask you for help if you need it later. ”After seeing Gu Xianzhang set the basic direction, Meng Jiaojiao felt relieved, and visited Cui's house with gifts the next day.Cui Yunhua deliberately waited at home for this cousin who had never met before, and at the end of last year, he received a letter from home and learned that this cousin was not only young and promising, but she was also very good, and their husband and wife even had a relationship with the Five Princes and the Guogong Mansion.It's just over the New Year, but there is news that my cousin-in-law and the fifth prince died in the west, and everything came too quickly.Interests aside, this cousin's ill-fated fate is really pitiful.Uncle and aunt passed away one after another, leaving their two sisters and brothers, and now even her brother-in-law is gone, and she still has to support the two families.Cui Yunhua couldn't bear to sigh when he talked to his wife about the cousin of the Meng family several times, "My cousin is in the capital now, you can talk to her more when you have time." ”Zhang has heard her husband talk about it many times, and she also has pity for the Meng family's cousin, and in her imagination, the Meng family's cousin must be a miserable and pitiful person.When she really saw someone who was shocked by the other party's bright appearance and mental state, she was really out of shape, and seeing was believing.After getting a little familiar, Cui Yunhua tried to ask about her plans, and learned that she had already met with Gu Xianzhang, the youngest son of the Guogong Mansion, and also agreed on a new cooperation, and the couple was surprised and sure that they had seen each other."
Don't say anything else, if you encounter something, you must tell your cousin and sister-in-law, we dare not say that we will be able to take care of everything, but there are always many people to discuss.Although our cousins have only met for the first time, the blood relationship is real, and we will help each other in the future. ”Meng Jiaojiao responded generously, "Cousin and sister-in-law, don't think I'm annoying, I'm going to bother you a lot in the future." ”After Meng Jiaojiao left, the husband and wife looked at each other with an indescribable sense of complication, and it was Zhang who spoke first."
I think it's good for my cousin to be like this, and the Zhao family's letter of harmony is good."
The Zhang family thought that Meng Jiaojiao could survive because of her resentment towards the Zhao family, even if she wanted to live a better life and slap the face of the Zhao family with this resentment, even if it would be harder for this, it was better than grieving for the dead.Cui Yunhua didn't think so, but he also felt that the Zhao family's letter and departure letter were good."
Uncle is right, when I didn't see my cousin, I thought Uncle was exaggerating, no matter how she is, she is just a woman.Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I understand that my uncle said that my cousin is better than many men, and this is indeed the case.Leaving those people in the Zhao family is like cutting the thread that involves her, so that she can fly higher and farther. ”I have to say that in terms of business mind and fearless momentum, my cousin is very similar to my uncle.It's no wonder that the uncle found them, this is what was destined in the dark.Zhang suddenly smiled and winked at her husband, "Maybe we will be in the light of our cousin in the future." ”Cui Yunhua only smiled at this, there are too many uncertain things in this world.Meng Jiaojiao didn't go home after coming out of Cui's house, and when she met with Qiu Niang, there were still many things waiting for them to do.After entering May, the weather gradually began to get hotter, and on this day, Meng Jiaojiao came back from outside and heard Kong talking to Chun Tao."
Everything in Beijing is really expensive, this ice is even more incredible, it doesn't cost thousands of taels of silver to use it in a summer, this is still our family has few people, if there are more people than before, it will have to be doubled."
What's not expensive on the boundary of the capital?
Even drinking saliva is more expensive than elsewhere.Even if people from outside the city want to go into the city to take a breath, the money they pay when they enter the city is more expensive than elsewhere."
In the past, ice and charcoal were used casually at home, but now I have to plan to come, and every small piece of heart is dripping blood, but it is all white silver."
The spring peach girl pursed her mouth and complained, and Kong's next words made her even more resentful."
The winter in Beijing is much colder than Yanjiangfu, and it will snow after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and winter can be more difficult than summer."
Meng Jiaojiao walked in and told them, "Ice can only be bought and used, and charcoal fire is our own, so we don't need to save it." ”Even in Beijing, she can afford to buy expensive ice cubes, but the Zhao family is struggling at this time.After the original subordinates left, Zhao Chongliang hurriedly changed a batch, of course, the number was not as large as before, after all, there were two fewer masters to serve.But how can a newcomer do everything handily and serve his master in everything?
The food is not to taste, I can't figure out the habits of the master, I can't sort out the affairs of the house, after all, there is no one before who has explained anything to them, just listening to the fourth master casually say a few words, they are in a state of not knowing anything at all.Zhao Chongliang is so busy every day that his feet don't touch the ground that he doesn't feel very used to it, but he is too unaccustomed to being at home every day to Chen's.There are people around her who are not used to it, and they don't coax her to amuse, and they don't serve her carefully like the people before her, and they rub and massage her every day.Besides, the food and tea should not be as good as before, not to mention the nourishing tonic that I had every day before.Liu is now in charge of the family's expenses, and Chen confronts her, but she only says that those things are too expensive.After Liu Shi quoted the price to her one by one, she was too expensive, "Don't get those useless things, you still have to be careful in your life, there are money-earning hands outside, and there must be a basket for money at home." ”That being said, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.Now that the weather is hot, she is not feeling well, and she spends more time lying down, and her body is even more uncomfortable with the heat."
Buy some ice and come back to cool down the heat."
At this time last year, there was already ice in her room, and the basin was piled up, and there were people who fanned her at the end of the ice basin, and there were two or three skilled people around her who massaged and massaged.Now, she is so sore that she doesn't even feel that her legs and feet are as good as before, and sometimes she wakes up with cramps in the middle of the night without anyone noticing.