Chapter 389 When the eldest aunt met Mr. Chen
“The second son’s house is really grand.”
When he walked to the door of Zhu Ping’an’s house, his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the extremely large area. The door of the red brick and green tiled mansion made me sigh. Uncle Zhu Shouren has not been to Zhu Ping'an's house for a while. Zhu Ping'an's family renovated the house a few days ago. It is much better than the top landlord's house in the village. At first sight, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Second brother, our parents are here to see you."
Uncle Zhu Shouren shouted outside the door without knocking, and then pushed the door open first, and then Mr. Zhu and Old Mrs. Zhu followed closely, then the eldest aunt and the others filed in, and finally the third uncle's family.
At this time, mother Chen and her daughter-in-law Juaner were cutting silk fabrics on a long table in the yard, preparing to make two sets of clothes for Zhu Pingan during the slack period. This silk cloth was left by those who came to visit a few days ago. Mrs. Chen picked out a few pieces of material that felt comfortable and set them aside for Zhu Pingan to make clothes.
Zhu's father is sharpening a hoe by the well in the yard. There is more land in the house and more farm tools are used. It is also a time-consuming task to sharpen them one by one before starting work, but Zhu's father likes to do it.
The eldest brother Zhu Pingchuan took over from Zhu's father and was driving the bullock cart back and forth between the town and the village, so he was not at home.
Hearing uncle Zhu Shouren's voice, the three people working in the yard raised their heads and looked with some surprise at the arrival of all the people in the Zhu family's old house.
"Father, mother, brother, you are here." Father Zhu put down his work and came over.
"Dad, Mom." Mrs. Chen stopped the scissors in her hand and called out.
"Grandpa, grandma, please sit down. I'll get you some tea." Zhu Pingjun's wife Juan'er put down what she was holding, went into the house to move chairs and stools, and then went to serve tea. Pour water.
"Ahem, okay." The uncle coughed and nodded.
“Ah, second sister-in-law, this is fine silk and satin, ah ah ah, look at the color, it’s so beautiful.” The fourth aunt’s eyes turned green when she saw the silk and satin spread on the table in the courtyard. After he was done with it, he let out a cry and rushed to Mrs. Chen. He couldn't help but put his hand on the silk and touched it.
“Hey, look how bright the color is. Why is it so thin and light? It feels so soft and comfortable. Our family has raised silkworms, but we have never touched silk satin. Second sister-in-law, you are really good. Blessing.”
The fourth aunt touched the silk satin with her hands, and she would scream from time to time, not wanting to let go of her hands.
Zhu Pingjun's wife squinted one eye, looked at the fourth aunt in disgust, and flattened her mouth in disdain.
"This color is too plain, it's for Shi'er. I still have half a horse in the house. If you like the color, take it. Of course, the same goes for my parents, my sister-in-law, and my two younger siblings. "After hearing the fourth aunt praise herself for being lucky, Mrs. Chen had a smile on her face. She had originally planned to give the old man some cloth, but now she took the opportunity to be a good person.
The eldest aunt is accustomed to being strong, especially in front of Mr. Chen. Now that Mr. Chen showed her face, she was not to be outdone.
Looking up in style, the eldest aunt also walked up to Mrs. Chen, pretending to look at the silk and satin, but she deliberately lifted the hair at the base of her ears, showing off a pair of gold earrings she wore on her ears. , and even deliberately waved it in front of Chen.
"It's hot today, and my ears with stuffy hair are really uncomfortable." The eldest aunt said in front of Mr. Chen while twirling her hair at the base of her ears and shaking her gold earrings.
Ms. Chen glanced at her aunt's gold earrings and looked a little strange.
When the eldest aunt saw this, she thought Mr. Chen was envious, and she became more and more energetic.
"No, it's getting hotter and hotter today. I've only been working for a while, and my hands are already hot."
Ms. Chen said, and then masturbated He lifted his sleeves, and then a gold bracelet appeared in front of the aunt, almost dazzling her eyes.
Auntie.
“Oh, this, Shouyi insists on buying it, and I can’t convince him.” Mrs. Chen seemed to have just noticed the look in her eyes, and exclaimed, putting down her sleeves again. .
After hearing this, Father Zhu raised his head and looked over. Mrs. Chen immediately glared hard at Father Zhu, and then Father Zhu lowered his head again.
I don’t have to buy it, it’s you who insists on buying it.
If it were modern times, Zhu's father would probably use such an expression that the baby was feeling sad but the baby couldn't express it. At that time, Mrs. Chen followed Zhu's father to the town to look at shops and saw such a bracelet. She just looked at it. One glance made Chen unable to walk.
In fact, this bracelet is made of silver, with a layer of gold on the outside. Zhu's father thinks that a bracelet costs more than three taels of silver and is not worth it. However, Mrs. Chen likes it. With the roar of the lion in Hedong, Zhu's father can only spend money. Bought.
The eldest aunt.
When the eldest aunt encountered setbacks, Zhu Pingjun’s daughter-in-law came forward and said something about how much of this kind of silk and satin their parents’ family had. If they couldn’t wear it all, they would get bugs. Well, they also have a shop selling silk and satin.
Then the eldest aunt became elated again, stretched out her hand and pointed two fingers, "Yes, yes, you don't know that the annual gross profit of Jun's wife's shop is this "The number."
It means two hundred taels of silver. After saying this, the eldest aunt felt that she had the upper hand again.
Just at this moment, another person came into the yard. There was the sound of a carriage outside, and then a man who looked like a gentleman came in, followed by the steward and the servant girl.
After seeing the gift, he explained the purpose of his visit. This was an official from the next town next door, who came specifically to visit Zhu Pingan. Of course, he also knew that Zhu Pingan was not there. After greetings for a while, a gift list was delivered, and then the steward and the servants were ordered to carry the gifts from the carriage.
Not to mention the gift boxes and other items brought from the car, just mentioning the gift of one hundred taels of silver as the first item on the gift list made the uncle Zhu Shouren who read the gift list on his behalf speechless.
One hundred taels?
This is a free gift. After hearing this, the eldest aunt looked at Mrs. Chen and instantly became as jealous as a rabbit, greedy for more.
Just for a visit, I would get a hundred taels of silver. In the past period of time, there were dozens of carriages and horses visiting, so how much would it cost? No wonder he has to study. No wonder his father always said that there is a golden house in books. It turns out that there really is.
Think about it, the eldest aunt's eyes are even redder. As for the income of two hundred taels a year from the handsome wife's shop just mentioned, this is just a drop in the bucket compared to this.
The eldest aunt's face turned red at this moment when she thought about what she had just shown off. Of course, her eyes were even redder.
As for the fourth aunt, if the fourth uncle hadn't been quick to catch her at this moment, otherwise she would have pounced on the gift and turned into an airport security inspector.
Just when the eldest aunt was jealous, Mrs. Chen felt even more uncomfortable.
"No, no, we don't accept gifts. We don't want any money, nothing valuable, no amount of money."
Ms. Chen's expression was as if it were a piece of meat, and she tilted her head and deliberately did not look at the gifts that were being moved from the carriage. All kinds of expensive gifts were waved vigorously towards the visitor with one hand, and he firmly refused.
Of course, the other hand pinched the flesh on Father Zhu’s arm.
God knows how difficult it was for Chen to refuse, and how painful it was in her heart, which was more painful than cutting flesh.
Uh
Of course, Zhu's father should know, his arm was almost bruised by Chen's pinch.
Chen's idea is very simple. His son said that accepting gifts would not be good for him in the future, so he would not accept them. No matter how much I felt in my heart, I refused to accept it for the sake of my son.
“What?”
The eldest uncle Zhu Shouren almost tore up the gift list when he heard this, not to mention the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt. Their surprised expressions were even worse than meeting a ghost. A hundred times more surprised.
In the end, at the insistence of Mrs. Chen and Mr. Zhu, all the valuable gifts on the gift list were taken back by the visitor, leaving only some less valuable things such as food and a piece of cloth. It’s still the result of someone’s persistence.
Otherwise, given Chen's wishes, it would probably be enough to just leave a box of cakes. (End of this chapter)