Chapter 189: Going crazy
Chu Jingqi put down the tea cup and felt that it tasted good, so she asked Xia Zihan for it with a shy face, "Ayu, when I leave, please give me half a catty of Qihong."
"I bought a total of two catties, and gave half a catty to my grandmother, half a catty to my aunt and uncle, and half a catty to my father. I only have half a catty left here, and I don't have any. If you're willing to drink it, you're good to go. It takes half a catty to open your mouth. Do you think this top-quality Qihong is just market cabbage, so easy to buy?"
Qi Mei spent a lot of money to buy this for others. It was specially bought for her to entertain guests during the New Year.
This bastard is good, he wants half a pound as soon as he opens his mouth, hum...
Chu Jingqi was embarrassed and said with a smile, "It turned out to be the best Qihong. I said it tasted better than the one I drank at my grandfather's last year. It tasted much more mellow and sweet."
"Okay, I'll give you two taels later." Xia Zihan showed mercy and poured him another glass with his own hands, "If you like it, just drink a few more."
"Yeah." Chu Jingqi narrowed his eyes with a smile and nodded like a puppy.
While the two were talking, Chu Kuang came in and reported, "Master, the Crown Prince of Song is here. He is talking to Aunt Chu in the hall. He said he would come to see the master later."
When Chu Jingqi heard this, she jumped up and said, "On the second day of the Lunar New Year, if he doesn't go to his mother's house, what is he doing here?"
That person was really annoying for disturbing his time with Ayu.
"Invite people here." Xia Zihan ordered Chu Kui.
Everyone is here, and there is no man in the Chu family. As the fiancée, she has to come out to entertain him. Besides, this is the New Year, and she doesn't want to affect everyone's goodwill just because she doesn't like Song Huai. Feeling.
Song Huai arrived soon and seemed not surprised to see Chu Jingqi.
After seeing the ceremony, the three of them climbed onto the bed and started talking around the huanghuali wood bed made of mother-of-pearl inlaid with flowers and birds.
Chu Jingqi's face was sullen, and she returned to her cold and unwilling expression in front of outsiders. Only Song Huai kept talking cheerfully, and Xia Zihan responded perfunctorily.
"The steward below sent the wrong thing. When my mother found out, she was too embarrassed to send someone to take it back. Today she specially sent me to bring a 300-year-old red ginseng to my aunt as an apology. This time it was my mother who was negligent.”
He told me the reason for his urgent visit on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Of course, Song Huai would not tell Xia Zihan. In fact, after Mr. Pei scolded Mr. Zeng for being so petty, his grandmother, Mr. Zeng, found out after a few days of wandering.
Little Zeng still respected her sister Zeng very much. When she heard that her daughter-in-law accused her sister of being stingy in front of the servants, little Zeng became furious immediately.
The daughter-in-law scolded her sister in front of the servants. Hong Guoguo refused to give her the honor of being a mother-in-law. Then she did what Pei did, doing one thing in front of her and another behind her back. Just this time, let her She saw clearly the true face of Pei's hypocrisy over the years.
Xiao Zeng sent someone to get the list of New Year's gifts that Pei had sent to the Chu family. He found Pei, slapped the list in front of Pei's face, and cursed angrily, "You still have the nerve to scold someone for being a small family? Look at you." Send this to your aunt What kind of junk are the New Year’s gifts at home? It’s just that the servants in your courtyard don’t eat these things. You actually sent it to the Chu family as a New Year’s gift. In your eyes, do you still have me as a mother-in-law? ”
"You are allowed to send Chen Guzi rotten sesame seeds to the Chu family and slap your aunt in the face, but you are not allowed to return Chen Guzi rotten sesame seeds? You still have the nerve to stand in the yard and curse people. The girls from the Pei family are so virtuous. Generous?”
Little Mrs. Zeng was furious. She never cared about the affairs of the house, but she once stood up for her elder sister and lost her temper at Mrs. Pei.
It was still New Year's Eve.
Originally, Mrs. Zeng wanted to come in person to apologize to Mrs. Zeng, but coming to the Chu family on New Year's Eve, whether it was an apology or an apology, was unreasonable.
After much deliberation, Xiao Zeng decided to send Song Huai to visit the Chu family on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when my aunt takes her nephew back to her parents' home. Every year on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Song Huai will go back to Duke Pei's Mansion with Pei to pay New Year greetings. However, in this matter, Pei took the first step, even though she was not happy for her son to go to the Chu family and humiliate Zeng. He apologized and did not dare to stop him.
Just like that, Song Huai came over with a three-hundred-year-old red ginseng that Xiao Zeng took out from his private treasury.
When Mrs. Pei saw that the red ginseng was finally given to Mrs. Zeng, her heart bleeds with distress.
That red ginseng was bought by Song Boqing not long ago for 1,500 taels of silver. When Mrs. Pei saw it, she wanted to ask for it and send it to the Pei family to give to her mother. Unexpectedly, Song Boqing didn't give it to her, but turned around and gave it to the little girl instead. Tsang.
It turned out that Mrs. Zeng had been suffering from chest tightness and unable to eat for some time a few years ago. Song Baiqing was very worried, so he went to find this red ginseng to replenish her health.
Little Zeng didn't want to use it, so he locked it in the warehouse.
Unexpectedly, my chest had been hurting all winter, but after Mrs. Pei lost her temper on New Year's Eve, she suddenly felt better and her mind was smooth. During the New Year's Eve dinner that night, I ate half a plate of dumplings in one sitting. I was so happy. Song Baiqing whispered to her that if she was in a bad mood in the future, just find someone to lose her temper with.
Early this morning, Xiao Zeng went to Song Huai with red ginseng and asked Song Huai to bring it to the Chu family as an apology gift.
When Mrs. Pei saw it, she wanted to stop her, but seeing her mother-in-law's obviously still angry face, she stopped talking several times, and finally choked back her words to stop her.
However, Mrs. Pei never realized her mistake. She thought that Mrs. Zeng was just standing up for her sister when she got angry this time. If Mrs. Zeng was not her sister, even if the Song family did not send new year gifts to the Chu family, Mrs. Zeng would probably It won't make a sound either. After all, it was relatives who caused the trouble.
Therefore, Mrs. Pei despised the Chu family even more, and was even more resistant to Xia Zihan, her prospective daughter-in-law.
Especially when she thought that at the funeral of Mr. Chu Ge, the Song family tried so hard to help the Chu family, and Song Baiqing even made a trip to Jiangnan, but in the end, he got no benefits at all.
Mr. Chu Ge's kindness to the court was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no ripples could be seen.
If Song Baiqing hadn't been smart enough to join the Lu family in time, I'm afraid the Song family wouldn't have had any improvement ten years later.
Of course, Xia Zihan didn't know about these entanglements, but she didn't believe that Mr. Pei would be willing to give a 300-year-old red ginseng to her grandmother.
She remembered that in her previous life, her grandmother had been ill for a period of time before she died. When Mrs. Zeng came to visit her grandmother, she gave her a three-hundred-year-old red ginseng as a gift.
Is that the three-hundred-year-old red ginseng?
When it was time for lunch, Xia Zihan led the two princes to the hall, then left them alone and secretly went to Zeng's room, pestering Su's mother to take out the red ginseng and give her a look.
Although many years have passed, Xia Zihan still recognized this red ginseng at first sight. It was Xiao Zeng's red ginseng.
I heard little Zeng said that this red ginseng was given to her by Song Baiqing as a filial piety. She was in good health and didn't need it, so she gave it to Zeng.
Xia Zihan sneered, huh, she knew that Mrs. Pei would never admit her mistake to her grandmother.
Mrs. Pei is proud, superior, hypocritical, and likes to plot and envy, and her mind is smaller than the tip of a needle. But she just likes a good reputation, pretending to be a virtuous, elegant, generous and decent daughter-in-law who is praised by everyone. wife.
But seeing how Song Baiqing has been the only woman around him all these years, we know how domineering Mr. Pei is.
At noon, because there were few people, and Song Huai and Xia Zihan were an unmarried couple, they didn't avoid many taboos. Everyone sat at the same table.
A table full of dishes, candied longan, sweet and sour milk melon, sesame frog, eight-treasure deer dices, golden cake, pipa prawns, mushrooms and duck feet, colorful beef tenderloin, dragon boat fish...
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A total of four plates of dried fruits, four plates of pickles, four cold plates, eight hot dishes, and two soups were served, a total of twenty-two dishes, plus four staple dishes.
Xia Zihan's eyes widened when he saw it.
This is the first time she has seen such a feast in the eight years she has been in the Chu family. Hehe, it seems that her grandmother really likes her aunt as her goddaughter.
A group of people were not polite, poured wine and started eating.
Song Huai was fourteen years old during the Chinese New Year, and he was already a young boy. It was when he started drinking liquor. He and Chu Xuanyu, one was the god-aunt of the Chu family, and the other was the nephew. They would be considered relatives in the future, too. No need to see anyone else, just clink glasses and start drinking.
Song Huai was a small drinker, and his cheeks turned a lot red after drinking a small glass. However, he wanted to please Chu Xuanyu, so he risked his life to accompany Chu Xuanyu and drank with Chu Xuanyu.
Zeng, Zhuo, Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi drank fruit wine.
Chu Jingqi also wanted to drink white wine, so she mentioned it in a low voice, and Zhuo's eyes widened, "You haven't even grown your hair yet, so why should you drink white wine? Son, please drink the fruit wine. This fruit wine tastes great, and my mother likes it very much."< br>
Chu Jingqi's little face turned red and she blew cold air on Mrs. Zhuo.
Xia Zihan lowered his head, buried his head under the table, and shrugged his shoulders, feeling extremely happy.
In the end, under Zhuo's power, Chu Jingqi drank the fruit wine aggrievedly.
However, after drinking, Chu Jingqi drank it as if drinking plain water, "Ayu, why does this fruit wine taste different from the one I drank at home on New Year's Eve? It tastes better than that."
It was sent to his home by Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan rolled her eyes at him, "The fruit is different, so of course the taste is different. This is grape flavor, and my aunt also has it."
Gianzhuangtou brewed four kinds of fruit wine in total, and she sent two jars of each to Duke Anguo.
Song Huai heard this, but he was not happy in his heart.
The Chu family had fruit wine and gave it to Duke An Guo, but not to the Song family.
The Song family were direct relatives of the Chu family. His grandmother and Zeng were sisters from the same mother. He and Xia Zihan were still unmarried and were related by marriage. Could it be that they were not as good as god relatives in the Chu family?
No wonder my mother complained about her aunt. My aunt simply looked down on his Song family, but fawned over the Chu family. She was a typical person who disliked the poor and loved the rich.
Disgraceful.
(End of chapter)