Chapter 263 The best family
Xia Shiming came here because of the signature. He thought what he would see was a little face with pear blossoms and rain.
Seeing the joy of seeing him in Xia Zihan's eyebrows, he realized that his precious daughter did not shed any tears because of a signature.
Xia Shiming's heavy heart suddenly became lighter, and he added, "Don't worry, when you are nineteen, dad will find you a husband who is both talented and handsome from among the students he has taught."
"Okay."
Xia Zihan agreed with a smile.
Chu Kuang came in with a pot of tea, replaced the empty teapot, and filled the two of them with tea.
Xia Zihan remembered that during breakfast, she ordered the lily preserves water to be stewed in the kitchen. After calculating the time, it should be ready.
She said to Xia Shiming, "The kitchen has stewed candied lily water to moisten the throat and nourish the lungs. Dad will also have a bowl of it soon."
Then he told Chu Kui, "Put a bowl over for the old lady. A big bowl here, and two small bowls. The master and I will eat together."
"Yes, Master." Chu Kui replied with a blessed body.
Chu Hao and Chu Kuang went to the kitchen together, and soon each brought a tray in.
In addition to lily candied water, there are also three plates of pastries.
Chu Hao said with a smile, "The cook just made it. I heard that the master was coming, so I picked up a small plate of each. It's still warm."
The tray was placed on the table. Chu Kuang picked up a small bowl, filled two bowls of honey water, and placed them in front of Xia Zihan and Xia Shiming.
Chu Hao arranged the pastries one by one. The pastries were still steaming, they must have been freshly baked.
Xia Zihan picked up a piece and took a bite.
He had a good appetite, so he told Chu Hao, "Let the cook pack a few kilograms and send them to the master's carriage, and then pack a kilogram each for the master's coachman and boy."
"Okay, I'll go help the cook pack the food." Chu Hao swallowed and ran away.
Nuanyu covered her mouth and smiled, "That little girl must be greedy."
"You guys also go down to eat and see if grandma has sent it over." Xia Zihan said with a smile.
Nuanyu, Chu Lin and the other maids went down smiling.
After eating, the empty bowl was taken away by Chu Kuang. Xia Shiming was thinking about going to Hanlin Academy, so he got up to leave.
Xia Zihan took out a thousand taels of silver notes from her purse and put it in Xia Shiming's hand, "I heard that dad bought a big house and spent a lot of money. You... take these and spend them first."< br>
"No, dad still has money, enough to spend."
Xia Shiming was proud and upright. How could he ask for his daughter's money? He hurriedly stretched out his hand to push it back to her when he heard Xia Zihan say, "Dad, this is my daughter's money, not from the Chu family. You Don’t be polite to your daughter. You need to spend a lot of money to communicate with your colleagues and treat her to meals and drinks.”
"I've seen it for a few months but it's almost the new year again. It's a New Year's gift among colleagues and a New Year's gift for those who go to the top. There's plenty of money to spend on it, so just take it."
Then he told Xia Shiming, "I have money here. The village that the emperor rewarded me earns a lot of money a year, and the house rents a lot a year. I can't use the money at home. If dad uses the money, he can do it with me." Just say it.”
"This capital city is no better than Mingchang County. The consumption is high and the expenses are high. Just the communication between colleagues is a lot of expenses. Dad, you promised grandma that you will get along well with your colleagues."
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Xia Zihan once learned from Aunt Zhang that in Mingchang County, Xia Shiming almost didn't interact with his colleagues because of financial constraints.
It also made Xia Zihan understand why Xia Shiming had been an official for nine years but had not made a single heart-to-heart friend.
After Xia Shiming heard the words, he was silent for a long time, and then he took the banknote with his hand that was pushed out, "Okay, dad, take it, from now on..."
He originally wanted to say that he would save up to buy a dowry for Xia Zihan later.
But think about it, I really don’t have any money on hand. Once I say this, I will have no money to buy a dowry. What should I do?
In the past few years, he had finally saved more than a thousand taels of silver, and he spent all of it on buying a house this time.
That was the money he originally planned to use to buy a dowry for Yu Niang, but now... he wants to use Yu Niang's money instead. As a father... he is really shameless.
After sending Xia Shiming out, Xia Zihan went to Zeng's yard. Soon, Zhuo and Chu Jingqi came.
Mrs. Zhuo's face was a little bad. When she came in to say good night to Mrs. Zeng, she said with an aggrieved face, "I wanted to see my godmother early in the morning, but who knew that things started to happen again in the west courtyard."
As soon as she sat down under Mrs. Zeng, her eyes turned red.
After the maids had served tea, they were sent away by Mother Su, who had a sharp eye and a sharp mind.
Mrs. Zhuo also waved to Chu Jingqi and Xia Zihan, "You two go play in the back garden while I talk to my godmother."
He sent the two of them out.
In the room, only Mother Su was left waiting. Mrs. Zeng then asked, "What happened to Chu Er again?" Mrs. Zhuo's tears fell down, full of grievances, "Godmother , I... I have never seen such a shameless person, even leaving these two pieces of skin on his face."
"It's been a long time since we separated our families. We went to the east courtyard early this morning, saying that we didn't want to separate our families anymore and wanted to live together as a partner. Godmother, do you think this is ridiculous?"
Zeng's eyebrows knitted together, "Who started this matter, your mother-in-law or Chu Er?"
Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice give birth to children who can dig holes.
Chu Haoyu's temperament is exactly that of Mrs. Chu. He has no seriousness in himself, and he always does the same thing when he acts rogue and shameless.
Mrs. Zhuo's face was gloomy, "It's Mrs. Yu. She went home yesterday." After a pause, she added, "Mabao went to inquire and said that Mrs. Yu has also made a lot of trouble in Prince Yu's Mansion recently."< br>
"It seems to have started because of the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet held by the Second Prince's Mansion."
In the past few years, Chu Jingxiu has participated in the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet held by the Second Prince's Mansion. However, this year the family was separated, and Chu Haoyu's family became a branch of the Chu family, so he lost the qualification to participate.
The Chu Jingxiu sisters did not receive the invitation, which made Chu Jingxiu, who had planned to stand up in the circle of ladies again, lost a good opportunity. The Yu family made a fuss and asked the old princess of Yu County to take Chu Jingxiu with her.
The old princess of Yu County was worried that Chu Jingxiu's bad reputation would affect the Lord of Danhua County, so she did not agree.
Yesterday, Mrs. Yu took advantage of the old princess of Yu County to go to the Second Prince's Mansion, and took her two daughters back to the west courtyard of the Chu family.
Early this morning, Yu and Chu Haoyu started making noises about wanting to live together in partnership with the East Courtyard, saying that they would not separate their families.
"My old man is so angry," Mrs. Zhuo said, "When I came here, my mother-in-law was planning to tear down the wall between the west courtyard and the east courtyard, and to combine the two warehouses. , I refused to let her go, and my mother-in-law scolded me for being unfilial and said she wanted to divorce me. You said...how could I end up with such a top-notch family member?"
The family has been separated for such a long time, and Chu Haoyu has already used up and sold almost all the things assigned to the second house, but now they want to work together again. Isn't this the same behavior as a robber?
No matter how good-natured she was, she was almost pissed off by that family.
"I couldn't stop them. The old man was angry again, so I hid and let them make trouble."
"Hey, my brothers and sisters all help each other to keep the family safe and make the family more prosperous. The second brother and his family are good at it, and they are holding us back. I hope my eldest brother and his family of three will die soon."
"My mother-in-law is even more cruel. She wants to torture us every day and make our life worse than death. She is happy."
"She hides hatred in her heart. She hates that my old man only has my mother-in-law in his heart. If she hadn't used the dirty trick to climb into my old man's bed, would she have been able to marry into the Duke Anguo's house?"
"It's good for her. She has been hating and fighting for decades and still doesn't know how to stop. Is it possible that she has to torment Duke An Guo's mansion to make her happy?"
Zhuo complained angrily.
Meeting such a top-notch family, Mrs. Zhuo was really angry. There was also a top-notch mother-in-law suppressing her. She couldn't go against her mother-in-law's wishes, otherwise, the word "filial piety" would crush her to death.
This was also the reason why she stayed away every time she faced Mrs. Chu.
Mrs. Zeng advised her, "Don't be anxious. At worst, you can go and live in Zhuangzi more often. If you don't see it, you can keep it clean. Otherwise, if you come to Chu's house, you can stay with me, an old woman."
"I think so too. If we can't afford to offend him, we can afford to hide." Zhuo said.
Anyway, Chu Xuanyu is already the Duke of Anguo, so there is no need to think about the title of second house. As for the property of the Duke in the mansion, the property deeds of Zhuangzi, shop, house and so on, Chu Xuanyu has long sent them to the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city for storage. They Even if you search through An Guo Gong's mansion, you won't be able to find it.
There were also some valuable heirlooms from the Chu family that the old lady gave to her personally, and Chu Xuanyu also asked Chu Xuanyu to put them in the Zhuangzi.
Now that the second house is in such trouble, the only thing that can take advantage is the pile of dead things in the warehouse.
After having been Yu's family for so many years, even that thing was missing more than half in Yu's hands, and when it was given to her, there was not much left.
They could just take it if they wanted it, and she didn't care.
The private property that she and Chu Xuanyu had accumulated over the years were not placed in the Anguo Palace. Chu Xuanyu had always been on guard against Mrs. Chu.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhuo felt a little better, and then mentioned another thing, "Early in the morning, two things were spread on the street, one was about the talented girl in the capital, and the other was about Ayu. I heard that Mrs. Xia Er drew the lottery for Ayu. Is it true? ”
Mrs. Zeng gave a wry smile, slowly took a sip of half a sip of tea, and then sighed silently, "Hey, it would be better for Yuniang to book with her husband's house later, so that she can spend more time with me, an old woman."
The tone was full of helplessness and distress.
After thinking about it all night, Zeng had already thought about it.
The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge.
If she can't think about it anymore and continues to frown, it will only make Yu Niang worry about her more.
"Godmother, do you want to send someone to investigate this matter?" Zhuo reminded in a somewhat cryptic manner.
What she meant was that she suspected that Xu had tampered with the signature.
But the master who interpreted the lot at that time was a famous eminent monk from Xiangguo Temple, and it was impossible for Xu to bribe him.
(End of chapter)