Chapter 295 Thank You
Speaking of this, the little maid said again, "The second young master was worried that the girl would be anxious, so he sent his slave over to teach the girl everything. He also asked the slave to tell the girl, don't worry, everything is over."
And she also heard all this from the mouth of Ke'er, the maid next to the old lady.
According to Ke'er, the old lady and several ladies would go to the second cousin's yard at that time, and it was the maid of County Lord Chuyu who mentioned something in front of the old lady.
As for what she said, Ke'er didn't tell her.
But...
"The old lady told the second cousin that after the New Year, if the second cousin still disagrees with the engagement, the old lady will send someone to send the second cousin back."
"Really?" Liao Fang was happy, smiling happily, "Grandma finally opened her eyes. Now it's better. My hard days are over."
Quack...
Wait a minute, does she want to laugh at her second cousin?
She likes nothing more than adding insult to injury to people she hates.
Liao Fangyi was eager to give it a try and couldn't wait.
Xia Zihan didn't need to guess. Just seeing what she was thinking clearly written on her face, he knew what she was going to do.
With a straight face, she warned her coldly, "Don't mess around, otherwise people will find a chance to turn around and you won't even have time to cry."
Liao Fangyi touched her nose and immediately strangled her inner plan in the cradle, "If I don't go, I won't go, hum." Anyway, the white lotus will not stay in the Liao family for long.
At noon, Xia Zihan stayed for dinner and stayed with Liao Fangyi all afternoon. It was not until evening that Xia Zihan said goodbye to the Liao family and returned to the Chu residence.
As soon as they got home, Chu Kuang reported, "The Second Princess and Princess Qinghui came this morning."
"Is something wrong?"
"Well, I said I came here to give a thank you gift." Chu Kuan said, and took down a wooden box made of pear wood from the shelf. "This is a gift that the second princess asked the slave to give to the county master."
Xia Zihan rescued the second princess and her family of three, and asked Ao Tianchen to recuperate from his injuries at the Chu residence. This time, he even asked Chu Cong to teach Princess Qinghui martial arts.
It can be said that Xia Zihan was extremely kind to the people in the Second Prince's Palace.
But from beginning to end, the second princess only expressed her gratitude verbally, and never sent anyone to send a thank-you gift.
To be honest, this is somewhat unjustifiable.
After all, it was a big favor for saving a life, or three lives. For such a big favor, why not give a little thank you gift?
The Yu family saved the second prince's life, and the second princess gave him a gift of thanks. After the second prince recovered, he gave another gift of thanks. They also appointed Li Tong to Ao Tianchen as his concubine, forcing Ao Tianchen to go to the south to fight.
And the Chu family saved the second princess, three mothers and their son, and the second prince's palace never expressed its gratitude even once.
Fortunately, Xia Zihan was lazy and didn't pay much attention to this matter. In addition, Ao Tianchen agreed to her three favors, so she didn't take saving the second princess, the third mother and her son even more seriously.
I thought that this matter would just go away, but I didn't expect that more than two months later, the second princess would actually give Xia Zihan a thank-you gift.
Xia Zihan opened the wooden box and saw inside a set of head jewelry inlaid with East beads as big as pigeon eggs.
There are twelve pieces of jewelry in total, which are exquisitely made and gorgeous. In addition to the jewelry, there are two snow-white luminous pearls as big as eggs in the box.
It is round and white, crystal clear, and in the dark room at dusk, it actually emits a ray of white light.
Xia Zihan's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his hand on the lid of the box couldn't help but tremble.
She sells jewelry, so she naturally knows the value of jewelry. Whether it is this set of dongzhu headbands or these two luminous pearls, they are both priceless and priceless treasures.
Xia Zihan touched the night pearl and asked with trembling heart, "Did the second princess leave any words?"
"I just say that this is a thank you gift to my master for saving three lives in the Second Prince's Mansion. I ask my master to accept this gift," Chu Kuang said.
"Master, is this a luminous pearl? It's so beautiful." Chu Fei couldn't help but pick up another luminous pearl and shine it on the oil lamp lit by Silk Grass.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, there's not even a trace of impurities." Chu Fei couldn't put it down.
Silk Grass, Vanilla, and Nuanyu all gathered around, exclaiming in admiration.
After they had seen enough, Xia Zihan put the treasure away, closed the cover, handed it to Nuan Yu, and said, "Put it in the closet."
In her wardrobe, there was a large wooden box with three layers of locks. There were several boxes in the box, and several of her most precious sets of jewelry were locked inside.
After Nuanyu locked the box and closed the cabinet, Xia Zihan ordered Nuanyu, "Tomorrow, find the four-fan screen I embroidered last year from the warehouse and send it to the second princess as a return gift."
Nuanyu responded yes.
The next day, Nuanyu found four screens and went to the Second Prince's Mansion with Chu Fei.
She told the second princess, "Our county boss embroidered this himself. He wanted to keep it for her dowry. That time he saw that the second princess liked double-sided embroidery, so the county boss specially found this four-leaf screen and gave it to the second princess. Coming.”
She didn't directly say it was a return gift, but the second princess was smart, and even if Nuanyu didn't say it, she knew in her heart that Xia Zihan had accepted those gifts.
The second princess felt a big stone fall in her heart. This huge kindness was finally repaid.
Although those things were treasures left by the late emperor as family heirlooms to the eldest son of the second prince, if Chu Yu hadn't saved the three mothers and their children that day, let alone the heirlooms, their lives would have been lost.
No matter how valuable those things are, they are still external possessions and are more important than life.
If your life is gone, there will be nothing left.
The second princess was very thoughtful. She touched the four screens lovingly and said with a gentle smile, "Tell your county master that I have kept these four screens."
It's obvious that she really likes it.
Nuan Yu was blessed, so she said goodbye to Chu Fei and returned to Chu's house, and reported the matter to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan just hummed and said nothing.
As the new year is approaching, Xia Zihan is busy again, and this year is busier than any other year.
Ever since the last time Zeng was frightened at the city gate, she had handed over all the affairs of the Chu residence to Xia Zihan, including Zeng's dozen or so Zhuangzi mountain forest shops and other properties.
After the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chu's house became lively inside and outside. All the village heads and stewards came in and out. The village heads each brought a large cart of New Year's goods, including game, furs, fruits, whole grains, etc. Dried vegetables and other items.
Of course, accounts are indispensable.
Butler Cui was responsible for receiving guests and sending people to register the New Year's goods into the warehouse. Manager Lu and Xia Zihan looked at the account books together and got to know the stewards and village heads of the Chu family.
Affected by what happened in his previous life, Xia Zihan was very generous to these stewards and village heads.
Everyone who came was not only entertained with good wine and delicious food, but also received a thick red envelope.
When the stewards and village heads came to kowtow and say goodbye, Xia Zihan would order the maids to pack five catties of snacks, five catties of dried fruits, five catties of preserves, and five catties of candies for each of them.
Xia Zihan would also say with a smile, "The Chinese New Year is almost here, take these things home and give them to the children to squeeze."
These things were only two hundred taels of silver in total. To her, they were worth nothing, but this thoughtful approach could easily capture the hearts of more than a dozen people.
The dozen village heads and stewards of the Chu family were all talents carefully cultivated by Zeng. They also admired and were loyal to Zeng.
This year, they heard that the old lady was no longer in charge, and all the family's properties were handed over to the head of Chuyu County.
How could a girl who was only thirteen years old manage such a large industry?
On the way here, they began to feel uneasy. They were nervous, expecting, and worried.
They were worried about the emperor and his courtiers, and worried that the county master would easily change the head of the village and the manager. Of course, they also hoped that the county master taught by the old lady would be a good-hearted and kind-hearted boss like the old lady.
On the way here, everyone was still uneasy and making their own guesses.
Even after entering the gate of Chu's house, they were feeling nervous.
But after seeing the gentle smile of the county lord, his unpretentious behavior, and even caring about them as relatives and asking about their family situation, they finally stopped worrying.
The lifted heart suddenly fell to the ground.
When leaving, after each village head and steward received dozens of kilograms of New Year food from Xia Zihan, they knelt down and kowtowed several times before leaving.
Especially Guanshi Wang.
Manager Wang was moved to tears and left crying.
It turned out that Manager Wang was the shopkeeper of a calligraphy and ink shop owned by the Chu family in the capital. He had an only daughter who was very beautiful. Three years ago, she got engaged to the boy she had grown up with as her childhood sweetheart.
But not long ago, when Miss Wang went to buy a dowry on the street, she was hit by a carriage, leaving a hideous scar on her face.
Although the owner of the carriage later paid one hundred taels of silver to Manager Wang, the hideous scar left on Miss Wang's face could never be removed.
Miss Wang was so sad that she wanted to break off the engagement. She didn't want to marry her ugly fiancé, whom she had loved for more than ten years, and she didn't want her fiancé to see her face. Miss Wang wanted to break off the engagement no matter what, which made Manager Wang worried. When he came to see Xia Zihan, he always looked sad.
It was Xia Zihan who took the initiative to ask, and then Manager Wang tearfully explained his difficulties.
Xia Zihan comforted her, "Isn't it just a scar? What's so difficult about it."
"Steward Wang must have heard about it. I became a disciple of Doctor Bai, and it happened that my master developed a medicinal solution that can remove scars. I will instruct the maid to get a bottle for you soon."
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Manager Wang immediately knelt down in emotion and kowtowed to Xia Zihan three times.
After receiving the jasper ointment, Manager Wang was about to kowtow excitedly, but Xia Zihan helped him up in time, "Don't be polite, Manager Wang will go back and heal the scars on Miss Wang's face. When Miss Wang gets married, I will also I’d like to send you a copy to add makeup.”
"Okay, okay, when the time comes, the old slave will definitely send a letter to the county master." When the girl gets married, the boss can give her a share. This is the honor of being a slave.
After Manager Wang returned with the jasper ointment, he told Xia Zihan about the gift of medicine. The whole Wang family was moved and said that Xia Zihan was the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva.
(End of chapter)