Chapter 481 I don’t like it
Wow, who will tell her why she wants to expose her body, lie here, and talk to this little bastard about what kind of clothes she can wear to look good?
She knew this little bastard wouldn't be honest for long.
His grandmother's warning to him was still fresh in his mind, but he was no longer afraid.
Chu Jingqi looked at her with too eager eyes, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
He swallowed again, stretched out his hand, and was about to tear off her belly...
Dong Dong Dong...
"Princess, the Xia family's New Year's gift has been delivered. The old lady asks you to come and have a look."
Outside the door, the voice of silk grass came through and saved Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan was afraid of Chu Jingqi's next move. When he heard this, he cried with joy and tried his best to respond in a calm voice, "I'll be there right away.
Chu Jingqi touched her nose guiltily and said quickly, "I'll go out first and call the maid in to help you get dressed."
In fact, he really wanted to change it for her personally, but at this moment, she was before the volcano erupted, and he didn't dare to push it any further.
"No need, I can wear it myself."
Although the maids around her knew that their relationship was very close, she was still not suitable for the maids to see her like this.
It was not that she was afraid that the maids would talk too much, but that she would be embarrassed.
After all, she and Chu Jingqi were not married yet, and she was not as thick-skinned as Chu Jingqi. She would not care about letting the maids around her see her being bullied by Chu Jingqi until she even took off her clothes.
Chu Jingqi straightened her clothes and went out.
Xia Zihan stood up, took the clothes from the closet and put them on, and straightened her bun. After finding nothing inappropriate, she and Chu Jingqi rushed to the front yard.
Manager Lu was holding a list and counting the New Year's gifts sent by the Chu family and the Xia family. When he saw Xia Zihan, he bowed and said, "The Xia family's New Year's gifts are seven times thicker than those given in previous years." OK, this is the list, please take a look at it.”
He handed the half-stacked list to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan took it and glanced at it.
Well, indeed.
In previous years, the gifts sent by the Xia family were all ordinary things of average quality. Added together, they were not worth a hundred taels of silver. Later, after her father moved to the capital, the Chu family's annual gifts were all It was her father who delivered it, so it was naturally a bit thicker than before.
However, in the past few years, Mrs. Xia has come to take charge of the financial power of the government. The annual gifts sent to the Chu family by the Xia family are the same as before, so thin that Xia Zihan is ashamed to look at them.
However, her father would give her and her grandmother something else every year. Although the money to buy the New Year's gift was also bought with the pocket money she gave her father, she and her grandmother were very happy that her father had such a heart.
This year, the Xia family not only gave out New Year's gifts earlier than expected, but the gifts were also of high quality, and there was a fifty-year-old ginseng in them. Manager Lu almost blinded his eyes when he was counting them. .
What a surprise, this has never happened in the past ten years.
Therefore, when Manager Lu saw Xia Zihan, he hurriedly gave her the list and motioned for her to take a look.
Xia Zihan held the list and remembered what Chu Fei said.
She said that the Xia family finally had a sensible person, who finally knew how to please the princess and the benefits of pleasing the Chu family.
The set of golden monkeys given to her by Mr. Xia, her uncle, was still placed on the shelf. Sometimes, when she was tired, she would take it off to play with it.
It seemed that her uncle was indeed a sensible person.
What Xia Zihan didn't know was that Mrs. Xia was actually overbearing, but at home, she listened to her eldest son the most.
As for the second son and the youngest son, what she disliked the most was the dull second son, which was why Mrs. Xia disliked Chu Jiahui at all and tried to tease her.
It can be regarded as disgusting with the house and the bird.
Mrs. Xia liked her younger son very much, but she doted on her younger son and respected her older son.
What Mrs. Xia likes most is her younger son, and what she values the most is her eldest son. As for Xia Shiming, who is caught in the middle, Mrs. Xia has never been very fond of him.
Otherwise, when Xia Shiming was serving in other places, he would be in trouble every step of the way. The Xia family was rich and had a huge estate, but they would not even support him with a single penny, turning a blind eye to his poor situation and being very indifferent until After he was transferred to the capital, Mrs. Xia sent Baba Xu to be Xia Shiming's home.
There is also Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu is Mrs. Xia’s natal niece. Mrs. Xu looks cute, but in fact she is a kind-faced and evil-hearted person. Mrs. Xia has known this for a long time, but she still let Xia Shiming marry Mrs. Xu.
Not only did he let Xia Shiming marry the Xu family, but he also deliberately raised Xia Shiming's legitimate son to be useless. The reason is that she doesn't want the second legitimate son to be more powerful than the eldest's two legitimate sons, and she doesn't want the second legitimate son to overshadow the eldest legitimate son.
Among the legitimate grandchildren of the Xia family, it is enough that the eldest son and his two legitimate sons are promising. As for the other legitimate grandchildren, as long as they do not ruin their family, Mrs. Xia will ensure that they have no worries about food and drink throughout their lives.
Xia Shiming also seemed to see his mother's thoughts, so he had lost hope for his legitimate son who was abandoned by his mother, but devoted all his energy to teaching the two bastards.
The legitimate son is no longer useful. If one of the two concubines can be raised to be a good one, in the future, after the family is separated, their second wife will have someone who can support them.
Although Mrs. Xia dislikes the second son a lot, she also knows one thing very well. She knows that she should obey her father at home, her husband when she gets married, and her son in death.
The old man of the Xia family is not at home. He travels around all year round. He doesn't care about the Xia family, as if he has disappeared. The eldest man of the Xia family has become the person in charge of the Xia family. If the old man Xia says a word, Mrs. Xia will give him face. , cannot be refuted.
From now on, she will still count on the eldest man to provide for her until her death.
Xia Zihan guessed that this New Year's gift should have been prepared by someone ordered by the Xia family's eldest father.
Old Mrs. Xia would not prepare such a heavy New Year's gift for the Chu family. For Old Mrs. Xia, even if she gave a needle to the Chu family, it would be cutting out her heart.
After Xia Zihan figured it out, he threw the order to Manager Lu and told him, "The return gift will be the same as the gift from the Xia family, plus a few percent."
Courtesy reciprocates, you give me a foot, I will give you a foot in return.
"Wrap up another two taels of top-quality red robes and send them to the eldest master of the Xia family." Finally, Xia Zihan said again.
Top-quality Dahongpao is hard to find and is more valuable than a fifty-year-old ginseng.
The eldest son of the Xia family loves tea, and cannot live without it even a day. He especially likes to drink Dahongpao. However, Dahongpao is very expensive. The average value is more than ten taels of silver and one tael. The better ones cost twenty or thirty taels of silver and one tael. The top-grade Dahongpao is The robe was a tribute, and the court only got ten pounds of it, and it was even more difficult to find it outside.
She gained two kilograms this year. One kilogram was bought by Chu Jingqi from the emperor because he knew she liked to drink it. The other kilogram was bought by Nuan Xiang from the Zheng family for three hundred taels of silver.
The Dahongpao Manor only produced ten or twenty kilograms of top-quality Dahongpao in a year, so ten kilograms had to be sent to the emperor. The remaining ten kilograms were sold at sky-high prices.
Nuan Xiang was able to be bought at this price because Zheng Wenting knew that she was buying it to give to Xia Zihan. He only sold it half and half to her because of Xia Zihan's face.
Xia Zihan gave three taels to Xia Shiming, and another three taels to Zeng. Chu Yuexi took another two taels, and now she gave another two taels to the eldest son of the Xia family. She only had one pound left. .
She wanted to keep this pound for herself.
On the Chu family's side, the emperor wanted Chu Xuanyu to train him a team of cavalry, so he rewarded him with a pound of red robes and a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.
When Xia Zihan saw that he had it, he didn't send it to him.
Manager Lu quickly made a list of the Xia family's return gifts. After showing it to Xia Zihan, he quickly packed it up and asked the Xia family's servants to take it back
In the afternoon, when Chu Jingqi went home, he also brought a large car of gifts back.
As soon as Chu Jingqi left, Xia Zihan took 6,000 taels of silver notes and sent silk grass to Chu Yuexi, "Tell the eldest young master that he wants to use the silver and come to me to get it later." To prevent him from getting dizzy again, go He had a fight and a bet with Chu Jingqi, but he was beaten by Chu Jingqi when he came to his door.
Chu Jingqi felt sorry for her.
He knew that she was a little money-crazy and loved money. He also knew how difficult it was for her to make money. She learned how to open a shop and do business like a merchant at a young age. She was so worried and overworked. He felt sad to see her.
Seeing Chu Yuexi spending money lavishly, as if money would fall from the sky, Chu Jingqi became very angry.
His Ayu worked hard for the Chu family, but his boy, just to make a woman happy, gave away six thousand taels of silver.
Chu Jingqi deliberately provoked Chu Yuexi to make a bet with him, and took the opportunity to beat Chu Yuexi severely.
Chu Jingqi was very measured in his beatings. He didn't hit people in the face because he was afraid that Xia Zihan would notice. He specifically hit Chu Yuexi in the stomach. Chu Yuexi was a big man, and he was embarrassed even if he was beaten, even if it hurt.唔唔.
However, Xia Zihan was still allowed to see it a few times.
Especially when eating, Chu Yuexi frowned after taking a few mouthfuls and didn't dare to say a word. Xia Zihan guessed that Chu Jingqi's attack must be serious.
When Xia Zihan sent someone to deliver the banknote, he specially sent an extra thousand taels. This was also meant to appease him.
Si Cao came back with the banknote and said with a strange expression, "The young master took the banknote and ran out."
Xia Zihan pursed her lips and smiled, feeling happy for her best friend again, "Qinghui can win him to treat her wholeheartedly. That sincerity is finally not in vain."
Not only was it not paid in vain, it was actually a profit.
In the entire capital, whose young master would spend more than six thousand taels of silver just to make his fiancée smile?
(End of chapter)