“This mansion of the Oldest Two’s family is really grand.”
When he walked to the entrance of Zhu Pingan’s house, his eldest uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the red brick and green tile mansion that covered an extremely vast area and couldn’t help but sigh. The eldest uncle Zhu Shouren hadn’t come to Zhu Pingan’s house for some days, some days ago Zhu Pingan’s family refurbished the mansion again, much better than the first landlord’s house in the village, at first glance, he couldn’t help but sigh.
“Second brother, our parents have come to see you.”
Without knocking on the door, eldest uncle Zhu Shouren shouted outside the door and took the lead to push the door in, followed by Elder Master Zhu and Elder Madam Zhu, then Elder Auntie and the others followed in a line, and lastly, the Third Uncle’s family.
At this time, the mother Chen is with her daughter-in-law Juan’er in the courtyard on the long table cutting silk cloth, is ready to take advantage of the farm leisure to Zhu Pingan rush to make two clothes. The silk cloth was all left behind by those who came to visit some time ago, and Chen chose a few pieces of material that were comfortable to touch and left them out to make clothes for Zhu Pingan.
Zhu’s father is grinding the hoe in the courtyard by the well, the family has more land, agricultural tools are also used more, before working one by one grinding is also a time-consuming errand, but Zhu’s father likes to do.
The older brother Zhu Pingchuan took over Zhu’s father’s work, driving the oxcart back and forth between the town and the village, so he is not at home.
Hearing the voice of the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren, the three people busy in the courtyard raised their heads, somewhat stunned to see that all the people of the Zhu family’s old house had arrived.
“Father, mother, big brother you’re here.” Father Zhu put down the work in his hands and greeted them.
“Father, mother.” Chen stopped the shears in her hands and shouted.
“Grandfather, grandmother you guys sit down, I’ll go pour you some tea.” Zhu Pingjun’s daughter-in-law Juan’er put down the things in her hands and went to the house to move the chairs and stools, then went to serve tea and pour water.
“Ahem, hmm.” The eldest uncle coughed and nodded.
“Ya, Second Sister-in-law, this is fine silk, isn’t it. Yea yea yea, look at how pretty the colours are.” Little Auntie Four saw the satin spread out on the table in the courtyard, her eyes were green with light, and she wailed. In a single leap, she rushed to Chen’s front, and couldn’t help but put her hand on the satin and touched it.
“Ya, see how bright this colour is, ah, how so light and thin it. This soft feel can be really comfortable ah. Our family has raised silkworms, but we have never touched satin. Second sister-in-law, you are really lucky.”
Auntie Xiao Si’s hand touched the satin, and every now and then she wailed, not even letting go of her hand.
The Zhu Pingjun family’s daughter-in-law squinted one eye and looked at Aunt Xiao Si with disdain, flattening her mouth in disdain.
“This colour is too plain, it’s for swine. I still have half a horse in my house, if you like the colour, take it. Of course, father and mother and sister-in-law and second siblings are all the same.” Hearing Aunt Xiao Si praise herself for being blessed. Chen’s face had a smile on it, she had already prepared to give some cloth to the old mansion, so this was her chance to be a good person.
The eldest aunt was used to being strong, especially in front of Chen, and now that she saw Chen show her face, she wasn’t willing to show her weakness either.
The end of the body style, the great aunt also walked to Chen’s front, pretending to look at satin, but the hand intentionally ruffled the hair at the root of the ear, will wear a pair of gold earrings on the ear to show out. Also deliberately shook in front of Chen.
“This day is hot, the hair smothering the ears is strangely uncomfortable.” Great Aunt said as she teased the hair at the base of her ears while waving the gold earrings in front of Chen.
Chen’s face was a bit strange as she glanced at Great Aunt’s golden earrings.
Seeing this, Great Auntie. Thinking that Chen was envious, she shook it more and more vigorously.
“That’s not true, this day is getting hotter and hotter, it’s only been working for a while, and this hand is hot.”
Chen said, then rolled up her sleeve. Then a gold bracelet brightly appeared in front of Great Auntie, almost not shaking Great Auntie’s eyes.
Great Aunt ……
“Oh, this ah, this is Shouyi insisted on buying it, I couldn’t say anything to him ……” As if Chen had only just discovered her great aunt s eyes, she exclaimed and put her sleeve down again.
Zhu father looked up at the words, Chen immediately glared hard at Zhu father, then Zhu father lowered his head again.
Which is I have to buy ah, it is you who have to buy okay.
If it was modern times, Zhu father would probably use such a baby heart bitter but baby can not say expression, at that time Chen followed Zhu father to the town to look at the shop, saw such a bracelet, just one look, Chen could not walk.
In fact, this bracelet is silver, outside the ferry a layer of gold, Zhu father felt a bracelet are more than three taels of silver, it is not worth it, but Chen’s like, under the Hedong lion roar, Zhu father can only spend money to buy.
Great Aunt ……
Auntie’s side of the frustration, Zhu Pingjun daughter-in-law will be out of the head, said something about how many of their mother’s family this kind of satin la, wear not finished all the worms la, and their family has a shop is to sell silk satin la, and so on.
Then the great-aunt’s side will again flutter up, stretching out her hand than two fingers, “Yes, yes, you don’t know Jun daughter-in-law their family that shop, a year’s gross profit have to be this number it.”
Meaning two hundred taels of silver, after saying that, the eldest aunt felt that she had once again gained the upper hand.
At this time, the courtyard is again people, outside the sound of a carriage, and then came in a big lord look like a person, followed by the steward and the little boy girl.
After saluting, he explained the purpose of his visit, this is an official gentleman from the next town next door, specially came to visit Zhu Ping An, of course he also knows that Zhu Ping An is not in. After exchanging pleasantries for a few moments, he sent a list of gifts, and then instructed the steward and the boy and girl to carry the gifts down from the carriage.
Not to mention the gift boxes and other things that came down from the car, just talking about the first item of the gift list, the gift of one hundred taels of silver, will make the eldest uncle Zhu Shouren who read the gift list on behalf of the smacked his lips.
One hundred taels?
This is still a free gift, heard, the eldest aunt looked at Chen’s, instantly red eyes like a rabbit, coveted.
Just a this visit, the silver alone to send a hundred taels, that some time ago the carriages and horses, every day there are one or two dozen carriages to visit, that how much money ah. No wonder you have to read ah, no wonder his father always said that there is a golden house in the book ah, so there really is.
Thinking about it, auntie’s eyes even more red, as for what just said what Jun daughter-in-law shop income of two hundred taels a year or something, this will be compared to this is considered a piece of cake.
Thinking about what she just showed off, this moment her face is red, of course, more red is still the eyes.
As for the little four aunts, this moment if not the little four uncle quick eyes and hands pulled, otherwise certainly would have pounced on the gift that wailed in the disguise of the airport security inspector.
At the time of the first aunt’s red eyes, Chen’s heart is even more difficult.
“Don’t, don’t, we don’t accept gifts, silver don’t, expensive don’t, how much silver don’t.”
Chen’s expression was like cutting meat, tilting her head to purposely not look at the various expensive gifts that had been carried down from the carriage, one hand shook vigorously towards the visitor, firmly refusing.
Of course, the other hand was forcefully pinching the flesh on Father Zhu’s arm at the side.
God knows, Chen’s refusal up, how hard it was inside, how painful it was in her heart, more painful than cutting her flesh.
Ugh.
Of course, Father Zhu should have known, his arm was almost pinched blue by Chen.
Chen’s thoughts were simple, her son had said that accepting gifts would be bad for his future, so she wouldn’t accept them. Although how in her heart, but for the sake of her son, resolutely do not accept.
“What?”
First uncle Zhu Shouren almost didn’t tear the gift list in his hand when he heard this, not to mention the first uncle’s mother and the youngest fourth aunt, with that surprised expression, a hundred times more surprised than when they met a ghost.
In the end, under the insistence of Chen and Zhu’s father, all the valuable gifts on the gift list were allowed to be brought back by the visitor, only leaving behind some food and other things that were not very valuable, as well as a piece of cloth, which was still the result of the visitor’s insistence.
Otherwise, with Chen’s intention, it is expected to leave only a box of pastries to mean something is enough!
