Chapter 79 (2/2)
Chu Jinyao was shocked when she heard this. She remembered that one year their family had a particularly good harvest and got a total of 18 liang of silver. Su's father and Su's mother couldn't close their mouths. The Su family only earns a total of 17.8 Liang all year round. It's still a good year. The girls of the Chu family don't worry about food and clothing, and they can get two liang of silver a month. Chu Jinyao calculated silently. It seems that she only needs to save some flowers and save the monthly cases. By the end of the year, the Bisu family will have money after working hard for a year.
Chu Jinyao was shocked.
Before Chu Jinyao was shocked, Zhao turned the page of the account book and said again: ”These are the rules. Five girls just came back these days. Unlike you, she has changed clothes in previous years, and her clothes and jewelry have to be purchased again. The old lady paid one hundred liang from the public, and she subsidized one hundred Liang herself. Your father and I also subsidized some respectively. The total is about four hundred Liang. Apart from renovating the yard, buying shelf beds, pear blossom wood tables and chairs There are 150 taels left of large items such as mahogany wardrobe, dressing table and screen. She has made eight sets of jackets and skirts, winter clothes, a fur dress and two spring clothes. Then she has scattered some jewelry, and there are still thirty taels left. ”
When Chu Jinyao heard that there were four hundred Liang under her name, her heart jumped quickly. When she heard that the four hundred Liang had been spent, her heart rose and fell, and now it has been calm.
Chu Jinyao didn't expect that in less than a month, the family smashed nearly 400 Liang on her... But the big head is furniture. These can be used for a long time with one blood, and many clothes are bought at one time. This sounds scary.
Chu Jinyao used to save clothes when she was a farmer, but now the environment is completely different. Chu Jinyao also knows that she can't be soft on clothes and jewelry. Otherwise, she will be ashamed of the big house. Especially Chu Jinyao has a special identity and can't save it.
Chu Jinyao suddenly felt that February and February were not enough.
Not only Chu Jinyao was frightened by the four hundred Liang, but other girls were also surprised to hear it. Four hundred Liang... Sure enough, it was their own, but it was different.
Zhao looked at Chu Jinyao and said, ”I'll give you the remaining thirty Liang and keep it yourself.”
Chu Jinyao hesitated for only a moment and then said, ”I'm too young to manage so much money. I'd better bother my mother to take it for me.”
”Take it yourself. I don't lack this money here. You always have to learn this.”
Chu Jinyao still didn't dare to promise. Chu Jinxian said, ”you're old enough to learn to be a housekeeper. Your mother wants to train you. Take it.”
With Chu Jinxian's words, Chu Jinyao was finally relieved. Fu Shen said, ”thank you, mother.”
Zhao asked the servant girl to take the right card and go to the accounting room to pay 30 liang of silver. While the servant girl went back and forth, Zhao beat the girls in the big room: ”My aunt should be back in a few days. I gave you a piece of cloud brocade. You should know the weight. Don't lose the dignity of Changxing marquis in front of my aunt because you don't want to give up things. It's a small loss, do you understand?”
”Yes.” several girls agreed in unison.
Zhao Shi said, ”cloud brocade is a delicate material. If you're not sure that it's light and heavy, send it to the sewing room and ask the embroiderer to make clothes for you. If you have a pattern you like, you can let the embroiderer embroider it together, or you can embroider it yourself. Look at yourself.”
Chu Jinyao agrees with the girls. Although she had no expression on her face, she was thinking that she could make clothes, but embroidery? Chu Jinyao feels mysterious. Moreover, even if the married daughters are guests, they are after all legitimate aunts. Why are they so close to the enemy and fully armed? All the clothes are new, not to mention, even the embroidery on the clothes should be reminded by Zhao himself.
Aunt Chu Zhu's return to her mother's house this time is really just a provincial visit? What are she and Mrs. Chu going to do?
”Five girls?” the young childe frowned and said, ”I've seen five cousins. You're not... Ah, No.”
At this time, Chu Jinyao had heard: ”are you the childe of my aunt's family?”
Lin Xining remembered that his grandmother mentioned in the letter that his uncle's family had the wrong daughter and had just found a five girl. It seems that this is the one in front of us.
Knowing that he had made a joke, Lin Xining bent over and bowed to Chu Jinyao: ”I'm sorry, my fifth cousin. I was abrupt just now.”
Chu Jinyao slightly avoided it and returned with his hands: ”cousin, you don't have to.”
When the misunderstanding was solved, Lin Xining felt a little sorry. He saw a strange woman walking around here, and her deeds were still very sneaky. Then he asked. If I knew it was my cousin, I wouldn't be so loud. The girls are more and more delicate. His voice is louder. What can I do if I scare these charming guests? Lin Xining wanted to compensate, so he asked, ”why is my fifth cousin here?”
Chu Jinyao was a little embarrassed: ”I'm lost.”
Linxining suddenly, right, fifth cousin just came back, don't know this area of the road. Lin Xining said, ”most of the yards here are vacant. It's really hard to identify. My cousin comes with me.”
”Thank you, cousin.” Chu Jinyao was so grateful that he quickly followed Lin Xining and walked out.
With Lin Xining leading the way, rongning hall will arrive soon. Chu Jinyao repeatedly thanked: ”thank you, cousin, otherwise I don't know when to go around...”
Qin Yi gave a cold hum in his heart. It was clear that he brought Chu Jinyao out. The boy just took the last part of the way. Moreover, even if the Lin family doesn't show up, Chu Jinyao won't go around for a long time.
Of course, Chu Jinyao won't know these words.
Lin Xining smiled and opened the curtain for Chu Jinyao: ”cousin, don't be polite. It's cold outside. Come in quickly.”
”Where can I?” Lin Xining is a guest. She can't let Lin Xining play the curtain for her. Chu Jinyao said, ”cousin, you go first.”
The servant girl wanted to take it over. Lin Xining shook his head and said, ”my cousin is a girl's family. She has a weak foundation. You go first.”
Chu Jinyao was treated like this for the first time. She was flattered and came into the house. Later, Lin Xining followed and came in with Chu Jinyao.
The old lady and Chu Zhu and others were sitting in the west room talking. When they heard the sound of opening the door, the old lady said, ”this is Ning Ge'er coming.”
Chu Jinyao didn't dare to look up after entering the house. He immediately said, ”Jinyao is late. Please forgive my grandmother and aunt.”
Zhao frowned: ”Why are you here now?”
All the other girls are there, but Chu Jinyao is not. Chu Zhu asked about it just now. Zhao's embarrassment is not good. Now he sees Chu Jinyao. He's really angry.
Chu Jinyao kept his greeting posture, lowered his head and said nothing. Lin Xining took the initiative to say, ”it's not my cousin's fault. There are many idle yards in the east of rongning hall. I've been lost there many times before. It's inevitable that my cousin just came back. I just met my fifth cousin and brought my fifth cousin here.”
Lin Xining said so. Naturally, Zhao didn't say much. Lin Xining is the only son of her younger sister-in-law or the prince of the prefecture. How dare she say others.
Old lady Chu frowned when she heard this: ”who's with the five girls?”
After hearing this, rose took a hard step forward: ”it's a slave.”
Mother Gu leaned down and said something to old lady Chu. Old lady Chu's expression became worse and worse: ”you are a second-class servant girl, and you don't even know the way?”
Mother Gu whispered, ”my ancestors, our house was short of manpower years ago. She called people into the house and bought a batch of servant girls. She is here.”
A new girl who can't even recognize her way into the house has become a second-class servant girl around the girl. The dignified and indifferent eyes of the old lady of Chu swept towards Zhao. Zhao quickly bowed her head and showed her posture of admitting her mistake. In front of Chu Zhu and so many young people, the old lady of Chu left face for Zhao without saying much. She just glanced at her and took back her sight. Yan stood beside him, secretly glancing over his face and smiling.
Zhao said she was stupid. She could suppress her aunt and servants in the backyard. She said she was smart. She always did something ridiculous.
The eldest girl is the eldest daughter. She was raised in front of the old lady since childhood. She is very respectable, but she is not close to the eldest girl. Parents always favor young children and girls. Yan also has children and girls. It can be understood that Zhao is devoted to doting on the four girls. But now it's said that the four girls are not her own, and she still plans to give them her heart and lungs. Is that stupid?
Yan smiled enough in his heart. Then he restrained himself from schadenfreude and said to Chu Zhu with a smile: ”my aunt is blessed. Brother Ning is good-looking, filial and considerate. You will have more blessings in the future.”
Chu Zhu listened to this and smiled slightly. Her eyes turned to Chu Jinyao. She looked around and asked, ”today is the first time to see five girls. You just said, what's your name?”