Dong Nuan did not choose to go to the county seat tomorrow. One reason was that Hanjianglou had just finished the exam and needed to rest.
The other reason is that if the weather is good tomorrow, she needs to go back to the village and talk to the patriarch about Dong Zhi.
If he can't reach an agreement, Dong Nuan will still need to aim at a new goal.
When they came back, it was just at the end of the month and Hanjianglou had finished the new exam, so they could rest for two days before going back to the private school to study.
They should make full use of these two days.
"There's no rush." Hanjianglou knew that Dong Nuan had his own plans, so he didn't interfere and just gently advised him.
The box in the carriage looked very valuable, so naturally it was impossible to just leave it in the yard.
There are people from all religions and professions in their area, which is not very safe.
Thinking of this, Dong Nuan patted his forehead again: "There are quite a lot of arrangements for tomorrow. When I come back from the village, I have to go check out the yard."
Dong Yao has finished studying. They can't leave the town in a short time. They really need to buy this yard.
Thinking of this, Dong Nuan said to Hanjianglou: "I'll go tell my father."
Then, she turned around and walked back. After taking two steps, she felt uneasy, then jumped on the carriage and took down the box.
The whole process was extremely fast and the movements were so quick that Hanjiang Tower didn't even react.
In fact, Hanjianglou was not without doubts in his heart. In his last life, he fought on the battlefield for nearly twenty years, and finally became a famous charge general. He had perfected his reflexes and skills.
Even if he hasn't regained all his skills in this life, his reflexes are indeed very powerful.
However, when it comes to warm winter, there always seems to be surprises.
The doubt just passed by for a moment, and Hanjiang Tower had no intention of exploring.
He just followed Dong Nuan and whispered: "Slow down, slow down."
Dong Nuan still wanted to go to Dong Sanchun's house, so after thinking about it, she put the box on him again: "Take it first, I'll be back soon."
In the warm winter weather, I was ready to rush to the east room again.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard a slight noise, which seemed to be somewhat depressing.
Dongnuan:……
Okay, I'm leaving now!
Dong Nuan turned around and left, and Hanjiang Tower came in just at this time.
Seeing Dong Nuan return, he was about to speak, but Dong Nuan pulled him towards the west room.
The west room is Hanjianglou's room. Before entering the room in the warm winter, he said to Hanjianglou: "Then you have a good rest. Don't rush to read tomorrow. Let's rest for a day. We will go to the county seat the day after tomorrow."
"Well, it's all up to you." Probably because the night was so beautiful, Dong Nuan heard Hanjiang Tower's deep voice as having a hint of ambiguity.
Dong Nuan felt inexplicably that her ears were a little warm.
She raised her hand and pulled it carelessly, but the temperature rose instead of falling, making her eyes look a little awkward.
He stretched out his hand, but couldn't control it, and plucked his ear again. Dong Nuan originally wanted to say something, but in the end she felt it was hard to say, so she could only turn around and go back to the room.
Han Jianglou looked at Dong Nuan from behind and couldn't help but want to laugh, but he was afraid that the little girl would become angry, so he held it back.
Dong Tao and Dong Zao were not overly curious about what Dong Nuan was holding, so they asked casually. Dong Nuan was vague, so they didn't ask any more questions.
Have a good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Dong Nuan got up early, and first checked the thank-you gift box while Dong Tao and the others were not up.
Ten 100-tael silver notes were neatly stacked at the bottom of the box, with some jewelry such as hairpins, beads and flowers placed on top.
The workmanship of each one is pretty good, but small towns don’t have such exquisite workmanship or such fancy designs.
Dong Nuan guessed that it should be produced in a jewelry workshop in a county town or a prefectural city.
Dong Nuan didn't worry too much about these things, he just roughly calculated the value of these things in his mind.
There should still be a few hundred taels, after all, most of them are either gold ornaments, jade ornaments or precious stones.
"You're really on the right track." Dong Nuan was quite satisfied with this Mr. Wen.
After complimenting him casually, he put away the banknotes in the box, took out the jewelry as well, and put them into a broken box that Hanjiang Tower had carved out before.
The box was so worn, it looked like scrap wood.
This was Hanjianglou's first time carving a finished box by hand. Hanjianglou was extremely dissatisfied. No one wanted to take the box, let alone sell it, or even give it away.
It can't even be burned as firewood.
But Dong Nuan thought it was very meaningful, so I kept it and occasionally filled it with materials and the like.
Now there are some sundries piled up there, including some small jade beads made of poor material, some silk threads, scraps of fabric, and even some sawdust.
Dong Nuan threw the jewelry in casually, and then kicked the box directly to the corner.
The fabric is one piece of crabapple red and one piece of dark blue.
Looking at the color, Dong Nuan nodded and whispered, "You're quite careful."
These two colors are just right for a man and a woman. Of course, dark blue can also be used as a women's skirt, and the heavy color will look good with a light-colored jacket.
However, this is clean plain cloth. If you want the skirt to look better, you can embroider some flowers on it.
Thinking of this, Dong Nuan couldn't help but laugh: "Don't Dongtao and Dongzao just come to life?"
The two sisters, who were still asleep on the kang, both shuddered in their sleep.
The fabric was taken out, and the banknotes were put away by Dong Nuan himself and placed on his body.
Then the box, Dong Nuan, was ready to be sent back to the carriage.
Ever since Dong Yao started studying, even if the winter days were short and the sun was shining late, he would get up early and go to the yard first to do some simple activities and exercise.
Dong Nuan said that scholars also need to have a good body, so as to ensure that they will not fall behind when taking exams.
Dong Yao is really obedient. Maybe he complained and slacked off at first. After all, he is still young, which is normal.
But gradually he developed a habit and it got better. Now he doesn't need to be reminded by others, he gets up by himself when the time comes.
Hanjianglou got up at the same time as him. After all, they lived in the west room. If they got up too late, it would not be good for Dongtao and the others to see them.
Together with Hanjiang Tower, Shi'er definitely couldn't sleep in late, so he also got up early.
There is no need for him to serve in Hanjiang Tower, so after washing up together, we can sit there and listen to Dong Yao's morning reading.
When Dong Nuan was carrying the box to the carriage, she happened to meet Han Jianglou returning home.
He took the box and asked in a low voice: "Chop it and use it as firewood?"
Dong Nuan was amused by his words: "Stop making trouble, the carefully prepared box is worth a lot of money, and it can be used as a front for you to walk around in the future."
Dong Nuan thinks this box is good and can be kept. It is indeed a waste of resources to use it as firewood.
Hanjianglou didn't care about this. Unnecessary jealousy would make both of them uncomfortable.
So, he nodded to show that he understood, then turned around and returned to the yard.
At this time, Mrs. Dong Wu also got up and prepared to make breakfast.
Although there are dianthus at home, Wu is used to getting up in the winter and gets up when she hears the noise.
As soon as she came out, Dong Nuan shouted loudly: "Dad, get up, I have something to say."
