The eldest lady glared at Su Rong, suppressed the doubts in her heart for the time being, and then talked to Su Rong about today's gift list.
There was a smile on her face, "Your haircut gift, everyone's gifts are thicker than your sisters' haircut gifts, some are twice as thick, and some are two or three times thicker."
"It has nothing to do with me personally." Su Rong chuckled, "It's all directed at the Protectorate and Zhou Gu."
The eldest lady lectured her dissatisfiedly, "That's not entirely true. Even if there was no such marriage, your gifts would be thicker than those of your sisters. The face of your father, me, and your elder brother, isn't it called face?"
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Who in the entire Jiangning County doesn't know that everyone in the whole family dotes on Su Rong.
Su Rong smiled and held the eldest lady's arm, "I was wrong. Mother was absolutely right."
Anyway, it's not against her, she has never been lovable since she was a child.
"Since these gifts are for you, I will have them put into your treasury." The eldest lady pushed her away, "As for the gifts on the books, I will help you keep them first to prevent you from spending them carelessly."
Su Rong had no objection, "Okay."
The eldest lady looked at her curiously, "You used to steal two taels of silver from me, but now you have tens of thousands of taels of silver and you didn't say you had it?"
Naturally, Su Rong would not say that she was not short of money now, but would only ask, "If I tell you that I want to take it myself, will you allow it?"
"No, I absolutely can't let you hold it." The eldest lady was really afraid that she would lose her fortune and lose it in the blink of an eye.
"Isn't that enough? It's useless if I say it. Why bother?" Su Rong shrugged.
The eldest lady stopped doubting for a moment and muttered, "That's right."
Zhou Gu walked into the east cross courtyard and heard footsteps. Wang Ma glanced outside and immediately said with a smile: "Madam, Miss Seven, Young Master Zhou is here."
The eldest lady was stunned, "Why didn't he go to rest?"
Saying that, he looked at Su Rong.
Su Rong didn't know and shook his head.
The eldest lady saw that she was not sitting upright and her hair was a little messy, so she whispered: "Go and clean it up, I will go out and take a look."
Su Rong nodded.
The eldest lady stood up, walked out of the back room, and came to the painting hall.
Zhou Gu stepped into the threshold and raised his hand to the eldest lady, "Auntie."
The eldest lady smiled kindly, "It's been a tiring day today and you've drank a lot. Why didn't you go to rest? Come and talk to Xiao Qi?"
There were many guests today, and Zhou Gu and Xie Lin were the princes and grandsons of the Gaomen Mansion. They were distinguished guests. Many people gathered around them to toast them, and both of them drank a lot.
Zhou Gu shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not too tired. I found a travel journal in the study in the morning. I didn't read two pages. It was very interesting. I really thought about it, so I came here to look for it."
After he finished speaking, he saw the travel book on the table, reached out and picked it up, "That's it."
The eldest lady smiled, "I'm almost done here. Are you watching from Xiao Qi's place? I happen to have something to tell you."
Zhou Gu originally planned to take the travel notes and leave, but when he heard this, he said, "Auntie, please tell me."
The eldest lady motioned for him to sit down, and she followed suit, "That's right, the gift from Jiangzhou Governor's Office is very generous." She said what she had given, and said: "Some of it is for you.
Here is an apology. You confiscated it last time. Mrs. Jiang Sheng and Mrs. Jiang Sheng used Xiaoqi and hairpin as a gift and sent it together, so I accepted it without mercy. My dear nephew, look at your apology..."
Zhou Gu refused, "Since it's a congratulatory gift, Auntie just accepts it. There is no need to give it to me."
The eldest lady looked at him and said, "But this gift is really too generous. Even the dowry given to a daughter by other people is not so generous. Although I accepted it for Xiao Qi, I also know in my heart that it is because of you that Jiangzhou Governor's Office
That’s why he was bleeding so much.”
Zhou Gu didn't care, "Auntie, don't feel uneasy, just accept it in a down-to-earth manner. Jiangzhou Governor's Office has nothing to fear."
The eldest lady looked at Zhou Gu's expression and saw that he didn't take it seriously when he talked about Jiangzhou Governor's Mansion and didn't take it seriously. She felt relieved and said, "If you don't want it, then I will give it to Xiao Qi and put it in the warehouse."
It will be used as her dowry from now on."
The implication is that the Prefect's Mansion doesn't want it either, and the gifts and hairpins said to be given to Su Rong are for Su Rong.
Zhou Gu coughed and said, "Auntie can just arrange it."
"It's just this matter, nothing else. I'll call Xiao Qi to come out." The eldest lady stood up with a smile.
Zhou Gu also stood up and stopped the eldest lady, "Auntie, there is no need to call her, she has been tired for a day, let her rest, I will go back and read this book."
The eldest lady looked at the book in his hand and said, "That's fine."
Zhou Gu took the travel notes and left Dongkuayuan.
The eldest lady returned to the back room and saw Su Rong sitting on the chair without getting up to clean up at all. She glared at Su Rong and said, "You are so lazy, forget it."
With such an unpredictable temperament, she really doubted that she would be able to please her husband in the future. Zhou Gu had been here for nearly a month. Although Su Xingze deliberately wanted to keep a distance between them, he still left a room for the two of them after dinner.
The two of them saw each other almost every day while walking, talking and cultivating their relationship. In a month, they didn't even feel the slightest clinginess. If the two of them didn't get along harmoniously, Zhou Gu would have found Su Rongxue because he was tired of being the boss and tired of learning the rules.
She twice asked her to be more lenient with Su Rong, but she suspected that the two of them were incapable of having any feelings for each other.
It was written in those drawing books that one look would lead to love at first sight, and one meeting and one word would lead to nervousness and shyness for a long time. She had never seen this from Su Rong and Zhou Gu.
Is she getting old, or are today's young people no longer addicted to love? In her opinion, it's neither. I'm afraid these two children just haven't figured it out yet.
Su Rong explained, "I originally wanted to get up and clean up, but when I heard that he was here to get a book, I knew that he didn't plan to stay. He was probably tired after a long day and wanted to go back and read in bed. After all, he stayed here.
How tiring it is to sit on a chair and watch."
The eldest lady suddenly said, "That's the truth."
Several people continued to check the gift account.
It took more than an hour to complete the check. Seeing that it was already dark, the eldest lady slumped her shoulders. Although she was tired, she felt satisfied, "I don't have to worry about your dowry this time. With these gifts, it is enough to make you happy."
Your dowry will look better."
Su Rong reminded her, "Mother, except for the gift from Jiangzhou Governor's Office, you will have to pay back the rest of the gifts in the future."
The implication is that these gifts will be kept in the treasury for her. In the future, the family will return gifts to others. If she wants to give them to her father-in-law, she still has to pay for them.
"You don't have to worry about this." The eldest lady was very happy anyway. "When your eldest brother reaches high school, he will receive another gift. Then you and your sisters will marry one after another. Although you have to prepare a dowry, you will also receive a betrothal gift.
Well, our family will be full of happy events in the next few years."
In other words, in the next few years, there will be gains and losses, and the market will stay the same no matter what.
Su Rong thought so and immediately admired him.
In the evening, the kitchen cooked porridge and a few side dishes. Knowing that everyone was tired, the eldest lady told them not to go to the front hall to have dinner together, and asked the kitchen to send them to their respective courtyards.
The eldest lady did not leave, but stayed at Su Rong's place. When the kitchen brought food, Su Taishou also came over.
Su Taishou drank a lot at noon, but he had a good capacity for drinking. He sobered up before dinner and entered the Dongkua Courtyard. When he saw Su Rong sitting there lazily, he looked at her with a smile and said, "Xiao Qi has finally grown up."
Yes, your mother will be very happy to know this."
Su Rong looked at the smile on Su Taishou's face and wanted to ask him, "Now that I have grown up, is it time for you to tell me some things?", but out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of the eldest lady and swallowed his words.
go back.
Su Taishou was very happy today. He turned around and smiled at the eldest lady and asked: "Madam, is there a "Picture of Wushan" in the gift you received today?"
The eldest lady nodded, "Yes."
Su Taishou looked at her and said, "Have you taken away the warehouse?"
The eldest lady knew the elegant meaning after hearing the sound of the string, and immediately said with a straight face: "After taking away Xiao Qi's private treasury, don't worry about it. In the future, it will be taken away to her as her dowry."
Su Taishou was helpless, "Oh, she's a child, she doesn't know how to appreciate it, she only wastes good things, what can I do for her?"
The lady doesn't care about this, "It doesn't matter whether you appreciate the good things that are valuable, as long as they are valuable."
Prefect Su: "..."
He felt itchy in his heart and turned to Su Rong, "Xiao Qi, give that picture to daddy!"
Su Rong smiled at Su Taishou, "Okay, but if father wants my things, he has to exchange them for something of equal value."
Su Taishou glared, "Unfilial."
Su Rong shrugged, "I want to be a good boy who listens to my mother."
Prefect Su: "..."
The eldest lady was very satisfied. She reached out and touched Su Rong's head and praised, "This year she is better behaved than in previous years."
Su Taishou looked helplessly, "I don't have anything good in the warehouse anymore. Give it to me first, and then I'll exchange it with you when I have something good."
"No." Su Rong simply refused.
Su Taishou was angry and turned to the eldest lady, "Look at the good daughter you have trained!"
The eldest lady glared at him and said, "The daughter I trained is very good, you don't need to tell her."
Prefect Su: "..."
This one and two, he really has no status in the family.
