When he walked to the door of Zhu Ping'an's house, his uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the door of the huge red brick and green tile house and couldn't help but sigh. Uncle Zhu Shouren hadn't been to Zhu Ping'an's house for a while.
It has been renovated, and it is much better than the top landlord's house in the village. When I first saw it, I couldn't help but sigh.
"Second brother, our parents are here to see you."
Without knocking on the door, uncle Zhu Shouren shouted outside the door and pushed open the door first. Then Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu followed closely, then the eldest aunt and the others followed, and finally the third uncle's family.
At this time, mother Chen and her daughter-in-law Juan'er were cutting silk fabrics on a long table in the yard, preparing to make two clothes for Zhu Ping'an during the slack season. The silk fabrics were all made by those who came to visit a few days ago.
Mrs. Chen picked out a few pieces of material that were comfortable to the touch and set them aside to make clothes for Zhu Ping'an.
Zhu's father is sharpening a hoe by the well in the yard. There is a lot of land in the house and a lot of farm tools are used. It is also a time-consuming task to sharpen them one by one before starting work, but Zhu's father likes to do it.
The eldest brother Zhu Pingchuan took over from Zhu's father and was driving the bullock cart between the town and the village, so he was not at home.
Hearing uncle Zhu Shouren's voice, the three people working in the yard raised their heads and looked with some surprise at the arrival of everyone in the Zhu family's old house.
"Father, mother, brother, you are here." Zhu's father put down his work and came over.
"Dad, Mom." Mrs. Chen stopped the scissors in her hand and called out.
"Grandpa, grandma, please sit down. I'll go get you some tea." Zhu Pingjun's wife, Juan'er, put down the things in her hands, went to the house to move chairs and stools, and then went to bring tea and water.
"Ahem, okay." The uncle coughed and nodded.
"Ah, Second Sister-in-law, this must be fine silk and satin. Yeah, look, the color is really beautiful." When the fourth aunt saw the silk and satin spread on the table in the yard, her eyes shone green and she let out a sigh.
.He rushed to Mrs. Chen in one swift step, and couldn't help but put his hand on the silk satin and touch it.
"Hey, look how bright the color is, and why it is so light and thin. It feels soft and really comfortable. Our family has raised silkworms, but we have never touched silk satin. Second sister-in-law, you are really lucky."
The fourth aunt's hands were touching the silk, and she would scream from time to time, not wanting to let go of her hands.
Zhu Pingjun's wife squinted one eye, looked at the fourth aunt in disgust, and flattened her mouth in disdain.
"This color is too plain. It's for Shi'er. I still have half a horse in the house. If you like the color, take it. Of course, the same goes for my parents, my sister-in-law, and my two younger siblings." After hearing this, Xiao Si
Auntie praised herself for being lucky. A smile appeared on Mrs. Chen's face. She had planned to give some cloth to the old man, but now she took the opportunity to be a good person.
The eldest aunt is used to being strong, especially in front of Mr. Chen. Now that Mr. Chen showed her face, she was not to be outdone.
Looking up in style, the eldest aunt also walked up to Mrs. Chen, pretending to look at silk and satin, but she deliberately lifted the silk at the base of her ears to show off a pair of gold earrings she was wearing. She also deliberately looked at Mrs. Chen.
The front of his face shook.
"It's hot today. It's very uncomfortable to have a stuffy head and ears.﹝(?" The eldest aunt said in front of Mrs. Chen while lifting the silk at the base of her ears and dangled her gold earrings.
Mrs. Chen glanced at her eldest aunt's gold earrings and looked a little strange.
When the eldest aunt saw this, she thought that Mr. Chen was envious, and became more and more excited.
"No, it's getting hotter and hotter today. I've only been working for a while, and my hands are already hot."
Mrs. Chen rolled up her sleeves as she spoke. Then a gold bracelet appeared in front of the eldest aunt, almost dazzling her eyes.
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"Oh, this, Shoui Yi insists on buying it. I can't convince him." Mrs. Chen seemed to have just noticed the look in her aunt's eyes. She exclaimed and put down her sleeves again.
When Father Zhu heard this, he raised his head and looked over. Mrs. Chen immediately glared at Father Zhu vigorously, and then Father Zhu lowered his head again.
It’s not me who insists on buying it, it’s you who insists on buying it.
If it were modern times, Zhu's father would probably use such an expression that the baby was in pain but the baby couldn't express it. At that time, Mrs. Chen followed Mr. Zhu to the town to look at shops, and saw such a bracelet. After just one glance, Mrs. Chen left.
Can't move anymore.
In fact, this bracelet is made of silver, with a layer of gold on the outside. Zhu's father thinks that a bracelet costs more than three taels of silver, which is not worth it. However, Mrs. Chen likes it. With the roar of the lion in Hedong, Zhu's father can only spend money.
Bought.
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When the eldest aunt encountered a setback, Zhu Pingjun's daughter-in-law came forward and said something about how much of this kind of silk and satin their parents had, and that they couldn't wear it all and they got bugs, and that their family had a shop that sold silk and satin.
Category.
Then the eldest aunt became very excited again, stretched out her hand and pointed two fingers, "Yes, yes, you don't know that Jun's wife's shop has this amount of gross profit in a year."
It means two hundred taels of silver. After saying this, the eldest aunt felt that she had the upper hand again.
Just at this moment, another person came into the yard. There was the sound of a carriage outside, and then a man who looked like a gentleman came in, followed by the steward and the servants.
After seeing the gift, he explained the purpose of his visit. This was an official from the next town next door who came specifically to visit Zhu Pingan. Of course, he also knew that Zhu Pingan was not there. After greeting for a while, he sent a gift list and then ordered the steward
He and his servant girl unloaded the gifts from the carriage.
Not to mention the gift boxes and other items brought from the car, the first item on the gift list, a gift of one hundred taels of silver, made the uncle Zhu Shouren who read the gift list on his behalf speechless.
One hundred taels?
This was given for free. After hearing this, the eldest aunt looked at Mrs. Chen and instantly became as jealous as a rabbit, greedy for more.
Just for a visit, I would give you one hundred taels of silver. During that period of time, there were ten or twenty carriages visiting every day. How much money would it cost? No wonder he had to study. No wonder his father always said that he was in books.
There is a golden house, it turns out there really is one.
Thinking about it, the eldest aunt's eyes became even redder. As for the income of two hundred taels a year from the handsome wife's shop just mentioned, this is just a drop in the bucket compared to this.
The eldest aunt's face turned red at this moment when she thought about what she had just shown off. Of course, her eyes were even redder.
As for the fourth aunt, if the fourth uncle hadn't been quick to catch her at this moment, otherwise she would have pounced on the gift and transformed into an airport security inspector.
Just when the eldest aunt was jealous, Mrs. Chen felt even more uncomfortable.
"No, no, we don't accept gifts. We don't want any money. We don't want anything expensive. We don't want any amount of money."
Mrs. Chen's expression was as if she was being cut off. She tilted her head and deliberately did not look at the various expensive gifts that were carried from the carriage. She shook one hand vigorously at the visitor and firmly refused.
Of course, the other hand pinched the flesh on Father Zhu's arm.
God knows how difficult it was for Chen to refuse, and how painful it was in her heart, which was more painful than cutting flesh.
Of course, Father Zhu should know this, as his arm was almost bruised by Chen's pinch.
Mrs. Chen's idea was very simple. Her son had said that accepting gifts would not be good for him in the future, so she would not accept them. Although she felt very sad, she decided not to accept them for the sake of her son.
"What?"
The eldest uncle Zhu Shouren almost tore up the gift list when he heard this, not to mention the eldest aunt and the fourth aunt. Their surprised expressions were a hundred times more surprising than when they met a ghost.
In the end, at the insistence of Ms. Chen and Mr. Zhu, all the valuable gifts on the gift list were brought back by the visitor, leaving only some less valuable things such as food and a piece of cloth. This was the result of the visitor's insistence.
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Otherwise, given Chen’s wishes, it would be enough to just leave a box of cakes for a while. (To be continued.)