Chapter 74 Six-inch golden lotus scares people to death
The carriage rumbled forward, and the two maids held Shang Jinghui's hand on the left and right. Shang Jinghui looked back at Zhang Yuan from time to time, as if he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would not follow, and from time to time he would hold the maid's hand with his two small hands.
He shrunk his legs and jumped, then burst out laughing.
The two maids first saw Miss Jing Hui calling a strange man "brother" on the way, crying and asking to stop the car and get off. The two maids were very nervous, fearing that something would happen that they could not handle. At this time, they saw that Zhang Yuan was still just a teenager.
, and being gentle and elegant, I was a little relieved. One of the maids smiled and said softly to Shang Jinghui: "Miss Jinghui, you should walk carefully, you will fall if you do this."
The carriage stopped at the southeast corner of the Qiansu Prince's Temple Square. A maid held Shang Jinghui and prevented her from running around. Another maid leaned against the window to listen to the instructions of the people in the carriage. After a while, the maid came over and asked Zhang Yuan: "Master Zhang
Is he the grandson of Mr. Zhang Suzhi, the top scholar in Shanyin?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Mr. Suzhi is my great-uncle, and I am Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jiezi, a descendant of Dong Zhang."
The maid said "Hey" and asked, "Weren't you Mr. Zhang in the Changtao Garden last month?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I also went to Changtao Garden that day, accompanying my brother Zhang E."
The maid looked at Zhang Yuan strangely and said, "Master Zhang, please wait a moment." Then she went to the carriage and whispered to the people in the carriage -
Shang Jinghui dragged his maid two steps closer to Zhang Yuan, raised his little face and asked, "Where are you going, Mr. Zhang? The tournament hasn't started yet, why are you leaving?"
Zhang Yuandao said: "I am studying at Mr. Wang Jizhong in Kuaiji. I came from Shanyin in the morning and listened to the lively gongs and drums, so I stopped by to have a look. I was afraid that the teacher would scold me, so I had to rush to school."
The maid who delivered the message came over again, this time speaking to Shang Jinghui: "Miss Jinghui, Mr. Zhang is going to study. You can't be late. If you are late, you will be punished -"
Shang Jinghui opened his bright eyes and asked Zhang Yuan: "Sir, will you hit your palm with a bamboo ruler?"
The two maids laughed "eating".
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "If you are late for a long time, you may have to slap your palms - Miss Jing Hui, please watch the Sai She praying to God. I'll leave first. See you next time." The person in the car is definitely not Shang Danran, Shang Danran knows it.
His name should be Jing Hui's mother. It's hard to say more about this.
The maidservant who delivered the message was afraid that Shang Jinghui would cause trouble, so she bent down and persuaded him: "Master Zhang will be late for a long time if you don't leave. Can I take you to the temple to see the Dragon King first?"
Shang Jinghui's cute little eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his little mouth pursed, and he waved his hand to Zhang Yuan: "Brother Mr. Zhang, let's go quickly. Don't be late. I have to go out next time, so remember to wait for me."
Six-year-old Xiao Jinghui rarely goes out once. He met Zhang Yuan twice when he went out recently. He thought he would see Zhang Yuan whenever he went out.
The two maids held back their laughter, holding Miss Jing Hui's hand, and watched the three masters and servants Zhang Yuan walk away. A maid came to the car window and reported: "Madam, Mr. Zhang is gone."
Sitting in the car was an elegant woman in her thirties. This woman was Mrs. Fu, the wife of Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty. She was the mother of Shang Jinglan and Shang Jinghui. Last month, Shang Danran went to He's family.
They went on a blind date in the garden. When they came back, Mrs. Fu asked her how Mr. Zhang E was doing. Shang Danran said: "A vulgar dandy." When asked about other things, he refused to tell her. Mrs. Fu also thought that the marriage with the Zhang family in Shanyin was impossible. Unexpectedly, the scene at night
When the little sisters Lan and Jinghui were playing on the couch, "Card Card Gege" said something about Mr. Zhang and his aunt playing chess. Mr. Zhang played chess with his back on his back, and Mr. Zhang's brother told a joke...
Mrs. Fu was so surprised that she interrogated the two little sisters. Xiao Jinghui's words were a bit confusing, but nine-year-old Shang Jinglan made it very clear. In the rain, he played chess and took a ferry, but he didn't remember the name of Mr. Zhang.
Anyway, he is the son of the Zhang family of Shanyin, that’s right——
This confused Mrs. Fu. Her sister-in-law Shang Danran said contemptuously that Mr. Zhang was a vulgar playboy. How could he play chess and talk with him? Moreover, she laughed when she heard that the little sister said that Aunt Danran was very happy that day in Dao Pavilion.
I can't straighten my back, what on earth is going on?
The next day, Madam Fu asked Shang Danran if he was going to reject Madam Zhang's marriage proposal from Shanyin. Shang Danran nodded without hesitation, Madam Fu said tentatively: "Little sister, sister-in-law, listen to Xiaolan, Xiaohui said -"
Shang Danran's pretty face turned red instantly, and she said angrily: "Sister-in-law, Xiaolan and the others are talking nonsense. Sister-in-law, please quickly reject the matchmaker."
Mrs. Fu thought that Mr. Zhang had made some frivolous words or actions while playing chess with Dan Ran, so Dan Ran secretly went to ask Jinglan. Jinglan and Jinghui sisters had very good memories. Jinglan almost remembered Mr. Zhang that day.
Everything I said to my aunt was said to my mother, and there were no frivolous words. I asked Mr. Zhang if he was ugly? No.
Fortunately, the old servant Liang Ma knew what happened that day and told the wife that there were two Mr. Zhang. Miss Dan Ran, the Mr. Zhang who came for a blind date, disliked the Mr. Zhang at first sight. Miss Dan Ran, the Mr. Zhang who played chess in the island pavilion, seemed to have a good impression, but she
It’s not like I’m here to ask for a hand in marriage——
Mrs. Fu thought to herself, "I see, I wonder if Mr. Zhang, who plays chess, is engaged?" He quietly asked someone to inquire and found out that Mr. Zhang Suzhi has six grandsons, of which the only ones of the right age are Zhang Dai, Zhang E, and Zhang Zhuoru.
But Zhang Dai and Zhang Zhuoru were already engaged, and Zhang Dai had not returned from the provincial examination. Could it be that Dan Ran fell in love with Zhang E's cousin Zhang Zhuoru, but they were already engaged.
From then on, Mrs. Fu never mentioned the matter of the Zhang family's children in Shanyin, but little Jinghui still kept talking about Mr. Zhang and never tired of telling the "I lied to you" joke. Unexpectedly, today he brought Jinghui to see the Sea Dragon King.
Jing Hui saw Mr. Zhang, but it turned out that he was not a descendant of Xizhang, but from Dongzhang. Of course, Fu knew that Dongzhang's family background was far inferior to that of Xizhang, and did not match the Shang family's official family, but he just heard
Zhang Yuan said that he was studying under Mr. Wang Jizhong. Wang Jizhong was a famous scholar in Kuaiji and a famous craftsman. He had never heard of accepting students before, so why did he accept Zhang Yuan?
Mrs. Fu decided to ask people to inquire about Zhang Yuan when she went back. Her husband was far away in the capital, and her sister-in-law was already twenty-eight years old. It would be too late if she didn't make a marriage arrangement. She had to take care of this. Weng Gu died young, and Shang Danran was born when he was five years old.
She was raised by her brother and sister-in-law, who was like her mother. Mrs. Fu treated Shang Danran as a daughter, and her husband doted on this little sister. When Danran had her feet bound at the age of six, she could only cry out in pain because of the pain. Her husband couldn't bear to hear it outside and said with pity:
"That's all, because of her, foot-binding was also a temporary custom. Most women in the Tang and Song Dynasties did not bind their feet. Since this dynasty, many women in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Lingnan have not bound their feet. After Zhengde, the trend of foot-binding among Jiangnan women became more and more intense. It doesn't matter."
Shang Zhouzuo couldn't bear it for a moment, so his younger sister Shang Danran stopped binding his feet. Even his daughter Shang Jinglan stopped binding their feet. Now that Shang Jinghui was six years old, it was supposed to be time for him to have his feet bound. If his aunt and sister didn't bind their feet, how could she?
They are still willing to bind, which makes Mrs. Fu very helpless. The consolation for Dan Ran and Xiao Lan is that Xiao Hui's feet are naturally slender. Although they are much bigger than the ones with bound feet, they are not as scary as the six-inch golden lotus.
I can still hide it——
The autumn sun was warming up, and there were more and more people in the square in front of Prince Qiansu's temple. The gongs and drums on the two stages were beating more vigorously. The competition was about to begin. Mrs. Fu, the merchant's wife, watched her daughter Jing Hui pulling her maid from the car window.
My hands jumped forward to a fallen girl to buy oranges to eat. I couldn't help but smile and thought to myself: "If the feet were bound, how could Xiao Hui dance so happily? Alas, it is really pitiful for a child to have his feet bound, and the bones of his feet were broken in half.
Come here, I don’t know how many times I cried back then!”
Xiao Jinghui came over, holding a bright red Shanyin Xie orange in one hand, and said with a sweet smile: "Mother, the sister who sells oranges said she won't charge us."
The maid behind Jing Hui brought the oranges in a small basket and said, "Yes, madam, that degenerate woman is so strange. She refuses to accept the money - does it mean that our Miss Jing Hui is cute?"
Mrs. Shang laughed and said, "This is unreasonable. Go and give the money to others."
The maid looked back and said, "We're gone. There are so many people. I don't know where they went."