The boudoir of the Seventeenth Mother of the Wu Mansion.
Wu and Qi Niang sat opposite each other.
But when she saw Mrs. Wu holding out the box, Shi Qiniang couldn't help but look at Mr. Wu hesitantly.
“Seventeen, open it and take a look.”
Seventeen Niang opened the jade box as instructed and took out the jade hairpin.
Wu asked: "Do you like it?"
The seventeenth mother smiled and said: "My sister gave me this. I like it as a gift. I have wanted to have one for a long time, and they happened to be a pair."
Wu smiled and said: "Yes, it's a coincidence, but what if I didn't give you this pair of hostas?"
Seventeenth Mother was stunned and looked down at the hairpin. Her cheeks turned red and felt like they were on fire. After a while, Seventeenth Mother looked out the window and said, "Sister, the days are passing so fast. It's going to snow in Bianjing."
Mrs. Wu smiled and agreed: "Yes, it snows on New Year's Eve, and after New Year's Eve there is the Spring Examination, and then you are one year older."
Xun Wu's eyes fell on the hosta again and asked, "Do you like it?"
Seventeen Niang looked at the hairpin for a long time. She didn’t say whether she liked it or not but said, “Why do we get married? Jin Bohua scratched his head.”
Wu knew that this allusion came from "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes", which said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked Mrs. Li, and one day he took off Mrs. Li's hairpin and scratched her head.
This question seems to have been answered again and again without answering.
The seventeenth mother held the jade hosta and looked at the box, and then said: "This jade box and the jade hosta are not the same."
Wu said: "Yes, I gave you this jade box."
Seventeen Niang asked: "What about the original box?"
Wu asked with a smile: "Why are you afraid of buying a casket and returning a pearl?"
The seventeenth mother smiled slightly and said, "I also want a casket, and I also want a hairpin."
Wu pretended to be surprised and asked: "Oh? Is the wooden box more valuable than the jade box?"
Seventeen Niang said: "Sister, the five elements of this jade belong to wood, so it is a jade hairpin matched with a wooden box. How can there be any reason to match a jade box? It is like adding a house to a house. Don't you know this, sister?"
Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "Sister, I know this. In fact, this jade box is for you to hold your wedding jewels. You should return the wooden box."
Seventeenth mother showed a smile on her face and said: "Sister, I'm not sure about this. I don't know when I can get married."
“Don’t you think you can stay at home with your parents for a few more years and get married?” Wu said with a joking smile, “I think it might happen next year.”
“Next year?”
Wu smiled and said: "That's what we call the big one and then the small one."
The seventeenth mother bowed her head and said, "I don't understand what my sister is saying. But this hosta is very expensive!"
Wu said: "I have seen that a few words are worthy of a hundred praises."
Wu saw that Shi Qiniang was in a daze after hearing this.
Sometimes a thousand words without words are as good as a hosta.
Wu and Shiqi Niang would not ask Zhang Yue where he got the money from, they would only look at the thoughts behind it.
Wu could not help but be envious when she saw her sister holding the hairpin on her chest and looking so sweet.
How much is a hosta worth?
She knows her sister's temperament best. If she likes her, even a wooden hairpin is enough. If she doesn't like her, even if she puts mountains of gold and silver in front of her, she won't be moved.
But when it comes to the present, more is always better.
It’s not about how expensive the hosta is, but that you are worthy of it in his heart!
Wu thought to herself that before, she was worried that her sister would have a hard time after marrying Zhang Yue, but now it seems that she is overthinking it.
However, Zhang Yue, a scholar from a poor family, was able to give a hairpin to his sister, but my husband, as the prime minister's son, never even gave a hairpin.
It seems that in the eyes of this man who chooses a husband, his sister is the only one among his sisters who is like his mother. In this chapter, he got third place in the first imperial examination. What kind of family, what kind of yamen, even the fifteenth mother
My husband-in-law is afraid that he will not be as good as this Zhang Yue in the future.
That day, the other party came to Ouyang Xiu's house for the first time. I just thought that this chapter was more and more beautiful, but he didn't know that he was more talented than gold.
Thinking of this, Wu sighed reluctantly in her heart: "It is even rarer to find a priceless treasure, but a lover is rare."
But he said that after Zhang Yue left Ouyang Fa's house, he did not return to Taixue, but asked Tang Jiu to follow him to his brother's house.
When he arrived at his brother's house, Yu saw Zhang Yue and smiled and said, "Your brother has gone out, and Xi'er and I are the only ones at home. Does uncle have any homework today? Let's have dinner here."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "No, sit down for a while and then leave. Sister-in-law, let's talk."
Seeing that Zhang Yue was speaking seriously, Yu immediately sat aside as he was told.
At this time, the servant came over and served tea.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Second aunt is so considerate. Not only did she find a house to settle down in, but she also provided her with servants."
Yu Shi smiled and said: "Although there used to be servants in the house, they have been useless for a while. Now I am not used to them, so I still want to do things."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue felt slightly ashamed. If his second brother hadn't escaped from marriage, and he had been prodigal, which finally put the Zhang family in trouble, Yu wouldn't have gone from having no hands on the spring water to taking care of the family's food and daily life.
Zhang Yue said: "Sister-in-law is suffering."
Zhang Yue immediately ordered Tang Jiu to put the package down in front of Yu and open it.
What was in Yu Shi's package was so heavy at first, but when it was opened, it turned out to be more than a dozen pieces of horseshoe gold.
"Third brother, how did you get so much money?" Yu gasped when she saw these dozen pieces of yellow gold.
No one can remain indifferent to this mountain of gold.
Zhang Yue said: "The owner of the shop saved some money and helped others with advice. He also made some money. This place is worth three hundred and fifty guan. Sister-in-law, take it."
“Three hundred and fifty guan?” Yu asked, “Why give it to me? Not to your brother?”
Zhang Yue said: "It's for my sister-in-law, not my brother. Two hundred guan of it will be returned to my sister-in-law's family. Our Zhang family has owed so much money for so many years. If we include the principal, these 200 guan should be enough to repay it.
But I'm afraid it won't be enough after including the interest. I still have a hundred guan to hire a famous teacher for Xi'er, and the last 50 guan for family expenses, all of which are here. If you plan hard, it can last for a year or two."
Seeing so much money before her eyes, Mrs. Yu couldn't help but burst into tears. After a while, Mrs. Yu took a deep breath and said firmly: "Third brother, my sister-in-law can't accept this money."
“Sister-in-law, are you going to meet me too?”
“It’s not that I’m a stranger, it’s just that the wine shop paid for it before, and I still owe you two hundred guan. Besides, it’s your brother who lent my family the money, and it has nothing to do with you. Why should you go out of your way to pay it back for him?”
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is still out of touch. Back then, I was studying, eating, drinking, and having fun. I didn't need any money from the family. My brother couldn't make ends meet. Thanks to my sister-in-law, she looked at the expressions of my mother-in-law and subsidized the family one by one. I used to
I am able to study thanks to my sister-in-law who never cares about my brother. Now that I have a little bit of energy left, it is time to repay my kindness and share my family's worries."
In the end, Zhang Yue said seriously: "Besides, the reason why I have studied and made progress over the years is not to get where I am today?"
Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said: "Third brother..."
Only halfway through speaking, Yu was already bursting into tears.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but be touched by something on his mind, and his eyes turned red.
Yu Shi cried for a while before she stopped crying and said: "Since it is Third Brother's wish, I will keep this money for you first, and then return it to you when we separate."
“Sister-in-law…”
Yu interrupted Zhang Yue's words and said, "It's enough for you to have this heart. What can we do if we are all members of the same family?"