Chapter 679 Ceremony
The end of the new year is approaching, and the atmosphere in Jingzhao Mansion is very strong. There are more small merchants and hawkers on the street than in previous years. Many foreign businessmen with strange clothes and strange clothes took to the streets to sell some exotic goods.
Handmade carpets from the Persian Gulf, various Buddha statues from the Maurya Dynasty, oiled silk from the Queen’s Kingdom, and colored glaze shipped from the Roman Empire... These rare and precious things in the capital are priced at a higher price here. Much cheaper.
Xie Zhiwei accompanied the two mothers to the street, Rong's eyes were dazzled, and Yuan's was also extremely excited. Along the way, she bought a lot of precious stones and brought back several Buddha statues. The big rug said to Xie Zhiwei, "The old lady used to have a rug that was much smaller than this one, it must be like something precious."
Xie Zhiwei couldn't help laughing, and said, "If my mother likes it, she might as well buy it and spread it in the main room, but in this way, many furnishings in the house will have to be changed. The color of this carpet is too bright."
Yuan Shi thought about it, and hurriedly said, "Mei Mei, aren't you going to Zhending Mansion in the future? Why don't I buy it, and you can take it to Zhending Mansion later, laying carpets first, and then furnishing, wouldn't it be much cheaper?"
Rong seems to like this carpet very much, she nodded, "Mother-in-law, let's buy one for each of us, since the Chinese New Year is coming, the furnishings in the house can also be changed, it's just the right time."
The businessman spoke the Central Plains language not very fluently, and hurriedly persuaded, "What Madam said is very reasonable. It will be Chinese New Year soon, and we are here to sell carpets. Happy!"
For the word of celebration, Yuan took out his pocket without hesitation, and said to Rong, "It's good that Madam doesn't dislike it. This time, I will give this carpet as a gift to Madam. Isn't it the New Year? .”
Xie Zhiwei doesn't like this carpet, but she has never gone shopping with her mother-in-law. It feels very good for her elders to rush to pay and make decisions for her.
Xie Mingxi was bored. He saw a Persian scimitar inlaid with many precious stones. It was not cheap at first glance. He himself was not poor, but he was afraid to spend a lot of money, so he tore his sister's clothes. Sleeve, pointing at the Persian scimitar without speaking.
"Oh, what do you want to buy?" Yuan saw it and was very dissatisfied with her son. How could the son ask his daughter to buy things for him in front of his daughter's mother-in-law?
Xie Mingxi glanced at his mother calmly, lowered his eyes and did not speak.
Rong saw it, and felt very kind to his mother-in-law, and said to Xie Zhiwei, "Wei'er, this is your brother, what does your brother want, as long as the reason is right, you sisters and brother-in-laws, you should try your best to satisfy."
Xie Zhiwei understood the meaning of the two mothers, couldn't help being amused, but endured it, and said to his younger brother, "Go and ask, how much money, my sister will help you out."
Mr. Yuan was a little anxious, and was about to speak, when Rong said, "Mother-in-law, this child is really cute. I am not as lucky as you. I only have Ah Xun. Ah Xun was not as good as this child when he was young."
Xie Mingxi went up to ask, asking for more than three hundred taels of silver.
so expensive!
Mrs. Yuan hurriedly wanted to pay for it herself, but was held down by Mrs. Rong, "My mother-in-law is like this, so she treats me as an outsider."
"Since there is no such thing as three whites and two taels of silver more, it doesn't mean that the mother-in-law sees us like this. It doesn't mean that we are treated as outsiders."
Yuan Shi was helpless, thinking to herself, to subsidize her daughter more later, anyway, people in the Xiao family can't be taught that the son is spending the daughter's dowry money.
The Xiao family will definitely not ask for their daughter’s dowry, but the dowry of a girl’s family has always been passed on to the sons and daughters, and must be passed on in the Xiao family. I don't want to see that the daughter-in-law uses the dowry to supplement her mother's family.
Xie Mingxi didn't care. He got the scimitar and pulled it out abruptly, only to see a flash of cold light.
The former owner of this scimitar is unknown, and it has already been sharpened. The blade is as thin as paper. Xie Mingxi pulled a hair from his head and blew it on the blade. good knife.
"Sister, this knife is really good!" Xie Mingxi gestured twice, "I will use this knife to expand the territory and expand the land, and crack the soil to seal the lord!"
Rong liked this child more and more, and couldn't help touching Xie Mingxi's hair, "It's a good thing that you have this ambition!"
The group continued to stroll forward and bought a lot of things. At first, the servants behind were carrying things in their hands, but after seeing a lot, Du Gui hurriedly sent someone to find a few cars and waited for the sun to come. Going down to the west, seven or eight cars followed, almost half of the goods on the market were swept away by them.
Jingzhao Mansion is far from the capital, it will take a month if you walk slowly, but it will take half a month and twenty days if you walk fast.
At night, under the lamp, Xie Zhiwei plans to send this year’s ceremony to each family in Jingzhao Mansion, Cui’s, Lu’s, Hai’s, and Xie’s own, as well as Zeng’s, Prince Xiang’s Mansion, Princess Dagon’s Mansion, etc. .
Until the dead of night, when Mother Qiu came to remind her several times, Xie Zhiwei had no choice but to put down the gift list and went to bed.
She was alone, tossing and turning on the bed, and gradually fell asleep in the middle of the night.
The next day, I got up a bit late, and when I arrived at Linfuyuan, Rong was about to have breakfast, Xie Zhiwei went over to say hello, seeing his daughter-in-law's eyes were blue, Rong smiled, "But you didn't sleep well?"
Xie Zhiwei was sitting beside him, and Rong stretched out his hand towards her, so she took her mother-in-law's hand, followed her strength, reached Rong's side, bowed her head and said, "It's the end of the year, yesterday's list of rituals was a bit late, father There, I don’t know what to send there?”
"Your father is not in good health. Didn't you say that the ginseng from Beiqi is very good, and the Korean ginseng from Gaoli is also a good thing." Rong said, "It doesn't matter what you want. There is the Cui family of Boling, your grandmother is old, and she made a special trip to the capital for you, and now she is farther and farther away. I don’t know if there will be a day of meeting in the future. The gift to Boling should not be light .”
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Rong said to Hua Ying, "Go and get that box."
Xie Zhiwei thought of something, and couldn't help looking up at Rong Shi, Rong Shi smiled and helped her straighten out a strand of messy hair on her sideburns, "I still have some savings in my hands, which I took out when I left the palace, and these years There is no place for the flowers to go, I will save some for digging Buddha statues, and leave the rest for you and Ah Xun."
"Mother, you are well said. Why are you talking about this again? When I left the cabinet, my grandfather, father and mother all gave me a lot of dowry, and the betrothal gifts from the prince. My mother also asked me to bring all of them. Come back, the money in your hand, you keep the flowers for yourself, it is not appropriate to give it to us now."
The third update!
(end of this chapter)