The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 2156

[Chapter 2156 Tie Kui Fanwai (80)]

Time flies, three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ning Zhan looked at Ruhui with a bitter face, and asked with a smile, “Second sister, what’s wrong with you?”

Ruhui sighed and said, “In another three months, Meng Ranxi will lose her filial piety.” She will be married by the end of this year at the latest.

“Second sister, you are twenty years old after the new year, you still don’t want to marry?” At this age, she is already an old girl. If it wasn’t for Ruhui already engaged, but her filial piety was delayed, she would be laughed at when she went out.

Ruhui said, “It’s more comfortable being a girl at home, why get married?” It’s a lot of trouble getting married, and there are so many people in the Meng family. There are many people, right and wrong, and although she hasn’t married yet, Ruhui has already realized it.

Ning Zhan said with a smile, “The court has a law. If a girl is over 20 and still doesn’t marry, she will have to pay an additional tax.” In the previous dynasty, if she didn’t marry when she turned 18, her parents would be punished. In the Ming Dynasty, this law was changed, the age was extended by two years, and then the punishment was changed to a fine.

Not to mention Uncle Anyang, even she can afford the money herself. But the problem is, if she doesn’t marry Xiao Shi, she will cry to death. Of course, it’s not that Ruhui doesn’t want to get married, but she just feels uncomfortable getting married.

Ning Zhan looked at her frowning face and said with a smile, “If you have a bad time at Meng’s house, come back and stay for a few days.”

Ruhui said angrily: “I want to come back, mother can’t tell me to kill me! Some time ago, the eldest sister came back and stayed for two more days, and she was driven back by her mother.”

Xiao Shi left the capital for more than five years. Ruyi missed her very much, so she brought her two sons to live there for a while. After staying for three days, Xiao was persuaded to go back.

Ning Zhan said with a smile, “Nonsense. Mother is not willing to drive the eldest sister away, I wish she could live longer.” It’s just that the two sons born by Ruyi are the lifeblood of Mrs. Peng, and it is impossible to see her for a day. In the past few days, Mrs. Peng had made her confidant go to Ning’s house four or five times every day, for fear that something was wrong with his two good grandsons. Seeing this, Xiao Shi could only let Ruyi go back.

Ruyi married into the Peng family, and she was in love with Peng Kangshun’s husband and wife, and the two sons she gave birth were loved by her in-laws. The days went by, I don’t know how smooth it was. The only trouble is that Mrs. Peng spoils her two children too much.

Ruhui waved his hand and said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about that. Azhan, I’ll go shopping on East Street tomorrow. I’ll buy what you want.” Ruhui manages the family shop, but the income from the shop It’s a public account directly entered, and she doesn’t touch it. However, the public school will allocate a sum of money to the inner court every year to cover the expenses of the inner court. In the backyard, she and Ning Zhan were the only two masters. Ning Zhan was away from home most of the time, and he did not pay any expenses. As for the extra money, Ruhui either buys new jewelry or beautiful clothes, and there will be no money left in the account by the end of the year.

Ning Zhan shook his head and said, “I have nothing to buy.” Ning Zhan was admitted to the Qianwei Camp at the beginning of the year. He only came back after two days off. But tomorrow he wants to get together with Qiyou and Xu Chengze, so he doesn’t have time to go shopping with Ruhui.

In fact, the richest person in the Uncle Mansion in Anyang is not Ruhui, but Ning Zhan. Because he can go to the account room to pay, and there is no upper limit.

On the second day, Ruhui took her maid to East Street to buy things. Xiao Shi was busy with a lot of things, so he didn’t go with him.

Going to East Street, Ruhui’s first stop is the gold and silver jewelry store opened by Qiyou. Today, this jewelry store has become the first choice for ladies in Beijing to buy jewelry. Because the jewelry inside is not only fashionable and diverse, but also excellent in workmanship. Of course, these jewelry prices are not cheap.

Ruhui would visit every now and then, and the guy was already very familiar with her. Soon, she was led to the box.

After a while, the shopkeeper sent over a dozen of the latest jewelry.

Ruhui chose a pair of blue earrings with floral patterns and a jade bracelet.

The shopkeeper praised Ruhui’s good eyes, and then said: “Second girl, earrings are 30 taels of silver, and bracelets are 550 taels of silver.” This is still the price after a 20% discount, otherwise it will cost more than 700 taels of silver. .

After paying the money, Ruhui went out with her personal maid. As soon as I got out of the box, I saw the eldest grandmother of the Meng family picking out jewelry with the three girls of the Meng family.

The Meng family had a large population. Meng Ranxi’s generation had ten men and twelve girls. Now, the third generation has also been born one after another. The prosperity of the population is incomparable to the Ning family.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, every household will buy new jewelry and new clothes for their girls. And Qiyou jewelry store does not provide door-to-door service because the supply of items is in short supply. If you want to buy jewelry, you must come to the store.

Seeing Ruhui, Grandma Meng walked up to her with a smile and said, “I didn’t expect you to come to buy a brother today. If I knew I would have asked you out.”

Ruhui is in the second room and has no conflict of interest with her. In addition, Ruhui is a girl from the Uncle’s Mansion in Anyang and is notoriously rich, so she naturally has a good intention of friendship.

Ruhui smiled and said, “I also felt bored at home this morning, so I went out for a walk.”

The fifth girl of the Meng family smiled and said: “I really envy the third sister-in-law, come out when you want to.” Meng fifth girl is the direct daughter of the third house. The girls in the second room are still observing filial piety and will not go out to go shopping.

Ruhui didn’t even look at her, she said to Grandma Meng, “Grandma, I still have to take a step beforehand, you all take your time.”

After Ruhui left, Grandma Meng glanced at Miss Meng Wu and didn’t say much.

After picking out the jewelry and getting on the carriage, Grandma Meng said to her in a soft voice, “Miss Ning hasn’t passed the door yet. The third sister-in-law will wait for her to pass the door before calling.”

Miss Meng Wu said unhappily, “Anyway, she will have to go through the door in a few months. What does it matter now?”

Grandma Meng glanced at her, she was really unreasonable. If you don’t know it, you will call the third sister-in-law. If you don’t know it, you think Ning Er hates marriage! But Grandma Meng didn’t go into details, she just said: “The second room has not been filial, and the second girl Ning has not been there. It’s inappropriate for you to call it that.”

Miss Meng Wu pursed her lips and said nothing.

Ruhui went out of the jewelry store and went to the silk and satin store, but unfortunately she didn’t see any material she liked.

Xiao Shi had just received the post from the Zhongyong Houfu, and was thinking about what gift to give when he saw Ruhui come back.

“Why did I come back so early today?” Ruhui has an extraordinary enthusiasm for shopping. Every time I go out, I have to stroll around until the afternoon before I come back. And after walking for so long, I didn’t get tired at all. This will be out for more than an hour and come back, no wonder Mr. Xiao finds it strange.

Ruhui smiled and said, “It’s boring to go shopping alone, so I came back. By the way, mother, I bought a bracelet for you. It’s very beautiful. You wear it, and you’ll be sure to look good.”

Xiao only wore a string of beads on his wrist, and did not wear other accessories. Otherwise, Ruhui would not have specially bought her a bracelet.

Seeing the bracelet, Xiao asked, “This bracelet is not cheap, how much did it cost?” Xiao owns a lot of jewelry, and also has several sets of top-quality jade jewelry. It’s just that she only wears jewelry when she goes out for entertainment, and she doesn’t wear jewelry at home on weekdays.

Hearing the five hundred and fifty taels of silver in the bracelet, Mrs. Xiao poked Ruhui’s forehead and said, “Ruhui, you can’t be so reckless after getting married.”

Seeing that Mrs. Xiao wanted to return the money to her, Ruhui hugged Mrs. Xiao’s arm and said, “Mother, my shop has made a lot of money in the past few years. This bracelet is my daughter’s filial piety.” In three years, I made almost 10,000 taels of silver.

In fact, Ruhui enjoys it, but it is not a person who has no success. Half of the money earned was spent, and the other half was used by her to buy fields and mountains.

Xiao Shi smiled and said, “Okay, I will accept this bracelet. However, I can’t spend money indiscriminately in the future.”

The mother and daughter were chatting, and after chatting, they turned to Ning Zhan. Xiao said: “Azhan is seventeen years old after the new year, and the marriage has not yet been settled.”

In fact, as soon as Mrs. Xiao came back, many people inquired about her. Although Xiao Shi said that Ning Zhan and A Zhan’s marriage had to be decided by the queen, Xiao Shi was his own mother. As long as she fell in love with her, she would ask the Empress to marry her, and the result would be the same.

Ruhui smiled and said, “Mother, Ah Zhan won’t be sixteen until the middle of next year, so don’t worry.”

“I’m afraid that the Empress is too busy and will forget about it.”

“Mother, how can the Empress forget such a big thing. Besides, there are four princes, and he will remind the Empress.” If the Empress has such a poor memory, how can she manage such a big country? Ruhui thinks that the Xiao family is completely blind. Worrying In fact, the Xiao family is not just worrying, but is eager to hold his grandson.

Ruhui looked at Xiao Shi’s sullen look, and then thought about the number of invitations that have appeared recently, and said to be safe: “Mother, let me tell you, you don’t want to interfere in A Zhan’s marriage, let alone see other people. Girl.”

Xiao Shi said angrily: “I’m A Zhan’s biological mother. What happened to the girl I showed him? In case the Queen Mother forgets, I won’t delay A Zhan when I’m in a relationship here.”

Ruhui rolled her eyes directly: “Mother, have you forgotten the Mao family and the Gu family and the Chen family? Your vision, let alone me and eldest sister, even father and A Zhan can’t believe it. Otherwise, father would not ask the queen. Empress has found a daughter-in-law for Ah Zhan.”

“This time I will definitely investigate.”

Ruhui said, “Mother, don’t blame me for not reminding you. If you marry A-Zhan with a family scoundrel, then not only your father, but also A-Zhan will blame you.”

Xiao Shi said: “I don’t go to see each other, it’s not enough!” When he said this, he was very sad. She has three children, and as a result, none of the marriages are in her hands.

It’s a pity, even though Xiao Shi said so, Ruhui was still worried. When Ning Zhan came home from vacation, Ruhui told him about it: “Azhan, you have to ask the Empress to settle your marriage. Down, that would be bad.” Saying this is also the shadow of the wishful things that year. Some people go to great lengths to climb high branches.

Of course, they are not sloppy, they will be calculated by others. But if he destroys his relatives, it will damage Ning Zhan’s reputation.

Ning Zhan also knew Xiao’s temperament, nodded and said, “When I go to the palace next time to see the Empress, I will tell her about it.”

“It’s not appropriate to talk to the Queen like this, isn’t it? It’s better to ask the Fourth Prince to help you talk.”

Ning Zhan shook his head and said: “My own life events are natural, how can I let the fourth prince talk about it. Besides, the fourth prince doesn’t know what kind of girl I want to marry.” You can’t be sloppy in marrying a daughter-in-law. The third generation of disaster!