Chapter 160 Aunt's Gift
The largest pet market in Bianjing is near Daxiangguo Temple, not far from the Princess's Mansion.
Xin Yi took her husband and Xiao Sannian, who insisted on accompanying her, and drove the donkey cart out of Maxing Street, all the way to Daxiangguo Temple. There were many people walking on the road, chatting and laughing, and she found the joy of "touring in Bianjing" again.
When she arrived at the pet market, she parked the donkey cart and headed straight to the cat market in a hurry.
There were many kittens, each one softer and cuter than the last. Sannian's eyes were bright when she saw them, and she could hardly move. Xinyi looked at the pet market and urged her with a smile.
"Hurry up, we have to choose a cat for your Uncle Fu."
"I'll choose, I'll choose for Uncle Fu."
"Okay, you choose-"
Before Xin Yi finished speaking, a faint sixth sense made her reflexively raise her head and look towards the aisle on the left.
There was a pair of eyes staring at her.
It's Zhou Yiliu, with a little girl beside him, holding a bamboo cage in her hand, with a kitten in it. It's exactly the kind Xin Yi wants, with a tiger head and a tiger head, ugly and cute, and its appearance is like a moving emoticon.
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Xin Yi's eyes lit up slightly.
"Three thoughts, Mrs. Zhang." Zhou Yiliu took the lead in greeting and walked towards Xin Yi, "Are you also here to buy a cat?"
Xin Yi hesitated for a moment, smiled and hummed, and squeezed Sannian's little hand.
"Call aunt."
Sannian hadn't seen Zhou Yiliu for some time, and she was a little stranger than when she was at the eldest princess's residence. After hearing this, the little girl called out "aunt" and retracted to Xinyi's side, sticking close to her and pulling her.
He is very close to and dependent on his clothes.
Zhou Yiliu's eyes dimmed and he smiled slightly, "Is there a cat you like?"
Before Xin Yi could say anything, his third thought came out and pointed at the bamboo cage in Zhou Yiliu's hand, "San Bao likes the kitten in my aunt's cage. It's so cute."
Zhou Yiliu was speechless.
Startled for a moment, he lifted up the cage to look at it, and said with a smile: "Really, our San Nian is really good at choosing. This cat is well-behaved and docile, and my aunt also likes it very much..."
San Nian's little fingers tugged at Xin Yi's clothes uneasily, and said in a small voice, "Then aunt will give the kitten to San Bao, okay?"
Zhou Yiliu obviously did not expect San Nian to speak directly, and did not answer for a while.
Xin Yi looked at her expression and stretched out his hand to gently tap Sannian's forehead, "You! How did your mother teach you? A gentleman does not take away people's love...how can you ask for it from others..."
"Aunt is not someone else." Sannian raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yiliu secretly, "Aunt, is Sanbao right?"
Xin Yi:……
This mistress was taught by Zhou Daozi. She is very weird and has a really weird mind. Doesn’t this make Zhou Yiliu unable to come to the stage and he must give her the cat?
If she refuses to give it, wouldn’t her aunt become “someone else”?
Xin Yi smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhou, you don't have to worry about this little girl. Let's go to the market to see if we see anything else. She won't like this."
"No way, I just like this one from my aunt."
Zhou Yiliu glanced at San Nian, hesitated for a moment, knelt down and looked at her, "San Bao, how about we pick another kitten? Any kitten San Bao likes, my aunt will buy it."
Sannian frowned and looked at the cat in the cage.
"Aunt, Sanbao wants this one..."
Zhou Yiliu and the girl beside him looked at each other and shook their heads in embarrassment.
"This aunt can't give me three thoughts, can we change it to another one?"
"Why?" Sannian pouted in confusion.
Zhou Yiliu suddenly blushed.
She didn't speak, but the little girl beside her couldn't help it.
"Hey, there's nothing bad to say about this. Third Miss, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has promoted Mrs. Zhou. From now on, our Eldest Princess's mansion will have one more Madam. This kitten was not bought, but hired. We
I have promised the cat owner a betrothal gift a long time ago, and today is just two months old, so the eldest princess asked us to come and take her back."
The little girl said with a smile, but could not hide the envy in her tone.
After that, she glanced at Zhou Yiliu, who was blushing, and said, "The eldest princess has always been unhappy with Master Jiu raising a cat. This time, for the sake of Mrs. Zhou, she was relieved and asked Mrs. Zhou to bring the cat in before Master Jiu's wedding.
Qu Ge, the eldest girl who will be the eldest daughter-in-law of Master Jiu... After Miss Cao comes over, our Lady Zhou will be raised as a side concubine and become Mrs. Ru in the house."
When people in the Song Dynasty raised cats, there was a saying of "hiring them home." If you like someone else's kitten, you should prepare sugar, salt, or a fish, then string it up with wicker sticks and send it to the cat owner's home.
bride price.
In other words, the cats raised by people in the Song Dynasty were treated like family members, which reflected Zhou Yiliu's identity.
For example, Madam, a concubine is a nice way of saying it, but in fact she is still a concubine.
But this cat declared she was different.
The eldest princess allowed Zhou Yiliu to take the cat and move into Linqu Pavilion before Miss Cao married into the eldest princess's house. Instead of asking her to be Fu Jiuqu's eldest daughter-in-law and cooperate with Master Jiu to "practice wedding skills",
It is the most powerful counterattack against the cuckold joke that Cao Yilan caused in the Wuzhanghe Mansion.
The eldest princess doesn't want to suffer this secret loss.
Regarding this, the Cao Mansion must be angry but dare not speak out.
From another level, it cleverly balances the Zhang family's resentment towards the marriage between the two houses.
Those who don't know how to read will see a sexy story.
Those who know how to look will see the tactics and strife used by the former dynasty and the harem.
So, whether this person is Zhou Yiliu or Wang Yiliu, he is just a chess piece.
This cat, whether black, white, ugly or beautiful, is also a chess piece.
Xin Yi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Because her plan failed.
Fu Jiuqu already has an ugly cat, so what's the point of giving him another one?
"San Nian, my aunt gives you a small gift." Zhou Yiliu took off a small jade plaque from his neck and hung it on San Nian's neck.
"Do you like it?"
Sannian glanced at the cat reluctantly and said nothing.
Xin Yi looked at the jade sign and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhou, this gift is too expensive for a child."
Zhou Yiliu shook his head: "No, no matter how precious the gift my aunt gives to my niece, it won't be too heavy."
"Sambo." Seeing that San Nian was silent, Xin Yi tugged the child's arm, "Auntie, are you talking to me?"
Sannian lowered his head and hummed softly. His cheerful little face drooped for some reason, and he became much more obedient. He took off the jade plaque from his neck and stuffed it back into Zhou Yiliu's hand.
"Sambo can't take my aunt's things."
He looked back at Xin Yi and said, "Mom, let's go, there are many cats inside."
"Okay." Xin Yi smiled, hugged San Nian, and gave a brief salute to Zhou Yiliu, "Then let's congratulate Miss Zhou first. Then we'll invite you for a drink. I'll ask the three little ones to come over and add makeup to my aunt."
"Thank you." Zhou Yiliu smiled slightly.
"Then let's go see the cats. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
When Zhou Yiliu was far away, Xin Yi criticized Sannian in a low voice, saying that her behavior just now was wrong and that she should not pester others when they were hesitant and embarrassed...
Sannian pouted and said nothing.
There are many cats in the cat market, including ugly cats.
Xin Yi was no longer in that mood and didn't want to buy any more, but she saw that San Nian had just liked it, so she patiently stayed with her——
However, all kinds of cats looked over, and they didn't even think about any of them. They didn't speak, and ignored Xin Yi. Their little bodies were stiff, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
"Hey, are you having a bad temper?"
Xin Yi and his beloved looked at each other, lowered their heads and asked three thoughts with a smile.
"Do you want the cat? If not, can we go home?"
"No more." San Nian was still angry.
Xin Yi sighed secretly and said with a smile: "Are you angry with mother? Mother is not training you, she is teaching you how to behave in the world..."
Chapter completed!