At Hube's house, Lu Yu'er looked at the eighth aunt with a red face, with a look on her face that she didn't want to see her, and didn't even offer her a cup of tea.
The eighth aunt is also a highly respected person in this industry. It is no exaggeration to say that even the daughter of the prime minister's house will nod and smile when he sees her. Especially for Lu Yu'er, she always smiles when she comes.
It depends on your face.
If it weren't for the two big gold ingots from the third grandma of the Su family, even if she was invited, she wouldn't be willing to come and see such an ugly face, and even show it to her. If she, Lu Yu'er, couldn't get married, it would be her own fault.
Ugly and fake.
She was extremely unhappy in her heart, but the eighth aunt didn't show it at all on her face. She was determined to win this big deal.
"Girl, I haven't seen you for a long time. You still look so energetic. I heard you injured your foot a while ago. I'm still worried about you, old lady."
Lu Yu'er looked at her eighth aunt arrogantly and didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she got straight to the point: "Don't come up with these false pretenses, just tell me directly, why did you come to me today?"
The eighth aunt's face was full of smiles: "That's a good thing. Have you ever heard of the Su family?"
"What about the medicine seller?"
"That's not true."
Lu Yu'er looked at Erlang's legs, holding a grape, and said lazily: "What's wrong with his family?"
"There is a handsome young man in his family, and the eldest girl probably knows about it, the fourth master of the Su family, Su Jinyu."
Lu Yu'er strolled and said with all her heart, "Ang, you know, what's the matter?"
"Girl, my eighth aunt, I want to give you a happy birthday first."
"Oh, I am well informed. I know that the third grandma of the Su family and I are going to be related. But what does this have to do with the fourth master of the Su family?"
"It doesn't matter. The eldest girl herself said that she wants to be related to the third grandma of the Su family. It just so happens that her fourth master has reached the age of getting married."
"What?" Lu Yu'er finally gave some enthusiastic reaction.
The eighth aunt smiled with a smile on her face and said in an ambiguous and flattering voice: "The third grandma of the Su family asked me to be a matchmaker for the fourth master of his family. She said that age is not a problem. As long as you are born well, it is best if your family is an official.
Yes, isn’t the Su family in trouble? The third grandma of the Su family wants to find someone to help support her. "
Lu Yuer immediately remembered what Xu Xiuyi said on the mountain road, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Is it the third grandma of the Su family who asked you to come and talk to me about this?"
I felt happy in my heart. I originally thought that at my age, I could only marry an old man as my successor. I didn't expect to pick up a young and tender young man. I thought it was impossible, so I pinched myself secretly. It hurt.
She smiled so hard that her mouth almost split apart behind her ears, just waiting for her eighth aunt to speak.
The eighth aunt smiled and said: "I and the third grandma of the Su family recommended you, eldest girl. How many other families can we find in the capital with the harsh conditions of the third grandma of the Su family? Your brother is the head of the household department.
You are also of the right age. The third grandma listened to me and nodded and said yes, but..."
"Just what?"
Lu Yuer's eyes lit up.
"The young master of the Su family may not agree. Does the eldest girl know that the younger generation always wants to marry someone younger? I am not saying that the eldest girl is older, but the fourth master of the family is only nineteen years old."
Lu Yu'er's mouth watered when she heard this. She was so young and tender, just like the waiter in the waiter's restaurant. She had never seen Su Jinyu in person, but she had seen his second and third sons before.
The people who are in charge of the counter at Baoning Hall are all very handsome young men. Su Jinyu and Su Jinyuan are from the same mother, so they are not much different from each other.
She also didn’t want to be reserved. This kind of reserve was completely eliminated in the years when she was seventeen or eighteen years old, so she said: "This third grandma is in charge of the house, and the third grandma has agreed. What does he have to say about the marriage?
It’s not all about the parents’ orders and the matchmaker’s words.”
The eighth aunt burst out laughing in her heart. She was really a shameless old girl. The old cow ate tender grass so confidently.
But on his face, he agreed blindly: "Who says it's not the case? Now his mother is half-dead, and the third grandma is in charge of his family. Even the married couple of the eldest family are under the care of the third grandma, and they are all in charge of getting married."
It’s not the Third Grandma who has the final say in this matter. Besides, if we, the Ministry of Household Affairs, come to propose marriage, will they be so willing to refuse?”
The eighth aunt was deliberately guiding her. The third grandma of the Su family had told her that no one should know that it was her intention. Therefore, when proposing a marriage, the Su family could not come forward, but the woman had to come forward.
When Lu Yu'er heard this, she agreed very much and smiled arrogantly: "To be honest, female junior, hold on tight to me. I am more than ten years older than him. Isn't he going to hold Jinshan in his arms? This is cheap."
That kid, if I really want to marry, I can even get into the Duke Protector's Mansion."
"That's not true. Miss, you don't look down on those people, so you delayed yourself by asking him Su Jinyu to get an advantage in vain. Let's see, eldest daughter, if you want to discuss with Mr. Hubu and go to Su's house
Propose a marriage?"
Lu Yu'er waved her hand: "My brother will obey me in everything. Eighth aunt, choose a day, no, tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to Su's house to talk about matchmaking. You have to be very careful. You have to do this."
You tricked me, so don’t come in again."
"It's natural, it's natural. How can I deceive the eldest girl? I always send the best men to the eldest girl. The eldest girl has a high vision and looks down on those people. Those people are not lucky, not blessed."
This was so helpful that Lu Yu'er was so happy that she rewarded her eighth aunt with a silver coin, which made her so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
Before leaving, Lu Yu'er asked worriedly: "Does the third grandma really think it's okay?"
"Big girl, please be at ease. But big girl, let me tell you the truth. The third grandma intends to make your marriage come true, but the fourth master may not be able to accept it immediately because he is young and energetic. You know now
Young people like to make their own decisions, and I heard that he doesn’t really accept the control of his third sister-in-law, so..."
"Don't worry, after I take over that little guy, if he dares to have any trouble with Grandma Su San, let me make up for him. I am older, but with my background, I am still giving him an advantage."
"Yes, yes, of course. I'll go get ready. Tomorrow I'll take the girl's birth date and go to the Su Mansion. Grandma Su Si, I'll leave first."
The cry of Grandma Su made Lu Yuer's bones feel numb. He was so happy that he asked his eighth aunt to pack up all the leftover grapes.
These are all tributes, brought all the way from the Western Regions. Ordinary people would not be so lucky to take a bite. They are just the skins and seeds of grapes, and they would not even think of licking them.
It was obvious that Lu Yu'er was extremely happy at the moment.
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The next day, in the lobby of the Su family, the eighth aunt's face was glowing red, and the old lady of the Su family's face was livid and looked like something, but she was not having a seizure.
On one side, Xu Xiuyi was sitting, drinking tea leisurely and keeping silent.
"Eighth aunt, please ask, is this Miss Lu, the young lady of the Tobe family, the lady of the next generation or the lady of the previous generation?"
The eighth aunt glanced at Xu Xiuyi and slapped her. Haha: "Look, what the old lady asked is from the previous generation to the next generation. What other generation does this young lady belong to? Aren't all young ladies young ladies?"
"Then let me put it this way, she is Lord Tobe's sister or daughter."
"Old lady, you are really, tsk tsk. I'll show you my birth date, so you don't have to ask me. If it's not a perfect marriage, can I marry your fourth master?"
The old lady had presbyopic eyes and was busy looking at the piece of red paper. She glanced at it and said curiously: "In the year of Gengchen, you are only eighteen years old now. As far as I know, the eldest girl in the Hube family is
, it’s only sixteen.”
The eighth aunt lowered her voice: "This girl, I only want to say one thing to you. Old lady, Lord Tobe is a treasure in the palm of your hand. I have seen it with my own eyes. When she cries, Lord Tobe remembers it as if she is hot."
An ant on the pot, when she makes a fuss, Mr. Tobe would like to pick the stars from the sky to coax her. If she says east, Mr. Tobe will not go west. If she says to stand, Mr. Tobe will not dare to sit down. "
"so smart?"
The old lady of the Su family is someone who has been here before. She probably guessed that this girl with eight characters is probably the daughter of an outsider in the household department. Although the matchmaker said that 30% of the truth is true and 70% of it is fake, but even if it is a girl from the outside of the household, the eighth aunt of the household department came here specially to help her.
After the matchmaking, the fourth child of his family was given as the first wife. It seemed that he really took it seriously.
Traditionally, young ladies from other families have mostly secretly found other families to marry. They are worse than the concubine ladies in the house. If they want to become the official wife of a wealthy family, there is only one possibility that the young lady will be taken home and raised.
Keeping an outsider is a disgraceful thing, and few people are willing to let others know about it.
This time, Tobe made great efforts to propose marriage to this young lady. He probably really valued this lady very much.
Mrs. Su's ashen face finally glowed with a strange light.
"Eighth aunt, how is this young lady doing? Have you seen her?"
"Ah, my old lady, I have said it several times. I am not a very nice person. I can introduce it to your family. I am the one who leads your family. Your eldest grandma has a well-off family and a good character.
, I heard that I have been very filial to you over the years. I have found someone, old lady, please be at ease."
Although the Su family's big house is not in the eyes of the old lady, the eighth aunt is right. He is indeed a well-educated person from a modest family, and is more lovable than the Su family's shrewd second wife.
"Actually, you don't have to be beautiful, just passable, passable, just..."
"What's going on?"
"Hey, you know that my unfilial son is a romantic, so the Tobe family doesn't care?"
"A man? Who is not romantic? There is a saying nowadays that if a man is not bad, a woman will not love you. Tobe-sama himself is also a romantic person, and his concubine has seven or eight bedrooms."
The old lady of the Su family smiled brightly and nodded quickly: "In this case, my eighth aunt will arrange everything."
The eighth aunt glanced at Xu Xiuyi, her smile was full of asking for credit. Xu Xiuyi just smiled and drank tea, saying nothing from the beginning to the end.
In this marriage, her parents ordered a matchmaker, but she had no involvement at all. It was his own mother who tricked Su Jinyu.
The marriage between the Hube family and the Su family was quickly finalized. The old lady of the Su family was in high spirits and in good health. A few days ago she was still lying in bed, but these days she has gotten out of bed and started preparing for the wedding.
Her son's three matchmakers were hired.
This kind of thing where two people are in love and hit it off immediately has gone through the process, and the final day has been decided.
Because the Hube family wanted to do it as soon as possible, and the old lady of the Su family was also looking forward to marrying another official girl in the family to feel proud, so the two families discussed it and set a date for the ninth day of the next month.
Looking at it now, this is a flash marriage, less than a month before and after.
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Su Jinyu's marriage was arranged. Su Jinyu himself didn't have any objections after seeing the bride's birth date, but Tai Lian in his house suffered.
The other party was a young lady from the Hubu family, so Su Jinyu's past misdeeds could not be exposed under the eyes of Miss Hubu, so the old lady simply drove Tai Lian out.
Tai Lian was not looking for miao. She didn't have that stubborn temper. She cried loudly at the door of Su's house for a whole day and left with the money. In fact, Mrs. Su gave a lot of money. Tai Lian could have found a place to give birth to the child and raise it well.
Big, just thinking about it is really depressing. She is nine months old and is about to give birth.
In the evening of that day, Jin Yu ordered tea for Xu Xiuyi and talked about Tai Lian.
"I went to the kitchen today and heard a maid in the kitchen saying that I saw Tai Lian on the street a few days ago. She was buying steamed buns with a big belly. She couldn't even bear to buy a steamed bun and ate only white noodles."
"The old lady didn't give me the money."
Yinyu asked.
Jin Yu snorted and said, "What do you know? There is a prodigal brother in Tai Lian's family. Where else can she go if she is driven away? Could it be that a little girl has to go home to live in an inn?
When he got home, half a penny of his money was left? If his brother gambled it all away, his sister-in-law would also plunder it."
"It's just her own fault for being stupid. If the Su family is unkind if she's looking for something clever, she must be unjust. What kind of propaganda is she doing for Fourth Master outside?"
With Yinyu's words, Xu Xiuyi stopped drinking tea, but quickly regained her composure and continued to take care of herself while drinking tea, and said softly: "I heard that Tai Lian is good at cooking."
"It was originally from the kitchen, but then the Fourth Master took a fancy to her, so she went to the Fourth Master's house."
"When she gives birth to the baby later, come and tell me and arrange a good job for her. She will have to make ends meet."
"Grandma is really kind-hearted." Jin Yu praised.
Xu Xiuyi just smiled, raised her head and asked Jin Yu: "There is no news from Jinniang Xiuzhuang yet?"
Jin Yu shook his head: "I sent someone here the day before yesterday, but grandma wasn't here. They said there was a kind of wire short in the warehouse, and it would take three to five days to get out of work."
"Well, Jin Niang also sent someone to send a message to Miss Qing and me, asking us to attend her old father's seventieth birthday."
"It seems that Jin Niang likes Miss Qing very much. Speaking of this, grandma, aren't you preparing a birthday gift?"
Xu Xiuyi smiled and said: "It's ready."
"So soon, why didn't I hear you talk about it?"
"Do I have to talk about everything? When that day comes, you have to do me a favor. My birthday gift can't be left alone, it has to be ready-made."
"Grandma, shouldn't she be cooking and making pastries? Isn't that appropriate? People don't have enough food." Yinyu asked garrulously.
Jin Yu scolded her: "The things made by grandma's watery hands are not as good as those that are worth ten thousand taels of gold and a thousand catties of silver? What grandma gave her is a gift of friendship. If the master of that house is not bad at eating, how can it be any worse?"
A piece of gold and silver jewelry.”
Xu Xiuyi listened to the two girls talking and just smiled and said nothing.
They guessed right, but they didn't guess right either. What they ate was normal food, but it was not ordinary food.
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On June 21st, the weather was fine. The old lady of the Su family was in high spirits during happy events. She was able to take care of some housework these days. Over in the accounting room, Xu Xiuyi temporarily returned the key to the old lady of the Su family. She could arrange it however she wanted.
.
It is a rare "happy" event in life, but Su Jinyu should not be allowed to spend this money casually.
The old lady of the Su family got the key and was free with money. She simply started to replace all the items in Su Jinyu's house with new ones. Xu Xiuyi turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice.
Su Li, the eldest member of the Su family, couldn't sit still. All the money went into Su Jinyu's room like water. Su Jinyu was uneducated and didn't make half a dime. The money contained her husband's hard work and hard work from getting up early and being greedy late.
Tears, she looked sore and angry.
Xu Xiuyi happened to be looking for Miss Qing, so Mrs. Su Li couldn't help but talk to her.
"My mother really wants to change all the banknotes in the house into cash, and beat all the tables, chairs and benches in the fourth brother's house into gold and silver, preferably the urinals and buckets. She will be happy if they are also made of silver."
Xu Xiuyi comforted her: "Just use it. Sister-in-law, please look away. It's noisy. After all, it's in this family. If the river doesn't flow in the future, it will have to flow back."
Being told like this made Mrs. Su Li feel better.
"By the way, Girl Qing has embroidered a new dress for herself. You said that if Jin Niang likes our Girl Qing, she might as well take her as her apprentice. She moves around the palace a lot. The prince is fourteen years old, almost the same as Girl Qing.
Big or small, if I can bring Qing Yatou in to see her later..."
Mrs. Su Li felt a little embarrassed when she said this.
Xu Xiuyi chuckled lightly: "Sister-in-law, you are really, hehe, hehe, Girl Qing is so young, but if there is such a fate, it would be good. Where is Miss Qing?"
"Here we come, third aunt."
Su Qingying was wearing a small skirt. On the skirt, she embroidered rich peonies stitch by stitch. She usually did not wear such fancy clothes, but peonies are indeed the flower that best reflects the embroidery skills. The layers are layered, and the embroidery is so lifelike.
Requires skill.
Xu Xiuyi looked at this piece of clothing and praised it: "Beauty, not ordinary beauty."
Su Qingying blushed: "If third aunt likes it, I will embroider one for you too."
Xu Xiuyi stepped forward and took Su Qingying's hand: "I can't bear to do it. This will cost my eyes and hands too much. Let's go. - Sister-in-law, we may be late when we come back. You don't have to wait for the door. Just ask the maid to wait."
Mrs. Su Li waved her hand: "I know, be careful on the road."
After saying goodbye, apart from the house, Su Qingying was a little nervous. After all, this was the first time she attended a banquet away from her parents. Although Xu Xiuyi was there, the feeling was completely different.
She asked Xu Xiuyi cautiously: "Third aunt, will there be a lot of people? Will I be dressed too fancy?"
"Who said it is festive? I like it very much."
"Hey, third aunt, what is this?" Su Qingying suddenly saw a large wooden box on the carriage, decorated with very beautiful ribbons.
Xu Xiu recalled: "A gift for that old man."
Speaking of gifts, Su Qingying took out a purse: "I also prepared one, and I also put a luminous pearl in it. Haha, the luminous pearl is not mine. My mother asked me to bring it for the sake of dignity."
"hehe."
Gently stroking Su Qingying's smooth black hair, the carriage arrived at the door of Wei's house.
Jinniang has been doing business over the years, and her friendship has naturally expanded. Nowadays, the place is crowded with people, BMWs and cars, and it is very lively.
Xu Xiuyi got out of the car and helped Su Qingying out. Su Qingying was reserved and shy, and followed Xu Xiuyi, not daring to leave even an inch.
Xu Xiuyi simply pulled her hand, and Jin Yu followed behind holding the box.
The Wei family's property is huge and luxurious. In the large courtyard at the third entrance, there are no walls visible on the left and right, and it is even deeper in the front and back. After walking one step after another, we finally reached the banquet hall.
The old man of the Wei family was seventy years old, his face was steaming, and he looked very angry. Of the three children in the Wei family, Jin Niang was the second. The younger sister he loved was married, and now he brought his family back to celebrate his birthday.
Wei Shufen spotted Xu Xiuyi with her sharp eyes and hurriedly put down what she was doing to welcome him.
"Third Grandma of the Su family, I sent someone to pick you up at the door early. Didn't that blind person recognize you? Come on, come on, sit here, sit here."
Xu Xiuyi was disrespectful and asked Jin Yu to give him a gift: "A small gift is not respectful."
Wei Shufen hurriedly asked people to come and pick her up. When she took over, she was probably knocked a little by the crowd and the box was slightly sideways. Jin Yu was surprised and said: "Ah, don't break it."
Wei Shufen was curious about what was inside. Even if it was made of gold, silver and porcelain, it shouldn't be so fragile. It was just tilted.
Xu Xiuyizheng also wanted to explain it clearly to her: "I made this by myself. Let's eat it now. It will probably go bad by tomorrow. The weather is so hot."
Wei Shufen was startled, but she didn't say anything, but she was murmuring in her heart, why is the third grandma of the Su family so stingy?
But there was still a smile on his face: "My third grandma made it with her own hands, so I must eat it thoroughly."
Xu Xiuyi smiled, and Wei Shufen asked someone to take the gift away. Jin Yu was a little anxious. She wanted to show off this thing in public. It was so rare and advanced. Even the cooks in the palace might not be able to make this thing.
So she said to Wei Shufen: "Mrs. Wei, what's inside is a birthday cake."
This sentence alone was enough to arouse Wei Shufen's curiosity.
"Birthday Cake?"
"Cream." Jin Yu was extremely happy when she saw Wei Shufen taking the bait.
Although Wei Shufen and Xu Xiuyi had not interacted with each other a few times, they felt that Xu Xiuyi was not a stingy person who only gave away food, so she stopped the boy who was about to leave with the gift in his arms.
He also called the birthday girl of the Wei family over, and with him was a young and charming woman. When the woman saw Miss Qing's clothes, her eyes lit up, and she smiled at Miss Qing. Miss Qing almost
She lowered her head shyly. Xu Xiuyi probably knew that this person was Jin Niang.
The protagonists were all gathered around, and several guests naturally went over to join in the fun.
I heard Wei Shufen smile and say to the birthday girl: "It's a birthday cake. Dad, you've been so old, have you heard of it?"
The birthday boy of the Wei family looked at the box with a curious expression: "Birthday cake, what is it? Pastry?"
Xu Xiuyi nodded: "It's pastry."
As soon as it was said that it was a pastry, no one had much expectations. It was just a pastry. It couldn't escape from the fact that it was made of flour, egg, sugar, salt and meat sauce. How strange it could be. At most, it had a unique shape.
Jin Yu added: "Cream."
Wei Shufen didn't understand the meaning of butter just now. Now, she simply called the boy over and said: "Open it and see how fresh it is."
The lid on the wooden box can be removed. After pulling away the ingeniously tied bow, there is a white and tender round object that looks soft and fluffy.
This is truly a strange thing that has never been seen before.
The birthday boy of the Wei family looked at this thing in surprise and asked, "Is this edible?"
Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly: "It's sweet, or else you, the birthday girl, can have a bite."
Take a bite, you can't bear to give it up, this white thing is also decorated with red flowers and green leaves, and the four words "Happy Birthday" are written with rose jam. It looks so beautiful, but it breaks a hole.
, I felt it was a sin.
"I don't want to eat it. It's so beautiful. It's so delicious. It smells like milk."
"Creamy."
Jin Yu said something again, and now Wei Shufen understood a little bit what cream meant. It was probably something with a bubble-like milk flavor.
"Eat, old birthday boy, you are as big as the sky. If you feel it is a pity after eating, I will make it for you in the future. Otherwise, I will give the secret recipe to your cook and make it for you every day."
Xu Xiu recalled that the old man was so happy that he asked someone to bring him a spoon and tasted it. The people around him looked at the old man's face. They were all very greedy and wanted to have a taste of this thing.
The old man took a bite, and his expression of enjoyment was like eating the flat peach from Queen Mother Huang.
"It's so delicious. It's so delicious. I've eaten all kinds of delicacies in the many years I've lived. This is the first time I've tasted something so delicious and unique."
"Don't worry, old man, the top is the taste of the top, and the bottom is pulled out, and there is still..."
"Oh?" The old man couldn't wait. He pulled some of the cream off the top and looked down. It was yellow, orange, orange, soft, fluffy, and there was another layer. He took a spoonful and his eyes lit up again.
"I like this, I like this so much, Third Grandma, you are a capable person, a capable person."
The old man was obviously very happy, so Wei Shufen joked with the father-in-law: "Daddy, you will pay for it, and the third grandma will provide this skill. Let's open a pastry shop like this and earn a grand slam."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Everyone laughed and the scene was very happy.
Xu Xiuyi grew up and showed off her skills in front of everyone. She was still unfamiliar with her before, but now she got to know her better.
Unexpectedly, the third grandma of the Su family was different from the legend. Not only was she an expert in business, she was extremely beautiful, and her cooking skills were even more impressive.
In the end, everyone shared some of this unprecedented pastry, and even the men who didn't like desserts were full of praises. These compliments came from the bottom of their hearts. They were really delicious and delicious.