"Jiajia, don't be unreasonable." Aniang hid her face and snickered, but she yelled loudly.
"Sister, look at this girl, it's time to take care of her. When the adults talk, how can it be the junior's turn to interrupt?" Aunt Zhu glared at Wang Jiajia, then smiled at Auntie: "Everything I said is well-founded.
, just this afternoon, I found another antique and took it to Liao's Wenzhai to sell, and I met Li Dongsheng. He was choosing ink, picking and choosing, whether he disliked this or that, and finally, guess what?
Did he buy it?"
Auntie shook her head: "I didn't know that. When buying something, of course you have to choose something you like. If there is something suitable, of course you will buy it."
"That's right, he spent a long time choosing, and he really picked the one. He said it was pine smoke ink, which is less than one finger long and costs one tael of silver! Shopkeeper Liao also boasted: It used to be more expensive, but now
Business was not easy to do, so the price was reduced. When Li Dongsheng heard this, he didn't even pay back the price, and it was as if he had picked up a treasure."
"It's just such a small piece of ink, just one tael of silver!" Auntie gestured with her hands, and was also shocked.
One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand pence, which is enough to buy rice for half a year. If I were selling tofu, after excluding the cost, I would have to work from dawn to dusk for half a month! It’s just a piece of ink, you can’t eat or drink it, it’s expensive! It’s really too expensive!
I really don’t understand these men of letters.
I had to nod my head this time: "It's indeed too expensive!"
Seeing that we recognized her, Aunt Zhu became even more proud: "I caught up with her at that time and said: You spent the money very happily, and the soft rice was very delicious.
He looked at me and asked me who I was.
I said: Don’t care who I am, it’s business to take care of your wife, but don’t let others become a cuckold and raise other people’s children!”
"Sister, how could you say such a thing?" Wang Jiajia and I were about to have a fit, but my mother-in-law got angry first.
Aunt Zhu disagreed and said: "What did I say wrong? How many men had entered Mu Xianer's room when she was planning to get married? Maybe they had done some shameful things with her, otherwise, they would have given her jewelry.
?
When Doctor Du was on her 60th birthday, she went to deliver a box and was treated as a guest of honor. I still remember her virtues today. Hum, she was dressed up in a gorgeous way. At the banquet, she exchanged drinks with many men.
, not taking into account that she is already a married woman.
Oh, who let her be in debt? In order to be famous in front of others, she has to find ways to make money behind the scenes. Haha, using one's own body to earn money to pay off debts, what is the difference between those bitches in Wanhua Tower? She can't think of it!"
"That's enough!" The anger in my heart finally broke out: "It's getting late, shouldn't it be time for aunt to go back?"
"I'm tired too. Sister, let's come play some other time." Auntie touched her belly and went back to her room with Wang Jiajia supporting her.
Aunt Zhu looked at me and then at A Niang. She finally realized that she was disliked by others, so she had to leave in despair. Before leaving, she took advantage of my unpreparedness and took away three eggs until I saved them.
When I put it into the jar, I realized that the number was missing.
Well, I really can't associate with this kind of person anymore. I hope my mother can use the lion's roar skill again and scold her so much that she dare not come to the door. I really don't know how there can be such a long-tongued woman in this world, and she is not afraid of going to hell after death and having her tongue cut out.
?
"Brother Jianghu, take care of your mother while I go out." Wang Jiajia said hurriedly.
"where did you go?"
Wang Jiajia's face was full of worry: "That Aunt Zhu said such unpleasant things to Brother Dongsheng today, what if Brother Dongsheng believed it and didn't have a conflict with Sister Mu? Sister Mu is still pregnant with the child. What if there is something wrong with her?
Is good."
I grabbed her hand and said, "Okay, these are other people's family matters, so we'd better not get involved. I believe Mrs. Mu can handle it."
"But……"
"It's getting late, and Master is coming back. I'll accompany you to cook."
"Okay." Wang Jiajia smiled softly and let me hold her hand and go to the kitchen.
I was responsible for lighting the fire, and Wang Jiajia cooked the vegetables. The men and women worked together, so that the work was not tiring. Wang Jiajia was excited for a moment and rewarded me with a kiss. Life is like this, and I am content. However, some things still vaguely touch my heartstrings.
…
Early the next morning, I got up and called Wang Jiajia and went straight to Jianghu Inn.
The inn is still busy. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and many people are rushing to buy new year's goods, so there are also many people eating out.
"Uncle Fu, two bowls of soup cakes." I ordered the meal and ate slowly with Wang Jiajia, just waiting for Li Dongsheng or Madam Mu to show up.
"Isn't my boss here?" I couldn't help but ask Ah Wu.
Ah Wu looked outside and said, "He's not here yet."
Wang Jiajia was a little anxious: "Brother Jianghu, how about we go to Mu Mansion later?"
"Mu's Mansion?" I hesitated: "It's almost the Chinese New Year, so it's not good to go to someone's house. If you really want to go, do you have to buy something? You can't go empty-handed, right?"
"Then...what should I buy?"
"Uncle Fu, there are so many guests today!"
We were still discussing how to pay a visit when Li Dongsheng's voice rang out and he entered the store, holding several rolls of red paper in his hands.
"Oh, good morning, boss." Uncle Fu greeted the guys and went about their business.
"My boss." I smiled back at him and observed his reaction.
"Oh, Li Jianghu, you're here." Li Dongsheng smiled at me and seemed to be in a good mood.
"Um... my boss said yesterday that he would give me a couplet..." I whispered, suddenly feeling a little unconfident. He seemed to have said "send" yesterday, not "sell", right?
"Oh, I remember. It's already written. Take a look." Li Dongsheng said, carefully unfolding several rolls of red paper.
"Wealth is like spring, so much happiness, good luck comes like sea at the right time, family is happy and harmonious." I read slowly, overjoyed: "Okay, my boss wrote it really well, it's festive and auspicious."
Li Dongsheng's face was full of pride: "You hear this word."
"It smells so good! It smells like ink!" Wang Jiajia couldn't help blurting out.
ink!
I suddenly remembered what Aunt Zhu said yesterday, and I quickly went up and smelled it carefully. Sure enough, there was a light fragrance, which was refreshing and very refreshing.
"It smells so good. What kind of ink is this?"
Li Dongsheng became more and more proud: "This is the new pine smoke ink I bought yesterday."
"Songyanmo?"
"It is made by burning pine trees to extract smoke, then bleaching and sifting to remove impurities, and then mixing it with high-quality bone glue, borneol, and agarwood. Some are more expensive than the one I bought, and musk is added to it, making it
The scent lasts longer. However, Xian'er is pregnant, and I'm afraid that smelling too much musk will be harmful to the baby, so I chose an ordinary one, which only costs one or two silver, haha.
I also took it to Li Huichun for help. He said that it uses natural agarwood, which can calm and sleep, and Xian'er can also use it. Your couplet was written by Xian'er and I together. She has nothing to do now.
He would learn calligraphy from me every night.
Li Dongsheng said happily, with sweetness in his words.
Wang Jiajia and I looked at each other. Didn't Aunt Zhu say some stupid things to Li Dongsheng yesterday? Why didn't he react at all?
"A piece of ink and a tael of silver are too expensive!" Ah Wu collected the money and handed it to Uncle Fu. He happened to hear it and couldn't help but sigh.
Uncle Fu bumped the three coins in his hand and frowned: "Master, let me calculate an account for you. Look at our inn, most people come to eat vegetarian noodles every day. You can do the math for a portion of three cents.
How many days does it take to sell noodles to earn one tael of silver?"
Li Dongsheng smiled shamefully: "After all this calculation, it's really a bit expensive. But Xian'er said, it's not easy to do what you love in this world. I only have this hobby, and it's expensive for just one tael of silver.
Go ahead. After all, money is earned, not saved, right?"
"This..." I couldn't answer the question for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, I said: "Having said that, if you don't use it sparingly, no matter how much money you make, you won't be able to save it."
"You also think I spent money indiscriminately?" Li Dongsheng smiled awkwardly, looked left and right, and whispered: "As soon as I left Liao's Wenzhai after buying ink yesterday, a crazy woman chased me and scolded me.
Spending money indiscriminately, saying that I rely on women to make a living. Do you think I am such a person?"
"No, of course not." Wang Jiajia said anxiously: "I also know the person you are talking about, and she only talks nonsense all day long. You must not listen to her nonsense!"
"How could it be?" Li Dongsheng said calmly: "Xian'er and I are childhood sweethearts, just like you two, we have been friends since childhood. Don't I still know who Xian'er is?
Yesterday, the crazy woman was talking nonsense. In the past, I would have had her beaten to death with sticks, but now, I am just the owner of the inn, and Magistrate Xu asked me to calm down, so I resisted the crime of not punishing her.
"
I grabbed new information: "You just said that you and Mrs. Mu were childhood sweethearts? Didn't you... didn't you just meet her when she was seeking marriage?"
Li Dongsheng was stunned for a moment, then covered his mouth, his eyes wandering, and it seemed that he said something he shouldn't have said.
"You and Sister Mu have known each other since they were children?" Wang Jiajia didn't feel Li Dongsheng's embarrassment at all and verified again.
"Uh... yes." Li Dongsheng looked around and whispered: "You are Xian'er's friends, so I won't hide it from you. In fact, Xian'er is also from Chang'an, but her father died before she was born.
However, in order to survive, her mother became a concubine in an official family.
Her stepfather and my father had a good relationship, and the two families had always wanted to get married. So we met when she was more than seven years old, and we cultivated our relationship from an early age. Later, when she was more than twelve years old, her mother died of illness, and she was unfortunately also raped.
He was kidnapped and exiled in the rivers and lakes."
Wang Jiajia pondered for a while: "Then you haven't seen her for more than eight years, how come you still recognize her?"
Li Dongsheng smiled: "Three years ago, she came back to Chang'an to find me. I was so happy at the time, thinking that she was coming back to marry me. Unexpectedly...she just went to Chang'an with Li Huichun to do business...and then, she went to Chang'an with Li Huichun to do business...
Li Huichun is gone...
Oh, I have missed her for another three years! God is wise, I came to Xiangzhou City this time to find Mu You, but I didn’t expect that I just happened to meet her for marriage, and I finally became her husband! "
Looking at the infatuated man in front of me, I felt extremely guilty. I always thought that he came here for Mrs. Mu’s property, but I didn’t expect that he was passionately devoted to Mrs. Mu.
Wang Jiajia was so moved that her eyes turned red: "Sister Mu is so happy!"
Li Dongsheng was full of confidence: "I will make her happy forever. She is the most beautiful flower in the world, and it is inevitable that she will attract bees and butterflies. But no matter how many people she has been with before, I am her only man now. I will be slow
Drive Li Huichun out of her heart slowly, so that she can only see me in her heart!"
