Clam Pearl

Gu Zhaori climbed up three poles and got up from the other side. After freshening up, he hid in the study and fiddled with the stone shapes that Gu Yan found for him from various places, but he was still not satisfied.

After working for a long time, he came out of the study, and saw Mianmian and Huarui carrying straw mats, and spread the petals gathered from all over the yard in spring. The petals were of various kinds, including plum blossoms, white magnolias, primroses, Winter jasmine, daphne, camellia, peonies, cloves, rhododendrons, etc., piled up in piles, the visual effect is very beautiful.

"What are you doing?" Gu Zhao squatted on the ground and turned over the petals.

Mianmian put down the dustpan, and gave a blessing: "Qi Ye, these are the petals collected in the past ten days. This year, we will use them to make tea soup, make fragrant cakes, fragrant foam, purses, medicine, and cooking. , as well as Qi Ye’s bathing, hand-wiping balm, and essential oils. They all come from here. How much can we charge? of.

In the past few days, the master of the sun has been doing a good job. He can wait for it, bury it, roast it, cook it, and it is only a few urns. Woolen cloth. "

Gu Zhao chuckled and rubbed his nose with his fingers: "I just bought it from a store outside, it took such a lot of effort, besides, didn't Nandi send a lot of fruity essential oils, just mix it and use it, I am a man, Do you want to attract bees? I don’t produce nectar.”

Nian Nian came over with a few silk bags and put them on the stone table and smiled: "Master Qi, the fragrance of flowers is the fragrance of flowers, the fragrance of fruit is the fragrance of fruits, and the fragrance of tea is the fragrance of tea. They cannot be generalized. Qiye is a noble person. Decent, your body is simple, and the slaves should not be human, you don't have to make people laugh, you! Go play tricks, we are here, why are you bothering?"

"Brother has court affairs, Maode has gone to the yamen, Lao Xue and the others are being locked up to lay eggs, Master Qi is idle to death." Gu Zhao spread his hands.

Huarui came over from the side door, with a happy expression on her face: "I'm not idle anymore, what's more, there is a happy event in our house."

Gu Zhao grabbed a handful of petals and threw them away: "Happy event? Did the stamen find her in-law's family?"

Huarui snorted: "Master Qi knows how to make fun of your servants. How old are your servants? It's our girl Jinyu, our aunt's wife from Xianglian Road, who came over and said that she told Miss Jinyu a good marriage."

After the stamens had finished spreading their gossip, they sat down in the kiosk in the courtyard, fanning themselves with a handkerchief, looking very tired.

Gu Zhao jumped up: "Hurry up, pour tea for your sister Huarui, beat your back, and serve snacks, hurry up."

After he finished speaking, he also jumped over and sat on the sidelines waiting for gossip.

Hua Rui drank the tea, and said with a very mysterious look: "When I got up early today, the aunt and wife from Xianglian Road came. Coincidentally, didn't the seventh master ask me to send dried fruit yesterday, my aunt and wife And rewarded me with a lot of money."

"Get to the point, brat!" Gu Zhao became impatient.

Huarui chuckled lightly: "Then the storyteller still needs to give an introduction, Qi Ye is always so impatient, so we'll be here, don't interrupt."

Gu Zhao covered his mouth and asked her to continue gossip.

"Our aunt's wife in Xianglian Road has a grand nephew from her husband's family. It is said that he is playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is proficient in all kinds of poems and songs, and he looks good..."

"Hurry up and pull it down, so good, can you leave it for our big girl Jinyu?" Gu Zhao pouted, this little aunt seemed unreliable.

Huarui was helpless: "Qiye, my servant is begging you, tell me to finish talking!"

Gu Zhao waved his hand: "Tell me..."

"This Mr. Daolian lives in Renfu County, Longxi County. His surname is Qian and his name is Daolian. Originally, this Mr. Daolian's family is also a wealthy family with fields and houses..."

"Boundless joy! Boundless joy!" Gu Zhao interrupted.

"What did Master Qi say?"

"It's nothing to say, just say it!"

"This daolian gentleman also has a hard life. When he was 20 years old, just after the crown ceremony, his grandparents, parents, and elder brother's family went to relatives in neighboring counties to celebrate the elders' birthday. Unexpectedly, he met a mountain Bandits, after a disaster, only Mr. Dao Lian and a younger brother are left in the whole family."

"Damn it, if he didn't have a younger brother, this would be the real version of the lonely star of Tiansha!"

Huarui ignored her master any more, so she could only continue to say: "Grandparents, parents, elder brother's family, poor Mr. Daolian, it took nine years to pay filial piety. He could have been filial piety earlier, but disasters happened at home, and the funerals almost ended The family has gone bankrupt, and there is a young brother, and there are many scruples about which family the baby will marry. One is the filial piety, and the other is that his family's family background is considered defeated. That's it, it's delayed.

This year, Mr. Dao Lian is exactly 29 years old. Mrs. Guzu said that he is definitely destined to be made by heaven and earth, just like Mr. Dao Lian is just waiting for our girl by coincidence.

Besides, Mr. Xiaolian has a good reputation in the village. He was Xiaolian from Renfu County last year.Now the family is defeated, but Mrs. Gu Zu said that Mr. Dao Lian has a honest personality and a good character. Although Chunwei didn't catch up this year, he couldn't keep up. People don’t want to be poor now, and besides, Miss Jinyu is the same age, and those who have a family are also stepmothers and step-wives. Furthermore, our aunt’s wife said that if Miss Jinyu wants her grandnephew from afar , she is willing to give our girl Jinyu a dowry of Baimu! "

Baimu, the little girls are all envious of the stars, in their world, Baimu is a big fortune.

"Cut... what's the matter, after you get married, Lord Qi will give you a hundred acres each." Gu Qiye said sarcastically.

"That! We heard it!" Huali interrupted immediately.

Gu Zhao smiled and said, "Well, the Boeing [-] is hard to catch up with the man once he said it, come on, let's dry your petals, and each person will add a dish for you in the evening."

The little girl cheered and went to work.

Gu Zhao clapped his hands, strolled out, got into his sedan chair and rushed to his sister-in-law's house.

In the main room, Mrs. Lu was chatting with the little aunt of Xianglian Road. Speaking of which, this little aunt is actually Gu Zhao’s father’s cousin. A rare senior.

The little aunt's surname is Song, and her husband's family is Xianglian Dao Qian's family. In the early years, her husband had a professor's errand in Guozixue. Later, didn't the Gu family get up here, so they did a lot of talking about relatives, Mrs. Gu's son, too. A up-and-coming man named Qian Xinzhi, now he is mixed in the Wupin Temple in Shuntian Mansion with his ups and downs.

When the little aunt was young, she loved fighting against injustice, but now that she is older, she has the disease of being a matchmaker.

A few days ago, she also saw what happened to Gu Si's family, and when she went back, she was angry and anxious, saying that she was still on fire, and when she recovered, she sent the whole family out to make a measurement, completely treating the matter here as a For their own business, Gu Zhao, Gu Yan and the others also respect this little aunt very much.

No, this morning, after getting a good letter, my little aunt came here in a hurry.

Gu Zhao didn't wait for anyone to tell him, so he closed the curtain and entered sister-in-law's room. As soon as he entered, he sang a song to his sister-in-law and little aunt: "Sister-in-law, little aunt, oh, little aunt, it's been a few days See, look at your spirit, this color, I didn't know it just now, I thought it was someone's little daughter-in-law."

Aunt Song was happy, she opened her mouth, and there was a gap beside her front teeth.She was a little shy, so she covered her mouth: "I'm still... still a little daughter-in-law, my teeth fell out from the fire a few days ago."

Gu Zhao sat on the drum stool that Hong Dan brought to him and continued laughing, "Really, look at my little aunt wearing red gold flowers, most people can't wear your demeanor."

Gu Zhao has this advantage, he has a good temper and winks. He can find words with any class, regardless of gender, as long as he wants.

The sister-in-law's teeth were all covered, she covered her mouth and smiled half-annoyedly, "My Lord Huang! Xiao Qi, let's not talk about you. When I go back that day, crowds of people will ask me about you. , but it's settled, I said, I don't dare to make the decision, first of all, you are a fool waiting to die, we can't hurt others, right."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter, and my little aunt waited for everyone to laugh enough and continued: "Secondly, your little aunt and I have bright eyes, and my little seven is not suitable for ordinary people. Those people are all wishful thinking. Damn my old lady! Besides, this matter is up to your brother to decide..."

"His brother is his follower, little aunt, you've got it wrong." Shi Lu interjected, laughing again.

Gu Zhao smiled: "Little aunt, don't worry, I don't pick and choose, I just follow my little aunt's character, like this, Emei lightly caresses Chunshan, vermilion lips with cherries, white teeth like broken jade, I only love big red Just..."

The little aunt stood up, and came over with a slap in the face: "I'll hit you little bastard, my teeth are as white as broken jade, and my aunt's front teeth are gone, you little bastard, you don't know how we old women love red, they Young people don't like red, so if you run for plain color, when they reach the age of old women, you will regret it!"

Gu Zhao helped the old lady sit down, and patted her back affectionately: "Little aunt, my little nephew is wrong, isn't it, the white teeth you worried about for our juniors are gone, and the one next to my nephew is gone. Silk, satin, whatever you have, I will drive you back in a while, and I will bring you half a car, and you wear it hard."

The little aunt pursed her lips happily, and patted his hands: "Hey, aunt knows your heart, I've been here for a few years, and no one will love you guys when I go. The old Gu family looks good, However, it's a pity that there is no elder in the family who feels sorry for you. Your brother... that is not possible, he is straightforward, and you have to help him in the future. "

After the little aunt finished speaking, she grabbed Gu Zhao's hand and patted it heartily a few times: "Seeing that you are so nice, I feel relieved, alas... your sister-in-law is also a good one, Xiao Qi, she is a good girl." Blessed..."

Gu Zhao smiled and nodded.

Lu Shi smiled, turned back and poured tea for the little aunt himself and said: "What do we know, but Jinyu's marriage is worrying us to death. It's not appropriate to put it there. It's not for anything else, just for the sake of it." That unlucky Mrs. Gao became famous, and now, that Mrs. Gao's natal family is also unlucky. After encountering such a situation, the girls in the whole family are now harmed. Let little aunt hang up and let's go."

Gu Zhao blinked: "Gao's mother's family is unlucky? The queen also issued a decree?"

"Bah, they are also worthy of the empress's edict. Speaking of which, isn't it just because of your words, little uncle!" Lu Shi spat.

Gu Zhao was at a loss...

"Just that sentence, what enmity does our old Gu family have with your family? You married the girl to harm our whole family!" After finishing her study, Mrs. Lu was very happy.

Gu Zhao's face darkened: "Then I... didn't harm innocent girls, it was really a crime, how good that is."

Mrs. Lu said happily to him, "Don't worry about the ancients. The Gao family's favorite boast is that they are diligent and thrifty. The girls in the family wear coarse linen clothes every day, and they are very petty. Let's not say that thrift is bad. Saving is a good thing." , If you have saved, you are being stingy. You are not harming his family, you are saving it later, otherwise, the girls of their family will cause a lot of trouble when they go out..."

"A girl from such a family is still..." the little aunt added.

"Little aunt's words are very true. When you get there, you can live your life according to what you want. Your husband supports you, and you can't save what you can spend. Why should we raise children for a lifetime? I have to put aside my decency, and besides, we Jinyu belong to the old Gu family, so we have nothing to do with their Gao family!" Gu Shi was afraid that Gu Zhao would worry about her, so she hurriedly tried to persuade her, but the little aunt didn't say anything when she saw this, she just pursed her lips laugh.

"That's natural." Gu Zhao nodded, feeling that what sister-in-law said was right.

A few people chatted and laughed for a while, Su Shi came in with Minghui, and there were more than a dozen girls following her. As soon as Su Shi entered the door, she made a round of salutes. Dun'er knocked twice, and stole a pair of jade bird cards from Aunt Zu.

Gu Zhao stretched out his hand and hugged the girl in his arms. I haven't seen her for a few days, and the little girl has grown flesh again.

"Seventh Lord, candy!" The little girl held up her sleeves and begged for candy. Gu Zhao's kiss would not work, or if it was a next-generation kiss, it would be different.

Su Shi hurriedly said: "Uncle Seven, I dare not give her food. She sleeps at night and eats it secretly. My mouth is full of sugar. I keep eating it. When I wake up in the morning, the sugar sticks to my hair."

Gu Zhao nodded again and again, pointing at Minghui's little nose and admonishing him: "If you eat any more candy, you will become Mrs. Guzu. Look, you will lose all your teeth!"

The little aunt burst out laughing, there was a big gap in her mouth, Xiao Minghui quickly covered her mouth, and she didn't want candies anymore.

Everyone is having fun again.

After the music was over, Mrs. Lu pointed to the group of little girls holding things behind Mrs. Su and asked, "Maode's family, are you moving, or what?"

Su waved his hand, and the little girls stood in two rows, opening all the boxes in their hands.

In these boxes, there are some head jewelry, scattered accessories, and some odds and ends. There are gold, jade, silver and copper, and they are all things that can be sold.

Su smiled: "Isn't the news spreading fast? The magpies were chirping early in the morning. When I got the letter, I overturned the dowry. Those things were out of fashion in the early years. These old styles, these types are classics." The old style of time can be carried at any time, the one with pricked ears, the one with pine plums, and the one with peach petals can be carried in another 100 years, oops..." Su wiped his tears: "I turned it over. As I flipped through it, I remembered that my mother prepared a dowry for me at that time, this is not...all those who can make a move are here, to make a dowry for sister Jinyu."

Women, they all love to watch this. The little aunt and Lu Shi looked around and were satisfied. They have old eyes for so many years. They are stubborn. The little aunt patted Lu Shi's hand and praised her: "Your daughter-in-law, Well, good choice!"

Satisfied, Lu picked it up, and smiled unnecessarily: "She is a sister-in-law, and this is what she should do. What does my little aunt praise her for?"

Gu Zhao sighed, hey, when this woman speaks, sometimes it’s interesting, sometimes it can choke you to death and you can’t even talk back, she has good intentions, why do you block her with your words?After being helpless, Gu Zhao also remembered that he should add something to his niece and daughter. Jin Yu and Mao Bing came here with nothing. There are all of them, forget it, fate has me, and I am also an uncle anyway, so I have to make plans for them.