There is a fairy wife at home [Red Mansion]

Mrs. Gu pointed to her left hand side and said with a smile, "This is your uncle and aunt."

"Uncle, aunt." Jiang Jinshu and Gu Ting greeted them.

"Get up quickly, nephew and daughter-in-law." The two gave a red envelope as a gift.

Then I met my second uncle and second aunt.

Gu Zhongcheng, the second uncle, laughed: "Well, good, Ting'er married a good wife."

The second aunt Bai laughed when she heard this: "It's 200 taels of betrothal money, but you can't marry a good daughter-in-law back, or you won't die. Our Gu family married three granddaughters-in-law first, and adding one piece is not as expensive. Our family Qing Erkang Let’s not talk about it, but Xu’er is the eldest son and grandson of the elder brother’s family, and he was overwhelmed by the third bedroom. We don’t care about it, but it’s not good to talk about it outside.”

As soon as these words were said, not only the old lady Gu's face became dark, but even the big house who was brought along was not happy.

Gu Zhongcheng glanced at Bai Shi: "It's alright, you don't even look at the identity of the daughter-in-law of the family. She is an official lady, and she is already a low-marriage in our family." Finally, he approached Bai Shi and said: "Qing Er is studying and planning to go to the county to take the exam. After all, the Jiang family is an official, so it will save a lot of trouble if you can help her. What good will you gain if you offend her now? Can the money be returned? Even if it comes back, it is not yours. "

Mrs. Bai has always been used to fighting against Mrs. Gao. Even though she knows that according to the rules, Dafang inherits more property, it does not prevent her from using various means to search for things and take advantage of them.When Gu Ting got married, she was married to a girl from the Jiang family, she felt sour in her heart, and knowing that such a large dowry was paid, it was even more heart-burning and uncomfortable. She had made a lot of troubles about it before, and she is still angry today. That's why I said those words on purpose.

Bai Shi looked down at her son who was sitting down, while Gu Qing was looking at her with a frown.

Bai Shi pouted, took out the red envelope and gave it to Jiang Jinshu.

Jiang Jinshu glanced at Gu Qing.Gu Qing was wearing a bamboo green gown, with a gentle and handsome appearance, and he had a bookish air after studying all the year round, not to mention other things, his appearance and character alone made people like him.The Gu family's genes are not bad, and Gu Xusheng is also handsome, probably because he is in charge of the fields, often walks around, and has a darker complexion.

Next is the meeting of peers, there is no need to give a gift, but Jiang Jinshu, the sister-in-law, wants to give a gift to her unmarried sister-in-law.Then there is for the little nephew and the little niece.

So far, the tea ceremony is over.

The Gu family has a large population, and the grandchildren in each house are grown up. They usually don't eat together, they eat their own food.After serving tea, Mrs. Gu was still reluctant to leave, so she asked the female relatives to stay and bring breakfast over for them to eat together.Mrs. Gao is the housekeeper, and she mediates and distributes the trivial matters of the family. She also decides the daily kitchen purchases and dishes.

Two servants came in and neatly set up a big round table.

Mrs. Gu sat upright, and the seat on the left was reserved for Mrs. Gao. Mrs. Bai sat on her right in the past, but today Gu Tingjiang Jinshu is a newcomer, so she made an exception and sat on Mrs. Gu's right.There are also sister-in-law Yang, second sister-in-law Chen, third sister-in-law Xiaobai, third girl Gu Xiangxiu, and three children, filling a big table.

A table of female relatives, Gu Ting is naturally conspicuous among them.

Fortunately, these are all from my own family, no one knows about Gu Ting's situation, nor is it a noble lady in a deep house, so they don't care about it.

"I see what about Ting's daughter-in-law..." Bai Shi stared at Jiang Jinshu, stopped after speaking half a sentence, and swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Jiang Jinshu clearly saw that she seemed unwilling, so it could be seen that Mrs. Bai wanted to say something bad about her, but then remembered some concerns, so she temporarily stopped talking.

"It's all from my own family. The eldest daughter-in-law is here to sit. Let's eat." Mrs. Gu just pretended not to hear Bai's words.

After eating, Jiang Jinshu and Gu Ting went back to the west courtyard.

Since arriving in the room, Jiang Jinshu has been carefully looking at the members of the Gu family. Sure enough, there are a lot of people, and the two rooms of the Gu family are obviously not in harmony.Besides, Xiaobai's temper seems to be very soft, not at all like his aunt Bai's.Jiang Jinshu met Gu Kang when she was serving tea, she was healthy, but her breath was impetuous, her eyes were lustrous, her shoulders were slumped as she sat there, her eyes were only wandering around her sister-in-law and maids.

After a while, the long-term workers, servants, and maids of the family all came to see the bride, and Liu Ye'er gave the rewards she had prepared long ago.For this reason, I also specially inquired about it, and heard that the red envelope that the Chen family rewarded his servants when he first started was ten new coins, so Jiang Jinshu followed the reward, just trying to be happy.

Aunt Xu came over and said: "My lady, everything has been put back. In addition to the main room in our west courtyard, there are five large and small rooms. The two side rooms at the two ends are where Liu Ye'er and I live. One The big house was locked, and the old lady said that it was full of household sundries, so I moved a room to make a storeroom, and stored the large or infrequently used items in the lady's dowry, and kept the rest in the lady's bedroom in the box."

With that said, Aunt Xu handed over the dowry list.

In ancient times, when a woman got married, the dowry was very important, but the Jiang family didn't pay much attention to Jiang Jinshu, and it was a low-level marriage of "repaying favors", so the dowry was very perfunctory.Don't look at a lot of boxes on the wedding day, but the most in the boxes are all kinds of materials, or porcelain vases, etc. These take up space, enough to hold the boxes, and make the scene look good.

The materials are ordinary, but not the latest ones. Porcelain and other items are also sold in the market. Jewelry, clothing, medicinal materials, etc. are routinely packed in two pieces. After all, the daily utensils such as bed cabinets, tables, chairs, basins and buckets are still good. All the things in the new house are her dowry.

Of course, there is no silver at the bottom of the box.

Fields, farms, etc., which are the most important part of the current dowry, are even less visible.

There are no biological parents, grandmothers and aunts are not close, and the only direct sister is married far away, and it is difficult to get information. It is estimated that she may not even know that she is married.So what if you know?In terms of the age difference between Lai Jiang Jinshu and the elder sister above, she was not yet born, and her first sister was married, but she had never met her before, even her own sisters, her feelings were limited.

Fortunately, the biological mother, Jia Shi, was not completely careless, after all, she left some capital for the original owner.

Taking care of the situation of Gu's family, he is already dissatisfied with Gu Ting's expenses on getting married, so it's better not to reveal the fifty acres of land for the time being.She now has more than 100 taels of silver in her hand, and three bank notes with a denomination of 100 taels, all of which are the farm income of the past ten years.The Jiang family didn't know that she had these, so they managed to save them.

Aunt Xu and the others also planned to add a few more acres of land, but considering the large amount of land, Xu Qing might not be able to handle it, and it was too eye-catching to cause trouble, so they finally gave up.

For Jiang Jinshu, the secular world, which she had never been involved in before, is now a must.Even if one day her realm recovers, she can leave the Gu family, but before she leaves, she has to settle Aunt Xu Liu Ye'er and others well.For the rest of her life, basic necessities of life, food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, in her opinion, these private properties now will be given to them in the future.

As for the Jiang family, she was supposed to repay the grace of Jia's childbirth, since Jia's death, she should credit the favor to her biological sister.For the Gu family, Gu Ting is the one she should repay the most, but Gu Ting's situation is special, so she must think a lot.

"Jin Shu, what are you doing?" Gu Ting approached and asked.

Jiang Jinshu was thinking about something just now, and she was fiddling with the lock of the mother-of-pearl wooden box on the dressing table. This box contained all newly minted copper coins, which were specially exchanged for rewards.Seeing Gu Ting's question, she casually replied, "Count the money."

Gu Ting blinked and laughed, "I can count money too!"

Jiang Jinshu laughed out loud, thought for a while, put the box on the table in the small hall, opened it, and revealed the box was full of copper coins.She said, "Sibao, help me count how many there are."

Gu Ting nodded with a smile, obviously very interested in such things.

Sit down at the table, put your hands together, stack the copper coins one by one, and make another pile when there are ten coins.He was skillful and fast, and he emptied the box in a short while, stretched out his index finger and started counting: "One, two, three... 180 two. A total of 820 characters! Jin Shu, am I right?"

Aunt Xu and the others were quite surprised.

"Yes!" Jiang Jinshu nodded with a smile, and praised, "Sibao's calculations are fast and accurate, really amazing! How can you calculate so fast?"

Gu Ting was quite proud: "I often help grandma count the money, and grandma takes me to the test, and I never miss it!"

As he thought of something, he ran to the inner room to rummage through the boxes, and took out a small red lacquered box.Opening it up, there are Jiulianhuan, small abacus, wooden knives and wooden swords, etc., as well as various purses of different colors, old and new, but Gu Ting grabbed out a string of money, and two small pieces of silver, all of which were placed in Jiang Jinshu. before.

"This is all mine. I have money every month, and I will give it to you in the future." Gu Ting gave it happily, showing no reluctance at all.

Obviously this is the monthly money that Gu Ting saved.

Seeing his expression of asking for credit, Jiang Jinshu nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I'll keep it for you, and tell me what you want to buy in the future."

"I want to buy Master Guan's candy figurine!" Gu Ting's eyes brightened immediately, with a strong sense of anticipation.

In the final analysis, Gu Ting can speak and count, and he is not a fool, but his thinking and behavior are like a child of a few years old, like a child in an adult body, and some words and deeds are weird and funny, which makes people call him "fool." ".

"Okay, tomorrow I'll get someone to buy you a candy figurine." Jiang Jinshu agreed.

Gu Ting looked out and muttered, "Why isn't Chang Le here yet?"

"Chang Le?" Jiang Jinshu didn't know who he was talking about.

Cao Zhu'er reminded: "Girl, Chang Le is a servant of Fourth Master."

Gu Ting also said: "It's time for me to practice calligraphy. Usually at this time, Chang Le has come early."

"Are you literate? You also read on weekdays?" Jiang Jinshu was really surprised.

"Well, I can read a lot of characters." Gu Ting was like a bragging child, he dragged her to the desk, and showed her the characters he had practiced before: "I wrote these, and even my elder brother praised me." Well written."

Jiang Jinshu looked at the words on it, she was very correct, but she didn't have a strong character, it was just well-behaved.If it weren't for Gu Ting being an adult with strong wrists, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to write so well, after all he's just a child at heart.

"Can Four Treasures read?" She asked again.

"I know "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Character Classic".

Three Hundred Thousand is a must-read for children to get started.

Seeing that the characters he practiced were all from these books, Jiang Jinshu already knew it.Gu Ting's situation is not that bad, but it is obviously impossible to get better. The matter of studying is presumably due to Gu's love.According to Gu Ting's level of thinking, he can only read three hundred thousand books, and most of them don't understand the true meaning.

"You write, I'll accompany you." Jiang Jinshu spread the paper for him to grind.

Gu Ting focused on writing.

Taking advantage of Gu Ting's intentions, Jiang Jinshu ordered Aunt Xu and the others to take a closer look at the situation of each room in the Gu family.On the other hand, guessing that Gao's side is not busy anymore, she has to go there in person.