The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 570

It is said that Su Zheng brought his granddaughter to Jingzhou, everyone in the Su family knew that the eldest girl was going to marry the famous Deng family, all the servants were happy and enthusiastic, talking and laughing endlessly.The carriages and horses stopped outside the main hall, and Su Tao led his son out to greet him.Seeing his parents with gray hair coming out of the car, Su Tao couldn't help crying, and stepped forward to help each other: "Father, mother, my son is not filial."

Su Zheng and his wife were also in tears.The old man held his son's hand and looked at it carefully for a long time, nodded and sighed: "You are not young." He then welcomed him into the main hall.

Su Cheng's carriage went straight into the courtyard, and her mother, Mrs. Zhang, led her sister and several concubines of Su Tao's concubines were also waiting under the steps.When Su Cheng got out of the car, he blinded everyone in the yard.Regardless of her outstanding appearance, no one would recognize the materials of the clothes on her body, and she felt bright and comfortable.Because of the heavy driving, she didn't wear any jewelry, only four pairs of hairpins and hair buns.The four pairs of hairpins are all very simple styles, each embedded with a 36-facet Western diamond.At this moment, just as the setting sun was setting in the west, it was shining brightly, as if eight stars had fallen on the head.

When Su Cheng met her mother, she first cried, and then frowned.Her mother's clothes were simple, wearing only half-worn homemade brocade robes.Nai asked, "Mother, why don't you make two new clothes?"

Zhang said: "It's not to meet guests, why wear new clothes."

Su Cheng shook his head and said, "Your old ideas are wrong! Why don't you wear the new ones? Could it be that putting the old ones aside for nothing is not enough?"

A daughter-in-law next to Mrs. Zhang said: "Miss, the master often said that life should not be extravagant."

Su Cheng said: "What is extravagance? If you don't use good charcoal to light the fire, use candles to cook, and just use it to make money, that is called extravagance. If you have money, choose the best food and clothing. Not only is it not extravagant, but it is still active." market and stimulate the economy.”

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, and let your father hear you."

Su Cheng snorted, "So what if I heard that. I brought some good clothes from Beijing, and let them rush to make some clothes for you." Before Mrs. Zhang was about to speak, she blocked her first, "My dear Madame! Look at grandmother's clothes, and look at your own! Grandma looks extravagant."

Mrs. Zhang was shocked when she heard the words: "I'm going to change clothes!"

Su Cheng suddenly remembered something: "Mom, why are you waiting for me here? Shouldn't you go to the front to pick up grandma?"

Mrs. Zhang glanced at her with a smile: "Aren't you a distinguished guest?"

Su Cheng wondered, "Why am I an honored guest?"

A woman who looked like an aunt came forward and said with a smile: "Young lady is about to be overjoyed, isn't she a distinguished guest?"

Su Cheng immediately frowned: "I won't agree to that." Just now on the way, Liu Xiaoqi had explained to her about the Deng family's affairs, and after hearing that, she became even more reluctant.

Mrs. Zhang gave her a tug: "Nonsense. Your old man has already matched his horoscope with others."

Su Cheng pouted: "I didn't agree, so what if the emperor agreed."

The aunt said again: "Oh, my girl! There is no better marriage than that in the whole Chu country!"

Su Cheng politely said, "Chu is just a tiny place, so is it worth mentioning?"

The aunt choked for a moment, and said unwillingly: "That's right, the eldest girl is from Beijing and has seen the world. I heard that the servants of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing are all from the Deng family! The eldest daughter is the eldest granddaughter after marriage. Come on." Ri is the mistress of the Deng family!"

Su Cheng sighed: "That's why I don't want to." She took her mother's hand and walked in, saying, "What kind of mistress is too tiring, I don't want to suffer that. If I like Quan, I can choose the position of princess and concubine of all countries, and the mother's rites are all in the world!" Hearing the sound of gasping all around, she ignored it, "It's not that I don't look down on the Deng family, they are so confused! Even if I dare to marry, Do they really dare to marry? Do they have an army in hand? Are they not afraid that in the future the king of Chu will suspect that their family wants to rebel, and they will be executed?" There was another panting sound all around.

Her mother stopped in fright: "What did you say?!"

Su Cheng wrinkled his nose: "Who am I? I can marry into the Hanlin family and the official family of the Imperial College, but I can't marry a family like them as the eldest grandson. In the future, as long as someone provokes the king of Chu: If you don’t rebel, you can just retaliate, but if you want to rebel, you can do it at any time. If the king of Chu’s ears are soft, their family will die. Since ancient times, have there been fewer people who died because of the emperor’s suspicion? Then you have to blame me for recruiting for their family. disaster."

Mrs. Zhang grabbed her hand tightly: "Nonsense, you are just the daughter of a fourth-rank magistrate, what are you?"

Su Cheng curled his lips and said: "No one in Beijing knows my father, but they only know that I am Su Zheng's granddaughter. Su Zheng is not a scholar of the Imperial Academy, but the husband of Jia Cong and Jia Huan Jarvis. My sisters and I They are different. They were raised in front of my grandfather. The three Jias of the Rongguo Mansion brought me up and brought me up. All the younger sisters are the daughters of Su Tao, the prefect of Jingzhou, but I am the niece and niece of the third prince Nezha. Only Fu'er from Rongguo Mansion can compare. Is the Deng family too big-hearted or they don't know who the 'Three Jia' are?"

Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a long time, then forced a smile and said: "I know that the three disciples of the old man are famous all over the world...but... none of them have official positions."

Su Cheng looked at her mother in surprise: "Mom...why don't you know anything?" She touched her forehead, seeing her mother's bewildered face, couldn't help smiling wryly, and hurriedly said, "Anyway, I won't marry that Deng family Yes, you don’t have to worry. Come in and sit down, I’m exhausted from the bumpy journey!” Nai dragged Mrs. Zhang in, concubine Ji and servants looked at each other.

Mrs. Zhang pointed out her two concubine sisters and several concubines of Su Tao's concubines to meet her.Su Cheng didn't intend to make friends with them, but only said a few polite words.Mrs. Zhang led her to her yard, and hurried to change clothes to meet her mother-in-law.

Su Cheng saw that the yard was tidy and tidy, and was overjoyed, so he ordered someone to bring things in.He also sent gifts to his younger brothers and sisters, and there were rewards for his servants.Another concubine's sister came to pay a visit to Tao Jinxi, and Su Cheng said a few more polite words.The girl was barely drooling looking at the densely packed luxurious objects, Su Cheng pretended not to notice.

After the girl left, a servant girl who was close to her asked, "The girl is usually generous, why didn't you reward her with one?"

Su Cheng said: "I like the things she stared at, so why not just give her the things I like for the sake of face?"

All the maids laughed: "The girl still has such a temper. Which one do you not like this time?" Su Cheng shrugged and instructed them to place the objects.

When Mrs. Zhang saw her mother-in-law returning to her yard, the daughters-in-law next to her were already jumping in anxiety, winking from afar.Mrs. Zhang had just returned to the house and sat down when a daughter-in-law hurried forward and said, "Madam! Miss...she..."

Mrs. Zhang was about to drink tea, when she heard the words she was so frightened that she dropped the teacup: "What's wrong with Cheng'er?"

Another daughter-in-law said in a low voice: "The eldest girl just gave out all the gifts and rewards for everyone! Besides, she is so good at doing things, she should be done properly, and we will know that they have all been given away!"

Mrs. Zhang stroked her heart: "I still think it's something bad."

The one in front stumbled and said: "The big girl gave us very heavy rewards, but the gifts for the second and third girls are exactly the same as those for the aunts and grandmothers! And...and..."

Surprised, Mrs. Zhang interrupted: "Is the gift she gave to the two sisters the same as the gift she gave to those few?"

The one behind sighed: "We are rewarded with two bolts of good satin from Beijing, 20 taels of silver and two purses, and there are also small gold and silver zippers in the purses that are 'more auspicious'."

Mrs. Zhang nodded with a smile: "Since you have been rewarded, just accept it." He took the teacup to drink tea.

The one in front said: "For the second girl, the third girl, and my aunt... each of them has two purses, and the purses contain only the 'pen ingot ruyi' silver locket."

"Pfft..." The tea in Zhang's mouth sprayed all over the floor.After a long while, she suddenly smiled and shook her head and said, "No wonder people who come back to Beijing say she is happy, she is really happy!"

The two daughters-in-law became more and more anxious: "The eldest girl has such a temperament, what should I do when I come to Deng's house!"

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Since she refuses, I don't think she will marry." The daughters-in-law were stunned.Mrs. Zhang slowly pointed to the tea, and someone hurriedly added it for her.Mrs. Zhang drank half a cup of tea before saying, "Don't tell me I really don't know what kind of people the Rongguo Mansion's three families are? I wrote to my mother-in-law a few years ago, asking whether Cheng'er's temperament would be disadvantaged if he left the court. Mother-in-law Mother replied, and someone will back her up. Brother Cong said that since he dares to pamper her, he will be able to protect her."

The two daughters-in-law looked at each other for a long time: "Ma'am...then...the big girl's reward..."

"Just keep it. If you have time, I will make new clothes tomorrow."

An old woman behind her said slowly: "It's just... Will the master annoy the eldest girl?"

"Cheng'er must have her own ideas." Zhang said with a smile, "Anyway, she doesn't rely on the master for support." He asked again, "What did you give her brother?"

A daughter-in-law said: "I sent a lot of things to the uncle, but the slave hasn't seen the gift list yet. For the second and third masters...er..." Mrs. Zhang glanced at her.The daughter-in-law bowed her head and said, "It's still the same... two purses of 'Bi Ding Ruyi'."

Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, tears streaming down her face.After laughing, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sobbed and cried again, feeling miserable.The few people around him didn't know why they didn't dare to persuade them, they just stayed with them carefully.After a long time, she finally put away her tears, and Zhang ordered, "Take the list of gifts my daughter gave me, and let me have a look!"When Mrs. Zhang took a look, it was full of rare and good things, and there were four of the Jiangnan's progressive Ling Ling.Nai nodded and pointed: "Let me see these few things, and put the rest away."

The servant looked at each other and asked, "Ma'am, you usually share ideas with..."

Mrs. Zhang said politely: "My daughter gave it to me, and it was not given to our house by someone outside. It will naturally be sent to your wife's private treasury and has nothing to do with others. This is called distinguishing between public and private." Nai sighed in a low voice. Said, "In the early years, Cheng'er wrote in a letter that I was the shopkeeper of your master's back house. The salary of the clerk and the red envelope rewards given to the clerk by the boss are naturally shared by the whole store; how can the shopkeeper's hometown bring something private?"

The old mother hesitated and said: "It's just...if the aunts and grandmas are jealous..."

Zhang said: "I got a good thing, and the neighbors in the neighborhood like it and are jealous. Should I still give it to them?"

But at this moment, Su Cheng heard that her mother was back, so he came to pay her respects.Mrs. Zhang was so happy that she hugged her in her arms and couldn't bear to let go, Su Cheng softly pampered her for a long time.Mrs. Zhang caressed her daughter's head and neck and said angrily, "I just said I'm tired, so it's hard to rest."

Su Cheng smiled and said: "I haven't seen my mother for several years, does my mother miss me? I miss my mother very much. You only came here for less than half a month and left in a hurry."

Mrs. Zhang sighed: "I guess you won't be staying at home for long." Su Cheng hummed, but didn't answer.

At this moment, someone took the few things Mrs. Zhang just said and brought them up. The mother and son looked at them for a long time, and Su Cheng told her mother about everything.She patted her head suddenly: "There is something I almost forgot. Mother, please help spread the words I said just now. There are also people outside who helped spread the word."

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, "What did you say about the Deng family being so confused that they dared to marry you?"

Su Cheng nodded: "The most important thing is the word 'full family copying'." Nai hummed, "I'm not something they can afford to marry! Even if I can marry, can they afford it?" Nai pointed to himself Western diamond hairpin on the head.

Mrs. Zhang felt it was funny, and said: "You can think about how to deal with your father."

Su Cheng shrugged and said, "I'm his daughter, how can my daughter deal with Lao Tzu? Isn't the King of Chu dealing with him? By the way, if someone comes to ask his mother about a Western food called 'chocolate', you can say you Haven't eaten yet."

Zhang asked: "What is that?"

Su Cheng winked: "Cash Cow. My friend and I jointly developed that recipe. He was in charge of sending people to make it, and I was in charge of tasting it and giving him advice. It was just figured out before leaving Beijing this time. Anyway, Madam will not have to worry about money from now on, your daughter will make money, and I will ensure that Madam can enjoy all the glory and wealth."

Mrs. Zhang frowned: "You...couldn't be naughty."

Su Cheng put his arms around her mother's neck and said, "I've always been naughty, but I did this serious thing. This prescription is really valuable."

Mrs. Zhang thought: "You have this thing, so don't show off your wealth."

Su Cheng pursed his lips and said, "Do I want to reveal my wealth? I won't let my father force this? If he didn't arrange such a marriage for me in a whimsical way, why would I be so ostentatious. He is willing, the Deng family is willing, only Chu The king is unwilling to dismantle it, right?"

Mrs. Zhang said: "I still don't quite understand what the king of Chu is unwilling to do? He himself is like a bodhisattva crossing the river and cannot protect himself. How can he stop the Deng family from marrying a daughter-in-law?"

Su Cheng smiled and said: "One thing, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how poor the king of Chu is, no matter how small his territory is, he is still a prince with soldiers and horses in his hands. Two things, once the news about this chocolate recipe is publicized, It's not just the king of Chu who is jealous. Who doesn't love money? The Deng family is diligent and thrifty in managing their family, and their family style must be cautious. They dare to make money secretly, but they may not dare to attract the attention of the world."

Mrs. Zhang said anxiously: "Then why are you looking for your in-law's family in the future?"

Su Cheng lay comfortably in her mother's arms, and lazily said: "You don't have to worry about this lady. Whoever I like is who she is." Nai stretched out his arms, "It feels so good to be rich!" Mrs. Zhang was still worried ; but for some reason, seeing her daughter's lazy appearance, she was inexplicably relieved.Su Cheng suddenly hummed a little tune, thinking it was a tune from Beijing, something like "Time doesn't know how much sorrow there is in the world, why don't you take a leisurely walk."