Chapter 23 Show off your wealth
As soon as Fang Wu Niang heard Ou Yangniang's words, her expression changed, and her words were trembling, "What's wrong with money? What bothers me the most is that some people are talking about money but they pretend to be so.
High quality
Son, in fact, I wish I could rob other people’s money. For example, the Long family, a scholarly family, not only married their daughter to a merchant, but also encouraged their second daughter to come over and steal the merchant’s brother-in-law. Wasn’t it all the fault of lack of money?!
"
Ou Yangniang knew that the mistress of the Du family, Fang Wuniang, was born into a small family. Although she was pampered at home and loved by her parents, it was common for a small family to worry about money. Since she dared to say these words
, you are not afraid of offending your mistress.
Ou Yangniang smiled good-naturedly, and Fang Nuniang shook her head, "The Long family is just that Mr. Long has a reputation as a scholar. He said that their family is a scholarly family. I don't know if it insults the word 'scholarly' or insults it."
The word "Aristocratic Family"."
Fang Wu Niang had a tense face and was a little unhappy. Now when she heard Ou Yangniang commenting on the Long family, she burst into laughter and laughed at herself: "Ou Yangniang also has a sharp mouth, but she doesn't use curse words when swearing, so she is much better than me.
Already."
Ou Yangniang followed: "Madam, don't worry, I'm not saying that money is not good, but the attitude towards money, you must be able to take it and put it down. Besides, madam is no longer a small family. Although the master's official position
Not very big, but in Beijing
He can be regarded as a person of status, and with the wealth of the master, even the prime minister may not be able to match it. With such a family fortune, does Madam still want your eldest lady to be like an ordinary small family?
Like a girl who grew up in a world of war?"
Fang Wu Niang's expression changed, but she didn't say anything to refute, but looked thoughtful.
Du Xiancheng smiled slightly, reached out and shook Fang Wu Niang's hand, hinting to her to calm down.
Ou Yangniang observed her words and knew that the host and his wife had been persuaded by her, so she boldly said again: "If Madam really thinks so, why did she spend a lot of money to find me to be the foster mother for the eldest lady?
?I know that the remuneration I want, even in a wealthy family, can hire ten high-quality adoptive mothers. But
If I pay this price, you will naturally get a better return. You and the master must have found out which family I really come from. - I only have one sentence, leave the eldest lady to me.
, Ten years from now, the eldest lady in your family will definitely be as well-educated as those young ladies from the Queen’s family!”
Ou Yangniang's eloquent words made Du Xiancheng and Fang Wuniang put aside their grudges and sincerely thanked Ou Yangniang: "In this way, our couple will entrust our little daughter to Ou Yangniang."
Ou Yangniang returned the favor, smiled and hugged Du Hengshuang over, and said: "Madam, I have spoken seriously. No one can replace the role of father and mother. Don't ignore the eldest daughter just because you have a foster mother.
. She needs to be raised by a foster mother, but she also needs to be loved by her parents. I will be forty years old when I live this year. The eldest lady will be the last child I will take care of myself. I still expect her to provide for me until the end of my life!
——Don’t worry, you two!”
By saying this, he meant to bring Du Hengshuang to adulthood, marry her to her husband's family, and follow her for the rest of her life.
Du Xiancheng and Fang Wu Niang were overjoyed, and they simply stood up together and said repeatedly: "If Ou Yangniang really thinks this way, we and our husbands can't help but thank Ou Yangniang for her kindness!"
Ou Yangniang returned the gift with a hearty smile, "I haven't been here for a long time, but I have become very close to you two, especially Shuang'er. I will never give up on you. When the eldest lady gets married, I will sign a contract to sell myself."
Qi, I will follow the eldest lady for the rest of my life!"
Du Xiancheng and Fang Wu Niang were really relieved, and Ou Yangniang was an extraordinary servant.
Du Xiancheng's parents are gone at home. Although Fang Nuniang's parents are still alive, she is a married daughter and cannot go back to her natal family often. However, she gets along very harmoniously with Ou Yangniang. Although she does not respect her as a mother-in-law.
, but also respect him as an elder in the next room.
In addition, Fang Wu Niang is pregnant again recently. She is delicate and often sleepy. Ou Yangniang also assists Fang Wu Niang's eldest maids Cuixin and Cuiqin in taking care of the chores in the inner courtyard, which is very organized.
On the day of Laba, Ou Yangniang got up early, called Du Hengshuang, dressed her, took her to the small kitchen, put the beans she had picked out a few days ago into the stew urn, and ordered her to
The cook added water and it was regarded as Laba porridge made by Du Hengshuang himself.
Du Hengshuang was only a little over two and a half years old, and she was at the age when she was curious and playful. She was picking beans in the small kitchen and scattering them everywhere. Her wet nurse sighed, but Ou Yangniang didn't care. She even advised her that this was the best, little girl.
When I was a child, I
It is to make her feel free and at ease, so that she can develop a cheerful and generous temperament. If she is restrained from a young age, although she will be obedient, easy to control, and adults will worry less, her temperament will become withdrawn and timid, which is really not worth the gain.
"Ou Yangniang is truly worthy of being born into a wealthy family. She does everything in one way." The nanny said with a smile, but there was a bit of a sour taste in her voice.
Ou Yangniang knew that the nanny would be leaving after the Chinese New Year, and she didn't know her as well. She waved to Du Hengshuang and said, "Shuang'er, let's go back and pay our respects to our parents."
Du Hengshuang cheered, rushed over like a little bean, and dragged Ou Yangniang out of the small kitchen.
Arriving at the upper room where Du Xiancheng and Fang Wu Niang lived, Ou Yangniang deliberately walked slowly and spoke loudly to the servants and maids in the courtyard.
Cuixin came out of the back room, put down the suede flower curtain used in winter with her own hands, and said with a smile: "Miss, Ou Yangniang, the master and his wife are letting you two in. It's cold outside, don't freeze.
"
"Excuse me, Miss Cuixin." Ou Yangniang nodded with a smile, took Du Hengshuang's little hand, and walked in slowly.
"Father, mother!" As soon as Du Hengshuang entered the house, he shook off Ou Yangniang's hand and rushed towards Du Xiancheng.
Du Xiancheng bent down, picked up Du Hengshuang, lifted it up and circled it twice in the air, making Du Hengshuang giggle.
This is a must-have "daily move" every morning. The father and daughter have enjoyed it for half a year, and everyone in the Du family has become accustomed to it.
"Ou Yangniang, today I'm going to take Shuang'er to my sister's house for a feast. Please ask Ou Yangniang to arrange for someone to deliver the Laba porridge from my mother's house." Fang Wu Niang said as she inserted an eight-treasure hairpin into the
On top of bun.
Another maid, Cuiqin, was holding a mirror and standing behind her.
Ou Yangniang agreed, and together with Cuiqin sent Fang Wuniang and Du Hengshuang out.
Fang Liniang's sister, Fang Liniang, is five years older than her and is also very beautiful. She married a minor official in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion in her early years. Today is the engagement day for their eldest son.
Fang Wu Niang was there to support her sister. Although Fang Wu Niang's husband was not a high official, he was also the "Xi Du" in the well-known "Dong Xiao Xi Du", one of the two major salt merchants in Chang'an City, and he had the imperial gift
With her official status as a foreign minister and her lavish spending, she put down a set of red gold and jade jewelry made in-house as soon as she entered the house to add luster to her nephew's betrothal gift, which made the relatives of the woman's family present stare at her.
Youdao says that gold is valuable and jade is priceless, but the most popular jewelry in Dazhou now is gold inlaid with jade. Youdao says that "it is difficult to buy gold inlaid with jade if you have money", let alone jewelry made in-house, which requires more than just silver.
, you need to have good hands and eyes to get it.
In fact, Fang Wuniang borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha. This set of red gold and jade jewelry was given to her and Long Xiangye by Ouyang Zi, the wife of the Duke of Qi, as a gift to their husbands for their contributions to the Duke of Qi’s house over the years.
Continuous rewards.
Madam Fang Li was in high spirits on happy occasions, and seeing her younger sister helping her, she was so happy that she hugged Du Hengshuang, kissed her face several times, quietly pulled Fang Madam's sleeve, and told her: "Don't worry until the banquet is over.
Come on, we sisters have not seen each other for a long time, and we have a lot to say."
Fang Wu Niang nodded and took Du Hengshuang to the table.
Du Hengshuang sat there for a while and became impatient. The maid took her down and went out to play with her cousins.
The people at the banquet respected Fang Wu Niang and came over to propose a toast.
Fang Wu Niang's maid Cuiqin rushed over to stop the drinking. Since she was less than three months old, she couldn't tell anyone that she was pregnant. She only said that Fang Wu Niang was not feeling well. She saw the doctor and said she couldn't drink. So everyone just left it at that, eating and drinking while chatting some gossip.
.
These people were all related, and as they talked, they talked about a romantic affair between the Xiao family and the Long family.
"My brother-in-law climbed into my sister-in-law's bed, but later refused to acknowledge the debt. I only gave her 10,000 taels of silver and sent it away." A man looked like he was feeling pity, but in fact he was happily tapping the plate, just like a storyteller.
Isn't this the incident between Long Qiuye and Xiao Ruisheng? Why is it still related to Xiao Xiangsheng?
Fang Wu Niang's heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly asked: "It's obviously not like this, what do you mean by saying that?" The other party didn't name him, and she couldn't explain it in detail, so she had to be vague.
The man smiled and said: "Mrs. Du, we all know this matter very well. Although they all say that it was not the brother-in-law who did it, but his brother-in-law, but everyone knows that the brother is not married yet. If it is really
My brother did it. Isn’t it a good thing for my brother to marry his sister-in-law? Why should I give him ten thousand taels of silver? - Do you think this is reasonable? Even if it is eight
It doesn’t cost ten thousand taels of silver to carry a sedan and marry him back! One thousand taels of silver is worth the weight of the sky. But I know that when my brother-in-law married his sister, it was only a betrothal gift of five thousand taels of silver! But when he married his sister-in-law, it was only 5,000 taels of silver.
Give me 10,000 taels! Ten thousand taels for nothing. Have you ever seen so much money in your life? You even said that there was nothing wrong with it. Even a liar would not believe it!"
Fang Wu Niang was present at the time and knew everything about it. When she saw that this man deliberately confused right and wrong and pushed the shit basin on Xiao Xiangsheng, Fang Wu Niang was so angry that her eyebrows stood up. She slapped her chopsticks on the table and said sternly: "We are all relatives."
, I gave you 10,000 taels of silver and poked you in the eye? Is there something wrong with it?"
After saying that, she waved to Fang Liniang's eldest son Abo and called him over, "Abo, my aunt will give you 10,000 taels of silver to marry you now. Let's see if anyone else takes 10,000 taels of silver to talk about something! That's right!
For you, you can never earn ten thousand taels of silver in two lifetimes, but for a family like ours, ten thousand taels of silver is just my monthly private money!"
Chapter completed!