klisemfg Chapter 499: Did you know my grandfather when you were young?
Chapter 499: Did you know my grandfather when you were young?
Mrs. Lei turned around and looked at Ji Xiaobei apologetically:
"Miss Ji, I'm so sorry. Bao Qian is spoiled. I will discipline her strictly. She broke something and should pay for it. How much is the silver for the ornament? I'll ask someone to get the banknotes!"
Ji Xiaobei also felt embarrassed: "Oh, look at what this incident has caused. It's not a valuable thing, just 1200 taels of silver. I really shouldn't have come here..."
Ji Xiaobei said this and walked towards the door quickly.
Mrs. Lei and Mrs. Song followed behind and shouted, "Miss Ji, wait a moment, I'll get you some silver!"
The more they shouted, the faster Ji Xiaobei walked.
She thought to herself: If you are sincere, just send it to the shop!
I'll leave first as a sign of respect!
I can’t do that as you ask me to give you gifts!
When they reached the door, Ji Xiaobei mounted the little white horse and ran away like the wind.
There was a sporadic shout from behind: "Miss Ji, I'll have someone take it to your shop!"
Bao Qian went to her grandmother angrily and was scolded by her.
"Your aunt had such great difficulty in inviting people here, but you messed up everything. Why are you such a troublesome kid?" Old Mrs. Murong coughed a few times in anger.
Bao Qian was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Isn't it just a little over a thousand taels of silver?
My dad gave so much money to my aunt's family, but they are still so stingy...
All the people in this village have the surname Murong.
My aunt actually sided with a stranger and turned her elbow outward. Bao Qian went back to the house and smashed everything in the house in anger.
She was confined to her room by her grandmother for a month and was not allowed to leave.
Ji Xiaobei rode the little white horse and ran five miles in one breath before slowing down.
Who is the official they are talking about? Do you know him?
She only knew a handful of officials, including Fu Jichang, He Ye, Prefect Liang, and Aqi's father.
Let alone Prefect Liang, Song Lu is a higher official than him, so he doesn't even need to give him gifts.
Fu Jichang was also ruled out. Bao Qian kept calling him Brother Chang. Old Lady Murong and Old Lady Fu were old acquaintances, so they could just give the gifts directly. What was there to do with themselves?
The most likely person is He Ye. Although Song Lu has a higher rank than him, he is not He Ye's direct leader, and He Ye's father is the Minister of War.
Ji Xiaobei patted Xiao Baiju's butt and immediately figured it out: It must have been sent to He Ye's father through me.
They really put a lot of effort into it!
Mom, I really don’t want to take this order.
As soon as Ji Xiaobei arrived at Zheng Dafu Silver Shop, Jiaojiao came over with a smile and slapped a banknote on the table:
"You haven't arrived yet, but the banknotes have arrived. A full 1,200 taels!"
Caixia covered her mouth and laughed: "The two girls originally ordered 600 taels of silver for this glass ornament! We made double the money!"
Ji Xiaobei blamed Caixia seriously and said:
"Xia, this is your fault. Why didn't you remind me?"
Caixia curled her lips: "Miss Murong is so arrogant. If you ask her for 600 taels, she will say that you look down on her..."
The three people laughed.
At night, in the yard of Mingyi Lane.
Old Mrs. Fu is telling stories to her three children.
Mrs. Lin and Aunt Zhang fanned the children and looked at them lovingly.
"Grandpa, is your house really that big? Is it bigger than my mother's Zhengguo Manor?"
Guoguo asked in surprise.
The longest road she had walked and the farthest place she had been to was Zhengguo Manor.
No matter how much you run, you can never reach the end.
I was almost crying from tiredness.
"Haha, yes, we are going to visit our great-grandfather's weaving factory to make a horse-drawn carriage." Old Mrs. Fu said, touching Guoguo's little head.
"It's amazing that my great-grandfather has been to the capital. My great-grandfather has also been to the capital!"
An An looked at Old Lady Fu with admiration.
"Who is your great-grandfather?" asked Old Mrs. Fu with a smile.
"My great-grandfather said that he raised horses for the emperor, lots and lots of horses!" An An opened his arms and gestured.
Old Mrs. Fu seemed to have come back to her senses from a distant place, and the smile on her face paused.
"Qiu Ming!" she blurted out.
"Well, that's my great-grandfather!" An An said proudly.
"Oh, Lord Qiu!" Old Mrs. Fu murmured again.
"Okay, okay, Grandma is tired and needs to go back to rest. You three can play!" Aunt Zhang glanced at the old lady's face and stopped fanning herself.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin also said, "You three go take a shower and get ready for bed. An An's mother can't come back, so An An will sleep here!"
When the three little kids heard this, they happily pushed Mrs. Lin towards the kitchen.
As long as she takes a bath, Aunt Jiaojiao can no longer take An An away.
Ji Xiaobei and Jiaojiao entered the yard one after another.
When Old Madam Fu saw Jiaojiao, she hesitated for a while and said, "I'm going to talk to An'an's mother. Madam Zhang, go back and prepare the bath water first!"
Nanny Zhang seemed to want to say something but stopped herself, nodded and left.
Seeing that Old Lady Fu looked solemn, Ji Xiaobei said with a smile, "Grandma Fu, please don't secretly give Jiaojiao delicious food!"
Jiaojiao is sweet-spoken, petite and very likable.
Old Mrs. Fu liked her very much.
"You silly girl, did I tell you to eat less?" Old Mrs. Fu cursed with a smile.
Ji Xiaobei stuck out his tongue and went to the kitchen.
Jiaojiao helped the old lady sit down, stood behind her and massaged her shoulders, and asked with a smile: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Your grandfather, your grandfather only has you as his granddaughter?" She reached out and held the delicate hand on her shoulder.
Jiaojiao smiled and said:
"Yes, I have lived with my grandfather since I was a child. Is there anyone else in the family?"
"Then your grandmother..."
Jiaojiao felt that Mrs. Fu's hands were shaking a little.
"My grandfather said that when I was very young, my grandmother and my father and mother had an accident and passed away, leaving only the two of us to depend on each other..."
Old Mrs. Fu nodded thoughtfully and sighed.
"Grandma Fu, did you know my grandfather when you were young?" Jiaojiao asked.
Old Lady Fu pulled her hand back, straightened her back and said, "I know him, very well! He often goes to my shop in Beijing."
Jiaojiao wondered: Why did grandfather say that they were not familiar with each other?
"Jiao'er, come with me to the next door and bring something to your grandfather!" Old Mrs. Fu stood up nimbly and ran into Aunt Zhang who came to pick her up.
The three of them returned to Old Lady Fu's yard together.
"Madam Zhang, take down the box on top of the cabinet in the side room!"
Nanny Zhang was stunned, because the box contained all the belongings of the master when she was young, and it had not been opened for decades.
What are you doing in the middle of the night?
"It's too late today. How about I get it for you tomorrow?" Nanny Zhang coaxed her.
"Yes, Aunt Zhang is right. Let's talk about it tomorrow morning. You go to bed first!" Jiaojiao also said.
Old Mrs. Fu shook her head and insisted that Madam Zhang take it down.
Nanny Zhang had no choice but to take down the box.
After opening the box, the old lady's expression suddenly became lively, as if she had become several years younger.
There were several very delicate small brocade bags inside, but I couldn't see clearly what was inside.
Old Mrs. Fu stared at it for a while, picked up the one in the middle and said:
"Madam Zhang, wrap this up and let Jiaojiao take it to her grandfather!"
Aunt Zhang's expression changed a little. She reached out to take the brocade bag and said in a trembling voice:
"Madam, it happened so many years ago, why bother talking about it again..."