Chapter 100: The Zheng Mansion Comes
Jiang Da went to the front yard again to kowtow to Jiang Xun, and also had someone bring word for Shui Ling to kowtow to the second girl on his behalf.
He didn’t expect that going to a theater with his master would actually be rewarded by the Emperor, and that he would earn so much money at once. Since last night, there were several sets of matchmakers who went to his house, and several more this morning.
Even if he is still a bit lame, but the girl he only dared to dream about, there may be hope …….
In the evening, when the Third Master returned to the residence and heard about the distribution of the rewards, he had some complaints in his heart. The child has made such a great achievement, the elders should be rewarded is, how can you withhold the emperor’s reward and Yamen’s reward for other people’s gratitude, not afraid of spreading out to attract people’s jokes.
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But stay all stay, he is not good to say more.
He went back to his own yard, let the maid sent a copper handle withered flower horse whip to Jiang Xun, to show encouragement.
Jiang Xun very much like this whip, go to the third room to the third master and wife bowed to thank.
Twenty this day, is Jiang Xun and Jiang Fei last day of long vacation, they are quietly with the old lady leave, want to take their respective sister out to play a day.
The two grandchildren of the third house of the old lady like, Jiang Xun and just earned honor and silver for the family, let them go.
This matter was told to the third lady in advance. The Third Mistress saw her daughter was about to cry, and heard that it was a few of them watching alone, rather than with the men in the theater, so she agreed.
Before getting off the carriage, Jiang Yishi and Jiang Yirou, two maids are changed into men’s clothing.
It was the sixth hour, there were no performances in the theater in the morning, a few actors were rehearsing on the stage, and more actors were tuning their voices and somersaulting in the courtyard. It was very lively.
The doorkeeper knew Jiang Xun, also got the orders of the class master, bowed and invited them to the room.
Jiang Xun said, “They are the master’s sister and brother, they want to listen to some opera.”
The man bowed and went down.
The troupe master personally came over to say hello, let people serve good tea, took some candied fruit and melon seeds and other snacks. He smiled and said, “Caiyun Qing is no longer on stage, so I can only sing a few voices for you two gentlemen and two girls here.”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “Since she’s no longer singing, let’s replace her with someone else.”
The class master wiped his sweat. He had already seen some of the doorway, and in his heart, he was not willing to have Cai Yunqing come out to sing again.
Not long afterward, three zither players came in, and finally a Qing Yi and an old Dan came in. They were all wearing costumes and makeup.
Jiang Xun and Jiang Fei like to watch the martial arts theater, do not like the “humming and gibbering” of the literary opera, eyes drift to the window from time to time to those who turn the heel.
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do that.
But Jiang Yirou liked it, so they couldn’t change.
After singing three sections of the opera, it was lunchtime.
Jiang Yirou hadn’t seen enough.
Jiang Yirou laughed and said, “Well, listen again later.”
Jiang Xun took out five taels of silver to reward those people.
A few people had just walked out of the door of the theater, when they saw an old acquaintance – Li Jiao’s nanny, Guo Mama, and two other people from the Wen Wang Mansion.
Guo mother smiled with Jiang Yishi and entered the theater.
Jiang Xun also had the heart of hearts, “The Wen Wang House can’t be so nice to its subordinates, letting them come out to watch the theater now?”
Jiang Yishi whispered to him, “It should be that the King of Wen is not convenient to go out right now, sending someone to say something to Caiyun Qing, or send something.”
Jiang Xun nodded in understanding, he also remembered the way King Wen looked at Cai Yunqing that day.
As the weather warmed up in February, the red plums in the garden bloomed even more.
Thinking of Meng Zhimo who was about to return, Jiang Yishi’s heart overflowed with sweetness. When Meng Zhimo returns, his eyes will be “cured” and he won’t need to pretend to be blind, I wonder how disappointed Mrs. Meng will be. I don’t know how disappointed Mrs. Meng will be. There is also Li Zhenbao, I heard that he can already walk around the house a few steps.
Only the same, Li Zhenbao entrusted things she has not yet done.
Jiang Yishi is looking for the right time, want to launch in the place where there are many noblewomen, and make a splash.
The place where there are a lot of noblewomen is of course the Flower Banquet. The two most recent and famous ones were the Red Plum Banquet and the Peach Blossom Banquet.
At the end of the month, the Red Plum Banquet hosted by Princess Pinghe had already been held. Because of Meng Yue’s relationship, Jiang Yishi would not be going to the Huangfu residence, and Princess Pinghe did not send a post to Jiang Yishi.
In the middle of March, Grand Princess Yichang would host the Peach Blossom Banquet. Based on Zheng Ji’s relationship with Elder Duke Meng’s grandparents and grandchildren, she would also send a posting to Jiang Yishi. Although it was a sad place for Jiang Yishi, in order to fulfill the task assigned by Li Zhenbao, Jiang Yishi pinched her nose and had to go.
In the middle of the day on the second day of the second month of February, Jiang Yishi was embroidering and Hua Hua was bored talking to Jojo when Grandma Wu came.
Jiang Yishi asked Wu Dabo to quietly follow Chen Er to Tangzhou to find out about the land purchase.
Sister Wu said, Wu Dabo came back from Tangzhou, and Chen Er, the Steward sent by Grand Madam Jiang, bought eight hundred mu of sloping land in Chang County, Tangzhou, at four taels and nine cents of silver per mu. He also bought a manor with a garden and a plum forest, spending a hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Yishi sneered. The land and manor were the same as in the previous life, and the price on the deed book in the previous life was, six taels of silver per mu for eight hundred mu of second class land, and one hundred and eighty taels of silver for the manor.
Waiting for Great Lady Jiang to give the deed to the old lady, if the deed is fake, then we will talk about it.
When I heard that Sister Wu’s daughter-in-law was pregnant, Jiang Yishi was also happy for them and rewarded her family with another ten taels of silver.
The next day, when Sister Wu returned to the manor, Jiang Yishi made some snacks to bring to Li Zhenbao and Mengjiazhuang, and also let Hua Hua go with a few days to play.
After Sister Wu left, Jiang Yirou came over to do embroidery work with Jiang Yishi. The scented bag she made for Jiang Yishi was already done, and she was making shoes for Jiang Xun.
Jiang Yishi glanced at it and snapped, “Boy’s shoes, why are they so complicated?”
Jiang Yirou beamed, “This is the first time I’m making something for my second brother, of course I have to do it better.”
She and Jiang Xun are both fourteen this year, but she is two months older.
The Bao Zan came to report that the old lady invited Jiang Yishi to Ruyi Hall.
Jiang Yirou was also at the Scorching Garden, but only Jiang Yishi was invited.
Jiang Yirou asked curiously, “Sister Baozan, what did grandmother call second sister for?”
Baozhan laughed, “The slave girl doesn’t know either. However, Sister Xia from the Zheng Shao Bao Mansion is here.”
Zheng Shaobao Mansion?
Jiang Yishi was a bit bewildered, she didn’t know anyone with the surname Zheng.
She knew that Zheng Shaobao was the younger brother of Zheng’s old emperor’s son-in-law, the official Shaobao. When he was young and strong, he tore up the battlefield with Meng Lao Guo Gong, and was basically Meng Lao Guo Gong’s second-in-command. A dozen years ago suffered a serious injury and never fought again, and now hangs the title of Shaobao.
He has a son who is the Vice Commander of the Western Battalion, the second highest ranking of the three masters of Jiang. Zheng vice commander will occasionally go to the Meng family home as a guest, Jiang Xun has also seen.
Zheng Shaobao also had an identity as the second uncle of Jojo’s original owner, Zheng Ji.
Jiang Yirou also knew that Vice Commander Zheng was father’s Great Upper Peak, and looked at Jiang Yishi with great envy.
Jiang Yizhi changed into the clothes to meet the guests and went to Ruyi Hall with Bao Zhan.
In Ruyi Hall, there was an unfamiliar granny sitting on a brocade stool, joking with old lady Jiang.
Jiang Yishi curtsied and bowed to the old lady, who pointed at the unfamiliar woman and smiled, “This is Sister Xia of the Zheng Shao Bao residence.”
Jiang Yishi smiled, “Sister Xia.”