Chapter 688 Long-lost Daily Life
"Thirty-six deer whips, six pairs of bear paws, four musk deer..."
"One hundred and eight kilograms of green glutinous rice, two baskets of boneless soft fish, and one basket of bright jade shrimps..."
After Sun Shaozong sent Jia Lian away, he returned home and heard constant singing near the small kitchen. It was obvious that Jia Yingchun had distributed a lot of the local specialties she had sent to the second house.
There was no need for Sun Shaozong to ask about such matters, so he ignored them and went straight to the main hall. He saw that people were having a great time inside - Ruan Rong and You Erjie were surrounding Yuanyang and toasting her.
Yuanyang was in a dilemma when she suddenly saw Sun Shaozong coming in. She quickly took the opportunity to break away from the two women and walked forward to say, "This servant greets the Second Master."
Then she continued, "The eldest wife still has some matters to deal with, so I won't delay the second master and the concubines from having dinner."
Having said that, he took a few steps back to the door, turned around, lifted the curtain and walked away.
“Hehe…”
Sun Shaozong's eyes were still fixed on the rippling cotton curtain when he heard Ruan Rong laughing behind him, half-jokingly saying, "This little hooves runs really fast! I wonder if he is afraid of being eaten by someone, or afraid of being grabbed by the tail."
Although it was a joke, there was a hint of sourness in the words.
How could Sun Shaozong be willing to delve into this?
He smiled and interrupted, "Brother Lian left in a hurry, I didn't even have time to pick up my chopsticks, so I can just take advantage of your good fortune."
As he spoke, he sat down in the main seat with his majestic legs. You Erjie and Xiangling hurriedly helped to get cups, plates, bowls and chopsticks, and told Qingwen to go to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
Finally, Ruan Rong personally filled his glass with wine, and Sun Shaozong then picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Just as he was wrapping a piece of venison with cumin and putting it in his mouth, he heard Ruan Rong curiously ask, "Jia Lian waited for you at our house for about half an hour, why did he leave without saying a few words?"
"The virtuous concubine is pregnant, and the palace has bestowed a reward."
Sun Shaozong said vaguely: "He will go to the palace to express his gratitude tomorrow, so he is naturally anxious to go back and discuss the rules."
Ruan Rong was shocked and couldn't help asking, "Is Concubine Xian De pregnant? Is it a prince or a princess?!"
"How could I know?"
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes at her speechlessly.
Fortunately, Ruan Rong didn't really want to get an answer from him. She clasped her hands together with a look of joy on her face and chanted "Amitabha" several times.
This made Sun Shaozong very puzzled - what does Jia Yuanchun's pregnancy have to do with her?
If anyone is really happy, it should be Jia Yingchun...
“That’s right!”
Sun Shaozong then remembered that he had not yet informed Jia Yingchun of the good news, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and tell the first wife the good news!"
Shi Liu, who was about to agree, but Cai Xia, who was next to You Erjie, took the initiative to step forward - she didn't want to ask for a lucky draw, but she just felt uncomfortable being in the same room with Sun Shaozong, and she was eager to find a reason to leave.
After Caixia left, Sun Shaozong asked Ruan Rong the reason for her joy.
"I am not doing this for myself, but for my sister." Ruan Rong said with a smile, "I was originally worried that she would have no place to go in the future - after all, the Rongguo Mansion will eventually be handed over to the eldest wife - now if Concubine Xian De can give birth to a prince, I won't have to worry about her future anymore."
Tsk~
If she knew that Mrs. Wang wanted to marry Lin Daiyu to her, she probably wouldn't think so.
However, Sun Shaozong would not tell her about this. Anyway, when his elder brother came back, the marriage would be over.
…
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
But Caixia left the west wing and hurried to Jia Yingchun, telling her about Yuanchun's morning sickness. Jia Yingchun was very happy.
Although now, with the support of her son, she has already established a firm foothold in the Sun family, but for any married woman, who wouldn't hope that her parents' family would be more prominent so that they can gain respect and support?
So he hurriedly ordered Xiu Ju to take out her purse and gave her a generous reward of twenty taels of silver.
After thanking her again and again, Caixia did not return home to report. Instead, she took the purse and left the yard to look for Yuanyang.
After Yuanyang finished her report, she heard Jia Yingchun say that she had nothing to tell her, so she returned to her own residence. In order not to affect her plan of having children, only Xiu Ju and Si Qi were still with Jia Yingchun in her courtyard.
Just as she took off her makeup and took off her outer clothes with hot water, preparing to warm her feet, she saw Caixia coming in from outside. She hurriedly stood up to greet her, and then wondered, "Why did you follow me here? Did the Second Master have any instructions?"
Caixia shook her head and told him the good news. She took out the purse she had received as a reward from her sleeve and put it into Yuanyang's hand, saying, "I borrowed some money from you a few days ago and never paid it back. Today, I have received the reward from the madam, and I am relieved."
But Yuanyang refused to accept it and advised, "I'm not in a hurry here. You should focus on your parents, brothers and sisters-in-law first. They are all blood relatives. You can't let these few taels of silver cause estrangement."
In order to help Jia Huan pay off his gambling debts, Caixia not only borrowed money from Yuanyang, but also naturally did not forget her parents, brother and sister-in-law at home.
She didn't say clearly what the money was used for at the time. Later, when her family heard that the money was given to Huan Lao San to fill a hole, they were all very angry.
Caixia's sister-in-law even made a special trip to her house and scolded her, and almost severed their relationship.
It was Yuanyang who helped to mediate the matter, so he naturally knew the whole story.
Caixia tried to give in again and again, but seeing that she still refused to accept it, she put the purse into her pocket again, bowed solemnly and said, "It is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed - I will definitely repay your kindness in the future!"
Judging from Caixia's usual performance, this is by no means empty talk.
However, when she mentioned the word "repay", Yuanyang immediately remembered something.
After hesitating for a while, he pulled Caixia to sit on the kang and said hesitantly, "There is something I don't know whether I should tell you or not. That day, Master Huan San came to the mansion to apologize, and I took the opportunity to ask him about what happened that year, but he said..."
"But there was actually a worm wrapped in that piece of pastry. It was meant to tease you, but you didn't notice it!"
After hearing this, the expression on Caixia's face froze, and then even the blood color gradually faded. She stared at Yuanyang blankly, but she couldn't even find the focus of her eyes.
"Caixia? Caixia!"
Yuanyang hurriedly called out and reached out to push her shoulder. Caixia finally came to her senses and gave a stiff smile: "I... I'm fine."
Having said that, he stood up on his own, without even saying goodbye, and staggered out.
"Caixia, Caixia!"
Yuanyang chased after her for a few steps, but he didn't expect that after Caixia went out, she suddenly quickened her pace.
Seeing that he was getting farther away, she stomped her feet in regret, went back to the house to dress again, and hurried to the second room.
When they chased to the second courtyard, they saw that a light had been lit at the north end of the west wing.
She tried pushing the door, but it was ajar.
"Caixia? Caixia, are you in there?"
Yuanyang called out as he searched the inner room. Just as he walked around the screen in front of the door, he suddenly saw a naked, snow-white body.
"You...what are you doing?"
Yuanyang was startled and hurriedly picked up clothes from the ground and wanted to put them on Caixia.
Unexpectedly, Caixia ignored her and went straight to the wardrobe, took out two pieces of the most popular tassel hollow underwear in , and a pair of semi-transparent silk stockings.
While trying them on her body, she muttered to herself, "This is what Aunt You asked someone to buy for me to wear to serve the Second Master, but I refused several times. But now it seems that this is what I should wear to match my lowly body that is blind and deaf."
As he said this, a smile appeared on his face.
But there was not a trace of warmth in that smile, only sadness and regret.
"you……"
Yuanyang wanted to persuade her, but then she changed her mind and thought that with Caixia's current status, it would be a good thing if she could gain Sun Shaozong's favor.
So in the end he just sighed and quietly retreated.
