Chapter 176 Not Going
Soon, Yinhua also came.
Ye Caiping gave each of them a small package containing writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.
Several people got on the ox cart and set off together.
When I arrived at Shen’s house, I saw Shen Manman standing at the door and looking around from a distance.
Seeing Ye Caiping coming over, Shen Manman pouted and stepped forward: “Auntie just came.”
After saying this, he looked at Ye Jin'er and the other two, but his attitude was different from that towards Ye Caiping. He smiled gently:
"Ah, is this the sister of the Ye family? My father told me last night that several sisters would come to be my classmates today. I have been looking forward to it all night, and finally the sisters are here."
Ye Caiping's mouth twitched slightly. Although...but...I always feel that Cha Cha is so pretentious!
Shen Manman said, still holding Ye Jiner’s hand: “How old is my sister?”
Ye Jiner looked at Shen Manman and thought that she was so beautiful, and couldn’t help blushing: “Thirteen, after August, it will be fourteen.”
"I'm also thirteen, born in May. I'm three months older than you!"
Then I asked about Huan'er and Yinhua, both of whom were ten years old, one born in October and the other in November.
Shen Manman said: "Jin'er and Huan'er are your aunt's daughters, they look very similar. But, weren't there four sisters? Why is one missing?"
Ye Caiping said, "Jinhua couldn't come because of something. Here, this is for you. Thank you."
Then he took out a three-layer food box from the ox cart: “The desserts and snacks here, the first layer is for Master Shen, and the remaining two layers are for you girls.”
"My father is also a part of it!" Shen Manman's bright eyes turned, "Aunt, don't you want to come in and sit down?"
"No, I have to go to the provincial capital. By the way, Miss Shen and Master Shen, do you like Hu La Tang?" Because she didn't know their taste, Ye Caiping had never sent them any.
Shen Manman said: "I like it! But my father has a light taste and doesn't like to drink it."
Ye Caiping understood the situation and gave some instructions to Ye Jiner and the other two before leaving with Ye Daquan.
Ye Caiping and Ye Daquan went to the provincial capital.
Horses are only sold in the city, but unfortunately horses are more strictly controlled than cattle. If you want to buy one, you have to make a reservation half a month in advance.
A horse alone cost fifty taels of silver, plus the carriage ropes and other things, a total of fifty-three taels.
Ye Caiping gave ten taels of silver as a deposit and went home.
At noon, Ye Caiping thought that there were many people in class, so she asked Ye Daquan to pick them up.
Soon, Ye Jin'er and her sister ran back in carrying small packages.
Ye Caiping smiled and asked, "What did you learn?"
Ye Jiner said: "I am learning etiquette class."
"How are you getting along with Miss Shen?"
"Sister Shen is very good. She even demonstrated it to us. The teacher smiled and said that she has become our second teacher."
Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief: "Did the teacher assign homework to you?"
"Yes, we practiced calligraphy at home in the afternoon. Our handwriting is so ugly..." Ye Jin'er said bitterly.
Ye Caiping thought for a moment and said, "After lunch, call Yinhua over to practice together."
I was afraid that Wei would be reluctant to part with the pen, ink and paper and would not let me practice.
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In the evening, Ye Jiner and the other two were still practicing calligraphy when they saw Jinhua coming back.
"Tomorrow is the Flower Festival. The county is holding a flower show. Do you want to go?" Jinhua said.
Ye Jin'er paused with the pen in her hand: "Aren't you working?"
"The cloth shop gave me a day off..."
Ye Huan'er looked at Jinhua, not knowing if it was an illusion, but she felt that Jinhua's face was flushed. She thought that during the Flower Festival, all businesses were very busy, and it was strange that the cloth shop actually gave Jinhua a day off.
Seeing that they didn't answer for a long time, Jinhua became anxious and asked, "Are you going or not?"
Ye Jin'er said: "But today is only our first day of class. It doesn't make sense to ask for leave to go out and play tomorrow..."
Ye Huan'er nodded quickly, and so did Yinhua.
Jinhua was a little upset, and Ye Huaner said, "You can ask Sister Xiaoyan."
Jinhua's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran out of the room, chasing after Yang Xiaoyan who was sweeping the floor: "Cousin, let's go out and play tomorrow."
Yang Xiaoyan was even more helpless: "I have a lot of work to do."
"Let my aunt give you a day off."
Yang Xiaoyan wanted to talk, but Ye Caiping came over and said with a smile, "Flower Festival? Why, did someone from your cloth shop invite you to play?"
Jinhua's face turned red.
Ye Caiping knew what was going on as soon as she saw it. After thinking for a while, she said, "If your parents agree to let you go, I can let Xiaoyan accompany you, but you have to find Yong'er or Peng'er to go with you."
"Of course... I, I originally wanted to invite my eldest brother and his wife, or my third brother." Jinhua spoke haltingly.
"Go and ask your mother."
Jinhua nodded happily and turned to look for Mrs. Du.
Mrs. Du was sewing shoe soles in her room. When she heard Jinhua talking about going to the Flower Festival, she squinted her eyes and looked at her.
He whispered, "Did the young master ask you to go?"
Jinhua's face flushed: "Mom, you, you are talking nonsense..."
"You don't admit it? Humph!" Mrs. Du sneered, "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. What can escape my eyes? I was the one who saw through your brother and sister-in-law back then."
This time, Jinhua's ears turned red. She held her arm and said, "Mom...then, will you let me go?"
Mrs. Du was in high spirits, thinking of the young master, who was tall and handsome, and was incomparable to them, the village men.
Although the Jixiang Cloth Shop was a business run by ordinary people, it had branches in the county town and other towns, and was very prosperous.
It's just a little too good...
But when I think about my own family being not bad now, as the saying goes, you should bow your head to marry a daughter-in-law and raise your head to marry a daughter. If the other party really likes Jinhua, this marriage may not be impossible.
"Okay, go ahead! But you have to let your brother and sister-in-law follow you."
Jin Hua said happily, "I will look for him when Big Brother comes back."
Jinhua thought about it and sat down at the door, eagerly waiting for Ye Yong to come home.
From a distance, Ye Peng came over with a bag in his hand: "Jinhua, what are you doing sitting here?"
"Hey, Third Brother, are you going to take a day off tomorrow? I'm waiting for you, Big Brother. Tomorrow is the Flower Festival. Do you want to go to the county to play?"
Ye Peng's eyes lit up: "I'll go. I'll put the things home first."
As he said this, he ran back home. When Wei saw him, he quickly took his bag and said while brushing the dust off him:
"Tomorrow is the Flower Festival, young people like you love to go out and have fun. You can also take Jin'er and Huan'er out for a walk."
"I just met Jinhua. She's going too. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he ran out.
When he came to Ye Jin'er's room and saw the three girls practicing calligraphy, he smiled and said, "Jin'er, tomorrow is the Flower Festival. Do you want to go out and play together?"
Ye Jin'er was startled: "Well...I still have classes tomorrow."
"What's so good about class? Haha, it's just fun for you the first time, but you'll be bored of it after a few days." Ye Peng felt a toothache when he mentioned going to school.
Ye Huaner chuckled: "Then wait and see."
Ye Peng said, "The Flower Festival only happens this month every year. It has already happened twice. This is the last time. If you want to go, you can only wait until next year. Go ahead!"
Ye Jin'er pursed her lips and shook her head.
"No." Ye Huan'er glared at him, "Mom worked so hard to find a good teacher for us, we can't offend him."
Ye Peng was very disappointed and asked Yinhua again.
Yinhua didn't support him either: "Brother, I'm not going."
"Okay!" Ye Peng touched her head and then turned and walked out.
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