Chapter 272: Shihan County attends a banquet, Shen Yunyue cries poor
Shen Yunyue looked at the woman who was speaking. She was wearing a lake blue satin dress and a golden hairpin with twined branches on her head.
The woman also looked back.
Zhan Yan smiled and said, "My husband is the chief clerk of Shihan County."
"It turns out to be the wife of the chief clerk." There was a hint of coldness in Shen Yunyue's eyes.
The chief clerk is considered the clerk of Shihan County.
The county magistrate's confidant? !
Mrs. Yang approached enthusiastically, "Where are you from? I've seen no such beautiful people in Shihan County."
Shen Yunyue avoided her and reached out without leaving a trace, saying with a bit of alienation:
"We're from Yonghe. Just country folk."
"You're so young and you're married. How do you call me sister?"
Facing the familiarity of Mrs. Yang Zhubu.
Shen Yunyue was a little overwhelmed.
I have always been most afraid of people's enthusiasm.
"My husband's surname is Fu." A married woman naturally does not say her real surname.
Even if she has a name, it must be preceded by her husband's surname.
Madam Yang Zhubu hurriedly pulled Shen Yunyue aside and whispered, "The county magistrate has taken in a new concubine. It is said that she is a beauty of the highest order."
"Let's sit there and watch..."
After hearing these few sentences, Shen Yunyue became curious.
The wife of the chief clerk could not stand the county magistrate's behavior.
She gave Li Weiyang a look, and the two of them calmly followed Madam Yang Zhubu to sit in the middle seat.
The wives of two minor officials looked up and down at Shen Yunyue, who was wearing fine cotton clothes.
The white jade hairpin on her head is quite nice, but I'm afraid she must have spent all her family's money to get it.
There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
"This lady looks unfamiliar. Is she from the county town?"
The few people nearby with jewels and jewelry on their heads pricked up their ears and listened attentively.
Shen Yunyue glanced at him indifferently.
The jewelry sold at Yunyinlou in Yunzhou City is more varied than the ones on these people's heads. If you look closely, you will see that the jewelry on their heads is mainly made of gold and silver.
Look at their eyes, they are calculating the wealth of everyone at the party.
Facing the puzzled looks of the crowd, Shen Yunyue didn't care. She just curled her lips and said, "I came from Yonghe Town."
Someone said with an embarrassed look:
"A place where bandits run rampant."
Shen Yunyue raised her eyelids and said with a smile:
"In the eyes of the people in the provincial capital, Shihan County is also a poor and remote place where bandits are rampant."
Li Weiyang laughed wantonly.
"Yun Yue is right. In the eyes of us Jinzhou people, Shihanzhou is a bitterly cold place, especially Shihan County."
The woman's expression changed.
There was a pavilion in front of the banquet hall. A woman in red with a mandala flower on her head accidentally looked up at Shen Yunyue.
She tightened her grip on the cup.
The corner of his mouth curled up into a smile, and he murmured softly: “Miss Shen is living a really good life.
Seems to have some sense.
Shen Yunyue turned her head and looked towards the water pavilion, but it was surrounded by curtains.
I can't see clearly what's going on inside.
"Madam Yang, what's inside the water pavilion?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Yang raised her eyelids. Her eyes were filled with amazement. “It’s the county magistrate’s new ninth concubine.”
Truly a stunning beauty.
I heard that the body is so soft that once a man touches it, half of his body will go limp, and no one can leave.
Singing songs, playing the qin, dancing... He was proficient in everything. He could even recite a few of the Four Books and Five Classics."
Mrs. Yang Zhubu seemed to like beautiful women very much.
Highly praise this.
She lowered her voice and moved closer to Shen Yunyue.
"It's a pity for the good-for-nothing county magistrate. He wasted such a beautiful woman in vain."
Shen Yunyue looked at the pavilion again, and felt that someone there was also looking at her.
I'm just looking for an opportunity to find out.
Several women came over, surrounding a wealthy-looking lady.
Everyone's words were full of compliments.
Only Madam Yang curled her lips reluctantly, her eyes falling on the plate of snacks in front of her.
Instruct the maid next to her:
"This tea tastes too frivolous. Let's exchange it for our own tea, and for Madam Fu and Madam Fu's tea as well."
Shen Yunyue's eyes fell on the teapot when she heard this.
"Ba Nian, change to the cloud tea we brought with us."
"Yes." Bayan responded and left with Madam Yang's maid.
Shen Yunyue smiled dimple-like and said:
"My husband's family runs a tea shop, and we have some tea at home."
Mrs. Yang smiled.
Li Weiyang and Shen Yunyue left the snacks untouched. They simply drank their tea carelessly, listening to the ladies' compliments.
Mrs. Yang next to her was drinking tea and eating snacks, and she spoke to Shen Yunyue in a low voice.
"These snacks are all bought from Baiweilou in the south of the city. It's a waste not to eat them. They are different from the tea."
Shen Yunyue nodded to her in thanks.
He looked at Ba Nian and said:
"If you like it, take it and eat it."
Bayanian quietly touched two pieces of snacks and ate them with his eyes squinted like a little hamster.
Mrs. Yang was stunned. The girl looked so pretty while eating.
Today's banquet was not in vain.
The county magistrate's wife in front gave a few polite remarks, then turned the conversation to talk about the weather last year and this year.
He sighed softly, looking worried about the people.
“Every time my master thinks of those who have no food to eat, he becomes so worried that he can’t eat or sleep.
The new concubine in the mansion came up with an idea."
She forced her eyelids open and smiled:
"They said everyone should donate one piece of jewelry. That would be enough to feed the people for a few days."
She looked around and said:
"We make a lot of money running a shop. As the saying goes, 'take from the people and give back to the people.'"
It will also be of great benefit to you. Who would like to be the first to do a good deed?"
Madam Yang curled her lips sarcastically:
"Every time they want to raise funds, they say it was the concubine's idea."
Shen Yunyue touched the jade hairpin on her head, took it off and put it in her sleeve.
Exchanged for a hairpin worth dozens of coins.
The speed was so fast that Mrs. Yang was dumbfounded.
"Mrs. Fu, you..."
Shen Yunyue smiled sweetly, "My shop is not profitable yet, I sell cotton clothes and worthless wooden hairpins.
"It depends on what the county magistrate's wife likes." He blinked.
Madam Yang: ...I love this quirky little girl so much.
At the banquet, a lady dressed in extremely rich attire raised her hand and said with a smile:
"Since the county magistrate's wife has proposed it, I will take the lead and donate five thousand taels of silver. I will also donate these two gold hairpins."
"Then I will donate one thousand taels of silver to our silk shop."
"I will donate three thousand taels of silver."
…….
At the banquet, in addition to donating silver, everyone took out their jewelry.
Li Weiyang had already hidden her gold bracelet.
The hairpin she wore on her head was carved by Uncle Yun Jiu himself.
Not even a silver hairpin.
These two people look very shabby.
When they arrived in front of Shen Yunyue, the maid holding the plate compared the clothes and headdresses of Shen Yunyue and the other woman.
A faint sense of superiority arose.
Someone scoffed:
"Is this a farmer who makes a living from the land? Didn't he say he was going to open a teahouse in Yonghe Town?"
Shen Yunyue touched the peach wood hairpin on her head, and then touched another hairpin.
A look of reluctance on his face.
Hearing this, he raised his eyelids and curled the corners of his lips:
“This lady is right, we are indeed the mountain people of Baijia Village.
But I happened to make some money from hunting. I emptied my family's savings and bought an old tea shop in town."
"It hasn't opened yet. When the time comes, please come and visit us. The tea we sell is for people coming and going..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.
"Isn't it just the same old tea for the coolies?"
When everyone heard this, they all looked disdainful.
Only Madam Yang's eyes turned darkly. Even her husband had never tasted the cloud tea.
A truly exquisite tea.
She became even more curious about Shen Yunyue.
"Don't touch that worthless wooden hairpin. You should at least give me some money, no matter how much it is."
"That's right, how much is that wooden hairpin worth?"
Shen Yunyue took out a purse with frayed edges and poured out dozens of copper coins from it.
She counted them one by one.
Everyone on the field was shocked. Are all the mountain people so shameless?
Shen Yunyue counted out twenty copper coins, then turned to look at Bayanian and said:
"You just paid your monthly allowance, can you lend me a few copper coins?"
Bayanian took a step back, holding his purse.
"Madam, you haven't paid me back the hundred taels of silver you borrowed from me earlier. Besides, I only have fifty taels a month, and you borrowed thirty of them..."
"Nonsense, we can owe you money..."
Shen Yunyue pretended to be angry and looked at Li Weiyang again.
Li Weiyang quickly waved her hands, "Niece-in-law, do you have any money to lend me?
When my potatoes grow up, I'll bring you a bag of them."
Mrs. Yang:……
Everyone: ...How did these two beggars get in?
Shen Yunyue curled the corners of her lips, "Aunt Jiu, I also want to exchange potatoes for some silver."
The maid holding the tray rolled her eyes and walked straight to the next table.
At the table behind was a lady wearing the same cotton dress as Shen Yunyue.
Those people dare not refuse.
Some gave a hundred taels of silver, or even dozens of taels of silver out of reluctance.
Shen Yunyue looked at their clothes.
An ordinary family that is frugal and runs a small business.
Damn the county government, they even exploit these people.
Unlike the women's side, the men's side also started.
Uncle Yun Jiu got drunk after just a few words.
Lying unconscious.
The man holding the plate felt around for a long time and only found a jade pendant of very poor quality hanging on his waist belt.
"This thing is probably made of stones picked up from the riverbank."
Several people suddenly felt unlucky.
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