Tang Shiyue was worried and told Tang Junchen everything that had happened in the past few days. He asked him to tell Tang Shirong to rest assured. He then took out a piece of silver weighing about two taels from his bosom and asked Tang Junchen to take it back to him.
Even Madam Zhou was shocked by this.
In fact, Tang Shiyue's original intention was to reassure her brother. Since it was taken out, she could only briefly mention the matter of Grandma Sun.
Tang Junchen was fine, but Madam Zhou knew Mrs. Deng's character very well, so she frowned.
Tang Junchen smiled and said, "Yuer, I will definitely deliver the message for you, but I won't carry the money for you. If I really carry it, he will be even more worried and will probably run back that night in a hurry." He returned the money to her and smiled, "Since he has sent you the money, just take it. Anyway, I am here, so your brother will not go hungry. Wait until he comes back from his rest, and you can talk to him face to face if you have anything to say."
Tang Shiyue blushed a little.
I didn't expect to be taught a lesson by a sixteen-year-old boy. Fourteen or fifteen years old these days can get married, so we really can't treat them as children. She usually does things as she pleases, but when it comes to being thoughtful and prudent, she is really not as good as them.
Tang Shiyue responded obediently.
Seeing that she was willing to learn, Tang Junchen's smile became more sincere, and he said, "I would like to ask you to say a few words. Your brother is very talented and will achieve great things in the future. Now that you are well, you should take good care of the family so that your brother will have fewer worries. His studies will definitely be able to make further progress... But you are young after all, so you must act cautiously. It is better to do less than to be rash and make mistakes, especially when it comes to parents and elders, you must be more careful..."
He said a lot, and Tang Shiyue nodded respectfully in agreement.
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The Tang family wanted to keep him for dinner, but Tang Shiyue firmly refused. It happened that their family was going to send Tang Junchen back to the academy in a ox cart the next day, so Tang Shiyue made an agreement with them and asked them to take the cart and leave at the same time.
Madam Zhou sent her out and whispered a few words of advice: "Your grandmother, mother, and the people at home all have their own temperaments, and there are some things I can't say too much about. But I heard from Chen'er that the higher you go in the imperial examination, the more your character will be considered, and scholars are the best at finding faults. Even the smallest things can make them talk endlessly, so when we are at home, even if we can't help, we must not let others find fault with us when we do things."
What Tang Junchen said was more about character and moral integrity, while what Madam Zhou said was truly the truth.
Tang Shiyue is the type of person who likes to play with whoever she likes. She did have the thought before that "I can just bring my brothers and sisters out with me", mainly because she had no sense of belonging. But what happened today really sounded a wake-up call for her.
This is an ancient place where people pay attention to "visiting their parents morning and evening". The word "filial piety" can crush a person, so, whether for Tang Shirong or for herself, for her own life, there are some things that she really needs to be done with extreme caution.
She was very grateful and thanked him again and again.
It was already dark, and Tang Shiyue hurried into the house. Xiao Yaoer came running out to greet her, and Tang Shiyue said, "Are you hungry? Sister will cook right away."
"I'm not hungry!" Xiao Yaoer said, "Yaoer and mother have already eaten, and I left some for sister!"
Tang Shiyue raised her eyebrows and went in to take a look. Sure enough, she saw that there was still half a plate of food left in the bowl on the table. There was even meat in the dish, and a small half bowl of millet rice next to it.
It was obvious that the leftovers had been handled countless times, and she really couldn't eat it.
Tang Shiyue didn't say anything. She took the bowls and rice away, washed a few white pears, asked Xiao Yaoer to give one to Wang, and the two sisters each got one.
While eating, she sat down and picked the Houttuynia cordata.
She knew about medicinal herbs because she had played the role of He Xiangu, but she didn't know much about the preparation of various Chinese medicines. She just picked them out, washed and dried them, and then sold them to the pharmacy, allowing them to fry and calcine them according to the medicinal properties.
Xiao Yaoer was munching on white pears beside me, like a little squirrel.
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Yao'er, what's going on at home today?"
Xiao Yaoer is only four and a half years old. She is very obedient and smart, but not the talkative type. However, if you ask her carefully, she will get the answer.
Wang heard from somewhere that the woman from Tang Yongming's side was visiting today, and was actually just coming here to meet relatives and friends under the guise of visiting them, so she ran over to help, which made Mrs. Sun very angry, but she couldn't do anything on such a happy day, so she asked He to twist her arm and bring her back, and warned her not to go again.
Tang Yongming dressed up nicely and invited a few eloquent and respectable women to keep him company. However, no one came until after noon. Tang Yongming could not wait to ask, and came back dejected. Everyone in the village thought that the matter was not going to work out. Later, Mrs. Sun came out and shouted that the woman was not feeling well and would come back two days later.
The girl’s family didn’t come?
She was really scared just now, and thought that if this thing failed, Mrs. Sun would probably come to their house immediately to get the money back.
Tang Shiyue asked: "How did you know?"
"I watched from the door!" Xiao Yaoer said, "Many children were waiting to see the new bride. Grandma kept coming back and forth, and sprinkled candy several times!"
Tang Shiyue asked again: "Where do the vegetables at home come from?"
"My uncle brought it," Xiao Yaoer said, "He said that since the guests hadn't arrived, the dishes we had prepared at home couldn't be eaten, and they were afraid they would go bad, so they shared some."
Sure enough! Tang Shiyue asked: "What did uncle say when he came?"
Xiao Yaoer thought for a moment and said, "Just say that the food at home is inedible."
Tang Shiyue asked in a different way: "What happened after uncle came? Can you tell me from the beginning?"
Xiao Yaoer said, "Uncle came in with dishes and said that we couldn't finish all the dishes at home, so we divided them among the families... He said a few words, I can't remember them all. Aunt said thank you or something, and asked me to come out and get the plate. I went out and looked for it for a long time, but couldn't find it, so I went back and told Aunt. Aunt said, oh, maybe it's in the house, so I looked for it in the house, found it, and served the dishes."
Tang Shiyue took a long breath, and was so angry that her teeth itched: "And then?"
"Then, there was meat in the dish, so I looked at the meat. Uncle said, 'Yao'er, come and eat quickly.' Aunt said, 'Uncle, please sit down too.' Then we sat down to eat. I ate four pieces of meat! And half a bowl of millet rice!"
She was very satisfied.
Well, it's hard for a little girl who rarely eats a full meal. She can't see that even if the four-year-old boy flirts and touches her right under her nose.
But, she had clearly told Wang...
Forget it. It's not easy to make her believe in her. Why not give her some hope? Tang Shiyue thought about it, took out the two taels of silver from her pocket, returned to the room, and gave the silver to Wang. Wang was surprised and asked, "Where did this come from?"
Weird, Tang Yongfu didn't tell her about the silver? Tang Shiyue said, "This is what my grandma and I asked for."
Just as she was about to explain, Wang was already surprised and delighted, "Really! She really still cares about our third branch's bloodline!"
"No," Tang Shiyue really endured it again and again, and finally swallowed back the question of whether there was a hole in your brain, "I threatened her that if she didn't give it to me, I would disrupt Fourth Uncle's marriage proposal, so she was forced to give it to me."
"What!" Wang cried in shock, "How could you...how could you do this! Do you think she doesn't hate us enough? If you do this, how can we return home in the future!"
Tang Shiyue suddenly calmed down.
She stood beside the couch and looked at her like this: "So? Then we can't live like this? Apart from other things, do you want to buy pots and pans? Do you want to buy bedding? You have to have a change of clothes. Don't you want to buy some soapberries to wash your hands and face?"
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