Marriage of the Di Daughter

More than ten days passed in a row.

Jiang Li quickly adapted to the hard life on the mountain. Although she had endless work to do every day, couldn't get enough to eat, slept in a humid place, and was often bullied, Jiang Li quickly adapted to it.

Perhaps it was because she was too quiet and obedient during these days, the nunnery's Master Jing'an came to see her once for the first time.

Mrs. Jing'an is a young woman in her twenties. It is said that she used to be the wife of a wealthy family. After her husband died, she shaved her hair and became a nun in the mountains.

A few days ago, Jiang Li clamored to go back to Yanjing because of the marriage of Prince Ningyuan, and she almost got into a fight with Master Jing'an.

Mrs. Jing'an came over to take a look at Jiang Li, said some polite words of concern, and left without sending anything.

With her hips on her hips, Tong'er spit at the back of Mrs. Jing'an's leaving, and said, "Bah, stingy old woman!"

Jiang Li laughed a little, she said: "She is much younger than the old woman."

In fact, Mrs. Jing'an is only in her twenties. Although she is wearing gray black clothes, she can't hide her slim and slim figure, and her appearance is even more beautiful. It's just that her attitude towards their master and servant is a bit condescending. It's colder, but they are like servants.

"What's the use of being young." Tong'er curled her lips, "I've already been a nun here, why can't I just be a green lamp and an ancient Buddha for a lifetime? Can I eat meat and wear floral clothes?"

"I don't know whether to eat meat or not, but it must be better than you and me. Whether she wears floral clothes or not, her black clothes must be thicker than you and me." Jiang Li said.

"Damn it!" Tong'er was angry.

"Not only that," Jiang Li continued to explain to her, "Although she didn't wear jewelry, she used the powder from Xingchunfang in Yanjing City, the silver box balm from Hongxiulou, and the sweet-scented osmanthus hair oil from Xiangxiuzhai."

Tong'er opened her mouth, and said after a while: "This is... too fancy! No," she came back to her senses again, staring at Jiang Li with sparkling eyes, "How did the girl know?"

Jiang Li pointed to her nose: "I can smell it."

"My servant knows that it was the girl who smelled it. The servant wants to ask, how does the girl know that it is the powder from Xingchunfang, the silver box ointment from Hongxiulou, and the sweet-scented osmanthus hair oil from Xiangxiuzhai?"

Jiang Li thought, of course she knew. When she first married Shen Yurong and came to Yanjing, the Shen family disliked her as a girl from a small county in Tongxiang. Her sisters-in-law and Shen Yurong's mother all looked down on her. She was afraid of embarrassing Shen Yurong, so she worked hard to learn the popular clothing and jewelry of Mrs. Yanjing, and corrected her accent little by little.

She has always been a quick learner. Xue Huaiyuan once said that if she hadn't been a daughter, she might have been able to work with Xue Zhao to earn fame and glory for the Xue family.

Second Miss Jiang, who hasn't been down the mountain for seven years, would not know about these powders, ointments, osmanthus head oils, but she can accurately distinguish them.

Jiang Li said: "Of course I can smell it."

Tong'er thought about it, but came up with a reason logically, and said: "The girl must know that these things were used every day when the girl was in the Jiang family, so there is no reason why she is not familiar with them." She became sad, "Speaking of which, the girl has been away from the Jiang family for such a long time..."

"Tong'er, do you want to go back to Yanjing?" Jiang Li interrupted her.

Tong'er's eyes widened, she immediately shook her head, and said firmly: "No! Tong'er just wants to follow the girl, and Tong'er will go wherever the girl goes!"

Jiang Li smiled: "It's okay, we can go back soon."

Tonger wanted to say something, but suddenly heard a loud shout from outside, it was a man's laughing voice, it seemed to be some kind of ditty, Tonger listened to it with his ears upright, jumped up suddenly, laughed again He jumped again and said, "Girl, it's Shopkeeper Zhang who is here! Shopkeeper Zhang is here to deliver things this year!"

Jiang Li looked out of the window and said with a smile: "Then find out all the copper coins, let's go buy cakes."

"All?" Tong'er turned around in surprise.

"all."

After Tong'er searched out all the copper plates from the house, wrapped them in a blue cloth and held them in his arms, he and Jiang Li walked out of the temple together.

The mountain here is too high, and the Helin Temple next to it is full of incense. The people who come here are either rich or noble, and generally disdain to buy things from the hands of the peddlers, so most peddlers are unwilling to do business in this mountain. Shopkeeper Zhang is also because his family lives at the foot of Mount Qingcheng, so he doesn’t come up on weekdays. Every year from May to June, the peach blossoms on Mount Qingcheng are in full bloom. There are so many people, so the shopkeepers also choose this day to come to the mountain to sell small trinkets with rouge and gouache heads.

Tong'er got acquainted with this shopkeeper, so he made an appointment to come here to buy things on the tenth day of May every year. The nunnery is no more lively than Helin Temple. For Jiangli and Tonger, it is the only luxury to be able to buy some snacks from the shopkeeper at this time of year.

Sure enough, there was a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat at the gate of the temple, wearing short brown linen clothes and trousers, a white silk belt around his waist, black cloth shoes, and a shopkeeper's attire.

Jiang Li looked a little dazed.

Before marrying Shen Yurong to Yanjing, when she was a little girl, Xue Huaiyuan had just been transferred to Tongxiang, a remote village. At that time, there was nothing in Tongxiang, and the number of shops in the entire county could be counted on two hands.

Xue Zhao and her lived in such an environment at a young age, and the only joy was that the shopkeepers who walked from door to door came every month. From the shopkeepers, they could buy novelty clay figurines, beautiful ribbons, and sweet malt candy , and a rough brush for practicing calligraphy.

Although it is very difficult, life is happy. Later, Tongxiang became better and better under Xue Huaiyuan's management, later Xue Zhao also began to prepare for the martial arts exam, later she married to Yanjing, and later... there was no future.

Jiang Li lowered her eyes.

Shopkeeper Zhang also got acquainted with the two of them, and told Tong Er that she had grown taller again, and Tong Er was very happy to hear that. Turning to Jiangli, she asked, "Girl, do you want those pastries?"

Only then did Jiang Li look at Shopkeeper Zhang, and she smiled at Shopkeeper Zhang, which made Shopkeeper Zhang startled, feeling a little uncomfortable for no reason.

Jiang Li took the cloth bag in Tong'er's hand, untied it, and there were strings of copper coins neatly stacked inside. These copper coins were collected by Jiang Li and Tong Er in the past six months, plus the previous few years, which were saved behind the back of Mrs. Jing'an, a total of forty strings.

"Uncle Zhang," Jiang Li said with a smile, "All these copper coins should be exchanged for fruit cakes, any kind will do."

Tong'er stared wide-eyed: "Girl!"

Although she has all the family belongings, Tong'er doesn't really think that Jiang Li will spend all these copper coins. The people in the nunnery frequently deduct their firewood and rice, and sometimes they can exchange the money with the children in the mountains for some quilts. If you buy snacks and cakes, they won't last for many days, and they will all go bad after a long time. How can this happen?

"What?" Jiang Li was still smiling, and she said: "Miss Shoufu's family, you can't afford to spend a few coppers on pastries? What kind of young lady is that?"

Tong'er couldn't say anything.

Dalizi: If you don’t have money, you have to be willful [smile]