0p0 Chapter 236 Arriving at the General's Mansion
Chapter 236 Arriving at the General's Mansion
"You spendthrift old woman, how can you save the money? Today you buy some jewelry, tomorrow you buy some rouge and other things, and the day after tomorrow you are going to make new clothes." Nangong Tian pushed Wang away, and Wang staggered and almost fell to the ground.
After Wang stood firm, she tried to grab the banknote again.
Nangong Rui looked at the two people who were fighting with each other coldly, with indifference in his eyes.
He turned around silently and left the main room.
"Is it solved?" Wei Dong asked when he saw him come out.
"Okay. We're even now." Nangong Rui took a deep breath and said. Although he had made up his mind, when it really came to this moment, he still felt a little bit of pain in his heart.
"I don't think they have much attachment to you." Wei Dong saw Nangong Rui's distress and couldn't help but chuckled and said, "It's better to separate so that you don't get angry."
After that, he clapped his hands and patted Nangong Rui's shoulders, "Let's go, Madam is waiting for a reply!"
Nangong Rui nodded and followed Wei Dong out of the small courtyard. From then on, he had nothing to do with this courtyard anymore.
When I returned to the general's mansion, Su Jixiang was already waiting in the hall.
Seeing everyone coming in, she looked at Nangong Rui and then asked Wei Dong, "Is everything going well?"
"Madam, everything is as you expected." Wei Dong briefly explained the situation in Nangong's family.
"Yeah." Su Jixiang nodded after listening. She knew it would not be easy for Nangong Rui to leave that family.
But fortunately, it’s all resolved now.
"Uncle Zhong has been arranged a place to stay by you. Please put your things down and change your clothes." Su Jixiang waved his hand and said to Nangong Rui.
"Yes." Nangong Rui didn't dare to look up at Su Jixiang. After all, in just one day, Su Jixiang had already given him 1,250 taels of silver, which was an astronomical figure for him.
He touched his sleeve and took out the remaining 250 taels of silver notes hidden inside, "Return it to the madam."
Su Jixiang was slightly startled, then asked Wei Dong to bring the silver note of two hundred taels.
"I'll take these two hundred taels of silver first," Su Jixiang said, "and leave fifty taels for you. After all, you may need money for emergencies. From now on, you can receive one tael of silver as monthly salary. Since you signed a contract to sell your body, your monthly salary will be less than that of others. Do you have any complaints?"
When Nangong Rui heard this, he looked up at Su Jixiang in disbelief.
"Little ones also get monthly allowance?" he asked in surprise.
"Yes." Su Jixiang smiled, "Don't be so surprised. Your hard work will always be rewarded. This is the monthly salary for the first three years. After three years, if you perform well, I will help you increase your monthly salary depending on the situation."
"Madam has already given so much, it's really not necessary." Nangong Rui quickly shook his head.
He had already taken so much money from the General's Mansion to support his family, so how could he dare to ask for more monthly allowance? "I just need a meal, and I can wear the clothes of the servants in the General's Mansion." Nangong Rui said, "I don't need any money."
"Don't say that. The General's Mansion never treats people harshly. You say that as if we want to exploit you." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "The 750 taels of money for selling your body is to buy your obedience and absolute loyalty to the General's Mansion for 15 years. And you work in the General's Mansion every month, so you are naturally paid. Don't think too much. The General's Mansion does not support idle people. As for the silver you borrowed before, you have already paid back 200 taels. For the remaining 300 taels, I will ask someone to go to the Nangong family from time to time to ask for it. After all, they are the ones who use the money. What does it have to do with you?"
After hearing this, Nangong Rui looked at Su Jixiang in astonishment.
Su Jixiang got up and left. "The New Year is coming soon. I'll go see how the new clothes are going."
She had made an appointment with Qu Wanning and Hua Rui to go and see their new clothes. If she hadn't been waiting for news from the Nangong family, she would have been shopping now.
After Su Jixiang left, Wei Dong came over and patted Nangong Rui on the shoulder: "Let's go, I'll take you to stay first. Wei Feng and Wei Jing are going to protect the madam and will not come with us. Guihua left you some food and it's warming up in the kitchen. I'll take you to put your things down and then we'll have dinner. Uncle Zhong has boiled some hot water for you. After you finish eating, take a bath and have a good sleep. The madam won't be back until the evening, and the general will be in the barracks and won't be home until the evening. You have an afternoon to catch up on your sleep. Have a good rest and don't think too much."
Nangong Rui's eyes instantly turned red after hearing this.
The treatment he received at home was completely different from the treatment he received at the general's mansion.
Although Su Jixiang didn't say much to him, he could feel that Su Jixiang was helping him silently.
Nangong Rui settled down in the general's mansion.
The Chinese New Year is approaching in the blink of an eye.
This is Su Jixiang's first New Year since coming to the North, so she attaches great importance to it.
A lot of food has been stockpiled at home.
According to the custom in Mangcheng, all shops are closed on New Year's Eve, and everyone returns home to reunite with their families and prepare to stay up all night to celebrate New Year's Eve.
The military camp had already arranged for guards. According to the original practice, Wei Ling would be on duty from New Year's Eve to the third day of the New Year, and others could go home to celebrate the New Year. However, this year was Wei Ling's first Spring Festival after getting married, so everyone unanimously decided to let Wei Ling go home and let others take over the duty.
Wei Ling also wanted to spend the first New Year after their marriage with Su Jixiang, so after arranging everything, he returned home.
On New Year's Eve, the house was decorated with Qu Wanning's arrows on the windows, and the lanterns were all changed to red.
The entire general's mansion looks festive and full of atmosphere.
Su Jixiang is preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner in the kitchen.
Weidong ran to the river outside the city, broke the ice and brought back a big silver carp and a bream. The fish were fresh.
The silver carp was very big, and Su Jixiang saw that it couldn't fit in the pot, so he cut it in half, used a clay pot to make a casserole fish head, cut the fish body into sections and stewed it with the mutton. As for the bream, he steamed it whole.
The steam pot chicken she made that day received unanimous praise, so she made another steam pot chicken today.
As for the duck, she ordered a portion of roast duck cubes in sauce.
There was also the braised beef with soy sauce that she had prepared in advance, which was sliced into thin slices and made into a cold dish.
Su Jixiang used dried mountain mushrooms and pork ribs to make a pot of mushroom and pork ribs soup, and also stir-fried some cabbage.
She also made a big pot of eight-treasure rice pudding using rice and red bean paste as the base and sprinkled various dried fruits on it.
This New Year's Eve dinner is delicious and has all the ingredients, including chicken, duck, fish, cattle and mutton.
Su Jixiang looked at the table of home-cooked meals she had made. This was the first proper New Year she had spent since arriving in Daxie, and she suddenly felt a sense of belonging.