In the beginning, Song San Xiao took his friends to the Zhang family to settle a score for him, and Song Si also felt apologetic, “How many taels do you want?”
Song Sanxiao did not expect him to give it so readily, and after freezing, he said excitedly, “Three taels, three taels will be enough.”
Song Si got up and went back to the house to get the silver. Ever since the family had silver, Grandma Song had let him bring enough every month so that he could eat well at the college, and Song Si had not spent a single penny more than he had saved.
Song San Xiao took it in a panic and glanced out sheepishly, “Si’er, this silver will be returned to you later, so don’t tell anyone at home.”
“I know, but ……”
Song Si paused, he went to the dean’s house tomorrow did not intend to stay for dinner, if Song Sanxiao and his friends went to drink, he would not be able to come back at noon, then he still had to tell the family, but if he did, the family would know that Song Sanxiao had gone to drink.
“What?”
Song Sanxiao asked.
Song Si swallowed back the words that followed, the big deal was that when he returned tomorrow he lied and said he had taken Third Uncle to the restaurant for dinner.
“It’s nothing, don’t talk nonsense when Third Uncle is drinking tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry, Third Uncle won’t.”
……
The next day after breakfast, Song San Xiao drove his horse and cart to the college with Song Si and the annual gift to the dean.
The dean lived just behind the college, in a separate mansion. When the carriage stopped and Song Si got down from the carriage, the gatekeeper saw him and came over quickly, “Scholar Song, you’re here.”
“I have a few questions I don’t understand and have come to ask the dean, is he in?”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
The janitor knew in his heart that he had come to deliver the annual gift, and without saying anything, helped him carry his things inside.
Once the two were inside, Song San Xiao turned his horse around and came to the front of the silver building.
He tied up the carriage, touched the silver in his arms and went inside, heading straight for the earrings he had been eyeing a few days before, “I want this, please give me that box to put it in.”
The man took the box and packed it, and Song Sanxiao paid the silver and walked out joyfully.
“Qi, Miss Qi.”
Song Sanxiao’s heart almost jumped out of his chest with excitement.
Qi Ying’s brow subconsciously frowned as Madam Qi took a step forward without moving, blocking Song Sanxiao’s line of sight and asking with a smile, “Third Prince Song is also here to buy jewellery?”
“Yes …… no, no.”
Song Sanxiao panicked, not knowing how to answer.
Mrs. Qi glanced at the box he was holding.
Song Sanxiao hid it behind him nervously, “I, I bought it for Yue, Yue’er.”
Madame Qi smiled and nodded, “Third son Song really loves Yue’er.”
Song San Xiao swallowed nervously.
Madam Qi pulled Qi Ying out of the way, “Since Third Prince Song has bought it, go ahead, we’re just casually strolling.”
“Good, good.”
Song San Xiao walked quickly out of the shop, his heart still thumping, covering his chest and standing by the carriage for a while to slow down.
A voice from inside the shop came out clearly, “It’s a pity, those earrings looked great on you, but I didn’t expect them to be sold out so soon. I wish I had come earlier.”
It was Mrs. Qi’s voice, and she should have been talking about ……
Song Sanxiao walked quickly inside the shop, moving ahead of her brain to open the box and hold it up in front of Qi Ying, “Is this the one Miss Qi is fond of?”
Qi Ying froze for a moment, then frowned in disgust and wanted to say no, the mate had already spoken, “Yes, this is the pair I was just telling Miss Qi about.”
“Then it’s for you.”
Qi Ying didn’t take it, it was just a pair of earrings, she could still buy something else without this style.
“Then thank you, Third Prince Song, but we can’t take them for nothing, how much silver, we’ll give you.”
Madam Qi reached out and took them.
“Mother ……”
Qi Ying was not happy, Song San Xiao had bought it, what was she doing asking for it again?
“No ……”
Song Sanxiao wanted to say no, but when she saw Qi Ying’s vicious look, she immediately changed her mind, “Three taels of silver.”
Madam Qi gestured for the maid to take three taels to him, “Ying’er likes these earrings very much, and it’s fortunate that Third Prince Song bought them, so I thank you on her behalf.”
“You are welcome, you are welcome.”
Song San Xiao was so happy that his mouth was going to grin to the back of his head, the earrings he had liked were also liked by Qi Ying, did that mean that the two of them were very destined to be together.
“Then Mr. Song San Xiao will pick another one for Miss Yue’er, we will leave first.”
“Good, good.”
Song San Xiao watched them exit the shop and jumped a little in excitement.
“This gentleman, would you like to see what kind?”
“No need.”
Song San Xiao turned and ran outside, running just in time to see the Qi family’s carriage going away, he hemmed and hawed in that direction for a while before he went to untie the reins and drove the carriage to the Dean’s door, asking the watchman to go and tell Song Si that he was waiting for him at the door.
Half an hour later, Song Si came out from inside, still wondering, “Third Uncle, why didn’t you go for a drink?”
“Those few no-good people of theirs are tightly controlled by the family’s daughter-in-law and are not allowed to come out, it just so happens that they haven’t spent any of the silver, so they are all returned to you.”
Song Si looked at him suspiciously. This was not like his temperament, Song San Xiao.
But Song Sanxiao was going crazy with joy, humming a little song all the way, and the carriage was not too fast or too slow, as if he didn’t feel the cold weather at all.
Song Si felt more and more that something was wrong, and he wanted to say something several times, but in the end he didn’t ask anything.
When he walked into the village, he saw many people gathered in front of his house, and only then did Song Sanxiao raise his whip and drive the ox cart quickly past.
The two boys had made several trips back and forth and had not yet finished carrying the stuff.
“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”
Song Sanxiao hurried the carriage to go quickly, the crowd gave way, Song Sanxiao stopped the carriage, a glance saw Gu Yi holding the box, his eyes flashed, jumped down from the carriage, put the reins on the horse’s back, went forward to take the box in Gu Yi’s hand, “Give it to me, so cold day you do not stand at the door, hurry into the house.”
Gu Yi didn’t let him touch it, it contained the beaded flowers he had bought for his little girl, it was to match the clothes the embroiderer had made for her for the New Year.
Song San Xiao also did not care towards the crowd of onlookers waved his hand, “all scattered, all scattered! ”
The crowd dispersed in twos and threes, and Song Si got off the carriage and walked into the house with Gu Yi.
The yard is full of things, the Song family is looking worried, food is fine, wine is fine, but so many silk and brocade fabric home have no place to put.
Gu Yi didn’t notice their difficult expressions and walked towards Song Wan Yue’s house with the box in his arms, “Little girl, I’ve bought you some more beaded flowers, see if you like them?”
Song San Xiao lifted her foot and followed.