kingnovel Chapter 1113 Cui Jinyin’s Meeting Gift
Chapter 1113 Cui Jinyin’s Meeting Gift
When everyone heard that Mu Ruojue was Master Liang's apprentice, they were very enthusiastic.
Wu Lizheng was the first to speak: "Mr. Mu, are you married?"
Zhou Lizheng rolled his eyes again and whispered that he still had evil intentions.
Mu Ruojue was silent to begin with, and upon hearing this, he lowered his head and said nothing.
Shen Zheng could feel that if anyone continued to talk to him, he would probably get up and run away.
Just as Shen Zheng was about to speak, Fang Ziyan, who was sitting to Mu Ruojue's right, spoke up: "Hey, uncles and brothers, why do you always ask others whether they are married or not, but never ask me? You know my family background, I'm the richest man in Quanyang! Although I'm not particularly rich, at least I have enough to eat and drink... Of course, I'm not old enough yet, so you can make a reservation first, first come first served!"
Everyone laughed at his amusement and asked him, "What if we can't wait?"
"And my eldest brother!" Fang Ziyan said confidently: "Everyone knows my eldest brother Fang Wenxiu, right? He's not bad looking, right? But for some reason, no girl is interested in him. My father is worried sick! I also think every day, if only someone could be my sister-in-law... Alas!"
Fang Ziyan sighed heavily, which made everyone laugh again.
As he laughed, Wu Lizheng discovered a clue.
He quietly tugged at Zhou Lizheng's sleeve and asked, "Brother Zhou, did I just... say something wrong?"
Zhou Lizheng was also peeking at Mu Ruojue, and nodded when he heard this: "Mr. Mu must be not good at communicating with others, even worse than when Lord Xingjian first came. Brother Wu, you were so presumptuous just now..."
They all understand that even joking requires discerning people.
If the other person is willing to joke with you, then this "joke" is called a "joke". If the other person does not like jokes, then this "joke" is presumptuous.
Wu Lizheng slapped his mouth and said in frustration, "I was so focused on his appearance that I lost my temper... No, I have to go and apologize to him. I don't want him to have a bad impression of our county."
"No, no, no!" Zhou Lizheng held him back and whispered, "If you go, it will just make things awkward. Just don't look at them anymore."
"Really?" Wu Lizheng sat back nervously.
"Really? Believe me." Zhou Lizheng consoled him and said, "Look! It's the turn of the jeweled little girl!"
Wu Lizheng immediately raised his head.
The little girl pursed her lips, twisted her sleeves, stood up, and coughed softly, saying, "Hello everyone, my name is Cui Jinyin, and I'm your student."
teacher?
Those who didn't know the truth were discussing secretly who the "teacher" she was talking about was.
Shen Zheng raised her hand, "My student."
Upon hearing this, the people in the village widened their eyes and looked at Cui Jinyin as if she were a monkey.
Even Li Hongmao asked Pei Zhaoqi, "Zhaoqi, has Master Shen accepted a disciple?"
Pei Zhaoqi nodded and whispered, "Nan Shu said it was His Majesty's intention."
"Your Majesty?!" Li Hongmao glanced at Cui Jinyin in surprise, then raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and asked, "Is she... a princess?"
No wonder she is covered in jewels and gems, like a walking treasure box.
But this princess... must be difficult to serve, right?
I don’t know if their adults can handle it.
"No." Pei Zhaoqi shook his head.
Li Hongmao had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Cui Jinyin continue, "Since we're new here, I've prepared some small gifts for everyone. Fatty... Ziyan, Zhaoqi, come and help me."
Fang Ziyan ran over happily.
Everyone was curious about what was in those big boxes. Now that they heard that they were gifts for them, they subconsciously became excited.
Zhao Xiu whispered to Xiao Yuan, "Yuan'er, what's in it? It was quite heavy when I lifted it yesterday."
Xiao Yuan chuckled and didn't answer.
Zhao Xiu continued to speculate: "Wood carving?"
Xiao Yuan shook his head.
"stone carving?"
Xiao Yuan shook his head.
"Iron tools?" Zhao Xiu's guess became bolder.
But Xiao Yuan still shook his head.
"It can't be the mud from Shangjing, right?!" Zhao Xiu gradually became crazy.
"Hey, Brother Zhao, stop guessing." Xiao Yuan suppressed the words on the tip of his tongue and said, "You'll know in a moment."
Zhao Xiu looked at Cui Jinyin with confusion.
Cui Jinyin was seen standing in front of several large boxes. She bent down and opened the lids. Inside the boxes were small brocade boxes beautifully packaged.
Everyone gasped.
"That box doesn't look cheap at all! This Miss Cui's family background is extraordinary..." Zhou Lizheng said in a low voice.
Cui Jinyin smiled at everyone and said to Fang Ziyan and the others, "Ziyan, Zhaoqi, I'll send it this way, and you send it that way."
The two nodded, picked up the brocade boxes one by one from the box, and shuttled between the tables, not forgetting to add: "Wait until everyone has received them before opening them."
Such a mysterious posture stunned everyone.
A moment later, everyone received the "greeting gift" from Cui Jinyin.
Cui Jinyin clapped her hands, "Okay, everyone can open it now."
Out of curiosity, everyone slowly opened the lid of the box, and the sound of "clicking" was heard.
When they saw clearly what was inside the box, they gasped and Shen Zheng felt that the county government office was about to become a vacuum zone.
"Gold, gold, gold..."
“Silver, silver, silver…”
"Hmm?" Cui Jinyin looked at them: "Who called me?"
Everyone woke up as if from a dream, and after coming to their senses, they immediately put the brocade box back on the table, not daring to touch it.
"Ms. Cui, this gift is too valuable. We cannot accept it..."
"Miss Cui, we appreciate your kindness, but you should take this gift back."
"Yes, yes, we understand."
No one expected that the "little gift" Cui Jinyin mentioned would be some silver jewelry and a handful of gold leaves, including Shen Zheng.
A few pieces of silver jewelry may not sound like much, but you have to know that many people today have them, not to mention a handful of gold leaves.
At the beginning, when Shen Zheng knew that Cui Jinyin wanted to "bribe" the people of Tongan County, she told her that the gift should not be too expensive, otherwise it would be bad.
Unexpectedly, Cui Jinyin agreed and turned around to stuff gold leaves into the brocade box.
Shen Zheng looked a little helpless. She called Cui Jinyin over and asked her in a low voice, "Didn't you say there were only silver ornaments? Where did the gold leaves come from?"
Cui Jinyin bit her lower lip and whispered, "From the Cui Mansion..."
"?"
Shen Zheng frowned and asked again: "When did you go to Cui's house? Did your uncle know? Did Prime Minister Cui know?"
"I didn't go to Cui's house..."
Shen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief at Cui Jinyin's answer, but the next moment, she continued, "A long time ago, my grandfather... no, Prime Minister Cui gave me a seal at the Tongda Bank, saying he would deposit a dowry for me every month. If I needed money, I could withdraw it with the seal and the secret key. But you know, I'm not short of money at all, so I left it there until a few days before I left Beijing. I suddenly remembered it and thought it would be a waste, so I... took the seal to the Tongda Bank."