The old man laughed when he heard this.
Ordinary people will probably have such considerations.
The Yu family are all honest people.
"It's because I didn't think carefully." Lao An said, "It's cold on the mountain. After a few days, I have to go home."
Sure enough, Lao An did not climb the mountain for no reason.
It's just that it's none of her business, and it's not easy for her to inquire about it.
Lao An told Yu Tang about the sale of land by the Li family: "How did you think that the Li family did it on purpose?"
Yu Tang couldn't say that she knew the Li family's family background because of her previous life experience, so she could only say: "I know Mrs. Li's family is a big merchant in Fujian, and I haven't heard that the Lin family has fallen into trouble!"
The implication is that with the relationship between the Li family and the Lin family, if the Li family is really short of money, how could the Lin family just sit idly by!
Old An nodded, and was about to say something when a little maid came in and said that the Second Wife brought Fifth Miss over.
"Let them in quickly." Old An listened with a smile in his eyes, obviously he liked the Second Wife and Fifth Miss very much.
I don't know what is the relationship between the eldest wife and Lao An
Yu Tang has never seen the eldest wife at Lao An's place.
Seeing that Yu Tang was there, the second wife and the fifth lady, the second wife was okay, she smiled reservedly and nodded towards Yu Tang, but the fifth lady ran over quickly, shouted "Sister Yu", and asked her happily: " Do you want to come to our house to celebrate the New Year? Then do you want to make lanterns with me later? Amber and others will tell me to make lanterns."
also? !
Who else
Yu Tang was surprised.
The Pei family obviously didn't plan to hide it from her. The second wife said with a smile: "Something happened to Miss Gu's family. This year, we will celebrate the New Year at our house."
What can happen to her family
Yu Tang sneered in his heart.
Because of her stepmother, Gu Xi has a very bad relationship with her father and half-siblings, and it can even be described as not caring about their life or death. Moreover, I have never heard of what happened to her family in my previous life...
Could it be that the Gu and Pei families really planned to get married, so Gu Xi made an excuse, and Lao An took advantage of the trend to keep Gu Xi? !
She really wanted to know what happened to the Gu family.
If it was in her previous life, she might inquire about it in private. But after living a new life, she knows how much she has. Instead of playing tricks with people like Lao An, she might as well ask directly. If people are willing to tell her, she will listen, and if they don’t want to tell her, she will stop. That curiosity. So she didn't hesitate, but said bluntly: "What happened to Miss Gu's house? Can't you go back for the New Year?"
The old An and the second wife both showed surprise, and then they exchanged a look.
See no evil, do not speak evil. When it comes to the privacy of other people's homes, most people don't ask. Ms. Yu has also read the book, so she should pretend not to know, but she didn't expect her to ask so bluntly.
Is this Miss Yu sensible or not
The old man suppressed the confusion in his heart, and directly rejected Yu Tang: "We can't talk too much about the Gu family. We just received a letter from Ms. Gu's brother, asking us to keep her here for a new year. Wait for you I will also meet Miss Gu, you are about the same age, you have to get along well."
Yu Tang replied respectfully with a smile, but he wondered in his heart whether his arrival might have something to do with Gu Xi staying for the New Year.
She accompanied the old man and the second wife for a while, and then she was sent down to rest by the old man: "You just came today, and you sat in the sedan chair for half a day. In the afternoon, you will have a good rest in the house, and come over to use it together in the evening." Dinner."
Yu Tang responded with a smile.
Miss Fifth took Yu Tang's hand and begged the old An'er: "I'll help sister Yu pack her things."
The second wife smiled and scolded Miss Fifth: "Don't be naughty, let Miss Yu go to rest first."
Yu Tang likes Miss Fifth very much, and when she is new to a place, she feels more secure with someone she knows around making trouble. She smiled and said to the second wife: "Just let her go back to the guest room with me! With her here, I can have a companion."
Fifth Miss hurriedly hugged Yu Tang's arm, and said to the Second Wife, "Mother, look, Sister Yu also wants to be with me."
The second wife wanted to stop her, but the old An said: "Then you can go with Sister Yu as a companion. However, you are not allowed to be naughty. If you are naughty, then we will never allow you to run around again in the future."
Miss Fifth beamed with joy and nodded repeatedly.
Yu Tang was also very happy, smiled and took Miss Fifth's hand, and bid farewell to the old An and the second wife.
The second wife couldn't help complaining, and said to Lao An: "Mother, you can't spoil her like this anymore. Look at the third girl in the third room, she has a certain amount of advances and retreats at a young age, she looks like a lady..."
The old An interrupted the second wife, and said: "But look at the fourth girl!"
The second wife stopped talking.
However, the old man continued: "Was the fifth girl so lively and active in the past? Originally, keeping filial piety was hard work, and she finally met someone who could talk to her. You are a mother, don't you look forward to seeing her?" Can you be happy? Girls, you can stay at home for a few more years! When you get married, you don’t know what it will be like. I don’t care about others, and I don’t want her to suffer.”
The second wife hurriedly said: "How can it be! With your old man watching, even if we are negligent, she can't suffer!"
Old An made a soft "hum" and didn't speak again.
In the east wing room where Yu Tang lived, she and Fifth Miss were sitting on the arhat bed in the inner room, drinking tea while watching Shuangtao instructing the maidservants in Pei's mansion to tidy up the inner room.
Originally, these people were very energetic when they were assigned to Yu Tang's place, but now they are more agile and careful in doing things in front of Fifth Miss.
Fifth Miss was very interested in the half-made silk flowers in the embroidery basket brought by Yu Tang.
She asked Yu Tang: "Can I learn too?"
Yu Tang smiled and said, "As long as you want."
Fifth Miss was happy, and whispered to her in a whisper: "My grandma is going to have her birthday soon, and I want to give her something different. Sister Yu will teach me how to make a silk flower for my grandma... I'll go talk to her." Aunt Chen wants some maroon velvet. I don’t know if it’s enough. After sister Yu has a rest, I’ll ask the maids to bring it over for you to have a look... The three sisters will come over later... Mrs. Shen and Ms. Gu will also go up the mountain with us Okay...they live in the courtyard next to yours, which is bigger. Mrs. Chen said, Mrs. Shen is Mrs. Shen's wife after all. It would be better to arrange them to live there instead of seeing the monk's face or the Buddha's face... But the three sisters and us Let’s live here together…”
Yu Tang listened with a smile, and didn't inquire about the Gu family.
In her opinion, since the old An was unwilling to tell her, she should not inquire about it on any occasion. Although she was curious as hell.
But the other ladies of the Pei family would also come, which surprised her.
She asked, "Second Miss, why are they here?"
Miss Wu's thoughts were all on the silk flowers in the embroidery basket, while carefully flipping through the various utensils in the embroidery basket, she said absent-mindedly: "The third sister is going to discuss marriage soon, and I have to see what the third uncle and grandma want first." Talent is good. The family wanted to take the opportunity of coming to say hello to the old Ann to let the third sister see him. It is almost Chinese New Year, and people come and go in the Pei family mansion. The third uncle and grandmother came to discuss with the grandmother, and the grandmother agreed. .”
It makes sense.
But why should she be invited
She's not from the Pei family!
Yu Tang still didn't think clearly.
But before she could think about it, Gu Xi suddenly came over.
Beside her was He Xiang, her dowry maid from her previous life, He Xiang was still carrying a basket in her hand, she didn't know what was in it.
"I didn't expect to meet Ms. Yu here again." Gu Xi smiled, chin raised slightly, her tone was gentle but her expression was arrogant, exactly the same as when they met for the first time in the previous life, which made Yu Tang in a trance for a moment, almost unable to distinguish clearly Past and Present.
She thought, could it be that Gu Xi knew her identity, that's why he showed such a face to her
But Gu Xi was obviously much more sincere and kind to Miss Wu, she said to Miss Wu: "The Buddhist incense I made a few days ago is ready, I am going to take a box for you to try, who knows that I only know about you when I go to your room When I came to Ms. Yu's place, Mrs. Shen caught the wind and cold again, and I was ill, so I couldn't wait in your room for a long time, so I ran over."
As she spoke, He Xiang took out a black lacquered tin box.
Miss Fifth's personal maid, Ah Shan, quickly took the box.
"Thank you, Ms. Gu." Fifth Miss said, smiling shyly, and still looking a bit childish, she didn't talk much, and she was still lively and active just now.
Yu Tang's heart moved slightly, thoughtful.
Gu Xi seemed to be used to this fifth young lady, she smiled apologetically at Yu Tang, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Miss Yu was here too, so I brought a box of potpourri fragrances, which are the best for reading and writing. But that's all."
In the previous life, Gu Xi liked making incense, and the incense he made was very famous in Lin'an. Many women from gentry and scholar families in Lin'an were proud to get the incense made by Gu Xi. Yu Tang also got this Hundred Flowers Fragrance in his previous life, and it smells really fragrant, refreshing and very pleasant. It's a pity that she only got one box, and before she used it up, Lin took away the rest of the incense on the grounds that she was a widow and shouldn't be extravagant.
Later, she gradually adapted to the fresh air, but she didn't like burning incense much.
But she still accepted it with a smile—it would be nice to give it to someone who likes to use incense as a gift in the future.
Gu Xi began to visit the place where Yu Tang lived.
The furniture, curtains, etc. all belong to the Pei family, but the hanging screens, flower cups, and tea cups should be the ones they are used to at home.
The hanging screen is four pieces of plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo with black lacquer and gold. No matter the production, materials, and patterns are very common, the flower cup is the cloisonne that can be seen everywhere, not to mention the tea cup, which is a white set without any patterns or colors. porcelain. When she first moved in, such a tea set was also placed on the round table. The little maid of the Pei family who was assigned to serve in her room told her that it was a beautiful display, and the people who moved in would change it into their own tea sets. The tea sets that came, they will naturally put them away.
Yu Tang's living place was clearly set up, but the tea set was still on the table. Either she didn't know the rules of the Pei family, or she didn't bring her usual things up the mountain.
A young lady who stays at other people's house for a while, but doesn't bring her usual things, is she still a young lady