Pei Yan insisted on following his assignment.
He said to the second wife: "After all, I am an official who has become an official. I only came to the capital to visit my mentor. I went out and entered with my second brother. I can't help but make people feel wary. I think I want to re-enter the official. not good."
There is a relative avoidance system in officialdom.
Pei Xuan thought for a while, and didn't force Pei Yan any more.
Things at home were arranged like this.
Yu Tang asked Pei Yan: "Then let's eat in three places!"
Pei Yan nodded, and said: "For now, let's dine in three places temporarily. If the second sister-in-law needs your help or Ah Tong's place is too busy, we can talk about it later."
Anyway, his wife can't do things for those people, even if she wants to do things, she has to let them know how grateful they are.
Yu Tang didn't think too much about it, she just felt that she felt uncomfortable if she was asked to take care of Gu Xi's house, this kind of arrangement was just right, and she could also take good care of Pei Yan's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
When he was in Lin'an, he was the one who took care of her and sheltered her from the wind and rain.
She asked him what he was going to do tomorrow at night.
Pei Yan was leaning on the bedside, flipping through an unknown book in his hand. Hearing this, he lazily shifted his gaze from the book to Yu Tang, and said with a smile, "What are you doing? Want to go out for a walk?" shopping?"
Yu Tang gave a "bah" secretly, thinking about this guy, when he was in a good mood, he would not speak properly.
She simply dropped the previous question and said, "Why are you in such a good mood today?"
It is impossible for him to be so happy because of a house.
Pei Yan didn't answer, but asked her instead: "Why did you think of asking about my whereabouts today?"
He went to see Zhang Ying as soon as he returned to the capital, and he went there alone, without bringing Yu Tang with him, nor did he meet Zhang's family members.
Yu Tang sat down, and while smearing the ointment on his hands, he said: "The weather in the capital is too dry. I have only been here for a few days, and you see, the corners of my mouth are blistered. I have to cook it for you after thinking about it." Just some soup to drink."
Pei Yan took advantage of the situation and leaned forward, saying "Let's see, how big a bubble is there", but put his hands on Yu Tang's waist, hugged him in his arms, and kissed him fiercely...
Yu Tang didn't ask Pei Yan's preferences, but he was so tormented that he couldn't get up. When he got up, he was still cursing Pei Yan in his heart, thinking that it wasn't because she didn't serve him, but because he didn't want her to serve him. She complained that she hadn't had a sip of water since she married him, and she just stuck the sole of her shoe on Pei Yan's face.
It must be interesting to think about that scene.
Yu Tang laughed to himself.
Qing Yuan and the others pretended not to see it.
Ever since Pei Yan and Yu Tang got married, the two often laughed out of nowhere, and they were no strangers to it.
Yu Tang had eaten breakfast, so he called the nanny in charge of the house here, talked about Gu Xi's affairs, and asked her to pass on a message: "If there is anything, let her find you. The rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar For tea and so on, just supply a quarter of the silver from the second master."
Although the three families have their own affairs, the money in the inner courtyard is in the hands of Yu Tang.
Gu Xi was stunned for a long time when he got the words, and asked the nanny who came to pass the message: "Have the mansions in the capital always been like this?"
The nanny in charge didn't understand.
Gu Xi explained: "Isn't the money of each house managed by the stewards?"
The nanny in charge quickly explained: "The money of each house is indeed managed by the stewards. That was the rule when the old An was in charge of the house - the old An didn't like to manage the accounts, so he threw the bills to the stewards. Now that the third master is in charge of the house, he has taken back the power. The steward of the outer court is responsible for distributing the money, and the third wife is in charge of the money." Speaking of this, the nanny who was in charge hesitated for a moment, and said to Gu Xi with some confidence , "I heard from the accountant that the third master only told the money to be allocated to the third wife, and the person who didn't tell the accountant to reconcile the account with the third wife."
That is to say, the accountant of the outer court just gave the money to Yu Tang, as for how Yu Tang used it, that was her business, and she didn't even need to explain it to the accountant of the outer court.
Gu Xi's heart was beating wildly, she couldn't help lowering her voice, and said, "What does Mammy mean?"
The nanny in charge didn't go around in circles, and said bluntly: "The elder is kind to our family, and I can only repay the elder son with these few words. I mean, no matter how much money the third wife allocates to give You use it, don’t worry about it.”
Because it's useless to calculate.
It's a mess.
Gu Xi immediately understood, she didn't expect that there were people from the Grand Master in the mansion in the capital, so she hurriedly thanked him respectfully.
The nanny waved her hand and left the place where Gu Xi lived with a wry smile.
Gu Xi drank his tea, thinking about this matter in his heart.
No matter how you look at it, this nanny is kind, but she doesn't understand, Pei Yan is very skillful, how could he let someone like this nanny go? Is it a fish that slipped through the net? Or is this nanny hiding too deeply? Or, what other intentions does this nun have
Just as she was thinking, He Xiang walked in with her sleeves rolled up, and said to her: "The woman on our stove here cooks very ordinary food. Look, should we hire a cook?"
Gu Xi is very satisfied with where she lives now, it can be regarded as a courtyard within a courtyard, she pondered: "Let's use it first! I'll talk about it after I get familiar with everything here. It's better to be still than to move. "
He Xiang nodded, and said with a smile: "Everything is packed, do you want to go and have a look?"
Gu Xi is still very relieved when she handles affairs, she smiled and said: "What are you looking at? Let's go, let's go to say hello to my third aunt. Go say hello."
By the way, go and ask her for the confinement case of the confinement school, and see if Yu Tang will defraud her and how much money he can give her.
He Xiang agreed, served Gu Xi to change clothes, and went to Yu Tang's place.
They did not expect to meet Xu Xuan here.
She was leaning on the beauty couch under the tree with her big belly, eating an apple while talking to Yu Tang about the cooks in the capital: "I suggest you bring one from Jiangnan. The cooks here are like a Shandong cuisine. But they still think it’s delicious, you just need to say you want a good cook, and they will definitely recommend Shandong cuisine to you, making you dumbfounded.”
Yu Tang was still very attentive to Xu Xuan as before, and she was already the head of the Pei family, and she was still handing Xu Xuan a hot handkerchief by the side.
Gu Xi curled her lips and noticed that there was a girl with an extremely good temperament sitting beside Xu Xuan.
Sensing that someone was looking at her, the girl raised her head, smiled and nodded towards Gu Xi, then whispered something to Xu Xuan.
Xu Xuan looked at her with sharp and cold eyes.
Gu Xi was stunned.
She blinked and looked over again, Xu Xuan's gaze was gentle and clear, as if the chill at that moment was an illusion.
Gu Xi settled down.
Maybe I was wrong.
As she was thinking, she saw Xu Xuan waving at her and said loudly: "I wanted to visit you later, but I didn't expect you to come here first. Have you been to Yang's house? I went to Li's house for a drink a few days ago During the full moon wine, I met Mrs. Yang, she didn't tell me anything, I thought you didn't come to Beijing with me."
Gu Xi knew that Xu Xuan didn't like her when she was in Lin'an. Xu Xuan definitely had nothing good to say when she met her, but she didn't expect that she would meet Xu Xuan when she came to look for Yu Tang. Smiling, he said, "I've been busy tidying up the house for the past few days, and I haven't had time to go to my uncle's house. You met my aunt, how is she? Is she in good health?"
Xu Xuan talked to her hastily, and introduced the woman beside her to her: "This is the eldest lady of the Zhang family."
Gu Xi and Miss Zhang's family greeted each other, and everyone sat down again.
Everyone greeted each other a few words, Xu Xuan became a little impatient, and asked Gu Xi: "When are you going to your sister-in-law's place? Then bring me something for her."
Everyone lives in the capital, why should she bring something to Yin.
Gu Xi smiled and said: "My sister-in-law arrived in the capital a few days ago. What's the matter? Haven't you gone to my sister-in-law's place yet? You want me to bring something to my sister-in-law? Okay! I'm going to go there tomorrow. I will go there today Shall I send someone to pick it up from your house at night?"
Xu Xuan asked, "When will you go there tomorrow?"
When visiting someone’s house, it’s not so early, or around six o’clock, to have lunch; or around noon, to have dinner. Yin Shi is Gu Xi's direct sister-in-law. When she left the cabinet, Yin Shi even used part of her dowry to supplement her. She must have a few more conversations with her natal sister-in-law, and the time has passed.
But Xu Xuan acted as if she wanted to embarrass her, and Gu Xi didn't mind turning back.
"I'll be there at midnight tomorrow morning." She said with a smile, "I plan to stay there for a day."
If you have something to bring over, please send someone to deliver it yourself.
Who knew that Xu Xuan smiled and said: "That's great. This matter is settled like this. I will come early tomorrow morning."
Not only Gu Xi, but also Yu Tang and Miss Zhang were quite surprised.
A flash of pride flashed in Xu Xuan's eyes, and she said: "I have already made an agreement with Yin Mingyuan, and he will send me to you when he goes to the yamen. In this way, I can also tell you some anecdotes about the capital, and you too You can spend more time with me, so that when the Jiang family marries a daughter-in-law, your eyes will be darkened and you will not know anything."
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Gu Xi said, "Jiang's family is marrying a wife? Is it from Dongge University Bachelor and Ministry of Industry Minister Jiang's family? Who in their family will marry a daughter-in-law?"
She didn't get an invitation.
Xu Xuan said: "The youngest son of their family. He is ten years old this year and married the daughter of the prefect of Shanyin. Mr. Jiang and his in-laws are from the same age. It is said that they have a very good relationship."
Otherwise, they would not marry their children and in-laws.
What Yu Tang was thinking about was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiang family and the young lady of the Wu family.
Gu Xi was anxious about whether he could get an invitation when the time came.
As for Xu Xuan, Gu Xi was in a very happy mood after the stabbing, and said to Miss Zhang: "Speaking of which, the third wife and we are not outsiders. When you are free, you can come to visit more. She has just arrived in the capital, and she is very familiar with many people in the capital." I am not familiar with the place, tomorrow they will buy some hosta flowers at their house, and it is the flower farmer I introduced."
Miss Zhang received the advice from Zhang's parents, so she naturally wanted to speak with Yu Tang in her arms. She wondered: "Why did the third wife think of wanting hosta flowers? There are quite a lot of them. Do you need any other flowers? Although our family also has familiar flower farmers in Fengtai, it is not as good as Yin's family - my cousin has liked it since he was a child." Flower husbands in the capital also know about growing flowers, as long as it is said that my cousin’s family wants to buy flowers, everyone dare not neglect them, for fear of being complained by him in his "Quanfangpu"."