After Jiang Li and Tong'er Baixue went to Xihualou, it was getting late, and they didn't go on wandering outside or went to Lizhengtang, so they went straight back to Yefu.
No one in the Ye family dared to care about her, it was very convenient for her to travel, but after returning, Jiang Li specially asked Tong'er to inquire about Ye Jiaer's situation and learned that Ye Jiaer hadn't returned yet.
Ye Jiaer stayed in Lizhengtang for a whole afternoon after Jiang Li left Lizhengtang. It's just business, and Ye Jiaer should be back in the evening. He didn't come back right now. Jiang Li guessed that it was related to the "Uncle Zhuang" and "Uncle Zhao" that Ye Jiaer had previously said. The little trouble caused by the Ye family's business seemed not small.
But right now, even if she asked about the Ye family, the Ye family wouldn't tell her the truth. After all, they hadn't "rebuilt the old ones". For a guest who is not very familiar with them, there is no need to mention these family matters too much.
It's not yet time.
Jiang Li ignored Ye Jia'er's affairs, and met Qiong Zhi today, which made her forget her worries and made her feel much more relaxed. That night, I felt tired for the first time, so I collapsed to rest.
A good night's dream.
From this day on, the Ye family suddenly became busy. In the next few days, when Jiang Li was walking around in Ye Mansion, all he saw were Ye Mansion's housekeeper and maid, not to mention Ye Mingxuan and Ye Minghui, not even the Zhuo family and the Guan family. Ye Rufeng and Ye Jiaer didn’t know where they were. Sometimes there was no one when they were eating. The housekeeper simply made a small kitchen for Jiangli. When Jiangli needed to eat, he didn’t have to go to the front hall and was alone. Just eat it in the yard.
It's not that the Ye family don't want to see Jiangli, it's that the Ye family are busy and don't eat at the house. If you don't know about Lizhengtang, it is almost doubtful that there is no host family present in a mansion of Nuo Da.
Jiang Li vaguely realized that Ye's trouble was not a trivial matter, but no one was seen. She wanted to inquire, but it was in vain. She asked Tong'er to inquire, but Ye's maid didn't know it, Jiang Li felt very helpless.
The weather was fine on this day.
At the end of autumn and early winter, Xiangyang is in the south, which is warmer than Yanjing, and winter comes later. Wearing an outer dress, Jiang Li stood in the yard, watching Tonger and Baixue make a contact.
The two maids were a bit tired and lazy in Ye Mansion, after all, they weren't their own home, and they were not in the mood to play with flowers. Sometimes in the daytime, you only need to do things well in the morning and there is nothing to do. Jiang Li teaches them to recognize words to pass the time.
Tong'er yawned and said, "There is no one in Yefu today."
It is of course wrong to say that there are no people. There are people in the Ye Mansion, but they are all subordinates. When asking about the Ye family, you don't even know about it. Tonger doesn't even have any interest in talking.
"Isn't it okay if no one restrains you?" Jiang Li teased her, "You can be considered free."
"The servant girl that the girl said seems to like to go wild." Tong Er pouted, "The servant girl is fighting for the girl's injustice. If the Ye family is not there, it doesn't matter if the girl is going to see Mrs. Ye, these servants She's even more tight-lipped about Mrs. Ye, who has been here for so long, and the girl doesn't even know which yard Mrs. Ye lives in."
The Ye family did not seem to have planned for Jiang Li to see Mrs. Ye now, and they didn't know when they would meet. The wait was so far away. Jiang Li could actually meet Mrs. Ye by herself while the Ye family were not there, but in this way, the Ye family would only have a worse impression of her and it would be more difficult to repair the relationship.
Moreover, as the Ye family said, Mrs. Ye's body is not good right now. If she is too excited to see Jiang Li, Jiang Li is really guilty of making three shortcomings.
So Jiang Li didn't take the initiative to touch the fragile string, which was rarely confused.
Looking at the sky, today's sun is very good, Jiang Li said: "Let's go out for a walk."
Staying in Ye Mansion all the time doesn't help much, so it's better to go out and have a look.
When Tong'er heard this, she immediately became happy, pulled Bai Xue to her feet, and said, "Okay, where does the girl want to go?"
"Just walk around." Jiang Li smiled.
A few people went out of the yard together, and the concierge did not stop her, only asked if she needed a guard, Jiang Li politely declined. At this moment, suddenly a group of horses and carts stopped in front of Yefu Gate.
It looked like a caravan, because the horses were all carrying a baggage, and a heavy wooden box was tied to the back of the carriage.
Jiang Li paused slightly. Is this a guest of the Ye family
The caravan stopped, but there was no guard, only a horseman, and a man who looked like a small servant. Seeing Jiang Li standing at the door, the little servant looked at Jiang Li in surprise, then quickly walked to the other side of the carriage, and jumped out of a man from the carriage.
The man has a little finger-long scar on his left face. He is wearing a black-brown short-strike suit. His upper body seems to have a layer of soft armor. He looks like a trafficker, but the boots on his feet are embroidered moccasins with gold rims. , It is very expensive at first glance.
Jiang Li was taken aback. This person was the man she met at the back door of Xihualou after seeing Qiongzhi not long ago. At that time, the man also looked at her a few more times. Jiang Li felt that this person was a little familiar, but he was a real stranger.
Unexpectedly, I met here right now.
When the concierge saw this person, he immediately left Jiang Li behind, and greeted him in surprise, saying, "San Ye, you are back!"
Ye Sanye? This person is Ye Mingyu!
Jiang Li suddenly realized that this person was Ye Mingyu, the bastard master of the Ye family, and Uncle Mingyu who was born with his mother. No wonder she felt familiar, but he was indeed a stranger. She and Ye Mingyu have never seen each other, but they are in touch with Ye Zhenzhen in the end.
Ye Mingyu laughed and greeted the concierge, and saw Jiang Li at this moment. He condensed his gaze, apparently also recognizing that Jiang Lizeng had a relationship with him at the gate of Xihualou, puzzled, and asked the concierge: "This girl is..."
The concierge was extremely embarrassed and coughed slightly, and said, "This is Miss Cousin from Yanjing City, Miss Jiang Er."
Ye Mingyu's little boy, who was struggling to carry something to the door of the mansion, suddenly slipped the box in his hand and fell to the ground with a "clang".
Ye Mingyu was also taken aback.
Miss Jiang Er, isn't this the daughter of his twin sister! To know how much Ye Mingyu still cares about this niece who has never been masked, he should be regarded as a person in the Ye family who still has feelings for Jiang Li. When Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan went to pick up ginger pears, Ye Mingyu was a layman. Both Uncle Ye and Ye Erye heard Jiang Li's hurtful words with their own eyes, but Ye Sanye didn't. Therefore, Ye Sanye is not like his two elder brothers who resent it.
Moreover, he walked the rivers and lakes, he was originally rough and bold, and his heart was actually wider than other people's. Simply put, he was a big heart, thinking that Jiang Li was young, and saying wrong things was nothing. If it wasn't for Mrs. Ye's sudden illness later, he would have to go to Yanjing to pick up Jiang Li regardless of Ye family's obstruction.
Later, Ye Mingyu often went to sea with the fleet, and only came back every year, which gradually dispelled the idea of picking Jiang Li back.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, he would see the legendary niece here, Ye Mingyu almost suspected that he was dreaming. Jiang Li is here? How could Jiang Li come to Xiangyang? She is the daughter of Jiang Yuanbai, the first daughter of the first family, how could she come to Xiangyang in trouble? Why would the Ye family let her in? Didn't the Ye family hate Jiang Li, the little girl in front of her seemed to have lived well in Ye's family
Damn, what kind of mess is this? ! Ye Lao Er didn't mention it at all when he wrote a letter? Is he dreaming
Ye Mingyu's words were stuck in his throat, but he didn't know what to say for a while. Seeing her like this, Jiang Li smiled and said, "You are Uncle Mingyu, I'm Jiang Li."
Ye Mingyu was dizzy and regained his senses. He asked, "Jiang... Ali, why are you here?"
"Uncle Mingxuan came to Yanjing and visited Jiang's house by the way. Uncle Mingxuan and I went back to Xiangyang together, wanting to see my grandmother." Jiang Li glanced behind Ye Mingyu, "Uncle Mingyu just came back, but in Yefu No one is there now."
"Never mind anyone, they are not important anyway." Ye Mingyu waved his hand and said: "Ali, I'll put my things first and met my mother. Tell me what's going on."
Jiang Li paused, Ye Mingyu was not very polite and didn't consider herself an outsider, but that's okay. She planned to use Ye Mingyu as a gap in the Ye family from the beginning, but Ye Mingyu was late and she didn't know what Ye Mingyu was like. People. Now that I see it, Ye Mingyu is more informal than she thought, which is good.
There is no need to go out today. Jiang Li smiled: "Okay, I'll be waiting for Uncle Mingyu in the front hall. However," she smiled, "I haven't seen my grandmother until now, and my grandmother doesn't know that I returned to Ye's house. It’s. When Uncle Mingyu sees her grandmother, please don’t mention me. It won’t be good if your grandmother gets excited and hurts her body."
Ye Mingyu was in a daze again. Jiang Li didn't say that he went back to Xiangyang to see Mrs. Ye Lao, but this time he said that he hadn't seen Mrs. Ye Lao so far, and Mrs. Ye didn't know she was back. What happened? What's going on? Which one is Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er
Ye Mingyu only felt that his mind was muddled, and he couldn't distinguish it for granted, so he had to accept Jiang Li's words and do something first.
Jiang Li turned around and walked towards the front hall.
Tonger asked: "Girl, shall we go for a walk?"
"Don't go." Jiang Li smiled. Going for a walk also wanted to know what happened to the Ye family. Since Master Ye San has already returned to the house, you don't have to go out, you can know from Master Ye San's mouth.
It seemed that Master Ye San was a good talker.
…
Back to the front hall, Jiang Li was at the table, and Bai Xue made a pot of tea. Before Ye Mingyu came, Jiang Li was not in a hurry and waited patiently.
Her patience has always been very good, and even the people of the Ye family who served her have discovered this. No matter how long he waited, Jiang Li's expression was always calm and gentle, without a trace of anxiety. For girls in this grade, this is rare. She doesn't have the arrogance of a daughter-in-law, and she is approachable like a girl next door.
But even the girl next door is a girl next door who can't get inside.
I don't know how long it took, Ye Mingyu finally came back.
When he saw Jiang Li, his eyes lit up, and he smiled heartily: "I thought you were gone, how about it, have you waited for a long time?"
"Soon." Jiang Li also smiled, "I haven't finished a cup of tea yet."
Ye Mingyu sat down opposite Jiang Li. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Ali, I just came back from outside. I don't know what happened. Why did you suddenly go back to Xiangyang?"
"I've already said it," Jiang Li said helplessly, "I wanted to come back to see my grandmother, so I came back with Uncle Mingxuan."
"But you haven't seen the old lady yet?" Ye Mingyu said.
"It's not that I don't want to see my grandmother, but Uncle Minghui and Uncle Mingxuan said that the old lady is not in good health, and the timing is wrong to make her see me. It is inevitable that she will get angry and hurt her body. I have been in Xiangyang for almost half a month, but I haven't found a suitable one. Chance."
After listening to Jiang Li's words, Ye Mingyu showed a blank face. Of course he heard Jiang Li's implication. It was the Ye family who prevented her from seeing Mrs. Ye, and it was not Jiang Li's unwillingness. Even though Ye Mingyu was not in Xiangyang at the time, he later heard that the Ye family was not polite to Jiang Li. He also knew that Jiang Li suddenly returned to the Ye family in Xiangyang, and the Ye family would never welcome him warmly.
But Ye Mingyu couldn't make his own claim to let Jiang Li and Mrs. Ye Lao meet now.
He turned off the conversation uneasily, and said, "That's how it is."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Ming Yu has worked so hard now."
Ye Mingyu smiled and said, "What can I do for you? I just go out and enjoy the mountains and rivers."
Ye Mingyu’s so-called “going out to sea for business” actually does not make much profit for the Ye family every year, and the Ye family do not bother to hold him back, saying it is doing business, it is indeed a trip to the mountains and rivers. Because of his playfulness, Jiang Li is now fifteen, and Ye Mingyu, who is the same age as Ye Zhenzhen, has not yet married.
This is almost becoming a part of Mrs. Ye's heart. When Ye Mingyu returns to Xiangyang every New Year, Mrs. Ye will find a nice girl for him. Ye Mingyu also hid quickly. As soon as the New Year passed, he went on the road immediately, and the mountains were high and the rivers were going for a long time.
"Nevertheless, not everyone has the guts to travel around the mountains and rivers." Jiang Li smiled, "Don't stick to the world, do whatever you want, live forever, don't just pay attention to being happy? Have seen different famous mountains and rivers , With a broad vision, but more free than those who stay in the mansion all day."
Ye Mingyu was stunned as soon as he heard it. The next moment, there was excitement in his heart, and he almost wanted Jiang Li to be a friend. Everyone who knows him thinks that he is a nonsense. As a descendant of the Ye family, he has a lot of family business. If he doesn't take care of his family business at home, marrying his wife and having children, he must go to the rivers and lakes and travel around the mountains and rivers. But he doesn't like stability from the bones, he likes to take risks and gain insights, just like an eagle cannot be confined under the eaves, and a strong horse cannot be tied to a stable.
However, the only person in the Ye Family who understood him was Ye Zhenzhen. Perhaps it was because of the blood connection. Because of Ye Zhenzhen's understanding back then, Ye Mingyu couldn't bear to be alienated even with Jiang Li. But then Ye Zhenzhen died, and the last person who understood him was gone.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Li said something similar to Ye Zhenzhen again here.
Ye Mingyu couldn't help feeling deeply. Everyone says that Ye Zhenzhen is simple and honest, has no scheming, and is not smart enough. But Ye Mingyu thought that it was a gentle person like Ye Zhenzhen that could understand the simple truth. Look carefully, the appearance of ginger pear is not the same as that of Ye Zhenzhen. Compared with Ye Zhenzhen's roundness, ginger pear is much more delicate and delicate, resembling Jiang Yuanbai, beautiful in spirit, and more clever.
But she is Ye Zhenzhen's daughter.
Jiang Li saw the softness in Ye Mingyu's eyes, and his heart moved, Ye Mingyu's attitude towards her softened, which is a good thing.
Ye Mingyu consciously gets along with this niece, and Jiang Li is not as ruthless as Ye Minghui said. He has traveled north and south for so many years. He has seen too many arrogant young ladies, but Jiang Li is extremely gentle. Warm and soft. But this kind of gentleness is different from his niece Ye Jiaer. Ye Jiaer is steady and sturdy, but Jiang Li is particularly smart. Her vision seems to be different from that of ordinary boudoir girls, and she looks more unique. She is a very "pattern" girl.
Not only because she is Ye Zhenzhen's daughter, Ye Mingyu likes this little girl from the bottom of my heart.
He scratched his head, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "You came back this time, I didn't give you anything to give you, my caravan brought some gadgets from the sea." He was a little bit embarrassed. But you are from Yanjing. These things are not rare. I just bought them because they looked interesting. I don't know if you like Ali."
Ye Mingyu buys things naturally as he wants, even the trades that follow the seagoing fleet are as willful as he himself. He will never consider whether he can make a fortune, and simply rely on his preferences.
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Interesting things are much harder than precious things."
"You're right," Ye Mingyu agreed with Jiang Li's words, calling the young man next to him: "A Shun, go and get a box!"
It's really a flamboyant temperament.
Jiang Li smiled and didn't say a word. She talked to this Uncle Ming Yu to deepen her feelings, so that Master Ye San would stand by her side and help her and the Ye family "rebuild the good old".
Ah Shun and Ye Mingxuan's sister, Ah Fu, should be a pair of brothers. They look a bit like but have completely different personalities. Ah Fu is as smart as Ye Mingxuan, but Ah Shun is as rough as Ye Mingyu. A mahogany box was soon brought in. There were still many such boxes in Ye Mingyu's caravan before.
Ye Mingyu asked Ashun to open the box and asked Jiang Li with a smile: "Ali, which one do you like? Uncle gave you a gift."
The Ye family seems to like to say this sentence? Jiang Li thought to herself, Ye Jiaer took her to Lizhengtang, and said that he would send her off if he fancyed the horse. At this moment, Ye Mingyu said that he would send her off as well. Perhaps this is the home of the wealthy, rich and generous
Jiang Li looked down into the box.
I don't know what the odds and ends are in the box, some pearl opals, which are considered valuable. There is also a diorama. There is a small wooden box. When you press the button, the villain comes out of the box and dances, which is very interesting. There was also something like a long tube. Jiang Li picked it up and looked at it. Ye Mingyu said, "This is a kaleidoscope. I will teach you how to..."
Before the word "use" was spoken, Jiang Li had already picked it up and put it on his eyes, turning the axle wheel.
Ye Mingyu choked, Ashun looked at Jiang Li in surprise. Even the well-informed Ye Mingyu couldn't figure out how to use it the first time he saw it. The young lady of the Jiang family seemed to be very skilled. Could it be that she had seen it before? But didn't Haishang say that almost no one in Beiyan knew about this stuff
"Have you seen it before?" Ye Mingyu asked.
"No." Jiang Li said with a smile: "I just saw someone record it in a travel journal, and the truth is the first time I held it in my hand."
Xue Zhao liked these weird things very much, and liked reading miscellaneous books with Xue Huaiyuan on his back, but his habit made a lot of lone books in the family, and Jiang Li also learned a lot of special things.
Ye Mingyu took a higher look at Jiang Li, and felt that Jiang Li was very close to him.
Jiang Li picked up a shell-like object again. The shell was very unique, like the feathers of a peacock, bright and dripping. If you look carefully, there will be a small brilliance and sparkling in the sunlight. Placed next to the opal, it hasn't been compared at all.
"This is a peacock feather." Ye Mingyu saw Jiang Li looking at the shells in his hand, and said: "I bought it from the sea caravan this time. I think this thing is new and beautiful. I bought a lot of boxes in the house. It's all in it. But when I came back, I asked. Others heard that it was a shell, so they couldn't afford the price. The peacock feather I bought for real money probably lost money this time." He sighed.
Jiang Li disagrees, Ye Mingyu only saw the beauty of this peacock feather, but he couldn't change the fact that it was a shell. Even the bleak opal is worth more than the most beautiful peacock feather, there is no doubt about it. But Ye Mingyu probably never asked about business matters, and he didn't have any insights into business. It's normal to do such dumbfounding things. I just don't know what the expressions of Ye Uncle and Ye Erye looked at the shells in this box after they came back.
Ye Mingyu suddenly remembered something and looked at Jiang Li and said, "It just so happens. Since you like it, this box of peacock feathers is given to you. A Shun, take this to Miss Biao's yard later."
Before Jiang Li had time to stop it, Ashun immediately agreed, carrying the box and leaving. Jiang Li suspected that Ye Mingyu could not sell the peacock feathers, and could not find any other place to store them. Let Jiang Li help him solve some.
It's just not easy to refuse.
"Then thank you Uncle Mingyu." Jiang Li smiled.
"No thanks, no thanks," Ye Mingyu waved his hand, "If you don't have enough, I have plenty of them, just a few boxes will do."
Jiang Li: "..."
Going on, Ye Mingyu was afraid that all the peacock feathers would really be piled up in her yard. Jiang Li said, "Uncle Mingyu, let's talk about other things."
When he said this, Ye Mingyu patted his thigh suddenly, and said, "It's okay if you don't say it. When I said that I remembered, I have been telling you for so long, but I haven't had time to ask you something. A Li, I was a few days ago. It was you who saw you in Xihualou, did you admit it? Good point, what are you doing in Xihualou?"
Ye Mingyu remembered the moment he saw Jiang Li, and he recognized Jiang Li as the little girl he met in Xihualou. At that time, he was still strange. The women who came to Xihualou to find people were all women. This little girl didn't dress like a woman, and she described it as calm, which was really strange. And when I saw her, I felt familiar, I don't know where I saw her. Thinking about it now, I felt familiar at the time, probably because the blood in his bones reminded him that this was his niece.
Jiang Li smiled and said, "I also have something to ask Uncle Ming Yu. Uncle Ming Yu has arrived in Xiangyang at least three days ago and ran into me at Xihualou. Since he has already returned, why not go back to Ye's house? "
Ye Mingyu's face flashed with embarrassment, and he raised his hand to touch his nose, and said, "I.... Get familiar with the environment first, and make some preparations."
He didn't know, but Jiang Li understood. Ye Mingyu really went to Xihualou to have fun. She was afraid of being discovered and told the Ye family, and even deliberately entered through the back door. As for why he didn't enter the house, he probably didn't want to go back so early, and he avoided the nightmare of when the Ye family members were talking about when to get married.
Jiang Li didn't come to hear Ye Mingyu talk about his love affairs, so he nodded and said, "I don't know what Xihualou is. I thought it was a restaurant and there was no one outside, so I went up and took a look. I didn't expect it to be Hualou, when I found out, I left, and happened to meet Uncle Ming Yu."
"That's it." Ye Mingyu understood. He didn't think too much, after all, Jiang Li deliberately went to find a flower house to stroll around, and showed this to anyone in Xiangyang City, even the beggar on the street would not believe it. Not to mention the untainted daughter of the first assistant, and ordinary girls would not go to such a place.
"Uncle Ming Yu, there is one thing I want to ask you too." Jiang Li hesitated and said.
"What's the matter, you say."
"Uncle Ming Yu's return to Xiangyang this time is probably not just to visit his grandmother. The Ye family's business seems to be in trouble. Even Uncle Ming Yu also rushed back. This trouble should not be easy to solve." Jiang Li looked at him, "Could you tell me what went wrong?"
Ye Mingyu was taken aback for a moment, never expected that Jiang Li was asking this. For a while, he was a little undecided about the Ye Family's business. He was a little more cautious, but Jiang Li, who had been talking to him gently, just stared at him without blinking, very insistent.
Ye Mingyu was watched by Jiang Li, and her heart softened somehow, thinking that Jiang Li was actually half of the Ye family, and the Ye family was guarding her like a thief, and the little girl would feel sad. Just said: "In fact, it's not a big deal. The fabrics of our Ye family are sent to garment shops everywhere every year. Especially the antique satin, you know, the nobles of Yanjing City also love to wear it."
"Recently, there was something wrong with this batch of fabrics. Some people wore clothes made of antique satin, and they got a lot of red rashes. I couldn't see the reason when I looked at the doctor. We are still investigating this matter," Ye Mingyu is rare. There was a somewhat worried look, "But I dare to say that it is definitely not a fabric problem. The weaving field is in Xiangyang. The eldest brother and the second brother have been staring at them, and they have never had any problems. It's just that we don't listen to others. "
He shook his head, looking very depressed.
As he was talking, someone's footsteps came from outside, and then someone cried out in surprise, "Ming Yu?"
Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu looked at the door, and it turned out that it was Ye Minghui and Ye Mingxuan who had returned.