"Is it okay if you don't understand?" Wei Yang moved the hand that was pressing on the side of her face and gently grasped Yan Gui's big hand.
Yan Gui clenched the small, soft hand in his hand: "What does it matter? What do so many housekeepers' mothers do?"
"My mother..." Wei Yang paused and continued, "When I was twelve, it was agreed that I would learn housekeeping from my eldest sister-in-law, but I was lazy and always put it off. In the summer, I said it was too hot, and in the fall, I was eager to go hunting and attend flower fairs with my brothers and nephews. Then came winter, and it was cold, and then it was the summer of the following year. Mother and my eldest sister-in-law could no longer teach me housekeeping."
Wei Yang sighed slightly: "If I had studied hard then, I would definitely be able to understand these dowry lists now. But..."
Yan Gui's hands were burning hot and slightly sweaty, so he covered Wei Yang's mouth with his hands: "Silly girl, all that is in the past. Whether you can read the dowry list or manage the household, I will marry you."
"Wei Yang, do you like Yanzhou or the capital?" Yan Gui put the little girl's hand on his face and rubbed it gently.
"I like them all. I like the people in Yanzhou. They are very warm and cheerful. One time, Yan Xiaoling and I went shopping and walked into an alley. We saw a beautiful peach tree in a family's yard. We stood under the wall and looked at it, smelling the fragrance of the flowers. Yan Xiaoling suggested that we secretly pick one."
At this point, Wei Yang couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle: "In the end, a fierce old woman came out of the yard. She was very fierce. She opened the yard door and asked, whoever steals the peach blossoms from my garden, I will break her legs."
"What happened next? Did you run away?" Yan Gui couldn't help but ask.
"No... ... "
Wei Yang turned over and lay on her back, and there was a long silence. Just when Yan Gui was about to ask more questions, Wei Yang spoke again: "The old woman came out and saw us, and asked, I have never seen such a beautiful girl. Are you a girl from the general's mansion? I was very surprised at the time, and asked her why she said I was a girl from the general's mansion."
"The old woman said, I heard that General Yan has a wife who has not yet married, and she is like a fairy in the sky. Many people have seen her, but unfortunately I didn't see her. I think you are, you are just like a fairy." Wei Yang said and couldn't help giggling.
She has never praised herself. Although these words were said by others, when they come out of her mouth, it always feels like Wang Po bragging about herself.
Yan Gui's palm gently slid across her hair, landed on her little face, and pinched it: "This old woman really has good taste."
Wei Yang nudged him shyly: "Are you still going to listen?"
"Listen." Yan Gui obediently withdrew his hand: "So what happened to you later?"
"Later, the old woman said, 'My peach tree is pretty, isn't it?' Yan Xiaoling and I both said, 'It's pretty.' The old woman said, 'Since you are the girls of the general's mansion, I will give you this peach tree...'" Wei Yang stopped talking here, tilted her head and looked at Yan Gui: 'Guess what she said about the peach tree.'
"Probably for you. The people of Yanzhou still love the Yan Family Army very much, not to mention that she is a girl from the general's mansion." As he said that, Yan Gui stretched out his hand and pinched Wei Yang's nose: "You are the general's wife that Yanzhou is fighting for."
Wei Yang shook her head and couldn't help laughing again: "She said, since you are the girls of the general's mansion, I will sell this peach tree to you. Ten taels of silver."