"What's wrong? Don't you like it? How about I make another one?" Seeing that she hadn't received the purse for a long time, Yun Fu thought she didn't like it, so he said hastily.
"No need, I like it very much." Wei Yingzhi snatched the purse he wanted to take back, and looked through it carefully for a moment. Seeing that the stitches and threads on it were quite exquisite, which was much better than what she made herself, she couldn't help saying, "How did you do it so well? It's even better than last time."
Yun Fu pursed his lips and smiled: "Didn't you say that you want to make a better one than last time?"
Wei Yingzhi scratched her ears, as if she had indeed said such a thing.
While putting the purse in her arms, she sighed and said: "Yunfu, if you were a girl, I would definitely let my brother marry you as my sister-in-law."
Able to write articles, dance with a big knife, hold a needle and thread, and enter the kitchen, such an all-round talent, you can't find many people in the world with lanterns.
Yun Fu's ears turned red from what she said, and he stammered: "You, what are you talking about? I, I don't want, don't want to be a girl!"
"Oh! My family Yunfu is so good-looking, and she learns everything quickly and well. I don't know which girl will be cheaper in the future!" Wei Yingzhi shook her head, imitating her father's appearance and sighing for a long time.
"You, you, say it again, I, I will ignore you!" Yun Fu was embarrassed, gave her a hard look, turned and left.
"Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore, don't talk anymore, don't be annoyed..." Wei Yingzhi chased after him, begging for peace softly all the way.
"Miss Si made Yunfu angry again, didn't she?" Qiutang just came over, saw this scene, and said a little funny.
"It's not like you don't know that, apart from Miss Four, who else in the whole family has the ability to annoy Yunfu." Chunliu said with a smile.
Yunfu's good temper is even worse than that of the Duke, only the fourth girl can easily make him angry and jump, and no one else has this ability.
Qiutang smiled lightly: "That's true!"
Then he sighed again, "So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and even Yunfu is about to pass the exam."
"Who says it's not, even our sister Qiutang has become a mother, so there's no need to talk about it." Chunliu answered the words with a smile.
Qiutang's pretty face flushed, and she tapped her shoulder angrily: "Sooner or later, I will have you!"
"I don't want to marry! It would be great to serve Madam all my life!" Chunliu disagreed.
There are three girls around Shen Xinyan, Xia He is married to Laifu who is next to Wei Junhang, and Qiutang's husband is the shopkeeper of her dowry shop. Now there is only one Chunliu left, no matter how many families she picks, she will never agree to marry, Shen Xinyan is so annoyed that she has held her by the ear and scolded her countless times.
"Ma'am, shopkeeper Li's family is here!" Chunliu shouted after opening the door curtain.
Qiutang was ashamed and annoyed, she took a few steps forward and wanted to pinch her mouth again, but she dodged it cleverly, and ran away in a flash.
"Who do I know? So it's from Shopkeeper Li's house, please come in quickly!" Shen Xinyan said with a smile inside.
"Ma'am, don't teach Chunliu's little hoof a lesson, but imitate her to make fun of people!"
Shen Xinyan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, and it took her a while to suppress her smile, and she sat down with her: "Is the little tiger still making trouble?"
Little Huzi is Qiutang's son who just turned one year old.
"It's noisy, it's noisy! How can it not be noisy, but his grandmother and father are very protective, and my mother has become a bad person." Qiutang said helplessly.
"You can be proud! I don't know that Aunt Li and the others love you like a daughter!" Shen Xinyan spat at her.
Qiutang smiled.
She is really blessed in this life. To meet such a good mother-in-law, her husband is also a man who knows what is cold and what is hot. Now that she has a son again, she just feels that the days are getting better and better.
"This is our store's profit this month, which is a few hundred taels less than last month. To be honest, since we opened a similar store opposite us, the business has indeed been worse than before." Qiutang He put the dark wooden box that he had been holding in his arms on the rosewood round table, and took out the key from his arms to open the box, revealing a stack of thick silver bills.
"Competition in business is inevitable, and ups and downs are common sense. As long as we guarantee the quality of the things in our store, we can't force anything else." Maybe it's because of the wealth of the family, but Shen Xinyan doesn't care too much.
This has always been the case. Once a business starts, there will soon be others following suit. Are there still few hot spring villages built one after another in the suburbs of Beijing? It's just that their business is not as good as theirs.
Qiutang also understands this truth, but she just feels unhappy when she sees other people robbing her business in front of her house.
"Okay, you don't have to take it too seriously. If there is less business, there will be less business. You can also have more time to take care of your family. Don't ignore it just because Mrs. Li treats you well. This person's heart also needs to be covered frequently." Only by wearing it can you keep warm, if it is cold, you will not be able to cover it in the future even if you want to." Shen Xinyan persuaded her when she saw her like this.
"I understand." Qiutang nodded, and after a while, said again, "I saw Miss San on the street yesterday."
Shen Xinyan was about to say how it was possible, Wei Minzhi was in the mansion all day yesterday. But after thinking about it, she realized that the third girl she was referring to was not Wei Minzhi, but Shen Xinlan.
In the past few years, Shen Xinlan has never looked for her again, and it is said that she has never even returned to Jing'an Bo's residence. If Qiutang hadn't mentioned it today, she would have almost forgotten about this person.
"The third girl will be with Mrs. Wu then!" Qiutang looked around, saw no one else, and said in a low voice.
Shen Xinyan's eyes widened in surprise.
When did Shen Xinlan and Fang Birong get together? Shouldn't we hate each other
Because of Fang's relationship, Fang Birong has often come to the Duke's Mansion in the past few years. After all, the Zhou Mansion has fallen to the point where it is not even as good as an ordinary official family. If you don't rely on your in-laws, life will be even more difficult.
But every time Shen Xinyan looked at Fang Birong's radiant face, combined with her various deeds in her previous life, she knew that her life in the Zhou Mansion was not too difficult. In any case, she was born in the Marquis's Mansion, and she has such a relationship with the British Duke's Mansion, and she managed it with all her heart. I'm afraid that the former wife of the chief assistant, now Mrs. Zhou, can't do anything about her.
She never dared to underestimate her!
The next day, Shen Xinyan woke up early, dressed up, and had a simple breakfast before taking her daughter and boarding the carriage into the palace.
Concubine Rui in the palace saw their mother and daughter coming in, she stepped forward with a smile, took one with each hand, and helped them up who were saluting and greeting them.
"What is the little girl doing recently? Why hasn't she come to the palace for a while?" Concubine Rui always liked the lively Wei Yingzhi, she pulled her to sit beside her, and asked with a smile.
"I didn't do anything, I just did needlework, and then I learned how to be a housekeeper from my mother." Wei Yingzhi snuggled up to her intimately.
"It's really capable, you can be a housekeeper when you pee like this!" Concubine Rui praised without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, don't praise her, it's okay for this girl to be coquettish, but she's still far from being a housekeeper!" Shen Xinyan interrupted helplessly.
Wei Yingzhi puffed her cheeks and said unconvinced: "Aren't you still learning now? You can learn it sooner or later."
"Yes, what Ying'er said is right, learn from your mother carefully, there is nothing you can't learn." Concubine Rui pinched her bulging cheeks and smiled to comfort her.
After teasing the little girl and chatting for a while, a court lady led Wei Yingzhi down.
"It's elder brother, Yunfu, and elder brother Prince!" The three teenagers standing under the pine tree not far away attracted her attention. She took a closer look and immediately became happy.
Seeing her walking towards His Highness the Crown Prince and the British Crown Prince, the court lady thought for a while and followed.
"Brother!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded, Wei Chenglin raised his eyes, saw that it was his younger sister, and just about to say something, Wei Yingzhi had already greeted the crown prince.
"Sister Ying'er, don't be too polite!" The prince's appearance was somewhat similar to that of Concubine Rui, seeing her, he politely avoided it.
Wei Yingzhi looked at him with sparkling eyes.
Oh, the elder brother of the crown prince is so beautiful, he really deserves to be born by the imperial concubine.
Concubine Rui is peerless in appearance, as her own child, the prince's appearance is quite outstanding, coupled with the noble bearing of a child of the royal family, just standing there without saying a word can easily attract everyone's attention.
Such an outstanding man, of course, will attract many boudoir girls to fall in love with him, and there are not a few families in Beijing who are eyeing the position of crown princess, but those who don't, most of them know their family background and dare not expect extravagantly.
Seeing her staring at the prince without blinking, Yunfu became a little unhappy, and took a step indiscriminately, blocking her too scorching sight.
The prince was a little funny: "Sister Ying'er is looking at me like this, but what strange thing is growing on my face?"
"No, no!" Wei Yingzhi shook her head and waved her hands. After a while, she took out a delicate purse from her arms and handed it to him, and said with some complacency, "I broke your purse last time. This is for compensation." For you. As I said, I will definitely give you a more beautiful one!"
The prince couldn't help laughing: "It's just a small purse, if it breaks, it will break. Why should my sister keep it in mind, and even make one specially to return it."
"I will definitely do what I said, here, here you are!" Wei Yingzhi stuffed the purse into his hand without any explanation, smiling with big eyes, looking very happy.
Yun Fu's face sank when he saw the small delicate purse.
It was clearly that he made it for her last time, so it turned out that she was giving it away!
Wei Chenglin, who had been silent all this time, looked at his younger sister who was smiling foolishly, then at the prince who had a smile on his lips, and finally his eyes fell on Yun Fu who was puffing up, and he frowned puzzledly.