After hearing the night watchman's report, Zhou Shaojin drooped his shoulders in frustration.
Chun Wan smiled and said, "That's what I said! It's so late, why would the Fourth Master come to visit the Second Cousin? He must have talked to the old lady and then walked around the yard casually, and accidentally stopped at our door."
Yeah
Zhou Shaojin's mood instantly fell to the bottom, and he felt that the way he put on his clothes was stupid.
Chun Wan heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I can finally have a good night's sleep."
Zhou Shaojin's face felt hot and she thought, luckily there was only one lamp on in the inner room. If it was brightly lit, she would have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Even though she was so happy in her heart, she couldn't help blushing when she met Cheng Chi the next day.
Cheng Chi saw that she was embarrassed, and thought of yesterday's situation and felt a little awkward, but he was walking outside after all, so he quickly recovered and asked her with a smile: "The weather is clear today, and the flowers in the garden should be in bloom. You can go to the garden to enjoy the flowers today."
Zhou Shaojin smiled and nodded. After Cheng Chi greeted Madam Guo and left, she encouraged Madam Guo to go appreciate the flowers.
Mrs. Guo was in a very good mood.
The youngest son used to say that he would not get married and would not let his descendants follow his old path. But in recent years, she kept whispering to him, and this year he changed his mind and said that he would definitely get married, but in order to prevent his descendants from taking over the affairs of the household, he would get married later.
If she continued to nag him, maybe one day he would change his mind and agree to get married first... Then with her insistence, he might change his mind again and agree to have a child...
Mrs. Guo felt that there was light at the end of the tunnel in her life, that it was full of hope and was changing for the better.
Not only did she want to live long enough to see the birth of her youngest son's child, she also wanted to help her youngest son raise the child just like she did with her eldest and second sons.
Thinking of this, she was full of energy and waved her hand, saying, "Let's go to Siyi Building for lunch today! Let the chef in the outer courtyard help prepare lunch."
The Cheng family's private dishes come from the kitchen in the outer courtyard, and they are responsible for preparing meals for distinguished guests who come to the Cheng family.
Biyu and others cheered.
Zhenzhu saw that Mrs. Guo liked Zhou Shaojin, and said jokingly, "We are just benefiting from our second cousin!"
Mrs. Guo did not deny it. She smiled and touched Zhou Shaojin's head.
The old lady, like Uncle Chi, likes to touch her head and treats her like a child!
Zhou Shaojin smiled shyly.
Biyu and others either took Madam Guo's cards to the outer courtyard kitchen to order food, or opened the storehouse to get utensils, or took out the cushions that had just been put into the boxes a few days ago for Madam Guo and Zhou Shaojin to sit on, or went to instruct the maids to notify the people on duty at Siyi Tower... When Zhou Shaojin and Madam Guo came out of the Buddhist hall after chanting sutras, everyone went to Siyi Tower in a mighty manner.
Unlike the previous few days when he came here to listen to opera or socialize, Zhou Shaojin was in a good mood. He walked with Old Madam Guo, stopping from time to time to look at the scenery, and felt that everything he saw was beautiful.
The group stopped at a pavilion by the lake, and schools of red carp swam over, blowing bubbles at them.
Zhou Shaojin was surprised and asked, "Can these fish recognize humans?"
She used to keep a few goldfish in her farm in Daxing, and every time she passed by, the goldfish would swim towards her. Madam Fan said that was because they knew her.
But the fish in the lake were not raised by her, so why did they gather around her
Madam Guo smiled and said, "Maybe someone often feeds these fish here, so when these fish see someone coming, they swim over."
As she was speaking, two old women came over with a basket on their arms, talking and laughing.
Zhou Shaojin was very impressed and said, "Madam, you are really amazing. You can even guess this."
The old lady smiled and said, "You can learn from everything if you pay attention to it. Some things can be understood without having to learn from books."
Zhou Shaojin thought about his clumsiness in his previous life and became lost in thought.
Those two old women were indeed here to feed the fish.
Seeing Old Madam Guo, the two maids stepped forward tremblingly and bowed, then diligently served Zhou Shaojin and others in feeding the fish.
Seeing that Mrs. Guo was just sitting there watching, Zhou Shaojin quietly withdrew, washed his hands, and accompanied Mrs. Guo for tea.
A maid ran over breathlessly and said, "Madam, the old lady from the fourth room said she would come to see you later."
Madam Guo smiled and said, "Then please invite her to have lunch together at Siyi Tower!"
The old woman left with a smile.
Zhou Shaojin smiled sheepishly and said, "I haven't seen my grandmother for some time."
Madam Guo smiled and said, "She probably came here for the family dinner at Tingyuxuan two days ago."
Zhou Shaojin was puzzled.
Madam Guo smiled and said, "I didn't attend, and I didn't even make an excuse. Someone must have found your grandmother and asked her to tell me something."
Seeing that Madam Guo's tone was quite disapproving, Zhou Shaojin was worried that Madam Guo and Madam Guan would have a rift because of this, so he smiled and said, "Grandmother will probably be unable to refuse."
Mrs. Guo smiled and nodded in agreement.
They went to Siyi Tower.
In her previous life, Zhou Shaojin had never been upstairs. Although she went upstairs in this life, she had never walked around casually. She discovered that when she stood in front of the railing on the east side of Siyi Building, she could see most of the Cheng family garden. The early summer breeze blew slowly, bringing a little coolness, blowing away the heat that had come along the way.
She breathed in comfortably and asked Mrs. Guo to sit by the railing: "… It's cool here!"
Mrs. Guo walked over with a smile and sat down with Zhenzhu serving her.
The wind came in gusts, sometimes making a rustling sound on my clothes, and then disappeared without a trace.
Madam Guo waved to Biyu and the others who were setting the table, and said, "Come over and take a rest, it's still a little early for lunch."
Biyu and others ran to the railing with laughter, shouting excitedly, "It's so cool."
Xiao Tan pointed to the west and said, "Look, isn't that our eldest son's house?"
"How come we didn't see that?"
Biyu and others rushed over chattering.
Zhou Shaojin walked over curiously.
But all I saw was a stretch of undulating trees, no pavilions or towers in sight, let alone where Hanbi Mountain House was.
She had an idea and walked towards the west railing.
Although that side was also obscured by towering trees, she was very familiar with the four rooms. After looking carefully for a while, she could tell which was Jiashu Hall, Wanxiangju, and Hanqiu Pavilion based on the blooming trees and tall eaves, and even found the corridor leading to Hanbi Mountain House.
Zhou Shaojin felt a little depressed and walked towards the railing on the east side. As he walked, he said, "I remember that cousin Jia lives on the east side of the Ninth Alley. Can she see Ruyi Pavilion from here?"
Madam Guo smiled and said, "Then look carefully. It was easy to distinguish before, but in recent years the trees have grown taller and taller, and some places are hard to see clearly."
In other words, not only Xiao Tan discovered it, but other people also knew that one could see what was happening in each room from the upper floors of Siyi Building.
Zhou Shaojin didn't say anything. She looked carefully and saw a purple magnolia similar to the one in front of Cheng Jia's house.
She pointed at the purple magnolia and asked Mrs. Guo: "Look, is it there?"
Madam Guo walked over to take a look and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you always go to the third room, but you found where Jia Yatou lives at a glance. That's Ruyi Pavilion."
Zhou Shaojin's heart was in turmoil.
If someone stands here, would he be able to see what is going on in each room
She was a little absent-minded.
Madam Guo seemed to have seen through her thoughts and smiled, "Unless you have a clairvoyant and are familiar with the layout of each room, how can you see clearly from such a distance?"
But what if you have clairvoyance at hand
She had only thought of the loophole of the fifth room before, but if the second and third rooms were secretly instigating the garden incident, then wouldn’t the Siyi Building also be a loophole
Zhou Shaojin decided to have a good talk with Cheng Chi about this matter after returning.
Seeing that Mrs. Guo was not in a good mood, she helped her to sit down on the bed in the open hall.
After a while, Old Mrs. Guan came over.
She looked a little tired.
Zhou Shaojin hurried forward to support old lady Guan.
Old Mrs. Guan didn't let her support her, but held her hand and walked towards Old Mrs. Guo with a smile.
Everyone greeted each other and sat down according to their rank. Manju brought the menu over and said with a smile, "Mr. An, these are the dishes we ordered just now. They were prepared in the kitchen today. Do you want to order anything else?" She then explained, "We came here quite early today. When we received the letter and knew you were coming, we had already arranged the dishes."
Old Mrs. Guan glanced through the menu and said with a smile, "It's pretty good. Most of them are what I like. I won't add anything else. That's all." It was obvious that she didn't care much at all about what to eat.
That's just to talk about something!
Zhou Shaojin pondered over what Mrs. Guo said and listened with his ears perked up.
Who knew that Old Lady Guan would start talking about Cheng Nuo's marriage first: "My niece Wen came to me with a gift box last night, saying that she had agreed with the Wu family to get engaged on the second day of May. She should have come to discuss this with you earlier, but she was bewildered a few days ago, and I don't know why she ended up in your place. Now that she thinks about it, she is too embarrassed to come to see you, so she asked me to come and tell you. I dare not invite you over for a drink, but I only ask that your bride give Nuo a bit of face when she gets married, and let her go to Hanbi Mountain with Nuo to offer you a cup of tea."
Madam Guo raised her eyebrows and said, "She is a junior, and her parents-in-law are gone. How can I argue with her?"
Old Mrs. Guan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Judging from the tone of her voice, Mrs. Guo should have forgiven Mrs. Wen.
Zhou Shaojin listened and was secretly amazed.
Mrs. Guo values a person's temperament the most. If you do something wrong and anger her, apologize to her in person and she will most likely forgive you. But if you avoid mentioning it, she will always remember it. Especially in the case of Mrs. Wen, she could have taken advantage of Nuo Ge'er's engagement to thank Mrs. Guo, but she asked her grandmother to come forward... Why did Mrs. Guo suddenly forgive her
As expected, Mrs. Guo then changed the subject and said, "However, she actually came to my place to make trouble. You'd better tell her to stop hanging around me in the future. Nuo Ge'er is a man of a new generation, and I'm not old and confused. When his new wife comes in, she will treat me as an elder and offer me a cup of tea. I won't shortchange them and let them go home empty-handed."
Old Madam Guan was a little embarrassed and smiled, "Your temper has not changed in all these years. Why didn't you go to Ting Yuxuan's family dinner a few days ago? You embarrassed my second sister-in-law so much that she almost couldn't sit still..."
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Brothers and sisters, please add more chapters to Qingtian Moyun’s spirit beast.
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PS: Just like Mrs. Guo nagging Uncle Chi, I continue to nag about my pink ticket… If I didn’t get it last month, I’ll definitely get it this month, right? If I didn’t get it this month, I’ll definitely get it next month, right? Anyway, I have to keep nagging about it…
※(To be continued)