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Mrs. Zou dealt with her mother-in-law in a hurry, and when she came out of Mrs. Jing'an's courtyard, her face was dark and tense, and the big maid who was following her was so frightened that she didn't dare to utter a breath.
Suddenly Mrs. Zou stopped, turned around and asked the nanny behind her in a low voice, "How is it? Is there any movement in Songtao Garden?"
Mammy also found that she was in a bad mood today, but when asked about it, Mammy breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, grandma, I heard that the third grandma, Sunflower Water, arrived as scheduled yesterday."
After receiving this affirmative answer, Zou's depressed heart was greatly relieved.
Fortunately, fortunately, Chu Lian was not pregnant. If she had a body and the eldest son in the mansion, there would be no place for her as the wife of the eldest son in Jing'anbo Mansion.
"By the way, today's son can say when he will come back?"
The servant girl hurried back behind her, "My son said early this morning that he was going to Honglu Temple, as if he was meeting a foreigner, and before leaving, he just told him not to wait for him for lunch at noon."
"It's better to call it a small kitchen and prepare meals for the son of the world. Where can you eat in those restaurants outside?"
"Yes, grandma, this servant will go and order."
The nanny came over, supported Zou's arm herself, and sighed: "It's still Grandma who is thoughtful. I think the son will be able to appreciate Grandma's hard work when he comes back."
Hearing what the nanny beside her said, Zou's eyes dimmed slightly.
Da Lang treated him really well, and there is a rule in the Jing'an House that no descendants who are less than 30 years old will not accept minors. Even if it is inconvenient for her, Da Lang only rests in the study, and never recruits the maids around him. There are not many men in Mansheng capital who can be so self-disciplined.
But he is about to turn thirty, but she has not yet given birth to a male heir for him. Could it be that the married life of Qin Se and Ming is coming to an end
The more she thought about it, the more worried her eyes became. He Changqi is the eldest son who is going to inherit the title, how can he have no offspring!
Even if He Changqi didn't care, it's impossible for Mr. and Mrs. Jing'an and Mrs. He not to care.
The wine brewed a few days ago was ready to drink, and Nanny Gui decided to bring a gourd to He Changdi. Chu Lian was a little angry, so he ate a little too much at noon with the wine in his mouth.
The abdomen was a little swollen, and taking a lunch break would not be good for the body, so I took the two girls, Wenqing and Jingyan, to the garden of the mansion for a walk to eliminate food.
Although it was approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather was still slightly hot. Chu Lian picked up the shaded corridor and walked to the corner gate connecting the front yard with the back yard.
There was a stone table and chairs beside the bamboo grove near the corner gate. Chu Lian stopped and sat down at the stone table to rest for a quarter of an hour before going back to take a nap.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down, he heard voices coming from the corner door.
"Master, this big cart of hot peppers is so good! You are too soft-hearted. You bought them all when the bang bang said he was short of money to go back."
"Give it to the housekeeper. If it's really useless, just throw it away. That kid is also pitiful. All he did was give him some money and go home."
This slightly rough voice is obviously that of Dalang He Changqi.
Chu Lian didn't hear what was said outside, but only heard the voice of her elder brother. She was a little curious, so she sent Wen Qing out to ask.
After a while, He Changqi and Chang Sui Kangshou came in with him.
Chu Lian hurriedly stood up and saluted.
"It's noon, why are the third siblings here?"
Chu Lian said with a smile: "Brother, I ate too much at noon, so I walked around the garden to digest food, and came here before I knew it. I happened to hear my brother talking outside, so I sent a maid to ask, what is it?" Where did you go, but you can have a meal."
Chu Lian has a sweet appearance, and has been following the rules for the past few days when she married into Jing'anbo Mansion. She went to Dingyuan Hou's Mansion and gained the limelight again. He Changqi has a good impression of this new third sibling.
He was used to being the eldest brother since he was a child, and always cared for the younger ones. Although he looked rough on the outside, he was kind-hearted in his heart. In addition, Chu Lian was originally a sister-in-law, so he naturally showed his elder brother's generosity to her.
"After the meal, I went to Honglu Temple early this morning and met some foreign friends. The third sibling didn't know that those foreigners actually had red hair and green eyes!"
Chu Lian's eyes brightened when he heard what He Changqi said was interesting.
"Brother, did you eat meals made by foreigners?"
"No!"
"I don't know how the food of foreigners compares with that of our Great Wu Dynasty?"
Hearing Chu Lian's question, He Changqi showed a constipated face. He was already dark-skinned and tall, but his appearance was similar to that of a wronged black bear. It was so funny that people couldn't help laughing at it. But Chu Lian and the maids around her were all due to their identities, so they could only try their best to hold back their smiles.
"The meal... don't mention it..."
It was so unpalatable that I cried, after eating the food of those foreigners, He Changqi almost began to sympathize with those foreigners, otherwise he wouldn't have spent dozens of taels of money to buy that cart called "Spicy" which is useless thing.
Suddenly thought of what the foreigner said, saying that the hot pepper he bought was also a kind of food, but after he and Kang Shou tasted it, his whole mouth was on fire, and he drank two cups of tea to get better.
Glancing at the curious third sibling with glowing eyes in front of him, He Changqi's mind suddenly moved.
"By the way, today I bought some things from that foreigner. The foreigner said it was a kind of food. Would you like to see the third brother and sister?"
Chu Lian is curious! How could it be refused.
So Pidianpidian followed He Changqi out of the corner door.
He Changqi waved at the two boys who were unloading the goods, walked to the side of the carriage, unwrapped a cloth bag and handed it to Chu Lian himself.
As soon as Chu Lian stretched out his head, he saw red hot peppers in the cloth bag filled with sun-dried two vitex peppers, all of which were ruddy and shiny, with pointed heads, extremely cute.
Chu Lian suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Brother, what is this?"
He Changqi seemed to think that these were of no use, so he threw the bag on the carriage with just one roll, "The foreigner who sold it to me said it was spicy."
At the mention of spicy peppers, Chu Lian unconsciously wanted to swallow his saliva, "I don't know, can big brother send me some of these spicy peppers, I want to cook with them."
cooking
As soon as Chu Lian mentioned cooking, He Changqi thought of the snacks that Chu Lian made a few days ago. These hot peppers are useless to him, so it's better to give them to Chu Lian.
"Three younger siblings can take all if they want, these things are of no use to me."
Chu Lian didn't expect that his elder brother He Changqi would give her all these peppers casually, which made her a little flattered and wanted to decline, but Chang Sui who was beside He Changqi said, "Third grandma, these peppers are not worth anything. The Shengjing brought by that boy from Bangbang. He wanted to sell it for a good price, but he didn't expect that no one would buy it in Shengjing. Paid him dozens of taels of silver for travel expenses, and brought back this cart of hot peppers. If you don’t want it, the housekeeper may throw it all away later!”
Chu Lian really couldn't laugh or cry, it turned out that such a good condiment was not recognized by anyone, no wonder it was sold at a low price.
It was so easy to come by, Chu Lian didn't refuse. To be honest, this car of peppers can only be useful in her hands.
"Then thank you big brother. If my siblings cook something with this hot pepper, I will send a copy to big brother."
"Okay, Kang Shou, you call two rough envoys, and move all these hot peppers to the small kitchen of Songtao Garden."
He Changqi was also in a good mood after delivering this tricky thing, and took Chang Sui back to the courtyard of the big house.
What happened here, Zou's side naturally got the news at the first time.
Sitting on the couch in the flower hall with a sullen face, Mrs. Zou sulked.
As soon as He Changqi entered the door, he saw his daughter-in-law's complexion was not good. He walked over in two steps and sat next to Mrs. Zou, "Yuan Jing, what's the matter, but are you angry with those slaves at home?"
After hearing her husband's words, Zou felt even more depressed, but she couldn't bear to show her face to her husband, so she eased her expression and asked in a low voice: "Da Lang, did you bring a cart of things back from Honglu Temple today?"
Although He Changqi is tall and handsome, he has a delicate mind, and when he heard the words, he realized that he was a poor lady.
"You! Where are you thinking? It's just a product sold by a fanbang boy. It was shipped to Shengjing for half a year without being sold. I think he is pitiful. He bought it for twenty taels of silver, and it was all alms. His travel expenses home."
Zou breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "What is it?"
"What's the name of a car of spicy food?"
After all, women have shallow eyelids, even the Zou family who was born in Dingyuanhou's Mansion is not exempt.
She punched He Changqi lightly, "Then you can't give it all to the third sibling!"
"If you don't give it to her, should you throw it away? You and I don't know what to do with that thing, and it's just broken if left alone. Do you still care about something with twenty taels of silver?"
Zou refused, and turned his back to He Changqi.
"Okay, okay, Yuan Jing, how about I bring you a set of hairdresses tomorrow, it's a new style from Jinshixuan, and I set it up for you a few days ago, with this calculation, it will be done soon."
As soon as Mrs. Zou heard that her husband had given her a spot in Jinshixuan, she immediately forgot about the small twenty taels of silver, and happily asked He Changqi what material and style the jewelry was made of.
Jinshixuan is the most famous jewelry shop in Shengjing City, even princesses and ministers' wives often order jewelry there.
If you can have a set of Jinshixuan's head, it will be a matter of face to wear it.
He Changqi's words finally appeased Zou's depression caused by Mrs. He and Mrs. Jing'an wanting to give Chu Lian more honor.
After eating some food in the yard, He Changqi went to the study, and Kang Shou followed.
Sitting in front of the desk, He Changqi ordered, "Kangshou, take one thousand taels of silver to Jinshixuan, buy a set of clothes, and tell the shopkeeper that I want it, so don't be careless."
Kang Shou was turning around to leave when He Changqi stopped him again, "Don't take the money in the public house, take it to my private room."
"Hey!" Kang Shou hurried out to do some errands.
He Changqi was a little worried. It's not that he didn't have any private property under his name, but he had been secretly buying medicine for his mother these days, even if it was gold and silver mountains, it was not enough to spend.
He had already seen his wife's unhappiness, so today he used his face to appease her. It was not what he had planned in advance, but he just said this to make Mrs. Zou happy.