Chapter 330: Returning home [Thank you all for your support! Again!]

In front of Wei Father's spirit tablet in the back room were offerings, and on the side were bamboo arrows and a pitch-pot that Wei Father liked.

The incense in the incense burner in front was curling with blue smoke. Wei Shuyi said, and ignited the paper money on the side, putting it into the fire basin.

Picking the paper money, letting it burn as much as possible, feeling the heat coming toward her face, Wei Shuyi said:

"Father, the child I gave birth to is named Changzhen. When I gave birth to him, daughter even dreamed of you..."

"Your teachings to daughter, daughter has kept them in her heart..."

Outside the cloth curtain, Wei Yuyi, who heard her sister's words, sighed melancholically.

After a while, Wei Shuyi walked out of the back room with red eyes.

At this time.

Cui Mama also brought Xiaodie and Little Tao to serve tea.

Wei Mother lightly sniffed the tea fragrance in the air and said: "This tea is excellent just by smelling it!"

Cui Mama smiled: "Thank you for your praise, this is specially ordered by the master Daniangzi in the family."

"Many thanks, many thanks to Daniangzi."

"You are welcome."

Xiaodie looked at Wei Shuyi and hurriedly walked over: "Little Niang, drink some tea!"

Cui Mama and Xiaodie stood on the side, and the family drank tea.

"Listening to Cui Mama, Hua Jie'er in the master's family has been pregnant for a while? Shu Er, have you prepared things?"

"Mother, prepared."

"That's good."

Minglan on the side took advantage of the gap in the conversation and said: "Grandmother, Eldest Sister's Jing cousin, his fortune-telling is very powerful!"

Hearing Minglan's words, Wei Mother asked with great interest: "Oh? Really?"

"However, for the young masters in these high-ranking families, it should be normal to know more!"

Wei Yuyi asked in confusion: "Minglan, how do you know your cousin's fortune-telling is powerful?"

Minglan said a few words.

The more Wei Yuyi listened, the more smiles she had on her face. Finally, she smiled and said to Minglan: "Minglan, your cousin is teasing you!"

"On the day of Xu family's An Jie's wedding, he had already seen your aunt and your uncle on the street!"

Minglan looked dumbfounded and said: "Ah? I... I thought cousin was really that powerful!"

Seeing Minglan and Little Xiaotao's appearance, everyone in the room had smiles.

Cui Mama on the side also shook her head with a smile and said:

"Sixth Young Lady, no wonder you always ask the Old Madam if the Xu family has this secret of fortune-telling?"

"So you were fooled by Jing Ge?"

Little Xiaotao lowered her head gloomily, maybe she had given her young lady some "good" ideas,

And Minglan pouted gloomily and hummed.

Seeing this pair of master and servant, everyone in the room laughed.

The happy laughter reached the outside of the house. In the kitchen on the side, Jiang Shangfeng, who was busy cooking, also laughed.

In the courtyard.

The dark clouds in the sky had long since dispersed, the sky was clear, and the bright sun shone down.

After lunch.

Cui Mama put a few pieces of material for spring clothes prepared by the Old Madam into Wei Mother's room.

Late Shen hour (after 5:00 PM).

Wei Shuyi got into the carriage again and embarked on the road back to the Sheng family.

Wei Shuyi in the carriage lifted the carriage curtain with some reluctance, but saw her mother still standing at the gate, looking in the direction she left.

Wei Yuyi and her husband also followed on the side to accompany her.

Wei Shuyi put down the carriage curtain, looked at Cui Mama in the carriage with a slight smile, and after adjusting her emotions.

Wei Shuyi made her face full of smiles, lifted the carriage curtain again, waved to Wei Yuyi, and said:

"Go back! Go back!"

Wei Yuyi and her husband responded, but still sent them to the alley entrance.

Near the alley entrance, there were many more commoners.

Wei Shuyi didn't show her face again, but Cui Mama poked her head out and waved to Wei Yuyi.

"In the future, when you miss sister, go to the Sheng family to see her..."

Jiang Shangfeng said, comforting Wei Yuyi, who had some parting sorrow. The couple stood at the alley entrance, watching the carriage disappear, and then went home.

In the carriage.

Cui Mama looked at Wei Shuyi and said: "Little Niang, your smile makes people feel comfortable, you should smile more in the future."

Wei Shuyi nodded with a smile.

The carriage fell into silence. Cui Mama looked at Wei Shuyi, who was lost in thought, and said again:

"Little Niang, is there anything you want to buy? While we are outside, we should buy it together!"

As she spoke, Cui Mama lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. Wei Shuyi looked at the scenery outside the carriage window and smiled slightly.

After walking for a while, Cui Mama pointed to a storefront on the roadside and said:

"The silk thread in this Li family needlework shop is the best, does Little Niang want to buy some?"

"I want to!"

"Good, what color does Little Niang want, I will go down and buy it."

Sheng family school.

Xu Zaijing followed Zhuang Xuejiu, walking along the bamboo path toward the courtyard where Zhuang Xuejiu lived.

Zhuang Xuejiu said while walking:

"This train of thought was thought of by the eldest son of the Ningyuan Marquis, oh right, it's also your brother-in-law."

"When encountering similar questions, you can use it!"

At this time, they had already reached the moon gate.

Xu Zaijing nodded with full thought in his eyes and said: "Yes, thank you for your teaching!"

"Hmm!"

"Then the student will take his leave!"

Zhuang Xuejiu waved the fan in his hand and said:

"Go, go! Walk slowly on the road."

Xu Zaijing hurriedly responded.

After speaking, the scholar carried his hands on his back and walked into the moon gate leisurely.

When Xu Zaijing walked to the door.

Passing the school door, Changbai just walked out at this time, looked at Xu Zaijing in confusion, and said: "Jing Ge, haven't left yet?"

Xu Zaijing took the cloak handed over by Qingcao and said: "Asked the scholar a question, it is..."

The two walked side by side, talking while walking, and after stepping over the courtyard threshold, they walked out.

On the road, listening to Xu Zaijing's words, Changbai's eyes were full of surprise. The two stopped at the intersection to the inner courtyard, and Changbai sighed:

"Gu family's eldest brother is worthy of being the first in the second grade, this kind of train of thought is something I didn't think of!"

Xu Zaijing said: "Let's think more tonight, and exchange ideas early the day after tomorrow!"

Changbai: "Why not... oh, right, your family has something to do tomorrow."

Xu Zaijing nodded and patted Changbai's arm: "It's settled!"

As he said, he turned and left.

Xu Zaijing took Qingcao and walked out a few steps, coming not far from the Sheng family's second gate.

Just then, two Sheng family carriages came toward him.

After the carriages passed.

At the gate, Minglan, who was rubbing her eyes and seemed to have just woken up, turned her head and saw Xu Zaijing.

After she said something to Xiaodie beside her, she walked over.

Arriving in front of Xu Zaijing, Minglan put her hands on her hips, stared at Xu Zaijing with big eyes, and said angrily:

"Jing cousin, did you see my aunt on the day of Anmei sister's wedding?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Yes!"

"Then why did you say you calculated it..."

As she spoke, Minglan reached out and said:

"Then return the four drops of crisp conch cakes I made!"

"I made them, and haven't tasted what they taste like yet!"

Xu Zaijing turned his mind and knew what had happened. He smiled:

"Sixth Sister, seeing your aunt, and calculating that she came to the Sheng family, are not contradictory."

"And, today I only received two conch cakes from Fifth Sister, where are there four?"

Minglan was stunned and said hesitantly: "But I clearly gave Fifth Sister four in the morning!"

Xu Zaijing smiled slightly and said: "Then I don't know. Goodbye!"

After speaking, Xu Zaijing learned from Zhuang Xuejiu and walked forward with his hands on his back.

Arriving in front of the second gate.

Xu Zaijing stopped, put down his hands,

Smiled and looked at Cui Mama and Wei Shuyi standing there, and nodded.

Cui Mama and Wei Shuyi also smiled and bowed with the little maid beside them.

Qingcao, who was carrying the book box behind Xu Zaijing, hurriedly bowed back.

Afterward, Xu Zaijing continued to carry his hands on his back and walked out humming a song in a great mood.

In the morning. 【330

On the way from the inner courtyard to the schoolhouse,

Rulan looked at the food box in Xique's hand and suddenly stopped in her tracks, saying:

"Sixth Sister, what is in this food box you're sending to our cousin? It smells so good!"

Xique: "Sniff, sniff, Young Lady, it smells like *disu* conch pastries."

Rulan: "Is that so? Let me see."

As she spoke, the mistress and servant stopped in front of a stone table in the garden.

After opening the food box, the aroma of the food became even stronger!

Rulan's eyes widened all at once, and after licking her lips, she said:

"Jing Jing Biao Ge Jing already ate breakfast before coming; he can't eat this much!"

As she spoke, Rulan picked out three *disu* pastries, preparing to put them into the book box.

Xique's face showed bitterness, and she said:

"Young Lady, this isn't good! I heard Sister Cuichan say that Fifth Young Master Xu has a very large appetite."

Rulan looked at the three *disu* conch pastries in her hand, feeling somewhat hesitant and reluctant.

In the end, she put the smaller *disu* pastry back into the food box and said:

"That's true! Xique, come, put our candied fruit in there too!"

Xique, off to the side, wanted to say something but stopped.

Rulan said: "What are you looking at? I'm just helping Sixth Sister taste how it is; what if it smells good but tastes bad? Wouldn't she end up offending someone!"

Xique: "Sixth Young Lady's craftsmanship, how could it taste bad..."

Watching Rulan break off half and hand over the pastry, Xique hurriedly stopped her words:

"Young Lady is thoughtful."

"Mmm, it's both fragrant and delicious!"

On the carriage returning to Quyuanjie,

Xu Zaijing looked at Qingcao and said: "What's wrong? Why do you keep looking at me?"

Qingcao smiled: "Young Master, you look like you're in a very good mood."

Xu Zaijing hesitated: "Is it that obvious?"

Qingcao nodded repeatedly and said:

"Young Master, when you see Madam Bai and Young Lady Tingyi, and also Eldest Young Master Gu! Sometimes your eyes are like this too."

Xu Zaijing smiled, pointed his finger at Qingcao's forehead, and said:

"Silly girl, you're the one who knows too much!"

"Next time you know something, keep it to yourself; don't go talking nonsense!"

Qingcao's body tilted from Xu Zaijing's finger, and she said sheepishly:

"Oh! I know."

"Young Master, I only told you."

Xu Zaijing closed his eyes and nodded, saying: "Is it really that obvious?"

Qingcao: "Young Master, in my eyes, it's quite obvious."

Xu Zaijing sighed, lifted the carriage curtain, and said:

"Qingyun, when we get home in a while, go send a post to the Huyan family and say that Mother misses her sister and wants them to come over for breakfast in the morning."

"Yes, Young Master."

After finishing, Xu Zaijing lowered the carriage curtain and said: "Next time you see it, remind me."

"Oh."

The next day,

Marquis Yongyi's Prefecture,

Mistress's courtyard,

Because the two sons did not need to go to the schoolhouse today, in order to let them rest more, the meal was later than usual.

Looking at the youngest son who walked in, Sun Shi rolled her eyes at him and said:

"Well, you've finally deigned to come eat breakfast today?"

Before the words had faded,

A young maid walked over in a fluster and said urgently:

"Madam, An Jie'er and her husband have arrived."

Sun Shi was stunned, and she looked at her two daughters-in-law in surprise:

"This, why have they come so early?"

As Sun Shi spoke, she also glanced at Xu Zaijing, who was pretending to stretch.

"Hualan, don't move!"

After finishing, Sun Shi led everyone out.

They hadn't even reached the second gate when they ran into Anmei and her husband, who had already walked in.

"Mother-in-law!"

"Mother!"

Sun Shi smiled and nodded at Seeing Hu Yanjiong: "Quick! Dalang, you and Zaizhang accompany Jiong Ge'er inside!"

On the way back to the courtyard,

Sun Shi took Anmei's arm and whispered:

"How did I instruct you before? Why are you being so unruly? Dragging your husband here so early?"

Xie Shi, off to the side, also looked at Anmei.

Anmei looked at Sun Shi with an innocent face, glanced at Seeing Hu Yanjiong in front, and then looked at Xu Zaijing, who was following on Sun Shi's outer side.

After Anmei took a deep breath, she leaned forward and whispered: "Xu Zaijing! Did you fake Mother's intentions?"

Xu Zaijing didn't speak before he was pulled over by Sun Shi, who gave his arm a resentful shove, and Anmei also didn't show weakness and punched him.

Xie Shi also looked at her brother-in-law with annoyance.

"Sister, don't be like this at the Huyan household!"

As soon as Xu Zaijing finished speaking, Sun Shi's foot kicked out; Xu Zaijing took a kick to the buttocks, took the opportunity to run forward a few steps, and walked side-by-side with his brothers.

Looking at the youngest son in front,

Sun Shi whispered beside Anmei: "Since the day of your wedding, this boy hasn't come here for breakfast or dinner for several days."

Anmei asked in confusion: "What's wrong with this?" As she spoke, she looked at her sister-in-law, Xie Shi.

Sun Shi glanced at Anmei and said:

"Who knows what kind of fit he's throwing."

"Your maternal grandfather's family, when your aunt got married, your uncles didn't act like this with him!"

Anmei looked at her younger brother talking in front and said:

"But, Mother, there was you at that time, right? You were the youngest!"

"Didn't you ask Grandmother, what was the uncles' reaction after you married out?"

Hearing Anmei's words, Sun Shi didn't know what she thought of, but she burst into a laugh and said:

"Your grandmother told me that after I got into the sedan chair, all six of your uncles cried."

"Especially your eldest uncle, snot and tears..."

Xie Shi, off to the side, whispered:

"An Jie'er, two days ago your eldest brother..."

"Hualan also said that Zaizhang threw himself into her arms... and cried."

As she spoke, Xie Shi pressed down the corners of her mouth and made a crying expression on her face.

Anmei nodded, looking at Xu Zaijing's playful appearance in front: "Little Five has the heart to set this up; he definitely didn't cry!"

Sun Shi said:

"Who knows, he gets up so early every day! Even if he cried, we wouldn't see it."

"However..."

Looking at her daughter and daughter-in-law who were looking over curiously, Sun Shi said:

"However, I heard from the maids in the backyard that these past few days, after he finishes eating in his own courtyard at night, he often wanders over to sit at the entrance of your and your sister's courtyard after dark."

Anmei took a melancholy deep breath and said: "Didn't spoil him in vain."

Everyone entered Sun Shi's courtyard,

After finishing breakfast,

Zaiduan took his brothers and brother-in-law to his study.

Anmei, after kissing Xu Xingdai, affectionately leaned against Hualan's belly to listen.

After finishing her tasks,

Anmei drank tea and whispered beside Sun Shi:

"Mother, since I got married, have there been many posts from Madam Wu..."

(End of chapter)