The dinner was very sumptuous, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, everything, and it was full of color, flavor, and taste, and Yueyao saw that her appetite was greatly moved.

Xiang Wei was not satisfied, looked at Mingzhu and said: "Songjiang perch, Yellow River carp, Yangtze River anchovy, and Taihu whitebait are famous in the world, but what about whitebait?" And what about hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake? Why are these delicacies gone? "What hurt her heart, but there was nothing.

Mingzhu has never said kind words to Xiang Wei: "Don't you live today and leave tomorrow?" Can you still eat without you? "This woman, is it easy to clean up the dishes on this table by yourself? And then complain that it is not delicious? It's really a good intention.

Yue Yao smiled: "If you don't eat me, will you move the chopsticks?" I haven't eaten well on the ship for the past few days. When she was in Hangzhou, Xiang Wei didn't know where to invite a chef, and the dishes she made were particularly delicious.

Mingzhu pointed to one dish after another and explained: "This dish is called 'squirrel carp', and this dish is called flower chicken; There is also this one, which is Biluo shrimp...... These are the famous dishes of Suzhou, the chef is of a very high standard, this dish is called very authentic, you come and try it. ”

Yueyao looked at the flower chicken, the color was red and bright, and the fragrance was fragrant, she picked up the silver chopsticks and put a piece of the flower chicken in her mouth, and nodded again and again after eating: "Well, it's better than the flower chicken I ate in Hangzhou." "The same ingredients taste completely different from chef to chef.

Xiang Wei also took a bite, and nodded after eating: "Yes, the taste is indeed more authentic than what I ate in Hangzhou." For the sake of these famous dishes in Suzhou, she won't pursue it.

In the evening, everyone had a good meal, and after eating, Yueyao asked, "Why hasn't Niu Yanghui come back yet?"

Mingzhu smiled: "I must have seen your paintings, your paintings are now rumored to be amazing, if I hadn't known you for a long time, I'm afraid I would have become your supporter?"

Yue Yao snorted: "I thought you were my supporter?" Since it's not, then I don't have to paint for you. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I am your loyal supporter." Mingzhu looked at Yue Yao's smiling expression, and said with a smile: "You promised me that you can't go back on your word!"

Yueyao is just joking, why don't you really paint Mingzhu.

Mingzhu muttered a little: "Why don't you bring the two brothers Sheng'er over?" Maybe I can find a famous teacher for the two brothers! Fei Ge'er worshipped Wen Lao as his teacher, and Mingzhu knew it.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "You think that the famous teacher is a roadside goods, you can find it casually, the children will be placed over there first, and they will be picked up after a while." ”

Mingzhu disagreed: "Dong Yu's family has already moved in, you put the two children over there, what if you are bullied?"

Yue Yao said with a smile: "Brother Xu is not a loser, he will not be bullied so easily, and with the protection of the teacher, he will not be able to suffer." ”

Mingzhu thought about gossiping: "Yueyao, how did the Gu family break up?" I've heard that there have been several splits before, but they didn't divide it, and now that you came, they successfully split up, is it your handiwork?" After speaking, Mingzhu hurriedly added: "Well, even if you don't have your handwriting, there must be Xiang Wei's handwriting." ”

Xiang Wei had eaten too much, was rubbing her stomach, and was too lazy to pay attention to Mingzhu.

Yue Yao said: "You are really Zhuge Liang, this matter has something to do with Xiang Wei, but she didn't do anything, just said a few words about my senior sister." Yue Yao told what had happened.

Xiang Wei's mouth is poisonous, but his words can often hit your heart, Mingzhu said: "Xiang Wei is honest in what she said, Mr. Yushan is Dong Yu's father, not Gu Jianzhang's father, Gu Jianzhang is naturally towards his own mother if there is something." ”

Yueyao felt a little sad for the teacher in her heart: "Who said it wasn't?" The teacher is actually very good to him, like a son, but what he does is chilling, but Gu Zhe is a good child and is very filial to the teacher. "These few months are enough for Yueyao to understand Gu Zhe's personality.

Mingzhu is more interested in how the Gu family is divided.

Yue Yao shook her head and said: "In order to appease the anger of the people in the family, the old lady of the Gu family wanted to force my senior sister to take out the dowry, and with Xiang Wei's words in front, this matter happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, and the senior sister turned her face at the moment and told my brother-in-law that if she didn't separate the family, she would make peace with him." ”

Mingzhu said: "If you are forced to a certain point, the little white rabbit can also turn into a tigress." "Dong Yu used to be very talented, and after getting married, she became a husband and a child.

Yueyao said: "Who said it wasn't! I was also shocked at the time, but the two children were very powerful, and immediately said that if the father and mother were separated, both of them would follow their mother, Gu Jianzhang was forced to have no choice but to compromise and agree to split up. ”

Xiang Wei interjected on the side: "He is a filial son, he just moved his mouth, and he didn't let him cut his flesh and bleed, which will make his wife separate, and he will be afraid, so he will naturally compromise." This person is a selfish man, Xiang Wei felt that Mr. Yushan was not very good-looking, and he chose such a son-in-law.

Mingzhu feels that it is not so easy to separate the family, and there must be a follow-up.

Yue Yao continued: "How could Old Madam Gu agree to split the family, my senior sister has already made up her mind, and her two sons also support him, so she has more confidence. She saw that Mrs. Gu did not agree, and immediately said that she wanted to reconcile with my brother-in-law, she brought the dowry back to her parents' house, Mrs. Gu saw that my senior sister was not joking, and panicked at the moment, and finally the boss of the Gu family agreed to divide the family, not only did not have a penny of family property, but also asked my senior sister to give 1,000 taels of pension silver every year, eight sets of clothes per quarter, and medical expenses were calculated separately. ”

Mingzhu chuckled: "You continue." ”

Yue Yao also felt that the people of the Gu family were very interesting: "Of course my senior sister didn't agree, and she didn't say no, she only said that she would leave, and finally the people of the clan came forward and set a pension of two hundred taels of silver a year, four sets of clothes a quarter, and four sons who shared the medical expenses." "For ordinary people, two hundred taels of silver is more than enough for a family a year, but it is a pity that one should be answered, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, two hundred taels of silver, really not enough.

Mingzhu said: "Wonderful." ”

After a conversation, Yueyao was not polite to Mingzhu and said, "After a few days on the boat, I am a little tired. ”

Mingzhu was a little embarrassed: "I'll take you there!" Every time she saw Yueyao, Mingzhu felt that she had endless words.

Yue Yao looked at Kexin's eyes and said with a smile: "Kexin, sleep with your mother at night, okay?" Kexin has been in Suzhou for more than four months, so she was left here alone, and Yueyao felt a little guilty.

Kexin smiled like a flower: "Okay." ”

At night, he hugged Kexin and said, "Mother is not tired, tell your mother what you have done with your aunt recently?"

Kexin hugged Yueyao and said, "Mother, I'm tired, I'll tell you tomorrow, okay?" The mother's eyelids were fighting, and she said that she was not tired, but Yueyao said this, which made Kexin very happy.

Yue Yao kissed Ke Xin's forehead: "Okay, then sleep!"

After a while, Yueyao fell asleep, Kexin tilted her head sideways, looked at Yueyao who was sleeping sweetly, and fell asleep after half a sound.

The next day, Yueyao got up and finished boxing, and saw Mingzhu come in.

Mingzhu looked at Xiang Wei and said, "I've already ordered to go down, I want to pick the fattest and most beautiful hairy crab to come over, so that you can eat enough." ”

Xiang Wei was not moved at all: "What about the whitebait?" And what about white fish and white shrimp? By the way, there is also the Yangtze River saury. ”

Mingzhu held his forehead: "Don't worry, come and eat the same, I will never let you eat less of the same, I haven't seen someone like you, how old you are." ”

Xiang Wei said sarcastically: "It's like you're not delicious." ”

Kexin kept her head down, trying not to let herself laugh.

According to Yueyao's words, these are two foodies, Yueyao wants to go out for a walk and see the scenery outside, as the saying goes, there is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, the beautiful scenery of Hangzhou Yueyao has walked all over again, and the beautiful scenery of Suzhou must not be missed.

Mingzhu asked with a blank eye, "Yueyao, where is my painting?" She has been waiting for more than four months.

Yueyao said: "I have to eat to paint for you, I can't eat it for the time being, let's go after a while!" Everyone eats delicious food, and it is very depressing to eat vegetables alone, and Yueyao also wants to eat whitebait and hairy crabs.

Mingzhu was defeated.

Xiang Wei didn't approve of Yueyao going out: "You've been busy enough in the past few months, so let's rest for two days first, take the opportunity to make up for your body, and then go out to see the beautiful scenery in a few days." ”

Mingzhu looked at Yueyao, who had lost a lot of weight, and very much agreed with Xiang Wei's words: "That's it, look at what kind of weight you have become?" You are now a mother of four children, and if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children. ”

Yueyao didn't actually feel tired, but everyone said that she had lost weight, so she didn't object to making up for it, so Yueyao didn't insist on going out and stayed to chat with Mingzhu.

Xiang Wei heard the maid below say that the hairy crab had been delivered, so she immediately went to see the hairy crab, and Yueyao followed suit.

Mingzhu has been to Suzhou for more than five years, hairy crabs are often eaten, for a long time, there is also some understanding, unfortunately, without her explanation, Xiang Wei directly grabbed one from the inside and weighed it and said: "It is said that the navel of this crab protrudes from it, and it is generally full of fat." ”

The two servants carrying the basket said, "Rest assured, girl, every hairy crab in this basket is carefully selected, and there will never be any defective goods." "No one dares to deceive the prefect's mansion.

Mingzhu smiled and said: "Today we have a whole crab feast, steamed, salt-and-pepper fried crab, puff pastry hairy crab, Huadiao steamed red crab ......"

Xiang Wei raised her hands and feet to welcome, but unfortunately Yueyao had an opinion: "Crabs are cold, and they should not be eaten more, especially Kexin." "It doesn't matter how many you eat, if you can't control your mouth, you can't eat every day.

Mingzhu waved his hand and said: "You have a lot of rules, don't eat too much!" Then I'll ask the kitchen to stir up a few more dishes for you. ”

At lunchtime, Mingzhu ordered someone to fetch wine and said, "It just so happens that the wine I have made is ready to drink, so let's drink some wine to help the fun." ”

Yue Yao didn't refute, but Xiang Wei sneered: "Just you, can you still make wine?" Don't be too bad!"

It turns out that Xiang Wei was wrong, and the wine made by Mingzhu tastes very good.

Seeing Xiang Wei asking her for a recipe for making wine, Mingzhu said triumphantly: "Don't give it, this is something that I have learned from others with a lot of effort, how can I teach you so easily." ”

Xiang Wei asked gloomily, "I really don't want to learn." ”

Mingzhu shuddered, this woman is a person who will not give up on her purpose, if she doesn't give it now, she will definitely come to Yin.

This meal of crabs made Xiang Wei eat a little bit more: "Ahem, there are so many delicious foods here, I don't want to go back to the capital." "It's a blessing now.

Yueyao said to Kexin beside her: "You can't overeat, it's not good for your health, and you must not learn from her in the future." "A woman in her thirties, just like a child, is a real headache.

Mingzhu is so happy, she always suffers in front of Xiang Wei, but Xiang Wei is always trained by Yueyao and doesn't dare to speak, this is the so-called one thing to one thing.

After eating, the group went to the back garden for a walk, walked to the pavilion, and looked at the pavilion with exquisite algae decorations and lifelike characters and flowers.

Yue Yao exclaimed: "I have always heard that Suzhou gardens are the best in the world, and your small mansion is so exquisitely arranged, and those famous gardens are even more exquisite."

Mingzhu nodded and said: The house here is really very exquisite, much more beautiful than the capital. "Most of the beautiful scenery of Suzhou, most of the pearls have also been seen.

Yueyao said: "It can't be compared like this, Suzhou gardens are famous, but the houses in the capital are high-end and atmospheric, each with its own characteristics, no one is worse than the other." ”

The group was talking, two people came from a distance, the woman walking in front was wearing a pale pink dress, draped in a white gauze dress, the graceful figure was vividly reflected, with a purple crystal around her neck, the crystal shone slightly, and the skin was as white as snow.

Yue Yao looked at the woman seriously, she was not tall, with long eyebrows and thin eyes, an oval face, soft as a willow, a typical Jiangnan woman.

Mingzhu saw the visitor, and his face was not good-looking.

Xiang Wei stuck it next to Yueyao's ear and said like a mosquito: "This is Niu Yanghuina's concubine, her surname is Gao, her name is Chutong, and the people in the mansion call her Aunt Bai."

Yueyao's expression remained unchanged, she took a tangerine from the plate, peeled it and gave half of it to Kexin, and then broke off a petal and put it in her mouth, and sighed: "Mingzhu, this tangerine is very sweet, is there anything else?" If I have one, I'd like to send some to the teacher to try, and some hairy crabs along the way.

Mingzhu showed a wry smile and said, "There are still some more, if you want to send them, send someone to send them tomorrow." Mingzhu knew that Yue Yao was very busy for the art exhibition, so she didn't tell Yue Yao about Niu Yanghui's concubine, and seeing Yue Yao's natural expression at this time, she thought that Yue Yao didn't know that it was her aunt who came over.

Gao walked up to the two of them and bowed: "Madame is fine, Mrs. Lian is fine." ”

Yue Yao smiled lightly, the world will call a woman by her husband's surname, for example, she will be called Mrs. An outside, but there are also very few women who will call her surname, this kind of woman is generally particularly outstanding in a certain aspect and is praised by others, Gao's call Yue Yao is also a kind of vague flattery, from such a small title, it can be seen that this woman is very smart.

Mingzhu naturally knew Gao's intentions, and the corners of his mouth showed a touch of sarcasm, Gao knew Yueyao's identity and wanted to slap Yueyao? She didn't know about others, but Yueyao was also something she could stammer, what a joke: "You can come here too?" Don't hurry back yet. "It's rare for Yueyao to be happy, and Mingzhu doesn't want to spoil Yueyao's interest.

Gao's face turned crimson, and he bowed to Yue Yao again, and said: "Please forgive Mrs., the slave family has always admired Mrs. Lian, and I heard that Mrs. Lian was a guest at the house and wanted to see her." ”

Gao's Suzhou dialect is spoken, and Suzhou dialect has always been known for its softness, and it has long been said to be 'Wu Nong's soft language', so the woman speaks Suzhou dialect very well.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "When I was in the capital before, I heard people say that Suzhou dialect is very good, and today I heard it, it really deserves its reputation!" Such a little bird-like beauty, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs, coupled with a mouthful of Wu Nong's soft language, few men can escape, even if they know that this woman has a problem, it is difficult, at least Niu Yanghui has not escaped.

A flower-like smile bloomed on Gao's face: "Mrs. Xie compliments. When he said this, he also took a special look at Mingzhu, and saw that Mingzhu's face was not depressed, and he felt a little strange, as long as the lord praised her on weekdays, Mrs.'s face was very ugly, it was rumored that Mrs. Lian was a friend of Mrs., how could Mrs. Lian praise her, but there was no displeasure.

Yueyao leaned back in her chair and asked with a smile, "I heard that you are proficient in piano art, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs?"

A touch of pride appeared on Gao's face: "Madame has won the award, I don't dare to be proficient, but I am involved, Madame's paintings are famous all over the world, if Madame does not dislike it, I want to discuss with Madame a lesson or two." Gao knew that Niu Yanghui respected Yue Yao's paintings, and took the opportunity to befriend Yue Yao, which would be beneficial to her and harmless.

Anger appeared on Mingzhu's face, seeing her take two steps back, she really didn't know that the sky was thick.

Yue Yao chuckled: "I don't need to paint, I just think it's a little boring to live here, since you can play the piano, then play two tunes to help the fun." ”

Gao's face turned pale, this kind of tone, shouldn't she be a kabuki?

Mingzhu felt that Yueyao was very narrow, but she would not disobey Yueyao's meaning: "Come on, go and get Aunt Gao's piano." ”

Aunt Gao was unhappy in her heart, and she didn't dare to disobey Mingzhu's meaning, Aunt Gao had the intention to make Yueyao amazing, as for Mingzhu, she was an illiterate person who only recognized a few big characters, and she was not in Aunt Gao's eyes at all.

It's a pity that Yue Yao didn't give Aunt Gao room to display her talents, and as soon as Aunt Gao played for a while, Yue Yao stood up and said, "It's time to go back and take a nap." ”

Aunt Gao watched Yue Yao and her party leave, but she didn't dare to interrupt the song, Aunt Gao lowered her head, and resentment flashed in her eyes.

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Who doesn't have a few things to worry about." Before this happened, she could tell Mingzhu about various precautions, or what attitude to take when there was such a thing, but Aunt Gao came out, she felt that everything was empty, and the key was to bear it herself.

Mingzhu thought for a while and said, "Yueyao, this matter is very complicated, and I can't tell you a word or two." She didn't want Yueyao to get involved in these complicated things.

Yue Yao knew that something was wrong when she first knew about Niu Yanghuina, and now Mingzhu's words confirmed her guess: "Don't tell me, just take care of your own proportions, I'm going to take a nap." ”

Mingzhu smiled and hummed.

Back in the bedroom, Yueyao first took off Kexin's clothes, and when Kexin got into bed, she took off her coat and went up, Yueyao was not sleepy at this time: "Tell my mother, how are you doing during this time?"

Kexin doesn't know what to say, her aunt is very good to her, even better than her own mother, but if she wants to say good, she always misses her mother and brother: "Mother, when can my brothers come over?"

Yueyao is also not sure about this, if the two children can stay in Hangzhou all the time, she will not take the children over, if the two children can't stay and take them over, it doesn't matter: "Did you go out with your aunt to attend a party during this time?"

Kexin nodded and said, "Well, my aunt often takes me out, mother, I have made two friends, they are very good to me, they also heard about my mother some time ago, and told me that they want to meet you?" Seeing her friend's envy of her, Kexin was very proud.

Yueyao smiled and said, "When my mother is free, I will invite your friends to come over as guests, what do you think?" There's been no time lately.

Kexin doesn't think it's appropriate, this is not her home, it's her aunt's home, where to invite friends to her aunt's house as guests, isn't this anti-guest-oriented!

Yueyao felt that her daughter was really a solid eye: "My mother is measured, don't worry." ”

In the afternoon, Mingzhu was busy with housework and had no time to accompany Yueyao, it happened that Yueyao was guilty of Kexin, and she accompanied her daughter all afternoon, and Xiang Wei went out after lunch, as for what to do outside, Yueyao guessed that she went to collect snacks again.

In the evening, Niu Yanghui returned.

As soon as Niu Yanghui saw Yue Yao, his eyes lit up urgently, fortunately everyone was very familiar, otherwise he would have misunderstood, even so, Yue Yao was also seen to have a numb scalp.

Niu Yanghui said excitedly: "Second sister, I have looked at your paintings for a day and a night, and I like every one very much." "The paintings in the Yueyao exhibition, each painting has its own characteristics, which is very rare, when Niu Yanghui was in the bookstore, he especially wanted to keep all the paintings as owned.

Yue Yao smiled.

Niu Yanghui looked at Yue Yao's expression and asked carefully, "Second sister, are you going to sell these paintings?" If Yueyao is willing to sell, he wants to collect it.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "As long as the price is right, of course it will be sold, but some of it is not for sale." "If it's not for sale, it means that it won't be sold for any money.

Niu Yanghui hurriedly said: "Second sister, I like that painting "Think" the most, that painting has a far-reaching artistic conception and gives people infinite imagination. ”

Yue Yao felt that Niu Yanghui's vision was too sharp, and he was not for sale when he picked it, the inspiration for this painting was Fei Ge'er, at that time, Fei Ge'er was in trouble again because of Brother Xu, and Fei Ge'er was thinking about what method to use to round Brother Xu and not be punished by Yue Yao, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of a satisfactory way.

Yueyao happened to come out of the studio, and saw her son sitting at the stone table with his chin in his hands, like a little adult, nodding for a while, and shaking his head for a while, which was particularly interesting.

Yueyao's heart moved at that time, so she painted this scene, of course, the painting was polished by Yueyao, and the person in the painting was not Fei Ge'er.

After this painting came out, because it was too abstract, Yueyao was ready to abandon it, but fortunately it was seen by Xiang Wei before it was destroyed by Yueyao, Xiang Wei was full of praise after seeing this painting, she felt that this painting was very interesting, because this painting can make people have all kinds of associations, which feels very wonderful, and later Mr. Yushan saw this painting, and also praised the painting for its meaning.

Niu Yanghui was a little disappointed when he heard Yue Yao say that this painting was not for sale, and then smiled: "I also like that "Xiangshan Picture", those mountains have their own time and color, as well as the mountains and rocks, trees, tourists, birds, springs and ...... in the painting."

Before Niu Yanghui finished speaking, he saw Yue Yao with a look of embarrassment: "Wouldn't this one be for sale?" If he wants to be so lucky, his two favorite paintings are not for sale.

Yue Yao said a little embarrassedly: "I promised to give it to the teacher in "Xiangshan Map", you can see if you have picked another one!"

Mingzhu helped Niu Yanghui and said, "In addition to these two, the others can pick one at will." "I don't dare to mention many pearls, but I can still get one.

Yue Yao said: "Several Buddhist paintings and characters are not for sale, and the other eighteen paintings, except for the painting of picking vegetables, you can choose one at will." "The prototype of picking vegetables is Xiang Wei, it has already been booked for Xiang Wei, where does Yueyao dare to give it away.

Niu Yanghui was out of decision, the two paintings he wanted the most were not for sale, and he liked the other seventeen paintings, but he didn't particularly want them: "Are your paintings going to be auctioned in Suzhou?" Or are you going to take it back to the capital for auction?"

Yue Yao smiled: "Let's auction it here!" It's best to sell it, or you have to bring it back to Beijing, which is quite troublesome. ”

Niu Yanghui nodded and said, "Since you have decided to sell it, then I will help you spread the news, what do you think?"

Yueyao naturally felt that it was good, someone was helping to deal with troubles, so why not.

Sleeping at night, Mingzhu couldn't help but ask, "Husband, Yueyao's painting?" Is it really as miraculous as it is rumored to be out there? In other words, Mingzhu thinks Yueyao's painting is good, but it hasn't reached that exaggerated state yet!

Niu Yanghui also felt that the rumors outside were a bit exaggerated: "Yueyao's paintings are very special, she paints ordinary and visible things, but her paintings give people a very special feeling, especially the "Xiangshan Picture", landscape paintings are very common, but none of them are the same as "Xiangshan Picture", which will make people feel immersive, which feels particularly wonderful." Niu Yanghui is a person of officialdom, and he has long been aware that the rumors outside should have been deliberately done by someone, Niu Yanghui guessed that someone wanted to build momentum for Yueyao, fortunately, Yueyao's paintings are indeed very unique, and they are full of praise after seeing her paintings, otherwise the people behind the scenes are likely to be self-defeating.