After walking around the garden, Su Xi and the others returned to the front hall.

Today, the old lady went to Mingjue Temple to incense, and she couldn't come back for a while, so she was entertained by the Yin family. Yin sat on the main seat, and there were two women sitting in the rosewood chair below, among which the woman wearing a cigarette and fire jacket saw Su Xi and said with a friendly smile: "Youyou, come and let me take a look, I haven't seen you for a month, and it seems that she has grown a lot taller." ”

Su Xi walked up to the woman and called out obediently, "Mrs. Tang." ”

This is Tang Wan's mother, the wife of the two Huai salt transport envoys, Tian.

Another woman wearing a purple trimmed cardigan and a silver-dotted blue Ruyi hairpin put down the teacup in her hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Xi'er is more and more standard, this eyebrow, this nose, Sister Tongyin is like a mold carved out, and she will be round and jade and blessed when she grows up." The one who spoke was Fu Yi's mother, Mei.

Mei's is only half a month younger than Yin's, but she has insisted on calling Yin's "sister" over the years.

Mei is the maiden niece of Yin's mother, because the Mei family is in the middle of the road, Yin's mother saw that Mei was pitiful, so she took her to live in Yin's house. Mei is a high-minded and arrogant master, even under the fence, and she did not bury her arrogance.

Since Yin's father can become the first assistant of the cabinet, he must be full of wealth and talent. The daughter who was taught is naturally not far behind. Yin has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics with her father since she was a child, and she is a well-deserved first talented woman in Beijing, and she is beautiful.

Mei grew up with the Yin family since he was a child, and he has been secretly competing with the Yin family. She is not as good as Yin in terms of family background, and she is not as good as Yin in terms of appearance, the only thing that can be compared is talent. It's a pity that Rao is like this, and Mei's is still slightly inferior to Yin's.

Mei has been pressed by the Yin family for so many years, and now she has given birth to a daughter, and there is finally one thing that can beat the Yin family, so how can she not raise her eyebrows? No matter how beautiful and talented the Yin family is, in the end, isn't her daughter better? Mei sighed: "It's like our sister Yi, who only knows how to lock herself in the study all day long, reading day and night, and sometimes she can't even take care of food, but her body is hungry and thin." Look, where is there a couple of meat on this body? She doesn't listen to what I say, it's really worrying. "It's all about showing off your daughter.

Fu Yi stood beside her and stopped: "Mother......"

Mei Shi didn't stop, patted Fu Yi's hand and continued: "According to me, you can read the book whenever you want, but you can't exhaust your body......

At this time, Mrs. Tang stopped Mei's words, but was silent. sighed in his heart: In the end, he came out of a small family, and he became the wife of the prince of Qingguo, and his vision was not necessarily much broader.

Yin Shi was even more unmoved, lowered his eyes and flicked the floating leaves in the ink-colored teacup, and said with a slight smile: "Isn't it, it's still the most important thing to be healthy." I still remember that in order to endorse my sister, Sister Mei tired herself out and lay in bed for a long time, and finally my father hired a famous doctor to save you. ”

Mei's face immediately changed. Of course she remembered this, at that time, Yin Ge Lao assigned homework to the two of them and asked them to recite "The Mean" within three days. Yin Wufang is talented and intelligent, and has the ability to memorize everything, and he can recite seventy-seven eighty-eight in one day, while Mei's is even harder, and it takes three days of sleepless to barely memorize it. Three days later, Mei unsurprisingly fell ill.

Now that Yin mentions it, it is undoubtedly a needle in Mei's lively heart.

Until the people from the Qingguo Mansion said goodbye and left, Mei's face did not ease.

Su Xi stood beside Yin, watched Mei and Fu Yi get into the carriage, and was about to go back, when she saw Fu Shaoyun riding a horse and taking two steps towards her. Fu Shaoyun rode on horseback, looking more and more upright, he smiled at Su Xi and said, "Cousin Xi, today's roasted sparrows are delicious, thank you for your hospitality." ”

At this time, because of Yin's presence, he looked quite serious.

Su Xi said: "Cousin Shaoyun doesn't have to be polite. ”

Fu Shaoyun didn't say anything more, smiled, and hit the horse to catch up with the carriage of the Qingguo Mansion in front.

*

Sending off the people from the Qingguo Mansion and the Tang Mansion, the Yin family returned to Qiutangju, changed out of the clothes of the previous guests, put on a lilac Suzhou embroidered lotus pattern gown, unloaded the pearls and emeralds, and let the big girl Danwu pull a fallen horse bun, then reclined on the pillow and closed her eyes to rest.

When Su Zhen came back from outside, he saw that his wife was asleep, so he didn't make a sound to disturb, he went to the inner room to change his clothes, and when he came out, he held a blanket woven with gold mandarin duck patterns in his hand. I saw Su Zhen, a heroic and majestic man, lightly covering the Yin family with a blanket, and before he could use his hand, the Yin family on the couch opened his eyes.

Su Zhen smiled: "Woke you up." ”

Yin sat up from the couch, in fact, she hadn't fallen asleep in the first place, and as soon as Su Zhen came back, she heard footsteps. She said: "Today, the people from the Qingguo Mansion came to the mansion. ”

When Su Zhen came back, he had already heard what the girl said, he knew what Yin was referring to, and he knew why she was in a hesitant mood, so he asked, "But what did Mei tell you?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just praised Sister Yi'er." Mei treats this daughter as a treasure, and it is not uncommon for people to say a word or two.

When Mei married Fu Ju, the son of Qingguo Gong, it was not that Ming Media was marrying, but that Mei had an affair with Fu Ju first, and Fu Ju welcomed her into the mansion. At that time, both the Duke of Qingguo and the Duchess of Qingguo did not agree to Mei's entry, but Fu Ju was fascinated by Mei's mind, and she did not marry, and fought with the two elders for a long time. Over the years, if it weren't for the fact that the two children born to Mei were not bad, Duke Qingguo and Duchess Qingguo would never have a good face for Mei.

Only a very small number of people knew about this, and Yin was one of the few people.

After all, the Mei family lived in Yin Mansion at the beginning, and many things could not be hidden.

Yin said: "I think Shaoyun is a good person, dignified, polite, and very attentive to the young, but he is a good candidate for a good son-in-law." After that, the Yin family shook his head regretfully and said, "It's just that there is a mother like the Mei family, if the young really marry into the Qingguo Mansion, I'm afraid life will not be easy." ”

The daughter is ten years old, and Dayan's girl can discuss marriage at twelve or three, although it is a bit early for the Yin family to consider these, it is not outrageous.

Su Zhen sat next to Yin, held Yin's hand and said with relief: "Youyou're still young, why bother thinking about this?" I'd rather keep her for a few more years, and it's not too late to marry her off until I'm eighteen. As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something and smiled deeply: "Did my father-in-law think the same way?" The more my daughter stays, the more precious she becomes, and she almost set the wedding date for your double ten, but it makes me anxious. ”

Yin glared at him, pulled his hand out, and said, "At that time, it was because the marriage of our two families was decided, which one is the same?" ”

Yin's eyebrows are exquisite, and he was born with a pair of peach blossom eyes, which is very beautiful. Especially at this time, the glance with anger and reprimanding is even more amorous and demeanor. A woman in her thirties, her appearance is still in her twenties, no wonder the eldest man Su Zhen has been the only one in his heart for so many years, and he has never looked at others more.

At that time, after Yin Wuflawless married Su Zhending, he really made the sons of the family sad and regretful. The sad thing is that the talented girl has the master from the main name, and the regret is that the person who wants to marry is a martial artist, and the flawless and tall and burly Su Zhen stand together, and they are really not right. At the time, everyone thought that this marriage had ruined Yin Wuflaw, but in fact, only Yin Wuflaw's own heart knew the taste of life. Su Zhen looks rough, but when she is single-minded, he has not only taken good care of her over the years, but has never let her suffer the slightest grievance.

It's a little rough, but it's extra manly, isn't it?

Su Zhen looked at his lady's jade cheeks, couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her, and said in a dumb voice: "Anyway, you think about this too early, with this kung fu, it is better to do something else......" said, placing a generous and warm palm on Yin's waist.

Yin's beautiful eyes widened, and his voice gradually lowered: "You ......"

Blue sky and white day.

*

Two days later, Tang Wan came to pick up Su Xi and went out.

Because Su Xi greeted the Yin family in advance, the Yin family did not stop it, but he was still not at ease, so he arranged two other mothers-in-law, two maids and four servants for Su Xi. Su Xi got into the black lacquer double-carriage of the Tang Mansion and asked Tang Wan: "Sister Tang, where are we going first?" ”

Tang Wan is wearing a honey-colored bee butterfly pattern short jacket today, with a pomegranate skirt underneath, which is very lively and pretty. She said: "There are mostly calligraphy and painting shops on East Street, let's go there first, I want to buy a set of pens for my second brother." ”

The carriage drove out of Ping'an Lane and headed in the direction of East Street. About two quarters of an hour later, the carriage arrived at Dongdajie, Tang Wan and Su Xi put on their hats and walked off the carriage, and looked at the calligraphy and painting shops. Tang Wan was picky, and only wanted to find the Cuihao pen made by Mr. Wang Shoushan Lao, but Mr. Wang Shoushan went five years ago, and there are very few pens in his circulation, let alone a complete set of Cuihao pens. It was Tang Wan and Su Xi who walked for an hour, and almost finished shopping all the calligraphy and painting shops on East Street, but still didn't find a suitable pen.

The two of them came to the last house, and after Tang Wan looked at all the pens brought by the shopkeeper, he shook his head in disappointment and said to Su Xi: "That's it, I think it's better to send something else." As he spoke, he led Su Xi outside, but saw that Su Xi did not move, and looked at the side steadily. Tang Wan was puzzled in her heart, and she also followed.

Over there, the guy sold the inkstone to a lady wearing a purple and gray crepe trimmed gown, Tang Wan glanced at the inkstone, there was an emerald green stone eye like an eye, it was the top grade of the inkstone, and it was quite precious. The man spoke in a daze, and the woman looked at it for a moment, and when she opened her mouth to inquire about the price, the man stretched out three fingers. The woman pondered for a moment, ready to ask the maid behind her to hand over the silver ticket, Su Xi really couldn't stand it, and said: "Most of the stone eyes of the inkstone are delicate and clear, but the stone eyes of this inkstone are a little blurry, and the outline is unknown, I wonder if the store can explain a thing or two?" ”

The faces of the man and the shopkeeper changed, and they all looked at her.

Su Xi was secretly glad that he was wearing a hat at this time.

When the woman heard Su Xi's words, she really looked at the turtle lotus leaf pattern inkstone carefully, twisted her eyebrows slightly, and said to the guy: "Didn't the little brother say that this inkstone is genuine?" ”

The guy was angry and annoyed with the nosy girl next to him, but seeing that the other party was dressed either rich or expensive, there were seven or eight servants behind him, and it was not something they could afford to provoke, so he had to suffer this dumb loss.

Out of the door of the calligraphy and painting shop, Su Xi and Tang Wan were about to board the carriage, but the talented woman stopped them.

The woman said to Su Xi, "Thanks to the girl's reminder, I avoided buying a fake." ”

Su Xi said: "Madame doesn't have to thank me, I just can't get used to this kind of behavior." "A fake inkstone dares to sell for three thousand taels of silver, what is the difference between this and openly robbing it?

The woman untied the double crane beaded jade pendant on her waist and gave it to Su Xi and said: "My surname is Cen, in order to thank the girl for her kindness today, if anything happens, the girl can take this jade pendant to find me in Lishu Hutong on West Street." ”

Behind Xiuchunju is Lishu Hutong, and I heard that it is where the big boss of Xiuchunju lives.

Su Xi took the jade pendant and watched the lady get into the carriage before leaving with Tang Wan.

Tang Wan didn't take this episode to heart, and picked out a set of red and lotus pattern pen plates for the second brother Tang Wei, and led Su Xi to the nearby Yuhe Building for a while. At this time, there was still a while before noon, and there were not many guests in the Yuhe Building, so Tang Wan asked for a private room near the window on the second floor, took off her hat, ordered tea and a few snacks, and after Xiao Er left, she remembered to ask Su Xi why she knew how to recognize the stone eyes of Duan Yan.

Su Xi also took off his hat and said: "There is a piece of inkstone in my mother's study, which was handed down during the Kangsheng period of the previous dynasty, and the stone eyes on it are clear and distinct, which is obviously different from that guy takes. ”

Tang Wan realized.

After a while, Xiao Er served tea and pastries, and the two of them drank tea and snacks while chatting, and half an hour passed unconsciously. Tang Wan said: "I'm too tired today, let's come and see the material another day, right?" After walking so far, both of my legs are sore. ”

Su Xi ran every day these days, so she didn't feel too tired, but since Tang Wan said so, she agreed.

The two were about to walk out of the private room, when there was a sudden commotion on the street, and the street, which had just been quiet and quiet, suddenly became lively. Su Xi and Tang Wan glanced at each other and curiously pushed open the window of the private room.

I saw a carriage in the distance, made of the finest boxwood, with a black embroidered gold veil hanging from it, and at a glance it was a carriage in which a person of status was ridden.

However, it was not these carriages that caused a sensation.

It was the son who rode a red horse in front of the carriage.