"I guess so." Shen Qingli nodded, and said with a straight face, "Auntie, haven't you seen through it, Madame is actually using Dongyu to divert the master's love for you, if you can't get along with Dongyu, wouldn't it just be Madame's plan?" ”

"yes, why didn't I think of that?" Aunt Tian came to her senses and smiled at Shen Qingli, "The second young lady is still smart." ”

"Where, you're just a fan of the authorities." Shen Qingli smiled faintly, thinking that she had just said that Mu Changyuan stayed with her last night, she couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, are you cured?" ”

"I was about to sue you!" Aunt Tian smiled sweetly and said excitedly, "Since I drank that glass of fruit wine from you last time, I found that the bleeding stopped that night, and I began to think it was temporary, but I know that it has been very good for the past few days, so I dared to keep the master with me last night." ”

As he spoke, he shook her arm and said, "Second Young Lady, do you have any more wine, let me have another drink!" ”

"That's not good, since you're all right, what are you going to drink?" Shen Qingli flatly refused, "I'm forty years old, and when I drink it up, it's gone, and I can't bear to drink it on weekdays!" ”

"It's stingy." Aunt Tian smiled indifferently, and asked again, "By the way, I heard that the house is going to hold a tea party?" Why isn't it done by Mrs.? “

Could it be that Mrs. and Mrs. Tai had an awkward quarrel?

Haha, if that's the case, it would be great, she likes to watch the scenes of chickens flying and dogs jumping in the house, such as last time, if it wasn't for Bailing stopping her, she couldn't wait to go to Yiqing Garden to see the excitement!

Anyway, the reputation of the house or something, is what the masters need to worry about, and it has nothing to do with her little concubine, as long as she eats, drinks and is accompanied by a man, why do you care so much?

"Madame has been feeling a little unwell recently, so Mrs. Tai asked me and the second lady to handle this matter." Shen Qingli smiled faintly and said, "It's the first time I've intervened in the affairs of the house, and when the time comes, my aunt will have to help me grow more eyes." ”

"Don't worry, your business is my business, and I will definitely fully support you." Aunt Tian said with an oath.

"I know that my aunt treats me well." Shen Qingli smiled.

"Ma'am, it's done." Mama Xu walked in with a relaxed curtain, and said with crooked eyebrows, "I watched the old man and Dongyu enter the inner room before leaving, presumably Dongyu already understands in her heart that Madame's heart is towards her, I guess the one in Lixiangyuan must be so angry that she stomps her feet." ”

Su Shi didn't have a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he sighed: "What did the master say?" ”

"Madam, the slave maid told the lord that the lady had to discuss matters with the master, and the master just said that he would accompany Dongyu here first, and then come back in the evening." Mama Xu suddenly understood Su's suffering, and her face darkened.

"Mama, you say, will the master come at night?" Su Shi asked suddenly.

"Madam, if the master doesn't come, you will, you will take the initiative to find the master." Mama Xu frowned, "When we women should bow our heads, we must bow our heads." ”

Su Shi Muran nodded.

In the evening, Su Shi saw that the study was lit up by candlelight, so he took the initiative to push the door and walked in.

"Sir." Su Shi looked at the still slender and upright figure sitting in front of the desk, and called softly, but for some reason, tears fell all of a sudden.

These days, because of Xia's fake pregnancy, she almost didn't dare to go out, lest she be pointed at as soon as she went out, and she was rejected by others when she went to the Guogong Mansion, and when she came home, Huangfu's family was cold and indifferent to her, and she didn't discuss the matter of this tea party with her in advance, so she made the decision to let the second lady and Erlang's daughter-in-law do it, not because she was unwilling to let go of the power in her hands, but because she really lost face.

Mu Changyuan didn't look at her, just flipped through the yellowed pages in his hand, how to say it! As soon as he guessed today's incident, he knew that she asked Dongyu to go to Lixiangyuan to find him, and then reminded him that she didn't like him to always run to Lixiangyuan......

When, in which house did he spend the night, and it still had to look at her face?

"Sir." Seeing that Mu Changyuan ignored her, Su Shi thought that he was angry with himself because of Da Lang's matter, so he simply stepped forward and covered his lap, and sobbed, "Master, I really don't know about Da Lang's affairs, don't be angry anymore." ”

"I know you don't know, with your temperament, how can you tolerate a child who is not of your own bloodline pretending to be the heir of Dalang?" Mu Changyuan looked at her lukewarmly, paused, and said, "You are too careful, I don't blame you for Da Lang's matter." ”

"But these days, the lord treats me more and more coldly, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong!" Su Shi couldn't help but hide her face and cry, she couldn't tolerate it, and she couldn't accept it, this man was a stranger to her from then on......

"You haven't done anything wrong, it's just that I've been a little tired lately." Mu Changyuan saw her crying so much, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but raise his hand and stroke her shoulder, "Okay, don't cry, no one blames you." ”

"Master, it's not good for my wife, and I can't share my worries with my lord." When Su Shi saw him say this, he knew that he had lost his anger, and still hugged him coquettishly, and said quietly, "I know that my mother wants to hold a tea party for the sake of Saburo Shiro's family affairs, so as to find a good marriage for their brothers, so my mother asked the second daughter-in-law to handle this matter, I don't give her the opportunity to practice, but I feel that such a big thing, she will inevitably take care of one and lose the other, if there is any mistake, it is a trivial matter to spend a few taels of silver, and it will be worth the loss if you miss the marriage of Saburo Shiro." ”

"Although my mother asked her to do it, but the housewife in the house is still you after all, such a big thing, you naturally have to help her from the side, not to say that you can sit back and relax, not to mention anything else, the expenses at the tea tasting party are all from the public, and she also has to receive money from you, right?" Mu Changyuan comforted in a low voice, "You have to remind her of everything, you can't let her temperament come." ”

"Master, if she comes to get the money, I have to give it to her, right? If I don't give it, won't it make my mother think I'm stingy and unreasonable? Su Shi leaned into his arms again, he didn't know that they had such an opportunity in the second room, and he didn't know how the lion opened his mouth to ask for it!

"Isn't there the cost of last year's tea party? Then you will give her the money according to last year's. Mu Changyuan gave her ideas.

"It's still the old man who thinks thoughtfully." Su Shi smiled coquettishly.

The next day, Liu took the bill with a smile on his face, pushed it in front of Su, and said: "Sister-in-law, I didn't sleep all night last night, thinking about how to run this tea party, oops, I don't know how to pay for firewood and rice, this is true, you look at this list, I have reduced and reduced, shrunk and shrunk, and only reached this number." ”

Su Shi glanced at it lightly, ten thousand taels?

Hum! I know that this woman is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she really dares to ask for it!

Thinking of this, she slowly picked up the bill and looked at it, pushed it back again, and chuckled: "Brother and sister, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are at home, last year's tea party, the house didn't even spend 5,000 taels, why did it double this year?" ”

"Sister-in-law, how can last year be the same as this year! Last year, the men drank tea and chatted together, but this year it's all the girl's house, and the girl's family has always been expensive, so the cost is naturally more, isn't it? Seeing that Su didn't even look at the expenses listed on the list, Liu pushed it in front of her again, and said with a smile, "It's the first time I've done such a big thing, and I'm afraid that I won't be careful, so I have listed so much, my sister-in-law has always had experience in doing such things, and I hope that my sister-in-law will give me some advice." ”

Su Shi pinched the bill and said with a light smile: "Brother and sister, tea tasting is an elegant thing, you invite a troupe to come, babbling and arguing, won't it ruin the interest?" ”

Ask a troupe for a thousand taels?

Grab the money!

"Sister-in-law, you also know, saying that it is a tea party, it is nothing more than looking for a good woman for Saburo Shiro, do you think, sitting there and drinking tea in a proper manner, what can you see?" Liu Shi said unhappily, "Invite a troupe to come and set up a stage, there is just a lively place, and it won't be cold, right?" Anyway, it's the tea party of our Yongding Marquis Mansion, it's shabby, it's a joke, isn't it? ”

"Ahem, brother and sister, when the three of us married our big house, we didn't hold a tea party! Not to mention inviting a troupe! Su Shi looked at the Liu family and couldn't help but say, "Of course, if my younger brother and sister are willing to give this money by themselves, I have nothing to say." ”

"It's just a thousand taels of silver, and my sister-in-law can pull down her face." Liu sneered, pushed the bill over again, and said, "Okay! Then I'll listen to my sister-in-law, I won't invite the troupe, and the rest of the sister-in-law can always agree, right? ”

Su Shi chuckled, swept the bill again, and said helplessly again: "Brother and sister, it's not that I'm stingy and reluctant to spend money, but tables, chairs, tea tables, teacups, tea sets or something, all of them are in the warehouse, so there is no need to buy new ones, so according to my younger brothers and sisters' ideas, let's hold a tea party every year, wouldn't we have to buy new ones every year?" In a few years, wouldn't the tables and chairs in the warehouse be piled up? ”

What else to buy a table and chair coffee table with gold edges!

Wait, even the teacups and tea sets are the kind with gold edges!

I'm mad at her!

Don't feel sorry if you dare to spend someone else's money, right?

Well, for these expenses alone, I have to go out another four thousand taels.

"Sister-in-law, there are tables, chairs, tea tables, teacups, tea sets or something in the warehouse, but they have been used for several years, most of them are old, anyway, sooner or later they have to be replaced with new ones, it is better to change them all this year, besides, these can be used next year, the reason why I picked these with gold edges, I also think that this style of atmosphere is good-looking, isn't it?" Liu Shi was anxious when he heard this, didn't he say that she would have to handle the tea tasting party?

This one is not allowed to be bought, that one is not allowed to be bought, then she is still a fart!

"Brother and sister, you know that we are holding a tea party to show San Lang Shiro a daughter-in-law, and it is not to show off the family property, let's simply taste tea and chat for a day, it's good, there is really no need to make such a big fanfare." Su Shi pursed his lips and smiled, continued to look at the bill, and then handed the bill to Mama Xu, and instructed, "Mama, lead the second lady to the account to pay five thousand taels of silver, so that the second lady can prepare it early." ”

"Second lady, let's go!" Mama Xu said expressionlessly.

Liu Shi suddenly held a vicious breath in his heart.

Obviously the budget is 10,000 taels, but she cut it to 5,000 taels, I've seen a stingy one, I've never seen such a stingy one, she originally wanted to throw off her sleeves and leave, but after thinking about it, she didn't take it for nothing, she took the silver first.

Liu took the bill and the silver, went back to the house and thought hard for a long time, before he took out a small part of the things that needed to be purchased on the bill, copied them onto another piece of paper, and then calculated the silver taels needed, and then sent the silver and bills to Qingxinyuan.

Since the Huangfu clan asked Shen Qingli to assist her in organizing the tea party, she naturally asked Shen Qingli to help buy some of the required items, if she bought it herself, it would inevitably be suspected of enriching her own pockets.

Shen Qingli looked at the bill and the silver, and then instructed Ah Hua to go to the street to ask the price according to the bill, she didn't know if the silver could buy the items on the bill, if it was overspending, wouldn't she have to ask for her own pocket?

Ah Hua took the bill and walked away.

"Ah Hua, don't forget, shop around, go a few more, and ask the price." Shen Qingli instructed.

After a long day's work, Ah Hua came back after asking the price, and said mysteriously: "Young lady, if these on the bill are bought according to the price in the store pù here in Xicheng, these silver are just right, if you go far away to buy in Dongcheng, you will save thirty percent of silver, which side shall we buy?" ”

"Is the texture all the same?" Shen Qingli asked, these are some accessories and the like on her bill, there are red carpets spread on the ground, tablecloths on the table, and red silk hanging up, all kinds of things are bought, and they get a thousand taels.

"Naturally, it's good here in Xicheng." Taozhi interjected, "A few days ago, I went to buy some clothes for Miss Kexin, which I bought in Xicheng District, and the boss said that don't look at this clothing is similar to that in the East Market, but the texture is far behind. ”

"Then buy the good texture here in Xicheng, remember to ask the boss for a receipt." Shen Qingli said.

"Young lady, you can save almost three hundred taels of silver in the East City!" Ah Hua reminded, "Anyway, those red carpet tablecloths or something, you can't use them a few times a year, and no one can find anything!" ”

Peach Branch and Bi Tao also nodded.

Anyway, it's not something to wear, the quality is a little worse, it doesn't matter.

"Then you say, 'If I save the three hundred denarii, and keep them for myself?' Or send it to the second aunt? Shen Qingli asked.

Momozhi had an epiphany: "It's not good to stay, and it's not good to send it over." ”

If you keep it, it is to embezzle the silver in the public school, and if you talk about it in the future, you can't hang it on your face, if you send it back, it will be tantamount to slapping the second lady in the face, indicating that you can't use so much silver to buy these things, and there is a problem with the budget.

"So! You can't keep it, you can't give it away, just spend all the money! Shen Qingli said indifferently.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to hold a tea party.

Early in the morning, dozens of carriages from the Yongding Marquis Mansion went straight to the tea plantation. R1152