Gu Changhui and Nian had been looking forward to the return of Ning Yongchuan and his wife for a long time, and when they saw the Ning family coming, the two of them couldn't wait to walk to the gate of the courtyard to greet them.

"Brother Ning, sister-in-law." Nian Shi greeted him with a smile, his eyes fell on Ning Yongchuan and An Manyue, and finally walked to An Manyue's side, holding An Manyue's hand intimately, "Sister-in-law, you can be regarded as coming, it's so lonely that you are not alone with me." ”

An Manyue smiled and said, "I'm not here!" ”

"These are ......," Nian's gaze fell on the female dependents behind An Manyue.

An Manyue introduced the female dependents of the family to the Nian family one by one, and the Nian family was very generous, giving the prepared silver bracelet to the female dependents of the Ning family, and enthusiastically invited people into the house.

Because there are many people this time, men and women are divided into tables.

Li and An Manyue sat together, and said to the other ladies of the Ning family with a smile: "Eat as you like, don't be restrained, just treat this place as your own home." ”

Li and the others responded with a panicked "yes".

"By the way, what about the Xu family?" The second daughter-in-law of the Ning family had been in Fucheng for a long time before, and Nian was very familiar with her, but this time she didn't see Xu.

"She's confined at home, and she won't come over until she's out of confinement." An Manyue explained with a smile.

"Gave birth, is it a son or a daughter?" Nian is now very interested in other people's children, mainly because she has never conceived herself if she wants to conceive.

"A daughter and a son."

Nian's eyes were red with envy, and he sighed: "She looks like a blessed person, she looks rich, if only I had a good life like her!" ”

Li sat at the table and ate slowly, listening to the words of Nian and his mother-in-law, her eyebrows frowned slightly, she didn't expect that Xu's Tie Hanhan could be appreciated by Nian's, obviously she was the daughter-in-law of the Ning family, and she was ignored, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

However, Li was quickly distracted by the child, her good days are ahead, as long as the big head has a future in the future, she will slowly let go of her worries.

After eating, it was getting late, and Ning Yongchuan got up to say goodbye.

Back at Ning's house, An Manyue would lazily lie on the bed and read a book after washing, and when he saw Ning Yongchuan washing up and returning to the house, he put down the book and sat up, turned his head and asked, "What happened to the Gu family?" ”

Ning Yongchuan walked to the side of the bed, stretched out his hand and scratched An Manyue's nose, and asked with a chuckle, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"Nian's looks wrong today, he looks preoccupied, and besides, Gu Changhui's face doesn't look right." An Manyue tucked the broken hair on her face behind her ears and said thoughtfully.

"The sixty cows that Gu Changhui bought from the north before were robbed, but his sixty cows were like evaporating from the world, and he couldn't find a place to go." Ning Yongchuan sat next to An Manyue, frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "He suspects that someone wants to attack the Gu family." ”

"The Sixty Cows ......"

Ning Yongchuan knew that An Manyue didn't know much about the Xiongnu in the north, so he explained simply: "Although our Great Xia Kingdom fought fiercely with the Huns, the two countries still have economic exchanges, and the Gu family has always had business dealings with the people on the Xiongnu side. ”

"It stands to reason that even if someone robbed his cattle, he should be able to find out who did it." An Manyue raised her eyes to look at Ning Yongchuan and asked, "No clue at all?" ”

"Yes, if it is an item, it may be taken away quietly, but cattle are used to drive, so many cattle, theoretically someone should be able to see it." Ning Yongchuan thought that this matter had nothing to do with her, and he didn't want to say any more, "We can't help with this kind of thing, we can only hope that they can find the cow as soon as possible." ”

An Manyue didn't take this matter to heart, and said, "Do you still need a little guy by your side, or will I help you pick two more?" ”

When these words reached Ning Yongchuan's ears, he now began to suspect that An Manyue was not choosing a little girl for him, but choosing a little milk dog for herself.

It's no wonder that Ning Yongchuan wants to be biased, many little girls he knows in modern times like to watch handsome guys.

"No, you don't."

"Hmm." An Manyue lay on the bed and continued to read, and said with a headache, "I remembered one thing, we should prepare for winter." ”

Ning Yongchuan responded casually.

"The winter here must be cold, so you can only produce carbon basins." An Manyue missed the modern heating more and more, but unfortunately there was no one here, and said softly, "It would be nice if Su Wan'er could toss the floor heating." ”

"What are the heroes and heroines of the book probably busy with now?" Ning Yongchuan asked.

"Su Wan'er and Ouyang Ye should go south, the north is at war, and the imperial court is afraid that there will be another war in the south, so they will send Ouyang Ye over for peace talks," An Manyue chuckled and said, "So it seems that we haven't been able to see those two people recently." ”

Ning Yongchuan also hopes to stay away from the male and female protagonists, in case something goes wrong one day, it will not be beautiful if the male and female protagonists find out.

It's just that what makes Ning Yongchuan curious is that Su Wan'er will follow Ouyang Ye south this time?

The next day, An Manyue had breakfast, and he and his eldest daughter-in-law Li took the two maids to Renyazi's side.

Li followed An Manyue's side, and he was happy in his heart, thinking that his mother still cared about him, and he would not let the two siblings go over her.

"Mother," Li felt that it was necessary to brush his favorability around his mother at this time, and said flatteringly, "Let's go to Buzhuang in a while to see if it's good, I'll see if there are any beautiful clothes, and I will look back and compare the gourd to draw a scoop, and I can make a few beautiful clothes for my mother." ”

Hearing Li say this, An Manyue thought of a big thing at this time, Xue Yu's female red attainments are good, and she has to ask a female red master to teach Xue Yu when she goes back.

"Well, we'll go over and have a look after buying someone." An Manyue thought that she would also buy more fabrics for her subordinates, after all, they were the façade of Ning Mansion.

In the end, An Manyue bought two old couples and three young boys.

The two old couples and men guard the door of the courtyard, the woman is responsible for cleaning the front yard, as for the three young boys, one each of the eldest and the third, the remaining one is placed in the gatehouse first, and when the second child comes back, he is placed next to the second child.

An Manyue asked Agarwood to take these people home first, and went to Buzhuang with Li and Sanqi.

"You go and see yours, I'll pick out some fabric." An Manyue chose some cotton and linen mixed fabrics, ten yuan a foot, and planned to leave them for the next person, as for the Ning family's fabrics, she planned to choose them in a few days, after all, the pure cotton fabrics are dozens of dollars a foot, and she has to make more money.

Li Fang took a serious look at the finished clothes, the delicate stitches and novel styles made her realize how bad her female celebrity was.

Before, the Li family came here and thought that she would secretly do some embroidery work in the future to earn some pocket money, but now, hehe, she is still honestly thinking about female popularity at home!

Because there were too many things, An Manyue directly asked the store guy to deliver the things to his home, and it cost a total of ten taels of silver.

When she came out of Buzhuang, Li Shi was heartbroken, as if she was the one who spent ten taels of silver, and came to An Manyue's side, and said in a low voice: "Mother, we don't need to spend so much money to buy clothes for them. ”

"I know what I know." An Manyue said that, but she was thinking about one thing in her heart, it was time to find someone to take care of the accounts.

The Ning family is now in Fucheng, because there is a well in the current house, so there is no need to buy water, and other living utensils need to be bought with silver.

After renting a carriage, renting a house, and buying clothes for people, there was only one hundred taels of silver left in the house.

An Manyue bought a lot of shops before, but they were all rented out, and they were collected for half a year's rent at that time, and the money from the rent was also used to buy shops, so it was impossible for her and Ning Yongchuan to count on the money from those shops now.

The house they bought in Fucheng before has not been rented out, and even if it is rented out, it will be ten taels of silver per month.

The monthly money of the people under them is at least ten taels of silver.

At most, the money for renting out the house is offset by the monthly money of the next person.

But Fucheng is a place where money is asked everywhere, so everyone in the Ning family should have monthly money, ten taels of silver for the male dependents, five taels of silver for the female dependents, and two taels of silver for the grandchildren, so it may cost hundreds of taels of silver a month.

An Manyue suddenly regretted a little, she should have left these people at home in the first place, so that she could save her money.

Maybe some people think that they shouldn't share the monthly money, but think about it from another angle, Ning Yongchuan is now a lifter, even if he can't pass the spring, he can be an official, these people in the Ning family are all official dependents, and it will cost money to go out to meet customers to buy clothes and jewelry in the future, and now give them monthly money, which is to teach them how to spend money.

Alas, it's so hard to raise children!

After lunch, An Manyue changed into men's clothes and prepared to go out.

"Mother, what are you doing here?" Li looked at his mother's outfit and almost didn't recognize it, "Why are you dressed like this?" ”

"I have something to do," An Manyue said solemnly, feeling a little weak, "You stay at home and don't make trouble." ”

"Mother, I'm ......" Li wants to follow, she is the daughter-in-law of the Ning family, so she should follow her mother to various places, besides, the children in the family are taught by Mr., and the man can kick it off, pluck up the courage and say, "Can I go with you?" ”

Hearing Li say this, An Manyue's first reaction was to refuse, and she heard Ning Yongchuan on the side say, "You take the eldest daughter-in-law with you." ”

An Manyue glanced at Ning Yongchuan in confusion, and finally had to nod in agreement and let Li change into men's clothes.

Sending away the bewildered Li Shi, she walked up to him and asked in wonder, "Where is it not a good place, what am I going to do with her?" ”

"Didn't you say that the Li family is the daughter-in-law of the Ning family?"

"Yes."

"Take her out to increase her knowledge, so that she won't understand what people say in the future."

"Wouldn't it be better to take her with me when I go to Gu's house?" An Manyue wondered.

"That's different, she wants to be with you all the time."

Ning Yongchuan smiled, turned around and went back, leaving An Manyue standing there alone in a daze.

After a while, the Li family changed into men's clothes, followed An Manyue with Sanqi, who was wearing men's clothes, and got into the Gu family's carriage.

The carriage slowly stopped, and Li got down from the carriage, looking at the words on the door plaque, the whole person was stunned.