Chapter 174: Cleaning up
Shopkeeper Mao is worthy of being a senior talent who has been very important to the Xie family since the Xie Zehu era, and his work efficiency is very high.
He contacted the dental store before it got dark and hired enough people. Then he returned to Xie's house and asked Xie Pu's subordinate Zhao Fengnian and the original teahouse manager Cai Laotian to get the floor plan of Xie's house and the distribution pattern of the banquet on the day of the birthday banquet. Then he took his men, lit lanterns overnight, walked around the Xie family's mansion inside and out, remembered the places that needed to be cleaned by hand, and only after the fourth watch did he find a random empty room in the outer courtyard, and the two of them nested in it for one night.
Waiting until the early morning of the next day, the hired people arrived at the door of the Xie family's mansion, and the shopkeeper Mao took people into the field to start the cleaning work.
After noon, Xie Pu received a reply from Mrs. Xie here, and her old man's self-recommendation for Aunt Dajin was generally indispensable. Mrs. Xie doesn't like Aunt Da Jin, she thinks she has a bad background, she is a cheap concubine, and she can't give birth to a son, but now she is hurting Xie Yingrong, she loves the house and Wuxia, and she is not so intolerant of Aunt Da Jin. She allowed Aunt Da Jin to stay in Jin Xuan Tang, but she just asked the other party to work more and show up less often, especially when she had guests coming, it was best for Aunt Da Jin not to appear, let alone reveal her background, so as not to lose her old man's face.
was able to stay with her daughter smoothly, and Aunt Dajin was already very happy. Mrs. Xie's dislike was just a drizzle for her, and in the past ten years, she had long been used to it, and she wouldn't take it to heart at all. She thanked Xie Pu for her kindness, and once again expressed her determination, vowing to take good care of the old lady, and she would also diligently write letters to Xie Pu and Wen to report the old lady's current situation, Yunyun.
At this time, the shopkeeper Mao sent his little man Wang Xiaoer to the Xie family to report that the Xie family's mansion had been cleaned properly.
Xie Pu was quite surprised, so he asked Aunt Dajin to tell Wen. Soon after, the Wen family took Aunt Dajin and Sister Shan, together with Zhao Fengnian and his wife and Ma Lu Yao's wife, to take a car to the Xie family's mansion and pack Xie Pu's luggage.
In the evening, when the Wen family returned to Xie's house, they drove back a large carriage that could carry heavy loads from the Xie family, with eight large boxes and four large burdens, all of which were prepared for Xie Pu.
There are not only summer clothes made by Xie Pu in the past few years, and autumn clothes that will come in handy in a few months, but also matching scarves, hats, shoes and socks, belts and handkerchiefs, various accessories, fans, umbrellas and other things. In addition, there are also the four treasures of the study room that he usually uses, the gifts he will give to his colleagues after taking office, the books he likes to read, and the books in the Xie family's collection about the political envoys of Beiping and the geography and people's livelihood in the north, etc. There were a lot of them, and they were tightly stuffed with eight large suitcases. This is still the scale that Wen's repeated moderation has only been reduced, and he has not loaded all Xie Pu's clothes and supplies, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold eighteen boxes.
Xie Pu carefully looked at the list handed to him by Wen, and found that these eight boxes of things were all for his own use, and there were no superfluous things. Especially the gifts he was going to give, he completely forgot that if it wasn't for Wen's preparation, I'm afraid he would have to buy it on the way to office, right? I don't know how much money I have to spend, but now I don't have to worry about it anymore.
He has never paid much attention to these people's affairs, and Wanqin used to help him take care of them, and he heard it with one ear. Only for particularly important objects, he will solemnly discuss with his staff, consider the gift list, and then instruct Wanqin to do it. Now without Wanqin's help, if it weren't for Wen's thoughtfulness, he would really be blind.
Wen is not a person who likes to invite credit: "This is what Aunt Qin reminded me before I went out." I had almost forgotten about it. Although she had followed Xie Pu to the foreign office, after all, she had been an idler who had been at home for more than ten years, and she really didn't expect these for a while.
Xie Pu heard Wanqin's name, and was noncommittal, only smiled and said: "The lady is still so virtuous and sincere." "No more.
Wen knew that he didn't want to mention Wanqin more, so he sighed secretly, so he changed the subject: "I took a look inside and outside the mansion today, and found that the flower hall, the outer study, the upper room in the main courtyard, the upper room and the warehouse in the old lady's courtyard and several other places, but all the more valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings, ornaments and jewelry, almost all disappeared, most of them were taken away by the Cao family or the people of Pingnanbo's mansion, or ...... It was when the government raided the house, he asked someone to take the sheep by the hand. However, I think that the Dali Temple is upright and strict, and the officers and soldiers of the Dali Temple should not be so bold. ”
What's more, when the house was raided, Fang Wenshan brought part of the Praetorian Guards to do things. This house has long been regarded as a bag by the Cao family and Ping Nanbo, how could Fang Wenshan let his officers and soldiers take away the property of his sweetheart? It is more likely that after the government returned the house and Ping Nanbo used means to cut off the house, in order to prevent accidents with the valuables in the house, he temporarily sent someone to transport the things away. But except for particularly valuable items, nothing else has been touched, most likely because Ping Nanbo never thought that this house could return to the Xie family, so it didn't bother, right?
Xie Pu was not surprised by this result, and only said: "There is as much as is left, and now we can only endure this breath." Ping Nanbo has killed himself, and the next thing is to see how angry the Cao family is. When you turn around, you tell Cai Laotian to let his family stay in Beijing to watch the house. He is familiar with the situation at home, and there are those large pieces of furniture that are expensive and useless, and if he can find a suitable buyer, he will be the first to take up space. ”
Wen whispered. The couple discussed how to organize the belongings at home, and then informed the children of the family, and after sending Xie Pu off tomorrow, everyone will go back to the mansion to pack their things.
Wanqin can't go out yet, so the things of their mother and son have to rely on Xie Hanzhi and Xie Yingrong to take the girl to tidy up. Both children felt a lot of pressure, so they hurriedly ran back to their own yard and discussed with their biological mother.
Xie Jinzhi and Xie Mulin have nothing to worry about, they both have independent yards, and they can just take the girl to clean up when the time comes. Xie Mulin may still have the problem of unclear memory, but with Li'er's help, his heart is quite relaxed.
Xie Huizhi listened to Aunt Dajin talking about helping Xie Yingrong pack something, and his heart was a little sour. He is the one who wants to leave the house, Xie Yingrong will be able to move into Jin Xuantang for a long time soon, even if he misses something, he can go back to the inner house to get it at any time, what is there to worry about? He wanted to complain, but when he thought that he and Aunt Dajin didn't have much time left to reunite, he still held back and obediently cooperated with the other party to speak.
After Xie Xianzhi sat in his room for a while, he got up and walked towards Xie Jinzhi's house. At this time, Xie Mulin was still with his brother, practicing calligraphy with him. Seeing Xie Xianzhi coming, the brother and sister both got up to greet each other: "Why did the eldest brother come here?" Something called the girls to pass a word, and we went over immediately. ”
Xie Xianzhi said with a smile: "Although I have been sick for a while, I am no longer in a big problem now, I am in the same yard, what is it to walk a few steps?" He lowered his head and coughed twice, took the tea bowl offered by Xie Mulin, and then smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I...... I wanted to ask my second brother and sister for help, but I didn't know how to speak. ”
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