There are still speculations about the Zhou family, Xie Mulin stayed in his carriage with his mother and eldest sister for a long time with his mother and eldest sister, and finally waited for the Zhou family's carriage to set off.

The carriage of the Xie family followed, followed by the carriage of the Wan family.

Miss Wan Si actually complained to her mother and sister: "After leaving the alley, the road is so wide, why does our family have to follow the Xie family's carriage?" Although Xie Shenzheng's official position is higher than that of his father, the Xie family is just a nouveau riche from a poor family, and our family is a serious Houmen mansion, where can it be compared to his family? ! ”

Although Mrs. Wan agrees with her daughter's idea in her heart, she still has to take care of the etiquette on her face: "On weekdays, it doesn't hurt that the carriages of our two families run side by side, and today there are so many carriages of officials and relatives walking on the road together, so let's save some face for Mrs. Xie." After all, she and I have a good relationship, and we have always been quite kind, and we don't need to openly slap her in the face in front of people for this little thing. ”

Anyway, the road to Yanwang's Mansion was not long, and Mrs. Wan didn't think it was a big deal to let the Wen family walk in front of her.

Xie Mulin didn't know what kind of conversations had taken place in Wanjia's carriage. Although she was a little annoyed that she might have added a love rival, she didn't understand Xiao Rui's thoughts for a day, and she wouldn't really treat a strange girl as an enemy. As soon as the carriage departed, she began to lift the corner of the curtain and take a closer look at the scenery outside. After coming to Peking for so long, she has never gone out since she entered the gate of Xie Mansion - of course this is due to the weather - naturally she has to hurry up and take a good look at the world outside.

It is estimated that the section of the road they walked is still a section of the road where the official residences are concentrated, and it looks like the general houses are neat, the road surface is clean, and there are not many pedestrians. After a while, the carriage finally turned into a lively street, but the pedestrians on the street were quite decently dressed, there were no poor people, and at worst they were dressed in coarse cotton jackets without patches, but there were many shops and restaurants of all kinds. At most, the guys in these shops greet customers with smiles on their faces, and no one shouts at them. Looking at the street floor, it is very clean, and there are flowers and trees planted on the side of the road.

This is probably a commercial street for the "rich", and the main customers are officials and their families who live in the alleys of the nearby streets.

Wen whispered to Xie Yinghui: "Huang Ziheng rented a house in this area, and his mother lived here when she entered the city. But this time I guess I'll go back to my hometown. ”

Xie Yinghui was not interested in looking at the street scene outside-no matter how prosperous Beiping City is, it can't compare to Jinling City, where she grew up--As soon as she heard this, she immediately became interested, and she also squeezed to Xie Mulin's side, looked out through the gap in the curtains, and asked Wen's in a low voice, where is the house rented by Huangyan. Wen also pointed it out to her, but she was so far away from the heavy houses that she could only glimpse a corner of the eaves, and she wasn't sure if she was looking at the right place.

Xie Yinghui retracted her gaze stupidly, sat up straight, and muttered, "Although it doesn't really look good, it seems to be a quiet place in the middle of noisy." It's close to the street, but there's still a way to go, so it won't be noisy. ”

Xie Mulin said with a smile: "I also think it's good, it's close to our house." It's a pity that the eldest brother-in-law doesn't plan to live in this area after getting married, otherwise the eldest sister wants to go back to her parents' house, wouldn't it be a matter of lifting her feet? It doesn't matter if I go back every day. ”

Wen smiled: "Where is the married daughter who runs to her mother's house every day?" Hugh is going to talk nonsense. ”

Xie Mulin said: "Even if you don't go home every day, this place is enough to live conveniently." Close to the commercial street, I estimate that daily shopping will be very convenient, if you want to have a treat at home one day, or want to eat something good, you don't have to make it yourself, to the restaurant to ask for a table of noodles, how much can it cost? The dish came out of the pot, and I took the food box and sent it to my home, but I was afraid that it was still hot! ”

Xie Yinghui imagined that kind of situation, and she was quite looking forward to it. To be honest, she didn't arrange much for the family's middle feed, but she only watched Cao Shuqing, Wen's and Director Xie Mulin, so she didn't have much confidence to do it herself. Her subordinates, who are good at cooking, were dismissed by her a few years ago. The cooks who have to be used at home, even if they really want to dowry, most of them are not for her. After getting married in the future, she will be a housewife, and she may not be able to make any good food and food. Knowing that there was a convenient solution, my heart suddenly became a lot more stable. How many taels of silver is a table of noodles? She had seen her second sister Xie Mulin take account and thought it was all small money!

So Xie Yinghui asked Wen's with some twists: "Madam, I don't know what the price of this house is?" If it's not expensive, just bring me a house to marry here, can it be successful? ”

Wen looked at her with some surprise: "It's done, why can't it be?" Originally, the lord wanted to buy you a small house on the shore of Shicha Sea, so that it would be convenient for you to relax and return to your parents' home in the summer. Since you prefer the bustle and convenience of this area, it depends on you. However, there are not many people in this neighborhood who are willing to sell their houses, and they have to let people inquire again, and they must always choose a good one. ”

Xie Yinghui breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and asked with a smile: "How much does this house cost?" Is it expensive? ”

"It's just a matter of eight hundred, and it's nothing to our family." Wen lovingly cut her sideburns, "Don't worry, our family won't be able to afford a three-entry small house." ”

Eight hundred is really not expensive. Xie Yinghui was more relieved, and chatted with Wen and Xie Mulin again about family life.

It's just that this family often didn't talk for a few words, and the Yanwang Mansion arrived.

The Yanwang Mansion is just west of the Forbidden City, and it is very close to the area where the official residence is concentrated, and it is only two teas to take a carriage. However, the Yanwang Mansion is not an ordinary nobleman's mansion in the end, so when the carriage arrives at the front of the mansion, it has to go straight to the back garden through the side door, and it takes a lot of time to pass through several checkpoints during the period.

Probably because the people who came to the tea party today were all high-ranking officials' families, the security checks were not strict, and the guards guarding the door did not ask anyone to lift the curtain to check who was in the carriages, but only checked the number plates of each family and stared at the coachman more often. The ladies of all the families seemed to be accustomed to this, so they took the carriage smoothly to the gate of the back garden of the palace, and then stopped the car and prepared to get off and enter the garden.

Xie Mulin sat closest to the car door, got out of the car first, turned around and helped his eldest sister down, and the sisters worked together to help Wen to the ground. At this moment, Mrs. Tuesday had already taken the Thursday girl to get out of her carriage first, and walked towards them, but stopped not far from them, looked at the Wen mother and daughter with her chin high, and was silent.

Wen didn't notice them, and after getting out of the car, he also told his two daughters a few words of etiquette, and when he looked up and saw someone standing not far away, his face suddenly turned solemn, and he whispered: "Come with me to meet Mrs. Tuesday." Bento took the lead and walked towards the mother and daughter of the Zhou family with a smile, "Mrs. Tuesday, I haven't seen you for a long time, is this always good?" Is the old man feeling better? ”

She didn't curtsy, Mrs. Tuesday raised her eyebrows, and she was going to be picky, but when she suddenly heard Wen ask about her father-in-law, she suddenly wilted: "Our old lady's condition is fine, and the imperial doctor said that it has stabilized." Then he quickly cast his gaze behind Wen, "This is the daughter of the house?" I just don't know how to prepare for marriage...... Which one is it? ”

Xie Mulin couldn't help but let out a "yo" in his heart.

Could this be a dismount?

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