Mrs. Wan finished the proposal and left.

As a member of the family of the officials under the Yamen, it stands to reason that she should contribute to the banquet led by the Wen family to invite the Yuan family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. However, it was inconvenient for her to attend, and she was not even good at openly participating in the collective discussion, thinking that she could make such a suggestion, she had already contributed, and she didn't pay attention to the follow-up, and left directly.

She also wanted to continue to gossip about the Zhou family, and didn't want to hear how her in-laws treated her son-in-law.

However, Wen didn't take her attitude too seriously. After getting along with Mrs. Wan for more than half a year, Wen had already figured out the other party's temper, and deliberately said something like that, first, he didn't want to continue to gossip about the Zhou family, and second, he wanted to fight for some benefits for his third son-in-law Wan Long to go on a long trip. Even if the Xie family can take care of all the travel needs for Bandung, there is no reason to take care of everything. Wan Long is the son of the Wan family, and he is not the son-in-law of the Xie family. As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Wan doesn't like this concubine and doesn't want to pay attention to him, but in the end, she has the identity of Wan Long's mother, and she has not benefited from the marriage of Xie Wan's family. The benefits have fallen into her hands, so she can't escape the responsibilities she should do.

However, the storyteller proposed by Mrs. Wan seems to be a relatively new idea. Wen asked his daughter Xie Mulin to come over and discuss with her whether the idea was feasible.

Xie Mulin felt that it was quite feasible: "How General Yuan Xiao made great contributions at the border pass, we are not very clear in Beiping City, let alone the daughters of the Yuan family who are far away in Zhending." If we could understand more clearly the heroic performance of General Yuan Xiao when he captured the enemy army, both Old Lady Yuan and Lady Yuan would definitely be even happier, right? It's just that the storyteller needs to be carefully selected, and we must review the manuscript of the storytelling in advance, and it must be good enough. Besides, time is already very tight, sixteen is the first day of the feast, can we find someone in time? ”

Wen said: "The son of the Wan family can find ready-made people from the street outside, and how can we be too late to talk about ready-made books?" It's just that on weekdays, it's just a pastime to invite a storyteller to come to the house, and on the day of the feast, most of the guests come to the house, in addition to the wives and grandmothers of each family, there are also many young girls, and it is a little inappropriate to rashly invite a foreign man. Even if it is a white-headed old man, it is inevitable that some people will complain. I thought that there were also a few female ancestors in the city, who went in and out of the eunuchs' homes in Su Ri and told the wives and grandmothers to relieve their boredom. I know a few articulate and knowledgeable etiquette.,Pick two to talk about the book.,It's the same.。 It's just that the storyteller's book doesn't know if it's good or not, and the female ancestors don't know if they can practice it as soon as possible in a few days. ”

Xie Mulin felt that this matter was easy to do: "Let's go to Mrs. Wan to inquire about which storyteller her family has invited, and then find the storyteller to buy his book." Our family doesn't want to compete with him for business, give him a few more taels of silver, it is impossible for him not to agree. I got the book back, I asked Xiao Rui and my brother to help, and changed the plot as real and detailed as possible, not too long, and then my mother hired a good female first to practice. Although the time is a bit rushed, the female ancestors don't want to sing, so they still have a chance to remember it if they seize the time to practice. Anyway, the guests of honor are the ladies of the Yuan family, and they will only feel happy when they listen to the story of General Yuan Xiao's killing of the enemy, and the other officials and relatives will not mind that the fresh story is a little insufficient. Now in Beiping City, there are still a few people who know what happened to Kaipingwei that day! ”

Wen listened to it, thought about it carefully, and it really made sense.

If it's just about pomp or something, whose banquet can go beyond the banquet of King Yan's mansion? Below the Yan Wangfu, the level of the governor's yamen is also higher than that of the political envoy yamen, and the banquet presided over by the latter is not good to keep up with the first two masters to compete for the limelight, and if you want not to destroy everyone, you can only be fresher. Since the guest of honor is the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Yuan family, the program at the banquet naturally has to satisfy them. Who could be more interested in them than the story of their grandson, General Yuan Xiao, who bravely killed the enemy and made meritorious contributions? I'm afraid that "Mother-in-law's Tattoo" is a few points worse.

Wen Shi had a number in his heart, and immediately said: "Even if you want to change the book, you brothers and sisters don't need to worry about it." But we really should find someone to inquire clearly, what specific deeds did General Yuan Xiao have when he captured the general Wang in Kaipingwei, otherwise the story will be distorted, and it will be meaningless. ”

She immediately summoned someone to Wanjia to inquire about Mr. Storyteller, and after a while, Wan Long came.

Xie Mulin walked through the back door first, and Wan Long entered the door and solemnly saluted Wen's greetings. He had just sat down, and the girl was serving tea, and Xie Yingrong had already heard the news and arrived.

She saluted her mother-in-law, said goodbye, and stared at her fiancé with a pair of beautiful eyes, and did not retreat inside, but sat down on the seat opposite him, looking tender and reluctant.

Wan Long still remembered that his fiancée fell in love with him at first sight and had deep roots, so he naturally looked back at the past with a smile on the corner of his mouth, which was also deeply meaningful.

However, he hadn't forgotten that his mother-in-law was in the upper seat, and while frowning at his fiancée, he humbly answered Wen's inquiries, such as Mr. Shu's situation or something. Although he is not the main one to fulfill his filial piety to Mrs. Wan, he is well-informed, and he actually knows more information than his brother-in-law. When Wen heard him tell him the name, address, and teahouse where he lived, he immediately ordered someone to find him.

Xie Yingrong didn't know what Mr. Storyteller was, she stared at her fiancé for a while, and felt that the heat was almost over, so she asked, "Is Third Brother Wan going to leave tomorrow?" This is gone...... How sooner or later will it take to come back? The tone was very clear, deeply expressing her reluctance, "I haven't heard you mention it before, it's too sudden, I didn't have time to help you pack your bags, I'm really sorry." ”

Wan Long smiled: "I also made a hasty decision, but the opportunity is rare, so naturally I can't miss it." After saying that, he turned his head to look at Wen, "I also want to thank my father-in-law and mother-in-law for their generous gifts, and my son-in-law really doesn't know how to express my gratitude in my heart." He was telling the truth, if it weren't for the things sent by his mother-in-law and the entanglement, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wan, would never have thrown him another thirty taels of silver for the journey. Without this money, he spent almost all his savings a few days ago, but he was afraid that he would suffer a lot of sins on the road, and after returning to the capital, life would be very inconvenient - in the Pingchang Marquis Mansion, there were no elders who would give him pocket money, even if it was a grandmother who had always been good to him, he would not pay attention to such a trivial matter. Therefore, the entanglement of fifty taels really helped him a lot!

Wen just smiled lovingly: "What is this? There are all statutes. If you arrive in the capital and your hands are tight for a while, you will go to our shop to pay the silver. The lord has said hello to the guys below, you don't have to go outside. ”

Of course, it was impossible for Bandung to rush to borrow money, but he thanked him again and again.

Xie Yingrong came to her senses at this time, it turned out that her mother-in-law had already sent the process instrument to her fiancé? Then why didn't you notify her?! I almost leaked my mouth just now, it's so dangerous!