The shopkeeper Xie had already written to inform him of the matter of the shop in Hangzhou, but seeing the smooth return of Diancui and others, Wu Shi still couldn't help but be excited and unspeakable.

It's just a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl and a teenager who is not yet a weak crown, and these two can do things so beautifully and neatly in a short period of time.

Seeing him and the two of them walking together, one in purple clothes and one in a blue skirt, his eyebrows were all sparse and complacent, and he slowly walked to salute himself, and Wu's eyes suddenly lit up.

I took some cui to meet my father and mother, and I wanted to talk to the old lady first.

Wu Yi'an stayed in the East Courtyard to talk to his aunt about Hangzhou.

Wu Shi looked at the most outstanding one among the nephews in front of him, but he was becoming more and more outstanding, and said with a smile:

"Brother Yi'er is going to be crowned after the New Year, I heard my second sister-in-law say that I have seen several girls with you, but I don't look down on them...... It's also based on Brother Yi'er's appearance, no matter whose daughter can compare, besides, not everyone in our Wu family can enter ......"

"If my aunt has something to say, she might as well say it directly," Wu Yi'an couldn't cry or laugh, talking about business matters, how could she get involved in her own family affairs.

At home, because of family affairs, I was often nagged by my mother, so I simply hid, and now I came to my aunt's house and was asked by my aunt.

"What do you think of your cousin?" Straight to the point, in front of his nephew, the Wu family did not hide it, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

Originally, the marriage of the children in the family was the words of the parents and the matchmaker, but whether they returned home or their mother's family, they were so spoiled to the children, and this kind of thing was never decided after discussing with the children.

Otherwise, Wu Shi would have told his second sister-in-law directly, and he would not have asked Wu Yi'an first.

Let's say that when the aunt and nephew were talking in the East Courtyard, Diancui had already worshiped the old lady, and the old lady was still lukewarm to her, and even complained about the overly plain blue dress on her body.

Mrs. Gui means that she is elegant, but she does not have a trace of the bearing of a big lady, she should wear some begonia red clothes to look good.

For the old lady's admonition, Dian Cui naturally listened obediently, and even echoed two sentences from time to time, the old lady has never been able to make efforts in the face of this dough-like granddaughter, and taught her to retreat after a while.

"Old lady, the old slave looks at the young lady very well-behaved and obedient, why haven't you ever pretended to her?" The mother-in-law beside the old lady has been serving by her side for a long time, and her words also have a certain weight, if others say this, the old lady will definitely think more, but when she asks like this, the old lady snorted coldly at most and said:

"You don't want to let her well-behaved and petty look be deceived, this girl has a big idea, she listens honestly here what I say, go out of this door, she will also throw away my words. Hum! I can't take her, this girl is too crooked than her mother, and she is not the same heart as me, so why should I play with her. ”

The family is straight-hearted, and there is such a smiling and soft person who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger! If she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it.

Coming out of the old lady's courtyard, Diancui sighed, lifted her skirt, and walked briskly to the west courtyard. I didn't forget to beckon Xin'er and Rose to move the gifts they brought to the eldest brother.

Hangzhou Mansion is rich in precious silk, and Hangzhou satin is the best in the world, and the eldest brother and Yuan Zhiheng will go to Guozijian to study in a few days, and a good outfit is indispensable.

All year round, two sets per season, are made of the finest silk satin, and the color for the eldest brother is extremely elegant silver and white. For Yuan Zhiheng, there are two extreme colors, one is a low-key and restrained blue tone, and the other is a bright silk green that is flamboyant and bewitching.

The eldest brother took the clothes, and urged Diancui to go back to his courtyard to rest, although he wanted to hear her talk about what happened in Hangzhou, but he still took pity on her for the tiring journey, and came to the west courtyard to give himself clothes before he stopped.

"Big brother, don't worry, Diancui is not tired, and when I go to see Yuan Gongzi and Guo Lao again, I will go back to rest." Diancui walks lightly.

Yuan Fu saw that the young lady was coming towards their courtyard from the eldest young master, and hurriedly went in to report.

Yuan Zhiheng was playing chess with himself in his hand, and when he heard Diancui coming, he only hummed lightly and continued to play his chess.

"Teacher, I'm back." Diancui handed over the clothes he brought back from Hangzhou to Yuan Fu, took a cup of tea and drank it in small sips, and stretched out his head from time to time to look at the chess game in Yuan Zhiheng's hand.

"Teacher, what's so good about the chess game, you might as well look at me." Diancui stuck out her head and propped up her chin.

"Look at you, I haven't seen you look like you!" Yuan Zhiheng said angrily.

"I mean, it is said that the water in Hangzhou is the most nourishing, teacher, can you see that I have been there for more than a month, and my skin has become fairer?" Diancui asked with a smile.

"Well, a little." Yuan Zhiheng hurriedly glanced at it and continued to look at the chess game.

"It seems that the water in Hangzhou Mansion does support people, and the teacher is from Hangzhou, and his appearance is better than those sons in our capital." Diancui gave a thumbs up.

"Don't be a slapper in front of the teacher, it is better to cause less trouble for me than anything else." Although Yuan Zhiheng said this, the corners of his mouth were obviously curved.

Diancui saw that the teacher was in a good mood, so he whispered to himself:

"It's a pity that as soon as I came back, Sister Yu went back to Nanyang, if she was still here, she would definitely have many playmates, and Sister Yu also liked to come to this West Courtyard...... What does the teacher think of Sister Yu? ”

Yuan Zhiheng continued to watch the chess game and played chess, and he didn't care.

"Teacher, teacher," Dian Cui urged, unwillingly.

Now she is willing to call the teacher well, no longer calling Yuan Gongzi without a big or small number, Yuan Zhiheng only thinks that she is a child's heart, and she will have an idea for a while, and she will not think about it much, but only answer her questions lightly.

"Slightly stupid." Yuan Zhiheng said.

"Huh?" Dotted Cui is puzzled.

"Family affairs are ordinary, appearance is ordinary, talent is ordinary, there should be no delusions." Yuan Zhiheng's voice in front of Dian Cui has always been gentle and light, but when he said this, it sounded very cold.

"But ......" Diancui suddenly felt a kind of resentment in her heart, and said: "But my sister Yu, she has a sincere heart." ”

Yuan Zhiheng was a little puzzled when he heard her so excited, put down the chess game in his hand, and said:

"Really? What's the use of really asking for worthlessness, it's just adding to your troubles. Moreover, this kind of sincerity is only a temporary heat, and he is not uncommon.

That Miss Wei Yu had thoughts about her that she shouldn't have, how could he not notice it, but he was him after all, and he didn't believe that she could still have a sincere heart for him after seeing the real him.

Sometimes, a woman's sincerity is worthless, Yuan Zhiheng laughed mockingly.

"Does the teacher dislike Sister Yu's family, but it's just a businessman's family?"

Yuan Zhiheng was stunned, so he thought about it carefully and said:

"If you understand it that way, it is not unavoidable."

He is destined to take a career in the future, and he is not naïve to think that a person with no roots and no foundation can rise to the top, and then become a supreme minister all the way.

Without the power of the family, he would fight alone, and even his apprentice Dian Cui knew that it was impossible. Don't talk about it, let's just say that no matter how capable the old man is, no matter how ambitious he is, he has only reached the level of a fifth grade, and it will be difficult to advance.

"What's wrong with the merchant's family, at least you can give money support......" Dian Cui muttered.

Yuan Zhiheng shook his head seriously and said: "If you just want to be a comfortable idle petty official, silver money is a good use, but if you have greater ambitions, silver money will not play a big role." ”

Because Diancui is a woman, he doesn't have to be as slender as she said, in today's court, there are only two or three people who are extremely human, and all the people below seem to be intertwined, if you see clearly, the seats at the important joints are only the people of the two or three people's respective clans, and as for the other scattered and insignificant seats, the people on them are all attached to the roots of these two or three people.

But his little apprentice has a curiosity to break the casserole and ask the end, and Yuan Zhiheng has to whisper these words that are unpopular with the world.

Until the end, Dian Cui didn't know whether he really understood or faked and smiled: "In this way, the teacher will welcome it in the future...... Shi Niang, she still has to judge the situation, and she really can't take it lightly. Fortunately, it was Chu Yu who was in the beginning...... Marry and settle down as an equal wife, otherwise it will not be beneficial to the teacher if you want to fulfill the marriage contract at that time. ”

If Gui Chuyu hadn't finished up with An Peiqing at the beginning, he wouldn't have fulfilled the marriage contract with her, relying on Gui Chuyu to let her make some moves, and take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage with him, it is not easy, Yuan Zhiheng smiled contemptuously. Seeing that it was getting late outside, he urged Diancui to go back early.

Dian Cui didn't go back, came out of Yuan Zhiheng's courtyard, went out of the house again, and went to the master Guo Lao.

I haven't seen him for two months, Guo Lao is a little older than before, and he feels uncomfortable in his heart, tears are falling down, and he will come to Guo Lao every day to visit him in the future and make food with him.

"What are you crying about, I'm not dead yet, it's not too late to cry when I'm dead." Guo Lao scolded with a smile.

Diancui wiped her tears and brought her daughter red, Huadiao wine, and West Lake Longjing tea from Hangzhou...... They were all taken out.

Guo Lao looked at these wines and teas, smiled like an old child, and said, "Even if you are filial, this time I thought that I would bring some useless turtledoves to fool my old man." ”

Dian Cui looked at the two turtledoves in the yard that were raised as fat as chickens, cried and laughed, and said sullenly: "Those turtledoves are much more useful than these intoxicating wines, at least they can accompany the master to pass the time." ”

Guo Lao pouted, and he didn't refute, although the two fat turtledoves were a little stupid, they were indeed living creatures in this courtyard besides him. He is an old man with a strange temperament, he doesn't like to be served, and he doesn't even have a little maid on weekdays, so he still has a little retinue to say that he has accepted a mother-in-law who calls a little attendant to cook, but he is not allowed to enter the house.

The sunset was slowly falling, the afterglow was gentle and sad, and Dian Cui didn't know why she could keep smiling at Yuan Zhiheng, and after she came out, she felt numb from laughing, but when she arrived at Guo Lao, she just wanted to cry.

Guo Lao was also in the courtyard looking at the slanting sun in a daze, Diancui walked over gently, lay on his lap, and began to sobble quietly.

No matter what happened to this child, the first thing was to laugh, that is, to cry, he only dared to curl up and cry quietly, Guo Lao sighed, stretched out his old hand, and patted her back.