Gu Xi often walked around Pei's Mansion, and the little guy recognized who she was, so he naturally knew everything he could: "The old lady is coming to the capital for the New Year, and the second master will let the courtyard in the west be cleaned up." ”

As soon as Pei Xuan was promoted, he asked Pei Lao'an for a seal, and Gu Xi didn't know that the order had come down.

The people of Pei Mansion have changed their titles.

Gu Xi felt that her heart was beating even harder, but she suppressed the strangeness in her heart and said happily: "This is really a great event. I just don't know when the old lady will arrive in the capital? Who accompanied her old man? ”

At that time, Pei Lao'an and his eldest wife entered Beijing together, preparing to spend the New Year in the capital, and then went to Mount Tai to go around and then return to Lin'an. As a result, Yu Tang was pregnant, Pei Lao'an was overjoyed, left Yu Tang in the capital, and went to Mount Tai alone, saying that he was going to ask Yu Tang for a peace charm, and after returning to the capital, he helped Yu Tang to do confinement, and when Yu Tang's eldest son was one year old, Pei Dan went out of the pavilion, and then returned to Lin'an.

Thinking of this, Gu Xi's hands holding the child tightened.

When the little guy heard this, he shook his head and said with a smile: "The little one doesn't know when the old lady will arrive in the capital, and he doesn't know who will accompany the old lady over." The chief steward just asked us to clean out the house overnight for the past two days. ”

It's only mid-October.

Gu Xi asked a few more words, but the little guy didn't know anything, she was afraid that she would ask too many questions and attract the attention of others, so she smiled and said, "Thank you, little brother", motioned to Hexiang to reward the little guy with a few pennies, and continued to go to the second wife with Hexiang.

He Xiang looked at Gu Xi's face was not good, and couldn't help but whisper: "Grandma, the old lady is coming over, do we have to prepare?" ”

In addition to going to greet the people of Pei's mansion, you also have to prepare some uncommon things to honor Mrs. Pei, if you can invite Mrs. Pei to have a meal at home or something, it would be even better.

Gu Xi let out an absent-minded "um", wondering if Yu Tang would follow Mrs. Pei into Beijing together.

She didn't know how the Pei family's business had been in the past two years, but the Yu family's business was getting bigger and bigger. At the beginning of the year, Yu Yuan partnered with a fellow villager named Yao San to open a grocery store in the capital. She went for a walk.

The shop is opened in the most prosperous area of West Street, five rooms, in addition to selling lacquerware and selling some imported goods, but unlike the luxury of the Tao family, the imported goods in the Yu family's grocery store are relatively cheap, and at first glance it is prepared for those who want to buy it for fun.

However, there are quite a few people who buy it.

The Pei family doesn't know how much they have helped with?

Gu Xi thought, and the two soon arrived at the second wife's main room.

The little maid went to the second wife, and Mama Jin welcomed them into the door with a smile on her face.

The second wife was sitting on the Luohan couch, talking to a few housekeepers, as soon as they came in, they stopped the topic, and the second wife also got up and clapped her hands towards Brother Yuan, and said, "Ouch, our Brother Yuan is here!" ”

Brother Yuan often came, and he didn't recognize his life, so he threw himself at the second wife with a smile.

The second wife happily hugged Brother Yuan.

The maids serving beside him helped Brother Yuan take off his hat, scarf and cloak.

A few mothers-in-law in charge saluted Gu Xi.

Gu Xi said a few polite words and stepped forward to say hello to the second wife.

The second wife put Brother Yuan'er, who was a little more flexible because he took off his clothes, on the Luohan couch, and while taking a kumquat for Brother Yuan to nibble, she said to Gu Xi with a smile: "It's not anywhere else, don't be so polite." ”

Having said that, Gu Xi couldn't really ignore the rules.

The second wife said to the mother-in-law in charge: "That's all for today, you first do what I instructed, and if there is anything inappropriate, come back to me." ”

A few of the mothers-in-law in charge said "yes", and the fish retreated.

Gu Xi asked Hexiang to give the pear paste to the eldest maid next to the second wife, and said to the second wife with a smile: "The pears this time are not as good as last time, so I will add some tangerine peel, if the second uncle and mother feel bad after eating it, let the maids talk to Hexiang, and I will make some more." ”

The second wife thanked her with a smile, and said with some emotion: "I bothered you." More attentive than our family Adam. ”

Where did Gu Xi dare to answer this, and said with a busy smile: "Adan is young, and the child is naughty, and she is also powerless. After receiving this sentence, she immediately changed the topic and talked about the scene she saw when she entered the mansion: "It is said that my grandmother is going to Beijing." I didn't know that the edict had come down, so I had to celebrate. He added, "When will her old man enter Beijing?" You must tell me when the time comes. Last time, her old man made a special trip to visit Ah Tong, and we all remember it! ”

The second lady laughed.

Although Pei Laoan doesn't like the eldest daughter-in-law, he feels sorry for the eldest grandson.

After coming to Beijing last time, I went to see where they lived, and told Pei Tong for a long time.

The second wife thought for a while and said to Gu Xi, "It's not your grandmother who is coming, it's your third uncle who is coming." The emperor ascended the throne and announced that in the first year, your third uncle wanted to come to the capital to see. Your third uncle and aunt must follow, and the old lady is reluctant to let her two young grandsons come along. ”

Ever since Gu Xi saw the little servants tidying up the yard, he guessed whether Yu Tang would come.

Now that the news has been confirmed, I have calmed down.

She smiled: "The third uncle and the third uncle are still so good, they have to take them with them wherever they go." But the old lady was tired. ”

After all, if the sect is divided, some things can be said, and some things are inconvenient to say.

The second wife smiled and said, "After all, they are young couples, and it is common sense that they like to stick together." I listen to your second uncle, they estimate that the end of the month will come, and when the time comes, I will ask someone to talk to you, and you will also come over and kowtow to the old lady. ”

Gu Xi responded with a smile and asked about Yu Tang's two sons: "Brother Jiang and Brother Qian are going to die, right?" ”

Yu Tang's two sons, the eldest son Jiang Ge'er was born on November 2, and the second son was born on December 6.

It didn't matter if he wasn't in the capital, but now that he wants to come to the capital, those of them who are cousins and sisters-in-law will send a birthday gift anyway.

The second wife said curiously: "You still remember!" ”

Gu Xi nodded with a smile, and took a handkerchief to wipe his son's chin full of fruit juice.

How could she forget!

Yu Tang's eldest son Pei Jiang was four years older than her Yuan brother, and then when Pei Jiang was three years old, Yu Tang gave birth to a second son, Pei Qian. For this reason, the eldest lady gave her a lot of faces. She was angry with the eldest lady, and she had to pretend to be casual and send a congratulatory gift to Lin'an.

She remembered it for the rest of her life.

The second wife put a handkerchief around Brother Yuan'er and said with a smile: "So your second uncle said that the opportunity is rare, and you must have a good birthday for Brother Jiang and Brother Qian." ”

If there is no accident, Pei Xuan will stay in the capital for at least twenty years, and there are not many opportunities to meet Pei Jiang and Pei Qian.

Gu Xi had to pretend to be elated, and said with a smile: "I'll help when the time comes." ”

"That's nature." The second wife said, remembering Pei Fei's marriage, and said, "Hasn't it been decided yet?" What do you mean by your mother-in-law? ”

Pei Fei is weak this year, and there is no shadow of the marriage.

Gu Xi sneered in his heart, but his face was not obvious, and his tone was a little softer than usual: "It's not that there are no good people who are willing to marry our family, but my mother-in-law is bent on finding someone who can help him." It's just that my uncle hasn't even had a hospital exam over the years, and the marriage is a bit difficult. ”

It's a little tough!

must follow the standards of the eldest wife, unless any family is crazy, they will marry their daughter to Pei Fei.

Speaking of which, the Yang family has to be blamed for this matter.

Seeing that they got 150,000 taels of silver, the second and third masters of the Yang family still had to rely on the Pei family to help with the dots, and after the eldest lady arrived in the capital, they proposed to let Pei Fei be their son-in-law.

The eldest lady was empty-hearted because of the division of the sect, and as soon as she heard it, she agreed, and asked Gu Xi to give five thousand taels of silver to the Yang family as a dowry.

Who knows that Pei Fei is not angry, he has not passed several government tests, the Yang family may not be very optimistic about him, and after the seventh miss of the Song family married the nephew of the political envoy of Jiangsu, the Song family secretly gained a lot of benefits, the girls of the Yang family are good-looking, and the marriage is originally easy, and several girls of the Yang family have promised to marry a good family, but they have never decided which girl in the family will be married to Pei Tong.

This matter dragged on and on, until Pei Tong fell off the list for the second time, and the Yang family never mentioned the marriage again, but Pei Fei's age was delayed, and it was not easy to find someone.

The second wife persuaded the eldest lady to lower her standards and find someone who cultivates and reads the family, even if it is a talented girl, but the eldest lady felt that the second wife was sarcastic about her, and listened to this in her heart, and was bent on finding a daughter of a third-grade family for Pei Xuan, and some were willing to agree for Pei Xuan's face, but it was a concubine who wanted to marry, which made the eldest lady so angry that she fell ill again.

Now Pei Fei's marriage is not high, but because she has seen each other more times, her reputation has spread, and it is even more difficult to find a suitable one.

The second wife also remembered this public case, a few years later, she was still angry and a little dissatisfied, and said: "I still treat her as a concubine, so I have nothing to say." She only believes in the people of the Yang family. Speaking of this, thinking that Gu Xi was a junior, he was not embarrassed to continue to complain, but asked about the Yang family, "Didn't the emperor give amnesty to the world when he ascended the throne?" I don't remember very clearly, the third or fifth miss of the Yang family married a young lady of Dali Temple as a daughter-in-law, and the second and third masters of their family should be coming back soon, right? ”

"It's the fifth lady of their family." When Gu Xi came over this time, he was thinking about whether he could find an opportunity to talk to the second wife about this matter. The second wife took the initiative to mention it, she was secretly happy, but her face showed a look of indignation, and said, "You don't mention this matter, and I don't plan to mention it, you don't know how dirty their family is, give the second and third masters some money, come to our house to borrow silver, and open your mouth for 50,000 taels."

"My mother-in-law still wants to lend it to them!

"I had no choice but to ask my mother-in-law, whose 50,000 taels of silver is it? Where do I get my bills from?

"My mother-in-law mentioned the 150,000 taels of silver that the old lady had given us.

"I said, of the 150,000 taels of silver, 50,000 taels were given by the second uncle, and they belonged to the public. Of them, 100,000 taels are what we deserve. The two brothers should each have divided 50,000 taels. I told my mother-in-law about the various expenses of the family in the past few years, and then called my uncle and asked him if he agreed. If he agrees, I will take twenty-five thousand taels out of his name, plus the five thousand taels of silver given to the Yang family, and I will give him his twenty-thousand-taels of silver when he marries.

"As long as he doesn't say I'm greedy for his money."