Gu Xi smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more—she had already said what she should have said, and the rest was someone else's turn.

For example, this second lady is very arrogant when she looks dustless now, but in fact she is just a little girl who has been spoiled by her family. The emotions are all on the face, and people can understand at a glance that they are not as good as the fourth lady who looks eccentric.

However, Miss Pei's family is so naïve, which is a bit unexpected to her.

Maybe it's because of the small city of Lin'an?

Gu Xi and the second lady slowly walked towards the place where she lived.

The second lady bit her lip and frowned.

No, she had to find a way to figure out how Miss Yu got in and out of Pei's Mansion.

There are too many people in Lin'an City who want to flatter the Pei family, and she doesn't like someone to use the name of the Pei family as a pedal to fulfill her own selfish interests.

It's just that Gu Xi is a guest and a first acquaintance, she can't say anything in front of Gu Xi, but as soon as she turns around, when Gu Xi returns to the inner room to change clothes, she can't help but tell her mother-in-law, who has taken care of her since childhood, to check on Yutang.

The mother-in-law couldn't help frowning, and said, "Second Miss, that's the matter of the sect, if you don't like this person, you just need to entertain a few words on your face, why bother to wade into this troubled water?" Besides, you are about to leave the cabinet, go to your mother-in-law's house, and you have to rely on your mother's support, if your mother's family has anything bad to spread out, you will have no face in your mother-in-law's house. I think you can forget about it! ”

The second lady didn't follow and said, "I'm just not convinced that someone is taking our Pei family as a felling!" I just want to know why. My grandmother also taught us that we can't be fools if we don't have a long tongue. Miss Yu is not simple. Everywhere you can please your aunt and uncle. This is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

The woman had no choice but to respond, but she still told her repeatedly: "Whatever I find, you have to rot in your stomach." ”

The second lady waved her hand impatiently, and the woman retreated.

And in the inner room, Gu Xi was facing the mirror to straighten out his clothes, and asked Hexiang to stare at the second young lady's person, and whispered to her: "After all, it's not in your own home, you should be careful." ”

It wasn't the first time Hexiang had done such a thing, and she smiled, "Don't worry, I know what to do." Don't say that the second lady is on the side, even the fourth lady is on the side, I will also send someone to keep an eye on it, and I will not let the people of the Pei family find out. ”

Gu Xi bowed his head with satisfaction and asked her, "Is the silver enough?" ”

She only took two or three close servants out this time, and if she wanted to know what was going on around her, she could only use her strength to buy the servants of Pei's mansion. But in the past few days of living in Pei's mansion, they have also discovered that the Pei family seems to have lost the position of the sect leader because of Pei Lao'an's widowhood, and no one has presided over the feed, but in fact, the Pei family is not in chaos at all. They didn't dare to get in front of the mother-in-law and maids in Pei Mansion who had heads and faces, so they could only buy some rough mothers-in-law and maids, and then deduce what this person was doing through observation.

Hexiang smiled: "Enough." We have more than a hundred and fifty taels of silver left. ”

Gu Xi felt a pain in his flesh.

When her brother left Hangzhou City, he left her a thousand taels of silver tickets, and this time when she came to Lin'an, she thought about using the silver, so she asked people to exchange three hundred taels and brought them over, and it was only a few days, and she went to one hundred and fifty taels, and she had not yet used it for the master.

But there is no way to do it, who let them have no one!

Gu Xi asked again: "Do you know why the eldest lady asked Mrs. Shen to help her deliver the letter?" ”

He Xiang went out and looked left and right, and saw that everyone was busy with their own affairs, so she whispered to Gu Xi: "I said that I had something to ask my mother's sister-in-law, and I was afraid that Lao An would be unhappy, so I asked Mrs. Shen to send a letter." ”

Gu Xi raised his eyebrows.

Could it be that he said bad things about his mother-in-law?

No, if you say something bad, it should be something bad about your brother-in-law Pei Yan.

But did Pei Yan take the position of sect master or was the dead old lady partial? This matter needs to be investigated.

She doesn't want to marry someone who is talked about a lot and can't sit in a stable position!

Gu Xi said to Hexiang: "You bring some pastries, I'll go and say hello to Mrs. Shen first, and then talk to the second lady." ”

I don't know how her brother thought of Mrs. Shen, this Mrs. Shen is also a strange person. I don't love yellow and white things, I don't like to socialize, I just like a good reputation. As soon as it was hinted at her that it was about her reputation, she was instantly struck by it. It's pitiful and ridiculous to look at.

It's just that I don't know what method the eldest lady used to impress Mrs. Shen?

Shen Shanyan is also quite pitiful, marrying such a wife. Fortunately, he didn't work hard in the officialdom, otherwise what kind of trouble this Mrs. Shen would have caused, no one can say!

The lotus fragrance went away in response.

Gu Xi looked at the beautiful girl in the mirror who was plainly dressed but a little elegant because of the delicate small jewelry, and smiled.

The man in the mirror smiled as well.

Then she walked out of the inner chamber satisfied.

Probably for the convenience of plum appreciation, the warm pavilion of the Pei family courtyard was built in the plum forest in the back mountain.

Sitting in the pavilion where the earth dragon is burning, drinking the refreshing white tea of the tea soup, looking at the red plums dotted with stars, and smelling the faint fragrance of plums, the life of the gods is nothing more than that.

The third lady was the first to call out: "Barbecuing here, it's too beautiful." The plum fragrance has turned into the smell of oil. Instead of barbecue today, why don't you enjoy plum blossoms? It just so happens that Sister Gu and Sister Yu are here, and we can still make orders or poems. Daddy said, this year, the class will start after the Lantern Festival, and I still have three six-character poems that I haven't finished! ”

She complained, Yu Tang was secretly surprised, and said, "Did you invite a female student in the house?" ”

The third lady nodded and said, "Our sisters are all studying together. ”

Gu Xi glanced at Lao Anren, who was sitting on top with a smile, and said crisply: "I can do it!" I love to eat, but I also love to read. ”

The fourth lady giggled.

The fifth lady looked at her mother and Lao Anren hesitantly, and muttered, "No, isn't there still a month left before the New Year?" Don't be in such a hurry! After speaking, he glanced at Yu Tang again as if asking for help.

Of course, Yu Tang knows that making poems and painting rhymes are Gu Xi's forte, and if he makes orders or poems, Gu Xi will definitely be in the limelight. But she really didn't want to live up to this beautiful scenery.

She smiled, "Why don't we raise our hands!" The minority obeys the majority. ”

The third lady immediately raised her hand and said, "I'm in favor of appreciating plums!" ”

The fourth lady hesitated and didn't raise her hand for a long time.

Miss Five looked at Miss Four.

Gu Xi covered his mouth and smiled beside him, as if he really could do anything.

Yu Tang sighed in his heart and raised his hand: "I approve of making poems." ”

There is definitely no quatrain for the ages, but she still has no problem making limericks.

The thought flashed, and she even thought a little badly, if she cheated with Gu Xi's proud Yongmei in her previous life, it would definitely surprise Gu Xi and even feel aggrieved, it must be very interesting.

But she just thought about it.

Other things can disgust Gu Xi like this, and with such a talent as poetry and painting, she will not plagiarize others in order to put gold on her face.

It's just that as soon as she finished speaking, Miss Fifth looked at her angrily, as if she had done something heinous.

Yu Tang suddenly.

Miss Five is afraid that she is a gang, and if she goes against Miss Five's will like this, Miss Five must feel angry.

Yu Tang endured it so that he didn't laugh out loud.

The little girls are so funny, they are either black or white, straightforward but cute.

But she still thinks that barbecuing here is like burning a piano and boiling cranes, so it's better to change places.

The fourth lady jumped out at this time, raised her hand and said, "I want to barbecue!" After speaking, he glanced at Gu Xi.

Gu Xi's heart trembled.

Mistaken moments.

If she had known this, she should have stood up earlier like Miss Yu.

At this time, should she agree or disagree?

Gu Xi had a headache.

The fifth lady didn't notice this, she was overjoyed, and followed: "I want to barbecue too!" Then he looked at the second lady with a blank look.

Two to two, the attitudes of Miss Two and Miss Gu are both very important, but she intuits that Miss Gu will definitely follow the crowd, so Miss Two is more important than Miss Gu's attitude.

The second lady smiled disdainfully and said, "I'm in favor of appreciating plums!" Barbecue, it's good to change places. ”

Gu Xi sighed, and had to say, "I also approve of appreciating plums!" ”

Miss Five pouted and took Miss Four's hand.

The fourth lady grinned, looked unwilling, and said, "There are also grandmothers, Mrs. Shen and second aunts here, we are not losing yet!" ”

Mrs. Shen glanced at the fourth lady with some disgust, but did not say anything, looking unwilling to meet them in general.

The second wife was a little unhappy when she looked at it, walked over and touched her daughter's head with a smile, and said softly: "I vote for your third sister." ”

Now the general trend is gone.

The fifth lady stomped her feet and shouted "Mommy" coquettishly.

The second wife and Lao Anren both laughed.

In the end, everyone decided to enjoy the plum blossoms in the afternoon and eat barbecue for dinner.

The fifth miss was still a little unhappy, so the fourth miss pulled her to sweep the snow on the plum petals, and exchanged words with her in a voice that everyone could hear: "My mother said that it can be buried in the pot and buried in the ground, and it can be taken out to make tea in the summer." ”

"But that has to be picked in the morning, right?!" The fifth lady said a little dazed.

"Ouch!" The fourth lady didn't care, "There shouldn't be much difference between morning and afternoon, right?" I don't want to make poetry anyway. ”

The fifth lady grinned and said, "We can pick plums!" I took it back and offered it to my grandmother in a plum vase, and the house was full of plum blossoms. ”

The fourth lady said: "The bottle should also be inserted in the morning, right?" ”

The fifth lady was stunned.

The crowd laughed.

Lao An recruited two people: "Two leather monkeys, stay here for me to do two poems, not only to meet the scene but also to hand in homework, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

The two agreed in frustration, which caused everyone to laugh again.

Aunt Ji and the others had already taken the prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but after placing the four treasures of the study, they said to Lao Anren: "Miss Yu's family has a little girl who sent a letter over. ”

Everyone was amazed.

Lao Anren said to Yu Tang very kindly: "Go and see what is going on, so that I can rest assured." ”

Yu Tang was also very curious, bent his knees and saluted, and went out of the warm pavilion with Aunt Ji.

Gu Xi quietly gestured towards Hexiang.

After a while, the lotus fragrance was gone.