Mrs. Pei said, many things that she hadn't thought about before gradually became strange, and she became more and more frightened, and in the end, her teeth chattered and she couldn't speak.

Pei Tong was also chilled.

He held his mother's hand tightly, as if in this way, they could overcome their fears and add courage to each other.

"Auntie!" Pei Tong said in a low voice, Pei Fei ran in happily with a snack, shouting "A-Niang" and "Big Brother" loudly, and showed the dim sum in his hand to the two of them: "It is said that it is a vegetarian cake made by the masters of Zhaoming Temple, I ate a piece, there are almonds and walnuts in it, but it is delicious!" You try it too! ”

Adding almonds and walnuts to dim sum is the filling that Beijing dim sum likes to use, Pei Tong and Pei Fei both grew up in Beijing, compared to what osmanthus cake, Qingtuan and other dim sum, they prefer to add melon seeds, almonds, walnuts and other dim sum.

Mrs. Pei hurriedly smiled, gently took her youngest son's hand, and said, "I know you like to eat." A-Niang doesn't eat. It's too late, Ah Niang has already rinsed her mouth. You and your brother eat! ”

Pei Fei knew her mother's living habits, and after rinsing her mouth at night, she stopped eating, and she was not reluctant, and gave most of the snacks in her hand to Pei Tong.

Mrs. Pei glanced at her eldest son and said, "It's not early, you and your brother should go back and rest!" Tomorrow is a lecture meeting, and you should not go later than the elders, and you should not stay up late. If there is anything, wait for me to talk to your third uncle while I am lecturing. ”

Didn't Gu Chaoyang say that he would stay in Lin'an for a few days after the lecture, they had to take advantage of Gu Chaoyang's time in Lin'an to make things clear to Pei Yan.

Pei Tong glanced at his younger brother, nodded with a smile, and pulled Pei Fei away.

Gu Chang was on the way back to the wing room where he lived at this time, and his personal attendant Gao Sheng whispered to him about the news he had heard: "...... Miss Yu is the daughter of an ordinary poor talent. Because of his good temperament, he won the favor of Pei Lao'an people, and often walked around Pei's mansion. He paused slightly, and then continued, "It's not a family girl. ”

Gu Chang was stunned, stopped, and said after a while: "You mean Miss Yu, just a young lady from an ordinary talented family in Lin'an City?" ”

"Yes!" Gao Sheng didn't dare to look at Gu Chang's eyes, lowered his eyes and said, "The Yu family was originally an ordinary farmer, because of the diligence and thrift, he gradually had some family background, and then opened a lacquerware shop, so he was able to send the children of the family to study." Miss Yu's father was the first person in their family to become famous. Moreover, their family is very thin. Yu Xiucai has only one brother, and Miss Yu has only one cousin. ”

In other words, there is no one who wants to watch over each other.

There's no way around it!

Gu Chang stroked his forehead, and Yu Tang's bright face appeared in his mind again.

It's really beautiful!

She was probably the prettiest girl he'd ever seen in his life.

Pity......

Gu Chang stood under the boxwood tree on the side of the road for a long time before he cleaned up his mood and said in a deep voice: "This matter ends here." Don't say anything bad. ”

Gao raised his head and said another thing: "This time, the third wife of the Yang family also came over. It is the original Seventh Miss of the Yin Family. I heard that their Yin family has a girl who is quick and easy, and she was ordered by Mrs. Yin to give the girl of the Yin family a suitable family affair. ”

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who doesn't know how powerful the Yin family is to choose his uncle.

It turned out that this was the luck that Gu Chang had only been able to think about all along, but now that this opportunity was in his hands, he suddenly lost the excitement and excitement he imagined.

"This kind of thing also depends on fate." He said lightly, "Let's talk about it when we have a chance!" ”

Gao Sheng didn't dare to say more, and silently accompanied Gu Chang slowly towards his residence.

Pei Yan couldn't sleep a little, he felt that he should talk to Shu Qing, but he intuitively felt that what he was going to say might make Shu Qing despise, so he simply lay motionless on the bed, staring at the top of the bed in a daze.

In the dead of night, the occasional sound is infinitely amplified.

He heard Zhou Zijin playing the lyre and singing there.

Usually at this time, it is when Zhou Zijin is slightly drunk.

If it was in the past, Pei Yan felt that this was Zhou Zijin's own business and had nothing to do with him, but today, he inexplicably felt that Zhou Zijin was very annoying - why did Zhou Zijin drink and sing in the temple and make everyone uneasy, and he still had to endure it? He's not happy here, but he doesn't even have anyone to talk to?

He thought about it, put on his clothes and went out.

Zhou Zijin really took a few small servants to sit on the ground under the rockery of Taihu Lake next to the courtyard where they lived, and was happy in front of the small lake under the moonlight.

He was angry, stepped forward quickly, and kicked away the wine bottles that had fallen beside Zhou Zijin.

Zhou Zijin raised his head, looked at Pei Yan with drunken eyes, and said, "What are you crazy about?" Dressed inappropriately? Come, come, little brother, don't lose your temper, tell my brother what happened to you? As he spoke, he went to pull Pei Yan's sleeve and pressed him to sit down on the straw mat, "The housekeeping will definitely not be difficult for you." What's that? You're not going to meet a pretty girl, but you can't ask for it, right? Saying that, Zhou Zijin himself was laughed at by his own words, and he said, "No, if you really fall in love with someone's girl, it is estimated that if you want to marry, it is just a matter of one sentence, and you won't ask for it!" Could it be that the door is not the right one? Hahaha...... Pei Yaoguang, you also have today! ”

Pei Yan was so angry that his face changed, he pushed Zhou Zijin away, and shouted at his little servant: "Do you know where this is?" actually connived at him to drink and play, are you afraid that his reputation is too good? ”

The little guys looked embarrassed and hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help Zhou Zijin back to where he lived.

Zhou Zijin waved his hand and pushed the little guy away, and shouted at Pei Yan: "Yaoguang, don't be shy. Although I am in the same family as your brother, I will respect your brother so much for the sake of your face, and you are my brother......"

It's really getting worse and worse the more you talk about it.

Pei Yan decided to ignore Zhou Zijin and left angrily.

When he returned to the house and lay down again, he still couldn't sleep, thinking to himself that tomorrow's lecture would be arranged in the Dharma Hall, and the male guests would set up tables and chairs directly in front of the podium, and the female dependents would be arranged in the east hall, with a screen in front of them. At that time, all the ladies will sit together, if Miss Gu and Miss Yu have a conflict, everyone will see that no matter who is right and who is wrong, it will always be an undignified thing.

The more Pei Yan thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was a bit hanging-it would be fine if Miss Yu listened to his advice, but if she didn't listen...... Or maybe Miss Gu took the initiative to stir up trouble, and Miss Yu couldn't just tolerate it, right? What's more, Miss Yu is not a person who can bear it!

He got up from the bed as soon as he made a move, called Pei Man in, and asked him to arrange for someone to set the position on the side of the lady overnight: "Whoever sits in which position is marked, don't move around when the time comes, just move forward if you want to." Miss Yu's mother and daughter came with Lao An, you arrange for them to sit with Lao An, and Miss Gu will arrange to sit with the young ladies of the Song family and the Peng family. ”

If you separate people, there should be fewer incidents.

Pei Man was startled for a while before he found his voice, and said suspiciously: "Now? Settle the spot? ”

"Yes!" Pei Yan said categorically, "Go now, like the last time my teacher's family in the capital held a happy event, draw a picture, how many positions there are, and where everyone sits, all make it clear." Then send a picture to each family so that they know where they are sitting. ”

But the last time Mr. Zhang had a happy event was because the third prince and the second prince came to congratulate him, and stayed to listen to the play.

They're just holding a lecture meeting, so they don't have to be like that, right?

But Pei Man didn't dare to say this. He seemed to be sleepwalking, "oh", "oh" twice, and then he fully reacted and confirmed: "Everyone's position is set?" ”

That is, they had to determine overnight how many people would attend the lectures in each province.

Including the maid and mother-in-law.

Even if you are standing, you have to find a place to stand, right?

Pei Yan felt that these were all trivial matters.

Since the Zhang family can do it, their family can also do it.

"Go ahead and do it!" He fell to the ground like a big rock, sleepy, and yawned to indicate that Pei Man could retreat.

Pei Man retreated, but he couldn't help but slander in his heart, the old man said a word, and the next person ran and broke his leg. He and the few stewards don't want to sleep tonight.

Yu Tang slept soundly here.

She not only finished copying the Buddhist scriptures as planned last night, but also learned that the Li family was going to be unlucky, and she was in a very good mood, so that she was woken up by Shuangtao before dawn the next day, and she was still in a happy mood.

But she still went in to say hello to Miss Xu and Mrs. Yang San, and then helped her mother to go to Pei Laoanren.

Pei Lao'an people also got up quite early, when they passed, not only Yi Lao'an and Yong Lao'an were there, but even the second wife and a few Miss Pei, as well as the wives and young grandmothers of the Pei family's other rooms also arrived one after another. Pei Lao'an was in a good mood, and he played for a while with his great-grandson who was not yet one year old in the second room, and waited for the time to be almost up, and then led everyone to the Dharma hall behind the Daxiong Treasure Palace.

Because everyone already knew the previous regulations, and suddenly received the seating list again, everyone was stunned.

Although everyone can find the right place according to their status on such occasions, there will always be people who squeeze to sit next to the respected elders in order to flatter people, and if the elders don't hate this person, they can also accompany and talk.

Like this, they even drew a circle where someone's maid and mother-in-law stood, and it was the first time they had encountered it.

Several wives and young grandmothers of the Pei family began to whisper.

Pei Man, who hadn't slept all night, had to trot over and explain: "There will be nine days of lectures, and we have a good idea of who will come and who won't, and some things are easy to arrange." ”

What can be arranged?

Pei Laoan was full of confusion, but it was his son who was in charge, so he could only carry the pile: "That's fine." Don't be restrained, let's sit down! If you don't feel used to it, adjust it later. ”

Everyone sat down laughing.

Pei Man laughed with him, and let people guard the passage to the east hall.

As for the main hall on the west side, some tables, chairs and benches were placed and opened to the squires and people of Lin'an City who came to listen to the lectures.