Chengjiang Stone Fish Alley, Gu Lichi's private residence.

Gu Lichi sat in the study, admiring the paintings he ordered to go to Zhejiang a few days ago to take back the paintings of Tang Yin, who had come to the previous dynasty, and Chen sat aside, holding the tiger head hat given to Brother Chang on the third day of the next lunar month.

The third day of the next lunar month will be Brother Chang's fourth birthday, and she wants to move into Gu's mansion before Brother Chang's birthday, but Gu Lichi didn't take this matter to heart at all. For this reason, she had been annoyed by Gu Lichi for several days.

"Master, the third day of next month will be Chang'er's fourth birthday. Originally, you told me that before Chang'er's birthday, you would let our mother and mother move into the Gu Mansion. But now? It's Chang'er's birthday soon, and you haven't been moved, sir. Chen suddenly stopped the needlework in his hand, raised his head and glanced at Gu Lichi, but Gu Lichi's heart fell on the painting, and he didn't notice that Chen had stopped the work in his hand.

"Mother hasn't come back yet, I'll take something to open the ancestral hall and give Chang'er a genealogy. Only when the ancestral hall is opened and the genealogy is on, Chang'er can really be regarded as my Gu family's disciple, and now the eldest brother of the Yang family lives in the Gu Mansion, you move in at the moment, I am afraid that there will be more trouble, let's talk about this matter in a few days! Gu Lichi still raised his head, glanced at Chen on the side, then lowered his head, and continued to appreciate the painting in his hand.

After a while, Gu Lichi felt that the so-called Tang Yin's genuine handwriting in his hand was a bit unlike his handwriting.

He instructed Chen, "Go and call in the stone that is guarding outside, and I will ask him where he got this painting?" Except for the payment and promotion of Tang Yin, the others do not seem to be his handiwork. ”

Gu Lichi has been a layman for many years, I don't know what's going on, I suddenly became obsessed with Tang Yin's paintings, and bought seven or eight "Hairpin Ladies" from Zhejiang.

A few days ago, he got the news that a salt merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had obtained Tang Yin's real "Hairpin Lady", and then ordered Shi Shi to go to Zhejiang with 20,000 taels of silver tickets, so that he bought back the painting "Hairpin Lady" in Gu Lichi's hand.

"Master, do you not have me and Chang'er in your heart? That's why you haven't taken us into the house. Master, I've had enough sneaky days like this, and Chang'er has had enough days like this. A few days ago, Chang'er asked me when my father would take us to live in a big house! Chang'er wants to live in a big house. ”

As he spoke, Chen stopped what he was doing again, and cried while holding the tiger hat in his arms.

Gu Lichi didn't pay attention at first, but when he heard Chen's cry, he was shocked to realize that Chen's crying, and this cry annoyed him even more.

The most disliked thing in his life in his life was that when he was looking at paintings, others interfered with him, and he cried endlessly.

"Biyan, take your wife out! Crying like this all day long, where does it look like a big wife? Gu Lichi said, and glanced at Biyan beside Chen, and Biyan took Chen out.

"Madam, let's go out! So as not to annoy the lord here. Before Chen could get up on his own, Biyan had already helped Chen up and walked out of the door.

Opposite Gu Lichi's private house, there is a tavern called Yiqing Ji, which specializes in providing food for the temple, and every time it is time to go to the temple fair, Yiqing Ji's business is also the best time of the year.

At this moment, Chen Sanshun was mixed in the handyman recruited by Yiqing, and a few days ago he inquired that Chen was going to the Niangniang Temple in the west of the city today to offer incense, and asked people to ask Farin Fangtai of Niangniang Temple to give a lecture to Chen. At today's temple fair in Niangniang Temple, the steward came to Yiqing Ji to order fifty tables of food, and the boss asked Chen Sanshun and another handyman to deliver food to Niangniang Temple.

Chen was helped to the corridor by Bi Yan, she was angry by Gu Lichi's words just now, and she was a little uneasy at the moment, sitting on the chair in the corridor, and Bi Yan gave her a breath.

"Madam, the master is also for your own good, now that the uncle of the Yang family lives in it, if you move in at this moment, won't you be angry with Mrs. Yang. You just need to take care of it now, and your good days are yet to come. Biyan said to Chen Shi while breathing.

"I'm not afraid of being angry with anyone, I just want Brother Chang to be good. Brother Chang is a piece of meat that fell out of my stomach, why don't I feel sorry for him? His father is not angry, and he has not yet given Brother Chang an official account. Chen said, but his eyes looked at Gu Lichi's study from time to time.

Gu Lichi, Gu Lichi, since you don't want to help Brother Chang earn a good future, then don't blame me for being cruel to you.

Suddenly, the little maid in the concierge came to report that the sister-in-law of Niangniang Temple had arrived and wanted to see Chen.

Then Biyan brought in the sister-in-law of Niangniang Temple, who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a gray plain robe, and her face was a little sallow, as if she had not eaten enough.

As soon as he saw Chen, he hurriedly greeted him, "Mrs. Chen, you made an appointment with our Mrs. Falin a few days ago, and Farin asked me to come and ask you, if you are not free today, you can go another day." ”

Chen suddenly remembered that a few days ago, someone recommended to her the Niangniang Temple in the west of the city, saying that the Niangniang Temple is very effective in asking for children, and some sisters-in-law are also good at gynecology and can help people see diseases and prescribe medicine. After that, she used Gu Lichi's post to make an appointment with Mrs. Farin of Niangniang Temple, saying that she would go to Niangniang Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings in a few days, and also asked Mrs. Farin to give a lecture.

Clearly said that it was a lecture, but secretly she wanted Mrs. Fang to prescribe a pair of medicine to her, and she heard others say that after taking the medicine prescribed by Mrs. Fang, she could have another child in the coming year.

Now Gu Lichi is lukewarm to her, Gu Lichi only has Brother Chang in her heart, she has to have another child to grasp Gu Lichi's heart, if Brother Chang is gone in the future, she still has a child to rely on.

Thinking in her heart, she told Biyan to go down to set up a car, and the sister-in-law who came to report the news led the way to Niangniang Temple.

Punpu, the courtyard of the second room.

Gu Yutang lay in front of the window of the west chamber, looking at the people from the Dingwu Marquis Mansion opposite, going in and out of the east chamber, moving a lot of things into the carriage. Jiang Zhiming sat in front of the bookcase with a breezy face, writing his notes, and seemed not to be disturbed by the outside world.

Ah Hua was on the side, looking at Gu Yutang's two eyes staring at Jiang Zhiming's body, and he didn't move, so he teased: "My good girl, did you fall in love with the son of the Jiang family, and looked at him without moving." ”

When Ah Hua said this, Gu Yutang reacted, she seemed to have been lying here for two hours, staring at Jiang Zhiming for two hours.

Thinking of this, her face turned red all of a sudden, she hurriedly closed the window, covered her face and said, "I don't, there is a nest of swallows on the tree over there in the east chamber, I am clearly looking at the swallows, where is Jiang Zhiming's bastard boy?"

"My good girl, if you want to see the son of the Jiang family, just say directly, where did the swallows come from on the roof of the east wing? The girl doesn't want to learn from the old lady, she sees the sparrow as a swallow, the old lady has bad eyes, is it possible that the girl also has bad eyes? Ah Hua looked at Gu Yutang's somewhat shy appearance, poured a glass of water, and handed it to her.

Gu Yutang took the water, completely ignoring the fact that the water in the cup was hot, and drank it in one go, only to find that the water was actually piping hot, and it burned Gu Yutang's mouth a few big bubbles. "Ah Hua, what are you doing with such hot water for me? Are you trying to burn me? ”

Seeing that Gu Yutang's mouth was scalded with a few big bubbles, Ah Hua hurriedly asked someone to get some ice out, broke it and put it in the water, and gave it to Gu Yutang. "Girl, I just wanted to remind you that the water has just been boiled, let you cool down for a while before drinking, you have already drunk it, what do I say?"

Ah Hua saw that Gu Yutang was obviously absent-minded, so he didn't even look at it, and drank the hot water in one go.