The Chinese New Year is over, and the city of Yangzhou is even more lively than in previous years, and since the beginning of the New Year, the city has been lively.

In the morning, the children came to Gu's house to pay New Year's greetings, Cheng Kejia smiled and gave them candy and a small red envelope, and the children were very happy.

Several older children volunteered to tell Cheng Kejia that they could take Gu Dingxi to visit the New Year, Cheng Kejia thought of her little group-like son, and she had to refuse the kindness of her brothers for Gu Dingxi.

The courtyard door of the Gu family was open, and the tables in the courtyard were full of sweets and snacks to greet the guests, and when the newly arrived prefect came over with his subordinates, the courtyard of the Gu family was full of children.

The prefect looked back at Gu You and said, "General Gu, Mrs. Gu turned out to be such a hospitable and warm person. ”

Gu You smiled slightly, he knew in his heart that Cheng Kejia just liked children who were sensible and knew etiquette, and her temperament and hospitality were still a little worse.

Gu You welcomed the prefect and his party into the door, Cheng Kejia naturally met the prefect and his party, and the housekeeper and the girls came over with tea very well.

After the children saluted the adults, they walked to the backyard one by one, and when they came, they had already greeted the family, and they would play at Gu's house today.

The new prefect is not confused, and he looks much closer to the people than the previous prefect, but Cheng Kejia feels that such a person must be more polite and thoughtful.

After the prefect and his entourage went out from Gu's house, he looked at Gu Youze's eyes a little deeper.

That young Mrs. Gu has good manners, and she looks like a woman raised in the boudoir of the family, and Gu You can make her so approachable, and this General Gu is not an ordinary person.

Gu You didn't take the prefect's scrutiny to heart, he wouldn't get along with the prefect for too long, and he was now in Yangzhou City just wanting to have more time to settle the people who followed him.

Gu You heard Cheng Kejia mention the grand occasion when the little girls came to play the piano at home, but he had never witnessed it with his own eyes, and there were only five or six people in his imagination.

But because of what he saw and heard every day, Gu You felt that when he was free, he still had to ask Cheng Kejia to understand whether there was more than five or six people in his family.

After the New Year's greetings were over, the prefect naturally returned to his house, and the ladies on this street had more to talk about.

Gu You came back and said to Cheng Kejia: "Jia'er, we have already paid New Year's greetings to the prefect in the morning, and the prefect's family has not come, so you don't need to prepare to go to the prefect's house to pay New Year's greetings." ”

Cheng Kejia listened to Gu Youze's words, she looked at Gu Youze with a slightly surprised expression, and whispered: "Husband, then which one in his house is a concubine?" ”

Gu You nodded lightly, Cheng Kejia had a good impression of the prefect's just emerging, and he was defeated all of a sudden.

Gu You was too familiar with Cheng Kejia's expression, and he said softly: "The prefect personally told us that his family has not yet come, and it doesn't matter what his identity is, it doesn't matter much. ”

Cheng Kejia smiled slightly, she didn't have much interest in other people's affairs, and the new prefect's wife would not get along well in the future, so she just had to deal with things politely.

Gu You told her that his identity was destined not to be too friendly with the civil officials, and he didn't want to be idle to observe the excitement among the civil officials.

Cheng Kejia deeply agrees with Gu Youze's words, many times, superficial closeness is not the same as real closeness.

The families who left on this street are a good proof of this sentence.

When they left, they seemed not to take a cloud with them, completely forgetting that there were no more letters coming after Mrs. Wang left, and they complained that Mrs. Wang did not miss the old love.

The ladies mentioned the scene when they used to get along in the past, and everyone said with great feelings: "We actually know that the road is not very smooth now, and we can understand what they are saying goodbye to." ”

Cheng Kejia listened to the reasonable words of the ladies, she nodded gently, the peace of the family is far more important than friendship.

The ladies can understand the choices of those ladies in their hearts, but they have given pure feelings, and there will always be a little discomfort in their hearts.

When a new prefect arrives in Yangzhou City, and a few officials will wait until spring to leave, and the people who used to live on this street will probably have the opportunity to leave Yangzhou City in the next few years.

Cheng Kejia asked Gu Youze in private, and he whispered to Cheng Kejia that after the former prefect was promoted, the officials in Yangzhou City would get some opportunities for promotion because of their outstanding performance.

They are just thinking about the future, they will not stay in Yangzhou City, and those who have the opportunity to move around will probably leave Yangzhou City in this year.

Cheng Kejia listened to Gu Youze's words, she was quite reluctant, and said: "Husband, I think that after the ladies leave, I am afraid that this street will never be so lively again." ”

The new ladies are probably not as lively as the old wives, at least the lady who lives in Mrs. Wang's former yard now, since she moved in, Cheng Kejia has only met her a few times.

When Cheng Kejia first came, she didn't like to go out to socialize, but later she was pulled by Mrs. Wang, and she and her husband gradually came and went, so that later the Gu family almost became a special place for everyone's gatherings.

The ladies once asked Cheng Kejia if she wanted to invite the new lady to talk together, and Cheng Kejia naturally came forward to invite once, and that time the new lady kept holding the shelf, from beginning to end, she just smiled and said nothing.

Cheng Kejia initially doubted that she couldn't speak, but when she went out, she said to Cheng Kejia: "See you later." ”

Cheng Kejia naturally smiled and agreed, but she didn't have the heart to invite the second time, and the lady never had the intention of inviting everyone back.

The ladies are now at a very liberated age, according to their original words, they have lived most of their lives, and when they were young, they endured all the grievances for the future of men, and when they are old, they no longer want to do superfluous things for men.

The new lady has no intention of interacting with everyone more, and after everyone invites once, twice, or three times, no one rises up to invite the topic of the new lady.

Of course, no one knew that the new lady was looking forward to another invitation, and after she moved in, she inquired about the news that the ladies on this street were very warm and thoughtful.

When she invited her for the first time in Cheng Kejia, she already felt this warmth and thoughtfulness, she told the man at that time, and the man told her that he wanted her to invite the wives to the house as early as possible after she was ready.