Zhu Youning knew that it would be no good for Old Lady Zhu to call her. sent Cai Yuanjie to do business, she returned to the house slowly, and when she arrived at the study in the outer courtyard, she was scolded by Mrs. Zhu with Zhu Huazhang, Zhu Huaxian, and Zhu Yanfeng in person. She is worse than a mouse on the street.

Zhu Youning didn't pay attention to them, just lowered her head and listened to the training, she looked quite decent, and no one knew what she was thinking about at night.

When she left the house, even the subordinates who nodded and tried their best to flatter her when they saw her before were now very cold and arrogant, and their eyes did not look at her like they were looking at the girl in the family, but like a thief who stole the family's finances.

After only a few days of being praised, he fell to the bottom, but Zhu Youning was not annoyed at all. Because she knows the family style of the Zhu family too well, she has never had any hope for this group of people.

Scolding her? As you see fit. She doesn't expect to live in someone else's mouth anyway.

After Zhu Youning was angrily scolded by Mrs. Zhu, he didn't even bother to send a bowl of porridge to the main house of the Laba Festival the next day.

She celebrated the festival with her father, mother, sixteen and strong brother, although the family was warm and the children were lively together, Zhu Youning could see that her father was actually very low.

Last year, in order to please them, Laba sent porridge.

This year, because of her business, there was no movement in the house. Come to think of it, my father still had a little hope for the family, right?

After the meal, Zhu Youning returned to the wing, ordered the thrush to light the silk lantern, and sat alone on the edge of the table with a small jacket, biting the pen and pondering.

Her thinking is different from that of the people of this era.

She almost forgot that her father was an authentic ancient, and he had received many years of Confucian education, and the concept of family blood had been deeply rooted.

Even if he was expelled from his home, even if he guessed that his family might have played a role in his fraud in the imperial examination. But in his heart, he also hopes to return to the Zhu family.

Every time Old Lady Zhu expressed kindness to them, Zhu Huating's heart was actually happy.

It is precisely because Old Lady Zhu has repeatedly shown closeness to the long room before that Zhu Huating has expectations for this.

But she completely disagreed with her father's approach in this regard, the Zhu family was not a good person in her eyes, and she didn't want her father to stick it on her hot face, and finally get a stomach full of sadness.

Zhu Youning didn't know what to do for a while.

When she was upset, she couldn't help but take a Xuehuaxuan and write a letter to Yan Sui, first greeted him about the situation, and then omitted what she had done, and told Fuyang about the recent major events, and finally talked about the confusion between Zhu Huating and the family relationship.

By the time she finished writing, she was in a much better mood. When I looked down, I realized that she had written seven or eight pages in a rambling manner.

Yan Sui saw a thick letter over there, I'm afraid I want to be startled?

Zhu Youning picked up the letter paper, twisted her white hands, and wanted to tear up the letter and write it again, but after a little hesitation, she gave up this idea again.

Yan Sui is a righteous friend, not only when he was in the capital, in order to maintain her reputation, he would rather resist all the troubles by himself than involve her, it was this time that Yan Sui asked her for help, she in turn borrowed 300,000 taels of silver from Yan Sui, Yan Sui did not hesitate to send her the silver when she was in such a crisis, and she was even more sure that Yan Sui's friend was worthy of deep friendship.

Between friends, it's nothing to say something from Rory's heart.

Zhu Youning wrote a letter, she was in a good mood, and she slept very steadily, and in the next few days, she just lived as usual, she should go to Qianzhuang to sit in the town, and she should be at home with her parents.

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cai Yuanjie couldn't hold back a smile and came to Zhu Youning, put a wooden box on the table, patted the box with his big hand and said excitedly: "Owner, the number of votes is enough." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youning opened the box, and the silver tickets inside were neatly stacked, with eight small stacks.

"You've already figured it out?"

"It's clear, and I'll help pay it back one or two."

"Is the location of Chang'an Restaurant ready?"

"I got your orders, and I have already prepared for it."

Zhu Youning snapped the lid of the box and said with a smile: "Then I will go to the next post to invite Lu Zhifu and Cai Zhixian." By the way, send a letter to my grandfather too. Don't wait for tomorrow, just come to Chang'an Restaurant at noon today. ”

"I know the owner, I'll go."

Cai Yuanjie's face was red with excitement, and he ran away, like a child who had won candy.

Zhu Youning shook his head with a smile, and went to the main house in a good mood to chat with the Bai family.

Mrs. Zhu got the post here from time to time, and she didn't understand what Cai Yuanjie's intentions were for a while. In the early morning of the next day, he specially wore a new royal blue ruyi pattern large-sleeved robe, and put on a lynx fur collar, called Zhu Huazhang and Zhu Yanfeng, and went to Chang'an Restaurant with a smile and laughter all the way.

Zhu Youning wore a light pink jacket with a collar today, and a bean-green eight-panel skirt, delicate like a delicate peach blossom blooming in spring, and even the smile on his face showed a little festivity.

When Mrs. Zhu saw her like this, her mood brightened a lot. After he called Zhu Youning to reprimand and scolded him that day, this girl didn't dare to contradict at that time, and then she behaved in a proper manner, and the old lady Zhu was now irritable when she saw Zhu Youning's mood as before.

"Seeing that the New Year is approaching, it's good for the nine girls to dress up like this." turned around and said to Zhu Huazhang, "Go back and ask your mother to urge the family, don't be lifeless." ”

"That's what my father said." Zhu Huazhang smiled and nodded, seeing that Zhu Youning was not pleasing to the eye, so she simply didn't pay attention to it at a glance.

Zhu Youning said with a smile: "Grandfather, please come with me, the prefect and the great order have arrived." ”

"So early?" Old lady Zhu was still strolling around, but when she heard this, she hurriedly quickened her pace and complained, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" Let the adults wait for a long time how to make it. ”

"It's already written in the post." Zhu Youning is very innocent.

Old Lady Zhu said angrily, "My own family, why don't you set the time into two different kinds?" ”

"The grandfather didn't give it to his granddaughter either. The granddaughter will pay attention in the future. Zhu Youning admitted his mistake very well.

Old lady Zhu choked, hit her fist on the cotton, and couldn't get up or down in her heart.

Everyone arrived at the largest private room on the second floor, Mrs. Zhu, Zhu Huazhang, and Zhu Yanfeng sorted out their clothes, knocked lightly on the door, and entered after getting permission, saluted respectfully, and after a few thorough salutes, they sat down according to their identities.

Governor Lu still looked leisurely, leaning on the armrest of the chair with his thin body, and said slowly: "Miss Nine invited us all after a post today, what is it for?" ”