"The industry in Xi'an Mansion has no income for the time being, and the silver ticket of Baoqing Building is best kept for emergency use. The Ninth Master brought two thousand taels of silver, and with me here, it totaled three thousand five hundred and forty-two taels and six dollars. We have just settled down, we have to buy everything, and the family needs about seven or eight taels of silver a month to chew...... New Year's gifts, I'll take it upon myself to help you with it. Yingchuan Hou bought things according to two hundred taels of silver, and Liu Deputy General Bing, fifty taels; Lord Wang, who guarded Zhuang Langwei, sixty taels; Lord Hu in Xining, Lord Peng in Suzhou, and Lord Chen in Zhenfan, twenty taels each, and Mo Yi there, forty taels; Qi Yimu and several other neighbors who knew each of them were 300 wen ......"

The room was quiet and quiet, Fu Tingyun's voice was as crisp and pleasant as a small bead falling on a jade plate, but Zhao Ling's scalp was numb.

He could see the undisguised joy in her eyes the moment she saw him, but in the blink of an eye, she became restrained, polite, and ...... Alienation.

He was very shocked at the time, but he was relieved as soon as he thought about it.

In front of so many people, she could trot out to see him when she heard the news of his return, and it was self-evident what she meant about him, how could he ask for anything else.

Thinking of this, his mind came up with her delicate face, because when he saw him as gorgeous as a flower, the joy in his heart could not be stopped, and his eyes did not want to leave her for a moment.

He sat on the Taishi chair in the hall, watched her walk lightly to the door, and smiled and took the pot with hot water sent by Zheng Sanniang...... Her white fingers carried the black beam, which was smooth and delicate, like a fine mutton fat jade, so that he couldn't help but want to hold it in his hand and rub it, is the jade more polished, or her hands are smoother...... Steaming water falls into the white tea cup. She took a half-step back, as if she was afraid of being scalded by the water...... He remembered that she had said that she often made tea for her grandmother...... I don't know if it's an exaggeration...... He smiled even deeper.

She had already picked up the teacup and put it in the big red teapot with golden begonias, holding the plate in both hands. Smiling as he walked towards her.

The green is the tea, the green onion is the hand, and the red is the tea tray. Bright and bright, like the colors of spring. Let people linger, so that he involuntarily smiled and got up to take the teacup...... Then she smiled politely and sat down on the Taishi chair beside him, without asking him why he came back at this time, without asking him if he had eaten, without asking him what he had been doing these days...... And whispered to him to count the chewing of the family.

That kind of matter-of-fact, polite with an indifferent look. Even the most careless person can feel her strangeness, let alone Zhao Ling, who has always been observant.

What's the problem?

He interrupted her at the time and said, "These are all small things, you are in charge!" ”

It's just that before the words fell, Fu Tingyun's face turned a little colder, and his displeasure was overflowing: "Isn't it so much that the Ninth Master has spent so much effort to one day stand out and get rid of the predicament of being controlled by others?" Could it be that after a month, the ninth master changed his mind? Even the matter of giving a New Year's gift to the boss has become a trivial matter! Her slightly sarcastic tone made him speechless for a moment.

She took the opportunity to talk to him about the New Year's ceremony: "...... Wait until the twentieth day of the lunar month. There was still no movement on the Ninth Master's side. I thought that when I was at home, it would be a little disrespectful to give New Year's gifts after the New Year. Let Zheng San take your name card to the various prefectures to ask for a ......."

He had been prepared for this matter, but he looked at Fu Tingyun's face as if he had a thin layer of frost. Thinking of her dedication to him, he suddenly lost the courage to confess.

"I was negligent." The words of confession blurted out as if they had not gone through their minds.

He was immediately embarrassed.

Although he has made up his mind that he will be good to her, he can't just ignore right and wrong, right? There are some things that should be said that should still be said.

When I raised my eyes, I saw that her expression was slightly gloomy, and there was a hint of warmth in her voice.

He immediately gave up on his decision.

A manly man, why bother with a woman about these quick tongues. Since she cares so much about this matter, she should coax her to be happy, and she doesn't have to spoil the atmosphere between each other by always sticking to things that are right and wrong.

Fu Tingyun saw that Zhao Ling happily admitted his mistake, even if his heart was full of anger, it was not good to force people into a corner without a trace of room to turn around, so he couldn't help but relax and said, "Master Lu, have you ever been there?" Then he thought that he had given himself all his belongings when he left...... Perhaps, he thought that if he handed over all the money to her, she would naturally help him take care of all this, so he didn't care...... Most of the anger in his heart disappeared at once, and his voice softened, and he said to him, "You wait", and turned and went into the inner room.

Zhao Ling didn't know why, and after waiting for about half a cup of tea, Fu Tingyun folded back and put a royal blue money bag with a winding flower treasure pattern in his hand: "There are two hundred and fifty taels of silver here." Among them, two hundred taels you take to buy things for Lord Lu, and I asked Zheng San to send them to Zhuang Langwei quickly, only saying that you ordered the people in the family early in the morning, because the road is far away and the weather is bad, so it was delayed. Presumably, Commander Lu will not blame too much. Remove it, and you will socialize during the New Year. Now that he's back, Mo Yi is going to go......"

Wait, does she think she will celebrate the New Year in Zhangye?

Zhao Ling vaguely felt a little headache, but the killing decision he had cultivated over the years made him understand that the more this matter dragged on, the more serious the consequences would be. But he didn't want Fu Tingyun to be unhappy again, and after thinking about it for a while, he smiled and said: "When I came back this time, I accompanied Commander Lu to send a New Year's gift to the Marquis of Yingchuan." His share was just sent to the inn, so as not to prevent Zheng San from running to Zhuang Langwei. ”

Fu Tingyun looked at Zhao Ling in surprise.

No wonder he came back alone, it turned out that he didn't come back for the New Year, but accompanied his boss to give gifts!

can accompany the boss to give gifts, Zhao Ling and Lu Cheng should get along well!

She quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Ling nodded stubbornly and said with a smile: "I will go back to the inn soon, and I will accompany Commander Lu to see the Marquis of Yingchuan in the afternoon." ”

Fu Tingyun suddenly felt empty in his heart, the anger in his heart turned into a puff of green smoke, and he disappeared early, and his mind was all on the words "I will go back to the inn soon", and said busily: "Have you had lunch?" Have you made an appointment to return to the inn? Thinking that she deliberately snubbed him just now, she chattered with him for a long time. I regretted it very much, and asked him anxiously, "Did you delay your business?" ”

Zhao Ling looked at her concerned expression. The corners of his mouth curled up in a pleasant arc.

"It doesn't matter." He explained to her, "As soon as Commander Lu arrived at the inn, he asked me to go home and have a look, and I looked like that. I'm afraid that I will avoid something when I see something, and maybe we will have dinner together at noon. I just need to return to the inn at the beginning of Shen Chu, where he and Ying Chuan Ying agreed to meet. ”

Fu Tingyun was relieved. Thinking of what he said just now, "Commander Lu will let me go home as soon as he arrives at the inn", knowing that he hadn't had lunch yet, he turned his head and glanced at the hourglass on the long case, and saw that it was just past noon, and his mood relaxed a little, and said, "Then the ninth master should rest at home!" "Thinking that the kang in the west room of the main house is cold, wait for the kang to heat up. He should also go, discuss him, "I asked Zheng Sanniang to clean up the Assen house?" ”

His previous experience made him fall asleep quickly when he fell there, and he didn't pay attention to these things, and said with a smile: "Okay! It's not like I haven't slept before. ”

Also!

Fu Tingyun called Ah Sen to serve Zhao Ling to freshen up, and instructed Zheng San to go to the street immediately to buy another copy according to the New Year's gift for the Marquis of Yingchuan: "...... It's not all the same. Remember to replace the glass cup with a jade cup, if there is no jade, it can be replaced with a gold one; Replace the boxwood paperweight with a pen holder. "Called Zheng Sanniang," the ninth master left after lunch, and hurried to make lunch. "Thinking that Zhao Ling is not going back for the New Year. It didn't make much sense to keep the New Year's goods that had been purchased, and he instructed Zheng Sanniang, "Take out the carrots given by Mrs. Qi and roast the mutton, and then soak the dried daylily out and stir-fry a plate...... I felt that there were many things to instruct for a while. simply said: "Forget it, I'll cook!" ”

The whole room moved, and the bustle and hustle and bustle rushed in, but it made people feel warm and down-to-earth.

Zhao Ling washed his face, changed into clean clothes and lay on the warm kang, Ah Sen immediately leaned over: "Master, can you tell me about the military camp?" His face was full of longing, "In a few years, you will also get me to the guardhouse!" ”

"Wait until you can handle the knife." Zhao Ling patted his head affectionately with a smile, remembered Fu Tingxian in the kitchen, and asked him, "What has Miss Fu been doing at home these days?" ”

"Didn't do anything!" Ah Sen said a little boringly, "I stay at home every day, either doing needlework or teaching me to read, and occasionally Mrs. Qi next door will come to visit the door." After you left, I only went to the street twice, and the girl asked Zheng Sange to buy New Year's goods, and Zheng Sange asked someone to help watch it in the car. ”

This kid has been wild with him since he was a child, but he can't stand it for more than a month.

"You want to listen to Miss Fu, you know?" Zhao Ling told Ah Sen solemnly, "In the future, we will live a normal life, and the things that Miss Fu taught you are what normal children should learn, and you have to follow and learn hard." ”

Ah Sen listened to Zhao Ling the most, although he was puzzled, he still nodded again and again.

Zhao Ling was a little stunned.

With this Ninth Miss of the Fu family, his life will gradually become normal!

Every day, I run around for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and plan for people to invest in the land...... Sometimes, it may not be a kind of happiness.

He chuckled.

A man's voice shouted at the gate, "Is there anyone?" ”

Zhao Ling sat up.

Asen hurriedly ran to open the door.

After a while, Mo Yi entered with Ah Sen's curtain.

"You guy, don't say anything when you come back!" He smiled and gently slapped Zhao Ling's shoulder, his seemingly rude movements revealed intimacy, "If I hadn't met Lu Cheng, I wouldn't have known about it!" ”

Lu Cheng's sister, who was originally in charge of Lu Cheng, became Mo Yi's concubine.

Since he came to give the Marquis of Yingchuan a New Year's gift, how could he forget Mo Yi?

Zhao Ling smiled and asked him to sit down: "In the past few days, the people in the guard have been running to the General Military Mansion, I'm afraid you won't be available." Since you're here, why don't you have lunch here? ”

"Okay!" Mo Yi said boldly, "To be honest, I've always wanted to taste your family's craftsmanship?" ”

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O(∩_∩)O~(To be continued.) )

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