Aunt Yun is also an old man who has been floating in the inner courtyard for more than ten years, so she can naturally see through. This young lady and Mrs. Tai are one singing with a red face and the other with a white face, which is obviously not a matter of discussion. It's just that there are countless beautiful girls of the right age, and how many people will flock to it when they say the name of the family. Why do you have to find your little-known niece......

How strange this thing looks.

That's not what she needs to think about, though. No matter what aspect it is, this matter is beneficial to her, she is not favored now, and her life is not easy, if she helps Miss Biao to promote this family business, Mrs. Tai will definitely reward herself, and the second master will also treat herself well, if there is anything in the future...... Miss Gu Jiabiao will also help herself in this matter.

Aunt Yun stood up and said respectfully: "Mrs. Tai and Miss Biao, rest assured, being a concubine in the Gu family is also a blessing for this child, why don't I set off today and go to Taihe County once." ”

is an obedient one, Gu Jinchao nodded secretly. If it weren't for the fact that she was afraid that there would be Aunt Song in a large group of girls this time, going back in advance to ventilate and report would make Aunt Song prepared, and she would have wanted to go in person.

However, accompanied by Song's mother, there should be no problem on this trip.

Ji Wu went to the reception place of Shixian Building.

More than a dozen stewards and shopkeepers were already waiting there, each holding an account book or a lease of land rent, and Mr. Zeng, the bookkeeper with an abacus, stood beside his grandmother. If there is a problem with the money spent by the treasurer, he can verify it immediately.

Seeing Gu Jinchao coming, Mr. Zeng also smiled and greeted her.

Jin Chao sat and watched, his grandmother's words dealt with these things clearly and moderately, no matter how complicated and tricky, his grandmother could always grasp the key point of the problem first, give a clue, and a few big stewards on the side quickly discussed their opinions.

She remembered that when she was a child, her grandmother handled things, and she crawled in her arms to make trouble, and she had to catch Mr. Bookkeeper's abacus to play.

Mr. Zeng was a showman in his early years, and later failed the township examination several times, so he simply came to the Ji family to do things with his one-handed abacus. It is also a celebrity around his grandmother, who can take a few hundred taels a month, and the abacus he carries with him is still pure gold, but he is not annoyed when he is dismantled by Xiao Jinchao and plays with beads, and when Jinchao has played, he will put it back one by one.

After the stewards retreated, Ji Yao took Ji Yun, Ji Cang and Gu Jinrong to come over to greet his grandmother.

Grandmother smiled and asked Gu Jinrong what he was doing with his cousins last night.

Gu Jinrong smiled bitterly: "...... A few cousins played Go with me. It's a pity that no one can play the second cousin, his chess skills are really good! ”

Ji Yao smiled: "It's just a fluke." ”

There was a big steward on the side who smiled and said: "Don't look at our second young master's gentleness, he has a lot of strategies." If anyone secretly provokes the second young master, they will also suffer! ”

He said about the early years when Yao managed the Hangzhou silk shop: "...... When the second young master was in charge of the Hangzhou silk shop in Xianghe, there was a shop specializing in Shu brocade opposite. The shopkeeper saw that our second young master was young and easy to bully, and pointed out the guys many times to solicit customers outside our store...... The second young master was not annoyed, and when he came back, he ordered the guys in the shop to buy all the woad on the market and store it in the warehouse...... We were still strange, but we didn't think that the price of woad grass would increase several times in a few months, but the second young master was unmoved and had no intention of selling. ”

Gu Jinrong felt strange: "What is this woad grass for?" Why Deposit? ”

Ji Yao smiled and explained: "Woad grass is a blue dye, and there is a precious blue brocade in Shu brocade that must be dyed with woad grass. At that time, it was the time when Shu brocade merchants went to Tongzhou to sell goods every year, and Sichuan did not produce woad grass, so those merchants who supplied Shu brocade came to Tongzhou and had to buy this raw material. ”

The chief steward continued: "That's right, those who came here to sell Shu brocade couldn't find woad blue, and they heard that the second young master had a large amount of accumulated goods in his hands, so he came to the door to buy them...... The second young master promised to sell it to them. However, it is necessary to pay the bill with Shu brocade of the same value. Those Shu brocade merchants could only give all the Shu brocade to the second young master...... Later, the shopkeeper of the Shu brocade shop opposite couldn't find the source of goods, and he was anxious all day long, and finally had to compensate the second young master with a shy old face, begging him to sell Shu brocade to himself. ”

Ji Cang patted Ji Yao's arm and said with a smile: "I think it's troublesome, that Shu Jin was sent to Tongzhou, and it wasn't our Ji family's merchant ship!" The second brother only needs to give an order to the ship's steward, and they are naturally willing to offer Shu Jin, so why bother. ”

Ji Yao thought for a while: "It's really a good way!" For a moment everyone burst into laughter.

Grandmother smiled: "Brother Yao'er has a hard time, and he is suitable for doing this." Tomorrow is your eldest nephew's weekly gift, why don't you take your cousin to Baodi today to have a look and buy some gadgets for your eldest nephew. ”

Gu Jinchao saw the smile on Ji Yao's face shrink slightly, and his eyes drooped.

However, he nodded again and promised, and said: "It's good to go to Baodi at this time, it is the time to open the lantern festival, and Yuchengfang should be particularly lively." ”

Gu Jinchao didn't want to embarrass him, and at this time, she didn't want to go to Baodi, she was also worried about whether Aunt Yun could get things done.

She said to her grandmother, "...... It's freezing and a lot of people are tired, so why don't I talk to you in the conservatory, I still want to be with my grandmother more! ”

Ji Wu originally thought that Jin Chao could go outside to relax, but seeing that she didn't have this thought, he naturally forgot it.

Back in Qidongpan, it was snowing. Ji Wu watched the snow get bigger and bigger from the fan, and said to Jin Chao: "Fortunately, I didn't go, otherwise it would have snowed so much, and the carriage wouldn't have been able to come back......"

Jin Chao looked at the burning fire, but remembered that when she lived with Wan Su, she loved to make crab shell yellow on the stove, and at that time they didn't have enough charcoal for the winter, so that they could not only warm but also make cakes. So he said to his grandmother: "Snow is big and snow is good, and it's best to be able to eat hot pancakes!" Why don't I make it for you? ”

My grandmother was a little curious: "When did my sister learn this, you didn't even want to step further in the kitchen." ”

Jin Chao smiled but said nothing, and told Qingpu to go to the kitchen of the outer courtyard to get the noodles, and he personally soaked the dried plum vegetables in the small kitchen of Qidongpan and chopped the filling. After wrapping the cake, it is packed on a large plate of white porcelain and brought to warm the room.

My grandmother never felt that Jin Chao had done anything unruly, and she came in with a plate of cakes and smiled to help her uncover the stove.

The pancake was quickly put in, and after a while, the aroma slowly came out.

Mother Song said on the side: "...... Even I smell it! ”

The girls and mothers-in-law are all vying to look at the pot with wide eyes, no one is good at cooking, and they have never seen baked baked cakes in the conservatory, and they all look fresh.

Jin Chao held a pair of long jade bamboo chopsticks, and after opening the lid of the stove, the baked cakes inside were already baked to golden brown, and the sesame seeds sprinkled on top were also fragrant. She picked it up and put it on a plate and served it to her grandmother, "How about you try it?" ”

It was also distributed to Song's mother, Qingpu, Caifu, and the little girl standing outside.

Qingpu has already seen the cooking skills of the Jin Dynasty, so naturally he doesn't think it's unusual. Caifu was pleasantly surprised: "It's crispy and fragrant, it's delicious!" ”

Ji Wushi tried a piece, the dough peeled off layer by layer, the mouth turned into slag, and the mouth was full of the salty aroma of dried plum vegetables, and the taste was really good.

When the conservatory was bustling, a mother-in-law passed through the curtain: "Mrs. Tai, the second young master, the third young master, the fourth young master and the young master cousin are here together." ”

Ji Wu smiled and said, "They also happened to be coincidental!" Come on in! ”

Ji Cang came in with a curtain first. "Grandmother, what are you doing here so fragrant! I smell it from afar. ”

Ji Wu pointed to the fire: "Your cousin roasted the crab shell yellow for us to eat, you can also taste it, it tastes very good!" ”

Several people came in, and Ji Yao saw Gu Jinchao at a glance.

Jin Chao also leaned intently by the fire and watched, the firelight reflected her face warm yellow, and her eyes were clear, like a pool of spring water. The fine eyelashes have a faint warm yellow halo, which makes her look even more attractive. She was wearing a satin jacket trimmed with white and blue twigs, and because she was tilting her head sideways, she could see that the skin on her neck was as clear as jade, and it was also shining......

Ji Yao hurriedly turned his head, thinking to himself that no matter how inferior Gu Jinchao's conduct was, her appearance was the best he had ever seen...... I didn't think it was at the beginning, but now I don't know why it's more charming......

Jin Chao looked up at a few people, and also smiled slightly: "This furnace will be ready soon." She lowered her head and continued to bake the pancakes, extra focused.

“…… We came to bring sweet pear soup to my grandmother. Ji Yao put down the food box he was holding, "As soon as I took Cousin Rong to the mansion for a walk, I dug up some frozen pears in the cellar and ordered the kitchen to make them for you." ”

Ji Wu was very happy: "I'm going to give me food one by one today." ”

The Jin Dynasty baked this oven cake, but several people were about to leave, and the uncle wanted to ask them to meet a very famous gentleman in Tongzhou to talk about the art of making together. Jin Chao asked Qing Pu to find a food box to wrap this oven cake for them and take it back to eat.

I went in with a food box, and I came out with a food box. Ji Cang couldn't wait to pick out one from the food box and eat it: "It smells so fragrant, I can't imagine that my cousin still has this kung fu." ”

Ji Yun shook his head and disliked Ji Can: "Look at you like this, it's really gluttonous...... However, the cousin of the Gu family is also an interesting person, and she actually baked baked cakes in the greenhouse, and the girl and the mother-in-law still had to eat! ”

Ji Cang laughed: "It's enough to eat delicious, I don't care about this!" ”

Ji Yao smiled: "If you dare to bake baked cakes in the conservatory, grandmother will definitely punish you for kneeling in the ancestral hall for a few days." ”

Gu Jinrong was silent.

He thought of the plate of Yunzi hemp leaf fruit cake.

Seeing her bake the cake so intently today, he remembered that day, Gu Jinchao only made pastries for himself. But she only cared about questioning her about Qingpu, would she be very disappointed at that time, and the things she had carefully prepared were wasted......

When he looked at Gu Jinchao, he felt that she was not the kind of person Gu Lan said, but the truth was just as Gu Lan said......

Gu Jinrong thought for a long time, and was alone in a daze at night in the heavy snow.

Qing Xiu came over and asked him to sleep, so he asked him: "Qing Xiu, you say, can a person look at the surface to see the good from the bad......

Qing Xiu thought for a while: "The slave thinks that bad people don't know how to write on their faces, maybe they often look kind and kind, and their hearts are the most vicious. Aren't people all saying that if you walk the rivers and lakes, the most important thing to guard against is the elderly, children and monks? ”

Gu Jinrong nodded thoughtfully.