The sun on a summer morning is as warm as water on everyone's body. Mugen walked out of his yard, and he saw the two children guarding the intersection, and the sound of the laughter of the two children drifted into his ears from time to time, and his face followed by a happy smile. He glanced at the door of the courtyard next door, and saw two figures squatting outside the door, holding branches in their hands, pointing and drawing on the ground.

Mu Gen approached the two squatting people, and heard Jiang Wanmu speak: "Master Chen, you use the inclination to build the underground drain, our yard was originally built at a slightly higher place, and the sewage discharge is built at the back of the yard. However, you must draw two copies of the drawings of the drains afterwards, one for us to keep, and the other for you to keep, and maybe in the future you will be responsible for repairing the drains. ”

After Chen Qiong pondered for a while, he smiled and exclaimed, "Miss Jiang, thank you, you have provided me with another way to make money." In the future, when you still have a way to live for me, I will still give you the best price and the cheapest price. Jiang Wanmu saw Chen Qiong's shining eyes, she moved back a little, and said, "Master Chen, if the drainage channel you build is easy to block, I am afraid that after one or two times, it will have an impact on your main business." Chen Qiong stared at her with wide eyes and said, "Miss Jiang, am I going to be the kind of person who hurts people and does not benefit me?" ”

Mu Gen had already approached the two of them, he looked at the graphics drawn on the ground, he reached out and pulled Jiang Wanmu up directly, he said with some disgust: "Sister, you are all mothers, how can you be like a naughty child." Likes to squat on the ground and talk. After Jiang Wanmu pulled him up, after listening to his words, she hurriedly looked down at her clothes, and looked neat and orderly. She raised her eyes and said to Mugen with some shame, "Brother, you scare me." When Mugen looked down at her clothes, she knew she had misheard what she meant.

Chen Qiong stood up with some embarrassment. He smiled at Mu Gen and said, "Brother Jiang, I blame me for this, I am anxious to tell Miss Jiang about something, but I can't say those things clearly, I can only draw them on the ground for her to understand." Chen Qiongbian explained as he spoke to Mu Gen, his feet already sticking out to smear the marks he had just painted. He saw Mugen's scrutinizing eyes. said with a smile: "According to Miss Jiang's ideas and patterns, I ordered some utensils with others, which attracted the attention of my peers. Today, they know that there is a ceremony in the courtyard, and they will definitely come to join in the fun. ”

Peers are enemies. Mugen smiled understandingly, looking away at the ground. He listened to the movement in the courtyard and asked Chen Qiong: "Master Chen, have you ever seen that General Lian asked people to prepare a thank you gift to be sent?" Jiang Wanmu just heard Chen Qiong mention that the people brought by Lian Hao were temporarily in the courtyard of Mugen's house, waiting for the arrangement. Now that she heard Mu Gen's words, she hurriedly went to look at Chen Qiong's face. After the ceremony, the time is early. It is too early for the meal, and the host usually does not leave the guests to eat, but prepares some thank-you gifts for the guests.

The last time the Mugen family held a ceremony to serve the sorghum, it was like this to prepare a thank you gift. Daddy Mugen handed over the work to the clever Xiaolinzi to be in charge of preparation, and afterwards I heard that the guests who took the gifts said that they were very well prepared. Jiang Wanmu had the heart to hand over the matter to Xiao Linzi to be responsible. It's just that Lian Hao wrote to say hello early, saying that everything was left to him to deal with. Jiang Wanmu took the initiative to consult the uncle of the owner about this matter, and heard him say: "Little lazy, even the general is more thorough than you about these things, if you leave the matter to him to deal with, you can also trust him with peace of mind." ”

Now that she listened to Mu Gen's question, she quickly reached out and pulled off his clothes, and asked, "Brother, is there anything wrong?" Mu Gen looked at Jiang Wanmu's unknowing expression, he shook his head lightly and said, "No, I see that the preparation is too proper, and the gifts are very precious." Chen Qiong listened to Mu Gen's words, and with a somewhat astringent look on the two of them, he said: "I have seen the people who came in charge last night, and I see that they are veterans in this area, they will definitely be more prepared than you brothers and sisters imagined, don't worry too much." ”

Jiang Wanmu's curiosity arose, she looked at Mu Gen and said, "When you went, were all those gifts packed?" Mu Gen listened to Jiang Wanmu's words and said, "They asked us about the number of guests we want to invite here, and now they are packing the rest of the gifts." Jiang Wanmu looked up at the sky, the sun was still slowly creeping out, they were following the vehicles that rushed out when the city gate was just opened, it was a little too early. Jiang Wanmu smiled and said, "Feiyang, lazy, let's go to the courtyard of my uncle's house to have a long experience, and the guests will not come until a little later." ”

Chen Qiong gestured down in the courtyard and said, "I'll go and see what they do, and I'll pass it in a while." Jiang Wanmu and Mu Gen smiled and nodded, Jiang Feiyang and Jiang Lazy brother and sister walked over reluctantly at this time, the two looked at the two adults, Jiang Feiyang opened his mouth like a little adult and asked Mu Gen: "Uncle, who will come out to entertain the guests in a while?" Mu Gen laughed when he heard his words and said, "Naturally, it is your host's family who comes forward to greet the guests, and your uncle and aunt will be inside, with a few people responsible for helping to greet the guests." Jiang Feiyang nodded after hearing this, sighed reassuringly and said, "Daddy's letter said, 'He will arrange it.'" But we haven't seen him for a long time. ”

Jiang Wanmu listened to his words, looked at Jiang Lazy, who also looked disappointed, she quietly looked away, in the hearts of the two children, the father is like a mountain. Lian Hao explained carefully in the letter a few times ago that they have more things to do this summer than usual, and they have not scheduled a rest for many days, and he will not have a little free time until he is busy with this summer, and he will come to prepare for family affairs with peace of mind. After Jiang Wanmu set the date of marriage, except for the ceremony of the Mugen family, she only saw him twice in the courtyard.

Jiang Wanmu, mother and son, under the leadership of Mu Gen, had not yet reached the junction between the gates of the courtyards on both sides, and they had already heard the voice of the voice. "You count carefully, the masters can explain, I would rather prepare more gifts, than when the time comes, and then hurry to pack the gifts. If you do a good job, the masters will naturally be rewarded, but this is going to be a bad thing, and everyone will go home and be punished heavily. Jiang Wanmu and the four of them stopped slightly, listening to the woman's laughing voice coming from there, "Steward Xiaolian, don't worry." We also wanted to show our faces in front of our masters, and when the third lady returned, I heard that there were still some vacant seats in the general's mansion. ”

It was a woman's voice, and it was evident that there was a low voice of approval. It's a pity that the man in charge of the matter snorted angrily and said, "Fang family, don't you look at where you are now?" Everyone do the work, don't let people listen to your gossip and lose the face of the masters. There was no sound of speech, only the soft sound of moving things. Mugen looked back at Jiang Wanmu and nodded when he saw her. He deliberately lowered his footsteps, and said to Jiang Feiyang's brother and sister with a smile: "Feiyang, lazy, the number of gifts for the Shangliang ceremony is exquisite, can you see if you can see it in a while?" ”

Jiang Wanmu was far behind them, and the group walked towards that place. Underneath that open-air place, there was a large table, and around the edge of the large table were several large baskets, among which were wrapped gifts. Some people are scribbling on the table, while others are counting around the basket, and two or three people are packing gifts. And the man, who was clearly in charge, stood at the table with a stack of papers in front of him and a pen in his hand. After he heard the movement, he quickly put down the pen in his hand, stood up straight and saluted, and said, "Hello Third Lady, Hello Jiang Ye, Hello Little Master, Hello Little Miss." The rest of the people stood up straight in a panic and followed him to salute Jiang Wanmu and the others.

Jiang Wanmu stepped forward, and when she saw that they were still standing upright, she waved her hand lightly and said, "You do your thing, we just come over to take a look." After the man in charge heard Jiang Wanmu's words, he opened his mouth and said to the person on the opposite side: "Everyone listen to the words of the third lady, and everyone will be busy with their own things." Jiang Feiyang and Jiang Lazy, brother and sister, had already looked at the contents of those baskets, and the brother and sister took turns to ask the person packing the gifts, "Do you put these things in each package?" "What's in this little packet?" Why do you want to use red cloth to pack, this cloth is wasted for you, it is too big to make a handkerchief, and it is not enough cloth to make anything else. ”

Jiang Wanmu listened to their words and smiled slightly. On the contrary, Mugen listened to their words, and when he saw those who stopped from time to time to look at the two children, he became a little uneasy, and whispered: "Feiyang, lazy, we still have to go outside to greet the guests." The man in charge was holding a list at this time, he walked up to Jiang Wanmu, saluted her and said, "Third lady, this is the list of guests, do you see if there is anything wrong?" ”

Jiang Wanmu didn't take the list in his hand, she raised her eyes to look at the familiar man in charge in front of her, and she said lightly: "I believe in your third master's arrangement." The man in charge looked at Jiang Wanmu, who had a obviously cold face in front of him, his expression was a little flustered, and he hurriedly said: "Third lady, the third master greeted me yesterday, if you see the third lady, I will tell the third lady in detail about the arrangement of the matter." I'm going to talk to the third lady about the guests now...... Jiang Wanmu stretched out her hand to stop him from going down and said, she directly took the list in the hand of the man in charge, she quickly scanned it, and turned to the second page. She handed the two pieces of paper back to the man in charge and said, "According to the arrangement of your third master, the matter of ritual procedures, your third master has explained it to me in detail last time." The things here are handed over to you, and if you do a good job, you three masters will naturally be rewarded. After Jiang Wanmu said this, she beckoned the two children and said, "Feiyang, lazy, let's go." She turned and went away.