The days go by day by day, and they are no different from the past.

It's just that at the moment, the Guogong Mansion is full of red and colorful celebrations.

The reason is that Grandpa Shang Yukuan is about to celebrate his birthday.

The 55th birthday is not a big birthday, if it is placed on weekdays, it is about the head of the family or a gathering of friends.

But this is a different time.

Since Shang Ji came back, the Guogong Mansion has not held any big banquets to invite colleagues to gather.

One is that Shang Ji is really busy, basically training in the barracks, and has no time to deal with them.

The second is that everyone wants to climb the door of the hussar general, so it is most suitable to take the road of the Guogong Mansion to hold a birthday banquet.

Therefore, when Waiff sent the news out, many people who had not had much contact with them before handed over the news that they were coming.

This is a good thing for the Guogong Mansion, and naturally Mrs. Wei is also happy to spread the invitation.

Therefore, everyone from top to bottom is working hard to get this matter done.

Naturally, no one cares about the gossip of three melons and two dates.

And taking advantage of this loophole, Du Jingyi has gone out twice.

Every time, I went to the General's Mansion to see the repairs, and then I went to Du's house to visit my parents and sister.

I have to say that this masonry team has been found very well, and the progress is much faster than Du Jingyi imagined.

Now less than a month has passed, and seven-seven-eighty-eight has been completed.

At this rate, I am afraid that it will be completed by mid-October.

In this way, the gardeners can enter the house earlier and take care of it.

Although the winter in Ancheng is cold, Du Jingyi once followed his father to Mobei, a colder place.

I have seen the conservatories and gardens built by the local wealthy.

Even in the coldest time of winter, there are still flowers, like a spring breeze.

Master Du was overjoyed, and he also took a set of drawings from his old hand to use them for his own use.

It's just a lot of money.

But now, the most important thing for Du Jingyi, or the construction of the General's Mansion, is money.

Therefore, Du Jingyi took away the drawings needed to build the greenhouse from the Du family, and after returning to Dongyuan, he asked the maid cherry to invite Mama Dou.

Mama Dou is not very busy these days, and she is basically still on an errand in the East Garden.

So, when Cherry went, it happened to meet.

Mama Dou was overjoyed, and asked after taking two steps forward.

"Why is Cherry Girl here? But the young lady has something to order? ”

The cherry mouth is sweet, and people look kind.

So after smiling and saluting Mama Dou, he said.

"Mama Dou guessed accurately, the young lady asked you to go over and discuss the affairs of the General's Mansion."

When she first heard the news, Mama Dou thought she was still asking about the progress.

I didn't suspect him, so I followed Cherry.

When I entered the door of the Xitang Courtyard, it cut off a lot of the cold outside.

It is now the end of September, and after a few autumn storms and rains, it is getting colder and colder.

In the first half of the year, I was able to wear two more days of thin shirts through the autumn tiger, but now I have changed to thicker cloth.

After another month, you will have to change into the jacket you wear in winter.

Therefore, Lu Tang and a few embroidery girls from Dongyuan are rushing to make it.

When Mama Dou entered the house, she saw Du Jingyi sitting on the kang under the open window, and she also changed into a goose yellow embroidered twig vase-style gown, which was warm to look at.

The abacus with a gold-framed white jade bead in front of him is worth a lot of money at a glance.

"The slave has seen the young lady."

"Mama Dou is here, Lizhu has tea."

"Yes."

For Du Jingyi, Steward He and Mama Dou are not ordinary slaves, so they will still be treated more or less.

Lizhu brought a mahogany round stool and sat down for Mama Dou.

Then I served another cup of tea, which was very polite.

Mama Dou didn't shirk either, and asked directly.

"What does the young lady want to explain? The list of purchases in the General's Mansion is almost the same, and the old slave specially brought it to the young lady to see, is there anything to add? ”

With that, he handed over a booklet.

Du Jingyi took it, took a closer look, and said with a smile.

"Mama Dou is an old man, and she has a very complete purchase, so let's do it like this."

As if he remembered something, he preached to Mama Dou.

"After the treasury of the General's Mansion is repaired, let someone send my dowry over, there is a set of rosewood furniture in it, which is very good, and it will be placed in the front hall to entertain guests."

"Yes, young lady."

The things of the Du family are not only expensive, but also very elegant.

Mama Dou only needs to look at the furnishings in this room to know.

Therefore, we are happy to save this amount of money and spend it elsewhere.

"By the way, I also brought a set of drawings from my mother's house, which is a greenhouse built by the Mobei Rich Chamber of Commerce at home, Mama Dou will take it and take a look, and then discuss it with the masonry team to see if it can be done?"

"If it can be done, I will build one in the main courtyard, the sister-in-law's courtyard, and the eighth sister's courtyard, so that everyone can have a warm winter."

Mama Dou had never heard of it before, so she was a little curious.

But seeing that the drawings handed over by his wife were very detailed, he glanced at them and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, the old slave took it and discussed with the masonry team to see how it was built? If it can be done, it will be a great thing. ”

However, Mama Dou estimated that they were also blind, so they could only follow the drawings meticulously.

Seeing this, Du Jingyi also had a desire to make money.

"There are a lot of rich nobles in Sui'an City, if this greenhouse can be built this time, it can be promoted, and this masonry team will become a strange commodity to live in, and it is natural that three percent of the profits will be returned to us when the time comes."

When Mama Dou heard this, she immediately tightened her brows.

She didn't say that she didn't approve of her wife thinking of some ways to make money, but she always felt that this method would not make other ladies in the Gaomen compound look down on her.

So I didn't dare to accept it directly.

Du Jingyi saw her stop and immediately reacted.

If it was in the Du family, she would naturally want to get the applause of the Du family's parents, but this is in the General's Mansion, and face and reputation are more important.

So he turned a corner and said.

"At that time, we can take those silver coins to go to Enshan Hall to give soup porridge, which can be regarded as accumulating blessings for the general."

Shang Ji is a person who fights on the battlefield, so the killing on his body is very heavy.

Therefore, it is not only them, but all the generals are very keen to be charitable and believe in the blessings of gods and Buddhas.

Hearing this, Mama Dou's wrinkled brows relaxed.

said to Du Jingyi.

"The young lady is kind-hearted, the old slave will do it!"

The two chatted for a while about the placement of the general's mansion, and then Mama Dou got up to say goodbye.

After she left, Du Jingyi was about to sleep for half a minute, but she saw Lizhu running in in a hurry.

(End of chapter)