Therefore, the rest of the money in hand is planned to buy a house and a shop.

Yan Mingqiao now has more than 16,000 taels in his hand, and this silver is enough to buy a small house and choose a shop in a good location.

She didn't want to spend all the money, so she chose one of the two or bought the shop first, so that the rent could be higher if she rented it out, she lived in the Guogong Mansion, and the house was honestly not very useful.

If the shop is not rented out, she can still sell tea, which is a fixed-point shop for her to sell tea.

The shop was Lin Zao followed the broker to see, and he chose three places, and Yan Mingqiao decided on one after seeing it, and spent eight thousand four hundred taels, but the silver could be earned back in two months.

Next month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in early autumn is the coolest, and the Guogong Mansion has also returned to its previous appearance, Xu Jingshu just entered the door, but she has to prepare the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet with her mother-in-law, which is also the first time she has married to take charge of major events.

Shen took it hand in hand, Xu Jingshu learned it quickly, and it was easy to get started.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Jingshu took Yan Mingyue to participate in banquets frequently, this is what the Shen family meant, go out and show her face, others know that there is a girl in the Yanguo Mansion who is about to reach the end of the year.

As for why Xu Jingshu was allowed to go instead of the Shen family in person, first, she was too old to attend the banquet, and secondly, the Guogong Mansion would be handed over to Xu Jingshu sooner or later, and it was very common to participate in the banquet.

Xu Jingshu has been in the Guogong Mansion for more than a month, and understands that Yan Mingyue is Meng Xiaoniang's daughter, but she has a good relationship with the main court, so she must be dedicated to her marriage.

Mingqiao used to be Chen Xiaoniang's child, but because Mingyu once fell into the water, she was raised in the main courtyard, and now she is recorded as a concubine.

And the other concubines, sons, and young ladies in the house, depending on their relatives and distant relatives, she will do what her mother-in-law does.

Occasionally, Mingqiao would also come to help, but Xu Jingshu couldn't ask for it.

Chapter 74: Chongxi

The more they get along, the more Xu Jingshu feels that Mingqiao is smart.

Xu Jingshu is not worried about who will be the housekeeper in the future, she is Yan Mingxuan's wife, the eldest daughter-in-law of Yan Guo's mansion, even if her mother-in-law likes her sister again, her sister will marry after all.

In the future, if she gives more dowry, she will add more, and her mother-in-law will naturally be satisfied.

Xu Jingshu chose a smart path and treated Mingyu Mingqiao as her own sister, no, closer than her own sister, so that whether it was because of her mother-in-law or for the future, it would only be good for her and there would be no harm in her.

In other things, Xu Jingshu believes that as long as she is not out of line, her mother-in-law and husband will not treat her lightly.

Whoever enters, the bride of the house, is stewarded immediately.

It's just that because Xu Jingshu used to be the youngest daughter in the family, although the housekeeper also learns, she still has to rely on her mother-in-law to teach her.

Shen asked Yan Mingqiao to help, that's what it meant.

The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet is no different from previous years, Ning Xiang found out last year's gift list and family banquet menu, Yan Mingqiao told Xu Jingshu one by one, "Sister-in-law, you can keep some of the dishes at last year's family banquet, and then let the big kitchen add a few new dishes, the wine and tea must not be sloppy, and the people in the big kitchen know it." Don't worry too much about family dinners, the most important thing is the Mid-Autumn Festival gift for relatives and friends. ”

If something goes wrong at the family banquet, it is also a shame in front of your own family, and it is okay, but if you give the wrong gift, you will be embarrassed in front of outsiders, and outsiders will only say that it is not the Yanguo Mansion.

"The eldest sister split up at the beginning of the year, but the Pingyang Hou Mansion still has to send it."

The purpose of the marriage of the family is this, the rules of the Yue Dynasty, the younger generation gives it to the elders, and the peers give it to each other, so naturally there is no need to give the eldest sister a gift.

Yan Mingqiao said: "There are also a few of our gentlemen, here are two boxes of moon cakes and two jars of wine, the wine can't be too expensive, otherwise Mr. won't accept it." ”

"The relatives over there in Xiaoyang have to send it a while in advance, almost 20 days, so that before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Boxing gift can be delivered."

Yan Mingqiao didn't say that the relatives over there in the Anyang Hou Mansion were one family before they were separated, and the two families moved around, which was the relationship between the Yanguo Mansion and the Pingyang Hou Mansion. Xu Jingshu's mother's family and her grandfather's family have not yet been separated, and these two gifts are similar in value to the Jing'an Hou Mansion and Xiao Yang, but there is no need to be exactly the same.

Friends are all colleagues of Yan Guogong, Yan Mingqiao said: "My father's colleagues have to see each other's return gifts, this look at the previous gift list, two of them were degraded, the Yang family is because of corruption, the Liu family is because of the confrontation with the saint, the former family doesn't have to send it, the Liu family wants it." ”

"The ancestral family gift can be heavier," Yan Mingqiao thought for a while, as if there was nothing else to say, "By the way, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion also seems to be how the etiquette is, it has always been given first, and it is good to return the gift according to the number of things." ”

Xu Jingshu knew that this was Mingyu's future in-law, she didn't expect Mingqiao to remember these things so clearly, and she said it in an orderly manner.

Yan Mingqiao: "Sister-in-law can prepare first, I will take a look before sending it, if you have any doubts, you can come and ask me." ”

Since the mother said that she wanted her to help, it was to help her sister-in-law get familiar with the housework.

Instead of her calling the shots, let her sister-in-law help on the side.

"The mooncakes were ordered from Yufang Zhai last year, and they can also be ordered from this side this year." Of course, Yan Mingqiao hopes to give his shop a few more orders, but this year there are a lot of egg yolk lotus paste mooncakes on the market, but because Yufangzhai is the first, so the orders are like snowflakes, they are dozens of hundreds of large orders, and they are sent to other places, and this month's profit alone can catch up with most of the year.

Xu Jingshu said: "Yufangzhai's dim sum is delicious, so it will be determined from Yufangzhai." ”

Yan Mingxuan still has a hundred percent of the shares, and there must be a lot of silver next month, although he has saved it, who is not happy to see the silver.

With Yan Mingqiao helping by the side, Xu Jingshu can be said to get twice the result with half the effort, and it is easy to get started, and she sent all the gifts to each family, and prepared them for the people in the house, just waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet.

The Mid-Autumn Festival admires the chrysanthemums and the moon, eats crabs and eats moon cakes, it is lively and lively, there are more people in the house this year, and the Ning family and Lao Guogong are also there, which is much more lively than last year.

On this day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is very high, the sky is clear, and the sky is high and the clouds are light.

Yan Mingqiao changed into new clothes early in the morning, and in order to fit the Mid-Autumn Festival, she specially wore extremely bright yellow. The collar is embroidered with Chang'e running to the moon, the sleeves are several little rabbits, an orange-yellow shawl is placed on the shoulder, and even the shoes are in the pattern of a little rabbit, but it is not an ordinary rabbit, but a pearl is pendant, and small ears are embroidered with silk threads.

This dress is not an autumn coat made by the house, but a special person made by the Shen family, Ming Qiao is young, it is most suitable to wear these clothes, and when he grows up, he can no longer wear these, and he dresses up more when he is young.

The bun is no longer a bud head, but a high bun, two hairpins with colored shell hairpins, ground into the shape of a rabbit, plus a pearl hairpin, today also specially on the head of the flower day, anyone who sees it will say that it looks good.

Shen also said that if you want to go out to watch the lantern festival at night, that's fine.

There is also a lantern festival in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and today Yan Mingyu went out to watch the lantern festival, and Chu was suspicious.

Chu Kan suspected that he came back once in half a year, and this time he came back a little late, just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Shen nodded in agreement, Yan Mingyu can go out tonight, and letting Yan Mingyu and Chu Kanji be together is more reassuring than letting Yan Mingyu go out by herself. As for Chu Zheng, his father came back, so he naturally stayed in the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei.

After dinner, Yan Mingyu went out, she wore plain colors today, and Chu Kan was suspicious.

One is slim and the other is long, and he can't see the identity of Chu Kan's suspicious general at all.

Chu Kan was suspicious to let Yan Mingyu get into the carriage first, and only after waiting for people to go up did he go up himself, and the carriage slowly and leisurely walked towards the downtown area.

When they got to the side of the street, the two got out of the car.

There are a lot of people on the street today, many of them come out to admire the moon and chrysanthemums, the moon hangs in the sky, there are golden chrysanthemums and rabbit lamps on the street, and the storyteller in the teahouse only tells the story of Chang'e running to the moon today, but this Yan Mingyu knew it when he was a child, and there were many books to read, so he didn't think it was very strange.

Chu Kan was suspicious of turning his head to look at Yan Mingyu from time to time, he always felt that it was not easy to talk, and Yan Mingyu did not look at him.

Just in the carriage, the two didn't say anything.

Yan Mingyu didn't look angry, he hadn't seen him for several months, and he suddenly returned to a few months ago, no, he was back more than a year ago, when they first met.

It's not even a little cooked.

Chu Kan suspiciously walked next to Yan Mingyu, the long street was full of traffic, and the bright lights were hanging high above his head.

Yan Mingyu was thinking about what to eat, she didn't eat much at the family banquet, all kinds of snacks on the street, and the sweet smell of chestnuts floated to the tip of her nose, whether to eat or not.

If you don't eat this stall anymore, it's over, Yan Mingyu remembers that this is the most delicious, the sweetness is the sweetness of the chestnuts, it is easy to peel, it is very dry and sweet, the whole smooth and smooth, other houses are sweet shells, and the chestnuts have no taste.

If you don't say anything, it's really over, Yan Mingyu hurriedly said: "I want to eat some chestnut kernels." ”

Chu Kan stopped suspiciously, "Huh? ”

The first time she said it, Yan Mingyu was embarrassed, and if she said it again, she would be embarrassed, "I smelled the fragrance of fried chestnuts in sugar." ”

Chu Kan was just surprised, Yan Mingyu didn't speak, he was thinking about this, he thought ......

Chu Kan said suspiciously: "You are behind me, I'll buy it." ”

It's not appropriate to let people wait in place, there are a lot of people here, and Chu Kan is suspicious that something will happen.

The sugar-fried chestnuts are still in the pot, the big black iron pot, the chestnuts are mixed with fine sand, the outermost layer of skin is shiny, some chestnuts can't help but open their mouths, and there are quite a lot of people waiting next to the stall.

Chu Kansy waited in the back.

When it was his turn, Chu Kan bought five catties, and asked the stall owner for two more bags, and handed Yan Mingyu a bag first, the chestnuts were still hot at this time, Yan Mingyu didn't do anything in the house, where could he hold back this heat.

But Chu Kan squeezed his hands, the chestnut kernel went into the paper bag, and the chestnut shell fell into another bag.

Yan Mingyu glanced at it, lowered his head and said, "Did you peel it for me?" ”

Chu Kan said suspiciously: "You said you want to eat chestnut kernels." ”

It turned out that he heard the first sentence, so why did he make another sound, Yan Mingyu touched the bag in his hand, and it was still hot, but soon, the bag containing the chestnut Ren'er was handed over.

A small bottom of chestnut kernels, still steaming, Yan Mingyu pinched one and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

It's delicious and it's sweet.

However, Chu Kan suspected that this person was also magical, did she say that she wanted to eat chestnuts, and Chu Kan doubted that she only gave chestnuts.

It has to be said that chestnuts are only peeled.

Give what you want, and include her in the scope of the family.

Yan Mingyu said: "It's delicious, don't patronize and peel it, you can eat it too, so much." ”

The rest of the chestnuts were held by the little guy, Chu Kan didn't expect this layer, he rarely ate these.

He tasted one, it was soft and glutinous sweetness, but it felt similar to sweet potatoes, so he had to keep it and don't say it, otherwise Yan Mingyu would definitely be unhappy when he heard it.

Whoever eats chestnuts will want sweet potatoes.

The two walked around the street, Chu Kan was suspicious of meeting a stall and would ask Yan Mingyu again, after Yan Mingyu wanted to be reserved for the first time and said that Chu Kan would leave immediately if she didn't want to eat, she would say it when she met someone who wanted to eat again.

At the end of the walk, Yan Mingyu also had an extra hairpin, which was not bought after Chu Kan questioned her, but directly chose one and paid for the silver.

It is a hosta, a bright jade.

Yan Mingyu was very happy to come out on this trip, and when she was leaving, she gave Chu Kan suspicious twenty boxes of moon cakes, moon cakes are forbidden compared to other snacks, you can go back to eat, if you like her, you can send it again.

Although she likes Chu Kan and is suspicious of being rich and powerful, everything should have a relationship.

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Yan Mingqiao also came out today, and her mother was willing to let her go out for a walk, but she had to bring two maids and two guards.

In fact, Yan Mingqiao is more afraid of being abducted and lost than anyone else, if she is abducted into a ravine and ravine, not to mention no delicious food, she has to do laundry and work as a child daughter-in-law, and she can't see her mother and sisters, how miserable.

So she was very obedient, took Mama Li and Lin Xiang two guards, and didn't walk around when she went out, so she went to see the lantern festival and guess the lantern riddle to win the rabbit lantern.

There are a lot of shops that guess lantern riddles here, although the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, but there are many people who come out to eat as a family.

However, Yan Mingqiao didn't dare to guess too right, because she was also a businessman, and she knew what she was doing business for, of course, to make money, if she guessed too many lantern riddles, she would steal the limelight from others, which would be contrary to the original intention of the store. It's good to say that if you meet a good heart, if you have a small heart, it is likely to settle accounts afterwards, and your mother also said that you can't be too prominent, Yan Mingqiao will guess a few, take a small rabbit lamp and leave.

A few shops came down and took a total of three rabbit lamps, one for Lin Xiang and one for Mama Li.

In fact, it's also interesting to watch other people guess riddles, some people

Walking and walking, a rabbit lamp stretched out in front of him, Yan Mingqiao looked up, the blue brocade, and a pair of eyes, it was Gu Yan who pressed the bed together last time.

Gu Yan said: "I didn't expect to see you here, the lantern is either, not a thank you gift." ”