However, although she decided to go, Yan Mingyu would not set off immediately, she had to pack her things, Chu Kan suspected that she would buy a house over there, at least arrange everything properly before going over.

Then wait for next year when Ming Qiao gets married, she will come back again, and her sister will get married, she will definitely watch it.

It is said that Yan Mingyu is also reluctant to go out, her mother and sister are the closest, and her brother treats her well, but she is still a few points close.

is such a sister, so naturally I want to watch her get married.

The fifth day of the new year is the day when the Gu family comes to ask for the date, and the wedding date has been set, which is the third day of August next year.

When Yan Mingqiao and Lu Li arrived, the Chen family would come over, but Gu Yanlai was not suitable, because most of them were elders.

In addition, just embroider the wedding dress with peace of mind and wait for the wedding.

At noon, the Gu family left a meal in Yan'anhou's Mansion, and Yan Guogong also said a lot of things to Mrs. Gu, Yan Mingxuan was the companion, and occasionally reminded Yan Guogong to pay attention to proportion.

Mrs. Gu couldn't help but think that this Yan Guogong's eldest son still had more ability to be an official than his father, how could this Yan Guogong sometimes talk nonsense.

But at the dinner table, you can't ask people like that. But on the whole, the meal was still enjoyed by the guests and hosts.

Today, the Chen family gave Yan Mingqiao a pair of bracelets, the thing is not expensive, but it is a heart, she really likes Mingqiao.

This time, he was completely relieved, and the Chen family could also concentrate on Gu Mian's family affairs.

Before leaving, she also asked Shen to help keep an eye on it, Gu Mian didn't know what to say, "Mother, go quickly!" ”

Yan Mingqiao smiled and sent people away with the Shen family's Yan Guogong, so many people were there, and they couldn't say anything to Gu Yan, Ming'er Gu Yan took office, and Yan Mingqiao smiled at him.

Gu Yan also smiled, turned around and glanced at Yan Mingqiao again before getting into the carriage.

Yan Mingqiao watched the people go up, and after the carriage left, Shen said, "Look at it, it's not too cold." ”

Yan Mingqiao: "If you don't look at it, you won't see it, so I'll go back." ”

"Mother, Brother Ming'er will also go back, and I will go to the temple to make incense in the middle of the month, and bless our family with a smooth and safe life." Yan Mingqiao held Shen's arm and smiled obediently, "Let's go and see the new jewelry and new materials, make them for everyone in the house, and give my daughter silver, okay?" ”

Shen smiled and said, "Okay, it's used to being like this, it's cold, go back quickly." ”

Chapter 136: A Year Later

A year later

At the beginning of the first month, it snowed harder than last year, and you could step on it and get your feet down, all up to your ankles.

And I haven't stopped from last night to this morning, and I don't know when I'm going to go down.

Buck Anxuan only swept out a path in the courtyard for the maids to come out to get things, and occasionally one came out to go to the small kitchen, and the rest were all baking and talking in the small room.

Two of Buck Anxuan's maids got married last year and were replaced by new people.

Lin Xiang and Xuezhu are first-class maids, Sunny day, snow crisp, sunny wind and rain are second-class maids, and there are four third-class maids, The subordinates of Yan'an Hou Mansion all said that working in Buck'an Xuan is the lightest, and the five girls are generous and kind-hearted, as long as they do not make mistakes or omissions, they can do the lightest work, receive the most monthly money, and occasionally get rewards, and they are very happy.

However, I heard that Buck Anxuan's maids have one more day off every month, and it's not that Buck Anxuan's maids said it, but these maids all live in the next room, and people are here, and they go out for two days every month, It's always like this, and you can naturally find the difference.

Although I can't say it if I ask, I know it from Yan'an Houfu.

But no one said anything, after all, Yan Mingqiao is Madame's favorite girl, and besides, the eldest lady in the house didn't say anything, where was the turn of the maid to talk a lot.

Lin Xiang went out early in the morning, and followed the little girl Songye who bought the shop to ask for two fresh fish and other dishes, Songye was transferred from the concierge to buy there last year, how to say that the tube buys a lot of oil and water, and depending on the meaning of the lady, it is said that Songye is clever, and when the girl gets married, Songye also follows.

When the time comes, it will be convenient to do things for the girl outside.

Lin Xiang felt that Mrs. had been preparing for the girl's marriage since last year, and she wanted to marry the maids and maids in the past, the dowry gifts to be given by the house, and all kinds of good things, for fear that the girl would lack something short.

But also, on the third day of August this year, the girl is about to get married, so she can't prepare.

Their first-class and second-class maids will follow. Those third-class maids, after the girl gets married, may be assigned to other courtyards.

Lin Xiang feels that the days are passing fast, she doesn't plan to get married, she will live with the girl for a lifetime, and she will be able to take the little master in the future. The snow crisps are not very old, and they don't know what to do.

Lin Zao had a good life after getting married, and gave birth to a child, Chen Yuezhou was very good to her, Lin Xiang was occasionally envious, but most of the time, she still felt that silver was more reliable than men.

Just follow the girl to do things well, how fragrant the silver is.

Two fresh fish, Lin Xiang instructed one to stew soup, the other to make sauerkraut fish, let the cook cut thinly, with pickled enough sauerkraut and pickled pepper, plus fish bone broth, the fish fillet shabu.

There is also a cup of fish soup for the girl to drink, which is the best for the body.

It is better to put a charcoal stove on it, so that it will be more tender when you eat it.

You can also eat some cabbage and other meat, and after eating some noodles, it will be warm and warm.

Matsuba also sent a lot of fresh vegetables, just to eat a hot pot.

It's that the snow is too thick, and it's estimated that it can't be melted for a while, and the weather is still warm at this time in previous years, and there is more snow this year, but fortunately, it's not a big deal, just in the house cat winter.

At noon, Yan Mingqiao ate by herself, set up a small table, and ate fish by the window, watching the snow.

Most of the fish bones were picked out by the cook, but you have to be careful when eating, there are hot tea and fruit snacks on the table, Yan Mingqiao is eating, and there is a maid not far away to wait.

But you don't need to cloth vegetables, just serve tea and pour water.

Waiting for the rain and rain, she felt that the girl was better looking than last year, and the person was blooming, and it was white, and the white was full of powder, just like the color of the lotus bud that was waiting to be released. Not only is it good-looking, but it is also handwritten and embroidered, but it is slender and pink, and the whole person looks smart.

Looking at it this way, it is dignified and generous, and occasionally it is a little playful, and it looks good. Madame raised the girl very well, but it was also the girl herself who was angry.

Yan Mingqiao eats slowly, eats and drinks tea and then looks at the snow outside the window, slow and leisurely.

From the beginning of the fourteenth year of Yaozhen to the beginning of this year, a whole year has passed.

In July last year, she and Lu, at that time, the divorce period was only more than a year and a month, I thought that time would not pass so quickly, and there was still a year to get married, who knew that another year passed in the blink of an eye, but there was still half a year left.

She was a year older, sixteen years old, and she was already a big girl.

In the past year, the eldest brother has served in Changzhou, the second brother has served in a small county, and the second sister-in-law has passed the spring last year, and she took Brother Yan with her, saying that she will come back in the spring this year.

The affairs of the family are all handled by the sister-in-law, and Yan Mingqiao guards her own small business, in fact, it is not small.

Like a barbecue shop, because it was still connected to a tea shop, and later added a sugar water business, it opened three branches in Shengjing, and two outside Shengjing. Yufangzhai is the best business, Shengjing has four branches in the south and north of the city, and there are also four places where merchants gather with convenient transportation in the south, and the second sister went to the northwest and opened two branches.

Then there are a few big restaurants, Yan Mingqiao feels that although this is not the largest dim sum shop in Shengjing City, it can also be equal to a time-honored brand like Wuxiangju.

Counting that Yufangzhai has been open for almost ten years, it can be said that it is a ten-year-old brand when it goes out.

And the roast duck sells well, the branches are more open in the north, it seems that people over there prefer to eat roast duck, Yan Ming buckwheat also loves to eat, who doesn't like to eat roast duck that is roasted golden and translucent, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

And the tea business is the most profitable of these businesses in Yan Mingqiao.

Other businesses are also divided into off-season and peak season, but tea is different, the signed business is three or five years, and because of the peaceful exchange with foreigners, tea bags can also be sold in that place.

The further you sell it, the higher the price.

However, in the past few years, Yan Mingqiao has also seen a lot of fakes, and the tea bags that follow her look similar, but the taste is a lot worse.

And with the back of Yan'an Hou's Mansion, it is very convenient to do business, and no one bothered her.

This year, the profit alone has 60,000 or 70,000 taels of silver, Zhuangzi already has eight, last year there were two more, three houses, Yan Mingqiao bought a larger one, in terms of size, it is naturally not as good as Yan'an Hou's Mansion, but it is much bigger than the one in Gu Yan's dowry.

There are four shops, and I bought one with a good location last year, but I only keep it for rent, and I hope that it will be useful in the future.

Yan Mingqiao has silver, most of it is spent, and he has left more than 3,000 taels here.

I bought more paintings and calligraphy, and the silver spent on this was no less than the money spent on buying Zhuangzi.

Clothes and jewelry didn't cost much silver, because last year's clothes and jewelry were either bought by her mother, or given by her aunt, as well as the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, compared to buying clothes and jewelry for her, Yan Mingqiao didn't have a chance to buy it herself.

Gu Yan would also send it to her, and Gu Yan also wanted to directly let her take care of the dried fruits and the business of a bookstore, but Yan Mingqiao did not agree.

First, the two have not yet married, so they have to be able to distinguish a little, and secondly, Gu Yan has no business, what should he do if he wants to spend money, do you still ask her for money again and again.

As for the new house he bought, Yan Mingqiao planned to live in the Gu family after the two got married.

The house with a garden and various landscapes, covers an area of more than a dozen acres, and has several small yards, which is not small.

The main Yan Mingqiao likes that garden, there is a pond, and it looks good to clean up, and when the time comes, it will definitely look better if you find a few gardening guys.

In Shengjing, if you want a house in a good place, you can only buy someone who has lived in it, and then find someone to repair it, it's almost the same.

The biggest advantage of this house is that it is close to Yan'an Hou's Mansion, that is, it is not too close to Taifu's Mansion, but it is all in Shengjing, and it is not far away.

When the time comes, it will be convenient for Gu Yan to take up his post.

Yan Mingqiao let Qingyu cook noodles in the pot, and after eating a small bowl of noodles with fish fillets and fish soup, she could just take a nap.

In the afternoon, the snow did not stop, and on the second day the snow was a little lighter, but there were still snowflakes, as fine and dense as grains of salt.

When she got up in the morning, Yan Mingqiao stood in front of the door for a while, and then listened to the maid say: "Girl, Madam said that Gu Gongzi is here, let you go over to meet." ”

Yan Mingqiao smiled first, then put away her smile, lowered her head and straightened her clothes, today is the fifth day of the new year, and Gu Yan will take up the post tomorrow, it was today last year, and the Gu family came to ask for an appointment.

I don't know what Gu Yan came to do, Yan Mingqiao thought to herself, it is estimated that she is about to take up her post, come and take a look today, but with such a heavy snowfall, the snow on the street outside must be thicker, and it is not easy for Gu Yan to come here.

Yan Mingqiao went back to the house and put on a cloak, and the maid held the umbrella and went to the main courtyard.

*

Main Courtyard

Gu Yan was talking to Yan Guogong of the Shen family, and Yan Guogong asked about Gu Yan's service in the imperial court, but he didn't say a few words, because he couldn't understand what Gu Yan said.

Instead, Shen took over the conversation and asked Chen and Gu Mian, "Mianmian hasn't come out much recently, after she got married, her temperament is much calmer than before." ”

Gu Mian was a relative in September last year, and it has only been three months now, and he is also a student of Songshan Academy, and he is not very old, and he will take the township exam next year.

Scholarly family, such a family has few things, and it is easy to marry in the past.

After the Xiao family's son-in-law finishes the exam, it is estimated that he will stay in Shengjing, if he can't stay, then he can follow the position.

At that time, the Shen family also went to the marriage banquet with Yan Mingqiao, he was a good little son, and the Chen family planned to let Gu Mian get married in the spring next year.

At that time, it is estimated that they will be separated.

Gu Yan said: "Mianmian hasn't gone out much these days, but he Mingqiao still comes out often." ”

Shen felt that Gu Yan was much taller than last year, and he was more upright, and he spoke and behaved quite decently.

Shen said: "In the future, they will get along for a long time, are your father and mother in good health?" ”

Gu Yan nodded slightly, and said, "They are in good health, and when they went back to their grandfather's house at the beginning of the year, they were in good health." ”

Shen nodded, as long as she was in good health, she said to the maid: "Go and see Ming Qiao, where is it, why can't you come back." ”

Gu Yan hurriedly said: "Auntie, let Mingqiao come over slowly, the snow road is slippery, and it is not the right time for me to come." ”