Aunt Xiaodouding drove out of the hall and could only play alone in the courtyard.

The aunt coughed and smiled at her nephew, "That, Ning Yan, I remember that you made a few dishes in the room last time, and the style and taste are very unique, well, the aunt thinks that Miss Wang is the daughter of the first assistant, and she is used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and occasionally eats something different........."

"Oh, I'm going to teach the cook in the room. ”

Xu Qi'an is full of expectations for the good show in the future, and now he will agree to whatever his aunt asks.

On the other side, after Xiao Douding was kicked out of the hall, he played in the courtyard alone for a while, and felt bored, so he ran to his sister Xu Lingyue's room.

Seeing that it was autumn, Xu Lingyue was making autumn clothes for her beloved eldest brother, and the material used was the brocade given by Emperor Yuanjing.

Xu Lingyue's needlework is outstanding, and the robes she makes are better looking and finer than those bought in the shops outside.

Li Miaozhen brought the female ghost Su Su to help, of course the Holy Maiden of Tianzong would not be a female celebrity, but when Su Su was still alive, she was a serious lady.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, needlework and female red, are all essential skills.

Over the years, Li Miaozhen's clothes, and even her belly pocket, have been made with the help of Su Su and the female ghosts under her hands.

Xu Lingyue glanced at her sister who climbed onto the table to get pastries by herself, and said softly while embroidering patterns:

"Lingyin, do you want to have a sister-in-law?"

"What is sister-in-law. Xu Lingyin began to eat again.

"My sister-in-law is the daughter-in-law of my second brother, and she will take care of the family's money in the future. Xu Lingyue said softly.

Xu Lingyin said "oh", before he reached the age of understanding the importance of economic power, it was Su Su, who sneered:

"What Miss Lingyue said, just your second brother's little money, to support the expenses of the Xu family?

Xu Lingyue pursed her lips and said with a light smile: "It's the silver earned by the eldest brother." ”

The Xu family has a total of three times, one is the time when the spirit dragon went crazy, Xu Qi'an saved Lin'an, and Emperor Yuanjing rewarded a sum of money. The other time was the time when he was knighted, and he also had a large amount of silver and good land.

In the two developments, Xu Lingyue purchased a number of shops, selling beauty, satin, groceries, etc. These shops are nominally managed by aunts, but in fact Xu Lingyue is controlling them.

The third development is the silver that the chicken essence workshop shared at the beginning of the year, which is an unimaginable huge amount of money, which directly gives the Xu family a gold mountain.

If it weren't for the fact that there was too much silver, a woman like my aunt who was diligent and thrifty would not have burned money and raised flowers from time to time.

Of course, the apparent property of the Xu family does not include Xu Qi'an's private money hidden in the fragments of the book on the ground.

The official silver, gold ingots, and treasures treasured by Cao Guogong are enough to pile up a small treasure mountain.

Su Su "hummed" twice, and said loudly: "So, even if you want to manage the money in the house in the future, it will have to be Xu Ningyan's daughter-in-law to take care of it." ”

Xu Lingyue's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and she said with a smile: "Then Miss Susu, who among the people you know, is the most compatible with my eldest brother?"

Su Su skillfully avoided Xu Lingyue's death question, and muttered:

"How do I know this, your eldest brother is lustful and is willing to spend eight thousand taels to redeem his body for the Oiran of the Teaching Workshop.........."

These words poked Xu Lingyue's sore spot.

Xu Lingyue, a girl, suspects that Su Su and his eldest brother have an adulterous relationship, and her intuition is really keen.......... Su Su is not bad, and he stabbed Xu Lingyue's heart with eight thousand taels with his backhand.......... The Holy Maiden of Tianzong sat aside, leisurely eating cakes and watching the play.

Xu Lingyin ate pastries in her sister's room for a while, she couldn't understand what the adults said, so she felt bored, so she ran out with a ruler for cutting fabric, waving the ruler in the yard, hehe, hehe, as if she was a woman fighting swords.

Playing all the way to the gate of Xu's mansion, seeing that the middle door of the previous confinement was open, Xu Lingyin lost his ruler, climbed the high threshold, opened his arms, and played balance on it.

"Sister Lingyin, go back, go back, there will be guests coming later." ”

The porter waved his hand.

Xu Lingyin stood on the threshold, trying to maintain her balance, tilted her head and asked, "Is it my second brother's daughter-in-law?" ”

"........" The porter Lao Zhang was speechless and waved his hand again.

As soon as Xu Lingyin tilted his head, he fell from the high threshold, patted his buttocks, and ran away happily.

............

On the other side, the wheels were blazing, and Wang Simu's luxury carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Xu's mansion.

The maid took out a stool from under the carriage and greeted the eldest lady out of the carriage.

Wang Simu glanced at the gate of the Xu Mansion and nodded slightly, although it was far less than the royal mansion of the Wang family, but to buy such a large mansion in the prosperous area of the inner city, the Xu family's financial resources were still very rich.

In charge of the palace's finances for many years, Wang Simu estimated that this mansion was worth at least seven thousand taels just by looking at it.

The porter Lao Zhang knew that the distinguished guest had arrived, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and led Wang Simu and his personal maid into the house.

Wang Simu took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and crossed the threshold..........

Suddenly, Wang Simu stepped on something on the soles of his feet, and when he looked down, he saw that it was a ruler.

The ruler symbolizes the rules, and the mother of the Xu family threw the ruler at the door, obviously for me, this is to set rules for me........... Wang Simu's face changed slightly.

The heart said that this Xu family's mother has a good temper and is domineering, and it is not easy to get along.

When the maid saw her stop, she asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Wang Simu said in a flat tone: "The ruler fell here, pick it up and send it back to others." ”

It may not be a beating, or it may be a temptation of the Xu family's housewife to me, after all, my father is the first assistant, and he is really married to Erlang, which can be regarded as a lower marriage. She was afraid that I was a domineering person, so she threw a ruler to test me.

If I were really a rude and willful daughter, I would be furious, but I obviously wouldn't be so superficial.........

She didn't plan to fight with the Xu family's housewife today, the so-called knowing herself and knowing that the other side would win all battles, she was here to spy on intelligence today.

First find out the means and temperament of the Xu family's housewife, and then decide how to get along in the future, the housewife seems to be the same as she thinks, and she is tempting.

Sure enough, he's a master.

Lao Zhang led the distinguished guests inside, and asked someone from the house to inform Miss Lingyue.

Wang Simu walked through the outer courtyard, and when he entered the inner courtyard, he happened to see Xu Lingyue coming out with a smile.

The younger sister of the Xu family is wearing a long blue skirt, combing a simple and elegant bun, the melon seed face is beautiful and refined, and the facial features are extremely three-dimensional, but it reveals the weakness that makes men cherish.

"Sister Wang, since the last poetry meeting, I haven't had time to invite you to the house as a guest. Today, I finally got my wish. Xu Lingyue's smile was clear and sweet.

Speaking of which, when the poetry meeting caused my sister to fall into the water, my sister has always been unhappy. Wang Simu smiled dignified and gentle.

The two women held each other's hands, as if they were good sisters who loved each other and had deep feelings.

Entering the inner hall, Wang Simu finally saw the legendary Xu family's housewife, she sat on the main seat with a smile, looking at herself with kind eyes.

She is so amazing, with a sharp melon seed face, exquisite facial features, at first glance, she doesn't look like Xu Lingyue's mother next to her at all, but more like a sister.

Wang Simu was both surprised and not surprised by the beauty of this Xu family's housewife, because as long as he referred to Xu Lingyue beside him and Xu Erlang, who he loved, he could probably guess the elegance of this housewife.

She was amazed that the housewife was so well maintained, and she couldn't tell that she was the mother of three children.

"Mrs. Xu!"

Wang Simu Yingying gifts.

"Miss Wang, you're welcome, please take a seat. ”

With a reserved smile, the aunt motioned for Wang Simu to take a seat.

Of course, she can't be too enthusiastic, after all, this is a prospective daughter-in-law, so her mother-in-law still has to have a shelf.

After Wang Simu took a seat, he looked at the personal maid and smiled gently: "When I entered the house, I saw a ruler at the door, so I asked the maid to pick it up." ”

Wait for the maid to put the ruler on the table.

Auntie was stunned, "Hey, Lingyue, this is your ruler, why did you lose the door." ”

Xu Lingyue looked at it, and sure enough, it was her own ruler, and she sighed, and said, "It was Lingyin who threw it there, and she took my ruler to play." ”

Such a powerful method made me speechless.......... Wang Simu smiled reluctantly, she couldn't say that a child was not.

Then, Wang Simu asked Hu Cong to send gifts, because he was going to eat here, so he brought some expensive pastries, and then some jewelry for his aunt and Lingyue.

This jewelry is not ordinary jewelry, it is the work of craftsmen in the imperial city who specially created jewelry for harem concubines.

Of course, Wang Simu will not deliberately point out the identity of the craftsman, it will be too low-end, and it will only show that she is a superficial and dazzling woman.

She only said that it was made by craftsmen in the imperial city, what does this mean, but all the daughters and women of wealthy families who have a little insight know it in their hearts.

"Miss Wang has a heart. ”

My aunt was quite happy to receive the jewelry.

When the princess of the Wang family saw this, she understood that her little trick was not enough to surprise the mistress.

............

Outside the hall, Xu Lingyin found that the eldest brother was sitting on a bench in the corridor, listening to something, and ran over: "Cauldron, what are you doing." ”

"Big brother is watching a play....... No, listen to the play. Xu Qi'an touched her head.

"I'm going to listen to it too. Xu Lingyin waved her arms.

Xu Qi'an picked up his sister and put it on his lap.

Xu Lingyin also pretended to listen.

Hmm, after all, she is not married, so it is understandable to be polite and subtle, but it is inevitable that she is too kind and wealthy..........

As far as I know about Miss Wang, she should be a very assertive and strong person, and it is impossible not to test her aunt's level..........

Why hasn't she made a move yet, I'm waiting for her to choke on Auntie.........

............

In the hall, Wang Simu chatted with the housewife of the Xu family and Xu Lingyue without any flaws.

After a period of temptation, Wang Simu was stunned to find that this Xu family's housewife was not as unfathomable as she imagined.

Wang Simu herself is a little expert in house fighting, and she has a keen sense of smell for her kind, but in the Xu family's housewife, she does not find any similar characteristics.

She has a more straightforward personality, ignoring her own temptations, as if she doesn't know how to intrigue at all. And, it seems that because of her status as the first daughter, she is very polite to her, as if she is afraid that the hospitality will not be considerate.

For example, when talking about rouge gouache, I immediately lost the posture of my elders, chattering, like a little girl.

even complained that the account books of the shop outside couldn't be understood, so he could only ask Xu Lingyue to help manage it and expose his shortcomings.

No matter how you look at it, she doesn't look like that kind of woman with good means.

Wang Simu felt a deep confusion in his heart.

After that, the aunt proposed to let Xu Lingyue take Wang Simu to walk around the house.

Because he couldn't figure out the depth of the Xu family's housewife for the time being, Wang Simu also wanted to go out for a walk, change his mentality, and wait for the opportunity to fight again.

The scale of the Xu Mansion is not as large as the palace, but it is also a two-hall compound, the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard are equipped with gardens and small ponds, and the aunt is a flower lover.

There are many valuable flowers and trees planted in the flower garden.

As the daughter of a top family, Wang Simu knows that only those who have a real family background will have the leisure and financial resources to cultivate precious flowers and plants.

So he took a look at the Xu family's financial resources.

In the courtyard, Xiao Douding was boxing, and Lina was sitting on a stone chair, gnawing on her elbows while instructing her apprentices.

"That's the bell sound of the housemate. Xu Lingyue introduced with a smile.

I've only heard Jiro mention it, but he doesn't seem to want to introduce this child more.......... Wang Simu bowed his head slightly, and said, "Sister Lingyin practices martial arts?"

"Yes," Xu Lingyue sighed:

"Only the second brother in the family is a scholar, but the second brother has a heavy academic load and has no time to teach her. sent her to the academy and bullied her again, and her mother was helpless, so she simply let her practice martial arts. ”

Miss Wang frowned, this is not good, the woman still has to study and be reasonable. The more knowledgeable you are, the more you will be able to marry a good family in the future.

She thought for a while and said, "If you don't dislike it, I can help Sister Suzune enlighten." ”

Xu Lingyue smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Sister Simu." ”

Wang Simu laughed lightly, if he can become Xu Lingyin's enlightenment teacher, he must also gain some respect from the Xu family and show his talent.

Xu Lingyue said again: "In this family, my mother's biggest headache is Lingyin, and she is helpless. ”

Xu Lingyin is the weakness of the Xu family's housewife......... Simu Wang quickly extracted the core elements.

Since the Xu family's housewife is unfathomable, I learned about the enemy situation from the Xu family.

At this time, she listened to Lina reprimand the apprentice: "You are stupid, you can't learn several sets of boxing techniques, when can you lift the stone table?"

Lifting a stone table?

Then, she saw Lina "pinch" the stone table with two fingers, and she was relaxed.

“..........”

Wang Simu smiled reluctantly: "That girl is ........."

"Oh, her name is Lina, a girl from the Gu clan in Southern Xinjiang. Temporarily live in the house and teach Suzune martial arts. Xu Lingyue said.

"He's a strict teacher with real skills. Wang Simu said.

The two turned around the corner of the corridor and saw Xu Qi'an and Zhong Li sitting on the eaves, basking in the sun and muttering and talking.

Wang Simu's heart moved, and he said tentatively: "I heard that Xu Yinluo's parents died early, in order to cultivate him into a talent, Mrs. Xu must rack her brains and take great pains." ”

"Not really. ”

Xu Lingyue sighed lightly and said, "When I was a child, my father had to let my eldest brother practice martial arts, but my mother disagreed, and wanted him to study like my second brother." For this reason, my father and my mother have been fighting for many years. ”

Awesome!!! Wang Simu exclaimed in his heart.

The entire Dafeng knew that Xu Ningyan was a seed of reading, and even his father Wang Zhenwen had the feeling of "it would be good if this son was a scholar".

But because the second uncle of the Xu family insisted on letting Xu Qi'an practice martial arts, he wasted an amazing and brilliant reading seed in vain.

Unexpectedly, the housewife of the Xu family had a discerning eye many years ago.

Xu Lingyue continued: "When I was young, my eldest brother and my mother did not have a good relationship, and they quarreled from time to time. It wasn't until they moved to the inner city that the family continued to live together. ”

What the?!

Even Xu Qi'an can't fight the Xu family's housewife?

Even the unruly Xu Yinluo, who was blocked at the noon gate and scolded the princes angrily, slashed the princes of the country at the mouth of the vegetable market, and was unruly, was forced by the mother of the Xu family to move out of the Xu Mansion when he was young..........

Only then did Wang Simu realize that everything before was a disguise, the so-called frankness, the so-called not being good at fighting, and everything about Fang Cai was deliberately revealed to herself by the Xu family's housewife.

Wang Simu's breathing was rapid, and his face was unprecedentedly serious.

...........

PS: I dozed off for a while, and finally wrote it out.