After visiting the garden, Su Xi and his friends returned to the front hall.

Today, the old lady went to Mingjue Temple to burn incense. She couldn't come back for a while, so Yin was hospitalized. Yin sat in the main seat, and two women sat in the rosewood rose chair below. Among them, the woman wearing a gauze jacket with a fire in the smoke saw Su Xi and said with a kind smile: "Young, come here to let me see. I haven't seen each other for a month, and it seems that I have grown a lot taller."

Su Xi walked up to the woman and shouted obediently: "Mrs. Tang."

This is Tang Wan's mother, Tian, ​​the wife of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner.

Another woman wearing a purple-pinked double-breasted jacket and a silver-dotted blue Ruyi-Yi Hair put down the teacup in her hand and smiled and said, "Sister Xi is getting more and more handsome. Her eyebrows, eyes and nose are carved from the same mold as Sister Yin. When she grows up, she will definitely be round and smooth and blessed." The person who spoke was Fu Yi's mother Mei.

Mei family is only half a month younger than Yin family, but has insisted on calling Yin family "sister" over the years.

Mei is the niece of Yin's mother's mother. Because the Mei family is in a dilemma, Yin's mother saw that Mei was pitiful and took her to the Yin Mansion to live. Mei is a proud and arrogant man. Even if she is dependent on others, she will not bury her pride.

Since Yin's father could become the chief minister of the cabinet, he must be full of knowledge and talent. Therefore, the daughter he taught was naturally not far behind. Yin's father read the Four Books and Five Classics with his father since childhood. He was a well-deserved first talented woman in Shangjing and was also beautiful. At that time, many young men from aristocratic families admired her.

Mei grew up with Yin since she was a child, and she has been secretly competing with Yin. In terms of family background, she is not as good as Yin's, and her appearance is not as good as Yin's. The only thing she can compare is her talent. Unfortunately, Mei's family is still slightly inferior to Yin's.

Mei has been suppressed by Yin for so many years, and now she has a daughter. Finally, there is one thing that can surpass Yin. How can she not be proud? No matter how beautiful or talented Yin is, she is still not her daughter in the end? Mei sighed: "It's not like our sister Yi. She only knows how to lock herself in the study room, read books day and night, and sometimes she doesn't even care about food, which makes her body lose weight. Look, how many taels of meat is on her body? She doesn't listen to me no matter how much I say it, it's really a worry." She is showing off her daughter in her words.

Fu Yi stood beside her and stopped him, "Mom..."

Mei kept patting Fu Yi's hand and continued, "As far as I say, you can read the book anytime, but you must not exhaust your body..."

Mrs. Tang stopped Mei's words, but said silently. She sighed: After all, she came from a small family. Even if she became the wife of Prince Qing, her vision may not be much wider.

Yin was even more unmoved. He lowered his eyes and pulled the floating leaves in the ink-colored teacup, and smiled and said, "No, it's the most important thing to be healthy. I still remember that Sister Mei was exhausted from the end in order to memorize the letter and lay on the bed for a long time. In the end, her father hired a famous doctor and rescued you."

Mei's face changed immediately. Of course she remembered this. At that time, Master Yin Ge assigned the two of them homework and asked them to recite "The Doctrine of the Mean" within three days. Yin Wuxia was talented and had the ability to remember everything he saw. He recited it in one day, but Mei was even harder and needed three days to sleep for three days to finish it. Three days later, Mei fell ill unexpectedly.

Now Yin mentioned that he undoubtedly had a needle in Mei's lively heart.

Until the people from the Duke Qing's mansion said goodbye and left, Mei's face did not recover.

Su Xi stood beside Yin, watching Mei and Fu Yi get on the carriage, and was about to walk back when she saw Fu Shaoyun riding the horse and walking two steps towards her. Fu Shaoyun rode on the horse and looked even more tall. He smiled at Su Xi and said, "Cousin Xi, today's roasted sparrow is delicious. Thank you for your hospitality."

Now, because Yin's presence was present, he looked quite serious.

Su Xi said: "You don't have to be polite, cousin Shaoyun."

Fu Shaoyun didn't say anything else, smiled, and caught up with the carriage from Duke Qing's mansion in front of him.

*

After seeing off the people from the Duke of Qing and Tang Mansion, Yin returned to Qiutang residence, changed the clothes of the guest in front of him, put on a lilac Su-embroidered lotus patterned sack, took off his head full of pearls and jade, and asked the maid Danwu to tie a fallen horse bun, then leaned on the pillow and closed her eyes to rest.

When Su Zhen came back from outside, he saw his wife sleeping, so he didn't disturb him. He went to the inner room to change clothes. When he came out, he was holding a blanket with gold-woven mandarin duck patterns. Su Zhen, a heroic man, gently covered Yin with a blanket. Before he could stop his hand, Yin on the couch opened his eyes.

Su Zhen laughed and said, "Wake you up."

Yin sat up from the couch, but she wasn't asleep at all. As soon as Su Zhen came back, she heard footsteps. She said, "Today, the people from Duke Qing's mansion came to the mansion."

When Su Zhen came back, he had heard from the girl. He knew what Yin was referring to, and also knew why she was unhappy, so he asked, "But what did Mei tell you?"

"I didn't say anything, it was just a praising Sister Yi." Mei treated this daughter as a treasure and said one or two words to everyone, which was not a rare thing.

When Mei married the prince of Duke Qing, Fu Ju, it was not a formal marriage between the Ming Dynasty, but Mei had an affair with Fu Ju first, so Fu Ju welcomed her into the mansion. At that time, Duke Qing and Duke Qing's wife did not agree to the Mei family's entry, but Fu Ju was fascinated by the Mei family and refused to marry her. After a long time of fighting with the two elders, he gave birth to the Buddha with the two elders. The two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and finally welcomed the Duke Qing's mansion with the courtesy of a wife. Over the years, if it weren't for the good things that the two children born by Mei, Duke Qing and Duke Qing's wife would not have had a good face to Mei.

Only a very few people know about this, and Yin is one of the few.

After all, when Mei lived in Yin Mansion, many things could not be hidden.

Yin said, "I see that Shaoyun is a good person, with a good appearance, polite appearance, and considerate to Youxiao. He is quite considerate of Youxiao. He is a good candidate for a good son-in-law." After that, Yin shook his head a pity and said, "It's just that with a mother like Mei, if Youxiao really marry into the Duke of Qing's Mansion, life will probably not be easy."

My daughter is ten years old, and Dayan’s girl can discuss marriage at the age of 12 or 3. Therefore, although Yin is a bit early to consider these things, it is not outrageous.

Su Zhen sat next to Yin, holding Yin's hand and swayed gently, comforting: "You are young and young, why bother to think about these things? I want to keep her for a few more years. It's not too late to let her get married until she is eighteen years old." As he was saying, he suddenly remembered something and smiled heavily: "Did my father-in-law think so too? The more he stayed, the more precious my daughter seemed. I almost set the wedding date on your Double Ten, which made me very anxious."

Yin glared at him, pulled out his hand, and said, "It was because our two families had settled their marriages. Which one is the same as this?"

Yin's eyebrows and eyes are exquisite, and she is born with peach blossom eyes, which is very beautiful. Especially at this time, she was even more charming and demeanorful. A woman in her thirties still has her appearance in her twenties. No wonder the eldest master Su Zhen has only her in her heart for so many years, and she has never looked at others more often.

At that time, after Yin Wuxia got engaged with Su Zhen, it really made the sons of aristocratic families feel sad and regretful. What was sad was that the talented woman had a master from the master, and the regretful was that the man who was going to marry was actually a martial artist. Yin Wuxia, who was beautiful and beautiful, and the tall and burly Su Zhen stood together, and it was really not very good. People at that time thought that this marriage ruined Yin Wuxia. In fact, living a life, only Yin Wuxia knew the taste in his heart. Su Zhen seemed rough, but he was wholeheartedly devoted to her. Not only did he take good care of her for so many years, but he never suffered any grievances.

It's a bit rough, but it's particularly macho, right?

Su Zhen looked at his wife's Yurun cheeks, couldn't help but lower her head and kissed her, and said in a hoarse voice: "Anyway, you're too early to think about these things. If you have this skill, it's better to do something else..." As he said that, his broad and warm palm was placed on Yin's waist.

Yin's beautiful eyes rounded, and his voice gradually lowered: "You..."

Blue sky and white sun.

*

Two days later, Tang Wan came to pick Su Xi out.

Because Su Xi greeted Yin in advance, Yin did not stop him and was still worried, he arranged two more women, two maids and four servants for Su Xi. Su Xi got into the black painted double-horse carriage in the Tang Mansion and asked Tang Wan: "Sister Tang, where are we going first?"

Tang Wan was wearing a honey-colored bee butterfly patterned short jacket, and a pomegranate skirt underneath, which was very lively and pretty. She said: "East Street is mostly calligraphy and painting shops, so let's go there first. I want to buy a set of pens for my second brother."

The carriage drove out of Ping'an Lane and headed towards the east street. After about two quarters of an hour, the carriage arrived at East Street. Tang Wan and Su Xi put on their hats and walked out of the carriage, and the calligraphy and painting shops looked at each calligraphy and painting shop. Tang Wan looked picky and only wanted to find the green brushes made by Mr. Wang Shoushan, but Mr. Wang Shoushan went five years ago. At present, there are very few pens circulating in his world, let alone a whole set of green brushes. Therefore, Tang Wan and Su Xi walked for an hour and almost visited all the calligraphy and painting shops on East Street, but still couldn't find a suitable brush.

The two of them came to the last house. After Tang Wan saw all the pens brought by the shopkeeper, she shook her head in disappointment and said to Su Xi: "Forget it, I think I'd better send something else." While speaking, she led Su Xi out, but saw Su Xi not moving, and looked at the side. Tang Wan was confused and followed her to look.

On the other side, the guy was selling Duan inkstone to a wife wearing purple-gray crepe piping. Tang Wan looked at the inkstone, which had emerald green stone eyes like eyes, which were the best among inkstones and were quite expensive. The guy was so scattered that the woman looked carefully for a moment and asked for the price. The guy stretched out three fingers. The woman thought for a moment and was about to ask the maid behind her to hand over the silver notes. Su Xi couldn't stand it and said, "Most of the Duan inkstone's stone eyes are fine and clear, but the stone eyes of this inkstone are a little blurry and the outline is unclear. I wonder if the store owner can explain it?"

The faces of the guy and the shopkeeper changed, and they all looked at her.

Su Xi was secretly glad that she was wearing a hat at this time.

When the woman heard Su Xi's words, she really looked at the Duan inkstone with Turtle Fuhe Leaf Pattern, frowned slightly, and said to the clerk: "Didn't you say that this inkstone is genuine?"

The guy repeatedly compensated him, and was angry and annoyed at the nosy girl next to him. However, seeing that the other party was dressed either rich or noble, the servants followed him behind him, and they were not something they could afford, so he had to suffer the loss.

After leaving the door of the calligraphy and painting shop, Su Xi and Tang Wan were about to board the carriage, but the woman just called them.

The woman said to Su Xi: "Thank you for your reminder, but I will avoid buying a fake one."

Su Xi said: "Madam, don't thank me, I just can't stand this kind of behavior." What's the difference between a fake inkstone and an obvious snatch?

The woman took off the two cranes on her waist and brought pearl-patterned jade pendant to Su Xi and said, "My surname is Cen. To thank the girl for her kindness today, if anything, the girl can take this jade pendant to go to Lishu Hutong on Xi Street to find me."

Behind Xiuchunju is Lishu Hutong. I heard that the place is where the boss of Xiuchunju lives.

Su Xi held the jade pendant and watched the lady get on the carriage before leaving with Tang Wan.

Tang Wan did not take this little episode to heart. He also picked a set of pencils for his second brother Tang Wei, so he took Su Xi to the nearby Yuhe Building for a while. At this time, there were still a while before noon. There were not many guests in Yuhe Building, so Tang Wan asked for a private room on the second floor, took off the window, ordered tea and a few snacks. After the waiter left, she remembered to ask Su Xi why she knew how to identify the stone eyes of Duan Inkstone.

Su Xi also took off her hat and said, "There is a Duan inkstone in my mother's study, which was passed down from the Kangsheng period of the previous dynasty. The stone eyes on the top are clear and distinct, which is obviously different from the ones that the mate takes."

Tang Wan suddenly realized.

After a while, the waiter brought tea and pastries. The two of them drank tea and snacks while chatting. Half an hour passed without realizing it. Tang Wan said, "I'm so tired today. Let's see the ingredients again the next day? After walking so many roads, my legs are sore."

Su Xi runs every day these days, so she doesn't feel too tired. But since Tang Wan said that, she agreed.

The two were about to walk out of the private room when a rumbling noise suddenly came from the street. The quiet and quiet street just now became lively. Su Xi and Tang Wan looked at each other and pushed open the window of the private room curiously.

I saw a team of carriages walking from afar. The carriages were made of high-quality boxwood and were covered with black embroidered gold dark-patterned cloth curtains. At a glance, you could tell that it was a carriage ride by a person with status.

However, it was not these carriages that caused the sensation.
Chapter completed!