After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

Erniu listened to Zhang Man's words and smiled and praised him, "Brother Zhang, you are such a nice person."

Zhang Man paused and looked at Erniu with a vigilant face, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm praising you! What's with your expression? Do you like others scolding you?"

"No, no, I get nervous when you praise me."

Zhang Man secretly complained in his heart:

You are so smart, I'm afraid I will faint from your praise, and I will help you count the silver after being sold by you.

Erniu didn't look at Zhang Man's uncomfortable expression, and walked forward on her own.

She said without turning her head: "As the saying goes, father and son fight together in battle, brothers are united, and their strength can break metal. A family is harmonious and happy, and their lives will become more and more prosperous. Brother Zhang, don't you think so?"

Zhang Man didn't expect that a little girl who couldn't read a word could actually speak such a great truth.

He looked up to the smart Erniu from the bottom of his heart.

"Erniu, you are more pleasing to the ear than what a scholar says."

Erniu turned around and saw Zhang Man grinning sheepishly.

"Erniu is really envious of Zhang Erge, who can write and calculate."

After being praised by Erniu again, Zhang Man no longer judged others by his own meanness.

He told the truth, "My brothers can read and write, thanks to my father's foresight. With the advice of our boss, we brothers have almost read all the books left by our former boss."

"Erniu, if you want to learn to read, I can teach you."

Looking at Erniu's eyes full of envy, Zhang Man didn't know what was wrong with him, and blurted out a sentence.

Erniu's eyes widened in disbelief, "Really!"

"A real man, once he speaks, he can't take it back. Of course it's true." Seeing Erniu's doubt, Zhang Man nodded affirmatively.

Erniu was ecstatic.

"Erniu can learn to read and write from Zhang Erge? That's great."

Erniu looked at Zhang Manxiao happily, and almost tripped over a stone on the ground without looking at her feet.

...

Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Shuyue was busy for several days and felt a little tired.

Zhang Cai was in charge of the meat rabbit, and the restaurant was back to normal business, so she gave herself a day off.

She lazily nestled on the soft couch, holding a travel book in her hand.

Lan'er handed over a plate of melon seeds and said, "I made the five-spice melon seeds according to your method. Miss, please try it and see if it tastes like what you said."

Jiang Shuyue stretched out her slender fingers, picked up a seed and sniffed it, "Hmm! Not bad, it smells like that."

"Miss, please try it. I have tried it and think it tastes better than the ones sold outside." Lan'er said and put the plate on the coffee table.

"Crack."

Jiang Shuyue picked up the melon seeds and took a bite, and the familiar taste lingered on the tip of her tongue.

"That's right, let the kitchen make more in this way."

Lan'er understood her master's meaning in an instant, "I understand, I will go and tell him to send it to Lord Su when it's done."

As soon as Lan'er left, Qiuju came in with a bowl of bird's nest porridge.

"Miss, drink it while it's hot."

"I just want to take a day off. I'm not sick. Why do I need you to take turns to give me tonics?" Jiang Shuyue said, putting down the book in her hand and taking the bird's nest porridge.

"Who else is sending tonics?" Qiuju said with a smile.

"Mei'er knew I wasn't going out today, so she bought some venison, saying she wanted to nourish me."

"Venison is a good thing. Mei'er must have met a hunter at the market. You don't see it on weekdays."

Jiang Shuyue picked up a spoon and stirred the bird's nest porridge and nodded, "That's not right. Only the royal hunting ground has venison. In winter, the hunting ground will send venison to the palace on time. It's rare to meet hunters selling mountain products at the market."

Speaking of mountain products, Qiuju thought of the mink furs that Nangong Zeyue gave her.

Qiuju added a piece of charcoal to the charcoal basin and asked, "Miss, Master Nangong gave us too many mink furs. If we make a cloak for the young master alone, how many pieces will we have to make?"

"I almost forgot about this. I'll tell the embroiderer to make one each for Ajin and Nannan. If it's not enough, ask Gao Mu to buy some more."

Qiuju nodded hurriedly, "Enough, enough, but there are too many. The embroiderer doesn't know where to start."

After drinking the bird's nest porridge, Jiang Shuyue picked up the travel notes again.

She said to Qiuju, "It's a rare day of rest. Don't be busy. Sit down and eat melon seeds."

Qiuju just sat down when she heard a maid outside the door report, "Miss, Miss Du is here."

"Please come in."

Jiang Shuyue closed the book in her hand again.

"Sister Yue'er, I'm going to the clinic to find you. Yinqiao said you must be at home today."

The bead curtain sounded, and Du Yutong walked in like a gust of wind.

Jiang Shuyue waved at her, "Come over and try the freshly baked melon seeds."

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Miss Du has become more beautiful again." Qiuju joked and got up to make tea.

Du Yutong smiled and said, "Look at what Miss Qiuju said. How can I be as beautiful as the bride-to-be."

Du Yutong took off her cloak and took two gift boxes from the maid behind her.

"When did sister Yutong become polite to me? You came to visit and brought gifts." Jiang Shuyue asked with a smile.

Du Yutong walked over and sat down next to Jiang Shuyue. She picked up a gift box and opened it, and a faint sandalwood scent overflowed.

"When did I become polite to sister Yue'er? Here are two boxes of newly made incense. My aunt asked me to send them over for sister Yue'er to appreciate."

"Sister Yue'er, what do you think of the quality of this incense? Is it better than rose incense?" Du Yutong handed the box over.

Jiang Shuyue took the box and looked at it. "Not bad, the incense looks more delicate this time."

"Aunt has tried it, and it lasts about half a quarter of an hour longer than the previous incense."

Qiuju brought the tea over, and Jiang Shuyue handed the box to Qiuju, "Replace the incense in the incense burner with this one."

After a while, the scent of sandalwood filled the warm room.

"How is it? It tastes good, right?" Du Yutong picked up a melon seed and put it in her mouth.

Jiang Shuyue nodded, "Yes, Qiuju's wedding day will come in two days, so this incense will be used by Qiuju."

"I'm glad you like it. It's too shabby to only give incense as a gift. I'll give Miss Qiuju another gift on her wedding day."

Du Yutong originally wanted to ask Jiang Shuyue to send another box of incense to the Su Mansion.

She thought for a long time and didn't know how to start.

Just when she was trying to find a reason to send incense to Su Jin, she heard Qiu Ju say, "No, Gao Mu said there is no incense burner in the house."

Du Yutong asked in confusion, "Why? Doesn't Guard Gao like incense?"

Qiu Ju explained quickly, "No, he said there is incense in the house. Once a criminal enters the mansion, it will be difficult for him to detect it immediately by blowing smoke into the house."

Jiang Shuyue pointed to another box, "Wait for Lan'er to prepare the melon seeds and send them to Ajin. Sui Sui's clothes are still scented with roses. The little guy is used to the smell."

"Remember to explain clearly that the incense is sent by Miss Du." Jiang Shuyue said and smiled at Du Yutong.

Du Yu just breathed a sigh of relief and became nervous for no reason, "Sister Yue'er, why are you looking at me? My sister gave the things to you, so naturally you can give them to whoever you want."