Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

The short figure came out of the carriage and just opened the oil paper umbrella.

A slightly chilly autumn wind blew by,

"Stab~"

The thin autumn rain that was blown by fell on the umbrella and made a sound.

Qingcao stood on the carriage shaft, looked around, and then looked away from several exquisite carriages under the teahouse not far away.

Looking at Qingyun wearing a bamboo hat and rainproof oilcloth clothes beside the car, with his arms raised,

Qingcao held her arm and got out of the carriage, smiling and saying: "Thank you, Brother Qingyun."

Qingyun smiled: "Be careful of the puddles ahead."

"Why!"

Qingcao raised his umbrella in response and looked toward the shop with white steam coming out.

Looking at the 'Ju Fang Zhai' plaque hanging on the store, and then at the group of servant girls holding umbrellas and food boxes lined up outside the store, Qingcao pursed her lips and walked over.

The female shop steward who was standing at Cai downstairs at the door glanced at the Xu family's carriage a few times, her eyes full of thinking.

After Qingcao got out of the car, the female steward walked up to him with a smile in the rain, and said with a somewhat uncertain tone: "Girl, please forgive me for being presumptuous, are you from the Yongyi Hou Mansion?"

Qingcao bowed with an umbrella and nodded with a smile: "I am Qingcao next to Wulang! Mom has a good eye!"

Hearing this, the female steward smiled and waved her hands: "Where is it! I have seen you several times when I followed the third girl out before! Please come in, please come in."

Qingcao smiled and tilted his paper umbrella towards the female steward, and the two of them walked towards the store.

"The girl is so kind!" The mother in charge looked up and praised with a smile.

Qingcao smiled sheepishly and said, "Don't you know your mother's surname?"

"Whatever is expensive or not, the little lady doesn't have to be named Wu."

Hearing this, Qingcao asked tentatively: "But Mrs. Guhou's maternal ancestor, the Wu family?"

Mother Wu smiled and nodded: "Yes!"

While the two were talking, many of the servants and maids waiting outside the store pricked up their ears.

After entering the shop, he handed the oil-paper umbrella to the maid in the shop. Smelling the very tempting milk fragrance in the air, Qingcao smiled and said: "This smells so delicious!"

Mother Wu smiled and said: "How about it is a recipe that comes out of the palace! When I smelled it for the first time, it made me salivate."

Qingcao laughed and said:

"Mom, I'm here today because of Wu Lang's instructions. I hope the store will be stocked with fruits. Why don't you take some notes first?"

"Okay! Miss Qingcao, tell me." Mother Wu nodded quickly and signaled to the shopkeeper.

"Fifty shares for the Yongyi Hou Mansion, 10 shares for the Huyan Family in Chunming Square, 20 shares for the Sheng Family on Jiying Lane, 10 shares for the Zhu Family on Bianhe West Street, 10 shares for the Fang Family at Lijingmen, and 10 shares for the Fang Family on Xishuimen Street."

After listening to Qingcao's words, the shopkeeper's face was stunned. When he opened his mouth to speak,

"Meet the girl!"

The greetings from the maids came from outside the door.

Qingcao stopped talking and turned around to look, and saw Chai Zhengzheng, with a smile on his face, walking into the store with two maids.

"I've seen Miss Zhengzheng!"

Qingcao hurriedly lowered his head to collect his emotions and gave a blessing.

Chai Zhengzheng walked over with a smile and asked with a kind smile: "Qingcao, why are you here today?"

"Girl, my young master tasted this fruit this morning and thought it tasted good, so he asked my servant to buy more for the Marquis Mansion and relatives in the capital to taste."

Qingcao lowered his head and raised his head after speaking.

No wonder Qingcao wanted to sort out her emotions. As Xu Zaijing's personal envoy, she knew that the armor worn by her young master belonged to Chai Mansion.

And not only in the Chai Mansion, but also in the boudoir of the noble lady in front of him.

In addition, the noble lady's former personal maid was from the same hometown as Qingcao, so her emotions were naturally a bit complicated, and she was worried that there would be some mistakes in her expression and eyes.

"Oh!" Chai Zhengzheng nodded.

The shopkeeper behind the counter bowed his hands and said, "Boss, we have already sent most of these to the houses this Qingcao girl mentioned."

"Most of them, but there are still some that haven't been sent yet?" Yun Mu, who was beside Chai Zhengzheng, asked with a frown.

"Yes, the Fang family in Lijingmen that Miss Qingcao mentioned was not given away by our store. The nearby Shoushan Bohuang family did."

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and looked at Qingcao: "Qingcao, who is this Fang family?"

"Girl, the Fang family is the sister's family of Mrs. Houfu. She was an official abroad and just returned to Beijing not long ago."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded: "Prepare it and send it to you."

"Yes, girl." The shopkeeper on the side said.

Qing Cao blessed him with a gift: "For the fruits delivered to the Fang family and Sheng family today, I will have to pay silver."

Seeing the shopkeeper's look asking for instructions, Chai Zhengzheng nodded with a smile and said, "Take it, and send over today's account book."

Then he turned to Yunmu and said, "You talk to Qingcao."

After Chai Zhengzheng finished speaking, he smiled and walked towards the back.

Yunmu on the side whispered: "Sister Qingcao, it will take a long time for this fruit to come out of the pot. Why don't we go and sit aside?"

Qingcao looked at the place Yunmu mentioned, which was different from the direction Chai Zhengzheng went, and nodded with a smile.

After the two sat down, Wu's mother brought two cups of hot tea.

After Qingcao nodded in thanks, Yunmu whispered: "How are you these days? Have you communicated with your family?"

Qingcao nodded with a smile, leaned next to Yunmu and whispered: "Yes! Sister Yunmu and my mother wrote a letter saying that next time, Sister Qingxue's family adopted a boy to inherit the incense."

Yun Mu put away his smile and nodded slightly: "Madam is also grateful to Sister Qingxue for serving the girl with all her heart."

"Mrs. Chai is really kind-hearted." Qingcao sighed.

Yunmu smiled and nodded.

After a while,

Chai Zhengzheng came out from the back, waved to the two people who stood up, and signaled them to continue chatting, and then walked out of the store.

After Qingcao and Yunmu chatted about some interesting things, Qingcao Wu Mama came over with a food box.

"Miss Qingcao, everything is ready."

Qingcao stood up, said goodbye to everyone in the store, and got on the Xu family carriage.

On the way back to Sheng's house,

Qingyun, who was driving the carriage in front, swallowed the fruit in his mouth and turned back and said: "Qingcao, this fruit is really good, no wonder you can smell the rich fragrance of the store outside the door! How much silver is one?"

After Qingyun finished speaking, he waited for a while, and seeing that no one answered, he turned sideways and lifted the curtain of the carriage: "Qingcao?"

"Ah? Brother Qingyun, what did you say?"

Qingcao, awakened from his meditation, hurriedly said.

"What are you thinking about? Didn't you hear me talking to you?"

Qingcao shook her head: "Brother Qingyun, nothing!"

"I said."

Listening to Qingyun repeating the question.

Qingcao smiled and said: "The store is newly opened, the price is reduced by 30%, 800 wen each."

"How much? 800 wen!? Still 30% off?" Qingyun was surprised.

"Well! The mother and sister Yunmu in Jufangzhai also said that there may be more expensive fruits in the future."

"Did they say how much it cost?"

"I heard that a box ranges from a dozen to dozens of guan."

Qingyun, who was driving the car, shook his head: "God, then this box of fruit snacks will have to catch up with Chu Zhan's new mount in the future."

Qingcao nodded in agreement.

The end of the Youshi (before 7 pm)

The autumn rain was still falling,

It was cloudy and rainy,

Although it was not late, the sky was already dark.

Jiying Lane,

Sheng Family,

In the courtyard of Anzhai today,

The slate soaked by the autumn rain, together with the wet leaves of the grass and trees in the courtyard, reflected the warm yellow candlelight in the house next to it.

In the corridor under the eaves,

Although there is a roof to cover it, it can't withstand the autumn wind, and the raindrops will still wet half of the ground in the corridor.

A lantern appeared at the moon gate,

and was soon carried to the door of the house.

When a person in front of the lantern was about to lift the door curtain, his hand suddenly stopped and listened to the voice in the house.

"The messenger can be overturned, and the desire of the vessel is difficult to measure.

Ink is sad for silk dyeing, poetry."

"Little girl, I forgot the next part." A child's voice came.

"槙儿, think about it again.咩~" The woman imitated the sound of a sheep.

"Poems praise lambs! Jing. Jing. Mother, I want to eat"

"槙儿, if you can't recite it, you are not allowed to eat!" The woman said gently and firmly.

At this time,

the person at the door lifted the curtain and walked in with a smile: "Hahaha! Shuyi, how old is Wei'er! It's great that he can recite the Thousand Character Classic to this point."

Inside the house, watching Sheng Hong lift the curtain and enter,

Wei Shuyi hurriedly stood up and bowed, with a look of surprise on his face: "Master, why are you here today."

"Daddy!"

Sheng Changchang stood up, bowed and called with a smile.

Glancing at Wei Shuyi, Sheng Changchang walked in front of Sheng Hong.

Sheng Hong untied his cloak and handed it to the maid Qiu Jiang who came over, and said with a slightly less smile in his eyes: "Nothing! Don't welcome me?"

Wei Shuyi hurriedly shook his head.

Seeing Wei Shuyi's look, Sheng Hong lowered his head to look at his youngest son in front of him, picked him up, and said, "Zhang'er, what did you want to eat just now? Tell Daddy, your mother didn't let you eat, but Daddy let you!"

Sheng Changzhang's throat moved, and after looking at Wei Shuyi, his eyes looked at a food box in the room.

Holding Sheng Changzhang and sitting down at the table, Sheng Hong looked at Wei Shuyi who was still standing in front of him and said, "Don't embarrass the child, bring it over."

"Yes."

After Wei Shuyi responded, he walked to the side and brought over an exquisite food box.

Sheng Changzhang watched his mother open the food box intently,

Looking at the exquisite snacks brought out of the food box under the candlelight, smelling the tempting aroma, Sheng Changzhang's eyes lit up.

"Qiujiang, bring me a spoon."

"Yes, little lady."

Then,

Sheng Hong took the spoon from Qiujiang and put it in Sheng Changqiang's hand with a smile: "Eat it."

After that, Sheng Hong looked up and said: "I heard from my mother that Jing'er sent a lot of this fruit, why do you seem to have not touched yours? Don't you like it?"

Wei Shuyi nodded: "Too fragrant and greasy."

At this time, Changqiang in Sheng Hong's arms scooped up a piece of dessert, rolled his eyes and put it towards Sheng Hong's mouth: "Daddy eat first."

Hearing this, Sheng Hong was immediately very satisfied, and his face was full of smiles: "Good boy, you eat, Daddy has eaten a lot at grandma's place."

Changqiang nodded, raised the spoon to Wei Shuyi: "Little lady eat first."

Wei Shuyi shook his head.

Seeing this, Changqiang started to eat.

But after eating a few bites, Chang Qiang gradually stopped.

"Qian'er, what's wrong?"

Chang Qiang put down the spoon with great willpower and whispered: "Confucius said that a gentleman does not seek to be full when eating."

Sheng Hong looked at his little son in his arms in disbelief: "Qian'er, how did you know this?"

"My mother told me this every day."

Sheng Hong nodded thoughtfully: "Good boy."

Shou'an Hall,

Bedroom,

Mother Fang brought the tranquilizing medicine to the old lady,

Seeing the old lady's frown, Fang's mother said, "Old lady, I kept a portion of the fruit that Brother Jing sent me. Why don't you eat it and squish it?"

The old lady waved her hand: "It's too sweet."

After saying that,

The old lady frowned and drank the decoction.

As soon as she finished drinking, the old lady waved hurriedly, and Fang's mother quickly walked aside knowingly, brought the plate with the fruit over, and gave the old lady a bite of the fruit.

After suppressing the smell of the medicine with the fruit and taking a sip of water, the old lady looked at the fruit in Fang's mother's hand and said, "In the past, the kid Wulang never gave away so much food, but today it's strange."

"I heard that it was opened by a few girls from noble families in Beijing. This can be regarded as taking care of the business!"

"In the end, the good things were brought in. Old lady, you didn't eat much. Except for this plate, the rest was given to the little maids in the yard."

The old lady smiled: "Let them see the world."

Fang’s mother sighed: “My lord, you’re talking about a few hundred coins!”

The old lady waved her hand, but Mother Fang did not continue.

the next day,

School is out at Shengjia Book School.

After leaving the school courtyard,

Carrying the bookcase, Hua Xiang hurriedly followed Xu Zaijing. As he walked, he whispered: "Master, I asked Xiao Tao if she had eaten that snack yesterday."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "What about you, do you still want to eat?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Okay, let Jufangzhai deliver it every two days."

"Thank you, sir!"

Time goes by,

It’s October again,

After the beginning of winter,

The grapevines in Xu Zaijing's yard are no longer as lush as in summer and autumn. The leaves have fallen and they appear much sparser.

Although it has been cleaned,

But blown by the north wind,

There are often leaves flying in the yard.

On this day,

It's sunny,

Take a break at Shengjia Academy,

The shadow of the grape trellis is still reflected on the ground of the yard.

In the study,

Xu Zaijing was doing his homework in front of him,

In the large fish tank placed in the room, the sound of fish turning over in the water could be heard from time to time.

Suddenly,

Xu Zaijing stopped the brush in his hand,

Listening to the sound of feet stepping on fallen leaves from the yard,

After a while,

There was a knock on the closed study door: "Sir, the Rong family brother is here!"

"please."

After saying that, Xu Zaijing put down his brush and walked out of the study.

Coming to the hall, looking at Rong Xian with a gloomy look, Xu Zaijing asked doubtfully: "Brother Xian, why are you free to come to my place today?"

Rongxian pulled out a red post from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "I'm coming to your house today to deliver the invitation."

Xu Zaijing was stunned for a moment, took the post from Rong Xian who was almost sighing, opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Hey! Brother Xian, have you set the wedding date? Is Madam Fu Changhou in the main hall?"

"Well! I'm here also to ask you to be my best man."

"Best Man? Okay!"

Hearing this, Rong Xian smiled and nodded, stood up and looked at the sword stand with the tall sword in the hall.

Xu Zaijing walked over, took off a large sword and handed it to Rong Xian: "Take a look, why are you so polite?"

Rongxian took the Dagao Sword, but did not draw it out. He looked at Xu Zaijing with rare seriousness and said after a moment: "Brother Jing, do you really want to wait until the trial to discuss your own marriage?"

Xu Zaijing was stunned, then smiled: "Why are you concerned about my marriage? You are still so serious, it doesn't look like you. Did Concubine Rong ask you to ask?"

Rong Xian shook his head in denial and said: "After I set the wedding date, I suddenly realized that the next person to discuss marriage was my sister. I have been living in Bianjing for so long, and there are only so many people who can discuss marriage with my sister. How can they do it? I know it well!"

"So I still think Brother Jing, you are the most reliable."