Wishful Things

The main reason is that her grandfather really didn't have much talent in this.

It is said that my grandfather was taught calligraphy by his still young second uncle in the early years, and he couldn't learn well, but on the contrary, he would lose his temper at Mr. Second Uncle, tearing paper, folding pens, and flipping tables——

Of course, the second uncle was not polite when he was young. The sentence "scatter a handful of rice in the snow, and the chicken will peck you better than you", has been hated by my grandfather to this day.

These are what her father told her.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingyi smiled a little.

Wu Chao looked at the brocade box in Ah Kui's hand again.

So, Miss Xu's inkstone is very likely to be bought for someone else?

If it is a gift between a girl's family, she should not choose such an object.

So, it can only be men?

Will it be the elders in the family?

The dishes were served quickly.

Wu Chao, who had a good appetite when he came here, was facing a table full of delicious food, but because he was full of guesses and couldn't get the answer, he had no desire to move his chopsticks.

But this time it was Miss Xu who was the host, so he couldn't seem too ungrateful.

Originally, he just forced himself to eat a few mouthfuls, but as he ate... his appetite seemed to come back.

The food in this restaurant is indeed pretty good, no wonder Miss Xu is full of praise, and my mother wants to come over to eat in person even if she sneaks around.

It's just that he is still very curious about who exactly Miss Xu's inkstone was bought for——

Sensing that his gaze fell on the brocade box again, Xu Mingyi asked out of courtesy, "Mr. Wu is interested in this inkstone? If Mr. Wu wants it, just take it back and use it."

As for tomorrow's birthday gift, just buy whatever you encounter on the road.

Wu Chao coughed lightly.

Was he that obvious?

"Miss Xu misunderstood." The young man explained solemnly: "I was just thinking, is Miss Xu going to give it away? It just so happens that I also have a few good inkstones that are not common in my family. If Miss Xu needs it, you can buy it." Pick and choose to see if there is a more suitable one."

This is of course just nonsense.

There was even a hint of temptation that he hadn't even noticed.

But it's not just talking big, if Miss Xu needs it, he will send someone to Zhen Guogong's mansion when he turns around.

Xu Mingyi smiled when he heard this.

"No need."

Mr. Wu has helped her a lot, and it is reasonable for her to spend almost the same amount of money for Mr. Wu, so there is no reason to take advantage of him the other way around.

"It is indeed a gift, but it is just a birthday present for my brother at home. He is still young, and this purple gold stone inkstone is enough."

For my brother?

Wu Chao was surprised for a moment, and then he calmed down.

but--

Is this a birthday gift?

If he read correctly, Miss Xu just happened to see a pen and ink shop on the street, and decided to take a look...

Then, taking advantage of the time between waiting for the food to be served, he went downstairs and bought the inkstone.

From decision to purchase, it takes at most a quarter of an hour.

I have to say that this birthday gift is really a little perfunctory.

But it's also quite satisfactory, so that people can't fault it.

Unlike him, in the face of such difficulties, even if he wanted to perfunctory, he couldn't think of how to perfunctory.

By the way, Miss Xu is also a woman——

Wu Chao thought for a moment, then said, "May I trouble Miss Xu to give me an idea?"

"Mr. Wu, but it's okay to say."

Xu Mingyi said in a righteous tone that he would do his best to help if he could.

"In a few days, it will be my mother's birthday, and I still don't know how to prepare for it—"

In the past when he was in Ningyang, he just wrote a letter and dealt with it. Now that he is in Beijing, if he doesn't say anything, his mother will definitely look at him with sad eyes of "what's the use of raising a son".

But when it comes to guessing the preferences of female relatives, he really doesn't know anything.

If you ask the women and maids around your mother, you really can't say that.

Xu Mingyi thought for a moment.

"Why don't you give me a cat."

Wu Chao was stunned.

"cat--?"

This answer was beyond his expectation, even beyond his cognition.

Send an elder a cat?

Xu Mingyi nodded affirmatively.

"Jewelry, Mrs. Shizi definitely does not lack these things. As for doing some embroidery work that can show your heart, Wu Shisun should not be good at it, right?"

Wu Chao's expression became strange.

It's not just a matter of being good at but not good at...

"Besides, Mr. Wu still has to go back to Ningyang after all. Sending a living thing to Mrs. Shizi can also accompany Mrs. Mrs. Wu on behalf of Mr. Wu."

Xu Mingyi remembered that Mrs. Prince Dingnan liked cats very much.

Although for the sake of decency and dignity, he never showed it on the surface, but secretly he would secretly go to pet the cats that came from other courtyards.

If it was sent by Wu Chao, for the sake of his son, Mrs. Shizi would have a reason to "reluctantly" adopt her and keep her by her side.

Wu Chao was persuaded.

Although he has never seen his mother raising these things, he has liked cats and dogs since he was a child. He said that his son is like his mother, and his mother would not find it annoying.

"Tomorrow I will send someone to find a better looking one for preparation."

"I have a good friend who has two very good-looking lion cats at home. It just so happened that they had a litter of kittens last month. Why don't I ask for one and send it to the teahouse?" Xu Mingyi suggested and asked.

Wu Chao didn't refuse, nodded and said, "Then thank Miss Xu a lot."

Sending the Buddha to the West is nothing more than this.

The two talked for a while and drank half a cup of tea before saying goodbye and leaving.

After Xu Mingyi returned to Zhen Guogong's mansion, he went to the front yard to look for Mr. Yao.

Yao Jing was taking a nap at first, when he heard the message from the servant, he quickly got up, straightened his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.

Xu Mingyi sat at the stone table in the courtyard and waited.

"Pindao sleeps too much, kept the girl waiting for a long time." Yao Jing smiled and bowed.

"It's me who disturbed my husband's lucid dream. It's just that there is something urgent, and I need to consult my husband face to face."

"Oh? Miss, please say—"

"Can you master witchcraft?" Xu Mingyi asked.

Yao Jing trembled when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked around.

Although the girl can do whatever she wants in the Zhen Guogong's mansion, how can she say such deadly words when she comes up!

These kinds of topics, instead of asking him whether he understands or not, are clearly asking him if he wants to live——

"Miss, you are joking... The poor Taoist teacher is orthodox, how can these crooked ways be contaminated at all." Yao Jing lowered his voice, and reminded the authenticity: "It is even more impossible for our Zhen Guogong to have anything to do with such things. Doesn't matter..."

Xu Ming nodded knowingly.

"I see."

Yao Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the girl is still listening.

"Since Mr. Yao doesn't understand, then I'll go outside the residence to find out."

As Xu Mingyi said, he made a gesture to turn his head and tell Ah Kui.

Ah Kui hurriedly pretended to be listening.

Seeing that the master and servant were about to make a big deal, Yao Jing's face changed drastically in shock.

——The co-author girl is such a "get it"!

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