After the mid-July Ghost Festival, it was the beginning of August, and each family began to send Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. The matter of Weibei Hou's family division was finally settled. Grandma Lin took this opportunity to come over in person to send gifts, first to thank Shiyi Niang, and second to talk to her.

"...It's too unreasonable. Fortunately, the Marquis comes to our house from time to time to talk to our master, otherwise, our master would be angry to death." Then he talked about some things at home.

Eleventh Lady had heard Xu Lingyi mention it intermittently.

Seeing that his brothers were united, the prince of Weibei gave up some of their interests and quickly broke the deadlock by defeating them one by one. The brothers agreed to divide the family after the mourning period. As a result, Grandma Lin suppressed and won over the sisters-in-law, and her life became more troublesome than before. She looked forward to the mourning period being over soon.

The two chatted about some family matters, and Grandma Lin felt much better. She returned home at noon.

In the afternoon, Shiyi Niang accompanied Jing'er to practice calligraphy.

Master Jian is here.

"I finally bought the shop next door." She was very happy. "From now on, I don't have to worry about the boss taking the shop back after the business is done well."

They wanted to run the shop for a long time. Especially Master Jian, she not only put a lot of effort into it, but also wanted to give an explanation to the embroiderers who followed her from Jiangnan to help her start the business, and to Qiu Ju who took care of her. She didn't want anything to happen to the shop.

"Then I'll go talk to Madam Gan tomorrow. It's a good opportunity to give her a Mid-Autumn Festival gift."

That Master Jian told Shiyi Niang about her plan, and Shiyi Niang took the time to go to the Zhongqin Marquis's residence. Mrs. Gan thought about it carefully and knew the reason. She felt very guilty: "It's all my fault!" She said, "Then I'll give you the shop! Anyway, I can't keep the things in my hands." As she said that, she thought of the personalities of Shiyi Niang and Master Jian, and felt that what she said was a bit inappropriate, so she hurriedly added: "How about you just pay less money to buy my shop!"

Not to mention that the Xipu shop is doing well now, even when the business is not good, it is not allowed to take advantage of Madam Gan. Moreover, the situation on Madam Gan's side is complicated. If it is just about Madam Gan wanting to reduce the rent of the shop, it is easy to say, but if it involves Madam Gan wanting to give the shop away or sell it, let alone the couple of Zhongqin, even Madam Gan's brother would not agree.

"We didn't have the ability to do this before, but now that we have it, we naturally want to buy some property." Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "This way you will have an extra property."

Mrs. Gan knew that she was just trying to comfort herself, but she also knew that she did not have absolute power over the disposal of the property. Even if she wanted to do so, it would be very difficult to do so. She could not help but feel sad.

When she heard that Eleventh Lady brought Jing'er to give her a Mid-Autumn Festival gift, she happily went out to greet them.

Jing'er jumped off the carriage and bowed respectfully to Madam Gan. Madam Gan smiled widely, took his hand and walked inside.

The maids, wives, and old women all knelt and saluted, calling out "Sixth Young Master". The table on the kang was already filled with snacks and fruits that Jing'er liked to eat.

"I heard you were coming over, so I asked the kitchen to make it this morning." Madam Gan picked up the red bean paste cake with a small spoon and fed it to Jing'er. Jing'er thanked her quietly and wanted to eat it by himself: "Mother said that I am grown up and can't be fed by others anymore." Then he tilted his head and asked Madam Gan, "Madam, do you like to eat cake flower cake or chestnut cake? We made osmanthus cake and chestnut cake. They are both delicious."

"Oh my!" Madam Gan was extremely happy and hugged Jing'er in her arms. "It's only been a summer since we last met, but now Jing'er knows how to care for others."

Jing'er looked at Shiyi Niang with a little pride in his smile.

In the past, Jin Ge'er would take food by himself but would not explain to others. He would give gifts to the Madam but would not care whether she liked it or not. The Madam could not help but ask Shiyi Niang, "It's only been a few months since we last met, how come you seem like a different person all of a sudden?"

Eleventh Lady drank the Tieguanyin tea brewed by Madam Gan and said with a smile, "Tell him 'Treat others the way he wants others to treat him'."

Mrs. Gan listened and nodded with satisfaction. She touched Jing'er's head and held him in her arms again.

"You messed up my hair." Jing'er muttered, and he looked a little bit like he used to be. The two adults couldn't help but smile at each other.

Eleventh Lady took the opportunity to tell her purpose.

Mrs. Gan thought for a moment and said, "Then write your name and Master Jian's name! If you write the name of the wedding shop, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

Eleventh Lady thought so too. The money would be temporarily advanced by the wedding shop, and then slowly deducted from Master Jian's dividends. In case of any misfortune on the part of the Madam, this money would also be an income. And it could also ensure a steady flow of income.

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "Then I'll go talk to Master Jian. Ask him to write an IOU and ask the pawnbroker to transfer the shop to me.

Mrs. Gan sighed sadly.

Eleventh Lady didn't come here to make her sad. Smiling, she asked Madam Lagan to see the flowers and trees she brought from Xu's house: "There is a pot of black chrysanthemum, which will bloom in a few days. There is also a foot-tall osmanthus tree, which is kept in a large pot and is blooming... I don't know how Ji Ting did it... I asked him if he could grow apples in the pot. If he succeeded, in winter, when I sit on the kang to keep warm, I can bend over and pick an apple to eat. It's interesting to think about it."

Mrs. Gan was very interested after hearing this, and she and Shiyi Niang took Jing'er to the yard.

Ji Ting's wife and a few maids were arranging the basins.

Jinger ran over and pointed at a chrysanthemum with only leaves but no buds on it, which was placed on a stone table nearby. "Madam, Madam, look, this is the black chrysanthemum! Ji Ting's wife said that it will be black when it blooms."

Mrs. Gan walked over with a smile: "Jin'er, have you seen it? What color ** do you like?"

"I have seen it!" Jinger said with a smile, "Last year, Ji Ting grew a black lily. However, the flower died after being placed on the table for a few days. Ji Ting put a lot of effort, and this year's lily can finally be placed on the table."

The two of them were chatting and laughing there, and a group of maids came over, surrounding Madam Gan.

"Madam Yongping, you came and didn't come to sit with me!" She said angrily, "If I hadn't seen that it was almost noon and came to serve Grandma lunch, I wouldn't have known you were here!" She bent down and smiled and greeted Jin Ge'er, "Sixth Young Master, you are here too!"

Jing'er bowed respectfully to Madam Gan.

Eleventh Lady smiled and explained: "I had just seen the Madam and was about to go to your place, but who knew you would come first!"

Mrs. Gan's attitude was very cold: "You don't need to serve lunch today. Go and have a rest!"

"How can that be possible? You have a distinguished guest here, and I am taking a rest in the afternoon. If Master knows about this, he will definitely blame me for not taking good care of my mother..."

"If he says it about you, just say it was me who said it." The lady said indifferently, "If he doesn't believe it, let him come and ask me!"

"How dare you, sir!" Mrs. Gan said a few polite words and left unhappily.

Mrs. Gan had a look of disappointment on her face: "Ever since I gave her the money, she has been like this..."

Eleventh Lady also felt a little uncomfortable.

When the relationship between family members becomes only based on money, people will feel that the world is becoming more and more indifferent.

"You haven't told me whether you like sweet-scented osmanthus cake or chestnut cake." She tried to ease the atmosphere. "I'll ask Mother Song to bring some to you when I get back."

"All is fine!" Mrs. Gan knew her good intentions and changed the subject, "I have started to like sweets in recent years..."

The two chatted and laughed, avoiding the topic of Mrs. Gan.

Madam Gan warmly invited the mother and son to have lunch. Jing'er took a short rest in Madam Gan's warm room. Then Eleventh Lady said goodbye to Madam Gan and went home.

Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie were waiting for them at home.

"Mom, we want to go out and see the lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival. We want to bring Jing'er with us!"

"Okay! Okay!" Upon hearing this, Jin Ge'er jumped up with joy, "And Chen Ge'er, Chen Ge'er will go too!" After saying this, thinking that his mother had not agreed yet, he hurried to pull Shiyi Niang's sleeve, "Mom, I want to go too. I want to go too!"

Such a lively scene was very attractive to people in ancient times who had relatively little entertainment.

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady thought that Xu Sizhun was already fourteen years old this year, and smiled, "But there will be a lot of people that day, you have to make arrangements." Thinking of this, she suddenly had an idea, "Zhun'er, you are the oldest. The younger brothers will go out with you, you should think about what to do that day first, and then discuss with Chief Steward Bai to come up with a plan. This will also prevent us from getting separated or being burned by the lights. What do you think?"

"Me?" Xu Sizhun was surprised, but soon became excited, "Okay, okay, I'll go discuss it with Manager Bai right away." He pulled Xu Sijie and was about to leave.

Eleventh Lady smiled as she saw the two brothers out, and the corner of her eye inadvertently fell on Xu Sijie's shoes.

Her expression changed slightly.

He immediately called Si Xi over to ask, "Where did the pair of shoes on Fifth Young Master's feet come from? Even our sewing room can't make such rough shoes."

Si Xi was a little confused: "When the Fifth Young Master went out, he wore shoes made by this servant. They were made of black satin, embroidered with pea green cloud patterns..."

Xu Sijie was wearing a pair of very ordinary black cloth shoes.

"Got it!" Eleventh Lady asked her to leave.

When Xu Sijie came to greet him in the evening, I saw that he had changed into a pair of plain black satin shoes.

"Hey!" Eleventh Lady pretended to be surprised and laughed, "Why did you suddenly change your shoes?"

Xu Sijie moved his feet inwards uneasily, as if he wanted to cover his shoes with the hem of his clothes: "As soon as I came back, my fourth brother called me to discuss watching the lanterns, and I didn't have time to change my shoes." His eyes flickered.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said "Oh", as if accepting his explanation, and asked about Jing'er's visit to the lanterns: "Manager Bai said he would send six or seven guards..."

She listened carefully and felt that this was feasible. She encouraged him with a smile: "Go talk to your father. Your father will feel relieved!"

Xu Sizhun hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said yes.

After sending the two brothers away, Eleventh Lady immediately called Amber in: "Go and tell the man in Xiulian's family to help me find out what the Fifth Young Master has been doing in the bookstore these days? Has he made any new friends outside? Especially this afternoon, what did he do?"

Amber responded and left.

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I came home from Chengdu today. I wrote a chapter in the morning, but I didn't have time to check it carefully. I will correct the typos when I get home.

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