Sisters, the monthly tickets will be doubled, one ticket is worth two, and it’s the end of the month again... Please give me pink tickets!

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Jin Ge'er looked at his parents carefully, but he was caught by his mother as soon as he glanced over.

"Jin'er, Chen'er, have you finished your meal?" Eleventh Lady asked them gently, "If you have, let's go to Qingyinju together, what do you think?"

"Okay, okay!" the two people said in unison, one lowered his head and scooped the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, and the other stuffed the last small piece of steamed bun into his mouth.

Eleventh Lady didn't even look at Xu Lingyi and took the two children to Qingyinju.

"What a big yard." Chen Ge'er ran around in the wide yard, looking at the plaque hanging in the main house, and then at the big blessing character carved with bluestone on the screen wall, and then said to Shiyi Niang in a serious tone, "Fourth Aunt, I want to live behind Sixth Brother."

Behind Qingyinju is Shuanglixuan. The two courtyards are exactly the same in size and layout. The former courtyard has two sycamore trees planted in it, so it is named Qingyinju. The latter courtyard has a small flower pond with a large stone sculpture of koi standing in it, which is as tall as a person, so it is named Shuanglixuan.

Before Eleventh Lady could speak, Jin Ge'er said happily: "Then I can go directly to you from the back door. You can also go directly to me from the back door!"

Chen Geer nodded: "I can go to your place to play in the evening. No matter how late it is, no one will care..."

Before he could say anything, Jing'er was already very anxious. He winked at Chen'er and secretly pointed at Shiyi Niang who was standing beside him.

Chen Ge'er suddenly realized, and without even moving his eyes, he changed the subject: "...We can review our lessons together and practice martial arts together." Then he slapped his head and said loudly, "By the way, didn't Master Pang tell us to practice more when we have free time? That way, when we fight the enemy, we won't be flustered because of lack of experience."

"Yes, yes!" Jin Ge'er agreed hurriedly, "Chang'an's martial arts are not bad, but he is too dull. It's like asking him to fight with me. Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu are too weak. I defeated them in two or three moves. It's more interesting for us brothers to fight." Then he said to Shiyi Niang, "Mom, my seventh brother and I have started to practice boxing. Do you want us to practice for you?"

The maids following behind them wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and forced themselves to lower their heads.

Eleventh Lady was angry and ignored Xu Lingyi last night. When she woke up this morning, she felt even more empty and depressed. The childishness of the two children was like the first ray of sunshine in the morning, illuminating her gloom and making her laugh. She put one hand on Jing'er's shoulder and the other on Chen'er's shoulder and said with a smile, "You two, stop lying to me with your eyes open."

The two little guys laughed awkwardly, and the group went to the inner room.

The pink wall on the west side of the inner room is inlaid with a whole wall of treasure cabinets, which is very eye-catching.

Eleventh Lady pointed with a smile: "Then you can put all your little gadgets on it."

Jing'er cheered and ran over to take a look, still thinking: "This is where I put my peach wood sword, this is where I put my pottery figurine, this is where I put my helmet..." He seemed very excited and ran to the study with Chen'er to look. There was a moon-shaped window on the east side, covered with scarlet screens, with emerald green bamboo outside and an empty gilded bird cage hanging under the window.

"Beautiful, beautiful!" Jing'er and Chen'er, one ran to look at the bamboo outside the window, and the other looked under the birdcage: "Sixth brother, let's get a parrot when the time comes."

"What's so good about parrots?" Jing'er disagreed, "If you want to raise a bird, raise an oriole."

"Parrots are better," Chen Ge'er retorted. "When you get tired of reading, you can look up and teach the parrot to speak a few words. It's so interesting. The oriole can only chirp."

"Does an oriole chirp?" Jinger pouted. "The ones that chirp are sparrows, right?"

"I don't know how sparrows chirp," Eleventh Lady couldn't help but joke, "but I know that when Jing'er and Shen'er are together, they chirp."

"Mother!"

"Fourth Aunt!"

The two children pulled Eleventh Lady's sleeves and acted coquettishly, and everyone went to the backyard chatting and laughing.

After walking around in one place after another, it was time for lunch.

Eleventh Lady and the children went to the lady's place.

The lady was lying on the kang talking to Mama Du. When she saw Jing'er and Shen'er, she perked up and hurriedly called Zhihong to "bring out the cherries, peaches, and plums that were given to us in the palace a few days ago." She held their hands and asked, "Where have you been? Why is there still sweat on your forehead?"

"We went to Qingyinju." The two chatted at once, and the lady listened while taking the handkerchief from the maid and wiping the backs of Jing'er and Shen'er. When Zhihong brought the fruit plate, the lady asked the two children to get on the kang, handed each of them a peeled peach, and saw that the two of them ate quietly, then smiled and said to Shiyi Niang: "Have you chosen a day to move?" Then, she handed a plum to Shiyi Niang.

"Not yet!" Eleventh Lady took the plum and sat on the armchair below the Madam Dowager. "I was just about to discuss an auspicious day with you!"

The lady nodded: "What does the fourth brother say?"

No matter what he says.

Eleventh Lady complained in her heart, but smiled and said to the Lady Dowager: "Of course I have to listen to you on this matter!"

The lady also felt that she had experience, so she took the lead and asked Madam Du to get the almanac: "…April 12, what do you think? April 24 is also good? Otherwise, it will be May!"

"Then let's do it in May!" Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "I didn't expect them to come back so soon. We haven't prepared small things like shoe horns and bed sweeps yet. April 12 is too urgent, and April 26 is your birthday. Let's choose a date in May! If there's nothing suitable, June will do!"

The two discussed there for a long time and finally decided to move on June 14th.

The lady asked about the arrangement of Jing'er's room: "I think that Ah Jin is good, why not promote her to a second-class maid and have her serve Jing'er."

"You and I think the same thing." Eleventh Lady smiled and settled the matter with the Lady Dowager.

After lunch, the Fifth Lady came looking for her son. Eleventh Lady and the Fifth Lady helped the Lady to rest, talked about Xin Jie'er's marriage, and went to the Fifth Lady together.

Jing'er and Shen'er were overjoyed and took a nap together. Shiyi Niang talked to the Fifth Madam and stayed at her place for a while. In the afternoon, she went to the Fifth Madam's warehouse with her to help Xinjie'er choose her dowry.

The two children played happily for the whole afternoon. As the sun was setting, Jing'er ran to ask Shiyi Niang: "Aunt, please have dinner here! We have fresh shad at home." In fact, he wanted to keep Jing'er.

Eleventh Lady, who was always a little too polite, smiled and said yes this time. Not to mention Brother Xin, even the Fifth Lady was a little surprised. Thinking of how the two of them had a good chat about Sister Xin this afternoon, she didn't think much about it and ordered the kitchen to prepare a large table of dishes to entertain Eleventh Lady and her son. After dinner, they went to pay their respects to the Lady Dowager and met Xu Sizhun and his wife and Xiang Shi with their children. Soon, Xu Sijie, Xu Lingkuan and Xu Lingyi also came one after another. Everyone laughed and talked enthusiastically, and they didn't leave until the beginning of the night of Hai.

Jinger held his father's hand and walked in front, talking about his own yard: "... the west wing of the backyard is used as a storehouse... there is a bamboo forest in the backyard, and the corridor is paved with white stones... there is a small flower pond in Shuanglixuan. I want to build a grape trellis at the door of the east wing, and put a large tank under the trellis to raise water lilies and goldfish..."

Eleventh Lady followed them slowly, five steps away, and returned to the house together.

Jing'er bowed to his parents and followed Hongwen to rest.

When Xu Lingyi looked up, Eleventh Lady had already entered the bathroom.

I see him from the time I leave home in the morning until the evening.

He smiled and shook his head, his expression half helpless and half pity.

When Eleventh Lady came out, Xu Lingyi was leaning on the large pillow at the head of the bed reading a book.

Seeing her come out, he smiled and said, "I'm done with my hair done."

"Yes!" She responded briefly, got on the bed without looking around, walked around Xu Lingyi from the end of the bed, lay down on the inside of the bed, pulled the quilt and closed her eyes.

"Eleventh Lady!" Xu Lingyi sighed.

"My Lord, let's talk tomorrow!" Eleventh Lady turned over and faced away from him, "We still have to arrange a trip to the Medicine King Temple tomorrow!"

Xu Lingyi looked at his wife who was wrapped like a cocoon in the big red quilt and couldn't help laughing.

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The next day, Jiang and Shiyi Niang discussed the itinerary for the trip to Yaowang Temple: "... Forty followers. Fourteen horse-drawn carriages. The Madam and Madam Du will take one, served by Zhihong and Yuban, and they will also bring two madams, four maids, and two madams who do the rough work. Second Aunt and Jiexiang will take one, with two madams and two maids." As she spoke, she took out a booklet, "This is the arrangement over at Sanjing Hutong..."

After Jiang finished the job of being Xia Shang in Xu's mansion, Shiyi Niang gave her the task of traveling on April 8th.

Eleventh Lady listened to her report carefully and felt that the arrangement was very reasonable and there were no loopholes. She nodded and said, "Let's do this! Madam Du in the Madam's room is old and usually needs a young maid to serve her. You can discuss this trip with Amber!"

Jiang replied "yes" respectfully, and seeing that Eleventh Lady had nothing to say, she stood up and left.

Eleventh Lady asked Amber: "Where is Jin'er?"

"He's cleaning out the house!" Amber said with a smile, "He said he was afraid he'd be too busy when he moved."

Eleventh Lady was furious.

She couldn't bear to leave him, but he was always thinking about the outside world.

"Help me get the bed sheet." Shiyi Niang asked the maid to move the table away. "I'm a little tired. I'll lean on it for a while."

The return of the Marquis should have been a happy thing, but for some reason, the lady not only did not look happy at all, she seemed to be avoiding the Marquis.

Amber muttered to herself, and moved more cautiously. She tiptoed to put the red brocade bag on her body and gently closed the lattice door.

Eleventh Lady counted the little sheep in her mind and refused to think about tomorrow. She didn't know how much time had passed before she fell asleep.

In the dim light, I seemed to hear someone talking in a low voice.

"...Maybe you are tired...It's okay...I'll watch you here...You go ahead...If there is anything, I will ask the maid to call you."

The voice was straightforward, and although it was deliberately lowered, it still sounded louder than the voices of the people serving Eleventh Lady.

It’s Yingniang!

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but open her eyes.

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I'll post a draft first to make up for the extra update on September 17th.

PS: Something happened at work, so I'm very busy these two days. The update will be postponed to 21:00.