The next day, Xu Hengkai and Gu Yingying successfully obtained their marriage certificate. The Xu family set up several tables for banquets, and their family members and close relatives and friends celebrated together. The entire Shen family came to the house for dinner.

Liu Yongsheng congratulated Grandpa Xu and said with a smile: "We came here for Xiao Yunhai's full moon wine, but we didn't expect to get Heng Kai's wedding wine. It's great!"

Grandpa Xu said cheerfully: "There will be many weddings in the future, and you will have to go to the capital city often. I think it would be better for you to find a house and settle down in the capital city!"

Mr. Meng was also invited and interrupted, "That's right. Brother Liu, Jianli and Yuting will be assigned to Beijing after graduation. Jianye and Yulin will be transferred here in a year or two. They will get married and have children, so won't you, as grandparents, have to help take care of them? So it's necessary to buy a house here so that relatives and friends can get together conveniently, so you don't have to take a train for several days every time you are invited over for a drink."

Liu Yongsheng nodded seriously: "You have explained it clearly to me. No wonder my mind has been so confused recently. It turns out that I didn't think of this. I have to think about it carefully."

Grandpa Xu patted him on the shoulder and said, "What are you considering? It's settled! Let someone take a look tomorrow and find a vacant house. If the price is right, buy it. It doesn't matter if it's a little run-down. You can just fix it up and live in it."

"Okay, I happened to have some money with me, so I'll take it if it suits me!"

Meng Tao helped to make tea and serve fruit. She passed by and heard what they said. She knew that the money Grandpa Liu brought must be intended to subsidize Liu Jianxin and Sun Hong. Wang Cuixi mentioned in casual chat that Sun Hong's parents had something going on a while ago, so Liu Jianxin and his wife saved some money and borrowed some from Liu Jianye and Xu Yulin and sent it back to her parents' home. Now they are about to have a second child and need money.

Meng Tao opened her mouth to interrupt, but then changed her mind and decided to hold it back and discuss it with Grandpa Liu when she got back: she had money and could give it to Grandpa Liu to buy two houses for the Liu and Xu families.

It’s a good deal to buy it now, it doesn’t cost much and you don’t have to pay it back.

If they really have to pay it back, let Liu Jianli and Xu Yuting pay it back to her by working.

Meng Tao looked back at the two little "friends" sitting not far away, and looked at the future employees from the boss's perspective: the two boys have good figures and looks, standard handsome guys, not to mention their physiques. They live in the Shen residence and have good food and drink, and they have the well-known coach Comrade Shen to lead their fitness. I just don't know if they can grow up to be elites in the future. At the moment, I can see that these two guys actually have the attributes of mama's boys——

They were seen crowding around Han Shufang, vying to tease Shen Yunhai who was in Han Shufang's arms. Because their fingers collided, they pushed and shoved each other and insisted that Han Shufang help punish the other party.

Meng Tao: ...It's really disgusting. I need to reconsider whether I should be their boss.

Shen Yunhai was the group's favorite, and was snatched by everyone. Finally, he fell into Aunt Xu's arms. Aunt Xu looked at Shen Yunhai and asked Xu Zhen a few questions. Xu Zhen shook her head repeatedly. Aunt Xu then sent Shen Yunhai back to Meng Tao, asked her to feed him, and quickly coaxed the baby to sleep.

The little guy seemed to know that it was his first time at his great-grandmother's house. Although the people were still the same and he recognized every face, the sky, trees, and roof seemed different. He looked around and was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a long time.

I also fed him in the middle, but the little guy just didn’t want to sleep after eating, and I couldn’t force him to sleep.

The aunt said to Xu Zhen and Meng Tao, "How can he not sleep? You have to force him to sleep. Babies need to sleep for more than ten hours a day, otherwise they won't grow taller."

So Meng Tao and Shen Yunhai, mother and son, were sent back to the room, the door was closed, the curtains were drawn, ensuring that it was quiet so that no sound from outside could be heard, and they had to coax the baby to sleep.

Meng Tao fed her son first and tapped his forehead with her index finger: "You are always a show-off. Now mom can't join in the fun. I wanted to go out and stroll around the streets, but now, we can't stroll around the streets and we are locked up in the house again."

Shen Yunhai drank the milk in big gulps without saying a word. No one was around to tease him, so he just kept quiet. When he was full, he closed his eyes and went to sleep. However, he still remembered to show his mother a toothless smile.

Meng Tao was touched by her own son's cuteness. How could she be as cute as her baby son when she was shopping? After coaxing Shen Yunhai to sleep, Xu Zhen came in quietly. Seeing her baby grandson sleeping soundly, she couldn't help but feel guilty: it was all her fault. Seeing her grandson happy, she was happy too. She even forgot that babies should go to bed on time, which made the baby sleepy.

Meng Tao said: "Maybe it's because it's his first time here, he's not used to grandma's house yet. It's okay, not sleeping during the day means he can rest early at night. Hasn't he played until after 10 pm every day? I'm worried that he's developed a habit of staying up late."

Xu Zhen couldn't help laughing after listening to it and nodded repeatedly.

Xu Zhen had to look after her grandson, and Xiao Wangcai was squatting at the door, so Meng Tao walked to the yard of her eldest cousin Xu and his wife in front to take a look and see if their wedding room had been decorated.

The yard is still a bit messy, with various building materials piled up and not cleaned up yet, but it has been basically renovated. There are still more than ten days before the May Day wedding, so there is no rush.

Gu Yingying walked out of the room and waved Meng Tao to come in.

Meng Tao joked, "Why doesn't the bride go to the front to offer tea?"

Gu Yingying: "I was in the front just now, and then the Gu family came over. My grandmother and stepmother started to blame me as soon as they saw me. I really didn't want to hear or see them, so I hid back."

"Is that Gu Panpan here?"

"She would like to come, but it is impossible. She is under house arrest and cannot leave the gate of Gu Mansion."

"Just confining you for a few days will offset the two stabs you received?"

Gu Yingying smiled bitterly: "They have always been so partial to her and protected her, what can I do?"

"Heng Kai also said so. When I think back to the years I lived in the Gu Mansion, the more I think about it, the more scared I become. I always wonder if my mother really died of illness. I'm afraid there's some secret that I don't know about. But after so many years, I can't find out."

Gu Yingying shook her head sadly and cheered up: "Well, let's not talk about this anymore. I'll show you something fun."

"What?"

"You'll find out when you go in."

The two were talking as they walked into the house when they heard someone running towards them. Meng Tao turned around and saw that it was her fourth cousin Xu Mingni.

Gu Yingying smiled and said, "Okay, our experts are here."

The three of them entered the room one after another. When they saw the various treasures on the table, Meng Tao was dazzled, while Xu Mingni shouted in surprise, "Oh my God," and rushed over first.

Meng Tao knew the phrase "wash your hands in a golden basin" and had wondered how big a golden basin could be for washing your hands. Today, she saw a golden basin made of real gold, slightly smaller than a wash basin! There were also silver basins and jade basins of the same size! Other more beautiful vessels made of various colors of crystal and jade, as well as animals, plants, and coral trees, piled together, were brilliant and dazzling.

Antique colored glaze crystal lamps, Go sets made of jade or emerald, a complete set including the chessboard, chess box, chess pieces, and a treasure box of rich flowers carved from golden nanmu, which, when opened, is filled with red and blue sapphires as big as quail eggs!

Lake blue jade bracelets, mutton-fat jade bracelets, glass-type jade bracelets with floating flowers, imperial green jade pendants, pigeon blood ruby ​​rings, magnolia brooches, large pink diamonds...each one is extremely gorgeous and eye-catching.

Xu Mingni didn't even look at these. She ran straight towards those old things with open arms, wishing she could hug them.

Among the various ceramic lacquerware, Meng Tao could only recognize a few: the brightly colored copper incense burner, the white-bottomed glazed melon-shaped jar, the pair of vases with fish and algae patterns, the blue and white elephant-leg vases, the pink-glazed lotus-leaf-covered jars, the stacking plates, the double-eared vases, the moon-embracing vases... and a pair of exquisite white jade gourds.

Xu Mingni excitedly picked up this one to look at, then picked up that one to look at, with caution and affection in her eyes, and it seemed that she was not as attentive as she was to Shen Yunhai.

He kept muttering, "This is a Ru kiln teacup from the Song Dynasty, this is a Ding kiln, this is a Xuande furnace... genuine! All of them are genuine! Oh my god, what should I do? There are so many treasures!"

Meng Tao and Gu Yingying were amused by her.

Gu Yingying said to Meng Tao, "These were passed down from my grandmother to my mother, and then to me. I believe Ming Ni's appraisal, they should all be genuine. It's a miracle that these things have been preserved intact until today and that I was able to successfully obtain them. It's also thanks to my mother's cleverness - take a look at what you like and pick a few for you."

Meng Tao waved her hand: "No, no, thank you! I am lucky to have my eyes opened. I have collected a few beautiful bottles and jars by chance before, but I am afraid that they will be lost and destroyed, so I will keep them for now. I am only suitable for appreciating antiques, not keeping them. It is safer to leave them in your hands."

"Really?"

"Really, if you want to see it, just come to your house."

"No problem. If you regret it, you can take them as long as they are still there."

Gu Yingying smiled and said, "Actually, I don't know how to keep it either. I need to learn more from Mingni in the future."

"Okay, okay, just come to me, I understand everything and I'm always happy to help!"

Xu Mingni agreed without hesitation and looked up at Gu Yingying: "Sister-in-law, isn't it inappropriate for you to be so obviously partial to one over the other? Taotao doesn't want it, but you insist on forcing it on her. I'm your aunt here, can't you see?"

Gu Yingying laughed: "Little sister, do you know what these things of mine are called?"

"You call them old objects, but in my eyes, their research value is immeasurable."

"They also have a name called dowry, understand? Only married women need dowry. Taotao is married, and I am getting married today, so we can have it. You are single, why do you need a dowry?"

Xu Mingni's eyes widened, and she let out a breath after a while: "Okay, you have a point, what if I also get married?"

"Then everyone who sees it will have a share. I'll give you two or three pieces as a dowry."

“…”

This is too tempting. Xu Mingni is ready to give it a try: She originally wanted to stay single for her whole life because she loves her career, but it’s not impossible for her to get married!

(End of this chapter)