Chapter 497 The Housewarming Party Begins
Song Yuntang was curious, so he opened the lunch box and took out a piece of cake.
As expected, these snacks come from the palace, and are more exquisite than those made outside.
She took a small bite.
The taste was indeed good, with just the right amount of sweetness. It was no worse than the mooncakes she had eaten in her previous life, and was even more to her taste.
“It tastes better than what you buy outside.”
Looking at her smiling face, Xu Qingye smiled gently.
"As long as you like."
Song Yuntang smiled and brought the moon cake that he had bitten into to his mouth.
"Try it too."
Xu Qingye took a bite of the mooncake in her hand, tasted it carefully, and nodded, saying, "It's good, better than the one I bought in Anyang County before."
Hao Ting stretched out his chubby little white hands and waved them in the air, watching his parents eat the moon balls bite by bite, licking their lips with his tongue, looking like he wanted to eat some.
Song Yuntang gently pinched his little face.
"You haven't even grown all your teeth yet, so you have no right to be greedy."
Looking at his wife and children in front of him, Xu Qingye had a faint smile on his face.
Everything he has now seems like a dream to him. When he was sick, he was calm, but now that he has it, he is extremely afraid of losing it.
It is precisely because of this fear that he cherishes everything he has now.
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He had to get up early the next day, so Xu Qingye didn't bother Song Yuntang at night. He just held her in his arms and slept quietly all night.
At the housewarming party on August 16, the first people to come to the house were Xiao Yanzhou and Jiang Surao, who brought their son with them.
Jiang Surao's son is named Xiao Linchuan, who is four months older than Hao Ting. He is now half a year old and is held upright in Xiao Yanzhou's arms.
"Tangtang, congratulations!" Jiang Surao walked forward with a smile.
Song Yuntang held her hand and said, "Mr. Xiao and A Rao are here, welcome, come in and sit down."
Jiang Surao asked the servants to bring the prepared gifts into the house. She followed Song Yuntang into the yard first, looked around, with surprise on her face.
"You bought such a big yard!"
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "In two months, my parents-in-law, grandparents, and Wencheng will come over. I thought that a large yard would be comfortable for the whole family, so I bought this place."
Jiang Surao nodded.
"Well, it is said that only Jinshi can enter the Hanlin Academy, and only Hanlin can enter the cabinet. Your Xu Gongzi..." She paused and changed her words, "Now you should call him Master Xu. He has entered the Hanlin Academy. With such a high starting point, he will sooner or later become a powerful official in the future. Besides, you are now a county lady, so the courtyard can't be stingy, otherwise it will not be worthy of your status."
Song Yuntang smiled.
"When we bought the yard, we really didn't think so, nor did we deliberately choose the largest one. We originally thought that a three-story yard would be enough. A few days ago, we inquired about the yards from the dental shop, and there were only three suitable ones in Dongcheng. In the end, for some reasons, we bought this yard."
The conversation changed.
"I haven't seen you come to see me since you came to the capital, but are you busy recently?"
"Isn't it?" Jiang Surao took her arm and said, "The next day after we arrived, we started looking for a yard. After finding the yard, we started looking for a shop. We finally found it. I came here today and wanted to tell you about it."
Song Yuntang nodded, "Where do you live now? Why didn't you send anyone to tell me that you bought the yard?"
Jiang Surao followed her into the main hall.
"As you know, there aren't many people in our family. My parents-in-law have to look after the mulberry mountain and silkworm farm in their hometown, so they don't have the chance to go to the capital. A few days ago, we bought a two-entry courtyard in Xuesong Lane and hired craftsmen to renovate it."
Then he looked sad.
"As expected of the capital, the houses here are very expensive! If you buy a two-story courtyard here, you can buy ten in Anyang County."
"Cedar Lane?"
Song Yuntang vaguely remembered that when he asked Qin Ju and other three to go to the pawnshop to inquire about the courtyards, there was one in Xuesong Lane, which also had two courtyards.
"But the one that's asking price of 4,200 taels?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Jiang Surao was a little surprised, "Didn't you ask about it too?"
Song Yuntang nodded.
"The location of that yard was good, but I thought it was too small and not cheap at the time, so I didn't consider it."
Jiang Surao sighed.
"We also thought the price was too high before, but the shop we found was nearby, so we gritted our teeth and bought it because we thought it would be more convenient to go to the shop."
Song Yuntang comforted him, "Just buy it. You can always sell it if you don't live in it in the future. You won't lose money."
When Jiang Surao heard her say this, she suddenly laughed.
"That's right."
Song Yuntang asked her to sit down, told Lan Xin to serve tea, and asked Jinshu to go to the main courtyard to get the drawings she had drawn earlier.
"Take these drawings and ask someone to make a batch of clothes." She pulled out one of them, "Then make a few figurines based on these drawings. When the time comes, use them to wear the clothes and display them in the shop."
Jiang Surao's eyes lit up as she looked at the drawings and the tools used to display the finished garments.
"I knew it would be a good idea to partner with you. This dress pattern makes me want to try it on."
She put the drawings away.
"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will have someone come to measure you and Master Xu's sizes, and I will send you a set of each of the finished clothes first."
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "I was planning to make some winter clothes. Since you want to give them to me, I will respectfully obey your order."
Jiang Surao waved her hand.
"It's just a few sets of clothes made in our shop. It's not a big deal. From now on, I'll send you a set of clothes after the drawings you provide are completed for your approval. Anyway, let's do as we said before. You come up with the ideas and I pay for the cost of the clothes. After deducting all the expenses of the shop, we'll split the profits 50-50. To the outside world, you can call it your property."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"No problem, as long as the people below don't do anything inferior."
Jiang Surao said hurriedly, "Don't worry about this. These are all reliable people I carefully selected and I keep an eye on them all the time."
Song Yuntang pushed the teacup that Lan Xin presented to her towards her.
"Of course I can trust you."
While the two were chatting, Xiao Yanzhou took the child to the creek to see the koi.
Soon, the rest of the guests arrived one after another.
There were several scholars who had rented a courtyard before, and also a senior brother whose official rank was not much different from Xu Qingye's at this stage. Although Song Yuntang had seen those scholars before, she could not call out their names completely. As for Xu Qingye's senior brother, she was even more unfamiliar with him.
After both parties greeted each other, Xu Qingye was asked to go and greet others.
After that, more people sent gifts.
They are all Xu Qingye’s senior brothers. Although they haven’t arrived yet, the ceremony is already complete.
Soon after, Xie Yingwei and Jason Lu's family of four came together. They were accompanied by Jason Lu and a colleague of Xu Qingye, all of whom entered the Hanlin Academy together this year.
This person was not invited by Xu Qingye. He and Lu Jingnian were from the same hometown. They also knew each other in Beijing. They met on the road when they came. When they learned that he was coming to attend the housewarming party of this year's top scholar, they came together.
Several people entered the yard and looked at the huge courtyard with surprise and astonishment on their faces.
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