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Mrs. Wu and several young ladies also looked very uneasy when they saw her.
Come to think of it, Wu Weian is the child of the previous lady, and has nothing to do with the current lady. There is a layer of separation after all.
This is good, Ji Yunxi thought.
After the two get married, she no longer needs to maintain the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
But Ji Yunxi was unusually curious: "Then why do you have a good relationship with your second brother?"
Wu Wei'an tapped the table with his knuckles, looking mysterious and profound: "This is a long story."
Ji Yunxi looked at him quietly: "Then please make it short."
Wu Wei'an thought of the past and chuckled, "My second brother has a very good character."
Ji Yunxi nodded: "Indeed."
Wu Weian looked at her and said casually, "My cook will be here soon to deliver dinner. Do you want to eat with me?"
Ji Yunxi hesitated for once: "Your cook's cooking skills should be about the same as my sixth brother's."
Anyway, during this period, Sixth Brother went to the Wu family much more diligently than she did. Every time he came back, he would tell Ji Yunxi how much he and the Poison Lady shared the same ideals, and that they truly sympathized with each other in their research on poisons and cooking.
In that case, how could Ji Yunxi believe that the food made by Wu Weian's cook was edible?
Wu Wei'an smiled and said, "Don't worry, my cook is really good at cooking."
Ji Yunxi thought that since he was eating it himself, it shouldn't be that bad: "Okay, let's try it."
Wu Weian then gave the order.
In the kitchen, Poison Lady had almost finished preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.
Today was New Year's Eve, and early in the morning her master had given her some money to go shopping for groceries. Poison Lady went on a shopping spree, and since she was in a rare mood, she tinkered with some food.
Each dish was delicious and was divided into three portions: one for the Wu family, one for the young master, and one for their four servants.
Xuezhu floated over and stopped at the door: "Young Master said that the third lady will stay for dinner."
After saying that, he floated away.
Poison Lady was serving food with one hand on her waist. Upon hearing this, she subconsciously touched the purse in her pocket.
That was the New Year's red envelope given to the third lady by her maid!
She had just counted it carefully ten times and was very satisfied, because what the third lady gave was much, much more than what the young master had given her during the Chinese New Year in previous years!
So when Poison Lady came in to deliver the food, she specifically placed the big dishes and meat dishes such as squirrel fish, glutinous rice eight-treasure chicken, steamed crab with lotus root, braised pork, sweet and sour spare ribs, etc. in the seat closest to Ji Yunxi, and then placed the stir-fried water spinach, spring-colored cabbage rolls, spicy stir-fried eggplant, and boiled tofu in front of Wu Weian.
"Miss Third and Young Master, enjoy your meal." She smiled kindly at the Third Miss, raised the corner of her mouth perfunctorily to Wu Weian, and left.
Wu Weian, holding chopsticks: "?"
Ji Yunxi glanced at his expression, then looked at the cook who had already walked away, and the dishes in front of her, and said, "Your cook is really good."
After she finished speaking, she started eating with her chopsticks, without any need for Wu Weian to entertain her, and without being polite at all.
I have to say, although everyone is good at using poison, people are really different.
This poisonous lady's cooking skills are no worse than those of the famous chefs in restaurants.
Ji Yunxi ate a little more, which was rare.
Wu Wei'an poked himself with a spring-colored cabbage roll and asked seriously, "What did you do to my servants?"
Ji Yunxi: "I didn't do anything. I just asked Baofu to send me a New Year's red envelope."
Wu Wei'an threw the cabbage rolls into the bowl and lowered his eyes: "How much did you give?"
Ji Yunxi casually said, "20 taels of gold, 20 taels of silver."
After conversion, it is about 55,000.
Wu Wei'an: "???"
Wu Weian put down his chopsticks: "Don't you think you gave a little too much?"
Ji Yunxi took a bite of the braised pork. The meat was neither fat nor greasy, and had just the right texture. She hadn't eaten such a good meat in a long time. "Is it too much? Not bad."
Wu Weian picked up the chopsticks again, then put them down again.
He seemed to want to say a lot, but in the end, he only said: "What about mine?"
Ji Yunxi looked at him with an indescribable expression: "Shouldn't you give it to me?"
According to common sense, aren't it boys who give red envelopes to girls during festivals and holidays?
Of course, she didn't care whether Wu Wei'an gave her money or not. She didn't care about the little money Wu Wei'an had. She just wanted him to study hard for her.
As for asking her to give him a red envelope, that was really just wishful thinking.
Wu Wei'an never knew what face was. He said sincerely, "You know, I really don't have any money."
Ji Yunxi nodded: "Then you can read after you finish eating."
Wu Weian pursed his lips: "Oh."
When they were almost done eating, someone from the Ji Mansion came over and said that Sixth Master was urging Ji Yunxi to go back.
Ji Yunxi wiped the corner of her lips with a handkerchief, then stood up and left.
The round-faced steward came in to collect the dinner. As he collected the dishes, he asked for instructions: "Sir, I have arranged for the people from all over the country according to your instructions. I hope they can all have a good New Year."
Wu Weian stood at the table holding a book and nodded when he heard this.
The round-faced steward still hadn't left, looking at him hesitantly as if he wanted to say something.
Wu Wei'an raised his head: "Anything else?"
The round-faced steward said, "But the red envelopes for Xuezhu and the others in the mansion haven't been given yet."
"Hmm?" Wu Weian turned a page of the book nonchalantly, "But didn't Madam already give it to you?"
The round-faced steward: “???”
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It's only a month away from the beginning of February, and the Ministry of Personnel has been very busy recently.
As the Minister of Personnel, Ji Mingxi still stayed in the Ministry of Personnel until very late on New Year's Eve.
He and his subordinates had carefully studied the Spring Examination questions a few days ago, but he only provided ideas. The specific questions and how to set them were all organized and responsible by the Minister of Personnel.
But in the end, these test questions still need to be reviewed by Ji Mingxi.
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