Chapter 300, No Owe
"Grandma, Mom, I'm back!"
I heard his voice before I saw him.
Hearing this cheerful and energetic voice, Old Lady Yan and Madam Li, who were sitting together discussing Yan Wenxiu's marriage, smiled instantly and looked towards the door together.
The three sisters, Ms. Sun, Ms. Wu, and Yan Yihan, who were in the room, also looked over.
The door curtain was lifted, and Daohua, wearing a blue cloak, walked in with a smile, followed by Yan Wenxiu and his two brothers.
Madam Li stood up quickly and asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"
Daohua smiled and stepped forward, holding Madam Li's arm. "Look at what Mother said. My brothers and I need to inform them before we return to our own home."
Madam Li nodded at Daohua's forehead. "Is that what you mean, Mother? You mean, I'll send someone to pick you up at the dock in advance."
Daohua smiled and said, "Aren't big brother and the others here? Why bother making another trip home?"
Madam Li glanced at Daohua with a smile and pushed her towards Old Lady Yan: "Why don't you go and pay your respects to your grandmother? The old lady has been talking about you a lot these days."
Daohua let go of Madam Li and walked over to Old Lady Yan, who was sitting on the step. She bowed to her, then bowed to Madam Sun and Madam Wu before sitting down next to the old lady. "Grandma, Daohua missed you so much."
Old Lady Yan couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth: "Miss me? I see you've had a blast in the provincial government!"
Daohua took the old lady's arm, leaned on her shoulder, and said with a smile: "No, I miss grandma every day. But grandma, do you miss me?"
Old Madam Yan snorted, "I'm busy as an old woman, how can I have time to think about a girl like you?"
Hearing this, Daohua sighed: "Oh, I knew that grandma has begun to dislike me."
Old Madam Yan glanced at her mischievous granddaughter and smacked her on the forehead in annoyance: "I just dislike you!"
Down below, Yan Yihan and the other two couldn't help but lower their eyes when they saw their eldest sister coaxing their grandmother into a smile as soon as she came back.
During the time when the eldest sister was away, they would come to accompany their grandmother every day. Although their grandmother was kind to them, she was not as close to them as she was to the eldest sister.
At this time, Yan Wenxiu and the other two stepped forward to pay their respects.
Old Lady Yan smiled and asked the three of them to sit down, and then began to ask them about their time in the provincial government.
After they chatted and laughed for a while, Sun interrupted, "You guys came back just in time. We were just talking about finding a marriage for Wen Xiu."
Daohua was stunned, looking at her eldest brother in surprise, who looked uncomfortable. Then she looked at Madam Li and said, "Mom, have you arranged a marriage for my eldest brother?"
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "That's just my intention." Then she looked at her handsome eldest son with a look of satisfaction and pride.
It was a good decision to let the eldest son go to Beijing with the master this time. However, when he went out to meet a guest with the second master of the Zhou family, he was spotted by Lord Han of the Earl of Zhaode's Mansion at first sight.
Old Lady Yan smiled at her eldest grandson and said, "In the blink of an eye, Wenxiu is already eighteen years old. It's time to talk about marriage."
Daohua asked quickly, "Whose daughter is this?"
Madam Li: "I've already said that it's just an intention, nothing has been done yet."
Seeing that Mrs. Li seemed unwilling to say more, Daohua didn't ask any more questions, but her eyes fell on her eldest brother.
The other little ones did the same, looking at Yan Wenxiu with a snicker.
Although Yan Wenxiu felt that he was quite thick-skinned, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he saw his brothers and sisters staring at him. He had no choice but to stand up and say, "Grandma, Mother, Second Aunt, Third Aunt, I'm going to clean up the yard."
Seeing that her son was embarrassed, Mrs. Li was very understanding and let him leave. Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao followed him.
Old Lady Yan looked at Daohua and said, "Okay, go clean up your yard and come back to talk in the evening."
Then, Mrs. Li took Daohua to the main courtyard.
The backyard of the government office is more than twice as large as that of the prefectural government office. It took a full quarter of an hour to walk from the old lady's Songhe Courtyard to the main courtyard.
"Why is this backyard so big? Isn't it against the rules?" Daohua looked surprised.
Madam Li smiled and said, "It's not beyond the rules. Ningmen Prefecture has a large area, so the government office is naturally larger than other prefectures."
Daohua nodded: "Then mother, where should I live?"
Ping Tong smiled and took over the conversation: "The eldest girl naturally lives in the most exquisite courtyard in the backyard."
The most magnificent main courtyard is where the mistress and the master live; the most comfortable courtyard is given to the old lady.
Because there were enough courtyards, the young ladies and gentlemen each had their own courtyard, but the eldest master's and the eldest girl's courtyards were larger and better located.
The only people in the family who shared the same yard were Aunt Liu and Aunt Lin.
Soon, the mother and daughter arrived at the main courtyard.
"What are these things?"
Mrs. Li was a little surprised to see so many objects placed in the yard.
Daohua explained, "Some are gifts prepared by my uncles and aunts, and some are relocation gifts from Xiao Yeyang to our family."
Mrs. Li first looked at the gifts prepared by the Li family, smiled and asked Pingtong to move them to the warehouse, and then began to look at Xiao Yeyang's gift.
When he saw the dressing mirror and dressing table inlaid with carved red sandalwood, his expression suddenly changed: "This is too expensive!"
"Just keep it with peace of mind, mother!"
Yan Wenxiu and Yan Wenkai walked in with smiles on their faces.
Seeing her two sons, Mrs. Li's expression brightened: "Is the yard ready?"
Yan Wenxiu smiled and said, "Mom has prepared everything, so we don't have anything to pack."
Yan Wenkai also said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mom."
Mrs. Li smiled more and more: "Why bother? I'm happy to clean the yard for you." As she spoke, she shifted her gaze to the dressing mirror and dressing table.
Since the eldest son said it was safe to keep them, she stopped worrying and directly called the maid: "Move this dressing mirror and dressing table to the eldest girl's courtyard."
Daohua quickly stopped him: "Mom, I only have a dressing table. The mirror on it is big enough. You can keep the dressing mirror."
Madam Li glanced at the rice flowers and said, "Mother, it's good that you have a bronze mirror. You don't need a dressing mirror."
Daohua shook her head. "How can a bronze mirror reflect as clearly as a dressing mirror? Mother has to go out to visit guests and also receive visiting female relatives from time to time, so she has to dress appropriately."
"Yes, mother, this is my sister's filial piety, just accept it." Yan Wenxiu interrupted at the right time.
Yan Wenkai also nodded: "That's right, one for each person, just right."
Seeing her three children say so, Madam Li responded with a smile on her face: "Okay, I accept your kindness."
"What material is this? It's so beautiful!"
Ping Xiao opened a box, which contained five pieces of material that was different from other silks.
Madam Li gasped: "This is kesi!"
The round fan given by the emperor as a reward was made of kesi, so she recognized this material.
Madam Li picked up a piece of lotus-colored kesi silk with lotus flowers, her face hesitant and embarrassed: "This moving gift from the young prince is really too expensive." As she said that, she looked at her daughter again.
"And the house you bought last time, you said it was only three or four thousand taels of silver, but when your father went to the capital and asked around, he found out it would cost at least twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver."
Daohua's eyes widened immediately: "So expensive?!"
Yan Wenxiu took over the conversation: "Prices in the capital are naturally higher than elsewhere, and that house is next to the inner city, so the location is very good."
Daohua was stunned at first, then patted his chest and said, "It's okay, I gave him the recipe for the colored glaze. As long as he can find someone to make the colored glaze, we won't owe him anything."
owe?
Hearing this word, Yan Wenxiu looked up at his sister. Seeing that she looked worried that she owed the young prince a favor, he felt relieved.
The young prince was obviously a little too attentive to his sister, and he was really worried that the two of them would develop feelings for each other.
The young prince's status is too noble, and their family can't afford him.
Now that he saw that his sister had no such intentions towards the young prince, he felt a little relieved.
"What glass recipe?" Mrs. Li keenly caught the key point of her daughter's words.
Yan Wenkai quickly replied, "It's the recipe for making colored glaze that my sister saw in a storybook."
Mrs. Li looked skeptical: "Could that recipe be fake?"
Glassware is so expensive, who would write the recipe for making it in a storybook?
Daohua certainly didn't dare to say too much, and smiled vaguely, "Who cares if it's true or not? Let Xiao Yeyang test it. If it turns out to be true, he will benefit from it."
Mrs. Li was speechless.
Yan Wenkai also curled his lips and said, "Big sister, you are so dishonest. I saw you say it so confidently before, I thought Liuli was really easy to make. It turns out you are just trying to fool the little prince?"
Daohua immediately retorted, "How could I be perfunctory? Everything in this world has to go through repeated testing."
Yan Wenkai: "What if the young prince doesn't test it out?"
Daohua was silent for a moment: "That means the chef he found is not good enough, so let's continue experimenting."
Mrs. Li smiled and stopped her two children from arguing. She looked at the five pieces of kesi in the box. Three of them were obviously suitable for little girls, while the other two were darker in color.
"These lotus-colored, sky-blue, and light green ones, take them to the eldest girl's yard, the golden-brown ones to make clothes for the old lady, and I'll keep this royal blue one."
After distributing the items, Mrs. Li took her three children into the house.
(End of this chapter)
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