Wan Jingshu smiled at Hu Mengyao.
Xia Tian was secretly amazed. Hu Mengyao had never spoken to Wen Jin in such a gentle tone.
In addition to Hu Mengyao, Lin Saiyu and several other young ladies were also very friendly when they saw Wan Jingshu.
It seems that Miss Wan not only has high emotional intelligence, but also has good interpersonal relationships.
This made everyone sitting at the table happy and harmonious, without any dramatic incidents happening.
She also learned that Wan Jingshu also liked painting and was very good at it, which gave the two of them a lot in common.
After the banquet, the two of them were still reluctant to leave.
After Miss Wan and the others left, Lin Sayu secretly sighed, "You don't know, every time I see Sister Wan, I dare not speak loudly, for fear that my voice will be too loud and scare her."
Hu Mengyao nodded in agreement, "Me too, Sister Wan is so gentle."
Xia Tian smiled and nodded beside her. She felt the same way!
When talking to Wan Jingshu, his tone unconsciously became gentle.
"What a pity!" Lin Sayu sighed softly, "My mother likes Sister Wan the most. She originally wanted to propose her to my fifth brother as his wife, but unfortunately she was too late and someone else got there first."
Lin Sayu has a fifth brother who is not married yet. He is about eighteen or nineteen years old and serves as a small captain in the Imperial Guard.
Her mother always felt that her fifth brother, a rough man, was not worthy of Sister Wan, and was afraid that her proposal would be rejected, so she was always hesitant.
Later, when he heard that Sister Wan was engaged to Chen Ke from the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, he regretted it so much that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, sighing that he acted too late and missed out on a good daughter-in-law.
When Xia Tian heard this, her eyes lit up. She also liked Wan Jingshu very much, but she couldn't just watch her fall into the fire pit.
If Wan Jingshu could have a mother-in-law like Mrs. Lin, she would definitely be much happier.
Now the idea of ruining the marriage reached its peak.
But Chen Ke is getting married next year, so there is still plenty of time, and I can look for an opportunity then.
If you really can't find an opportunity, then it's fate between the two of you.
She didn't force it.
Xia Tian didn't ask too much. After all, this concerned the girl's reputation, so it was better not to get to the bottom of it.
When she returned to Jinglan Garden, she was still thinking about it.
On the other hand, Manager Qi of Caiyun Cloth Shop has also been very worried recently.
Ever since he came back from the government office last time, he felt that nothing was going well.
It is October now, which is a good time for various prefectures to purchase large quantities of cloth. Because the New Year is approaching, many people need to make clothes to wear during the New Year, so they want to buy them now and start buying them early.
Besides, the weather is getting colder, so it’s time to make seasonal clothes.
When each mansion bought clothes for their masters and servants, they usually purchased them in large quantities.
Their shop has always had good business, and it is known as the dowry shop of the wife of Marquis Wu'an, so many people come to buy from it for the sake of their reputation.
At this time of year in previous years, the store was busy from morning to night, and sometimes there were not enough staff, so a few more people had to be transferred to help.
But it's strange this year. There are quite a lot of people coming to the shop to look at cloth, but very few people buy it.
Later, after some inquiries, it turned out that it was the Xiuyu Cloth Shop on the same street that was causing the trouble.
No matter what the unit price of cloth at their Caiyun Cloth Shop is, others always charge two cents less than him.
Although wealthy families don't care about the two cents when buying things, they can't help but buy a lot.
Also, the purchasers are all the stewards of the mansion, not the masters, so of course they try to save as much as possible. Wouldn't it be better to put the savings into their own pockets?
He wants to lower the price, and others should follow suit, as long as the price is lower than his.
He was so depressed that he went to argue with the owner of Xiu Yu Cloth Shop, but he said that business was bad this year and this was the only way to recruit people.
What can he do?
He also knew that the owner of Xiuyu Cloth Shop was Shen Hui, the eldest daughter of the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion, and also the wife of the Crown Prince of the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion.
He doesn't even dare to cause trouble.
He didn't know what was wrong with the Embroidered Feather Cloth Shop this year and why they wanted to go against him like this.
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. Seeing that there were not many people in the store, he asked the waiter to watch over it while he went out to find a small pub to drink and relieve his boredom.
After drinking a glass of wine, I felt much better, and I kept drinking one glass after another until dark.
When he remembered to go home, he was already drunk and staggering towards home.
I was walking through an alley and almost reaching my home when, for some reason, I stumbled and fell into the ditch next to me.
Fortunately, there was not much water in the ditch and it was not deep, so the fall was not serious.
But Manager Qi had drunk too much and was knocked unconscious by the fall. When he sobered up and wanted to get up, he couldn't get up at all.
Later, the alcohol took effect and he felt dizzy and fell asleep.
It was cold and there were few people on the streets at night. He was lying at the bottom of the ditch. In the darkness, even if someone passed by, they wouldn't notice him.
When his family went out to look for him the next day, they found him lying in a ditch very close to their home.
When they brought the man back and put him on the kang, they found that he had been frozen all night. Although he was not dead, he could not move.
Manager Qi's family members immediately burst into tears and asked for a doctor.
After the doctor looked at it, he shook his head with regret.
It means that the disease cannot be cured. People who drink alcohol need to keep warm. After being outside in the cold all night, the man is almost completely paralyzed on the kang.
When Shopkeeper Qi heard that he was going to be paralyzed, he instantly fainted from the anger and blood rushing to his heart.
The family had no choice but to go to Liu.
After hearing the whole story, Liu, who was usually able to keep her composure, burst into anger and cursed, "What a loser! What's the use of him? He can't help at the critical moment and is even a drag."
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