Xia Tian pulled Xia Yang to ask everyone in the family.
Xia Chen is now a young lady of the Xia family. After the business was successful, Xia Yang bought a big house and hired servants. Now the people in the family don’t have to go to the store to help.
Xia Chen became a lady at home, and Xia Yang also hired masters of music, chess, calligraphy and painting to teach her.
Her sister-in-law also became the mistress of the household, and everyone in the family learned to read. Xia Shi taught them when he was free. Later, he hired a master for Xia Chen, and her sister-in-law followed Xia Chen to learn.
Xia Tian nodded continuously as she listened. She thought that starting from Xia Yang, their Xia family would also change its status.
But she also hopes that her family can live a good life.
Xia Yang stayed there that day.
Chen Nian is quite busy, so they can only have some time to chat during dinner. The rest of the time, Xia Tian is with Xia Yang.
Xia Tian also picked out some of the things that happened to her in the capital over the past two years. Xia Yang was quite surprised to hear that she had become the imperial painter.
"Fourth sister, you're amazing. I always thought you were smart, but I never thought you could learn anything so quickly."
Xia Yang always thought that all the things Xia Tian knew were taught by Shen Nian, so when she talked about it, Xia Yang did not doubt it at all.
"Of course. I'm so smart. If I were a boy, I would definitely be the top scorer." Xia Tian said nonsense seriously.
Xia Yang kept nodding beside him. He also felt the same way. If the fourth sister was a boy, she would definitely be better at studying than Xia Shi.
In the following days, Xia Tian took Xia Yang to look around Sangluo City. She had been very busy recently and had not been to Sangluo City much.
This time I brought Xia Yang with me and took a good look at the city.
Originally, she wanted to keep Xia Yang in Linzhou for the New Year, but Xia Yang was worried about his family, so he left after staying in Linzhou for seven or eight days.
Xia Tian prepared a lot of things for Xia Yang to take back and share with his family.
Before leaving, he took out a bottle of pills and gave it to him, "Brother, you must keep this medicine safe. You can only use it when you need to save a life."
Xia Tian whispered to him about the effects of the pill, and Xia Yang put it in his arms with a serious look on his face.
He didn't know where Fourth Sister got this medicine from, but he knew it must have been hard to come by, and he would never let Fourth Sister down.
Xia Yang left reluctantly, as he still had a lot of things to do in the summer.
There is no time to be sentimental. The Chinese New Year is only twenty days away, and I don’t know if Xia Yang can get home before the New Year.
But she also reminded him to take the official road and not to ignore safety just because he was in a hurry.
The work of building kangs in various mansions was still going on in Chen Nian's place. Chen Nian was not very reassured, so he took Mu Lin, Muchen and some yamen runners to inspect the village.
Prepare things for the New Year at home in the summer.
When Shen Nian returned from his inspection, there were only a few days left until the Chinese New Year.
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cui Biyun, Cui's aunt, came to visit with her daughter.
"Aunt, how come you have time to come here today?" Xia Tian quickly let her into the house.
Cui's aunt also married into the Yang family, a prominent family like the Cui family.
There are many scholars in the family, but Cui's uncle-in-law is the youngest child in the family. He is an average student, but he is a genius in business.
Because of this, the old man of the Cui family has never liked his son-in-law very much.
I always feel that he is full of the smell of money.
Aunt Cui is fine and is quite satisfied with her life.
She doesn't need a housekeeper now, so she still has time to go out before the New Year.
"Cousin, please sit down too." Xia Tian called the daughter of Cui's aunt. She had seen this girl at Cui's house last time. The girl looked about fourteen or fifteen years old.
"Cousin." The little girl greeted with a smile, looking very graceful.
"Please sit down, Yiyi. Why are you being so polite to your cousin's wife?" Cui Biyun greeted her daughter Yang Yiyi.
Xia Tian just learned the little girl's name, "Yiyi, have some snacks."
"Thank you, cousin."
Yang Yiyi sat next to her mother, smiled and thanked her.
Xia Tian ignored her and called out to Cui Biyun, "Is everything okay, Auntie?"
"No, no." Cui Biyun's expression was a little unnatural. "Hasn't this been here before? I just wanted to come and get acquainted before the New Year."
When Yang Yiyi heard this, she lowered her head a little shyly.
Although Xia Tian was puzzled, he didn't think about it elsewhere. "Then my aunt can come to my house anytime. We are all relatives, so it's a good thing to visit each other more often."
"Yes, that's what I thought, so I brought your cousin over to take a look." Cui Bijun smiled and looked towards the door. "Why isn't Nian'er here? Is he still at the government office?"
"Well, he's been busy lately, so he usually comes home late."
"Aren't you coming back for lunch?" Cui Biyun asked.
It was almost noon now, and she had chosen this time specifically to come here because she thought Shen Nian might be busy, so she should be able to see him during lunch time.
Xia Tian thought she had something to ask Chen Nian, so she asked, "Then if my aunt has something to ask him, I'll send someone to call him back. It's almost lunchtime, so it's a good time for him to come home for dinner."
"It's okay, don't disturb him. We will be in Sangluo City from now on. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet each other." Cui Bijun glanced at Yang Yiyi and didn't let Xia Tian go to call anyone back.
Xia Tian did not insist. These days, Chen Nian was indeed in the yamen from morning to night. He did not come back for lunch and sometimes even had dinner quite late.
Since Shen Nian was not around, she sat with Cui Biyun and Yang Yiyi and chatted with them, and invited them to have lunch before leaving.
She didn't take this matter seriously and thought it was just a relative visiting.
Cui Bijun left the Governor's Mansion and got on the carriage before she stopped smiling.
"Yiyi, mother still feels that this matter is inappropriate."
"Why is it inappropriate?" Yang Yiyi pouted, "Just now, my cousin's wife wanted to go and call my cousin, why did you stop her?"
"Kid, keep your voice down." Cui Biyun frowned. "Your cousin is already married, so please stop worrying about him, okay?"
"Mom!" Yang Yiyi pulled Cui Biyun's sleeve and shook it, "Didn't you say that my cousin's family background is too low and she is not worthy of my cousin?
Besides, they have been married for three years and still have no children. Maybe my cousin has long been dissatisfied with his wife."
"But they are a couple who have been through thick and thin together. You saw it last time. Your cousin is very kind to you, his wife."
"Who knows if he's pretending." Yang Yiyi didn't hear anything he said.
It turned out that ever since she met Shen Nian at Cui’s house last time, she couldn’t forget this cousin, so she pestered her mother to come and see him.
Xia Tian didn't know that a little girl was actually thinking about her family's Chen Nian again.
Shen Nian came back in the evening and told him that his aunt and cousin came to see him.
Shen Nian didn't say anything, just said he knew.
He doesn't have the time to care about others now. He still has a lot of official business to sort out.
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