Chapter 59: Connection
"You agreed." His voice was a little happy, and he clenched his fingers.
Seeing how happy he was, I choked on what I wanted to say. I didn't want to pour another bucket of cold water on him. "Well, you can do whatever you want."
"Then brother, when are you going to have the wedding? I need to think of the questions in advance." Then go back and look through the book, find the most difficult one to embarrass him, and don't let him in. He saw that when Ting'er's sister got married, Ting'er thought of a lot of questions to embarrass his brother-in-law, making his brother-in-law scratch his head anxiously, although he was finally driven away by his parents.
Gu Chengze knew what was going on in Bao Ge'er's little head the moment he saw his eyes rolling around. However, he didn't get angry. Instead, he said to him with a smile, "I'll go see a fortune teller in a few days. I'll tell you when I'm sure."
"So should I meet the general's wife these days?" She thought that since the general's wife helped them arrange the wedding, she should go and express her gratitude.
"Well, don't worry, I'll send a visiting card tomorrow."
"Well, then you decide. Tell me when the time comes." Seeing that he had a plan in mind, I didn't worry too much about it.
At night, she couldn't fall asleep, not knowing whether it was because she had overslept during the day or what, and she began to think about random things. Thinking about the wedding at dinner, she suddenly felt a sense of fear and wanted to escape. Although she agreed at the time, now thinking about it, it seems that she was not so calm at the time. It was a bit hasty to decide the rest of her life so quickly.
"Hey." She threw back the covers, got up, and decided to go out for some fresh air. She walked to the stone bench in the yard and sat down. The cool night air instantly sobered her up. She hadn't looked closely at the yard during the day, but now she saw that the grape trellis and pavilion next to it were the same ones she had in her previous yard. Although they were different, the layout was the same. It seemed like he really cared about her.
"You haven't slept either?" Li Zheng turned around and looked at the gate of the courtyard. This man had been standing there for most of the day. Wouldn't he have come if she hadn't asked him?
Gu Chengze heard her voice and paused for a moment before walking over and sitting across from her. He saw her brows furrow slightly, her eyes lowered, and she twirled her fingers, opening and closing them. He twitched his lips slightly and said, "Tomorrow I'll tell the general that our meeting has been postponed." Although this was his plan, it wasn't good for her, and she seemed reluctant.
Li Zheng looked up at him, her eyes wide open but she didn't say anything. She lowered her eyes and hesitated for a moment. Gu Chengze saw that she didn't say anything, which seemed to indicate her agreement, but his heart seemed to have sunk to the bottom. It turned out that she didn't want to marry him.
Li Zheng stood up hesitantly, sat next to him, kissed him lightly and said to him: "Let's get married in the spring, I won't regret it." She thought she really liked him, and she probably wouldn't find a better person here. The most important thing was that he really liked her, because all his joys, sorrows, anger and happiness were out in her, and it seemed that they were only for her.
He watched her walk over to him, kiss him, and say she didn't regret it. He was undoubtedly ecstatic at this moment, but he still wanted to confirm. "Are you sure?" Seeing her nod, he finally felt relieved and secretly decided in his heart that from now on, she would never leave him. He reached out and hugged her, holding her very tightly, as if he didn't want to let her go.
After getting up this morning and having breakfast, she didn't see Gu Chengze again. He had come back yesterday with a lot of official business that needed to be dealt with quickly. He was very busy. At this time, Housekeeper Zhu also came back and brought a matchmaker with her, saying that she wanted her to choose someone. Li Zheng thought to herself that Housekeeper Zhu was really fast in doing things.
Li Zheng looked at the people standing in front of her. The kitchen staff stood on the left, and the rest stood on the right. She asked them to stand there for a while, then looked at Bao Ge'er standing next to her. "Bao Ge'er, you pick someone later."
"Ah, myself?" Although the sister said that she would choose a servant for herself, she didn't tell him to choose one himself.
"Yes, you can choose your own person. Pick whoever you like." She still believed in Baoger's judgment. The one she chose would be more pleasing.
"Okay." Bao Ge'er walked over to a group of young boys, eager to try, looking back and forth. These young boys also knew that their fate depended on the young master in front of them. They all had ingratiating smiles on their faces, hoping to be taken away. When they saw Li Zheng, they stopped looking. Instead, they looked at the people here who could cook. Unexpectedly, there were two men who could cook. "What can you two cook?"
Seeing that they were being questioned, the two men bowed quickly and said, "I learned cooking before and can cook some general dishes." The other one replied, "I learned cooking in a restaurant before. I studied for three years and can cook some simple dishes." Learning cooking skills at this time was not the kind before where you could start cooking in a month. At this time, people started by doing odd jobs, and they would probably still be practicing knife skills for three years. This guy learned quite fast.
Li Zheng nodded slightly and asked the woman next to her, "What can you do?"
"I can cook northern dishes, and I can also cook a few southern dishes." The woman knew that her fate was in the hands of others and was very respectful.
"Yeah." Without saying anything more, one person asked the other. The person who was separated was a little anxious when he saw that he was not asked, but he did not dare to ask more. Li Zheng certainly noticed her little action, but did not take it seriously. As a cook, how could she be unclean?
In the end, Li Zheng selected two young maids for A-Yue to take care of, and asked Housekeeper Du to select two people himself so that the errand boys could be handed over to others. From the kitchen, she chose the woman who had been questioning earlier and gave her a young maid to help with the kitchen. Bao Ge also chose a child. The child seemed quite stable and was immediately named Bao Fu. What a name... just like her own poor naming skills. The two men who knew some cooking skills also stayed, as she had other uses. She also selected a few servants to clean the house, and the staff was complete.
Let A Yue and Butler Zhu arrange accommodation for these people first and briefly explain the rules here. Just let them know the simple rules first, and the rest will come slowly. It seems that being a butler is not easy. It seems that we still need to recruit more people, as we are not enough. After arranging the people, Li Zheng called Butler Zhu over to ask if there are any shops for sale recently. She decided to go back to her old business. Besides, Gu Chengze is an official of some size, so opening a shop here is unlikely to cause trouble, and he will probably make a lot of money.
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