Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

When I came out of the bathroom, the light in the warm room had dimmed. Only the desk by the south window, where pens, inkstones, and books were placed, was still bright.

Zhou Banxia followed Gu Wenxuan's strength and, with his support, walked to a high chair that was also placed next to the desk, and sat down carefully.

There was no way. As the due date approached, the man in her family was even more nervous than she was. He even wanted to tie her to his belt when she was reviewing books or practicing calligraphy.

It was like this in the bathroom before. No matter how much I persuaded him, he wouldn't stare at her without blinking, but I still couldn't speak.

Do not!
To be precise, she could still speak, but only when his back was turned, she could reply to him, asking if he was feeling better or if his stomach hurt.

It was unnecessary and very stubborn. She didn't want to talk about going to the toilet or washing her face. She said that she would be distracted and we could talk about it after we left the bathroom. She could talk about whatever she wanted.

It was only because she was not a real eighteen-year-old girl, otherwise who could stand this housekeeper? She almost forgot something important she had just remembered.

Seeing that Gu Wenxuan finally loosened his hands, Zhou Banxia looked up and was about to speak, when, coincidentally, he heard Mai Huang's voice outside.

"The things that came with the letter should have been sorted out." Gu Wenxuan reminded her and couldn't help but pinch his wife's cheek.

It's white, tender, plump, and very elastic. "Before, I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I asked Zhiming to go directly to his mother to take Mai Qing to the back to register for storage.

Everything should be unpacked and sorted now. Seeing you come here to rest, Mai Huang came to report to you. Come in, your second grandmother is waiting for you. "

Stepping into the hall, through a door, Mai Huang heard the voice asking them to come in, and nodded to Mai Qing and the other two who were holding account books and carrying boxes.

As Mai Qing led the way into the warm room, the two maids behind her followed closely carrying boxes, and then placed the wooden boxes on the open space in front of the platform.

Such a big wooden box?

Zhou Banxia was startled when she saw this, and subconsciously looked up at Gu Wenxuan, only to see him waving his hand to dismiss the old woman and taking the account book that Mai Qing handed over with both hands.

Before she could speak, the old woman left and Mai Huang came in. He and Mai Qing each picked up the copper kettle from the fireplace to make tea, while the other person turned on the fire to light the oil lamp and candle.

There is no need to do so. You can just open the wooden boxes on the ground first. This is just to make people curious and anxious. Why move all the wooden boxes in?

Holding a cup in both hands, not sure whether it was to warm his hands or to quench his thirst, Zhou Banxia seemed to be waiting calmly for what was to come, but in fact he really wanted to stand up and be self-reliant.

Fortunately, Gu Wenxuan didn't let her wait long. He found the new page of inventory registration and put the notebook in Zhou Banxia's hand. Mai Qing also opened the wooden box and began to report.

The wooden box looks big, but that's actually because it's stuffed with cotton, and there are long wooden boxes, square wooden boxes, and round wooden boxes in between.

"…This is a self-ringing clock. Aunt Lan has already adjusted it…"

No wonder, she said how could there be such a long wooden box, almost one meter long, inside, it turned out to be a clock, probably a vertical clock.

"…It is said that there are two self-ringing clocks. The first self-ringing clock was a gift from the emperor and is still placed in the original main hall, while the second self-ringing clock was a dowry that the master of the in-laws prepared for the girl."

understand~
The aunt meant that this self-ringing clock was prepared for her by her uncle, and it was fine to move it back from the house in the capital, so that she wouldn't have to look at the time inconveniently. Zhou Banxia was no longer surprised by the fact that Zhou Huan and his wife often brought her precious and rare things, let alone a self-ringing clock?
This item might be extremely rare for an ordinary wealthy family, after all, it is an imported product, but her aunt's brothers have invested in the Jiangnan maritime merchants.

Among them, even though her good second brother did not invest, he had two similar shops in Yangzhou Prefecture and Jinling Prefecture that specialized in selling rare items from overseas.

She thought that the reason why her aunt didn't listen to her this time and brought back the things from the house in Beijing was most likely because of what her good third brother said when he returned home a few years ago.

"…This is a small self-ringing clock. My mother-in-law asked me to put it in the meeting room for you, so that you won't forget the time when you are busy."

as predicted.

Good job, Zhou Yanhai!

Hearing this, Gu Wenxuan looked meaningfully at Zhou Banxia, ​​who was gritting her teeth and not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Look, you're working so hard that you've even alarmed your aunt."

Zhou Banxia held his forehead and laughed, "That was just the right time at the end of the year. Later I realized I was wrong. Then, what was in the remaining box?"

It is 100% head jewelry, and also some nourishing products suitable for expectant mothers!

Without Mai Qing's report, Gu Wenxuan was sure that what was in the remaining boxes was basically as he had speculated. It was so easy to guess.

After all, the master's wife has always followed the custom of the legitimate daughters in the mansion and prepared head ornaments, jewelry, clothes, shoes, hats, accessories and other items for his wife almost every month.

As for the tonics, it was easier to guess. He didn't even need to waste his brain cells. Seeing that the due date was approaching, he was afraid that the master's wife would even send the tonics for confinement this time.

Of the boxes in that wooden box, more than 80% must be filled with blood-replenishing and qi-nourishing substances such as donkey-hide gelatin and bird's nest, as well as some ginseng and other substances.

In my husband's words, the family lacks everything except medicinal and nutritious ingredients, which are constantly delivered to them.

It is true. The brothers of his master's wife's family are extremely wealthy. Ever since they acknowledged his wife as their niece, they have become very generous and the only thing left is to give her real money.

These two clocks, one large and one small, were probably the dowry prepared by the master for his niece, but in fact they were half-sold and half-given to his niece by his wife's brothers.

Seeing that what Mai Qing said in his report was similar to what he had imagined, and that he had roughly glanced at the list of items sent before, there was no need to listen carefully to what was happening next, so Gu Wenxuan turned to look at the desk.

On this desk that he had occupied for some time, there were still books that had been turned over one-third when he went out, as well as five or six sheets of cut rice paper weighed down by a paperweight.

It looks like it hasn't been moved at all, and it's still the same as before, even the angle of the bottom of the paperweight hasn't moved at all, but the pen holder and pen washer in the front have been moved.

It’s a pity that his wife said in the study room before that she had just written those few words with a brush today. Don’t try to fool anyone. He must have had something urgent to do during the lunch break and left, so she secretly did some private work.

Maybe at this moment, even in the study on the first floor of the villa, there are some paintbrushes that have not been washed yet, or some paintings that have not been completed. They must be placed in the warehouse or some corner.

"Husband, do you have anything else to tell me? While Mai Qing and the others are still here, can you go and report to Aunt Lan?" (End of this chapter)