Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 654: Don't Dislike Poor Relatives [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 37k more]

morning,

The sky is blue and the sun is rising.

In Jiying Lane, at Sheng’s house, there is a bright spring scene in the backyard.

“Chirp, chirp.”

There were two birds standing on the branches, chirping crisply.

"squeak."

The window was pushed open from the inside. Wei Shuyi, standing in front of the window, looked at the scenery in the garden, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"My dear, I am going to the main kitchen."

Wei Shuyi turned around and said, "Well, Qiu Jiang, please bring back more food. We didn't have enough food yesterday."

"Ah, I know."

After saying this, Wei Shuyi turned around and continued to stand in front of the window, looking at the eaves, green trees and the vaguely visible city walls in the distance.

While gazing into the distance, Wei Shuyi would also look at the birds in the yard, and his eyes followed the movement of the birds.

The door opened, and the maid Qiu Jiang walked towards the big kitchen carrying a food box.

After relaxing her eyes for a while, Wei Shuyi sat on the embroidery cushion in front of the embroidery frame, held the embroidery needle and pondered for a moment, then began to embroider with great concentration.

A quarter of an hour later,
"My dear, I'm back." Qiu Jiang said as he walked into the house.

"Ah."

Wei Shuyi hummed without even raising his head.

Putting the food box on the table, Qiu Jiang said with a smile, "Young lady, when I came here just now, Cai Huan, who was beside the eldest lady, told me that the Ni family sent an invitation to our house, saying that they would come in the morning."

Wei Shuyi stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Qiu Jiang, and said with a smile: "Xiaodie is coming?"

"Yes, girl."

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi put away the embroidery needle, stood up with a smile and walked to the table.

The beginning of the Si hour (after 9:00 a.m.)

Xiaodie lowered her head, walked through the door curtain, and walked out of Shou'an Hall.

After leaving the house, Xiaodie nodded and said, "Mother Cui, please don't send me off. Just let my younger sister take me there."

Mother Cui smiled and said, "Oh, that won't do. Xiaodie, you are now the eldest lady of the Ni family. How can you let a little maid lead the way? Besides, this is the old lady's order."

Upon hearing this, Xiaodie smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

"Madam, what are you talking about? Please."

As she spoke, Xiaodie walked towards Jin'an Zhai with a maid carrying a bundle.

After arriving, after some greetings, Mother Cui returned to Shou'an Hall.

Xiaodie took Wei Shuyi's arm and walked into the house.

"Give me the bag, and you can go to the yard with Sister Qiu Jiang."

Xiaodie said as she stretched out her hand.

"Yes, madam."

The maid of the Ni family bowed and left the room.

After Wei Shuyi poured a cup of tea, he looked at Xiaodie who was unpacking her bag and said with a smile, "Why did you send the maid away?"

Xiaodie smiled, untied the two layers of the bundle, and took out a purse from the innermost layer.

Opening the purse, Xiaodie pinched out a piece of something and said with a smile, "Look, little girl."

"Is this a gold ring?" Wei Shuyi said with some confusion.

Xiaodie nodded repeatedly: "Yes, little girl! The embroidery you gave me at the beginning of the month was favored by a maid who often goes to the inner courtyard of a high-ranking family to do business. She sold it for a very good price."

"I exchanged the silver I sold last month for gold and made you a gold ring."

Wei Shuyi shook his head and said, "There are only two embroidery pieces, how can there be so much gold?"

Xiaodie turned around and looked around. Seeing that no one was around, she leaned over to Wei Shuyi and said in a very low voice, "My dear, this piece from the beginning of the month, I guess it was taken by some noble family who took your embroidery and regarded it as their own daughter. They put it up to make it look good and to facilitate the marriage negotiation."

Wei Shuyi frowned and asked, "How did you guess this, Xiaodie?"

Xiaodie smiled and said, "There are many things like this in Beijing, but you just don't know about them. Who knows, there may be more business in the future."

Wei Shuyi nodded continuously, and then said with concern: "When doing business like this, Xiaodie, you should be more careful. It's better to say less than more."

"Girl, I understand. Please put it away quickly! Besides, my family is not without roots. Nothing will happen to us." Xiaodie said again.

"Okay!" Wei Shuyi nodded, then stood up and said, "Come, take a look at this new embroidery I made."

Walking to the embroidery frame and looking at the semi-finished product, Xiaodie said with surprise, "Miss, is this a Jade-faced Cat?" (Calico Cat)
"Well! How?"

Xiaodie took her eyes off the embroidery and said with a smile, "Girl, once this embroidery comes out, I'm afraid the threshold of my shop will be broken by someone."

Wei Shuyi shook his head and smiled: "How could that be?"

Xiaodie frowned and said, "My dear, you don't know how popular embroidery like this is in Beijing."

As she spoke, Xiaodie glanced outside the house and said angrily, "Humph, Lord Sheng is partial to the Linqi Pavilion, but you have me! The two of us can definitely find another property for the Sixth Miss and the Seventh Lang."

Wei Shuyi looked at Xiaodie: "You are a mother now, and the eldest sister-in-law! Don't always think about me, think more about the children."

Xiaodie nodded: "Girl, I know."

Wei Shuyi nodded and smiled: "The third daughter of the Gu family in Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion is getting married in a few days, will you go?"

"Yes! My elder sister-in-law will take me there." Xiaodie said, and looking at Wei Shuyi's actions, she quickly reached out to hold her hand and said, "Don't worry, my sister-in-law has already prepared all the gifts. I'll just go through the motions."

Wei Shuyi looked down at the back of Xiaodie's hand and said, "It's not good to always ask your sister, who is a daughter-in-law of another family, to pay for this kind of thing. I will finish this embroidery as soon as possible, and you should also express your gratitude to your elder sister-in-law after selling it."

Xiaodie nodded quickly: "Okay, little girl, I'll remember it."

In mid-April,

On this day,

Xingguofang, Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

Although there is still one day before the wedding, the entire Ningyuan Marquis Mansion has already been busy for several days.

Many precious ingredients were placed in ice containers and transported to the Marquis's residence, ready for tomorrow's banquet.

Fortunately, Gu Tingye’s wedding had taken place before, so the Marquis’ Mansion was busy but not chaotic.

Gu Tingyi's maternal grandfather, the Bai family, was a wealthy family in Yangzhou Prefecture, and Bai had received countless dowries.

Bai's dowry filled the hole in Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. In addition to some unnecessary expenses, there were also many businesses that invested a lot of money in Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.

Because the imperial court demanded that the Ningyuan Marquisate repay the money, the business that had been invested in was unable to continue due to a shortage of money, resulting in a loss.

With the support of Bai's dowry of wealth and fortune, the business could naturally continue. Over the years, Bai's capital was recovered early and he also made a lot of money.

Old Master Bai in Yangzhou has only one daughter, Ms. Bai. So naturally, the salt shop and other things in the future will belong to Ms. Bai.

Among the bunch of ladies, noblewomen and officials' wives in the capital, there are very few whose wealth can be compared with that of the Bai family. Only the Chai family, the Xiangyang Marquisate and the Liang family can be mentioned.

Previously, Bai had helped Sun to enter many businesses, which helped the Xu family to improve. Now that the Xu family had the privilege of trading horses, Bai naturally got some money and received a lot of dividends every year.

In the evening, at Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion,

In the main hall of the backyard,
Ningyuan Marquis Gu Yan stroked his beard with a smile on his face, looking at his granddaughter Yan Jie'er who was talking in the hall.

"I rolled over on the bed and called out the auspicious words I had memorized, and the lady gave me the golden beans."

"Hahaha, my sister Yan is really amazing." Gu Yan laughed and stretched out his arms and said, "Come, come to grandpa."

"There is another little sister in the Huang family. She always stares at her brother and makes him shy." Sister Yan, who was sitting on Gu Yan's open legs, continued.

"Hiss, whose girl is that?" Bai looked at Nanny Chang who was going to the Huang family's shop in confusion.

Nanny Chang forced a smile and said, "Madam, she is the daughter of the Yuan family, a relative of Earl Shoushan."

Gu Tingye, who was sitting next to him, froze his smile on his face and frowned, "Why did Yuan let their family come?"

Ning Yuanhou glared at his son and said, "The Huang family doesn't look down on their relatives who have fallen on hard times."

Gu Tingye curled his lips, but was glared at by Yu Yanran who was standing beside him.

Bai also nodded: "Your Majesty is right. I heard from Sister Sun before that the Yuan family father and son are doing well in the northwest now."

Ning Yuan Hou said: "Yes, I have heard about it! It's a pity that his reputation has been ruined. Even if he does a good job, his official position may be promoted, but there is no hope of restoring his title."

Everyone in the hall nodded.

Pingmei, holding her son Xingger, looked at Gu Tingyi who was a little distracted, and gave a look to her mother-in-law Bai.

Bai was stunned when she received the look, and followed Pingmei's gaze to look at her little daughter.

Then, Bai stood up and said, "My Lord, I will take Yi'er to her room first."

Gu Yankai looked at Gu Tingyi kindly and nodded, "Okay."

"Yanran, let's go."

As she spoke, Pingmei handed her son to Qingxia, and together with Yanran, she accompanied Bai and her aunt Tingyi out of the hall.

On the way back,
Lanterns were hung everywhere in the yard, and servants were still walking around, busy with their work.

When they saw the Bai family and their group, they would stop and bow.

The group entered Gu Tingyi's house in silence.

inside the house,

The luxurious wedding dress was placed on a hanger aside.

All the various jewellery that would be worn tomorrow were also neatly laid out on the table.

After entering the room and sitting down, Pingmei and Yanran smiled and said a few words to Tingyi, then left with the maid.

Only Bai, Nanny Chang, Gu Tingyi and her personal maid were left in the room.

Bai glanced at the table under the candlelight, where there was a valuable wooden box the size of a lunch box, which contained Gu Tingyi's dowry.

In the morning, Bai had already briefly told Gu Tingyi about the various land deeds and house deeds in the wooden box.

Retracting her gaze, Bai looked at the only girl in front of her, reached out and touched Gu Tingyi's cheek, and sighed: "In the blink of an eye, you have grown so big."

"When I was pregnant with you, Ye and Jing were both boys with pigtails."

"Think about it, when your grandfather traveled thousands of miles from Yangzhou to Bianjing, you were already born into this world."

Nanny Chang, who was hearing this, also had a look of nostalgia on her face.

Gu Tingyi rubbed Bai's hand with his cheek and said, "Mother, why are you so sentimental today? You were so happy when you saw my second brother marrying his sister-in-law."

Stroking Gu Tingyi's tender face with her thumb, Bai said, "How can marrying a daughter-in-law be the same as marrying a daughter?"

"By the way, the inheritance your grandfather gave you is very valuable, but it's a bit far from Bianjing. Remember to have someone check it from time to time to avoid any trouble."

"Mother, your daughter knows."

Bai nodded and continued, "In addition to the gifts given to you, your sister-in-law Pingmei also asked the horseman in her family to select a few good horses from the north."

Gu Tingyi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I thought he would choose a horse from Brother Xu."

Bai glared at Gu Tingyi and said, "Xing'er has a very good horse. It will be able to reproduce in a few years. If you want it, I will keep the foal for you. Why do you have to look at Jing'er's good horses?"

"Brother Xu's horse is good! If it's not good, my daughter won't like it!"

Hearing this, Bai shook her head helplessly and said, "Yier, do you know why your sister-in-law gave you the horse?"

Gu Tingyi's expression became more serious, and she nodded, "Mother, I know. If I was wronged in Shoushan Marquis's mansion, I would have the servant ride back on horseback to report the news."

Bai smiled and said, "Yes! That's it!"

"Your father and brother are now in good use, and your elder brother seems to have some hope of passing the imperial examination. Your two sisters-in-law are not to be trifled with either."

"Although you must respect the elders and care for the younger ones in your husband's family, you can't be the one who gets bullied! You are not marrying into a wealthy family."

"If anything really happens, just go back to your mother's house and she will take care of it for you."

"Also, that guy has a very good relationship with the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion and is the deputy of the Duke's son, but our relatives are not bad either."

"Your brother and Brother Jing, who grew up with you, have both made great achievements in Beizhou. They are very impressive."

Looking at the nagging Bai, Gu Tingyi's nose felt a little sour. After holding Bai's hand tightly, he said, "Mother, my daughter has a good relationship with Zhang's Wu Niang! You know how important Wu Niang is in the hearts of the Duke of Ying and his wife. Why do we need Second Brother and Brother Jing?"

Bai took a deep breath, smiled and nodded: "Yes, Yi'er, you are right."

After taking another deep breath, Bai said, "Come to think of it, Jing'er treats you like his own sister, and the gift he sent is quite important!"

"There was a large box of all kinds of excellent furs, all of which looked like tribute. I guess my love for him over the years was not in vain."

Nanny Chang smiled a little and said to Bai, "Miss, Xu's Fifth Son has been close to you since he was a child. I still remember the time when he held you tightly in his arms when you were one month old."

Hearing this, Bai smiled with a look of reminiscence in her eyes and said, "That was many years ago."

Gu Tingyi smiled and said, "Mom, which of the two boys in the Xu family looks more like Brother Xu Wu?"

Bai thought about it, exchanged glances with Nanny Chang, and said with a smile, "Dai and Zhong don't look alike, but Anmei's son does."

Madam Chang nodded: "Madam, as the saying goes, nephews resemble their uncles!"

Hearing this, Gu Tingyi smiled and nodded continuously, saying, "Just now, my mother said that Brother Xu Wu's gift was quite expensive. I also heard from my eldest sister-in-law that the Xu family has set up a separate warehouse, which is full of Brother Xu Wu's things. I don't know how many rooms have been emptied today."

Nanny Chang smiled and shook her head: "Sister, when the fifth son of the Xu family gets married in the future, you will also have to give a gift."

Ting Yi was stunned and said blankly: "Yes!"

As he spoke, Gu Tingyi's eyes rolled around, and several thoughts flashed through his mind, while the faces of his two good friends also appeared.

Shaking his head, Gu Tingyi shook off the idea of ​​"giving more gifts to anyone in the future" and said, "Mom, Sister Anmei also gave me a lot of things. It seems that life in the Huyan family is very good."

Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "You know that An Mei already has six or seven large sea vessels under her name. The hope of the Huyan family's revival also lies in An Mei."

Gu Tingyi said: "Well, my daughter heard that Sister Anmei's husband is working hard."

Bai nodded, took a deep breath, looked at Gu Tingyi in front of her again, and said, "Yier, there are some things that mother wants to give to you."

Upon hearing this, Nanny Chang turned aside and walked over holding a beautifully decorated scroll.

See here,

Gu Tingyi's cheeks turned red instantly.

(End of this chapter)