The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 145
It was New Year's Eve again, this year's New Year's Eve, Fang Xiuyi felt very deserted.In the past when she was poor, she devoted herself to solving the problem of food and clothing, ignoring these emotional problems. These were luxuries for her at the time, but now it is different, she has plenty of time.

This year, local officials came to Beijing for an assessment. Since the twelfth lunar month, He Huai'an has been busy again. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, He Huai'an was nowhere to be seen, and Siyuan was farther away in the northwest. Fang Xiuyi and her two children inevitably felt emotional. Depressed, especially when she thinks of Siyuan, she feels very sad.

"Mother, look at the dumplings I made, okay?" When Fang Xiu was making dumplings, Si Zhuo was playing beside her.

"Come on, let mother take a look." Fang Xiuyi picked up the dough that had already turned black and couldn't see its shape, and admired it seriously, "Not bad, we Sizhuo wrapped it really well! Look, this dough They're all pinched."

Fei Yu didn't make dumplings, but sat on the side and carved something. Hearing Fang Xiuyi's words, he laughed "puchi", "It's really my mother, she's so dirty, she even praised her."

"Sister, sister, look, look, I made it!" Si Zhuo couldn't understand what Fei Yu meant, and held it in front of Fei Yu like a treasure.

Fei Yu didn't expect that it would be her turn so soon. She glanced at Fang Xiuyi helplessly, and then praised Fang Xiuyi against her will: "It's really well wrapped. Let's give this dumpling to Daddy, okay?"

"Okay, okay, I'll make dumplings for daddy!" Si Zhuo was immediately encouraged when he heard this.

"Sizhuo, Daddy doesn't eat much, so you can pack a few less, okay? Otherwise, it's all wasted." Fang Xiuyi didn't dare to let the child toss the flour vigorously.

"Okay, mother."

"Mother, will Master Wen come to the mansion for dinner tomorrow?" Fei Yu asked.

"It's probably coming. Your father and the others are going to the palace again tomorrow, and I don't know if they can come back sooner."

"That mother will pack a few more copper coins this year, so as not to be insufficient."

Fang Xiu stopped what he was doing and thought for a while, "Fei Yu, tell me, how about we invite Mr. Wen over tomorrow and have dinner together?"

Fei Yu first looked at Fang Xiuyi in surprise, and then asked hesitantly: "Why, mother? This is against the rules."

"I know too. But, Siyuan is not here this year, and your father will go to accompany Mr. Wen, and the family will have to eat in two places. I feel uncomfortable. Besides, Mr. Wen has been eating for several years. , it is estimated that even people outside the capital know about this matter in the capital, so there is no need for us to shy away from it. Besides, your father is still here."

"Then...you still have to ask daddy?" Fei Yu also stopped carving, thinking about this question with Fang Xiuyi.

"Of course!"

Although it was against the etiquette, there were no outsiders in the mansion, so Wen Renyi sat with everyone for the dumplings on the first day of the new year.

In the middle of the night, he went to the palace. After the emperor received the New Year's greetings from the officials and delivered the congratulatory speech, He Huai'an took Wen Renyi and entered the restaurant calmly.

"Lord Wen!" Fang Xiuyi saluted with the two children.

"Mrs. He, thank you for the invitation, Mr. Wen is bothering you!"

"Miss Wen, you're being polite. This is a big Chinese New Year event, so you just want to have fun!"

"Master Wen, please!" He Huai'an invited Wen Renyi to the table.He knew Fang Xiuyi's thoughts, even when Siyuan was around, she complained that the family couldn't eat together, but now that Siyuan is not around, if we separated again, her mood would plummet.Isn't it just a matter of inviting Wen Renyi to have a meal together, it's harmless.

"Speaking of which, Mrs. Wen has been brazen in the house for several years. I am so grateful for Mrs. He and Mrs. He's perseverance." Wen Renyi said, putting the things in his hand on the table, "This is a small gift from Wen to the Jun Jun and the young master, please accept it with a smile."

"Master Wen is really too polite. It's just commonplace. I don't dare to be respectful to Mr. Wen."

"Mrs. He is serious. It's not a valuable thing. On the first day of the new year, Wen is just an ordinary elder. The little lucky money given to the children is not worth mentioning."

"It's costing Mr. Wen!" He Huai'an accepted Wen Renyi's gift calmly, "Fei Yu, Si Zhuo, thank you Mr. Wen!"

"Thank you, Mr. Wen! I wish Mr. Wen all the best in the new year!" Fei Yu gave a blessing.

"Thank you, Mr. Wen! I wish Mr. Wen..." Sizhuo also imitated Feiyu, but couldn't remember the words after that, "Mother, what do you want to wish Mr. Wen?"

Several people laughed, and Si Zhuo's milky voice was really nice.

"Just wish Master Wen good health!"

"I wish Mr. Wen good health!" Si Zhuo spoke earlier and expressed it very clearly.

"Okay, then I also wish Mr. He a healthy growth!" Wen Renyi said with a smile.

"Zhu Zhuang? Well, my name is Si Zhuo, who is Zhu Zhuang?"

Now, everyone present, except Fei Yu, laughed loudly.

"To be strong means to make our Si Zhuo grow up quickly!" He Huai'an patted Si Zhuo's head and explained to him.

Everyone ate the meal smoothly, but as always, what was miraculous was that Fang Xiuyi made dumplings worth ten copper coins, Wen Renyi ate six by himself, Si Zhuo ate one, Fei Yu ate two, Fang Xiuyi ate one, but He Huai'an didn't have any.

Although it was a false statement, when He Huai'an saw Wen Renyi eating out copper coins one by one, the smile on his face was unavoidably a bit cold.

"Hahahaha, this year is really a good year!" Wen Renyi unceremoniously put six copper coins into one of his purses carefully, ignoring everyone's strange eyes.

"Lord Wen, Qianqian!" Only Sizhuo didn't know what was going on, he saw Wen Renyi put away the copper coins, and hurriedly gave his own to Wen Renyi.

"Hehe, Mr. He, this is yours. I can't take it. You keep it yourself." Wen Renyi was in a good mood.

"I didn't expect Mr. Wen to attach so much importance to a few copper coins!" He Huai'an said coolly.

"This one is different!" Wen Renyi collected the copper coins, stood up and said to Fang Xiuyi, "Thank you Mrs. He for your hospitality, with the blessing of these copper coins, everything will go smoothly for Mr. Wen this year."

"Hehe, Master Wen is serious!" Fang Xiuyi said awkwardly.

"Okay, Mr. Wen won't bother Mr. He anymore. Farewell!" Wen Renyi didn't say a word of nonsense, gave He Huai'an his hand, and walked out directly.

But He Huai'an couldn't just sit like this, he could only get up and send Wen Renyi out of the house.

Leaving Niang San looking at each other in blank dismay.

"I don't know what kind of gift Sizhuo is?" Fei Yu asked.

"Come on, let's open it and have a look." Sizhuo's gift weighed a little, "I don't know what it is, it's so heavy!"

"Ah! It's a chess game!" Fei Yu exclaimed, "It's still made of white jade!"

"Really? You mean it's all white jade? Chess pieces and chessboard, both?"

"Yes, mother."

Fang Xiuyi picked up a chess piece and looked it up, down, left, and right, "Don't say it, it's really beautiful, and it feels very good in the hand, just like a decoration, why would you be willing to play chess with it?"

Si Zhuo also grabbed a chess piece with great interest and knocked it with a "boom bang". To him, the sound was far more attractive than the texture of the chess piece.

Fei Yu seemed to care for those chess pieces, reluctantly.

"Fei Yu, what is your gift?"

Fei Yu was a little hesitant, holding the box, he both refused and expected, but he opened it anyway.

"What is it? Why are you so listless." Fang Xiuyi clearly saw the disappointment on Fei Yu's face.

"It's nothing, there are still some little golden pigs!" Fei Yu reluctantly took out a little golden pig from the box and showed it to Fang Xiu.

"Pig!" Seeing the golden pig in Fei Yu's hand, Si Zhuo immediately threw the chess piece in his hand, and wanted the little golden pig when he came over.

"Si Zhuo, how can you throw things around!" Fei Yu yelled at Si Zhuo angrily, quickly picked up the chess pieces on the ground, and wiped them distressedly to see if there were any injuries.

"Fei Yu, you like this chess set so much, just take it, it's useless for Si Zhuo to ask for it. To him, this golden pig might like it better." Fang Xiuyi thought that Fei Yu liked this chess set very much.

Fei Yu shook his head, put the chess piece back to its original position, and took out a "phase" from it, "This chess set is exquisitely made, I really like it, but I only need one. Carve the same one and fill it in."

"Take them all if you like them, what's the point of taking one!"

"Mom, one is enough!"

As soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, Lian Zixin brought a pair of children over for a visit.

"Zixin, why are you so free today?" Fang Xiuyi asked happily.

"It's not this little brat who has been clamoring all day long to see Sister Fairy. In addition, I also want to be clumsy, so I rescued him."

"I didn't expect Zijun and Feiyu to hit it off."

"Yeah, as long as Fei Yu is mentioned, this kid will listen to me."

Pingzhen is very quiet, but he likes to think clumsily. The two sat on the kang, playing and talking as if no one else was there.

"What is this?" Lian Zixin couldn't believe his eyes, these two children were playing...

"Hey, it's a long story. You should also know that the chief minister of the court had dinner at my house on the first day of the first lunar month, right?"

"Well, everyone in the capital knows about it. But what does it have to do with this golden pig?"

"This is a gift from him to the children!" Si Zhuo was still young when he gave it last year, but this year he liked this little golden pig very much, so Fei Yu simply kept only one and gave the rest to Si Zhuo.Unexpectedly, Si Zhuo often used it as a toy.

"I didn't expect that the ruthless Shoufu-sama would be so generous!"

Fang Xiu didn't know much about the people in the capital, and hadn't had much contact with them. She didn't know how this ruthlessness came about, but since even Zixin said so, it is probably the same.

"The point is, why did Mr. Wen come to He's house to eat?" Lian Zixin also wondered.

"If possible, I would also like to ask in person." Fang Xiuyi didn't think about this question every time she saw Wen Renyi, but every time it was inappropriate, in fact, she sometimes thought, isn't it just a meal, Just eat it, why ask so many questions.

"Master Wen is really a person who doesn't play cards according to common sense. It is estimated that in this capital, except for the Holy One, no one can see through him."

"It's so mysterious! No wonder His Majesty entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility!" Fang Xiuyi didn't care, since it had little to do with her anyway.

"The way of the monarch and his ministers is too complicated, it's fine if you don't know it."

Because Siyuan and He Huai'an were not in the mansion, Zijun stayed by Lian Zixin's side all the time, and sat quietly for a long time, as if listening to the adults, and waited until the two adults were about to say something before saying goodbye. Open your mouth.

"Mrs. He, is Sister Feiyu here?"

"Yes. I had someone called just now. Her husband has something to say to her this morning, and it may take a while."

"Oh." Zi Jun was a little lost in spirits.

"You bastard!" Lian Zixin disliked his son a little bit, "By the way, Xiuyi, Fei Yu will be 16 years old this year, what plans do you and Master He have for Fei Yu's marriage?"

Although Fang Xiuyi used to worry about this, but because she subconsciously believed that marriage must be at the age of 30 or [-], she just thought about it and never seriously considered it. In addition, He Huai'an didn't seem to want Fei Yu to be married so early. Therefore, Fei Yu's marriage has never appeared in everyone's topic.

Seeing Fang Xiuyi's blank expression, Lian Zixin shook his head, "Have you talked to Fei Yu about this?"

Fang Xiu shook her head, Feiyu was still so small!
"What did Master He say?"

"I didn't say it."

"It will take a long time to look at the family first. After getting engaged, you have to prepare the dowry. The process is long. Mr. He is in a high position, and you are also a first-class imperial order. Fei Yu still has a title. Find a family with the right family, and you have to enter I think it's hard to catch your eyes. It's better to plan early if you are not weak."

"I know, but when I think of Fei Yu going to be someone's wife, my heart..." Before it even started, Fang Xiuyi began to feel sad again.

"Master He is quite familiar with the capital, and I also know a little about their background. You guys should think about it first. Let's figure out a way together so that Fei Yu can't be wronged. By the way, is there anyone here to propose marriage?" It stands to reason She said that as long as her daughter's home passed Jiji, someone would definitely come to propose marriage, not to mention He Fu's strength and Fei Yu's appearance.

"I haven't heard from your lord." He Huai'an never said it, and Fang Xiuyi was also afraid of Fei Yu's departure after Fei Yu and Ji, and even avoided these things on purpose.

"Mrs. He, mother, you don't have to worry, I will come to marry the fairy sister when I grow up!" At this time, Zijun suddenly interrupted and said a word.

"What are you talking about!" Lian Zixin reprimanded his son.

"It's not a bastard, what I said is true. I heard that the fairy sister can also ride a horse. Mrs. He, I am also learning to ride a horse. When I learn it, I will go ride with the fairy sister."

"Okay, when you learn how to ride a horse, you all go together!" Fang Xiu didn't think too much about it, she was just a child among friends, so she didn't have to worry too much.

(End of this chapter)