Lu Fenghe gave them three days, which is tomorrow. If they pack up today, they can all come over today, so they can only wait patiently.
"Put the box away first." Lu Fenghe told Cuizhi.
After finishing the morning meal, Mrs. Zhao and Qin Ling'er came over and talked for a long time. In the afternoon, Mrs. Zhao was going to take all the ladies of the Lu family to the Guo Mansion as guests.
Qin Ling'er was not very familiar with the Guo family either. Whether it was Mrs. Guo or Mrs. Guo, Qin Ling'er could not talk about going together.
"I'll stay with you." Qin Ling'er said.
Lu Fenghe shook his head, "What's the point of accompanying me? There is a courtyard called the Beast Garden in their house. They have a lot of strange gadgets. You should go and have a look."
Unlike Lu Fenghe who likes flowers and plants, Qin Ling'er likes all kinds of birds and animals. There are raccoon dogs and puppies in the small yard. When Lu Balang proposed to marry him, he even gave him a whisker dog.
When Qin Ling'er heard this, it was really hard for her to refuse to go shopping.
"Okay, okay, you can go with peace of mind, you won't be gone for long."
Qin Ling'er thought of a compromise, "I'll just go see the Beast Garden and come back to have dinner with you."
Lu Fenghe also knew that Qin Ling'er was also worried about her and was afraid that she would be left alone with her wild thoughts, so he did not refuse, "Okay, why not eat some buns tonight."
Qin Ling'er nodded repeatedly, "I want to add pepper powder."
Lu Fenghe's face was full of resistance, "I won't eat it, you can add it yourself."
After a while of fussing and waiting for the children to rest for a while, Mrs. Zhao led the whole family to Guo's house.
Lu Fenghe got up after a peaceful sleep. Knowing that Lu Fu and Qing Ling had arrived, Lu Fenghe quickly called them in.
Lu Fenghe was eating sweet soup and cold cake when they came in together.
"Is everything ready?" Lu Fenghe asked.
They both replied, "It's all set."
It's just that the expressions of the two people looked like they didn't want everything to go smoothly.
"Sit down and talk slowly. I only have enough time in the world."
The two sat down and pushed each other for a while, but in the end it was Lu Fu who spoke first.
"Girl, as soon as the things in the house were handed over to Butler Gou, the second lady ordered Shaoyao to call the servant over."
Lu Fenghe was a little excited, wondering if the second lady could show off her skills.
"The second lady first asked about the girl's whereabouts and where she was." Lu Fu came one by one.
"Then he asked the girl about her plans and asked the servant to persuade her to return to the house as soon as possible. She is waiting for the girl at the house."
Lu Fenghe frowned, something was wrong, this was all too normal.
"There's more, there's more." Lu Fenghe asked.
"Second Madam also said that things are busy in the house and she will come to see Madam another day."
Qing Ling sneered, "If there is anything busy in the house now, I think she is the one with the least time to do."
Lu Fenghe didn't think anything wrong. Half of the people in the house were suddenly missing, and there were still two big men left who she didn't need to worry about.
Shen Erlang and her two brothers were the only ones she had to worry about.
"You can't say that. Two brothers are enough to keep her busy."
Qing Ling curled her lips and said with disdain, "Girl, you don't know, now the big kitchen is under the control of Nanny Xu. If Nanny Xu has anything to do, please directly ask Uncle Gou to make a decision."
Aunt Xu was Shen Nanxun's person, and it was originally for Lu Fenghe, but Lu Fenghe left, so Aunt Xu had to rearrange her place.
Gou Shun is a member of the county prince, so this arrangement seems to be right. One is the head of the county prince's house, and the other is the heir. Even if the second lady has any objections, she has no reason to say anything.
"Originally, Mr. Xie was the wife prepared for our brother. Now that Brother Bao is no longer in the house, the second wife still sent Brother Feng. I heard that Mr. Erlang also went to Mr. Da Lang for this matter and asked Xie
Master, continue to enlighten Brother Feng, and they will find a mentor as soon as possible."
Lu Fenghe didn't think there was any problem with this. Since it had already started, there was no reason to interrupt it casually.
"Master Xie is the eldest husband's staff. He receives money from the eldest husband, but he does things in his house."
Lu Fenghe stopped Bihe's chattering. Apparently, during his lunch break, several little girls had been talking together for a while.
"The second lady has nothing to do in the house now?" Lu Fenghe asked.
Originally, because there were so many mouths in the house every day, the big kitchen could not be left unattended, so it had to be handed over to the second wife. But the seven things to do when opening the door, purchasing could not be stopped, so the purchasing was handed over.
Now that the big kitchen has been taken over by Aunt Xu, there is no reason to leave the purchase to the second lady.
Lu Fu shook her head, "No, Nanny Xu will be in charge of the big kitchen directly, and the rest of the inner courtyard will be reported to Nanny Yan, who will then hand it over to Butler Gou."
"What did the second lady say when she came to you?" Lu Fenghe didn't believe that the second lady could attack the people around her, and still chat with Lu Fu when she had no power at all.
"Just ask the slave girl if she can go to the county prince to say goodbye before she leaves."
Lu Fenghe sneered, as expected.
"I also asked the girl whether the other things in her hands were given to the crown prince or the county prince."
This is to ask if she has told the county prince about the second wife.
As for the things in the palace, if they were given to the county prince, she would still have a chance to get them. If they were given to Shen Nanxun, the chance that the second lady would take over them would be very slim.
"What did you say?"
Lu Fu glanced at Lu Fenghe, unable to tell what Lu Fenghe was thinking.
"My slave said that I don't know much about the master. As for the things in the master's house, I don't know either. The girl told me that I sent boxes to two places. I didn't dare to open them to see what was in the boxes."
Lu Fenghe nodded. She was not afraid of Lu Fu telling the truth, but obviously, Lu Fu's ambiguous words were better.
"Well done." Seeing that Lu Fu had no intention of stopping, Lu Fenghe asked again, "But is there anything else?"
Lu Fu nodded, "There's nothing left to worry about at home. The girl's dowry..."
"What's wrong?"
"There isn't much cash left in the dowry," Lu Fu said.
"I remember that I brought ten thousand taels of silver, but there wasn't much left?" Lu Fenghe had been living in the prince's palace in his previous life. He had never counted how much silver he had on hand, but he had never been short of money.
Lu Fu didn't dare to look directly into Lu Fenghe's eyes, but she still answered her, "Yes, less than half is left."
"Hey, I thought Qianliang was gone." Lu Fenghe breathed a sigh of relief.
On the contrary, Cuizhi became anxious, "Girl, although it sounds a lot to me, I can't stand it when I use it."
Lu Fenghe carefully calculated and found that it was like this. Less than five years after she married into the Shen family, the dowry cost more than five thousand taels, and a lot of the expenses were paid by the father-in-law. From then on, everything was spent.
My own, however, cannot withstand a few years, and I have two children.
"After all, why did you spend so much?" Lu Fenghe asked.
Lu Fu nodded, "My servant and sister Cuizhi checked carefully and found that the girl is really too generous."
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I have been paying attention to the wildfires in Chongqing, and I feel so distressed.
The residents nearby felt sorry for the officers and soldiers who volunteered for the high-temperature rescue, and also felt sorry for the destruction of large tracts of mountain forest.
There was also a wildfire in the Forest Park in Matcha’s hometown many years ago, burning a large area of forest. After so many years, although the hills are covered with green, they are still very bare compared with the unburned ones.