Ning Wei handed a cup of tea to Hu Rui and said, "Prince Shizi should have told him about my situation before he came."
Hu Rui nodded, "Yeah."
Ning Wei was not surprised by Hu Rui, who cherished his words like gold, and continued: "Right now, my conditions are limited, and I can't recruit more people for the time being. In the future, if there is anything that needs to be done, sir, just tell them directly."
In the last life, Hu Rui lived in the Hou Mansion as a savior. She arranged for two maids and two rough women to do her bidding.
Hu Rui nodded slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm used to being alone. I can handle personal matters by myself and don't need others to interfere."
Ning Wei turned to Zaohua and Sangye and said, "If you two have something to do, go and do your work. I'll talk to you sir."
The jujube flowers and mulberry leaves bowed their knees and turned to go to work.
Ning Wei raised her hand and said, "Sir, please have some tea." After saying that, Ning Wei picked up the cup in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip.
Hu Rui looked at the Longjing in the cup, then looked at Ning Wei, thinking to himself, does she know that I like Longjing?
It was obviously his first time meeting her. Where did the shock in her eyes come from when they first met?
With many questions in his mind, Hu Rui picked up the tea cup expressionlessly, lowered his head and took a sip, then placed the tea cup on the stone table.
Ning Wei was holding the teacup in her hand and was about to tell Hu Rui about her current plans when she looked up and saw Donghui coming in from the courtyard door and stopped talking.
Donghui saw Ning Wei and Hu Rui in the pavilion and walked straight to the pavilion.
Ning Wei straightened up, looked at Dong Hui and asked with a smile: "Sister Dong Hui, is there something wrong?"
Donghui leaned forward and said: "Miss, Mrs. Qi and Miss Jiang from Jiang Shangshu's house have come over. They are talking in the old lady's room now. The old lady asked the slave to come over and invite the eldest lady."
Ning Wei didn't expect that Mrs. Qi and Jiang Xingyu would come over today. She was stunned for a moment, then nodded happily, "Okay, I understand, let's go."
Ning Wei turned to Hu Rui and said, "Sir, please rest first. I will go to my grandmother's place to meet the guests. I will talk to you later."
Hu Rui stood up and bowed towards Ning Wei, "It's okay. Miss, go ahead and do your work."
Ning Wei turned around and told Zaohua: "Go and tell the kitchen to add some dishes today, Longjing shrimp, Dungeness crab, and West Lake vinegar fish."
After hearing Ning Wei's words, Hu Rui's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Ning Wei with a deeper look.
These are all my favorite dishes!
Normally, she is not good at words and has a dull temperament. Even if she likes it, she will not tell others about it.
What's more, she has been away from the capital for many years, and there are almost no people who know her preferences.
How did the little lady in front of me know?
If Longjing tea is an accident, then the specially added dishes are definitely not an accident! Hu Rui is very sure of this.
After Zaohua was ordered to leave, Ning Wei smiled at Hu Rui and said, "Sir, I'll go over first."
Hu Rui came to his senses and nodded: "Okay! Miss, go and do your work."
Ning Wei followed Donghui to Wutong Garden. When she entered the house, she saw her grandmother talking to Mrs. Qi. Jiang Xingyu sat next to Mrs. Qi, listening to the two of them with a smile, but looking at the door.
Seeing Ning Wei enter the door, Jiang Xingyu jumped up, stretched out his hand and greeted her with a smile, "A Wei, I miss you."
Facing the passionate Jiang Xingyu, Ning Wei smiled and stretched out her hand to hold Jiang Xingyu's hand, and responded enthusiastically: "Hello Xingyu, I miss you too."
Mrs. Qi looked at the two people who were so intimate at the banquet, and turned to Mrs. Qian and said, "Look at these two children! This girl, Xingyu, has been talking in the house for several days about coming to find Sister Wei."
Mrs. Qian said with emotion: "At first, Madam and Jinhua were as good as the same person. Now, Sister Yu and Sister Wei are like the same people again. This is a great fate."
Mrs. Qi smiled and said, "Who says otherwise? Xingyu and Awei were born in the same year, month and day."
The smile on Mrs. Qian's face deepened and she said, "Yes, they are still the same gender! They are really destined."
Ning Wei came over to greet Mrs. Qi.
After some polite remarks, Jiang Xingyu asked: "Ah Wei, don't you live in Mingyuan on Minghui Lane? Why did you move here?"
Mrs. Qi's expression was condensed. She didn't expect her daughter to ask such a straightforward question, and she was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.
Ning Wei looked at Mrs. Qian and said with a smile: "What? Yesterday, my cousin went to Minghui Lane to visit my grandmother. She said she hadn't seen her in many years and insisted that she move here to be closer to her."
After hearing this, Mrs. Qi hurriedly took over with a smile, "Qiao'an and the old lady are like mother and daughter. Over the years, Qiao'an has been with General Xu at the border. Now that she has returned to the capital, she naturally hopes to spend more time with the old lady.
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Mrs. Qian smiled and said, "Yes, Qiao'an extended her warm invitation, which made me helpless, so I could only live here to stay with her for a while."
Jiang Xingyu received his mother's look and knew that he had talked too much. He did not dare to ask random questions. He took Ning Wei's hand and said to Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qi: "Old lady, mother, please speak. Ah Wei took the lead
Xingyu went to her yard to have a look."
Mrs. Qian waved her hand and said: "Go, go, Sister Wei, take good care of Sister Yu."
Ning Wei smiled, looked after Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Qi, and took Jiang Xingyu out of Wutong Garden to Yifeng Garden.
On the way, Jiang Xingyu turned to the maid Nian Xia and said, "Just stay here, there is no need to follow."
Thinking of Xia, I bent my knees and bowed in response.
Jiang Xingyu followed Ning Wei to Yifeng Garden, but Ning Wei let him in.
Zaohua presented tea and fruit snacks and then left.
Ning Wei brought the tea cup to Jiang Xingyu and said, "Xingyu, please have tea."
Jiang Xingyu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup and tilted it towards Ning Wei, asking in a low voice: "Awei, your stepmother wants to marry you to her natal nephew?"
Ning Wei looked up at Jiang Xingyu and asked, "Where did you hear that?"
Jiang Xingyu replied: "Yesterday, there was a flower party at the residence of Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, and I was invited to the banquet. At the banquet, I met Miss Ning Er. Miss Ning Er and Miss Yang San from the residence of Yang University, also met
Several young ladies from other families were sitting together talking. Miss Liu asked Miss Ning Er why Miss Ning didn't go to the banquet.
Miss Ning Er said that your marriage has been decided and you have to embroider your wedding dress at home and have no time to attend the banquet.
Miss Yang San inquired curiously, asking whose husband you are proposing to marry.
Miss Ning Er said it was her cousin Zhao Yongqing, and she also said that you and Zhao Yongqing were childhood sweethearts and were in love with each other.
I went back home and talked about it with my mother, who was so anxious that she came to ask the old lady."
At this point, Jiang Xingyu paused and asked tentatively: "Awei, is your marriage really settled?"
Ning Wei shook her head and denied, "No!"
After receiving Ning Wei's affirmative reply, Jiang Xingyu breathed a long sigh of relief, held her hand and said, "I was scared to death. I thought Mrs. Zhao really married you to her wretched nephew.
