All the servants and workers in the family gathered in the yard outside the main hall and congratulated loudly: "Congratulations to the master for being the top Jinshi in high school."
Shen Wan walked out, looked at everyone and said: "Today there is a banquet in the mansion to celebrate, everyone will be rewarded, and everyone's monthly money will be increased to three taels of silver."
Originally, their monthly money was two taels of silver, and this increase was one tael of silver. Everyone was naturally very happy. If she hadn't disliked it, they would have knelt down to thank her.
"Thank you ma'am."
Everyone thanked them, and Shen Wan asked them not to leave yet. She asked Qiu Ju to get some broken silver and sprinkled a few handfuls of wedding money on everyone.
Everyone robbed the wedding money before letting them disperse happily.
Shen Wan thought for a while and raised the monthly money of Zhiqiu, Qiu Ju and Lu Wenqin to ten taels of silver, and then raised the monthly money of Mrs. Wei to five taels of silver.
In the evening, Shen Wan asked the kitchen to cook a lot of delicious food, and celebrated with the people of the villa that Shen Ming was the Jinshi of High School.
next day
Two guests came to the villa. These two guests were Murong Li and Yun Qingyang who came to congratulate Shen Ming.
Shen Wan suffered from severe morning sickness and dizziness for the past two days, so she did not see them and slept in her room.
There is an artificial lake in this villa with lotus flowers planted in it. There is also a pavilion in the middle of the lake, called Huxin Pavilion.
Shen Ming led the two of them to the Huxin Pavilion, where the maid placed refreshments, fruits and fine tea on the stone table in the hall.
After Yun Qingyang sat down, he looked around and said: "This Zhuangzi is really good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the principles are noisy. It is a good place to study."
After saying that, he looked at Murong Li with a smile.
If others don't know, how can he not know? This Izumo Villa used to be Murong Li's property, and he even came to play here when he was a child!
Shen Ming said: "I also think this Zhuangzi is very good. I heard from my sister that she bought this Zhuangzi for five thousand taels of silver."
Yun Qingyang raised his eyebrows, "For such a big Zhuangzi, only five thousand taels of silver is too cheap! Mr. Marquis, don't you think so?" He looked at Murong Li narrowly and asked.
Such a big village lost even 20,000 taels of silver, but their An Ding Hou actually sold it to Mrs. Shen for 5,000 taels of silver. Didn't he give it away for free?
A Li only had some business dealings with Mrs. Shen, but he was very protective of Mrs. Shen and sold the village to Mrs. Shen at a low price. Although he did not enter the palace on the Lantern Festival, the lantern riddle guessing competition , based on his understanding of A Li, he would never be unable to guess the last lantern riddle. He should have lost to Mrs. Shen on purpose. He had never seen A Li treat that woman like this? Could it be... ...He has a bold guess in his mind.
Murong Li coughed twice and nodded, "It's indeed cheap."
Shen Ming also said: "I also think it's very cheap. I'm afraid that my sister was deceived and bought a haunted house. I asked my sister specifically, but my sister said that the person who sells Zhuangzi admires my sister's character so much. That’s why I sold it to her at such a low price.”
Usually, only if a haunted house cannot be sold, it will be sold at a very low price. So when he first learned that this villa was so cheap, he worried that it was a haunted house.
Yun Qingyang chuckled softly and said: "How much does that person admire your sister so much that he sold this house to her at such a low price!"
Shen Ming nodded in agreement, "Yes!"
Murong Li drank tea and said nothing. Mrs. Shen had saved his life and was so talented. She could always surprise people. His admiration for her was like the endless waves.