Gu Yan dismounted at the gate of the villa, and the steward on duty trotted up to meet him, lowering his hand and reporting:
Mrs. Pan Er and the eldest daughter of the Shi family arrived yesterday and stayed in the courtyard where they lived last year.
Gu Yan paused slightly, listened to the manager's report, said yes, and strode in.
He received a letter from grandma three days ago, and she arrived yesterday!
Gu Yan pursed his lips into a sneer.
She loves to reveal in every detail that she is extraordinary, that she is different, that she is in control of everything, that she can control everything!
In the past, he actually admired her!
Gu Yan suddenly stopped.
In the past, he admired her as a person who was one with him, as one of his own, and even as himself!
Then those people who were not one with her and did not regard her as one...
After she married into Prince Rui's palace, the eldest sister hated her more and more day by day, the second sister had not liked her since she was a child, and the third sister had always hated her.
In the past, he always thought that his sisters were too arrogant and stingy.
Gu Yan raised his head slightly and stared blankly at a tree blooming with flowers not far away.
Now, her ubiquitous smart-alecks kept arousing his disgust and even aroused his anger.
It must have been the same in the past. Those who did not regard her as one, other than him, must have hated her and even been angry like him now.
He always thought she was his good wife!
Gu Yan lowered his head and looked at the corners of his clothes that were moving slightly in the wind.
How much of his tragic defeats and deaths were due to his arrogance and blindness?
Gu Yan's face turned slightly green, he stayed for a moment, then turned around and walked out.
"Go and tell the second wife that there is urgent business. I will come back later. If it is late, I will go and pay her respects tomorrow." Gu Yan ordered as he strode out.
Shi Gun was stunned by the movements of his family's eldest son. He agreed and quickly waved for someone to pass on the message.
Gu Yan got on his horse and headed straight to Academy Street.
Li Xiaonan is standing in the yard practicing Chinese calligraphy with her wrists hanging.
Wang Yuting and A Wu were busy rolling out pancakes while the other was flipping them with bamboo slices. Sister Mei kept stretching her head to look at the pancakes while washing her clothes.
This was the first time she saw fried pancakes.
Shi Gun knocked on the courtyard door, pushed it open, and looked into the courtyard.
Awu saw the rolling stone first and jumped up.
Shi Gun didn't look at Ah Wu, but met Li Xiaonan's gaze, leaned over and said with a smile, "Miss Li, do you have some time?"
"Yeah." Li Xiaonan responded, rinsed the pen in the pen washer, and hung it on the pen holder.
"The cake is burnt!" Sister Mei shook the water on her hands and leaned over to turn the cake for Ah Wu.
"Sit down and bake your cake!" Wang Yuting shouted, but he looked at the stone roll with his eyes, stretching his neck little by little until his butt left the stool.
"Why is Master Shi looking for her?" Ah Wu also craned his neck to look outside.
"It's the prince who is looking for her, right?" Wang Yuting sat back, turned to look at Sister Mei and asked, "Sister Mei, that Mr. Shi just now often comes to see grandma?"
"He doesn't come often. This is his second time. There is a girl who often comes. She is very good-looking. She always wears silk silk." Sister Mei said with a smile.
"Called Wanqing?" Wang Yuting asked.
"Yes, that's the name. It sounds so nice."
Wang Yuting groaned and looked at Awu. Awu met Wang Yuting's gaze and said in a low voice: "The prince is so good to her!"
"Can you send us here?" Wang Yuting grabbed a piece of dough, slapped it on the chopping board, and then rolled out the cake.
"Where is Wan Qing?" Li Xiaonan asked after leaving the courtyard.
"The prince came here suddenly and didn't bother to call her." Shi Gun lowered his voice, "The prince, that, is that, do you understand?"
"Which one?" Li Xiaonan was confused.
"The prince came here suddenly!" Shi Gun said the word "suddenly".
"Don't you, the prince, think about it all day long? Why did it happen suddenly again?" Li Xiaonan frowned.
I thought it would happen as soon as it happened, so what else is so sudden?
"You are so awesome!" Shi Gun swallowed, "Suddenly, our prince, he, that, that," Shi Gun patted his chest, "Not good, do you understand?"
"Oh, are you in a bad mood?" Li Xiaonan understood.
Shi Gun breathed out, "I didn't say anything. We have rules on duty."
"Thank you very much. Wan Qing said you are very kind." Although Li Xiaonan felt that Shi Gun's reminder was quite unnecessary, she still thanked her seriously.
"She talked too much. When she reached the alley, she couldn't speak anymore."
Li Xiaonan glanced at Shi Gun. He talked a lot. He seemed to be no less talkative than Wan Qing, right?
Gu Yan stood in front of the tea house window, swinging the folding fan for a while. When Li Xiaonan came closer, he glanced sideways at her and pointed out the window with the folding fan, "This peony is getting more and more ugly."
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"I think it looks pretty. Who messed with you?" Li Xiaonan took half a step forward, raised her head and looked at Gu Yan's face carefully.
"Why do you ask that?" Gu Yan looked down at Li Xiaonan.
"You're disgusted by the peonies growing there, and you don't look good. Who dares to mess with you?"
"There are so many people who dare to offend me." Gu Yan shook his folding fan.
"You are complaining. Did you bring the tea?" Li Xiaonan turned to look at the table next to her.
Tea has been poured into both cups on the table.
"The dragon and phoenix group tea that was brought in this year." Gu Yan put away the folding fan, went over to sit down, picked up the cup and put it down again, signaling to Li Xiaonan, "The lactose was sent from the north. It just arrived. You can try it."
Li Xiaonan immediately reached out and pulled the plate piled with lactose, weighed a piece, and looked at it carefully.
This nougat is about the size of a fingernail and looks like a lotus flower. The first thing in their palace is that it looks good.
Li Xiaonan put the candy into her mouth.
It's not very sweet, has a rich milky flavor, and has finely chopped peanuts. She hasn't eaten nougat in a long, long time. It's so delicious.
Li Xiaonan took another piece and put it in her mouth.
Gu Yan shook his folding fan and watched Li Xiaonan eating candy one after another, feeling better little by little.
"How is your business doing?" Gu Yan watched Li Xiaonan eat five or six pieces in a row, stretched out his fan, and pushed the plate away from Li Xiaonan's hand.
"It went very smoothly. Awu and her cousin were very helpful." Li Xiaonan picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.
Well, tea is also very good.
"What's the smoothest method? Tell me carefully."
"We found a total of twelve grocery stores in Guoxiang and Wushan towns and asked them to help me collect fine cloth. If they helped me collect a piece of fine cloth, I would give them twenty copper coins." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
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"You can't make much money from this business, right?" Gu Yan did some calculations and frowned.
"It's not all about making money, it's not all about making money, it's about making a lot of money in the future. In short, you have to have a long-term vision. I tell you, you don't understand." Li Xiaonan smiled.
Gu Yan choked when Li Xiaonan said, "You don't understand."
Regardless of whether he understands it or not, if he dares to tell his face what he doesn't understand, except this time, he really can't remember the second time.
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?One chapter of debt repayment, how many chapters are still owed?