Li Jinzhu followed Li Xiaonan's instructions and put aside the looms in Hejiacun, and went to check out several other villages with Sister-in-law Lu.
Li Xiaonan didn't go because Wan Qing came to pick her up early in the morning.
"Why are you going to your other business? Where is your eldest son? In your other business?" Li Xiaonan asked as soon as she got in the car.
"The Crown Prince left before dawn, saying that the Crown Prince was coming. Our Crown Prince has been very busy recently!"
Sit down in Wanqing, grab some snacks and pour some tea.
"Last night, when we were almost ready, Shi Gun went to see me and told the prince that he would come over this morning and take you to our Bieye Library to read."
Li Xiaonan’s eyebrows raised.
Reading? What does he mean? Does he think she is too idle?
"Shi Gun said, when he came to see me, the prince was making a list of books for you.
"Shi Gun also said that he reminded the prince about this, saying that you are in the fine cloth business. I wonder if you know the origins of various weaving workshops and guilds in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Shi Gun said that the prince praised him two or three times, saying that he was thoughtful and more diligent than before. He also rewarded him with ten taels of silver.
"You haven't seen Shi Gun like that. He's so upset. What he says about money is nothing. He has no shortage of money. The prince's praise is rare."
Wan Qing curled her lips and snorted.
Li Xiaonan said slowly.
So that’s it, Shi Gun is really thoughtful, I’d like to thank you next time we meet.
"A compliment is enough. Is your prince's compliment so rare?" Li Xiaonan stabbed a sugar lotus seed and said smoothly.
"It must be rare to see Shi Gun like that. Anyway, the prince has never praised me." Wan Qing sighed.
Every time the prince saw her, he seemed to dislike her.
"If you were in front of your prince like Shi Gun all day long, your prince would praise you all the time, and Shi Gun would definitely not be able to compare to you." Li Xiaonan pierced another sugar lotus seed.
"Our prince is not an easy place to stay in front of us. I am too far behind Shi Gun. Shi Gun is more than capable of doing my job, but I cannot do Shi Gun's job."
Wan Qing's words made Li Xiaonan snort.
Also, if the prince can keep silent about anything, just move his fingers, Shi Gunhui will guess it accurately, Wan Qing is afraid that he can't do it, and he definitely can't do it.
"The prince is here, where will he live? Do you have a different business?" Li Xiaonan changed the topic.
"Yeah." Wan Qing said affirmatively, "Uncle Hong is very busy."
"Have you seen the prince?" Li Xiaonan inserted another sugar lotus seed, and the small crystal plate was empty.
"How can I see the Crown Prince! Shi Gun is a common person, and Stone Gun said that the Crown Prince is a very nice person, much kinder than our Crown Prince."
In the next few sentences, Wan Qing lowered her voice.
"Your prince is very kind."
"That's right for you! When we were in the capital, our prince was famous for his steep cliffs and unsmiling words."
Li Xiaonan snorted at Wan Qing and changed the topic again, "Oh, by the way, I didn't have time to say last time, has Mrs. Shi recovered from her illness?"
"It's okay." Wan Qing laughed a few times, moved closer to Li Xiaonan, bit her ear and said: "At first, I said I was sick. I couldn't tell whether it was a real illness or a fake one. Later, our prince
I went to visit a doctor, and told Mrs. Pan that the eldest lady must be acclimatized, and the eldest lady is really sick, very sick."
Li Xiaonan raised her eyebrows, "As for that!"
"Why not? Last time plus this time, Mrs. Shi has lived in Pingjiang Mansion for more than half a year, and she is still acclimated?
"What our prince said is too irritating. Even if we want to drive people away, we can't talk nonsense like this... We can't say that about our prince. I mean, we can't say it so casually." Wan Qing slapped her mouth repeatedly.
A few times.
"It's just the two of us, it's okay. Your eldest son really shouldn't talk nonsense like this. It's just so irritating. Even if we break off the engagement, we shouldn't be so irritating. Miss Shi and your eldest son have been together since childhood.
Grow up, right?"
"Childhood sweethearts!" Wan Qing came to Li Xiaonan's ear and said, "Let's talk about it, the prince's divorce is so deceiving!
"Miss Shi Da and our prince have been known as childhood sweethearts for many years. They have been engaged for two or three years. Miss Shi's dowry has been prepared, and our prince will not give any reason.
If you say you want to break off the engagement, then you're going to back off. Can you tell me who can bear it?
"Fortunately, Ms. Shi is a powerful person and managed to hold on.
"At that time, we all guessed which girl our prince must have fallen in love with. We all craned our necks to see which house our prince would propose to marry. Who knows! Look, it's been almost two years now.
Sorry, there's no movement at all!
"Our princess drew all the noble ladies in the world before the prince, but he didn't pick any of them. Tell me, if it were you, Miss Shi, would you give up?"
"I must have given up. I just broke off the engagement for no reason at all. I just broke off the engagement. I had to give up at that time. No matter how much he begged me, I would ignore him." Li Xiaonan said rudely.
Wan Qing curled her lips into a straight line, "It's not you anyway, so you can say whatever you like cheaply!"
"Really." Li Xiaonan looked serious.
"Okay, okay, just treat it as if you are serious." Wan Qing said with a look on her face, "I won't argue with you. Miss Shi Da is really ill. She is really seriously ill. Mrs. Pan Er was so anxious and frightened that she lost a lot of weight."
A circle.
"Yesterday I saw Miss Shi from a distance. Mrs. Pan was sitting with her by the lake. Miss Shi was so thin that she was frighteningly thin. Alas, when Miss Shi gets better again, she will definitely have to go back." Wan Qing sighed.
.
"Miss Shi is not young anymore, right?"
"I'm twenty this year! You said our prince is very capable of deceiving people. Miss Shi is already twenty. If you look for someone again, you have to choose someone every six months or one year. In a family like ours, there are many etiquettes and they are very particular about it. From inserting hairpins to
It takes a year to get up. How old is Ms. Shi?" Wan Qing clicked her tongue.
"It's too late to get married. She's already in her twenties this year, and she's just starting to choose families. There are very few families to choose from, right?" Li Xiaonan held her chin and looked at the empty dessert plates on the table.
"No! Our prince is really capable of deceiving people!"
"It would be nice if we started picking things up right after we broke off the engagement." Li Xiaonan sighed.
"No! But I can't blame her. Who would be willing to accept it? Our prince is so handsome." Wan Qing smiled.
……
The two of them chattered, and in the blink of an eye, the car stopped at the place where it parked last time outside the library.
Wan Qing got out of the car first and watched Li Xiaonan come down. The two of them walked one behind the other. As soon as they arrived at the bridge, they saw the slight movement of people in the water pavilion not far away.
"It's Mrs. Shi, and our cousin." Wan Qing's voice was very low.
