Several brothers in the courtyard all went to the door.
"…You guys just moved here?"
"...Yes, yes, take care of me in the future..."
"…The accent sounds like someone from the northwest?"
"...fellow fellow has a good ear..."
The neighbors in front of the house also came out. Although they were not familiar with each other, they gave each other auspicious New Year greetings and congratulated each other, while chatting.
Xu Maoxiu withdrew his gaze and looked at Cheng Jiaoniang sitting opposite.
"If anything happens to my sister, just ask," he said.
Cheng Jiaoniang nodded.
"These days, if you walk outside the city, there is a restaurant called Shenxianju," she said.
Xu Maoxiu looked serious and focused and nodded.
"They may have to sell it off," Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Xu Maoxiu was stunned for a moment.
"Brother came forward to buy it." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Xu Maoxiu looked at Cheng Jiaoniang in surprise, trying to see some hidden information on her face, but unfortunately, this woman's expression was always dull. Except for the curved corners of her mouth that could express a smile, she had no other expression.
"Okay." Xu Maoxiu said.
The seven brothers kept watching as Cheng Jiaoniang's carriage disappeared from the street, then turned around and entered.
The sun sets in the west, and the first day of the New Year passes like this.
Several brothers went to cook in a noisy manner, while Fan Jianglin and Xu Maoxiu sat down in the house.
"You want us to buy a restaurant?" Fan Jianglin asked, obviously surprised.
Xu Maoxiu nodded.
"We need to come forward to buy a restaurant." He corrected him.
"Then, what does this mean?" Fan Jianglin asked in confusion.
"Perhaps she just wants to buy a restaurant?" Xu Maoxiu thought for a moment and said, smiling to himself.
Fan Jianglin touched his head and smiled bitterly.
Really, so simple?
The first month of the year is free, and time flies by so fast. In a blink of an eye, it is the seventh day of the first lunar month. The capital is noisy and lively. Relatives have left, and now most of the people coming and going are good friends.
Compared to the bustle of other people's homes, the students living in the inn seemed a little lonely.
"Why not go for a walk on the street?" a companion said, putting down the book in his hand, rubbing his hands and stamping his feet to relieve the coldness.
Behind him, Han Yuanchao and another companion also put down their books.
"It's been a day since yesterday. That's all the comings and goings. What's there to do?" Han Yuanchao said, shaking his head.
"Are you still waiting for your beauty to come and invite you?" A companion laughed.
Han Yuanchao smiled and shook his head.
"But it's really strange, why did your beauty just disappear?" said the companion next to her.
"Don't talk nonsense. Someone who is beautiful or not should be an old man." Han Yuanchao said, "My servant has a Jiangzhou accent, but she is very familiar with the capital, and she is not sure whether she will live in Jiangzhou if she stays in the capital. It is obvious that she is an old man."
An old man from his hometown.”
The companions had already stopped to talk about the conversation that day in detail and nodded.
"But of course my father-in-law has a daughter or granddaughter." Another one said with a smile.
These few words made the atmosphere in the room a little livelier, and seemed to dispel a little loneliness.
"But seriously, why did you stop coming all of a sudden?" Another plastic surgeon asked, "Is it possible that you really just visited the woman's family and did some good deeds?"
"Look, I was right, he is indeed a person like me." Han Yuanchao smiled and said, "It's you who are causing trouble."
While they were talking, laughter could be heard outside the door.
"Let's take a walk and stop at the temple to read the calligraphy."
It turned out that other students who lived in the same hotel came over to invite them. It was boring to study hard all the time. The three of them accepted the invitation, put on their clothes and walked out.
"Isn't it about appreciating plum blossoms and appreciating poems? Why did it become the word "appreciate"?"
"You haven't heard of it yet? Before the temple was closed, someone proposed a good calligraphy and created five new styles. I heard that Mr. Jiangzhou even went to see it in person."
"I see. Then does Senior Jin want to read Chinese calligraphy, or should he just meet Mr. Jiangzhou by chance?"
A group of people walked out of the door talking and laughing. The street was noisy with people and the sound of firecrackers from time to time.
Han Yuanchao wrapped his cloak tightly and looked at the streets to the east.
That's it?
"Brother Yuan Chao." Someone greeted him.
Han Yuanchao responded and followed his companions to the west.
At the same time, Cheng Jiaoniang walked out of the Chen family's door.
"Here, it's Chinese New Year, let's go after dinner." Mrs. Chen sent it out personally and persuaded her to stay again.
Cheng Jiaoniang said nothing and politely declined.
Liu Lang drove the carriage over, attracting curious looks and whispers from the Chen family sisters around him.
They watched the carriage leave the alley before the Chen family members turned around.
"Mom, mother, is my sister wearing the clothes you gave her?" Chen Danniang asked happily.
Thinking of the woman's appearance when she stepped into the door, they almost didn't recognize her.
When a gift is worn by someone else, it is the greatest gift in return.
Mrs. Chen couldn't hide the smile on her face.
"Yes." She said, "Do you think Mrs. Cheng is dressed appropriately?"
Chen Danniang nodded.
"It looks good, Mrs. Cheng looks good in whatever she wears." She said, looking at the sisters behind her as she thought about something, "What the eighteenth lady wears is not as good-looking as what Mrs. Cheng wears."
The sisters behind her laughed.
"Nineteenth Mother, please tell me, the newly made clothes are no longer yours." Chen Eighteenth Mother pretended to be angry and said.
Chen Danniang was not afraid of her sister, so she made a face at her and held her mother's hand.
"Mother, mother, mother, do it for me," she said.
The children were laughing and having fun, and Mrs. Chen was smiling.
My husband's official position is prosperous and my father-in-law's illness has been eliminated. This year is really a comfortable one.
As the carriage drove into the house, Zhou Zuolang jumped out of the car, threw away the riding crop in his hand, turned around and left.
Here, Cheng Jiaoniang helped the maid get out of the car.
"There are quite a few visitors today," the maid said, looking at the carriage over there.
"It's like this every day. It's the Chinese New Year." The servant girl said with a smile, showing off a bit, "There are a lot of people walking around."
Cheng Jiaoniang glanced at the maid, then turned to look at the maid.
"Well, let's go back and see Madam," she said.
The maid responded yes, but...
"Sister-in-law, please lead the way." She looked at the servant woman and said with a smile.
Meeting the Madam? When the children return home after going out, they naturally want to see the Madam to say hello. However, Mrs. Cheng has never had this habit, and she suddenly wanted to go. The maid thought she had heard wrongly.
But this is a good thing after all. The servant girl was very happy, so she said that a family is a family. There is no real separation. The girl is not familiar with her when she comes. It will be fine when she is familiar with her.
"Madam, please come this way." She said happily.
Different from other years, this year's Zhou family is more lively, with a lot of visitors. The servants don't know why, but the Zhou family master and his wife know it well.
"Auntie, I heard that there is a new sister in your family, why haven't you seen her?"
After rambling for a while, a young woman said with a smile.
"Yes, yes." A woman next to me also said, "It's Chinese New Year, why do sisters come out together to have fun?"
These days, Mrs. Zhou's ears have become numb after hearing this.
"She's not at home, she went out." She said with a smile.
"Are there any relatives and friends here?" the woman asked, a little doubtfully.
"The Chen family." Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, although her smiling face was a bit stiff.
Last time I said I was not in good health after sleeping. This time I said I went to Chen's house. What about the next time? After pushing and blocking, which of these ladies is easy to get along with? They can still hear things happen even if everything is fine.
Sure enough, this woman looked like she was smiling but not smiling.
"The same goes for you, just hide this treasure of yours." She said, "We can't compare to Mr. Chen's family, and we can't see your treasure."
"Or maybe we are no match for the Chen family and can't afford to hire them?" Someone else laughed. (To be continued)
