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Chapter 451: It’s better not to go to the Xu family in the future [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 44k]

Early noon (after 11:00 a.m.)

The sun is shining brightly,

The spring breeze blows gently,

The green branches of the willow trees hanging on the shore were swaying gently in the wind.

On the sparkling water of Jinming Pond,
The huge and exquisite dragon boat was heading towards Aowu on the north bank.

The thick and long oars extending from both sides of the hull were rowing in unison, stirring up splashes of water as the oars were raised and lowered.

There were dozens of small dragon boats and tiger-head boats pulling the boat.
Because the passengers on the ship had already disembarked, the speed of this big dragon boat was quite impressive.

When the big dragon boat was slowly parked in the tall building,

Xu Zaijing had already taken a small boat to the place where Gu Tingye, Liang Han and others were fishing.

A flag of "Chiyuansu" was hung on the boat, which was the government office that managed Jinming Lake.

Seeing Xu Zaijing jumping onto the shore, the boat headed towards the entrance of Jinming Lake.

"How was the harvest?"

Xu Zaijing walked over to Changbaek who was closest to him and asked.

While speaking, he looked at the bucket beside him.

Changbai shook his head a little embarrassedly: "Not much catch."

Before Xu Zaijing could see what was in the bucket, he smiled and said, "Fishing is just a pastime, Changbai, don't take it too seriously."

Before I finished speaking,

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and Qi Heng who had different expressions not far from Changbai.
He quickly glanced into Changbai's bucket, and after seeing the big fish inside, Xu Zaijing shook his head helplessly: "Changbai, don't say that again in the future."

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing sat on the chair that Buwei had brought over, took the fishing rod handed over by the fishing cart, put bait on it and threw it into the water to start fishing: "Erlang, have you found someone to go to the polo field tomorrow?"

Gu Tingye, who was standing under the tarpaulin, looked at the fish float on the water and said, "Just a few of us are enough!"

"Uncle, Liang Han and I are still young, and we're afraid we'll suffer! Why not ask Shoushanbo Huang to come?"

Gu Tingye frowned and glared at Qi Heng.
Qi Heng quickly pursed his lips and turned to look at the water.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Brother Heng, don't worry. With a few of us here, you two may not have a chance to play!"

Zheng Xiao stretched and leaned back in his chair, "I'll play polo with you guys. I'm going to the north now."

Xu Zaijing pulled the empty hook out of the water and re-baited it while saying:

"What day? We'll go see you off then!"

"Before March 10th."

Qiao Jiulang, who was fishing on the shore, nodded repeatedly. Chang Feng beside Qiao Jiulang also wanted to nod, but after thinking about it, he did not move.

"Xu~"

Qingyun rode a horse, leading the little black colt, and brought a carriage from the Xu family to a place not far away.

Qingcao got off the carriage with Huaxiang and Yunxiang.
After Qingyun and Buwei moved all kinds of things off the carriage,

The three maids skillfully turned up the heat on the charcoal stove and started to make tea.

Two quarters of an hour later,

"cough cough"

Xu Zaijing cleared his throat and leisurely lifted a small fish the size of his ring finger out of the water.

"Young master, drink tea."

Yunxiang came over with a tray.

Xu Zaijing smiled and threw the little fish back into the water, then wiped his hands with a handkerchief and took the teacup.

On the other side,
Qiu Niang, Gu Tingye's personal maid, glanced at her own master who was drinking tea, then smiled, took Qingcao's hand and said something.

Buwei was quite familiar with Qingcao. Without saying anything, he took the teacup from the tray and presented it to Qi Heng.

A little further,
Not far from Liang Han, Hua Xiang saw a maid who looked unfamiliar and wary. She was a little confused, but she still smiled and said, "Sister, please have some tea, Mr. Liang Liu."

The maid looked Hua Xiang up and down, looking at the fabric of her clothes and the exquisite jewelry on her hair. She smiled with a hint of jealousy in her eyes, "Sister, we have some tea prepared at home."

Hua Xiang was stunned and was about to speak when Liang Han turned his head and said, "The two girls beside Jing'er were born in Xiangyang Marquis Mansion. They are very good at making tea. Bring it over for me to try!"

"Yes."

The maid replied with a twitch of her lips.

Hearing the conversation, Gu Tingye tilted his head and Xu Zaijing raised his eyebrows.

They had already recognized the maidservant beside Liang Han as Miss Wan Jiachun Ge, who had been flirting with Liang Han near the Ao House last year.

The Yongchang Marquis's Mansion was a famous wealthy family in Bianjing.

Liang Han is very knowledgeable about women.

The girl he chooses must be good-looking.

But it also depends on who you compare her with. Compared with Qiu Niang, who is by Gu Tingye's side, her appearance is naturally the winner.

But the objects of comparison are the sisters Yunxiang and Huaxiang around Xu Zaijing
Although Yun Xiang and Hua Xiang are only slightly better in appearance, they grew up in different environments. Even though the two sisters are maids, there is some difference in temperament between them.

Xu Zaijing looked at Liang Han, who seemed to enjoy Miss Chun Ge's jealousy and was patting her hand, and shook his head slightly.

The Li family's Taotie and Chimei brothers were already familiar with Qingcao and the others. After saying thank you, they started sipping the wine.

On the day when Jinming Lake was opened,
There is a huge flow of people around.
There are many colorful tents for performing arts and stalls selling food and drinks inside and outside the pond.

So Xu Zaijing and others' lunch,
It was the food they brought from their homes, as well as snacks bought from the surrounding areas by the servants.

The group fished until the afternoon before dispersing.
There was a palm-sized fish swimming in Xu Zaijing's bucket. It was his "huge" catch that stood out among the short ones in the afternoon.

When everyone was about to leave,
A flatbed carriage with a large wooden barrel tied to it came from the west.

The leader was wearing the official uniform of the Chiyuan Office.
Seeing Xu Zaijing about to mount his horse, the official hurried over with the carriage and bowed, saying:

"Wu Lang, please wait! The carriage contains the fish caught from Jinming Lake that the palace ordered to be given to the Xu family! March is the season when carp are plump and tender."

Xu Zaijing walked towards the official and said, "Thank you for your help!"

"You're too polite, Wulang!" the official replied with a smile and a bow.

Qi Heng, Gu Tingye and others were listening to the conversation. They looked at the wooden barrel in their servant's hand, and then looked at the thing on the carriage that was more than half a person's height and about the same size as a large water tank.

this.
After the head of Chiyuan left,
Qiao Jiulang, whose family was in the seafood business, was the first to board the carriage.
After opening the lid of the big wooden barrel and looking at the fish swimming in it, Qiao Jiu said, "Brother Jing, this fish is neither too big nor too small, and the meat is just the right texture. I put a lot of effort into it."

"Jiulang, how does it compare to the ones in your shop?"

Liang Han asked with a smile.

Qiao Jiu waved his hands somewhat embarrassedly and said:
"Of course, my family's seafood cannot compare with the one in Jinming Pond."

"Ha ha!"

Looking at Qiao Jiulang's appearance, everyone started laughing.

Subsequently,

Everyone mounted their horses and slowly walked towards the outside of the pond.

2:00 PM (around 5:30 PM)

Quyuan Street,
Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Backyard,
Mrs. Xie, who did not join in the fun at Jinming Lake, was sitting on a chair with her daughter in her arms, smiling: "Father, Mother, is there something that you two need to be so serious about?"

Hua Lan, who was sitting next to Xie, also had some curiosity in her eyes.

Zai Zhang cast a questioning look at Xu Zai Jing.

Xu Minghua held Xu Xingdai in his arms, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Today is the old Marquis of Xiangyang."

Listening to Xu Minghua's story,

Xie's eyes widened and she looked at her mother-in-law, Sun, with some disbelief, only to receive an affirmative nod from Sun.

Afterwards, Mrs. Xie looked down at her daughter who was still young and ignorant in her arms and said, "Well, I will write a letter to the master. Let him know this as soon as possible."

Because he already knew about it, Xu Zaijing remained calm when he heard about his niece's marriage.

"Father, isn't the old Marquis of Xiangyang a little too anxious? How old are the children?"

"But, it's also a good marriage."

Zai Zhang said with some sigh.

"Perhaps the Marquis of Xiangyang has his own considerations, and with the approval of His Majesty, we can just wait until the children grow up."

Sun said with a smile, then looked at her granddaughter in Xie's arms.

It's no surprise that this little girl will be the future wife of Xiangyang Hou.
On the second day,
Watching from the high gate tower,

Today, the number of people heading west from Bianjing is still huge, no less than yesterday.
It's time (ten o'clock in the morning)
West of Jinming Lake,

In the polo field,

The tents on the side of the field were all covered with windproof and sunshade gauze.
In a tent with a position that is neither good nor bad,
Wang Ruofu sat in the main seat and pushed a plate of dried fruits towards her cousin, Madam Li: "Sister-in-law, my family watches polo every year. To be honest, we're a little tired of it. Today's scene is far less beautiful than the chrysanthemum viewing party around the Double Ninth Festival." Madam Li took a dried fruit from the plate and nodded with a smile, but her attention was on the polo field outside.

Seeing her cousin-in-law, who was concentrating on polo and leaning forward to look outside, Wang Ruofu felt a little unhappy and picked up the teacup to take a sip of tea.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A horse galloped past.

"what!"

"drive!"

In the stadium, the sound of shouting at horses could be heard from time to time.

"Ha, I win!"

From behind the tent, Pinlan's cheering voice could be heard.

After a while

Pinlan, carrying a chuiwan stick and wearing a butterfly jade ornament on her head, walked out from behind the tent.

Rulan, who was standing by, was also carrying a chuiwan stick of the same style. She said with a look of dissatisfaction on her face, "Sister Pinlan, I'll leave this jewelry with you for now. We'll play again this afternoon."

"Okay, stay with me until the end!"

Behind the two of them, Minglan and Xiaotao were looking at Pinlan with admiration in their eyes.

Madam Li, the wife of Sheng Wei, who heard the conversation between the two, looked over and saw the butterfly jade ornament on Pinlan's head that did not belong to her. She immediately frowned and scolded: "Pinlan, you are the elder sister. You are playing chuiwan with your younger sister, why do you wear your younger sister's jewelry?"

Pinlan was stunned and didn't say anything.

Rulan puffed out her chest and said, "Aunt, I'm willing to admit defeat. I won it back this afternoon!"

Madam Li smiled at Rulan, then continued to look at Pinlan with a stern face: "Look how sensible your sister is! Return the things to her quickly."

Pinlan was hesitant to speak, but still took off the jade ornament, smiled at Rulan and handed it to her.

"I don't want it if you give it to me! I want to win it back!" Rulan said with her neck stiffened and her arms crossed over her chest.

Wang Ruofu looked at the jade ornament in Pinlan's hand and glared at Rulan unhappily:
"Listen to your aunt! Hurry up and take it!"

Rulan turned her head and stretched her neck, just in time to see Mother Liu standing beside her.

Seeing some anger in Liu's mother's eyes,

Rulan pursed her lips and looked at Pinlan, and finally took the jade ornament.

Afterwards, there was an awkward silence in the tent.

Minglan at the back rolled her eyes and said loudly, "Sister Rulan, Sister Pinlan, let's go see if our cousin has come on stage!"

Hearing this,

The atmosphere in the tent relaxed.
Madam Li looked at Minglan with appreciation and said, "Let's go and have a look! This scene is much more lively than the polo field of Madam Zhang in Youyang."

"Let's go!"

Pinlan extended her hand toward Rulan and Minglan.

Then the three sisters walked towards the tent door with a smile.

On the seats near the outside,

Looking at the three Lans walking towards her with smiles on their faces, Shulan, who was sitting with the demeanor of a lady, smiled with some envy in her eyes.

At this time, some polo knights ran past, raising some dust.

Molan waved her hands in front of her face with some disdain and whispered, "What a dirty thing."

"Dang Dang!"

Near the tent in the middle of the polo field,
The hanging gong was struck.

"A new start! Han Wulang from the Korean family versus Gu Erlang from the Ningyuan family!"

Listening to the referee's shout not far away,

The three Lans at the door of the tent all looked out.

"That, the one riding the black horse is Cousin Jing!" Rulan shouted while standing on tiptoe and pointing towards the distance.

"Girl, please be careful where you step!" The magpie behind Rulan grabbed Rulan's clothes and reminded her worriedly.

There were also many people standing at the door of the tent.

At this time,

The manager of the polo field came over with a servant carrying a huge tray, shouting as he walked, "Buy now! Dear guests, take a look and see if there is anything you like! If you bet on it, it can be exchanged for half of the money!"

"Take a look, take a look, these are all genuine things with good reputations in the city!"

In fact, this is a variation of Guanpu, where spectators at the stadium offset the money they pay for goods by betting on winning or losing.

Even if you don’t win, you can still buy it at the original price.

But if you don't buy it, half of the money you bet will be wasted.

This is also a business that is guaranteed to make a profit.

Not far from the Sheng family tent,

The manager was talking to the woman beside the tent: "Madam, the fifth son of the Han family comes to my court every day!"

"Look at the wooden block over there. The jade plaque hanging on the top is that of Han Wulang!"

The woman glanced at Xu Zaijing and Han Wulang who were still preparing and said, "How about the Ningyuan Marquis Gu family's boy? Where is the nameplate?"

"My lady, the young man from the Ningyuan Marquis Gu family has come here quite a few times. His nameplate is the third from the bottom of the wooden shelf."

The woman considered it for a moment, looked at the large tray carried by the servant behind the steward, picked something at random and said, "I'll bet on Han Wulang to win."

He waved his hand and said,

The nanny behind him asked for the money and handed it over.

Rulan and Minglan looked at each other after hearing the conversation and whispered, "Hasn't Second Uncle Gu been studying at our house? Why does he come to the polo field so often?"

Pinlan looked at Rulan and Minglan with some curiosity.

Minglan thought for a moment and whispered, "Maybe it's a boy from another branch of the Gu family? Sister Hualan said that the Gu family has four branches and five branches, right?"

Rulan nodded in realization: "Then, who should we bet on?"

Minglan glanced at Pinlan who motioned for her to speak first and said, "Although Cousin Jing always messes up my hair, we are still relatives after all. If I have to choose, I will choose Cousin Jing!"

"Sister Pinlan?"

Pinlan leaned over to take a look: "Look at the handsome mount of that cousin from the Xu family, you know we should take him!"

The three of them discussed.

The stadium manager came over and said, "Ladies, which side do you want to bet on? What good item do you want to choose?"

The three Lans looked at the items on the tray from the side of the table, and there happened to be a piece of jewelry similar to the Rulan jade ornament.

"This, this!" Rulan pointed and smiled.

"Young lady, you have good taste. This is a jewelry shop opened by a master craftsman who learned from the Li family, the chief jeweller. I'll give you half price, sixty strings of cash!"

Upon hearing the price, the three Lans counted the money in their hands and looked at each other.

"Or, choose something else?" Rulan said hesitantly.

Pinlan hesitated for a moment and said, "Wait a minute!"

As he said this, he walked towards Shulan.

Soon, Pinlan came over with a twenty-string silver note and put it in the steward's hand along with other small change: "Arrest Gu Erlang!"

At this time,

A maid came to the Sheng family's tent.

He whispered in Madam Li's ear, "Madam, the son-in-law of the Sun family sent someone to say that he needs some money to attend the poetry gathering of talented scholars in Bianjing."

Madam Li nodded and said, "Just go to the accounting office and withdraw the money."

In the tent of Duke Qi,

Princess Pingning glanced at her son beside her.

There, Qi Heng was supporting his chin with his hand, looking bored.

Looking at Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing who were about to mount their horses not far away, he sighed heavily:
"Oh! My good grandpa and uncle!"

At the same time, he thought to himself: "In the future, I'd better go to the Xu family less often, otherwise I'll see that young lady... Oh!"

brothel,

Chaoyun Pavilion.

The mother who lived in the building for many years looked through the crack of the door at the people who were having a feast in the room.

Pointing to a young man with a beard on his lips, he said, "Here, that's the one. I heard he's from the countryside, Youyang. He's very generous!"

"Don't worry, mom. I will definitely squeeze him clean."

(End of this chapter)