Back to the marriage proposal, helping the incompetent husband to rise to the top

Chapter 238 The Second Brother is Here
Xiao Ke was surprised: "He's not crying anymore."

Ye Wanqing's eyes were gentle: "He is easy to coax."

Xiao Ke straightened her clothes, tugged at the corner of her clothes, and spoke carefully and hesitantly: "Princess..."

"What's the matter?" Ye Wanqing said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. There's no need to be restrained."

Xiao Ke's face and neck gradually turned red: "Princess... it's... on the way here, Miss Qianxi told me that you and the prince wanted to build a manor..."

Ye Wanqing asked gently, "Are you and your family willing to help us look after the manor?"

"Yeah..." Xiao Ke nodded, then shook her head: "I wanted to come... The princess is a good person..."

Seeing that she was having trouble speaking, Ye Wanqing smiled and said, "Just speak slowly. Say whatever you want to say. Don't be nervous."

Xiao Ke tugged at the corner of her clothes, then let go, and then mustered up the courage to ask, "Princess, are you still looking for someone else to feed Xiao Fengnian?
Look, can you find me?
I like Xiao Fengnian very much, and he is willing to drink my...

If possible, can I feed him for a while longer?"

Ye Wanqing was surprised and delighted: "Are you really willing to feed him for a while longer?"

"I'm willing!" Xiao Ke's face flushed: "Anyway, you all need to find someone... I'm free anyway..."

Ye Wanqing looked at her with a smile: "If you are willing, of course you can, I would love it."

In this way, she would not have to hire a wet nurse from the capital.

After all, it’s not good to ask someone to leave their hometown to take care of a child for a year or two…

Ye Wanqing thought of something: "Earlier, the prince and I had talked to Aunt Cai about this. We only ask you to feed her for about two days. In this case, it will be ten taels of silver per day, and an additional one hundred taels of silver and some supplements will be given.

However, if it is to be fed for a long time, in addition to the remuneration for these two days, we will need to discuss the future price separately.

But don't worry, we will pay you a monthly salary at the price that the wealthy families in the capital would pay to hire a wet nurse...

I will also send someone to check out the mansion in the near future."

Xiao Ke was stunned when she heard this.

After a long while, she came back to her senses: "Am I really not dreaming?"

Ye Wanqing smiled but said nothing.

At this time, Chu Anlan's clear voice with a hint of surprise came from outside the courtyard: "What? Who's coming from the capital?"

The attendant said something.

Then, footsteps were heard outside the house.

Chu Anlan was not convenient to enter the house, so he stood at the door and asked, "Qing'er, are you all right?"

Ye Wanqing carried Xiao Fengnian, who had stopped crying, and went out: "Have the officials from the capital arrived?"

Chu Anlan put his hands behind his back and said to her in high spirits, "Guess who's coming!"

"The Minister of Works, the Vice Minister of Rites, and the Vice Minister of Revenue?" Ye Wanqing asked.

"Guess again!" Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows.

Ye Wanqing patted Xiao Fengnian gently and said, "The selection of a site for the temporary palace is a serious matter. Will someone from the Imperial Observatory come as well?

Is there anyone else besides this?"

Chu Anlan faced her against the light, and endured it again and again, smiling brightly: "Ye Chenting and his teacher and several classmates are here too! How are you, are you happy?"

Ye Wanqing was delighted: "Brother is here? Has he already arrived in Lin'an City?"

"Almost there!" Chu Anlan smiled, "It can still be in time for today's dinner!"

During the period after leaving Beijing, Ye Wanqing sent several letters home, but the reply letters never mentioned that her second brother was coming to Lin'an.

Could it be that it was to give her a surprise?

It is not too late.

Ye Wanqing coaxed Xiao Fengnian into a good mood, and then said to Xiao Ke, "We will send you home first and discuss the follow-up matters with your family."

She transferred two maids and two guards to stay in the courtyard to obey Gu Chen's orders and take care of Xiao Fengnian and his mother.

He also told Huai Yan to go back and ask the cook to prepare dinner.

After making all the arrangements, I sent Xiao Ke home.

When they arrived, Aunt Cai was hanging freshly washed clothes in the yard. The sun was blazing in the afternoon, so Aunt Cai wiped the sweat off her forehead and asked with concern, "Xiao Fengnian, do you want to drink?"

Xiao Ke nodded: "Drink."

Aunt Cai smiled and said, "That's great!"

As he spoke, he invited Ye Wanqing and Chu Anlan to come in and sit down.

Ye Wanqing sat on a small stool under the persimmon tree and explained her purpose: "Aunt Cai, I want to hire Xiao Ke to be Xiao Fengnian's wet nurse.

Apart from the part of the reward that the prince mentioned to you before, we can discuss the follow-up matters."

Aunt Cai looked at her eldest daughter-in-law: "Xiao Ke, what do you think?"

Xiao Ke tugged at the corner of her clothes: "Mom, I want to go..."

Aunt Cai held her hand and said, "Go if you want to. Madam Ling is kind and good-natured, and you can't go wrong by following her.

She is raising a child by herself, and both mother and child are weak and sickly, so we should help them as much as we can."

Xiao Ke responded: "I think so too..."

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law reached an agreement, Ye Wanqing spoke: "Although I trust Aunt Cai and Sister-in-law Xiaoke, I have a request that I have to mention."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at her at the same time: "Princess, please speak."

Ye Wanqing said slowly: "Before Xiao Fengnian is one year old, he cannot be weaned without permission, and before he is weaned, Sister Xiao Ke cannot be pregnant.

Otherwise, it will be deemed as a breach of contract.

I will deliver the deed tomorrow, and we will go to the government office to get it stamped and go through the formalities."

Aunt Cai said, "I don't understand these either. It's all up to the princess. The princess and the prince are good people. They won't cheat us."

Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows: "Of course! The written contract is actually of no use to us, but it can provide you with protection.

If we underpay you someday, you can take the deed to the government office to file a complaint."

Complain?

Aunt Cai and Xiao Ke looked at each other and said in unison: "We naturally believe in the prince and the princess!"

"That's it!" Chu Anlan said, "I'll send someone to bring you the wages for the past two days later."

Aunt Cai said, "It will be dinner time in an hour and a half. Princess and Prince, why don't you stay for a quick meal?

We grow our own vegetables and grind our own rice.”

"Thank you Aunt Cai, but you don't have to eat!" Chu Anlan couldn't help but be happy: "Qing'er's second brother is here, we have to go pick him up, hehe!"

Aunt Cai said, "The princess's second brother? We have to go pick him up."

Ye Wanqing nodded at her: "Then we will take our leave first."

"okay."

Aunt Cai and Xiao Ke watched them leave the yard.

When he left, he stuffed a basket of cucumbers over to me: "These are the cucumbers I grew myself. Soak them in well water for half an hour and eat them directly. They are very refreshing."

Chu Anlan took it with both hands, handed it to Mo Yan beside him, and said with a smile: "Then I won't be polite."

After saying that, he grabbed one and took a bite: "Hmm, it's really crispy and sweet."

Aunt Cai smiled and watched them leave.

On the way home, Ye Wanqing's steps were a little lighter than usual.

Chu Anlan held her hand with one hand and ate a cucumber with the other hand: "I don't know how long my uncle can stay here."

"It's hard to say." Ye Wanqing thought: "Maybe he will return to Beijing after finishing his official duties?

The new Crown Princess has been chosen for a long time, and there are several good dates in August..."

In the previous life, the prince got married in August.

Although the prince has already married a princess and held a grand wedding once, the scale of this one will not be smaller than the first time.

Chu Anlan took a bite of the juicy cucumber and said, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, we should set off to the next place.

The prince will not return to the capital for his wedding, right?"