Mistress

Chapter 44

"One thousand, two hundred taels is not much. If we open all six shops, it is estimated that 200 taels will be enough. Madam works so hard, and I will definitely earn a lot of income in the coming year. As a husband, I rely on you to support the family." .” Xu Cheng joked.

Li Yan couldn't help blushing, and said: "Let's not talk about whether you can make money, but don't lose money to go in, the master will not make fun of me when the time comes."

"Don't worry, with the help of Manager Qi and Accountant Yin, you won't lose money. Also, it's almost the end of the new year, and Madam may be busy again." Xu Cheng took out the brush from Li Yan's hand and held it lightly. her hand.

Li Yan pulled her hand, but she couldn't pull it out, so she gave up, she shook her head and said: "No rush, Mrs. Tai has not passed away for a hundred days, so keep everything simple. The left and right are just for those who have contacts, close or distant Some relatives prepare some New Year gifts, and then receive and count the gifts. The affairs of the house are to arrange for people to clean the house, as well as purchase and distribution matters. In addition, they arrange family leave for the servants. Mammy helped, and I was just worrying."

Xu Cheng said happily: "I am lucky. I have a wife to take care of these complicated housework. I don't have any worries."

"What's the matter? It's just my duty. A woman in the back house should share her husband's worries." In fact, Li Yan wanted to say that she was in a hurry. If she was not allowed to find something to do, she would Will stay musty.

But Xu Cheng said: "Not every woman wants to share the worries of her husband. Some women who are too scheming are like needles in the bottom of the sea."

Li Yan was curious, "Master seems to have a deep understanding, are you referring to the women in our house?"

Xu Cheng shook his head and said thoughtfully: "Do you think there will be a girl in the world who is already doted on by thousands of people and would travel thousands of miles alone to find the man she admires?"

"Did that man promise her that he would marry her before?" Li Yan asked, not knowing which girl Xu Cheng was talking about and who he admired.

Xu Cheng snorted, "How could that man promise to marry her? He already has a wife and concubine. The two of them only met once. After meeting, they don't remember her at all. But she rushed to him, and even pretended to marry her." It's really shameless to show a posture that will definitely take this man down!"

Li Yan complained: "She's either weak, stupid, hopeless, or profitable. A girl who wants to marry doesn't always listen to the matchmaker's advice, and her parents order her. No matter how bad she is, she's in love with that man." Yue, how can I rush to find a man who has a wife and a concubine and doesn't care about her, could it be that she is born to be abused?"

Xu Cheng felt that what Li Yan said was quite interesting, so he wanted to tease her, saying: "If I hide my beauty in another golden house, will Madam blame me?"

Li Yan was a little dazed, and said hesitantly, "You...you are a treasure in the golden house?"

Seeing that she was a little confused, Xu Cheng was more jealous.But he felt very at ease in his heart. Seeing her jealous, he seemed very happy, and nodded to Li Yan.

Seeing him nodding his head with certainty, Li Yan's head buzzed.I just heard him talk about conjugal love this morning, why did he say that the golden house hides the beauty at night?Thinking about it, in this ancient times, the love between husband and wife and the golden house do not seem to be in conflict. Her main wife must be magnanimous, as if congratulating him for having a beauty.

Li Yan couldn't make a gesture of congratulations to him, and her heart was sour. She was just about to let go of everything in the daytime and live a good life with him. It seemed that she was thinking too much.Didn't you say it's better not to get caught up in it?Li Yan smiled bitterly at Xu Cheng, and said: "Master, since the golden house hides beauty, why do you come to Jinxiu Pavilion on such a beautiful day, you should go with your beautiful lady."

Xu Cheng coughed, and then said calmly, "I'm guarding Ding You, and I can't get close to women, so naturally I can't go there. Madam should know better than me."

"Master is right. It's getting late, you should go back and rest." After Li Yan finished speaking, she pulled her hand from his palm, and then picked up the pen to plan the cost of opening the jewelry store, but she didn't know what to do for a long time. Write what.

Seeing her appearance like this, Xu Cheng liked her more and more. He couldn't help but turned her face away, then held her cheek, and pressed it hard against her lips.Li Yan opened her eyes and looked at him in astonishment, but he closed them as if enjoying himself.

She pushed his chest with both hands but couldn't push it away, Xu Cheng held her lips tightly, and then he stretched out one hand to support the back of her head, and put his other hand around her waist, letting her Can't break free.

Thinking of what he said just now that the golden house is charming, she suddenly pushed hard.Xu Cheng finally let her go, his face was still flushed, and he smiled at her warmly and ambiguously.

Li Yan was very angry, he said Jinwu Zangjiao and then treated her like this, what did he mean by that, did he think she would tolerate it magnanimously?Or was he just joking with her?

Xu Cheng said affectionately and silently: "Madam, today we have agreed to love each other and join hands in this life, why did you reject me just now?"

Li Yan finished his sentence, he still has the nerve to ask?Who would want to kiss her husband after hearing that her husband is hiding in the golden house outside? She is the wife of the wife, and she is not responsible for pimping him!

Seeing her jealous look, Xu Cheng leaned over and licked her cheek, then stood up and walked away satisfied.

Li Yan held the pen in a daze, what happened to Xu Cheng?After thinking about it carefully, he felt that the Jinwu Zangjiao he was talking about must have tried her on purpose, just to see if she would be jealous.Seeing that she was jealous now, he happily asked for a kiss, and then walked away in a hurry.

In order not to let herself sink too deep, she just thought about it so simply to make herself happy.Sure enough, thinking about it this way, she felt much more comfortable and her mind became clearer, so she began to think about opening a jewelry shop.

The next morning, just after she had breakfast, Aunt Ji came.Aunt Ji came over with Ying'er's support. Although her complexion was much stronger than before, it was still much worse than before.

Concubine Ji blessed her body, and said softly: "Ma'am, the new year will be celebrated in three days, I have some gifts for Empress Yubi, can you allow me to enter the palace?"

Aunt Ji got a lot of news from Chen Hao, and wanted to pass it on to the emperor, so that she could get some valuable things from the emperor, and let the emperor mention her father and brother.Her father was only the fourth-rank servant of the Ministry of Industry, and the brothers didn't even have any errands, so they were idle all day long.

Since he planned not to quarrel with the emperor in the future, he had to exchange the efforts of the past few years for something real.

Li Yan has no reason not to agree to her going, and said gently: "Sister and Empress Yupin have a deep relationship, if you want to go, send Yinger to tell me, I will order someone to let Manager Lin prepare the sedan chair, why do you bother?" Take this trip yourself?"

"I came here to pay my respects to my wife. I haven't come to pay my respects to my wife these days. Not only does my wife not blame me, she also treats my sister so generously. My sister is really grateful." Aunt Ji said a few words modestly before proceeding. After the ceremony, he left.

She plans to get along well with Li Yan in the future, and only one day she can figure out a good plan to conceive Xu Cheng's child, and she will be able to rely on her in the future, plus the things she got from the emperor, she can't spend her whole life .

Just after Aunt Ji left, Aunt Song came again.

As soon as Aunt Song came, she saluted Li Yan, she was well-dressed, her Xiaojiabiyu appearance was quite lovely.

"Ma'am, Chinese New Year is coming soon. I heard that the embroidery room is very busy these days. I thought that I have too much leisure every day. Why don't I go to the embroidery room to help out and make more new clothes so that everyone can wear new clothes for the new year." That's great. If any brother or sister can't get out of the new clothes, I'm afraid I'm going to cry." Aunt Song thought about it all night, and decided that she should let herself show her hands, otherwise her father and brother would not be happy. It's useless to keep complaining about her, and urge her to explore this and that.

Li Yan was really surprised when she heard that she was going to the embroidery room, "Sister Ruzhi, you are a serious aunt, how can you do the work of servants? I have already sent people to take part of the work to the embroidery room and tailor outside." I did it in the shop, if your eyes are tired out, how can I explain to the master?"

Aunt Song begged: "Madam, please don't tell the master about this. I'm just idle and looking for some work. I heard that some old embroiderers in the embroidery room are getting more and more lazy. I can take care of it when I go. they."

Li Yan thought that she was uncomfortable with being idle, so she agreed, "Alright, I can't stop my sister if she insists on going, but you must not be too tired, otherwise I won't be able to bear it."

Aunt Song smiled and said: "Madam is more and more fond of talking and joking. I can't bear it. I am not as expensive as Madam. I am afraid that the master will not even be able to find the way to Mingxiang Pavilion. How can I be so angry because of me?" It's maddening madam. It's just that I know how to cherish myself, so that when my son marries a daughter-in-law in the future, I'll just babysit them."

Li Yanying smiled and said: "Sister has really thought about it for a long time. In this way, I am also the one who will wait to hold a grandson."

The two exchanged a few words with a smile before Aunt Song left.

Li Yan is a quick-tempered person, she was only thinking about opening a shop, so she was fidgeting, and seeing that it was very sunny today, she wanted to see what was going on in the Yang Mansion, and thought it would be better to clean the Yang Mansion before the new year, New year, new weather.

Thinking about this, she asked Qi'er to inform Steward Lin to prepare the carriage, and then called more than [-] servants and maids to clean Yang's mansion.

(End of this chapter)