The dragon scented leaves tossed and turned all night, and then at dawn, I closed my eyes and took a nap.

When I got up, Xiao Xiangsheng was no longer in bed.

Long Xiangye was shocked and shouted outside the tent: "He Rui! He Rui! Where has the master gone?" He opened the quilt and sat up.

He Rui is Longxiangye's eldest maid. She has a long face and a few freckles on her cheeks. She is very capable in speaking and doing things. She is usually Longxiangye's indispensable right-hand man.

"Madam, don't be anxious. It was the master who asked the wife to sleep a little longer. The master has already gone to the shop in Dongshi. The master also told me to take the eldest young master out to see the master today, and he took the eldest young master out with him. - Madam, it's morning.

What do you want to eat?" He Rui said, stretched out her hand to open the curtain, and hung it on the gold tent hook beside the bed. A pair of twisted gold bracelets on Hao's wrists touched the gold tent hook, making a crisp sound.

The master values ​​his eldest son.

Long Xiangye felt proud and happy at the same time. Then she thought about the old lady and said hurriedly: "I am good for you, but I am a man after all. He doesn't understand what is going on in the inner house. How can I

Can you sleep? - The old lady is still waiting for me to go to sleep."

Xiao Xiangsheng's father passed away three years ago. Xiao Xiangsheng's mother-in-law did not want to remarry, so she lived with her youngest son Xiao Ruisheng in the Fengqin Hall in the south of the back garden.

Long Xiangye couldn't help but sigh when she thought of her brother-in-law. She and the old man were born to the same parents, so why are they so different in appearance? However, the brother-in-law is now sixteen years old this year. It's time to kiss him and he can no longer live with the old lady.

It's in the back garden.

After breakfast, Long Xiangye took the two little maids to the back garden to pay their respects to the bride and groom. The two women followed behind, each holding a ruler wrapped in a red cloth.

In the Fengqin Hall, Mr. Gu had just had breakfast and was talking to his youngest son, Xiao Ruisheng.

Seeing Long Xiangye coming in, Xiao Ruisheng quickly stood up and saluted, "Sister-in-law is here."

Gu Shi looked at Long Xiangye with a smile, "Where's Brother Ji? Why don't you see him coming?" The eldest grandson Xiao Shiji is Gu's heart treasure, second only to her youngest son Xiao Ruisheng.

Long Xiangye bowed respectfully to Gu, "The master took Brother Ji out and said he wanted to worship him as a master. - Mom, when did you get up today? Did you sleep well? Have dinner in the morning.

Are you ready? If there is anything else you want to add, tell your wife. She will definitely handle it properly." After saying that, he turned back and asked his mother-in-law to bring up the two rulers she was holding.

"Mom, these are two new color rulers sent from our silk and satin shop the day before yesterday." Long Xiangye opened the package himself.

Gu was most interested in the materials of the clothes and hurriedly went up to take a closer look.

"This piece of double-silk light yellow ground-printed mandarin duck bouquet pattern yarn is evenly dip-dyed and has delicate colors, but it is layer by layer, properly rendered, and finely woven. It was purchased by our shop at a high price this year from an embroidery shop in Jiangnan, and is ready to be prepared.

A treasure of the Jin Dynasty. My daughter-in-law knew that my mother’s birthday was coming, so she asked the shop assistant to take out a piece and make a Xiang skirt for my mother to wear." Long Xiangye explained in detail, and opened another bag, "Here it is.

It is a brocade of auspicious flowers with a blue background. The colors are complex but not crowded. The red and white edges are matched with magenta lines and the green center. It contrasts with the sapphire blue ground color. It not only shows the majesty of the woman, but also the solemnity and decentness. It can be

Made into a half arm, it matches perfectly with the long lapis lazuli chain that Xiangsheng brought back to his mother from the Western Regions!"

Gu Shi laughed from ear to ear and said angrily: "You kid, what you say is better than what you sing!" Then he called his maid to put away the two rulers, and said a few more gossips:

"Go and do your work. I have Ruisheng accompanying me here. You have done me a great favor by taking care of the family, Xiangsheng, and my brother."

Gu was a careless mother-in-law, but she saved Long Xiangye a lot of thought.

"Thank you, mother-in-law, for your consideration. Then I'll go." Long Xiangye wanted to mention Xiao Ruisheng's matter, but seeing that Gu didn't mention it, she had to swallow her words and wait for Xiao Xiangsheng to come back and ask him to go directly to talk to him.

Gu Shi said it was more appropriate than saying it himself.

Xiao Xiangsheng brought Xiao Shiji to his shop. He took a general look at the recent account books, asked a few casual questions, and then said to Xiao Shiji: "Shiji, how about we go to your Uncle Du's house for lunch?"

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Xiao Shiji smiled and said, "I listen to dad."

Du Xiancheng was a forthright person, informal and had a wider circle of friends than Xiao Xiangsheng. Xiao Xiangsheng thought about introducing a good master to Xiao Shiji. Du Xiancheng knew many people, so he might be able to help. Besides, Xiao Shiji was him.

Son-in-law, for the sake of his daughter, Du Xiancheng should also do his part to educate this son-in-law well...

Xiao Xiangsheng smiled and took Xiao Shiji to the Du family.

He knew that as long as Du Xiancheng was in Chang'an, no matter how busy the shop was, he would always go home to eat.

"Brother Xiao is here? Please come quickly!" Du Xiancheng had just sat down in the dining room and was about to eat. Fang Wu Niang sat beside her holding Du Hengshuang, who had just finished feeding her milk.

Xiao Xiangsheng walked in with Xiao Shiji, and first saluted Fang Wuniang, "I'm sorry to bother you two."

Fang Wu Niang said with a smile: "Brother Xiao said this, it's a big deal." She asked the father and son to sit down.

There are already two more sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, as well as a plate of Chinese biscuits that children love to eat, which have just been fried in a frying pan.

Now that Xiao Xiangsheng was here, Du Xiancheng asked someone to bring wine over and the two of them ate and drank together.

Seeing that Xiao Shiji had finished eating quickly, Fang Wu Niang took him to leave and went back to the upper room.

Xiao Xiangsheng felt relieved after handing Xiao Shiji to Fang Wuniang.

Du Xiancheng sent all the people waiting in the dining room away and talked quietly to Xiao Xiangsheng.

Xiao Xiangsheng first explained his purpose of coming.

Du Xiancheng promised, "No problem. I will ask my brother-in-law tomorrow. He knows many scholars, so he should be able to find a good candidate." After saying this, he became curious, "Isn't your father-in-law from a scholarly family? Let him find one."

Just one, right?"

Xiao Xiangsheng didn't want Xiao Shiji to be too involved with the Long family, so he gave Du Xiancheng a look, "It's not like you don't know about my family's affairs? Why bother teasing me again."

Du Xiancheng hurriedly stopped his smile and said seriously: "Brother, I'm really not being sarcastic. I just think that no matter what the Long family is like, they are Shiji's maternal family. You can't be too decisive with them to make your sister-in-law and Shiji lose face."

It doesn’t even look good.”

Xiao Xiangsheng nodded, "I don't care. It's just that Shiji is too young and can't tell right from wrong. When he is older, more sensible, and less able to be instigated, I will explain it to him in detail."
Chapter completed!