In the room, Aunt Yan leaned against the screen and covered her mouth and smiled. The nurse and a little girl stood under the kang. Brother Mao sat on the kang, and had already pulled the lid of the bamboo basket halfway and stuffed the longan inside into his mouth.

"...Why are you so anxious, like a starving ghost entrusting you?"

Grandma Qi San cursed angrily and took the bamboo basket. However, she was reluctant to scold her son, so she had to scold her nurse and the little girl who served her.

"What are you standing there? Seeing the young master making such a fool of himself, but he just came to stop him. It's really a waste of time to raise you slaves."

He scolded the nanny and the little girl, and Grandma Qi San wanted to scold Aunt Yan again. Aunt Yan didn't listen to her, so she snorted from her nose, shook the veil, and left with a shake.

Grandma Qi San held it in her chest in one breath, and shook her hand and slapped Brother Mao.

Brother Mao didn't eat longan, and was scolded again. Now he was beaten again, so he simply threw himself on the kang and started crying.

"Why are you crying? Let's know, and you're going to say that you can't go to the table. It's just that your father is incompetent. The same children and grandchildren want to eat gold every day, but we can't even eat fresh food. The worst house is for us, and it's our turn to pick up everything else. We are worse than them. If your father can be more successful, we will be better than each other."

Brother Mao didn't care what the third grandma was talking about at all, and just wanted longan to eat while kicking her legs.

Grandma Qi San still felt sorry for her son, so she carefully opened the bamboo basket, grabbed a plate of longan from it, and asked the nurse to come over to peel it and feed it to Brother Mao.

"Be careful of the core inside, don't swallow it." Grandma Qi San told her son.

"Don't go back to Brother Mao's room, you're here to serve Brother Mao'er. I don't know you, but I'm carrying me on my back, and I only know how to steal Brother Mao'er's things. Brother Mao is so thin, you're deducting it." Grandma Qi San glared at the nurse.

"Grandma, don't blame me for my slave. I didn't see any meals as my teenager. Mao'er ate them, but he didn't gain meat, so who would blame me? The slave was suffering and tired, and I distributed rewards to other yards. When did the slaves see me? The slaves didn't complain. My grandma became more and more unjust and became more and more unfair to me. This life was clearly impossible."

The nurse was scolded and dissatisfied. She opened her eyes wide and argued with Grandma Qi San.

"Forget it, let me say one word, you will say three words back to me. Seeing that you have breastfeeding Brother Mao, I won't bother with you. If you talk too much, you will drive you out."

The nurse finally knew that she would stop when she saw the opportunity, and secretly curled her lips and went to feed Brother Mao to longan.

Grandma Qi San smoothed the surface of the longan in the bamboo basket, making it look like it had never been moved, and then sealed the bamboo basket as it was, and called Cai Shou's house who was accompanying the room.

"This is a fresh item coming to the south, so you can't help it. Hurry up and try it for the old lady, the old man, and the old man.... Let the old man come here quickly and have a big business for him. If you make this money, don't tell me that the New Year's chew wraps are enough, even if you buy a small farm."

Grandma Qi San called Cai Shou's family to the front and gave her so meticulous instructions before sending Cai Shou's family out.

Xun Qingran and his friends came out of Shaoyao Pavilion. Everyone was fine and gathered in Ningyuanju.

Xun Qingran asked someone to pick a plate of longan, brought it to a few people to try it out, and asked someone to go to the kitchen to ask for some delicate fruits. In a short while, a wife from the kitchen brought two boxes, all of which were full of them, including yellow oranges, red pomegranates, fragrant pears, persimmon cakes with frosted, fresh butter muffins, goose oil pine rolls, and fried golden wontons.

Xun Qingran asked Platycodon to send the reward, and then set up a kang table on the kang. The sisters sat together while eating fruits and chatting.

"Why is the fifth sister so anxious to get the dowry?" Xun Qingran asked.

"The family originally said that the wedding date was scheduled next spring, but they received the order from the peak and would go to another office in a few days. Let the matchmaker say that getting married early can bring the fifth sister with you." Qi Wanli said.

"Do you know where it is?"

Qi Wanli shook her head, "The master and the eldest lady went to tell the old lady. I have never heard of the place name, but it seems that it is relatively remote."

"No wonder Sister Wu has always been calm these days and talks to her, but she ignores others." Yan Mingyue said.

"I think it's not just because of this, but because of this marriage, the fifth sister doesn't like it very much. I heard from the little girl that the fifth sister was with Aunt Zhao privately and cried." Rong Yunnuan said.

Qi Wanli glanced at Rong Yunnuan, "Those girls and mothers love to gossip the most, how can they believe their words?"

"There is no one here, so don't be fooling people by saying this." Rong Yunnuan blinked at Qi Wanli.

For the convenience of speaking, Xun Qingran left only Platycodon and Malt to serve, and others were sent far away.

".........The fifth brother-in-law came that day, and the little girl and I went to take a look. It was so scary, with a beard on his face, and his voice was like a bronze bell, which made people's ears hurt. The fifth sister's girl all said that he was ugly and old." Rong Yunnuan lowered his voice, and finally knew some taboos.

Qi Wanli fell silent, Yan Mingyue sighed softly, and even Qi Wanyan, who was a little confused, put down the persimmon cake in her hand.

These girls, what they usually see, are just brothers in the family. They are all weak young men. No matter how their temperament is, they are gentle on the surface and refuse to speak loudly. Even the coldest and most ruthless Qi You still looks like a noble young man. I am afraid that they think that all men in the world are like this, but they suddenly see a reckless man, so they naturally don’t adapt.

"Didn't it mean that the fifth aunt is from the ranks? It's not surprising that she has a rough appearance, and it has nothing to do with her character." Xun Qingran could only explain in such a polite manner.

"It's time now, and it's time for the fifth brother to finish school." Yan Mingyue glanced at the ringing bell underground.

Before he finished speaking, someone came outside to report, "Fifth Master and uncle are here!"

Rong Yunnuan laughed, "I can't help but mutter...I'm not my sister-in-law's younger brother."

Xun Qingran naturally would not be too careful. As the footsteps sounded, Qi Yi came in with Xun Junhui with a smile.

"I said why are you not with the old lady? It turns out that you are all here at the fourth sister-in-law." Qi Yi glanced at the fruit on the table, "You are so happy. I have a pity for me to go out early and come back late, and I have worked hard to study."

It made everyone laugh.

Everyone had seen each other, and Qi Wanli and the girls said goodbye, and Qi Yi also went out with her.

Xun Qingran knew that they didn't want to disturb their siblings, so she didn't force herself to stay.

"Have you ever met the old lady and the second wife?" Xun Qingran asked Xun Junhui.

"I came from outside and happened to meet Qi Yi from school, so I went to see the old lady first, just from the second wife." Xun Junhui replied.

Xun Qingran nodded and asked again: "How is the matter at home?"

Needless to say, both the siblings know what they are talking about.

Xun Junhui sighed, "It is difficult for a clean official to make up for family affairs. I understand now. My father was very angry that day and personally called all the people together for interrogation. The Song family knew a lot, and only said that they were drunk and instigated, and lost the faces of their sister and brother-in-law. The wives and mother-in-law in the family all blamed each other. After asking questions, none of them were innocent."

This result is not unpredictable, Xun Qingran asked again, "How is that dealt with?"

"What else can it be done? Madam Jin was beaten. Hongxiao and Bailian were from the eldest brother's house, so their father asked the eldest brother to deal with it himself. I see, my father knew in his heart that the eldest sister-in-law could not get rid of this matter, so he scolded the eldest brother very much. Now, everyone in the mansion is in charge of their own yard, and Madam Xue has also been promoted to the manager of the inner yard."

Everyone is in charge of their own affairs, Xun Qingran sighed, "I will be implicated only once when I go back to the door. Thanks to you who moved out, otherwise you will always be involved in such a mess."

Xun Junhui smiled, "It's much quieter outside... Sister doesn't have to worry. This time my sister taught her sister a lesson. She knew that her sister could not tolerate sand in her eyes and would not dare to provoke her sister in the future... Sister, I heard Qiaoying say that the wife plans to send the Tong family back."

"She is really..." Xun Qingran couldn't help laughing. Fang Fang was indeed so persistent. "You don't have to worry about this matter, let her go, I have my own plans."

Xun Qingran asked Xun Junhui again how he studied and whether he was accustomed to living outside.

"My father sent me an older manager, two long-super, two slutty mothers, and the maids around me, as well as the camellia given by my sister, who are enough staff, and they are still very capable."

Xun Qingran was relieved.

The brother and brother were talking and reported outside that Qi You was back.

Xun Qingran stood up, Qi You walked in from outside, and followed several old women carrying things.

"Jun Hui is here, there is no need to be too polite, sit down quickly."

Qi You and Xun Junhui met each other, so they went to the inner room to change their clothes, and Xun Qingran followed them in.

"...A Fujian officials came to the palace to see the emperor and gave some local products, including taro and longan."

"Justice's Mansion also sent longans just now."

Xun Qingran helped Qi You change his clothes.

"I understand. Just now, at the old lady, the old lady said that everyone has longan, and only taro left. You can send someone to send two baskets of taro to the kitchen. Others, you can see the placement and send some to your father-in-law... Junhui lives outside, and bring some back to him."

Xun Qingran nodded, and the two came out again. Xun Qingran ordered people to change into hot tea, and kept Junhui and Qi You to talk together, so they took people out to count things. Longan was the same as the one given by the Hou Mansion, and the taro was all big betel nut taro.

Because Junhui was going back to Lushan Academy and to return to Xun Mansion, he got up and said goodbye.

Xun Qingran naturally had something to tell his younger brother, but when he saw it was getting late, he became worried. Qi You arranged a carriage and sent another servant to escort him. Xun Qingran felt relieved.

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I wish you all a happy new year.
Chapter completed!