The Yuan Baozhu family wore a green silk trousers, their hair was neatly combed, and they wore two bright red rose flowers, which made them look bright and capable.

She bent her knees and saluted Eleventh Mother, and said with a smile: We haven't seen each other for a year, but Madam is still in such good spirits. Then she took the crimson silk bundle from the mother next to her. This is our Ninth Lady's gift to Madam.

The shoes and socks made by Master Six are clumsy, please don’t dislike them, Madam.

Ever since Xu Sizhen and Miss Jiang Jiajiu entered into an engagement, this member of the Yuan Baozhu family who had accompanied Wang Lang's sister Wang Lin to the funeral had come to Beijing every year along with the Jiang family's New Year's Eve gifts to pay their respects to Eleven Niang.

Let Miss Ninth of your family worry about it. Niang Eleven smiled and asked Qiu Yu to take the burden, and ordered the little maid to bring the spoons to the two mothers, and then gave them tea.

Yuan Baozhu's family half-sat on the small teacup, smiled and thanked him, took the tea, and took a sip.

Eleven Niang asked: Are your husband and wife in good health?

Thanks to my wife, our husband and wife are both tough. Yuan Baozhu's family smiled respectfully and said, on the ninth day of September, my wife took Miss Ninth to Dafu Temple to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Just as he was talking, a little maid came in and said: Madam, Master Jian is here.

Every year at this time, Master Jian will show Xipu's account books for the past year to Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang smiled and asked the little maid to invite Master Jian in.

Yuan Baozhu's family hurriedly got up and left.

Master Jian walked in carrying a sapphire blue silk bag.

She and Eleven Niang sat down in order, took the tea from the little maid, and Qiu Yu cleverly left the room with the people in her arms.

Master Jian untied the silk bundle and pushed it in front of Eleven Niang: This is this year's account book.

Seeing that there were about ten more account books than last year, Eleven Niang said with a smile: It seems that this year’s business is better than last year’s.

Xipu's current business is divided into two parts, one is mainly for custom-made official embroidery clothes, and the other is mainly for wedding curtains. Because the official embroidery business is of great importance, Master Jian personally brought several skilled embroidery workers.

My mother took charge and handed over the wedding ceremony to Qiu Ju. In the past few years, the business has been getting better and better. She is not only famous in Yanjing, but also in Jiangnan. There are also famous people who come to order official uniforms.

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Master Jian nodded with a smile: If we continue like this in two or three years, we will be able to buy a shop on East Street. At this point, she hesitated slightly and said, Madam, there is something I want to discuss with you.

His expression showed a bit of solemnity.

Eleven Niang looked solemnly and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell us, master and disciple. Nothing is difficult to discuss."

There is something, I don’t know if you have heard of it. Master Jian considered it and said, I heard from the owner next door that Mrs. Gan opened another shop a few days ago. We are now gradually becoming famous, and it will only become more and more famous in the future.

The better. When most people mention our wedding shop, they will say it is the East Street wedding shop. If we move to a new location, those merchants who come from afar will not be able to find a place. Not to mention, if someone opens a wedding shop in our original place, it will win.

Since the business is small, if the merchants mistakenly think it is our shop and waste money without buying the things they want, I am afraid it will ruin our reputation. You see, should we ask around if there are any shops around where we want to buy something?

Use the money from Xipu to buy it. Then you will have a permanent place.

Eleven Niang frowned: Mrs. Gan Tai ordered another shop

Master Jian sighed softly.

Eleven Niang was silent for a long time and said: You have a good idea. I think you will ask about it first. If the money is not enough, I will put it down first and return it to me when the time comes. As for Mrs. Gan, I will go and make arrangements.

In this way, even if Uncle Zhongqin forces Mrs. Gan to sell the shop again, the business in the shop will not be affected. Although Mrs. Gan's dividends from the shop cannot make her rich and well-fed, Yu Shao can still have enough food and clothing.

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Master Jian nodded and saw that Eleven Niang had a straight face and the atmosphere was a bit serious, so he smiled and changed the subject. I heard that Amber will come back as an errand after the new year. How is Zhu Xiang's marriage?

Mentioning this, Eleventh Mother became worried: She looked around, but there was no suitable person.

Master Jian laughed: I think you are worried about whomever you want to marry Zhuxiang. Isn’t the house that Song’s mother mentioned last time a good one? Both parents are in charge of the farm, and the young man is following the big shopkeeper in Shanxi.

She runs tui, is literate, is handsome, and is about the same age. You just say that the young man is too smart and lacks a bit of poise. If you really find someone dull, I'm afraid you will think that he is too honest and lacks a bit of shrewdness. Then persuade her

, Zhuxiang is not young anymore. If she doesn’t get married, she will become an old girl. Look at us Qiu Ju, how can we not live well?

Qiu Ju also dragged her back and forth until she became an old girl. Later, the shopkeeper of a bank store on the street introduced a boy who worked in the bank. His father died young and his family was poor. He was the youngest of four brothers. He was willing to go to Jane.

There was a new child in the master's family. Master Jian began to think that the young man was not good-looking, so he secretly asked Qiu Ju to take a look. Qiu Ju didn't say anything, so Master Jian reluctantly agreed. As a result, after getting married to Qiu Ju, he had to worry about everything he had to do in his new life.

He is the son-in-law, and the family life is gradually getting better. The more Master Jian looks at it, the more he likes it, and the more he looks at it, the more satisfied he becomes. Last autumn, Qiu Ju gave birth to a pair of twins, and both children took the surname Jian, which made Master Jian even happier.

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Eleven Niang also knew that she was nitpicking, but thinking that the people who came from Yuhang with her had gone their separate ways, she wanted to keep Zhuxiang for a few more days.

Let’s talk about it then, she murmured, it’s almost the Chinese New Year, so we can’t marry her at this time.

Master Jian knew that she couldn't turn around for a while, so he drank the tea with a smile, said a few words to her about Qiu Ju's twins, and stood up to leave.

When Zhu Xiang saw Master Jian coming out, he sent Master Jian to the door, and then went to Eleven Niang's place.

It was the same as in previous years. She said lowly, Yuan Baozhu's family went to see Mother Song first, then went to see Mother Du, and Mother Shi from the Fifth Madam's side, the daughter-in-law of Manager Zhao. She all brought gift boxes to pay New Year greetings. Then

Somewhat embarrassed to say, we also gave Feng Hong.

Eleven Niang looked at it with a smile and joked: Has it increased a little this year?

No Zhuxiang smiled, it was still a four-point silver dart.

Although it was a small amount, I'm afraid it was not a small amount after such a round. Eleven Niang smiled and put the matter behind her. Brother Jin didn't see him for most of the day.

While she and the seventh young master were feeding the birds, Zhu Xiang smiled, while Sui Feng, Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu were listening in admiration.

Eleven Niang hummed and discussed the New Year with Zhu Xiang. During dinner, she told Xu Lingyi what Sister Zhen said.

Xu Lingyi was also a little surprised and said: I have found a good master for Brother Jin. Thinking that this is the wish of my son-in-law and daughter, let's ask Master Pang to come too. If that doesn't work, just go to the Siwei Department as a errand.

Eleven Niang asked Zhuxiang to go back to Xiulan, and after the New Year, Shao Zhongran personally accompanied Master Pang to Yanjing.

Xu Lingyi held a banquet in the uā hall to entertain his son-in-law. He also tested Master Pang's martial arts and came back and said to Eleven Niang: He is indeed proficient in bow and horse. Look at it, it seems that he has not used all his strength. It's just that he is not very smooth in the art of war.

Brother Jin is not going to compete with others with brute force in the future. He is not very satisfied.

Sun Bin was unable to fight back, but Eleven Niang regarded the master of martial arts as a physical education teacher, and thought that it would be enough to strengthen the body. Zhao Kuo had read so many military books, and when he went to the battlefield, he was not defeated in any battle.

You need to have some talent. After all, it’s my uncle’s kindness. If you can use it, use it.

Xu Lingyi thought for a while and said: If he doesn't finish kindergarten, he won't understand even if Sun Tzu's art of war is shown in front of him. It's okay to learn archery and horse first. Then he kept Master Pang in the house and made an agreement with Mr. Zhao in early February.

Erlong raised his head and sent Brother Jin off to Shuangfu Academy.

Brother Jin was very happy when he heard that he could go to the outer courtyard. He asked Eleven Niang every day when it would be the second day of the second lunar month. The wife laughed when she saw it, hugged Brother Jin and said, "This is what studying looks like. Brother Shen is also noisy."

Going to go.

Madam Tai gave Brother Jin a box of snacks and said, "I will go there next year at this time to stay with my brother." Brother Shen pulled Eleven Niang's sleeves and said, "Fourth Aunt will also make me a schoolbag."

Eleven Niang used the scraps of cloth in her hand to make a schoolbag for Brother Jin. Brother Jin put a kindergarten textbook in it and carried it to Brother Shen to show off before coming.

Okay, Eleven Niang said with a smile, whatever style Brother Shen likes, Auntie will make one for you.

Like Sixth Brother. Brother Shen immediately said, more beautiful than Sixth Brother.

Maybe it's because of the young son. Brother Cheng is already three years old, and Mrs. Fifth hugs her wherever she goes.

Seeing her son asking for something from Eleven Niang, Mrs. Wu, who was wiping the mouth of brother Cheng who was sitting in her arms and eating cakes, said angrily: How come this kid wants everything he sees?

All children are like this. The wife smiled and said that the fourth child was like this when he was a child. The fifth child was very obedient when he was a child. When he saw me sick, he would always sit aside and rub my hands and ask me if I was feeling better.

At that time, I thought, how nice it would be if this was a girl

Xu Lingkuan was very embarrassed, smiled and coughed, and said: Fourth brother, I heard that my eldest uncle introduced a very powerful martial arts master to brother Jin. How about we, brother Shen, also practice martial arts with us?

Practicing martial arts is very difficult. Xu Lingyi is the only one in the family who persists. Brother Shen is still too young. Let’s talk about it when he is older.

The Fifth Madam also said: Yes, Brother Xu is one year younger than Brother Jin. After hearing this, Brother Shen ran to quarrel with the Fifth Madam: I want to go, I want to go too. I want to practice martial arts with the Sixth Brother.

The fifth lady’s face darkened: We’ll talk about it tomorrow.

Brother Shen refuses to obey.

The fifth lady scolded him for making Brother Cheng cry. The fifth lady hurriedly hugged Brother Cheng and walked around the room, patting the ground to comfort him. Brother Shen looked at tears welling up in his eyes.

Mrs. Tai looked distressed and hurriedly called for Brother Shen to come over. She hugged the child and persuaded the Fifth Madam: Let Brother Shen follow him and play with him for now. When he is older, he can start practicing martial arts formally. Brother Shen, listen.

He nodded.

Brother Jin begged Brother Shen: Fifth Aunt, please let Seventh Brother go. I will give you my Sansan to play with.

Sansan is one of his dogs.

Everyone laughed.
Chapter completed!