Time has returned to the present, and after listening to Fu Chong's retelling, the four of them only made plans in their minds. After all, a few years have passed in a flash, who can tell whether there are variables in the middle?

There was still some time before evening. Gu Qingyan wanted to go to the kitchen to see what food was being prepared today, so she said to Xu Shaolin and left the main hall.

The kitchen is busy at this moment, and a series of processes such as picking vegetables outside and washing vegetables are lined up. The cookware and shovels inside are all ready. The stove is on fire, so put the pot and heat the oil in the pot.

Gu Qingyan leisurely entered the yard and watched the smoke rise. He knew that everyone was busy. Not far away saw a figure directing everyone in an orderly manner. Gu Qingyan took a few steps closer and shouted: "Husband!"

The woman heard the shout and turned around and saw Gu Qingyan coming. She hurriedly walked over: "My little aunt, what are you doing here with this smoky fire?"

The woman is Gu Qingyan's wet nurse, surnamed Chen, and the third child in the family, so she has a name called Chen Sanniang. When she was born, she took care of her. Later, she followed Taohuajian and worked as a mother-in-law in Gu Qingyan's courtyard. She was also responsible for the food in Gu Qingyan's kitchen. She has a son under her knees, and now she is one of the twelve ghost guards, named Dongxin.

These days, because they were busy taking inventory, they were seconded to take charge of the big kitchen. When Gu Qingyan wanted to eat snacks, she had to go to the big kitchen to get some free.

"I want to make the jerky meat from the wet nurse, so I'll take a look at the dinner preparations." Gu Qing leaned on Chen Sanniang's shoulder and said.

Chen Sanniang pulled Gu Qingyan's hand and said softly: "If you want to eat, let Su Xin take it. Why bother to go there by yourself? I'm here, don't worry."

While going to the kitchen, Gu Qingyan said, "Well, I'm not worried about the other side. I just want to remind my wet nurse that there are many people in Taohuajian now, so I'm afraid that some people will take advantage of the loopholes. The easiest and most fatal food, so I'll care more about the wet nurse before serving the food."

After walking around, it was normal, so Gu Qingyan went outside. Chen Sanniang responded to Gu Qingyan and knew that she was worried and comforted her: "Don't worry, master, the old woman is keeping her locked up."

"Thank you for your hard work."

After saying that, Chen Sanniang sent Gu Qingyan out of the kitchen yard, Su Xin stepped over here in a small step: "Master."

"What's wrong?" Gu Qingyan asked.

Su Xin also saluted Chen Sanniang slightly and said, "The head of Jinghuazhuang asked for his master in the courtyard and said that he would send something to his master."

Gu Qingyan thought about it and found that she hadn't asked Jinghuazhuang to do anything recently. She left Chen Sanniang and Su Xin back to Jingxinyuan. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Song Zhizhou, the head of Jinghuazhuang, standing in the yard with a tray in her hand.

Jinghuazhuang is a jewelry building store set up under Taohuajian. There are many branches in Nanwan. Song Zhizhou is the chief executive. This person has a strong personal style in jewelry design and polishing skills. This makes Jinghuazhuang's jewelry children exquisite and unique compared to other jewelry stores. It is quite popular with the ladies and ladies of famous families. Song Zhizhou is an old man, who speaks people at the same time. He is very smooth, but he has no bad intentions.

Seeing Gu Qingyan coming, Yu Guang asked An quickly to ask An: "See the Fourth Girl."

Gu Qingyan likes to joke with Song Zhizhou because he can always take it up: "Mr. Song, I always think he has returned to the palace again whenever you speak like this." This is to secretly compare Song Zhizhou to the father-in-law in the palace.

"If the fourth girl is not there, your status in my heart is average!" Gu Qingyan went into the house, and Song Zhizhou also followed suit.

Gu Qingyan went into the house and sat down, and continued to say to Song Zhizhou: "Okay, don't be poor, what are you holding on your hands?"

Song Zhizhou brought the tray and put it in front of Gu Qingyan with both hands. He uncovered the covered red cloth. Gu Qingyan looked over and saw an exquisite half-eyed mask inside, fixed with silver chain lines. After a closer look, the patterns of the mask were carved in finely, looking like some kind of animal.

"Is this a green phoenix?" Gu Qingyan asked softly.

Song Zhizhou nodded: "That's right."

"Good carving." Gu Qingyan exclaimed that the feathers on the tail of the green phoenix bird were clearly distinguished, and the whole green phoenix was flying upwards and lifelike.

"What do the fourth girl think of this design?" Song Zhizhou asked tentatively.

Gu Qingyan was stunned: "It's great. I've always been relieved to be the design of Mr. Song."

Song Zhizhou smiled: "This time the fourth girl was really wrong. This time the design was not me."

As he said that, he took out a design drawing from his arms and handed it to Gu Qingyan. Gu Qingyan took the drawing half-believingly and half-doubtedly. When he opened it, he seemed to have seen the pen that had been taken. When he looked to the side, Gu Qingyan smiled with a few lines of familiar handwriting in small characters.

He held the drawings in one hand and the mask in the other, and looked carefully: "When did it happen?"

Song Zhizhou thought about it and replied: "A month ago."

Gu Qingyan thought about it. Wasn’t they just arrived at Qingquan Villa more than a month ago? It should have been that day when they mentioned their birthday inadvertently, and Han Yan went to prepare.

After taking the mask, Gu Qingyan said, "This cannot be considered a private job."

Song Zhizhou bowed: "Yes, everyone who should be accounted for is paid."

Gu Qingyan nodded, and there was nothing wrong with this, Song Zhizhou stepped down.

Su Xin came up and took the mask to put it away. She asked Gu Qingyan if she needed to wear it recently.

Gu Qingyan said: "No need to do this two days, let's change this one on that day of trial."

Su Xin wrote down in her heart, put the mask down, took the booklet and handed it to Gu Qingyan: "Master, this is the name of the liquidation of Diancuilou."

A few days after Gu Qingyan was gone, Su Xin was not idle either. Diancuilou collected all kinds of rare treasures in Taohuajian. Su Xin took people to count them, reorganized the categories and selected them from here.

When I flipped through the booklet, Gu Qingyan admired Su Xin's meticulousness. The items and categories were divided into details, and the quantity was clearly marked. The sub-book also sorted out the number of items that have been rewarded in history, so that Gu Qingyan could refer to this time.

"It's really a careful person." Gu Qingyan said, Su Xin pursed her lips and smiled, a hint of shyness of being praised.

In previous years, almost everyone was rewarded with big heads. Last year, big heads had golden toads, Ruyi bottles, and one hundred taels of silver. This hundred taels of silver was called money, which means that there will be a lot of money in the next year. In addition, there are other things for the different departments, such as gold silk and silver threads in the direction of the brocade, and high-quality tea cup suits in the direction of the tea shop. There are tricks to prepare these things. Xu Shaolin and the other men felt a headache after thinking about it, so they threw the job to Gu Qingyan.

No one else can do anything, so Gu Qingyan had to take over. Fortunately, Su Xin helped her. A few years ago, the two of them chose a combination of each other and made a few appearances. In the past or two, Gu Qingyan also let Su Xin do it. She just needs to check and make a decision.

"This year, I prepared a ingot fortune tree, and the ice and jade rollers were still worth 100 taels of money. The next one was equipped with feather embroidery thread, coral strings, and glass cups..." Su Xin said to Gu Qingyan as well. No matter how you match it, it was already clear.

Gu Qingyan nodded while listening. After Su Xin finished speaking, she said, "Prepare as you said."

"Yes." Su Xin was about to accept the booklet, but then heard Gu Qingyan say, "Have you sent someone to invite a few masters and wives?"

"It's gone." Su Xin responded. Today, everyone has arrived at Taohuajian, so naturally sent someone to invite Gu Ning and the others to come.

Gu Qingyan got up and said that she wanted to go to Diancuilou for a walk. She chatted with Su Xin while walking: "Have you sent someone to clean up the yard?"

"Don't worry, master, I've finished packing. The items that should be purchased have been purchased. I also told the servants from the villa and came over to come with my luggage." Su Xin said.

Gu Qingyan nodded: "Would King Yu arrange it in Rongyuan?"

Rongyuan is not far from Gu Qingyan's Jingxinyuan. It turns out that it is a place where the royal family comes to relax and stay. It is always kept for daily routines and people can clean it. In the past two days, people have gradually entered and exited Rongyuan.

"Yes, King Yu arranged Rongyuan, and the owner of Han Shao arranged Yishan Residence." Yishan Residence, Rongyuan, and Jingxinyuan are like three corners, and both are not far from Jingxinyuan.

"Well, King Yu is about to come to Taohuajian and tell me first." Gu Qingyan said. Although she must be the first to meet King Yu, just in case, Gu Qingyan still thought it would be better to give her another advice.

The servants of Diancui Building were sorting out their things. According to the time, Su Xin would come to tell them how to allocate them this afternoon, so they made a vacant space first to facilitate operation. While doing this, they saw Gu Qingyan coming over first, and everyone saluted: "See the Fourth Girl."

"No need to be polite. Su Xin will tell you about the distribution this year in a while. I'm here to ask everyone." Gu Qingyan always feels less distance from speaking to insiders, with a little politeness and respect for everyone, so everyone respects Gu Qingyan.

After saying that, she nodded to Su Xin, leaving Su Xin and others busy in front of her, while she was wandering around the building, and she couldn't forget the gifts she gave to her elders. She remembered that she had collected many good things this year, and then she took them back to Diancui Tower.

After searching, Gu Qingyan saw two brocade boxes on the shelf. He opened one of the maroon dark-patterned brocade boxes, and a pair of jade bracelets lay quietly inside. Gu Qingyan remembered that it seemed to be given to King Yu once, saying that it was the attack of the Dian Kingdom to the royal princes.

Su Xin's ostentatious light was always on Gu Qingyan. Seeing Gu Qingyan stopping, he hurriedly pulled over: "Master."

When Gu Qingyan saw Su Xin coming, she said, "For Master." After that, she pointed to the pair of jade bracelets. When Qianhuayu was a child, she rarely wore jewelry. Gu Qingyan asked, Qianhuayu always said that the children of the world would fight and kill, and they would feel distressed when they hit and knock them down. Now, Qianhuayu doesn't need to fight and kill anymore. Which woman doesn't like jewelry and jasper?

As for her mother, she usually has a lot of jewelry and is not short of this thing. Gu Qingyan opened another brocade box and it was a fragrant powder pottery box, but there was no powder inside: "Why is this here?"

This thing was when Gu Qingyan followed Xu Shaolin out and entered a pottery shop. He was bored and asked an old craftsman to teach her to make one. To be honest, this box looked ugly and could not be used, but it was brought back.

Su Xin shook her head, she really didn't know about this thing. The manager of Diancuilou, who was beside her, came over and explained with a smile: "Go back to the girl, this is what the valley master brought back to collect." (To be continued)
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