When they arrived at the courtyard of the Master Fang, he was already taking an afternoon nap. Hearing the purpose of the two, she did not reject them and let Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingmei lay out the papers while attending to her. Although it was just for those few families, they couldn't make a single mistake in their guest posts. It took them an entire afternoon to write their own posts.
Xu Mingwei got Wan Rong to take out the card and send it to the main butler. Xu Mingwei arranged for the servant to send it to the various residences, while she and Xu Mingmei just sat in the Master Fang's room idly.
Master Fang read the posts written by the two of them and nodded, "In another one or two years, both of you will have written your own posts."
The Master Fang did not praise anyone normally, but it was the first time for Xu Mingmei to receive such praise from her. She could not help but blush again as she accepted the post that she wrote along with the one that the Master Fang wrote badly, and asked, "Sir, can you please let go of all these with your students? Since I have nothing to do at home for the new year, I decided to hurry up on my homework. "
Master Fang was surprised. Xu Mingmei was the one that was usually the hardest to read, after she recovered from her shock she nodded and replied, "If you want to keep it, then keep it. If it's not enough, then come and write it down for you."
Xu Mingmei blushed and thanked him. Just as she was about to get up, she heard a granny looking for her, and it turned out to be her cousin's home. She was both surprised and happy, throwing Xu Mingwei and running, but she did not forget to tell him, "Seventh Sister will help me keep Mister Mo Bao, I will come back to moon-nesting later to retrieve it."
Seeing that Master Fang and Xu Mingwei behind his were startled, he wanted to say that she had been steady and steady lately, that he was just a lively and weird child.
The guest that the Second Branch had brought this time was the older brother of the Lady Ji, Ji Lianhai's family, along with his wife, the Qin family, and her eldest daughter, Ji Rufu. He also brought his two sons, Ji Zhengyang, with him as well. It only said that Ji Lianhai was here to visit her sister and his nephew who was born not too long ago. Lady Ji had been too focused on his son and had forgotten to tell Xu Mingmei about it, so no one in the household knew about it.
When Xu Mingmei went to look, the servants were walking around the guest courtyard non-stop, busily packing up the boxes and luggage for the family of my uncle. A whole row of them, two big and three small, had actually brought over fifty boxes along as well, causing all the servants in the mansion to be speechless. In addition, it also allowed the people of the Xu family to witness the wealth of the Ji family. No wonder they would say that the Second Wife of the Xu family was a God of Fortune's wife.
With her sharp eyes, she caught sight of Xu Mingmei amidst the crowd of people, and immediately pulled at Ji Lianhai who was appointing a servant, his face filled with smiles as he welcomed her, "Mei Er is already this tall, Aunt almost recognized him. Good child, why don't you come over and let Aunt have a good look, it's been so long since we last met, I really miss your uncle to death."
Xu Mingmei hadn't seen his uncle and aunt for a long time, and was a little stunned, as if she was still trying hard to identify them. Hearing née Qin's words, she hurriedly ran a few steps forward, calling her uncle anxiously, "Slow down, hit them carefully."
He turned around and started to complain to née Qin, "Why are you making the children so anxious? The yard is filled with people coming and going, how can it be damaged like this?"
née Qin wasn't angry, but smiled and said, "Aiyo, my lord, I know you love our nephew and daughter, but your bias is too much. I was just thinking too much about my niece."
With that, Xu Mingmei had already arrived in front of the two, bowing to the two of them. née Qin quickly supported herself up and smiled: "She really is a big lady, previously she was only this tall, but now, in the blink of an eye, she has grown so tall, it looks like time is driving!"
Ji Lianhai had a lot of sons in his family, and he also liked his daughter very much. Since his daughter was already old, even if he was his father, it would be hard for him to do anything to her next year. Therefore, when he saw Xu Mingmei, he was even more elated. He laughed and carried her in his hands, scaring Wan Feng, who had followed along with Xu Mingmei, so much that her face paled, as she was afraid that her uncle would accidentally throw her.
Xu Mingmei, on the other hand, was bold. His father didn't stay home all day, and didn't like her either. From the time he was young to the time he hugged her, he could count how many times he hugged her with one hand. Now that she was held up in the air by her uncle, she couldn't help but giggle. There wasn't even the slightest trace of fear on her face.
"I've really grown up. In two years, even uncle won't be able to hold his heart." Ji Lianhai held her up and threw her a few more times. Only after playing with her for a while did he finally put Xu Mingmei down, pointed at her nose and laughed, "Guess what good stuff uncle brought you this time."
Xu Mingmei tilted her head and laughed, "How can I guess? Uncle has given me a lot of things that are extremely rare.
Mrs Qin secretly curled her lips. She had exchanged a large amount of silver for it. It would be strange if she didn't like it. Seeing Xu Mingmei looking at her, she immediately laughed, "Your uncle brought you two boxes of stuff this time. Since the courtyard is in a mess, I'm afraid that you won't be able to find them anytime soon. Your sister and brother are both lazy in the house. Go and mess with them, or they'll get sick. "
Xu Mingmei still remembered that her two cousins she hadn't seen before, so she nodded immediately and brought Wan Feng to the guest room.
In the courtyard of the main house, Lady Helan was chatting with Nanny Xue in her house, "The relatives of the Blood Sucking Bugs from the second house are here again. I don't know what they are here for this time, they have already given all the officials and oil they need, but they did not expect it to be a one-time deal. After coming here for three to five years, the old lady just told me about it yesterday, and she did not expect it to be here today."
The Nanny Xue sighed, "That's right. Most people would only be able to sell their daughters for a short period of time, but only a merchant like him would want to sell as much as she can, to the point where he would not even want his dignity anymore. "
The Lady Helan said, "Let's see what they are doing this time, the old lady's meaning is very clear, for this New Year celebration, they are guests, and there is no reason to treat them slowly. "In the future, you can greet all of the old wives in charge and treat them as honored guests. Don't let them say that our family has been disrespectful."
Nanny Xue answered, "I'll be going now."
The Lady Helan nodded and suddenly called out to her, "Go and get Wei'er for me."
Nanny Xue only thought that she had other things to say to Xu Mingwei and agreed before she went out. Looking around moon-nesting, she found that she was not there. She asked Wan Yi and the others, and found out that Xu Mingwei was not in the courtyard at all, thus she went to find him at his room. Sure enough, Xu Mingwei was pointing pen at his room. Due to the cold weather, the room was very hot from the burning of the dragons. The two of them were only wearing their inner coats. At first glance, they didn't know if they were a mother and daughter.
The Nanny Xue sighed in her heart as she saluted and said, "After disturbing Mister's peace, I hope you can forgive me. My wife asked me to go find you because she had something to say."
The Master Fang said, "Since Madam has something to talk to you, go ahead."
Xu Mingwei put down her brush, bowed towards Master Fang, and stood up. Wan Rong who was waiting at the side hurriedly put on Big Hairy's clothes, and reminded her, "Miss, be careful of your feet, don't slip."
When Nanny Xue heard her, she glanced at her for a moment. She was around twelve to thirteen years old, and her appearance looked good.
Seeing this, Wan Rong's heart thumped like a drum, she didn't dare make a sound. Fortunately, when they arrived at Lady Helan's courtyard, she went out by herself. Only then did she feel relieved.
However, Xu Mingwei was very curious in her heart. Why was he looking for her after coming out of Lady Helan's courtyard?
After entering it a few times, she finally understood. It was to remind her to pay attention to the relatives of the second branch family members.
"Mother knows that you and your Sister Mei are on good terms, but no matter how nice it is, you have to remember that your Sister Mei is a Sister Mei and those relatives are unrelated outsiders. When the time comes, the young mistress from that family will want to play with you, so if there is any dispute, please allow it. They are guests, and we are the hosts. "Those two brothers are quite old. Without the presence of adults, you should avoid interacting with them. Although you are still young, you do have …" Lady Helan almost said that she was bald in front of him, and immediately swallowed the words "someone with a family" that was close to her mouth.
However, Xu Mingwei's ears pricked up as she curiously asked, "Mother, what do you think I have? "Why did you stop midway?"
Lady Helan reacted quickly as well. She touched her face and laughed, "You're about to be six years old. You're not young anymore, so you need to be careful. Have you remembered what Mother said today? "
Xu Mingwei nodded in agreement, "Your daughter will always remember this in her heart, so mother can be at ease. Mother, when will our brothers come home? "It's only a few days until the new year, so there's no rush at this time no matter how hard we work. Why didn't you let him go home earlier?"
The Lady Helan laughed at her, "Usually when you see what your big brother thinks he is, you start to think about it. Looking at the date, it would only be a day or two. Fortunately, you've already retanned the bunks in your two elder brothers' courtyard. It's only worrying to death to encounter such weather. "
Xu Mingwei laughed embarrassedly and argued, "Who said I was thinking of them? It was clearly because I wanted them to bring something back this time.
Lady Helan was amused by her and pulled her into her embrace. She pinched his nose and said, "You little unscrupulous brat, I know how to knock on your two brothers."
The mother and daughter pair were laughing merrily in the room, Wan Rong looked in and smiled faintly.