【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 114 The Love-minded Grandma in the Weird Neighborhood 30

The chief steward of Earl Yuanren was overjoyed. "The Crown Prince's wife is doing fine. The imperial physician checked her pulse and the child is healthy."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Yun Xi returned to the house and brought out a bag of oranges. These were the sweet tangerines she had bought from the system. "These are the oranges I bought. Take them back and let the Crown Prince's wife try them. They're very sweet."

"Okay, thank you Madam Yun."

Yun Xi took the invitation back to the house. This was a party to find a partner for Deping and De'an, and it would be held tomorrow at noon.

Tao Yao had mentioned before that the girls who came were neither better than the rich nor the poor, such as the daughters of poor scholars, the daughters of small landlords, the daughters of wealthy shopkeepers, and the girls from well-off farmers...

In short, they are all people of equal status. Deping and De'an have houses in the capital, so they are a good match for these families. They are not too bold to look for a daughter of an official, nor do they want to look for one that is too low.

"Yun Duan, tell De Ping and De An to take a day off tomorrow to visit the couple and ask them to dress nicely." Yun Xi instructed him.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Yun Xi began to rummage through the closet. After searching for a long time, she found a few sets of thick clothes. She chose a purple double-breasted skirt with a ruyi pattern and black flowers that was suitable for her age, and paired it with a fox fur coat, which was barely enough to wear out.

At home, do whatever is comfortable for you. If you feel comfortable wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, then wear it. But you can't wear it like this when you go out, or people will laugh at you like Liu Laolao.

In order to go out tomorrow, Yun Xi specially boiled water to take a bath and wash her hair. This was an inconvenience in ancient times. Taking a bath in winter was too troublesome. Some rich people took hot springs, and some had floor heating at home, so they would not catch a cold no matter how they took a bath. Ordinary people did not have such conditions.

"Yunduan, do you want to attend the banquet tomorrow? Bring Xiaoni with you. There are a lot of delicious food at the banquet." Yun Xi asked him when she saw Yunduan running in.

"want!"

"Go put on the new clothes your mother made for you for the New Year, and also wear the jade-colored, red, green, and camel-hair satin paddy field jacket that Sister Tao gave you to keep warm."

"Okay, what are you going to wear, little Nii?"

Xiao Ni put down the orange and blinked, "I, I have new clothes, made by my mother."

Yun Xi: "Okay, you wear new clothes."

Before noon the next day, Yun Xi hired a carriage and took Deping, De'an and the two children to Chunmanlou. Chunmanlou was located at the junction of West City and East City. It had an excellent location and occupied a large area. Most of the people who came and went were powerful and wealthy, so it was really difficult to book a small courtyard there.

A few people did not enter through the front door. They walked around and entered through the back door. They saw many small courtyards, each of which was very private. They were led to the Hongmei Courtyard, where several young girls had already arrived.

"Deping and De'an, go to the next room and observe more. The most important thing is character. People with upright and honest character are the best." After seeing this, Yun Xi asked Deping and De'an not to come in rashly and disturb the girl.

Not long after sitting there, Taoyao arrived, followed by four or two big maids and four small maids. It was a grand scene.

"Auntie Yun, you're here so early. I was thinking I'd come earlier to greet you."

Tao Yao looked enthusiastic. After taking a quick look, she sat in the main seat and started chatting with everyone. They basically talked about family situations. Tao Yao did not hide anything and directly told them about the brothers' situations.

Both parents are dead, but he has a house and can buy a car. His two younger brothers can read and write well, so he can be considered a half-literate person. Now he is the second-in-command, and he also takes on the work of copying books every month. The two of them earn twenty taels of silver a month, and they will definitely be promoted to the head manager in the future.

There are no requirements for marrying a wife. She must have a clean family background, be kind, honest and sensible, and the bride price should be given according to custom.

Yun Xi nodded. It was almost like that, except that she didn’t mention the debt.

System: "Taoyao is already the Crown Prince's wife. Earl Yuanren's mansion has countless properties. Why does he need his brothers to repay his debts? He has already given Deping and the other two 500 taels of silver each. He just said that Deping and the others haven't found the opportunity to repay yet."

"That's one thousand taels. I still have seven hundred taels left after I return three hundred. Oh, it's so nice to have a rich relative, tsk tsk~"

The system wanted to roll its eyes, but found that it had no eyes, so it had to send an eye-rolling emoticon.

"You have eight thousand taels in savings now, yet you envy others who have only a few hundred taels. How petty!"

"How can they be the same? What I have is what I earned, which is different from what I got for free."

After the banquet started, two girls came to the middle of the room, one played the piano and the other played the pipa. They were the prostitutes of Chunmanlou.

While arguing with the system, Tao Yao suddenly came over, handed over a booklet, and whispered, "Auntie Yun, look, these are the girls who came this time."

Yun Xi understood immediately after taking a look, "The one who drew the cross is eliminated?"

"Yes, one is too late, and the other has a bad temper."

"it is good."

The two men huddled together, whispering for a long time, and finally decided on two girls. One was the daughter of a scholar, named Chen Xianghe, and the other was from a family of farmers and scholars. She was pretty and had a gentle personality, named Lin Fangmei.

Yunduan pulled Xiaoni'er to sit in a seat, with a maid serving dishes beside them. They were eating very contentedly and enjoying the meal. When they heard Chen Xianghe's name, they came over and whispered, "Chen Xianghe is my classmate's sister."

Tao Yao asked gently, "Why would he go to study with someone else when he has a scholar at home?"

Yunduan tilted his head and thought for two seconds, "He said his father wanted to take the higher-level exam and didn't have time to teach."

"So that's it."

There is nothing wrong with a scholar taking a higher examination. After all, rich juren are poor scholars. Juren can change their status, but scholars cannot.

After having lunch and dinner at Chunmanlou, everyone had a great time. Deping and De'an didn't have too many requirements for their wives, as long as she was suitable for the family. They left the decision to their eldest sister and Yunxi. Yunxi let Taoyao make the decision, after all, the other party had already investigated everything very clearly.

Finally, Deping was betrothed to 15-year-old Chen Xianghe. If all goes well, they will get married next spring. De'an was betrothed to 14-year-old Lin Fangmei. They will get married at the end of next year.

"System, can you check which schools in East City offer good teaching? Ideally, they'd combine learning with entertainment, rather than the kind of pedantic, academic-focused teaching. Yunduan simply doesn't have the patience for that."

In the carriage, Yun Xi seemed to be dozing with her eyes closed.

"I checked, and I found it!" The system said, "It's Chongwenguan. The teacher who taught us there is an optimistic and interesting old scholar."

"Really? Then send it to Chongwenguan."

"Thirty-two bundles of Xiu a month."

"So expensive!"

"That's a scholar, isn't it worth it? Besides, prices in the capital have always been so expensive, think about whether you have worked hard enough?" System.

silence……

There was a long silence...

When she got home, Yun Xi noticed that Yun Duan handed Xiao Ni a package.

"What is it?"

"Snacks, I brought back the mung bean cakes that no one touched at the banquet."

"Well, my son is really thrifty."

Yun Xi thought it was just mung bean cake, nothing wrong with it.