Chapter 563
Chapter 563
In Shaohua Garden, the candlelight was bright, making it as bright as day.
Song Guanzhou leaned over and flipped through the account book, smacking his lips repeatedly, "Xiao Cang is really rude. He brought all the old accounts here. I'm afraid it will be the beginning of next spring before we finish these."
Pei An held the lamp and stood beside Song Guanzhou.
"Rosewood can read and write, so she'll be with you. Brother Lingbai now has some free time besides his usual social activities. As for fourth cousin, I think you shouldn't make things difficult for him. After August 15, he should go to Longen Academy to study hard."
"...Time is running out, so Fourth Cousin should focus on the scientific examination."
Song Guanzhou looked through more than ten boxes in a row, and her expression became calm. Pei An saw that her expression was unusually solemn, and there was a doting smile in his eyes.
"Just take your time. The Xiao family's past cannot be completely resolved overnight."
Song Guanzhou raised his head and looked at Pei An, "Silang, do you think that if I come to settle the accounts, I will be killed? After all, my uncles are so determined to settle the accounts, and I am afraid that it will affect the lives of those who benefit from it."
Pei An laughed, "No."
Seeing the questioning look in Song Guanzhou's eyes, he walked over to him and helped him out of the house, "This matter is extremely secretive. Besides, you are the young lady of the mansion. Do you really think that ordinary people can enter the second gate to cause trouble? Then wouldn't this mansion bear the empty title of the first-class duke in vain."
Song Guanzhou patted the dust off his body with both hands, smiling, "Unable to bear the inside and outside cooperation, Xiao Yinxiu, that idiot, even planned to let me go to the small Buddhist temple to pay respects to your mother. He really has a good plan!"
Pei An paused, "...Don't pay attention to her from now on."
"Of course I ignored it. My own brothers and sons ignored me. I don't have such a good filial piety to disobey my father's strict orders."
"Don't bother with her. Now that the eldest sister-in-law is the housekeeper, she must be resentful. Apart from anything else, the girl from the Gao family will definitely be welcomed in at the end of August."
"Second brother is so anxious?"
Song Guanzhou patted Pei An's big hand with his slender hand, "Today, Aunt Qiao risked her life to give birth to a little girl for him. He is a father after all, but he left without caring about anything and went to Cheng County."
Pei Anxu helped her out of the door, and the two returned to the main room. The maids brought hot water, and Pei An personally helped Song Guanzhou wash his hands. Song Guanzhou laughed, "Fourth Master, I'm just washing my hands..."
"Who made my wife give me a pair of white jade-like soft breasts, as smooth as sheep fat and as slippery as running water? Pei Sike likes them very much." Pei An is getting more and more presumptuous now, and there is a huge gap between his behavior in front of people and behind their backs. In the eyes of others, he is still gentle and polite, and the couple is only slightly closer than before. However, the maids and old women know that the fourth young master is getting more clingy when they are in the house.
The words spoken are sweet, but the actions taken... are too embarrassing to look at.
Song Guanzhou snorted softly, pulled out his slender fingers with all his strength, turned around and clenched them tightly, and punched Pei An's chest with his white fist. The force was not small, and Pei An also stood up to block it, crying out in pain.
"My wife is trying to murder her husband!"
"Stop lying with your eyes open!" Song Guanzhou opened his fist, stretched out his five fingers, and waved them in front of the two men. "What kind of beautiful hand is this?"
To be honest, Song Guanzhou's fingers are slender and white. Although they are thin, they are not bony, which is considered good-looking.
But now, there are many scars on these hands that can only be discovered by careful observation. These were the injuries caused after Jianshuifang and Taohua Xiaoyan fell into the water. Qin Qingdong also sent a lot of palace skin care creams, which can lighten their appearance but can never eliminate them.
Pei An held up Song Guanzhou's hand and kissed each of his fingertips.
"In Pei Si's heart, this red and tender hand is the most beautiful in the world."
Song Guanzhou got goosebumps all over his body, and immediately pulled his hand away and ran to the inner room, "Pei Jizhang, you are really scary now, and you don't even feel embarrassed when I say this."
Pei An laughed, "What's there to be shy about, my lady!"
The couple returned to the inner room and sat on the Luohan bed, one on each side. Rendong brought a small low table, placed it between them, and put some fruits on it.
“So fresh?”
Song Guanzhou tasted a piece of melon, and Rendong smiled and said, "It's newly sent from Jiangzhou. Madam, please try it. It's sweeter than the last one."
"It's very sweet and juicy."
After that, he told Rendong to open a few more and distribute them, "Don't forget about Alu, there are also Linshan, Linxi and Liu Er."
Honeysuckle was in a dilemma, "Madam, there isn't much to begin with. If we share it, you and the Fourth Young Master won't be able to eat it in the future."
"It's okay."
Song Guanzhou was very generous, "In this autumn, there is no shortage of fruits and vegetables. Just share them among you for a taste."
After Ren Dong left, Pei An looked at Song Guanzhou with a smile, "I used to think it was inappropriate for you to control me like this, but now it seems okay."
"What do you mean, Silang?" Song Guanzhou picked up a small piece of melon with a bamboo stick and fed it to Pei An through the low table. "It's just a few melons, not something rare."
Pei An laughed, "Isn't this a rare thing?" He didn't know how his father-in-law had spoiled his daughter in the past. Not to mention the melon, even the rare tribute food did not make her surprised and curious.
Seems to be seen often.
Song Guanzhou couldn't explain it. It was not that difficult in modern society. In any city, there was a fruit supermarket within four or five hundred meters from the community. Looking inside, you would see seasonal fruits that even the emperor couldn't eat nowadays neatly displayed. They were of good quality and low price. You could buy whatever you liked!
She has benefited from the rapid development of modern society and does not find anything rare or precious about things that are considered strange and eccentric in this era.
But I can't talk about these with Pei An, so I'll just let him misunderstand me for being generous.
At noon the next day, because the sun was scorching, Rendong divided the melons and sent a maid to take the fruits to Linshan. Linshan and Linxi had just returned from their inspection of the courtyard, and Qingfang followed them into the house with the food box and took it out.
"The young lady sent me to deliver it. Since it's not much, I hid some of it."
Linxi leaned over and took a look. "Wow! The young lady is really generous. Thanks to her, we have never run out of fruits today."
Qingfang covered her mouth and smiled, "It wasn't much originally. Sister Rendong said to put it in the cellar and let the young lady and the fourth young master eat it slowly. But the young lady didn't like it, and in a few words she asked Sister Rendong to share it with us."
Lin Shan laughed, "Speaking of which, there are two pomegranates and small red dates in Wenxi Villa that should be ripe. Why don't I go there tomorrow and pick some fresh ones for the Fourth Young Master's wife."
Neither the pomegranate nor the jujube are native to the capital. The pomegranate, in particular, has large fruits and round seeds. When you break it open, it doesn’t look red, but it tastes fresh and sweet. As for the jujube, it is a circle smaller than the jujubes that are commonly grown in the capital, and it doesn’t taste dry or astringent, making it an excellent snack.
When Linxi heard this, his eyes lit up.
"That's right. I'll go with you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Qingfang had never been to Wenxi Villa, so he looked up and asked curiously, "Why did Brother Linshan have to go there in person? Wouldn't the people in the villa send them to the mansion?"
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