frightfiction Chapter 218 Full Moon Wine
Chapter 218 Full Moon Wine
Mu Sheng is very happy that the Mu family is about to be canonized, but he always feels a little nervous when facing Yun Xi.
Although the emperor said that the enthronement had nothing to do with papermaking, Mu Sheng knew in his heart how could it be unrelated?
The Mu family has been defending the country for so many years and has served as generals for so many generations, but they have never been granted a title. Yet, they were granted a title when he went to present the papermaking technique. You say it has nothing to do with it. How is that possible?
And it is not only related to papermaking, but also to other contributions Yun Xi made before.
A husband's status depends on his wife. He has risen to prominence by living off his wife.
He is quite happy to be a gigolo and doesn't mind letting the world know that he is a gigolo. I just wonder if Xixi will dislike him for being a gigolo?
Yun Xi was talking to Le Zi: "Baby, I miss your grandpa. After the next full moon banquet, let's go to the farm to play."
"Eat, Zhuangzi, play."
"Do you miss grandpa?"
Lezi's eyes rolled around, "I want to. Yangyang."
"Hey, you still remember Yangyang! Do you miss Yangyang or grandpa?"
"Yangyang, father-in-law."
At this time, Lezai was just a little over one year old, and it was not appropriate to call him grandpa, so he just called him grandpa.
Yun Xi was laughing so hard that she was going crazy, and the maids beside her were also laughing to their hearts’ content.
After Lezai was one year old, the nurse who took care of him left the house according to the original agreement. Lezai did not drink a single morsel of her milk. Yun Xi understood that it was not easy for her to support the family, so she allowed her to go home to feed her own child when Lezai was resting. In this way, the milk was not wasted, and her own child was also well raised.
The wet nurse was very grateful to Yun Xi. She just helped Yun Xi to take care of the children and basically did nothing else. Yun Xi also allowed her to learn embroidery skills. After returning home, she could make some money by selling embroidery.
Now, the ones serving Lezai are Xia He and Dong Xue who were brought back from Yun Dad, and Xia Zhu and Dong Lan who were sent from the old lady. They are enough.
The people who usually serve Yun Xi are Chunyu and Qiuju.
Now, the six maids and Yun Xi were all laughing, and the whole yard was filled with joy.
This was the scene that Mu Sheng saw when he came back.
"What are you laughing at? What's so exciting?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Our Lezai is so cute and always makes us super happy."
The maids also echoed.
The fewer people know about the young master's dark history, the better. They just need to have fun with him, and I don't care.
Lezi himself was grinning.
Mu Sheng stepped forward, held his son in his arms, and asked, "What are you playing with your mother?"
"Eat and watch the sheep."
"Want to go to the farm to see the sheep?"
Lezi nodded his little head and looked adorable.
Mu Sheng said to Yun Xi, "I'm afraid we can't leave in the next two days."
"No, I have something else to do. The second daughter-in-law of the Minister of Justice has given birth to a child, and he invited us to attend the full moon banquet."
Mu Sheng: "...Then my son will become rich again."
This is really funny to talk about. Almost all those people who visited Yun Xi and held Lezi became pregnant, and gave birth to babies one after another. From the end of the year to now, in the past two or three months, people have lined up to invite Yun Xi to a full moon banquet, and the whole capital city has become lively.
Originally, the full moon banquet was not a big deal in the past. People would just invite relatives and friends. But now the circle has expanded, and some people even come to our house with gifts and ask for a free meal.
No matter whose full month banquet it is, the most popular one is his son. I heard that the female relatives are going crazy for it.
In order to win Lezai's favor, those young ladies dressed up with jewels and took the initiative to show off their wealth in front of Lezai. Every time his son went to a full-month banquet, he would come back with a big box of jewelry.
After those young ladies gave away their jewelry, they would go to Yunxi's store to buy another batch, and Yunxi also made a lot of money.
It's too easy to get rich.
He is jealous.
When Yun Xi heard him say that, she also started laughing.
She really never expected that her social situation in Kyoto was opened up by her son.
All opened up at once.
She was even invited to attend the full moon banquet of Xie An's younger brother Xie Erlang.
The sadness on Mrs. Xie Cui's face disappeared, and her expression became relaxed and happy. She quietly thanked Yun Xi and gave Yun Xi a lot of thank-you gifts.
Not only her, but also her natal family, the Cui family, sent people to send gifts to Yun Xi. The two elder brothers of the Cui family in the court also took the initiative to tell Mu Sheng that if the younger generation of the Mu family wanted to study, they could go to their house to find their father, Cui Taifu. The old man was idle at home anyway.
Mu Sheng readily agreed. When he was young, he was the emperor's companion, and together with Xie Lang, he accompanied the then crown prince to study with the Grand Tutor. He was considered half of his disciple, but not a full disciple, because he specialized in martial arts and only studied literature as a side job, without formally becoming his disciple.
When Mu Sheng got home and told Yun Xi about it, the couple immediately decided to let Mu Sheng take Mu Jinyan and Le Zai to visit them with gifts.
The gift was the "Poetry Collection" that Yun Xi brought over. It was essentially a selection of all Tang Dynasty poems. There were so many Tang Dynasty poems that she only selected a part of them, but it was definitely more than 300.
What was given to the Grand Tutor was Mu Jinyan's calligraphy practice version, which can be said to be full of sincerity.
It is said that when Imperial Tutor Cui saw the collection of poems, he felt like he had found a treasure. He then beat his chest and stamped his feet, crying out "what a waste of talent". How could such good poems be copied in such bad handwriting? It was really disrespectful to the poet.
Mu Jinyan said: "This was copied by students for calligraphy practice. My mother only got one set. She has the original copy."
When Master Cui heard that this was written by a six-year-old child, he was immediately relieved. It was good enough for a six-year-old to write like this. He should take some time to copy it again.
He also asked about the source of the poetry collection, and Mu Jinyan and his son said according to Yun Xi's previous statement that they bought it from a wandering merchant.
Cui Taifu took note of this incident, and for a period of time afterwards, he went out to the streets every day to look for wandering merchants, but of course he didn't buy anything. However, he did train his legs, and his health improved a lot.
On the day of Xie Erlang's full-month banquet, Madam Xie was very polite to Yun Xi and did not act up at all. Perhaps it was the joy brought by the addition of a new baby, or maybe she finally realized that Yun Xi was not someone she could manipulate at will, or it was also possible that Marquis Dingyuan had warned her in advance.
As for the girl who was originally brought into the mansion to be a concubine, Yun Xi also met her in person. She is now working for Cui.
After Cui and Xie Lang talked, they told the girl that except for not being a concubine, she could choose her own future. She could stay in the mansion to work, or take the money and go home. When she got married, Cui would give her a dowry.
The girl had nowhere to go, and would be sold again if she returned home. She might not be so lucky as to meet someone as easy to talk to as Cui.
She immediately knelt down and expressed her willingness to stay and work for Cui, and asked Cui to officially buy her and sever her ties with her family.
Cui agreed, and after buying her, she returned her bond to her and kept her by her side to work for her.
This girl is also grateful, hardworking and dedicated, and loyal to the Cui family.
After Yun Xi learned about these things, she also said to the system with emotion: "Xie Lang and his wife are finally happy."
The system said: "Where are we going now? Who can guarantee that Xie Lang will not change his mind in the future?"
Yun Xi: "...If you can't speak, then don't speak."