Mythical Three Kingdoms

Anyway, the Lul Family’s shipbuilding industry also needs to develop, building some large fishing boats can both fill household needs and practice skills. Moreover, cooperating with the Lul Family is convenient as paying with white stripes is much better than paying in cash.

”The festive atmosphere is pretty good.” Chen Xi sat in the carriage, opened the window, and looked at the pedestrians on the road with a smile.

”There is also a great deal of credit owed to the Family Head for this.” Chen Yun praised with a smile, ”Family Head, if you actually want to buy gifts for the Lady, it’s best to bring her along.”

”Let’s forget it, Jian’er is probably embroidering new clothes for me, and Ran’er is certainly teaching her hands-on now.” Chen Xi laughed and said, ”By the way, do you know how to make clothes?”

”I come from a poor family and can do needlework. If it weren’t for my adoptive mother picking me up, I might have ended up as someone else’s meal.” Chen Yun said wistfully, ”So I am very grateful to my adoptive mother.”

Many of Chen Xi’s maids were sent by Liuu Luo to Chen Xi. Speaking of which, Liuu Luo has almost stopped working at the Fragrance Pavilion and is now focusing on a more elegant path of poetry and music.

By the way, she is indeed a woman who can run a brothel without a background, knowing well how to measure things. Over the years, she has donated a considerable amount of money and grain to the Academy, completely moving away from her past lowbrow pursuits, and instead has settled down to open a theater and train newcomers in batches.

However, it seems that I haven’t heard about her getting married. In this era, such matters are not emphasized much; not wanting to marry perhaps aligns with her own perspective. However, Chen Xi couldn’t care less about such things.

Every year, during the festival, the maids of the Chen Family’s inner court would go en masse to see Liuu Luo. After all, without Liuu Luo, they probably wouldn’t have made it to this day.

”Oh. During the festival, I’ll give you some time off to accompany her, how about that?” Chen Xi thought for a moment and said.

”Family Head, don’t you think that being by your side is more beneficial to my adoptive mother than being with her?” Chen Yun calmly looked at Chen Xi, saying that they were willing to stay in the Chen Family, not only because it provided them with protection but also as a form of protection for Liuu Luo.

”Oh, by the way, where is the Fragrance Pavilion located now? I just happened to be free today, so let’s go and have a look.” Chen Xi suddenly remembered, looking at the calm expression on Chen Yun’s face and said with a smile. Though I didn’t have time to go to the Fragrance Pavilion this year, I often visited with Guo Jia in the past.

”My adoptive mother would be very happy!” Chen Yun’s face suddenly showed a hint of joy, completely unexpected that Chen Xi would go along with her words.

”How should I put it, many in my inner court were sent by her, so paying a visit now and then, and listening to some songs isn’t bad.” Chen Xi said with a smile. Most of the time, he was quite gentle.

Chen Yun said no more and turned her head down in contemplation. She had never given Chen Xi anything during festivals before, although as a personal maid, aside from occasionally adding fragrance to night-time reading, Chen Xi didn’t need much from her.

The relationship is a simple master-servant one, without the air of a personal maid managing the affairs of the inner court like in other houses. Although Chen Yun could enter Chen Xi’s study at any time, it didn’t mean much, as Chen Xi’s study wasn’t strictly managed.

In other families, a personal maid who could enter the master’s study anytime might already be almost equal to competing with the main wife in the inner court.

So, there was naturally no discussion of a concubine giving the family head a festival gift. Of course, it was just Chen Yun overthinking things, as Chen Xi was typically open to suggestions.

[Hmm, I wonder if the family head would accept if I gave a gift. Hmm, perhaps I should give a sachet, I wonder if the family head needs one.]Chen Yun thought silently, and the two continued silently on their way.

”Eh, that seems to be Zichuan’s carriage?” Fa Zheng came out before the New Year to buy gifts, but he was much more open than Chen Xi and not sneaky at all.

”Let’s go, let’s follow him and see what Zichuan buys, I will buy the same for you all.” Fa Zheng was very willing to spend money and put in effort to please Jiangg Ying.

”Why did we come out? I haven’t finished drawing my hydraulic construction plans, the waterway connecting Zhuo County to the Yellow River estuary in the north isn’t finished either.” Wang Yi was quite dissatisfied with Fa Zheng for bringing her out, her work was not finished.

”Put governmental affairs aside for now, learn to balance work and rest. You can’t let the family say I am not hospitable, right?” Fa Zheng said, tilting his head as he realized Wang Yi also showed workaholic tendencies. ”Besides, the canal is being explored by the Li Family of Sichuan and Shu.”

”I don’t want all my efforts to be overshadowed in the end.” Wang Yi said haughtily, turning her head. ”Hm, I have gone through a lot of documents for this.”

”Suddenly feel that introducing you to become a female official was a mistake.” Fa Zheng said, yawning.

”What are you saying!” Wang Yi immediately stood up. ”Thud!” She bumped her head on the roof of the carriage, then squatted down holding her head with tears in her eyes. Jiangg Ying hurriedly hugged her cousin, rubbing her head to comfort her.

”Enough, don’t take it to heart with him, he was only teasing you, and he’s right, you should rest. Look, you haven’t even had time to dress up.” Jiangg Ying gently soothed Wang Yi while gently brushing her hair like one would for a cat.

”Hmph, you two are a pair, just go and buy together, why involve me?” Wang Yi said discontentedly.

Jiangg Ying blushed lightly but didn’t refute, continuing to gently comfort Wang Yi, ”If it weren’t for you, dear sister, I wouldn’t dare come here either.”

By the way, Jiangg Ying didn’t mind if Wang Yi married Fa Zheng, but Wang Yi herself wasn’t interested, and Fa Zheng had no motivation either, so Jiangg Ying was willing to play matchmaker, but both were busy with their own affairs, so it was postponed.

On another side, Cai Zhenji was also making new clothes with Cai Yan. By the way, these two are very skilled. Although as talented ladies, doing embroidery and making clothes appeared unrefined, Cai Yan claimed she was excellent at making clothes.

”Sister, you’ve already made twelve sets.” Cai Zhenji felt the pressure, although seeing her sister doing needlework after many years was still quite intimidating.

”Next year has an intercalary July.” Cai Yan said calmly, referring to clothes made for Li Youu. Cai Yan had no husband and no direct relatives. The only person who might receive her New Year gifts was Li Youu, so every New Year, Li Youu received new clothes for an entire year.

”But sister, are you sure you don’t want to find someone to marry?” Cai Zhenji asked quietly, not daring to look at Cai Yan.

”If it were a time of chaos, I might be wandering all over. But now the world still has order, and marrying me blocks many with the mere requirement of equal social status.” Cai Yan said with a calm expression, indicating that both social standing and her talents made it difficult.

”Mi’er intends to marry Chen Zichuan.” Cai Zhenji subtly hinted, as she was also a legitimate daughter just like herself. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)