The weather was too hot, and Xin An followed Tang Mo's advice and stayed at Qiushi Courtyard, enjoying the good days.

"Madam, the female shopkeeper of Qianji Gold Shop in the city brought the newly arrived jewelry."

Nanfeng came back from outside after doing some business and met the female shopkeeper at the door. Xin An asked her to invite someone in. She had thought that the jewelry at Qianji Gold Shop was good, so she left a message asking her to send new goods to her for her to see.

As the second young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, she couldn't have to go out and pick out jewelry in person whenever she needed one.

Soon the female shopkeeper came with her jewelry. Qingyang had arranged for someone to bring out a table. After greeting, the female shopkeeper and two female assistants laid out all the jewelry they had brought. They said respectfully, "Second Young Master's Madam, these are the jewelry that just arrived in our gold shop. Do you like any of them?"

There are three to five of each kind of hairpins, rings, earrings, bracelets, etc. to choose from. In the eyes of the female owner of the gold shop, those delivered today are all fine products that ordinary customers don't have the chance to see. Seeing that Xin An didn't look very happy or surprised, she knew that he was used to seeing good things, and she suddenly felt a little unsure.

"They are all common styles, and seem to be no different from the previous ones."

Having seen many of the old lady's treasures, Xin An's vision has become very high. The female shopkeeper introduced them with a smile, saying what was special about the items delivered today, but in the end it was just the different materials.

The styles were similar and Xin An was not interested. The female shopkeeper knew that she had failed. She only considered that the second young master's wife was from Huaijiang and did not know the prosperity of Huaijiang, so she did not send all the real good things.

Qingyang has sharp eyes. You know, when in Huaijiang, every cosmetics and jewelry store would send their best stuff. Although these are good, her young lady doesn't need them at all. "What the female shopkeeper sent today is indeed a bit ordinary. If you send these again next time, you, Qianji, don't have to come to the gate of this marquis' mansion anymore."

The female shopkeeper apologized repeatedly, packed up the jewelry she brought and left in a hurry. Xin An felt that she needed to manage her reputation well, otherwise no jewelry seller would dare to look down on her.

"It's too hot today."

Otherwise it would be nice to make an appointment with Mrs. Liao for tea and opera.

As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Wang came with an invitation, saying that the Second Prince's wife wanted to invite Xin An to have tea at her house tomorrow morning.

Aunt Wang was a little nervous. That person was a real noble. Even if it was told to others, his reputation would be good. "Madam, why don't you open the storehouse and pick out two good things to take with you?"

Xin An said that he could just pick some of the local gifts Uncle Fangda had sent him, "They don't have to be too expensive, as long as the thought is there."

As a merchant's daughter, she could not even look down upon the 'good things' sent by the talented female shopkeeper. It was also possible that the prince's wife would not look down upon the items she thought were good. It would be better for her to settle for the second best and send something uncommon.

It can make people feel a little bit strange.

Aunt Wang hurried to do it. Xin An thought for a while and went to find her mother-in-law. Aunt Wang was a little surprised, "Do you know the inside story?"

Xin An shook his head, "Just said I was going to have tea."

Wang was more nervous than Xin An. "Then you have to adapt to the situation. You must be careful in what you say and do when you arrive at the prince's mansion. If you can get close to the second prince's wife, you will be more powerful when you walk in the backyards of other families, and no one will dare to look down on you."

Wang was embarrassed to say that she might not be as good as Xin An in making friends with women outside. Her humble family background was one thing, but her own lack of ability was the key point, otherwise she would not have not even found out about the Tao family's affairs, and no one would have told her about it.

Xin An nodded, and after leaving Wang's place, he went to the old lady's yard. The weather was hot and the old lady didn't want to go out. Her skin was whiter than before, but her complexion was not very good.

"Grandma, why don't you look as good as usual?"

The old lady was bored. "It's too hot. I can't eat or sleep well. There's still too little ice."

The amount of ice available in the Marquis' Mansion was limited, and all of it was used by the old lady. But in such a hot day, the ice would melt after a short while. Unless the house was surrounded by ice like the Duke of Enguo's Mansion did, it would be of no use.

"Wasn't yesterday's cold dish okay?"

Ganlu continued the conversation, "Cold dishes are good. The old lady ate a lot yesterday, but her stomach is upset. She should use less in the future."

The old lady sighed and said that she was old and that she had a stomachache in the middle of the night after eating a few more bites of cold dishes. "Fortunately, the summer is only a few days away, so it will pass if we endure it."

Xin An suddenly remembered what Mrs. Wang said, that many of the old soldiers in the Wang family's care lived in poor conditions, which were crowded, noisy and humid, and would be even more unbearable in such a hot day. After thinking about it, she said that she would arrange for people to buy more mung beans and distribute them, and each family could boil some mung bean soup to relieve heat and detoxify.

"It's hard for me to be served everywhere, and it will be even harder for those people. You have to work harder and make the arrangements now."

Xin An stood up and said, "Grandma, take a good rest. I will make arrangements right away."

The old lady said "hmm", Xin An turned and left, and went back to Qiushi Courtyard and told Aunt Wang to go find...

When he needed help, he found that the mansion didn't have many people of his own, so he could only ask Aunt Wang to bring money to find Wang Shi again. After explaining the purpose of the visit, Wang Shi called a manager for him, "This man's surname is Liu, he is my maid when I get married, and he is in charge of half of the purchases in the mansion. You can leave it to him."

"Until you find the right person, you can ask him to do things."

A new emperor appoints his own ministers. This saying is applicable to the backyard of every family. The servants in the Marquis' Mansion are divided into two camps, the old people in the Marquis' Mansion and Wang's people. Whether Xin An can put her own people in the Marquis' Mansion depends on whether the mother-in-law Wang is willing to give her a chance.

At the moment, it seems that this opportunity is willing to be given.

Manager Liu took the silver and took his men to the gate. Nanfeng followed them the whole time. She was responsible for delivering the mung beans to the Wang residence and handing them to Mrs. Wang, and then watching over the mung beans until they reached the right place.

Tang Mo learned about this when he came back in the evening. Xin An suggested that Tang Mo should find a time to meet those people in person. "Since we paid the money, we should let them know about us."

You can't do something like silently paying money to let others enjoy a good reputation.

"In addition, we also need to take a look at some people who have not received assistance from the Marquis' Mansion. In short, we need to have our own people. In addition, I am short of a manager. Please arrange someone for me."

The Xin family's stewards had other things to do, so Xin An didn't plan to bother them with errands. "I always have no one to use my hands, so it's inconvenient to do anything, and there are also great limitations. You think of a solution."

Tang Mo said he would arrange it as soon as possible, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Pack up, we'll be out soon."

"So early?"

Although the sun was setting, it was still scorching hot. Xin An didn't want to go out so early, "Wait a little longer."

Tang Mo said that the students of Wangping Academy are on holiday today, and most of the students will go to Zhuangyuan Building to discuss the past and present. "Luo Qiwen will also come out, let's go and 'run into' him."

"How do you 'encounter'?"

Xin An became interested, and Tang Mo said he had already made arrangements, "Make sure you can go up and talk to him, and do him a favor."

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