men and women

Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest festival of the year after New Year's Eve. Relatives and friends should give gifts to each other, invite opera troupes to hold banquets, and set up porridge sheds for donations.Shen Lishi said that she is not in good health, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival will be arranged by Gu Xinyue.Shen Heli repeatedly assured that this matter was definitely not his suggestion, Gu Xinyue could only sneer, "Both of your mothers have the same intuition to go up the pole."

Gu Xinyue didn't take care of the house seriously. Even when his mother was nursing him, Zeng Ma was helping his mother's housekeeper. When it was Gu Xinyue's turn, she didn't bother him at all.Originally, he could still hand over this Mid-Autumn Festival to Zeng Ma, and Zeng Ma would take care of it properly for him.

But this time, I don't know where my intentions went wrong. Gu Xinyue made a strange mistake and said that he would personally intervene.Zeng Ma smiled and nodded knowingly, even saying that it should be done.After finishing speaking, Gu Xinyue felt a little regretful, so she could only intervene in everything with a thunderous speed.

Naturally, everything has to be completely renewed from top to bottom. Naturally, someone will take care of the arrangement of servants and new clothes. Gu Xinyue only needs to add a set of clothes or a new one. Only a few masters need to specifically ask about Shen Heli's clothes. Gu Xinyue Ask Mama Zeng to prepare it together with her own, "If the old lady says she doesn't want new clothes, come back to me and prepare a piece of jewelry to send over. Make a western dress for Que Ming, which can be worn on more formal occasions. Yan Fei, um, he doesn't seem to go out very much, it seems that he likes to practice martial arts, find a better style of uniform from the martial arts school and make him a suit." Gu Xinyue said.

The most important etiquette, Gu Xinyue called the butler, took the gift list, read one by one and said one by one, under the benchmark of previous years, looking at the half-year relationship, some need to add a little bit, some can be changed according to the situation, tick off Drawing the next one, which usually takes a lot of time, was done in half a day by Gu Xinyue.

Shen Heli used to invite a few close subordinates to dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year it seems that he will not be able to eat.Gu Xinyue said, "That's not necessarily the case, let's eat at noon, and the rest of the people can have their own time to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Uncle Yin has no other family members. When we go to the marshal's mansion for a banquet, let Yan Fei come out to accompany us and wait for us to come back Time to watch the moon with the whole family. Uncle Yin’s room has to be cleaned carefully.”

"Yes." The butler nodded repeatedly.

"It's too late to book the troupe for the Mid-Autumn Festival." Gu Xinyue pointed at the table and said, "I'll call the person who lives in Shuiyunjian later, let him tidy up, and find another place for him to live. Take the person in Shuiyunjian The houses are divided into several rooms, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and moon appreciation will be held in the water and clouds. The place is not good for people to live in, but the scenery is good. Put a few koi in the pond. Put a few sweet-scented osmanthus plants grown in pots. "

"Yes." The butler said.

Speaking a little dry, Gu Xinyue picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Is there anything else besides these?"

The butler shook his head again and again.

"Well, let's go down, and report back if you have any questions." Gu Xinyue said.

"Then what should I prepare to go to the Marshal's Mansion?" the butler asked.

"Western dance parties don't need to prepare very expensive gifts." Gu Xinyue said, "Isn't there a beautiful glass wine bottle in the master's private treasury, if you buy a bottle of wine and pour it in, you can give it as a gift."

"What wine to buy?" the butler asked humbly.

"It can't be too bad, and it doesn't have to be too good, it depends." Gu Xinyue said, "There are not many people who can really taste wine, but drink it as sweet water."

"Yes, then I'll go down first." The butler said.

After he left, Gu Xinyue looked at Zeng Ma and smiled. "What's the matter with Gu Qi, you don't have to see me after going home to rest for so long, do you still want to do something?"

Seeing him, Zeng Ma smiled and said, "He said at home that he didn't behave well along the way, the young master will definitely not keep him, and he is upset at home."

Gu Xinyue smiled, "It's a good job. Let him come home tomorrow. You don't need to greet me, and you can just follow the big housekeeper to do things. This Mid-Autumn Festival is going well, so I'll tell the old lady to let him be the third housekeeper. He doesn't want it." I feel inferior."

"Young Master said, it's his honor to keep him by Young Master's side, even as an errand runner." Zeng Ma said.

"Running errands is really a shame." Gu Xinyue smiled, and touched his neck after speaking, "I talked too much today, and my throat hurts."

"I'm going to stew some Chuanbei pears to moisten the young master's throat." Zeng Ma got up and said.

"Just Sydney, not Chuanbei." Gu Xinyue said.

Mama Zeng knew that Yin Zhu had learned the craft of making suits, so she asked her to teach her to herself. After trying to make a suit, she began to make clothes for Shen Heli and Gu Xinyue to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival.Zeng Ma has been making clothes for decades, and even though it is her first time making suits, she has the intuition of a master craftsman in how to make them look good.

The styles of Shen Heli and Gu Xinyue's suits are the same, except that the collar of Gu Xinyue's suit is made narrower and longer, with dark blue cloud and water patterns embroidered on it.For the buttons on the cuffs, Mama Zeng found two blue glass beads and sewed them on.

When trying it on, Gu Xinyue was very satisfied, touching the glass beads on the cuff, "This textured watercolor is almost interesting, I remember I still have a sapphire, let the craftsman cut it out quickly, use that."

"Blue gemstones are rare." Zeng Ma said, but she was going to look for it in the gem box. She also thought of the sapphire at the time, but she was reluctant to part with it, so she replaced it with glass beads. The final effect She was also a little dissatisfied. Now that the young master thinks it's that good, she doesn't have to worry about it.

After dealing with the etiquette issue of the Shen family, Gu Xinyue also has etiquette to deal with.No matter what happens to Gu Xingbang and Su Qingzhao, etiquette still needs to be done properly, but the gift is a gift, so whether it is considerate or not is not a concern for Gu Xinyue.There are also several elders in the Gu family, the teacher who once taught Gu Xinyue, the Zaozhuang Wang family, and some old friends and subordinates of Gu Chengzhao, some are still in high positions, and some have long since fallen. Usually, he would be visited by people secretly. This year, he is married, so he can give the gift in a fair manner. This is also the first time to give the gift formally, so it must be done properly.

There is a relationship between people, and there will be a close relationship.

There is also the following Zhuangzi who wants to give him festival gifts. This year, because he generously cooperated with all the land and only kept a few Zhuangzi in his hand, there are a lot fewer people who come to give New Year gifts this year, but there are also some old ones. The tenants shared Gu Xinyue's fields nearby, and a few households also deliberately put together a cart of vegetables, fruits, eggs, and poultry to give to Gu Xinyue.

Gu Xinyue was very happy when he heard about it, "That's right. I've never cheated on tenants, there must be a few people who think of me." After Gu Qi knew Gu Xinyue's reaction, he let go of his hand, and the tenant who came to give the gift was the only one. A bolt of fine cotton cloth, two catties of white flour and one catty of sugar as thanks.These are not good things in the house, but they are great things in the eyes of the farmers.

The followers rubbed their hands and asked the leader, "Are these really for us? In the past, Zhuangtou didn't get so many affordable things when he went to give gifts."

"To be a human being, you have to have a conscience. If you have a conscience, your conscience will be rewarded to you." The leader man sighed after finishing speaking. "Now that the world is in such a mess, you know how long that land can be held in our hands. If it is taken back one day, I hope it will still belong to Young Master Gu. Let's continue to farm for him. Young Master Gu is a kind man."

"Haha, those who didn't come know that we're taking so many things back, they probably vomited to death." The person who asked laughed again, remembering something, "Do you think they will gather together and send another car tomorrow?"

"It's their business to send them off, and the housekeeper is not a fool." The leader said.

As soon as Shen Heli came back, he knew that Gu Xinyue was in a good mood. He sat on the edge of the table and pointed a bonsai with his finger.Shen Heli walked behind him and sat down, putting his arms around his waist, "Where did such a small pomegranate tree come from?"

"Gu Qi sent it here. It took several years to grow such a small pomegranate tree. The pomegranates are quite sweet. I just opened one. You can try it." Gu Xinyue said.

Shen Heli borrowed Gu Xinyue's hand to eat a few pomegranates, "He has a heart."

"Tomorrow you put on your coat first, and then change into a suit before you go out at night." Gu Xinyue said.Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, "Go to bed early today."

"Okay." Shen Heli readily agreed.

Gu Xinyue couldn't help but look at him suspiciously, Shen Heli laughed and said, "I'll make money tomorrow night."

There is no need to go into details about the itinerary in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today's highlight is the dance party at the Marshal's Mansion in the evening. At four o'clock in the afternoon, I started to prepare to go out. When I arrived at the Marshal's Mansion, it was just the beginning of the night.

The Marshal's Mansion was already very lively. There were lights and festoons along the way, and when they arrived at the place where the dance was held, most of the people came. Gu Xinyue didn't think about going to the place where people gathered together, so Shen Heli naturally asked him to follow him, bringing people he didn't know After exchanging pleasantries, Shen Heli raised his wine glass to greet the second round of key points, and Gu Xinyue found a place to stay quietly.

"Brother—" someone shouted behind him.Gu Xinyue turned his head, and saw a handsome man, unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar, "Brigade Commander Zhao." Gu Xinyue said lightly.

"I was wondering if my elder brother would appear here, but I didn't expect it to appear. It seems that God heard my prayer." Zhao Zheng said casually, raising his glass to invite Gu Xinyue to drink.

Gu Xinyue raised the cup and touched his lips for a while, then put it down, "Whether God heard it is open to question, maybe the marshal heard it."

"The marshal is my God." Zhao Zheng said, "Brother, Shen Heli, why didn't you see him accompany you. Big brother is so attractive in a suit, he dares to let you be alone alone. This is some soldier ruffian, drunk Talking and scribbling when you are motivated, it will be bad if you startle the elder brother."

Gu Xinyue suddenly showed a charming smile, Zhao Zheng thought he was smiling at him, his heart was pounding, and was about to say that I would take you to find a place to rest, Gu Xinyue said behind him, "You are here. Why don't you talk to Director Zhang more?" Let's talk for a while."

"You are my Dinghaishenzhen. I can't feel at ease without you." Shen Heli approached and hugged his waist affectionately, whispering in his ear.

Gu Xinyue gave him a small look, and introduced him, "This is Brigadier Zhao, Gu Xinning's husband."

"It turned out to be Zhao Lianjin." Shen Heli said very heartily, "Come on, little brother, let's meet first." After toasting Zhao Zheng for three glasses of wine, he apologized and left with his arms around Gu Xinyue.

Zhao Zheng stared at Gu Xinyue's back for a long, long time.

"I don't like the way he looks at you." After walking away, Shen Heli said aggrievedly.

"A powerful and beloved general under the marshal, do you have enough capital?" Gu Xinyue laughed.

"Even if you don't have a penny, Madam can't sell it." Shen Heli said, Gu Xinyue just laughed.

The ball at the Marshal's Mansion was very large and magnificent, but none of the people who came here came here easily, and they kept greeting, talking, and listening to others.

Chen Xinghan and Jiang Chengjun came out together. Chen Xinghan was wearing a military uniform, and Jiang Chengjun was wearing a black suit with a stand-up collar.

"I saw their appearance looks like the founding emperor and general of the last dynasty, do you think they look like it?" Shen Heli lowered his head and asked Gu Xinyue quietly.

"Everyone else has eyes, but no one said anything." Gu Xinyue followed the crowd and clapped his hands to welcome them. There was no obvious movement of his lips, but his voice still reached Shen Heli's ears. "Knowing too much is easy to be short-lived, and it's rare to be confused."