Tantai Heqing glanced at Tantai Wenwang, "It's unlikely."
Tantai Wenwang asked: "Are there any bolder ones among your pretty boys?"
Tantai Heqing smiled scornfully. Among the pretty boys she raised, none of them were like a mouse seeing a cat when they saw her. "No..." but one person suddenly appeared in her mind.
If we were to talk about being bold, that pretty boy didn't think there were many men who dared to look her in the eye.
But he had just been beaten yesterday, so there was no one who was injured and came to peek.
Tantai Wenwang saw his sister's expression and gritted his teeth and said, "Did you think of someone?"
Tantai Heqing did not answer directly, but asked: "Can you recognize him if you see him again?"
"I can't guarantee it. The light is too dim and he has his face covered."
"Can you recognize his voice?"
"He didn't make a sound from the beginning to the end."
Seeing that he had successfully focused his sister's attention on the flower picker, Tantai Wenwang secretly rejoiced.
At this time, Tantai Heqing came back to his senses and said: "From tomorrow on, you will not be allowed to step out of the mansion. You should study at home, otherwise I will not be polite to you."
Tantai Wenwang said "ah".
Tantai He said coldly: "If you were not my brother, I would have killed you long ago."
…
The next day.
Xie Fu originally thought that the burglary in the inner house last night would cause a storm in the city, but it turned out to be calm.
Could it be that the flower picker was allowed to escape?
Even if the flower-picking thief escaped, there was so much noise last night, at least there was news.
This made Xie Fu feel a little strange, but he couldn't take the initiative to ask without asking.
Xie Fu walked into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, there was a woman in her forties who was preparing breakfast. Perhaps it was because she had been working all year round, and because she had gained weight in middle age, she had a very strong figure.
This middle-aged woman is Aunt Wu who takes care of Xie Fu and Zhu Ming, two pretty boys, who have two meals a day.
Xie Fu called out politely: "Aunt."
Aunt Wu turned her head, not hiding the impatience on her face, "Why are you in a hurry? It will be fine soon. You don't have to work every day, so why are you thinking about eating all the time?"
Xie Fu said: "No, I want to make some food myself."
Aunt Wu was stunned for a moment. Xie Fu was already looking for things on his own, but other than rice, he couldn't find any of the ingredients he wanted.
Aunt Wu said angrily: "I said Mr. Tu, what do you want to do?"
"Call me Mr. Xie from now on." Xie Fu said and asked: "Aunt, do you buy all the meat and vegetables that you usually buy?"
Aunt Wu said in a weird voice: "Who else is it if it's not me?"
"Well, I want something, and you can buy it for me later."
Fu Xie read out what he wanted smoothly: "gorgon seeds, white tuckahoe, yam, japonica rice, lotus seeds, lilies... buy me more of each."
Aunt Wu looked stunned and probably couldn't react.
Xie Fu asked: "Do you remember?" Xie Fu could write it down with a pen, but it seems that Aunt Wu may not be literate. In this world, paper is expensive and books are expensive. In addition to the scholarly family, few ordinary people are literate.
Aunt Wu said displeasedly: "Are you ordering me around?"
Xie Fu smiled and said, "Can't I order you?"
Aunt Wu smiled coldly, showed a look of disdain, and said strangely: "You really think you are a master, you are just a pet raised by the young lady, don't take yourself too seriously, let me tell you straight, I do it every day
I’m just here to feed you two and let me do other things, no way!”
A woman dared to climb on his head to defecate, which shows how low his status in the government is.
Xie Fu had had enough! He smiled and said, "I went to see the lady yesterday. The lady asked me to eat well, sleep well, and be at peace."
Aunt Wu looked in disbelief, "How dare you go find Miss!"
Miss Tantai was very strict with her servants, and the servants in the house were very afraid of her. They were like meeting a tiger. They would never run into her if they could avoid her.
Even if they have to bump into each other, most of the time they keep their heads low, trying not to let her notice or find fault with her.
So Aunt Wu seemed very surprised and shocked when she found out that Fu Xie had been beaten with a cane just the day before yesterday and that he dared to go to the lady yesterday.
Xie Fu did not answer Aunt Wu's question and continued: "But obviously I don't eat well."
As he inspected the meal that his mother-in-law was cooking, he said, "Aunt, there's not even any meat. It's a bit shabby. We all know that to raise a good horse, you need good fodder."
Xie Fu's words were a bit self-deprecating.
Aunt Wu said angrily: "What do you mean, you mean that I can't serve you well?"
Xie Fu smiled and said: "Aunt, I would like to ask, how much money does the mansion give you every month to spend on this meal? Is the lady stingy, or are you secretly deducting the money?"
When Aunt Wu passed by Xie Fu and pointed it out so directly, her face suddenly changed and she became angry and said: "Don't...slander me."
Xie Fu chuckled, which made Aunt Wu feel flustered.
Silently, Xie Fu said calmly: "I will buy the things I want later, and we will be in peace from now on, otherwise I will have trouble with you in the future."
As he spoke, he read out what he wanted again, giving Aunt Wu a step down.
Aunt Wu actually listened seriously now.
After Xie Fu left, Aunt Wu snorted coldly, "You are a dirty piece of shit, you have a dirty face, what are you so proud of? If the lady is in a bad mood, I will kill you."
Ever since Miss Tantai started raising pretty boys, I don’t know which batch this is.
But when you see new people, you laugh, and when you hear old people, you cry. You men also have this day.
After breakfast, Xie Fu specially chatted with Zhu Ming about their hostess Tantai Heqing.
Xie Fu also learned more about the head of the Tantai Mansion.
Seven years ago, Tantai Heqing's parents personally escorted a shipload of high-quality fabrics to Hangzhou. Unexpectedly, the ship capsized halfway, her parents died, and the fabrics were gone.
At that time, the Tantai family was running into difficulties, and they relied entirely on this shipment of fabrics for turnover. This situation undoubtedly made things worse.
During the mourning period of his parents, creditors came to collect debts. Only fifteen-year-old Tantai Heqing stepped forward and promised to pay off the debts for his parents.
At that time, Tantai Heqing's younger brother Tantai Wenwang was only twelve years old.
After Tantai Heqing took over this mess, he slowly paid off his debts and made the Tantai family's fabric business bigger and bigger...
After hearing this story, Xie Fu felt that she was an amazing and responsible woman, and couldn't help but think of the violent coughing sound, and the weight and hardship contained in that coughing sound.
Fifteen years old, for most ladies, is the prime of life, almost the age when marriage can be discussed, but this woman carries the entire Tantai family forward with her frail body.
Seven years have passed, why is she still single and why hasn't she married yet? Even if she doesn't want to marry outside, she can at least recruit a son-in-law.
Why would she rather ruin her reputation and become a pretty boy?
It was just a matter of raising a pretty boy, but she treated the pretty boy like a sparrow, indifferent, and didn't even play with him.
***The author has something to say***
Millions of manuscripts have been saved, please feel free to read along. One more thing, He Qing is an innocent and lovely daughter, and there is no cuckold.
