The Grand Scholar is just like Su Wan thought. Just by standing there, he is calm and proud, and has a beard. However, the scholar's temperament cannot be stopped. The children in the Grand Scholar's House are all well-read poetry and books. cultural person.
They pay great attention to etiquette, but they don't put too much pressure on people, and they are very comfortable to get along with.
Mrs. Shen kept asking her to talk. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her. She also joked that it would be great if she had one more son.
But she was also joking, so Su Wan didn't take it to heart.
Earlier, Su Yi drew several paintings for Shen Qingli. There were two portraits of her. As Su Wan said, one was sent to You County for her eldest brother, and the other was sent back to her hometown in Xiangzhou for her father. Mother, look at them.
There was another painting that was painted by Su Wan and her together. The two were learning to make tea. Su Yi didn't know what to do next to him, so he recorded the scene. Then Shen Qingli took it home and hung it in his yard. in the hall.
Unexpectedly, the great scholar saw it. He had never seen such a lifelike and lifelike portrait, which clearly showed the facial expressions of his daughter's family, and even the hair.
The master's skills in realism were revealed to be the work of Su Jing's younger brother after asking.
Mrs. Shen also asked Su Yi to draw a picture for her. She sat in a very dignified position and specially dressed up, wearing the clothes and hair crown of her royal wife.
She liked to tell the truth. The palace painters who painted portraits of the emperor and the concubines in the harem were not as good as Su Yi. They couldn't draw the facial expressions of the people, and they only looked somewhat similar.
All in all, it was a very good experience to be a guest at the Grand Bachelor for a day. The Grand Bachelor and his wife were gentle and polite, always had smiles on their faces, and treated them like their own juniors.
Even the aunts in the mansion don't act like monsters or look down on them. Mrs. Shen manages them very well. She treats them well, behaves respectfully, and doesn't dare to go beyond her limelight.
It was already dark when she returned from the Grand Scholar's Mansion, and Mrs. Shen still held her hand and was reluctant to let her go.
Afterwards, he stayed in Kyoto for another twenty days. After the Yuyantang team finished their busy work, Su Wan rushed home to celebrate the New Year with his family. He must not miss it again this year.
Grandma Yang took charge of the Jade Yan Hall in Kyoto. She immediately reorganized the workshop vigorously and resolutely, added a group of people, formulated a series of rules, used decisive methods, and showed the aura of being a female official in the palace. They didn't dare to disapprove of her.
She said, I can't tolerate sand in my eyes. I won't be as gentle to you as my boss. My boss gave me your deed of betrayal. If anyone dares to commit any crime, I will sell you and you will not be merciful.
For the old man who came out of the palace, everyone believed that she could do it. Wherever there were women, there was competition. She climbed up in the palace by stepping on others.
Moreover, Nanny Yang went to the workshop and arranged for a few people to go in. They were all little sisters she knew in the palace. Even if they were not female officials, they were the eldest maids of each palace. She arranged for them to watch the workshop and watch these while she was away. People, lest they become monsters.
She is too old to still go out of the city every day to inspect the workshop, right?
Su Wan agreed with her approach. Looking at her series of operations, she understood that the workshop in Xiangzhou was ready and there was no need for her to worry about anything going wrong.
Su Wan also gave high prices to the maids who retired from the palace that Aunt Yang had found, fifteen taels of silver a month. There were three of them in total. Those who were capable should be reused and retained with high salaries.
When Yu Yantang opened, Grandma Yang used her connections and Mrs. Shen also promoted it in her circle of noble ladies, and business exploded on the first day of opening.
Moreover, the price of goat milk soap has all increased. There is no basic version, and the dyed version can be bought for washing clothes and provided to the grassroots people. One piece costs 38 ren. The floral scented goat milk soap can be used for bathing and hand washing. For use, each piece sells for one tael of silver, and hair soap is more expensive, priced at 188 cents per piece. In Kyoto, there are many people who want to buy it. Grandma Yang said, just raise the price, one place is a place. The prices are not.
The officials and wives bought them for a few bucks and took them home. They liked it so much that in an instant, Yuyantang became popular in Kyoto, and it didn't take long for it to spread to the palace.
Seeing that it was almost done, Su Wan planned to go back to her hometown with Su Yi. Shen Qingli was extremely reluctant to leave when she heard that she was leaving.
It snowed in Kyoto half a month ago, and there was white snow everywhere. The snow was heavier than Zhongshu. It continued to fall for two days, and it was so thick that everyone had to wear a thick fox fur cloak and hold an umbrella when going out. .
However, despite this, it cannot stop the people of Kyoto from going out for a walk.
Su Wan looked at the falling snow on the ground in the courtyard of Furong Xiaozhu, and suddenly understood why Jiang Yu said that the snow in the capital was beautiful.
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On the day she left, it snowed again the night before. Shen Qingli came to see her off at the gate of Kyoto and reluctantly held her hand.
During the two months that Su Wan was here, Shen Qingli lived a really happy life. She seemed to have expectations every day. She was very happy to be with Su Wan. She could talk loudly and smile with her teeth exposed, without restraint.
In the past two months, Su Wan also learned how to order tea, arrange flowers, and guzheng thanks to Shen Qingli. She also made great progress. After she goes back, she will have to find a teacher to continue teaching herself. When Jiang Yu comes back, she will Amaze everyone.
Now, her business territory has almost expanded. Anyway, she will not rely on Yuyantang to make money in the future. This is her ultimate weapon to stabilize her future position and keep the Su family stable.
Now that the management has been found, she doesn't need to worry about it. She just needs to take time to inspect it every year. The inspection will not take long.
"Sister Shen, it's cold, go back quickly, don't get cold again!" She held it, and Shen Qingli's hands were cold.
"Wan Wan, when will you come to see me next time?" Shen Qingli was really reluctant to leave.
"I'll come see you next year, when the hibiscus flowers bloom, okay?"
Su Wan said that next year, she would see the hibiscus flowers blooming in Jiang Yu’s hibiscus house. It would definitely be more beautiful than the hibiscus house in Xiangzhou.
"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you, don't break your promise!"
When Shen Qingli grew up in Kyoto, she found that she had never had a real good sister with whom she could be close to all her life, and Su Wan was the first one.
"Okay, I will never break my promise!" Su Wan said with a smile, his eyes firm.
"Well, I wish Wan Wan and the Fifth Young Master a safe journey and return to Xiangzhou as soon as possible. Remember to write to me!"
Su Wan nodded, Su Yi bowed to her and said goodbye. The brother and sister got into the carriage, which was covered with blankets. Su Wan planned to lie down like this the whole way.
The Chinese New Year will be in one month, and half a month is enough to go back. My family must be waiting in a hurry again.
She brought things for everyone in the family, including the one prepared by Shen Qingli.
