After getting off duty, Bai Yu'an stood at the entrance of the palace. From a distance, he saw A Tao approaching him.
There was still joy on his face, which brightened the gloomy weather.
Bai Yu'an walked over quickly and saw A Tao running up to him and saying, "Master, Master Yuan Qing is here."
"And you're bringing your little nephew with you!"
Bai Yu'an made a move, thinking that his fourth cousin had several children at home, so he looked at A Tao and asked, "Which nephew is it?"
A Tao smiled and took Bai Yu'an's arm: "Young master, you will know when you go back and take a look."
Bai Yu'an smiled and was pulled by A Tao towards the carriage.
On the carriage, Bai Yu'an asked A Tao, "Has the house been rented?"
A Tao said: "Mother Chen came back today and said that the money has been handed over. I don't know whether the rent has been received or not."
Bai Yu'an asked the carriage to go to Liuhe Street first.
When they arrived at Liuhe Street, Bai Yu'an saw some people standing in Wei Ruyi's shop from a distance, so he stood beside it silently and waited for the people to leave before going into the shop.
After finishing her work, Wei Ruyi saw Bai Yu'an coming, and hurriedly greeted her with surprise. She took Bai Yu'an's forehead and asked, "Is your health okay, sir?"
As he spoke, he kept looking at Bai Yu'an.
Bai Yuan let Wei Ruyi look at her, and when she stopped moving, she smiled and said, "I'm worried about you, but I'm already well, so you don't have to worry about me anymore."
After hearing this, Wei Ruyi showed a relieved look, and quickly called Bai Yu'an to sit in the shop.
Bai Yu'an glanced at the stool A Tao brought over, smiled and sat down.
Before Bai Yu'an could ask, Wei Ruyi stood next to Bai Yu'an and asked, "Sir, are you here to ask about the house?"
Bai Yu'an smiled and nodded.
Wei Ruyi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, sir. Brother Wang came to my store to help at noon today. I told him the matter and left in the afternoon."
"I'll ask him again tomorrow."
Bai Yu'an lowered his head and looked at Wei Ruyi: "Your brother Wang often comes to your store?"
Wei Ruyi blushed a little: "Brother Wang will come over when he is done with his work. His aunt helps in my store, so she comes to see me sometimes."
Bai Yu'an nodded and stood up.
Wei Ruyi also stood up quickly and said, "Sir, won't you sit down for a while?"
Bai Yu'an smiled and shook his head: "There are relatives in the courtyard, so we must go back first."
As soon as Wei Ruyi heard this, she hurried over to pack pastries and said, "Then I'll pack a few things for you to take home so that you can entertain them."
Bai Yu'an nodded, thinking that her cousin's nephew was here and what children liked to eat, and went over to pick out a few good-looking ones for Wei Ruyi to wrap.
When he left the shop, Bai Yu'an looked up and saw a woman standing not far away, looking at her motionless.
Bai Yu'an felt that the woman's face was somewhat familiar. People coming and going in the crowd blocked her, so she wanted to walk over and take a closer look.
But when Bai Yu'an came closer, the woman's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and there were a few strands of coldness in her eyes, which frightened Bai Yu'an.
An unexpectedly familiar look.
She took a step forward and wanted to say a few words to the woman, but the woman turned around and walked away.
The back figure disappeared very quickly, and soon disappeared in the flow of people.
A Tao walked up to Bai Yu'an and asked, "Master, who is that woman?"
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao: "I always feel familiar to her, but I can't remember who she is."
A Tao pulled Bai Yu'an towards the carriage: "What does the young master want her to do? Young Master Yuan Qing is waiting. Young Master, you'd better go back quickly."
Thinking of his cousin, Bai Yu'an nodded and walked to the carriage.
Back in the yard, Bai Yu'an hurried to the small hall of the main room and saw Bai Yuanqing reading the book she usually read.
Next to him, a boy about five or six years old was standing on a stool playing with Bai Yuan's brush. There was rice paper spread on the small table next to him, and he was painting on the rice paper.
Mother Chen stood nearby and praised her from time to time.
Bai Yu'an crossed the threshold and smiled at Bai Yuanqing: "Cousin."
Bai Yuanqing seemed to wake up from a dream in the book and noticed that Bai Yu'an had come in.
He quickly put down the calligrapher in his hand and stood up: "Yu'an."
He looked at Bai Yu'an a few more times, and seeing that the young man in front of him still had the same elegant face and elegant expression as before, he couldn't help but smile again: "Yu'an still hasn't changed."
Bai Yu'an smiled and walked over, and asked A Tao to come and serve tea. Then she said to Bai Yuanqing, "My cousin, it's been a hard journey all the way here."
After a pause, he asked again: "Are you going to report to the Ministry of Etiquette?"
Bai Yuanqing smiled: "I came here after reporting it."
"It's not hard on the road, but it's a little troublesome to have a kid with me."
As he spoke, Bai Yuanqing called the boy behind him to come over: "Changjing, come quickly and pay homage to your Uncle Jiutang."
Bai Changjing then raised his head from the rice paper. Several places on his face were stained with ink. His eyes when looking at Bai Yu'an were full of doubts and slight timidity.
A Tao came in with tea. Seeing the ink on Bai Changjing's face, he quickly took the handkerchief from his arms to wipe it off.
When Bai Yuanqing saw Chang Jing standing there cowardly, he couldn't help frowning and scolding him: "You're a worthless guy with no cleverness at all. Why don't you come over and pay your respects."
Bai Changjing was frightened by his father's stern face, and took a step back in fear.
A Tao hurried over and knelt down beside him to coax: "Brother Jing, don't be afraid. Your cousin loves you. He hugged you when you were a child. Have you forgotten?"
But for a baby who is only five or six years old, it is normal for him to be afraid of people after not seeing her for so many years.
Bai Yu'an said to Bai Yuanqing: "Cousin, don't scare him. I see Brother Jing is smart."
She walked over with a smile, bowed down and held Chang Jing in her arms.
Chang Jingsheng was so delicate that she was not too heavy in her arms. Bai Yu'an looked at Chang Jing who was quietly in her arms, staring at her with big eyes, and teased him: "Chang Jing, do you still remember me?"
To be honest, Bai Yu'an only sees the juniors of his uncle's family during festivals throughout the year. On weekdays, they mostly stay in the house and study.
Moreover, there are many children in the clan, and her three sisters have several juniors in their family, and the oldest one is older than her.
Chang Jing probably didn’t remember her either.
Unexpectedly, after Bai Changjing looked at Bai Yu'an's arms for a long time, he suddenly laughed, put his hands around Bai Yu'an's neck, and said in a childish voice: "You are a fairy uncle."
This statement made everyone laugh.
A Tao came over and stuffed a piece of walnut cake into Chang Jing's hand, and asked him with a smile: "Who told you to call you Uncle Immortal?"
Chang Jing looked at Bai Yu'an without blinking: "My eldest sister said that Uncle Jiutang is the most beautiful, and he is a descendant of gods."
Chang Jing said childishly: "My eldest sister said that she will marry my cousin in a few years."
Tong Yanwuji, Bai Yu'an pinched Chang Jing's face and teased him: "Then do you want to marry your uncle?"
Chang Jing bit the walnut cake in his hand, with something still stuffed in his mouth, but said anxiously and vaguely: "I also want to marry the immortal uncle."
Everyone on the field laughed, but Bai Yuanqing scolded Bai Changjing with a cold face: "No rules."
Chang Jing was so frightened that he hid his head in Bai Yu'an's neck, causing him to laugh again.
Shen Jue, who was on the fence above, watched this scene, and then looked at Bai Yu'an holding a child in his arms and smiling at Yan Yan. He also smiled and turned back to the room full of official documents.
