"My family's ancestral home is in Suizhou. Later, when the family's business grew, it was probably seven or eight years ago that the family moved to Kyoto."
Suizhou, if I remember correctly, is not far from Xingyang Mansion.
"Miss Su, I've asked the chef in the back kitchen to make the two recipes you gave me. They taste great. I'm going to add them to Taihelou's menu today. I believe they will be a big hit this winter."
"I just figured it out all the time. As long as Mr. Bai likes it."
Then the two of them chatted about the duck seedling business. Unexpectedly, they had a good conversation, and Su Yu's expression changed.
"Miss Su, what's wrong with you?"
Bai Yan had been paying attention to Su Yu, and naturally he saw that something was wrong with her face.
"Well, I want to make it easier."
Bai Yan felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. He had been busy with business matters and rarely had the chance to get along with women.
"I'll ask the maid to take you there."
Bai Yan clapped his hands, and the maid waiting outside walked in.
"Young Master."
"Take Miss Su down to change clothes."
"Yin Jian, just wait here."
"Yes, girl."
Su Yu followed the maid and arrived not long after.
"Miss Su, my servant is waiting for you at the door."
"The smell here is strong, please stand further away."
The toilets of wealthy families are cleaned almost every day. The area for guests is cleaned once after use, and there is no smell at all. However, the maid knows that some ladies have stomach discomfort and really don't like the maid to be too close.
"Yes, Miss Su."
Seeing that the maid couldn't see him, Su Yu turned around and walked to the side path.
Most of the houses in Kyoto City have the same layout. The White Mansion has three courtyards. The front yard is where the young master lives, the middle is where the head of the family and the girl live, and the third courtyard is where the old lady lives.
Su Yu quickly reached the second courtyard door. There was a woman guarding the door. Seeing that Su Yu was about to go in, she blocked Su Yu.
"Girl, why have I never seen you before?"
"I am the guest of your eldest young master. Just now Miss Bai Wei invited me to play in her yard, so I came over."
The girl in front of her could walk freely in the outer courtyard. The mother-in-law was not sure whether what Su Yu said was true.
One look at the mother-in-law's expression and Su Yu knew what she was thinking.
"The maid who brought me here just now suddenly suffered from abdominal pain and went to the latrine. Do you know where your lady's yard is? If you know, take me there."
"Back to the lady, the lady should be at the old lady's house at the moment, not in her own yard."
"That's just right. When I come to the house, I should also go see the old lady and give her a greeting."
"Go back to my lady, the old lady won't see any visitors during this time."
"Don't I know that the old lady doesn't see guests? I am considered a guest?"
Su Yu pretended to be the future hostess, and the mother-in-law was a little unsure. Could this girl be the future young lady? She would not be offended.
"Girl, come with me, old slave."
Su Yu went to see the old lady of the Bai family alone, not worried about any danger to herself. No matter what she said, she was still doing so in the name of the emperor's marriage, and the person she was betrothed to was still the top scholar. For this reason alone, it was not her. She looks down on the current Baifu, a merchant family, and she is already inferior to the official family. If something happens to her in Baifu, the people in Baifu will not be able to explain it.
The two walked for a while and stopped in front of a courtyard.
"Why are you here? Why don't you guard the second gate properly?"
"Sister Xu, this Miss Su is here to see the young lady, so I brought her here."
The mother-in-law glanced at Su Yu but didn't say much.
"Girl, wait here for now, let me go in and let the old slave know."
As soon as they left, Su Yu looked at the mother-in-law who brought her here.
"You have nothing to do here, just go back and guard."
When the mother-in-law thought that there was nothing wrong with her, she bowed to Su Yu and walked back.
Seeing that the person was gone, Su Yu entered Mrs. Bai's yard.
Not long after Su Yu entered the yard, a soft chuckle came from beside him.
"Who are you and how did you get in?"
Su Yu looked towards the speaker and saw a woman standing in the corridor. The first time he saw this woman, Su Yu felt familiar, but after thinking about it, she seemed to have never seen her before, that is to say, she was The previous owner has seen it.
When the mother-in-law saw Su Yu's appearance, she panicked for a moment, but soon returned to normal, but she could not escape Su Yu's eyes.
"Mommy, I'm here to see Miss Bai Wei. I heard that she is in the old lady's yard."
Aunt Huang panicked for a moment when she saw Su Yu, but now she looked at Su Yu and it was obvious that she didn't recognize her, so she felt relieved. She didn't want to say any more, she just wanted to tell the person in front of her quickly. Dismissed.
"Miss Su, please wait. I'll call the young lady to come out."
"Since I'm here, I'll stop by to pay a visit to Mrs. Bai."
"The old lady is not feeling well and cannot see guests. Miss Su should wait here."
After speaking, Nanny Huang entered a room not far away, and Bai Wei soon walked out of the room.
"Miss Su, why are you here?"
"I suddenly thought of bringing a gift to Miss Bai. I forgot about it earlier, so I brought it to you."
Bai Wei was quite curious, what kind of gift could Su Yu give her?
Su Yu said as he took out the purse he was carrying, took out a straw grasshopper and handed it over.
Bai Wei saw the grasshopper in Su Yu's hand as if she had seen a ghost. The girl Su in front of her must be abnormal. No one had ever given her a gift of grass in her life. Even if it’s grasshopper knitting, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s knitted with straw.
"Miss Bai doesn't like it?"
"Yi'er, hold it for me."
A maid standing behind Bai Wei took a few steps forward to take the grasshopper from Su Yu's hand, but unexpectedly Su Yu took back his outstretched hand.
"I don't like seeing Miss Bai like this. I'll bring other gifts to Miss Bai another day. If there's nothing else to do, I'll go back first. Your elder brother is still waiting for me."
Her father made it up for her, so she couldn't bear to give it away.
After saying that, Bai Wei left the yard directly without waiting for any reaction.
Judging from the mother-in-law's reaction just now, it must be Aunt Huang. She never said her surname was Su when she just spoke. Mrs. Bai was not seen, but Su Yu knew that she would never see anyone today, and half of her purpose of coming was accomplished, so Su Yu turned around and left without any regrets.
"Is this man sick?"
Seeing Su Yu leaving immediately, Bai Wei couldn't help but curse. She had never seen such a person in her whole life.
Su Yu remembered the journey she had taken so clearly that she couldn't help but speed up her steps back. When Su Yu reached the toilet room, she saw that the maid who had brought her here was about to cry.
"Miss Su, where have you gone?"
"I got sidetracked when I came out."
What the maid said to Su Yu didn't agree at all, and the roads were different, so how could they go astray, but as a maid, it was hard for her to ask questions.
"Let's go back quickly, the young master should be anxious."
Bai Yan waited and waited in the pavilion. He drank two cups of tea, but Su Yu didn't come. Just when I was thinking about whether to ask the doctor to come over and take a look, I saw Su Yu coming back.
"Miss Su, are you okay?"
"What can I do? It's not long since I came here today. If I don't have anything else to do, I'll go back first."
"If not, Miss Su, I will stay at home and have a simple meal."
"Next time, I plan to buy something to take back. It will be difficult to walk on the road when I go back late."
"Okay, I'll take you out."
Bai Yan sent Su Yu out of the house, and just as he was about to return to his own yard, a maid hurried over.
"Young Master, the old lady asks you to come over."
After hearing this, Bai Yan went to the backyard.
(End of chapter)
