The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Kang Ge'er was very happy and kept circling around the snowman. Wei Jie'er asked excitedly:

"Grandma, can I put some pearl flowers on it?"

"Of course, you can design it however you want."

Song Shengfu thought about it and came up with an idea.

"The three of you have a competition to build snowmen. I want to see whoever makes the most beautiful and ingenious one. I'll give that person the white jade statue of a crouching tiger in my room."

The three children immediately started to get busy, not because they were greedy for the food, but just for fun.

Song Shengfu looked at the three children lovingly as they laughed and played in the yard. Her only regret was that she didn't have a camera to record this moment.

The red plum blossoms in the yard next door are in bloom. One branch reaches into the wall, covered with white snow and dotted with red plum blossoms.

After Duan Jing'an returned home, he also brought a letter to Kang Ge'er.

"Fourth Uncle, your brother wrote it!"

Duan Jing'an was warming his hands on the heating basket, his hair was slightly damp, and the servant next to him was fumigating his hair with a copper pipe.

"Oh? What did the Sixth Prince say? You look so happy."

Kang Ge'er read the letter over and over again, then folded it neatly and put it against his chest, then ran excitedly to Song Shengfu.

"Your brother said he hadn't seen me for a long time and invited me to the palace to play."

"Tomorrow when your fourth uncle goes to court, you will go to the palace with him."

"Great! I've already prepared a box of things and will bring it to your brother tomorrow."

Duan Jing'an shook his head and was helped to change his clothes before entering the inner room.

"It's a pity that your brother can't come out to play, otherwise I could take him to Tianshui Street. It's been very lively there lately."

"Nonsense, how can the Sixth Prince go to those places? Don't be naughty, kid."

Duan Jing'an walked forward and twisted Kang Ge'er's head, making Kang Ge'er dizzy.

"Fourth Uncle, stop shaking, I'm dizzy!"

Kang Ge'er held his head and acted dizzy, which made Wei Jie'er and Xuan Ge'er laugh out loud.

"Smelly boy"

Duan Jingan reluctantly let him go and sat down beside him, looking at the rows of snowballs of various shapes outside the window, feeling a little amazed.

"I just entered the yard and noticed something was different today. Who made these? They are so exquisite."

Song Shengfu was feeding Xuan'er water cake, and when she heard this, she kept it a secret.

"Guess who it is?"

Duan Jingan thought about it

"Could it be the craftsman my mother hired from outside?"

"Hahahahaha, you're wrong, Fourth Uncle, it was me, Sister Wei, and Brother Xuan who did it!"

Duan Jing'an was shocked and a little bit unbelieving. Those pieces of the same shape and size were made by three children?

"Oh? What method did you use? They are all the same size."

"Fourth uncle, this is it, look."

Sister Wei brought over a mold. Duan Jing'an looked at it curiously, took it and went to the yard to try it out.

With just a pinch of hands, a cute little fox came out.

Duan Jing'an tried each of them and had a lot of fun. Who doesn't have a childlike innocence?

It was only then that Duan Jing'an noticed that there were three large and one small snow mounds under the walnut tree, which looked quite like snow.

"Is this also what you did?"

Duan Jingan pointed at the snow piles and asked

“That one was taught to us by my grandmother, and we made the other three ourselves.”

Duan Jing'an looked at the rather plain sticks of branches and nodded. As for why he said plain, it was...

"Fourth Uncle, guess who made all these mistakes."

"Yes, Fourth Uncle."

Duan Jing'an first looked at the most beautiful one, the Snow Beauty who wore a velvet flower and a pearl hairpin on her head, had eyebrows and blush painted on her face, and was even covered with silk.

There’s no doubt that this was made by Sister Wei, Duan Jing’an said, pointing at it.

Sister Wei clapped her hands happily. Fourth uncle guessed it right away. He was so amazing.

Duan Jing'an looked down and his eye twitched. He saw a man wearing a straw hat and a cloak, his face was painted all over with ink, and there was a sword stuck in his body. This must have been done by Kang Ge'er.

But why did this sword look so familiar? Duan Jing'an didn't think too much about it.

"Fourth Uncle, how is it? Is it the same as the hero?"

"Well, it's okay."

After making a reluctant comment, Duan Jing'an looked at the last one.

The last small one must be Xuan Ge'er's. Maybe because Xuan Ge'er is small, the snowman can still be barely seen, but it has everything it should have.

Duan Jing'an also became interested and started working right away.

Kang Ge'er and Wei Jie'er were acting as little commanders outside, and Xuan Ge'er was carried back home as soon as he fell asleep.

It was not until Duan Jing'an returned that he remembered that the sword was his eldest brother's collection. The brat actually took out his father's treasure and stuck it in the snow.

……

The carpenter brought over another box of things, and Song Shengfu asked Kang Ge'er to take some for the Sixth Prince to play with.

Kang Ge'er picked and chose, and finally decided to take them all away.

Song Shengfu's mouth twitched. This prodigal boy. But if you want to take it, take it. Ask the carpenter to make more and send it over.

I left a few of my favorites for Wei Jie'er and Xuan Ge'er, and the rest were all taken away by Kang Ge'er.

In the evening, Mrs. Lu learned about the sword and took Kangger to Bisongyuan, asking him to take the sword to apologize to his father.

Kang Ge'er touched his red ears and felt like crying. Why was his status in this family getting lower and lower?

Duan Jingzong never expected that the sword he hung in the main hall would be taken away by a brat to play with.

Fortunately, Kang Ge'er did not pull out the sword, otherwise it would have been bad if he had hurt himself.

Lu also saw the molds. These were good things. The molds could be sold, and the snowballs made from the molds could also be sold.

After thinking it over for a long time and coming up with countless ways to make money, Lu went to Song Shengfu's courtyard to discuss the matter.

Hearing what Lu said, Song Shengfu agreed very much. She was old and sometimes couldn't think about these things.

It's a good thing that Mrs. Lu has become more capable now. Ever since she found out that Duan Chengkang was practicing martial arts, Mrs. Lu has been thinking about saving more property for him to rely on.

So by focusing on the family business, the income of Duan Bo's mansion became more and more considerable.

"What you said is all good. You can try it. But wait until Kang Ge comes back tomorrow."

Lu nodded, indicating that she understood. This item would become even more valuable after being presented to the Sixth Prince.

The next day, Duan Chengkang was dragged out of his sleep.

Duan Chengkang was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, and someone helped him put on his clothes.

Fortunately, he still knew what he was going to do today. After washing his face, Duan Chengkang became a little more sober.

"Ah~ It's so early. Does Fourth Uncle usually get up this early?"

Duan Chengkang felt sleepy and looked at the sky outside. It was still pitch black.

"The Fourth Master is about to leave at this time every day. Hurry up, brother, we are going to be late. We can't delay the Fourth Master from going to court."

The people beside him urged him to move faster. When he left, Duan Chengkang reminded him:

"Take my trunk with you."