The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Song Yuntang was curious, so he quickly opened the lunch box and took out a piece from it.

As expected of a snack from the palace, it is more exquisite than those made outside.

She took a small bite.

The taste was indeed good, with just the right amount of sweetness. It was no worse than the mooncakes she had eaten in her previous life, and was even more to her liking.

“It tastes better than what you buy outside.”

Looking at her smiling face, Xu Qingye smiled gently.

"As long as you like."

Song Yuntang smiled and brought the moon ball in his hand, which he had bitten into, to his mouth.

"Try it too."

Xu Qingye took a bite of the mooncake in her hand, tasted it carefully, and nodded, saying, "It's good. It tastes better than the one I bought in Anyang County before."

Hao Ting stretched out his chubby little white hands and waved them in the air, watching his parents eat the moon cake bite by bite, licking his lips with his tongue, looking like he wanted to eat it.

Song Yuntang gently pinched his little face.

"You haven't even grown all your teeth yet, so you don't have the right to be greedy."

Looking at his wife and children in front of him, Xu Qingye had a faint smile on his face.

Everything he has now seems like a dream to him. When he was sick before, he was calm, but now that he has it, he is extremely afraid of losing it.

It is precisely because of this fear that he cherishes everything he has now.

……

He had to get up early the next day, so Xu Qingye didn't bother Song Yuntang at night. He just held her in his arms and slept quietly all night.

At the housewarming party on August 16th, the first people to come to the house were Xiao Yanzhou and Jiang Surao, who brought their son with them.

Jiang Surao's son is named Xiao Linchuan. He is four months older than Hao Ting. Now he is half a year old and is held upright in Xiao Yanzhou's arms.

"Tangtang, congratulations!" Jiang Surao stepped forward with a smile.

Song Yuntang held her hand and said, "Mr. Xiao and A Rao are here. Welcome, come in and sit down."

Jiang Surao asked the servants to bring the prepared gifts into the house. She followed Song Yuntang into the yard first, looked around, and there was surprise on her face.

"You bought such a big yard!"

Song Yuntang smiled and said, "In two months, my parents-in-law, grandparents, and Wencheng will be coming over. I thought a large yard would be comfortable for the whole family, so I bought this place."

Jiang Surao nodded.

"That's fine. They say that only Jinshi can enter the Hanlin Academy, and only Hanlin can enter the cabinet. Your Xu Gongzi..." She paused and changed the subject, "Now you should call him Master Xu. He has entered the Hanlin Academy, and with such a high starting point, he will sooner or later become a powerful official. Besides, you are now a county lady, so the courtyard can't be stingy, otherwise it will not be worthy of your status."

Song Yuntang smiled.

"When we bought the courtyard, we really didn't have this in mind, nor did we deliberately choose the largest one. We originally thought that a three-story courtyard would be enough. A few days ago, we heard from the real estate agent that there were only three suitable courtyards in Dongcheng. In the end, for some reasons, we bought this courtyard."

The voice changed.

"I haven't seen you come to see me since you came to the capital, but are you busy recently?"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Surao took her arm and said, "The day after we arrived, we started looking for a yard. After finding a yard, we started looking for a shop. We finally found one. I came here today and wanted to tell you about it."

Song Yuntang nodded. "Where are you living now? Why didn't you send anyone to tell me you bought the yard?"

Jiang Surao followed her into the main hall.

"As you know, we don't have many people in our family. My parents-in-law have to take care of the mulberry mountain and silkworm farm in their hometown, so they don't have the opportunity to go to the capital. A few days ago, we bought a two-entry courtyard in Xuesong Lane and hired craftsmen to renovate it."

Then he sighed.

"As expected of the capital, houses here are so expensive! Buying a two-story courtyard here can buy ten in Anyang County."

"Cedar Lane?"

Song Yuntang vaguely remembered that when he asked Qin Ju and the other three to go to the brokerage firm to inquire about courtyards, there was one in Xuesong Lane, which also had two courtyards.

"But the one that's asking price of 4,200 taels?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Jiang Surao was a little surprised, "Didn't you ask about it too?"

Song Yuntang nodded.

"That courtyard had a good location, but I thought it was too small and not cheap at the time, so I didn't consider it."

Jiang Surao sighed.

"We also thought the price was too high before, but the shop we found was nearby, and we thought it would be more convenient to go to the shop, so we gritted our teeth and bought it."

Song Yuntang comforted him, "Just buy it. You can always sell it if you don't live in it in the future. It won't be a loss."

When Jiang Surao heard her say this, she suddenly laughed.

"That's the truth."

Song Yuntang asked her to sit down, told Lan Xin to serve tea, and asked Jinshu to go to the main courtyard to get the drawings she had drawn earlier.

"Take these drawings and have them make a batch of garments." She pulled one out. "Then make a few figurines based on these drawings. You can use them to wear the garments and display them in the shop."

Jiang Surao's eyes lit up as she looked at the drawings and the tools used to display the finished garments.

"I knew it would be a good idea to partner with you. This dress pattern makes me want to try it on."

She put the drawings away.

"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'll have someone come to take your and Lord Xu's measurements, and I'll send you a set of each of the finished clothes."

Song Yuntang smiled and said, "I was planning to make some winter clothes. Since you want to give them to me, I will respectfully obey your order."

Jiang Surao waved her hand.

"It's just a few sets of clothes made in our shop. It's not a big deal. From now on, I'll send you a set of clothes after you provide the designs for your approval. Anyway, let's stick to what we agreed on before. You come up with the ideas and I'll cover the cost of the clothes. After deducting all shop expenses, we'll split the profits 50-50. To the outside world, you can call it your property."

Song Yuntang nodded.

"No problem, as long as the people below don't do anything inferior to the good ones."

Jiang Surao said hurriedly, "Don't worry about this. These are all reliable people I carefully selected. I keep an eye on them all the time."

Song Yuntang pushed the teacup that Lan Xin presented to her towards her.

"Of course you and I can trust each other."

While the two were chatting, Xiao Yanzhou took the child to the stream to see the koi.

Soon, the rest of the guests arrived one after another.

There were several scholars who had rented in the same courtyard before, as well as a senior brother whose official rank was not much different from Xu Qingye's current one. Although Song Yuntang had seen those scholars before, she could not call out their names completely. As for Xu Qingye's senior brother, she was even more unfamiliar with him.

After both parties greeted each other, Xu Qingye was asked to go and greet the other party.

After that, more people sent gifts.

They are all Xu Qingye’s senior brothers. Although they haven’t arrived yet, the ceremony is complete.

Soon after, Xie Yingwei and Jason Lu's family of four arrived together. Also coming with them was a colleague of Jason Lu and Xu Qingye, all of whom had entered the Hanlin Academy together this year.

This person wasn't invited by Xu Qingye. He and Jason Lu were from the same hometown and had met in the capital. They had bumped into each other on the road and learned that Jason Lu was coming to attend the housewarming party of this year's top scholar, so they came together.

Several people entered the yard and looked at the huge courtyard with surprise and astonishment on their faces.