The Duke of Ding naturally didn’t see that glance from his wife, he was also a spicy person and asked the people in the house to buy spicy hot pot base mostly, now when he smelled the aroma from several dishes, he couldn’t help himself a bit and picked up his chopsticks first, “Everyone eat, we are all family, don’t be polite.”
The crowd picked up chopsticks one after another.
The wife of the Duke of Ding sat beside him and watched him stretch out his chopsticks towards the boiled pork slices, she was too embarrassed to stop him with so many people around, she could only politely remind him, “You should eat less, didn’t you say yesterday that you were on fire?”
The Duke of Ding’s eyes were filled with the spicy dishes and did not respond to her purpose in saying this, instead he said, “You remember wrongly, I said that a few days ago, these days I have gotten better.”
After saying that, he chucked a piece of meat into his mouth, “Delicious.”
For the first time in her life, Lady Ding Guo felt that she had married the wrong person, and gave him a fierce glare with her head.
Xiao Yao also wanted to eat it and quietly extended her chopsticks when the crowd wasn’t looking. Before she could get it, a piece of sweet and sour pork was placed in front of her and Song Si’s gentle voice followed at the same time, “This is sweet and delicious, you can try it.”
Xiao Yao instantly withdrew her chopsticks, not daring to look at Song Si, and blushed as she picked up the sweet and sour pork on the plate and put it into her mouth, chewing it twice before raising her eyes to see Song Wangyue winking at her prodigiously, her face bursting red once again.
“Song Si eat, Miss Song eat too, and Gu Gongzi eat too.”
The Duke of Ding’s wife had been greeting, taking advantage of the fact that while everyone was eating with their heads down, her gaze kept falling on Gu Yi unable to move away.
She had imagined Xiao’er’s appearance in her dreams countless times, guessing whether he would look more like her daughter or more like King Qin.
Qin was a little closer, and after she had given Song Si and Song Wan Yue some dishes, she also gave Gu Yi some in passing, “The cooks at home have all learnt now, if you are tired of eating the food at the inn, come and eat here in the future, I will have them cook for you in different ways.”
“Many thanks, auntie.”
The three Song Si spoke in unison.
Hearing Gu Yi’s address to Qin, the Lady of Ding Guo’s eyes almost burst into tears again, pretending to eat with her head down, forcing them back again.
At the end of the meal, Lady Ding Guo had no taste for food, but Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng had a good meal.
After eating, they all moved to the parlour and sat down for a while before Song Wan Yue said, “Brother, we have nothing to do this afternoon, why don’t we let sister Xiao lead us around for a good stroll?”
Song Si looked at Xiao Yao.
He was in the early stages of love, so naturally he wanted to spend more time with Xiao Yao.
“Go on.”
Before Xiao Yao could say anything, Lady Ding Guo spoke, “Go and play in pain, then return to the mansion for dinner in the evening, and if it’s too late, stay at the mansion.”
“Ahem ……”
The Duke of Ding coughed lightly twice, reminding her that she was too eager, no matter what, Song Si had not yet been formally engaged to Xiao Yao’s, it would not be good if she really stayed in the mansion.
The Duke of Ding’s wife was filled with the idea of letting Gu Yi live in the mansion, and when she heard his cough, she also reacted to the fact that she was too eager.
But if she missed this opportunity, Xiao’er would have even less chance to come to the mansion in the future.
“It’s a deal, go and play, I’ll order the people in the kitchen to prepare dinner.”
The crowd, ……
When a few people had left the parlour, Duke Ding said to his own wife, “You are also in too much of a hurry, in case the Song Si siblings notice, it will be a problem.”
The wife of the Duke of Ding was already unhappy with him for eating so many dishes specially made for Xiao’er, and hearing this from him, she immediately choked back, “You are not in a hurry, grabbing the children’s dishes to eat, causing Xiao’er to not eat enough!”
Duke Ding, ……
Over there, the four of Song Si left the gate of the Ding Guo Gong’s residence.
Song Wan Yue and Xiao Yao got into the Xiao family’s carriage and gave the carriage driver the address of South City, and the driver drove the carriage towards South City, with Song Si and Gu Yi following behind in the carriage.
Although he could not see Xiao Yao, he was happy to think that she was in the carriage in front of him, not noticing that the streets were slowly narrowing and there were fewer people on the streets.
It was only when the carriage stopped in front of a mansion that he came back to his senses and looked around. There were no busy streets or nice sights to see, and he wondered what Xiao Yao had brought them here for.
“Big brother.”
Song Wan Yue and Xiao Yao had already gotten off the carriage, Song Si answered and then went down with Gu Yi as well, Song Wan Yue stood on Xiao Yao’s left side, holding her arm tightly and peeking out a head to say to Song Si, “Big brother, this is the courtyard the family bought for you, how do you like it?”
Song Si was slightly stunned, “When did that happen?”
“It was when you entered the exams, Gu Yi and I both had nothing to do and came over to buy it.”
After saying that, Song Wangyue hurriedly shrank to Xiao Yao’s side. She had promised not to come out before Song Si entered, but now she was saying that she had bought the mansion while he was in, it would be strange not to be told.
Seeing her action, Song Si was exasperated, no wonder he said that he let Xiao Yao accompany them out to play, so he was using her as a shield.
“The mansion is very nice.”
Noticing Song Wangyue’s movement and knowing that she was afraid of Song Si talking about him, Xiao Yao softly spoke up and relieved Song Wangyue.
“That’s natural ……”
Song Wangyue climbed up the pole, “I was thinking of using it when I bought it for my big brother’s wedding, so I picked the best one to buy.”
As her words fell, not only did Xiao Yao instantly blush, even Song Si’s face reddened as he covered his lips with his hand and coughed lightly to hide his discomfort.
“Where are the keys?”
Song Wan Yue hurriedly pulled out the key and handed it over, Song Si took it, walked to the door, unlocked it and pushed it open, the courtyard was clean, at a glance someone had just cleaned it.
Song Si looked back at Song Wan Yue, who smiled at him ingratiatingly, “We picked up a big bargain, it didn’t cost much.”
Song Si naturally didn’t believe her, but he didn’t say anything in front of Xiao Yao and lifted his feet to go inside.
It was a small courtyard with two entrances, cleaned in front and back, and with some simple furniture inside, which would be just right for use if they could stay in the capital.
Song Si was relieved when he saw that Xiao Yao did not look unhappy. Although the small courtyard was nice, it was not as good as the Ding Guo Mansion, and he was afraid that Xiao Yao would not like it.
“Actually ……”
Song Wan Yue once again took Xiao Yao’s arm tightly and spoke weakly, “I bought a total of two places, the other one is not far from here and has a shop in front of it.”
Song Si instantly looked at her.
Song Wan Yue hurriedly explained, “I thought that this courtyard was small and that there would be no place for your family to live after you and sister Yao got married, so I bought another place, and I didn’t spend much silver.”
“Song Wangyue!”
Song Si couldn’t hold back and let out a roar.