Tang Mo's delighted look made everyone in the room chuckle. Xin An smiled and introduced Aunt Cuiping to him, "My mother invited her for me. She will be staying at your house starting today."

Cui Ping stepped forward to greet him, and Tang Mo said, "Since you are here, don't be too reserved. The young lady is easy-going. If you see anything wrong, you can speak up directly."

"Yes."

Aunt Cuiping said no more. Tang Mo happily took Xin An to the next room to talk. Cuiping looked puzzled. Chunlu said, "Aunt Cuiping, don't be surprised. The second young master and the young mistress have a very good relationship. They are both very kind people. You just need to do your job well in this courtyard."

Cuiping nodded and forced a smile, "I would also like to ask the two ladies to tell me about the habits of the Second Young Master and the Second Young Master's wife."

"no problem."

The two of them quickly collected the crab shells and put the crab meat together, preparing to take them out to make crab meat buns. Aunt Cuiping followed them and helped them with the work while talking.

Next door, Tang Mo was talking about the people Tang Yong had given him. "Two half-grown boys. The older one is very clever, and the younger one is very smart. They are children of a merchant family. The adults in the family went out to do business and met with misfortune. Their mother died of illness, and their uncle took the opportunity to seize the family property and drove the two boys out. My second uncle knew their father, so he decided to send the younger one to school, and the older one followed me."

"After all, his family was once rich, he has seen some of the world and can read. He is smarter than Ershan and can be a good helper if used properly. His name is Wei Xiang."

"There is another family who came to me for shelter. They are also merchants. Their business was run out and they were in debt. They sold themselves to me. I promised them a ten-year term. If they perform well in the next ten years, I will give them their freedom."

Then he handed a few indentures to Xin An and said, "Keep them."

Xin An looked at them one by one and asked, "Did the two brothers also sign the indenture to sell themselves?"

"Wei Xiang signed it."

Tang Mo claimed that he was not a person with excessive sympathy, so how could he just keep someone around? "The younger one is talented in studying, and it would be a good thing if he could have a promising future."

Xin An nodded. Signing the contract would be good for both parties. "With Liu Chang, you will have enough people inside and outside your house."

"Go back and get some money to buy some property."

Tang Mo crossed his legs comfortably, "Finally, I have accomplished another task."

Now that the manpower is in place, it's time for him to take action.

Xin An talked about her herbal medicine shop, "It will be open in about ten days, so you should pay more attention to it then."

Tang Mo had already seen the decoration of the shop and admired Fang Da's idea very much. As long as the shop opened, he and Xin An would have another helper. He was already happy when he heard Xin An say one more thing, "My grandmother asked me to follow her to the palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother the day after tomorrow."

Tang Mo raised his eyebrows and quickly figured out the whole story. "The only people Grandmother can use are Mother and you. Mother is not idle to begin with, so you are the only choice."

"The guy next door is getting anxious again."

"I'll find you a bodyguard later. Who knows what the guy next door can do."

Xin An did not refuse, but just asked him how Zhu You was doing, "Don't give the guy next door time to catch his breath, it's better to let Zhu You hit him harder, hit him in the face."

“It’s a work in progress.”

The two men looked at each other and smiled. Since they couldn't outsmart Tang Rong, they decided to trap Tang Rong in the mansion to buy them more time.

Tang Rong was already standing in front of Tang Gang. Xin An had an aunt from the palace, which made him feel more threatened. He originally wanted to rest in the yard for a few more days to lose a few pounds, but now he couldn't sit still. "My son is going to the Tao family tomorrow, not to bring back Tao Yiran, but to see the Tao family's attitude."

"The path of the crown prince is not feasible, and there is no need for my father-in-law to stay in the capital any longer. It is better to be demoted to a better place as soon as possible, which is better than wasting time in the capital."

"What's more..."

Tang Rong looked at Tang Gang, who put down his teacup and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Tang Rong subconsciously lowered his voice, "We can't just rely on the Xin family. It's not that my son is petty and doesn't like Uncle Xin subsidizing my second brother, but the marriage exchange has offended Uncle Xin. Although my younger brother and sister-in-law are in the mansion, my son still feels uneasy."

"Finding a nice place for my father-in-law to work may help him find his next money bag."

He needed money everywhere, and the Marquis' Mansion was short of 30,000 taels this year, which directly affected his spending.

Tang Gang was not convinced by him. The Xin family had grievances against the Marquis' Mansion, but the Tao family had also broken off relations with them. He did not trust the Tao family now. If he agreed to Tang Rong, the prerequisite for the Tao family's agreement must be that the Marquis' Mansion would take Tao Yiran back.

He was unwilling to even look at the girl from the Tao family.

"Your grandmother is still angry and will not allow the daughter of the Tao family to come back."

"You can go and take a look at the Tao family, but let's put your point on hold for now. Xin Kuan is not someone who doesn't care about the overall situation. He won't easily break up with the Marquis' Mansion. His business still depends on the support of the Marquis' Mansion."

Tang Rong did not continue to persuade him, as if the suggestion was just a casual one, and then he said that he had to prepare to return to the Ministry of Rites. "It's only a few months before the Chinese New Year, and the Ministry of Rites will be busy. It's not appropriate for my son to rest like this."

Tang Gang did not stop him, but reminded him to bring guards with him when he goes out in the future, and preferably take a carriage. "Once or twice is just a coincidence, you can't have a third accident."

"My son knows."

He didn't know that Tang Rong now treated everyone as a bad person. He also brought guards with him from Chunhuayuan to here, which made him look like a frightened bird.

As night fell, the family had dinner together and steaming crab meat buns were served.

“This crab meat bun is good.”

The old lady, who seldom ate together, said yes repeatedly. Xin An smiled and picked up another one for her. "You can only eat this crab meat bun a few times a year, and it takes a lot of effort to eat it once. It's rare that grandma likes it, so it doesn't matter if she eats one more."

The crab meat buns were not big. Chun Yang Chun Lu made them according to the taste of Huaijiang, highlighting the word "fresh". Tang Mo took two bites of each and finished four in a short while.

Tang Rong wanted to lose weight, so he only tried one. Seeing that Tang Mo was eating happily, and that he was indeed much thinner than before, with smoother facial contours and more energetic and handsome than before, he couldn't help but feel a little more threatened. He smiled and said, "My second brother's appetite seems to be much better than before."

The original intention was to guide Tang Gang to see Tang Mo's eating style, which was not at all elegant, but Tang Mo admitted it openly, "I used to have a lot of fat on my body, which was a bit ugly. But now, I practice martial arts every day, and my fat is gone and my appetite has improved. I do eat more than before."

"Brother, you should eat too. You need to eat more to recover from your injuries."

It would be best if he could eat as much as a pig. I don’t know if there is any medicine that can make people fat. I’ll give him one secretly and make him fat as hell.

Seeing that he responded calmly, Tang Rong felt that Tang Mo was a threat to him, and asked with a smile: "Second brother, you practice hard, but do you want to follow the path of a military commander?"

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