Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 63

Besides, after Gu Yin came out of Full Moon Hall, she remembered what Manager Zhou said about Hanxiang but unfortunately, after inquiring, she found out that it was on the other side of the town.

The snow was getting heavier. It was almost noon after she had been out for so long. If she hurried there again, it would have been dark by the time she came back.

Afraid that Mrs. Wang would be worried, Gu Yin decided to go home first.

When she reached the vicinity of Jinyi Alley, the snowstorm was already so big that it was hard to see.

It was also a coincidence that Wen Peifeng was reconciling the accounts in Daxing, and when he looked up, he saw a huge black figure. He couldn’t help but glance a few more times, and after taking a closer look, he recognized Gu Yin.

Seeing that her journey was difficult, Wen Peifeng put down his account books and greeted her, “Little lady, come in and hide from the wind, wait for this gust of wind to stop before leaving.”

In the past two months, when Gu Yin or Mrs. Wang came to buy rice, Wen Peifeng always gave discounts as they agreed before.

After a few times, they were considered to be familiar with each other.

Gu Yin put down her umbrella and entered the store, “Then I’ll disturb Shopkeeper Wen.”

Wen Peifeng smiled and said, “You can also see that there is no one in our store.”

It was so windy and snowy that there were hardly any pedestrians on the road, let alone the shops.

He poured hot water himself and handed it to Gu Yin.

She took the hot water and thanked him. She turned around and saw Wen Peifeng on the desk with a red paper for recruitment.

She took a closer look and found that it happened to be for a cook. And the monthly money was also very high, it was twelve taels a month.

Gu Yin happened to be free in the first lunar months, wouldn’t it be enough for Wu’an’s admission in two months?!

Wen Peifeng noticed her gaze, and took the initiative to explain, “Our boss’s appetite has been bad recently, and his family has hired several cooks.”

Gu Yin put down the bowl in her hand, “To be honest, I went out on this windy and snowy day to find a job in the kitchen. Since I happened to see it, can you let me try for the position?”

If that was someone else, Wen Peifeng would definitely reject it.

But Gu Yin helped him out of the siege before, and after contacting her, he knew that she was a really open-minded person.

Therefore, although Wen Peifeng had never tasted her cooking, he still said, “There are no customers in the shop today. After finishing my work, I will go back to the master’s house to deliver it. It’s not away from here, why don’t you come with me?”

Gu Yin was still thinking about going out in the wind and snow, but seeing that a job was in front of her, she agreed.

After about two quarters of an hour, Wen Peifeng calculated the accounts, put the accounts together, closed the store door and took Gu Yin.

At that time, the snow was still heavy, but fortunately, Wen Peifeng had a carriage to travel.

Wen Peifeng asked Gu Yin to sit in the carriage, while he squeezed with the man who was driving it.

Two quarters later, the two arrived at Wen’s house.

The sky was getting more gloomy, and a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper at the door of Wen’s house was grinding his teeth while instructing his servants to clean up the snow.

After the carriage stopped, Wen Peifeng got off the carriage first, then put the pedals down, and then stepped back to let Gu Yin get off.

When the two walked to the door, they heard the housekeeper say, “I don’t know what kind of evil (ghost) our Old man experienced recently, he told us to find two women and…”

Although he only said that, other people who heard that all winked and laughed weirdly. Old Master Wen’s wife had been dead for several years, and he didn’t think about remarriage but was suddenly looking for two unnamed women and a girl. It was hard not to have a side-by-side association.

Gu Yin walked behind Wen Peifeng, and as soon as the wind blew, the housekeeper’s words became incomprehensible.

But when Wen Peifeng heard it, his face sank immediately, and he scolded, “The matter of the old man is something that we people can talk about at will?!”

The housekeeper seemed to be deaf, and continued to tease. After Wen Peifeng had waited for a while, he turned his head and pretended to be surprised, “Oh! Our fourth young master is back? My clumsy eyes, I did not meet you in person, Fourth Young Master, don’t blame me!”

The eldest master of the Wen family had only one son, Wen Lang, while the second master had two sons.

There were only three young masters in the mansion, but the housekeeper deliberately called Wen Peifeng the fourth young master, which was to humiliate him and tell him not to use the eldest master’s half-son position in front of them.

Wen Peifeng blushed with shame, but the housekeeper in front of him was from the second son’s household, and there were many others present. He studied with Wen Lang since he was a child, and he was also educated by literati, so he could only ignore them.

Then the housekeeper looked at Gu Yin who was following Wen Peifeng, and smiled again, “Fourth Young Master, where did you find this little lady? Although you were born low, look how strange she dresses up. She is not worthy of you!”

If the other party only taunted him, Wen Peifeng would endure it, but the man misunderstood the innocence of the little lady for no reason. 

Wen Peifeng was about to argue with the housekeeper, when he watched Gu Yin step forward from behind, and suddenly bowed to the housekeeper, “You are the master of the house, right? I’m the cook who was invited back by the shopkeeper Wen, I greet you.”

The housekeeper hurriedly avoided, “Don’t talk nonsense, you little lady, I’m just the second housekeeper in the house. You little lady wore strange clothes, but your eyes are not very good.”

Gu Yin suddenly realized and hurriedly apologized, “The wind and snow are so heavy that I didn’t hear you clearly. I thought that you who was bossing Shopkeeper Wen is the master of the house!”

The housekeeper got angry, “How can you think wrong? How am I bossing him?”

“Huh? It turns out that your arrogance is wrong. I didn’t understand that. I thought it’s good to praise people for their pomp and momentum!” She said, “Shopkeeper Wen, it is said that the prime minister’s doorman is a seventh-rank official. The second housekeeper of your family is so amazing, so the main one must be very powerful, right?”

Gu Yin specially emphasized the sound of the word “second” in her words.

There was probably no second-in-command in the world who would like to hear people mention that.