Chapter 59 Good Habits

Du Jingyi opened the closet door to take out the clothes, and suddenly seemed to think of something.

He turned around and looked at Shang Ji, and asked curiously.

"Then does the general want to change his shoes and socks?"

Hearing this, Shang Ji's face turned green.

This young lady, does she dislike her smelly feet? That's why she has this question?

If Luo Yuan dared to ask this, I'm afraid she would have been thrown out long ago.

But Shang Ji looked at his wife's innocent expression and eyes, and he couldn't get angry no matter how big he was.

He could only pretend to be calm and said.

"Okay."

Seeing this, Du Jingyi brought him some clean shoes and socks and sent them over.

Then he smiled and said.

"These are also the general's previous new batch of clothes and shoes and socks. Lu Ju will be able to deliver them in a few days. Let the general try them then, and change them if you feel uncomfortable."

"Okay."

Shang Ji didn't think he was a man of few words before, but why did he seem to be so talkative in front of his wife?

So just as he was about to take the clothes and go to the side room to wash and change clothes, he heard Du Jingyi shouting outside.

"Lizhu."

"Hey, Madam."

"Help the general to wash up."

"Yes."

Then, he handed the clean clothes and shoes and socks to Lizhu.

Lizhu was also not very tactful, and only wanted to complete the task assigned by the Madam.

He didn't notice his general's face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

However, after this incident, Shang Ji understood something.

That is, his wife must have some mysophobia, otherwise why would she not only change clothes, but also change shoes and socks into clean ones.

But thinking about it, he still followed Lizhu and turned into the side room.

After washing his hands, he let Lizhu go out.

He said he would change and wash himself.

Lizhu frowned, but still didn't dare to question the general's words, and turned around and prepared to go out.

As a result, before leaving, he saw a piece of scented soap, and suddenly remembered something, so he found a new one and handed it to Shang Ji.

Then he said in a kind manner.

"General, this is the young lady's favorite scented soap, you can try it, it smells very good."

Shang Ji's face fell, and he scolded.

"Nonsense."

He is a great general, why does he apply scented soap!

If it gets out, I'm afraid he will be laughed at to death.

So, he straightened his neck and refused to take it.

Li Zhu had no choice but to put the scented soap back to its original place, and then quickly left the ear room.

After leaving the door, he muttered in a low voice.

"What a murderer."

Next time, if the general comes back, let Sister Cherry serve him.

As for small things like running errands to the small kitchen, she can do it!

In the ear room, Shang Ji tossed for a long time.

At first, he planned to wash his hands and change clothes.

However, once he took off his outer shirt and casually placed it on the clothes rail, he could see some fine dust underneath.

It was out of tune with the cleanliness of the entire ear room.

So, he had to take off his inner shirt and clean it with a towel.

Then he changed into clean clothes and shoes and socks.

Maybe there were spices in the cabinet where the clothes were placed, so there was a faint fragrance on the clothes.

But this kind of fragrance was acceptable to Shang Ji.

It was not strong, and it smelled quite refreshing.

He raised his hand and smelled it carefully, and it seemed to be the smell of bamboo after rain.

When he went out and returned to the main room, the food was served.

Du Jingyi looked up and down at her husband, and now he looked much cleaner than before.

So he rushed to praise him.

"General, you have a good habit. You wash up as soon as you come back. It's more comfortable to eat cleanly. Next time, I'll ask them to prepare more hot water in the ear room. If you need to wash or something, it will be convenient."

"Yeah."

Shang Ji answered for some reason.

When he thought of his habit of falling asleep as soon as he came back from the military camp, he admitted it without blushing or panicking.

The couple sat down at the eight-immortal table and looked at the table full of food. They were really hungry.

Du Jingyi was okay, after all, he had breakfast.

But Shang Ji's daily consumption of physical strength naturally requires a lot of food to replenish.

So, Du Jingyi ate slowly, and Shang Ji ate fast, but he didn't eat like a wolf. Overall, he was still very calm.

The maid Yingtao served on the side, adding some food to the general and the young lady from time to time.

The couple in Xitang Courtyard ate with relish.

However, there was a little trouble in the Baotao Courtyard of Beiyuan.

The grandchildren of the third house, Erlang's wife and Sanlang's wife, were sitting together and discussing.

"Second sister-in-law, I heard that a high monk came to Pingliang Temple. His Majesty specially wanted to gild the Buddha statue in the temple to welcome him into the temple. For such a good thing, shouldn't our Duke's Mansion also add some incense money? This way, the Buddha will bless our third house's offspring?"

The speaker was Sanlang's wife, who looked rich and gentle, and spoke softly.

But her words and deeds were all about the glory of the Duke's Mansion, and she wanted to get involved in it no matter how hard she tried.

This news has not been announced to the outside world. The reason why she knew it was entirely because her father in her mother's family was a small official in the Ministry of Rites, so she was more or less well-informed.

After learning this news, she originally didn't plan to tell it.

But seeing that the third house was too unlucky these days, she had this idea.

Anyway, in the final analysis, this money will not come from the pockets of their third bedroom.

It is of course the best thing to be able to do it without paying any money and still have a name on it.

But she wanted to think about such a good thing, but she couldn't do it.

Therefore, I had no choice but to come to my second sister-in-law to discuss it.

After all, she is quite respectable in front of her grandmother and the three old ladies, and it is always better for the three old ladies to take action than for people like them, nephews and daughters-in-law, to go to Mrs. Wei of Yunjin Court.

It's a pity that she was very smart in her calculations, but she was ridiculed by Erlang's wife who heard this, and said with a cold snort.

"What about our Duke's Mansion? Look at everyone in the courtyard who treats us in the third room as the masters of the Duke's Mansion. The ones in Yunjin Courtyard are protected by uncles, the ones in Dongyuan are protected by Liu Lang, and the fifth room doesn't even know I burned some incense, and I have been living smoothly these past few days. However, in our house, the husband is useless, the son is not working hard, and we are the two wives here, scratching and swissing to live our lives. Do you still want to pay for incense? I don’t have such spare money.”

Erlang's wife spoke in such a sinister manner, which made her already somewhat mean expression even more ugly.

After saying this angrily, she picked up a cup of tea and drank it.

Tea was meant to be tasted well, but now it was just a tool to cool down her anger.

Sanlang's wife saw it and couldn't say much.

He had to wipe the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, looking slightly embarrassed.