When Gu Zhirong returned to the mansion, he heard an unexpected news: the eldest master, who had been missing for many days, had returned!

Of course, the eldest lord's return was rushed back after learning the news that his mother, that is, the old lady, was seriously ill, but it still caused a small fluctuation in the Yuanning Marquis Mansion.

In the side hall of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, the eldest lord sat silently, drinking tea quietly, with a dusty face and a lot of mud on his clothes, it seemed that he had rushed back from the field in the starry night.

The second master came over first, and when he saw the eldest master coming back, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy. Playing the second master is a person who has no backbone, everything depends on the old lady to make decisions for him, and after becoming a family, he also relies on the second lady to make ideas for him. Now, his wife is not in good health and no longer cares about the affairs of the house, and they have a deep relationship with the husband and wife, and he is unwilling to tell her about the troubles in the house, which will affect her recovery. At this time, the old lady suddenly encountered this sudden epidemic, the old lady fell, the eldest lady had a miscarriage again, injured her body, and a huge Yuanning Hou Mansion, and many troublesome affairs fell on the head of the second master.

Imagine that the second master has always been pampered, and someone has made ideas for him in everything, although he has found a position as an imperial businessman, but his subordinates have taken care of him properly. Now that it's his turn to make up his mind, he immediately panicked, looking at the messy and trivial matters in the house, and he didn't know where to start for a while. finally survived these days, but I was already tired with deep eye sockets and protruding cheeks.

Hearing that his eldest brother had finally returned, the second master was like nectar after a long drought. I didn't even have time to put on my shoes, so I jumped on one shoe and ran to the side hall with my bare other foot. When he saw the eldest master at the door, he was so excited that he shouted a little forgetfully: "Big brother, you are finally back." ”

The eldest lord looked up and saw that the second master was wearing homely civilian clothes, but there was only one shoe on his feet, so he couldn't help frowning: "Second brother, look at what you look like now." I'm not afraid of other people's jokes when I spread it!"

The second master has known that he is incompetent, but he has no choice but to support this family. Handled the accounts in the house in a mess, and secretly I don't know how many times I have been laughed at, I have long practiced the appearance of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and now I can listen to the reprimand of the eldest brother who has returned home after a long absence. I didn't think so: "Big brother." You're finally back, and if you don't come back, I'll really not be able to hold on as a younger brother. ”

He looked at the eldest master seriously: "If you haven't gone home for so many days, where have you gone to relax, how can you make yourself look disgraced? Big brother can't be in a bad mood, torture himself, and do hard labor, right?"

The eldest man sighed and said, "You think I'm really going to enjoy the mountains and rivers, I think so." But. Look at the current situation, I have to obey the dispatch of a panicked marquis. There is no way around it. ”

The second master heard something wrong from the eldest master's words, and then looked at the dust on the eldest master's face, and he didn't have time to clean it, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Big brother, what errands did you go to do when you left home during this time?"

The eldest master was just about to speak, when he suddenly remembered the advice from above, shook his head and said: "Second brother, the situation has been changing recently, and the eldest brother and I have also been ordered to go on an errand." There are some things that I can't reveal as an older brother. ”

Although the second master is not in the officialdom, he also understands that some things are not casually said to outsiders, especially like the eldest brother now, who has disappeared for more than half a month for no reason, and since he has been out on a tour, it turned out that he went on an errand for the emperor.

The second master didn't ask anymore, but still asked with concern: "Big brother, did you go well on this errand?"

The eldest lord shook his head: "It's not going well." With that, he frowned.

The second master didn't dare to ask again, knowing that even if he asked again, the eldest master would not reveal it, so he changed the topic and said: "My mother has been seriously ill, and now she has basically controlled her condition." It's just that she is very old, and she suffered this catastrophe, and she vomited blood every day for a few days after the onset of the disease, and injured her body.

Seeing that his eldest brother was listening to it, he frowned tightly, and his face was full of guilt, and the second master hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, eldest brother, if my mother knows that my eldest brother is out on business, so he can't come back to serve in front of the sickbed, she won't blame you." ”

The eldest man sighed deeply and asked, "How is my mother now, I'm going to take a look." ”

Saying that, despite his own dust, he wanted to rush over to visit the old lady.

The second master hurriedly stopped him and said, "Big brother, you came back from out of town, you are covered with dust, you should always wash it." Moreover, Dr. Hu said that the old lady's illness is extraordinary, and the body is extremely depleted, and people outside will bring in germs, and they will pass the illness to the old lady. So, big brother, don't worry, go wash first, then disinfect, and then you can go to see your mother. ”

The eldest master suddenly realized, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, the precautions must be taken, but I forgot about this." ”

He had just returned from the epidemic area, and he had some sickness with him. When they are in the epidemic area, they are also disinfected in the morning and evening to take strict precautions.

The eldest master went to the clean room, and soon finished freshening up, and the second master led the way to see the old lady.

When he arrived at the old lady's yard, the eldest master found that the precautionary measures in his house were also so good, no less than those in the epidemic areas.

The old lady's Shunci courtyard was originally very large, but now it separates the huge courtyard and divides it into two small courtyards, one for people to enter and exit, and the other is to set up several large cauldrons in the center, and there is a raging fire burning below, and a servant woman is seriously adding firewood. The cauldron is covered with a large iron lid, bubbling hot, and needless to say, the bedding and utensils used by the old lady are all sterilized and sterilized by boiling water.

Some time ago, it was a mother-in-law who died of illness in the old lady's yard, and this mother-in-law should also be like this, Imperial Doctor Hu has made it clear that all the utensils used by the old lady should be disinfected, and everyone must also drink a bowl of medicinal soup every day for prevention. But that old woman looks like a hanger on weekdays, and she is very arrogant in everything, and she doesn't care at all. No, it was infected all of a sudden, and she didn't take it seriously, thinking that she was suffering from the wind and cold, and occasionally coughed once or twice, and it was no big deal. In addition, during that time, she went out on vacation, and the treatment was not timely, and she died in the middle of the road.

The second master knew about this, and for the sake of her life to do things for the Marquis of Yuanning, he asked someone to bury her and gave her son a sum of money, which was regarded as a pension.

After that, the Yuanning Marquis realized the seriousness of the epidemic, and only then did it pay attention to the disinfection work.

The old lady recovered very slowly, and after these days, she was still sometimes awake and sometimes sleepy, and when she was awake, she was always thinking about when the old man would come back. As soon as she heard that the eldest master was back today, the old lady's spirit suddenly improved by five points, and she asked Mother Du to help her sit up.

As soon as the old man entered the warm pavilion, he saw the old lady sitting on the kang, her usually flat face was now thin and her cheekbones were high and prominent, her eye sockets were deep, her eyes were dark, her lips were bloodless, her eyes were looking at herself, her lips moved, as if she wanted to speak, but she couldn't say anything.

The eldest man suddenly felt sad, grabbed a few steps, and held the old lady's thin hands. (To be continued.) )