Chapter Forty-Eight: The Wealthy Family
There is a guarded courtyard house outside the gate in Yanjing, and this courtyard has three layers before and after, which is the residence of a prince in the past.
A twenty-seven-eighteen-year-old young man quietly asked the guard on duty outside the door, sneaked into the courtyard, bypassed the front two courtyards and went straight to the last one.
"Stop," a low voice came from behind the young man, the young man's face froze, and when he turned around, he was already full of smiles, "Third uncle, when did you come over, I still plan to go to your place to see the third aunt that day." The young man asked, scratching his head.
Not far from the young man stood a middle-aged soldier in his forties who was about 1.75 meters tall, dressed in military uniform, and had a golden gold star on his shoulder, which was a general star in the Chinese military rank, and the middle-aged soldier was a major general.
"You little thing, I just came back and saw you sneakily running to the backyard, saying that you were going to go to the old man to do something bad", the middle-aged soldier looked at the young man like a child in his eyes with a doting face.
"Third uncle, what bad things can I do, it's okay to come and see grandpa and sister-in-law. β
Hearing the young man say that he came to see his sister-in-law, the middle-aged soldier was gloomy for a while, and the young man did not see the change in the middle-aged soldier's face, "Third uncle, I went out a few days ago, get some good things, and I will bring some for the third uncle and third aunt to try in the evening."
"You kid can still bring back good things, don't take a fancy to anything from the third uncle's house."
"Third uncle, it was all when I was a child, you don't say no."
"I remember that last year you went to my house and took my two masters' special offerings."
Looking at the embarrassed young man, the middle-aged soldier burst into laughter, "Okay, you go to see grandpa and sister-in-law first, and I'll ask your third aunt to get you some of your favorite food in the evening."
Looking at the young man who ran away, the middle-aged soldier was full of regret, if he wanted his little sister's son to be there, he would be twenty-three or four! The middle-aged soldier shook his head and walked out of the courtyard.
Entering the backyard of the courtyard, the young man was no longer sneaking around, shouting, "Grandpa, sister-in-law Xiaohua has seen you,"
A middle-aged woman in her fifties, dressed plainly, came out of the room and looked at the young man with kind eyes, "Xiaohua, be quiet, the chief and the young lady have just fallen asleep."
The young man saw the middle-aged woman and whispered, "Aunt Ye, I'm sorry, I don't know, I'll leave now." After saying that, he was going to turn around and leave.
A voice like a bell came from the house, "Red leaves, is Xiaohua here, let him in." β
"The chief is awake, Xiaohua, you go in, remember not to make the chief angry," the middle-aged woman said to the young man, who stretched out her tongue, "Aunt Ye, don't worry."
The young man pushed the door into the house and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, Xiaohua has seen you." β
Out of the back room came an old man with silver hair, a stern face, dressed in Tang costume, in his eighties, and in good spirits.
Seeing the old man, a young man named Xiaohua, his neck shrunk, and said carefully, "Grandpa." It seems that this young man named Xiaohua is very afraid of this eighty-year-old man.
The old man looked at the young man standing in the room tremblingly, "Why, the little guy came to me, and went to follow my spirit of smoking and drinking, and said that he had taken a fancy to my something again."
The young man named Xiaohua looked at the middle-aged woman who came in with pity in his eyes, "Chief, don't frighten Xiaohua, every time Xiaohua sees you, it's like a mouse seeing a cat, how can you support this big family business in the future." Middle-aged woman said.
The old man snorted, "As long as he eats, drinks and has fun all day long, this family will let him lose sooner or later, I don't have the tone to teach him how to behave."
The young man said, "Grandpa, I came here to bring you something good this time, my dad hasn't seen it yet, so why don't you take it over to honor your old man." As he spoke, the young man carefully took out a small paper bag wrapped in newspaper from his pocket. It was handed to the middle-aged woman next to her, "Aunt Ye, this is the good tea I got here, you go and make it for grandpa."
The middle-aged woman looked at the young man in disbelief, "Xiaohua, this is good tea, don't drink the chief?" The middle-aged woman pointed to the paper bag in her hand, "Don't worry, Aunt Ye, it's definitely a good thing," the young man said with an oath.
The old man waved his hand at the middle-aged woman, "Go and brew it, I want to see what good tea this little guy can bring me, no matter how good the tea is, it can be as good as Da Hong Pao."
The middle-aged woman turned around to make tea, and within a minute, a strange and refreshing fragrance of tea wafted in the living room of more than 40 square meters.
The old man took a hard sip and couldn't help but say, "Good tea, the fragrance of tea can refresh you, it is definitely good tea, the old man likes this tea, little guy."
The young man listened to the old man's praise, a smile appeared on his restrained face, and the middle-aged woman came over with tea, "Chief, don't put any spices in this tea, it's so fragrant, and the color of the tea is different from other teas, do you take it out and check it."
The old man looked at the young man, "The little guy can still hurt me, come and pour me a drink."
The old man was also stunned when he looked at the blood-red tea that was overflowing with the fragrance of strange tea, and then looked at the young man sitting on the sofa, and muttered in a low voice, "I've been drinking tea for half my life, and I've never seen tea of this color," he took a sip and closed his eyes and leaned on the Taishi chair.
I opened my eyes in the middle of the night, "It's really good tea, much stronger than Da Hong Pao, this is the best tea I've ever drunk in my life."
The old man looked at the young man sitting upright on the sofa, Yan SΓΉ had a smile on his face, turned back to the middle-aged woman and said, "Momiji, when Xiaohua leaves, bring him some of my cigarettes and wine," the middle-aged woman nodded.
"Grandpa, can I get a few more cigarettes, I don't want alcohol." When the young man saw that the old man's face was softened, he bargained with the old man.
The old man glanced at the young man with a smile, "You don't always worry about my old man's cigarettes and alcohol, how did you change sex today, and say that you got a better wine than my old man."
The young man looked shocked and said, "Grandpa, how do you know." Suddenly woke up and was deceived.
The old man looked at the young man's expression and laughed, "You little monkey is still fighting with me, I will know what you are doing as soon as you pout your ass, go and bring me the wine."
Seeing the young man reluctantly walking out of the house, the old man laughed in the room, and the middle-aged woman's tense face also had a hint of a smile, and she said in her heart, "It's been more than 20 years, and the chief laughs happily for the first time."
More than ten minutes later, the young man and a middle-aged man who looked like a secretary entered the room holding a ten-pound jar, looking at the young man's crying face, the old man laughed again, "Why, my old man will take something from you and it will be like this."
"No, grandpa likes my things, how can I be unhappy, but can grandpa leave me a little less, leave me five catties, no, just two catties." The young man whispered.
Seeing the young man's expression, the old man knew that this wine must be good, and his eyes rolled, "Little guy, grandpa doesn't take your things for nothing, and the cigarettes and alcohol sent to me this month are all for you."
When the young man heard this, his crying face immediately smiled, "Grandpa, this is what you said, Aunt Ye will pack it for me later,"
"Momiji, pour me a small cup."
The middle-aged woman looked at the middle-aged man who looked like a secretary, "Secretary Li, look."
"Chief, your body is important, the doctor won't let you drink." The middle-aged secretary said.
"Uncle Li, don't worry, my friend said that this has the greatest effect on the elderly, this is medicinal wine can strengthen the body." The young man hurriedly said, "Xiao Li, just drink a small cup if you have nothing to do, you look at me, this will be fine," the old man said.
"Okay, Sister Ye, then you can pour a small cup and let the old chief have a good time."