Yang Xianmao said: "He spends all day drinking outside, does his wife care about him? Look, he should be twenty or thirty years old, and it is time to get married." ”

Fluttershy sighed again and said, "The children are all seven or eight years old, but it's a pity that the grandmother eats and recites the Buddha all day long, and she doesn't go out of the door, she doesn't ask anything about the outside world, she only thinks about the Buddha, and they rarely see each other all year round." There was no one in the family who could control him. The old man is very powerful on the surface, and he wants to drive him out of the house, but in fact, he still feels very sorry for the eldest young master in his heart, so even if the eldest young master really wants to do something, he actually can't be ruthless to drive him away. ”

Speaking of this, Fluttershy says, "By the way, you haven't seen the second young master, the second grandmother, and Aunt Huang yet." But the days are long, the butler is busy now, and when he is done, he will take you to meet them, so you can go back first. Remember, bring the artifact over tonight, and be careful, don't knock it over to the ground like those useless guys. I'll be waiting for you at the back door. ”

Yang Xianmao nodded and walked back to his place in the front yard.

Liu Dongyan has already cleaned up the house, and the furnishings in the room are very simple, two beds, plus some simple furniture.

The two were talking, when a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears shouted at the door: "Hey, that newcomer, come out quickly, go and carry that bucket of swill from the kitchen to the pigsty, do you hear me? ”

Yang Xianmao knew that the person was calling himself, but he turned a deaf ear, the fat man was a little angry, went straight to Yang Xianmao's side, grabbed his shoulder with a slap, and wanted to break him over, but it was like a dragonfly shaking a tree, not moving at all, only then was taken aback, grabbed Yang Xianmao's arm with both hands, and tried to pull him over, Yang Xianmao waved his hand, and the fat man fell and almost fell to the ground.

The strong man pointed at Yang Xianmao with some annoyance and exclaimed, "Good boy, do you know who I am? I am in charge of the kitchen steward, and you don't listen to me when I tell you to do things, believe it or not, I will hang you on a tree and whip you!"

Yang Xianmao had already shown his hand, he thought that he would retreat in the face of difficulties, but he still refused to suffer a loss, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said: "The task given to me by the lord and the wife is to take care of the fetish, and other things, except for the tasks assigned by the housekeeper, are not commanded by anyone, this is the wife's words, if you want to support me to do things, you have to ask the old lady or the housekeeper to speak, you are not qualified enough." ”

When the fat man heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, took two steps forward, saw Yang Xianmao's sharp gaze, and took a few steps back, and roared inwardly: "Let me tell you, I, Hu Laosan, am not a person who is afraid of things, don't use the lord and wife to oppress people! If you are disobedient, what do you want the kitchen to do for you in the future, it is a fantasy." ”

As soon as he said this, he heard a cold voice coming from a distance: "Hu Laosan, if you dare to be rude to Yang Guan, I will hang you up and beat you, do you believe it or not?"

This strong man is the steward in charge of the kitchen in the front yard, named Hu Laosan. When he heard this, he looked back, but the butler was pacing this way, he quickly put down his hands that were crossed at the waist, nodded and smiled, and said, "I, I'm discussing with this newcomer, he doesn't have a lot of strength, I want him to help me carry the swill to the pigsty to feed the pigs." Hehe, he's idle, he's idle, and he's not doing anything when he's idle? Anyway, the master spent money to hire him, so he should do more to be worthy of the money given. ”

The housekeeper looked at him and said, "Let me tell you Hu Laosan, he is the steward hired by the master and his wife to take care of the gods, not a miscellaneous person." In the whole front yard and back yard, except for the old lady and I told him to do it, no one else can use anything to support him, if you dare to support him like just now, don't blame me for not giving face. ”

Hu Laosan couldn't imagine that this new young man would be so respected by the housekeeper and help him speak, so he had to agree, turned around and walked away.

Only then did the housekeeper turn to Yang Xianmao and said: "Don't be like him, it's almost time to eat, you have a good rest after eating, and remember to slaughter the chickens and ducks and feed the gods when it gets dark at night." The old lady must also remember the things she explained, don't delay. You don't have to do anything, you don't have to do anything they tell you, if anyone asks you to do something, let him come to me. Your responsibility is to do your best to ensure the safety of the fetish, complete the things assigned by the lady, and do this well, and there will be no problem with anything. By the way, the second young master sings tonight, you can go and have a look after dinner, it's over there in the theater, it's okay in the afternoon, you can walk around. Except for the small courtyard of the lord and the lady, you don't want to go in, you can go to any other place, it doesn't matter, this is allowed by the lord. ”

Yang Xianmao was a little surprised, he and the owner of the homecoming village were only one side, why was he so relieved of himself that he could walk around casually? Yang Xianmao was puzzled.

What Yang Xianmao paid attention to was different from Liu Dongyan, she was more concerned about another thing that the housekeeper said, and asked curiously: "The second young master sings?" Is the second young master singing the opera troupe or the second young master singing it himself?"

The second young master sang it himself. The second young master's favorite singing is Tsing Yi Hua Dan, the singing voice is very clear, and he has undergone special training, but the master and his wife don't like it very much. The second young master once insisted on going his own way in order to learn singing, but because the master objected, he almost hanged himself with a rope, but fortunately, the little guy found it early and saved him. Since then, the old man didn't dare to care about him, so let him sing, saying that he was the second son anyway, and it was impossible to inherit the family business. Besides, it's better to sing opera than spending time outside like the eldest young master, he only sings in his own house, and he never goes outside to embarrass people, he only sings to everyone in the house, as long as he tells everyone not to go outside to speak, it won't spread out. Remember, you two can't go outside to talk about the second young master's singing, don't mention it, remember?"

Liu Dongyan nodded, indeed, in ancient times, the status of the opera was very low, but the children of the rich man went outside to learn to sing, and he also had to sing to his own subordinates, this is indeed not a glorious thing, no wonder the housekeeper reminded not to say it outside, so as not to lose the face of the old lady.

Yang Xianmao also felt a little curious, this homecoming is really interesting, the eldest son spends all day drinking, the second son sings at home, and it is also a reverse string of Tsing Yi Hua Dan, presumably the second young master should have a weak personality like water, and his figure is also slender, and his appearance is not bad, he should be more feminine than a woman, otherwise he would not be so obsessed with singing.

When they were having dinner, they heard the sound of the cloud board, Yang Xianmao and Liu Dongyan came out of the house, and the housekeeper came over to beckon them to eat together.

The housekeeper took them to a small room in the dining hall, where seven or eight people were sitting, including Hu Laosan, the kitchen steward who had fought with Yang Xianmao before, and when he saw Yang Xianmao come in, he twisted his face to the side.

The housekeeper introduced several other stewards present, introducing Yang Xianmao as a steward who took care of the gods, and those stewards all got up and bowed their hands, called Brother Yang, and cordially beckoned him to sit down.

This round table is topped with exquisite dishes, and a large jar of wine is placed on the ground next to it. At the same time, the housekeeper introduced Liu Dongyan as Yang Xianmao's younger brother, so these people also beckoned Liu Dongyan to sit down, among them was a big man, and wanted to slap Liu Dongyan on the shoulder affectionately, but Liu Dongyan dodged away lightly, and gave him a white look, her dexterous movements were seen by the housekeeper, not only glanced at Liu Dongyan with a good look.

These stewards are all small leaders in charge of all aspects of affairs in the front yard, and they usually treat people and things, so naturally there will be no mistakes, and they all come to toast.

Hu Laosan is also an expert in this area, but he mistakenly thought that Yang Xianmao was a new handyman before he greeted him, and now he saw that Yang Xianmao, who was in charge of other affairs, was so affectionate, and the housekeeper respected him very much, so he couldn't help but put down his son and toasted Yang Xianmao with a wine glass, and said some words of apology.

Yang Xianmao didn't bother with him anymore, and after a few drinks with him, the two of them released their suspicions. This Hu Laosan drank a good amount of alcohol, and he was happy to drink and had a loud voice, in the end, he was in charge of the kitchen, with a big head and a thick neck.

The person in charge who was going to slap Liu Dongyan on the shoulder was the comprador in charge of supplies, surnamed Qian, with some real power, and sat down next to Liu Dongyan while he was drinking, looked at her and said: "I said little brother, I can't see that you still have two blows, you can actually avoid my slap, what's the matter, have you practiced before?"

Liu Dongyan almost didn't drink, and he just pretended to hold the wine glass, and when he saw that he was very close to him, he frowned, and then hummed and didn't say much.

Seeing him like this, Qian Caiban took a pot of wine, poured more than half of it, picked it up and sent it to Liu Dongyan and said: "Come on, I will respect the little brother for one night, we will meet for the first time, and we will take care of each other in the future, I will do it first." After that, he poured the big bowl of wine into his stomach, lit up the empty cup, and looked at Liu Dongyan with straight eyes, and the other people in the room immediately laughed, applauded together, and urged Liu Dongyan to drink.

Because Liu Dongyan is a woman dressed as a man, and she speaks in a dumb voice, and she is also young and thin, they really haven't recognized Liu Dongyan's true identity.

Liu Dongyan looked at Yang Xianmao pleadingly.

Yang Xianmao smiled slightly and said, "Brothers, my brother doesn't know how to drink, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and drinking will damage his body, I don't think you want him to fall ill after drinking, so let's drink for him." ”

With that, he poured himself a big bowl.

Qian Caiban waved his hand and said, "I'm drinking with your brother, you are his brother, it's okay to give him a drink, but you have to drink two bowls." ”

Yang Xianmao frowned, glanced at the stewards present, and they were all drunk at the moment, and they were looking at themselves with a wine burp.

Yang Xianmao knew that these stewards had some power in their hands, so it was common for them to speak loudly, but when he first arrived, he must be neither humble nor arrogant, he could not lose face, and secondly, he should not offend these people.

After thinking about this truth, Yang Xianmao nodded and said, "Since Brother Qian said so, even if I get drunk immediately, I have to be hard-headed, who told my brother that his body is not good and he can't drink." ”