Chen Afu looked forward to the golden swallow even more urgently, it had been out for ten days, and he didn't know if he had found the three-color ball.

Chu Lingxuan saw Chen Afu's worried look and comforted, "Don't worry, there will always be a way." You can raise the baby with peace of mind, and we men have to worry about those things. "I'm going to go to the front yard to talk to the old man about countermeasures.

Chen Afu stopped him and asked him to write a letter to tell Master Chu San to be cautious in everything.

Chen Afu pressed his thoughts, looked at Chu Hanyan and Xiao Li Xuan who were still in the animal house under the corridor, remembered Ah Lu, and asked people to invite him.

With little effort, Alu came.

Chen Afu saw that he was fine, so he was relieved.

Except for the day he came back from the capital, Chen Afu never lived in the General's Mansion, so he was usually quite busy, taking care of the affairs in the mansion and worrying about the business of the Fuyun Lai Commercial Bank.

Fu Yunlai was the shopkeeper, the chief Yang of the General's Mansion, the internal manager of Mama Luo, and some important positions were called to the main courtyard in turn.

Fuyunlai Commercial Bank can be said to have done a good job, basically nothing, and now the branch has opened to the capital.

And the water in the General's Mansion is relatively deep. Although Chu Lingxuan has been purged several times, there are no more people from Rong Zhao and Second Lady Chu, but there are still several forces in it, which are not convinced by each other and suppress each other.

It is no wonder that since the establishment of the General's Mansion, there has not been a hostess, and Chu Lingxuan is busy with the affairs of the army, and basically does not live in the mansion most of the time. Even if he lived in the house, he didn't care much about many things in the house.

In the general's mansion, the subordinates are basically composed of three forces.

When the government was first opened, he asked for some of the subordinates in the marquis of the capital, and bought some people. Later, it was found out that the people from the Hou Mansion in the capital included Rong Zhao and the second lady, killed and sold a batch, and asked for some people from the provincial capital Luofu. It has become the current situation, with three strong forces, while restraining each other, but also squeezing each other.

Especially the descendants from the Hou Mansion and the Luo Mansion in the capital are close to the family, and the background is very deep.

Chen Afu's head hurt when he heard this. If in the past, the owner of the house was often absent, and this situation might be the best. But now they can't continue like this, they fight each other, how can they take care of their masters?

Really, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the struggle between subordinates is also fierce.

The person Chen Afu believes in the most is Luo Guanshi, and his second son Luo Fang is a small steward in the house, but Luo Fang's words cannot be fully trusted, because he represents the power of the Luo family.

Manager Yang is still trustworthy and is the confidant of the old marquis. But he is the leader of the gang in the Marquis Mansion in the capital, and while Chen Afu wants to use him, he must make him soberly realize that it is not the original now, no gangs are allowed, all the subordinates are slaves of the General's Mansion, and their only task is to serve the master well......

Some people are still very professional, knowing that Chen Afu is the hostess, and the uncle loves her very much, and is willing to completely surrender to her. But some people don't care too much, thinking that Chen Afu is a country woman with limited knowledge. Although they thought so, they still didn't dare to come out, and only hoped that after Chen Afu left, they would continue to reap the benefits while continuing to live a relaxed and comfortable life......

The Zhang family and the Wu family came to invite Chen Afu to their house as a guest, saying that she and her eldest sister would go to play first during the day, and then let Chu Lingxuan, who went to the palace, and Dabao and Ah Lu, who went to school, go to dinner at night.

Chen Afu didn't agree, saying that in a few days she would straighten things out and go to have a good time.

In the midst of the busyness, the days slipped to July 19th. During the dinner, the servants sent a post from General Liu's house and invited them to go to Liu's mansion to play.

Dabao, Chu Hanyan, and Li Xuan also received a post written by Liu Wang, the eldest son of the Liu family, and they were extremely happy. Especially Dabao, since he studied in Tangyuan, he has very few friends. He finally has a social circle, and he has a very good time with Liu Wang, Liu Ao, and Qin Jin, who are the same age, although Qin Mu is older and Fu Lu Shen is younger, but they get along happily, so he laughed as soon as he got the post.

He looked at Ah Lu, who was eating with his head down, and asked Chen Afu in wonder, "Mother, even Qiqi and Gray are written on the post, as well as chasing the wind, sassy, long, and short, why didn't you write about inviting my little uncle?" ”

It is true that there is no name of Alu.

Chen Afu said with a smile, "The last time they came to our house as a guest, the little uncle didn't come, so they didn't know the little uncle." Tomorrow I will bring my little uncle there, and they will become friends when they get to know each other. He said to Ah Lu again, "Qin Mu is as old as you and has a bold temperament, you will definitely be able to talk about it together." ”

Ah Lu said, "Sister, I don't want to go to Liu's Mansion tomorrow. I have already agreed with Ah Tang and my younger brother that I will go to the third uncle's house to play. ”

Chen Afu suggested, "Ah Tang and the younger brother can see each other at any time, you should go to Liu's Mansion tomorrow, it is good for you to have a wider circle of friends." ”

Ah Lu, who is usually very obedient, is very resolute this time, and if he doesn't go to Liu's mansion, he will go to Chen Shi's house. Dabao and Yan'er persuaded him, and he shook his head.

Chen Afu couldn't, so he had to agree. He also asked people to tell the steward of the foreign affairs room that when the young master went out of the house, he would prepare a gift for him and send a carriage to pick him up. He told Ah Lu again that before leaving, he would send someone to get the gifts, and then ask for a carriage.

Early in the morning of the 10th, Dabao got up at dawn and ran to the main courtyard with the animal house.

Chen Afu was angry and funny, and said, "No matter how early you come, you have to wait for Yan'er and Xuan'er to get up." Besides, how can there be a guest so early? ”

When the time came, the Chu family left the house with the animal house.

Chen Alu also packed up his things. He put a purse with ten taels of silver and two small silver horns and dozens of copper coins into his arms, and put the two inks and two pens prepared for Ah Tang and the younger brother in a lotus bag.

The General's Mansion issued monthly money on the 15th, and Chen Afu also issued monthly silver to Alu. He, like Chu Hanyan and Dabao, has a monthly silver of ten taels. Before he came, the Wang family also gave him ten taels of silver and a dozen silver horns, and some big money.

In addition to asking Sanquan to go to the street to buy him snacks and use some money, he is to reward people. There were only two silver slots left, and he wanted to go out and find ten taels of silver.

Lan Cao looked at it and said, "Uncle, didn't the eldest grandmother ask the foreign affairs room to prepare gifts?" If you secretly take your pen and ink to give it away, you will be found to be missing something, and even the slave and maid can't tell clearly. ”

Ah Lu's face flushed with shame, and he snorted, "Save some use, others won't find out." Don't go and get the gifts prepared by the Foreign Affairs Office, those people will say that I ......"

Lan Cao said angrily, "Uncle is too honest, that gift was prepared by the eldest grandmother, whoever dares to gossip will tell the eldest grandmother and let people tear their mouths." ”

PS: There was a mistake in the previous chapter, which adjusted the moon silver of Dabao and Chu Hanyan to ten taels.