Luo Jiang is just a small steward of the Yongning Marquis Mansion, and with his status, he is naturally not qualified to ask the honorable young master to enter Beijing with him, he is just a front for the eldest young master who came later.

Before leaving, Yongning Hou asked the eldest young master to invite the young master back to the Hou Mansion, and it was before the year. I thought it would not be a difficult thing, but after living in Luo Jiang for a few days, I couldn't help but worry about his eldest young master.

Although he was rejected by Lin Xi at the first time after he passed through, it was extremely normal in Luo Jiang's opinion. You must know that the young master is a noble prefect, how can there be a subordinate who immediately prepares to salute and leave as soon as the people arrive, naturally he has to be reserved and pushed, even if he waits for the arrival of the eldest young master, he has to refuse a few more times before he can be reluctantly "asked to go", and the table is not that he wants to go, but he agrees disrespectfully.

But even so, secretly they have to start preparing for the trip, and there are always some words between the servants. However, I don't know if the rules of the Lin family are too good, or if they really don't want to leave, the next person is still the same as usual, and there is no excitement in their expressions.

Even the housekeeper commanded his subordinates to start preparing for the Spring Festival.

Luo Jiang was anxious, and found Fang Xin, who was also from the Hou Mansion, so he should always know something.

However, Fang Xin only shook his head, "Although the young master is young and in poor health these days, the idea is very great, since he said that he won't go, Bacheng really doesn't want to go, otherwise what did he do to build a house a few days ago, and he still has to make good friends with the neighbors?"

Luo Jiang was speechless, so he could only ask to see Lin Xi, but he was blocked by Zhou's mother, and the young master was unwell and was resting in bed.

Occasionally, his spirit was a little better, and when he saw him, he just asked Mrs. Tai if she was in good health, and her uncles were still good at being officials, and when the questions came down, Luo Jiang was about to express the strong hopes of Mrs. Tai and Hou Ye, Lin Xi said that he was not filial and could not agree, forgive Yunyun, and if he talked too much, he coughed for a while, so that Zhou's mother and the two girls did not have a good face when they saw him.

The young master's body is so weak, it is really worrying, and he is unwilling to go to the capital to recuperate, which is even more worrying.

A few days ago, I heard that the girl in Yuanyuan was worried about the housekeeper, and the few precious medicinal materials in the young master's life-saving pill recipe were about to run out, and they needed to be bought as much as possible. But the housekeeper said that these medicinal materials are not often available even in nearby towns, and the previous ones were bought by the old man when he was in Huaizhou, so that the round girl must pay attention to the young master's body, and he will try his best to find a way.

Although those medicinal materials are rare, the Hou Mansion still has them, and even if they are often supplied, it is not impossible.

Luo Jiang secretly wrote down that when the eldest young master came, he must report it.

There are still a few days left for Luo Jiang to count the eldest young master of his family with his fingers, and a woman and a man came to the door of Lin's house on this day.

The woman looked to be fifty or sixty years old, her face was wrinkled, her head was wrapped in a navy blue cloth scarf, her waist was fat and her hips were large, and she was wearing a dark coarse cloth jacket with a flower scarf wrapped around her waist to look even fatter, and her small eyes were hidden in her wrinkled eyelids, but she still couldn't hide the chaotic glances.

The man was tall and stout, but he was hunched back, and he followed the woman with his back in twinch, looking cowering.

Knocked on the newly repaired door of the Lin family, the gatehouse had just been opened halfway, and before she could ask who it was, the woman stepped forward and opened the gatehouse with a fat waist, strode in, and only turned around and glared at the man when she entered the courtyard, and scolded: "Don't hurry up and get in, what is there to be afraid of in the eldest nephew's house!"

When the man heard this, he immediately increased his pace, pushed away the blocking porter, and walked quickly behind the woman.

The porter frowned, this kind of uninvited rural woman was seen for the first time, "Who are you? ”

The woman's eyes narrowed when she heard this, and she crossed her waist and scolded: "You still dare to ask who the old lady is, hmph, what about my eldest nephew, I didn't know to come to see my cousin when I came to Linjia Village, and now the old lady doesn't care about bringing his brother to see him in person, so let him come out quickly." While speaking, he looked around, "Ah, it's different for Brother Qing to be an official, tsk, look at this dilapidated house, it's even more magnificent than the Lizheng family, this is rich!"

After looking around, his eyes went to the main house, and he didn't care about the stunned surroundings, and raised his feet to walk towards the main house.

Some people hurriedly went to tell Steward Lin, and the rest hurried to stop the man and woman, just listening to the woman's tone, like a relative of Master Lin, everyone didn't dare to be too reckless, so they persuaded them to go to the front yard to meet the guest house.

Everyone knows that Lin Qing's father and mother have been dead for many years, and they don't have any serious relatives, where did this cousin come from?

The housekeeper listened to the report from the next person and hurried to the front yard, he was the first to follow Lin Qing, and he had never heard the master talk about it, so it can be seen that he is not an important person.

At this moment, the woman had already touched the chairs and tables in the drawing-room, which were all newly made, and the furnishings around her, and her greedy eyes could not help frowning.

The woman touched the vase of flower arrangements on the side of the table, and suddenly spat on it, twisting her fingers, "Yo, this bottle is really smooth, it's worth a lot of money, isn't it?"

The butler who had just come in saw this scene, and his face suddenly turned green.

"Mother. The man looked at the housekeeper's extremely unkind face, and couldn't help but shrink back and push his mother.

The woman turned around, saw the housekeeper, and then looked at the housekeeper's side, straightened her waist, raised her head and snorted coldly, and pulled her son to sit on the high seat, "What about my eldest nephew, why, my cousin didn't come out to meet the elders when she came, what kind of reason is this, and she is still a scholar! I haven't even had a glass of water for such a long time, and I have been a young master of an official family, don't I recognize my poor relatives?"

Steward Lin forcibly stabilized his breath and face, and asked, "Dare to ask which cousin of the old man's family has never heard the old man mention it, and I don't know what to say?"

The woman ignored him, and said to herself: "Brother Qing has become a big official, this poor cousin really looks down on him, he still runs to my house to eat when he is bare-bottomed, what do you say to wait for the future to honor me, pull his brother, now the scenery, forget what you said after you forget it like a fart, if you don't die and go back to the village, the old lady will not want to find him in this life." Forget it, everyone is gone, it's the same for me to find my eldest nephew, let him come out, give me a tea, and entertain me and his cousin with good wine and food, and honor me well in the future, and the old lady won't care. ”

As soon as he talked about eating, the man behind the woman grinned, "I want big meat, I want to live in a big house." ”

The woman's nonsense and stupid man made Steward Lin's face suddenly black as the bottom of a pot, these two people were obviously scoundrels, and they made up nonsense to fight the autumn wind.

Steward Lin's face was cold: "It seems that you are just a ruffian, seeing that the old man died, and the young master came to blackmail when he was young, just because you are full of nonsense and slander my master and young master, I can tie you up and send you to the county government, and let you spend the New Year in prison." ”

A trace of fear flashed in the woman's eyes, but when she thought of what Lin Luozi's daughter-in-law said, she disappeared immediately, the Lin family had endless big fish and meat, inexhaustible silver, many houses, and people to serve, and the people in the village were simply one heaven and one underground. Moreover, Young Master Lin is frail and uncommon, only one housekeeper is powerful, if he is a member of the Lin family, Young Master Lin will have to be filial, but a housekeeper has nothing to be afraid of, even if he can't live in it, it is not difficult to ask for some silver.

Besides, he already had some relationship with Lin Qing, and the official family cherished his reputation and didn't dare to make a big fuss.

"Don't scare the old lady, sue you, Qing Ge'er's mother is my mother's cousin, isn't the old lady the cousin of the eldest nephew? He lived in my house when he was a child and was taken care of by my mother, and now it's time for the eldest nephew to repay him!"

It's embarrassing to take out a table of three thousand miles, but the thick-skinned city wall can't be compared to three feet wider.

Suddenly, the surrounding Lin family members burst into laughter, "Yo, how many turns have taken to meet the relatives here, how many people surnamed Lin are in this Lin family village, and a hundred years ago they were still a family, so to speak, these are all relatives of our young master, but it can't be your turn!"

"Hit the autumn wind and say directly, maybe our young master will take pity on you and reward you with a few copper plates to buy a baked cake. ”

The woman's face was full of anger, and she slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "Fart! The dog looks down on people, and it is really not a good thing, so he casually says that his cousin is also an uneducated person! I want people to judge and judge, I don't respect the elders when I first come, see if you stay!"

As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards the gate.

Steward Lin squinted at the little guy next to him, who understood, and immediately led someone to close the door, isolating all the eyes of the probe outside.

When the woman saw that the door had been closed, she was in a state of panic.

Steward Lin didn't need to say anything at all, with a wave of his hand, several stout men immediately stepped forward and tied up the woman and the man.

Then the woman was frightened, and immediately danced with her hands, tore indiscriminately, sprinkled and confused, and shouted loudly: "Kill, set fire, unreasonable! If you don't respect your elders, you will beat your elders, you will be a brute! In the future, when you give birth to a son, you have no fart and eyes, and you will give birth to a girl and strangle her...... Not...... Hmmm......"

A towel gagged the woman's mouth, and she couldn't open her head as she shook it, and her fluttering hands were firmly behind her back. When the man saw that his mother was tied up, he immediately raised his fist, but unfortunately no matter how strong one person was, he couldn't beat the siege of many people, and he was quickly stopped.

Steward Lin looked at them with disgust, and his voice was as cold as ice slag: "Diao woman, if you dare to say a word nonsense, I will immediately send you to the county government and reward you well." ”

Seeing that Steward Lin's eyes didn't look like a joke, the woman shook her head vigorously, with fear in her eyes.

"Lin Fang, take a few people and send these two to Li Zheng together. ”

Yuan Yuan got the news, so he quickly ran into Lin Xi's house, quickly explained the matter, and finally couldn't help but be indignant: "Young master, that kind of bad woman, if you want the slave maid to say that the housekeeper should also make someone clean them up, and beat them so that they can't see the talent, let them know that this is the end of the mouth if they are not clean." ”

Lin Xi blew the paper, looked at his big characters in front of him, and was quite satisfied, although it was not up to everyone's level, but it was not ashamed to write it, show it to the two girls, "How is it?"

Tuan Tuan leaned over and took a closer look, and said, "I'm getting closer and closer to the master." ”

"Good looking. Yuan Yuan replied very honestly, "Young Master......"

Lin Xi is satisfied, his father is Tanhualang, that word, tsk, I heard that he was praised by the emperor, and it can be sold at a good price on the market. If he can't open the pot one day, his father's Mobao can still save the emergency.

Lin Xi asked Tuan Tuan to put it away, and waited a few days to compare it, but when he turned around, he saw that Yuanyuan was still pouting and unhappy, so he couldn't help but reach out and pinch her, and said, "Silly girl." ”

The round eyes widened, and the mouth curled higher.

Tuan Tuan smiled and rubbed Yuanyuan's face that was pinched red by Lin Xi, and explained: "Although they are hateful, they are still born and raised in Linjia Village. They came over to make trouble, and they lost the face of the Lin family village, but if the housekeeper ordered them to be beaten today, the people of the Lin family village would think that we had lost their face, and the young master was deliberately demonstrating, so we would be opposed to this village. ”

Lin Xi gave Tuan Tuan an appreciative look.

"Why are they making trouble and being polite, it's just a few civilians......"

Yuan Yuan closed his mouth before he could say anything about playing, and cautiously glanced at his young master, only to hear Lin Xi sigh with emotion: "Yes, now our family is just a grass people." ”