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When the two servants of the Mei family heard that the two of them were here to join their relatives, their expressions were indifferent, they raised their faces slightly, and looked Jiang Li up and down to let the two of them be the master and servant, the old servant was quite kind, and immediately turned around and went in to pass the word, and the young servant accompanied the salty and non-indifferent smile, and asked Jiang Li to stand by the corner gate and wait first.

Jiang Li was not annoyed, and stood under the eaves of the corner gate in a hurry, waiting for the old servant to pass the word.

What Jiang Li didn't know was that her eldest uncle liked to make friends, squandered money and righteousness, and always refused to come to people who were in difficulty, so some distant relatives who were separated by several generations often came to vote. Over time, some people who are not related to each other will also come to the door in different ways. Therefore, the servants guarding the door have seen that there are many people of this kind, and it is inevitable that they will be prejudiced against Jiang Li's master and servant who came to the door to join their relatives, and their attitude can't help but be a little arrogant.

Xiao Xiang hung her head and stood beside Jiang Li, glanced at the servant who was guarding the door with a thief-like face, and muttered in a low voice: "Why should the master lie to the servant and say that your surname is Mei, it's not good, others look down on people, when we come to the door to cheat, and don't even let us in, wouldn't it be in vain." ”

Jiang Li's complaints about Xiaoxiang and the gatekeeper's eyes were unheard, and his mind tried to search for bits and pieces about this eldest uncle.

Bits and pieces of memories come from his mother's previous fragmentary narrative, Jiang Li has three uncles, but only the eldest uncle Mei Yuanshan and Jiang Li's mother were born to the same mother, Jiang Li's mother was alive, and Jiang Li's mother corresponded the most except for his grandfather who was the eldest uncle.

After coming to Jiangnan, I learned that since the death of the old man of the Mei family, the three brothers of the Mei family have lived separately, and the houses of the three brothers are all in the city, but they are not in one place. Jiang Li almost didn't think about it and hesitated, and directly found the mansion of his eldest uncle Mei Yuanshan.

Jiang Li claimed that his surname was Mei, and he was also afraid that those who had chased him all the way south would target the Mei family, in order not to cause trouble to his maternal uncle's family.

In fact, Mei Yuanshan had seen Jiang Li, although Jiang Li had never seen him.

It was more than four years ago that Jiang Li's mother Mei Niang died, and Mei Yuanshan rushed all the way to the capital to attend her sister's funeral. When Mei Niang was buried, he wanted to take Jiang Li back to Jiangnan to live for a while, but Jiang Li was so sick that he didn't know who was going to do it.

The Jiang family once accompanied Mei Yuanshan to listen to Yuxuan to visit Jiang Li, at that time, Mei Yuanshan looked at his niece who was lying on the bed and was so sick that he shed a few tears, and said in his heart that his niece was afraid that she would be angry if she couldn't celebrate the New Year, so she dispelled the idea of taking Jiang Li back to the south.

The Mei family originally had the intention of picking people up, so every time Jiang Li mentioned in the Jiang family that he wanted to go back to his grandfather's house in the south, the Jiang family would lose their confidence.

Because of this side, Jiang Li lied to the gatekeeper that her surname was Mei, and she thought that when she met her uncle later, he would naturally recognize her.

Jiang Li was hesitating by the corner gate, and the old servant had already turned out of the inner garden, followed by two young people, a man and a woman.

The man is very tall, looking at a very strong body, eyebrows into the sideburns, slightly dark complexion, rhinoplasty and plump lips, he strode forward, and swept to Jiang Li, who was wearing a simple white cotton men's robe by the corner door, and smiled at Jiang Li, like a breeze and a bright moon.

A woman who followed the man was tall and slender, with a pair of big round black eyes, appropriate eyebrows, slightly raised eyebrows, thin lips, and a smile at the corners of her mouth, looking very lively and kind.

Jiang Li saw that both of them were wearing a silk dress, and the old servant took half a step back to follow, looking very humble, knowing that it must be the master of the mansion.

Two young people, a man and a woman, stepped forward, and the old servant introduced on the side: "This is the fourth son of my hometown, this is the seventh lady."

"You are?" The man looked at the two people in front of him, his eyes wandering over their faces.

A servant and a master, the servant is slender and tall, with long hands and feet, a delicate face, a wheat-colored complexion, slender eyes shining with wisdom, and looks very energetic and intelligent.

The master was dressed in a plain white cotton robe, and his face was like white jade. A pair of apricot eyes are shining in autumn, and the lips are extremely beautiful.

"The fourth cousin is good, and the seventh sister is good." Jiang Li gave a salute, neither arrogant nor humble.

The brother and sister looked at each other, and the woman said, "He is cousin to us?" It's no wonder I always feel familiar when I see him. So who are you? ”

Jiang Li glanced behind him, turned around and said, "Can you go into the house and talk about it?" ”

Before my sister could speak, Mei Sigongzi said, "Please!" ”

Mei Sigongzi leads the way, the garden is full of flowers, strange stone rockeries, and then with small bridges and flowing water, stacked pavilions, water pavilions, green lake painting boats, the scenery is more authentic Jiangnan forest garden style than the Jiangjia in Beijing. Jiang Li looked at it lightly, and followed the brother and sister all the way forward.

Mei asked as she walked: "You said your surname is Mei, why do you call me cousin?" ”

Jiang Li turned around and saw that there were no servants to follow on the left and right, and they were walking through a long corridor, so he told the truth: "Actually, my surname is Jiang, and I am from the capital." My mother and your father are brother and sister, why shouldn't I call you cousin? ”

"Ha, it's from the capital! Your mother is still a brother and sister to my father? Miss Mei Qi raised her voice and asked in surprise: "Brother, doesn't our father only have one sister?" ”

"Yes. That's our fourth aunt. Mei Sigongzi replied to his sister and stopped, turned his head with a flat face and asked Jiang Li: "And."

And I remember that my fourth aunt has a daughter named Jiang Li, who is you? ”

After looking at it carefully, although she was wearing men's clothes, she didn't deliberately put on makeup today, and her figure and face were vaguely the same as her daughter's family, and Miss Mei Qi, who was walking behind Jiang Li, said: "No wonder I feel handsome, it turns out that she is really a woman." ”

Jiang Li replied, seeing that the faces of the two brothers and sisters had changed a little, he said strangely: "What's wrong?" ”

The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled, with a hint of mockery in their smiles: "My fourth aunt has only one daughter. Thinking about it again, Miss Mei Qi said: "Father has never been to the capital, and he also said that he has seen Jiang Li. Her father was not at home that day, and another one came today, so why don't we take her to the study? ”

Jiang Li could hear it in the clouds, what did it mean to have another one? But he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with their expressions, but said, "Since you are here, you must go to see your uncle first." ”

The brother and sister exchanged glances, Mei Sigongzi hesitated with a cold face, Mei Qi girl waited to see the lively look, and pulled her brother, "Don't drive people away yet!" I have encountered such an interesting story, and I must take her to meet our father. ”

The fourth prince of Mei groaned slightly, continued to turn the corridor, and then turned left to the study next to the master bedroom of the Mei family. He said in a cold voice, "My father is inside, Miss Jiang, please." Miss Mei Qi wanted to smile or not, and said, "Cousin, please." He stepped forward and picked up the curtain of the study, and squeezed his eyes at her brother.

Jiang Li was surprised why his expression turned cold in an instant, although he said that he was here to visit relatives, he didn't think about the intention of clinging to the Mei family, why did their brother and sister look so yin and yang?

Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, Jiang Li stepped into the door of the study.