16. Father
Mrs. Wensan's body trembled, first in ecstasy, and then in a burst of panic, she got up from the ground and staggered back a few steps, staring at Lu Wan from a distance, with a hint of vigilance and jealousy in her eyes.
Green Zhi stared at Mrs. Wen San, blocked the arch in a good step, and asked in a cold voice: "Mrs. should go back to the house to rest!" ”
"You-" Mrs. Wen San was angry, glared at the green branch viciously, her hand was raised in the air, and she was glanced at by Lu Wan lightly, she didn't dare to fall down after all, and the scolding that came to her mouth was also swallowed back, and her heart quickly calculated, the master is back, this girl must not dare to do anything to Brother Xin, but the look in her eyes just now was like a knife, and it was very infiltrating, which made her anxious, she really dared...... The old man protected her again...... This has to be done in another way, and she can't be allowed to take the lead!
Lu Wan didn't have time to pay attention to Mrs. Wen San at all, turned her head and asked Zhu Qing: "You have already entered the door?" ”
"I haven't ...... yet" Zhu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain, "Uncle Lai rushed back to deliver the letter, saying that our master and the second master met halfway through, and they happened to come back all the way." The sir, they should have just entered the city at this time, and it is estimated that it will be half an hour before they get home. ”
Lu Wan nodded, and then looked at Yumo: "The yard is all cleaned up?" ”
"It was almost cleaned up in the first two days, but the house has been empty for a long time, and it is inevitable that it will be a little deserted." Yumo smiled and nodded, Yu Guang glanced at Mrs. Wen San, who was standing behind the pillar vigilantly, and said thoughtfully, "The master is in a hurry to come back, and I don't know where to rest today." Girl, look, do you want the little guy in Weinan Courtyard to burn the charcoal pot first? ”
"Let's burn it all up, you can look at these things and arrange them." Lu Wan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, waved her hand at Yumo noncommittally, there was a light smile between her eyebrows, and she didn't bother to pay attention to Mrs. Wen San, and motioned for a few girls to follow along, and walked out of the main courtyard lightly, as if the tension at that moment just now was just an illusion of others.
Mrs. Wen San looked at Lu Wan's back in a daze, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, and the anger and resentment that she had suppressed suddenly exploded, and she was so angry that her face turned blue and dizzy, and she scolded all over the yard.
At three o'clock, the snow gradually became heavier, but there was a lively scene in front of the Lu Mansion - the two masters of the Lu family arrived at the door of the house with a group of slaves, and the little maid in the concierge happily greeted him and greeted him with a thousand salutes, and the housekeepers of the second and third rooms of the Lu family surrounded one after another, constantly commanding people, leading horses and moving things.
After a while, another steward of the outer courtyard rushed out, commanding the small servants in the courtyard, and greeted the two masters in an orderly manner. Lu Chenghui and Lu Chengyi got off the carriage at the gate together, and did not return to the room, wrapped in a cloak and hurried to the big room to meet the eldest lord Lu Chengyao, and the three brothers inevitably talked again.
It wasn't until the beginning of the unitary period, when the sky gradually darkened, that the two went back to their respective houses.
Chief Steward Lai was waiting outside the courtyard for a long time, and when he saw Lu Chenghui coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and while leading Lu Chenghui to Weinan Courtyard, he looked at Lu Chenghui's face and coughed vaguely: "Master, Mrs. came to Weinan Courtyard early in the morning, saying that she had something to discuss with the master." The little one looked at it, and the lady's face was not very good, as if she was sick......"
Lu Chenghui nodded, his face was unpleasant, he couldn't see half of his feelings, he didn't stop under his feet, and entered the Weinan Courtyard all the way.
A mother-in-law had already seen someone outside the courtyard, and hurriedly rushed in to pass the word, and after a while, she saw Mrs. Wen San coming out of the house with a haggard face, pulling the corners of her mouth, and saluting Lu Chenghui with a reluctant smile: "The master is back......"
Lu Chenghui's gaze stopped slightly on Mrs. Wen San, as if he didn't notice the grievances and bitterness on Mrs. Wen San's face, he raised his hand slightly, and motioned to Mrs. Wen San in a gentle voice: "No need to be polite, come into the house and sit." After speaking, he turned back and instructed Lai to steward Lai, "Serve Mrs. a cup of hot tea." ”
Steward Lai hurriedly agreed, glanced at Mrs. Wen San, raised her eyebrows, and quietly stepped back from the steps.
Mrs. Wensan's face was blue and white for a while, she looked at Lu Chenghui's back in a daze, and was stunned for a moment, before she suddenly came back to her senses, took a breath, suppressed the anger and panic in her heart, followed into the house, paused at the door, looked at Lu Chenghui who was untying his cloak, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, rubbed up, glanced at Lu Chenghui's face, and cried resentfully with the circles under his eyes: "The master is back!" I can finally breathe this breath in my heart...... The master is not there, I am worried every day, for fear that someone will see a joke if I do something wrong. Tonight, my sister is also older, and I have a lot of ideas, and I, who is a mother, have to take care of both family affairs and their siblings, so I am inevitably unable to do it. The younger sister didn't say anything on her face, but I also knew that she was not satisfied with me as a mother. Even to Brother Xin, she was very cold......"
"Since I can't be busy, I just take a two-day break." Lu Chenghui untied the cloak outside and rested on the low couch, bypassing Mrs. Wen San, without raising his eyelids, his voice was still unhurried, revealing a calming gentleness, "Ah Wan is now older, and he should also learn to be in charge of the family, and his wife can worry less, which is a good thing." It's not too early, so let's go back and rest first. ”
Mrs. Wen San's movements of wiping her eyes were sluggish, and she listened to Lu Chenghui's instructions in amazement, but before she could react, she listened to Lu Chenghui's unhurried order: "Send Mrs. back to the inner courtyard." ”
Steward Lai hurriedly opened the curtain and walked in, politely inviting Mrs. Wensan.
Mrs. Wensan's hand holding the handkerchief gradually tightened, her face was extremely ugly, and she looked at Lu Chenghui, who was sorting out the books indifferently, and her heart was full of thoughts, and she stared at Lai Da Steward with a calm face, and endured it, but she still went out by herself.
It wasn't until Mrs. Wen San left the courtyard that Lu Chenghui went into the inner room to change his clothes, came out and sat behind the desk, and asked Lai Daste without raising his head: "What's the matter in the house?" ”
Lai Steward glanced at Lu Chenghui's face, and said what he heard in the afternoon, and at the end, he hesitated to ask for instructions: "Just now, the little girl from Wangmei Courtyard came to pass the word, saying that Mama Zhao is still locked up in the firewood room, and the girl is impatient to see people, so let the little one watch and deal with it." ”
"Since the girl has spoken, you will listen to the girl." Lu Chenghui took the fire and stirred the charcoal basin next to the desk, responded lightly, paused, didn't know what he remembered, his eyes were more contemplative, and he raised his hand and instructed Lai Daste, "Let Zhou Tai come over." ”
Chief Steward Lai smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly agreed to go out to call someone.
By the end of the day, it was completely dark, but the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the doors and windows in the courtyard were creaking in the cold wind. The lights have been lit up in the courtyard of Weinan, and a group of girls are doing their work in an orderly manner.
Chief Steward Lai wrapped himself in a thick cotton jacket, pulled his collar, and stood at the gate of the courtyard looking out. After a while, I saw the lights in front of me shaking, and someone came. Lai Daste exhaled hurriedly, greeted him with a smile, and led Lu Wan to the study while greeting him.
Lu Wan smiled and nodded at Chief Steward Lai, and asked in a brisk tone, "Did my father have dinner?" ”
"Back to the girl's words, I just used it." Chief Steward Lai agreed in a decent manner, went up the steps, sent Lu Wan to the door of the study, and replied loudly outside, "Master, the girl is here!" After saying that, Fang pushed open the door and respectfully invited Lu Wan in.
Lu Wan entered the house, untied his cloak and handed it to Yumo, motioned for Yumo to wait outside, rubbed his hands and sighed, opened the curtain and walked in. As soon as the curtain was lowered, the heat in the room rushed in, and it instantly warmed up a lot.
The inner room is not big, the furnishings are minimalist, there are bookshelves on three sides, there is a red sandalwood antique shelf in the middle of the room, just separating the inside and outside, the shelves are placed on the jade carvings of various colored porcelain bottles, and a few half-opened red plums are inserted in a blue glazed porcelain bottle in the middle, the fragrance floats, and people can't help but stop and inhale.
Next to the desk behind the shelf, the charcoal fire was burning very strongly, and the whole room was warm, Lu Wan turned her head to look at Lu Chenghui, who was sitting behind the desk slowly and methodically making tea, walked over lightly, looked at it with admiration for a while, Fang smiled and pulled a chair over, sat opposite Lu Chenghui, lazily lying on the desk, supporting his head with one hand, and watching Lu Chenghui's movements intently.
Lu Chenghui raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Wan, washed the teacup unhurriedly, replaced it with freshly boiled boiling water, re-brewed the pot of tea, poured the cup and handed it to Lu Wan, took a cup of tea himself, tasted it slowly, and asked casually: "Zhou Zhijian's joke, did you make trouble?" ”
Lu Wan took the teacup with a smile, her eyes fell on the fragrant tea soup, and she simply nodded: "Yes." When she decided to use Zhou Tai, she expected that her father would know, and she didn't plan to hide it from him, anyway, she was angry, and people beat her, at most, she was just scolded, and it was not a loss. But Zhou Tai is too unrighteous! Her father came back with the front foot, and she was sold on the back foot! She really didn't expect this person to be so unstoppable!
Zhou Tai didn't say anything. You're too impatient. Lu Chenghui seemed to have expected Lu Wan's reaction, there was no anger on his face, he still looked gentle and charitable, but his tone sank, "You are in a hurry to get angry, and you can't find anyone available, so you can only let Zhou Tai go up, which is not wrong." But whether Zhou Tai can keep his mouth and be convinced or not, you ignore these, this is your negligence! You should know that different people have different ways of using it, and you have to use it on the cutting edge. If you use it wrongly, it is a handle left for others, and it is also a trouble for yourself! ”
Speaking of this, Lu Chenghui paused, raised his eyes and looked at Lu Wan's stunned appearance with his eyes open, he was a little funny for a while, sighed, put down the teacup, stretched out his hand to point at Lu Wan's head, and taught earnestly: "Zhou Zhijian, you are too anxious and ruthless enough, giving people a chance to breathe, no wonder people bite you back." You remember, when you encounter such a thing in the future, you have to endure it, and you have to calm down and plan. If you tear your face with someone, if you don't do it, you can't get up for the rest of your life! ”
Lu Wan blinked, shocked by her father's words, this was too different from what she expected, she had to slow down......