It was twilight, and the sunset hung in the western sky, spreading a dusk color on the ground.

Chen Ding, who was on duty at the door of the Wuguo Mansion today, stretched out his hand and yawned heavily, and then leaned his back against the stone lion in front of the gate, just thinking about squinting for a while.

As a result, at this time, he suddenly saw a carriage covered by Zhu Luncui was driving in the direction of the Wuguo Mansion, Chen Ding squinted for a while, bumped his companion who was also dozing off with his elbow, and said, "Hey, Li Jia, cheer up, there are guests visiting." ”

Li Jia rubbed his worried face, and when he opened it again, the carriage had already arrived in front of him. A man in his forties with a figure-eight apostrophe, then turned around and lifted the curtain to help a beautiful woman in her thirties in purple clothes to get down.

He has not been promoted to the mansion for a long time, but he has also seen many people who have come to the mansion to ask for help. He looked at this person and couldn't help but think to himself, maybe this is another person who has come to ask for help or ask for an errand. He couldn't help but feel a little disgusted, thinking that this man really looked shabby, and when he came to the mansion to ask for help, he didn't bring any gifts, but brought the wife of the family. However, his wife is beautiful, and her all-round style is not far behind the eldest lady and the second lady in the house, but it suppresses his man.

It's just that before he could take a closer look at the woman, Chen Ding beside him was already so shocked that he patted his thigh and said, "Ouch, my, isn't this the third lady, my grandmother." As he spoke, he pushed Li Jia and ordered: "Quick, quick, hurry up and go into the house and tell Mrs. Tai and the second lady to go." Then, without waiting for Li Jia to react, he had already beckoned the other servants to walk down the stone steps and go forward.

Li Jia was hit by him, staggered back a few steps, and was almost thrown to the ground, he didn't react to what Chen Ding said for a while, and after he reacted, he hurriedly followed Chen Ding and was shocked, and then ran to the house.

Chen Ding ran to Zhuang's side and said with a smile: "Third lady, third lady, have you returned home?" Why didn't you say it in advance, it's so small that you will welcome you with everyone. ”

Zhuang Shidao still remembered the little guy guarding the door in this house, and he raised his apricot eyes and said, "It's Chen Ding." ”

Chen Ding was obviously very happy to be remembered by his master, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the younger one is Chen Ding, the third lady, your memory is really good." ”

Zhuang smiled lightly, and then turned around and lifted the curtain of the car to pick up the people inside while asking, "Are Mrs. Tai, the eldest lady, the second lady and others in the mansion?" ”

Chen Ding was thinking about who else was in the car, worthy of the third lady's deignation to help herself, so he replied while looking at the shaking car curtain: "Yes, here, Mrs. Tai and the two ladies are here, and the little one has already let people go in to inform them." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a woman in her thirties dressed as a servant in the carriage helping an old lady with gray hair to come out. The servant woman Chen Ding still remembers that she was a servant woman named Anan who served beside the third lady, and she was the third lady's companion, who knew some fists and feet, and the young generation of maids in the house called her Nan's mother. The old lady Chen Ding didn't recognize it, but she could only see that she looked a little similar to the third lady, and it should be some relative of the third lady.

The old lady was wearing a plain parrot green satin gown, but her eyes were very attentive, and after walking out of the carriage, she saw Zhuang's hand stretched out to help her, and slapped her away and said, "I don't want you to help, I'm not too old to walk." Saying that, he jumped out of the carriage, and was so frightened that Anan and Zhuang Shi behind him exclaimed: "Old lady/mother, you take your steps carefully." ”

Only then did Chen Ding know that this old lady was actually the mother of the third lady.

Zhuang checked and saw that his mother was not injured, and then said helplessly: "Mother, can you be careful, your body is just right, and you don't have to worry about your daughter." ”

After the old lady came down, she kept staring at Chen Ding, as if he was a strange thing, and even Zhuang just waved her hand indifferently when she spoke: "I know the measure." ”

Chen Ding touched his face, and was about to ask the old lady if there was anything on his face, but the old lady stretched out her hand on his head with great strength, and then scolded in a loud voice: "What are you doing here, waiting for me to invite you to dinner, and don't go and move our salute down." ”

Chen Ding touched the saliva that was sprayed on his face with his sleeve, and replied again and again: "Yes, yes, the little one will go." As he spoke, he took the others to the car to carry the salute.

Zhuang helped Mrs. Zhuang and said, "Mother, I'll help you in." ”

The old lady stopped at the door and raised her eyes to look at the gate of the Wuguo Mansion, and said with emotion: "I haven't entered the capital for more than ten years, and the Wuguo Mansion is still the same as before, and even the stone lion at the gate is still the ・・・・・・same as before," the old lady paused as she spoke, and Chen Ding, who was holding the luggage behind, thought that she was going to say something affectionate, but the old lady turned her head and continued with Zhuang: "・・・・・・ is still as small as before. I told your mother-in-law a long time ago that the stone lion in front of the door should be changed to a big one, and this small stone lion is placed at the door, which is really small. I think it's good to change to the one in front of the Duke of Wu's mansion, it's powerful and domineering enough・・・・・"

Chen Ding: "・・・・・・"

The Zhuang family was probably used to her like this, and said helplessly: "Mother, let's go in quickly, I want to see my Yuan Yuan and Youyu, but I have to be in a hurry." As he spoke, he half-dragged and half-pulled Mrs. Zhuang in.

The old lady chattered as she walked: "・・・・・・ I said that your mother-in-law is not generous enough, how good it is to change the big stone lion, and the plaque on the beam has fallen off the paint, and it must be changed・・・・・・ is there no money in your house, there is no money for your uncle and cousin They give it to you, they have money." As he spoke, he turned around and pointed to Second Master Zhuang who was following them.

Zhuang Erye stretched out his finger and hooked the bridge of his nose, and smiled helplessly and embarrassedly at Zhuang's.

Zhuang continued to explain to Mrs. Zhuang in a soft voice: "The plaque on this beam was inscribed by Emperor Taizu himself, and this mansion, including the stone lion in front of the door, was also given by Emperor Taizu himself, and it cannot be changed at will. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "The old emperor is also shameless, and he dares to inscribe his courtiers when the writing is so ugly・・・・・・"

Saying that, the group has already stepped into the door of the house.

After receiving the news, the Qi clan hurried to greet the Zhuang clan and the others, and they happened to meet them halfway.

Qi Shi was surprised when he saw them: "Third brother and sister, didn't you say that you can only get to the mansion tomorrow?" Why did you arrive today? I didn't tell my family in advance. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Zhuang with a smile, and bowed to her: "Old lady, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?" ”

Zhuang Shi bowed slightly to Qi Shi and replied to her words: "We also hurried back, I thought that if we wrote a letter and waited for the letter to arrive, we were afraid that we would also come back, so I didn't write." ”

Mrs. Zhuang said, "Okay, the bones are still hard." As he spoke, he kept staring at Qi's family, as if he couldn't remember who this person was for a while. After a while, she seemed to finally remember, and said again: "Dou, why do you look younger than before, well, you can take care of it." In the future, you will also tell our lineman how to maintain it, our lineman is not as good as you can maintain, you see how fast she ages these years, and there are more wrinkles than me・・・・・・"

Qi: "・・・・・・"

Zhuang: "・・・・・・"

Second Master Zhuang: "・・・・・・"