Chapter 149: The Great Mansion
The gate was open, and a young man in Tsing Yi led Wu Niang to the side door, and the carriage entered from here.
"Come with me, a few distinguished guests." The old man led the way, looking back from time to time to see if they were keeping up.
And while walking, he introduced some of the situation in the house, and said: "This house, Mr. Wu has lived in it before." I remember that he was still a young descendant at that time, how many years have passed, but I didn't expect Mr. Wu to remember my old man, which really flattered the old man. ”
He stopped and stopped, but he told a lot of Wu Xianling's deeds when he was young, and everyone just listened to the story. Whenever the old man asked, he simply perfunctory him.
Da Niu doesn't understand the sloppy eyes of these scholars, but he also feels that this old man has a lot of words, if it weren't for Wu County's order to let him bring a letter to Shuyao girl, maybe they would have lived in a comfortable inn a long time ago, where would they listen to a bad old man's nonsense here?
Nie Shuyao walked last, because the old man only saw a few men, and subconsciously ignored her and Yuqin.
That's why she was able to take a good look at this house, which looked like an ordinary house from the outside, but when she came in, she found that it was not ordinary. Not to mention the exquisitely cultivated gardens, the mere fact that you saw a stream at the turn of the corner makes people think that the owner of this mansion may be a big man living in seclusion in the market.
They went up the stream, and the old man talked about the past.
"There is a small natural lake in this house, otherwise how could this stream flow continuously?"
Nie Tianxi became interested in this and asked, "Since it is a natural stream, where does this water flow?" ”
The old man tapped the stone bricks with his cane and said, "Underground, this water flows into the moat from the ground." ”
Everyone frowned, this is really a big deal, and it must be a secret to the outside world.
Nie Shuyao said in her heart: "But, why do you want to tell us this secret? Could it be the reason for the introduction of the Wu County Order? ”
The old man said again: "In front of it is the koi carp house, and the yard is built on the edge of the small lake, and there is a small pavilion connecting the lake and the yard. There is a study room in the small pavilion, and there are many books in it. It was there that Mr. Wu won the first place after studying there! Oh yes. ”
He turned around and opened his loose eyelids and asked, "Who are you to test for Xiucai?" Just stay there. I see that you have a lot of young children, let's live together, koi is not small. ”
Everyone was so confused by his words that they wanted a few big men to live in the same courtyard? It's a big house, isn't there any extra rooms?
The old man turned around to lead the way, and said with a smile: "Have you ever heard of the story of the fish beauty?" You can live there with peace of mind, and maybe you will be able to bring a beautiful fish daughter-in-law home when the time comes. ”
"It's ......." The crowd looked at each other again.
Nie Shuyao had a black line on his forehead, did they walk into the chat? Return the fish beauty!
However, looking at this garden and the old man's house, it is really like a character in the chat.
Soon, the koi fish dwelled, it was really beautiful, the small pavilion by the lake, and the koi in it really fit the name of this courtyard. Of course, it's also huge. Not to mention that they only have eight big men, even if they come to eight more, they can still live, so it can be said that this is a garden within a garden.
After sending them here, the old man smiled and said, "You can live here, I don't care about food here, I can solve what I want to eat." ”
Turning to Nie Shuyao, he said, "The girl went to live in the peony garden next door, this is the garden where our young lady lives." Your coachman doesn't have to worry, and the horses don't need to bother, I have my own little maid to take care of it for you, just live and have fun in Fucheng. ”
Seeing that he wanted to leave, Nie Shuyao immediately asked, "May I ask what the old man is called?" ”
The old man smiled and said, "You can call me Yongbo." ”
With that, he smiled and walked away, it seemed that he had lent this place to them for a few days, and other things seemed to have nothing to do with the owner's family.
Nie Shuyao looked at Yongbo so leisurely, he really couldn't imagine that he was just a housekeeper who stayed here to guard the door? It's like an old owner here.
Looking at the few people who were looking at the koi in the small lake in a daze, she shook her head, isn't this koi a little bigger than ordinary carp? In her previous life, she had seen koi fish about the size of a piglet, and this nod carp was nothing.
"Yuqin, let's go to the peony garden and have a look."
Nie Shuyao also left behind Yongbo, and said with a smile: "Let's go, don't worry about them, they're not children anymore." When they are hungry, they will definitely appear in the peony garden, so now let's think about what to eat next. ”
"Yes, Miss!" Yuqin also smiled and walked away.
The peony garden does not live up to this name at all, it is said that the peony in April and the peony in May is the time when the peony blooms. Looking at it, clusters of national colors and heavenly fragrances make the people walking in the middle of it also graceful and luxurious.
Nie Shuyao looked at the spring color of the garden, and sighed with emotion, in the morning, there was still a bloody atmosphere in front of him, and in the evening, he came to the peony garden like a fairyland on earth, which was unreal.
Yuqin was running back and forth on the path of the peony garden, the morning's events had long been forgotten, in fact, she didn't dare to open her eyes, and it was Nie Shuyao who pulled her away when she went upstairs.
"Miss, it's so beautiful here. Is this really just an ordinary house? ”
Nie Shuyao also felt that it was not very similar, they were just guests here, and they didn't want to delve into the secrets of this mansion, but there were definitely secrets in this mansion.
When she thought of Wu Xianling's smiling face again, she suddenly felt that this could be Wu Xianling's intention, borrowing favors to dig a hole for herself again? Like the secret of this house?
"Oh, what do you think!" Nie Shuyao shook her head vigorously, "Let's think about what to eat tonight first." ”
There was only one rough mother-in-law and a little maid in the peony garden, and the little maid took Nie Shuyao and the others to the main room. As soon as I entered the small courtyard of the main house, I found that Wu Niang had been waiting here for a long time with the things on the carriage, and several people cleaned up again, so it was arranged.
The kitchen is clean, and the vegetables in it are also readily available, and I asked the little maid to find out that Yongbo asked people to clean up this place yesterday.
"Yongbo is really God, how does he know that we are coming today?" Yuqin asked.
The little maid's name is Danxing, the daughter of the rough mother-in-law, their family works in this house, and she and her mother are in charge of peonies.
Dan Xing smiled: "Yongbo is such a god. ”
Nie Shuyao said, "I'm afraid that our county master has already greeted him." Leave that alone, let's hurry up and get ready to eat. ”
Less than half an hour later, the descendants who revolved around the koi also gathered in the peony garden, and brought them to the small house of the koi house, who was also Danhua, Danxing's elder brother.
Nie Shuyao knew that not to look at this big house, only their family worked here, Danxing's eldest brother and father followed Yongbo, and his grandmother was the cook here, specializing in cooking for this big family.
There were a lot of people today, so they sat at two tables with the master and servant, and after listening to what Dan Xing said, Nie Shuyao said: "The second artillery and the tiger head will also help Danhua do something in the future, the house is so big, they must be very hard, and we can't do nothing as guests." ”
The second artillery replied: "Miss, don't worry, I understand with the tiger head." ”
Nie Shuyao nodded and smiled: "Come, let's eat!" ”
Everyone raised their chopsticks and ate, no one said what happened this morning, even the courage of Wu Niang and the second artillery, who came at the latest, also practiced, not to mention that they didn't really see the bloody scene.
The meal was extremely happy, Dan Xing's family usually eats like this with Yongbo, few guests come all year round, and they don't pay attention to those humility, and this is exactly what Nie Shuyao wants.
After dinner, Wu Niang and Dan Xing's mother Aunt Su went to the kitchen to wash, while Yuqin and Dan Xing gathered around the small stove to boil water to make tea.
Looking at the elegant layout of this room, Nie Shuyao said, "I don't know if the koi residence is similar to here?" ”
Several people nodded in unison, and Nie Tianxi said: "It's all extremely elegant decoration." Koi Ju should be the man's study, and it should be elegant, but the layout of the peony garden does not seem to match the flowers outside. ”
Nie Shuyao also thinks so, the house is decorated with ordinary people's screens, tables and chairs, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and there is a good Bogu shelf empty, but only a few vases that are not in good condition.
"We don't care about what to do, we're just guests. From now on, Xi'er's task is to read and rest, so don't bother him. ”
Nie Shuyao is talking about Song Yunfei, this guy is not the master who can calm down.
Song Yunfei grinned, "Shu Yao, don't worry, it's not easy to come to Fucheng, Lengzi and I have to play all the delicious and fun here." I heard that Feng Wuya's immortal class is in Fucheng, otherwise, let's go to the theater together tomorrow! ”
Nie Shuyao said: "Xi'er wants to study, and the tiger head and the second artillery want to accompany him." Yuqin and I had to go to Mr. Xu first to ask a good doctor to go to the Ruyi Inn, and then, our task was to go shopping, don't ask why, don't ask what to buy, just go shopping. ”
After she looked up and saw Dan Xing's smiling face, she added, "Of course, you have to let Dan Xing lead it." ”
As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Yi and Da Niu.
Jiang Yi said with a smile: "I plan to walk around, there are relatively few people from Fucheng, so I will go to find my junior sister by the way." ”
Hearing that he was looking for his junior sister again, the corners of Nie Shuyao's mouth drooped, "Your junior sister went down the mountain without permission again?" ”
Jiang Yi also felt weak, touched his nose and said, "That's what Master said in the letter. ”
In fact, he was looking for his junior sister not for his junior sister but for Nie Shuyao, he was afraid that his junior sister would cause her trouble. He has studied art in Kongming Mountain for many years, and he has a deep understanding of the troublemaker of his junior sister, especially when she especially wants to defeat Nie Shuyao.
Nie Shuyao also knew that Jiang Wan'er was difficult, and Jiang Yi could not hold her back, so he looked at Da Niu again and asked, "What about Brother Da Niu?" ”
Da Niu smiled before speaking, scratched his head and said: "The county master said, you want me to follow Sister Shuyao to protect you, or you will treat me as your family's family tomorrow, if you buy something, someone will help you get it, right?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Song Yunfei suddenly realized, why didn't he think of this method? Seeing that Da Niu was so honest, he didn't expect that he really had a hand, so he couldn't help glaring at him.
looked at Nie Shuyao again, and said with a smile: "Shuyao, I will be your housekeeper tomorrow." ”R1152