Chapter 98: The Secret of the Han Family (2)
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The title of the previous chapter is wrong, it should be "The Secret of the Han Family" ( ̄◇ ̄; )
I'm sorry......
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Ren Yaoqi didn't know if it was because he was always a little wary of the Han family, but when he listened, he always felt that Mrs. Han's words contained a bit of warning.
Could it be that the Han family still has any unsavory secrets that they don't want people to bump into? Ren Yaochi pondered secretly.
Han You was very happy to be the master for a rare time, and he didn't care much after listening to Mrs. Han's words, so he only nodded yes.
Mrs. Han turned her head and instructed her two maids to stay and take care of a few young ladies, and then led the eldest lady of the Ren family to the flower hall.
Han You led people to the small garden in the inner courtyard, and said some allusions in the courtyard as if the Ren sisters introduced her to the Ren house the last time she arrived at Ren's house.
However, after all, the Han family was newly moved to Baihe Town, and Han You racked her brains and only had a few dry words, so she was embarrassed first.
The Han family's garden is indeed not as exquisite as the Ren family's garden, but the place is huge, and there are indeed many exotic flowers and plants among them.
It's just that the Ren sisters are used to seeing the Ren family's garden, and they are a little curious about the Han family's garden except for the freshness when they first came in, and then they lost interest when they saw that in addition to the flowers and trees are mountains and rocks, they are far from the delicacy of the Ren family.
However, because Han You was enthusiastic and introduced the flowers and plants in the garden to them, they could only cheer up.
But Ren Yaoting really looked very interested.
"Hey, you actually planted a "small five guarantees" in your house? Ren Yaoyin pointed to a camellia not far away and asked in surprise.
Xiao Wubao is a precious camellia variety, also known as the "Eighteen Bachelors".
Han You raised his eyes and pursed his lips and smiled: "Yes, but it didn't bloom." ”
Ren Yaoyin walked over and looked at it carefully, shook her head and said regretfully: "It's good to be able to feed, it shouldn't be able to bloom." It's very cold here, so it's not suitable for this kind of flower. Originally, I raised it once, and asked my mother to hire a very experienced flower farmer to take care of me. I don't want to or I don't survive. ”
Han You smiled: "I also said that I couldn't raise it, but my brother said that he wanted to raise it." My mother was very fond of camellias, and once she dreamed of a yard of 'Eighteen Bachelors', and my brother asked her to find a few plants. However, only this one survived, but did not bloom. My brother said that he must let it bloom next year, and I don't know if it can be done. ”
"Naturally, you can." Han You's voice fell. Ren Yaoting said, looking convinced.
Everyone looked at her a little strangely, and Ren Yaoting had already bent down to take a closer look at the camellia.
Ren Yaoyin coughed lightly and changed the topic: "It can be seen that Han Gongzi is really a rare filial son." ”
Took a walk around the garden. When he was about to walk to the northwest corner, one of the two maids sent by Mrs. Han came forward and said to Han You: "Miss, the young ladies of the Ren family are tired after shopping for so long, why don't you go and sit in the pavilion inside?" The slave maid went and asked someone to prepare some refreshments. Wouldn't it be more comfortable for the masters to sit in the pavilion and enjoy the flowers? ”
The direction the maid pointed to was the direction they came, and just now they had indeed faintly seen the eaves of a small pavilion protruding from a flower path.
Hearing this, Han You looked at the road ahead, and looked at Ren Yaoting and the others with some hesitation.
The Ren sisters were also a little tired from walking, but Ren Yaoting actually wanted to take a look at the Han family.
Ren Yaoyu asked casually, "What is the place ahead?" ”
Everyone seemed to see a corner of the red wooden door around the corner, as if it led to a small courtyard or house.
The maid who spoke before was the first to say: "There is a ruined courtyard in our mansion, and I heard that it used to be a library pavilion. However, later the old lady built a new study in the inner courtyard, and it was abandoned. It hasn't been cleaned in a long time. A few days ago, a woman who was taking care of the flowers and trees in the garden said that she had seen such a big mouse......
The maid stretched out her hand and gestured, and it was the size of a domestic cat.
Miss Ji was startled when she heard this, and quickly took a few steps back.
Ren Yaoyin asked suspiciously, "I remember that the Han family only moved here last year, right?" How did you build a new study so quickly? ”
Han You seemed to be a little displeased. glared at the maid without a trace, and said before her: "Although our family has only moved here for a short time, in fact, my grandfather has already bought this house. I also sent someone to take care of it. So before we moved in, we had already renovated the house. ”
"No wonder I saw that the paint on the verandah was still very new." Ren Yaoyin nodded knowingly and said with a smile.
Seeing that the two maids didn't say that they wanted to continue walking forward or that they were going to the pavilion, they couldn't help but exchange glances, and the maids who spoke before were about to say something more, but Ren Yaoyu said: "It's better to go to the pavilion to rest, in case you really bump into some big rats, it's not good." ”
Ren Yaoyin had no opinion, and nodded: "It's okay to rest and rest." My mother might send someone over and tell us to go back in a moment. ”
Ren Yaoqi glanced at the corner in front of her, although she vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she did not object to attracting attention.
Ren Yaoting saw that everyone wanted to go to the pavilion to rest, so he couldn't say anything more.
The two maids secretly breathed a sigh of relief and enthusiastically led a few people to the pavilion.
Before he could reach the pavilion, Ren Yaoting suddenly pointed to a tree in the distance with huge white flowers the size of a bowl and exclaimed, "What kind of tree is that?" I've never seen it before. ”
Han You glanced at Ren Yaoting's finger and said with a smile: "That's a pigeon flower, although the flower is big and beautiful, but that flower has no fragrance." “
Seeing that Ren Yaoting couldn't stop looking over there, Han You thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go over there with you?" After speaking, without waiting for the maid to speak, she said to Ren Yaoqi, "I'll take Sister Ting to see the pigeon flowers, if the sisters are tired, go and rest first, we'll come over in a while." ”
The pigeon flower that Ren Yaoting saw was in the northeast direction, and there was still some distance from the place that he saw before that was said to be an abandoned book pavilion, and the two maids did not stop it.
The sisters of the Ren family were not interested in seeing flowers and did not follow. Han You only dragged Ren Yaoting away.
One of the two maids sent by Mrs. Han said with a smile: "The slave remembered that there were a few black locusts planted over there, and the slave maid had to go over and remind my young lady, don't hang up." Xiaoqin, you accompany Miss Ren to the pavilion to rest, and I will go back when I go. ”
The latter sentence was said to another maid. The maid named Qin'er nodded: "Sister Fan'er, go ahead, I will greet several young ladies." ”
Fan'er chased after Han You and Ren Yaoting.
Qin'er took the Ren sisters to the pavilion. He also told the little maid to prepare tea and pastries. After a while, the little maids came over with tea and snacks. Although it was only a small seat, the table was filled with snacks on small plates.
Suddenly, there seemed to be an exclamation from the northeast of the garden, as if it was from the maid named Fan'er before.
Qin'er, who was taking the little maid to lay chopsticks for the ladies of the Ren family, turned their heads to look back in surprise.
Qin'er hurriedly smiled: "Sister Fan'er must have been hooked by that black locust again, and she will be careless every time she hits there." That's why I'm so anxious to remind Miss. ”
There was no strange sound from there, and everyone also believed Qin'er's words, laughing and joking.
Instead, Qin'er handed over the chopsticks in her hand to a little girl from Han Jiadi: "I'll go and see Sister Fan'er, otherwise if her hair is messy, she won't be able to find a place to take care of it for a while, if she is seen by the local woman in the house." There will be a few more reasons. ”
With that, she bowed and left.
In the pavilion, there were only the Ren sisters and a few little maids of the Han family.
If the elders of the Han family saw it, they were afraid that they would reproach Han Yu for being rude. But Han You has a good temperament. The sisters of the Ren family have a good impression of her, so no one deliberately picks on her thorns.
Ren Yaochi smiled and asked the little maid of the Han family who was waiting behind him and whispered, "Is there a clean room around here?" I want to change clothes. ”
The little maid of the Han family nodded hurriedly: "There is a clean room on the east side of the garden, and the slave maid will accompany the young lady." ”
Ren Yaoqi naturally didn't think about bypassing the Han family's line of sight to make any small moves, which was not realistic. Her guests, who have just arrived, must be surrounded by people from the master's family.
So she nodded and smiled, "Thank you." ”
Ren Yaoqi greeted Ren Yaohua and a few others, and walked out of the pavilion with his maid apple and the Han family's little maid.
"What's your name?" On the way, Ren Yaoqi asked the maid.
The little maid was very flattered when she saw Ren Yaoqi's gentle attitude: "Slave painting." ”
"Paintings? Look, you're still young. How long have you been in the house? Ren Yaochi continued to chat with the maid.
The little maid also stretched out her finger and counted carefully before she said, "It has been eight months since the slave maid came to the Han family. ”
"So you didn't come from Jizhou?"
"No, the slave was sold by Ya Po a few months ago."
Ren Yaochi nodded, and said with some hesitation: "Is there really a mouse in that small courtyard in the northwest?" ”
I don't want the little girl to be stunned when she hears this. Puzzled: "Mouse? How can there be rats? Isn't there a dumb woman sprinkling and sweeping every day? ”
It turned out that this little maid hadn't heard Fan'er's words before, and she was only sent by the steward when she was delivering tea.
Ren Yaochi remained silent: "Oh, maybe I heard it wrong." Who is the dumb woman? I haven't seen it since I came into the garden. ”
The little maid said, "The dumb woman is a mute. Dedicated to the care of that little yard. She said with some uncertainty, "But it's not impossible for you to say that there are rats, after all, there is only a dumb woman to take care of it, and no other maid is allowed to enter." ”
Ren Yaoqi's heart moved when he heard this: "Don't let you in?" You haven't been in? ”
The maid hurriedly shook her head: "The slave is just a little maid, where do you dare to go in?" It's Sister Qin'er and Sister Fan'er next to the old lady who don't dare to go in. ”
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Meinan's grandfather was hospitalized with a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, so some of the recent updates were sent by others after the code was coded, and there were not many updates.
Thank you for your forgiveness.