Yang Muyun stood in front of the new mansion of the Wujin Courtyard in a daze, although he was well aware of the Zhou family's financial resources, he still felt a deep shock in his heart. Take out a courtyard at will, and it is comparable to other residences in Huzhou with huge family assets.

In front of the gate of the cornices painting building, Su Yuezheng commanded people to hang a plaque on the lintel, and the plaque was written with two big characters of Yang Mansion. Seeing Yang Muyun coming, Su Yue greeted her like a magpie: "Master, you're back, is it appropriate for you to hang this plaque like this?" ”

"You, you just have to look at it." Yang Muyun stammered.

Su Yue wanted to say something more, but Ning Xin sneered: "Okay, Su Yue, if you have anything to say to your aunt in the evening, I still want to lead my uncle to see Mrs. and Miss?" ”

Su Yue's face flushed, so she had to step aside. Among the maids in the Zhou Mansion, only Ning Xin is of equal status to her, and she can speak without the slightest scruples.

The family sat in the main hall of the second courtyard to eat, and a table of eight immortals was full of dishes, but there were only three people sitting and eating. Mrs. Zhou sat on the top seat, Yang Muyun and Zhou Mengnan sat on the left and right respectively, and behind them stood two pretty maids, Su Yue and Ning Xin, serving them to eat. Although Mrs. Zhou is in her early thirties, because of good maintenance, she is as young as a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old young woman. Yang Muyun ate for the first time in such a big family, afraid that something would go wrong, so he watched their mother and daughter laughing, and he didn't say a word, just buried his head in eating. Zhou Mengnan didn't snub him, and asked, "Xianggong, are you tired in the school in the morning?" Yang Muyun didn't raise his head: "I couldn't go over in the morning because of other things, so I have to go again in the afternoon." Mrs. Zhou was also interested: "Mu Yun, you have a reputation for showing talent, do you still have to go to the school every day?" Yang Muyun put down the dishes and chopsticks: "Don't hide it from my mother-in-law, a student like me who has achieved fame in Xiucai doesn't have to go to the school every day, just review at home and prepare for the township exam, but the son-in-law feels that if you encounter difficulties in the school, you can always ask the professor for advice, so I think it is better to go to school every day." ”

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said approvingly: "It's good for young people to concentrate on their studies." Meng Nan and I, as well as your father-in-law, all hope that you can be lifted this autumn. Yang Muyun said: "By the auspicious words of my mother-in-law, my son-in-law must not meet the expectations of the public." Su Yue saw that Yang Muyun's bowl was empty, and was about to step forward to serve him rice, but who knew that Ning Xin took the first step and served him the rice. Yang Muyun looked at the two little beauties who were like flowers and jade standing next to them waiting, and couldn't bear it, so he said, "You guys also sit down, we can't finish eating so many dishes." Su Yue's face flushed, and she was about to speak, when Ning Xin said on the side: "Uncle, you are the master, I am the slave maid, waiting for your diet and daily life, it is the duty of the slave and maid, and it is also what the slave and maid should do. Su Yue also nodded on the side.

Yang Muyun saw that Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Mengnan did not speak, and knew that the rules of big families were indeed like this. suddenly lost his appetite, so he got up and said goodbye: "Mother-in-law, it's not early, my son-in-law has eaten, I need to go to the school earlier, lady, you can accompany your mother-in-law more and say goodbye." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave, Zhou Mengnan got up and said, "Xianggong, I'll give you a send." ”

Seeing the two of them walk out, Ning Xin asked in a low voice, "Madam, but what did the maid say wrong?" Mrs. Zhou glanced at a hint of approval: "No, you said it very well, there are really not many people in the house who abide by the rules." Su Yue next to her couldn't help but change her face when she heard this.

Zhou Mengnan sent Xianggong out of the gate and was about to return. Menzi came up to report: "Miss, someone sent a box just now, saying that it was my uncle's thing, you can see ......" Zhou Mengnan said: "Send the box to the study, no one is allowed to open it." ”

"Yes, miss."

After dinner, Zhou Mengnan accompanied Mrs. Zhou for a walk in the garden, followed by Su Yue and Ning Xin. Mrs. Zhou turned to them and said, "Miss and I will go to the front pavilion to sit for a while, you don't have to wait." ”

The two sat down in the garden pavilion, and Mrs. Zhou sighed: "The garden here is too small, and it will be done in a while." Zhou Mengnan smiled: "Mother, do you still think this is Ailianzhuang?" Mrs. Zhou took her daughter's hand and said softly, "Mengnan, shall we go back?" When you go, my mother feels that my whole heart is hollowed out, I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, my whole heart thinks about you, and I talk about you in my mouth. Come back with me, okay? Zhou Mengnan patted her hand: "Mother, you have lost your temper." Mrs. Zhou blushed and took her hand back.

"My mother knows, but my mother can't control herself."

"When I go back to the door with my husband tomorrow, I will persuade my father to let him accompany you more."

"Hmph, I'm not the only woman around your father, why does he want to come to me every day?"

"Why, I remember that before I got married, my father went to look for you every day."

"Yes, he goes every day, but he doesn't look for me......" Mrs. Zhou glanced at Su Yue and Ning Xin in the distance, and she didn't know what they were talking about.

Zhou Mengnan understood and did not speak again.

Mrs. Zhou muttered: "You didn't notice, Ning Xin, this girl is getting more and more beautiful, when your father comes to my room, he always thinks about talking to her, there are some things that he can't say directly, I know what he is thinking, he wants to ask me to find out, I don't ......"

"Mother's ......" Looking at her mother's angry appearance, Zhou Mengnan didn't know how to persuade her. She understands her mother's distress, her mother is also a maid, if it weren't for the death of the eldest lady, and only she has a daughter under her knees, she may always be just an insignificant concubine. There is no affection between her and her father, who is a shrewd businessman on the outside, but when he returns home, he only thinks with his lower body. He fell in love with his mother at that time because of her youth and beauty, and youth and beauty are always the most important thing for a woman to lose. Mother spends a lot of money and energy every day to maintain herself and make herself look as young as possible, but everything she does is for men to judge, if men think you are old, you just look young and useless. What about me? When I reach my mother's age, will I be like a resentful woman? She thought of her husband, who was as young as herself, and when he first saw her, although he was surprised by his beauty, he was not too infatuated with him, and he behaved like a big child, leaving himself in the room on the wedding night and he ran out. Su Yue was collected by herself, and her mother acted like a vinegar jar in order not to let her father Naning Xin act like a concubine, but she didn't drink Su Yue's vinegar because she didn't care about these boring things. Most of her father's business has been handed over to him to take care of, although she is only fifteen years old, but she has traveled all over the large and small state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, she did not expect that one day she would get married, so she is psychologically full of rejection of marriage. Therefore, she will take the initiative to take concubines for her husband, she only needs to occupy the title of a main house, and it is enough for the wife's obligations to be fulfilled by other women. The father only has one daughter, which means that the burden of the entire Zhou family is on her alone, her world is different from her mother, she does not have so much luxury energy to compete with other women for the sake of men.

The mother's voice was still sour: "In the entire Zhou Mansion, Ning Xin and Su Yue are the two most beautiful, Su Yue is your personal maid, and she wants to accompany you to marry." He didn't want to think about it, so he just thought about Ning Xin, this old guy ...... "looked at his daughter:" He is always unwilling, Meng Nan? Dream man! See the name he gave you? He dreamed of having another boy. But I don't have this life, just thinking about ruining other girls. Glancing at Ning Xin in the distance: "If I hadn't taken Ning Xin tightly by my side, he would have been able to get hold of it a long time ago." ”

Zhou Mengnan sighed: "Mother, it's not a way for you to block it like this. She felt that her mother's approach was ridiculous, her father was too thin-skinned, if he was a little more hooligan and loudly announced that he wanted Naning Xin to be his concubine, would his mother still be able to cut him with a knife.

Mrs. Zhou laughed and said, "Yo, do you think so much that old thing will add another aunt to you?" Zhou Mengnan was silent, and she suddenly realized that her mother was bored.

Seeing that her daughter was silent, Mrs. Zhou's eyes rolled: "I think, just leave Ning Xin here with you, such a big courtyard, how can Su Yue be alone?" One more person can also share more for you. ”

Zhou Mengnan was angry and funny: "How can this be? What did I say when my father asked? ”

Mrs. Zhou didn't care: "What's wrong?" The girl next to me can give it to whoever I want. You don't have to be embarrassed about this, I'll go tell that old thing, I gave Mu Yun Ning Xin's girl, let him fight with his uncle! ”

"You...... Is there a mother like you? Zhou Mengnan found that her mother was unreasonable, like a neighborhood aunt.

"What's wrong with me? Anyway, the monthly money and silver of the people in this mansion are all distributed by you, and Ning Xin sent her to you is also indispensable. ”

As he spoke, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, like a fox who had just stolen a chicken.

"This old thing, if you want to steal it, I can't let you steal it."

Outside the pavilion......

"Su Yue, I didn't expect you to marry a wife after not seeing you for a day, how does my uncle treat you?"

"You say master, he's like a big child, and he doesn't know anything about things between men and women."

"In the Zhou Mansion, just the two of us talk more, you are married, and I haven't given the gift yet!"

"Forget it! Maybe you'll be accepted by the big man in our house one day! I'll save myself when the time comes! ”

"Alas......"

"What? Are you unhappy? ”

......

Huzhou, Quqi Lane, the lock on the door is still the same, Yang Muyun rubbed the closed door panel, and his mood was very conflicted. If the door was open and Master was inside, would I really arrest him? He didn't dare to think about it. Maybe Master has long since gone away, right? Master, don't come back! After a long time, Fang turned to leave.

Not far from the alley, there is a stall selling fish balls on the side of the road, Yang Muyun has loved to eat fish balls since he was a child, so he asked for a bowl of fish balls and ate them on the side of the road. At this time, a man wearing a hat and a short shirt came over and asked for a bowl of fish balls and sat opposite Yang Muyun. Taking advantage of people's inattention, he secretly stuffed a note to Yang Muyun, and hurriedly finished eating the fish balls and left. Yang Muyun unfolded the note, which read: "Shen Shi three quarters, Caifengfang Chang's jade shop." Yang Muyun remained silent, put the note into his sleeve, ate a bowl of fish balls and left quickly.

Caifengfang is a famous commercial street in Huzhou, and although Chang's jade shop is not big, it is not difficult to find. The shopkeeper was about forty years old, thin and tall, and when he saw Yang Muyun coming in, he greeted him with a smile: "Childe, you are here, the goods you want have been prepared, please go to the back hall to carefully check and accept." He was led into a small room at the back of the shop and withdrew.

Yang Muyun was slightly stunned when he saw An Ruofu in this small room. An Ruofu didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and pointed to the side: "Sit." ”

After Yang Muyun sat down, he asked, "What are you gaining today?" Yang Muyun replied: "The front door is as usual. An Ruofu didn't move, as if this was a matter of course, and continued: "Then stare slowly in the future." Then he continued: "Now there is an important thing for you to do, the Lord of the Hundred Households will go to Jinling, the southern capital, tomorrow to do business, and you have been appointed as an accompanying escort." You go back and prepare, and tomorrow, you will go to the post station outside the West Gate City. As he spoke, he opened a bag, and inside was a set of gray narrow-sleeved tights, "Tomorrow you wear this outfit to travel with adults, and there are ......" He took out a small swarthy cylindrical cylinder and handed it to Yang Muyun: "This is a plum blossom sleeve arrow, which can hold six arrows at a time, and can be fired continuously." You see, there are six eyes on the barrel, and the arrows are sent out from here, and there is a circular bracket behind the barrel, and when you turn it slightly, you can send out a sleeve arrow, and when you turn it around, the six arrows come out together. There is anesthetic on the arrow, but ...... careful? His eyes were firmly fixed on him: "Other things, you prepare by yourself, in a word, you must protect the safety of adults." ”

When Yang Muyun returned to his new home, it was getting late. When the porter saw him from afar, he went in to report, and as soon as Yang Muyun entered the gate, he saw Zhou Mengnan leading Su Yue, and ...... It was actually Ning Xin, who came out. Yang Muyun glanced behind the lady and said in surprise: "It's so late, hasn't your mother-in-law returned to the house yet?" Zhou Mengnan smiled but didn't answer: "Xianggong, it's so late, let's go eat first." Seeing that Xianggong was carrying a burden on his shoulders, he swept Su Yue and Ning Xin behind him with the corner of his eye, Su Yue showed a slight smile at the corner of her mouth, and gently pushed Ning Xin with her sleeve, and Ning Xin went up to take over her uncle...... No, it should be the burden in the master's hand, and he retreated with a blushing face. Zhou Mengnan instructed: "Put the burden in the study first, and put it together with the gift box sent in the afternoon, don't turn it over casually." ”

"Yes!" Ning Xin hung her head and hurried away.

The gift box was placed on the painting case on the right side of the north side of the study, and Ning Xin put the burden next to the gift box. There was a fluctuation in my heart, and Mrs. Zhou's words were still in my ears: "Ning Xin, there is an urgent need for a person in charge in the house here, you are the most trusted person by my side, and I will be relieved to have you by Miss's side." You just stay here and don't have to go back with me......"

"Ning Xin, you are here, just do things with Su Yue, besides, don't call me Xianggong my uncle anymore, you and Su Yue have to call him master."

"Master, hey, master......" Ning Xin felt a burst of amusement as soon as she thought of calling a young man about her age Master.