Luo Xinfang thought of the frightened boy on East Street today, and was a little curious, and asked, "Did the concierge say whose family sent it?" ”

Yinping replied: "It was sent by the Li family, the richest man in the capital." ”

Luo Xinfang raised her eyebrows, "The richest man in the Li family? "It was a bit of a surprise.

The Li family is an imperial merchant appointed by the first emperor, and Master Li has only one son under his knees, and the baby is tight, but this little son is the concubine born to his aunt, and Mrs. Li is not very welcome.

I thought of such a young child going out, followed by only a small guy...... Luo Xinfang frowned. But other people's pickled affairs, how can it not be her turn to take care of it.

Yinping said again: "The things sent have been collected into the house." ”

Luo Xinfang replied lightly: "Hmm." He lifted his feet and went into the house.

Entering the inner room, Luo Xinfang was startled by the large and small boxes in front of him, turned his head and asked Yinping, "These are all things sent by the Li family?" ”

Yinping was embarrassed and replied: "Yes, Miss, when the porter was called to move things, the little maids in the family were called over to help, and the slaves didn't expect that there would be so many things." ”

Luo Xinfang looked at the hill in front of him, and thought that since the Li family was the richest man in the capital, it would not be surprising that there were so many good things, so he casually opened one of the small boxes, and it was a fist-sized Dongzhu.

Luo Xinfang hurriedly buckled the box. It seems that the Li family is very generous. Bacheng also gave such a heavy gift because he was the daughter of the minister's secretary.

After thinking about it for a while, Luo Xinfang called Yinping and Yintian over, "You two counted these things, entered the small warehouse of Tinglan Courtyard, and recorded them in the account books of the courtyard." ”

She's not polite, she'll have more places to use money in the future.

Yinping and Yintian responded in unison: "Yes." He turned his head and began to count his things happily.

Luo Xinfang's mind was not on these thank-you gifts. When I thought of the Hundred Flowers Banquet in a few days, I only felt a headache. Neither can we dominate the crowd nor be clichéd, how can the righteous way be so easy to take?

After some contemplation, Luo Xinfang decided to paint a picture of flowers and birds. This picture pursues exquisite painting workmanship, and the idea is more ordinary, so that he is not so eye-catching.

After making up her mind, Luo Xinfang picked up the pen and practiced painting. Since he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he couldn't let the Luo family lose face.

The main courtyard is a different story. Mrs. Luo heard that the Li family sent something from the concierge, and she planned to confiscate it into the public middle school, but she didn't expect the master to intervene in this matter, and said that since it was a thank you gift from the Li family to the eldest lady, she would send it directly to Tinglan Courtyard and let the eldest lady handle it herself.

Listening to her roommate Du's mother, the large and small boxes were moved by the mother-in-law and the little girls in the whole house for two times before they were moved. Although the Luo family is frugal and there are not many domestic servants, the mother-in-law and the little maid have moved back and forth twice, how many things do they have to have?

The more Mrs. Luo thought about it, the more angry she became, the master's heart was really not ordinary, and he was biased towards his daughter rather than his son. A hundred years later, won't the person who inherits the incense still have to be her sister-in-law Luo Wenqian?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Luo was indignant again, raised her hand and dropped a teacup, and lost her temper at the maids in the room, so frightened that the maids didn't dare to come out.

At this time, Qiuhong, the maid outside the house, came to report tremblingly, "Madam, the master is here." ”

Mrs. Luo endured the displeasure in her heart, put on a smiling face, got up to greet the man who had just opened the curtain, and gave a salute, "The master is back." Dinner has been prepared in the kitchen. ”

Luo Hong glanced at the mess in the house, and knew that his step-room had lost his temper again, and the reason didn't need to think about it, it must be because of the thank you gifts sent by the Li family.

Thinking of this, Luo Hong's brows furrowed slightly, and he said unhappily: "No need, I'm here to inform you, in a few days of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, I plan to let Qian'er go to see the world, and I specially asked for a post for him." You prepare it for him. ”

Mrs. Luo was speechless when she heard this, "Master, Qian'er is only eight years old this year." ”

Luo Hong was even more displeased when he heard it, "What's wrong with being eight years old?" When I was eight years old, I was already preparing for the township exam! What do you think Qian'er has become of being detained by you? If you don't know how to teach your children, send Qian'er to me tomorrow, and I'll teach it myself! "The words are full of the sharpness of the superior.

Luo Hong is a young talent, at the age of nineteen, he was sent to a barren small county town to make a county order, and he made meritorious contributions to the local drought control, won the blue eyes of the first emperor, and was transferred back to Beijing to become a Beijing official, step by step to become the head of pure ministers, in this process Luo Hong can be said to have endured all the hardships.

Luo Hong understands that without the support of the family behind him, if he wants to gain a firm foothold in the court, he can only rely on talent and loyalty.

His own children are no exception, so he expects more from his children than his colleagues.

Now that he sees Mrs. Luo's timid appearance, how can he not be angry?

Mrs. Luo has always been afraid of her majestic husband, and when she heard this, she was even more frightened to tears, "Master, it's all concubines who are not in good health, and the concubines will prepare for this, and they will definitely teach Qian'er well." ”

Luo Hong shook his head when he saw it. I can't figure it out in big things, and I always think about small things......

He couldn't help but regret his decision even more.

The remaining patience was also worn out, and Luo Hong said in a cold tone: "I'll go to Aunt Zhang's for dinner." Then he turned around and walked out of the main house.

Mrs. Luo burst into tears even more when she heard this.

Luo Hong is a pure politician, the back house is simple, and there is only one room in the backyard given by the old lady when she was alive, and she is the most faceful maid next to the old lady. When the Yang family first entered the door, she took charge of the aunt, and Aunt Zhang still thinks of Yang's goodness.

Luo Hong also stays in the study most of the time to handle official business, and there is not even a concubine and a concubine at home. Mrs. Luo was originally worried that she would marry into the Luo Mansion as a stepfamily, so she had to fight with a group of greased and powdered concubines all day long, and even worse, there might be a group of concubines and concubines staring at the property of the princess, waiting for a piece of the pie on the day the mansion opened.

But her father told her that the Luo family is upright, and Master Luo is not the person who covets beauty, as long as she abides by her duty and waits for her to give birth to a son-in-law, Master Luo will never treat her badly.

But now that she has been married for so long and her son has been born, Luo Hong is looking at her more and more unpleasantly.

All this is to blame for the Luo Xinfang left by the Yang family!

Mrs. Luo hated it even more when she thought of this. Seeing this, Mother Du hurriedly withdrew the maid in the house, and comforted Mrs. Luo in a good voice, "Madame, don't cry, hurt your eyes carefully." He lowered his voice and said: "The most important thing at the moment is to arrange the affairs of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and it is only right for the master to dissipate his anger as soon as possible." ”

Mrs. Luo put away her tears when she heard this, and said, "Mother Du is right. ”

She first called her eldest maid Chun Tao, "Bring the account book, I'm going to open the treasury of the public middle school and pick up some things for the young master." He called Qiu Tang again, "You go to the second young master's courtyard and call the second young master over." ”

For a while, the people in the main courtyard were a little busier than when Mrs. Luo was angry.

In the Mozhu Courtyard, Luo Wenqian was practicing calligraphy.

The young man was in Ouyang Xun's italics, which seemed to owe some heat, but he also wrote very neatly. Although Luo Hong is not very satisfied with his sister-in-law, in fact, Luo Wenqian is not an unsuccessful person, on the contrary, he is much better than his peers.

It's just that Luo Hong asks his son-in-law according to his own standards, how many nineteen-year-old Tanhualang are there in the whole Dayan?

Luo Hong is very strict with his children, so he naturally attaches great importance to his children's education. Luo Wenqian was enlightened at the age of three, and his family invited Mr. Zhou, who was born as a jinshi, to sit in the museum. Eight-year-old Luo Wenqian has long memorized the "Kindergarten Learning" and is now learning the "Analects". Luo Hong also called Luo Wenqian to take the school exam from time to time, and Luo Wenqian didn't dare to be sloppy in his studies.

He had just finished half of his homework today, when he saw the little maid next to him come in and report, "Young master, Sister Qiu Tang from Madame's courtyard is here, saying that Madame asked you to come over." ”

Luo Wenqian was a little reluctant when he heard it.

Every time his mother asked him to go, it didn't matter, and the most she talked to him about asking him to mention the marriage of his wife before his father.

Luo Wenqian strongly disagreed with his mother's behavior. Mr. Zhou taught that a husband should have the world in his heart, be upright, not fly and dog, and not learn from the camp, so that he can become a righteous gentleman. But his mother always asked him to face his father for those things outside his body, not to mention that they were still the things of the eldest sister......

So every time he would find a way to prevaricate in the past, his mother would get angry every time and say that he was unsophisticated.

Probably this time I asked him to go for this purpose, right?

However, filial piety comes first, no matter how unwilling he is, he still has to go.

Putting down the pen, Luo Wenqian said to Linyi: "I know, you can go to the main courtyard with me." ”

Linyi bowed his head and said yes, and opened the curtain for Luo Wenqian.

When I came to the main courtyard, Mrs. Luo was looking at the accounts.

Luo Wenqian saluted his mother and called out respectfully: "Mother." ”

When Mrs. Luo saw her precious son coming, she smiled, and the displeasure she had just been reprimanded disappeared.

She hurriedly instructed Mother Du, "Serve tea to the second young master, and bring the Poria cake made in the small kitchen to the second young master." ”

Luo Wenqian waved his hand and said, "No need, mother, I haven't finished my homework today, do you have something to tell your son?" If there is nothing to do, the son will go back to study. "It's a complete reluctance to talk about it.

Mrs. Luo turned a blind eye to her son's resistance, and still said with a smile on her face: "You, are you so impatient to come to sit with your mother?" Although he said so, he also knew in his heart that it was a good thing for his son to study hard, so he told Luo Wenqian about the Hundred Flowers Banquet, "Your father has explained, you will also go to this Hundred Flowers Banquet, and the emperor will come to Qingfeng Academy in person at that time!" It's a great opportunity, and you have to do it well. ”

Luo Wenqian was a little speechless when he heard this, "Mother, my father must have told you to let his son see the world, right?" Definitely didn't say let his son behave well. ”

Mrs. Luo was speechless, "It's all the same, it's all the same." Anyway, it's a good opportunity for you, and you need to be prepared. ”

Luo Wenqian said helplessly: "Mother, my son is only eight years old this year, and his knowledge is definitely not as good as those sons of the family who have already reached the crown, you might as well think that your son will not be ugly in Qingfeng Academy." ”