When he arrived at the front hall, Liu Zhenzheng asked Lai'an: "Did you send someone to pick up your wife?" ”

"Not yet, my wife said she would come back later at noon." Lai'an said.

"Now send someone to pick it up, and say that there is a guest at home."

"Yes." Lai An replied, and then withdrew to arrange the proud horse.

"Lord Liu."

"Oh, Brother Yuncheng, I heard that everything has been arranged, so you can live in peace, our house is simple, and your brothers and sisters will live there."

"What did Master Liu say?" Zhuang Yuncheng said humbly.

"Speaking of your yard, I've heard of it, it's ......" Liu Zhen calculated in his heart, frowned and said, "It should have been two years ago, and there was a thief." ”

"Thieves?"

"It's a light to say that the thieves are a gang of robbers who openly rob and loot." Liu Zhen said solemnly, "It is also caused by this troubled times, how many people are displaced now, hungry, that person in this capital to steal to live, I have noticed that there has been no activity in your yard for nearly a year, so at first I climbed over the wall to steal, and later became even more bold, directly teamed up with the robbers to loot in the middle of the night, turned your yard over, and we didn't dare to care." ”

"I see, I said that the house seems to have been copied, and the government doesn't care?"

Liu Zhen was surprised and asked rhetorically: "Brother Yuncheng, where have you been in the past three years?" ”

"Originally, I went to Japan to play and came back, and I lived there for three years." Zhuang Yuncheng said with emotion.

"No wonder you don't know, now Beiping City is in chaos, and human lives are still disregarded, not to mention these little things, and if you are not at home, who cares?"

Zhuang Yuncheng sighed, not feeling good in his heart.

"Do you have something important in that yard?"

"It's just a little money and my father's relics, and it's just money, I just hope that my father's relics are still there." Zhuang Yuncheng said worriedly.

Liu Zhen saw him talking about his father, and hurriedly asked, "Who is Ling Zun?" ”

Zhuang Yuncheng didn't expect him to be so eager, and he didn't know the taboo, so he felt that he lost his words impulsively, and there must be a reason for it. And he doesn't look like a general's son at all, he changed his name to this because he also wanted to change his identity.

"Oh—presumptuous." Liu Zhen eased up, regretted his words, and saw that he didn't mean to say, so he didn't ask anymore.

After a lot of gossip, Liu Zhen asked him what he had seen and heard in Japan, and Zhuang Yuncheng asked him about the changes in the situation in the three years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Suddenly, an ann reported: "The eldest wife, the second wife, and the young master are back." ”

From time to time, several people entered through the gate, and Zhuang Yuncheng saw a young man helping a woman and a girl helping another woman in, while the people behind them stopped in front of the door.

Liu Zhen walked out of the hall and said to everyone: "You are all tired, go back to your room to rest, Nettle, come here." ”

The two ladies were waited by the little girl and entered through the corner door, and this 'nettle' came over.

Liu Zhen introduced: "This is the Yuncheng brothers next door. ”

Liu Xun looked at Zhuang Yuncheng and was startled, before he bowed down and shouted, "Brother Yuncheng." ”

"I'm afraid there is not much difference in our age, you call me big brother, it's serious." Zhuang Yuncheng said with a smile, looking at his delicate appearance under long braids, it was a bit like himself a few years ago.

"Although you look young, how many years older than him, it is right to call the eldest brother." Liu Zhen frowned and said, "I don't know how old Brother Yuncheng is?" ”

"It's twenty-four this year."

"Sure enough, five years older than Nettle."

"Oh? The little master is nineteen, one year older than my little sister. ”

"It doesn't look bad:" Liu Zhen said, everyone said again, at noon, set up a meal in the side hall.

The two wives did not eat at the table, only Zhuang Yuncheng's brothers and sisters and Liu Zhen and Liu Jing's father and son ate together.

Liu Yun was attentive when he heard Zhuang Yuncheng say that his little sister was just now, and now on the table, he was moved when he saw it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that she was cute, so he was shaken, and he didn't dare to look up at her anymore, Yun Yun looked at him more, he blushed, and hurriedly ate a few bites to apologize, Liu Zhen only scolded him for being unproductive and not understanding the rules.

After eating, everyone went back to their rooms for a lunch break.

Yun Yun couldn't sleep, so she came to Zhuang Die's room to play, Zhuang Yuncheng couldn't sleep while lying down, he thought: "It turns out that Liu Zhen already has a wife's room, and even his son is so old, what he said to Xiao Fluttershy in the morning can be wrong, but there is another Liu Jing, he may not be tempted by Yun Yun, if he begs Liu Zhen, Liu Zhen will definitely answer him, and now he owes him family favors, and it will be difficult to talk in the future...... If he goes now, he will not follow, but will perceive ......"

After thinking about it for a long time, and tired from working day after day, he slept in confusion.

Liu Zhen was in the study, remembering Liu Ying's embarrassment at lunch, he was angry and ridiculous, and called him to ask.

Liu Wei couldn't say a word for a long time.

Liu Zhen knew about it and scolded: "Unproductive seeds, see a woman like this!" You're a year older than her, and you should have seen the world more than her, but you're overwhelmed and panicked! I didn't ask them to stay for you, don't show them like this, but let them misunderstand! ”

"I-"

"Reading is dead, now tell you to go out for a walk, you can't." Liu Zhen thought far away as he spoke, and meditated: "In the future, once the Qing Dynasty is restored, Emperor Xuantong will ascend to the throne again, and everything will be worry-free at that time, but once defeated, ......"

Liu Wei was still standing, very anxious in his heart.

"You go down, put this matter aside, once your career is successful in the future, I'm not afraid that you won't be able to marry a good daughter-in-law."

Liu Jing went down stupidly, returned to the house, couldn't read the book in his hand, he looked at his braids, he really wanted to cut them, he didn't understand why all the men outside cut their braids, and they still had their own ones. But he didn't dare to cut it, because he thought of his father every day and said that if he cut it, he would no longer be a member of the Liu family, he thought that he would not do anything except study, and if he wanted to live, he would have to rely on the Liu family, and rely on the incense and blood symbolized by the braid.

In the past few days of living in Liu's Mansion, Zhuang Yuncheng has been uneasy every day, but these days everyone is safe, he gradually eliminated his worries, and he also looked at Liu Zhen differently, and was very grateful for his care.

In mid-March, their own house over there had been cleaned up, and they chose a good day, Zhuang Yuncheng's brothers and sisters lived back in their own homes, and the first thing they did was to worship their deceased parents, and then they had to buy furniture, buy supplies, and hurriedly spent a few days before they were free.

This house is not small, Zhuang Yuncheng returned here, he seemed to have returned to the state of a few years ago, such a big house, it seems that it is not suitable to live in such a big house, only three of his brothers and sisters, so he suggested: "Our brothers and sisters are not the kind of people who can live, according to me, hire a few slaves, girls, and others to help take care of the housework, be responsible for three meals, and live together." Besides, such a yard is not big or small, and it is too deserted for a few of us to live, just a few more people. ”

"That's good, but I don't want a little girl." Yunyun said sadly, "Jun'er is not here, I am not used to other people following me. ”

Zhuang Yuncheng also thought about Luo'er from this, and was in a trance.

"I don't need to." Fluttershy suddenly says, "I have hands and feet, and I need someone to serve them." ”

"The girls in the room can not be used, but the miscellaneous girls are indispensable, so it is calculated, hire a girl to sweep the court, a girl to serve tea and water, and a cook, another to start, I need a start, usually run errands or can be used, there are only five in total, and ...... I have to find a housekeeper and be a leader, but I can't find a reliable person to be a housekeeper for a while. ”

"Okay, it's good to be lively, but where are we going to find it?"

"It's inevitable that I'm going to annoy Brother Liu again, and I'll invite them to dinner as a return gift after a while."

"Exactly, now I owe him a big favor, and it's hard to pay it back."

Zhuang Yuncheng nodded thoughtfully, and sighed: "Now that we are starting to pass the days, we can't do nothing like before, otherwise it will be a waste of time, and what's more serious is that I may not even be able to afford to eat in the future." ”

Yun Yun laughed and said, "You think far ahead, how can you not afford to eat?" ”

"What's so funny about that?" Zhuang Die said, "You haven't encountered this kind of situation, just think it's a laugh, and there are more people who can't afford to eat." ”

Yun Yun immediately shut up, and asked with a red face, "Brother, what did you say?" ”

"I mean, now that you're settled, you can't sit back and eat, everyone should do their own thing."

"So what can I do?"

"You...... You're eighteen years old, so you don't have to do anything, just stay in the house and get married. ”

Yun Yun's face flushed, and she suddenly stood up and pinched him, and said incoherently: "You-I have nothing to say!" Make fun of me! ”

Zhuang Yuncheng groaned, still laughing, Yun Yun chased after him and hit him, Fluttershy put down the mirror in her hand, rushed up and grabbed Zhuang Yun Cheng, Yun Yun hugged him, and beat him indiscriminately.

was making trouble, Zhuang Yuncheng saw that someone was motionless, he stopped Yun Yun, sorted out his clothes and came out to see.

"Young Master Zhuang, the master is invited, so I will ask you all to come over for dinner." A guy saw it and said.

Yun Yun and Zhuang Die also walked out, only standing by the door frame and watching, Zhuang Yuncheng turned back to the two and said, "We didn't invite him, he invited again, what do you mean?" ”

"There are also guests at home, and the master invites Young Master Zhuang to come over too."

"Since there are guests, it is even more inconvenient to go, you go back and say, it is inconvenient for us to go."

"Young Master Zhuang, please agree, otherwise An Ye will come to invite you later."

Zhuang Yuncheng was cowardly and weak, and couldn't resist other people's requests, so he reluctantly agreed: "This-then you go back first, I'll go." ”

This little guy went, Zhuang Yuncheng said anxiously. "Since there are guests, we shouldn't be invited over, what is he doing?"

Fluttershy and Yunyun didn't speak, and Zhuang Yuncheng hesitated for a while before saying, "It's hard to be warm, maybe you have other intentions, I have to go, you are at home, you have to cook and eat by yourself." ”

Zhuang Die agreed, and Zhuang Yuncheng changed his clothes before leaving.

Yun Yun was too lazy to cook, but she wasn't really good at it, so Zhuang Die messed around and ate it.