Zhuang Yuncheng was bored at home for two days, and on this day, Liu Zhen's housekeeper came to An'an to send a few people, including three teenage girls, a teenage boy, two middle-aged women, and two young men.

Lai An said: "The master said that your yard is not small, and there are your three brothers and sisters, so you still need these people, so I took it upon myself to find so many." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng is not good to send back, so I just want to treat them as relief, the world is difficult, and it is not easy to live under the imperial city, and it is not a problem to be fed and clothed here.

Zhuang Yuncheng insisted on giving the money, came to An's and left, and said to Yunyun: "Brother Liu has found so much, you can take one, sometimes it's more convenient." ”

Yun Yun had no choice but to respond.

asked Zhuang Die again, she still didn't want it.

In the hall, the eight men stood silently with their heads bowed. Yun Yun and Fluttershy look at them but are not happy, but feel unhappy.

Zhuang Yuncheng's eyes swept over them, and said solemnly: "After entering this door, we will live together in the future, if you regard this place as your own home and can do your best, we will naturally not treat everyone badly, our brothers and sisters are young, they can't calculate, and they are thin-skinned, so don't do embarrassing things." Life is not easy, I hope you will support each other in the future to live a better life. ”

The people below still did not speak, only bowed their heads, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

Zhuang Yuncheng said again: "Our brothers and sisters are not wicked people, everyone looks up and recognizes people." ”

Everyone looked up, and Zhuang Yuncheng said: "Our brother and sister's surname is 'Zhuang', what are your names?" ”

They were all stunned, and the girl on the far left said, "My name is Xi'er." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, Xi'er is very good, you will still be called by this name in the future." ”

Yun Yun saw that she was the most well-behaved, walked over and touched her head, and said with a smile: "Xi'er, you follow me." ”

Xi'er nodded.

"How old are you?" Yun Yun saw that she was one index finger shorter than herself, so she asked.

"Fourteen."

Yun Yun nodded, she was more than three years younger than herself.

"My name is Yanhong." The second girl said.

"Hmm~ I will change my name to Xiaohong in the future." Zhuang Yuncheng said.

The third girl said, "My name is Jinhua. ”

"Golden Flower...... Why don't you call it a lotus? ”

The fourth, a boy, said, "My name is Yuzhu." ”

"Jade Pillar, uh...... Tell the jade window to listen to it. ”

Jade Window nodded.

"My name is Ping'an." A slightly older one said.

"Well, Ping'an, it's better to call it Ju'an."

The two women in the back should also be in their thirties, one is surnamed Qin, the other is surnamed Li, Zhuang Yuncheng calls him "aunt", and there is a young man, in his twenties, called "Zeng Fu", Zhuang Yuncheng felt that this name was homophonic "Zengfu", so he did not change it.

Three girls, Yunyun asked for Xi'er in the room. The other lotus flower was assigned to the kitchen with Aunt Qin, and Xiaohong was in charge of cleaning with Aunt Li. The two boys, Zhuang Yuncheng asked for the jade window, and Ju An followed Zeng Fu, usually guarding the door to welcome guests and doing some temporary work.

"You are older, don't blindly squeeze the small ones, I know and don't follow, the little ones listen to this, don't be like getting a life amulet, and the monthly money I give is not immutable, I measure what I usually see in my eyes, so everyone performs their duties and does what they can."

Everyone nodded.

"Fluttershy, Yunyun, ask the tailors to come and buy some materials, and cut two clothes for each of you."

The two agreed, and went to withdraw the money.

"Okay, let's do it to each other."

Zhuang Yuncheng said that he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Are any of you literate?" ”

After a while, Zeng Fu said cautiously: "I will." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng looked at his fit figure, honest and round face, nodded, and then said: "I'll teach you to keep accounts, pay some money to you, if you have things in need, go to Zeng Fu to keep accounts and get money to buy, and you should also help buy things here." ”

Let's say yes together.

Yun Yun and Fluttershy came out, and Zhuang Yuncheng said, "Bring Juan with you and help hold the silk and satin material." ”

The three of them agreed to go out together.

"Come with me. I'll show you this courtyard, where you can live and do things in the future. ”

At that moment, the seven of them followed Zhuang Yuncheng for a walk, and then each of them went individually.

Sure enough, Aunt Li and Aunt Qin went back after a while, wanting to buy rice dishes, add kitchen utensils, and buy brooms, etc., Zhuang Yuncheng just taught Zeng Fu how to keep accounts and how to spend money.

On the way, Yun Yun asked, "Ju'an, how old are you?" ”

"Sixteen."

Yun Yun saw that he was silent, born clean, and stood a little taller than herself.

"I'm eighteen, you have to call me sister, and you will call me sister in the future," Yun Yun smiled, pointed at Zhuang Die, and said, "This is also your sister." ”

Juan didn't dare to look at them, only lowered his head slightly and didn't speak.

"Why don't you speak?"

"Don't dare, I don't have a sister." ”

Yun Yun was at a loss, and she didn't know what to say.

Zhuang Die smiled, "You just want to be a sister?" Why don't I call you that? ”

Yun Yun grinned, took her arm, and said, "Don't dare."

On the same day, I bought the materials, found a tailor to come home, measured the figure, set the size, chose the color, and the tailor took it home, saying that it would be delivered in a few days.

A few days later, everything was in order, and Zhuang Yuncheng felt that the money was like flowing water, only in and out.

Fortunately, a secret room was built back then, and his father's relics and some money were not lost in it, but Zhuang Yuncheng still felt that it was urgent to find a rich job.

One night, Yunyun caught a cold and couldn't afford to sleep in the morning, Zhuang Yuncheng called Ju An to ask a doctor, and the doctor looked at it and took the medicine. Lianhua took the medicine and boiled it slowly, Xi'er brought her porridge, she got up and drank a few sips, her eyes couldn't open, she felt dizzy, and she still lay down to sleep.

Zhuang Yuncheng thought that after coming back for so long, he should also meet friends, but it has been three years since he left the capital, and those friends who used to walk the streets and alleys have long been missing, and there are few worth visiting, only Yan Weiwen, although he has not been back and forth much, he feels that he has a good character and is free and close, he hates that he only mixed with some fox friends and dog friends for those years, but there are no real friends.

"It's really time to go see him, I don't know how he's been in the past few years." He said to himself, "And Luo'er, I don't know if he sent the letter to Vivian back then, what happened to him?" ”

Thinking about it, the more excited and nervous he became, the more he liked the feeling of concern, so he couldn't wait to see it. Zhuang Yuncheng sees that Fluttershy is bored at home and often just sits, so he calls her too, and she is always happy about such small things.

Before leaving, he told him and Jue'an to watch the gate and not run around, if someone replied that they had something to do, they promised to wait for Zhuang Yuncheng and Fluttershy to leave in the car, and then sit on the threshold to play.

"Brother, where are you going?" Fluttershy asks.

"See a person, you don't know." Zhuang Yuncheng said, "I'm busy these days and rarely go out, I haven't seen this Beiping City for a long time." ”

The foreign car traveled on the uneven road, through the streets and alleys, Zhuang Yuncheng saw that the city was still prosperous, walked two miles to the north, and then walked two and a half miles to the east, turned a street, Zhuang Die suddenly said: "I seem to recognize here!" ”

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled: "Do you remember? ”

"I don't remember exactly, but I think it's familiar, why?" She thought with a frown.

"This is the former home." Zhuang Yuncheng looked at the two big stone lions standing in front of this mansion, the lion body was whiter than before, and a plaque was hung on the golden gate, which read: "Xiao Mansion." ”

"Home? No. Zhuang Die said.

"Of course not, it's Xiao Jinyu's mansion now." Zhuang Yuncheng muttered to himself, "I don't know what about him." ”

Unconsciously, the foreign car dragged them away for a long time, and stopped in front of a mansion on the far left of a street in front of Chongwenmen.

"This is it." Zhuang Yuncheng got out of the car, led Fluttershy down, paid the money, and walked to the front of the mansion.

There is no plaque in this mansion, the door is closed, two people in front of the gate are leaning on the pillar and chatting, there are vendors selling kitsch things on the side of the street, Zhuang Yuncheng asked the vendor: "May I ask the little brother, is the surname of the master in this mansion Yan?" ”

"It's been a long time since then, the Yan family moved out three years ago."

"Who is it now?"

"The surname is Zhang, I can't say what they are doing, they don't go out of the gate, they usually enter and exit through the corner gate."

"Oh," Zhuang Yuncheng asked again, "Do you know where the Yan family moved?" ”

"How do we know this?"

Zhuang Yuncheng didn't ask, and saw Fluttershy rummaging through the stall, including clay figurines painted with clay sculptures, small wooden painted windmills, and a small seesaw......

"Buy two and put them in Yunyun's house."

"I want this."

"You still play with this thing?" Zhuang Yuncheng said, "Okay then." ”

Fluttershy holds the triangular base of the seesaw in the palm of her hand, and the beam sits across the fulcrum, held in place by a moving wedge, with two wooden figures carved into either end of the bar, one male and one female, with smiling expressions, and they sway back and forth as they move as they walk.

At this time, two foreign cars passed by, Zhuang Yuncheng took a look at it, but this person turned around, recognized him at a glance, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop-"

The two foreign cars stopped, and Zhuang Yuncheng saw a man take off his hat and get out of the car, and the woman was still sitting in the car, looking back.

"Young Master Zhuang!"

"Xiao Yu?" Zhuang Yuncheng was stunned and muttered.

Fluttershy takes her stuff away and looks intently at the man in a dress with a tall hat in his hand.

"You're back!" Xiao Jinyu smiled and asked, "I haven't seen you for another year, are you okay?" ”

Zhuang Yuncheng saw an old man, his heart trembled, threw away the past grievances, hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "I'm back, it's okay." ”

Xiao Jinyu looked at him, patted him on the shoulder again, and asked with a smile, "When did you come back?" ”

"It's been almost a month."

Xiao Jinyu pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "I've been in Beijing recently, and you won't come to me when you come back." ”

"I've been busy until now, and I didn't think of my friends today and said that I came to visit." Zhuang Yuncheng continued, "I thought I had returned in vain, but I was lucky to meet you, how are you?" ”

"It's the same," Xiao Jinyu said, looking at Zhuang Die in a flash, and said suspiciously: "She's ......"

Zhuang Die stared at him, knew him, and had seen him when he was in Japan.

Zhuang Yuncheng asked, "You really don't remember her?" ”

"You didn't say she was Japanese?"

"I lied to you."

Xiao Jinyu frowned and glanced at Zhuang Yuncheng, then stared at Zhuang Die, and said, "It's familiar, but I can't remember it." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng only smiled slightly, Xiao Jinyu was still thinking deeply, and the woman behind him also walked over and pulled his clothes.

"This is my wife." Xiao Jinyu said.

Zhuang Yuncheng respectfully called his sister-in-law.

She nodded in return, and Xiao Jinyu said, "I'm just going home, let's go home and sit together." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng played with the windmill in his hand, as if he was smiling. Instead, she asks Fluttershy, "What time is it?" ”

Zhuang Die looked up at the sky and said, "It's only eleven o'clock." ”

Xiao Jinyu suddenly remembered that the place where he lived was his former mansion, and then he was a little uncomfortable, and said, "Brother Zhuang, it's still early, besides, you must have dinner at my house today." ”

Although Zhuang Yuncheng felt a little ashamed, the joy of meeting an acquaintance made him forget these worries and troubles, and he agreed.