Chapter 11 Xinzheng County's Xianyu Mansion (1)
"Listen to your mother, you passed the children's exam? Not bad! Not bad! Fight for your mother, although you wake up late, as long as you walk on the right path, sooner or later you will still have a chance, and you will live in my house in the future, and I will let Master Yan teach you well. ”
After saying so much in one breath, Xian Yu Shijian was a little out of breath, and the two little maids hurriedly came up to beat his back. Xian Yu Shijian is the old master of Xian Yu Mansion, and in a few months it will be his 70th birthday, as the saying goes: "Wine debts are common everywhere, and life is rare for 70 years" Although he is rare in ancient times, he enjoys all the glory and wealth, and does not know the sorrow of debt.
Zhang Qiu was born as a child, and Mrs. Zhang had the heart to show off, so she sent Zhang Qiu to her mother's house, so that her father could see that his grandson, who he had never liked, had also begun to turn back, and on the other hand, he also wanted to use the strong strength of his mother's family to give his son a future.
"Shame! The grandson usually doesn't work hard, so he has to be the third from the bottom. Zhang Qiukou said that he was ashamed, but his expression was complacent, as if this boy was really tested by him.
Xian Yu Shijian got the little girl's tapping, and slowly smoothed out, he smiled gently: "This child is just a qualification, what is the difference between the first place and the last place, but I listened to your bad deeds last year, and I passed the test in one fell swoop this year, it's not easy!" ”
He looked at Li Qing, who was standing by the screen far away, and said with a smile: "I heard your mother say that it was because of a good Xixi, but is he?" ”
Li Qingzheng looked around at this Xian Yu Mansion, he had heard that Xian Yu Zhongtong was a famous tycoon, this is indeed true, he walked all the way with his family, I don't know how many courtyards he crossed, how many doors he passed, his feet were a little sore, but he was told by the family who led the way, this is just the front yard, if you add the outer house where the clansmen live, it is even more uncountable.
"Shu out of the rich" this is true, Li Qing and all the way to see those family dress, the worst is better than the housekeeper of Zhang's house, no wonder that Zhang Lu Lao never forgot the benefits of the old house, but see that the house is carved beams and painted columns, magnificent, the furnishings in this hall are even more dumbfounded, the hall is in front of a large red sandalwood carved glass case, there is a more than three feet high green bronze tripod, hanging on the green pine longevity map,
On both sides, there is a slip of Nanmu circle chair, all set up a silver and red sprinkled flower chair, there are a few in the middle, several tea bowls and vases are complete, each of the four corners puts a pair of floor vases, the east side is Dayi white porcelain, the glaze is crystal clear; And the west is Yuezhou celadon, the glaze is crystal like nine autumn dew, the color is more like a thousand peaks and drops of green, presumably all are the best in porcelain. Even the screen around him is carved from a whole piece of white jade, with red sandalwood as a bracket, the screen is engraved with a hundred children, the characters are lifelike, the lines are exquisite, and the Zhang Mansion is compared with this, just like a broken kiln called Huazi.
Li Qingzheng admired the wealth of this mansion, but he saw that the family by the door was struggling towards him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was the master of the mansion who was waving to him, he hurriedly took two steps forward and knelt down and said: "The junior Li Qing gave a gift to Grandpa Xianyu." ”
"Get up, please! Please! Li Qing's soft legs and sweet mouth suddenly won the favor of Xian Yu Shijian, he squinted at his grandson, but he did not kneel, I heard that he knelt for his sister in the Qinglou, and it was easy to have a good impression of his grandson, but he was swept away by Li Qing's kneeling.
He waved his hand happily and said, "I'm a little tired, butler, you can take them down!" Arrange a separate courtyard for Li Gongzi, don't slack off"
The housekeeper answered, and took Li Qing to retreat, Zhang Qiu had his own room, and he didn't say hello to Li Qing, he went straight to see that Yu Shijian shook his head again and again, a bad son is a bad son, and he doesn't understand etiquette because he has passed the Tong Sheng.
Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, and passing through the two overhanded verandahs, in front of it is Li Qing's residence, which is also a guest room, but it is a single courtyard, and there is a maid to serve.
"Li Gongzi has done a good thing for Zhang Caiyu, I thank you here! Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, the butler thanked him in a low voice.
"You are-" Li Qing was really a little surprised, he hadn't been in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, how could there be acquaintances everywhere.
The housekeeper saw that Li Qing was a little surprised, so he smiled and explained: "I am Zhang Cai's uncle, Zhang Cai's father, that is, my younger brother married into the Zhang family with Miss. ”
"I see, that Steward Zhang Lu must know him too!"
"Growing up together, knowing naturally"
Suddenly, a big black dog scurried in front of Li Qing, startling him, and the two family members behind him roared and chased after him, but they stopped in fright when they saw the housekeeper.
"Let's drink and gamble again! Let you take care of the dog, always don't believe it, if this is seen by the master, it will not break your ass! When he saw that the black dog had run away, he couldn't help but hate and said, "Don't chase after it yet!" ”
The two family members ran to chase the dog tremblingly, and the housekeeper turned around and smiled apologetically: "The house is too big, and there are few men, so raise some dogs to protect the family, this dog has been obedient since childhood, but somehow, he has recently gone crazy and frightened the son." ”
Li Qing was taken aback, isn't this a mad dog? was bitten by it, but it was going to die, and hurriedly said: "This mad dog can't be left, so he has to be killed quickly." ”
"Yes! That's what the master meant, I'll deal with it later. ”
The two of them said and entered a small courtyard, the yard is not big, but it is also clean and tidy, an old cinnamon stretches out its branches and leaves, the pavilion is like a canopy, half of the three white walls and black tile houses are covered, the yard is loose and bubbled out of a few furrows, the ground is full of all kinds of flowers, although it is not the flower season, but the breeze blows, the fragrance of the soil is sent, people can't help but think of the flowers in the spring and summer.
"How? Does Li Gongzi like it here? The housekeeper saw Li Qing's face happy, so he smiled and said: "This courtyard is generally not for people to live, only when some poets of the second master come, let people live, the last time the person lived was surnamed Wu, it was the year before last." ”
Li Qing likes the purity and elegance here, he knows that this must be specially arranged for himself by the housekeeper in front of Zhang Cai, so he arched his hand and thanked: "Let my brother bother!" ”
Door 'squeak'! With a sound, he walked out of a big-eyed maid, about twenty-eight years old, and very sweet-looking.
"Xiaoyu, this is Li Gongzi, if you live here in the future, you will serve with all your heart." The housekeeper smiled and said to Li Qing: "This maid's name is Xiaoyu, and she will serve Gongzi in the future, by the way, I forgot to say it, this is called Tingyuxuan, which is suitable for a scholar like Gongzi." ”
The housekeeper had something to do, so he went first, Li Qing carried his luggage into the house, but saw that the maid was busy making his bed.
"Miss Xiaoyu, thank you, I'll do this bed-making thing! Can the girl get me some food, I'm really hungry when I come here early in the morning. "Growing so big, there has never been a girl who has made a bed for him, Li Qing feels strange in his heart.
"Childe can call me Xiaoyu, I'm a maid, I can't be called a girl" Her face was slightly red, Shi Yili ran out, and her crisp words came from afar: "I'll go get food for Childe." ”
Li Qingmu sent her away, then smiled and shook his head into the house, sorted out the luggage one by one, suddenly his stomach screamed, but he was really hungry, he stopped, sat down on a rattan chair, and took out a small fan of light Luo in the pen holder on the table, without gold edges and pendants, it was a white fan.
See also a poem on the hypotenuse: 'The old man lived in Nanguo and invited me to Fangzhu. Happy day and twilight, I don't know the city hustle and bustle' in the lower right corner is a vermilion red seal, with the seal body covered with the shallow 'chastity' two words.
This fan must have been left by the people who lived in front of him, and I heard the housekeeper say that his surname is Wu, and this 'chastity' must be his name or word, 'Wu Zhenjie'? Li Qing thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know the essentials, so he inserted the fan back into place, he only knew that there were Li Taibai and Du Zimei in this Tianbao year, if it wasn't for Wang Majie, he couldn't remember any of the poets surnamed Wu.
Suddenly, there was a scream outside, Li Qing jumped up from the chair in shock, he heard that it was Xiaoyu's voice, and rushed out the door, only to see a half-human-tall black dog blocking her way, his head lying on the ground, staring at her with blood-red eyes, and roaring viciously. Xiaoyu half-squatted on the ground, covering her eyes with her arms, but she was desperately protecting the lunch box in her arms, obviously, the black dog was lured by the smell of food and chased after her.
"It's that mad dog again!" Li Qing didn't have time to think about it, picked up a bamboo broom at the door, roared, and pounced.