The courtyard of the original Mu family has now become the Su family!

To tell the truth, as the officials got bigger and bigger, the number of disciples increased, and the number of people who came to visit the house increased, a simple hall seemed a little crowded.

It's not that the house is not worthy of Su Baiyi's current identity, but every time a guest comes, Yu Mutong, as a housewife, has to hide in the bedroom of the side room and have nowhere to go, which is a little embarrassing.

Now the entire Yuyuan is under construction, and the factory area by the Yellow River in the north is also under construction, so it is impossible for Su Baiyi to set aside a part of it to build a new house for himself, which would delay the business too much.

Furthermore, the Ming Dynasty had the habit of buying second-hand houses. For some dignitaries, it is enough to buy a finished house for a little silver, and then make slight changes to the owner's needs.

Convenient!

But housewarming is a big deal after all, and you have to discuss it with the people at home.

So a table was set up under the big locust tree in the Su family's courtyard, and the four of them gathered together not to play cards, but to have a quiet meeting.

The theme of the conference was buying a house and moving.

"I'd like to hear your opinions!" Su Baiyi tried to be as gentle as possible, looked at the three beauties beside him, and said with a smile: "Just say one thing today, do you think our family should change to a big courtyard to live in." ”

Yu Mutong wore a dark purple dress, her fair skin looked even more like clotted fat, she brushed the hair in front of her forehead, smiled slightly but did not speak.

Chunyan and Li Qing were a little surprised!

Li Qing thinks that logically speaking, it is good for the lord and his wife to discuss such a major event as buying a house and moving, and how can it be the turn of the maid to participate in the discussion of this kind of thing in other big households. Not to mention discussion, even if it is discussed in private, it is a taboo.

But the old man was so good that he called us over to ask for advice!

Li Qing didn't feel flattered, but felt that the master's thinking was really whimsical and a little out of line.

"Chunyan, you have lived in this courtyard for the longest time, you can talk about it first!" Su Baiyi looked at Chunyan.

Chunyan's beautiful eyes widened, frowned and pondered for a while, and asked, "Young master, ah, no, it's the master, is the master going to build a new house?" ”

"It's not about building a new house, if you think it's crowded here, we can also buy a yard in Guide Mansion to live in. Let's not talk about that, what do you think? ”

"I'm ......" Chunyan has been following Su Baiyi for the longest time, and in his bones he regards himself as half the master of the Su family, and thinks about it: "I've lived here for so long, Chunyan likes it here, I don't want to change it!" ”

Su Baiyi's gaze looked at Li Qing: "Li Qing, what do you think?" ”

Li Qing smiled, her two eyes were finished with crescent moons, and she thought she was like when she just woke up, so that the smile on her face would have a taste of being melted into the sun.

"I listen to the master, where you go, the slave and maid will follow!"

"Slippery head!" Su Baiyi knocked on the table and turned his gaze to Yu Mutong: "Madame, let's talk about it too." ”

Yu Mutong stroked his hair, a sly smile appeared on his fair and delicate face, and said, "Then it depends on what you think!" ”

"How?" Su Baiyi asked confusedly.

"If I live in this courtyard and add Li Qing and Chunyan, it seems that it should be enough now!" Yu Mutong's big eyes flickered, her long eyelashes flickered, and two blue lights shot out of her eyes like a lake of autumn water: "But if Xianggong wants to bring a few sisters in the house on a whim that day, it will not be enough." ”

Su Baiyi instantly understood that this little lady was teasing herself, and said with a smile: "Why is it not enough, when the time comes, let's make a big bed, and all the sisters will sleep in the same bed, haha......" There was infinite yearning in his eyes: "Life is like this, isn't it happy?" ”

"What's fast?" Yu Mutong was laughed at when he failed to flirt, rolled his eyes at Su Baiyi, and smiled, extremely amorous. Su Baiyi, who was watching it, couldn't wait to immediately grab her and throw her on the bed, and then the whip dripped wax for a while!

Seeing Su Baiyi's wolf-like gaze, Yu Mutong secretly said that it was not good, and quickly put away his expression, and said, "Okay, okay, since Xianggong asked, then I'll talk about it."

Xianggong, if we are an ordinary husband and wife, and live in this small courtyard with Li Qing and Chunyan for a lifetime, it would be excellent for Bai Shou to grow old together. But now that the prime minister is in a high position and busy with official business, there is an endless stream of visitors, and I am afraid that something is wrong in this small courtyard.

And after the Yuyuan was built, I don't know how many students came to follow, and this courtyard was even more unbearable. ”

Su Baiyi nodded deeply!

Many times the truth is the same, once the location is reached, it will be a matter of course.

"Yes, sir!" Chunyan seemed to be about to wake up, and said to Su Baiyi with some embarrassment: "Madam is so right, the master is now a big official, and if he comes to visit our house, there will be more and more gifts, and if our yard is still so small in the future, what if the gifts can't be put down?" ”

Burst......

Su Baiyi spit out a sip of tea.

Feelings Yu Mutong said for a long time, in the consciousness of Chunyan, it is for the yard to put more gifts?

"That's right!" Su Baiyi looked around and asked suspiciously, "Don't say I forgot, I just came back some time ago, we received a lot of gifts, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Yu Mutong nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mu Tong has already written them down one by one, and he will return the gifts one by one in the future." ”

"That'...... What about etiquette? Su Baiyi remembered that the house was full of piles, as if it could fill a room.

Yu Mutong laughed out loud.

Chunyan looked aggrieved, pointed to the room where he and Li Qing lived, and said: "The cloth and pastries are all placed in my room with Sister Li Qing, master, you don't know, the whole room is full, and Sister Li Qing and I only have a place to sleep." ”

"That's really wronged you!" Su Baiyi smiled, thinking that it was really time to change houses.

"And whatever!" Chunyan's little hand pointed to a corner of the yard: "There is still a lot of silver, I am afraid that it will not be safe to put it in the house, so I secretly got up in the middle of the night and dug a pit and buried it." ”

The dirt not far from the eaves was freshly turned over, wet and exposed.

"Okay, this yard is indeed a little smaller, let's change to a bigger one!" Su Baiyi immediately made a decision.

There is no place to put the silver, and it will be hypocritical if you don't change the house.

Hey?

As soon as Su Baiyi finished speaking, he felt an inexplicable feeling.

It seems that after coming to the Ming Dynasty, I received a lot of gifts, if according to the standard set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Baba for embezzlement of fifty taels and killing the head, even if I grew a thousand heads, I would almost cut it clean, right?

No matter how you look at Lao Tzu, he is a corrupt official!

Next Olympics!

Sometimes when you are in a dye vat, it is a big joke to want to leave a blank body, and it is rare to be able to leave an inch of clean space in your heart. At this time, Su Baiyi actually had a trace of resonance with those corrupt officials.

Isn't it depraved!

Su Baiyi muttered to himself.

However, there are times when human feelings cannot be completely ignored.

For example, among the people who gave gifts this time, there were Hou Fangyu's father Hou Sui, his elder Zhou Shipu, Yuan Keli, Cao Huachun, the mining eunuch of Taiping Mansion, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Most of the gifts given by these people are very valuable, so maybe they don't accept them?

If you don't accept it, will you do anything in the future?

What bothered him the most was that even Emperor Zhu Youzhen gave him a "thin gift" in the name of the crown prince.

In a word, human favors can't be ignored, gifts can't be accepted, and they can't be accepted.

"Okay, let's go, the master is in a good mood today, I'll take you to see the new house!" Su Baiyi waved his sleeves and stood up.

"Huh? So fast? Chunyan was pleasantly surprised: "Have a new house?" ”

"There it is!" As if juggling, he took out a bunch of keys from his sleeve, "Let's go, it's not too far from us, let's go and have a look." ”

The original courtyard of the Mu family was outside the north gate of Guide Mansion, and Su Baiyi now lives outside the east gate, and the entire area of the inner city of Guide Mansion is about the same as Yu Courtyard, so it is not too far.

But if you actually walk there, it's about three miles away.

The dark gate, the high gatehouse, and a huge lion squatting on the left and right of the doorway.

The sign on the lintel that originally said "Mu Fu" didn't know where it had been thrown away, it was empty.

"These lowly businessmen are becoming more and more lawless!" Zhao Heng, the father-in-law who came with him, saw the Mu family's imposing gatehouse, and said coldly: "The stone lion at this gate is higher than the specifications of a first-class official, no wonder the Mu family was confiscated, and he did it himself!" After speaking, he looked at Su Baiyi flatteringly: "But if you live here, sir, then this stone lion is just right!" ”

"Let's go in and have a look!" Su Baiyi raised his feet and walked to the door, took the key to open the gate, and a huge courtyard appeared in front of him.

There was nothing in the first courtyard behind the gate except a piece of light wall, about seven or eight meters wide on the east and west sides, and there were two rows of acacia trees near the blue brick wall on the southeast side.

"This wall is a little smaller!" Zhao Heng sighed and commented: "After the lord moves in, our family will send someone to repair it." ”

"Don't bother, so be it!" Su Baiyi didn't care very much, raised his feet and walked back, on the left side of the wall was a west-opening moon cave door, and after the moon cave door was the second courtyard.

"Wow...... Moon Gate! Chunyan ran to the door of the moon cave and said happily: "Master, Chunyan's favorite is the moon gate." ”

Yu Mutong's face was filled with this happiness!

Whether it is vanity or joy, a woman's requirements for a man are just a complete home! Wouldn't it be better if this complete home could be a little more spacious and brighter?

"Let's go!" Su Baiyi took her hand and entered the Moon Cave Gate together, and came to the second courtyard.

The second courtyard and the first courtyard are actually in the first horizontal row, but they are divided into two parts, the first courtyard is to enter the door, the second courtyard is narrow and long, the north is a long blue brick wall, and in the middle is a moon hole door; To the south is a row of inverted houses, which are generally the residences of domestic servants. 10