Chapter Eighty-Nine: The New Tenant
The family reunion, naturally laughter, especially when Zhou Chong opened the gift he brought to Aunt Wang and the bracelet, it made them even more excited, one by one with their own gifts to look left and right, this is not that they particularly like their own gifts, but this is the first gift Zhou Chong gave them, and it is also the first gift they received after the family business is broken, the meaning is naturally extraordinary.
"Auntie, whose child is this, why haven't I seen it before?" Until this time, Zhou Zhong finally had the opportunity to ask the little girl who came in with Duo'er, and now the little girl was still standing at the door, staring blankly at the snacks and toys in Duo'er's hands, looking like she wanted but didn't dare to speak.
At this time, Aunt Wang realized that she was so happy that she forgot to tell Zhou Zhong something, so she waved to the little girl and said, "Qingqing, come to Auntie's side!" ”
This little girl named Qingqing was very well-behaved, and when she heard Aunt Wang's words, she immediately ran to her side and called sweetly: "Hello Auntie! ”
"Well, good boy!" I saw that Aunt Wang also touched Qingqing's little face very dotingly, and then grabbed a snack from the table and stuffed it into her hand, then pointed to Zhou Chong and introduced, "Qingqing, this is Brother Zhou Chong, he is Duo'er's brother, and he will be your brother in the future, remember?" ”
"Remember!" Qingqing nodded very obediently, and then shouted sweetly at Zhou Chong, "Brother Zhou Chong is good!" ”
For such a well-behaved little girl, Zhou Zhong also likes it very much, and it just so happens that he has prepared a lot of gifts for Duo'er, so he took out a big-headed mud doll from his baggage and gave it to the other party: "Qingqing is so good, this is a gift from my brother, you will be a good sister to Duo'er in the future, don't make trouble, okay?" ”
"Okay~" Qingqing agreed sweetly, took the beautiful clay doll with both hands, and the two beautiful big eyes smiled like two crescents, looking like a happy little angel.
Next, after Aunt Wang sent Qingqing and Duo'er out of Lu to play, she explained to Zhou Chong: "Chong'er, just when you went out to play, someone in our family wanted to rent a house, and at that time, Steward Xu felt that there was no shortage of money at home, so he didn't want to rent the house out, but it just so happened that the other party was two sisters and brought one Qingqing, so I let them live in." ”
When Zhou Chongyi heard that this was the case, he also said disapprerovitously: "So that's the case, anyway, with such a big yard at home, it's nothing to live a few more people, and Duo'er really needs a playmate." ”
Hearing Zhou Chong's words, the bracelet who was trying on clothes on his body also spoke: "Brother, Sister Junwan and Sister Mengwan are both good people, and they are both very beautiful, they have taught me a lot of things in the past two days, but unfortunately they live in the front yard, and it is a little inconvenient for me to go to them, so do you see if you can let them move to the backyard as well, so that I can often ask them?" ”
"Let them move in?" Zhou Zhong said with some surprise, and at the same time he also found that Aunt Wang and Su Niang next to him also nodded in agreement, which made him also very curious about the two women who had never met, he had only been away from home for more than half a month, and they had already won Aunt Wang's favor, and even wanted them to move to the inner house, it seems that the other party must have something attractive.
Maybe it was because she saw that Zhou Chong was silent, Aunt Wang was also a little uneasy at this time and said: "Chong'er, Junwan and Mengwan's character must not be said, and Junwan's knowledge is good, Mengwan's piano skills are unparalleled, Bang'er stays at home when she has nothing to do, and she can learn more things when she gets along with them, plus the backyard is so big, and our mothers are also a little scared at night, so it is better to let them move to the inner house, so that they can take care of each other!" ”
Hearing that even Aunt Wang said this, Zhou Chong naturally didn't want to say anything, so he smiled and said: "What Aunt said is that since the other party is two weak women, and they have a child, plus Aunt Wang and Bang'er, you both think that the other party's character is good, then let them move in!" ”
"Great, I'm going to find Sister Junwan and ask them to pack their things and move in with us at night!"
I saw Bang'er cheering, and turned around to tell his two good sisters the good news, but was grabbed by Zhou Chong and said: "Silly girl, it's almost dark now, and it's about to eat, even if you tell people, they won't have time to move tonight, so let's do it tomorrow." ”
When Zhou Chong came back, it was already early, and he had a conversation with Aunt Wang, and the sky outside had already darkened. At this time, Aunt Wang also noticed the sky outside, and hurriedly said: "You see that we are patronizing and talking, and we have even forgotten to cook, Chong'er, you sit down and rest, and I will go to cook." ”
Aunt Wang walked briskly to the kitchen as she spoke, Su Niang also followed to help, Bang'er looked at the sky outside, and she could only give up the idea of going out, chatted with Zhou Zhong again, and then went to the kitchen to help cook.
Only Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu were left in the last room, and just took this opportunity to ask Steward Xu about the situation of the new tenants, Aunt Wang and Bang'er both wanted them to move in, which made Zhou Chong also feel very curious about the two women.
As a result, according to Steward Xu, the new tenant is a pair of sisters, surnamed Bai, of which the elder sister is named Bai Junwan, about twenty years old, and the younger sister is named Bai Mengwan, who is older than Bang'er, and is about the same age as Zhou Zhong. When the two sisters came to rent the house, they were all dressed up in disguise and looked like two beggars, but they didn't expect to move in and be groomed, they turned out to be two beautiful women, and that Qingqing was the daughter of her sister Bai Junwan.
The Bai sisters are not only beautiful, but also very educated in their speech and demeanor, and at a glance they know that Lu Dao is from a large family, among which the elder sister Junwan is very knowledgeable, and the subset of the history is all incomprehensible, and the younger sister Mengwan plays a good piano, and the bracelet likes it very much after knowing the Dao, so she often goes to chat with them.
According to the Bai sisters themselves, they were originally from a large family in Nanjing, only their father and their sisters in the family, sister Junwan recruited a husband a few years ago, but a few days after marriage, her husband went to catch the exam, and there was no news, leaving her only Qingqing such a daughter, and then their father died, and a local bully wanted to marry their sisters as concubines, as a result, they had to abandon the family property and escape with Qingqing. Aunt Wang was very sympathetic to the plight of the two sisters, so she cared for them very much, and now they lived in a small courtyard on the left side of the front yard.
After introducing the situation of the Bai sisters, Steward Xu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Young master, after this period of observation, the Bai sisters should not be lying, but their conversation and temperament are not something that ordinary rich families can teach, I suspect that they are likely to be from official eunuchs, and there are too many dignitaries and dignitaries in Nanjing, in case the bully who wants to marry them is powerful and sends someone to chase after Songjiang, I am worried that it will bring some trouble to our family." ”
Zhou Chong didn't speak after hearing this, he believed in Steward Xu's eyes, the young ladies of the two official eunuchs were forced to flee to Songjiang, so it can be seen that the bullies who took a fancy to them were definitely not ordinary people. However, since this kind of thing has happened to him, and he Zhou Chong is not a person who is afraid of things, plus this is Songjiang and not Nanjing, so Zhou Chong is not worried about the other party chasing after him.
Because Zhou Chong came back, so Aunt Wang and they specially made a few good dishes, everyone sat together while eating and chatting, Duo'er didn't see Zhou Chong for many days, and now he had to sit in his arms to eat, and Bang'er asked him about going out to play, fortunately, Zhou Chong was prepared, and made up some small stories to prevaricate in the past.
After dinner, Zhou Chong served some more food to Wu Shan, and then went to the front yard with Steward Xu and Su Niang to visit Wu Shan, and found that Wu Shan's body recovered very quickly, and now he can not only go to the ground, but also walk very steadily, but he can't walk too fast, otherwise he will wrestle.
In addition, what Zhou Chong didn't expect was that Wu Shan actually recognized Su Niang as his godsister, it turned out that Wu Shan was often taken care of by Su Niang during this time, and he was very grateful, and when Su Niang was sold by his parents when he was a child, he had a younger brother in the family, if he was still alive now, he should be about the same age as Wu Shan, so she also took care of Wu Shan as his own brother, so Wu Shan simply recognized Su Niang as his sister, so that Steward Xu became his brother-in-law, and everyone was a family.
Zhou Zhong chatted with Wu Shan for a while, originally they wanted to drink some wine and chat for a while, but Su Niang resolutely refused to let him drink for two reasons, the first is that Wu Shan's injury is not completely healed, and the second is that Steward Xu is old and hurts his body by drinking, so he can't drink it. As a result, Zhou Zhong and they couldn't argue, so they had to talk a few words and go back.
Zhou Chong, who returned to the backyard, went to Aunt Wang again, after all, he had been away for so many days at once, and now that he is back, he naturally wants to accompany them more, especially Bang'er and Duo'er, there must be a lot to say to him.
Sure enough, as soon as Bang'er and Duo'er saw her, they immediately pulled Zhou Chong and didn't let them go, and the three brothers and sisters played and played until the two watches, and the young Duo'er finally got a little sleepy, and fell asleep in Zhou Chong's arms after the last day.
Zhou Zhong put Duo'er on the bed, and he also felt a little tired at this time, so he said goodbye to Aunt Wang and Bang'er, and planned to go back to his yard to rest, but at this moment, Bang'er grabbed him, and then pulled Zhou Zhong to the living room outside, which was very mysterious and whispered to him: "Brother, you are not in these days, there is a strange thing in our family!" ”
"Strange thing, what's weird?" Zhou Zhong asked a little strangely.
"Haunted, haunted in the back garden!" The bracelet leaned into Zhou Chong's ear, and said very seriously, and at the same time, his face showed a little fear.