The Han family's house is not far from the wharf, and compared with the surrounding low mud walls and seagrass-roofed houses of ordinary islanders, the Han family's blue brick houses are particularly conspicuous, and the stone courtyard walls also show the unique status of the Han family in this area. Of course, the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info is a bit childish compared with the two-entry courtyard of Xu Zumin, Wu Heng and others, not to mention the three-entry courtyard of Qian Dana. But if it weren't for Han Yue's father Han Kuan's small problem of gambling and drinking on weekdays, plus he was very good to his subordinates for fighting for righteousness and squandering money, the Han family would have the silver to build a two-entry courtyard like Xu Zumin.

However, there are few Han families, except for Han Kuan and Han Yue, two single father and son, there is only one maid in the family, and the three of them live in a house that is too big, in Han Kuan's words, it is 'oozing panic'.

At this time, the door of the Han family's courtyard, which was already a little dilapidated, was closed, and a thin maid was sitting on the edge of the well in the middle of the courtyard with a wooden basin and scrubbing her clothes, and her clothes were rhythmically rubbed on the washboard, she raised her head from time to time, and used her arm stained with Mercury to straighten down some of her yellow hair, and then glanced at the direction of the courtyard gate, with some expectation in her eyes.

The little young master should be back today, I heard Aunt Li, who was working in the Wu Mansion this morning, say that the pockmarked face of Mr. Qian, who was full of pockmarks, had been preparing to go to the dock to greet the garrison very early, and the little young master would definitely come back with him.

Thinking that the rice jar at home is about to bottom out, these days the price of rice in the Qian family grain store is getting more and more expensive, and I am reluctant to spend money to buy it, the little young master only threw himself 1 yuan of silver before leaving, of course, she also knows that the little young master does not have much silver, after the death of the good uncle, the little young master spends money more and more uncontrollably, no, when the uncle is alive, the two of them spend money without moderation, the uncle likes to drink and like to gamble on dice, and the little young master likes to cause trouble everywhere.

Thinking of this, the maidservant girl who looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old missed the bearded uncle a little, and she also missed the little master who was always a hanger, and she wanted to cry when her nose was sore.

The maid has no surname, only a first name: Jin Niang.

A very nice name, at least she thinks so, it's hard to imagine that the uncle can actually think of such a name.

I still remember that I was only nine years old that year, my parents and younger brothers were killed by the Tartars, and the village was destroyed, I followed the large number of refugees to Jinzhou helplessly, and was caught up by the Tartar cavalry near the Daling River, many people who fled together were captured, and those who resisted were also killed by the Tartar cavalry like the devil, fortunately, the uncle and a group of soldiers came out and saved her life, the uncle saw that she was pitiful and took her in, and gave her the name Jin Niang, in fact, she knew her name, But when she thought of her father, mother, and brother dead, she never wanted to remember the past.

She likes the name Jinniang very much, although the uncle may have chosen it because he picked it up near Jinzhou, but it is really good.

The maidservant rubbed her red eyes, then put down the clothes soaked in the tub and sighed slightly.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of a dog barking in the alley outside, and then someone scolded her, and the dog whimpered and ran away like a ghost: Mom, the little devil who often steals dogs and eats dog meat is back.

"Yo, isn't this the little brother of the Han family, but I don't see anyone for a few days, but I am more energetic."

"Xiao Yueyue, if I find you peeking at my aunt and me taking a bath again, I promise to break your three legs."

"Brother Han, look at when the five coins you owe me will be repaid, now the price of rice is so expensive, many people are starving to death."

"You kid is back, yesterday Zhang Guizi whispered to me that my old hen was stolen by you at the behest of Wang Gou, and the chicken feathers are still buried on the small slope in the west of the village."

"Ah, Brother Han is an official, this is a Puzi that can only be worn by an official, right?"

"Yo, I haven't seen my daughter-in-law marry for a few days, and even give birth to two babies? The more you look at it, the more you don't look like Brother Han, but it's quite like Lao Wang, right? ”

"You're the old king."

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Han Yue embarrassed all the way to confess to the neighbors of Wangjiadao around him, these people basically had no impression in their minds, but he knew that what they said was the truth, and his body was the number one thief in Wangjiadao before.

Zheng Xiaoniang carried a small package on her back, led the big bolt and the small bolt to follow behind Han Yue, her face was also cloudy and sunny, thinking to herself: It turns out that Han Gongzi is such a person, why don't you see it on weekdays?

Although he was walking in front, Han Yue clearly felt that Zheng Xiaoniang's eyes were rolling on him, and he smiled bitterly in his heart, his previous appearance was too bad, it seemed that it was imminent to re-establish the image of heroic and righteous.

Only the curious big bolt thought to himself: Brother Han is really not an ordinary person, he is so popular and loved. The admiration and awe for Han Yue in my heart became even more profound.

Finally walked to the small stone courtyard with his memory, Han Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to knock on the door, only to hear a familiar squeak, the somewhat dilapidated courtyard door opened, and a thin little Lori with two pigtails stood there, surprised and excited.

"Little master, you're back." Jin Niang saw that it was really Han Yue, and shouted out happily.

"Jin Niang?" Han Yue blurted out in some astonishment.

In his impression, this little maid is a special existence, it can be said that the two of them have been dependent on each other since Han Kuan's death, but because of the other souls from the afterlife, Han Yue always feels a little trance every time he sees familiar and intimate characters in this world.

"Little master, come in." Jin Niang didn't notice Han Yue's strange appearance, in her eyes, the little young master who was always idle on weekdays was always weird, and she didn't feel anything anymore.

"Hey, the little master has brought the guests back?" Finding the Zheng Xiaoniang family behind Han Yue, she was inexplicably a little happy in her heart, there had been no guests at home for a long time, and Wang Erkui often came in addition to the guards.

Zheng Xiaoniang pulled the big bolt and the small bolt to give her a gift, and Jin Niang was also busy and jerky to give her a gift.

"This is Zheng Xiaoniang, this is the big bolt, this is the small bolt, they will all live with us in the future, this is Jin Niang, and she used to handle everything at home." Han Yue, who came back to his senses, hurriedly introduced them to them, and Zheng Xiaoniang was a blessing again, and Jin Niang also returned the gift.

"Little Master and the guests, come into the house quickly, I'll cook for you." Jin Niang was about to help Han Yue get the package, but found that Han Yue was empty-handed, thinking that the little master didn't know where to leave the salute again.

Han Yue, his own home, would not be polite, and entered the courtyard with Zheng Xiaoniang, Han Yue slowly looked at this familiar and unfamiliar home.

The yard is very clean, Jin Niang often cleans on weekdays, in the middle is a well and an old tree, so it is very cool in the shade of the trees in summer, on the left side of the yard are three slightly low blue brick houses, respectively, kitchen, utility room and thatched toilet, on the right are also three blue brick houses, the innermost one is Jin Niang's bedroom, the other two are empty as guest rooms on weekdays, the main house is also three, the middle is the dining room and living room, and the two bedrooms on the left and right were Han Kuan and Han Yue's before. In addition, there is a small backyard behind the main house, which used to be Han Kuan's stable, but now it has been changed to a chicken pen and a pigsty.

In general, this courtyard is similar to the courtyard houses in the countryside in later generations, although it is not very high-end and atmospheric, but it has a strong homely atmosphere, and Han Yue's soul from later generations likes it very much.