Chapter 22: The Visit
This chapter is updated for the first alliance leader of the Tang Dynasty, fning, and I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to so many readers and friends, including Brother fning, for their support and reward!
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At this time, Yang Huahua was closing her eyes on the small couch in the hall to recuperate, Xu was sick and felt not so sensitive, Li Xi came in and the maids did not make any sound except for exchanging a few strange glances with each other, so it was not until Li Xi's hand was on her forehead that she suddenly realized that someone was around her and slowly opened her eyes.
"Why are you here?" Seeing that it was Li Xi, she smiled, I don't know if it was Tianyan in her illness, or yesterday's rain and dew moisturized her suddenly glowed brighter than she had seen before, at this moment her face was red and fluttering, her eyes were soft, with a touch of indescribable laziness, but it was a little more beautiful than before.
Li Xi also smiled at her, "It's all my fault." ”
Yang Huahua glanced at him when she heard this, but she had a somewhat coquettish tone, "It's the slave's own will, you don't put gold on your face." ”
Li Xi smiled hesitantly and said, "It's not badly burned, just now when I came to see Ah Jin just went out, just took medicine?" ”
Yang Huahua nodded and said, "It's nothing, the doctor just said that he didn't recuperate well yesterday, so the symptoms of the cold haven't faded yet, and it's not serious, but it's just a matter of recuperation." ”
As soon as she spoke at this time, Li Xi could see that she looked indeed a little tired, but she was in good spirits, and the doctor was right, it was just that the cold from yesterday was not good, but it was not serious.
At that moment, he nodded, wanting to say something more, turned his head to look at the four or five maids inside and outside the hall, and swallowed it back, just grabbed her little hand and squeezed it gently, and said, "Take care of it, I'll come to see you when I come back." ”
Yang Huahua nodded, the two glanced at each other, Li Xi stood up and wanted to leave, but at this time Yang Huahua suddenly said: "You wait, sit down, the slave has something to discuss with you." ”
Li Xi was curious when he heard this, so he sat down and looked at her again.
She thought for a long time, then turned her head to look at Li Xi, and said: "Ah Jin, this girl, has been with me for ten years, when she was still in her mother's house, she was my personal maid, and I have always treated her like a sister. ”
Hearing her suddenly talk about Ah Jinlai, Li Xi was taken aback, but he could vaguely guess what she meant, so he didn't speak at the moment and listened to her continue.
Yang Huahua sighed and continued: "I am a person who has refused to settle down since I was a child, and my conceit is a hundred times stronger than the people in the world no matter what, so when I was in my mother's house, I refused to learn the honest embroidery of other people's daughters, so I also know that Ah Jin has followed me for many years, and I have learned my spleen surname to be a ten**, although Pei Gu is not bad, but people are a little honest, it is not good to say, it can be called Mu Ne, although Ah Jin is a maid, but he still looks down on him. ”
"At that time, she said that she would accompany me for the rest of her life, and there would be nothing without a man in this life, hehe, although I am so conceited and strong in this life, I also know that a woman may not be able to live without a man, although she may not be able to live well, she may not be able to live well, but she is still bitter in the end, so even if I am so strong, I still chose you."
Speaking of this, she looked up at Li Xi affectionately, which made Li Xi feel a little ashamed, he himself felt that he should be careful in front of a few maids, but he didn't want Yang Huahua to be more open than himself, since the matter was done, everyone was willing, she was honest and honest that she was not afraid of anything, and she was more upright than herself, but she was worthy of becoming such a famous woman in thousands of years of history.
At that moment, Li Xi looked at her, smiled and clenched her little hand, and said: "I understand what you mean, but this kind of thing, you don't have to force it, it depends on what Ah Jin thinks, hehe, anyway, I think she doesn't have a good impression of me." Then he patted her hand again and said, "It's okay to talk about this matter later, you are sick, don't think about it all day long, just recuperate with peace of mind." ”
Yang Huahua shook her head when she heard this, and said to herself: "She is only two years younger than me, and she is already nineteen years old this year. Can't be delayed! So I'm going to discuss with you today, if you think Ah Jin is not bad, the slave will marry her like a sister and make you a concubine, do you think it's okay? ”
Seeing that she still had to say this, Li Xi had no choice but to smile helplessly, knowing that her surname was Ziqiang, and the good thing she thought about was that the gods couldn't drag her back, so she didn't talk about her anymore.
Seeing that she looked up at herself after she finished speaking, Li Xi pondered for a while and asked, "Have you asked her?" ”
Yang Huahua nodded, and Li Xi asked, "What do you say?" ”
"I don't agree, but I don't disagree. She also understands that she always has to marry a man, and you are always a person who can convince her, and she is not wronged to be a concubine for you. ”
Li Xi nodded when he heard this, and then fell into deep thought.
At this time, Yang Huahua had to mention this matter, and it was not difficult to guess this thought.
In fact, when she was happy yesterday, listening to the meaning of her words, Li Xi understood her thoughts, although she was very willing to be her own woman, but obviously, she was not willing to marry herself, of course, this is only on the basis that Li Xi has been engaged to Liu Wan'er, so she can only give her a concubine, if you want to marry her as a wife, then naturally say something else.
With the toughness and self-reliance of her surname, it is obviously not easy to make her change this idea, so yesterday, Li Xi knew this point, and she had unconsciously left a look of disappointment, and she was also very sensitive to it, so she suddenly started the idea of marrying herself as a concubine.
In this way, not only does Ah Jin, who has always been regarded by her as her sister, have a lifelong trust, but she can also be regarded as a kind of compensation for her reluctance to marry Li Xi, in her opinion, this is the best of both worlds.
It's a pity that this is not necessarily a good thing for Li Xi.
First, since they met, Li Xi has never had any thoughts about Ah Jin, and has always regarded her as a big maid and head of the Yang Mansion, without any relationship between men and women.
Of course, this is not to say that Ah Jin is not beautiful, in fact, although Ah Jin and Arthur sisters are not as beautiful as Yang Huahua or Wulan Liu Wan'er, they are definitely rare and beautiful like flowers, especially Arthur, who was born as flawless as a pearl and jade, and I think that in a few years, when her body grows and blooms, it will not be inferior to Yang Huahua.
However, it doesn't mean that women will like it as long as they are beautiful men, at least not Li Xi. Although Ah Jin is beautiful, as long as she sees her dignified posture, Li Xi really can't be interested. In his opinion, instead of including her in the room, it is better to let her be a female secretary and help him deal with some things, which can better reflect her value.
These two come, as Yang Huahua said, Ah Jin is really like her in terms of surname and temperament, although in front of Yang Huahua, she has always been very respectful, and in front of Li Xi, a person who she has to admire, she has always respected her, but when she leaves the aura of these two people, she is definitely a strong woman-like figure.
Speaking of this, there is no need to look at anything else, just look at her as Yang Huahua's personal assistant over the years, and she can handle all the affairs inside and outside the house with grace and grace and weight, and those old servants and wives are very respectful.
A woman like this marries her home and becomes a concubine...... In the future, Liu Wan'er will marry, if she is willing to take a step back, if she is still like this, she must control every drop of water where she touches her hands, and there will be a family rebellion when she wants to come!
Although in the current era, the status of wives and concubines cannot be the same at all, but that is just a normal situation, and Ah Jin, who has Yang Huahua as a backstage support and is so powerful himself, obviously does not belong to the normal category.
And although Li Xi and Liu Wan'er have only been in contact a few times, they can also see that Liu Wan'er's girl is naturally extremely smart in terms of intelligence, and she is atmospheric enough, but she is a master who convinces people with virtue, and she is a strong woman like Ah Jin...... It's really hard to say how it turned out!
Therefore, Li Xi was not willing to marry such a woman and go home, even if it was just to be a concubine.
But at this time, it's hard for Li Xi to refuse Yang Huahua's proposal - you just slept with people so strongly yesterday, and turned your face when you turned your head today? What's more, people don't care if you ask for things, they give you things, or a super beauty that is absolutely rare in this era that combines beauty and wisdom......
Li Xi lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said: "Right now, you are still sick, the two stalls of the winery and the vegetable market have just been rolled out, whether it is me, you, and Ah Jin, they are all too busy, besides, Ah Jin has been taking care of your family affairs for you all these years, and when you leave her at first glance, I am afraid that you will not be very comfortable, this matter, let's talk about it slowly." ”
After a pause, he saw that Yang Huahua's face was a little stunned, and he thought to himself that she would never have imagined that she would refuse such a beautiful thing in advance, right? So after thinking about it for a while, he said: "We must wait until these things are sorted out, and your and my hearts have settled down, and it will be too late to talk about this matter at that time, about the time of autumn and winter, and then talk about this matter." ”
Then he patted Yang Huahua's hand again and said, "I understand your intentions, don't worry." ”
Hearing what he said, Yang Huahua thought that he was going to refuse, and there was something wrong in her heart, but when she heard the latter sentence, she understood it again, thinking that what Li Xi said was not unreasonable, so she nodded.
"It's fine."
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When he came back, the next person came to report that the son of the third master's family, Li Zao, came over, and Li Xi couldn't help but be surprised and happy at the moment, as far as he knew, before the third uncle went to Chengdu, he deliberately arranged his affairs properly, and every time he was only allowed to go to the school honestly, he was not allowed to make a mistake, and he didn't know how he slipped out.
Speaking of which, he was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, Li Xi hadn't seen this little fat man for a month, so he immediately ordered someone to quickly invite him to come directly to the back house.
When he saw him coming, he asked directly, "Why are you here?" The third uncle asked you to find me something? ”
Li Zao still smiled as affectionately as before, and when he saw Li Xi, he first said hello obediently, and then said: "No, it's my aunt who gave me a vacation, and allowed me to come over to play with your side for a long time, second brother." ”
Li Xi punched him in the chest when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, to be honest, it won't be that you saw that the third uncle was in Chengdu, so you sneaked out by yourself, right?" ”
Li Zao smiled, "How can it, mainly because I received a notice from the county school today that I am going to enter the county school, so A-Niang was happy for a while, so she gave me a half-day off, saying that I don't need to go to the school." ”
"Did you go to the county school?" Li Xi was a little surprised when he heard this, but he quickly came back to his senses.
I remember that when I just made the main book, Lin Meiyu, the student in the county school, once ran to the county school to tell me that the county school wanted to expel Li Fang, but he refused at that time, and later in the yamen, he also pointed to Li Wei and asked him to find Lin Meiyu, so he said that he said it himself, don't embarrass Li Wei, and afterwards Li Wei also deliberately found himself and thanked him privately.
Lin Meiyu knew that she was just trying to make up for this rift in the family a little, so it is estimated that in his opinion, his ass was slapped on the horse's hooves.
Therefore, at the moment, with the little fat man Li Zao's little homework foundation, he was actually able to be called into the county school, thinking that Lin Meiyu should have shown favor to herself again?
Thinking about this, Li Xi immediately knew it. It's just that Li Zao doesn't have to tell these things, so he also showed a look of surprise at the moment, patted Li Zao's back, and said, "Okay, my tiger idiot is still a civil and military person!" Good thing, big happy event, come, the second brother invited you to drink at noon today and congratulated you, how about it? ”
Li Zao laughed, patted his belly and said: "I'm here for this, at home, my aunt asked me to eat, I only ate half of it, keep my stomach!" ”
Li Xi laughed when he heard this.
The two of them walked into the room with a smile, Li Zao saw that Wu Lan was also there, and knew from Daddy's mouth that this woman's status in the second brother's family was very unusual, and as soon as he came in, he first applied a fertilizer, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Ah Zao came to drink wine!" ”
This little sister-in-law made Wu Lan blush, but it was only a moment of distraction, she quickly came back to her senses, and said hello to Li Zao with a smile, and pretended not to hear that sister-in-law, but turned her head to look at Li Xi, "Or I'll go to the kitchen again and ask the mother-in-law to clean up more dishes?" ”
Li Xi smiled and patted Li Zao's back and pulled him to sit down, before he looked up and said to Wu Lan: "No, Ah Zao is here, you don't need to make those false courtesies, just tell the kitchen to make the amount of those dishes a little bigger, didn't Liufu send some fresh meat over there yesterday for you to make preserved meat?" Pick up more! Also, the main thing is, get more wine! ”
Wu Lan laughed when he heard this, starting from the time he followed Li Xi to live in the small courtyard under the big mulberry tree, he and Li Xi have been sitting and lying together for a while, but I have heard him mention the little fat man Li Zao, after arriving here, there are so many maids and servants in the house, and they often talk about some anecdotes about the little young master of the Li family's third master in Jinyuan City, so she is no stranger to Li Zao's habits of eating a lot and good wine, so she nodded with a smile at the moment.
At that moment, she was turning around to leave, but she saw that Zhao Lao'an, the housekeeper in the house, was coming quickly, and when she saw Wu Lan in front of the door, she just sighed, and she didn't even bother to greet her, so she said to Li Xi: "Young master, Lord Pei Jun of Jinyuan County came to visit, and the prayer post was handed to the door, and the old slave hurriedly came over to say when he heard it, uh, the worship post is here." ”
Li Xi was still smiling just now when he heard this, but at this time, he couldn't help but immediately turn cold and frowned, he got up and took the salute and glanced at it, wondering in his heart, thinking about how Pei Jun actually came to visit him at his home?
This is really evil!
Didn't it mean that he was in the yamen this morning, and he had just stimulated him again, it was said that he should hold back his sulk at this time, and it was a big deal to pull Jiang An to drink and scold himself, how could he come to visit him instead?
But since people are here, I really can't see it, although I just touched the little hand of someone's daughter-in-law.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Master Pei is still at the door?" ”
Zhao Laoan nodded and said yes when he heard this, and then Li Xi turned his head and said a few words to Wu Lan, and then got up and walked forward. And the little fat man Li Zao probably felt that it was boring to stay in the back house, so he simply got up and went to the front with Li Xi to join in the fun.
No matter how stiff the quarrel between the two is, they even think that the other party is their mortal enemy behind their backs, but Pei Jun is Li Xi's boss after all, and he personally came to the door to pay a visit with a poster, which can be regarded as a sufficient courtesy, and Li Xi really has to be courteous.
What's more, Pei Jun's sudden arrival at the door made Li Xi suddenly have an idea in his heart: Could it be that he is here to reconcile?
Speaking of which, he really doesn't want to have any contradictions, as long as he can swallow the fact that his daughter-in-law was eaten alive by himself, Li Xi doesn't mind fully cooperating with their Pei family at all levels such as official business.
But when Li Xi, who reported such a speculation, came to the door to greet Pei Jun in person, he realized that he was wrong, and it was a big mistake.
Behind Pei Jun were a total of three carriages, eight people, one of whom looked like a butler, and another one dressed as a noble son, who looked calm and unhurried, obviously not like an ordinary person, and the remaining six were all like a powerful man...... All of these eight people are very eye-catching.
Just looking at this posture, and then looking at the smile on Pei Jun's face, Li Xi sensitively realized that this obviously didn't look like a friendly visit.
(To be continued)