After Li Yu left the study, he came to the front yard and asked an old mother to find Zhou Tong, who turned out to be Zhou Jin's scholar and later Zhou Jin's entourage, so Li Yu was very familiar with him. And this week's work is quite reliable, so this time Li Yu still thinks of this former scholar.

As soon as Zhou Tong heard that there was a business trip, he immediately rushed to the flower hall leading to the inner house.

"On the first day of November, the fourth brother and I will go to Ji'an to worship my parents, so let you rush to Zhuangzi first to inform them and let them prepare."

"Yes, second sister. So when do I leave? "There is an eldest sister in the Zhou family this week, who is Zhou Jin's sister, and everyone calls her eldest sister. Therefore, when Zhou Tong first saw Li Yu, he thought it was another young lady in the family, so he called Li Yu's second sister, until now.

"You'll leave tomorrow. Then take a boat, first go to Ji'an Mansion, go ashore on the east bank of the river, and go southeast for thirty miles to Lijiazhuang. Tomorrow morning, you will come to me first to get a letter, and then you will give it to the steward of the village. I haven't been to Zhuangzi, so you have to ask Zhou Hong for specific things, he has been to Zhuangzi. Li Yu said.

"Yes, the little one will go to Steward Zhou to inquire clearly." Zhou Tong agreed.

After finishing the order, Li Yu went back to his courtyard to rest.

Zhou Jin cleaned up, and asked the little girl to accompany him to the main room in the backyard, and by the way, he was familiar with the situation of this Zhou mansion.

Zhou's Mansion is a five-storey mansion on three roads, sitting north and facing south, and Zhou Jin's courtyard is located on the third floor of East Road.

When Zhou Jin arrived at the main house, a woman wearing a long skirt with gold thread trim walked out of the courtyard, accompanied by several maids. Zhou Jin saw that she was surrounded by everyone, this is probably Mrs. Zhou. So he said decently, "Mother." ”

This lady is really Zhou Jin's mother, and she doesn't seem to suspect Zhou Jin. She just smiled and said, "I thought you weren't going to eat with me again." After speaking, Mrs. Zhou walked over, grabbed Zhou Jin's hand, and asked, "Son, I was beaten by that monk yesterday, are you okay?" ”

"No, I'm fine."

The two laughed and walked towards the "Shang Shi Hall". Zhou Jin only felt that Mrs. Zhou's hand was very warm, making him feel as if she was really his biological mother. Zhou Jin thought to himself, maybe Mrs. Zhou must feel this way.

"It's okay, don't read books all day in the future, and your brain will be broken." Mrs. Zhou said here and scolded: "Zhou Pan, a snobbish thing, if he hadn't forced him to study and confused his brain, how could an adult fall into it." He also invited the wild monk who didn't know where to come to his home. ”

The little girl who followed Zhou Jin said: "Madam, that monk is a senior monk of Longchi Temple, not a wild monk. ”

Mrs. Zhou scolded with a smile: "Li Min, you ghost girl, you know everything." ”

Until now, Zhou Jin knew that Master Zhou's original name was Zhou Pan, and the little girl's name was Li Min. He looked at the others again, and found that they all pretended not to listen to anything, and no one came to extinguish the anger of Mrs. Zhou. Accident of human feelings, Zhou Jin sighed and said: "This matter has nothing to do with my father, the ground by the well was slippery at that time, and I didn't pay attention to the ground, so I didn't stand firm under my feet." ”

"Well, let's not talk about it. Your father said you were going to take Yu'er back to Ji'an? It's good, go out for a walk. ”

"Yes, it's been so long, Yu'er and I should go and see it."

The "Shang Shi Hall" is located on the west side of the courtyard on the second floor of the Zhou Mansion, and after a while, they came to the "Shang Shi Hall".

The restaurant is large and has two round tables. Cold cuts are already on the table. More than a dozen people stood on both sides of the hall, and when they saw Mrs. Zhou entering the room, they saluted and greeted her. From these conversations, Zhou Jin basically figured out the identities of these people. Of course, they also had to comfort Zhou Jin who fell into the water, but fortunately, most of the people in this place in Jiujiang are accustomed to water and do not pay so much attention to the matter of falling into the water. So Zhou Jin easily dealt with these people.

Among these people are Zhou Jin's eldest brother Zhou Yong's wife and his child Zhou Lang, who is less than three years old. Zhou Jin's sister Zhou Ping, Master Zhou's two concubines, Aunt Sun and Aunt Zhao, as well as their sons Zhou Jun and Zhou He, daughter-in-law Lin Yu Zheng, and Aunt Zhao's daughter Zhou Xiang. Mrs. Zhou's sister, Aunt Wu, and his son, Wu Zhuo.

After greetings, Mrs. Zhou said after entering the table: "The master was invited by the prefect, and he hasn't come back yet, so we won't wait for him." Let's take a seat. "Everyone took their seats in turn. The two aunts and their children sat in the second seat, and the rest sat in the chair. There was silence during the banquet, and soon the main meal was over, and the fruit plate was served. Mrs. Zhou left the table first and went to the side compartment to rest, and everyone followed.

Zhou Jin thought about other things and didn't want to deal with them here, so Zhou Jin found an excuse and left first. He already had a general understanding of the layout of the Zhou Mansion, so he first walked to the flower courtyard, and then walked south from the East Road Yongdao.

When passing through a courtyard, he met a girl, who thought he was going to go in when she saw him coming, and greeted him: "Young Master Zhou, have you come to see my young lady?" She's still resting. ”

Zhou Jin heard her call herself like this, and thought to himself that he hadn't heard of any guests living in the house just now, and if he wanted to talk about outsiders, there was only Li Yu, so he said: "I won't bother her, I'll come back later." ”

After walking a few steps, he arrived at his own "entrance hall", and it turned out that Li Yu's courtyard was behind him. After reading the books in the study for two hours, Zhou came in to Li Yu's courtyard.

Zhou Jin didn't want to stay in the house, so he took Li Yu to the garden behind the ancestral hall in the mansion. Looking at the sunset in the west, Zhou Jin looked at Li Yu next to him and took her soft hand. In this winter evening, Li Yu felt that the temperature of this hand seemed to warm her whole body, so she did not feel uncomfortable, but enjoyed it.

"Yu'er, do you remember the situation in Ji'an?" Zhou Jin squeezed the smooth and warm hand in his hand and said.

"I don't remember." Li Yu was very frightened at first about Zhou Jin's actions, but after a cool breeze, she found that the big hand holding him seemed to be able to convey the temperature to herself against this autumn. So slowly became less resistant. "I've been with my father since I was a child, and I haven't been to Ji'an. At that time, my father was busy with affairs in the yamen, and he rarely talked to me about the situation in Ji'an. The situation in Zhuangzi is still what they have told me in the past few years. ”

Zhou Jin thought to himself, this is good. Looking at this big-eyed and plump girl, Zhou Jin's heart began to ripple a little, and the sadness and perseverance mixed with the black pupils were like a black hole, quietly sucking Zhou Jin's reason.

"It's okay if you don't understand now, I'll find out with you when we get to Ji'an." Zhou came in front of Li Yu, held her shoulders and said.

"It's all a clan member who has come out of the five suits, and there's nothing to know. What's more, if I am a lone woman, it is even more impossible for them to be close. Li Yu said in a low voice.

"How are you a lone woman? You don't still have me. Hearing this, Zhou Jin couldn't help but take Li Yu into his arms and said: "You and I are husband and wife, my home is your home, don't say such things in the future." ”

Hearing this promise that had been waiting for more than ten years, and being embraced into a warm and strong embrace, those rules had become dispensable at this time. Li Yu wouldn't even think about why Zhou Jin suddenly changed his personality this time.

"Master, I'll go and say, when I'm lifted, we'll have a wedding. If he doesn't agree, I'll take you to the capital to take the exam and leave this home. Good no good? ”

"Good!" Li Yu buried the head of the mantis in Zhou Jin's arms and whispered in agreement.

Before the sky was completely dark, they returned to the entrance of the school, although the courtyard of the two was next to each other, but for the strong affection that the two had just suddenly jumped up, this small difference was like the separation of life and death.

"I'll send you back to the courtyard first." Zhou Jin said after regaining a trace of his senses. So the two of them walked to the back, but it was only a yard away, and they soon arrived. Zhou Jin could only grit his teeth and say to Li Yu, who was looking at him affectionately: "Go in, think about what you need to explain to Zhou Tong." ”

After half an hour of grinding, Zhou Jin was able to return to the school, he was just about to enter the study, Li Min walked in, Zhou Jin saw it and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The little girl replied crisply: "The master is back, let me tell you that I will go with him tomorrow morning to attend the Gantang Lake Cultural Conference." ”

"Got it."

After Zhou Jin finished speaking, he was about to go back to the house, but found that Li Min was still staring at him, and asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”

"Young Master, when will the things you promised me be fulfilled?" The little girl seemed a little angry.

Zhou Jinna knew what he promised her, and said strangely: "What did I promise you?" ”

"You promise to tell Madame that you will bring me to your room!"

Zhou Jin was stunned for a moment, looked at this petite and cute little girl, and thought, isn't Zhou Jin not clear with that Aunt You this time, this is the same one again, and asked, "I don't remember when I agreed to your request." ”

"But Miss Yu said you agreed." The little girl said with a disappointed face.

Zhou Jin only felt that his head was big, and it was very likely that this matter was Li Yu's private promise. There may be Li Yu's selfishness, but it's not a big deal, Zhou Jin assessed the pros and cons, and he still had to admit the account: "Tell me what Miss Yu told you." ”

The little girl then learned and said: "Miss Yu said, Li Min, there is a shortage of people in the fourth young master's room now, are you willing to come?" I said, "Okay, of course I'm willing, young master, you're so good, every time I come here, you'll reward me with delicious food." And I heard Sister Yujuan say, young master, you also gave his parents more than ten acres of land. Does the young master want to take Sister Yujuan into the house? ”

When Zhou Jin heard this, he choked on the tea, and thought, why did he get to the house, "Okay!" That's what I'll say to Madame as soon as possible. You go back to the master first. ”

At this time, Aunt You walked into the living room and said with a smile: "Li Min, come to beg the young master to bring you over again?" ”

The little girl was embarrassed: "No, Aunt You, it was the master who asked me to come over and inform the young master to go to the cultural meeting tomorrow." Don't make fun of me. Young master, I'm going to go back to life. After the little girl finished speaking, she ran out of the yard.