Jiao Shi took a deep breath, it stands to reason that at this time, they should take the initiative to explain their intentions to the concierge of the Pingguo Mansion.

Jiao Shi was typing in his heart, thinking about how to say it for a while before he could say it decently.

Jiao's parents were originally from a large local family in Yuncheng, so they naturally understood the way of some porters.

The concierge is actually the place where you can look at the height of your eyebrows and eyes.

The gatehouses in small places such as their Cloud City are all like this, not to mention the rich land under the feet of the Son of Heaven in the capital. The Pingguo Mansion is one of the most wealthy families among the nobles in Beijing, so maybe this gatehouse will make things difficult for people.

After all, the prime minister's door is a seven-rank official.

As a result, before Jiao Shi could figure out how to make the opening remarks, he saw that several porters of the Pingguo Mansion were all greeted by these top two wealthy families, and they all greeted them with smiles on their faces, and saluted them very courteously: "A few are the old ladies and ladies of Jiao's Mansion, right?" Our old lady has already ordered that a soft sedan chair will be prepared for a few of you, please inside, please inside. ”

Fang Changgeng and Jiao didn't expect to be treated so kindly, and they were a little flattered for a while.

When the porter looked at the three Fang Hanniang sisters and brothers who were following Fang Changgeng and Jiao's family, his courteous smile became even more sincere: "Cousin girl, cousin young master, you are back, we are all thinking about the three of you." ”

The look of wanting to cut out the heart and liver to show loyalty made Fang Hanniang and the others couldn't help laughing.

Fang Hanniang smiled and shouted "Sister Qiuzhu".

Qiu Zhu understood, took out a purse from his cuff, and stuffed it into the porter's hand.

Fang Hanniang said with a smile: "The big brothers have worked duty, and when the shift changes, these broken silver will buy wine for the big brothers." ”

Several porters were overjoyed, and they all thanked each other, looking happy.

One is to earn more money, and the other, but whatever is rewarded by the master, this is a great dignity for them.

They know that if they serve their cousin well, they will never treat them badly.

Although the boss had spoken early, if anyone had a business trip in the service today, they would be severely punished, and they would not dare not be undeceiving, but they would treat their subordinates so kindly and openly, and they would definitely be more careful and attentive when they were on duty.

The people understand this truth, and Fang Hanniang naturally understands it.

She did this at the door, in fact, it was also for her father Fang Changgeng.

Fang Changgeng was able to give birth to three sisters and brothers who were so smart and crystal clear, and naturally he was not a stupid person, he was just slightly stunned and reacted to the intention of his eldest daughter to do this, his eyes were hot, and his heart was moved.

He owes him so much for his three children.

Fang Hanniang took the initiative to take Jiao's arm and said with a smile: "Dad, Aunt Jiao, let's go in, I'm afraid my grandmother is waiting for us." ”

"Yes, yes." Fang Changgeng woke up like a dream and nodded again and again.

Fang Zhiniang stepped forward, naturally took Jiao Yanrong's hand, and walked to the house with the whole family.

After entering the house, because there is still some distance between the house gate and the second gate, there are several soft sedan chairs waiting next to the house gate early, and the sedan chairs are all sturdy rough women, all with a smile on their faces, carrying the sedan chair to go fast and safely.

Fang Changgeng and Jiao's way, because they were a little nervous, and they were afraid that the maids of the Pingguo Mansion would laugh at them for not knowing anything, so they tried their best to look ahead, restrained their curiosity and did not look around. But despite this, some of the carved beams and paintings, pavilions and pavilions that caught the eye were enough to make them speechless in shock.

Fang Changgeng's heart became heavier and heavier.

It turns out that this is where the deceased wife once lived......

Compared with his home, it is simply a day and a land.

When the soft sedan chair was still some distance away from the Fuyuan Hall, Fang Hanniang and the others saw that the green warbler and a group of maids were already waiting at the Moon Gate of the Fuyuan Hall.

The green warbler also saw Fang Hanniang and them from a distance, and hurriedly greeted them with a smile.

Fang Changgeng and Jiao's family saw that these maids in the Pingguo Mansion were all born like immortals, and their demeanor was dignified and generous when they walked, and they all looked very well-behaved, and they immediately gasped.

Where is this maid, placed in their cloud city, more like the average daughter!

The green warbler led the group of maids, saluted them, and said with a smile after getting up: "...... The old lady got up early in the morning, and I don't know how many times she said that she didn't know if a few cousins and young masters had lost weight outside. ”

Fang Hanniang, Fang Zhiniang, Fang Minghuai, and the three sisters and brothers, who have been away from home for a few days, miss the kind and kind old lady very much, and when they hear Lu Ying say this, the feeling of missing the old lady in their hearts is even more irrepressible.

After entering the courtyard of the Fuyuan Hall and bypassing the shadow wall, Fang Hanniang saw at a glance that the old lady of Pingguo was holding a dragon head cane, standing anxiously in front of the flower hall and waiting.

Fang Hanniang's eyes were sour, and she was about to cry.

Fang Zhiniang Fang Minghuai also didn't expect that the old lady was so old, and she would come out to greet them in person, and the two of them were younger, and their eyes were a little wet.

Fang Hanniang's sister and brother shouted in unison: "Grandmother." ”

The old lady of Pingguo is old, her eyes are a little spent, and the view from a little farther away is extremely blurry.

Before she saw Fang Hanniang's sister and brother, she heard the three children shouting together, and she was a little afraid that she would hear it, so she hurriedly asked the people around her: "Is it Han'er, Zhi'er, and Brother Huai'er that are calling me?" ”

Yueying, the eldest girl who was holding the old lady of Pingguo next to her, replied crisply: "You didn't hear it, it's the cousin and they are back." ”

Yueying was originally a second-class maid.

After Chunjing mixed with An Ruyi's calculation of Ruan Chuxiao, Chunjing's family was directly driven out of the Pingguo Mansion. Chunjing's matter should have been the sin of selling it directly to others, but for the sake of Chunjing's diligent work for the Pingguo Mansion for so many years, he opened the net and drove out of the Pingguo Mansion directly. As a result, her husband's family heard about this matter, and they were also busy withdrawing from their relatives, and they didn't even want a dowry, so they only asked to quit.

Chunjing's big family, because of Chunjing's thought, lost the beautiful and comfortable errand of Pingguo Mansion, and they can be said to hate Chunjing. Later, Chunjing's father and mother didn't listen to Chunjing's wishes and made the decision, and directly forcibly sold Chunjing to an old merchant as a concubine.

Chunjing could have married out in a beautiful way and became a lady, but it ended up in such a bleak end.

This made the maids in the Pingguo Mansion secretly remember this lesson in their hearts, even if they had a mind or two about the masters in the mansion on weekdays, they even restrained the thoughts of climbing the master as a high branch, and honestly worked in the mansion.

For a while, it looked like everyone was a lot more profitable.

Yueying is one of the few maids who stand out in such an atmosphere.

Because the old lady intended to let Lu Ying also marry Fang Hanniang to the Jinwang Mansion, Yueying was almost trained by Lu Ying as a successor.

Yueying has a cool temperament, but she is a careful and proper person, and she is very liked by the old lady.

Hearing Yueying say this now, the corners of the old lady's mouth almost reached the root of her ears.

Fang Hanniang's sister and brother stepped forward quickly, Fang Hanniang and Fang Zhiniang's two sisters supported the old lady one by one, and said, "It's still cold, why did you come out?" The one said, "Grandmother, we'll help you in." ”

Fang Minghuai, as a younger brother, did not rob the two sisters, so he simply went to rob the maid's job, and obediently went to help the old lady of Pingguo lift the curtain.

The old lady of Pingguo looked at this, then at that, and smiled so much that she couldn't close her mouth: "Hey, okay, okay, let's go in and talk." ”

Fang Changgeng and Jiao followed behind, looking at the scene of Fang Hanniang's sister and brother getting along with the old lady of Pingguo with some shock.

They couldn't have imagined that the old lady of Pingguo was really as Fang Hanniang's sister and brother said, kind and cordial, and she didn't look like she had any shelf.

They glanced at each other with some apprehension, Jiao Shi held Jiao Yanrong's hand tightly, and walked in after him.

The old lady of Pingguo took a seat, although she missed her three grandsons very much, and she couldn't wait to pull them one by one to take a closer look at whether she had lost weight outside in the past few days, but she still remembered that today was the first time her son-in-law Fang Changgeng came to the door.

She beckoned to them amidly: "Come forward, let me take a closer look at you." ”

Fang Changgeng led Jiao's, Jiao Yanrong, and the nurse hugged Jiao Minglan, and saluted the old lady of Pingguo.

The old lady of Pingguo raised her hand: "Get up, I don't have such a false courtesy here." ”

She looked at Fang Changgeng fixedly: "You are Han'er's father, right?" Go forward a little more. ”

Fang Changgeng was very nervous in his heart, his palms were slightly sweaty, and he took a few steps forward a little stiffly.

The old lady of Pingguo looked at Fang Changgeng carefully and did not speak for a long time.

This silence made Fang Hanniang's heart a little bottomless.

Fang Changgeng didn't dare to speak.

The old lady of Pingguo let out a long sigh.

This made Fang Changgeng's heart suddenly rise to his throat.

The old lady said lightly: "You don't have to be nervous. I just think of your daddy. You weren't born like any of them. ”

His father's ...... I also made a big fuss about the Pingguo Mansion before!

Fang Changgeng knelt down all of a sudden: "My father and mother were born in the countryside all their lives, and they don't have much knowledge...... he wanted to defend himself, but found that the words were a little dry when they came to his mouth.

In the final analysis, Fang Changgeng himself had nothing to say to his father.

It's just that even if he complains about his father and mother in his heart, he won't say more in front of outsiders.

Fang Changgeng was silent and didn't say any more, just kowtowed three times to the old lady of Pingguo.

Jiao Shi was nervous on the side, and almost knelt down with Fang Changgeng.

The old lady of Pingguo said in a slow voice: "I have raised Qingqing like a jewel for so many years, and she finally fell into your house, but I met such a pair of in-laws...... Just thinking about it makes my heart hurt so much that I can't breathe! ”

Fang Changgeng was shocked and lowered his head.