Chapter Twenty-Six: The Man of the Garden
Although Yan Juan and Xie Chen have known each other since the beginning of the morning, if it is true, the number of times she has been to Xie's house can be described as only a handful.
Most of the time, they met a few times in Ganlu Temple, if there was really something to discuss, just like last time, Xie Chen would take the initiative to come to the door, and Yan Qian didn't need to go out.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Xie's mansion, and the concierge of the Xie family quickly greeted him.
"In the car, but Miss Yan? You are here to find our young master, our young master is at home at this time, and he has not gone out! ”
The porter hadn't seen Yan Juan much before, but looking at the sign on the carriage, there was something else he couldn't guess.
Yan Wan raised her eyebrows.
She used to hear Xie Chen say that their family was not very useful, but when she saw it today, she felt that it was okay.
It's not like the concierge of some people's homes, who really write the words 'dogs look down on people' to their bones.
Stepping into the gate of Xie's mansion, the person leading the way changed from the gatehouse to another small servant.
The clothes on the little guy's body were dusty.
Although the style of the clothes is no different from the other subordinates of the Xie Mansion, this color is a little too special.
At least Yan Wan hadn't seen anything like it before.
She was curious, but she didn't ask.
In the end, it's not her own home, and she doesn't need to inquire about things clearly, people who don't know still think she has something in mind!
As mentioned earlier, Yan Juan has not been to the Xie family many times, but it is not that she has never been here.
She looked at the little guy leading the way in front of her, and led them to the verandah without thinking. If Yan Juan is not mistaken, the end of this hand-copying verandah should be the small garden of Xie Mansion, and the small garden used to be the backyard of Xie Mansion.
But Xie Chen clearly lives in the front yard.
"Where are you taking us?"
Yan Wan stopped, and didn't even move with Yu Nong and Yu Qi behind him.
The little guy who led the way turned around and said with some surprise: "Aren't you going to see my young master?" I'm taking you to the young master's yard! ”
He was not weak at all, but felt that Yan Juan's question was inexplicable.
Yan Juan: "How do I remember that when I came here, I didn't take this road?" ”
"So that's it!" The little guy scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "There are many ways to get to the young master's courtyard!" I thought that you came to the door by yourself, girl, and you must be in a hurry to see my young master, so I specially chose the nearest road, if you don't want to take this road, we can also turn back and take another way. ”
The words he explained were not very pleasant to listen to.
Why mess with a whole bunch of explanations.
To put it bluntly, this road is also to Xie Chen's courtyard, isn't it okay!
Yan Juan waved his hand at him: "Just keep walking, don't turn back." ”
It's gone, and what does it look like to turn back again?
Besides, Yan Juan is not a little girl who has no power to restrain the chicken, she followed behind the great monk of Ganlu Temple, not only learned medical skills, but also practiced some martial arts, to say how powerful it is definitely not good.
But the little guy who led them the way, who was born thin and small, was more than enough to deal with such a guy.
What's more, there are three of them in Yanwan, and the little guy is only himself!
Of course, those who have strength do not need to be afraid of the calculations of the weak.
After passing through the verandah, we arrived at the small garden.
It stands to reason that there should be no one in the small garden of the cold winter wax moon.
But when Yan Wan arrived, she happened to see a little girl about six or seven years old, leaving from the small garden with a group of subordinates.
Although Yan Juan really didn't like to go out in the past, when she should go out to socialize, she didn't go willfully. Therefore, those ladies and girls in the city, she can also have a familiar presence.
As for the stepwife that Master Xie married, as well as the pair of dragon and phoenix fetal daughters she gave birth to, she had also seen it.
The little girl who left just now was about the same age as the dragon and phoenix fetus, but she was not any of the dragon and phoenix fetuses.
Despite her appearance, she looks five or six points similar to Xie Chen.
Yan Juan opened her mouth and asked, "Who was that girl just now?" ”
The little guy hurriedly looked at the group of people who left, although he didn't see the person Yan Juan said, but in the Xie Mansion, the only one who would bring such a subordinate by his side was the new one.
He replied, "You are asking about the girl who just left!" ”
"She is a distant relative of our wife, and she was supposed to follow her brother to the Broken Leaf City next door, but halfway through, she remembered that her family had also purchased an estate in Jinguan City, so she temporarily changed her mind and arrived in our Jinguan City. Miss Situ is only staying in the mansion for a few days, and she will go to Broken Leaf City in a few days. ”
He saw that Yan Juan didn't continue to ask, so he continued to show them the way.
And Yan Juan was thinking about the lady he was talking about at this time.
The Xie family is in Jinguan City, and it is also a family that has gone through several generations, and the rules of the family are not as strict as those of the Beijing family, and they are still very lenient in some things.
It is said that after Mrs. Xie passed away, Master Xie remarried a second lady, and the later lady was surnamed Chen.
It stands to reason that today's Mrs. Xie should be referring to this stepwife.
But the only lady in the mouth of Xie Fu's people is the former one, that is, Xie Chen's biological mother, and they only have one 'wife' for the later stepwife.
In the final analysis, the two titles of 'wife' and 'madam' are the same, but the former is mostly the name of the lady of the main house in the merchant family in the city, and the latter is the title that should be in the family.
Regarding Master Xie's approach, Yan Juan didn't know whether to say that he was affectionate or unkind.
said that he was deeply affectionate, but he married his stepwife less than a year after Mrs. Xie's death, but if you say that he is unkind, ten years have passed, and there is still only Xie Chen's biological mother who can be called Mrs. Xie.
Whether the steplady is outside or in the Xie Mansion, she is only called Mrs.
Yan Juan stood on Xie Chen's side, although she also knew that Master Xie's approach must be lacking, but the person who benefited was Xie Chen, and she was not easy to question.
But sometimes when I think about it, I also think that the steplady is strange and pitiful.
So Xie Chen never embarrassed the stepwife, and usually only treated the other party as an ordinary elder to save face.
Thinking about it, I still can't tell whether Master Xie is as deep as the sea or cold-blooded, but Xie Chen's yard has arrived.
The previous porter found a little maid to lead Yan Qian the way, and naturally found someone else to inform Xie Chen, so it is not surprising that Xie Chen is waiting at the door at this time.
"No wonder I heard magpies chirping outside early in the morning, it turned out that a distinguished guest was coming to the door."
"Magpies? Can you still see magpies on such a cold day? ”
Yan Xuan, who hadn't turned a corner yet, asked stupidly.
only thought about Xie Chen's words in the literal sense, but forgot that there was still a scene for a while.
Xie Chen shook his head and smiled, and nodded at Yan Juan's forehead in the air: "You, you, you......"
He only said a few words, and then took Yan Juan into the house, after all, it was still very cold outside the house in the cold winter wax moon, he didn't care about himself, but Yan Juan needed to be taken care of.