"Who allowed you to orchestrate your master's son? It's the other way around, Steward Zhou, write down all the people in the kitchen today and drive me out of the house! "This is Gui's mother's voice.

Zhilan hurried a few steps to the kitchen door, and saw the tension inside.

A fat sister-in-law retorted: "I do things by myself, why bother pulling others." Everyone commented on the theory, it was the eldest young master who harmed my daughter Ah Hua. Although I am a subordinate, I can't do my best to bully the Zhou family! The eldest young master has done such a dirty thing, and now the lady has come forward to drive us away. Do you want to repay the debts when your Zhou family eats dry and cleans? Today I have to seek justice for my daughter Ah Hua! As she spoke, she took the hand of a young girl beside her.

Miss Ah Hua's coarse cloth clothes are simple, her eyebrows and eyes are upright, and she is even a little childish, she blushes and lowers her head, and stands aside.

Gui's mother looked at the girl and sneered: "It's ridiculous! Look at your flower, stupid and stupid. What woman has our eldest young master never seen, and what kind of woman do you want? How can you look at the rough maid. It must be your skinless and faceless daughter who pestered our eldest young master and took the initiative to post it! The eldest young master hasn't said that he has suffered a loss, and you still have the face to talk about this. Sister-in-law Ma, as the saying goes, 'a slap can't make a sound', you should ask your shameless daughter about this. ”

Hearing this, Lan pouted. The eldest brother's affair has even heard of her deep boudoir.

Zhou Yuehua is a well-known merry man. The most famous of his many peach blossom rhymes is that he and the nephew of Sun Zongxiang, the garrison of the city, competed for the top red girl of Qinxiang Garden and spent a lot of money, which once attracted the attention of the rich kings and grandsons. In the end, it was the father who came forward, apologized and invited the banquet, and gave the girl to the other party, so that the matter was settled.

At that time, my father was so angry that he grounded his eldest brother at home and took back the monthly order given to him. For these incidents, the eldest lady has admonished the eldest brother over the years, but the eldest brother often relapses.

Today, I'm afraid it's the eldest brother rabbit who doesn't want to admit it after eating the grass next to the nest. It's strange to say, somehow the girls ate his sweet words, and Zhilan saw that Gui's mother was going to let people take Ma's sister-in-law, mother and daughter to the firewood room.

While he was pulling, there was a sound at the gate, and it was my father and two brothers who had returned.

Zhilan reacted very quickly and greeted him with a smile: "Dad, you're back!" ”

As the old man took off his coat, he heard a lot of noise in the kitchen, where the noise seemed to be mixed with the sobbing of women.

He frowned and asked the eldest lady who went downstairs to Xiang Qian, "What's the matter?" ”

The eldest lady smiled reluctantly: "The subordinates didn't do a good job, and Mother Gui is reprimanding them." ”

Zhilan glanced at her inadvertently, and said unintentionally: "Mother, how did I hear that the matter over there in the kitchen is related to the eldest brother?" Do you want Big Brother to confirm it? If it is really framed, how can the eldest brother be wronged? ”

"Huh? What's something to do with your big brother? The old man became interested, turned his head and asked the eldest lady, "Madam, what happened?" ”

The eldest lady was speechless, and her resentful eyes were projected at Zhi Lan.

Zhilan put on an innocent smile, and the eldest lady had no choice but to follow Master Zhou to the kitchen.

Zhilan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, the old man was just giving some money to get out, it was better than the eldest lady pulling people to the firewood room to pour a kind of infertility medicine, although she didn't see it, she just heard people talking. If it is really as rumored, it may not be without reason. Today, it happened to meet the old man to deal with it, and it was also Ah Hua's luck.

Zhou Muqing pulled Zhilan to walk behind and asked quietly, "What's wrong?" She didn't answer, looking at Yuehua, Mu Qington could feel Yuehua's trepidation.

Mu Qing comprehended, took Lan's hand, and said to the old man, "Dad, Lan'er and I will go back to the room first." The old man agreed, and the two of them went upstairs together.

Mu Qing's hands were warm and wide. He was dressed in a modest plain dress, with a straight tie, gentle eyes, a straight nose, slightly pursed lips and fresh hair. Zhilan looked at him, and the best word to describe him was probably a humble gentleman, gentle as jade. In short, she was very relieved to have him by her side. The two entered the room together to talk.

"What do you guess Big Brother has done again?" Zhilan had a mysterious tone on her face.

"Because of what?" Mu Qing was curious by her. He guessed that Yuehua's affairs were related to women nine times out of ten.

"Ah Hua, the daughter of the cook's sister-in-law Ma, was spoiled by him. The Ma family's unrelenting quarrel there! Poor Miss Ma, at such a young age, the eldest brother really shouldn't ruin someone's life like this, if it weren't for my father and you coming back in time, I'm afraid I would be private again. ”

"I don't understand my eldest brother's thoughts, isn't the previous lesson enough?" Mu Qing pondered and sighed, "But Dad must have given some money to send their mother and daughter out." ”

Speaking of Yuehua, although Mu Qing was calm, Zhilan read disdain and disdain in his eyes.

"I often hear my eldest brother sigh that flowers are not red for a hundred days, and people are not romantic teenagers." Zhilan Road.

"Don't talk about him, the Tao is different." Mu Qing softly changed the subject, "Is the Mingji Pian Duck delicious?" ”

Zhilan didn't want to mention it again, and nodded reluctantly.

Mu Qing looked at her intently, and slapped her head when she remembered something: "Oh, I forgot about such a fuss, tomorrow my father and I are going to Echeng, and I can't accompany you to Liyuan Pavilion to listen to the play." ”

Zhilan let out an "oh", his face was full of disappointment, and he pouted at him.

"But~ I prepared a gift for you in advance, wait for me." Mu Qing smiled at her mysteriously and excitedly, and when she opened the door, she turned her head and emphasized again, "Surprise!" ”

Mu Qing's exaggerated appearance made Zhilan cover her mouth and smile, and she looked forward to it in her heart. When Mu Qing entered the door again, he held a gift box with a knot in his hand and handed it to her: "Open it and take a look!" ”

Zhilan was happy to open it, and in the box was a dress, with a playful round neck puff sleeves, a tight waist, a big bow, fine lines of woolen checkery, and white pleats on the neckline, which was not fancy and not too plain.

She picked it up and walked to the dressing mirror to compare, and said with a smile: "My brother has vision, it's so good-looking!" ”

She just compared, and the appearance of Mu Qing in the mirror was particularly amazing, which made his heart bounce slightly, and he immediately regretted that he couldn't bear to be eager, so he had to send this gift to her today, and couldn't help but say: "...... tomorrow"

"What's wrong?" Zhilan carried the new dress and compared it, and was keenly aware of Mu Qing's unspeakable hesitation in the mirror.

"It's nothing, this dress really flatters you." Sensing her joy, he pressed the conversation.

The two Ford cars of the Zhou family were parked at the door of the Liyuan Pavilion, and Zhilan saw Yuehua, who was sitting in the back row, looking out of the window angrily all the way, presumably the eldest brother was still complaining about his mouth, and he was scolded by his father for nothing.

Yesterday, Zhilan knocked on the side and asked Rong Ma where the mother and daughter of the Ma family went, and Rong Ma sighed and said, "It's not that I gave the money to send it out." I heard that the old man asked the eldest young master alone, and the eldest young master was asked on the spot, and his face was not a good color, and his wife was angry. ”

Zhilan's heart ended like this, but he also put a heart back in his stomach.

Since she was a child, her mother-daughter relationship with the eldest wife Wang was not good, but what if it is even worse now? Sneaking a glimpse of Yuehua's frustrated and secretly resentful appearance, there was half a bit of schadenfreude.

The car arrived. The theater manager led the guys to greet the door. There are many reporters like carp crossing the river, and seeing Zhou Yuehua from a distance is like a butterfly finding nectar, seeing the opportunity to get close to Yuehua, and rushing to ask questions that are rare to ask on weekdays, Yuehua replied to the official articles one by one.

Master Zhou and Zhou Muqing went on a business trip, the Zhou family was led by the eldest lord, and the first walk was the eldest lord and Jingru's mother - Wan Linglong, Yuehua held the eldest lady Wang in the center, and then the two aunts and wives of the eldest lord and Jingru's sisters, Zhilan and Jingru fell arm in hand at the end.

Zhilan raised his eyes and looked: Liyuan Pavilion is worthy of being the most luxurious opera garden in Jiangcheng, the wooden single-door archway erected at the door is very magnificent, and the three big characters of Liyuan Pavilion are nominated on the square. Looking at the theater building again, it is a two-story small building, the eaves and arches compete for beauty, and the color matching shows grace and luxury, which is not an ordinary theater garden, and it is naturally not an ordinary luxury. The flower signs next to the door are continuous, and the poster of Yang Guifei's appearance is particularly eye-catching.

Jing Ru looked around, lowered her voice and said to Zhi Lan: "Have you heard of the Qi family among the three major families in this city?" The Qi family is interesting, Master Qi married four wives and concubines, each of whom gave birth to daughters, and it is rumored that the daughters of the Qi family have their own merits, and when they come, I really want to see it. ”

"Sister, you are much more well-informed than me, and I know almost nothing." Zhilan looked admiring.

"No wonder you don't know. Jingru smiled, "No one in your family will talk about this." The second uncle's house has the most rules, and I don't dare to stay longer every time I come. ”

Hearing this, Zhilan nodded and said yes, the Zhou Mansion is like a legacy of independence, the sun and the moon in the building are long, and the things in the world have changed again, and the time has stopped when they enter the black lacquer gate. How good it would be if time really stopped immortality, and there was eternal life on earth! The growth of the aging is still with the passage of time, and this is the sad thing of Zhilan, who is getting older, but he has not made any progress in his insight into the world.

She and Jingru chatted in a low voice, and suddenly heard the sound of brakes behind them, and the Qi family's car stopped at the door, saying that Cao Cao Cao had arrived, and the two couldn't help but stand still and watch curiously.

The reporters went to surround them again, and everyone surrounded Master Qi to ask questions and take pictures, and the housekeeper of Qi Mansion led some family members to line up the reporters together with the guys in the theater, and the scene was suddenly chaotic.

Just in time, a middle-aged woman got out of the first car. The woman was dressed in a brocade cheongsam, she had been pampered for a long time and had cultivated a noble spirit, she was very beautiful, and her eyebrows and eyes were a little charming, but her expression was pleasing to the eye at the moment. She commanded several servants to take care of her, and personally helped a gray-haired and majestic old lady from the car.

Master Qi rushed over and carefully hugged the old lady with this beautiful woman, and a guy hurriedly led the way, which made the noise unconsciously quiet, and even the Zhou family stopped one after another.

When Master Qi and the beautiful woman passed by the Zhou family with the old lady in their arms, they smiled at everyone, and everyone couldn't help but salute, and they went straight to the door with the old lady.

The second car came down one after another are all female dependents, there is a woman, a little fat, but the figure can still be seen to be exquisite, unique in her gestures, dressed in a red and purple way, she skillfully poses in front of the camera, and does not mind the flash focusing on herself.

Yuehua and the maid Yan'er next to her joked: "Believe it or not, with my experience, this lady either came out of the opera troupe or was born in the Qinglou." ”

The eldest lady blamed him for talking too much and glared at him.

Wan Linglong smiled and said to the eldest lady: "Hua'er has good eyesight." The old lady who has just passed is the head of the Qi family, Mrs. Qi, who supports her is the second aunt Tai Bichun who is in charge, and what Hua'er said is the third aunt Tai Yaochun. Brother and sister, you don't know, Bichun was born in a small family and is the daughter of a tailor Xu on Yunyang Street; As for Yaochun's background, it is not worth mentioning, he was an unknown little dragon in the Ruyi class of Liyuan Pavilion back then; Only the fourth aunt Song Yuchun is a scholarly family, and they didn't have their current names before they married Master Qi, but it was Mrs. Qi who asked someone for divination, saying that it was to ensure the prosperity of the Qi family before it was changed to the way it is now. Hey, the fourth aunt didn't come, and she guessed she was sick again. ”

Zhilan was surprised by Wan Linglong's well-informed, Jingru showed a worthless expression, and whispered in her ear: "Don't forget, my mother's name is Linglong." ”

"As long as you talk a lot, let's go." Master Zhou said unhappily.

Everyone went to the door, Zhou Yuehua deliberately left behind, and Zhilan wanted to see the ladies of the Qi family with the same purpose, and Jingru accompanied Zhilan to walk behind.