The lights were dim, and there was a suppressed cough in the inner room, followed by a slightly panting voice asking, "Lianghuan, what time is it?" ”

The maid who was dozing off against the bedpost woke up suddenly, hurriedly lifted the side of the bed, helped the person to sit up, and stuffed a pillow behind her back.

"Why did the young lady get up? I slept for less than half an hour. ”

"Half an hour...... It's time, isn't it time, my uncle hasn't come back yet? I heard that it was still raining outside, but I ordered someone to bring him an umbrella? ”

"The umbrella was sent over early in the morning, and it wasn't drenched with my uncle, so you can rest assured, Miss. My uncle has just returned, and I'm entertaining guests in the study at this time. ”

"Don't call me Miss anymore, call me Madame."

"Look at my memory." Lianghuan patted his mouth, "Yes!" Madam! Mrs. Song! ”

Ren Yingzhu glanced at her, and her sickly face faintly revealed a little flush.

After a while, as if remembering something, I asked again

"It's so late, do you know what kind of guest it is?"

"Listening to the words, it seems to be a ...... from my hometown"

Hearing her hometown, the blush on Ren Yingzhu's face disappeared again.

Lianghuan knew her thoughts, and persuaded her, "Madame, don't think about it, the slave maid inquired, that Fang Yuzhi has already returned to Yeyang, and has nothing to do with Hou Ye anymore, and what is coming today is just my uncle's former classmate." ”

As soon as Ren Yingzhu heard that she was a classmate, she was about to get up.

"Quick, help me freshen up and change my clothes, since I am my husband's classmate, wouldn't it be rude if I didn't show up?"

Lianghuan is dead and alive.

"Uncle is sympathetic to your poor health, Madame, I have already instructed you in advance, don't let you disturb your sleep, madam, don't toss. What's more, although that person is a classmate of his uncle, he has only studied in a college for a few years, and he has no merit or fame, so Miss really can't make a ......."

Ren Yingzhu shook her head.

"I can't say that, there are very few people in my husband's daily life, and the person who can let him entertain him in the study so late must be more than just classmates, and the relationship should be very good, but there is no fame, I, I should also ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he coughed violently again, until he was weak.

Lianghuan helped her to lie down.

"Miss, you rest for a while, I'll go and see if the medicine is decoctioned."

Lianghuan ran to the kitchen in one breath, and when he entered the door, he asked, "Aunt Ci, is the medicine decoction ready?" ”

The aunt who was squatting in front of the charcoal stove and watching the fire shook her head, "It's going to take a while, Madame coughed again?" ”

"Not really! In the past, I was just weak, but this year, somehow, I coughed in the autumn. ”

Lianghuan found a low stool and sat down beside her aunt.

"What the hell do you think our young lady thinks? There are so many young talents for her to choose, but she just takes a fancy to her uncle...... Of course, my uncle is also very good, he is full of poetry and books, and he is gentle and elegant, and he is also very polite to our subordinates......"

The elegant and handsome face shook in front of him, and Lianghuan's face couldn't help but be a little red. Fortunately, with her back to the oil lamp, Aunt Ci stared at the medicine jar again and didn't notice it.

"It's a pity that my uncle's family is really incomparable with those who talked to the young lady before.

When the young lady got married, not only did she have to live in a rented house, but the whole house was not as big as the yard when the young lady was in the boudoir. Afraid of hurting my uncle's face, I didn't even dare to bring more maids, so I took you and me and Mama Jia.

Mama Jia has been instructed to serve her aunt's mother these days, just because they are the same age and can talk together...... The young lady is really painstaking.

It's only hard for those of us who are subordinates, in the past, in the house, sprinkling and sweeping these rough jobs, where is our turn to do it? ”

Speaking of this, Lianghuan looked at his hands, frowned, and said, "It's only been a few days, and my hands have become thicker." ”

Aunt Ci was used to hearing her complaints, and she didn't take it seriously.

Lianghuan didn't get a response, and touched her, "You are not wronged in your heart?" ”

Aunt Ci shook her head honestly, "Don't be wronged, I'm used to doing these jobs in the house before." ”

Only then did Lianghuan remember that Aunt Ci was different from her. The aunt is the lowest-class maid in the house, and she specializes in sprinkling and sweeping the door.

I don't know why Miss picked her......

It doesn't matter if she picks her, her aunt is honest, and she works hard, and she doesn't say anything about many things she doesn't want to do, and she doesn't say anything when she pushes her, so she does the work without saying a word.

There are people doing the work, but the gap is difficult to fill.

"In the past, I ate well and lived well in Renfu, but now I look at it...... The sisters in the house don't know how to laugh at you and me. ”

"Uncle is not high at the moment, and he has tried his best not to give in to Miss, Miss didn't say anything, and we didn't have anything to say."

Li is indeed such a reason, but thinking about this house that is so small that it can barely be separated from the front and back yards, Lianghuan is still depressed.

"When is this kind of day ...... the end?"

"It's coming." Aunt Ci said.

"How do you know it's going to be fast?" Lianghuan asked rhetorically.

"Uncle is the champion, there is a saying in our hometown in the countryside that the champions are all stars in the sky, and they are destined to be big officials and do great things."

Lianghuan looked at her with a look of pity.

"That's your shortsightedness. You haven't been able to produce a champion in the countryside for 800 years, and it's not surprising that you can compare it to the stars. But this is the capital, no matter how expensive the champion is, at least one can be produced in three years, and not everyone is smooth. ”

Aunt Ci thought for a moment and shook her head, "Uncle is different. ”

Lianghuan really can't go with her.

But think about it, what she said seems to be right, the old man also said that the uncle will definitely be extraordinary in the future......

In her distraction, Aunt Ci had already filtered the medicine.

Lianghuan glanced at the other charcoal stove and asked, "That's for my uncle?" ”

"Guanyan just asked me to cook a few dishes and burn the wine. It was cold, and it was not good to drink too much wine, so I made soup again. ”

Lianghuan's eyes rolled, and he quickly pressed down his thoughts again, picked up the tray and took the medicine bowl.

"Give me the medicine, you remember to send the soup to your uncle."

The aunt nodded, and sat down again to watch the fire.

There was a lot of laughter in the study, and it seemed that the guests and hosts were talking happily.

"I Lu Yu really didn't expect that the dignified new champion, the fast son-in-law of Chenglong of the Ministry of Rites, would live in such a place...... I thought it had to be at least a high-rise building with a warm and fragrant soft pillow. ”

Lu Yu looked at Song Jing opposite, and his words were already a little drunk.

Song Jing also drank the same amount of wine, but he was not easy to face, so he looked like he was fine.

"You're here to break up with me, too?" He asked, as if to say something very ordinary.

Lu Yu propped up the edge of the table, shaking his head and waving his hand.

"I don't have the arrogance of Wu Rongying and Li Guanchun, you are the same as the showman, the same Zhongjuren, and the same Jinshi, and I am just a white body, you are the champion of the Lang, and you wrote a letter to call me to the capital...... I have been reliable for the rest of my life, how can I break off my friendship with you? Come on, touch one. ”

Two cups collide in the air.

Song Jing raised his neck and drank it all.

Lu Yu didn't drink it.

He grabbed the wine glass and looked at Song Jing with drunken eyes.

"I'm just curious, why did you take such a path? I also want to ask, have all the things you wanted come true? ”

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