Chapter 22: The Northwest Annex

Yun Zhichu and Aunt Li followed Manager Yun to the outside of the mansion, and before they reached the gate of the General's Mansion, they heard a rush of footsteps behind them. Yun Zhizhi looked back, but saw that Zhishu had chased from Chunhuayuan all the way here. Zhishu ran to Aunt Li and knelt on the ground with a "plop", holding Aunt Li's legs, crying very pitifully.

"Aunt Li, Miss, please bring Zhishu, you always need someone to serve you, Zhishu has been serving Miss Aunt for so many years, so bring a slave and maid." Aunt Li's eyes were red when she saw Zhishu crying, and she reached out to help Zhishu up and said, "Zhishu, Auntie knows that you are a good boy, and I didn't go out of the house to play in the mountains and rivers at the beginning." You also know where the Northwest Courtyard is, didn't you go and suffer with our mother and son? ”

Zhishu stretched out his hand to wipe the tears on his face casually, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Zhishu is not afraid, Zhishu was still young and ignorant in the mansion back then, and I offended the second young master, if it wasn't for my aunt who brought me back to Chunhuayuan, Zhishu would probably have been dead for a long time." Aunt Li recalled the scene of saving Zhishu and sighed, when Aunt Li was pregnant with Yunchuchu, Zhishu was only six or seven years old, and 9 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Yunchuchu is 9 years old.

Zhishu knew in his heart that Aunt Li couldn't be the master, so he knelt in front of Manager Yun: "Manager Yun, Aunt Li and Fifth Miss are from the General's Mansion anyway, how can there be no one to serve them, if this spreads, I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of the General's Mansion." Manager Yun looked at Zhishu and was secretly thinking about it in his heart.

At this time, Zhihua didn't know where to come from, so he stepped forward and pulled Zhishu up and said: "Zhishu, you are not a fool, with such a master, what can you do in the future." What's more, Madame has already spoken, and when Aunt Li and Miss Wu go to the other courtyard, you and I will be the big girls of Yuefeng Garden, I don't know how many times better than in Chunhua Garden. ”

Zhishu pushed Zhihua away: "Zhihua, don't think I don't know what you have done behind your back all these years, Aunt Li has never treated us badly, and she has never scolded us, where to find such a master." As for you, you are using tricks behind your back, not only betraying your master, but also harming your master with outsiders. ”

"Manager Yun, Zhishu begs you, let Zhishu go with you, the general's mansion is not bad for me." Zhishu knelt in front of Mr. Yun again. Manager Yun looked at Zhishu and was quite moved, there are really not many such loyal maids now, no matter what, Zhishu is right, there is not a maid in the left and right generals' mansions.

"Since you want to go so much, let's follow along, but if you don't have a good time, there is no regret medicine." Zhishu stood up and thanked Mr. Yun, ran to Aunt Li's side, stretched out his hand to take the burden on Aunt Li's body, and then followed Mr. Yun out of the house together.

As for calligraphy and painting, which master dares to use a subordinate who betrays his master, even if Zhao Guilian agrees first, he just sends her to be a cleaning maid.

Out of the gate of the General's Mansion, Yun Zhizhi and the three of them got into the carriage and went west along the West Street, until Yun Zhizhi saw the West City Gate carriage, then turned north into a small road, and walked along the path for nearly an hour before stopping. Zhishu jumped out of the carriage first, then turned around and helped Yun Zhichu and Aunt Li down.

Standing at the gate of this so-called courtyard, Yun Zhizhi took a look. The whole yard is in disrepair, the original white fence is now gray and black, looking at the courtyard from the door, the weeds are half a person high, and the gate at the door is also dilapidated. Manager Yun was polite, and turned around and ordered the guards to weed.

The guards brought by Chief Yun were at least second-order cultivators, wielding the broadswords in their hands one by one. It didn't take long for the weeds in the yard to be cleared, and they only needed to clean up the corners and corners of the house. The other courtyard is not small, not much worse than the previous Chunhua Garden, and it is divided into three courtyards. One main courtyard, two side courtyards, the main hall and the front hall serve as a place for entertaining guests and daily dining, respectively.

Seeing that the weeds were almost gone, Manager Yun stepped forward and said, "Aunt Li, you and Fifth Miss take care, you still need to return to the General's Mansion to report to the General, so you won't stay here for long." Manager Yun waved his hand at the guards and shouted, "Go home." The guards mounted their horses, and Manager Yun drove the carriage he had been in before and left the gate of the courtyard in an orderly manner.

Standing in the courtyard, Yun Chu sensed it, and sure enough, there was no one in sight, it seemed that Yun Ting really wanted their mother and daughter to fend for themselves this time. There is not a single secret guard left, which means that they don't plan to save when they are in danger. Maybe Yun Ting wishes that Yun Zhichu would disappear from this world as soon as possible, otherwise someone will always remind him that he also has a waste daughter, in Yun Ting's opinion, Yun Zhichu is the biggest shame in his life.

Just when Yun was stunned at the beginning, Aunt Li took the book to read the whole courtyard, and the specific facilities were not much damaged, but each room was very dirty, and if she didn't clean it for a few days, she was afraid that she would not be able to live in it. Seeing that it was going to rain on this day, and it was close to noon, it was not a problem to consume it like this.

Aunt Li said a little anxiously: "Hey, it's such a mess here, the three of us have to clean up until when, it will rain in a short time." Yun Zhichu was not in a hurry at all, walked to Aunt Li's side, hugged Aunt Li's arm and coquettishly: "Don't worry, mother, let's clean up a room first, and wait for the rain to stop." ”

"What Miss said is, let's clean up one first, and I'll go fetch water." Zhishu was in a hurry, so he hung the burden on a hook in a house and ran to fetch water.

Yun Zhichu looked at the back of Zhishu Po and ran away a little thoughtfully, and Aunt Li sighed: "It's really embarrassing for this child, follow us here." Yun Zhichu said disapprerovingly: "Mother can't think so, Sister Zhishu is kind and loyal to her master, but she is the maid of Chunhuayuan after all." On weekdays, she doesn't flatter, she must have offended a lot of people, and if her mother insists that she stay in the general's mansion, it will hurt her. Although I am tired in this courtyard, it is better than being beaten and starved in the General's Mansion. ”

Aunt Li thought about it carefully, and she only felt that she should treat Zhishu more well in the future.

Yun Chuchu thought that since the knowledge of books is credible, it is no better, there is everything in the small world, and then build a small courtyard on the open space, and have the knowledge of books to take care of it, presumably the mother can live a peaceful life, and he can also cultivate with peace of mind. If you can grow some more vegetables and raise some livestock, you can be self-sufficient in the small world. It seems that I have time to go out on the street to buy some things, but this money is a big problem.