Mei Xiaotong was amazed, but she didn't like to talk about right and wrong, and the first time they met, who was Yan's person, whether it was good or bad, it was too early to make a conclusion.

However, Mrs. Li also felt sorry for herself, she hesitated for a moment, and only said in a few words about going to Du Mansion, only saying that everyone was very enthusiastic and good, and she wanted to keep them to live in Du Mansion, but she refused. He also said that he had made an appointment with the senior brother, and when he was not on duty, he would go to Du's Mansion to study, so that Imperial Doctor Du and Mrs. Qi should not worry.

Of course, he also sued a small complaint, only saying that Du Zhongjing, the senior brother, punished her for copying the treatise on typhoid fever ten times when they met for the first time, which was too cruel! and wrote down the treatment of Xiao Qi on the road before and after.

In the end, I also asked the master and the master to take care of their health.

I wrote a thick stack of paper before I stopped.

This Yuelai Inn also has a letter delivery business, and if you pay a different amount of silver, the letter can be delivered to the destination.

Although it is not as urgent as the official post for hundreds of miles, it is not bad, and it is estimated that it should be delivered to Imperial Doctor Du and Mrs. Qi by the end of the year. Seeing that Mei Xiaotong finished writing the letter, Mrs. Li did not forget to advise: "Your senior brother's daughter-in-law is not a good person, except for the days when your senior brother is at home, you try to go to Du's house as little as possible, and talk to his daughter-in-law less when you go." Every time you go, don't go empty-handed, any snacks, fruits, or gadgets you see on the road, take some with you, and don't let them talk. ”

"That kind of people, they are all decent hearts, two rich eyes, we have to be more self-respecting, we would rather spend a few more taels of silver, don't let people look down on us, think we take advantage of others, you know?"

Mei Xiaotong said that she was taught, and she agreed to them all.

Back in the house, An Huahao also listened to a few words here, and roughly guessed what the situation was, but felt sorry for Mei Xiaotong: "If there is something inconvenient over there in the Du Mansion, let's just not go, we don't have to be angry." ”

Mei Xiaotong smiled: "What's this?" I just don't go into the backyard. Besides, I went to study medicine with me, and I didn't go to the Du family to compete with others, and I left after studying every day, unless I went to meet during the New Year's holidays, and I didn't bother to deal with people. ”

"There are also medicine boys and apprentices in the front yard of the Du family, and I will follow how those people learn. Don't worry, if someone really wants to bully someone, I won't swallow my anger! ”

It was only after saying bad things that An Huahao was relieved.

When Yang Zongbao came back in the evening, before he could speak, Mrs. Li and An Huahao asked in unison how the house was found.

Yang Zongbao was taken aback: "What's wrong?" But is this inn a good place to live? Is the store a bully? ”

Mrs. Li was quick-mouthed, and as soon as she said about going to Du Mansion during the day, she said: "We have a lot of silver, and we found a suitable house to move in early, so as not to let others say Xiaotong behind their backs, and our Xiaotong is so angry!" ”

When Yang Zongbao heard this, his face also changed, with a little annoyance: "What my sister said is true." I ask today

The shopkeeper of this inn also found several reliable Chinese, there is no suitable one near this piece, and I will go to Xicheng to inquire about it tomorrow. ”

"Uncle doesn't have to listen to my mother and Brother Song to be so anxious, the matter of this house is in a hurry, in the end, we live by ourselves, we must be satisfied in all aspects, and we are in a hurry to find an unsuitable one, and it is also aggrieved to live by ourselves." Mei Xiaotong was busy persuading.

Yang Zongbao patted his chest: "Xiaotong, don't worry, uncle will keep and find a house that suits your heart." ”

On the other hand, he was a little apologetic: "Today, my uncle made a mistake, so I went to Chongjin to ask where the lifters from Jing County lived, and I lost time." From Ming'er onwards, my uncle put everything aside first, solved the matter of the house first, and then talked about other things. ”

As he was talking, the inn kitchen brought dinner, and after eating, An Huahao went to his room with Yang Zongbao, and he didn't know what to say, Mei Xiaotong read several pages of the notes given by Du Zhongjing before returning to the room.

After a tiring day, I didn't even mention it.

Yesterday, Yang Zongbao told An Huahao that those people from Jingxian County lived in the Tongfu Inn not far away.

After breakfast early in the morning, An Huahao looked for him alone, and at the door of the inn, he happened to meet one of them, and when he saw An Huahao, he was extremely happy, and pulled him into the courtyard.

An Huahao found out that there were four or five rooms in the small courtyard, but there were more than a dozen people.

He came early, some of them were too late to study last night and didn't get up in the morning, and some went out to meet friends and didn't come back yet.

The rest of the people, after the move, their batch of Jingxian County naturally became a wave, so they were very happy to see An Huahao.

Everyone has seen each other and asked An Huahao if he has had breakfast? When did it arrive? Where to stay?

An Huahao also answered one by one, and seeing that everyone hadn't eaten breakfast, he went to the front inn lobby to order a bunch of them, chatting while eating.

first talked about the reunion after a long absence, and then talked about the prosperity of the capital, and then said that it was homesickness.

Most people have never left their hometown so far, and they have been out for so long. Anyway, they went to Beijing to take the exam, and most people don't dare to slack off, who knows if there will be a future champion in this, right?

But in the end it is not their hometown, they are not used to eating and living, the price is too high, and several families are not rich.

I heard that there are also people in this capital who rent a yard for those who are rushing to take the exam, and they can hire a mother-in-law to wash clothes and cook, which is much more cost-effective than living in an inn.

They were thinking about it, going to someone and asking if there was such a yard, and they wanted to rent it together, so that everyone could save some chewing.

Moreover, in this inn, people come and go, especially at the end of this year, there are many businessmen, and it is so noisy every day that I can't study my homework with peace of mind.

When An Huahao heard this, he became more and more determined to find a house, and only said, "I."

I only arrived in the capital yesterday, because I took my wife and mother-in-law, and it was extremely inconvenient to live in an inn, and I wanted to find a yard to live in. I've been inquiring about this for the past two days, and if there's a suitable one, let's move as soon as possible. ”

Everyone thanked An Huahao, and after talking for a while, An Huahao left the address over there before leaving.

Xie Lang, who won the first name Xie Yuan, specially sent An Huahao out of the inn, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said: "A few days ago, Brother Gu specially came to the door, and he was also admitted to Zhili Xie Yuan, and now he is hot in the capital, and I don't know where to inquire about our arrival, so I finally found an opportunity to come and talk to us." ”

"I've been talking about you, so that when you get to the capital, you will go to him, and he lives here now." As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve pocket and stuffed it to An Huahao.

An Huahao thanked Xie Lang, and returned to the inn with a note before opening it, and the words Huguo Temple were written on it.

Stunned for a moment, Gu Zikai was so dignified, what did he do when he went to Huguo Temple?

Mei Xiaotong was also a little puzzled when she heard this, "Then you can go to Huguo Temple tomorrow to have a look." ”

As a result, before the words fell, I heard Mrs. Wu's voice outside: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Then a somewhat familiar man's voice: "My master, please invite Song Juren and the lady to the elegant seat on the second floor of Deyuan Restaurant." ”

An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong glanced at each other, master? Who is it?

The two of them were suspicious in their hearts, and they heard that Mrs. Wu was still asking, "Who is your master?" ”

The man's voice: "Give this to your master, and he will know." ”

After a while, Mrs. Wu came in with a famous post in her hand, told her about the matter, and handed over the famous post in her hand.

An Huahao took the name card and looked at it, and there was a calendar on it, and it was immediately clear, I was afraid that it was the ninth year of the calendar.

Mei Xiaotong also saw it, the two glanced at each other, packed up their clothes slightly, and went out, who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, who was not Li Jiushao's personal servant Zhaocai?

When Zhaocai saw the two of them, he hurriedly smiled and called a thousand: "The little Zhaocai has seen Song Juren and a lady." ”

An Huahao motioned to beckon: "You nine young people are here?" ”

"Yes! We Jiu Shao heard that the two of us arrived in the capital, and they had already set up a table on the second floor of Deyuan Restaurant, washed the dust for the two of them, and asked the two of them to move. He made a gesture of please.

Mei Xiaotong turned around and explained a few words to Mrs. Wu, and then followed Zhaocai out of the courtyard, and when she arrived outside the inn, there was a low-key-looking carriage that was waiting next to the inn.

Zhaocai invited the two into the carriage, and then sat next to the coachman, and gave a command, and the coachman raised his whip, and the carriage slowly began to walk.

After getting into the carriage, Mei Xiaotong and An Huahao found that the carriage looked low-key on the outside, but it was very luxurious inside, with a thick long-haired carpet on the ground, and standing on it, your feet could sink in.

The wood inside the carriage exudes a faint fragrance, and the seats are thickly laid out

Thick brocade mats, and fiery red fox skins.

There was also a small table with a pot of tea steaming and two plates of snacks on the seating room.

There is a copper lavender cage in the middle of the carriage, and I don't know what incense is burning, but as soon as I come in, the warm fragrance is in my nose, and the heat is coming.

Sure enough, people say that the Li family is the richest man in the world, and you can see it from this carriage.

Deyuan Restaurant is not far away, and before I finished a street, I arrived.

Zhaocai invited the two to get off the carriage, and when they looked up, they saw a three-story attic, carved railings and painted walls, very magnificent, and a golden plaque was hung under the eaves, which read: Deyuan Restaurant, four big characters.

At the entrance of this restaurant, it is close to the time of eating, and people come and go, which is very lively.

The young men in the restaurant were also wearing indigo uniform shorts, with white scarves on their shoulders, and they smiled without saying a word.

The guys in this restaurant have all developed a pair of fiery eyes, and this carriage looks low-key, but it can't hide from their eyes.

Looking at the two people who looked down again, although they were dressed ordinarily, they had extraordinary bearings, and they saw Zhaocai following the two of them, isn't this the celebrity next to the ninth young master of the Li family?

Thinking about the shopkeeper today, but I have explained, saying that there is a distinguished guest in the restaurant today, but you have to be careful to serve, if you are happy to serve, you can't say that the guest is happy, and everyone can have a fat year this year.

There is a well-informed person, I heard that the young master of the Li family has booked a box to entertain guests.

Those are all in good spirits, who doesn't know that this calendar is the most generous, but the service is good, and the reward has always been happy.

Previously, Na Li Jiushao came, but the shopkeeper personally came out to greet him and invited people to the second floor.

The two in front of you are the guests who have been nine years old?

Immediately, the smile became more enthusiastic, and a gust of wind greeted him, hugging An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong to the second floor.

Pushing open the door of the box, sure enough, Li Jiu Shao was lying on the couch with a grin, closing his eyes and recuperating.

There was also a beautiful woman sitting on the pedal next to her, intently hammering the walnuts with a small hammer, picking out the peach kernels with a silver scoop, and putting them on a plate beside her.

There was also a beautiful maid dressed as a maid, fanning the stove with a fan, and a pot of water on top of it, just boiling, bubbled like pearls.

Zhaocai went in first: "Jiu Shao, Song Juren and Mei Niangzi have arrived." ”

That Li Jiu Shao suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at Mei Xiaotong curiously at the eyes of the two maids beside him, and he didn't know how to feel a void in his heart.

Turned over and got up, waved with a straight face: "Okay, you two go down!" ”

The two maids, you look at me, I look at you, one of them said, "Jiu Shao, let the servants stay, so that they can serve you." Otherwise, those guys in this restaurant, who are rude, where can they compare to our sisters serving people? ”

The other one was also busy and coquettishly echoed: "Ninth Young Master-"

"Get out-" Li Jiu Shao frowned, kicked the small few in front of the collapse with one kick, and the melon and fruit snacks on it rolled to the ground, and the porcelain plate was naturally broken, and the splashed porcelain slag also scratched the hand of one of the beautiful maids, revealing a blood stain.

The two maids screamed in fright, slumped to the ground, and only kowtowed and shouted: "Nine young spare your life!" Nine young spare his life—"

Li Jiushao turned his head impatiently: "You are all dead? Don't you want to pull people down? ”

Two or three men came in from outside, silently, and dragged the two maids out without any pity.

It's really dragging, the two maids were grabbed by their arms, and they couldn't struggle, and when they were dragged across the threshold, the waist, the buttocks, and the sound of the feet hitting the threshold made Mei Xiaotong couldn't help but hurt for them.

Soon someone came in, cleaned up the mess, and put the fruit and pastries back on the table, and then quietly withdrew and closed the door.

There were only three people left in the box: Mei Xiaotong, An Huahao and Li Jiushao.

The three of them don't speak, you look at me, I look at you.

For a long time, Li Jiu Shao was defeated first, invited the two to sit down, and then hurriedly boiled water to pour tea for the two.

This drove everyone out, and only the three of them were left, and he was the master, so he had to bite the bullet and go on his own.

On weekdays at home, that is a person who does not touch the spring water with ten fingers, where would he do this, after a while, he will be hot to jump his feet, turn around and throw his sleeves, and smash the tea set on the ground.

Mei Xiaotong and An Huahao's eyes twitched, they have to know that this is a young person, otherwise what kind of wind is this, and what kind of dust is washed?

Mei Xiaotong simply pushed away Li Jiushao, got started by herself, boiled the water again, and asked people to change a new set of tea sets, re-scald the tea set, and made a pot of tea.

As soon as he poured three glasses, before he could speak, he heard the door slam open, and a slender figure rushed in wrapped in the cool air outside.

"Li Changnan, what are you crazy about? Good manner, how did the two girls offend you, you kicked them out, standing pitifully outside, such a cold day, wouldn't you have to freeze out? ”

It was Gu Zikai who said this, rushing in with anger on his face, saying accusatory words in his mouth, but smiling at the face in the room, and giving a thumbs up to Li Jiushao.

Li Jiushao squeezed his eyes at Gu Zikai, and his mouth was not reluctant: "When will it be your turn to take care of the affairs of the Li family?" Gu Zikai, don't stretch your hands long, be careful which day the master chops you! ”

Waiting outside the box, listening to these two little ancestors who had not dealt with each other since childhood, the servants of the two showed a wry smile.

No one dared to step forward to persuade them, these two ancestors were making a fuss, if others dared to go up, then the unlucky ones were others.

This is a lesson learned by countless people, so not only did everyone dare not go up to persuade them, but they all took a step back together.

What's that, anyway, the two of them made trouble, at most they just scolded each other, both of them were pampered by everyone, and it was impossible for them to do it.

As long as they don't do it, the two masters are not injured, and they can go back and explain if they are subordinates.

For many years, because the two masters have been implicated, they have made the subordinates on both sides quite tacit, look at each other, anyway, the second floor is covered by the nine young people today, and no one comes up, they just need to guard the staircase below and above, and don't let people come up.

Therefore, they all retreated to the lobby and guarded the staircase.

The people who retreated to the staircase could faintly hear the sound of smashing things and anger coming from the closed box door.

And in the box at this moment, Li Jiushao crossed his feet and drank the tea brewed by Mei Xiaotong himself, and the mood was very wonderful.

Gu Zikai met An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong first, and when he saw Li Jiushao's appearance, he was angry: "You really went back, since you want to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Brother Song and his younger brothers and sisters today, why did you come out with two girls?" ”

Li Jiushao explained helplessly: "I can't help it. I'm going out today, and when I go out, I meet my eldest brother, and I don't know what evil happened, I heard that I was going out, and I had to give me two women. You said that if you want to be prettier, forget it, and give me two such ugly ones! ”

"It's okay to be ugly, personnel can't do it, and people won't listen to words-" Li Jiushao couldn't help but complain.

Mei Xiaotong, An Huahao, and Gu Zikai couldn't help but twitch their cheeks, Li Jiushao, are you sorry for this? As long as you look like that, what woman can not be ugly in front of you?

(End of chapter)