Regarding Zhou Tun's question, Governor Zhou and Aunt Zhou frowned and were silent, Hu Xianxian thought about it very seriously, and then could only shake his head helplessly.

"Hu Yuanjun can't tell who is right and who is wrong with these grievances?" Zhou Tun asked disappointedly.

"If I make it clear, I won't still be tossing and falling in the red dust. In the face of many things, we are powerless, and all we can grasp is our own mentality. ”

Hu Xianxian raised the monkey at Zhou Tun and smiled: "Thank you for the gift you brought back, you are a person with a good mentality, no matter what you encounter, you will eventually be in trouble and turn danger into disaster." ”

After speaking, Hu Xianxian said goodbye and sent her to the door, Zhou Tun asked again: "My mentality is really good?" I have a lot of things in my heart that I can't figure out, and sometimes I feel very bored, those who laugh all day long are considered mentality, right? ”

"Going along with your heart is the best state of mind, and having doubts and worries shows that you are normal. The best thing about you is that you don't judge things by external influences, and have a genuine and heartfelt compassion, gratitude, friendship, and other kind and positive attitudes. I'm ashamed of that. ”

Hearing Hu Xianxian praise himself so sincerely, Zhou Tun's brows finally stretched: "According to what you said, I really have a good attitude." I'm just an ordinary person, although there are many things, I can't change it, but I will never do those things that fall into the ground, just go my own way. ”

Hu Xianxian gave him a thumbs up when he said this, praising him, and envying him in his heart. "Just go your own way", this is such a simple and bright life, but Hu Xianxian's life has been interfered with too much, and now it is almost out of control.

Holding the little monkey carved in a coconut shell, Hu Xianxian learned to smile like a grinning monkey, and his mood was much better, so he went to talk to Hang Wuyi, and then told her to work hard.

Hang Wuyi said that he had worked very hard, but Hu Xianxian didn't believe it, and said that when he came back from his errands, he would have to test her.

"Auntie, do you still have to run errands? When you are not there, Cha'er will send this today and tomorrow under the banner of the Empress Dowager, and be courteous in front of the third master and uncle......"

"She can do whatever she wants, is Cheng Haofeng's skill so high that she is still afraid of her?"

Hang Wuyi pouted and stomped his feet and said, "That's not a question of whether the third master is afraid of her, it's that I'm worried that she will become your rival......

"Rival in love? She doesn't deserve to be my rival in love. Hu Xianxian sneered proudly.

"She doesn't seem to deserve ...... Could it be that the fourth master is your rival? ”

Hu Xianxian was so angry and funny when she heard it, and she played her brain before replying: "What kind of mess do you think about all day long?" My rival is only myself! ”

Hang Wuyi rubbed his aching head, and wanted to ask why he was his rival in love, but saw that Hu Xianxian had already risen into the air.

Hu Xianxian smiled at his apprentice in the air and flew away into the clouds. She knew that she would be her rival in love, and it was this "herself", not Bai Huifeng and other previous lives.

Soon flew to the outside of the brother's general's mansion, got off the ground at the corner of the courtyard gate, and then walked to the main gate to ask for a meeting.

The guards at the gate had seen her during the suppression of the rebellion, and they had opened the door to invite her in before she could speak.

All the way to the main hall, there were already guards with fast legs who passed the message to Hu Yonggang, who happened to be resting at home today, and ran out to greet him with a smile.

Hu Xianxian saw that the guards in this mansion were all accompanied by Hu Yonggang to return home and save relatives, and he was very enthusiastic about himself; And those little maids and servant women should have married with Ge Shumei, and they were a little cold to themselves. There are two husbands and wives in a family, and they are actually divided into two factions, Hu Xianxian smiled at his brother reluctantly.

Hu Yong spent more time in the camp and less time at home, and those little servants were still very respectful to him, so he didn't feel the discord between the people in the family at all.

When they arrived in the hall, the brother and sister chatted about how the counterinsurgency was, Hu Yonggang chatted with great interest, but Hu Xianxian was absent-minded.

After a long time, Ge Shumei rubbed her sleepy eyes and slowly walked out of the inner hall: "Yo, our family's concubine Niangniang is here...... Eh, why didn't you wake me up? ”

She trained the little maid who followed her, but she looked at Hu Yonggang out of the corner of her eye.

"Hello sister-in-law. I came to visit in a hurry and did not prepare a gift, please forgive me. Hu Xianxian greeted.

"You are an unmarried girl, and your brother's home is your own home, what do you say about gifts or not?" Ge Shumei affectionately took Hu Xianxian's arm and whispered in her ear, "Your brother came back yesterday afternoon, and we ...... last night I slept late, and I just took a nap today. ”

Seeing that Ge Shumei's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes glanced at Hu Yonggang shyly, Hu Xianxian understood what this "sleeping late" meant, and also pursed her lips and chuckled.

"Brother, I want to talk to my sister-in-law about private conversations, can I go to the inner hall to sit?" Hu Xianxian saw that Hu Yonggang was sitting there with a somewhat embarrassed look, but was looking for an excuse to avoid him.

"Okay, you talk, you talk, I don't think you're happy to listen to me talk about those fights and killings." Hu Yonggang waved his hand and pointed to the inner hall.

This inner hall and the main hall are diagonally opposite, and there is a small garden in the middle, which is the living place of Hu Yonggang and his wife, and next to the inner hall is the bedroom.

"Immortal...... I heard that asking for an heir from a national teacher will be very effective? You see, my brother and I have been married for several years......" After Ge Shumei sent away the maid and servant, she said to Hu Xianxian in a hesitant manner.

Hu Xianxian smiled bitterly, thinking that Ge Shumei was so cooperative to talk alone because she took the initiative to talk about stolen goods, how did she know that she was asking for a son?

"Xianxian, you are a girl, you may not understand, this is actually nothing funny. There will always be a day when women will be old and decrepit, and they will have children to rely on. Ge Shumei thought she was embarrassed to smile and hide it.

"Sister-in-law, I really don't understand about my children. But I think there has to be such a person who has a mother-son relationship with you, a mother-daughter relationship, Cheng Haofeng is also a fool, don't ask for it, so as not to be disappointed. Hu Xianxian Zhengse persuaded.

Ge Shumei's expression was a little resentful, and she pouted and sneered: "Speaking of which, others still don't believe it, my fairy sister-in-law is really dedicated to helping outsiders, and the people in the family can't get their hands dirty at all." Alas, sister-in-law, I have accepted my fate, let's find a few concubines for your brother another day, so as not to cut off the incense of your Hu family. ”

Hu Xianxian didn't answer, and Ge Shumei was even more angry when she saw her expressionless and indifferent looking at her, and said a lot of cynical things.

After she said that her mouth was dry and she drank two glasses of tea, Hu Xianxian said: "I came to you to talk about the gin altar and Bai Yuhuan, you can hand it over." ”

Ge Shumei's eyes froze, and after a while, she buried her head and quibbled: "What gin jar, white jade ring?" I haven't seen it. ”

"Sister-in-law, it was Che Ang who sent you, you can't fool me. Hand it over to me, I have my own proper way to deal with it, or it will cause great trouble. ”

Hearing Hu Xianxian calmly say these things, Ge Shumei raised her head and glared at her, and after staring at her for a while, she said unwillingly: "You come with me...... Alas, it's not me who is greedy......"

Ge Shumei was born in a eunuch family, and understood that when Hu Xianxian said these words, the matter had been exposed, and even if she could not give it to her, it would really cause disaster to her family.

Entering the bedroom, Ge Shumei pulled out the drawer from a small drawer at the head of the bed, pressed it on the drawer wall a few times, and a dark grid popped out inside. Then use a hook to take out two golden altars and a pair of white jade rings from the dark grid.

The bed is a carved large wooden bed, there are small cabinets and small drawers at the head of the bed, her small drawer is special, and there is a large space under the bed, because there is a bed board bed curtain covering, it is difficult to find a dark grid under the bed.

But the hole in the small drawer was too small for a person to get into, so the utensils were packed in a yarn bag and placed and taken with an iron hook.

"This secret grid is so exquisitely made that even if someone finds this drawer strange, it is difficult to think that there is a treasure under the small hole, and it may be thought that a little mouse has bitten the drawer, well, but I don't know that it is a big rat hiding under it......"

Ge Shumei's face was red and white for a while, and she was so angry that she shouted: "'Shuo Mouse'? How do you know my difficulties when I say it so badly? With such a big family business, it is not easy to maintain decency! If your Hu family is rich, how can I reach out to others? ”

"You are not rich now, but you are rich, are you? Why covet those? Hu Xianxian retorted.

Faced with her sister-in-law's questioning, Ge Shumei did not feel guilty, but counted confidently: "If you can have a servant to call, even if you can afford to wear silk and satin, even if you are rich, your brother's little money is indeed enough."

But have you ever thought that people have to associate with others in the world? Your brother never cares about those treats and gifts, but I have to take care of it, otherwise how can he stay in Langzhou? I don't know which barren mountains and mountains in the northeast or northwest I sent to for a long time!

Dealing with those dignitaries, how can you get a few pieces of silk, a few boxes of pastries and the like? It's not that I want to keep these things for my own enjoyment, it's that I have to pave the way for your brother's future, and your brother's high position is also for your Hu family's glory and ancestor!

After this counterinsurgency, how many people want to take the opportunity to step on the old forces and take the opportunity to climb up on their own? If you don't do it, your brother will fight desperately to kill the enemy, and he will end up with nothing to gain......"

This bedroom is in the inner hall suite, the window is small and leeward, and the curtains in the house are dense and thick, so it is quite soundproof and not afraid of people eavesdropping, and Ge Shumei has no scruples when she speaks.

Hu Xianxian let her say that although she was defending what she had done, it was not entirely unreasonable.

In such a way, sometimes the excess money is not something you need to enjoy, but if you want to stay in a certain class, you must not appear too cheap in the comparison, otherwise you will be regarded as an outlier and be excluded from this class.

Hu Yonggang and Ge Shumei did not live with the elderly, and they had no children, and the army sent people to help take care of the home, if they only lived a comfortable life, they only needed a cook, a servant who did chores and cleaning, and a personal maid were enough to call.

But after Hu Xianxian entered the mansion, he saw no less than twenty servants coming and going, how could two people need so many people to serve, but they just put on a show when they went out to meet guests and had guests to visit. These subordinates only serve the master, unlike the shop employees who deduct their wages from the operating profits, they do not produce any profits, and they are all supported by the masters.

The reason why so many people are raised is because there are many subordinates in other generals' mansions. For example, when the wives of the same Wupin generals go to a certain banquet, the wives of other generals bring a coachman, two escort servants, two attendant servants, and two personal maids; If Ge Shumei only brought a personal maid and went to the banquet in a foreign carriage, she would definitely be ridiculed by other generals and wives.

Hu Xianxian felt that they were all unhealthy tendencies fueled by mutual comparison, with his brother's exploits in the counterinsurgency this time, he would definitely be upgraded again when he officially rewarded his meritorious deeds, and when the time came, Ge Shumei would put on a bigger show, and wouldn't the expenses be greater?

"Sister-in-law, why compare with those people? They laugh at you now, but if you think about it, it's better to just laugh than to end up in prison and ruined family, right? ”