As the sun sets, the clouds on the horizon are smeared like a bride's red wedding dress, covering the sky and reflecting each other with the golden wheat fields.

Walking on the winding sheep intestine path in the countryside, I have the pleasure of the sea and the sky, and the clouds are rolling in the clouds.

There were three or five villagers carrying burdens coming towards them, curious about Song Qingyun's origin, they all looked at her boldly, and then saluted Steward Zhang, who came out with him, "Boss, are you coming out to eat?" ”

Steward Zhang's face suddenly became ugly, he said a cold "um", and there was nothing else to say, those few people saw this, and left with their heads bowed, and when they left, they didn't forget to take another look at Song Qingyun, turned their heads and ears, and left quickly.

"Madam, there are some foreign tenants in the village who don't understand the rules and bump into Madame, please don't mind."

"Oh? Aren't all the people who live here from Taizhou? Song Qingyun asked.

"Yes, the old people who came with the concubine in the past, the old ones, the dead dead, some of the descendants are not angry, and gradually leave the grange to beg for a living outside, so they have to recruit some tenants from the outside."

"Are there many people leaving the Grange?"

Song Qingyun was very surprised, it stands to reason that not all the people in the village are old people from Taizhou Mansion, and it is normal for some of them to be local villagers.

Now in the past 20 years, the people in the village have been living on this land, even if there is a recession and famine, Mu Qingao will not let them be displaced because they can't pay the rent, and go outside to make a living!

"Not much, just one or two households, after the death of the old man in the family, the children and grandchildren are not filial, and they are too lazy to farm, so they go to the city to work."

"And how many tenants are there?"

Steward Zhang seemed to be a little reluctant to answer, and said perfunctorily, "Almost three or four households, there are many fields here, and there are few people who can't plant." ”

After finishing speaking, his face turned to the side to talk to Han Xuan, and asked about the cultivation of medicinal herbs, not wanting to pay attention to Song Qingyun at all.

Guo's mother blushed with a blue face, she went to the front to deliver fish at dinner, Steward Zhang was obviously standing on the side listening to those lazy wives gossip about his wife, and when he saw her coming, he pretended to scold a few words, and now he didn't even have a perfunctory mood, so it can be seen that he didn't take Song Qingyun in his eyes at all.

Who gave him the confidence to dare to offend Prince Jing's favorite woman?

Song Qingyun is not a fool, he naturally saw through Steward Zhang's thoughts, although he was angry in his heart, his face was peaceful, and he turned back to Han Xuan from time to time to interject a few words.

However, as soon as she spoke, Steward Zhang immediately shut up, holding a posture of watching a good show, which was really disgusting.

Unconsciously came to the door of the house that gave her fish in the evening, and the sound of children laughing and playing came from the yard, and a child suddenly came out of the crack in the fence, and in a hurry, he hit Doubao at once.

"Huh? Madame, I'm sorry! The child lay on the ground and kowtowed to Song Qingyun to beg for mercy, looked at Doubao with panicked eyes, and said, "Little master, I'm sorry!" ”

Doubao fell a fart, Ah Lin and Ah Yun glared at the child viciously, and looked down to check if Doubao was injured.

Doubao patted his little buttocks, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, you get up quickly." ”

The child raised his head and looked at Qingyun timidly, Qingyun nodded with a smile, and he got up smartly and shouted to the courtyard, "Father, mother, Mrs. and little master...... There is also Steward Zhang. ”

Soon seven or eight people came out of the yard, including the sister-in-law who went to deliver fish to Qingyun.

"Oh, ma'am, why are you here? Please sit at home. The sister-in-law was obviously a little stunned when she saw Steward Zhang, and her expression became unnatural.

Song Qingyun saw it in her eyes, and helped the white-haired old man who saluted her, "You don't need to be polite, I just walked around casually and passed by here." ”

The white-haired old man seemed to be very excited, his dim eyes flashed with muddy tears, and he said tremblingly, "The old slave hasn't seen Miss Shuhua for more than ten years, and the young lady hasn't come to live in the village all these years, and the old slave wants to see the young lady, but they won't let it." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, and the old man's family turned pale and wanted to drag him back to the house, while apologizing to Qingyun and begging for mercy, "Madam, my father is old and confused, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about him, if you are angry, you can punish me as much as you want, please bypass my father." ”

The family knelt on the ground with a "hula", and the white-haired old man knocked his head to the "pounding" sound, and shouted in his mouth, "Miss Shuhua, the old slave listens to your words and stays here to guard the Grange, but the old slave has no ability, seeing that the Grange is about to become someone else's, Miss Shuhua, you are finally here, you must punish those bad people who covet Miss Grange!" ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, the old man's words were tantamount to throwing a boulder on the calm water, Song Qingyun looked at him dumbfounded, and Steward Zhang, who was standing behind him, his face turned black into ashes.

"Wang Tiecheng, your father has been crazy for more than ten years, and he didn't help him in quickly, frightened Mrs., are you responsible?"

Wang Tiecheng was in a cold sweat, and his second brother dragged the old man to the house, maybe he was really confused, the old man just didn't go in, and complained to Qingyun with a handful of snot and tears, saying that if she didn't come again, their family would drink the northwest wind, and they would no longer be able to keep Zhuangzi for the young lady.

"Old man, get up quickly, I know, take me to your house to have a look, okay?"

"Madam, he's a madman, and it's easy for you to get hurt by him if you do this." Steward Zhang stood between the two and said sharply.

Qingyun pursed his lips and smiled, "Steward Zhang, it seems that the old man is indeed confused, as long as he is appeased by his thoughts, he will not talk nonsense, don't you say?"

"Madame, let's go back, the prince is not here, if you have three longs and two shorts, you can't afford to be responsible."

"I don't have to be responsible for you, Suyi is my guard, she will block it for me if something happens, Steward Zhang, you are too worried."

Saying that, Qingyun helped the old man to the courtyard, and the Wang family hung their heads one by one, especially the two mothers-in-law who went to deliver the fish, they were even more panicked, the person they were afraid of was not Qingyun, but Steward Zhang with cold eyes behind her.

There was a dining table in the courtyard, on which were placed three or four porcelain bowls with glazed glazes, and in them were black dishes, and the raw materials could not be seen at all.

Song Qingyun asked the sister-in-law with a smile, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"I've used it, I've used it, and I came over before I finished cleaning up, the house is a mess, and I've wronged you, Mrs.

The sister-in-law lifted the placket of her clothes, wiped the stool vigorously with the clean place inside, and said with a smile, "Madame, please take a seat!" ”

Qingyun helped the old man to sit down, maybe he was too excited just now, the old man was not in good spirits, and he was a little drowsy, Wang Tiecheng hurriedly carried his father into the house, and the moment he opened the door, Qingyun saw that the pastries and fruits he gave them were all placed on the table.

Looking around and finding that the family was panicked, Qingyun didn't want to put too much pressure on them, so he got up and said, "It's not early, I'm going back, I'll come to my sister-in-law's house when I have time." ”

The family sent Qingyun out of the house, and when Qingyun returned to his room, he immediately asked Guo's mother to close the door of the inner courtyard and sent someone to guard the door.