Chunying remembers it clearly. Not long ago, the Cai steward said that Hu Fei was seriously ill in the south, so he could not return to Beijing with them. She also thought that she would not be able to see this old friend in a short time.

However, he suddenly appeared in front of her like this, which made her wonder if she was hallucinating? She asked stupidly, "Are you really back?" ”

Hu Fei smiled, sat back, and patted the low chair opposite: "Come up and talk!" ”

Chunying hesitated a little: "But the young master Xu is ......" She turned her head to look at the carriage in front, Li Xu's family was still coaxing the child, as if they didn't know what was going on behind at all, and a middle-aged man guarding the side of the car, probably either the coachman or the long-term follower, secretly glanced at her, and quickly turned his head.

A female voice faintly came from the carriage, saying that the child was probably hungry, and it was inconvenient to be outside, so it was recommended to take the child home first, so as to avoid people feeding the child.

The men in the next carriage, as if they had no idea that there were companions behind them, squeaked forward and walked to the door of the four-room house in the middle of the back street. Then he stopped, and the chief ran to knock at the door. After a while, a family member came out of the door, Li Xu lifted the curtain and shouted a few words, and the family opened the door in a panic to welcome him in, and then called a little boy who was playing nearby, and asked him to go up to the Wang family's house to report to his wife and eldest young master.

From beginning to end, Young Master Li Xu didn't glance at the carriage behind him, and the people who followed him didn't ask. If Chunying doesn't know what's going on, her brain is in water. Although the fourth room is not as prominent as the Hou Mansion, it also has a few money, and there are more than a dozen people in the family, even if the fourth lady goes out with her son and daughter-in-law, it will not be that the whole family has no one, so that the concubine has to take his wife and child to park the carriage on the side of the road, and he can't even enter the door to drink saliva. How could she have believed it so easily?!

She glanced at Hu Fei, pursed her lips, but smiled secretly, supported the board neatly, jumped up, and then quickly drilled into the carriage, and Hu Fei casually lowered the curtain.

The light in the carriage was much darker, but Hu Fei lifted the curtains again, leaving only a layer of tulle to breathe, and the surroundings were bright again. He changed his sitting position, stretched his legs and feet a little relaxed, and smiled at Chunying: "Didn't scare you, did you?" That was my good friend. I came to Beijing on his boat. Because I wanted to see you quietly, I asked him to help cover it up. ”

He didn't say that she guessed it too. Back then, when Hu Fei was a young man who deliberately wore a mustache and pretended to be an adult, he became friendly with that young master Xu, and it seemed that he often drank in one place. On the night of the Lantern Festival that year, she went out to see the lights and met a light man in front of the restaurant, maybe it was this Young Master Xu. It's just that he is a few years older, and he is calm again, and she doesn't recognize it at all.

Chunying stared at Hu Fei and said angrily: "Do you need such a mysterious and mysterious thing?" You're not unsightly, why don't you look for me openly? Otherwise, it will be successful to find a second uncle? Without waiting for Hu Fei to answer, she remembered the other party's illness again: "I heard Steward Zhou and Steward Cai say, you are sick, does it matter?" Is it all right now?! ”

Hu Fei was stunned, and then smiled: "It's been good a long time ago." What about you? How have you been doing these years? I see that you look good, but why did you lose some weight? ”

Chunying smiled: "How come? It's because I've grown taller, so I look thin, but I'm actually a little chubby! Then he asked uneasily, "Is your illness really cured?" Steward Zhou said that you didn't pay attention to cause your condition to worsen, you really don't care? ”

Hu Fei was in a very happy mood, and said casually: "Actually, it's just a small cold, I don't want to go on the road with them." I deliberately pretended to be seriously ill and coaxed people, but in fact I was already well when they got on the boat. ”

Chunying was a little puzzled: "Why is this?" Do you hate them? Thinking about Steward Cai, she felt the same way: "That's right, that Steward Zhou is fine, but Steward Cai's temper is too weird, and it makes people feel uncomfortable!" ”

"Have you seen them?" Hu Fei frowned, "But they met Miss Huo after they entered Beijing?" I just heard you say to Brother Xu, you are now Miss Huo Jiabiao's maid - aren't you on an errand in the courtyard of the Third Young Master of the Hou Mansion? ”

"When I got back home, I was transferred to Miss Cousin's side." Chunying replied, "As for those two stewards, it's a long story, I was almost married to that Cai steward by the young lady!" Just think about it and get scared! ”

Hu Fei was stunned, and his face gradually turned blue: "What's going on?!" ”

Chunying only thought that he was angry for himself, so he briefly told what happened, and then said: "Later, Miss Biao knew that he was out of the house, but she hid it from the house, and wanted to trick a girl back to be a concubine, so she got angry and personally ordered that the family was not allowed to marry him as a wife!" The marriage was not settled. I feel glad when I think about it, fortunately he offended Miss, so that Shi'er and I escaped! ”

Hu Fei tugged at the corners of his mouth and showed a sneer: "Even if he doesn't offend Miss Huo, he won't be able to jump for long!" It's a shame that he's confused, otherwise ......"

"How else?" Chun Ying looked at Hu Fei suspiciously, feeling that his expression at this time seemed very unfamiliar.

Hu Fei seemed to notice Chunying's gaze, hurriedly put away the mockery, and smiled: "Do you know why he and Steward Zhou were sent back to Beijing?" Do you think it's a good thing? ”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Chunying was puzzled, "Today is the day when Steward Zhou marries Nanqi, and others say that Steward Zhou has already obtained an official position." What kind of sub-lift does it look like? Although the official is not big, but the jump from a domestic slave to an official body can be regarded as a three-pole jump, isn't this good? ”

"That's Lao Zhou, he treats people honestly and thoughtfully, so he has a good reward. As for Cai Fatzi......" Hu Fei curled the corners of his mouth, "In the past two years, the income of the fleet has been much worse, and it was found that there are old people of the Huo family who are full of private pockets, but they don't know whether it is Lao Zhou or Cai Fatzi, so they both recalled them back to Beijing. ”

Chunying's eyes widened, and she gloated a little: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm most unaccustomed to that fat man's yin and yang weirdness, obviously I have the mind of a good girl, but I still eat in the bowl, look at the pot, when I am Pan An alive?!" He deserves his bad luck! Is he at odds with you? I listened to the tone of his voice, and I didn't seem to like you very much. ”

Hu Fei smiled. Divert the topic: "Let's not mention the person who spoils the fun, he is now down, and he can't hinder our eyes." Tell me how you've been doing in the past few years. That Miss Huo...... Won't be too mean to you, will you? She wants to promise you to Cai Fatzi, it's really too much! That Cai Fat Man is just a little smart, greedy and vulgar, saying that he didn't marry a wife, but in fact, he has already accepted several concubines in the south, and the last time he went to sea, he also accepted a widow in Ryukyu, how can a person like him be worthy of you? Miss Huo has no vision! ”

Chunying was very angry when she heard this: "What?! I thought he was just scum, but I didn't expect him to be the best! ”

"What's the best?"

"No, nothing." Chun Ying coughed lightly in disguise. "Because of this incident, I am discouraged with Miss Cousin, no matter how kind she usually is, Miss is always on top. Because of my identity, I didn't dare to complain to her, so I had to vent my bitterness to you good friends in private. ”

When Hu Fei heard this, he frowned a little dissatisfied: "In fact, it seems to be the habit of their Huo family to give the girl with them to the housekeeper as his wife." I know several fleet stewards, their wives are all from the Huo family, and they are all serving by the side of the ladies and ladies, only Lao Zhou's deceased wife was married outside, and I heard that after marrying for a full year, she was allowed to enter the house to ask for peace. That's probably the rule in his house. ”

Chunying thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case, Jinxiu, Linglong, Sandalwood and others were all married stewards, but she was still very unhappy in her heart: "What's the big deal with the rules?" I just don't like her meddling in my marriage! ”

"That's right!" Hu Fei smiled, "It's so strange, I obviously didn't mention Cai Fatzi, why did I talk about him again?" Back to the topic, how have you been doing in the past few years? ”

"It's not like that, I'm slowly learning to be good now, and I know a lot of things, but I feel more and more that such days are boring." Chunying sighed, smiled and grabbed Hu Fei's sleeve, "Tell me about your going abroad?!" You must have seen a lot of interesting things out there, right? ”

Hu Fei nodded a little stiffly, and straightened up uncomfortably, Chunying felt strange, and was about to ask him what was wrong, but suddenly found that the sleeves and clothes he grabbed were very familiar, wasn't this the dark brown muslin straight that she made for him back then? His clothes were a little white, and the black silk tied around his waist was also half-old, and although the whole person looked in good spirits, this dress did not look like it was mixed well. He is now black and thin, and he seems to have suffered a lot, you must know that when they set up stalls at the city gate in the sun and rain, he was also much fatter than now!

Chunying said a little sadly: "You have suffered a lot outside, haven't you?" In fact, wealth and wealth are all floating clouds, why don't you go back to Beijing? At least life is more stable. ”

Hu Fei was stunned. smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, no matter how hard the days are, I can get through it." Kyosato ...... There are too many nobles, and it is not as good as doing business in the south. ”

"Are you worried about the Hu family?" Chun Ying grabbed the heel of the sleeve and got closer, "Don't worry, the Hu family is not as good as before now." Do you remember that big brother of yours once took refuge in a big official? Last year, the official was imprisoned for his crimes, and the Hu family had no support, and it took a lot of money to get himself out. Now even Taishi Liang has to be careful, even if your eldest brother knows that you have returned to the capital, he will not dare to blatantly disadvantage you. If you are worried that he is poisoning behind his back, just say hello to my second uncle and them, and borrow the power of the Hou Mansion? Otherwise, the Huo family will do the same. I remember that the second master of the Huo family seems to have a very talented teacher. ”

Hu Fei listened, but his face did not show the slightest surprise: "I have heard about it, you can rest assured, those people can't help me now, but I have gained a firm foothold in the south and bought some property, I always feel that it is easier to make a living there, so I plan to settle down there." ”

Chunying didn't know whether she was lost or happy: "Really? That's good, you're finally going to be able to live a good life. So what's the deal with your outfit? Do you deliberately dress modestly to show that you don't forget the past? ”

Hu Fei smiled: "This is to hide people's eyes." This time I returned to Beijing, I was supposed to leave in two months, but I had something to do, so I left ahead of schedule without telling someone. Even the eldest young master of your family and the people of the Huo family don't know about it, so don't mention it to your family. After a pause, his eyes softened a little: "I thought I would come to see you when the matter was done, but I was worried that you didn't know how to live, so I couldn't help but come to see you." ”

Chunying felt a little strange, shook her head, just thought it was an illusion, and smiled: "I'm doing well, you don't have to worry." Then he wondered, "What the hell do you have to do?" Can't you really let people know? ”

Hu Fei smiled: "Actually, it's nothing." In the past few years, I have followed the fleet and turned around the South Seas twice, which can be regarded as a long experience. But the Huo family's fleet has changed masters, and the newcomers are not clear about the trouble below, which is annoying. Finally, the matter was settled, and there were a few newcomers who wanted to fight the fleet. Those people were dizzy, they didn't know that there was a god staring at them, just to see how they were unlucky! I'm here to meet the gods and see if I can fight in them, maybe I can get some benefits. ”

Chunying was confused, and only asked, "Will it be dangerous?" It's too dangerous, right? ”

"It's okay, I know what to expect."

Seeing that he was determined, Chun Ying had no choice but to stop asking, but she still felt strange: "You said that you can't let my family and the eldest young master know, what is the reason?" Could it be that they are involved? You can't mess around! My second uncle is now messing with the eldest young master! ”

Hu Fei hurriedly said: "How come? Am I not avenging my kindness? Don't worry, it won't be in the way of the eldest young master and the Huo family, and the silver they should get will not be less. I'll come back early, it's just ......," he hesitated, "and get prepared...... Hu Jia...... "He didn't say any more.

Chunying understood a little, this was Hu Fei's heart knot, and she didn't persuade him much, so she had to remind him: "Remember to stay calm, don't hurt yourself for revenge." Your parents are still hoping for you to live a good life. ”

Hu Fei smiled and nodded, was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and asked, "Sister Xiaochun, when I finish my work, you ...... Would you like to go back south with me? ”

Chun Ying was stunned for a moment, and he immediately said, "You actually ...... Do you prefer to spend time outside the house? He looked at Chunying sincerely, his eyes seemed to be expecting her to nod immediately, but Chunying was silent...