Mother Lu was a little inexplicable: "What's wrong with your Aunt Ma?" Where is her nonsense? ”

"Absolutely!" Chunying was so anxious that she stomped her feet. "What did you hear her say?! Who is our family estranged from, who is close, and do you want her to talk more? Brother Xiao Wu gave gifts with good intentions, but it has nothing to do with her, what does it mean that she picks three or four out there? She also wants you to help her family with her errands. Mother, even if my father has some face now, he hasn't been promoted to management yet, what shelf does our family have? You hang out with Aunt Ma all day long, and if you ask someone to gossip, the boss may have thoughts about Daddy! ”

Mother Lu thought about it, but she was a little sneering: "As for it? It's just gossip in private, and I'm not confused, I'm really going to put up a shelf in front of those serious housekeepers. ”

"No matter who you put up a fight in front of, it's not a good thing." Chunying persuaded her bitterly, "Dad hasn't been officially promoted to manager, even if he is promoted to manager, there are still a lot of stewards on the top, and whoever goes up and down is up and down is up to the master." makes people think that our family will be arrogant as soon as it gains power, God knows if there will be villains looking for opportunities to make trouble? Mother, think about it, when grandpa was there. Haven't we also had a beautiful home? The host's family said a word, and there was nothing. So, let's keep a low profile now, be kind to people, and can't give villains excuses to embarrass us! ”

"Got it!" Mother Lu felt very bored, "I understand the reason, but your Aunt Ma has been an old neighbor for many years, and you are too rude." Since moving here, your father has been valued by Xiao Chen's steward again, and the people who used to look down on our family have rushed to stammer. But as the days went by, they stopped coming to the door. Those serious stewards have never put your mother and me in their eyes, and when they meet outside, they don't even say hello! Not to mention coming to home. Your father and your sisters are not at home, and I have to do the work alone, and I have to take care of your brother, which is really boring. Fortunately, there is also your Aunt Ma, who comes to accompany me from time to time, and I am better. Just rush to this friendship, we can't snub her! Your Uncle Ma has been at home for more than a year after losing his errand, we are old neighbors, so let's help if we can. ”

When Chunying heard this, she felt a little guilty in her heart, she was living happily outside, but she couldn't understand the hardship of her mother taking care of her children at home alone. He put his arm around her neck and said, "Aren't I coming back?" Mother, I will accompany you every day in the future, and you will not be bored with me. ”

Mother Lu sneered and poked her in the head, before turning around to light the fire, Chunying hurriedly grabbed the spatula, took charge of the spoon herself, and made a few plates of specialty dishes.

After the dishes were served, watching Aunt Ma sneering and praising a lot, and cheekily staying to rub the rice, Chunying glanced at her mother, and when she saw that she was happy, she didn't say anything, and even put up with Aunt Ma's behavior of packing the leftovers home after dinner

。 It's just that afterwards, I still persuaded my mother: "Mother, if Aunt Ma's family is really difficult, just help her get some money, and don't let her talk nonsense in front of you anymore." ”

Mother Lu glanced at her: "Do you think she is really idle and has nothing to do, and she hangs around with me all day long?" It's just for the sake of the men and children in the family! What did you borrow her money for? It's just going to borrow more! Besides, you always think I'm nagging, and she can talk to me anyway. I originally wanted to buy a little girl to do the work, and I could accompany her to relieve my boredom, but you didn't want to! ”

Chunying laughed a few times and said coquettishly: "Aren't I coming back?" I can do my job, I don't have to spend money, and I can still earn money! It's much better than buying a little girl, and when you buy it back, you have to give her an extra meal, right? ”

Mother Lu knocked her head with her hand: "You don't know how sorry it is!" That time, I caught up with the government to sell the official slaves, and I could buy a **-year-old girl back for two taels of silver, which was much cheaper than usual! ”

Chunying said: "No matter how cheap it is, you can't buy it." As I said before, my dad hasn't been promoted to the top of the house, so it's too ostentatious to buy a girl! In the past, Liu, who shared a yard with us, has a stronger family background than we do now, and his family hasn't bought a girl yet, if our family buys it, others may wonder if our family has made a fortune, deducted the master's money, and took the benefits of others......"

As soon as she said a word, Mother Lu's face turned a little pale, and she hurriedly stopped her words: "Okay, okay, you said that I was panicking in my heart, if you don't buy it, you won't buy it!" After a pause, he added: "The Liu family is not good now, I heard that Steward Liu offended which big steward and lost the messenger of purchasing, and now he is just messing around outside the second gate." His family's Xi'er originally said that she was a good family, but now she has made soup, and I heard that Grandma Liu wants to give her daughter to a rich old man to fill the house! Sister Xi for this. I messed with her mother all day long, and everyone heard about it......"

Chunying remembered that Liu Xi'er was only two or three years older than herself, the same age as a flower, and she actually had to face such a fate, and she couldn't help but shiver.

"What are you talking about?" Lu Yougui walked in from outside the door, "I'm starving, is the meal ready?" ”

Chunying hurriedly ran to the kitchen to bring out the food left for him, and said, "It's still hot, the soup is a little cold, I'll go and heat it up, how many bites of rice will Dad eat first?" ”

Lu Yougui hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food, and when his stomach felt better, he began to talk to his wife and daughter about his experience outside today, and hugged his son to coax him to eat, and suddenly remembered one thing: "By the way, Mrs. Gu has entered Beijing and is recuperating in the house." Aunt Qing beside her called for a word to be passed on, saying that she wanted to meet the people who had been waiting in the former house

。 You can send a message in two days, I will come back with them all the way from Nanjing, so you should go and ask for peace. ”

"I just wanted to go!" Mother Lu hurriedly said, "I also brought a letter to the Lu family, telling her to come into the city quickly and go with me." Once upon a time, we were sisters on an errand with the green shark. Now the sharks are all aunts......" she sighed. "In the blink of an eye, it's been nearly twenty years......

She recalled that back then, Chunying approached her father, whispered about Xiao Wu's visit, focused on describing his "eccentric", and asked: "Dad, I think Brother Xiao Wu seems to have any special intentions, what do you think?" ”

Lu Yougui slowly lowered his head to eat, and smiled faintly: "What do you care about him?" In a word...... It won't be ill-intentioned. ”

At the same time, in the courtyard of Li Jing, the eldest young master of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Wu was reporting back to Li Jing the results of his observations: "...... Most of the stuff is old things that have been used in the past. The new furniture is also not very valuable. The little one had seen the house where their husband and wife lived, except that the windows were freshly pasted, and there was a new suitcase, which was just a new quilt. The house of his two daughters is small and cannot be seen clearly, but when you look in from the window, it is mostly old furniture. According to this, outsiders say that their family has made a fortune, but it is not a big elephant. The aunt of the Lu family added new red gold jewelry on her head, and the little one had seen Lu Da buy it with her own eyes in Hangzhou, and remembered that the price was one or two and a half cents of silver. ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Have you ever inquired, who is the legend that his family is rich?" ”

There are many people who say this, but they are all from the daughter-in-law of the Ma family who used to share a compound with his family. I heard that the Ma family often interacts with the women of the Lu family, and they always eat and drink at his house, and they often take advantage of his family's power on weekdays to take advantage of others. However, the Lu family didn't do anything bad except for sometimes speaking more openly. Her youngest son is still young, so she usually doesn't go out much, and she doesn't have much contact with other daughters-in-law. ”

Li Jing waved his hand, Xiao Wu was busy, and he was still thinking about whether there was anything wrong with his words, hoping that it would not cause trouble to the Lu family.

Li Jing sat at the table and pondered, Jing quietly turned out from the back room, and put a bowl of ginseng tea in front of him: "I just made ginseng tea, it has already tasted, you can drink more to make up for it." "Her husband has lost a lot of weight in Jiangnan for more than half a year, and she is really distressed.

Li Jing smiled and took the tea bowl: "What about the child?" Already asleep? ”

Jing glanced at him with disgust: "Sleep, it's all you!" After playing with him for half a day, where did his little man endure? Naturally, I was tired and panicked. ”

Li Jing smiled: "I haven't seen my son for so long, he can't recognize me, of course I want to accompany him more."

。 After that, he drank all the ginseng tea in one gulp, and took his wife's hand: "I want to accompany you more." ”

Jing blushed, and caught a glimpse of the maids in the front yard gathering under the porch to do needlework, although they were far away. I don't know if I will hear it, so I smacked him, shook back my hand, moved a chair to the side, and opened the topic: "What do you mean by asking Xiao Wu to inquire about the situation of the Lu family?" ”

Li Jing glanced at her, smiled slightly, and laughed so hard that her face turned red again, and then said, "I just want to inquire about the personality of the big family." If it weren't for the accident, he should have been working under me, but now he has benefited his wife. I thought that if it was gone, it would be gone, and it was originally for the sake of him that he was the second brother of Lu, so he was promoted. But after getting along with Nanjing for more than half a year, I think he is really good. is thoughtful and honest, although he is under Ping An, he never avoids his brother, and he is really good to his aunt's family. I am short of manpower, and it is a pity that such a person is taken by my wife? He and Lu Er are brothers, and if they break their bones and connect their tendons, wouldn't it be good if they could ask him to come to me? ”

Jing said worriedly: "How can my wife be willing? I heard that it is good to be safe and treat that road now, and his two daughters, one is from the old lady's house, and the other is from the third brother's side. I'm afraid I can't pull it up. ”

"It's hard to say." Li Jing smiled slightly, "Although his family is not as shrewd as him, he is not a fool, and his wife has no other shortcomings except for being more flamboyant." His eldest daughter will not talk about it for the time being, but the errand of the younger daughter can be changed. As for the University itself...... It's good to follow Ping'an, but Ping'an is so heavy-used, and he will always go up, and someone else will govern it, how can an honest person like Lu Da not be bullied? When the time comes...... My brother won't leave him alone, right? ”

Jing suddenly realized: "I see. She smiled and took a closer look: "We originally have Lu Lao Er and Xiao Wu below, and with the addition of Lu Da, plus the Qin Yun you collected in the south, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future." But as soon as she thought about it, she was worried: "What do you think about what Lu Er said?" Do you want...... Sell the house first? I'm afraid that the Hu family will say it. ”

Li Jing smiled: "Don't be afraid, our confidence now is more than before." But go back and ask Lao Wei and Lu Er to find someone who can kao, and rent it out to earn some pocket money. He attaches more importance to another matter: "We are now with the Huo family is a matter of life and death, you are at home, you have to take care of your aunt and cousin more, don't let your wife succeed." ”

Jing straightened his expression, nodded solemnly, and suddenly heard the girl outside the door report: "The eldest young master, the eldest young grandmother, the third young master is here." ”

(Guess the third young master's intention?) At the beginning of April, cheekily ask for pink tickets ~~~~~~)! ~！