The destination of Chunying and his entourage was Zhuangzi in Daxing. It is only two or three hours away from the capital, and it will be there in half a day.

The Zhuangzi is not big, only about ten hectares of land, thirty or forty tenant farmers, the main planting is not grain, but mulberry trees, and there are dozens of acres of land to plant some japonica rice for the daily consumption of the Hou Mansion, and a few acres of melons and vegetables are digested by the people in the village. In addition, there is a pond sugar in the village, which raises some fish every year, and in autumn and winter, it is salted into dried fish.

Among the granges owned by the Hou Mansion, this is neither the richest nor the largest, the population is small, and there is nothing special except for mulberries. The Xishan Zhuangzi managed by Lu Da and the Shunyi Zhuangzi managed by the woodhousekeeper produced more grain, melons and vegetables and all kinds of flowers and dried fruits, while fresh fruits, fish and shrimp were transported by the special ship of Zhuangzi in the south, so the people in the Hou Mansion often mentioned these places, this Daxing Zhuangzi, the dried fish produced. It's just a dish to add to the food of the servants in the house.

Chunying entered the Zhuangzi, and as soon as she got out of the car, she looked around, and found that the tenants and foremen here could not be compared with the city in terms of clothing, and her family was wearing jackets made when the family was still poor. She whispered to Shi'er: "I thought I would go to Zhuangzi in Hejian Mansion, why have I never heard of this place?" Shi'er replied in a low voice: "The Zhuangzi in the river is lively, this place is poor and remote, and the old lady and the wife don't like to eat mulberries, so the fruits produced here are just taken out to sell." In addition to the japonica rice used in the porridge in the house throughout the year, no one mentions the people in this village. I think my wife is uneasy and kind! ”

Chunying's heart sank, and when she looked at the low and dilapidated houses around her, she felt that her future was bleak. If no one in the Hou Mansion mentions this Zhuangzi, and no one pays attention to the people in the Zhuangzi, how can she go back to the city? However, it would be a good thing if the steward here had the right to release the person from his citizenship.

But as soon as the steward came out to contact An Sikui, Chunying knew that there was trouble. An Sikui Chong's name was "Cousin Daddy", he was so affectionate, his mouth was so sweet that it seemed to be dripping with honey, and he was like two people when he was playing in the back street of Houfu before. He kept speaking ill of the two families of King Lu in front of the steward, and also emphasized the fact that one family was surnamed Wang, and the other family was not treated well by his wife. Looking at the face of the "cousin father", he obviously believed it. The two families of King Lu looked at each other a few times. are sneering slightly.

Since Xiaotang arrived at Zhuangzi, he walked around with great interest, and when he came back, he saw that An Sikui was still talking, so he said: "An Ye, what is so important, do you have to finish it in one breath?" People are starving, let's eat first! He smiled at the steward again: "This is the steward Cao, right?" I'm running errands under Grandpa Xu in Dongfu, and it's the first time I've been here to play today, what are the new places to go in the village, how about you tell me? ”

Steward Cao was still impatient to listen to it, until he said that he was the person in charge of Dongfu Xu, so his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "What does Manager Xu command?" "I don't have any orders." Xiao Tang smiled, "It's just this Uncle Wang...... I have known Grandpa Xu for decades. ”

The children of the Hou Mansion are all old acquaintances! However, as soon as Xiao Tang's words came out, Manager Cao's gaze at Wang Lu's two families changed, and he changed his smile to greet him: "In this case, let's go to my house for lunch first, right?" Everyone is in a hurry, and the beds in the house have not been cleaned up yet. An Sikui was dumbfounded next to him, and reached out to pull his "cousin father", but they ignored him and just asked the small hall to go first. came over again to personally support Uncle Wang.

Chunying and Shi'er were a little surprised when they saw it, and when they arrived in front of the Cao family's courtyard, when the housekeeper went to order the cooking, they quietly pulled the small hall over and asked him what was going on.

Along the way, Xiaotang has been coaxed by Chunying and Shi'er, and because Wang's mother and Aunt Wang knew that he was an orphan, they chattered distressed for a long time, and gave a lot of intimate words, and their hearts had already turned away, and they smiled when they heard this...... I often hear Grandpa Xu recite a few unreliable stewards who should be replaced, and there is a Cao steward of Daxing Zhuangzi among them, I think there is a reason? Chunying and Shi'er were confused when they heard it, and they could only guess that Steward Cao probably had a handle in the hands of Chief Manager Xu?

As soon as Steward Cao came back, he heard Xiaotang's words, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, smiled and invited Xiaotang into the house to have tea, and was also polite to the two families of Wang Lu, and specially called his wife to greet him. Lu Yougui thought that he still had to make a living on other people's territory, so he politely thanked him, and hinted that his wife should stop complaining and disgusting secretly, and pretend to be kind. Although Mother Lu was not convinced, she couldn't twist her husband's insistence, so she had to reluctantly squeeze out a smile and talk to the Cao lady. And the two concubines of the Wang family have already served Uncle Wang and sat down. The scene in the house was very harmonious, but it was only when the meal was opened that Chun Ying was surprised. Shi'er's uncle is gone.

It didn't take long for this second uncle Wang to appear, and he also brought back a young daughter-in-law in her twenties to say hello to Uncle Wang. It turned out that this third sister-in-law Zhao was the maiden niece of the aunt of the ten sons and four uncles, and her husband worked as a supervisor in this village. Chunying saw the "strength" of the Wang family again, and secretly admired in her heart: Sure enough, the big family is worthy of its reputation, and even in such a remote grange, there are relatives......

After the meal, Steward Cao had already figured out where to place the people, and he very earnestly proposed that there was an empty yard in the village, just next to the warehouse, and the place was also large, enough for two families to live, but there had been no one for many years, and it was necessary to clean up a little. Although it was not possible to guarantee one family and one courtyard, it was not possible to vacate so many empty houses for a while, so I had to wait until the spring of next year to ask someone to build a new house.

Boss Wang was silent. The two families live in the same courtyard, and he is naturally not very happy, there are ten people! Besides, there are men and women in it, and there are young girls. This is not as good as the courtyard in the back street of the Hou Mansion, and everyone living in a courtyard is the same clan. But. He also felt that his family would not stay in the village for so long, and he would have to wait until the beginning of spring to build a new house, and he thought in his heart, did he ask the Zhao family to borrow two houses?

Lu Yougui felt that it was just a stopgap measure to have enough room to live in, and it was not that he had not suffered before, and this Cao steward now looked at the face of the small hall is manager Xu, and treated them very politely, they asked too much, and waited for the small hall to leave. I don't know if Steward Cao will turn his face! Whether it is the Wang family or the Lu family, they don't have a deep friendship with Mr. Xu, so it's better to be humble.

So when the Wang family did not raise objections and Lu Yougui was in favor, Steward Cao's proposal was approved.

The next thing is to clean the house and carry the luggage. Chunying took a closer look at the courtyard and felt that it was not too bad, but there was a lot of straw on the ground and there was no furniture in the house. Because she was afraid that this was a haunted house, she inquired about Zhao San's sister-in-law, and knew that this was a house of a desperate family, because there were no heirs to inherit, it was deserted, and the people on the village usually used it as a temporary warehouse. Fortunately, the collected grain was distributed to all households, except for those to be sent to the Hou Mansion, and only a few bags of old flour were still left in the corner of the house. With a wave of Steward Cao's hand, the flour returned to the two Luwang families. The Wang family only glanced at it and didn't move. Chunying thought that if she could eat it, maybe it would come in handy, so she mentioned it to her father, and then the father and daughter worked together to move the flour to the kitchen—in fact, it was just a hastily built straw hut, and there were two stoves under the shed.

At that moment, the two families of Wang Lu started together, and the yard was cleaned up, Uncle Wang and his eldest son and his wife lived in the two ear rooms of the main house, Wang Lao 2 and his wife lived in the east wing, and the Lu family lived in the west wing.

Zhao San's sister-in-law was very enthusiastic to send a thick quilt and a pair of pots and pans, and said: "The countryside is not as warm as the city, if the bedding is not enough, just come to me." If you don't have enough winter coats, just look for me. They are all relatives, and they don't need to see each other. I'll send some grain and vegetables when I go back, otherwise it's going to be cold. You can't even make dinner! After that, he smiled at Steward Cao: "Old Cao, look...... Do you want them to rest for two days and then arrange their work? The autumn harvest has been completed, the melons and vegetables in the field have also been planted, and the composting work is done by the farmers. ”

Steward Cao's face was a little stiff, and he responded vaguely, and invited Xiaotang to his house for dinner. At this time, it was getting late, and it was too late to enter the city, so the small hall agreed to go, and An Sikui, who was left out in the cold, saw that his eyes were on fire.

This night, everyone is dealing with the general. Chunying only felt that the wind was blowing extremely cold in the autumn night, and secretly thought that she would get an extra quilt tomorrow. Shi'er next to him moved, turned around, and asked in a low voice, "Chun'er, what do you say...... Did the third young master hear about us at this time? ”

Chunying rolled the quilt on her body tightly: "I don't know...... I should have heard of it, right? ”

"How sooner or later will he transfer us back......"

Chunying thought about it and sighed: "Don't have too much hope, you also saw the incident of Manru last time, he won't go against his wife, even if he wants to transfer us back, it will take a few days, and it will be a few days to see if the house is busy in the new year......"

Shi'er flattened his mouth: "I have never lived in a house like this...... After dinner and washing the dishes, I also saw rats! It's the size of my feet! It scared the hell out of me...... Lamp oil candles or something, and not enough, when I just entered the house, I could only use the moonlight, and I almost didn't fall a big heel! ”

Chunying smiled when she heard this: "I'm a little better than you, when my family used to live in the compound, the house was quite old, but it's still much stronger than here." Tomorrow, if we clean up well, we will be able to live more comfortably. ”

"What's this all about...... I really should let Cui Manru that slut taste this! And that bastard surnamed Ann! He grabbed my clothes for a long time today, and he disgusted me to death, so I'll burn it tomorrow! ”

Chun Ying buried herself in the quilt and laughed, Shi'er slapped her a few times embarrassedly, and muttered: "Third young master, help us go back......"

Chunying was stunned and smiled. Is Shi'er too dependent on the third young master?

But she can understand it. Before coming here, she didn't expect the conditions of the village to be like this, maybe because the output of this village is less than that of other places, right? But in such an environment, she really doesn't want to stay longer. I don't know what tasks their family will be assigned to, but I just hope it won't be too miserable.

It's ridiculous, her family is obviously rich, but she can't spend it publicly, let alone let others know, it's so depressing! Chunying only hopes that she can think of a way to get out of the country as soon as possible, so as not to be angry with those stupid and arrogant wicked people again!

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but think of Hu Fei, and remembered what he said when he held her hand last night. Her heart inadvertently beat half a beat faster, her face was slightly hot, she quickly retracted her head into the quilt, only to suddenly think that now the room is pitch black, Shi'er can't see herself, and she feels funny, and when she looks back, Shi'er has fallen asleep and is making a slight snoring sound.

Turning over again, she held the hand that had been held by Hu Fei last night, and kept thinking, why didn't he come today? Is there something delayed temporarily? Or was there something unexpected? Maybe...... Just because I overslept?

She chuckled quietly, and suddenly became worried. Hu Fei never oversleeps, besides, he left quite early last night, what stopped him from coming in time to see him off?

In fact...... She didn't mind that much, if he really had something important to do, she would still be considerate, after all, business was important, anyway, he also agreed to come to the village to visit him.

But, then again, when he went south, she was all the way to the docks...... Of course, she didn't use this to demand so-called fair treatment, but he also said hello or sent someone to send a message......

Chunying fell asleep in a daze in this repeated entanglement.