Chapter 106: Second Uncle Lu's intentions

Lu's mother still has to go home to take care of her youngest son and take care of the housework, so after sitting for a long time, she has to go back first. Chunying reluctantly sent her out of the hospital, and she repeatedly instructed: "You have to remember what I said before, live in the second uncle's house, be diligent, work more, listen to your second uncle in everything, don't think about home, don't run home by yourself, if you meet an acquaintance, try to hide away, you really can't hide, just say that you still have injuries, don't say a word that shouldn't be said......"

Every time she said a word, Chunying responded, lowered her head and hugged her mother's arm, and whispered: "I will be careful, I will be obedient, mother, you should take care of yourself at home, tell your father and sister not to worry......"

Mother Lu's eyes were red, she turned her head and left, just when Second Uncle Lu came back, she bowed her head and said a few words before leaving, only to catch a glimpse of Second Uncle Lu still following behind her, but she didn't recognize that it was Hu Fei who she had seen before.

Compared with the rich, handsome, and well-mannered rich boy who was dressed luxuriously at the time, Hu Fei, who was only wearing an old cloth coat and was black and thin, was like two people, and if Chunying hadn't recognized Mo Han first, he might not have recognized him.

Chunying watched her mother's back disappear at the mouth of the alley, then sniffed, turned around and said to Hu Fei with a reluctant smile: "Hu Gongzi is here?" I'm just wondering when you'll be there. ”

Hu Fei smiled a little nervously: "Morning. The neighbors knew that I was going to move out, so they all came to see me off, and Uncle Jiang from the oil mill kept pulling me to talk. If it weren't for Uncle Lu to pick me up, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get out. ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled: "You will be a man, they are natural. I can't bear you, and when I have time in the future, I should go back and see them. Come on, I've packed up the house, come and see. ”

They went to a place at the end of the alley. The house is about thirty or forty meters away from the second uncle's house. This place is larger than the courtyards outside, and the original owner is a wealthy merchant, and even the old gate is still a bit magnificent.

When you enter the door, there are four rooms on the left, and the first one is the door. The room, the back three rooms, lived an old couple, in their fifties, known as Wei Gong Wei Po. The couple occupied two rooms, and the rest of the empty room was for miscellaneous items. Hu Fei originally thought that Second Uncle Lu was going to lend him the one that he wanted, but he didn't expect him to lead himself to the small courtyard on the right.

This small courtyard is not big, only half of the courtyard at the end of Funing Street. No, there was only one room, but a row of shacks was built on the opposite side of the house. Hu Fei guessed that this might be a place for coachmen or grooms, but the ground was extremely clean, the room was equipped with beds, tables and chairs, and even an offering table was placed in the middle of the room, with a bottle of white porcelain Guanyin statue, and incense burners and candlesticks in front of it. Hu Fei realized something and glanced at Second Uncle Lu.

Second Uncle Lu just smiled and didn't speak, so Wei Gong stepped forward and said, "This is. In the past, the house where the coachman and the groom lived was originally a large shop, which was very rough, but this statue of Guanyin was the most noble. Xiao Lao'er thought that before the master's family moved in in the future, he would always tear down the house and rebuild it, and he didn't clean it up much, and the little brother asked not to dislike it, if he wanted something, just tell the little old man that it is, and find my wife for eating and laundry. ”

Hu Fei hurriedly asked Wei Gong. He asked, "How does this work?" I can't do it, but I ...... on weekdays I can still cook. Wei Gong smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, we have no children and no daughters, and we are idle and panicked on weekdays, so find something to do, so that the two of us can sit in a daze." It's great that the little brother can come, and when he patrols the night at night, the little old man has a companion and can be more lively. ”

Wei Po called her husband at the gatehouse: "Old man, come and help me light the fire!" I'm going to make a few good dishes, and Brother Hu moves in! Gong Wei responded, Hu Fei hurriedly stepped forward to stop, but was stopped by Second Uncle Lu: "The old man is happy, you can talk to them for a while when you are free." I often have to go back to my house on errands, and they are lonely here. ”

Hu Fei groaned slightly, and then stopped talking, but suppressed the doubts in his heart, thinking that Wei Gong Wei was so enthusiastic, and he usually did more heavy work for them.

After hurriedly cleaning up, Hu Fei unexpectedly found that the straw mat and quilt on the bed were new, and although the materials were ordinary, they exuded a dry and fragrant smell, which was much stronger than the musty old quilt he slept on half a month ago. At the foot of the bed was a new fan and a few plain clothes, which Uncle Lu claimed claimed were all his old clothes, which were useless, and they were better than the two estimated clothes he wore repeatedly. Hu Fei looked at the delicate needle and thread on it, touched the soft and refreshing texture, and silently looked back at the wooden table under the windowsill, a set of tea sets, although it was cheap white porcelain without patterns, but the texture was smooth, the shape was beautiful, and there were no flaws, and there were incense pieces in the tea can.

On the surface, one of the tools here is no different from the one used by ordinary people, but if you really hold it in your hand, you can find the intentions in it. He suddenly felt a little uneasy, from beginning to end, he didn't tell Second Uncle Lu his identity, the other party should know about this arrangement, right? Now that you know a lot of words, why be so polite? He is no longer the high-ranking young master of the imperial merchant in the past. The elder brother's charge of unfilial piety was pressed down, and he fell into the mud from the high gate of the imperial merchant's house in an instant.

Second Uncle Lu went around outside, pulled Chunying, who was helping in the kitchen, over, and said with a smile: "It's okay to come over and play when you have time, both horizontally and vertically are in the alley, just don't patronize and play, remember to help Wei Gong Wei and Wei Po do the work, you know?" ”

Chun Ying responded happily, looked around, and said with a smile: "It's good here, Master Hu, this place is much stronger than the house you lived in before, although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs!" ”

Hu Fei smiled, placed his mother's spiritual tablet, and offered a stick of incense before saying, "I'm really grateful...... Little sister, don't call me Son, everyone on Funing Street calls me Brother Hu, you can call me that too, otherwise...... Calling Feige or Little Feige also makes. ”

Brother Fei? Chunying's expression was a little distorted, and she squeezed out a smile and said, "Then I'll just call you Brother Xiaofei." She didn't care much about the other party's original identity.

Hu Fei turned to Second Uncle Lu again and saluted him solemnly: "Thank you Uncle Lu for your kind help." Yesterday, I was rude, only saying that my name is Hu Wangshan, in fact, my real name is Hu Fei, Wangshan is the word, I was ...... The concubine of the imperial merchant Hu family. He said again before and after that he was kicked out of the house in the name of unfilial piety, and said: "Hu Fei is infamous, but he hides it from Uncle Lu, it is really undeserved, and I ask you to forgive me." ”

Second Uncle Lu waved his hand absently: "Is this there?" I've also heard about your family's affairs, who is right and who is wrong, the big guy knows it, and there are people talking about it outside. It was late last year, and it was dark, so I didn't recognize it, but when I got home, Chun'er mentioned it to me. Since I dared to take you in, I didn't take that Young Master Hu to heart, you just have to stay in peace. ”

Chunying glanced at the second uncle in surprise, she clearly remembered that she didn't mention Hu Fei last night, but she still kept her mouth shut cautiously.

Hu Fei looked a little surprised and moved: "Uncle Lu, you ......"

"You don't have to be so polite, I don't like Hu Dashao the most. I have always been in a rich and noble family in Beijing, and there are often disputes over property between concubines, but my body is not clean, so I just pour dirty water on my younger brother, and I have done something too much. During this year, Ling Zun was seriously ill, he helped take care of the family business, and he made a lot of jokes, thinking that everyone praised him well! Let's just look at the future! Don't worry, he doesn't dare to put his hand over here. ”

Second Uncle Lu took out a few pieces of paper from his arms: "There are a few people on it, they live nearby, they are all recently going to buy and sell houses or goods, they were originally looking for me and Chun'er and her father to be middlemen, but my brother is far away, and I have to be busy with the messengers in the house, so I can't spare time." I heard Chun'er say that you will do this kind of thing, so I will simply leave it to you, they are all acquaintances, you suppress the price on the one hand, and say a few taels of silver on the other side, it doesn't matter, as long as you grasp the proportion. ”

Hu Fei took the list in surprise, and glanced at it roughly, not only did it indicate the name and address, the type of goods, and even the taboos and preferences of buyers and sellers were listed one by one, and even in case of emergency, a sample document was attached, as well as a list of familiar Yamen clerks, as long as they followed, they could earn dozens of taels of silver without much effort.

He was even more uneasy in his heart, Second Uncle Lu seemed to have thought of a clean place for himself, items to worship his mother's spiritual seat, people who took care of his diet and daily life, and ways to make a living in the future...... It's so thoughtful, so thoughtful that he worries, how can he be so thoughtful that he can be taken care of like this? Second Uncle Lu...... Is there another purpose?

And Chun Ying peeked at the list on the side, and couldn't help muttering in her heart. With such good money, why doesn't the second uncle go by himself? Even if you want to help Hu Fei, this is too much, right? No mistakes in many words

She found a vacancy, pulled Second Uncle Lu aside, and asked in a low voice, "Second Uncle, are you making up your mind?" In order to give all these businesses to Xiao Feige? ”

Second Uncle Lu lowered his voice and smiled: "Silly girl, now that your father is not in Beijing, and I am not powerful, why bother to make people blush for a little silver, and instigate in front of the master behind my back, but it will hurt your second uncle and I can't eat and walk around?!" But these businesses are all acquaintances, and if they push it in vain, it will offend them, so it is better to leave it to this Hu Ershao to do. I've already inquired with someone, and he's pretty safe, so if I mention a few more words, it's all right. He has nothing to do with me, and no matter how much he earns, it has nothing to do with me. It's a good thing that the two go well! ”

Chunying always felt that something was wrong, but it was difficult to refute the second uncle's face, so she had to swallow her doubts.

But Hu Fei couldn't let this question sit in his heart. After a few days, he followed the instructions of Second Uncle Lu and really completed several businesses, and by the way, he found out the situation in the vicinity, and became familiar with several officials and clerks of Shuntian Mansion. When Bai Huahua's thirty taels of silver arrived, he finally couldn't help but find Second Uncle Lu's house and asked him, "Why does Uncle Lu want to help me?" ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled, groaned slightly, and then said, "It's okay, it's not a matter to hide it any longer, and it won't hurt you." He decided to test the temptation with a trivial matter first, so he pulled Hu Fei to sit down and poured a cup of tea: "Have you heard that in our Qingguo Hou Mansion, there is a big young master, the Hou Ye is very loved, but he is not very powerful?" Seeing Hu Fei nodding, he continued, "I have been with this eldest young master for several years, he is not valued, and I have not had a good life." originally thought that it would be okay to separate the family and go out earlier, but the Hou Ye refused to nod for a long time, and the eldest young master recently added a new brother, but the old lady has always been faint, as a parent, she always has to think about her children. ”

Hu Fei frowned: "Please also ask Uncle Lu to say directly, I am a great favor from you, a close friend in life, and I am from the family of Qinghou Mansion, and I will never stand idly by." ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled: "It's not a big deal." A few days ago, Master Hou saw that the eldest young master was acting more and more steadily, so he wanted him to go through the experience, and his wife arranged an errand to come down, but he wanted to do things for the eldest aunt and grandmother of our house, Princess Jing. He leaned closer: "The noble concubine in the palace is about to celebrate her birthday, King Jing and his wife have the heart to honor her, because the concubine loves embroidery the most in her life, especially the calligraphy and painting embroidered by a woman named Wuling Thorn History, it is said that the woman once embroidered a "Chunhui Map", Princess Jing wants to use it as a birthday gift. For this reason, our grandmother sent several groups of people back to her parents' house to inquire, only to hear that this embroidered picture had appeared at the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Hu family more than ten years ago, but then there was no follow-up......"

Hu Fei groaned: "I have seen this embroidery, but my eldest brother gave it away last year." He said a person's name, but it was the name of a third-grade official, very unfortunately, Second Uncle Lu remembered that he was a figure from the Kewang Mansion faction, and immediately sank his face.

Seeing this, Hu Fei pursed his lips: "This thing is not difficult, I have a way." ”