The outside and inside of the Xu Mansion can be said to be very unified in the style of painting, and I can't see the characteristics of a rich family, but I can still see the appearance of a large family. Strangely, instead of the rugged and heroic characteristics of the northern architecture she imagined, it looked very similar to the Jiangnan Villa she had visited before.

It's okay if it's not magnificent, Xu Yuan thought to herself, so that she wouldn't enter the Grand View Garden with Grandma Liu.

Xu Chusheng glanced back at Xu Yuan, who was following behind, and introduced: "As you can see, my family's conditions are limited. Although my father has a half-official position, he still has a bit of status, but in this Xinjiang, no matter how much status he has, that's it. ”

Being seen looking around at his house, Xu Yuan was a little embarrassed, grabbed Xu Chusheng's words and changed the topic: "This is the frontier?" ”

Xu Chusheng was surprised: "Yes, Jinzhou is the northwest frontier of the Great Liao Dynasty. You've been scared silly lately, and you've forgotten about this? ”

Hearing this, Xu Yuan hurriedly made a look of sudden realization, and then closed her mouth obediently, saving herself from continuing to make common-sense mistakes, and her common sense still needs to be made up.

Although the Xu Mansion is not beautiful, the house is still very large. Along the way, Xu Chusheng took Xu Yuan through several porches, Xu Yuan tried to write down the road she walked, but to no avail, in her eyes, each of the twists and turns of the porch looked exactly the same.

The maids and servants who passed by were either sprinkling and sweeping, or pruning the branches on the flower trees, and when they saw the two of them passing by, they all put down the things in their hands and saluted respectfully, and there was no superfluous sound, and the second young master, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly came back, and no one dared to whisper and talk about it.

This is not an uncommon thing, but it can also show that the Xu family has a way of governing the family. Like the previous Xu Mansion, although Mrs. Xu was pressed on the top with a heavy punishment, no one among the people dared to touch the rules she set, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard in the courtyard. But this is all in person, and there are no rules behind the scenes.

The more Xu Yuan walked, the more nervous she became, every step was extremely difficult, the heart in her chest had already jumped to her throat, and she was eager to try and jump out of her mouth. She subconsciously swallowed her saliva, trying to press her heart back.

Finally, Xu Chusheng stopped outside a courtyard gate, and Xu Yuan hurriedly stopped. The maid who had passed the rumor entered the door like a smoke, and came back after a while, her face was happy, and she couldn't help but peek at the handsome second young master of the Xu family, and said loudly: "Second young master, the old lady invites you in." ”

Xu Chusheng bowed his head slightly and said, "I'm tired." As he spoke, he stepped into the courtyard gate.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and followed Xu Chusheng closely, hoping that he was a transparent person.

The courtyard is full of famous flowers and plants, and there are two osmanthus trees, the strange thing is that in this weather that has fallen snow, the osmanthus tree is still blooming, and in the golden autumn season, exudes a rich fragrance, hooks people's nose itching. There are a few maids in the courtyard who are busy, and most of them are busy waiting for the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Xu Yuan didn't see this, she was lowering her head and lowering her eyes, looking at her nose and nose, if she hadn't been able to run away here, she would have escaped by now.

Step by step, Xu Yuan felt that the fragrance of osmanthus in her nose gradually faded, and couldn't help but look up, only to see a smiling woman sitting on the mahogany eight-immortal chair in the middle, her face looked like a girl, but she couldn't tell her age, she was wearing a dark green tired silk long skirt, and she had a simple cloud bun, and there were only two silver hairpins in her hair. The rest of the costumes are gone, and they are not so clean.

However, what appeared between her eyebrows was not gentleness, but a very oppressive grace. This grace does not need to be set off with complicated clothes, even if it is cloth, it will not damage this bearing.

Xu Yuan only dared to glance at it hurriedly, then lowered his head and continued to shrink into Xu Chusheng's shadow to be his own quail.

The woman on the seat thought that she was Xu Chusheng's mother, but Xu Yuan couldn't connect this graceful and atmospheric image of a woman with what Xu Chusheng said before, "My mother is seriously ill".

Xu Chusheng bowed his head and said, "I've seen my mother." ”

Old Madam Xu looked at Xu Chusheng and smiled gently: "Don't be polite, come forward and let me have a look." ”

Xu Chusheng took a few steps forward, stood in front of Mrs. Xu, jumped up twice, and said, "Mother, you see, I don't lack arms or legs, those people who sent messages before, they are just fooling you!" How can it be so critical. ”

As soon as Xu Chusheng walked forward, Xu Yuan felt that his whole person was exposed to the vision of the people in this room.

Old Madam Xu gently knocked on Xu Chusheng's head and said, "Such an adult, like a child." I know in my heart if you don't fool me, you, you are used to being poor with me, this time you are back, just stay in peace, rest and work again. ”

"Ouch, mother, I'm also the one who is about to get married, and you knock me, I don't want to lose face?"

Old Mrs. Xu knew that her second son was holding the heart of entertaining her relatives in colorful clothes, so she laughed with him for a few words, and said with a straight face: "Next time I take risks with myself like this, I won't spare you, even if you can come back as completely as today, I will also discount your legs." ”

Xu Chusheng smiled helplessly when he heard this, hugged his fists and said, "Yes, my son can save it." ”

Mrs. Xu's eyes swept to Xu Yuan, and said, "There is a little girl behind here, why don't you talk about it for your mother?" ”

Hearing Mrs. Xu mention herself, Xu Yuan's heart jumped suddenly, and she sank again. Yes, it's all here, there's nothing to be nervous about.

Xu Yuan stiffly half-squatted down and stood up again, still not daring to raise his head, and made a salute that seemed extremely awkward to a normal person.

Xu Chusheng glanced back at Xu Yuan, and smiled at Mrs. Xu: "Mother, I got my little sister back." ”

Old Madam Xu's pupils shrank when she heard this, then she looked at Xu Chusheng and said seriously: "Sheng'er, don't make this joke with me." ”

She teased with difficulty: "I thought you were planning to bring a little daughter-in-law back." ”

Xu Chusheng faced Mrs. Xu's gaze, his expression was extremely serious, and said, "Mother, I didn't plan to lie to you. ”

Hearing this sentence, Xu Yuan, a self-styled impostor, was embarrassed.

Although his second son is wild and his brain is so bad that others can't keep up, he is always reliable and won't joke about what he cares about. Old Madam Xu frowned slightly, and said to Xu Yuan in a deep voice: "Raise your head." ”

Xu Yuan raised her head obediently, her eyes were still lowered, and she didn't dare to look directly at Old Madam Xu's gaze.

The moment she raised her head, Old Madam Xu's face turned white. How so? How so? How can it be so similar? and the little Shuyuan who loved to eat and make trouble back then was almost carved out of the same mold!

Old Madam Xu's lips trembled like a lightning strike, and she muttered for a long time before she spoke: "Look at me." ”

Xu Yuan didn't hear what Old Madam Xu said tremblingly, and didn't raise her eyes to look at her.

Old Madam Xu paused again, almost screaming: "Look at me!" ”