Chapter 24: Yanjing (Part II)
When the old lady of the Luo family was an official in Yanjing, he placed a four-entry mansion in the Laojuntang Hutong of Huanghuafang in the east of the city. Later, the second master of the Luo family stayed in Beijing as a court official, and this house was always lived in for him.
Later, the three brothers returned to Yanjing to report together, and the house naturally couldn't live in it.
The third master moved there because the third wife had a three-entry house in Yanjing's Renshoufang Qiantang Hutong to marry.
In this way, the eldest master will be crowded with the second master.
The second master and his wife not only have to let out the main house and move to the back cover room to live with their daughter, but the third master Luo Zhenda, his daughter-in-law and young son also have to let the outer courtyard go out for Luo Zhenxing and his wife to live in. Sounds like a hassle, let alone a move. And the eldest man thinks that his son and daughter-in-law have to study in the country, in case they fail in the examination room, it is common to live for five or six years, so it is not a matter to be crowded with the second room. I entrusted the second master and bought a three-entry house in the bowstring alley of Baodafang.
Therefore, the eldest lady who got out of the carriage looked at the two thick locust trees in front of the house, and her face was very unsightly.
"How much did this house cost?"
The house of Laojuntang in Huanghuafang is a public middle school, and everyone has a share. It turned out that the second room was an official in Beijing, so they gave this house to live in. Now that several rooms are gathered in Beijing, the second room should vacate the house...... Why are you still building a house outside? Could it be that the second room thinks that the house is his own?
Luo Zhenxing knew his mother's thoughts, and persuaded in a low voice: "Mother, money is something outside the body. It's good that we live comfortably by ourselves. ”
The eldest lady looked at her son, her face was pale: "Children and grandchildren don't ask about grandma's field." Brother Xing, this is the style of a man who stands up to the sky. I have such a son, and money is indeed something outside of the body. ”
Luo Zhenxing's face was slightly heed: "How can a son be as good as his mother said!" ”
The eldest lady smiled and said nothing, looking at her son's demeanor with a little pride, and he carried him into the door.
Luo Zhenxing's wife and grandmother Gu Shi hugged her son Brother Xu, and led the six aunts, maids, daughters-in-law, and mothers-in-law to wait in front of the weeping flower door.
When she saw the eldest lady, she hurriedly greeted her. Brother Xu immediately opened his arms excitedly and shouted loudly, "Grandmother, grandmother."
The smile could no longer be concealed from the corners of the eldest lady's eyes and eyebrows.
She hurried forward and stretched out her hand to hold Brother Wu in her arms: "Okay, Brother Xu, do you miss your grandmother?" ”
"Thought!" The four-year-old brother replied in a milky voice, hugged the eldest lady's neck, and put his face against the eldest lady's chin.
"That's good." The eldest lady gently patted her grandson's back with a smile on her face.
The sixth aunt and others stepped forward to greet the eldest lady, and the eldest lady responded in a good mood, and then hugged Brother Wu and raised her feet to enter the house.
The eldest grandmother hurriedly reached out to pick up Brother Xu: "Mother, you are tired all the way, Brother Xu still let me hug it!" ”
"I'm not going to be able to hold a baby!" The eldest lady hugged Brother Xuan tighter, looking like she was afraid that someone would snatch her from her arms.
The eldest grandmother's outstretched hand put her hand on the eldest lady's arm: "Daughter-in-law, carry you in." With that, he and the eldest lady walked into the main courtyard side by side.
Goldfish bowls, flower shelves, stone tables and chairs, trees that rise above the eaves, and red window flowers on the windows...... Although it is winter, the yard has a warm atmosphere of home.
Looking further, a man wearing a royal blue bouquet of flowers stood under the eaves of the main house with his hands behind his back.
His hair was black, his skin was fair, his eyes were bright, his figure was straight, and he looked from afar, and he looked like he was thirty-seven or eight years old, and he was very handsome.
Seeing the eldest lady, he nodded slightly and greeted with a smile: "It's here!" ”
The eldest lady stared, gave Brother Wu to the eldest grandmother, slowly walked to the steps, bent her knees to salute the eldest master, and shouted "Master".
This man is Luo Huazhong, the eldest master of the Luo family.
Shi Niang still remembers the shock she felt when she first met him - she thought she would meet an old man with a timid image...... Who knows, but he is a middle-aged man with an excellent temperament.
The eldest man politely asked his wife, "Is the road safe?" ”
The eldest lady bowed, responded respectfully "yes", and said with a smile: "I took the name of the eldest aunt, and there was nothing wrong along the way."
The eldest lord listened to it and said "um", as if he was not very willing to talk about this matter, and set his eyes on Wu Niang and Eleven Niang behind the eldest lady.
The two of them hurriedly stepped forward to salute the eldest master.
The eldest lord looked at them with a flash of surprise on his expression: "Why did you grow so big in the blink of an eye!" ”
With this sentence, Eleven Niang classified him as a playboy with no sense of responsibility.
The eldest lady looked cold when she heard this, and Mother Xu looked at it in her eyes, and secretly shouted "Oops", and immediately stepped forward to salute the eldest master: "The eldest master is well!" "I set my eyes on myself.
The eldest lord looked at Mother Xu and nodded slightly, and said to the eldest lady: "Everyone is tired, let's go into the house and rest!" So saying, he turned and went into the house.
And they went into the house with him.
Everyone sat down in priority and order, and Eleven Niang had the opportunity to look at the furnishings in the house.
The black lacquered furniture, the green official curtain tent, the delicate yellow and bright spring flowers on the coffee table, the verdant and lovely rich trees in the corner, and the porcelain screen of the eight immortals crossing the sea on the wall decorate the house full of vitality and interest.
A few little maids lightly served tea.
The eldest lord suddenly asked, "Why didn't Shi Niang follow?" ”
The air in the room stagnated.
The eldest lady smiled respectfully: "Her asthma has occurred again, so I didn't bring her!" ”
The eldest man frowned slightly: "Didn't you say it's okay?" Why did you commit it again? ”
"It's been good and bad in the past few years, and when I came to Yanjing this time, I also wanted to find a better doctor for her," the eldest lady's expression was calm and natural, "It's not a way to drag it like this." Speaking of which, she is fifteen years old this year, and she is going to start looking for her in-laws. If the family knows that she has this disease, I am afraid that there will be twists and turns. ”
The eldest man nodded, no longer mentioning Shi Niang, but asked Wu Niang: "How are you practicing your words?" ”
Wu Niang stood up and said respectfully: "Back to my father, my mother has been instructing her daughter to practice calligraphy. ”
The eldest lord glanced at the eldest lady and said with a smile: "Your mother has been studying with your grandfather since she was a child, and her face is better than mine. You can get your mother's guidance, but you have to know how to cherish it. ”
Wu Niang replied "yes".
A smile flashed across the eldest lady's face.
The eldest man asked Eleven Niang again: "Are you still a female celebrity at home every day?" ”
Eleven Niang stood up like Wu Niang and respectfully responded "yes".
"Why do you look so bad? Seasickness? The eldest lord looked at Eleven Niang.
Eleven Niang nodded: "Yes!" ”
"It doesn't matter if you get seasick, just get off the shore!" The eldest man laughed, "Then make me a pair of shoes another day, and let me see what happened to your female celebrity!" ”
Eleven Niang replied solemnly "yes".
The eldest man looked at her and shook his head, and said with a smile: "At a young age, I don't know who I look like?" One board and one eye, very restrained! ”
Eleven Niang's face turned red and she muttered speechlessly.
"Okay," said the eldest lady, "the children haven't seen you for a long time, but everyone has been trained." Who can let go! ”
The eldest lord smiled, and wanted to say something, when a little maid came in and said, "The eldest lord, the eldest lady, the eldest uncle, the eldest grandmother, the eldest aunt and grandmother have sent someone to greet the eldest lord and the eldest lady!" ”
The people in the room were stunned.
When the eldest lady arrives on the front foot, the eldest aunt and grandmother arrive on the back foot...... Did the uncle send someone to report to the aunt and grandmother?
Everyone's eyes fell on Luo Zhenxing.
Luo Zhenxing was also very surprised, and said to the eldest wife: "Mother, I didn't send someone to tell my sister." ”
The eldest lady looked at the eldest master.
The eldest lord also shook his head: "I estimate that you will have to have four or five days to get to ......."
That's what I've been watching here!
The eldest lady's expression was slightly grim, and she hurriedly instructed Mother Xu: "Quick, go and welcome in!" ”
Mother Xu left in response, whether it was the eldest man, the eldest wife, the eldest uncle, or the eldest grandmother, their faces showed a few solemnities, and there was no joy of reunion of relatives, so the room began to be faintly filled with a trace of unease.
Children are the most sensitive, and Brother Xu, who was held in his mother's arms, looked at the eldest lord and then at the eldest wife, showing a timid expression.
Wu Niang looked at it and smiled softly: "Mother, the eldest sister is really filial...... I'm looking forward to seeing you there! ”
The corners of the eldest lady's mouth curled slightly: "She has been sticking to me since she was a child!" ”
"I don't know what the eldest sister looks like now!" Wu Niang smiled and talked to the eldest lady, "Speaking of which, I was still ...... when the eldest sister got married."
Before she could finish speaking, Mother Xu had already walked in with a woman wearing ten kinds of lilac-colored brocade makeup.
The woman was no more than thirty-five or six, and her black hair was neatly combed into a bun, revealing a smooth forehead. Dignified and a little capable.
Wu Niang hurriedly stopped what she hadn't finished speaking.
The woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Big lady...... Slave Tao, please give the eldest lord and the eldest lady. ”
The eldest lady sat up straight with a soft "ah", and said with a little excitement in her expression: "It turned out to be Mother Tao!" ”
"It's the slave!" Mother Tao stood up, knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed to the eldest lord and the eldest lady three times in a row, and said: "The slave and the maid are kowtowing to the eldest master, and the eldest lady has kowtowed." ”
When the eldest lady saw it, she actually got up and stepped forward and personally carried Tao's mother up: "How is my Yuan Niang?" Before the words fell, there were tears in his eyes.
"Good, good, good." Mother Tao burst into tears and held the hand of the eldest lady and her, "Madame, everything is fine!" It's just that when I saw the eldest lady at the end of the year, I panicked. ”
When the eldest lady heard this, tears fell like rain, which provoked Natao's mother to accompany her: "The slave maid lost her words, which made the eldest lady sad." ”
Mother Xu persuaded on the side: "This is a great happy event, why did the eldest lady cry?" ”
The eldest grandmother even gave Brother Xuan to the nurse on the side to hug her, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the eldest lady's face in person: "Crying with joy, crying with joy, although you are happy, you can't scare us like this." ”
Wu Niang, Eleven Niang, and Sixth Aunt also stepped forward to persuade: "Don't cry, big lady!" ”
The eldest lady took the grandmother's handkerchief a little embarrassed, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm old, but I like to feel sad in spring." ”
Everyone laughed.
Mother Tao smiled and said, "I have been entrusted by my wife to ask my eldest lady to come to the house tomorrow afternoon to talk." I don't know if it's convenient for you? Do you want to change the time? ”
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