When he arrived at the Terracotta Hutong, Wu Yuan knocked lightly on the door, knocked three times in a row, and after a while, he saw the door open.

An unfamiliar janitor poked his head out and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Lilac whispered, "We're here to see Mother Zhou." ”

The janitor invited the two of them to sit in the corner room and wait, and went to the back room to call someone.

I saw Zhou's mother walking out quickly, seeing Wu Yuan and the others, and happily invited the two to the house.

Wu Yuan asked Zhou's mother in a low voice what was going on with the janitor, and Zhou's mother explained that since she came to the house, Wang Yong and Red Sleeves had come a few times, and it was really hard to see her taking care of such a big house by herself, so she bought some people to come in, all of whom were innocent and good families.

This gatekeeper Hu old man is the old man who used to run darts with Wang Zhenyuan in the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and when he was old, he went back to the countryside to care for the elderly, and he didn't have a living alone alone, and there were few people he knew in the countryside, so Wang Yong went on a trip to invite him back, and he was a janitor in the Terracotta Hutong, close to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and there were some fists and feet, and the old man Hu happily agreed when he heard it.

Wu Yuan relaxed at this time, and Old Man Hu came in with tea, and invited Wu Yuan and the two to drink tea with a smile.

Mother Zhou smiled and said to Old Man Hu: "Brother Hu, this is the owner of our house, Miss Wu!" ”

Old man Hu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly hugged his fists to greet Wu Yuan, "I'm really embarrassed, the first time I saw Miss, my old man thought that Miss was a distant relative of Sister Zhou, I said hello to Miss!" ”

Wu Yuan hurriedly said: "It's all here without saying hello, Uncle Hu doesn't know the identity of our master and servant, how can I blame you, those who don't know are not guilty, I don't know if Uncle Hu is still used to living here?" ”

Old man Hu smiled and said that everything is fine here, but there are too few people, there is no master to live in, and it is always a little empty.

Old man Hu was going to prepare lunch, this was the first time he had seen the owner of the house in Bingma Hutong, and he must go to a nearby restaurant to order a few good dishes to come back.

Wu Yuan hurriedly said: "Don't bother, we will go back soon after we come out, if it is convenient for Uncle Hu, go to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau to invite Brother Wang, I want to see what happened in Zhuangzi." ”

Old man Hu responded with a smile, and walked out of the house with a breezy step.

"Uncle Hu is really skillful, and he doesn't look like an old man at all." Ding Xiang watched Uncle Hu go out with a brisk walk and said with a sigh.

Mother Zhou said with a smile: "Miss, you don't know, thanks to Mr. Hu here, I feel a lot more at ease when I live." The people who live in this neighborhood are all soldiers and horses, and the alleys are always galloping fast during the day, all of them are dancing knives and guns, and sometimes I can hear the sound of horses at night, and I can't sleep well for several nights, and I am always worried about where the thieves are entering. Since Mr. Hu came, I have been much more relaxed, he checks the house on time every day, patrols at night, and I am responsible for cleaning and kitchen work during the day. ”

Wu Yuan said slightly apologetically: "Let Mother Zhou, you suffer, I thought that you wouldn't have to work so hard to live in the house, but it made you frightened, or Brother Wang, they thought thoughtfully." ”

Zhou's mother smiled and took out the account book of the house's entry and exit expenses to Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan simply flipped through them, all of them were trivial expenses, among which the biggest expenses were some strange tools.

Wu Yuan pointed to one of them and asked, "What are these for?" Our house is not a martial arts hall, do we need to use these hidden weapons? ”

Zhou's mother looked at Wu Yuan's point, and said with a smile: "I knew that Miss was going to ask this, at first I didn't know what to do with these, or I only knew when the big boss of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau came to arrange, these are arranged in the corner of the wall to prevent thieves, Wang Da said that when he ran darts, he used these to prevent people from coveting property, I thought that only me and Mr. Hu could not take care of such a big house, and I could not take care of it, and I would rest assured that I would agree to arrange some of it, if Miss didn't like it, let Mr. Hu remove it later." ”

Wu Yuan followed Zhou's mother to take a look, if you don't look carefully at the corner of the wall, you can't see it, there are indeed some hunting nets that will be caught if you step on it, and there are hidden nails on the wall.

Wu Yuan smiled and said: "That's it, it's good, when we live here in the future, it will be arranged like this, although the security of the Terracotta Hutong is much better than the outside, but we live here itself needs to be hidden, so it's better to be careful." ”

After a while, I saw Old Man Hu leading Wang Yong to come, Wang Yong entered the door with a big grin, and his fists were considered to be saluting.

Wu Yuan also bowed to Wang Yong, and said with a smile: "Just invite Brother Wang here, you didn't delay Brother Wang's affairs, right?" ”

Wang Yong said with a hearty smile: "No, no, these days are free, I am thinking about when you will come out, I have something to tell you!" ”

Lilac hurriedly asked, "Big brother, but what's wrong?" ”

Wang Yong said with a smile: "It's a matter of Zhuangzi, at the end of the year, there is a harvest in Zhuangzi, they came to ask me where to send it, and there are some accounts on Zhuangzi that Miss Wu needs to see." ”

After speaking, Wang Yong took out the account book and gave it to Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan took it with a smile, and said while watching: "The harvest on the Zhuangzi will be divided among a few families this year, and we don't have time to go to the Zhuangzi to see it, even if it is a New Year's gift for the big guys, I want to ask Brother Wang to find a time to redeem the cloves when I come out this time." ”

Lilac was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "I'm not leaving, I'm going to stay with Miss, Miss can't leave anyone by her side now!" ”

Wang Yong was also a little puzzled, why did this Wu girl suddenly want Lilac out of the house? Could it be that Lilac's things are not done well, where did she offend?

Thinking of this, Wang Yong's face turned cold, and he said indifferently: "Since Miss Wu doesn't need my sister-in-law, I will go to the house in the afternoon to redeem her, and my sister-in-law will have nothing to do with your Wu family in the future. ”

Wu Yuan raised his head and found that Wang Yong was already angry, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Wang, you misunderstood me, I was thinking of letting Lilac come out first, Lilac made a mistake in the house last time, and I am not having a good time in the house now, if there is any mistake, maybe my second aunt will take Lilac as a raft, and Lilac will definitely not have a good life at that time." After Lilac came out, if she wanted to, she would stay in this alley to take care of it, and there was a shortage of stewards. If she doesn't want to, I'll rest assured that I'll go home with you. ”

Wang Yong's face was much gentler, and he looked at the clove, wanting to hear what the clove meant.

Lilac lowered her head and said, "Since this is the case, I am naturally willing to stay here to take care of Miss, so I should guard this house for Miss." ”

Wu Yuan laughed at this time and said funny: "Don't feel wronged, I can't wait to come out now, and I can't get out yet!" After you come out first, follow Sister Redsleeve to learn something, so that it can be of great use in the future, otherwise how will your young lady take care of these family businesses! ”

Lilac felt a lot better in her heart, and responded with a smile.