Chapter 247: The New Person, the New House

Liu Dongxing didn't explain in detail, just coaxed Wen Yi to eat a few more pieces of dim sum, and watched her drink a whole bowl of lily and lotus seed porridge, before eating three flatbreads with a smile, half a plate of small steamed buns, and drinking two bowls of porridge. While Wen Yi was eating tea, he carefully paid attention to the taste of his favorite food and silently wrote it down.

After breakfast, Liu Dongxing took Wen Yi to visit the house and consume food by the way. Wen Yi struggled a little twice, but didn't break free of his hand, so he had to lead her away, and saw that the servants she met along the way were staring at the two holding hands, and the flush on her face never disappeared.

Liu Dongxing's house was bought back in the autumn and winter of last year, and it was renovated as soon as it was bought, so the walls and gray roof tiles are still new, and the flowers and trees in the yard are still too short, but they are neat and tidy, clean and clean, reflecting the red silk that has not been removed, and it is not boring.

There are three rooms in front and back of the house, one in front of the house, three inverted seats, which are the hall and the study, and the other room is used for Liu Dongxing's lunch break, and sometimes it is used to invite foreign guests to stay overnight. According to Liu Dongxing, this room is nominally his, but in fact it is all owned by Luo Mingmin, and even the bedding on the bed and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase are all added according to Luo Mingmin's preferences. Now that he has become a relative, it is estimated that Luo Mingmin will rarely have a chance to use it, so that Wen Yi will be free, so he will take someone to clean up in the style he likes, so that he can take a nap.

Wen Yi listened, pursed her lips and held back a smile, and nodded in response, but she felt that Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin had such a good relationship, but she didn't expect to be petty for such a trivial matter.

There was a small courtyard on each side of the front yard, and the one on the left was the carriage shed, where three male servants lived. Liu Dongxing was originally a military attaché, and the mount was naturally very important, but now there are only three horses in the stable, but the place is very spacious, and the carriage is newly bought, ready for Wen Yi's envoy, for this reason, a small corner gate was specially opened on the side of the carriage courtyard for the carriage to enter and exit.

As for the small courtyard on the right, it was the same size as the one on the left, and the yard was empty, and only two large jujube trees were planted, which was rare tall and dense. There are three rooms on the south side of the courtyard, which were originally formal guest rooms, but because no one has ever come to live in them, there are only simple beds, tables and chairs in the room, and they are deserted and not popular.

Seeing this, Wen Yi was a little puzzled: "Since there are no guests on weekdays, and there is already a room in the inverted room to entertain foreign guests, why do you have to set up these three rooms here?" ”

Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "This courtyard is located in the front yard, and it is convenient to enter and exit, if the guests come to live, and there are two doors separated from the inner courtyard, the female relatives will not feel very inconvenient." Since I am a military attaché, I am about to go on an expedition again, and if I meet a comrade who is compatible with me in the future, and I have no place to live in the capital, I can invite him home to entertain me. Even if there are no such people, there may be relatives who want to come, such as the clansmen in my hometown, who are all their own uncles and brothers, and they may not all be willing to go to Shangshufu if they have something to do, and I will have a place for them to live at that time. It's far from the inner courtyard, so you just have to ask about their food and clothing, and you don't have to worry too much about anything else. ”

Wen Yi immediately understood, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured about this, if someone comes from my hometown, I will treat it well, and I will never let people find fault with it." ”

Liu Dongxing said: "I can trust you on this point, I mention this matter, because I have a difficult thing to tell you." Because you are the daughter of the Gu family, some old people in the clan are dissatisfied with the second uncle and aunt, and they will inevitably be prejudiced against you, which is nothing, they have always been the most important rules, as long as you do everything according to etiquette, they will not treat you badly. After a long time, they will naturally know your benefits. Now that I am about to go on an expedition, according to the old practice, you are going to stay in Beijing, and the clansmen in your hometown may or may not come, and when you come, you will greet you and let them know who you are, and when I come back, I will take you back to your hometown to worship the ancestral hall, and someone will speak for you in front of the clan elders. ”

Wen Yi saw that he was thoughtful, and his heart was sweet, so he responded.

The second entrance to the house is the main courtyard, which is where Dongxing and Wen Yi live every day. There are three main rooms, among which is the main hall, the east and west sides are the warm pavilions, the west warm pavilions are the bedrooms, and the east side is specially packed out for Wen Yi. There is a small ear room on each side of the main house, which is used by the close big girl ring to live.

There are two wings on the east and west sides of the main courtyard, and the east chamber is opened, which is the place where Liu Dongxing usually collects all kinds of swords, weapons and horse harnesses, because the place is large enough, if it rains, he will also erect a target here to practice archery. There is no need for Wen Yi to take care of it here, and someone is responsible for cleaning it. The two rooms in the west wing are empty, and now they are filled with congratulatory gifts from others at the wedding, as well as Wen Yi's dowry and other things, to be slowly cleaned up in the future. The wing room also has an ear room, and the east one is a small storehouse, but the west side is a clean room.

The third courtyard at the back of the main courtyard is a row of seven or eight back cover houses, all of which are occupied by male and female servants of the family, and the two rooms near the west are specially separated by brick walls for kitchen and firewood rooms, and there is a small well in the small courtyard.

Wen Yi walked around the entire house, and already had a detailed outline of this new home in her heart. She felt that although this was a three-way courtyard, the place was a little narrower. The Gu family's six-room old house in Gu Zhuang, when the left and right roads and the backyard were not retrieved in the past, it was also a three-entry house, but it was much more spacious than here, and even the number of rooms was several more. And because the place of this house is not large, there is not even a verandah in the main courtyard, if the courtyard is large, the ground is paved with stone slabs one foot square, and there are only two rows of ordinary flowers and trees planted in the air, but no drainage ditch has been dug under the steps. If it rains or snows, you should not only use an umbrella when going from the main house to the side room, but also beware of the water in the courtyard, which will attract mosquitoes, or cause people to fall due to ice.

Thinking about it like this, Wen Yi felt that this house might not be very comfortable to live in, but if he wanted to break ground, it would be too public, so he couldn't help but glance at Liu Dongxing.

Liu Dongxing asked, "What's wrong?" But don't think it's good enough? Except that the place is smaller, everything else is fine. If you don't live well, let's buy a new house in the future. ”

When he said this, Wen Yi felt embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "How could it be?" I think it's good, maybe I'm just here, and I'm not used to it. ”

Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "Good is good, bad is bad, why worry too much?" This is our home, so naturally you need to live comfortably. When I bought this place last year, it was because I heard that this house was going to change hands, and the Chinese were familiar with each other, and the price was not expensive, so I was in a hurry to leave Shangshu Mansion, so I didn't think much about it and bought it. After I settled in, I felt that it was good for me to live alone, but if I added you, it would be inconvenient. Far away, the gate is too small, and I have to go up the steps, I didn't need a carriage, but it was nothing, but now I have bought a new carriage, only to find that the carriage can't enter the door, and I have to open a new door at the end of the carriage shed. There are bound to be inconveniences like these. If you don't feel good, then slowly pay attention to where there is a suitable house in Beijing to sell, buy it and renovate it according to your wishes, and when I come back, I will move there together, how about it? ”

Wen Yi's face was slightly hot, and he lowered his head and said, "I don't need it, I look at it here, it's very good, it's a little inconvenient, it's fine to fix it slowly...... If you really want to buy a new house in the future, I'll tell you again......"

Liu Dongxing didn't think much about it, and responded casually.

After shopping around the house, he took Wen Yi back to the main courtyard and accepted the bowing of the people in the family.

This was the first time Wen Yi had seen all the servants of the Liu family, most of whom were fresh faces.

The outer housekeeper is Shu Cong'an, and the inner housekeeper is his wife, Liu Dongxing's nursing mother, Mama Shu, the couple also has two sons and two daughters, the eldest son Shu Ping is in charge of the weapons room, the two daughters are little girls on the outer yard, and the youngest son is still young and has no errands.

In addition, there are two family members, Ma Youcai's family and Wang Dewang's family, all of whom came from Shangshu Mansion. Ma Youcai listens to errands in the outer courtyard, his wife is a cook, a daughter is in charge of the family's ordinary needlework, and his son is an errand boy. And Wang Dewang and his wife are Binglan's grandparents, who are in charge of the work of purchasing. There is also an eldest granddaughter named Zhaodi, who works in the needlework room.

In addition to the two family members, there are also three male servants in the outer courtyard: He Dayou, Wang Xiaoer and Gu Wang. He Dayou is a horse servant, I don't know where Liu Dongxing dug it from, and he has a lot of experience in raising horses. Wang Xiaoer is a recently bought coachman, about thirty or forty years old, with no children and no daughters. Gu Wang is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old offspring, but he has a clever face and a sweet mouth, and he is responsible for following the car on weekdays.

In addition, there are four girls, Zijin, Binglan and Lotus Heart, these three Wen Yi have heard of it in the morning, and another Feng Xi, who is in the kitchen, is said to make good pastries.

The number of subordinates is not much, Wen Yi calculated in his heart, and found that there were fewer people than his mother's family, but in the past, there was only one person waiting for Liu Dongxing, which was enough, but many of them were from Shangshu Mansion.

Wang Dewang and his wife are nearly sixty years old, and they are not so much servants as servants, but more like they are here to support the elderly, and they can't even use their legs and feet when they walk. However, because Liu Dongxing had already said that their family was going to be released, Wen Yi didn't think much about it.

But the horse has a rich family, and it doesn't look like a proper person, and when he kneels down in the hall to salute, a pair of eyes roll slightly, and his wife secretly looks at her headdress and clothes from time to time. Their daughter's name seems to be Qiyan, which sounds chic, but she is dressed very shabby, wearing a half-worn red dress and blue dress, with nothing on her head except two half-old silk flowers, and the earrings are also bronze and silver, but they are already very old, revealing the background color. She received the reward, and as soon as she turned her back, she quietly opened the bag and counted it, and then showed a little joy, as if she was a lover of money, which was diametrically opposed to the elegance of her name.

Wen Yi thought to herself, this girl is quite delicate, but if she is just a money-loving person, it will be easy to do, if she has other careful thoughts, it will be troublesome. Since she came out of Shangshu Mansion, she had to be a little more vigilant.

However, Ma Dabao, the youngest son of the Ma family, is an honest man, dumbfounded, and speaks sentence by sentence, he will do whatever Liu Dongxing instructs, if he doesn't instruct, he will stand there, and even kowtow to his father slap him, and then kowtow.

As for the others, they can't see anything for the time being, Bing Lan and Zijin are both honest and even a little unwitty girls, Lianxin seems to be a scheming, but she doesn't like to talk, Feng Xi is a fiery character, quick to talk, so people can't help but like it.

After everyone saw the ceremony, Wen Yi rewarded the silver, said a few words, and asked the four girls who were married to meet them, and then let everyone retreat, and then showed a little strange look and looked at Liu Dongxing.

Liu Dongxing drank tea casually: "What's wrong?" ”

Wen Yi shook her head: "You seem to like to use honest subordinates?" "From Bing Lan, Zijin to Ma Dabao, they are all such people, and they are a little dull to be honest.

Liu Dongxing smiled: "Isn't it good to be honest? They will do what I tell them to do, and they will not be wise. In the past, I was in charge of the house alone, there were many things outside, and I had to prepare for the martial arts exam, where did I have the kung fu to deal with the next people? Pick the honest ones and put them in front of you, so as to save those who are restless. ”

Wen Yi was a little hesitant: "But like this...... When they are asked to do something, it is inevitable that something will not go well. "Wouldn't it be more laborious to teach the same and more detailed?

Liu Dongxing said: "There is no way to trouble, I would rather try my best to teach people how to do it, it is better to let those who think they are clever and capable take advantage of the loopholes and ruin my big things." After a pause, he remembered that Wen Yi's employment style was different from his own, so he said: "If you like to use cleverness, just pick a few that can be used and adjust them slowly." Now I'm handing over my home to you, and it's all up to you, and you don't have to worry about me. ”

Wen Yi glanced at him angrily: "Is this confusing, is it possible that I am the only one who is the master of this family?" ”

Liu Dongxing said with a smile: "The lady is the most thoughtful, leave it to you, I don't worry"

Wen Yi turned her head away from him, staring at the roster in her hand, secretly angry, but she didn't know what she was angry about.

Liu Dongxing walked behind her gently, hugged her and coaxed in a low voice: "It's all my fault, don't be angry, lady." Come, I'll talk to you about something else. Then he leaned into her ear and whispered, "In addition to these people in the family, there are actually people who are not on the roster." ”

Wen Yi blinked, and suddenly remembered his property in Shannan Town: "You mean...... The people on the Zhuangzi? ”

Liu Dongxing nodded, and said, "In addition to them, there are ...... Wang Desheng's grandson is Binglan's brother Wang Qingzhou, and their family of three is not here. On the surface, they went to Guihai City to take care of the property there for me, but in fact, I had already left their family for a long time ago. Because Wang Qingzhou's youngest son, Wang Xiaoqian, has been smart since he was a child and can read, the Binglan family will be dead set on me, just because I promised to reward them with a background and let Wang Xiaoqian go to study for the imperial examination. That's why I said in the morning that the Binglan family would be released sooner or later, and now they are just waiting for the right time. They were originally the sons of Shangshu Mansion, and there were relatives in the mansion who were on errands, including Wang Xiaoqian's own uncle, and I needed to get them out together before it was over. After a pause, "His uncle has a daughter, who used to be a big girl in front of his second aunt, named Chunxiang, do you still remember?" ”

Wen Yi was taken aback: "That's the ......"

Liu Dongxing nodded: "It's a pity that because she is the eldest girl of the second aunt, she was involved in the poisoning case of the two younger brothers of Aunt Bai, and asked the second uncle to be thrown out of the house, otherwise with her talking in the second aunt's ear, how could our family affairs drag on for so long?" I finally rescued the person, and now I have married someone outside the house, but her parents and brothers are still in Shangshu Mansion. ”

Wen Yi sighed, in this way, she can't tear her face with the third aunt's family in the future, and even maintain peace on the face? Saving people to the end, although it is only a few slaves, but since it is a promised thing, it is natural to do it well.

She looked up at Liu Dongxing helplessly: "It's not too early, the early dynasty must have dispersed, when will we go to Shangshu Mansion?" Do you want to prepare a generous gift? ”。.。

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