The carriage stopped in front of a residential alley, Gu Wenliang turned over and got off the horse, looked around, and saw that the environment here was quiet, the houses were neat, and it was only a hundred feet away from the market, but it was a quiet place in the middle of the noise.

The innermost family in the alley had already opened the door, and Lao Zhong brought a few mothers-in-law and small servants to greet him, and ordered someone to surround the ground within a radius of ten feet at the entrance of the alley, and then opened his voice to welcome the old lady to get out of the car. Wen Liang also hurried up to invite his uncle and grandmother.

In the car, Wen Yi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked up at Mrs. Lu: "Grandmother? ”

Old Madam Lu sighed: "If you have anything to say, let's go back and talk about it in detail." Let's eat in the first room. After saying that, he stretched out his hand, Wen Yi hurriedly held on, and with the other hand went to lift the door curtain, the heather outside the car hurriedly took over, and Wen Yi got out of the car with Mrs. Lu in her arms, and walked into the alley surrounded by the girl's mother-in-law.

The house rented by Zhong Maolin has two entrances before and after, although the place is not big, but it is also neat and tidy, and the five organs are complete. Wen Liang said hello to Mrs. Lu, and asked people to move their luggage into the study in the front yard, he originally brought two small servants to wait by his side, and the bedding and other things were moved directly from the Shilang Mansion, and with the help of the mother-in-law of the sixth room, he settled down after a while. Looking at the three spacious rooms, one bright and two dark, there are all living utensils and four treasures of the study, all of which are complete, and a place as big as the front yard, except for Zhong Maolin and a few male servants, is all in charge of him, Wen is quite happy in his conscience.

Previously, he lived in Shilang's mansion, although he had his aunt to take care of him, and he was a high-ranking official's mansion, and the people who came and went were all high-ranking officials and nobles, he helped to entertain him, and he could also see the world and accumulate contacts, but he was not a fool, where could he not see that what people saw in their eyes was only Gu Shilang's nephew, not the second young master of the Pingyang Gu family? He has always been inferior to his brother in terms of class learning, and his ranking in the imperial examination is much worse than that of Wenxian, but he has to be born as a fellow jinshi, and he can still take it out to support the scene in his hometown of Pingyang, but in a place like the capital, he can only be looked down upon.

He is also the only son of Jin Zun Yugui at home, his parents are loving, and he has never disobeyed him, and among the brothers, except for Wen Xian, he counts him as the eldest, because Wen Xian has been in the capital since he was a child, and he has hardly returned to Guzhuang, so he can be regarded as the eldest brother, the brothers and sisters in the clan, which one does not respect him? He lived in Shilang's Mansion for nearly two months, and everything had to be controlled (restricted) by others, and he couldn't even be the master when he wanted to go out, and he was already tired of it in his heart. Although he still lives with the elders in the other room, Mrs. Lu in the sixth room is a good talker, and she doesn't like to restrain him, as long as he obeys the rules, he doesn't do whatever he wants?

After a while, the little guy sent a hot meal, Wen Liang saw that there were four dishes and one soup, although it was a home-cooked dish, hurriedly prepared, but they were all hometown tastes, and two things he loved to eat, asked the little guy, knowing that the next person's meal would be available after a while, and the place where he lived was being cleaned up, and he admired the thoughtfulness of the six-room housekeeper in his heart.

Wen Liang was overjoyed, so he began to think that if the sixth uncle and grandmother had no errands for him to do tomorrow, he would ask a few fellow villagers and friends to go out to the capital and see the scenery of Kyoto. After he arrived in the capital, he had not seen the scenery of the capital in detail, and when he came three years ago, because he also lived in the Shilang Mansion, he was also uncomfortable, and now he has a great opportunity, how can he miss it? The parents of the family have never been to the capital, so he still has to buy a few things that he likes, and go back to honor the two elders, even the younger brothers and sisters in the clan, and he also has to bring some gifts back.

Not to mention how happy Gu Wenliang was and how he calculated, after Wen Yi arrived in the backyard, she first served her grandmother to rest in the main house, and then immediately commanded the girls and mothers-in-law to clean up their things. Although this house is good, it is rented in the end, except for simple furniture and a few flowers and trees, other utensils must be brought by yourself.

Zhong Mao Lin Tong only had a day to clean up, and it is inevitable that there are many deficiencies. Wen Yi asked people to put all the things that her grandmother used on the boat first, and then she looked like she could live, and then asked Shi Nan to take someone to sort out the details, and took someone to the West Wing to pack up her things.

Mrs. Lu went to Beijing this time, originally for her granddaughter's marriage, so she brought Wen Yi's girl, except for Zi Su who didn't tell her for some reason, Qiu Guo came to Wen Yi for the first time, and she also brought two little girls, Wen Yi recognized that one of them was born from the family of the former nine rooms, but she didn't receive an errand, she didn't expect her grandmother to bring her, but the other was a raw face.

Qiu Guo said: "Miss, this is the granddaughter of the old Wang family who worked as an errand in the front gatehouse of the fifteenth old man, do you still remember?" Because of the lack of manpower in the family, the old lady wants to add people, but she is afraid of finding a letter from outside, but it happens that the nine rooms want to reduce the number of people, so she accepted a few family members to come over, Lao Wang's son and daughter-in-law came with a few children, the old lady saw that this girl was quite smart, so she made the decision to give the young lady a call. Because she was born in June, Mrs. Zhong named her Hexiang, and if Miss felt bad, she would change it. The other is the daughter of a family member sent by the fourth wife, named Chuyue, who is honest. After that, he turned around and motioned to the two girls to kowtow to Wen Yi.

Wen Yi saw that this lotus fragrance was just plain, but at a glance she knew that she was clever, and her manners were regular, she should know how to be polite, another early moon, her appearance was quite pretty, but her eyes were a little dull, and she didn't seem to be very smart, she thought that her grandmother went to Beijing for her marriage, so she knew that this was most likely the grandmother who chose for her to marry, and her heart was warm, and she also gave birth to a little love for the two girls, so she smiled and said: "Hurry up, in the future, I will follow your sister Qiuguo to learn the rules, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask her." I ask myself that I am not a difficult waiter, but I am not blindly soft-hearted, and since you have come to my room to wait, you must obey my rules, and as long as you do not make mistakes, and act cautiously, I will naturally not treat you badly. ”

Lotus Xiang and Chu Yue should both be, Lotus Xiang also smiled: "In the past, when the slave maid was at home, I had seen Miss Nine acting, the most amiable and pitiful, capable person, I didn't think that now I can still have the blessing to serve Miss Nine, when I just received the errand, I was so happy that I almost didn't sleep at night!" I almost made a mistake the next day, but fortunately, Sister Qiuguo taught me, so I didn't make jokes. ”

Qiu Guo glanced at her, and she smiled a little and lowered her head in a proper manner.

Wen Yi just smiled: "Since you like this errand, you can pay more attention in the future." "Hexiang is busy responding.

Chu Yue still stood in a daze, and it was not until Qiu Guo looked over that she came to her senses, and whispered: "The slave and maid will also be attentive."

Wen Yi nodded, and let them work, and the work of command was handed over to Qiu Guo. A trace of surprise flashed on Qiu Guo's face, she knew that she was clever and talented, and among Wen Yi's four girls, she was just mediocre, and she was not as innocent and straightforward as Shiso, so she had always just worked honestly, although Zisu didn't come, but Dong Kui and Xiuzhu were present, why did Miss let her take charge of the general? Although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't say much, she just took the order.

Dong Yao silently cleaned up Wen Yi's bed, glanced back at the busy people a little lonely, and continued to lower his head and go to work. Xiuzhu looked uneasy, and looked at Wen Yi from time to time, afraid that if the young lady had the manpower to summon her, she would degrade herself.

Wen Yi didn't care about her careful thoughts, seeing that everyone was doing their own duties, so she went out and called Zhong Niangzi to ask how the lunch was going, and learned that Wen Liang had already sent the food there, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and instructed: "When the second brother finishes eating, remember to ask the little guy in front of him, how is he eating?" Do you have any dishes you would like to eat? As long as it's not too troublesome, let someone do it at night or tomorrow, and go back to me to settle the account, don't be lazy. ”

Zhong Niangzi responded, and said: "I just heard from the second young master and Xiao Pu who was waiting in front of me that their young master seems to be planning to go out to visit friends tomorrow, but I don't know if the old lady and young lady have an envoy here to entrust him to do it?" ”

Wen Yi thought for a while and said, "I'll talk about it after I ask my grandmother." The old lady called the young lady over. Wen Yi hurriedly went to the main house.

Mrs. Lu had already tilted her head slightly on the kang, and felt that her spirit was much better, and she was hungry, so she asked someone to set the meal. Wen Yi came in the door, asked for peace first, and waved her hand: "Let's talk about eating if you have something to say." It's not too early. ”

Wen Yi responded, personally stepped forward to prepare the dishes, and waited for her grandmother to eat a few bites before she sat down to eat. After eating tea after the meal, Mrs. Lu asked Wen Liangke again if he had eaten, Wen Yi answered one by one, and said: "The second brother went to Beijing this time, and there were a few friends who went with him, but now that the gold list has come out, he doesn't plan to take the exam again, I think he wants to get together with a few friends, but I don't know if the second brother can be relaxed?" Shall we make up for it? He lowered his voice again, "Although the fourth aunt will definitely prepare enough expenses for the second brother, he lives in the Shilang Mansion, and he has to take care of all the affairs, and the eldest uncle asked him to help greet the guests in the mansion. The eldest aunt has been so busy in the past few months that she may not be able to think of this, but the people below are not easy to deal with. ”

Old Madam Lu frowned, and called Shi Nan: "Tell your father, pay five taels of silver, and send it to the second young master, just say that he is preparing to rent a car and rent a boat when he is out to play and invite someone to eat and drink, if it is not enough, then speak." After that, he sighed again: "Changfang only cares about the things on the side door, but even his own serious young master is angry with others, they are still dreaming, what is your aunt and housekeeper?" ”

Wen Yi had to defend the Jiang family a few more sentences, but Mrs. Lu just shook her head: "No matter how kind she is, her talents are limited, not to mention that there is your uncle and grandmother above, and your uncle is not an understanding person, so she can only be confused." Then he put aside the matter of the long house and asked directly: "When I went to Beijing, I didn't know that Dongxing would be sent to Northern Xinjiang, and he didn't mention such a thing, how did he get it?" What do you do if he has a good deal on the battlefield? If you haven't officially decided to marry, it's okay, and now it's like this...... Didn't it delay you? Her expression seemed very angry: "How could he do this?!" ”

Wen Yi gritted her teeth, what she had been afraid of before really happened, she tightened the handkerchief in her hand, repulsed all the girls in the house, closed the door, then took a deep breath, knelt in front of Mrs. Lu, and said resolutely: "Grandmother, my granddaughter has already recognized him, if he goes, it will be a blessing for my granddaughter to return safely, if he has a good ...... His granddaughter won't abandon him! This is the true word of the granddaughter, ask the grandmother to fulfill it! ”