CHAPTER XXIX

Let's say that the fifth old man, Hou Feng and Hou Shuyi, although he is a thirty-five-year-old adult man with a mature mind, is still an artistic stream that does his own thing and acts freely (of course, this is the saying of later generations). When he left home that day, on a whim, he only called a random idle man on the side of the road to go home to deliver a letter, and now that he is back, he has not notified anyone.

Therefore, when the fifth master took Uncle Gui and his servant Ah Fu to the gate of the mansion, no one in the mansion knew that the master was coming back today.

The doorkeeper Yan Bo was guiding the new doorman to sweep the door with a big bamboo broom, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him:

"Uncle Yan."

Yan Bo turned around and saw that it was the master's personal servant Ah Fu calling him, and his eyes suddenly widened. As soon as he looked up again, he saw the fifth master who was following Ah Fu and Uncle Gui, the chief manager of the mansion.

The fifth master has always been anxious, and he couldn't wait for him to open the main door, so he entered the house through the open side door.

And Uncle Gui, the chief manager who was forcibly taken out by the old man, followed behind the fifth master helplessly.

It was only at this time that Yan Bo reacted, and hurriedly kicked the new doorman, signaling him to go to the second gate to report the letter, and he chased after the old man to say goodbye for a while, and then sent the old man and his party to the main hall, and then went back to continue to guard his door.

When Uncle Gui saw it, he couldn't help but glance back at this old man Yan, but he didn't say much.

In the main hall, the mother-in-law who was already in charge of this place took the master from Uncle Cong's hand, and then led the master around the flower hall to the second gate.

At the second gate, although the steward Tian who temporarily took over Uncle Gui's duties got the news in a hurry, he finally arrived at the gate of the courtyard before the master entered the door. And the maids in the old man's yard were already waiting there.

The fifth master was surrounded by everyone into his yard, and just after he sat down on the main house, a maid sent hot tea and hot hand towels in time, and a maid stepped forward diligently, untied the big clothes outside for the master, and changed into homely clothes......

Looking at everyone's movements, Uncle Gui couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Tian Da, who was standing by the door with his hands down.

In the past, when the old man came back, from Yan Bo who was guarding the door, to the mother-in-law in the front hall, and then to the maids and maids all over the courtyard, they were always so eager to show their loyalty, and they looked like they couldn't rub their shoulders and backs for the old man with their own hands. Although that scene looks quite intimate and lively, it is inevitably disturbing. If the five masters are unhappy, the world will be in chaos.

Now the behavior of people everywhere is exactly the same set of old rules that the government has not seen for many years. Compared with the previous chaos, Uncle Gui suddenly felt that there were so many complicated rules in the house, and it seemed that there was no reason for its existence.

It's just that no one at home pays attention to that set of rules for a long time, but now I don't know who to call to move out again. It can't be Mama's mother, and the mother-in-law herself is not a person who loves to obey the rules.

That's why Uncle Gui looked at Steward Tian like that.

"That's right," Seeing that the old man was being served comfortably, Uncle Gui walked to the door, patted Tian Da on the shoulder with a smile, and praised him: "I can see that you have really worked hard these days." ”

Tian Da smiled bitterly. These days, it's really hard for him. I also worked hard for everyone in the house.

People are always like this, once a string is loosened, it is not so easy to tighten it again. The eldest girl in the family is really not easy to fool, and she is more familiar with the rules and regulations of the family than those of them who are engaged in specific affairs all day long. Where there is a slight foul, the maid next to the girl will stand up and memorize the rules one by one, and she will be cold to the face.

And the girl also did what she said, that is, when she saw that the next person had not swept the floor, she only smiled and said "hard" to the person who swept the floor, and never blamed half a sentence, but turned around and called Ma's mother over and asked her to come and see what was wrong. So, Ma's mother, who felt embarrassed, turned around and scolded the cleaning housekeeper. The housekeeper who was in charge of cleaning lost face, and when he turned around, he scolded the mother-in-law who was in charge of that area...... When she scolded the person who didn't do a good job, maybe the person was complacent, and just now she was lazy, and the girl didn't say anything about her, and told her "hard work"......

People always love face. Now the big guy is being slapped in the face by the big girl layer by layer, and no one can help but restrain him. So, in less than ten days, the house was really tightened everywhere. Although no one dares to say what the master is wrong in front of people now, the nickname of the eldest girl's "smiling fox" is still quietly spreading.

At this time, the "smiling fox" Hou Shanniang didn't know that her father was back. She was in her small courtyard, contentedly admiring the three artifacts sent by the wood shop.

The screen of the cat fun picture is already standing in her living room on the second floor; The ink bamboo picture also stood on her large bookcase; At this moment, she was watching the elegant color of Roselle hanging on the wall of the central hall.

"How?"

Wufu helped Na Luo Shentu and turned back to ask Shanniang.

Before Shanniang could answer, Sanhe had already said, "The left side is higher." ”

The mother-in-law who was hanging the painting hurriedly lifted it up. Shanniang smiled: "Wrong, your side is on the right." ”

The mother-in-law laughed for a while, and hurriedly lowered the angle.

While everyone was busy, a little maid ran in and said, "The master is back." ”

When Grandma Li heard this, she hurriedly pulled Shanniang and dragged her upstairs, "Hurry up, the master is back, the girl quickly pack up, hurry up and go to say goodbye." Just leave it to the Wufu here. ”

Shanniang laughed and broke free from the nurse, looking down at herself, "I can do this too." With that, he greeted Lu'an and was about to go out.

The nurse was anxious, stopped her and said, "That's the master!" Anyway, the girl should also change her clothes to be respectful. ”

Wufu, who was standing on the chair, couldn't help but make a grimace at Shanniang.

Shanniang smiled, suddenly leaned into the nurse's ear, and whispered: "I'm afraid that I will change my clothes and ask Aunt Ma to take the lead." ”

The nurse was stunned, "Oops", and immediately pushed Shanniang and said: "Girl, it's okay like this, hurry up, don't be late, ask someone to pick the number of courtesies." ”

Shanniang smiled and raised her eyebrows at Wufu Sanhe, beckoned to the cute little Liu'an, and turned around and walked out of Chunshen Garden.

The little maid who came to report the news was on an errand at the second door, and before the girl asked, the little maid had already said cleverly: "The master has just entered the door, and he should already be in his own yard at this time." ”

Shanniang didn't ask Mrs. if she had gone over to greet the master, because she had already seen it, and the courtyard of Mrs. still looked peaceful, so she guessed that the one should not have passed.

She has been a human being for two lives and has been someone's wife, and she couldn't help but move her eyebrows again - how cruel is her father, so that the timid fifth wife doesn't even dare to do such superficial work?!

And when Shanniang came to the old man's courtyard and saw the fifth master coming out of the main room from a distance, she suddenly blinked.

Although she hadn't seen her for only two months - she had come forward to kowtow to this father during the Chinese New Year's Eve group worship, and she also personally accepted the New Year's money handed by her father - but she never seemed to have a good look at the fifth old man. Now that she looked at it like this, she realized that whether it was her, her eldest brother, and her fat brother, they all looked like the fifth master, and they all had two slightly faint cage smoke eyebrows and a pair of slender willow eyes. The only difference is probably that the shape of each face has changed slightly.

Looking at the fifth master, for some reason, Shan Niang suddenly remembered the scene when she saw her father for the last time in her previous life.

At that time, the fifth master was looking at a painting on the wall in the old lady's room, but he didn't even give her a straight look from beginning to end.

"To tell you the truth, I don't agree to this marriage. But the old lady said you were happy. In that case, you can make your own decisions. It's just that it's funny to cry in the future, it has nothing to do with others, and you don't want to come back to cry, the road is always your own choice. ”

Shanniang didn't know the reason why the fifth master objected to the marriage, but the fifth master and the old lady have always been screwed together, and what the old lady agrees to, the fifth master will object, so Shanniang didn't think much about it at that time, so she married so happily......

Seeing the fifth master coming out of the main house, Shanniang didn't go up the steps, but only bowed down the steps and shouted, "Master." ”

This "master" called the fifth master who was about to go to the study to his feet.

The fifth master looked at her and was stunned, as if he didn't recognize her for a while. After a while, he pointed his finger at her, and said with a kind of puzzled question: "You...... Why are you here? ”

"My daughter is back." Shanniang straightened up and replied with a smile.

"Come back?" The fifth master looked like he didn't understand. After a pause, he suddenly said, "Oh, yes, I just heard about it." So when are you going back? ”

"Probably not going back." Shanniang smiled.

The five old man's two eyebrows, which were not very thick, suddenly twisted up, and a pair of slender willow eyes narrowed slightly, and looked Shanniang up and down for a while with the suspicious eyes that he had looked at Yuan Changqing before. Seeing that the smile on her face didn't look like a forced smile, she said, "You...... It's not going to be kicked out, is it? ”

Shanniang raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "My daughter doesn't remember what she did to be kicked out." It's just that I've been a little lazy lately, and the doctor said that I'm afraid it's the wrong season. The old lady felt that the West Garden was not supportive, so she let me come back to recuperate. As she spoke, she reached out and touched her face, and said with a smile: "I also think that the family is more supportive." ”

The fifth old man looked at his daughter and tilted her head, as if she had encountered some problem—yes. In the memory of the fifth master, his daughter has won the true inheritance of his mother, whether it is scheming or means, it is exactly the same as his mother. And since he was very young, because he couldn't be top-notch in all aspects, not only did the old lady give up on the fifth master, but the fifth master also gave up trying to please his mother, and now even the daughter who took him to watch this behavior more and more like the old lady was uncomfortable.

It's just that what puzzled him was that when he saw his daughter when he was Chinese New Year's Eve, he thought that this daughter was getting more and more like an old lady, but now that he saw it, he suddenly felt that his daughter was still more like himself...... In short, there seems to be a subtle change somewhere.

It's just that another "Meng Shi", who was already in place, suddenly stood in his courtyard with a smile and told him in a nonchalant tone that she would not return to the West Garden......

The fifth master, who has always been quite suspicious, couldn't help but be puzzled - this daughter, she didn't fall for evil, right?! Hasn't she always pursued to become a "superior person"?!

However, the fifth master has long known that no one can control the affairs of this world, and only himself can be managed. So the fifth master was only confused for a moment, and he didn't want to seek any answers, so he waved his hand and muttered, "Whatever you want." And he went into his study.

Shanniang curtsied her knees and sent the fifth master into the study, and then stood in the courtyard, watching a little guy push open the window of the study, and watched the mysterious Uncle Gui there to lay paper and polish ink for the fifth master, and couldn't help but stir her eyebrows again.

I thought that these five old men and five wives had their own obsessions that were exaggerated, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she knew that it was really "no hole, no wind".

She pursed the corners of her lips and smiled, and the moment she turned her head, she suddenly saw that the bamboo curtain hanging in the main room shook slightly.

Under the bamboo curtain, a bright pink flashed - it was Aunt Ma's favorite color.

As a result, the small depression at the corner of Shanniang's lips couldn't help but sink a little deeper.

Obviously, Aunt Ma really came over as soon as possible. It's just that it seems that either the complaint was not successful, or the complaint was filed, and the fifth master, like the fifth wife, felt that it was none of his business.

Very good. Shanniang thought. Having such a father is actually quite worry-free.