When it was dawn, I sat in the main hall all night, guarding Xia Hong until she opened her eyes.

Xia Hong rubbed her sleepy eyes and walked out of the side hall, looked up at me sitting cross-legged on the incense table, and startled her.

- Brother Hanqing, you really stayed all night, didn't you sleep all night?

- yes, I slept enough in the first half of the night anyway, so I sat at the door and watched the stars all night.

I looked at the stars for a night, and I couldn't sleep because I was leaning against the pillar at the door.

-Brother Hanqing is really good, Hong'er is so moved.

- Okay, okay, I'm going to call Nianhe to get up, let's pack up and go.

I took the opportunity to touch Xia Hong's face.

It turns out that in ancient times, girls would have swollen faces when they just woke up.

This is the second time that he touched Xia Hong after holding hands a few times yesterday, and his little face was soft and soft.

-Good.

Xia Hong did not resist my "hands and feet", but behaved very naturally.

-Nianhe, don't say it, get up quickly, the sun is all on the ass.

After I got up, I repeated the action I did after waking up last night, and my neck really hurt when I slept in this position.

We cleaned up a little, didn't have breakfast at all, and prepared to leave for Xia Hong's ancestral home.

Before going out to pay money, Xia Hong took off the wedding dress from yesterday's wedding and threw it on the ground.

-It's a little out of place for me to go out in this dress. Let's throw it away.

I really didn't expect Xia Hong to do such a debauched thing.

But fortunately, Xia Hong also has a light blue dress inside, although it should be worn inside, but now I can't take care of it so much. And even if it is worn outside, there is no sense of disobedience when worn on Xia Hong's body.

With the warm breeze of the summer morning, we walked on the road on the outskirts of the capital, along the way we talked and laughed, Xia Hong and Nianhe respectively introduced me to the scenery and customs of the capital and the suburbs, tired to find a place to sit down and rest, rest almost continue to hurry.

In this way, the three of us walked for a long time, and the ancestral house of Xia Hong's family finally appeared in front of us.

The house in front of him is not smaller than the mansion of the Xia family in the capital, but it looks more magnificent.

Surrounded by weeping willows outside the wall, the brick ash courtyard wall is towering and solemn, the main gate is the gate of Guangliang, the two stone lions on the left and the right at the door lie quietly on their stomachs, go up the steps, the gatehouse is several zhang high, the middle is the main gate, and there are the car doors of the horses and the side doors of the people who walk. On the door hangs a huge sandalwood plaque, on which are written two large gilt characters: Summer House. Walking into the courtyard, a figure-eight shadow wall on the front separates the door from the front yard, and the shadow wall is engraved with goldfish playing in the water.

Bypassing the shadow wall and walking to the front hall, a person who looked like a servant came over, and when he saw Xia Hong, he immediately bent his knees

- Miss, why are you here, didn't the master come with you?

- No, a few friends and I passed by the ancestral house and came in to rest for a while.

-The young lady and the guest followed me to the back hall to rest for a while, and I went to make tea.

The servant led us to the second room in the main courtyard and retreated, and Xia Hong motioned for us to sit down.

As soon as we sat down, an old man who looked like a butler came in, and when he came in, he knelt down, and Nian He and I got up from the chair in fright.

- Say hello to the eldest lady.

Obviously, these people in the Xia family's ancestral house only knew that Xia Hong was married, and they didn't know that something had happened yesterday.

- Uncle, hurry up.

As he spoke, Xia Hong got up and helped the old man up.

- This is the housekeeper of my family's house, my uncle has been helping to build the ancestral house all these years, and he is the elder of our Xia family.

- These two are my friends, and I asked my uncle to prepare some food, and we went all the way, and we had lunch.

Xia Hong introduced us to each other, changing from the cute and gentle person who was alone with me, looking like a host, and we nodded in greeting.

Nianhe looked at me at a loss, obviously he hadn't seen such a scene before, not just should he continue to stand or should he clench his fists and say something.

I motioned for him not to be nervous.

- Yes, Miss, I will immediately order someone to prepare, Miss, is this a special trip to the ancestral house, do you have anything to explain to the old slave between the lord and the Miss.

- Without Uncle, we just passed through here, a little tired, just came in and sat down.

- Okay, I'll go and prepare a meal for the eldest lady and the two sons.

- By the way, uncle, help me find three more sets of clean clothes, one for each of us.

Xia Hong's current clothes are naturally not very decent, Nianhe's clothes are no different from beggars, only my normal ones, or Xia Hong's thoughtfulness, maybe the old housekeeper's eyes are not very good, and I don't see anything unusual about what we are wearing.

- Yes, Miss, I'll go and prepare, Miss, I'll rest here for a while, I'll retreat first.

- There is Uncle Lauber.

During this period, the next person had already brought the tea, and there were only three of us left in the room at this time.

-Sister Hong'er, your family is so big and magnificent.

Nian He took the lead in saying what he wanted to say in his heart as soon as possible.

-This is my sister's ancestral home, and it will be your home in the future, but we are in a special situation now, and we can't stay here for a long time, and we have to leave immediately when we finish our business.

Xia Hong picked up the tea and patiently talked to Nianhe.

And I did look around to see if there were any previous calligraphy and paintings in the room.

-Brother Hanqing, don't look at it, there is nothing valuable in this house, and the previous things are in my father's study in the back hall.

Xia Hong actually saw through my mind at a glance,

- Come on, come on, drink tea and drink tea.

We took a few sips, and our mouths were no longer dry, so Xia Hong took us to her father's study.

We walked out of the front hall, and there were two maids following behind, like a little maid should be the same age as Nianhe, and Nianhe has been looking back all the way.

- Nianhe, what do you see?

I hugged Nianhe to my side and asked deliberately.

- Nothing big brother.

How can the child's mind be hidden from me, this kid must see that the little girl is good-looking, and he really has a brother and a brother.

- How the door is locked.

Xia Hong saw a copper lock hanging in the room in front of him, and turned back to ask the two maids.

-The last time the lord came, he ordered this room to be locked, and he usually didn't let people in to clean it.

- Bring the key and open the lock.

- Miss, if the old man takes this lock away when he leaves, we don't have the key here.

Hearing what the little maid said, Xia Hong glanced at the copper lock

-Smash it open, before leaving, my father told me to pass by the old house and ask me to help him bring some things.

-this

The two little maids glanced at each other, not quite agreeing with Xia Hong's approach, but they didn't dare to refuse Xia Hong.

-It's okay, my dad asked me to come, I'm responsible for the problem, don't believe me, wait for my dad to come next time you ask yourself.

-Don't dare to be a big lady, but this lock will definitely be broken.

- Don't worry, hurry up and smash it.

The two little maids were still a little hesitant, seeing that Xia Hong was a little anxious.

I thought about it for a while, Xia Hong's father personally locked this room, and took the key away, and ordered his subordinates not to go in, indicating that there must be a lot of treasures in it. Thinking of this, I picked up a palm-sized stone from the courtyard and walked in front of Xia Hong.

- Or do I come?

- Okay, Brother Hanqing, be careful.

The two of us agreed in our hearts through eye contact, smash!

With a thud, the stone and the copper lock fell to the ground together.

Xia Hong gently pushed open the door and motioned for us to go in together.

- Go and do something else, we'll do it ourselves.

Xia Hong motioned for the two little maids to step back

- Yes, Miss.

We followed Xia Hong and pushed the door and walked in. There was a dampness in my nose, and it looked like the room hadn't been occupied for a long time.

-This is my dad's study, let's see what we can take away from what we got before.

Xia Hong was not polite at all, and she never thought about how her father would feel when she knew that she sneaked into her father's study to steal things.

-Hong'er, it's better for you to come by yourself, Nianhe and I don't know what is valuable, and don't take away your father's important things, we can take whatever you say.

- Okay, then you can sit down first, I have never been in this study so big, I'll take a look around first.

- Big brother, Sister Hong'er's family should be considered a big family.

Nianhe said as he looked around at the various precious calligraphy and paintings in this room and the various porcelains on the Duobao Pavilion.

- Why are you counting, your sister Hong'er's family is also one of the best in the capital.

- Oh my God, it's the first time I've been to this kind of place when I'm this old, it's so good.

Reading and expressing heartfelt emotion.

It's not just Nianhe, I've lived for 26 years, and it's the first time I've come to this kind of place.

- Brother Hanqing, Nianhe, come and see.

Hearing Xia Hong's call, Nianhe and I immediately got up and walked towards Xia Hong.

-I'll go!

Nian He and I said in unison.

I looked at Xia Hong, her expression was the same as mine, and her jaw with the same mouth was about to fall to the ground.

In front of us was a large box, on the desk near the base of the wall, large enough to hold two minds.

The lid of the box had been opened, and it was flipped aside.

- So much silver.

This time, it was Nian He who spoke first.

That's right, there was a whole box of white flowers in the box, and it seemed that each ingot had to be fifty taels, and this thought that there must be thousands of taels of silver.

I was a rich man in my time, but it was the first time I had seen this amount of money, and I was speechless about the merits of my excitement.

- This, no wonder your father wants to lock this house and not allow anyone to come in.

- Sister Hong'er, your family is so rich.

Sure enough, children's thoughts are always so direct.

- I didn't expect my dad to have so much silver here.

It was not only me and Nianhe who were shocked, but also Xia Hong.

Is Xia Hong's father a corrupt official?

I thought to myself, I would persuade Xia Hong to take that box of silver no matter what.

I was still thinking about how to say my thoughts, but I didn't expect Xia Hong and I to coincide with my thoughts.

- Brother Hanqing, you said so much silver, can we take it all?

-Yes?

I didn't react this time. I didn't expect Xia Hong to be so bold and want to steal so much money from his father.

-Sister Hong'er, let's take a few ingots and go, with so much money, your father will definitely be angry with you when he knows it.

I didn't expect Nianhe to be young, and the three views were still very positive, and his words also dispelled my previous thoughts, yes, so much silver, if we take Xia Hong and his father know, he will definitely be angry.

- Nianhe, we took this money, and we will not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of our lives.

But Xia Hong still insisted on this idea.

Forget it, it's not a thief for a son to steal his father, move!

I used the word move here, because I also knew that we had gone too far in this matter, but in order to let Xia Hong and Nianhe have a bright future, and for me to become rich again, I still acquiesced to Xia Hong's approach.

- Miss, the meal is ready.

The appearance of the old butler broke our tense atmosphere.

- Okay, we'll come right away,

Xia Hong covered the whole box of silver as he spoke.

We were led to the restaurant by the old housekeeper.

-The conditions in the countryside are not as good as in the capital, and we don't know that there are distinguished guests coming today, so we simply prepare some light meals and do not entertain well. Please also ask two guests.

The old butler led us to the dining table. Said with some shame.

I glanced at this big table of dishes, four cold and eight hot, full of a large table of dishes, this is still a light meal, sure enough, even the housekeepers of large families have seen the world,

- Uncle Lau asked a few people to find a wagon for the big boxes in my father's room, load the boxes into the wagon, and we will take them away later.

- But before leaving, the master explained that no one should touch the things in the study.

- It was my father who told me before I came, the stakes are very high, and I hope that my uncle will find a few competent people and order them to go down, and the box must not be opened.

- Since it was the master's order, I will do it immediately.

- If there is Uncle Lau, let the others step down, there is no need to wait here.

Xia Hong branched out from the maid who was waiting beside him.

-Nianhe, eat quickly, this meat is delicious.

Xia Hong said that there was a big piece of meat for Nianhe here.

- Brother Hanqing, you can eat too, you're welcome.

- Okay, eat together.

-Looking at this large table of delicious food, think that the wild vegetables you ate yesterday are all raw. There was an indescribable feeling in my heart, and it was as if I had gone from hell to heaven all at once.

- Sister Hong'er, are we really going to take all that silver with us?

Nianhe still felt that something was wrong, so he finally asked with confirmation.

- Yes, with this money, we will not have to suffer in the future.

-Actually, we can feed ourselves, I can dig wild vegetables, or I can go out hunting with my eldest brother, and I won't let you go hungry anyway, Sister Hong'er.

-Nianhe, the affairs of adults, you don't care about it as a child, Sister Hong'er must have her reasons for doing this.

I know that the reason why Xia Hong has so much is that she really wants to cut off relations with her family, and this money may be what she will rely on for the rest of her life.

- Brother Hanqing is right, let's eat, Nianhe.

As he spoke, he put a lot of dishes in Nianhe's bowl.

- Brother Hanqing, when we have money in the future, what will we do first.

- Hong'er, this is your money, not ours, think about what you want to do yourself?

Through reading and teaching me "words and deeds", I feel that this money has much to do with me, after all, this is Xia Hong's money from his own family, and how to spend it should be Xia Hong's own decision.

- Brother Hanqing, what are you talking about, we are a family, what yours and mine, this is the money of the three of us, besides, we women can't manage money, the money in the family is all managed by men, how to spend this money must be decided by you.

And this statement, this statement is just the opposite of what I remember. In my worldview, a man with a woman in his family is not worthy of more than ten dollars in his pocket, how did he get here and turn it the other way around.

-How can I dispose of your money, your family's money, no matter how you calculate it, your father gave it to you..... It's to keep you for the future

-Brother Hanqing, you are very unhappy that you think so much about Hong'er, I said that what you are is yours, not only yours, but also Nianhe.

Before I could finish my sentence, I was interrupted by Xia Hong. So I turned my head to look at Nianhe, who was picking up vegetables.

- Nianhe, after so many years, what do you want to do first?

-Yes?

- Ahhhh

- Big brother, what does your chat have to do with me, how did it get to me.

Obviously, at this time, Nian He was eating very seriously and didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the two of us.

-Nianhe, that sister asks you, now that we have money, what should the three of us do first?

- Eat fragrant and drink spicy!

- Hahaha

- Hahaha

Xia Hong and I were both amused by Nianhe's answer, but Nianhe was right.

Eat fragrant and drink spicy.