Xue Minghua took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, stuffed it into the hand of the doorkeeper and said: "The annoying little brother has run away, and he said that there is a little woman named Minghua outside, if Steward Yang is unwilling to come out, then we will go somewhere else to settle down first, and come back tomorrow." ”

The man shook the broken silver in his hand, and finally a smile appeared on his face, and said to them, "Then you wait, I will go and report." ”

This is not the same with benefits, even if Steward Yang is unhappy, isn't there still someone outside the door to stand up? He's just doing things for people.

After speaking, he turned his head and entered the courtyard, and closed the side door again, but the sound was not latched.

They are not the kind of people who are rude, even if the door is open, they will not rush in, even if this is Xue Minghua's maiden home.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the person hadn't come back yet, and Qian Yan hadn't heard any movement, if she hadn't heard with her own ears that the other party was going farther and farther, she would have thought that he had accepted the benefits and didn't do anything, and ran to sleep.

glanced at the expression on Xue Minghua's face, he looked accustomed to it, this mansion should be not small, that's why he went for so long.

It seems that she has the heart of a villain.

After a few more minutes, there were footsteps in the distance, and it was obviously not a person, of course, Xue Minghua couldn't hear this, it was Tingyan's good ears that heard it.

One should be the concierge who just left, relatively brisk, and the other should be older, walking a little slowly, and the wheezing sound is also very loud, like a bad trachea.

After that, there was a voice from the porter just now, "Steward Yang, you are slow, my lantern can't illuminate the path under your feet, and I ......will throw you down again when I turn around."

Then an old voice panting said: "Hou Shunzi, you kid hurry up, it's Miss Minghua, it's Miss Minghua who is back!" Call...... Why didn't you bastard invite them in, and let the young lady wait outside the door, whew...... Look back and don't deduct your monthly money......"

The porter named Hou Shunzi said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, it's all kids' eyes that don't know gold and jade, and they didn't even recognize the eldest lady, it is estimated that it was too dark, and the lantern was not lit before, and the eldest lady did not identify herself, so I didn't think about it for a while."

After a while, I will make amends to the eldest lady, and let the eldest lady beat me a few times to get angry......"

Listening to this conversation, she thought that it should be okay now, looking at the attitude of the Yang manager, it is obvious that this family has not given up on Xue Minghua, and she should be welcome back.

These current people are very good at looking at the eyes of the master's family, otherwise they will not be able to do the position of a housekeeper, many times, the attitude of the next person is the attitude of the master, and they all look at the dishes of the people.

Thinking of this, she quietly asked Xue Minghua, "Sister Minghua, did that porter know you just now?" ”

Xue Minghua shook his head, "I shouldn't know, when I was in the mansion, the concierge here was Uncle Liu, but Uncle Liu was almost sixty years old at that time, and it is estimated that he has already gone home to recuperate, or he is no longer there, so he will replace this one."

It should have been brought up by the little maid in the family, there are many small maids in the family, and I couldn't recognize them all before, but I am sure that I am not familiar with them. ”

Qian Yan nodded, this Hou Shunzi just estimated that he was just saying kind words, even if Xue Minghua reported his family before, the other party probably wouldn't recognize it, and he would think it was a relative of the Xue family.

Soon, the footsteps were loud and near, and the side doors were opened, this time both wooden doors were opened.

Then I saw that the previous porter was carrying a little yellowed lantern in his hand, and when the man went in to report just now, there was a dog barking on the other side, and Xue Minghua asked her to extinguish the torch first.

Qian Yan guessed that the other party didn't want to attract the attention of others, and wanted to quietly test whether she could go home first.

After all, it wasn't a good reputation for her disappearance back then, and now that she suddenly came back, her family's attitude was unknown, and it was normal for her not to want to attract attention.

So it was dark outside, and now with this lantern, the light came on all at once.

I saw an old man with a beard and gray hair appear behind the door first, raise his feet over the high threshold, and come out with his legs bent and about to kneel on the ground.

Xue Minghua hurriedly reached out to help, but she was on crutches with one hand, and she could only stretch out one hand, and she couldn't support it at all.

Qian Yan hurriedly got started, and immediately stopped the old man.

The old man knelt halfway up, this posture is not kneeling, not kneeling, it is not awkward.

Fortunately, Xue Minghua opened his mouth, "Uncle Yang, what are you doing?" Hurry up! ”

The old man straightened up at this time, and said with tears in his eyes with excitement on his face: "Miss, it's really Miss, you're finally back!" Where have you been all these years? ”

I could see that I was really excited, and my lower lip trembled, but I also knew how to lower my voice, it seemed that this old steward was also a wonderful person, and knew that he couldn't make too much noise and attract the attention of outsiders.

After saying this, he looked at Qian Yan and the two children, knowing that this should be Xue Minghua's child, who has been missing for so many years, and it is normal to have a family and have children, but looking at it like this, it should be that there will be children soon after they are missing.

Steward Yang's eyes finally fell on Xue Minghua's injured leg, and the tears in his eyes finally couldn't help falling.

"Miss, what's wrong with your leg? How did it get hurt? Have you ever seen a doctor? Oops, my eldest lady has really suffered a great sin over the years......"

Xue Minghua waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about Uncle Yang, it's all right, it's all over, I'm not back."

I just don't know if my father and mother are okay, and they still recognize me as an unfilial daughter, but even if they don't recognize me as an unfilial daughter, they should be.

It's because I'm young and ignorant to go out and run around, so I will suffer this disaster, I just want to come back to see the second elder this time, and I have no regrets about leaving. ”

Steward Yang hurriedly said: "Where, where, Mrs. and Master have been looking for the eldest lady, and they have been looking for the eldest lady for eleven years, and they have not stopped.

It's just that I haven't been able to find Miss, Mrs. is talking about Miss you every day, saying that you must be suffering outside, so let the master and young master not give up, and must find you.

The eldest young master and the second young master never forget to inquire about the whereabouts of the young lady every time they go out on official business, but there has been no news from the young lady for so many years......"

Hou Shunzi next to him saw that the old housekeeper was preparing to talk outside the door, and hurriedly reminded: "Miss, Steward Yang, let's not talk outside, come in, go and report to the old lady." ”

Steward Yang looked annoyed, "Yes, yes, yes, hey, I'm really old, and I actually stopped Miss at the door, it's really a sin, Miss, please come in quickly, this is Young Master Sun and Miss Sun, right?" She looks like a young lady......"

Hou Shunzi looked flattering to help the lighting, and said to Xue Minghua: "The eldest lady atons for her sins, the little one really doesn't recognize it, don't be angry with the little one." ”

And he was going to return the money.

Xue Minghua waved his hand at him, "You did a good job, this is your reward." ”

Hou Shunzi hurriedly said: "Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss!" ”

After a few people entered, Steward Yang looked at the two of them and didn't say anything, these are common things, not surprising, as long as the matter is done, the master is not angry, it will be fine.

looked at the donkey cart behind him again, pulled Hou Shunzi to the side, and whispered: "You take off the threshold, help drive the donkey cart and the horses next to it in, and rush to the stable first." Don't talk nonsense in advance when the eldest lady comes back, if there is anything unpleasant to hear, I will only ask you! ”

After speaking, he also glanced at the horse, the donkey cart is not unusual, this horse is not something that ordinary people can raise.

Not only is the price of this horse more expensive, but it also costs a lot of silver taels every year to keep it, at least it is a big burden for ordinary small families.

Hou Shunzi promised again and again that he would not talk nonsense, and he would be tight-lipped.

The old people in their house all know that the Xue family also has an eldest lady who disappeared when she went out to visit the temple fair eleven years ago, although the main family said that she went to the imperial city, but everyone in the house knew that she was abducted by a kidnapper.

Now that the eldest lady is back, she is still lame with the child, and she is obviously having a very bad time, and I don't know how the old lady will arrange it.

While thinking about it, he removed the threshold and poked it on the wall on the side, and led the donkey cart and horse into the door, Hou Shunzi quickly closed the door, and looked left and right before closing the door to make sure that there was no one.

Qian Yan was a little funny when she saw him like that, and she didn't know that she thought he was engaged in underground joints.

Steward Yang turned his head to them and said, "Miss, this girl, this donkey cart and horse will be led to the livestock shed first, and then you can directly ask someone to take them out." ”

Xue Minghua looked at Qian Yan and saw that she had no objections, so he said to Steward Yang: "Okay, let Uncle Yang arrange it." ”

Steward Yang: "Then let's go to the backyard quickly, the old lady must be very happy to know that you are back." It's going to be hard Miss, you may walk with an injured leg? Why don't you be an old slave carrying you on your back? ”

Xue Minghua shook his head and said, "It's okay, I have crutches here, just walk slowly." ”

Qian Yan whispered in her ear: "Far away? Otherwise, I'll carry you on my back, and don't look back and get hurt. ”

She still remembered that the Yang steward had only come for more than 20 minutes just now, which showed that this Xue Mansion was very big.

Xue Minghua shook his head with a smile and said, "The backyard is not far from here, and Steward Yang came from the front yard, so it's only been a little longer." ”

Hearing this, she was relieved, and then she let Chou Chou look at the layout of this Xue Mansion with her divine sense.

After a few seconds, Chou Chou replied: "We are in the west, a back garden, the stable is in the northwest, there are several horses in it, there are brand marks on the horse's buttocks, and there are hooves on the hooves, it should be war horses."

The east side is the front yard, there is a hall flower hall and a study, and there are several independent yards on the south side, some large and some small, the largest near the southwest side, should be the backyard where the master of the house lives. ”

It seems that the Xue family is really not an ordinary family, and they actually have several horses, of course, ordinary large families can afford to raise them, but the ugly ugly said that the horse has a brand on it, it should be a war horse, which means that the Xue family is in the army.

I heard Xue Minghua introduce it before, the people of the Xue family are indeed in the army, and they used to be inspectors, but now they don't know what their position is, and she doesn't understand what the ancient official position is.

Holding Xue Minghua in one hand and Huan'er in the other, Fulai followed them and followed Steward Yang forward.

After entering this courtyard, it is all the kind of flower path, especially in this summer, the grass and trees are vigorous, so you can only follow the light slowly.

Fortunately, Hou Shunzi gave them the lantern before, and he went to the stable by himself, otherwise Qian Yan suspected that he would have trampled a lot of flowers to death.

Huan'er clinged to Qianyan, and didn't dare to leave for a while, it was normal for the little girl to be afraid, after all, it was a strange place, plus in addition to the lantern in front, it was dark all around, and there were some crickets and insects called, which was really infiltrating.

I don't know why, Qian Yan looked at the dangling lantern, and her brain was automatically matched with the music special effects of Liaozhai's woo woo woo, which scared her into a shiver, and quickly shook her head and threw out the picture in her mind.

Sure enough, I can't scare myself, it's too scary, I almost didn't scare myself!

Fulai is okay, after all, he is a teenager, and he is supporting his mother from the other side, although he is not big, he still tries to be a crutch for his mother.

At this time, Steward Yang told Xue Minghua about what happened in her home after she disappeared.

"After the eldest lady disappeared, the lord sent a lot of people to look for him, and even notified the Yanzhi side, asking them to help see if there was any trace of the young lady in the imperial city and Bianzhou, but they were not found.

The eldest young master and the second young master also went out to look for a circle, and the lady fell ill directly and lay down for more than three months.

Because of this illness, the housekeeping was handed over to the second lady, and as a result, the second lady poked out a not small basket, and the lady had to drag the sick weight to take charge of the house.

The current second lady is the Miss Gao family who came to the door four years ago. ”

Qian Yan felt Xue Minghua's body obviously pause, and then relaxed again, and continued to move forward with the old housekeeper in front.

Qian Yan thought, these two ladies can't be Xue Minghua's father's concubine, right? It's not that the concubine room is also called the second lady, the little lady and the like.

Then I listened to the old housekeeper continue: "Six years ago, the eldest young master also got married, and married the young lady of the He family in Bianzhou, and now your eldest nephew is three years old, and the younger nephew is more than a year old."

The second young master married three years ago, married to the eldest lady of the Sun family in the city, and now there is only one little young lady under his knees, who is just over a year old this year.

The third young master, the fourth young master and the fifth young master also became relatives last year and this year respectively, and they have been separated by the master and have not stayed in the main house.

Several young ladies also got married, and most of them married to Bianzhou and the Imperial City, but they didn't stay there......"

Listening to what Steward Yang said, Qian Yan thought that the eldest young master, the second young master and Xue Minghua should be the sons-in-law of the same mother, so they emphasized it.

Then the third young master, the fourth young master, and the fifth young master were all concubines, so they passed by directly.

As for what the young ladies said, it is even clearer, and the young ladies who said it directly are all married to other places.

It should be a marriage, and the larger families are basically married to each other.

(End of chapter)