Qian Yan sighed in her heart and thought, the children of this big family are really going to get married, and Xue Minghua's two brothers and daughters-in-law should also have family backgrounds.

One is the Sun family in the city, and the other is the He family in Bianzhou...... Wait a minute! The He family?

The He family in Bianzhou, it won't be so coincidental, right? Didn't the guy who dressed as a man just tell her that he had something to do to find her at He's house in Bianzhou?

She said that why is the He family so familiar, it can't be just a family, right?

By this time they had turned into a larger garden, which was also a garden, and through the garden they came to a moon gate, and there was a small room beside it, which was lighted, and it was supposed to be guarded.

"Mrs. Li! You come out! ”

Steward Yang raised his voice slightly and shouted.

Soon an old woman who looked like she was in her fifties came out of the hut, holding an oil lamp in one hand and a wick in the other to keep the wind out of it.

Squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, only to recognize Steward Yang, "Steward Yang?" It's so late, but what's wrong with the master? Who else are these? Why did you come straight to the backyard? ”

Steward Yang didn't say much to her, but said, "You go and ask my wife to come out, and say that I am looking for her." ”

His wife follows his wife and is the housekeeper in the backyard, and he must not be able to enter the backyard as a foreign man, let alone at night, even during the day.

Because of the disappearance of the young lady, a group of people changed in the backyard, and they were all sent to the Zhuangzi, and the doorman Li Pozi was changed from the Zhuangzi, and he didn't know about the eldest lady, but he heard others say it later, and he didn't know the appearance of the eldest lady.

It is not appropriate for her to inform Mrs. or bring the eldest lady in, so let his wife come to him at ease.

The old woman answered, put the lamp back into the hut, and went to the back.

They waited here at the Moon Gate, and Steward Yang asked Xue Minghua worriedly: "Miss, can your legs still be supported?" Otherwise, you will be wronged to go into the door-guarding hut and sit down? ”

The hut guarding the door was too small, there was only a small couch of about 1.5 meters placed horizontally, and a table with tea and oil lamps, and there was really no way to take it out for her to sit on, so she had to go inside.

"No need, my leg is fine, just wait here."

Xue Minghua shook her head, she was now in the excitement of seeing her mother soon, and she didn't care about being hurt or not.

Steward Yang and Tilt Yan all looked at her legs, it should be because Tilt Yan was holding them, and seeing that her injured leg did not fall to the ground, there should be no problem, so they were all relieved.

In just six or seven minutes, the Li mother-in-law came back with another mother-in-law in her fifties carrying a lantern.

This mother-in-law's clothes are obviously much better than Mrs. Li's, but her hair bun is a little messy, she should have fallen asleep and was called out of bed.

Qian Yan couldn't figure it out, did this Yang steward sleep separately like this? One in the front yard and one in the backyard?

Then this slave is really not good, and when he gets married, he has to live separately because of his master.

The woman stepped forward and was just about to ask her man what was the matter with her, when she saw Qian Yan and Xue Minghua standing next to him.

rushed over all of a sudden, his face was also full of excitement, his eyes were red, and he was about to speak, but he was intercepted by Steward Yang.

"Old woman, you take them in to see Madame first."

This is not the place to talk, the matter of the eldest lady's return, the old lady has to decide whether to spread it out, and how to arrange a clear eye, so that outsiders can't underestimate the eldest lady.

Zhang Fangcao listened to her man's words, and quickly paused to suppress her excitement before she spoke: "Okay, good, little ...... Come with me, a few of you. ”

After finishing speaking, he walked to the other side of Xue Minghua to support her, illuminated their feet with a lantern with one hand, and led them inside.

Seeing them go away, Steward Yang instructed the old woman and turned back to the front yard.

When she got to a place where no one was around, Zhang Fangcao cried as she walked: "Woo...... My good lady...... You're finally back, why don't you send a message home, the old slave will pick you up......"

Xue Minghua was also teary-eyed, he could still restrain himself in front of Steward Yang just now, but he couldn't help it in front of Mrs. Zhang.

Zhang Fangcao used to be her nurse, it can be said that she was brought up single-handedly, and she spent more time with her than with her biological mother, as soon as she saw her, Xue Minghua's tears swirled in her eyes, and now when she heard her crying, her tears couldn't help but fall.

Choked up and whispered back: "Nurse...... I...... I was kidnapped back then, and although I was rescued later, I always ruined my reputation, how can I come back and ruin my family......"

Zhang Fangcao couldn't help but interrupt her and said, "Miss, you are confused! The lord and the lady only said to the outside world that you had gone to a foreign house, and if you had asked someone to bring a letter back, they would have brought you back a long time ago, and the outside would not know about it at all......"

Xue Minghua shook his head and said: "It's because I thought about it for a while, but I don't regret it, if I come back, I won't have my filial sons and daughters." ”

said and beckoned to Fulai and Huan'er, "Fulai, Huan'er, this is my mother's nurse, you can call Granny Zhang, nurse, this is my son Fulai and daughter Huan'er." ”

Then he introduced Qian Yan and said: "This is Qian Yan, and it is also from our Xue family, thanks to her for sending us back, otherwise we don't know when and when we can come back." ”

She didn't say anything about Chen Jiawang's side, anyway, she had already taken off, there was no need to mention that person's things again, and the people who cared about her felt uncomfortable.

In the future, just say to the outside world that Huan'er and Fulai's father is dead, of course, it is still necessary to make it clear to the family that she is divorced, as for the reason, it is said that she has an affair with a widow and has a child, and wants to divorce her wife, so it would be good for her to take the initiative to divorce.

As for wanting to sell the child with her life, there is no need to mention these anymore.

Of course, the premise is that the person will not appear in front of her again, and if the person appears again, he will definitely not help him hide these things again.

The legs of the mother and son of the Chen family were broken, and she left with the child again, feeling that it was completely separated, as long as the other party did not appear, then they would be fine, if they appeared in front of their mother again, she didn't mind letting the family help and clean him up, this is her bottom line.

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Then they moved into a larger courtyard with five rooms in the main house and six in the wings, which were connected to the main house by a corridor.

They walked to the door of a room on the left side of the main room, and looked at the delicate carvings on the door and on the window edge, which turned out to be flowers, birds and figures!

This was the first time she had entered the home of this ancient family, and she used to think that the palaces and famous temples she saw in later generations were the essence of ancient architecture.

Her family's courtyard house and the antique Chinese villa in the port city are also imitations, which can be regarded as carved beams and paintings.

But compared with the houses of this real ancient family, it is still a little bit meaningless.

Look at the doors and windows of the house, they are all made of good wood, even the eaves are carved, not to mention the furniture in the house, I guess it is the kind I have seen in the museum, several times into the step bed.

And this is not a top-level big family, this is just a side branch of the Xue family, just an official position in a city in Xingtang Mansion, it is conceivable that the big family in the imperial city must be even more luxurious.

Zhang Fangcao patted Xue Minghua's arm, let go of the hand holding her, stepped forward and knocked softly on the door.

Immediately, I heard a young woman's whisper reply, "Who?" ”

Zhang Fangcao replied: "It's me, Chun'er, you call Mrs. and Master, and say that the old woman has something urgent to report." ”

The maid inside, who was obviously in charge of today's vigil, didn't say much, and went to report after answering.

Qian Yan nodded secretly in her heart, look, this is the quality that a maid from a real ancient family should have, like the one on TV, if there is something to ask the maid first, it is impossible at all, as long as you do your duty, you should spread the word, you should keep vigil, how can there be so many people who are acting on behalf of others, if you really want to do that, it is estimated that you will die a long time ago.

Of course, it is not excluded that there is really that kind of family, maybe it is the kind of family that has no background, and that kind of servant will appear.

Soon Qian Yan heard the voices of a man and a woman talking inside, and then she squirmed, she should be getting dressed.

This room looks quite big from the outside, and it is estimated that it is quite deep inside, there are compartments outside, there are maids, and there must be another room inside, so the sound is coming from the inside, not loud, Xue Minghua and they didn't hear it.

After waiting for a while, it should be that the clothes of the ancients were cumbersome, and the ancients would dress neatly as long as they went out of the room, so it took a while for the little maid to open the door again and let Zhang Fangcao in.

Zhang Fangcao glanced at Xue Minghua soothingly, and then entered the room first, she wanted to go in and tell the old lady first, and take the eldest lady and them in directly, I am afraid that the lady will be too excited and can't stand it, and it is not good to make too much noise.

After that, I saw that the little maid named Chun'er withdrew, and Zhang Fangcao came out after a while.

came over and helped Xue Minghua and said, "Miss, let's go in, Mrs. and Master already know and are waiting for you." ”

As an outsider, it is not good for Tilt Yan to go in with her, after all, it is someone else's family matter, and another one said, when she enters someone's father's bedroom, her biological daughter is fine, but she is not very good as an outsider.

Then he whispered to Xue Minghua: "I won't go in, just wait outside." ”

Xue Minghua thought about it, she wanted to catch up with her family for a while, she would definitely cry, and it would not be good for Qian Yan to see it, and another one said, all the way was Qian Yan in a car, and she had also fought with people, she must be tired, and there was no need to stay up late with them.

said to Zhang Fangcao: "Nurse, you let someone arrange a guest room for Sister Qianyan, let her go to rest first, thanks to her along the way, she must be tired." ”

Zhang Fangcao nodded and said: "It's the old slave who neglected the guest, don't blame Miss Tianyan, the old slave will arrange it." ”

Then he said to Chun'er, who was standing not far away: "Chun'er, you take this young lady to the guest house next to you to settle down and come back, let the little girl over there take care of it, don't slack off." ”

"Yes, Mother Zhang, Chun'er will arrange it."

Chun'er nodded, bowed to Qian Yan, and made a gesture of invitation, "Miss, please come with the slave." ”

Qian Yan let go of the hand holding Xue Minghua's arm, and saw that she could walk directly with a cane, so she followed Chun'er out of the main courtyard and went to the guest courtyard next to her through the corner gate.

This is really the guest house next to it, just across a wall, it should be for relatives from home, or important guests.

The yard is not big or small, and it is similar to the ordinary small courtyard, with three main rooms and two wings.

Two of the main rooms are supposed to be for guests, and one is narrower, so it's supposed to be for the servants to stay.

This guest house is usually guarded by special subordinates, and as soon as they come in, Chun'er begins to call people.

Soon a little maid came out of the side room, looking about the same age as Qian Yan, maybe even younger.

The facial features are very good, very bright and generous, but the skin is a little rough, and the face looks very yellow under the illumination of the oil lamp, and I don't know if it is illuminated by the light, or it is this skin color.

Chun'er introduced to Qianyan: "Miss, this is Xiaoyue, who is serving in the guest house, if you have anything, you can directly order her."

Xiaoyue, this is a distinguished guest in our house, you have to serve it well, do you know, the room can be cleaned up? ”

Xiao Yue nodded again and again: "It's clean, I clean up the house every day, and the bedding inside is also dried every day, and the incense just smoked today can be checked in directly." ”

Qian Yan didn't tell them her surname, after saying it, it seems that she is really the young lady of this family, after all, her surname is Xue, and it doesn't seem good to call Miss Xue, so let them call Miss Okay, anyway, the young ladies in this house are already married, and they live in a guest house, so no one should misunderstand.

Chun'er instructed Xiaoyue two more words, gave another salute to Qianyan and left, she still has to go back to duty.

Tilt Yan followed Xiaoyue into the main room of the living room, she lit the candles in the main room, and went to help make the bed.

Qian Yan looked at the candle and raised her eyebrows, she thought that the oil lamp was used at this time, after all, after coming here, she really hadn't seen a candle.

The candle is similar to that of later generations, that is, it is thicker, and the candlestick is also very good-looking, it is a bronze candlestick in the shape of a crane.

Qian Yan looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, and then remembered that it was in the fragrant space.

Before, my parents went to the open sea to fish for many shipwrecks, and there were many bronzes of antiques salvaged inside, many of which were dumped by cultural relics dealers, but the ship sank at sea due to bad luck.

Those with historical significance and research value, parents have been handed over to the state, but there are also a lot left, like this although it is old, but there are many survives left, among which there seems to be this kind of candlestick, there are many similar to this.

She used to think that the ancient lamps were all lit oil lamps, but it was only later that she saw a stick on the candlestick, and her father said that it was used for candles, and she knew that candles had existed a long time ago.