Suddenly being slandered like this, Du Youlin was stunned for a long time, only to feel ashamed and humiliated, and he couldn't breathe.

Lu Fengniang was so annoyed that she scolded out.

"Ignore your money? Eat dog intestines! Jing Zhaodu and Fan Yang Lu can ignore your money, my Langjun is a gentleman who reads sage books, and those who enter the government are all noble officials, can they ignore your money? The two kings and three kings are not able to learn to be abducted and deceived by scoundrels now?! ”

"I transported my belongings to Du's house last night, and they have long been registered. The gift list Du family received, the limousine was put here overnight, and today there are only some rags and earth and stones, everyone can see it, and dare to deny it? ”

Lu Fengniang was so angry that she screamed loudly, without the decency of Fan Yang Lu's at all, like a shrew in the market.

"You talk nonsense, you talk nonsense! The New Year is approaching, how many New Year's gifts do I have to do every day, can I take care of the gifts you sent in the middle of the night? Do you want to use your official authority to defraud my family of money? Although my Langjun has been demoted, I ...... I, my great-grandfather, also served as a scholar! ”

"Who is my Ah Lang? How can you be deceived by such a small clan and a small family? ”

“……”

The quarrel has spread, Quan Rui is so anxious that he doesn't know what to do, and hurriedly asked Caiyun to go to the backyard to ask Erniang to come forward, because he has always heard Quan Fu say that Xue Langjun heard the ears calloused, and he also specially asked people to invite Xue Bai.

Because Du Cheng didn't want to see Yang Shenjin at all, she had been hiding in the house today, and Du Yan was with her. At this time, the two sisters were also alarmed, and they did not bother to freshen up, and rushed to the front hall from the east side around the verandah.

When he arrived at the fourth courtyard, he met Qinglan carrying a lantern and leading Xue Bai from the west verandah. Du Cheng hurriedly lowered her head and avoided him.

Xue Bai held a beautiful wooden box in his hand, and said in a calm tone: "It's enough for me to go over, let's go back to the room and stay?" ”

"Okay, old man with no one in his eyes, don't give him a good face." Du Yan pulled Du Cheng and left.

Du Cheng glanced back and brushed her uncombed hair.

At this time, the quarrel in the front hall was even more intense, and everyone else was in a mess, but Xue Bai was not in a hurry.

"If you don't take it, you don't take it! Are you going to search again?! ”

"Since the lady of the Du family does not admit it, this matter will be troubled in the end, and the only way to report it is to the official."

"Knock knock."

Someone knocked on the screen.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and it was clear that they were still teenagers, but their aura was stronger than Du Youlin.

"Yang Zhongcheng, meet again." Xue Bai said, "Today, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion sent me two boxes of Yulu balls, can you eat them?" ”

Yang Shenjin didn't show how much fear he was of Li Linfu, shook his head and said, "No need." ”

"Do you eat then?" Xue Bai walked up to the Yang family steward with the box in his hand.

"This ...... The villain didn't dare. ”

Xue Bai said: "You know where the property is, don't you?" ”

"Ah Lang, the villain really doesn't know, after the property was counted over there, it was directly transported to the Du Mansion."

"Then report to the police and check carefully. But Jingzhao Mansion Ji Facao has not been here for the past two days, will this case be delayed for a few days? What does Yang Zhongcheng think? ”

Yang Shenjin said: "I have just said that I do not want to embarrass my mother, this matter is ...... That's it. ”

When Xue Bai arrived, it was nothing more than to calm down everyone in the face of the right minister, and Yang Shenjin didn't plan to report to the official or tear his face with Du Zhai in person.

He glared at his steward and scolded, "A little money, noisy, rude." ”

"The villain is in a hurry."

Yang Shenjin scolded a few more words, full of aristocratic courtesies, but did not apologize to Du Zhai, emphasizing that the Yang family did not lack that little money, and left with his hands.

~~

Lu Fengniang was so angry that she asked Quan Rui to stare at it and sneer at her loudly.

"Lest Yang Zhongcheng leave something on the road, and say that it was taken by Du Zhai."

In short, the quarrels between famous families and surnames are not much more elegant than ordinary people.

Finally invited the high two kings and three kes away, Lu Fengniang turned back to the hall, and said to Xue Bai: "Sure enough, it was his housekeeper who took it?" ”

"Probably not."

Xue Bai responded, and turned to Quan Rui and asked, "The whole steward is working hard, why didn't he check it when he received the gift?" ”

Quan Rui's face was full of bitterness, and he said hurriedly: "It's about to be the New Year's Festival, and I received a total of thirteen gift lists last night." And the Yang family's gift was delivered at night, and it was not his family's slaves who escorted the car last night, but a group of rude men. ”

Lu Fengniang said: "How can a high-ranking nobleman do such a thing? It must be for the sake of my family. ”

"That's it." Quan Rui was so worried, "The old slave saw the situation, and hurriedly found the gift list and looked at it, it's too thick, I'm afraid I can't buy the ancestral house, how can there be such a thick New Year's gift?" I hurriedly reported to the master's house, but I didn't dare to touch the pile of objects again, and I was so worried that I didn't sleep well all night. ”

"Where's the gift list?"

"It's been given back to him."

Xue Bai asked Quan Rui about the items on the gift list, and he had already settled down in his heart, let the servants and slaves all retreat, glanced at the three members of the Du family, and finally recruited Du Wulang.

"It's not that Yang Shenjin deliberately deceived us, his house was copied, and those belongings were also begged for back, counting the time, it should have been sent over directly......"

"Then he must know, even if he doesn't know, how can his oily head not know?!" Lu Fengniang was so anxious, "It's not that we took his belongings, let him find out by himself!" ”

Du Wulang hurriedly helped her and persuaded: "A-Niang, don't worry, let's discuss with my sisters." ”

Even he understands that if this kind of thing is caused by the Du family, it will offend people.

"Your sister is going to cry again." Lu Fengniang looked at Xue Bai and asked, "What do you say I should do?" ”

It is impossible for Yang Shenjin to report to the official, but it is also true that he sees that the Du family is small and thinks that the Du family is easy to bully. It is imperative that the uncle seek to be an official himself, so he does not need to pay attention to him. ”

Some people like to take advantage of people's danger to accept some noble scholarly daughters to be concubines.

"But, what if he splashes dirty water on Du's house?"

Xue Bai said: "Those who are self-reliant are always strong." ”

He didn't want to tell Lu Fengniang too much, and the words of Mencius that he quoted as his motto were lightly answered.

accusing Yang Zhao of swallowing property, this kind of thing that offends people and has no benefit, Yang Shenjin will do it sooner or later, and there is no need for the Du family to take the lead.

Lu Fengniang was stunned.

She knew that her husband had always attached the most importance to reputation, and how could she stand Yang Shenjin, who said everywhere that the Du family was greedy for gifts.

"Lang Jun, the Du family can't let people hurt their reputation! You say yes, right? ”

"Ahem, ahem."

Du Youlin coughed violently.

Yang Shenjin concurrently holds two or three real power official positions, in the eyes of a loose official like him, he is actually a very high-ranking official, what will it be like to offend someone who dares to copy Yang Shenjin's family?

"Stealing a name in the dark world! Miasma! I'm mad at me! ”

After scolding angrily twice, Du Youlin sat down slowly with one hand on the table, closed his eyes and rubbed his head, he should have been so angry that he almost fainted.

Lu Fengniang didn't dare to ask again, so she stepped forward to ask for warmth, and Du Wulang hurriedly knelt aside to serve.

"It's okay, let the old man be quiet and quiet."

Du Youlin waved them away, covered his forehead with his hand, and glanced over, only to see Xue Bai ask Lu Fengniang to borrow a copper pot again, saying that he wanted to make dishes as a gift for Mrs. Qiuguo.

This is what this vertical son said, "self-improvement, people are always strong", do not think of serving the Son of Heaven with talent, only know how to be fortunate with nepotism.

Thinking of Li Linfu's worship of Concubine Wu Hui, the loyal and upright ministers were deposed and exiled, and the atmosphere was getting worse day by day, he really felt a headache, and the whole person was wilted.

"Alas......"

~~

This night, the lights in the back yard of Du's house were lit until late at night.

The kitchen suddenly sounded the sound of "zizi", white smoke rose up, and a burst of aroma overflowed.

"It smells so good, that's what you say?!"

Du Wulang, who was already tired, suddenly became excited.

Several maidservants who lived in the back yard also pushed the door out one after another, chattering and discussing.

"Did you go out of the water? What was burned? It smells so good. ”

After that, the Du family sisters were also alarmed, and went to the back yard to see what happened.

But seeing everyone gathered in the kitchen, Xue Bai and Qinglan were smelling a plate of vegetables in their hands, and Du Wulang took a pair of chopsticks and took one piece after another from the plate, and fed them to the maids with their necks stretched out one after another.

"How?"

"Delicious!"

"It's delicious!"

“……”

After Du Yan tasted it, she had a long aftertaste, but said: "The taste is very good, but it smells a little stink." ”

She hadn't eaten cheap meat, so she couldn't describe it.

"Well, this pork smells scorching, and the boiled oil has some flavor." Xue Bai has studied for a long time and came to the conclusion, "It should be the pig that has to be castrated and then raised." ”

"Where can I find the pig that has been castrated?" Du Wulang said: "This time I soaked it in ginger, it is already delicious, and the second sister is a picky eater." ”

"Is there any rice wine?"

"Of course, Grandpa buried several jars in the yard, and there is Fangxian rice wine, I'll dig it up!"

Du Goro was carried away by the gluttony and the sense of accomplishment in making delicious food, and ran away.

Xue Bai said to the Du family sisters: "Tomorrow morning, buy some materials and try them twice, and Yang Zhao will take me to Mrs. Qiuguo's mansion in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, I'll tell Grandpa."

"Is there any money?"

Wait for Xue Bai to take some money and return it to Qinglan. Qinglan was originally happy, and when she saw that he borrowed money from others to repay herself, she couldn't help but snort: "I'm not in a hurry to ask Xue Langjun to pay it back." ”

"Although it is a lifelong friendship, it is still a rich person who can be rich."

Hearing Xue Bai's words, Qing Lan became happy again, glanced at him quickly, and secretly smiled.

~~

The next day, no one in Du Zhai mentioned Yang Shenjin again, and he ruined his mood for no reason.

But such a large sum of money is gone, even if you don't report it to the official, it will not be easy to end it.

Du Youlin thought of this, he had a headache, and when Lu Fengniang came to make noise again, he said: "Erniang said yesterday that the brother slave sent some slaves and maids, and you went to the East City Bureau to make a cheap deed and bring people back." ”

"It's too embarrassing to call him right-handed, isn't it? Alas. Lu Fengniang said: "To get a lot of slaves and maids at this time really wants to make people wronged us for the money of that old man." ”

"Go ahead, say it's confiscated, it's too cheap early, don't wait for them to be exiled."

Lu Fengniang was anxious, but she didn't forget to order someone to bring the food to Du Youlin first, so she asked Quan Rui to prepare a car to take her to the East City Bureau to apply for the deed.

The study was finally quiet......

"Squeak."

Du Yan pushed the door in, said Wanfu, and asked, "Grandpa, do you plan to follow Xue Bai to the Lady of Yuguo's mansion in the afternoon?" ”

Du Youlin was a little afraid of this daughter, so he stroked his beard and said: "Seeing those people, after all, it is in the way of the old man's name." ”

"What Grandpa said is that when the Du family is bullied to death, it will be fine."

"You listen to the old man." Du Youlin was not annoyed, he lowered his voice slightly, and looked solemn, "The official career is dangerous, and now the brother slave is blocking the holy hearing, excluding dissidents, and it is not the time for a gentleman to enter the office." In the coming year, the brother slave will be dismissed, and your two brothers will be transferred back to the capital, and the old man will have his own Du family's personal relationship until then. ”

"Yes, when the Jingzhao Du clan was in trouble, he couldn't come to the rescue, but when the fighting stopped, he could still be a favor?"

After Du Yan ridiculed like this, she became more and more disappointed in Du Youlin, and only hated that she was not a man.

"But Grandpa has ever thought about why Suo Douji let go of the Du family, is his conscience suddenly growing again? He just wants the Du family to do things for him, so these days, when Grandpa is here to be quiet, have you ever thought about who is supporting the Du family in this sky? ! ”

After a long time, Du Youlin made a bitter face and said, "What can the old man do?" Can't persuade a saint, can't you even want to step into the filth? ”

"Grandpa was almost killed by a rod in Dali Temple, but since he survived, he should support the Du family."

Du Youlin was stunned and stood up, but his eyes fell on the book of "Qujiang Collection" on the case, he didn't know what to think, but he stopped and sighed.

"Why bother your grandfather? The old man was already ...... I wasn't that capable......"

Du Yan was speechless.

She knew that it was extremely difficult to make a man and a father admit that she was weak, so she didn't persuade her anymore after all.

"It's my daughter's mistake, grandpa is not strange."

After apologizing softly, she said goodbye and turned to retreat.

Du Youlin breathed a sigh of relief, sat back down, and continued to read.

After a while, a servant outside the door called: "Ah Lang, the meal has arrived." ”

"Hmm."

Suddenly, Du Youlin sniffed, and when his eyes fell, several plates of dishes were served on the table.

His face became solemn, he pulled his sleeve with one hand, picked up the chopsticks with the other, stretched out his hand at the shiny plate, took the vegetables in his mouth, chewed twice, and his eyes bloomed with shock.

"Delicious!"

~~

At noon, the kitchen brought two more pieces of cake to the study.

Du Wulang peeked into the study, pulled the servant who delivered the food, and asked, "What did Grandpa say?" ”

Ah Lang didn't want to eat Hu Cake, and asked if there were any dishes delivered in the morning.

"As I expected, what else? What do you have to say? ”

"Anyway, the morning is a trial dish, and Xue Langjun will take Hu Shisanniang to Mrs. Yuguo's house to cook a few big dishes."

"Okay."

Du Wulang handed over a small string of money and said in a low voice: "Don't let Grandpa know, you can go." ”

Suddenly, there was a "squeak" sound, and the door to the study was opened.

I saw Du Youlin standing there, with a heavy expression on his face.

……

When the carriage went out, Du Wulang couldn't help but be proud, and said in a low voice: "Look, my method is more useful than the persuasion of the second sister." ”

Xue Bai shook his head, but said in his mouth: "Maybe." ”