(20) Inn

In Fan's house, in Mrs. Fan's room, Mrs. Fan was sitting on the soft floor, and the maid on the side was pressing her forehead. The clever heart opened the curtain and stood lightly in the middle of the lady's room.

The maid who pressed her forehead began to press her shoulder again, and Mrs. Fan slowly opened her eyes when she heard the movement, swept around the room, saw Qiaoxin, and said, "Mama Zhang came in and replied?"

Qiaoxin hurriedly approached the lady, bent down and served: "Mrs. Hui, that Mama Zhang has just come to the inner courtyard to reply, saying that the girl from Luqiao Town has left." ”

Mrs. Fan nodded, "Is there a good student to entertain?"

"It's a good hospitality, there are a total of eight kinds of melon and fruit snacks, and Mama Zhang chatted with her for a while~"

Qiaoxin has a smile on her face, she has the same pretty face as her sister, and she laughs very smartly, and because of this, Mrs. Fan thinks that sooner or later she will take a concubine for her son, it is better to accept someone who looks good and can be cared for.

But she didn't want to think about whether her mother-in-law would be happy if she gave someone to her husband's room in the past.

Don't say that Miss Cui didn't enter the door, but she did, and if she did that, Miss Cui would probably feel uncomfortable.

But people, rarely meet and put themselves in their shoes, most of them just think about their own pleasure, thinking about having a few more grandchildren, even if they are concubines, they are also lively to watch.

Mrs. Fan nodded, and said again: "That's good, by the way, go, call your mother." ”

"Yes, ma'am~"

Qiaoxin blessed her body and hurriedly walked out of the door, went to find her mother, and found a maid to ask, it turned out that her mother went to the big kitchen.

She walked in the corridor towards the big kitchen, through the rockery, through a few hanging flower doors, and then through a few yards, finally to the big kitchen, the big kitchen is responsible for the food of the old lady and the son of the Fan Mansion, outside the big kitchen is two little maids with their backs to Qiaoxin chatting outside the kitchen, knocking melon seeds, the rules of the Fan Mansion are there, but the lady is not strict, everyone only needs to do their part and the things explained by the master, and when they are free, they can rest for a while, and it doesn't hurt to chat.

Qiaoxin glanced at the two of them, but her face was a little bad, "Are you done with today's work?"

The two maids were startled, and when they looked back, it was the big maid in the lady's room, the two hurriedly lowered their heads, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her flatteringly, and Qiaoxin looked at the two of them this pretentiousness, and then their faces were better, so that the busy crowd in the kitchen had already heard the movement, and the mother-in-law and maid in the big kitchen saw that Qiaoxin came in, and when she saw her, she also hurriedly came forward to say hello, and Qiaoxin's face looked better again.

Qiaoxin's mother's surname is Yan, she is the son of Mrs. Fan's mother's family and was given the same surname as the head of the family, her father's surname is Ma, and she is the second housekeeper next to Master Fan of this Fan Mansion.

Some clever, seeing Qiaoxin coming in, hurriedly told Mama Ma that Mama Ma was in the kitchen carefully staring at the little maid's health soup for Mrs., so she turned around and saw that her second daughter was coming, and Qiaoxin approached her mother, and said with a smile: "Mother, Madame is looking for you~"

Mama Ma nodded, and then spoke: "You take a closer look at the snow swallow soup for Mrs., you can't be sloppy." ”

"Yes, Mama Ma~"

Mama Ma walked with her daughter, preparing to go to the lady's courtyard, as soon as the two left, the two reprimanded little maids outside the kitchen whispered again, and one of the little maids whispered: "Look, Madame won't say anything about us, and Mama Ma won't say anything about us, she's good, she hasn't been sent to the son's courtyard yet, can she really think she is an aunt?"

"I also heard that she looked for the maid in the outer courtyard, specifically staring at our son-in-law, if the son-in-law came out of the gate of our house, the maid would hurry up and tell her~"

"Really?

"Am I still saying that it's not true? I really think I'm the master, and I don't look at her own identity. ”

"Don't say it, she is also the big girl next to Madame, she has a higher status and is more favored than us~"

"Hmph, what can you do if you are favored? High status? Aren't you a slave who serves your master like us?"

"I heard that a few years ago, her sister who went to Zhuangzi was also going to be sent to the son's room, but he thought, the son didn't want it, so he lost his face, and he went to Zhuangzi and got married~"

Qiaoxin's sister, who was married in her early years, followed her husband to the Zhuangzi under the Fan Mansion to take care of the Zhuangzi.

"Tell me, this will, will Childe accept her into the room?"

The other maid shook her head, "I don't think so~"

"I won't see it~"

The two looked at each other and smiled, the son's infatuation and dedication to the Miao family lady, this is something that everyone knows.

"Hey, don't say it, I'm really envious of that Miss Miao~"

"I'm also envious~"

"What are you chewing on the root of your tongue?" said the housekeeper of the big kitchen, looking at the two of them, and her face sank.

"Things with no rules, don't get out and do your own work~"

The two of them were a little embarrassed on their faces, and hurriedly blessed their bodies and went into the kitchen to work~

"Something with shallow eyes~"

The housekeeper scolded again, even if the ingenuity is not sent to the son's courtyard, just because her mother is the lady's dowry maid and housekeeper, this will not be bad in Fan's house, what is the benefit of offending her?

The housekeeper lowered her head and thought about it again, people are more popular than people, and she also has a girl who serves in the lady's courtyard, but unfortunately she is only a third-class maid.

The housekeeper sighed, turned around and went back to the kitchen, to instruct the cook to make today's lunch~

In Mrs. Fan's courtyard, Mama Ma had already opened the door curtain and came in, followed by Qiaoxin, and the two mothers and sons blessed the body of Mrs. who was sitting on the soft cotton embroidery, Mrs. Fan saw it, waved her hand to let the two get up, and said: "You go down first, Mama Ma stays." ”

"Yes, ma'am. A few maids in the room and Qiaoxin retreated together.

Mrs. Fan spoke: "Have all the letters sent to various places been sent?"

A few days ago, Fan's house was dismissed, and Mrs. Fan was so angry that she almost fainted on the bed.

Later, the family had retired, so they could only start to clean up the mess, and first sent someone to inform those people in Dengzhou City who had a good relationship with the Fan Mansion and sent invitations. Then she hurriedly wrote letters and sent them to her mother's house in the capital, and then wrote some letters and sent them to the capital and other places.

Mama Ma blessed her body again and said, "Mrs. Hui, I sent it out the day before yesterday." ”

"Well, you tell me carefully, don't make a fuss. ”

"Yes, ma'am. ”

"Today, I heard that there was a girl in Luqiao Town, who said that she was entrusted by Mr. Zhou, but she didn't say that she was invited to participate in the clerical affairs, presumably Mr. Zhou came later. ”

Mrs. Fan continued: "When will those letters from our house be delivered to those places in Luqiao Town, don't really make trouble at that time." ”

"Mrs. Hui, the people sent by the old slave this time are fast, and they will definitely be able to arrive as soon as possible, even if they can't arrive, they will be intercepted and informed on the way. ”

Mrs. Fan nodded, how many days will it be there, she also knows in her heart, the invitation has already been sent out, and those who live far away and are invited to come over also have to hurry, and now they can only find a way to intercept them halfway or stop them in Dengzhou City to inform them about the matter euphemistically~

Don't really make a fuss when you arrive, this Fan family's face has been lost, and she doesn't want to lose face anymore.

In the courtyard of Childe, Ji Yan knocked on the door of the study with the silver hairpin in his hand, he stood outside the study and said softly: "Childe, Ji Yan has something to say~"

There was no sound in the study, and Ji Yan spoke again: "Childe, Ji Yan has something to say~" There was still no sound in the room.

Ji Yan stood outside the door, sighed, he thought about it and pushed open the door of the study, there was a lot of alcohol inside, the son was lying on the soft collapse and fell asleep, Ji Yan glanced at the son who was lying on the soft collapse, and called the maid to come in and serve helplessly.

In his memory, he is obviously a graceful young boy in the wind, but since when did his son-in-law become like this?

The man on the soft collapse, with a stubble face, full of alcohol, and messy hair, except for a trace of nobility in himself, how do you look like a drunkard~

The maids served Fan Gongzi lightly, wiped his face, wiped his hands, took off his boots, helped him lie down on the soft floor, covered the thin quilt, and pushed open the windows in the room to let in fresh air.

Ji Yan put the silver hairpin into his sleeve, looked at the son, and sighed three times in succession.

Is it worth it for a woman?

Ji Yan looked at the son-in-law on the soft collapse, and the teenage boy in his mind came to his heart, once upon a time, his son-in-law was also a high-spirited young man.

Night is quietly falling, but the lights in Dengzhou City are still bright, the summer evening breeze blows leisurely, and the flags at the entrance of the wine shop are dancing rhythmically.

In the Fan Mansion in Dengzhou City, a man woke up from drunkenness, his head ached, and the maid serving in the study saw the young master wake up, and hurriedly stepped forward to serve, helping Fan Gongzi to sit up, Fan Gongzi glanced at the maid, frowned, and said with some displeasure, "Who allowed you to come in?"

The maid was stunned for a moment, quickly knelt down, lowered her head and said, "It was Gongzi Ji who asked the slave maid to come in and serve Gongzi~"

When Fan Wenshu heard that it was Ji Yan, his brows furrowed again, and he didn't ask again, but only said, "Go and prepare hot water, my son wants to bathe~"

"Yes, Childe~" The maid hurriedly stood up, blessed her body again, and quickly turned around and left.

Since Childe was dismissed, her temper has become more and more bad, she sighed, felt a little aggrieved in her heart, and hurriedly went to call someone to prepare hot water and serve Childe to bathe~

Fan Gongzi's courtyard was a little depressed, except for Ji Yan, who was not afraid of Fan Gongzi's anger, the others were trembling.

Two days ago, the son also punished the big girl next to him, and I don't know what the big girl did wrong, so he was scolded by the son, and was driven out of the hospital and sent home.

The maid who went to call people to prepare hot water glanced at the night sky and sighed, fortunately she didn't have the heart to climb the bed, otherwise~

This may have been kicked out, she remembered Se Xuelai who was sent away, the son is quite good, and if he didn't sell it, it was because of the past feelings~

She glanced up at the night sky, sighed again, turned around and went to the small kitchen to call someone to prepare food for the young master, and then went to invite Ji Yan in person.

Fan Gongzi at this end had already bathed and freshened up, sitting in the dining room with food, Ji Yan had already heard the news, and hurriedly rushed over, Fan Gongzi ate a few more bites, didn't look at him, ate a few more bites, called someone to remove the food, rinsed his mouth, only glanced at Ji Yan, and said, "Sit down." ”

Ji Yan lowered his head and sat on the chair beside him.

"Do you know what you did today?" Fan Gongzi spoke.

He glanced at Ji Yan, in fact, sometimes he was quite envious of Ji Yan, he didn't have to be bound to the family lintel to do anything.

"Back to Childe, today Ji Yan shouldn't have pushed Childe's study open without authorization. ”

Fan Wenshu looked at him, looked at the young man who grew up with him, didn't speak, and shook his head again: "Forget it~"

Ji Yan lowered his head, a little embarrassed, Gongzi closed the study tightly and drank in the room, he shouldn't have pushed open the door of Gongzi's study without authorization, but he came to tell Gongzi about it, and secondly, he was worried about Gongzi~

He touched his head, a little embarrassed, a little worried and confused, thought about it, and said, "Is Childe still worried about not being able to see Miss Miao?" Or is it because of Miss Cui's divorce?"

Fan Wenshu looked at him, but did not reply.

"If you want to see Miss Miao, it would be good to wait for the old man's anger to disappear~"

Fan Wenshu still didn't speak.

Ji Yan touched his head again and said: "Childe is sad because the rumors with Miss Miao have reached Miss Cui's ears, and Miss Cui has withdrawn from her family? This rumor is also harmful~"

When Fan Wenshu heard him say this, he glanced at Ji Yan again, but a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He suddenly said, "Did you know that sometimes rumors are a good thing?"

"Rumors are a good thing?" Ji Yan thought about it, and was a little puzzled for a while.

Fan Wenshu looked at him, knowing that he sometimes reacted half a beat slowly, and didn't care if he understood it or not, and smiled again: "You will understand when you go back and think about it." ”

Sometimes rumors are indeed a good thing, for example, it can make Miss Cui take the initiative to withdraw from her family.

On the day his mother forced him to get engaged, he sent someone to check on Miss Cui's temperament, and also learned that she was the eldest daughter, and she was favored at home and had a strong temperament.

Sure enough, she was a strong woman, and she didn't disappoint him.

"Go back and think about it~" Ji Yan touched his head again, stood up and prepared to leave.

When he walked to the door, he always felt that he had forgotten something, and as soon as he stepped out of the door, he suddenly remembered it again, and he reached out again and patted his forehead, how could he almost forget it?

Then he turned around, entered the room again, and made a gesture, Ji Yan said: "Childe, Ji Yan has something to tell you~"

"What's the matter?" Fan Wenshu glanced at him.

"Today, there is a girl surnamed An, who said that she came from Luqiao Town, and she also said that she had something important to tell the young master in person, she would stay at the Fengmange Inn for two more days, and this silver hairpin, she asked me to hand it over to the young master~"

Ji Yan took the silver hairpin out of his sleeve and handed it to Fan Wenshu.

Fan Gongzi was taken aback, Miss An, An Yue, Luqiao Town, Silver Hairpin?

He looked at the silver hairpin handed over by Ji Yan, and quickly took it, a little surprised and a little surprised in his heart, he touched the familiar silver hairpin, there was attachment on his face, and he said, "What did she say?"

Ji Yan shook his head.

"You tell me about today's events again carefully~"

Ji Yan nodded, and just said a few words.

Fan Wenshu interrupted him, thinking of An Yue's figure in his mind, and he couldn't wait.

He said, "You go and prepare now, be sure to get it done, I'm going out!"

Ji Yan was stunned for a moment, the old man gave an order to ban the son's feet, but if he had to go out, it was not impossible~

"It's going to... Looking for Miss An?"

Fan Gongzi didn't reply to him, but only urged him to hurry up and prepare.

If you can't get out of the front yard gate, you can go through the back door, the back door can't work, the side door can't work, the side door can't go over.

Then Fan Gongzi called the maid to change into a long shirt for himself, stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked at it, and then called the maid to carefully clean his beard, and then washed his face.

Why did An Yue come to Dengzhou, and what happened?

But when I thought of seeing her, I was very happy and joyful, and in this joy and joy, it seemed that there was a little bit of apprehension and expectation~

He stared at himself in the bronze mirror, his mind full of how she came, how she came, what happened to her?

After a while, Ji Yan came back to tell that it had been arranged, and he saw that Gongzi had changed his robe again, and cleaned up his beard, and hurriedly went out to find Miss Na'an.

I suddenly felt a little curious, what is the important thing about this Miss An? What is the relationship between this girl and Childe? Can make Childe look like this and rush out overnight?

He touched his head, he hadn't seen his son rush out overnight after many years.

Night has already fallen, Dengzhou City is no longer brightly lit, there is a slight breeze on the road, a sedan chair was hurriedly carried to an inn, the man in the sedan chair got off the sedan chair, glanced at the inn, and walked in.

Xiao Er, who had been dozing off in the inn, heard the sound, and quickly woke up, he rubbed his eyes, and saw that there was a son in front of him, the son was wearing a white robe, and the sleeves were embroidered with gold threads, and the boy looked a little familiar~

Xiao Er immediately came to his senses, he remembered, this is the eldest son of Fan Changshi's family, Xiao Er stepped forward to greet him with a warm face, only to see Fan Gongzi glance at him, and said: "There is a girl surnamed An staying here in the inn~"

A girl with the surname Ann?

Xiao Er thought about it, by the way, it was the one who was dressed as a man when he lived in the hotel yesterday, but then he was a woman?

Xiao Er nodded.

Fan Gongzi hurriedly spoke again: "Which room does she live in, I have something to look for her." ”

Xiao Er thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "Just go to the left on the second floor and go to the last wing~"

Then Fan Gongzi nodded and hurried upstairs.

The little second looked at Fan Gongzi hurriedly going upstairs, a little curious.

He remembered that Miss An still needed a lot of wine today, and at first he was also curious, why does a girl's family want so much wine?

Now it seems that he wants to entertain this eldest son of the Fan family?

Isn't that right, is it only wine for entertainment?

And what is the relationship between this Fan Gongzi and Miss An?

He remembered this son-in-law.

He had a big trouble with a girl surnamed Miao, and recently heard that he was also divorced again because of his affair with the Miao girl.

Upstairs, Fan Wenshu walked to the last room on the left, he stretched out his hand and was about to knock on the door, but he waited again, he was a little nervous.

Then he thought about it again, but he reached out and knocked on the door.

"Who~"

"Squeak~" The door was opened, and then, a woman in a gray and white dress appeared, she looked a lot thinner, and looked at him with a pair of moist eyes.

Fan Wenshu's heart jumped suddenly, his left hand hanging down on his side, and clenched it into a fist with some nervousness, and then let it go, and then it was clenched into a fist, and then let go~

An Yue's gaze swept over Fan Wenshu, she was in a trance, she drank a lot of wine, "Is there a hallucination?"

She suddenly smiled, bright and moving, and the room was full of light.

He thought about it for a long time on the way here, and he hadn't seen him for two years, what did he say in the first sentence?

Say it's been a long time?

Say you're okay?

But Fan Gongzi opened his mouth, but the first sentence was: "Why do you open the door so casually?"

Then he said a second sentence, "And one person drank at the inn?"

"Yo, you can still talk~" She stretched out her hand and touched Fan Gongzi's cheek, and said with a confused and charming face: "You're here~"

Then she pulled Fan Gongzi's sleeve into the door, and closed the door with her hand.

The room was full of wine, and there was a jar of wine on the table.

"Why did you drink so much alcohol?"

An Yue didn't reply to him, just staggered, staring at him and staring at him again.

"Are you drunk?" Fan Wenshu said as he looked at her.

"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk~ I'm not drunk~~" An Yue staggered and spoke.

"It's been so hard these days, I miss you so much~"

"I miss you so much~"

"You're so gentle, so gentle~"

"Do you know why I like to eat sweet and sweet candied honey? I, I always feel that eating something sweet and sweet will make me feel better, and this day will not be so bitter~"

"But who would have thought, now the candied fruit is not sweet~"

"I just found out that you~ are my share of candied fruit and that sweet silk~ I really want to~ to be full, a few more spoonfuls ~ and a few more spoonfuls ~ and fill up ~ a little sweeter ~"

“......””

So cute, so coquettish, so pitiful.

His palms were a little hot, he stretched out his hand and touched the little head of the beauty in front of him, and said softly: "You are drunk~"

"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk~ I'm not drunk~ You haven't touched my head for a long time~"

He stared at her, took another sip of the wine in the room, and smiled handsomely.

He felt a little drunk.