Halfway through the hour, a carriage stopped in front of the door of Anjifang, and a young man dressed as a servant got out of the carriage, and he walked quickly into the lobby, and after a little inquiry to the sitting doctor, he came to the back of the screen of the medical hall.

After the young man saw Meng Ran, he hurriedly saluted and greeted, "But Meng Gongzi?"

Meng Ran bowed slightly, and asked, "Are you?"

The servant gave a deep salute and said respectfully: "The younger one is a subordinate of the Zhou Mansion, called the third son, who is here to give you the deed." ”

Meng Ran hummed softly.

The third son took out a piece of paper from his arms, offered it with both hands, and handed it to Meng Ran.

After Meng Ran took it, he opened the paper casually, only to see that the ink on it was very fresh, and the official seal of the red Yin Yin had not been completely dried up, and the deed had just been completed.

Meng Ran closed the paper, smiled at the little third son, and said, "Thank you for me, my master, I like this gift very much." ”

The third son smiled flatteringly, "It's good if the son likes it, in addition, my master also has a small gift, and he has already arrived in that courtyard, I hope you can accept it." ”

Meng Ran smiled, "This is natural, I will definitely accept Gongzi Zhou's gift." ”

The third son glanced at the sleeping Geng Nursing Courtyard behind Meng Ran, and said with a puzzled face: "Master Meng, the little one brought a carriage, I don't know when you will move to another courtyard?"

Meng Ran turned his head to look at the sleeping Geng Nursing Courtyard, and said slowly: "It is estimated that it will take half an hour, if you can't wait, let's go first, we will hire a carriage at that time." ”

The little third son hurriedly waved his hand, and said in a panic: "Childe said that he laughed, how dare the little one not send you over? I'll go and wait outside, if you are ready to leave, just call me." ”

Meng Ran bowed slightly, motioning for the third son to go out by himself.

After the third son went out, Li Haoran, who was lying not far away, sat up and looked at Meng Ran sleepily, looking very sleepy.

Meng Ran took a few steps forward, sat on the edge of the bed, and said softly: "Senior, if you are sleepy, just sleep for a while, and when Uncle Geng wakes up, we will go to that courtyard." ”

Li Haoran scratched his scalp that didn't sting, and sighed: "You kid can, you have the potential to be a corrupt official, do you really want to be an official?"

Meng Ran muttered, "What's so good about being an official?"

Li Haoran seemed to hate that iron could not become steel, and scolded in a low voice: "What's wrong? This house will be in your hands in a matter of time, plus what the little third son said, I'm afraid there is still a lot of silver waiting for you there, maybe there are one or two beautiful concubines waiting for you." ”

Meng Ran glared at Li Haoran and said, "I'm a lot older, and I'm not ashamed." ”

Li Haoran was stunned for a moment, and quipped: "Won't your kid still be a boy?

Meng Ran said angrily: "Shut up, if you want a woman, I'll let that little third son arrange it for you." ”

Li Haoran smiled and said, "At my age, I don't have that need anymore." It's you, you can open a meat tonight and go to the identity of a boy chicken. ”

Meng Ran got up angrily after saying "no" and went to the lobby of the medical hall, as if he had made up his mind to ignore Li Haoran.

Li Haoran stretched, lay down on the bed again, and looked at the roof fixedly, his eyes full of tenderness.

I don't know how long it took, Geng Huyuan woke up from his sleep and called softly, and Li Haoran, who was lying there, shouted "Meng boy", and Meng Ran hurriedly ran in.

After Meng Ran came in, he first glanced at Li Haoran, and then walked to the bed in Geng's nursing home and greeted softly: "Uncle Geng, are you better?"

Geng Huyuan coughed, and said hoarsely: "It's better, but I'm a little tired." ”

Meng Ran looked concerned and asked, "Do you want to drink water?"

Geng Huyuan nodded slightly.

After Meng Ran fed Geng Nursing Home some water, he said, "Uncle Geng, it's not a problem for you to lie down in the hospital, let's change places to recuperate." ”

Geng Huyuan did not object, and replied softly: "Young master, look at the arrangement, I don't have any opinion." ”

"Good. ”

Meng Ran responded, went out and called the third son of the Zhou Mansion, and asked him to carry the luggage to the carriage, while he carried Geng Huyuan on his back and moved to the carriage in small steps.

Li Haoran, who was following behind, couldn't help but look sideways slightly, there were some unknown things in his eyes, and his eyes looking at Meng Ran were much softer than before.

The carriage traveled through the alley for about two teas, and then stopped in a quiet alley.

After Meng Ran got out of the car, he saw that although the mansion in front of him was not a wealthy compound, it was surrounded by red walls and green willows outside the courtyard, which was a rare and elegant courtyard.

He looked up at the plaque above the gate, which had been renamed with two big characters 'Mengfu', but the smell of fresh paint had not yet dissipated.

Xiao Sanzi went to call the door first, and after knocking four or five times, an elderly man slowly opened the door, and after he saw Xiao Sanzi, he first greeted a few words, and then walked to the carriage, gave a salute to Meng Ran, and said in his mouth: "Old Han has seen the young master." ”

Meng Ran waved his hand and ordered: "Uncle Geng is unwell, settle him down first, and then you can explain the affairs of the house." ”

Old Han nodded yes.

After the subordinates settled the Geng Nursing Courtyard, the third son and the coachman also left, and Meng Ran began to inspect the entire mansion under the leadership of Lao Han.

Meng Ran walked in front and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation in the house?"

Lao Han did not hesitate, and immediately explained the situation in detail. This house originally lived in an outer room raised by Zhou Xiaowu, which was moved out in the middle of the night yesterday, and then it took half a day to clean all the houses.

This is a four-entry house, facing the door of the house is a shadow wall, which is decorated with some simple patterns, and the central square brick is inlaid with a brick plaque with the word blessed.

Behind the shadow wall is the first courtyard, there is a bluestone path pointing directly to the living room, there is an old locust tree on the east side, there is a stone table under the tree, and there are four stone benches, and on the west side is a piece of flowers and plants, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

In addition to the living room house facing the shadow wall, there are also wings on the east and west sides, and the east ear room currently lives in the old Han and his wife.

The living room is a more traditional furnishings, in a decent manner, based on the central axis of the main hall, and placed in a symmetrical way in a complete set, and the furniture, couplets, plaques, hanging screens, and calligraphy and painting screens are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the central axis.

Meng Ran glanced at it a few times, it was nothing more than the portrait of Wensheng, the offering table, the table of the eight immortals, the coffee table, the Bogu shelf, the floor-to-ceiling screen, the interstitial screen, the mirror screen, the chair and other things, so he didn't look at them one by one, and went around the portrait path to the second courtyard.

The second courtyard is boxy, the courtyard is quite spacious, there are two fish tanks, the goldfish in it are swaying, and the lighting and ventilation are very good.

Geng Huyuan lived in the east wing of the second courtyard, Li Haoran lived in the west wing, and as for the main house, it was naturally left to Meng Ran to live.

The third courtyard is the kitchen, the firewood room and the place where the cook and his wife live.

After passing through the back door on the side of the firewood house, you will arrive at the fourth courtyard, where there are only the walls on the east and west sides, and the south side is close to the lake, so there is no wall to build on. On the east side of the courtyard is a simple viewing pavilion with tables and stools in the pavilion, and on the right side there are several pots of chrysanthemums in full bloom.

Meng Ran stood on the edge of the lake and looked out, the scenery of the entire South Lake was in full view, the sparkling lake, the cruise ships in twos and threes, and the pavilions in the lake shrouded by tall trees......

After looking at it for a while, Meng Ran turned to look at Lao Han and asked, "How many people are there in the mansion now?"

Lao Han thought for a moment and said: "In addition to your personal maid, there are also two other maids, and the kitchen is in charge of Chef Ning and her husband, and the rest is me and my wife, a total of seven people." ”

Meng Ran asked again, "What month has your monthly money been sent?"

Lao Han said with a grateful face: "Thank you young master for your concern, that Zhou Gongzi has already paid the monthly money for a full year." ”

"Oh?" Meng Ran was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Are you all all subordinates of the Zhou Mansion?"

Lao Han shook his head and said, "That's not it, we were arranged here this morning, and we weren't on an errand in the Zhou Mansion before." ”

Meng Ran bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "This Zhou Gongzi is very good at doing things. ”

Old Han laughed twice.

Meng Ran suddenly remembered something and asked, "Who is responsible for the silver for daily expenses?"

Lao Han replied: "This has not been arranged yet, it all depends on your meaning, young master." ”

Meng Ran sighed and ordered: "Go and call everyone, I want to recognize people." ”

Old Han said yes and ran back to the front yard.

Meng Ran sat in the pavilion for a while, and a shadowy figure appeared in front of him.

The first to come to the backyard was a maid in a green shirt, her skin was slightly plump, her figure was medium, she looked like she was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and she had a round face, which was very amiable.

After she saw Meng Ran, she first made a blessing salute, and then greeted: "The slave has seen the young master on the green screen." ”

Meng Ran looked the green screen up and down and asked, "Are you my personal maid?"

Green Screen nodded in response: "It's the slave." ”

"Have you ever read a book?"

"I've read a few books. ”

"Where?"

"A native of Yanguan County. ”

Meng Ran sighed and asked, "Then you have seen many tides, right?"

Green Screen replied: "That's not true, the slave was sold to Jiaxing when she was very young." ”

Meng Ran sighed, and continued to look at the autumn water.

Green Screen didn't know the new master's heart, so he didn't dare to talk much, just stood there pretty.

At this moment, the other subordinates in the house also came, Lao Han and his wife, Ning Chuniang and his wife, as well as the maids Chunhua and Qiuyue.

Meng Ran stood up, coughed lightly and said: "Since you have arrived in my mansion, everything must be done according to the rules, do your own thing, don't cheat and play tricks, and put everything you shouldn't ask and shouldn't say in your stomach." If there's anything you need, just tell me directly. ”

The seven saluted one after another, and they should claim to be.

Meng Ran waved his hand and motioned for everyone to stand back, and the seven of them gave another salute, and they came out as they came.