Chapter 100 The ninety-eighth return to the courtyard, Yu Zhenwu, the master fell into the family, and the servant girl Gao Pan

When Xiao Lian arrived at the gate, she didn't notice any difference in the situation. When she walked to the second gate under the building, she saw that there was no one in the rooms on both sides as before.The hall under the building has closed the door and locked the windows upside down.Looking from the outside to the inside, the inside is gloomy and gloomy, and nothing can be distinguished.A few large willow trees outside the building are green and drooping from top to bottom, but the stone slabs that pave the floor are already covered with deep moss.More than half of the two grape vines outside the tree dragged very long vines to the ground, and there were many white spots of bird droppings under the shelves.There are two small cross-yards outside the frame, and the weeds grow very deep.Xiao Lian asked Qiuxiang, "The florist just doesn't care about anything. You see, he doesn't clean up anything." Qiuxiang said, "Oh! The florist quit long ago. The big place in front of the yard is only Brother Jinrong. Alone, how can he manage it?" Xiao Lian groaned, her eyebrows frowned, and when she walked to the second courtyard, the main door was closed, but people were allowed to enter and exit through the small side door next to it.At this moment, Mama Jiang came out from the inside, and she smiled from afar, "Little..." Just as she said this small word, she suddenly realized, now that she is an upright young mistress, how can she still call her a girl? name?With a clever mind, she smiled and said: "Miss, my miss, you miss me so much." Xiao Lian nodded with a smile and said, "You are fine, you are still like this." Jiang Ma said with a smile: "Yo! We It’s not like this, what’s so good about it?” Saying that, he went up to her, wanting to shake her hand.He suddenly looked down and saw that there was a diamond ring on his finger, so he retracted his hand.Although Xiao Lian saw that she was a little embarrassed, she had no choice but to pretend that she didn't know.

Everyone entered the courtyard together, and Xiao Lian said: "I'll go see my wife first." So she came to Mrs. Jin's room, and looked at the yard. There were two Xifu Begonias, but the leaves were all around. , there are many withered yellow ones.The corridor leading from here to Jin Quan's office was piled up with many flowerpots.Looking from a distance, there are two clumps of small bamboos, which were Jin Quan's favorite to enjoy in the past, but now there are many grasses growing under them.The yard was quiet and there was no one in sight.In the upper room where Mrs. Jin lived, the curtains on several doors were lowered, making it much calmer.But at this time, Xiao Lian was full of energy, paying attention to the old master in the house, and her heart thumped for a while.I don't know the reason for the footsteps, and I feel a little unsteady.Xiaolan took a step forward and opened the door curtain to let her in.She said with a smile that she didn't dare to take it, and that voice was also very subtle.She stepped into the door and saw Mrs. Jin sitting upright in the room. She immediately felt hot all over and blushed. From a distance, she just bowed down and called out to Mrs. Jin in a very low voice.For Xiao Lian, Mrs. Jin is the master who has a different relationship. Although she escaped last time, although it was generally wrong, it has no great interests for Mrs. Jin.Now that she has come home in a luxurious way, speaking to her privately, it is also gratifying for her.What's more, she is very humble, and she still uses the title of master and servant.Because of this, he immediately stood up, nodded and smiled: "Okay! Very good." Then, he used a cliché for asking pedestrians: "When did you come back?" Xiao Lian said: "I've been back for a week, and I should have done it long ago." Come back and say hello." When he said, he stood on one side with his body tilted.Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "Don't call me that, you are always a young mistress now, and the Liu family is also a respectable family, what happened in the past, why mention him? No matter the origin of a hero, as long as he does not forget his roots, everyone is willing You are respectful. It's good that you are like this. You don't look like a villain who becomes crazy when he succeeds. From now on, just leave as a relative. You are homeless, and our family doesn't want to have one more relative. You You are always a guest, just sit down." Mrs. Jin sat down first, and Xiao Lian saw a chair beside her, so she took a step back and sat down.Turning around, I saw Qiuxiang and Xiaolan all standing aside, with a little hesitation on their faces, and stood up again.Mrs. Jin laughed and said: "When you talk about etiquette, it's too polite. Why be polite with them?" She said to Xiaolan: "Why is this like watching a western scene? When guests come, you should also pour a cup of tea. Right?" Xiao Lian said with a smile: "No need. I'll go see the young ladies and mistresses first, and then sit with my wife." Mrs. Jin said: "That's fine, you go. I'm very happy that you are back, I have There are a lot of things I want to talk to you about." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but sighed.Xiao Lian took a step back and walked out of the house.

Qiuxiang took the first step and was busy reporting to Peifang.When Xiao Lian walked into Peifang's courtyard, it was the place where she used to live.The first thing is that the short cypress fence that I often like to wander around has turned yellow, and there is a parrot stand in the corridor, which is still there, but the parrot I met in the past has disappeared.But it was too late to look for the old trace, when she saw Peifang's shadow in the glass window, she called out, "Young Mistress." As she said that, Qiuxiang lifted the curtain from the room and led her in.Xiao Lian came in and saw Peifang holding a child in her arms and coming out of the room with a smile, she felt her face flushed.Pei Fang smiled and nodded, "It's unexpected that you will come back. Why didn't you come in with your Young Master Liu?" Xiao Lian said: "He has come early, in the living room in front. After a while, he is naturally I want to come in." Stretching out his hand, he took the child and hugged it, kissed the little face, and said with a smile: "I was in Japan, and I heard that a young master Sun was added, and I was very happy. Like this, how Just like his father!" As he said that, he took out a small golden lock from his body, pulled up the silk sash, and hung it around the child's neck.Peifang smiled and said: "Like this, you seem to have already prepared it. You are still so narrow-minded." Xiao Lian smiled and said: "It's not that I have any narrow-mindedness, but our mother paid for it. The Second Young Mistress also has a child, and I will take it with me." Peifang said, and led her to sit in her own room, took the child, hugged him and shook her body forward, and said with a smile: "Thank you, aunt " Xiao Lian didn't say anything about this title, just smiled.At this time, Jin Rong walked in with two thin vines in his left and right hands.Outside the vines, I saw a paper bag on the left and the right inside, red, green and green.Pei Fang smiled and said, "You brought us something from overseas?" Xiao Lian said with a smile, "Although there are many foreign goods in these things, they are not Japanese. When I was in Japan, I wanted to bring some It was produced in Japan. Chun Jiang said, "Our country is boycotting Japanese products. Why do we still bring Japanese products to give away? Do we intend to promote Japanese products? I am embarrassed to hear what he said. What more. When he arrived in Shanghai, he remembered it and bought a lot of things to bring." She was talking here, and Jin Rong had already put down the vines and was about to go out.Xiao Lian waved her hand and said with a smile: "Don't go, I'll give you something too." So she picked a paper bag from the wisteria, handed it to him and said: "This is a robe material, Master Liu told me to give you something." For you." Jin Rong watched her grow up, and she also called Jin Rong brother back then, but today she came back to the master's house as a young mistress, and he was not humble to her because he didn't understand the rules.Be humble to her and refuse to accept this tone, so when I saw Xiao Lian, I just smiled and said that you are back.And I was afraid that she would reward money according to the rules, so I was really embarrassed to accept her.Now she only talks about giving gifts, and even brought out Young Master Liu, neither humble nor overbearing, and handled it very well.It was inconvenient for me to be ambiguous any more, so while I was carrying the paper bag, I made a few bows to Xiao Lian, and said with a smile, "Please thank Young Master Liu for me." After finishing speaking, he left.Peifang smiled and said: "You are more and more thoughtful, you don't even offend the servants." Xiao Lian smiled and said: "It's not that I am thoughtful, I heard that all the people in the house have left, only him and Li Sheng , still working here, this kind of person finally has a conscience, so I value him very much." Peifang sighed and said: "Don't mention it, since you left, our family has been worse every day. Once the Prime Minister died, The main hall has collapsed, people in the family are in panic, accidents happen one after another, even your eldest brother and I don’t know what will happen?" Xiao Lian couldn’t help but feel moved when he heard Pei Fang call him this Became an older brother.From this point of view, the issue of status discussed by rich and noble families can also be accommodated, as long as they are regarded as slaves, they should work hard on their own.However, Peifang would always talk about the unknown outcome in the future, so the future of the Jin family can be imagined.Then he smiled and said: "You are too worried. Although the prime minister passed away, he left behind a lot of property. Besides, the uncle's own job is not bad, and it is unknown to climb to the position of prime minister in the future. Peifang sighed and said, "It's all for others to say, don't you know what he is like? Which of his previous errands did not come from his father's face? Now there are two problems. As for If you want to live a good life with the family property left behind, it might be a lifetime. If you want to be like your elder brother, you can spend 10,000 yuan a month. How long will it be? If you get it, save it for him and talk about it later." Before Xiao Lian could answer, someone outside the window said, "It's been a long drought and rain, and once you meet, you can't tell each other apart. Why? Keep the guest and don't let her meet with us?" Xiao Lian raised her head through the window and called out: "Second Young Madam, how are you?" Hui Chang smiled and walked in, lifting the curtain. He took a step forward, held Xiao Lian's hand, and said with a smile: "Great, you are very proud now." Xiao Lian smiled and said: "What am I proud of? Even if I am proud, it depends on the master's blessing." Huichang said: "Ah! Don't say that again. I have always advocated equality. Now that you are married, you will not be involved in the Jin family, let alone master and servant." Xiao Lian laughed. "One must never forget one's roots. Although everyone here treats me well, how can I be so conceited? What about the little baby you added?" Peifang smiled and said, "You are still the same as before. You are eager to send out the meeting gift, aren't you? Then, you should go to her first, meet the child, and solve this problem." Hui Chang held Xiao Lian's hand hand, let her follow all the way to his room.Xiao Lian walked through the corridor and went outside the door of Huichang's building, and saw a lot of morning glory and wild beans growing in the rose field at the door, and the stems of the flowers were randomly rolled up in a large pile.There is a pile of rocks outside the flowers, but the creeper vines grow more luxuriantly, and the rocks become a green pile.However, dragging one to the east and one to the west, it hangs upside down and curls up the messy grass on the ground, and it feels like a piece of felt up and down.Huichang didn't like to clean up household chores before, and everything was left to the subordinates to manage. Now the grass grows so deep in the yard, except for the sidewalk made of cobblestones, all grass is paved. up.Seeing Xiao Lian looking around, Huichang smiled and said, "Do you think my yard is too barren?" Then, he sighed and said, "There are too many things to do but haven't done yet. How can we get the grass in the yard? We are used to seeing it day by day, but it’s nothing more than that. Probably newcomers will feel that the past and the present are quite different.” Xiao Lian walked through several courtyards, and what he saw was different. The situation in the yard was all in such a state of decline, and he had seen seven or eight out of ten of the Jin family's downturn, so he couldn't help but secretly sighed for everyone.Walking into Huichang's room, there was a gratifying thing. The first thing that caught my eye was a fat, white child sleeping in the shaker.It was a hot summer day, and the child was only wearing a dou tu with cross-leg shorts. Most of his body was exposed, which was very fun.Xiao Lian leaned over, picked up her little hand like a dough ball, sniffed it on her nose, stood up and smiled at Huichang, "This kid is so cute!" Huichang smiled and said, "It's easy. Of course, in the second half of this year, you will have it." Xiao Lian blushed and said, "I don't want it." Huichang smiled and said, "What you said is really a big contradiction. Just now you said that children are fun, and this will Why did you say you don't want to come again?" While she was talking, Xiao Lian took out a small gold lock from the small leather bag she was holding, and gently hung it on for the child.Taking advantage of Huichang's humility, he uncovered this problem.At this time, Xiaolan ran in from the outside, and said with a smile, "Miss Liu, Madam invites you." Xiao Lian said, "Oh! Sister, what are you talking about? Can we still be so polite?" Huichang said "Naturally, it should be called like this. Could it be that she still calls you by your nickname?" Xiao Lian said, "What's the point of calling you by your nickname? At most, you can call me sister..." Before the next sentence was finished, Qiuxiang also came in. , smiled and said: "Sister, our young mistress invites you to go." Huichang smiled and gave Xiao Lian a wink, pointed to Qiu Xiang and said: "This child is not as smart as you, and she may be just like you in the future." Lian only said the word yo, Qiuxiang turned around and said, "I don't have that blessing!" Huichang laughed and said, "Why don't you have that blessing, you just ask your sister to find Master Liu to introduce one, isn't that all right? "Qiuxiang lifted the curtain, stood under the eaves of the porch, and said to the house: "Sister, are you going? Our young mistress is waiting." Huichang laughed and said, "You have become a sweet potato if you don't come back for a year. Just go." Xiao Lian smiled and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously, everyone just thinks of me." Huichang laughed and said, "Why isn't it a sweet pastry? If it wasn't a sweet pastry, people wouldn't have thought about it. There is a way..." She came to her senses when she said this, and this sentence really cannot be explained in a single word.Xiao Lian pretended to be confused, hurried out of the room, and went to Yufen's room.She was afraid that she would offend people if she went there, so she simply walked around and went to sit in Mrs. Jin's room.It's just that there was a seventh young lady who didn't know her before, and she lived in a closed building. She didn't see her acquaintances, and even strangers couldn't see her, so she never went.But in front of Mrs. Jin, I always have to express myself in order to be considerate.Yin said: "This seventh young lady, I heard that she is very beautiful and very knowledgeable, and I can't see her." Mrs. Jin sighed and said, "This matter can't be discussed. Now our family, Everything has happened. Is your Seventh Master still the same as before? Alas! There are two of us. As for this young mistress, she was also hurt by a few words, and she was arrogant and arrogant, which made this stiff situation Everyone in your relatives and friends knows about this matter, and you probably understand it." Xiao Lian said: "I didn't know, but I just heard something from the third young lady." Mrs. Jin said: "We can't say that he is not good. , after you came home, everyone probably saw her, but you didn’t see Yanxi, right?” Xiao Lian didn’t answer, but Yanxi replied outside the door: “Why didn’t you see her? Probably the first time the whole family met her. Should it be me?" With that said, he lifted the curtain and came in.Mrs. Jin saw that he was wearing a blue Zhiluo gown after rain, but there was a circle of black gauze on the sleeve.Underneath are again white silk socks, soft-soled patent leather shoes, and the hair on them is combed smoothly.Mrs. Jin was already smiling a little at Xiao Lian, but when Yanxi walked in, her face immediately sank, and she said to him: "This is really a rare thing, why do I have time to come home today?" What? In fact, there is nothing wrong with you at home. The sky is falling and the roof is still on it. You can play outside for a long time before you come back!" Yanxi's face became dull, and then she laughed: "Your old man When they see me, they say that I am not at home. In fact, I seldom go out. I can’t always be busy with one thing, and I should finish it.” Mrs. Jin said with a sneer: “You Do you know when it's over? Hmph!" Although Yanxi was being taught by her mother, she didn't dare to make a sound.Xiao Lian saw it from the side, but felt a little strange in her heart, why the wife is so fierce to Master Qi now, is it possible that the mother would be a little disapproving once the son begged for a daughter-in-law?When I looked at Mrs. Jin's face again, it was still tense.Yanxi turned sideways, sat on a soft chair, and asked Xiao Lian with a smile: "When I saw Japanese people in China, when I got angry, there was fire on the tip of my hair. You are in Japan, and you spend all day with each other. How do you feel about yourself?" Xiao Lian said, "I don't go out very often. I don't know the general situation in society. According to what I know, the Japanese welcome the Chinese to be with them. We spend money there. We are willing to spend money when things happen, and he compliments us very much. However, those ignorant people sometimes get rude and say directly to the face that the Chinese will be subjugated slaves, as if to say that China will belong to Japan sooner or later. I heard people say that people who study in Japan often encounter this kind of stimulation, and they have no way to refute it, and they dare not do anything to them, so they swallow their anger and just pass it on vaguely." Mrs. Jin sat aside, listening What they said were all serious words, and it was not convenient to interfere with them, so let them talk down.Yanxi talked for a while, peeping to see that her mother was not angry anymore, she said to Xiao Lian: "Chun Jiang is in front, I haven't talked to him yet, see you later." After speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Jin to speak, Quickly got out of the curtain.Xiao Lian smiled and said: "Don't rush away, I still have to ask you to lead me to meet the young mistress. I have a little gift, and I have to give it to the children face to face."

Standing under the porch, Yanxi only let out an oh, and walked away.When he came back, he originally reported the news of the Bai family to Pengzhen, but when Xiao Lian and his wife came, they interrupted the matter and pulled it apart.At this time, when he walked to the front, Peng Zhen was waiting in his small study.He hadn't entered this study for three days, walked past the door of this study, Yanxi didn't intend to go in, but Peng Zhen yelled out from inside.Yanxi said: "I'm going to the front to find you. What I said has been done. Don't worry." After speaking, he still walked out.Pengzhen said: "Where are you going?" Yanxi smiled and said: "I came back some time, there are still a few things that I haven't explained!" Pengzhen said: "What are you not explaining? I know everything about you You have to tell me clearly about the matter I entrusted to you, otherwise, you said that the matter has been settled, and I know how far you have done it?" Yanxi had to stop when he asked her, and put a pair of He stepped on the railing of the corridor, put his hands on his thighs, supported his head, and said with a smile, "I'm going to Bai's house..." Peng Zhenyuan shook his hand and said, "What's the matter with you?" I'm so busy, I don't even have time to talk in the room? This matter is not so unremarkable, just stand and talk about it casually." Yanxi laughed: "Actually, there is nothing to say, So I won't go in and talk about it. I don't know that you also read the mother's sutra like this, so I must explain it clearly! Then, I will accompany you in and talk about it." Peng Zhen was afraid that he would slip away and waited. After Yanxi entered the room, she followed in from behind.Yanxi lay down on the sofa chair.He laughed and said, "You really don't let me go. If I don't come in, you still refuse to come in." Peng Zhen said: "Who told you to make such a fuss? Probably except yourself, now There is no one who can trust you." Yanxi sighed and said: "Everyone has their own difficulties, how can others know? Whoever gets along with me will be like me." Peng Zhen Lianlian shook his hands and said: "Don't talk, don't talk! I don't care about your account. What I want to ask you now is what you and I planned. How did you tell Qianqian? How did Qiantu agree? Yanxi laughed and said, "I haven't been in the officialdom for long, but the habits of the officialdom are so deep. There is a future on the left, and a future on the right. How nasty to say!" Seeing his brother laughing at him, Peng Zhen was a little unhappy, Turning around and thinking about it, now I have to take care of my brother, so there is no need to argue with him.Then he laughed and said: "This is also a very common noun, what's so disgusting? Are you not allowed to say the word "future"? But I don't want to argue, you just tell me what you want to say." Yanxi Said: "I don't think there is anything to say. I told Xiuzhu about what you entrusted to me. Xiuzhu thinks it is not a problem. When her brother comes home, let her brother write a letter. The best result is nothing but So, how do you want me to explain it in detail?" Peng Zhen felt happy when he heard it, and he burst out laughing.He just said: "Is it that simple?" Yanxi said: "It's not that simple. According to you, you have to tell how to enter the gate, how to enter the living room, and how to sit and talk, all together? Anyway, you entrusted me." It's fine if I do it for you, what else do you have to say?" Yanxi couldn't sit still anymore, got up and ran outside.Peng Zhen chased after the door, only shook his head, and without his help, he remained silent.

Yanxi went out, took the car, and came to Bai Lianhua's house.Bai Lianhua smiled: "Yuhua, look, Master Qi is here, isn't he? What I said is correct, right?" Yanxi smiled and said, "I haven't finished what I promised to do, so how can I not come?" What about it?" As he spoke, he opened the curtain and walked into the white lotus room.Bai Yuhua held a novel in her hand and read it sideways. When Yanxi came in, she only squinted at Yanxi and didn't move her body.Yanxi tilted her body and squeezed down on the chair she was sitting on.Putting one hand on her shoulder, she said with a smile, "What book are you reading? I..." Bai Yuhua didn't wait for him to finish, she pushed his hand, stood up, turned her head, and said, "Can you be gentle? Why do you always look like this? I can’t say anything about you if you move your hands.” Yanxi hit a nail and was silent for a while, without standing up, she lay on the armchair obliquely, just Douwen.Bai Yuhua squinted her eyes to look at him again, seeing that he was a little embarrassed, she was not so arrogant, she still read with the book in her hand, took a step back, and sat on the chair.Yanxi ignored her, still shaking Wen with her left leg resting on her right.Seeing that he was still ignoring him, Bai Yuhua turned around, stretched the book in front of him, and said with a smile, "Look, it's just a martial arts novel." The laughter of women has great power. After she said this with a smile, Yanxi entered her circle of love again.