Until he sat in his spacious and comfortable carriage and approached the gate of Qingchuan City, Zhou Yanqing still could not sort out his chaotic thoughts.
Why did it suddenly get hot?
His throat was so tight that he found it difficult to swallow.
Not so?
Then he thought of the purpose of his trip to Xiahe Village, and felt a little annoyed.
You haven't said anything or done anything, and you're back here now? You look a little dejected.
Zhou Yanqing slapped her bent thigh hard.
Shitou and the driver sitting on the shaft of the carriage outside heard a snapping sound and shrank their necks in fright.
Qiao Mingjin was a little confused when she saw Zhou Yanqing hurriedly jumping onto the carriage and telling Shitou and the driver to hurry up.
Did she say the wrong thing?
No one chases him out?
Not so?
He shook his head, expressed his confusion, and went into the house.
I entered the room and looked at my daughter. The little thing was still nestled in the quilt, sleeping soundly.
Qiao Mingjin smiled, she slept very deeply this afternoon.
I must have not been so happy and excited for a long time.
Qingchuan City.
Zhou Mansion.
Zhou Yanqing walked past the two young men at the gate who were bending down and greeting him coquettishly with an expressionless face. His two long legs crossed the high threshold of Zhou's house.
The two boys looked at the stone and trotted after it, stunned.
Is Mr. Liu suffering from anger outside?
It's really not easy.
There are hundreds of people in this family, both inside and outside. All their livelihoods depend on Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu worked too hard.
The two gatekeepers stared at Zhou Yanqing's back. They didn't dare to raise their sleeves and wipe their faces until they turned around the screen wall and disappeared.
It's not easy for their sixth master.
The back looks really exhausted...
Saturday raised his hand backwards to signal, and the stone that was running closely behind him came to a screeching halt, stopping in front of the door.
He also blocked the girls who were coming one after another from the door.
Saturday kicked the door open, lifted up the layers of curtains along the way, and then let them fall and close. After entering the inner room, he lay down directly on his large and comfortable canopy bed, which was covered with layers of warm and soft quilts. .
He spread out his big words and stared at the curtain above his head in a daze.
After a long while, he roared a few times in annoyance, pulled a brocade quilt embroidered with gold threads and rich peonies to cover himself, and then kicked the bed board with his legs to make a dull sound.
On one side of the stone outside, the beautiful maid was trying to show her attentiveness, while on the other side, her ears were perked up to listen to what was going on inside.
It's so hard.
Naturally, he heard when his sixth master went crazy.
I have some understanding, but I don’t seem to understand why.
A look of confusion.
When they saw Zhou Yanqing entering the courtyard, the maid who rushed forward to serve him stared back and forth at the door and the stone door, wanting to find out.
But to no avail.
There was a beautiful maid who was unwilling to give in.
Carrying a basin of wash water, he approached the door of the room and almost pressed against the door panel. He held his voice and called softly into the room: "Sixth Master, my slave has brought you some water... Can you please clean your face?" My slave, come in now..."
There was no answer inside, and the beautiful maid was secretly delighted. Just as the three-inch golden lotus was about to enter, she heard something slamming on the door.
It startled her.
The copper basin in my hand almost fell to the ground, and my heart was so frightened that I almost jumped out of my chest.
Shitou glanced at her sideways and snorted.
The beautiful maid looked at the maids around her and followed the same example. They sneered at her, felt ashamed and angry, stamped her feet, and turned around bitterly.
The maids at the door quietly moved out.
After a while, I heard someone shouting: "Get in!"
There was a commotion among the girls waiting at the door.
Shitou opened his hands to stop him. He quickly pushed the door open a crack and squeezed in.
The girls watched the door slam shut again, biting their lower lips and having no idea what to do. They didn't dare to enter, let alone leave.
Who knows if their father will call them next.
In the inner room, Zhou Yanqing was already sitting in front of the round table, his clothes were neatly dressed, and he looked the same.
He also picked up the teapot on the table, grabbed an inverted cup, and poured himself a cup of warm tea.
Shitou didn't dare to say anything. He stood aside with his hands down and his eyebrows lowered.
Zhou Yanqing glanced at him.
He took another sip of tea and said: "Tell the servants to prepare hot water. I want to wash myself up. For dinner... I won't go to the main courtyard to eat. You can go and tell the old lady in person."
Seeing Shitou responded one by one, he cleared his throat twice and said: "In the evening... um, I will pick up Liniang in the evening."
Shitou thought he heard wrongly.
"Who did I say? Who should I pick up?"
Zhou Yanqing grabbed a cup from the tea tray and threw it at him.
"Slave dog, you are deaf or mute! I have to tell you twice to understand!"
Shi Shi was quite clever. When Zhou Yanqing threw the cup at him, he jumped up and fled to the door of the room.
Not hit.
When I secretly saw a suspicious blush on his grandfather's ears, whether it was from embarrassment or annoyance, it became clear that his grandfather was not joking.
Until Shitou responded repeatedly and walked out of the room backwards, he didn't even think about it.
Why would his father want to bring Aunt Li over?
Although Aunt Li has been with her father for several years, she has only been taken to Tingfeng Yuan by him a few times. She can count them all on one hand.
He once thought that Aunt Li didn't like his father.
But his father-in-law didn't pick up the other two concubines to wait on him.
Those two are still the favored girls around the Sixth Madam. In the past few years, I have not married again because of the Sixth Madam. It is said that even if I miss the Sixth Madam, I will occasionally take the two wives to serve me once or twice.
no?
Does he have any other hobbies? Or some hidden disease?
He wasn't the only one who thought about it secretly.
The girls in Tingfeng Yuan also talked about it. Even the old lady asked the doctor to see me several times, and Aunt Li also secretly cooked some big tonic soup for me several times.
However, in the end, it was all for nothing.
And since he opened his eyes, he has been almost inseparable from me. He has never seen me go to any brothel or brothel.
Occasionally, I will call Aunt Li and my two wives once or twice, but I can count them all on my fingers throughout the year.
Why did Master suddenly think of asking him to pick up Aunt Li tonight?
Shitou couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head and decided not to bother anymore. So he ran all the way to the main courtyard and the side courtyard to inform him.
The old lady in the main courtyard heard that Yao'er would not come to have dinner with her tonight, but she didn't care.
Her son often had social activities outside. Even when she returned home, she wanted to let her son relax alone, but she did not force her son to accompany her as an old woman every day.
However, seeing Shi Shitou looking like he was in a hurry to leave, he asked a few more questions.
Shitou felt that there was nothing he could not say, so he told the old lady that he had to rush to the side courtyard to inform Aunt Li, and that he would pick her up from Tingfeng Courtyard in the evening.
This reply surprised the old lady.
How long has it been since your son saw those three women in the backyard?
She once thought that her son had a hidden illness, or that she disliked the poor looks of Aunt Li and the other three. She also found a few younger and more beautiful ones, and invited several of his cousins to come to her home, all of them charming and charming.
But I didn't see my son being even remotely moved.
What's going on?
Suddenly you asked your aunt to sleep with you?
Shitou saw the old lady's attitude of wanting to get to the bottom of the matter, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
You'd better stop asking me, right?
How do I know why Mr. Liu is acting on a whim?
"Where has your father been today?" the old lady asked in a very gentle tone.
The stone almost lowered its head to the floor.
He replied: "I visited several shops this morning, and then went to the Yayi Workshop in Xiahe Village. Then I had lunch there, and then I came back."
The old lady and the old mother standing behind looked at each other and asked again: "Have you not been to other places?"
"No more. I don't dare to hide anything."
The old lady thought for a moment and then waved the stone down.
Shitou was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Today I also picked out a bunch of gifts on the street, including cloth jewelry and various gadgets...
He didn't dare to say this. Nor could it come out of his mouth.
I wiped the sweat from my forehead and ran quickly to the side courtyard.
Aunt Li lives in a side courtyard, but she also has a small independent courtyard called Yanyu Pavilion.
Although it is small, the scenery is pretty good.
Thinking that she was given to Zhou Yanqing from Beijing, everyone from Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Yanqing to the wives of each house, as well as the servants and girls below, all treated her quite well.
Although Master Zhou seemed to treat her indifferently on the surface, she was given the honorific title of "Aunt Li" when she walked around Zhou's house.
Since Mr. Liu didn't have his wife in the sixth room yet, Zhou Yanqing couldn't bear to deal with the affairs of the inner house, so he asked her to take care of the affairs of the sixth room.
Aunt Gu Li's life in the Zhou Mansion was not too bad.
At this moment, she was sitting alone in her room doing needlework. She was shocked when she heard Shi Shi's report. The needle in her hand almost didn't penetrate into her flesh.
"What did you say? I want to take me to Tingfeng Courtyard?"
Look at the stone and nod.
After hesitating for a while, he asked cautiously: "Master, you want me to go to the small kitchen to make dinner? To accompany you to dinner?"
After hearing this, Shitou felt a little sympathy for Aunt Li.
Respectfully replied: "Aunt Li, the cooks in the small kitchen will prepare the dinner carefully. Auntie just needs to dress up and serve her wholeheartedly in the evening. She also needs to be quick. I have never been patient, so I'm going late.
Well, if you don’t tell me if you can’t have dinner, the door of Tingfeng Courtyard might be locked.”
This time, the girls serving in Yanyu Pavilion came to their senses. This is true, it’s true.
I want to take their aunt over to serve them.
Everyone was overjoyed.
Then came all the fuss.
Those who were fetching water were fetching water, those who were rummaging through boxes and baskets, those who were looking for jewelry boxes were looking for jewelry boxes, and people were rummaging on their backs...
Just when Zhou Yanqing's patience was exhausted, he was so irritated that his forehead was full of blood today, and he didn't know how to take back his words about bringing Liniang over, Shitou led Aunt Li over.
The jingle of the ring made Zhou Yanqing turn around to look...
She was wearing a pink cigarette basket dress, embroidered with layers of butterfly love flower patterns, dancing gracefully as Aunt Li came...
The long lace on the waist is gently tumbling to one side with the breeze at night. There, just a gentle pull... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation,
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ps: It’s late today. I’m coding the second chapter. If it’s after 12 o’clock, it will be posted early tomorrow morning. Dear friends, I’ll read it tomorrow.
