The more Zhang Shou listened, the more he realized that the situation was urgent, so he had to show up.
When he came out of the hall and saw Zhu Ying's face full of smiles and joy, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.
Even if he thinks that this eldest lady just likes to look at his face, Zhu Ying is so beautiful and her personality is not annoying, so he is not really indifferent.
But he soon came to his senses. Seeing that Mother Li, who was obviously the confidant of the concubine, took a step forward and curtsied to him first. He politely nodded slightly to this senior servant of the Duke's Mansion and took his time.
The conversation started.
"If we leave so many people as the Madam wishes, there will be a few empty rooms in the house. But I have to say something embarrassing. There have never been guests in the house. Even the eldest lady shared a bed with my mother last night.
Now my house doesn’t even have wooden planks to build a large floor shop. But if I have to force everyone in my house to build a floor shop, then I would be too upset.”
"Moreover, in rural areas, people cannot help but want to stay cool. On hot days, they will pour water on the ground when they have nothing to do. It is damp and wet. Sleeping on the ground for one night will cause backache. Many farmers sleep underground in summer because they are greedy for cold.
People get sick before they get old. How can you all in my family suffer this? If the eldest lady likes this place, wouldn't it be nice to ask your family to build a villa in the nearby countryside in the future?"
After hearing this, Zhu Ying could not understand why.
Okay, Zhang Shou, you still tried another way to drive me away!
However, at this time, Mother Li smiled and said: "Young Master Shou is serious. If the eldest lady can live here well, why can't the others live here? I asked them to go to the village to buy some boards first. Since there are empty houses
, Isn’t it easy to build two large bunk beds? Let’s ask the carpenter to hurry up and make a few beds. If we still can’t accommodate them, then we can borrow a couple of nights at a farmhouse in the village as a temporary emergency.”
Speaking of this, she glanced at Zhu Ying quietly, and saw that her eldest lady tried her best to pretend as if nothing had happened, but after hearing her words, her eyes were obviously extremely happy, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Not to mention the eldest lady, even she was surprised when she saw Mr. Shou for the first time.
I didn’t expect that the countryside would be so beautiful and beautiful, and it would produce such a handsome and immortal person!
Yesterday, Zhu Yu left the others behind and galloped back all the way. In a few words, he reported to Mrs. Tai what he had passed here. When Mrs. Tai heard that her future grandson-in-law was elegant and refined, she immediately laughed and sent her to bring people over today.
How about, first arrange all the people around the eldest lady, lest someone still insists on scheming against the eldest lady during the troubled times of the Zhu family.
Of course, in order to get the eldest lady to agree to keep a few more people, she played a trick when she met Mother Zhao's group on the road.
She smiled complacently and said: "Madam Tai said, Mr. Shou, don't worry that it is against the rules for the eldest daughter to live here with you. Since I have made a marriage contract with the eldest daughter since she was a child, the Zhu family and the Zhang family are naturally close friends. Besides,
, Mrs. Wu and Mr. Shou are both people who know etiquette. There are many things to worry about in the capital, so it would be good for the eldest lady to come out and stay for a few days to relax."
Having said this, before Zhang Shou could react, she bowed again and apologized sincerely.
"I let Mrs. Zhao go on purpose before, and I also wanted to see what tricks she could use to instigate a fool like her to cause trouble. I didn't expect that she would cause a scene like a shrew. This mistake of mine made Mrs. Wu suffer.
I have suffered a lot of grievances, I am really sorry, and I am here to apologize to Mr. Shou and Mrs. Wu."
Mrs. Wu said she went into the kitchen, but in fact it was Aunt Liu who was busy working. She hid behind the curtain and didn't miss a word of the conversation. Seeing that Li's mother actually apologized, she hurriedly opened the curtain and went out.
"Which family doesn't have a troublesome slave? It's just a little misunderstanding."
Zhang Shou never thought that Wu would suddenly show up and rush to take over the conversation, which made his confusion even bigger.
If it hadn't been for Mrs. Wu yesterday, the beautiful but willful Miss Zhu wouldn't have been able to stay smoothly; today is good, as soon as his mother comes forward and nods, the Zhu family will fill up the house with a lot of maidservants!
But when he thought about it, he realized that the biggest reason why Wu was so attentive today was probably because he hoped to facilitate the marriage.
With such realization, he was helpless to the extreme.
There is an eldest lady who is relying on his family, a group of maids who suddenly come here and can't get rid of them, and now there is also a mother who is trying to win over her. He is surrounded by enemies on three sides!
Mother Li was not surprised when Mrs. Wu came out of the kitchen, and she clapped her hands with a smile. The next moment, Mother Jiang, who had just escorted Mother Zhao out, silently brought two guards in, and the three of them held cups in hand.
There were a lot of brocade boxes, large and small. At this time, Mother Li led these three people and bowed slightly with a smile.
"The eldest lady is making trouble here, and now there are so many people here. Madam Tai knows that it has caused trouble to Mr. Shou and Madam Wu. This is a little thought from Madam Tai, so please accept it."
Compared with the wet nurse of Miss Zhu who just made trouble, Zhang Shou had to admit that Mother Li, who represented the wife of the Zhu family, did behave like a high-ranking domestic servant of the Zhu family.
No matter what people think of the mother and son living in the countryside, at least they are impeccable on the surface! Even when it comes to calling the Wu family, they are not like Zhu Gongquan yesterday who said "Aunt Wu" and "Mrs. Wu"
.
Seeing Old Liu Tou come out of nowhere, he actually dragged Ah Liu, who had been insignificant before, to pick up the gift box without saying a word. Zhang Shou didn't know whether the two of them were intentional or unintentional, and they simply didn't bother to be polite.
Already.
"Well, then I'm not polite. In the countryside, there is nothing good to say to Mrs. Tai. It's just in time for the harvest season, and a batch of newly harvested rice has just been harvested. It's okay to bring some new rice, fruits and vegetables to Mrs. Tai when you go back.
We, mother and son, are of the same mind.”
Although Mother Li knew that the gift boxes prepared by her wife contained valuable tonics, ten pieces of various silk and satin fabrics, and exquisite gadgets such as jade combs and jade pendants, their value was definitely not comparable to that of local products from the countryside.
, but since Zhang Shou knew how to reciprocate, she readily agreed.
Zhu Ying was relieved to see Zhang Shou getting along well with people like Mrs. Li.
How could she feel bad at the thought of being able to stay in the countryside for a while longer and get to know this handsome country man better?
But at least she still had some sense. While Zhang Shou was still there, helpless to deal with Mother Li, she pulled Mother Jiang aside: "Is there any news from Brother? And Dad, there are so many criticisms from the DPRK and China, he can really handle it.
Have to come over?"
Mother Jiang was not as versatile as Mother Li. At this time, her face was slightly solemn, but she replied calmly: "The madam said, Miss, don't worry, the master Jiren has his own destiny, and he will be fine. As for the master,
We have seen big storms and waves, but these little storms are not worth mentioning. Besides, there is a lady in everything."
"That's good." Zhu Ying felt that all the stress in her heart had disappeared, and she became even more cheerful. She suddenly thought of another thing and asked hurriedly, "By the way, where is Uncle Hua? Why didn't he come?
Didn’t Zhu Hong and Zhu Yu tell his grandmother?”
Before Mother Jiang could answer, Mother Li, who had a sharp ear, answered: "Oh, my eldest lady, who dares to neglect your words? Hua Qi is not the wife's wife, she is the one left by the master in the capital, so
I don't know that he went to get into the sand. In the morning, the wife couldn't find anyone, and she got angry and asked someone to look for him immediately."
When I came out today, everything that Mrs. Tai ordered was done smoothly. Mother Li was naturally full of smiles: "Don't worry, as long as Hua Qi comes back, Mrs. Tai will definitely send him here!"
Zhang Shou had already lost the strength to sigh. There were still people coming... He might as well just call it Zhao Guogong's Mansion Villa instead!
After giving gifts, staying with people, and bringing everything that needed to be said, Mother Li politely declined to stay for lunch, greeted her with a smile, and then took Mother Jiang to say goodbye and go back, without saying a word to the two of them.
How could the people plus the coachman keep an eye on Mother Zhao and the four guards?
As for the people left behind, the four little girls went to tidy up the empty house. Zhan Jin asked Liu Yin to serve Zhu Ying and tidy up the boxes and cages himself, while Zhu Hong and Zhu Yu took the guards to the village to buy beds and other items.
When Aunt Liu brought the dumplings and meat cakes with a smile, Miss Zhu, who was freshening up and changing into a silver-red haze gauze dress, came out to have lunch, but she found that Zhang Shou was missing again!
She also planned to ask him if he should have his own portion of the dumplings and meatloaf at noon today, but she didn't expect him to run away again!