The carriage was approaching Dengcao Hutong, where the original Wei Mansion was located. Xie Xiuzhu broke away from Li Guolou's arms, sat down again, and said, "The small building is almost at my house. Do you think you should take the front door or the back door?"
Wan Wan stared at Li Guolou's face with a pair of delicate eyes, and his smile was a little weird, as if he was making fun of Li Guolou for being a useless rat.
Li Guolou had all kinds of emotions in his heart: panic, timidity, cowardice, of course, the most exciting one was excitement. The feeling of being teased by two veterans made him think about the crazy actions of the three of them all day long, and he didn't even think about going to work. Seeing Xie Xiuzhu's expression
With this expression, Li Guolou felt angry in his heart, wishing he could suppress Xie Xiuzhu right now and start a crazily crusade.
"Go to the front door! Second Grandma, let's go in together!" Li Guolou used his trump card and forced Xie Xiuzhu to a dead end.
"Go! Look at you trying to die, you're going to kill me. You sit in the carriage first, and I'll ask someone to carry your luggage." Xie Xiuzhu beat Li Guolou a few times to let him know that she was not someone to be trifled with.
The layout of the rooms of the rich is roughly the same. In the front is the incense hall where the ancestors' memorial tablets are enshrined, as well as the memorial tablet of Wei Wenshao. It is inevitable that Li Guolou will offer three sticks of incense to the deceased Wei Wenshao. He feels a little guilty and wants to avenge others' grievances.
, but here comes a man with both wealth and wealth. The side rooms on both sides are where the servants live, and through the cloister is the living room, which is filled with exquisite nanmu furniture. Walking further in, there is an archway that opens up to the inner courtyard, which is the master's inner courtyard.
Xie Xiuzhu is the boss here, and just after he crossed the threshold, Li Guolou's hand was held by Xie Xiuzhu, and he said softly: "Xiaolou, don't be afraid now. I can hear your beating heartbeat, and you said that I
So brave."
Li Guolou was a little worried and said, "Second Grandma, there is Lingling as well."
Xie Xiuzhu smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lingling is a smart child. We have bribed her. She already knows that I am the real second grandma, so she won't make a fuss."
The grass and trees in the inner courtyard are withered and covered with thick snow. A figure is skating in the garden pool. It is Zheng Lingling who is learning to skate. She is also holding a bench in her hand. The bench moves forward with every step she takes.
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Li Guolou first saw Zheng Lingling and said anxiously: "Second Grandma, isn't this nonsense? Who allowed Lingling to play on the ice when she is so young?"
Xie Xiuzhu shook off Li Guolou's hand and said softly: "Xiaolou, you are so bad. You are so mean to me, I will ignore you." After saying that, she ran to the pool and walked to the ice, and there came a
He spun around in circles and raised his voice: "Xiaolou, what do you think? I'm better than you."
Although Li Guolou can also skate, he does not dare to mess around here. Although there are no male servants in the inner courtyard, the maids and Xie Ma will see him. In this family, he will be the master from now on, so he must have some dignity.
Li Guolou urged Zheng Lingling several times to come up. Children are addicted to playing, and adults cannot stop them. Zheng Lingling was in high spirits and did not listen to anyone. She still moved the small bench and walked on the ice.
Li Guolou saw a young woman standing in the courtyard looking at Zheng Lingling, and was relieved. In this weather, the ice layer was more than a foot thick, and no one could fall into the ice hole.
Li Guolou watched Xie Xiuzhu pulling Zheng Lingling walking on the ice. It felt a bit strange. What kind of family has he formed? He has a ready-made daughter. He can live a life of clothing, food and mouth, and enjoy
Family happiness. Alas! The woman is pregnant with the hero's grave. Li Guolou seems to have lost his motivation. He doesn't want to start a career all of a sudden. There is no point in being busy outside all day. It's so good to stay in this isolated place and watch his daughter grow up slowly.
Big and caring about the people around him, this kind of life suits him.
Walking into the dining room, which was as warm as spring, Li Guolou handed his coat to Xie Xiuzhu, and saw a hot pot on the dining table, with dishes of cold dishes already surrounding it. There was an alluring aroma wafting from the hot pot,
Li Guolou couldn't help but wanted to sit down.
Chen Xiangfang walked in and shouted angrily: "Xiaolou, if you don't know how to wash your face and hands when you come back, you should set an example. Lingling takes Xiaolou to wash his hands!"
Li Guolou was also dissatisfied and said: "I thought you were making something delicious, but it turned out that you were lazy and eating hot pot. I also have hot pot at noon, and I have no appetite after eating two meals a day."
Xie Xiuzhu squinted and said, "Then do you want me to feed you so that you can eat it?"
Chen Xiangfang was extremely dissatisfied and yelled angrily: "Xiaolou, you are here to open your mouth. We have been busy all day. Hot pot is the best test of knife skills. Do you know how much time it takes to prepare these dishes?" She had to move again and had to prepare the food.
Things in the store were arranged, and I also had to deal with my daughter's work. I didn't have a day's rest, and I was exhausted.
Li Guolou said quickly: "Lingling, let's ignore them. Look at whether they are cruel to me or not. You can't imitate them." After saying that, he obediently took Zheng Lingling's hand and went to wash his hands and face together.
Zheng Lingling said in a sweet voice: "Mom said, you are the third child here, and I am the fourth child. You can only order me, so the two of us must unite and treat the outside world as one." She seemed to be the hostess, leading Li Guo
When the building crossed the threshold, Zheng Lingling knew every doorway here.
A bottle of French red wine that Li Guolou gave to Chen Xiangfang was placed on the table, and each person poured a glass of wine. Li Guolou saw that the maids serving behind him were two young girls, not yet twelve or thirteen years old.
, couldn’t help but asked curiously: “Second Grandma, where did these two little girls come from?”
Xie Xiuzhu said: "Oh, I asked Mother Xie to buy it new. Some of the people in the house were fired, you know. I won't use it if you don't trust me."
Li Guolou glanced at the two little girls and said: "Second Grandma, let them go to the shop to learn skills from now on. From now on, the inner courtyard will use old ladies, you know." He had already seen it from the eyes of the two little maids.
The evil in their hearts is revealed. Being a detective is a prescient feeling. Neither of these two little maids will be a good person in the future.
Li Guolou's thighs were pinched viciously by the two grandmothers, "You are such an ungrateful master!" "You still say such things while eating."
"Hey, I don't know why, now when the little girl sees me, she is like a fly seeing rotten meat. She wants to burrow into me. I am prepared for any danger. You two must understand." Li Guolou said proudly and proudly.
"I know! Apart from Wen Shuijuan, who you despise and kick to Xiaoliuzi, who else can you ask?" Chen Xiangfang clenched her silver teeth and asked with a hidden smile.
Li Guolou said anxiously: "Be careful what you say, Xiao Liuzi will know about it, and don't mention it again in the future."
Zheng Lingling took a sip of red wine and interjected: "I know why Xiaolou is liked by girls?"
The two little maids next to them pursed their lips and laughed secretly. Xie Xiuzhu said: "Then what does Lingling know?"
Zheng Lingling ignored her mother's scolding and said, "Xiaolou is so generous. He spends money to please girls. Who would like a stingy guy?"
Li Guolou said dissatisfied: "Oh, I know how to spend money on this trick. Lingling, you underestimate Uncle Xiaolou too much."
Chen Xiangfang scolded: "Lingling, call me daddy here, and call me Xiaolou when you go outside. Do you remember?"
Zheng Lingling took another sip of red wine and said softly: "Mom, you taught me so many rules today, how can I remember them? If I have wine today, I will make me drunk. Let's teach you tomorrow."
Xie Xiuzhu chuckled and said: "It seems that Lingling, like Xiaolou, is also an alcoholic."
Li Guolou retorted: "Lingling only drinks half a glass of red wine, it doesn't matter."
Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "It's great to have money! Xiaolou, you have to make more money. Now I am just sitting on my hands and devouring my family fortune. I will have to rely on you for a good life in the future."
Antiques are just furnishings if they cannot be sold and have little value. The so-called value of thousands of gold is a kind of comfort to collectors. Xie Xiuzhu has been spending money during this period and is about to spend all the cash at home.
Li Guolou also saw Xie Xiuzhu's predicament and knew that he would have a heavy responsibility next. It seemed that he could not just sit back and enjoy the gains, but had to work hard to make money.
"Second Grandma, when I finish decorating the house in half a year, you can sell this place. This can save a lot of money. It's better for the whole family to live together, don't you think?"
"Indecent!" the two grandmothers whispered in Li Guolou's ears. They had the same idea, and they both thought about the big swaying mahogany bed.
Zheng Lingling kept staring at Li Guolou with her sneaky eyes. She felt strange why she moved to a stranger's house. She couldn't figure out the relationship between her mother and Xie Xiuzhu? Why did her mother say that she wanted to be alone when she grew up?
Sleep. Lots of weird things
Things happened in the past few days. Aren't Xiaolou and his mother not married yet? Then why can they live together? Anyway, she thought that the behavior of her mother and Xiaolou was abnormal. But for the sake of living in a big house, she
Don't hesitate to ask, and I'll listen to it again later.
Hot pot is supposed to last a long time, but there was something unusual here. Li Guolou was asked to eat more, but the two grandmothers finished their meals quickly and took Zheng Lingling to take a shower first.
Li Guolou looked at the remaining dishes and had no appetite to eat anymore. He said to the little maid: "Cuihua, Qiuju, have you eaten? There are still some uneaten here. Take it to the kitchen."
Eat it. If Xie Ma wants to eat it, share half of it and let her take it to her husband to eat."
Hot pot cuisine is a lot of food, and Chen Xiangfang prepared too much. She wanted to show off her knife skills and food cooking skills by making many meatballs and boiling the food.
As soon as Cuihua, Qiuju and Li Guolou met, they knew that this master would not beat or scold him, he was a kind-hearted person, and they were most attuned to the wind. Cuihua smiled and said: "Master, let's cook the hot pot
Moved away.”
Li Guolou was kind-hearted and said: "Cuihua, Qiuju, you can clean up after you've finished eating. Be careful not to drop the plate. Mother Xie will scold you to death."
According to the rules of a wealthy family, maids cannot sit in front of the master's table to eat. They eat in the kitchen. Generally, the servants eat together, but this is not necessarily the case for people in the inner courtyard. Sometimes they eat the same meals as the master's family.
Therefore, the servants of wealthy families are also divided into three, six or nine grades. The life of a personal maid is many times better than that of ordinary people. So this kind of maid
The maids are very visionary and want to join the master's boat. They are unwilling to marry the servants of the outer courtyard. They will never survive the hard life. Like even the richest families, there are personal maids and maids to wait on them and take care of the master's food and drink.
The maids who live in daily life are like masters. This is how Xie Ma is here. As soon as she leaves the inner courtyard and runs to the outer courtyard, she becomes half the master, and everyone must obey her orders.
Li Guolou looked at the two little maids, busy moving the hot pot and dishes. He wanted to help them move it together, but he didn't dare. There must be rules in everything. There are some things he can't do here. If he does, it will make people angry.
Talking about gossip. It has been many years since he had lived a life where he could put out his hands for clothes and food and open his mouth. He had to rely on himself for everything, live independently, and develop an independent character. Li Guolou wanted to adapt to this kind of life, but he felt that he was not used to it.