Chapter 22·Fourteen

Mrs. Xiang stood aside with her eyebrows lowered and her head lowered. She did not come forward rashly and appeared to be very disciplined. Mrs. Huang saw her at the side and quietly exchanged a disdainful look with Mrs. Tang. Mrs. Tang's words when she saw Dong Yuluo were more or less the same.

, he beckoned her to come to him, held her hand intimately, and introduced Mrs. Xiang to her, "This is Aunt Xiang from the eldest house. She knew you were coming and came here to greet you.

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Before Dong Yuluo came to the Tang family, Mrs. Dong had already told her clearly about the relationship between the Tang family, so Dong Yuluo knew who she was as soon as she heard the word Aunt Xiang. Although she didn't like to see her in her heart.

She married into the Tang family, but after all, she gave herself full face in front of all the servants, so Dong Yuluo also greeted her very politely, "Thank you, Aunt Xiang."

Mrs. Xiang was flattered and took a step forward. "Miss, you have worked hard to come all the way. From a distance, you look like the person in the painting. No wonder the old lady has been thinking about you all day long. Now that you are here, at least you can stay a little longer."

Please have a good chat with the old lady, and when you have some free time, go to the long room and sit there. I have prepared a banquet waiting for you."

A few scenes are said very cleverly.

Mrs. Tang nodded secretly, and Dong Yuluo also looked at her with admiration and responded with a smile.

Bai Rongxuan, who was on the side, heard the hidden meaning in Xiangshi's words. Now, Xiangshi is not in charge of the house at the other end of the eldest house. Tang Xueli is the housekeeper. But her words just now clearly had a hint of power. Could it be that she has already begun to plan something?

Are you going to take over the housekeeping of the long house?

Bai Rongxuan couldn't help but look at Xiangshi twice, and saw that she lowered her eyebrows and looked extremely humble. She really couldn't see any problem. She looked at Tang Xueli again, and Tang Xueli was still staring at Dong Yuluo at this moment.

It seemed that he didn't even listen to what Xiangshi said.

Bai Rongxuan sighed secretly in her heart, feeling that things might change in the long house soon.

After Dong Yuluo finished talking to the Tang family, she introduced the young man who had been following her, "This is my third brother's eldest son, named Dong Zhaolin. Originally my grandmother had decided to ask my third brother to send me here, but before departure,

He suddenly got sick, and all my brothers were busy with important matters. After all, he was the only one free in the family, so my grandmother asked him to escort me here."

"Auntie, don't expose my shortcomings! What do you mean I am the only idler?" a young man named Dong Zhaolin shouted with an embarrassed look.

Mrs. Tang glanced at Dong Zhaolin and saw that he was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he was thin, he had an easy-going personality. He was lively for his age and had a mature temperament in his eyebrows. Mrs. Tang nodded secretly.

, had to look at the Dong family in a different light, and asked with concern, "What disease does your third brother have? Is it serious?"

Before Dong Yuluo could reply, Dong Zhaolin had already rushed to the side and said, "Don't worry, ancestors. It's not a big problem. It may be just dysentery and some diarrhea. The family has already hired a doctor. It is said that it can be cured by taking two pairs of medicines. But

..." He deliberately prolonged his voice and said mysteriously, "I suspect that I

Dad just wants to be lazy. You don't know, he is a little seasick. When he was young, he was not afraid of traveling around, but he was afraid of taking a boat. This time he heard that our ancestor asked his aunt to take a boat to Hangzhou, and his legs and feet became weak. Otherwise, what would happen to him?

If you don't get sick early, you won't get sick later, but why do you get sick before departure? I think he is deliberately pretending to be sick."

Bai Rongxuan and several other juniors were dumbfounded as they listened. Did anyone say that about their father?

After hearing this, Mrs. Tang laughed together with Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Tang. She looked at Dong Zhaolin with eyes full of love for the younger generation. Dong Zhaolin shrugged his shoulders proudly, with the attitude of a young man all over his body.

Dong Yuluo shook his head helplessly, "This is your first time meeting my grandmother's family. You should look like adults anyway. Why are you still talking crazy and nonsense like you are at home? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

Although Dong Zhaolin is younger, he is actually not much different in age from Dong Yuluo. He often goes to Mrs. Dong's place to eat and drink on weekdays. Mrs. Dong also loves his great-grandson very much, so he has been there since he was a child.

I am close to Dong Yuluo. This time I heard that Dong Yuluo went back to Hangzhou to visit relatives.

There was no one to escort him, so he came here on his own initiative. The Dong family didn't believe him at first, especially his father. They thought he was young and careless in doing things, and they were afraid that he wouldn't be able to shoulder this important task. Mrs. Dong was the last one.

The decision has been made for him, and it can be considered as training for him.

After hearing what Dong Yuluo said, he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he said with a playful smile, "I have this kind of temperament. I can pretend for one day, but can I pretend for ten and a half months? Rather than making people think that I am different from what I am, I would rather start from the beginning.

You're doing your job, why bother pretending?"

Dong Yuluo wanted to speak again, but Huang was already standing aside and said, "There is no place to talk here, not to mention it's raining. Let's go home quickly. Leave whatever you have to say to us at home."

Mrs. Tang nodded repeatedly and held Dong Yuluo's hand, "You must be tired after all the hard work. Go back and have a rest after dinner. But don't ignore your body just because you are young. When you get old, this will all matter.

I need to make up for it!" He then said to Dong Zhaolin, "Brother Lin will go back with us too."

Dong Zhaolin said with a smile, "I am the fourteenth eldest son in my family. My family calls me fourteen. You, the old man, can just call me that too."

The Tang family has a clean and upright family tradition, but it is inevitably a bit old-fashioned, especially the education of the younger generation is extremely strict. Even Tang Xueru, who has such a naughty and noisy character, does not dare to speak with such a playful smile in front of the elders, so everyone stared at them with wide eyes.

Looking at Dong Zhaolin, it was like seeing something new that I had never seen before.

The Dong family was far wealthier than the Tang family and was very tolerant of their children, so Dong Zhaolin, who was being watched by others, didn't notice and was still talking to Mrs. Tang with a smile.

"Okay!" Mrs. Tang nodded unusually cheerfully, "Then I'll call you Fourteen." She pointed at Tang Xuezhen, who was standing neatly not far away, "Sit down with your uncle later.

Wait until you get home and talk to me again."

Dong Zhaolin smiled and said, "My ancestor was wrong. He is my aunt's brother. I should call him uncle. How can I call him uncle."

Mrs. Tang was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right, I was talking about the wrong generation."

Bai Rongxuan and Tang Xueru looked at each other with disbelief and astonishment in their eyes. People in the Tang family would never do this and would not dare to refute their elders face to face.

Dong Yuluo saw the shock in their eyes, fearing that Dong Zhaolin would say something crazy and shocking again, he hurriedly pulled him to his side, "Go and say hello to the stewards and ask them to carefully count the luggage and carry it carefully, but

Don't be careless and make a mistake and lose it. Get in the car as soon as you finish explaining. You are not in good health, so be careful of catching a cold or getting sick. I won't be able to explain to your mother then."

Dong Zhaolin responded happily, and after greeting Mrs. Tang and other elders, he quickly walked to the side of the boat. Although he was assured of training Dong Zhaolin, Mrs. Dong was still worried that he would be too young to handle things, so she specially sent more people this time.

Several stewards came with him, including

There was Zhou Yanfu's brother Zhou Yinfu. The two of them were arranging the boys and the boatmen to move the boxes and cages together in the rain. Beside them, Dong Yuluo's right-hand woman was giving instructions, "These are the boxes and cages for the lady, so be careful."

, it’s full of things that you’re afraid of falling and touching.”
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