Chapter 1203 Single-handedly
Tian Wenhai rushed to the study and talked for a while. n∈Young Master Yan stood up and said goodbye, and Zhu Kui insisted on leaving him for dinner.
"Brother, don't be polite. Are we going to have a long way to go?" Mr. Yan smiled. "I have two relatives to leave and have to go. I'm not hiding it from my brother. Today, I have moved to a nearby house, not far from Xu's mansion. Why don't you ask my brother to move to the emperor in the afternoon? Let's discuss where to visit at that time. Do you think?"
Tian Wenhai quickly said, "Since Mr. Yan is going to visit his relative's house, the boss doesn't have to keep him, just obey the order."
After he said this, Zhu Kui was inconvenient to continue talking, so he sent Mr. Yan out and left.
Tian Wenhai smiled and said, "I think this young master Yan is a generous man and is not particular about money. I know that the boss has just kept him, but for the sake of a false face, who makes it inconvenient for us to live under someone else's house? Thinking about the way he treated us yesterday, today the boss naturally wants to regain the host, and he must treat him twice as much. It is rare that he said he wanted to see his relatives, but we didn't treat him, and asked us to go to find him in the afternoon. Haha, it's just delicious, and he's happy, why not do it without spending a penny?"
"You guy!" Zhu Kui smiled and hit him, "Do I have no money? You have to plot on everything. You are born to be a bamboo strip. You can't change it in your life. Do you think I am you?"
Tian Wenhai muttered, "Look, I didn't say that I took advantage of you, but instead made fun of me, how unfair?"
Before he knew it, Tian Wenhai began to call himself me. Zhu Kui, who was poor and had a short ambition, was also useless and did not care at all, and it was because he became more mature.
The two were talking and laughing in the study. At this time, the flower farmer came in and said, "Young Master Zhu, Mr. Li Yuan wants to thank the media for visiting guests today. My second master asked if you are going to the banquet?"
"I'm busy and I don't have time." Zhu Kui said angrily. He was like Xu Ying and others. He was not envious and jealous of Xu Yu.
"Was that young man going back to report?" Huanong didn't take him seriously and turned around and wanted to leave.
Zhu Kui sneered: "You are the master, I am away, have you no one to play with me? Tell you, I have social events."
"Wait." Tian Wenhai shouted and asked, "Did Mr. Li marry the eldest daughter of the Wang family?"
"Yes." The flower farmer nodded.
"Haha!" Tian Wenhai immediately laughed. Zhu Kui asked strangely: "Why are you laughing at?"
"Boss, haha, I'll laugh at Mr. Li." Tian Wenhai explained happily: "I'm thanking the media to visit guests. Don't you know that the eldest daughter of the Wang family is a famous old man? She couldn't get married in her twenties. That Li Yuan picked up a white-haired girl and showed off her stupidly. If I had to be angry, I would be so angry."
"What happened?" Zhu Kui was surprised. He turned to the flower farmer who was also surprised and said, "Did you hear it? Go and tell Xu Yu quickly. No one was teased on the spot and left in a bad mood."
The flower farmer ran back and told Xu Yu. Xu Yu was stunned for a long time and frowned and said, "What should be the best?"
"Young Master, don't worry about other people's affairs." said the flower farmer.
"Oh!" Xu Yu nodded slightly. What else can I do if I have done this? I can only give blessings.
The two of them stood in the yard. At this time, Lan Chun walked over and the flower farmer shouted, "Sister Lan Chun. Are you going out?"
"Yes." Lan Chun's expression seemed a little strange today.
Xu Yu said, "I'll go with you, it's fine."
"No need." Lan Chun shook her head and said, "It's not convenient to take you."
"Oh." Xu Yu and Huanong just watched her walk away gradually. Xu Yu said, "Sister Lan Chun is very strange recently. Why did she go out if she has nothing to do?"
"Who knows."
Not to mention that the master and servant were wondering at home. Lan Chun and Yang Dan fell in love with each other, so she actually planned to go to Yang's house in person, of course, in the name of visiting the four ladies of the Yang family.
When the carriage arrived at the Yang Mansion, Yang Dan, who had been waiting for a long time, came up and said, "Miss Lanchun, my sisters are waiting for you."
"Thank you." Lan Chun stretched out his hand openly and helped Yang Dan's arm out of the car.
Scholars have always been polite since ancient times. Xu Hao also advocated gentlemanly behavior in newspapers, which is different from the ethics and education that men and women can not be close to each other. Instead, he advocated that men and women can interact openly. Men should be courteous to women everywhere. It is normal for some physical contact in dealing with people. For example, when they first meet, they shake hands with each other, and when they walk, there is no need to hide like a ghost, or think they are unfaithful. Is it not as enlightened as a foreign country in this regard? Do you have to kill people because of ethics?
This move was naturally collectively criticized by conservative scholars, who thought it was absurd, but it also affected many people, such as male and female students in the school. The Ming Dynasty was conservative, but it was not uncommon for women to go out. Even in Jinling, men easily met women outside, but they did not see women fleeing for them. It was no big deal to accidentally have contact. Therefore, Xu Hao's concept just catered to the young people today, and firmly opposed the tendency of the conservative trend to become more and more extreme.
More and more ladies go shopping, go shopping, go outings, and listen to operas. Only fools will be willing to imprison themselves. In short, the social atmosphere is becoming more and more open. Who made Xu Hao stand above the temple? Zhu Zhanji is also a very enlightened emperor. Because he has the right to speak, those Confucian scholars with extreme thoughts can do nothing.
To be honest, in ancient times, women who had hidden inner houses throughout their lives were a very small number of people, either rich or noble. How could a woman never go out in her life? How could she not meet a man when she went out?
Even so, Yang Dan, who saw the beauty stretching out her hand, was still a little surprised. He quickly calmed down and politely led Lan Chun into the door.
Lan Chun looked as she walked, there was a vermilion gate, and there was a square open space in front of her. In front of her was a cradle building, with six rooms symmetrical on both sides, used to rest for the officials' entourage.
After walking over, there was another spacious courtyard in front of me, facing a row of foreign-style high-rise buildings. There was a gatekeeper at the bottom of the building. The servants who were not listening stood up with smiles.
Lan Chun followed Yang Dan into another door without looking sideways, and the veranda of hand-papers on both sides surrounded a three-story building. She guessed that it should be Yang Pu’s outer study. Yang Dan led her around the corridor. Behind it was a hall, with doors and windows all in red paint, and the colors were bright red.
There is a platform behind the hall, made of carved railings, and the back is a Tang Dynasty-style Red Building with four corners and eaves. It should be used by the Yang family to take on major issues such as orders. Xu Mansion also has a similar main hall, so of course I dare not call it a hall. This is a special noun for the royal family. In fact, they are all the same buildings, nothing but specifications and decorations.
Half willows and half cypress trees were planted around the Red Building, and flowers, plants and plants were red and green, which was very beautiful. When I got here, I saw a few servants. The women saw the young master and the guests coming from afar, and they flashed to the side early, and no one spoke.
Compared with the relatively relaxed atmosphere of the Xu family, the Yang family's family style is obviously much more rigorous.
Between the two rows of green willows, there are two moon gates, and the inner house should be inside.
Walking into the moon gate to the east, an interesting grape trellis replaced the rockery, covering the white walls and green painted outer hall. On one side is a long small corridor, featuring bonsai of all sizes. It can be said that it is surrounded by fat swallows, thin, dark red and light purple, surrounded by the outer hall structured by a large ship.
Yang Dan smiled and said, "Miss Lanchun. How do you think of this house?"
"It's very interesting." Lan Chun said.
Yang Dan smiled and said, "This is my small study and small living room. I feel the sea boat that is shaking the wind and waves, and I am specially repaired."
"Yes, the reading here is very quiet." Lan Chun praised. He did not say that there were too many buildings similar to Xu Mansion.
Next, Yang Dan took her through the two doors and walked around the corridors of countless songs. The flowers and willows were everywhere, and the beauty of the Jiangnan gardens was deeply rooted in the wonders of ordinary people. If they were ordinary people, they would have been unable to tell the difference between the east, south, west and north. But Lan Chun had been used to the wealthy courtyard since childhood and habitually remembered the road when he came.
It seemed that she had not taken her to the room. Lan Chun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She was really afraid to see Mrs. Yang, what should she say when she met? If she really had something to do with him, how would she face her mother-in-law in the future? So she was moved by Yang Dan's consideration and her face turned red.
Fortunately, Yang Dan didn't notice that as the two walked, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl appeared in front of her. She was wearing a translucent Hunan skirt with a red and white background. She was wearing a green cotton jacket inside. She shouted to the house: "Miss. Second lady, the guest is here."
The little maid raised the Xiangfei bamboo curtain, Yang Dan took a step back and asked Lan Chun to leave first, and he followed him in.
When she entered the door, Lan Chun saw a girl who looked like a full moon sitting on a chair. Her appearance was a bit similar to Yang Dan, and her skin was more plump and white. She was about twelve or thirteen years old. It seemed that she had been to Xu Mansion with Mrs. Yang last year.
The second lady of the Yang family is named Yang Min. She thought that the woman she knew from her brother was a famous prostitute in Qinhuai. She looked at Lan Chun wearing a white palace outfit, a white cloak, white satin shoes, and a string of crystal clear pearl necklaces hanging around her neck. There was no other jewelry. She was really a beautiful woman standing tall and like a pear tree.
Her beautiful face is smart and capable. You can tell that she is definitely not a weak person. She is so energetic that she is pure and has no appearance. She obviously does not have a maid, but she is as calm as a lady, which gives people a very special appearance.
At the age of eighteen or nineteen, he was holding a double bun with a crow and didn't speak, his face was a little flushed, and he looked at this side with a smile.
Yang Dan looked at the second sister in surprise before she could salute Lan Chun, and took a step forward and reached out to hold Lan Chun's hand. He had never seen anyone else like this, and he couldn't help but feel very proud, feeling that his vision was good.
Not to mention that Lan Chun ran to Yang's house alone to find out what happened, Xu Yu pushed Li Yuan's wedding banquet, Zhu Mingzhi and others went to Jieshoutang to watch the show. He walked around the corridor alone bored, and unknowingly walked to Ye Qin's yard.
When he saw the new little girl Yu'er sitting in the room peeling lotus seeds, Xu Yu asked, "Why don't you ask the kitchen to do it?"
There was no one else in the room. Yu'er tilted her head and said, "These days, the snacks the master ate are made by our grandmother, and she said she was afraid that the cook would not make them clean."
"Which of my father has eaten in the past twenty years is not cooked by his sister-in-law and his sister?" Xu Yu smiled. Seeing that Yu'er spoke smartly, a bowl of lotus seeds was enough for her to peel. The child, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, walked over and helped her peel one.
Yu'er smiled and said, "Second Young Master, aren't you afraid of your hands being dirty?"
"What's the point?" Xu Yu sat down and picked up another lotus seed. "I'm worried that there is nothing to do. Let's work together and talk. Do you miss home? You're a girl at such a young age. Who are your parents?"
"Working at home all day long, I feel much more relaxed when I come in. What's the point of peeling a bowl of lotus seeds?" Yu'er smiled, "My father is a night patrolman, and my mother grows vegetables. You don't know each other even after you say it."
"Maybe." Xu Yu teased her without hesitation until the lotus seeds were peeled and stood up.
Yu'er also stood up and said, "I'll give you some water to wash your hands." She became more intimate as she spoke.
"Stop busy." Xu Yu strode out and smiled, "When you have time, go to my place to play, I turn around and say to my sister-in-law, we are friends."
"Friend?" Yu'er was surprised. She carried her skirt and chased her out despite her unwashed hands. She leaned on the door post and subconsciously reached into her mouth and bit her. She looked at the second young master's back gradually disappearing, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Chapter completed!