serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 232 The Best Life
It was already late at night, but Ning'an Hall was still brightly lit.

A few maids standing outside the cotton curtain were stomping their feet to avoid the cold, but they saw Jia Hu walking in from the dark front yard.

Several women hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Second Master."

Jia Hu nodded, looked at Ning'an Hall and asked, "Who's in there?"

A woman replied: "It's the eldest grandma."

At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and Youshi's eldest maid, Yindie, came out and said to Jia Hu, "Second Master, our grandma invites you in."

Jia Hu smiled slightly: "Okay." Then he said to a woman: "Go to the backyard and tell Amber to prepare hot water."

The woman replied: "Yes." She hurried to the backyard.

Walking into Ning'an Hall, I saw Youshi was sitting at the table in the side hall looking through the account books, and there were many daughters-in-law in charge standing beside him.

Youshi sensed it from the corner of his eye, and quickly stood up: "Second Uncle is back."

Jia Hu shook his hand: "Sister-in-law, you're welcome." After speaking, he went straight to the chair by the wall and sat down.

Maybe it has become a habit, but whenever Jia Hu and Youshi stay together, the wives in charge don't have to leave.At this point they simply retreated to the side.

Yindie poured a bowl of hot tea.

You Shi held the tea to Jia Hu himself.

Jia Hu took the tea with both hands, "What's the matter? Sister-in-law is still busy so late?"

Youshi smiled slightly, went back to the table and sat down: "It's seventeen years since we talked, and they and I will go through the process of the banquet again to see if there is anything wrong. If there is, we will make corrections tomorrow."

After hearing her words, Jia Hu put down the tea bowl, stood up, and bowed to You Shi: "I'm bothering my sister-in-law."

You Shi smiled and said, "Second Uncle should be Xie Lin." As he spoke, he picked up a brief section from the desk case, "Look at it."

Yindie took the share and held it in front of Jia Hu.

Jia Hu took the Zhankan, and it was Lin Daiyu's Zhongwang Xiaokai. After reading it carefully, he smiled and said to Youshi: "This is what my sister-in-law taught me well."

You Shi covered her mouth and smiled, suddenly remembered something, said: "The Qin family came in the evening, saying that Master Qin is not in good health, and wants to take Qin Shi back to have a look."

Hearing this, Jia Hu frowned slowly.

You Shi looked at Jia Hu's face, and then said: "The kindness of parenting is greater than the sky, we can't let people gossip."

Jia Hu was stunned for a moment, then replied awkwardly: "Yes." He only thought about whether there would be schemes by the Yizhong County King, but never thought about the filial piety of people here.

You Shi: "Let Rong'er go with me, and bring more people to wait on you."

Jia Hu nodded.

You Shi stood up: "It's late at night, Second Uncle should go back and rest early."

"The banquet will bother my sister-in-law."

Jia Hu hugged her hands together, "I won't go out tomorrow, if my sister-in-law has something to do, just tell me." Then she said to Yindie and the wives in charge: "When the work is over, everyone will be rewarded with a month's money."

Yindie and all the stewards' wives hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Second Master."

Jia Hu nodded and walked out.

Watching Jia Hu going out, You Shi thought for a while, and said to the wives in charge, "Everyone is tired too, go back and rest. We will talk about it tomorrow." After finishing the account books, he blew out the lantern on the table.

It was already the second watch, the cold wind howled, the breath turned into ice, and the streets and alleys were empty.

The gate of Xu Yuanlu's mansion in the imperial hospital was closed tightly, only the two lanterns in front of the gate were blown flickeringly by the cold wind.

In the distance, a carriage came solitary from the depths of the street.

The carriage stopped in front of the door, and the old man who drove the carriage jumped out of the carriage, moved down the low stool he was sitting on and put it in front of the handlebars, and opened the thick curtain of the carriage: "You're home, sir."

Just as Xu Yuanlu got out of the carriage, she said to the coachman, "Go back."

"Yes."

The old man put the low stool back, sat on the handlebar, pulled out the whip and patted the horse's buttocks, and shouted in a low voice, "Drive!"

Looking at the carriage going away, Xu Yuanlu sighed deeply, turned around and walked towards the gate.

Suddenly, a black shadow jumped out and stood in front of him.

Xu Yuanlu was startled: "Who?"

The man responded: "Xu Yuanzheng, don't panic." He handed over a waist card.

Xu Yuanlu's heart skipped a beat, the person who brought up the criminal case!

At this time, a man in a cloak came over and said in a low voice: "Xu Yuanzheng is really a busy person, let the miscellaneous family wait!"

Xu Yuanlu's heart skipped a beat again, hearing this voice was actually Dai Quan, the head of the Qianqing Palace.

Dai Quan took off his hat and looked at Xu Yuanlu with a smile.

Xu Yuanlu's Adam's apple twitched, and said with difficulty: "Boss Dai, are you here to get me?"

Dai Quan replied with a smile: "Take you? Is it really necessary for Zajia to spend so much time squatting and waiting for you in this dark night to take you?"

Xu Yuanlu felt relieved when she heard the words, looked at Dai Quan and asked, "Then you are."

Dai Quan smiled: "The miscellaneous family has something to tell Xu Yuanzheng." He said, beckoning.

Xu Yuanlu turned her head to the side.

Dai Quan lowered his voice: "Marquis Zhongjing saved Yan Shenggong's descendants from Shui Rong."

Xu Yuanlu opened his eyes wide.

Dai Quan smiled: "You just need to disclose this news to the Kong family."

Xu Yuanlu hesitated for a while, then nodded.

It was broad daylight, and the dawn light shone in through the windows, illuminating everything.

Hearing laughter outside, Jia Hu slowly opened his eyes, was stunned for a while, and shouted: "Amber!"

"Sister Amber is not here." Xiangyun's voice.

Before he could say a word, Xichun's voice came again: "Brother, you are so lazy, the sun is drying your ass!"

"whee."

Yingchun, Tanchun and others all laughed out loud.

Jia Hu smiled wryly, the emperor was in a good mood yesterday, so he insisted on pulling him to have another drink, the stamina was quite strong.

Sitting by the bed for a while, Jia Hu shouted again: "Come and dress me for me!"

There was silence.

Seeing no one answered, Jia Hu called his name: "Zicuckoo!"

This time, it was Xing Xiuyan who burst out laughing, and then Yingchun and the others also laughed.

There was a sound of footsteps, and then a small hand lifted the curtain, it turned out to be a snow goose.

Jia Hu was taken aback, and asked, "Why are you?"

Xueyan blushed: "Sister Zijuan and Sister Hubo have gone to the small kitchen." She hurriedly added, "Sister Qingwen is not here either."

Looking at this cute little girl, Jia Hu smiled and asked again: "Do you know what clothes I'm wearing?"

Xueyan quickly replied: "I know. Sister Hu Po told me just now."

Jia Hu laughed: "Then why didn't you come in earlier?"

Xueyan lowered her head.

Tsk, the older this girl is, the more shy she becomes. It's not as good as when she was in Yangzhou back then.

Jia Hu smiled awkwardly, stood up, and said to her, "Bring me the clothes."

Xueyan: "Yes." She walked to the bed and opened the closet, carefully took out a sleeveless double-breasted thick cotton shirt, and walked lightly to Jia Hu's back: "Second Master, squat down a little."

Jia Hu was startled for a moment, then laughed, this girl is the same age as Lin Daiyu, only a month younger, but a head shorter than Lin Daiyu.

Xueyan blushed, and was just about to speak.

Jia Hu turned around and took the clothes, put them on by himself, and said while fastening the buttons, "Find out the clothes, I will wear them myself."

"ah!"

Xueyan was startled at first, and hurried to the censer, opened the cover of the censer, blew a breath inside, and ignited the sandalwood inside, then she put the copper pot beside the censer on the open flame, while Said: "Almost forgot."

Jia Hu was speechless, went to the hanger, took the round-neck padded gown and put it on, then found out the luxurious old padded shoes that Tanchun had made for him, put them on, took two steps on the ground comfortably, and said to Xueyan: "Go and bring in the soap and green salt." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and opened the curtain to close it.

Xueyan: "Ah? Oh." He hurried out.

Jia Hu smiled wryly, within two years, this girl had forgotten how to serve others, and she had to talk about Zijuan herself.

After washing up, he rolled his hair into a bun by himself, glanced at the desk first, and after confirming that there were no official documents, he turned and walked out.

As soon as Jia Hu walked outside, Xichun rushed over, bumped her head into her arms, rubbed against her chest, then raised her head and looked at him with big sparkling eyes.

Everyone laughed together.

Jia Hu understood that this girl was going to be a moth again, so she asked, "What's the matter?"

Xichun lowered her head in embarrassment, and said in a muffled voice, "Third Sister and the others want to play in the garden."

Tanchun glared at her unhappily, and said to Jia Hu with a smile: "The weather is fine today, and the second brother is resting again, so let's accompany the second brother into the garden to relax."

Jia Hu smiled: "Then do I still have to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to accompany me to the garden?"

Tanchun's face turned red.

Xichun hugged Jia Hu coquettishly and begged, "Is that okay! Brother!"

Just as Jia Hu wanted to laugh, he held back: "Big girl, you're still so shameless."

"Stingy!"

Xichun stomped her feet angrily, pouted and said, "If you don't go, I'll ask Sister Lin to take us in."

"You, you!"

Jia Hu nodded at her, and seeing Yingchun and the others looking at him, he thought for a while and said, "Let me eat first."

Xiangyun ran over excitedly, and hugged Xichun, jumping up and down happily.

(End of this chapter)