The perfect brother-in-law reborn

Chu Nan had a simple lunch in Yang's Mansion, and patiently talked with a group of mothers-in-law, and returned to Chu Mansion with the somewhat reluctant Yang Mei.Not long after sitting down, Zhao Jiu, the chief steward of the Chu family, came to Chu Nan’s small courtyard in a hurry, and yelled at Chu Nan, “Oh, my young master, hurry up, don’t drink tea. I'm so anxious, my throat is so angry. The old lady has brought the young master and miss out of the city, young master, hurry up and meet her."

Chu Nan immediately jumped up, and said in surprise, "Didn't you say you are still on the way? Why are you so fast!" He remembered that Chu Yuan had entrusted him with this job. , strode out, and said to Zhao Jiu: "Uncle Jiu, hurry up and prepare the carriages and horses, let's talk on the way."

Zhao Jiu agreed, and hurriedly followed behind Chu Nan, his rich body swaying, looking a little ridiculous.

Sitting in the car, Zhao Jiu kept wiping off his sweat, and managed to catch his breath, only then did Chu Nan realize the root cause of the incident.It turned out that Chu Nan's grandmother and the ancestor of the Chu family wanted to come to Beijing out of a sudden. This ancestor didn't like extravagance and waste the most, and even kept the specific date of coming to Beijing secret, but he didn't want the Chu family to mobilize the crowd.This sudden attack didn't matter, but it was hard for Chu Nan who just took over the job.

Chu Nan thought for a while and asked, "Is everything in the mansion ready?"

Zhao Jiu said hastily: "The tables, chairs and bedding are ready, and the courtyard has been carefully cleaned up several times, so I don't dare to make any mistakes."

Chu Nan nodded. The old housekeeper who has been working hard in the Chu family for decades will definitely not make mistakes in this kind of thing, so he felt relieved and said to Zhao Jiu: "Since everything has been prepared and the person who came is not an outsider, Uncle Jiu will come here." Don't be so anxious."

Zhao Jiu wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, and tried to persuade him: "Master, the Chu family is a century-old family, and the most taboo thing is that they don't know the etiquette. If the ancestors come to Beijing, if the Chu family doesn't have a family member to support the scene, it will be a shame." people joke.

Chu Nan curled his lips, knowing that it was unwise to argue with such an elder who was full of family rules and etiquette, so he simply shut up and listened to Zhao Jiu's rambling.

Along the way, Zhao Jiu talked about the rules of the Chu Mansion over and over again, for fear that the young master who had been away from home for three years in front of him would make a joke.When Zhao Jiu talked about the difference between seeing elders kneeling to ask An to kneel down with his left leg first and kneeling with his right leg first, Chu Nan finally couldn't bear it and interrupted: "Hey, look, Uncle Jiu, there seems to be a Ancestor's carriage, you park this carriage by the side of the street, and I will lead the way for our ancestor." He ignored Zhao Jiu's yelling, and jumped off the carriage.

Chu Nan walked to the front of the convoy, and did not kneel down or pay his respects. He drove the driver of the first carriage aside, grabbed the reins, and shouted "drive!"

As a result, the coachman next to him looked terrified, the poor old butler was heartbroken, and many people in the motorcade had weird expressions, but we didn't know that the old lady in the carriage was smiling.

Chu Nan drove the carriage all the way to the gate of the Chu Mansion, and stopped the carriage steadily.Throwing away the reins in his hand, Chu Nan waited beside the carriage, like the most well-behaved boy.

Several carriages stopped by the side of the road one after another, and the servants of the Chu family who had been waiting in front of the door got busy. Under Zhao Jiu's arrangement, they unloaded the carriages and took the guards' horses down to look after them. Although it was noisy, but It is busy but not chaotic.

The curtain on the carriage to block the wind and dust was opened, and the old lady of the Chu family, who was covered in silver, looked around with a smile.Chu Nan stepped forward to sign the old lady's hand, and carefully protected the old lady to step on the low stool and get off the carriage.Just as he was about to turn around, he saw another person coming out of the carriage. He was a delicate girl in pale clothes and watery eyes.

Although Chu Nan had already prepared for this, he was still very pleasantly surprised.Ignoring the girl's coquettish protest, Chu Nan reached out and carried her off the carriage, and then gently placed her beside the old lady.

Chu Nan curled his lips at the girl who was twitching, supported the old lady who was looking him up and down, and called in a low voice: "Grandma".The old lady nodded and smiled, patted Chu Nan's arm lightly, took the hand of the girl on the other side, and walked towards the Chu Mansion.

The visit of the respected old lady of the Chu family to the capital naturally made the Chu family very busy. Even the father and son Chu Yuan and Chu An, who were busy with official duties, took leave of absence and returned home. The old man is not happy.

In the backyard of the Chu family, the old lady sat on the grand teacher's chair full of emotion.In front of him, the upper and lower members of the Chu family stepped forward to salute according to the number of etiquette, and Yang Mei also made up for the greeting tea that was owed during the wedding.

Although the old lady was a little tired, she was in good spirits. She looked at her grandson and grandson-in-law standing aside with satisfaction, and said to Chu Yuan, "I haven't been back for five years. You did a good job."

Chu Yuan respectfully stood aside, and ended up talking in detail about how Chu Kuang was praised and rewarded by His Majesty at today's court meeting, and also briefly talked about some big and small things that happened to the Chu family in recent days.

The old lady was very pleasantly asked, and when Chu Yuan explained Chu Kuang's achievements in the Northwest, she nodded again and again, and thanked the ancestors of the Chu family for their protection.Then he took Chu An's hand and asked him about his situation in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Chu An only said that he did his best and was lucky to be appreciated by Qian Shangshu, and got along very well with his colleagues.The old lady lived a long time, so she couldn't hear the complacency in Chu An's heart, so she nodded her head and praised Chu An, making Chu An's mother beside her very happy.

The old lady turned her face, looked at Chu Ping and Chu Qing who were standing in the corner, and sternly reprimanded her a few words, saying that this time the big autumn exam must be done, although the power of the Chu family can give them a good one. However, if one wants to stand out and stop Yoyo's mouth, fame and fame are indispensable.

Although what she said was tepid, but with the old lady's status and power in the Chu family, the two of them were frightened to be submissive and pitiful.It was only on purpose, the old lady missed Chu Nan who was standing next to Chu Ping, Chuqing and the two of them, and Chu Nan didn't seem to notice, and was winking at the "surprise", that is, Chu Yue who came to Beijing with the old lady, poor Chu Yue had no choice but to bite her lips and pretended not to look at him, but she didn't know that Yang Mei, who saw this in her eyes, almost broke her fingers.

After all, he was getting old and the journey was tiring. After sitting for a while, the old man started to feel sleepy.Chu Yuan quickly drove everyone away, and ordered the servant girl to serve the old lady to go down and rest without mentioning it.

Back in his small courtyard, Chu Nan was sitting there smiling, apparently he was very happy to see Chu Yue, the sister whom he had grown up with since childhood, came, but Yang Mei’s face sank like water, what happened today obviously made her very upset. annoyed.

Yang Mei glanced at Chu Nan, turned around, and said calmly, "I see you are in a good mood today."

Chu Nan also sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so he took a peek at her and said in a low voice, "Well, grandma has loved me since she was a child, and Yue'er has kissed me since she was a child, and I haven't seen them for many years, so I am very happy."

Yang Mei turned around, stared at Chu Nan and said, "Don't pretend to be stupid, I have never believed that you are as superficial as rumored outside. Since I married into the Chu family, I don't ask you to become famous, but at least you can You need to know how to move forward. Are you really planning to stay in such a muddle forever?"

Chu Nan picked up the tea and took a sip, then said lightly, "Everyone has their own way of life, you must force your own ideas on me. I'm just a good-for-nothing with mediocre character and intelligence. No one knows this better than me, so if you still have the idea of ​​making me a success one day, stop it early to avoid disappointment in the future."

Yang Mei clenched her fingers whitely after hearing Chu Nan's unsatisfactory words, and her towering chest heaved up and down, but she didn't know what else to say.

For a while, both of them were silent, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant.At this time, it seemed that a visitor came to the small courtyard, and Linglong was talking with him about something.When Chu Nan heard that it seemed that Chu Yue had come, he was overjoyed, but saw that Yang Mei had already left the house and went to the courtyard to welcome the guests.

After some politeness, the three of them sat down again, Linglong quickly served tea, Yangmei also put on a smiling face, with a gentle look.

Chu Yue sat there, looked back and forth at the furnishings of the house, and said to Chu Nan with a smile: "I often hear my ancestors say that my sister-in-law is a fairy-like person, and she is virtuous and virtuous. Now I see that it is true. Brother, you I don’t know if it’s the blessings from many generations of cultivation.”

Chu Nan giggled, but Yang Mei had a weird expression on her face. She didn't know if Chu Yue was praising herself or sarcastic, so she couldn't answer the conversation, so she just said casually, "Hehe, I just heard from you, Fifth Brother said that you two have been very nervous since you were young. Dear, it seems true now, after traveling for so long, I still came here regardless of the fatigue of the journey to see you, a brother who is not up to date, it is really a brother and sister love."

Chu Yue cast a glance at Chu Nan, and said with a smile: "When I was young, I was weak and sick, and I loved to cry a lot. Back then, my elder brother was very kind to me, and he often tried to make me happy in different ways. Sometimes my father often punished me for trying to make me happy. Later, he taught me to read and write, taught me to play chess and draw, and even taught me some messy things, God knows how he knows so much."

Yang Mei frowned, looked at Chu Nan who was giggling, and said with a forced smile, "Um, I never thought your fifth brother was so smart when he was young, but I can't remember."

Chu Yue clapped her hands, and said casually: "At that time, my sister-in-law played with the eldest prince and elder brother a lot, and fifth brother was often locked up, so you naturally don't remember."

Seeing Yang Mei smiling loudly, Chu Nan changed the subject and said, "Yue'er, this time you followed me to Beijing, presumably because the family is determined to find you a husband's family, haha, but I don't know which family has such a good family." Blessing, come, tell me, let me, uh, be a staff officer with your sister-in-law."

If someone else said it, Chu Yue would have been so ashamed that she didn't know how to answer, but facing Chu Nan, she suppressed her shame and curled her lips: "I don't want to marry, I will choose by myself in the future, um, brother said, call What is free love?"

Yang Mei was very surprised. It must be known that in today's era, the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers are still the circle that women can't escape when they get married. It is really unbelievable that such deviant words come from the mouth of a lady from the Chu family who is famous for her knowledge and courtesy.

Chu Nan wanted to make fun of Chu Yue, but Chu Yue was the first to say, "Um, yes, I'm here to tell you that the old ancestor said something, let father arrange something for you, so you can't be idle anymore."

Chu Nan patted the table and said in surprise: "Grandma is so real, she cut off my life just as soon as she came!"