in spring

Chapter 224 Farce
When I got up early the next morning, it was a cloudy day, and the cold wind made people shiver.Chunying's family changed into low-key old cloth clothes, and they planned to go out to join the Wang family with their bundles and umbrellas.Xiaohu was taken home by his second uncle as early as last night, and will be sent to Qiuyu's place in two days, so the Lu family only needs to pack their own luggage, which is not a burden.

Mother Lu watched and touched it again and again inside and outside the house. She felt very uncomfortable and cried again.Seeing this, Chunying persuaded her: "Mother, don't be sad. No one knows what will happen in the future, maybe we can come back again?" Seeing that her mother ignored her, she said angrily: "It will only be a few days before our family moves back. You have lived in the old house for decades, and when you moved out of the compound, you were not so sad."

Mother Lu spat at her: "Nonsense! Can it be the same?!" Touching the Eight Immortals table that had been wiped countless times, and the spinning wheel that had been used for more than ten years, she choked up and said, "I don't know if I go here. Can we see you again..."

Chunying murmured: "Usually I always say that the table spinning wheel is old and needs to be replaced..." Lu Yougui glanced at her, and she closed her mouth. After a while, she said: "If you don't leave, let those people take advantage of it." , Breaking things is still a trivial matter, isn't mother afraid that they will scold us in front of everyone?"

Mother Lu twitched a bit when she heard the words, then stopped her tears, carried the burden, and walked out the door step by step.

Lu Yougui found out last night that the escort today is the wife's accompanying son, surnamed An and named Sikui, who has some quarrels with the Wang family. It is the young man whom his wife An intended to betroth Nanqi to. This year is twenty-three, and I don't have any serious errands, just helping to run errands, delivering a message, because he is smart and flattering, but my wife thinks he is capable, and often asks him to do things that are inconvenient for the servants of the Houfu to intervene thing.

This An Sikui has a somewhat arrogant personality, and he is addicted to drinking, gambling, and money. Except for a few friends who share the same taste with him or those who fawn on him, everyone stays away from him.Ever since Nan Qi rejected the marriage and married someone else, he believed that the Wang family looked down on him, so he hated the Wang family deeply.An's originally wanted to drive away Chunying and Shi'er, but the Wu family's daughter-in-law and others came forward to move out the Lu family and his wife, but An Sikui took away Shi'er's family. For the sake of his son, I'm afraid that other people surnamed Wang will suffer.

Chunying and his party saw a large circle of people around the gate of Wang's compound from a distance, and felt puzzled. When they got closer, they found that there were luggage boxes scattered on the road, and the women's dresses and toiletry utensils inside were all exposed. coming.A young servant with a few mischievous eyes, poked and rummaged through it with a stick, scolded and picked it out and put it on himself when he saw something valuable. Occasionally someone picked up a small coat and smelled it obscenely. Smell, laugh and wink.From the nearby courtyard gate, the sound of a girl crying and a woman cursing could be heard faintly.

The two or three courtyards adjacent to this place are all people surnamed Wang. They were originally ordered by his wife to move in together, so most of the people who surrounded him were Wang's family. Seeing that An Sikui went too far, they all stared angrily. Seeing him, someone wanted to jump over to stop him, and asked several servants to block him back with sticks.The onlookers all pointed and pointed, but dared not speak out.

Chunying was startled and angry, and hurriedly grabbed her parents, preventing them from leaning over.Lu's mother said angrily, "What is this?! I've never heard of such a thing!" With a calm face, Lu Yougui grabbed an angry Wang family next to him and asked, "Where are all the stewards? ! No one will take care of that person doing such immoral things?!"

The Wang family said angrily: "Everyone is dead! Who will take care of it?! Just wait and see, the third young master is back, we must sue! This is simply slapping the third young master in the face!"

A howl suddenly broke out in the crowd of onlookers, which startled everyone. Following the sound, it turned out that it was Shi'er's grandfather who had come out.I saw him howling and shouting: "Grandpa! Grandpa! Why did you go so early! Look who is in charge of this mansion now! The old people who have lived for several lifetimes will die, and those who are sold will be sold. All of them are going to the place where no one can be seen! But those slaves with foreign surnames, who are black-hearted, don't know whose power or favor they are, so they dare to act under your nose Domineering! Grandfather, your serious grandson has been climbed on top of his head!!!" After howling, the old lady cried again: "I am so old, and my body is not good, and I still have to worry about these black-hearted youngsters!" Angry. Old lady, you must take care of your health and live a long life!!!"

This Uncle Wang used to be a shift watcher at night. After decades of work, he has a good voice. When he let go of howling, he yelled so loudly that he could hear it all over the street.

When An Sikui saw this, he raised his stick angrily: "Immortal! You think you are dying, don't you?! Be careful that if I get down with the stick, I will tell you to see King Yama!"

However, Uncle Wang snatched the broom in the hands of a certain onlooker, blocked his stick back, blew his beard and glared and said: "You brat, how dare you take it in front of your Grandpa Wang?! Your Grandpa Wang waits on you!" When I was a grandfather, even the current Lord Hou had to talk to me politely, who are you on the stage? How dare you wield a knife and stick at me?!"

An Sikui was so angry that he raised his hand and was about to hit someone, but was stopped by Shi'er's father and uncle, who then advised his father: "Calm down, Dad, you are old, and there is no need to deal with such a villain. Teach him a lesson." The former pointed at An Sikui with a sneer and said, "I know that your wife is your wife's companion, but don't do anything wrong! No one can say for sure what will happen in the future! Maybe it will be a few months , Our family is up again. Your old man has also come to our house to have a drink, you are a junior, you should be a little polite!"

An Sikui sneered: "You guys, stop dreaming! Let me tell you! As long as I have one day, I will never allow you to have a bright future!" Then he glanced at the gate of the courtyard with disdain, and there was a smile on his face. Eight points of frivolity: "Even if you take your daughter naked and send it to me, I wouldn't mind it!"

Chun Ying was filled with righteous indignation when she heard this, who does this guy think he is? !

Shi'er heard it in the yard, stopped crying, and cursed: "The toad wants to eat swan meat, so you deserve it!"

An Sikui curled his lips and said, "What kind of swan meat are you? Stop dreaming! Did you think the third young master would save you? If he really wanted to save you, he wouldn't hide now."

Shi'er rushed out and gave him a sip, and said with a sneer, "Don't sow discord here, I've already inquired about it, the third young master went to Prince Jing's mansion yesterday and hasn't come back yet! If he knew, he wouldn't Just sit back and watch! Don't treat yourself as a treasure! Can you still compare with the third young master?!"

"Damn girl, are you still talking hard?!" An Sikui gritted his teeth, "I tell you! I belong to my wife! You are just a little girl in front of the third young master. Could it be that the third young master will disobey his wife's wishes for you?!" Ten For a moment, An Sikui looked at her a few times, smiled maliciously, and then reached out to touch her: "I advise you, just be obedient..."

With a cold face, Chunying stuffed the burden to her mother, and holding a green umbrella in her hand, she stepped forward to block An Sikui, and said coldly: "Brother An, it's better not to say something. ! What kind of place is this place? You can also talk about it?!"

An Sikui was a bit annoyed when he was bumped into by someone. Seeing that it was a young girl again, he smiled frivolously: "Why can't you tell me? Whose family are you from? You look more youthful than the girl from the Wang family. "He stretched out his hand to touch it again.

Chunying blocked it again with an umbrella, raised her brows: "According to what you said, did your wife order you to knock over other people's boxes and bags in the street, beat and curse people, and molested the third young master's girl?! You really said that, It's time to slap your mouth! Who is the wife? The majestic Mrs. Qing Guohou! How could you order someone to do such a low-level trick?! It is clear that you are using the name of your wife to deliberately misbehave here and ruin your wife's reputation!" After finishing speaking, he glanced around: "Where is the boss?! Where are the stewards?! The reputation of the housewife is almost ruined, why hasn't anyone come out to teach this ignorant thing?!"

An Sikui became angry from embarrassment, and said harshly: "Damn girl, are you looking for death?!"

"I still don't know who is looking for death!" Chunying snorted coldly, "You don't even open your dog eyes to take a closer look, what is this place?! You live in this back street and only have children What?! The men and grandmas of each branch and house of the Li clan are still there! You made trouble here early in the morning, do you take the Li clan seriously?!"

"Bah! What is the Li family?! What does it have to do with me!" An Sikui cursed for a while, and didn't pay attention to what Chunying said, but some people couldn't listen anymore, and raised their voices: "You made the Li family yourself!" A servant of the An family, but he doesn’t even know his master’s surname?!” Others sneered: “You’re wrong, he was originally a servant of the An family, and has nothing to do with our Li family!” Related, what prestige is he playing here? Are our servants of the Li family being spoiled casually?!"

And so on, all kinds of voices of criticism came and went, and An Sikui was so angry that he began to scold those people.Lu Yougui squeezed over to say hello to the Wang family, Chunying held Shi'er's hand, Shi'er was wronged, his eye circles were still red, but he was no longer angry, and only looked at the dead man's eyes. An Sikui.

"What are you doing here?!" A roar came from the periphery of the crowd, and everyone hurriedly moved out of the way. An old man in his 60s and [-]s walked in with his hands behind his back, and Chunying recognized him as Xu from Dongfu. The manager and Shi'er looked at each other, saluted together, and said, "Mr. Xu is good."Uncle Wang walked over tremblingly and bowed.

Manager Xu hurriedly supported him, and said a few words of comfort before he turned his head coldly and stared at An Sikui: "Since the eldest lady ordered you to do things, just do it honestly, why are you doing all these tricks?! Everyone knows it, and your wife's reputation is ruined!"

An Sikui knew his identity, but he didn't take it seriously, he said casually: "Mr. Xu, this is a housework matter of our Hou Mansion. You are the chief manager of the East Mansion, so it's better not to meddle in your own business."

Director Xu smiled instead of anger: "Your father came to me and even bowed to say hello. What are you?! How dare you speak to me in this tone?!"

An Sikui turned his head aside: "Come on, don't put on airs as the chief executive, your master is not at home, you, the chief executive, should keep your tail tight and behave yourself, so as not to offend the master of the clan, in the end, you will lose all face! "

The smile on Mr. Xu's face became stronger: "It sounds like my master is teaching me..." After saying that, his expression changed. "What! When is it your turn to intervene in the matter of the Li family?! Don't use the word "relative" to pressure me! A few years ago, when our master and wife were in Beijing, Mrs. An's wife came to the door and said a car If so, I want to ask our wife to borrow 500 taels of silver for the New Year! It was agreed to return it before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now three Mid-Autumn Festivals have passed, and there is still no shadow! Last month, Mrs. An came again and beat me in the hall The lawsuit for half a day was just to ask for a few taels of bird's nest! I really don't know what kind of in-laws it is! Why did your wife ignore it? It's just a matter of a few taels of silver, and it doesn't matter if you help, why bother calling Did anyone see the joke?! Think about the old ladies, wives, and grandmothers of the Fan family who send people to Beijing every year to give New Year gifts and festival gifts, but they never miss our Dongfu! This is everyone's demeanor! If you are not convinced , report the exact words to your wife, I want to see how she will punish me!"

An Sikui's face turned red and white, and he became even more ashamed and annoyed when he heard the low laughter of the people around him.Manager Xu ignored him, turned his head and stared at Chunying and Shi'er for a few times, and asked Chunying, "Which family are you a girl from? Lu or Wang?"

Chunying replied: "I'm from the Lu family, Lu Chunying." After a pause, he gave another blessing: "Thank you, Director Xu, for your help."

Manager Xu waved his hand, and smiled at Lu Yougui: "You are lucky, this girl is not just someone to be bullied at will, and she must be lucky in the future."

Lu Yougui smiled, bowed and said, "Don't dare, I just hope that she will be safe in this life, and I'm afraid she might get too angry."

Manager Xu smiled, turned his head to comfort the Wang family, and then beckoned a servant: "Xiao Tang, you follow Wang Lu's family on the road, and when you arrive at the village, watch them settle down before you come back. If anyone bullies them, come back and tell me."

An Sikui said coolly from behind: "I told you, what can you do?"

Manager Xu just turned his head and gave him a cold look: "I don't dare to fight against the master of the clan, so I can't deal with you? You only lost 100 taels of silver when you gambled, and the IOU is in our house. If I Send it to Lord Hou, what will Lord Hou say?"

An Sikui's expression changed instantly. He could run rampant in the mansion in the name of his wife, but when Master Hou spoke, his wife dared not say anything.Gritting his teeth, he scolded his servants bitterly: "What are you doing stupidly?! How late is it?! If you don't start, it will be too late!"

Several servants looked at each other in blank dismay, and after being scolded by him a few more words, they took action.The Wang family quickly picked up their luggage and tidied them up. They found two old carriages from nowhere, and they helped Uncle Wang to sit in one, and let the female relatives sit in the other.The whole process was very quick and clean.Manager Xu nodded with a smile: "It really is worthy of being the Wang family." After slapping Xiaotang, Shi Shiran left.Xiao Tang took a look at An Sikui, and asked with a smile, "Master An, are you not leaving?" An Sikui secretly ground his teeth, loudly coaxed away the crowd, and then waved his hand to signal his departure.

The carriage walked slowly, Chunying raised the curtain to look around, wondering why Hu Fei didn't come?My heart skipped a beat, and my face felt hot again, and suddenly I heard Shi'er say from the side: "Then Director Xu is really majestic! It's a pity, why isn't he the director of our Marquis Mansion?"

Chunying's heart moved, and a thought quickly flashed through her mind.

(End of this chapter)