in spring

Chapter 226 Between mother and son
Li You stared sideways at Dianran, took a sip of tea slowly, and sneered: "You have been home four or five times in the past two days, and that's all you asked about?"

Dianran wiped off his cold sweat, and said cautiously: "Third young master, you are in the palace, and the little one only wants to serve you! Although... you and Master Zhou have sent the young one back several times to get books and clothes, but you are in a hurry. The little one came and went in a hurry, and never paid attention to any news in the mansion..." He didn't dare to tell what Chunying had asked him to see the third young master, but only said a few words about what everyone was talking about: "Listen, mothers. Said that the wife suddenly called the girl who had served the cousin and grandmother of the Huo family, and then passed on the couple of Xiao Chen and the steward. Later, the wife went out for something, and when she came back, she heard a few words from the Wu family in the courtyard. Then I asked a little girl in the waiter named Xinghong about it—this Xinghong was originally serving her cousin—she lost her temper after entering the room, and even Xiao Chen, the manager, was scolded... Later, for some reason , and pulled Elder Sister Shi'er and Chunying out to beat the board, and Chunying pulled Miss Manru again, and the three of them fought together! It was Master Hou who came in and said a few words before letting him go. Afterwards Madam gave the order to expel Wang and Lu's family, but Miss Manru just locked them up and did not expel them."

He peeked at Li You again before persuading him, "My little guess is that the sisters must have annoyed the wife, so the wife gave the order to hit the board. No matter who is right or wrong, it has been an explicit order. Why bother with the wife, the third young master?" Angry? I didn’t punish you severely, so I just asked Elder Sister Shi’er to endure it for a while.” After a pause, she curled her lips again: “As for that Chunying, she doesn’t know how to flatter her. If you want to go out, why bother?"

"Fart!" Li You scolded, "Are you two good or not? They are both mine. I asked a few black-hearted servants to instigate a few words, and then kicked them out of the house. It took me a whole day to find out! Throw it all to the country of Java, and you are still talking here!"

Dianran shrank her head, not daring to speak again.The more Li You thought about it, the more angry he became, his face darkened for a long time, and he said: "Just now I told the Wang family that they were wronged today, and I will naturally vent my anger on them in the future! But they also have to calm down, don't take it If things get serious and I lose face, then I won’t be able to protect them. Although they agreed to go, it’s hard to guarantee that they don’t have any thoughts in their minds. Take care of me. If they dare to have wrong thoughts, they will come back to me immediately !"

Dianran's heart skipped a beat, she quickly responded, thought for a while, and asked again: "Then... what happened to that guy An Sikui this morning..." Li You's face darkened again: "I don't care if he dies." !"

Dianran didn't dare to say anything anymore, so she hurriedly left the room, walked to the door, and was recalled by Li You: "Tell the Wang family to ask a young man who has no errands to go to Daxing Village and give Shi'er and Chunying Spread the word. Just as I said, there are no parents who are wrong in the world. I can't go against my wife's wishes, but I won't let them be wronged for nothing. I'll bear it for now. When the mansion gets busy next year, I will Naturally, I will find a way to get them back, let them stay calm and play outside for two days! If someone bullies them, write down their names and tell me when they come back." He asked again: "Daxing Zhuangzi Who is in charge?"

Dianran thought for a while before answering: "I remember that in the past, among the maids my wife married as a dowry, there was a girl named Zhuyu, who later married, and her husband is now in charge of the village. Most likely they will come too. The third young master should have met, I'm afraid I can't remember clearly?"

Li You had some impressions: "So it was him? So he was close to our side? That's good, you ask someone to pass a message to him, saying that it is my intention, and he is not allowed to bully others!"

Dianran quickly responded, exited the room, wiped off his sweat again, thinking that the third young master is getting older, and when he puts on a straight face, his aura is ten times stronger than when he was a child!Even that thought became more and more difficult to guess, just now he was sincere to the Wang family, but turned around and told himself to be on guard against them... Dian Ran sighed and thought: Let's do as the third young master ordered. , I will stop guessing here, but Chunying has found out about her, but she must not let the third young master know!

Li You sat alone in the room thinking, thinking of Manru, An Sikui, and those villains who "tricked and flattered" his mother, he became angry and complained in his heart. The case of the Zhou family changed, and his father There are other important things to be busy, on the one hand, he has to find a way to deal with it, and on the other hand, he has to comfort Zhou Nian, his body and mind are exhausted, and his mother still has to cause trouble, but this time the matter has become big, and it is difficult to suppress it...

Forget it, anyway, Shi'er and Chunying didn't suffer any disadvantages, let's put this matter aside for now, let's talk about it after he finishes his business.

Thinking of this, Li You felt better, so he cheered up and called the girl to wait for him to change clothes, wash up, eat a few pieces of cakes to satisfy his hunger, and rushed to the old lady to say hello.After leaving the old lady's yard, he went to his mother's yard.

It was very quiet in the main courtyard, and the maids and servants walked lightly.Along the way, Li You noticed something was wrong, and when he saw Sonny sitting on the porch, he gave her a wink and walked to the backyard to hide from others.Sonny quickly followed, and in a low voice, told what happened in the main courtyard yesterday, and said, "Your Majesty came here just now, and because of An Sikui's disturbance in the back street in the morning, he had an incident with his wife, so the wife is very sad." What?" After a pause, he added: "Manru is not at ease, she cried all night yesterday, and took advantage of her wife passing by this morning, and had a long conversation on the phone. I couldn't hear what she was talking about specifically because I was far away. It's very clear, but I only vaguely heard something for the sake of the honor of the Hou family."

Li You waved his hand, and Sonny left quickly.He turned back to the front room again, and a little girl hurriedly lifted the curtain to let him in.He couldn't see his mother in the main hall, and after turning around, he saw her lowering her head and wiping tears inside.

Li You hesitated for a moment, stepped back a few steps, and then reaffirmed the sound of his footsteps.When An Shi heard this, she quickly wiped her face with a veil, looked up and saw that it was her son, and forced a smile: "You're back? Have you eaten? Why did you stay in the palace on a whim yesterday? Can you sleep warm at night?"

While answering, Li You took a look around and saw that no one else was there, so he smiled and sat down on his mother's hands, pulled her to play coquettishly for a while, and then asked, "Did mother cry just now? Why are you crying so hard?"

An's eyes were red, and she quickly turned her head and smiled unnaturally: "What else can I cry? Of course it's your father..." Wiping the corners of her eyes again, she couldn't help but vomit bitterness: "Good boy, what can you do for your mother?" Judgment. Why did I do something wrong?! You brother An has always been smart, knowing that I have been angry with the Wang family for more than ten years, and looking for an opportunity, he vented it for me. I don’t know who has a bad tongue. To put it bluntly, he actually dug a hole to tell him to jump! Now, in the Li clan, several clansmen have asked their wives to beat me. If I hadn't stopped them, they would still go to the old lady! You say This pickpocket actually picked up the airs of the elders and gave me a look! Bah! What kind of elders do they call me?! On weekdays, they would only curry favor with our family begging for money. Now you want to turn against me! I teach the servants, it is my own business, what has nothing to do with them! Your father is stupid, but he helps them to scold me..."

Li You sighed inwardly, but said with a smile on his face: "Mother, you are right. Grandma is not in good health. If she makes her angry and aggravates her condition, we will be unfilial. The child does not know that these things are causing trouble. It’s not easy to make a fuss in front of the clansmen. If even the patriarch comes forward, he will slap his father in the face. It’s better to calm the matter down, mother, please take more care of me, just make me laugh, and it’s over.”

"Why?!" An Shi was not convinced, "It's obviously not my fault! You didn't say you were helping your mother, why did you poke my heart like your father?!"

Li You hurriedly apologized with a smile: "It's not that the child didn't help the mother, but I was afraid that the grandmother would scold the mother if she found out. The mother can't make excuses, isn't it a disadvantage? It's not a big deal. The father just got angry and said A few heavy words will be forgotten later on.”

Anshi thought for a long time before reluctantly accepting.Li You coaxed her a few more words, and seeing her calm down, he tentatively said: "Speaking of which, Brother An has done too much. Not to mention that there are still many uncles and elders living in the back street, even if they are all born in our family. Son, no matter what you think in your heart, it’s not good to do too much in person. Grandma is still there, and that is the old man she used in the past. Let her know, and it must be blamed on mother. Brother An is really serious this time. It's hurting my mother!"

An Shi sighed: "He is also venting his anger for me, you don't know the reason. When the Wang family made things difficult for me, you were not born yet!"

Li You smiled and said: "That's the old emperor's calendar. Besides, the one who was proud at that time was also the former Mr. Wang's family. Now the few households in our family surnamed Wang have become enemies with Mr. Wang. Don't mother know, second brother Do you also treat them as enemies?" He took his mother's hand and acted like a baby: "The son has subdued them. If the mother is still like this, does it mean that the son is useless? Can't protect the people under him? Mother, you should be Hurt me!"

An Shi was amused by him: "You monkey, you are so big, you are still as naughty as you were when you were a child! You want to be dominated by others, isn't it enough for you to have so many people in your family? Otherwise, if you go to the market and buy dozens of them, you will be as naughty as you were when you were young! That's all. Why bother to take advantage of that screwdriver?"

Li You paused, and continued acting like a baby: "My son wants them! Think about it, my son led them past in front of my second brother, and kept ordering them, and they were still respectful. How happy is that?!"

An Shi reached out her hand and touched his forehead: "Forget it, it's up to you! If they don't obey, you can come back to me. I don't care what others say, I'll sell them immediately!"

Li You secretly breathed a sigh of relief, joked and flirted again, and before leaving, he pretended not to ask: "When I came in just now, I heard someone say that Manru made my mother angry again? What did she do again?" ?Since you are so naughty, just throw it out and clean it up!"

An Shi sighed: "She was also confused for a moment. Your father forbids the family to mention this matter again, so don't ask, who is talking about it? I'll ask someone to slap her!" She touched her son. He hurriedly asked someone to bring the cloak, and said: "It's a pity for this girl, she looks good, she always does her best in serving, and she is smart in speaking and doing things, but you don't like it. Just let it go, I will I can't bear it, but I keep her here, and I'm afraid she will cause trouble, so I'm really worried." She rubbed her temples.

Li You gritted her teeth secretly, I really don't know what Manru said in front of her mother again, and she was coaxed into it again? !He originally planned to let her go, but since she has nothing to do, she still wants to find something to plot against the people around him, so don't blame him for being cruel!
So he said with a smile: "Why is mother so confused? Now there is a wonderful place to go, not only can she get what she wants, but you can also get what you want!"

An quickly asked what it was, and Li You immediately said: "Second sister-in-law always makes mother angry at home, and she doesn't know the rules, but she relies on her natal family and appearance to manipulate second brother against mother. I thought, any man , always lustful, because the second brother is good-looking, he let her three points, and even tolerated her bad temper, if there is a gentle and considerate concubine, I must be able to put him on the second sister-in-law How much do you take back your heart? Although I don't like Manru, I know that she is very good at looking at people and serving others. She is good-looking, so I simply gave her to my second brother, saying that it was because of my grandmother's illness. Congratulations, promoting her to be an aunt, filial piety is the most important thing, I think the second sister-in-law will not object."

An's was very surprised when she heard this: "This... is too cheap, Li Jing, that brat, isn't it?! Besides, Man Ru is your personal big girl!"

"She is now the mother's girl. It is a beautiful thing for the aunt to give the beloved girl to the concubine as a concubine." The smile on Li You's face was a little gentle, "Mother think about it, the temper of the second sister-in-law, the second brother How long can you bear it? I heard that when the second sister-in-law is angry, she is not even allowed to enter the house to serve the second brother! The second brother is cold and hungry, so he can only go to Aunt Hua and the second younger sister. How pitiful. You are the aunt, and my heart aches Son, who dares to say that you are wrong?" Then he lowered his voice, "If there is something wrong with the second brother, you can know something if there is a trustworthy person by his side! In the future, when the second brother separates, his affairs Son, you also have a way to inquire, so as not to make any monsters out of him..."

An's heart was already a little moved, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her son's proposal was good, but she still had scruples: "The second child has only been married for a few months, so I will give him a concubine at this time..."

"Anyway, it's for grandma, so it's useless to wait any longer. Besides, the Liang family is so hateful, why give them face?" Li You saw that his mother was moved, so he added anger, "Mother always wanted to praise Manru, but it's a pity I don't love her like that, isn't this a good opportunity? The second brother also likes her very much. He asked me to beau her before, but I didn't agree. It can be seen that the second brother will spoil her when he gets Manru Manru is not young anymore, and she has such a good-looking appearance, if she delays any longer, I'm afraid that she will have bad thoughts, so there's no need to make people angry!"

What he said actually meant that Manru might climb onto his bed with means, but when An Shi heard this, she couldn't help remembering what Lord Hou had said about Manru's beauty, and suddenly felt as black as swallowing a fly. Face: "Since the second child likes it, I will look for opportunities to praise Man Ru! lest your father always say that I am not loving enough!"

Li You smiled contentedly, acted coquettishly for a while, and then left.An ordered his mother-in-law and maid to take him back to the hospital, and also said: "It's late today, don't go to the study outside, lest you get sick."

Li You smiled and said: "Brother Zhou is at home now, why is he still in the study outside when he is sick? Mother, don't worry."

An Shi gave him an angry look: "It's fine to pay it back, but now he is in such a situation, even if he is not sick, don't go to see him!"

Li You paused, feeling as if a needle had been pricked in his heart, turned his head and smiled, then bowed his head and left.

(Actually, I have no other meaning...)
(End of this chapter)