in spring

Chapter 343

Li You put aside his head, unwilling to meet his mother's gaze, but just repeated what he said just now: "Please go back, mother!"

An's was even more surprised. She glanced at Chun Ying and Hu Fei, thinking that it was just a girl who had served in this yard before and then went to the East Mansion to marry and brought a man back to the mansion to pay her respects. What's the big deal?But since the son can call this girl's man in to talk, it can be seen that he has to be sent to do something, but this is not a big deal. The son actually rude to himself in front of the servants, it must not be because of this For the sake of two little people.She looked back at her daughter-in-law, her face darkened: "Could it be that you have no mother in your eyes after having a daughter-in-law?! In front of outsiders, you will give your biological mother no face?!"

She couldn't help feeling sad, and cried loudly: "Why am I so miserable?! I want to find someone to judge, which family's son would treat his mother like this!" While crying, she said: "I brought you up since childhood. How much wronged did you suffer?! Now that you have grown up and married a daughter-in-law, you can help me out. I threw your mother aside, not to teach the disobedient daughter-in-law a lesson for my mother, but to despise your mother for being old and useless! You unfilial son! You are poking my heart! Where have you read? Who hooked you up?!" She cried so much that her face was stained with makeup, but she still felt that she was not enough. Seeing her daughter-in-law showing disdain, she slapped her hard: "I'll kill you little whore. It was you who broke my son!"

Fan Xiru was beaten by her, her face turned red, she shook her sleeves and said, "Mother-in-law is really old and confused, who are you scolding?!" Diaolan and other dowry maids saw An's bullying their master, Hastily stepped forward to block the fight, Hongye screamed: "Ah, you can't hit your wife!" The woman brought by An Shi was taken aback when she heard this, and joined in, and the girl and woman twisted into a ball.Among them, who punched who secretly, who stomped who quietly, who pulled whose hair, and who pinched whose flesh, cannot be expressed one by one.

Although An wanted to teach his daughter-in-law a lesson, she was a little stunned when she saw the chaos. She was dragged out of the crowd by the big girl, so she didn't suffer a disaster just now, but the daughter-in-law's girl dared to fight with her own people. Contrary to it, she just doesn't take herself seriously, how can she swallow this breath?But she had no choice but to keep saying "It's the wrong way", "Presumptuous", "Bold" and "Stop", and people still didn't listen to her.She was not on guard for a while, and she was almost knocked down, and the girls were so frightened that they rushed to support her.Fan Xiru supported the painting screen and hid aside, watching the crowd panic, with a hint of pleasure in his eyes.

Li You was a little at a loss, and his face turned black with anger. He kept yelling to stop, but it still didn't work.Chunying shook her head as she watched, and walked over to remind him in a low voice: "If this becomes a big mess, let the front yard know..." Li You turned pale, and stepped forward to shout: "Stop it!" Scared Everyone jumped up, and then stopped in embarrassment.There was a woman who refused to give up and wanted to pinch the railing a few more times. Li You got angry and kicked her away: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me?!" He asked Fan Xiru again: "Take care of your girl! Alright!" Fan Xiru blushed, feeling humiliated, but didn't want to lose her dignity in front of Chunying and his wife, so she could only sneer and say: "I am naturally able to take care of the girl, but my husband's girl, The concubine is not easy to control!"

Li You ignored her, turned to his mother and said, "My son is entertaining guests here. I have a business to discuss. My mother suddenly came here to be rude to the guests. She was rude. In front of the guests, she indulged the servants to mess around. What is the reputation of the family?! If there is any dissatisfaction in my heart, the mother can tell her son in private, and please go back to the courtyard right now!"

An's is on fire, how can she listen to her son's words, and she doesn't think that the family girl and her husband who have been released are any great people, so naturally she won't regard Chunying and Hu Fei as serious guests .But all girls married from outside the Hou's mansion are still half servants. Even if something happened to her, as long as she made a word, how would they dare to spread it?It's obviously an excuse for the son to block her with this remark. He wants to support his wife and embarrass her!So he cried out: "You are pressing me with great reason, saying that I don't know etiquette, and you are clearly going to trample your mother into the ground. Why did I give birth to a son like you! Don't think that you are a good wife! Yes, she wants to kill your mother so that she can move all our family's belongings back to her mother's house!"

Li You was ashamed and angry, and didn't dare to look at Chunying and Hu Fei's faces, stomping her feet and said, "Mother! Don't you really give your son any respect?!"

Anshi cried: "I don't even have a son, what do I need to be decent?!" Thinking of being married to the Qingguohou's Mansion for more than 20 years, the mother-in-law doesn't love her, her husband doesn't love her, and all the concubines can't get along with her. She is against her, now there is only one biological son left, and she has to help her daughter-in-law to anger her, what's the point of her being alive!Thinking of this, she cried even louder.

Li You's complexion could no longer be described as livid.He began to wonder whether it was wrong to think that even if his mother did something wrong, it was still for his sake.He gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you have a son? It's just that the son didn't do what you wanted once, and he became a rebellious son. Have you really thought about me?!" He was a little cold and paused , glanced at the big girl next to her mother: "Mother is not feeling well, why don't you help her back to the room?!"

The two big girls looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and left with An's support, An's was stunned, and immediately cursed: "Damn girl, you rebelled?!" The women wanted to stop, Li You But another sentence came out: "Don't bother mothers, you are getting old, go home and enjoy yourself!" Turning back to Li Xia, he said: "Inform Manager Hei, just say that some people in the wife's courtyard are very disrespectful. Taking advantage of his wife's power to gossip outside, ruining his wife's reputation, tell him to drive him out and replace him with someone who is honest and capable." Li Xia took the order and went away in fear, the wives were all dumbfounded.

Although An was not reconciled, but the strength of the two maids was strong enough, and there were many daughter-in-laws hugging her to walk towards the main courtyard, she couldn't move at all, and she couldn't help but secretly startled: she had placed people in the various courtyards of the mansion, thinking that the overall situation was at stake. , I didn't expect my son to also place people in his own courtyard.Is this son really going to fight against her? !
Li You watched his mother being sent away by a group of people, with a sour expression on his face and a flash of energy, but he inadvertently saw Hongye, who had hidden to the side at some time, looking at their backs as they went away. .Hongye noticed his gaze, panicked, and hurriedly dodged away.

Isn't this girl from the mother?Li You suppressed the anger in his heart, and turned his gaze to Fan Xiru: "Mother is sick, why don't you even hire a doctor for her as a wife?! The doctor Liu who saw me last time is very good at medicine. It’s polite again, invite him to come again.”

Fan Xiru covered the joy in his eyes, smiled and responded, and asked again: "Since the mother-in-law is not well, then you don't have to bother her with the affairs of the house, right?"

Li You nodded slowly, and Fan Xiru was about to show joy when he heard him say: "Mother must be surrounded by someone to take care of her. No matter how good the girls are, they can't compare with my own family. I still have homework, so you should pay more attention to it." Well, you must take good care of your mother, and you must not neglect your grandmother. You are already busy enough to take care of the sick and take care of the housework, so you don’t need to pay attention to outside entertainment. I will push it for you. Fall." Fan Xiru's face changed: "You are..." Li You interrupted her and stared at her: "Could it be that when the two elders in the family are sick, do you still want to go out to play?" ?!"

Fan Xiru blushed again, and Dialan was worried for her. He caught a glimpse of Chunying and his wife standing beside him, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Hu, Grandma Hu, you two are our grandma's elder brother and sister-in-law, please speak for our grandma." Let's talk! Our grandma is also for the close relatives of flesh and blood!"

Chunying smiled, but said nothing, Hu Fei stared at the railing, raised his eyebrows: "This is the housework of the Hou Mansion, what do you think we should say to be fair?" .Chunying patted her hand: "What are you worried about? The third young master has his own opinion."

Li You glanced at the railing, and looked at Fan Xiru: "I promised you, I will do it, but don't make up your own mind and disrupt my arrangement. Otherwise, you will regret it in the future!" Fan Xiru rekindled Aroused hope: "You swear that you will do it well?" Li You closed his eyes: "What are you swearing? Husband and wife are one. If something goes wrong with your family, how can I get it right? In the same way, I lost face , you are also looked down upon by others. Can you really treat me as... that's all, you go back. "

Fan Xiru was startled, thoughtful, and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, and slowly turned around and led the girls away. The railing was still eye-catching, and she said goodbye to Chunying and her husband on behalf of the master. Chunying and Hu Fei I didn't care either.

Everyone left, and the courtyard returned to calm, only Chunying, Hu Fei and Li You were left standing in the courtyard.Li You was stunned for a long time, wiped his face, and forced a smile: "Mr. is laughing, my family has made such a fuss, it's really..." After a pause, he couldn't continue.He is also responsible for the good family that has become like this, and there are still many things to do in the future, not only to appease the mother and wife, to rectify the housework, to help the Yue family, but also to pull the Hou's mansion out of the quagmire, and to beware of secrets. The troublesome villain.Is this his retribution?Because I was too indulgent in the past, I must now eat the bitter fruit.

Hu Fei smiled and said: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Li Sanshao doesn't have to care too much. As long as the overall situation can be controlled, this small disturbance is nothing, just treat it as a small tribulation from God. .It’s just that those words I just said, please remember Li Sanshao in your heart.”

Li You hurriedly changed back to a serious look: "It's natural, thank you sir for teaching me!" Another salute.

Chunying smiled and said: "Okay, okay, there's no end to the gifts coming and going, it's getting late, we should say goodbye, there are still many things for him to do at home." She winked at Hu Fei, "Didn't you say, how many friends do you want to meet?" Hu Fei agreed, "Yes, it's agreed, I'm going to visit a friend's house in the General Administration Department this afternoon."

Hearing this, Li You hurriedly said: "Since that's the case, I won't keep the two of you. I'll invite you to have a drink when I'm free." Then she turned to Chunying, with a bit of embarrassment on her face: "Miss, if you have time, come back and sit down more. They all miss you." Chunying smiled at him, "It's easy to talk about." It seemed that the conflict just now existed only in fantasy.

At that moment, the guests of honor broke up happily, Chunying and Hu Fei bid farewell, Li You went all the way to the second door, Yiyi bid farewell, and then stayed behind under Hu Fei's persuasion.

Turning around, Chunying followed her husband to the direction of the carriage, and said in a low voice, "You already knew about the cleaner? Why didn't you seem surprised at all about the ledger?"

Hu Fei smiled: "Although I'm only responsible for making up the cover, I'm not a person who is blind. There have been rumors about those things, but there is no evidence from above, and I saw that those people are pretty well-behaved, so I didn't say anything, but the people below But there was no shortage of inquiries. Someone found out that the Liang family had such an account, but they didn't know where it went, because they suspected that his youngest daughter had put it away, and that's why the surname Qu came here. Major General Li San Handing over things can be regarded as pleasing the higher-ups, anyway, the crisis is over."

Chunying didn't take it seriously: "His family has a lot of troubles. Just look at the attitudes of his wife, An Shi and Fan Xiru, and that red leaf. It's weird. I don't know what they're up to."

"What do you care about their plans?" Hu Fei said, "Looking at the posture of this third young master, it is obvious that he is going to make a serious move. Now that he has made up his mind, those women in the inner courtyard will naturally stop making trouble. According to me, It would be better for the Hou Mansion to be a bit more chaotic. If the family is not stable, you can’t do any big things outside, so the higher-ups can rest assured. If there is a day when the chaos is not good, the higher-ups can find an excuse to take away his family’s fleet, and the higher-ups will be fine. Benefits and peace of mind, this Hou's mansion is truly safe." He winked at Chunying: "That's what you're worried about, right? No matter if the family is in power or in decline, as long as the master is safe and sound, the servants of the family can stay safe. .”

Chunying pursed her lips and smiled, stretched out her index finger and said "shh", "What are you talking about? Don't even look where this is, be careful if someone hears you!" Looking back, fortunately, Li You has already gone back.

Walking in front of the carriage, Chang's mother stepped forward to lift the curtain, Xiaoxiang set up the step stool, Chunying wanted to get on the carriage, but saw two horses and several carriages coming from the direction of the gate, stopping not far from them Next, the leading rider turned over and got off the ground, handed the whip to the family members of the Hou family, and then lifted the hem of his robe to walk in. When he saw them, he stopped.

"Master Zhou?" Chunying recognized him, stopped and looked back at Hu Fei.With a smile on his face, Hu Fei stepped forward and took her hand, walked towards Zhou Nian, and laughed all the way: "So it's Mr. Zhou. I haven't seen you for many years. How is your lord?"

Huh?grown ups?Chunying looked at Zhou Nian in surprise.Zhou Nian's expression was a bit complicated. He looked at Chunying with nostalgia in his eyes, then looked at Hu Fei, and he held Chunying's hand, his eyes dimmed, he just smiled faintly, and bowed his hands in salute: "It's true... I haven't seen you for many years. Mr. Hu and Mrs. Hu, are you alright?"

Chun Ying nodded with a smile: "We are fine. Master Zhou, since I left the East Mansion, I haven't heard much about you. Have you moved nearby? Are you here to see the third young master today?"

Zhou Nian nodded, and asked cautiously, "Madam Hu...is also here to pay her respects? Mr. Hu came back with Madam, right?"

Chunying smiled and said, "The third young lady invited me back for tea, so I came to talk with you for a while." She glanced at Hu Fei, "This man is here to pick me up." Hu Fei looked back with a smile She glanced at her, but she was startled—is this considered to be eye movement?When had she seen her husband like this? !I was stunned for a while.

Seeing her husband and wife staring at each other, Zhou Nian couldn't tell what it was like, at this time Zhou Linxia stepped forward and asked him: "Master, grandma asked, should I go to Mrs. Hou's house to say hello first, or go to see the old lady's condition first? Or ask someone to send a message to the third young master first?" Zhou Nian woke up with a start, and said a little uncomfortably: "First pass the message to Brother You, and then go to the old lady to say hello." Zhou Linxia took the order and left, he looked at Chunying Hu Fei and the two of them blushed slightly: "I took a rest today and brought my family over."

Chun Ying didn't think too much, just asked with a smile: "It turns out that Young Master Zhou married a wife, which is a great event! Brother Xiao Fei, let's make up a congratulatory gift later?" Hu Fei smiled and nodded: "It should. Master Zhou is now But it’s amazing, I heard that I got a Jinshi in the last subject, and soon I made up the Guozijian Direct Lecture, and I was promoted to a teaching assistant last year. Speaking of Mr. Zhou in Jingzhong, he said that he is very knowledgeable and the best at teaching. Maybe in the future we His son still has the opportunity to be Master Zhou's student."

The teaching assistant of the Guozijian is from an official position above the sixth rank, which is higher than the county magistrate's official position of the second young master of the Houfu. Although he is an academic officer, he has been promoted quickly.Chunying felt that Zhou Nian was more suitable for teaching, so she congratulated and said: "That's really amazing. Master Zhou, you have been very good at teaching students since before, and you taught my poems and books. Now you have finally made it through. Your Parents will also be very happy, right? As for the Imperial College, all the scholars in the world are your students."

Zhou Nian waved his hands again and again: "I don't dare to do it, I don't dare to do it." After a pause, "It can only be regarded as... just dawdling." He smiled wryly.

Chunying was puzzled, and was about to ask again, when she heard Hu Fei say, "Is that Mrs. Zhou's wife and son?" She hurriedly followed Hu Fei's line of sight, and she saw a gentle and delicate young woman The man and the girl stood not far away and looked at Zhou Nian, with a smile on his face and a slight bulge in his abdomen.

Zhou Nian said uncomfortably: "Yes...that's my wife, Mrs. Jiang..."

Chunying hurriedly congratulated him: "Your wife is happy? That's really happy! Do you still live in the original place? I will come to congratulate you some day!"

"That's right, that's right!" Hu Fei laughed, "Master Zhou, don't you think we're bothering you?"

Zhou Nian smiled: "Why?" Turning to look at his wife again, his expression gradually calmed down, "I... I'll go in first, see you another day."

Chunying bowed to him: "Go slowly." Hu Fei smiled and cupped his hands at him: "I won't see you off."

Zhou Nian nodded, seemed a little sad and relieved, turned around and took a few steps towards his wife, paused, wanted to turn back, but in the end he didn't turn back, and continued to walk forward step by step.

Hu Fei took Chunying's hand, and said softly: "Let's go back too?" Chunying responded, looked at Zhou Nian and his wife again, and whispered: "I don't know which lady Mrs. Zhou is, I don't seem to have seen her." Yes? It matches Master Zhou very well."

"I heard that she is a daughter of the Hanlin family. Her father is the same age as Lord Zhou's late father, and her family tradition is very good. I don't know anything else." Hu Fei carefully helped his wife into the car, and got into the car himself. , ordered to drive.

Chunying's eyes widened: "You actually know?! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I've only heard about it not too long ago, and I haven't had time to tell you yet." Hu Fei hugged her with a smile, "My good lady, I want to ask you something, just now Li Sanshao said, it's obviously just a trivial matter, you don't even It’s too fussy to poke someone with a hairpin. What’s going on?”

Chunying curled her lips: "I didn't know that you could solve the matter so lightly. When I heard him speak seriously, I thought you would be in trouble. Of course I can't let him succeed! You are my husband and my child's. Father, no matter what, let no one take advantage of the disaster!"

Hu Fei tightened his grip: "Good lady, I'm so happy, you actually fight others for me!"

Chunying was so blushed by him, she hurriedly pushed him away: "Calm down, Xiaoxiang and Chang's mother are outside!" After speaking, she laughed again: "Actually, I don't really want to fight with others, the three Young master, although he is sometimes indifferent, he is still soft-hearted when facing us old people, and if my attitude is hardened, he will not be ruthless, so I dare to challenge him!"

Hu Fei ignored him, just hugged his wife and kissed her hair: "That's enough. I'm so happy, really, so happy..." Thinking that his wife saw Zhou Nian and said that he was a good match for the newlyweds. He didn't even look happy, and he was even happier in his heart.

Chunying didn't know why he was going crazy, she couldn't hide, she was kissed by him a few times, she pushed him away with a blushing face, and spat: "If you do this again, I will ignore you!"

Hu Fei smiled and leaned against the cotton pad behind him, humming a little song, Chunying heard it funny, and suddenly called out: "Don't move!" Hu Fei paused, blinking: "What's wrong?"

"Don't move! It's a bee!" Chunying carefully reached out to get close to his hat, and suddenly threw the veil over, and slapped away the bee that was parked on top of his hat.The bee flew around the car twice, and Chunying was a little worried about being stung by it, so she hid in Hu Fei's arms. Hu Fei took the handkerchief in her hand, waved it vigorously a few times, and opened the window again. the curtain, and the bee flew out of the window.

Chunying breathed a sigh of relief, and patted her chest: "Where did this come from? Maybe it was just stained in the courtyard of the Hou Mansion?"

Hu Fei didn't answer, but just looked outside, and said with a hint of joy: "Chun'er, look outside, the scenery is just right." Chun Ying leaned over and looked outside when she heard the words, and sure enough, she saw plants planted on the side of the street. A row of green trees are blooming with red, white and white flowers. A few well-bloomed peach blossoms have appeared on the wall of some family’s courtyard, attracting a few bees and butterflies to dance among the flowers, reflecting the sun, It seems to be a beautiful spring.

Chunying looked at Huanxi, and Hu Fei whispered in her ear: "After two days of free time, let's pick a day with good weather, bring our son, and the family of three go out for a spring outing in the countryside? By the way, we can live in the farm for a few days ?”

Chunying nodded, leaned against Hu Fei's shoulder, and looked at the spring scenery outside the window with a smile.The carriage shook slightly and drove towards their home.

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