peaceful ancient life

Chapter 11
An Nuannuan blinked eyes similar to An Ning, and asked curiously, "What is it?"

An Ning thought for a while and said, "Mother, could this be your long-lost relative. You see, they are about the same age and look alike, so it can't be your long-lost older sister or younger sister."

"You're so beautiful, just because of that young master's overall style, it's not something that ordinary people can raise." An Nuannuan shook her head with a smile.

At this time, Xiaoer brought up the tea and desserts that he ordered just now: "Guest officer, your tea and desserts are ready, please use them slowly." He shook the rag on his shoulders and retreated.

An Ning picked up a pastry and tasted it: "It's delicious." After eating the pastry in his hand, he took a sip of tea and then joked, "Maybe you used to be a lady from the official family."

An Nuannuan scolded with a smile: "You can't stop your mouth if you eat something, so Mama Wu, you can eat it too."

"Thank you, madam." Mother Wu took the quick pastry and ate it cautiously.

After drinking tea and resting enough, the three of An Ning went shopping again, and didn't go back until it was almost time for lunch.

At noon, after lunch, An Jin called Ren Yazi to ask An Nuannuan to buy some people to come back to order.

An Nuannuan nodded.

I should also buy some. There are really few servants in the house. Every small yard and garden in the house needs to be cleaned by someone.This house may only be considered ordinary in the capital, but in An Nuannuan's opinion, it is a bit too big compared to An's house in Lishan Village, several times bigger.Just relying on the current servants at home, they can't clean up at all. I heard from An Jin that the yard they live in now is still An Jin's friend sent the housemaid to help clean up.

Furthermore, it is necessary to assign some servants to serve the family members, otherwise it would be outrageous if there is no one to serve them when they go out. Now An Jin is already an editor of the Imperial Academy, and he is also an official. You can't embarrass him.

When Xu Yaren brought them, Yang, An Nuannuan and An Ning all came.

Xu Yaren smiled and saluted when he saw Mrs. Yang and the others come out.

An Nuannuan smiled and nodded to her in return. She was very satisfied with the people she brought this time. These were all brought by Xu Yaren for selection after they had found someone to train them. They all knew the rules.

After picking and choosing, An Nuannuan assigned a maid for herself, the three brothers Yang, An Ning, and An Wenye, and a small servant girl for the three brothers An Wenye.After that, a woman and two little maids were added to each courtyard.

An Ning named her personal servant girl: Azi.

In other words, An Ning is quite fond of Azi, who is a bit evil in Jin Yong's Tianlong Babu.

Shengyang Hou Mansion.

After Li Yuan separated from Tang Yan and the others, he went back.

After lunch, Li Yuan came to the study to practice calligraphy. After practicing for a while, he was getting excited when he was interrupted.

"What's the matter?" Li Yuan put down his pen and casually looked at the written paper on the table.This is a fee.

Si Shu lowered his head and replied cautiously: "Master, sister Du Juan who is next to Da Furen has come and said Da Furen has something to do with you."

"Well, go and call Lanrui, I need to change my clothes."

"Okay, sir."

After Li Yuan changed his clothes, he went to the place where the eldest lady lived.

"Mother, you are looking for me." Li Yuan walked over slowly, and shouted loudly as soon as he reached the door, but he didn't see Mrs. Zheng when he entered the door, so he was probably still inside.

"Madam just got up from lunch break, young master, please sit down for a while."

After sitting down on the chair outside, he said to Du Juan, "Serve tea."

"Yes, master." Du Juan bowed his knees and saluted, got up and walked out.

At this time, Mrs. Zheng came out from the room: "Yuan'er is here."

"Well, mother, why are you calling me here in such a hurry?"

"Is there something to do? I can't just ask you to come and accompany your mother to relieve boredom." Mrs. Zheng went to the main seat and sat down.

"Look at what you said, even if you don't call, I'll come too, just because I'm afraid you'll think I'm annoying." Li Yuan smiled and said poorly.

"That's what you said yourself. If you don't come by then, see if I won't cut you." Zheng scolded with a smile.

"How can it be?" Li Yuan smiled.

"Yuan'er, what do you think of your cousin Ying'er." Zheng asked with a smile on her face as if casually.

"Cousin, it's okay." Li Yuan said casually.

"So, you agree." Zheng said with a smile all over his face.

"Agreed to what? I didn't say anything." Li Yuan said in surprise.

"It's just marrying your cousin. Don't you just say that, your cousin is not bad." Zheng said in surprise.

"No, I don't agree." Just kidding, because of his cousin's savage temper, he doesn't want to blame him, so he doesn't do it.

"Why not, your cousin is such a good girl, she is pretty, cute, gentle and virtuous, and it's your cousin who can even kiss her." Zheng frowned, she still liked her niece very much, Besides, if Yuan'er marries Ying'er, it will not only be a good marriage, but it will also be good for his future career.After all, Ying'er is the only daughter of my brother's wife.

"Anyway, I don't want to." No, I have to find something to divert her attention, and then sneak away while she is not paying attention.

"You child."

Just as Mrs. Zheng was about to say a few words to Li Yuan, she saw Du Juan coming in with a tray to serve tea, so she could only stop, and after Du Juan served the tea, she waved her hand to signal her to go down.Zheng Shi turned her head and said "Yuaner" before being interrupted.

"Ah, I suddenly remembered something." Li Yuan took a sip of tea, looked up and saw that Zheng was about to start preaching again, and quickly stopped her.

"What's the matter?" Zheng frowned.

Li Yuan pretended to be mysterious and said, "Mom, guess what I saw today?"

"What did you see?"

Li Yuan looked surprised: "I had tea with Zhao Song and the others in the tea house, and before leaving, I saw a woman. Guess what happened?"

"What's the matter with the woman?"

"That woman looks so much like a person, you would never have guessed that I was mistaken, you know."

"Who?"

"My aunt."

Mrs. Zheng knew that there was only one person who could call Li Yuan directly aunt, and that was Li Yuqing, the concubine's daughter-in-law. Li Yuan from other concubines usually added their ranks before the word aunt.

"How is it possible?" Zheng Shi didn't believe it.

"Can I lie to you? What I said is true. My aunt and that woman look exactly the same. I even called her aunt, but I recognized the wrong person. At that time, Zhao Song, Xiao Jin In other words, Tang Yan and the others are all here."

"Is there really anyone who can look like that?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it either, but the two are different except for their looks."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"My aunt seems to be flamboyant, but that woman is very gentle. Zhao Song also jokingly asked me if our Hou Mansion had ever lost an aunt before."

"It really is." Zheng said softly in thought.

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Li Yuan asked without hearing clearly.

"Ah, nothing."

Seeing that Mrs. Zheng had forgotten to mention the matter of her cousin, Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Emiang, if there is nothing to do, I have to go out of the house and lie down. I have already made an appointment with Zhao Song, so I can't go." , when will it be.

"Well, let's go." Mrs. Zheng was still thinking, and said indifferently.

Seeing this, Li Yuan hurriedly slipped away.

After Li Yuan left, Mrs. Zheng was restless and walked up and down in the room by herself, finally staying through the night.He called Du Juan and said, "Go to the door and wait quickly. When you see Shizi, stop him and say that I have something urgent to find him."

"Yes, servant girl will go right away." Du Juan saluted and left in a hurry.

At this time, Mrs. Zheng felt relieved. Today, after hearing Li Yuan's words "I lost an aunt", I suddenly remembered that I heard my mother-in-law say that once more than 30 years ago, the Hou Mansion did lose a little girl. The lost little girl and Li Yuqing are identical twins.So today when Li Yuan said that she saw a woman who looked exactly like Li Yuqing, she guessed whether this was the little girl that the Hou Mansion lost back then.

You know, although Mrs. Tai hasn't said anything these years, she still misses this lost little daughter very much in her heart.

Of course, she didn't dare to rush to tell Mrs. Tai that her little daughter was found before she was sure. If she found out by then, wouldn't she want to make Mrs. Tai happy for nothing? Besides, Mrs. Tai is over 70 years old, but she can't stand the blow. If something happens, she will be the one to blame.

It took a while to wait for Shi Ziye.

"Why is it so urgent?" Shizi Li Ji came in and sat on a chair and asked.

When Mrs. Zheng saw someone coming, she quickly told him what Li Yuan said today, and when she saw Li Yi sitting here without saying a word, she said, "Master, although I suspect that this woman is the one that our Marquis Mansion lost at the beginning. , but there is no absolute, what if it is not, so this matter must be investigated and discussed."

Li Yi nodded: "Madam is right."

Seeing that Li Yi agreed with her words, Mrs. Zheng said, "Then who should we send out to investigate this matter?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "No hurry, I have to tell my father about this matter first, after all, we have never seen that lost aunt, so let's do it." Then he shouted outside: "Du Juan."

"The servant is here." Du Juan stood at the door and responded.

"Go and call the young master."

"Yes." Du Juan stepped back.

After waiting for a while, Du Juan shouted outside the door: "Master, the young master is here."

"Let him in."

Li Yuan walked in and asked, "Father, are you looking for me?"

"Well, tell me about what happened in the teahouse today." Li Yi said.

"Ah, what happened?" Li Yuan asked in surprise.

"Nothing happened, please tell your father again." Zheng said urgently.

"Oh." After Li Yuan responded, he told the story of what happened in the teahouse in detail again.

Li Yi pondered for a while after listening, and then said to Li Yuan: "You follow me to see your grandfather." After speaking, he said to Zheng Shi: "Don't say anything about this."

Speaking of getting up and walking out, Li Yuan followed closely behind.

The two came to Sheng Yanghou's study and explained the matter to Sheng Yanghou in detail.Sheng Yanghou was very happy after hearing this. He knew that his mother had never given up looking for the lost sister, but it was too long and she had given up hope.

If this discovery proves that the woman is the younger sister who was lost back then, it will make the parents happy, and there will be no regrets in their later years.

The next day, Sheng Yanghou sent someone to investigate the matter.

(End of this chapter)