Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 435;
Chapter 430 Seven;

Qin Qiong got up early in the morning, gathered all the management in the mansion in the main hall of the front yard, and carefully explained to the servants in the mansion that he must cheer up today.

There must be no sloppiness at all, we must pay attention to etiquette everywhere, follow the rules of our ancestors, and we must not let the upper three families who inherited the knowledge of Confucius and sages look down upon him as a martial artist who does not understand etiquette.

After explaining it carefully two or three times, Qin Qiong left home with peace of mind, and went to work in the big camp outside the city. Here in Li Yu's yard, he didn't bother with Li Yu's daily life for a long time~ Inner House Master The manager, Lin Rongniang, came to Li Yu's house early.

Along the way, the servants who had gotten up to clean the courtyard saw Rong Niang coming with her personal maid, and they all bent down to salute;

"I've met Steward Lin!"

"I have seen the big steward!"

Rong Niang showed a gentle smile and responded all the way;

"No courtesy, everyone should cheer up, today is different, the saint's disciples are the most noble and upper-class people from the three clans come to our house as guests,
You all keep the rules in your heart and practice them in your body. Don't forget anything, but don't wait for the banzi family law to fall on you before you remember your mistakes. "

"Yes. The chief steward."

"promise."

Rong Niang was very satisfied with the energetic answers from the servants, she nodded her head and came to Li Yu's yard, Tan Chun came out to meet her, she just bumped into her, and lowered her head a little guilty.

Since Rong Niang became the chief steward, she no longer cared about Li Yu and the seven personal maids, they were all a little loose, especially Tan Chun, who was a lot lazy because of Li Yu's favor, how could she not see her immediate boss coming? Guilty?
"I have seen the big steward, and the big steward is blessed."

"Excuse me, where is your lord? Can you get up!"

"If you go back to the chief steward... Mr. Lang is still resting and hasn't got up from bed yet."

Lin Rongniang frowned slightly, and said with displeasure;
"Usually it doesn't matter how you sleep, but today it just can't. The next head of the Duanmu family has arrived, and there are descendants of the Confucian family and the descendants of the Yan family. The Dalang of the Cheng family is the most down-to-earth. He's coming soon, and it's already a quarter of an hour, and your husband hasn't gotten up yet, what is this called?"

When Tanchun heard the question, he lowered his head a little, and the soft voice was almost inaudible;

"My servant made a mistake, please be punished by the chief steward, this servant just went to call me once, sir...Your Majesty, he still wants to sleep for a while, servant..."

Before Tanchun finished speaking, Rong Niang continued to ask questions;

"Which one was on duty in Lang Jun's room last night?"

"If you go back to the chief steward, it's the slaves. The slaves brought two third-class maids to serve on duty last night."

Rong Niang looked at Tan Chun twice up and down, and her voice was inevitably a little angry;
"You look at yourself in the bronze mirror, your hair is disheveled, your silver hairpins are crooked, and your clothes are disheveled. How decent is it to receive the saint's door like this? Why don't you go back to your room and tidy it up? How long do you have to wait?"

"Yes, the servant will go immediately."

"Go quickly."

"promise."

Tanchun agreed, and hurriedly trotted away from the main hall, feeling warm in his heart, after all, the elder sister of the Lin family was born as an eighth daughter, she treated herself very generously, if she was the senior steward and saw her disheveled appearance, I am afraid she will be punished today opportunity.

With a dark face, Rong Niang went straight into Li Yu's room, and the serving maids had already gotten up in a hurry. Seeing Manager Lin coming in with a dark face, they all quickly lowered their heads.

Rong Niang glanced at the room, there were seven or eight maids standing against the wall, clear water, cloth towels, etc. were all ready, she was relieved, and then looked at the couch, the gentleman was facing inside, hiding in the bedding.

Rong Niang saluted meticulously in front of the couch;

"The servants pay homage to the lord, and the lord is blessed and safe."

Seeing that there was no response on the couch, Rong Rong straightened up, sat on the side of the couch, and whispered on Li Yu's body;

"Mr. Lang, it's two o'clock in the morning. I don't dare to sleep for a long time today. You should get up. The eldest son of the Cheng family will be here soon."

Li Yu turned over in a daze, and put his arms around Rongniang's neck;
"Oh, tell me to sleep a little longer!"

Rong Niang lay down next to her, and the two closest maids in the room were about to come over to serve her. Xiao Yu, who was close to Rong Niang, bent down neatly and took off two embroidered shoes for Rong Niang.

Rong Niang put her feet back and came up, half lying beside Li Yu, and responded in a low voice;

"Your Majesty, let's not sleep any longer. After we entertain distinguished guests today, you can sleep as long as you want, Sir."

Rong Niang stretched out her right hand while Rong Niang was talking, and Xiaoqing, who was close to Rong Niang, quickly took the cloth towel in the hand of the maid next to her, soaked it in warm water, squeezed the water gently and handed it to Rong Niang.

Rong Niang wiped Li Yu's face lightly with a cloth towel, Li Yu closed his eyes and put his head into Rong Niang's arms to avoid the watery cloth towel, Rong Niang chased after him and leaned back a little bit, without a hitch After wiping away Li Yu's drowsiness for seven or eight minutes, Li Yu opened his eyes;
"My lady woke up so early. I heard that my lady was taken into the elder brother's concubine yesterday. Mrs. Cui San invited me to have tea and didn't come back for a long time. Why don't you sleep more?"

Rong Niang helped Li Yu up and sat up straight, while responding;

"If you go back to my lord, I don't dare to sleep for a long time today. I'm still in charge of the backyard. If there are distinguished guests coming to the door, I don't dare to be presumptuous. I'm thinking about you, so I want to come over and have a look."

"Oh, my lady is indeed a worrying person. She is really qualified to be the chief steward. It's just that the chief steward of our second bedroom has been passed down by the Liu family for hundreds of years. It can only give you a good time. It's not good. Told you to be forever."

"It doesn't matter if I'm a steward or not, as long as I serve by your side, even if I'm a third-class maid, I won't complain."

Li Yu was completely awake, staring at Rong Niang carefully, Rong Niang is still such a small family jade, Li Yu is pulling Rong Niang's catkin;
"My lady, you don't have to worry too much. It's impossible to be a third-class maid. The two who serve you are both second-class and third-class. Why would you be asked to be a third-class maid?"

Rong Niang smiled and nodded, and supported Li Yu to stay on the bed. Rong Niang has been doing this kind of waiting job since she was seven years old, and she is extremely familiar with it.

But Li Yu took Rongniang's identity into consideration, and when she sat on the side of the couch, she evaded the past without a trace. Rongniang is also a smart person, how can she not understand the care of the gentleman, so she stopped insisting and looked up. Seven or eight third-class maids;
"Wait for your lord to get up from bed."

"promise."

A group of third-class maids immediately surrounded them after receiving the order, Li Yu stood up cooperatively, and Rong Niang also had Xiao Qing and Xiao Yu who were close to her, each of whom put on shoes for the waiters.

Rong Niang went out to the main hall first, arranged for someone to go to the Tongchuan kitchen to bring up breakfast, then carefully checked whether the tables, chairs, and the ground in the main hall were clean, then turned to ask the maids and servants on duty in the room;
"Have you waited for breakfast?"

One of the leading second-class maids stepped forward and responded;

"Returning to the chief steward, the servants dare not delay after getting up early. They have been cleaning until now. They have just stopped their work and have not had time to eat."

"I'll take care of it here. You all go eat. Only when you are full can you have the strength to serve. I told the kitchen last night that I will cook some delicious food for everyone today.

Don't care about this moment, you don't have to rush back, but remember to eat well, there are many distinguished guests coming today, just talking about the rules of this station is a lot of work, and you all know it, but today will be a little more troublesome . "

"No. Thank you, Chief Steward, for your distress. This is what slaves should do, and there is no complaint."

Rong Niang nodded in satisfaction and said softly;

"Let's go, it's still early, come back after eating."

"promise."

Rong Niang had just lined up a group of servants, Li Yu finished washing and dressing up, and came to sit down in the main hall, just as the servants outside the door came in;

"Greetings, my lord. May blessings and prosperity. I would like to report to Chief Steward Lin that the meal is ready and waiting outside. May I ask the chief steward if he can bring it in?"

Rong Niang stood beside Li Yu and calmly ordered;
"Hurry up and bring it in, Mr. Lang will have the energy to arrange other affairs after eating breakfast."

"only!"

The person in the kitchen agreed to step back, and ordered two servants to come in with the food, put it away carefully, and then retreated, waiting outside the door.

Li Yu turned to ask Rong Niang who was serving the meal;

"May I use it?"

Rong Niang, who served the rice, put away a large bowl of corn porridge, and then she straightened up and answered;

"Xie Lang-jun is thinking about it, the servants have already eaten it too early, sir, please eat it."

"Oh."

Li Yu also stopped talking, took an ancient meatloaf and started to chew it. After eating a few mouthfuls of corn porridge, Li Yu asked;
"My lady, why don't you see Lizhi and Huaidao come to have fun today, it's so quiet."

Rong Niang said with a smile;

"If you want to go back to Mr. Lang, when I came to my slave's house just now, I saw some people from Madam's side. They came to invite the young lady and Mr. Lang to the backyard. Madam felt that Mr. Lang had a heavy workload today, so she invited them over."

Li Yu nodded while eating, hurriedly finished breakfast, Li Yu was wiping his mouth when Cheng Chusi's voice came from outside;
"Brother, I'm here for my brother."

Rong Niang, as Li Yu's personal and leading envoy, even if she is now the chief steward of the inner house, she doesn't need to deliberately avoid it.

But Rong Niang had some thoughts in her heart, and she was extremely exquisite. She was afraid of leaving any bad things in the future and making irresponsible remarks to others, so she hurriedly took two personal maids and retreated through the small door on the other side.

Li Yu hurriedly got up to greet him, and before he reached the door, he saw Cheng Chusi walking in neatly dressed, Li Yu looked at him in a daze,

Today's Cheng Chusi is not as casual as usual, he is dressed in high-quality silk, and even the two servants who often follow him are new clothes from inside to outside.

The crown on Cheng Chusi's head was bright and bright, and a white jade hairpin was inserted straight, with light makeup on. He wore a three-foot clear sword on his waist, and the red sword tassel hung down for more than half a foot. It is an authentic literati dress on important occasions, with extremely high standards.

Cheng Chusi looked at his brother staring blankly at him, and asked worriedly;
"Brother, what's wrong with being a brother? Let me explain in detail. You should clean up quickly for my brother. You can't make a fool of yourself today. When you just left the house, Auntie repeatedly told you to be courteous and don't lose it." The face of the Cheng family!"

Li Yu who came back to his senses shook his head;
"No, no, there's nothing wrong with the big brother, it's just that the handsome man who cleaned up the big brother today is such a good man, the younger brother is envious, and he is a little lost in thought, so don't blame the big brother!"

"Brother, you are really good at talking. Those who are familiar with you in Chang'an City don't know that your eloquence is comparable to Yan Ying, the prime minister of Qi State thousands of years ago. I am very happy to hear my praise in my heart. .”

Cheng Chusi was not an outsider, so Li Yu didn't have to be shy too much, so he turned to ask Li Yi, the steward of the front yard;
"Brother with a golden crown on his head, a jade hairpin, and a sword, he is really heroic and gallant, showing the majesty of a good man."

Li Yi responded with a smile;

"I want to report to you, sir, it's not time for us to be crowned yet, sir, you have to be patient for a few more years, and after General Qin and General Cheng crown you, you will be able to wear this kind of attire."

Li Yu shrugged helplessly;

"Brother, please come to the house. Have you ever used breakfast food? If it is useless, the younger brother will arrange for someone to bring it quickly."

Cheng Chusi and Li Yu walked into the room side by side, sat down at the Eight Immortals table, and said with a smile;

"Thank you brother for thinking about it. Brother Wei ate some when he was in the mansion. Thinking of being the next patriarch of Duanmu's family today, Brother Wei still has the heart to eat, and he can't eat."

Li Yu covered his mouth and smiled twice, still thinking about Cheng Chusi's attire, and looked at Li Yi to ask questions;

"The crown belt is not allowed. It's not the time yet, and no one came to laugh at me. Do we have this kind of saber in the house?"

"Returning to Mr. Lang, we have a few sabers in our family, but apart from the fact that our third-generation Patriarch of Lantian is a literati and has worn them, the previous generation Alang has always been a military lord, and Tie Leng has a few high-quality swords. The saber is useless,

Our sabers have been stored in A Lang's warehouse for many years, and they were not brought to Chang'an this time. It was due to the villain's negligence, please punish me. "

"What's the penalty? You're not a fortune teller. How can you be blamed for being able to count someone from Duanmu's house before you come here?"

"Adimo, don't worry. It's still early. I'll tell my servants to go back quickly. There are two sabers in my room. Just bring the other one and tell you to take it with you."

Li Yu nodded and smiled happily. He also wanted to see the difference between the saber in ancient times and the kind of Taiji sword and Taijiquan practiced in later generations - 50 yuan each;

"Thank you, brother..."

Before Li Yu could finish his words of thanks, a servant walked in;
"I would like to report to you, Mrs. Madam, a lady in charge in the backyard sent a gift, saying that it was the dowry from Madam's natal family back then, and she was going to give it to Mr. Lang. He is waiting outside the house. Please show me."

Li Yu nodded and said casually;

"Well, it's a long gift, and I dare not resign, please invite the steward to come in."

"only!"

After the servants left, one of Mrs. Qin's backyard stewards came in with a maid;
"Greetings to the two gentlemen, good luck to the gentlemen."

"Exemption."

"Miss, no courtesy, thank you for your hard work."

"Don't dare to be a servant, it's all a servant's job. Qi reported to Mr. Wang that my wife knew that Mr. Lang didn't carry a sword from Lantian. She checked the warehouse last night and took out the sword that was bestowed by her natal Alang back then. Send the servants to wear it for the gentleman to wear, and ask the gentleman to accept the gift from the wife, and the servants will go back to the business."

"Oh? It's really hard to find nowhere to go. It doesn't take much effort to get here. You have something to do today. You go back and thank Auntie for me first. After I take care of the distinguished guests, you will go to the backyard to thank Auntie for her generous gift and welcome incense. This lady has worked hard, reward!"

"promise."

"The maidservant must take back every word of what the lord said to Madam, and thank him for the reward. The maidservant does not dare to delay the lord's time, so I will leave."

"Go slowly, lady."

"Thank you sir."

Cheng Chusi next to him was muttering the phrase that there is nowhere to be found, he couldn't help but nodded, and asked curiously;
"Brother, why does this line of your poem sound like the second half of the verse, I wonder if the first half of the verse has a source?"

Li Yu just said something casually, and he didn't know the first half of it, so he had to deal with it vaguely;

"Returning to the elder brother, the younger brother has a feeling for his aunt's reward, so I got it by chance. Maybe when the first half of the que is coincident in the future, it may be able to make up for it, but not now."

Cheng Chusi nodded in agreement;

"That's right. Poems, songs, and prose all depend on a flash of inspiration. If you think like a spring, you don't have many words to write, but if you do it deliberately, it is often difficult to put together a sentence or two. Good poems come out. If you need a chance, I think today is not the day when this poem was born, so I will complete it when my brother's inspiration comes again in the future."

(End of this chapter)