Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 499;

Chapter five hundred and first; Li's second room is intricate
Lantian New County is located at the north end of Lijiazhuang, the fourth row from the bottom in the north. Now half of the old Zhuangzi in the east of Lijiazhuang have built new houses. There are 72 rows in the front, back, north and south of Lijiazhuang. It is bigger than the average county town. a lot.

There are a total of nine rows of new houses at the end of the north end of Lijiazhuang, all of which are empty. The front houses on both sides of the three widest north-south roads in the middle are rented out to businessmen, and both sides of the middle road have been rented out. At that time, it was nothing more than a few butchers, a few grain sellers, and a few vegetable sellers. In the past six months, it has been very different. There are no matter what they sell. The widest road in the middle has been blocked from north to south. It was rented out, and it was full of all kinds of shops.

Originally, the new houses on the last nine rows were reserved by Li Yu to attract outsiders, but the county government office exchanged land with others, so it didn't cost a lot of money, and there were only seven or eight houses that were actually sold.

There are 36 large and small houses in this row of new houses from east to west. They were originally reserved for selling out to attract outsiders. As a result, outsiders did not come to one family. The second-bedroom family of Li’s family in Longxi attracted a lot of children, big and small. There are two or three hundred small portals.

But Li Yu didn't come back in Chang'an City, no one dared to assign a family without authorization, fortunately, they were all relatives in the [-]th surname, and the old relatives and dependents all temporarily took refuge in their respective patriarchs, and the patriarch of the [-]th surname came forward To coordinate, each household has its own people, and they live here for a long time.

The Patriarch has returned from Chang'an City in the past two days, and the matter of instructing the refugees here to be included in the household registration of the Li family is in a hurry. Just after yesterday, the Patriarch is going to meet the family from Longxi to give birth. I heard that everyone with the [-]th surname today The chiefs gathered in the mansion to discuss how to deal with this large group of people from Longxi's old nest...

Li Yu got up early today for the first time, at the end of Mao's day, after washing and dressing up, after a hasty breakfast, he came to sit down in the main hall ahead.

He had to get up, today he has to discuss and arrange the residence of the people from Longxi, and Aye's wet nurse came to live in the mansion last night, the old people must get up early, Li Yu didn't want people to say that he was too lazy, so he went early got up.

As expected, just as Li Yu sat down, before he had a sip of tea, the kind and rich old lady came to the main hall followed by a group of wives and maids.

Li Yu didn't dare to trust her. This old man brought up his own Aye with feces and piss from a young age. Even Aye was a wet nurse. The mentally healthy old lady was knocked down... she recovered slowly after resting on the couch for three or four months, and now she has been able to walk on the ground for less than half a year, but she is Li's old birthday star!
Li Yu saw the old lady come out and quickly stood up to greet her;
"The old lady is up, why don't you sleep a little longer, it doesn't matter if you are late."

After saying this, Li Yu stepped forward to help the old lady by one arm.

The senile old lady is in good spirits. She is over 80 this year, which is really rare in Tang Dynasty. The old lady wears silk and satin, with jade hairpin on her head and a string of yellowed pearls hanging around her neck. , holding a cane in his left hand, saw Li Yu coming up, and tapped the cane on the ground;
"The concubine pays homage to the Patriarch, and the Patriarch is blessed and safe."

Li Yu hurriedly took two steps to the side, then went up to support the old lady, and responded with a smile;

"Boss, what are you doing? Aye doesn't even dare to bear it. Don't embarrass me."

"Hahahaha, Yu'er, you are much more breathable than Ping'er. My old lady likes it very much. What do you want to show off? If you haven't come to see the head of the family, do you still have to wait for the head of the family?" Is it okay to salute you? What a bunch of useless things! There is no courtesy..."

Li Yu has seen this old lady many times. During the Chinese New Year, when Li Yu was going to pay New Year's greetings, the old lady had already sent someone to guard the gate of the mansion, so that Li Yu was not allowed to go out, and insisted on coming to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings to the Patriarch according to the rules. Yes, with the support of the maids, I bowed, saying that it is only once a year that there must be no less courtesy.

Li Yu likes this old lady very much, she speaks humorously, she speaks quickly, and she also likes to make jokes. It's just a joke again, but it's not really a curse.

Because the ones who followed the old lady to live in the backyard last night were the old lady's daughters, four of their own, four of their aunts, including the youngest of their own, Mr. Liu Daguan, among them, plus a bunch of The granddaughters are all around the old lady, and the old lady is talking about this group of children and grandchildren.

A group of people hurriedly agreed when they heard the old birthday star laughing and cursing, and saluted from the oldest to the youngest.

"The concubine pays homage to the Patriarch."

"The concubine pays respects to the Patriarch!"

Li Yu stretched out his hands to the group of young and old who were saluting;
"No courtesy, no courtesy..."

The old lady squinted her eyes and glanced at the precious little girl hiding in the crowd, and coughed lightly, then Manager Liu immediately stood up helplessly from the crowd;

"Minister... Slaves... have met the Patriarch, and the Patriarch is blessed and safe."

Since Li Yu woke up that day not only did not go back to the house, but also stayed on her couch and made a fuss all night, Manager Liu didn't dare to go out.

She is a thin-skinned person, and the owner of the family stayed in his room for half a day and night, what is the matter... Therefore, Mrs. Liu was very afraid that everyone would laugh at her, and she was so scared that she didn't go out all day yesterday.
It was the old lady who sent someone to ask her to live in the mansion last night. The whole family and sisters got together neatly, so she came here at night.

Seeing the Patriarch again now, she had no place to rest her hands and feet, and had been hiding in the crowd, but she could hear the old lady coughing clearly, and she had no choice but to stand in front again!
Normally, her servants and concubines never felt awkward no matter what they said, but today she was confused and muddled, and only spoke the words spoken by the patriarch Wanfu Jin'an correctly, even so, she didn't dare to raise her head. Li's kung fu is already blushing...

Li Yu's face is notorious for being number one in Chang'an City, and Cheng Yaojin, who is the number one face in the world, is already a piece of shit. How can he feel uncomfortable?
"Oh, Mr. Liu is not polite, get up."

"No, thank you Patriarch."

In fact, these etiquettes are exactly the same as those in the palace. They are basically the same. They are all the ways passed down by the ancestors. Just look at the etiquette in the family...

The old lady's face was still as usual, but when she heard Li Yu's words that Mr. Liu was impolite, her squinted eyes burst into a flash of light, and then quickly regained her composure. Seeing Li Yu coming up to help her, she followed along and walked forward. past.

"Chairman, this way, please."

"Okay, okay, oops! I remember when you were seven or eight years old when you were young, you gave Ping'er (Aye in Li Yu's life) footwashing water,
At that time, my wife knew that my Yu'er was extremely filial, and she would definitely be a hero when she grew up. Now it seems that she is absolutely right.

There is no adult to teach, and only by groping, we can find out the secret methods left by our ancestors from Nuo Da's study room. Only this point, there is no second family with five surnames and seven Wangs in the world. "

In the entire Li family's second room, there is only one person who can call Li Yu Yu'er, and no one else dares to call him that!Even this old lady Liu's biological elder brother, Ma Benchu, the previous granary manager in charge of Li's lifeline, also called Li Yu the patriarch when he saw Li Yu, and then called himself a slave.

Li Yu laughed cheerfully;

"Hee hee, thank you Madam for your praise, I'm not afraid of jokes, I only read one out of a hundred of the books in our study..."

"I'm sure, our ancestors have passed down many generations, and the accumulated books are more than the collections of many rich families with five surnames and seven Wangli. We can't read them all in a lifetime. Otherwise, why would we build such a big study room? , you can be so powerful after just watching a little, if you read more in the future, the future will be even more promising..."

The two walked into the main hall unhurriedly while chatting and laughing. Li Yu let the old lady into the chair on the west side of the top, but the old lady was determined not to sit, and sat in Liu Wanquan's chair during the usual meetings.

"You go and sit, where is your seat, today we all come from Longxi lair to visit the Patriarch one by one, my old lady can't ask someone to poke my spine, sitting here is just right."

"Okay, you can sit wherever you want, Chief Manager. Yingxiang quickly get the old lady a soft cushion to lean on. It will probably take a long time."

"only!"

Yingxiang agreed and hurriedly took two of Li Yu's favorite soft cushions that Li Yu instructed them to make.

"Boss, you can move this servant to lean on your back. It's very comfortable. How about you lift your body up and put a cushion on your head to make it more beautiful."

"Oh, good, good, you have a good heart, no wonder my good grandson wants to intercede with you and ask them to open up their Liu family's household registration for you."

While talking, the old lady's daughters lifted her buttocks and put down two cushions with the support of her, and then she sat down again.

"But you can't praise me as a big manager. We can thank my dear little sister for taking care of our family's household registration with the surname Liu."

Han Yingxiang glanced gratefully at Miss Liu in the crowd, and the two smiled at each other in silence. After the old lady sat down, she let go of her crutch, and someone naturally picked it up.

The old lady's daughters are all standing behind the old lady well-behaved. They are not qualified to sit down here, so they dare not be presumptuous!

"Aye, the eldest son of the Han family. I have met him several times. He is honest and kind. I like to eat wild vegetables. The master of the Han family always goes to the mountains to get wild vegetables for me. Although he doesn't know how to show off, he is better than a down-to-earth person.
Our Li family has tens of thousands of people, but there is no shortage of manpower, but you, Aye, will accept as many people as you come, as long as there is enough food and cloth. "

Who is the old lady?Followed the third-generation head of the Li family in Lantian to travel north and south, the emperors of the previous dynasty have served food, and the patriarchs of the five surnames Qiwangli have also met the heads of dozens of families, and Han Yingxiang said it in just a few words Feeling elated, he grinned and gave the old lady a blessing;
"Boss, you are too flattering. If you want to eat something, you can tell your servants to pass on a message. My mother must wash it carefully and dry it. I will pick up the fresh shoots and send it to you."

The old lady held Yingxiang's hand to prevent her from saluting, and said softly;
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry for your troubles, Mrs. Han, I'm really sorry, but you are really nice, you have to take good care of everything about the master, use snacks, don't imitate me This incompetent youngest, who never winks all day long, is really disgusting."

Did the old lady really hate the youngest daughter?No, on the contrary, this old lady loves the little girl who looks most like her like the flesh in the palm of her hand, even a blind person can see it.

Eight daughters, not to mention the four born to the aunts, and four of their own daughters, the old lady just passed on the position of the housekeeper to the youngest daughter, which shows that the old lady treats Liu's wife How deep is the love.

Han Yingxiang is just a second-class maid who has been serving Li Yu for many years, in exchange for her steadfastness. Based on her status, she is still in the household registration of Liu, the steward Liu's family. After hearing such yin-yang and thorny words everywhere, how dare Han Yingxiang To pick up a word?
I had no choice but to pretend that I didn't hear this, cared a few words about the old man's health, and quickly stepped back to stand by the Patriarch's side.

What is this old lady not clear about?Not to mention a small second-class maid, even the dozens of senior managers who are now in charge of the house do not dare to speak up about their grievances. The old lady dealt with Han Yingxiang as if nothing happened, from her arms He took out a fine silk scarf and pretended to wipe the corners of his mouth casually.

Li Yu sat at the top and listened to the old lady's words, couldn't help but wandered away for a while, secretly guessing in his heart, it was clearly recorded in the family affairs, the old lady was the number one steward of the inner house before.She was in charge of the power for a lifetime, until she was old enough to pass on the position of chief steward to her favorite little girl.

The previous one was the old lady's natal aunt, and it was clearly written in the family affairs that the old lady's aunt was vigorous and resolute, with a very hot temper, who made the mistake?

Strictly follow the Li family law, and there will never be a lack of board. It is recorded in the family affairs that there were two maids who were not open-eyed in the hands of the chief steward!There is no other way, who told you to make a mistake three times and still not remember it, and make it a fourth time?
The position of the chief steward of the inner house has been handed down for hundreds of years, and no one else has ever held it. Just like Li's imperial guards, the Lin family has been Li's imperial guards for generations!

The tribe made a mistake and wanted to escape?As long as Li Yu's token is dispatched, the Lin family will not delay a meal after accepting the patriarch's order, and immediately arrange for people to chase after you. No matter where you escape to, they can tie you back from thousands of miles away to be tortured.

But the Liu family is indeed very loyal. The husband of this old lady was hacked dozens of times in order to stop the thieves from harming the three generations of patriarchs. I heard that his intestines came out and he died a miserable death...

Aye didn't know what was going on, so he arranged for the old lady's precious little girl to be in charge of the mother-in-law in the mansion, but there was no clear record of usurping her power,

Not to mention asking someone else to be in charge, it looks like she is waiting for the only daughter of the manager Liu to grow up, and she is going to hand over the power to this...

When I came here, I didn't figure out everything about Li Shi, so I recklessly handed over the management to Lin Rongniang. Although no one said anything more, Li Yu always felt weird.

Rong Niang became the number one steward of the inner house in the backyard, and it should be fully equipped, eight maids, eight maids, two chefs, two second chefs, four odd jobs, and eight guard slaves. It's the rules of Li's second wife, written clearly,

With her own backing, Rong Niang still only chose two maids. I'm afraid she has some scruples in her heart. It seems that Rong Niang, the chief manager, is also awkward...

Although the children of the family respected Rong Niang, they all obeyed the laws and regulations, but they were even more cautious when they met the Liu family's wife than they were with Rong Niang. Those rules can scare a person to death!
Li Yu could clearly feel that although Mrs. Liu did not have the title of the number one steward, she was still balancing all the servants in the mansion. Perhaps Rong Niang's background and strength were really not suitable for this position. Uncertain……

(End of this chapter)