The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 45
When we arrived at Ningrong Street again, someone at the door still remembered him and asked him to wait at the porter, and that person went in to report.
After waiting for a while, Yu Lu, the little housekeeper I met last time in Ningguo Mansion, came out.

"Brother Tang, why did you come back from Liaodong? Unfortunately, the master is not at home. I will find a place to rest with you for a while. When the master comes back, I will call you again."

"I went to Liaodong for a few months, and finally settled down. Of course, I came back as soon as possible to say hello to the master. I have troubled Director Yu so much." Tang Qing'an stood up and smiled.

"Your uncle and I are from the same generation, if you don't dislike you, just call me Uncle Sheng."

"Uncle Yu."

The corners of Yu Lu's eyes widened, he agreed, and led Tang Qing'an to the back alley, and brought him back to his original residence.

"Your uncle brings people to deliver the rent every year, and he rests here. You can live here. If you need anything, just send someone to find me."

"Thank you, Uncle Yu."

Before Yu Lu left, he revealed a piece of news to Tang Qing'an that the people from the eldest family of Xue's family had arrived and lived in the Rongguo Mansion over there.

Of course Tang Qing'an knew that Xue's family was in the Rongguo Mansion over there, but he still showed surprise and worry, which finally attracted Yu Lu to ask.

"Brother Tang, what's the problem?"

"Since I heard that Madam Xue is here, it is reasonable for me to pay a visit, but I am also worried that the master will not find me when he comes back."

Yu Lu came to a sudden, he knew that Tang Qing'an came from the Xue family, and now he was under the family of the Jia family, that is to say, the two families are as close as one family, so the Xue family didn't care about it.

So regarding Tang Qing'an's uneasiness, Yu Lu thought he had seen through his heart.

"The two sides are not far away. Don't worry, you can go there. If the master comes back early, I know where to find you."

Tang Qing'an thanked her repeatedly.

The place where the Xue family settled down is indeed not far from Tang Qing'an's place.

Lixiangyuan in the northeast corner of Rongguo Mansion is just on the back street, on the same road, and it can be reached by walking fifty steps.

There are more than ten houses in Lixiangyuan, complete with front hall and back room, but there is no door in the back street, so he has to take a detour and enter from the back door of Rongguo Mansion.

Aunt Xue came from Jinling for less than a month, and her sister was on the side, saying that there are many plum blossoms in the garden on the east side of Ningguo Mansion.

Now the plum blossoms over there in February have already bloomed, but in a few days, when the blooms become more and more vigorous, we can go there to enjoy the flowers together.

From the anxiety in my heart at the beginning, to the stability now.

She was worried that she would cause trouble for her sister, and their family had a mansion in the capital, but the ancestors of Jia's family kept their family, so they simply stayed.

To her relief, her son has a good relationship with the children of the Jia family, and her daughter is also very popular among the daughters of the Jia family.

Zhou Rui's family saw off Grandma Liu and went back to the upper room to answer Mrs. Wang's words. When she learned that Mrs. Wang had gone to Aunt Xue's place, she turned to the east corner door and went out to the east courtyard.

When I arrived at Lixiangyuan, I saw Mrs. Wang's maid named Jin Chuan'er and a little girl who had just kept her head standing on the platform.

Seeing Zhou Rui's family coming, he knew he had something to say, and because he pouted inward, Zhou Rui's family gently lifted the curtain and went in.

"I used to have a child in my family who was sent to Ningguo Mansion last year. I don't know what it is like now."

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang asked curiously.

"What kind of child is in your mansion? How did it get sent to Ningguo Mansion?"

The two sat on the Kang and chatted. Zhou Rui's family didn't dare to disturb them, so they came into the inner room.There are still girls in the room, sitting in the kang, lying on the small kang and drawing flowers.

Among the girls, a girl who was wearing homely clothes and only had a pig on her head put down her pen when she saw someone coming.

Then she turned around with a small smile on her face, "Sister Zhou sit down."

Zhou Rui's family also hurriedly laughed and asked, "How are you, Miss?" While sitting on the edge of the Kang, he said, "It's lively here, Miss, and all the ladies in the family have come."

Xue Baochai smiled and shook her head.

Zhou Rui secretly felt that although the girl from the Xue family was young, she had a good character and a plump appearance, and she was more pleasing than the young lady from the Lin family.

outside.

"What? Where are such ungrateful people?" After hearing Aunt Xue's words, Mrs. Wang couldn't believe it.

The Xue family raised him, the master passed away, and left the Xue family in less than a year. Mrs. Wang's impression of him immediately became bad.

Words from the outside came in, a girl quietly asked Xue Baochai what happened, and the rest of the girls also put down their pens.

"How can you say it so seriously." Xue Baochai explained with a smile, and finally said.

"Although that elder brother is the son of the family, my father loved him the most during his lifetime. He never treated him as a real person, but took care of him as a junior. Even my elder brother was often implicated and blamed."

"In that case, why did you leave again?"

Xue Baochai looked and saw that it was she who was talking, and joked.

"I still have fate with you. The boat I made together is the mother I begged for."

Hearing Xue Baochai's nonsense words that involved her cousin and her fate, the delicate girl lowered her head and remained silent, secretly dissatisfied in her heart.

At the same time, I remembered the previous episode, when I came to the capital by boat, I heard my mother complain that there was a man from Xue's family on the boat to hitch a ride.

At this moment, someone from outside came in to announce that a young man named Tang Qing'an had asked to see Aunt Xue.

"It's a coincidence. Didn't he go to Liaodong?" Aunt Xue was taken aback, hesitated, and then said, "I'm full of girls here. How can I see him? Let him come back another day."

"You were in Jinling, didn't you see him?" Mrs. Wang asked.

"He used to be young, but now that he's older, it's no longer easy to see him. Mostly let him talk outside the corridor through the window."

Aunt Xue laughed.

Jia's house had too many rules, and she dared not bring Jinling's style. After the master passed away, why did the people on the cabinet disappear.

Brothers like Tang Qing'an can meet and talk, and the next-level relationship is to talk outside the door.

Because of this, Aunt Xue didn't want to let Tang Qing'an go. She was far away from the other shopkeepers, and there was a wall in between, so she couldn't speak clearly.

Mrs. Wang nodded. She could understand the difficulty of her younger sister. With such a large family property, it was impossible for her, a woman, to protect her son without seeing outsiders.

"In that case, let him come in to the porch, I really want to ask him."

Aunt Xue couldn't stop her sister, so she had no choice but to follow her way.

Tang Qing'an was ushered in by the nanny, but was blocked by the nanny from the corridor, "Madam said, let's talk here."

Tang Qing'an was at a loss, he hadn't seen him for a few months, how could he be so born, could he still be angry.

"Ma'am, Tang Qing'an kowtowed."

Shouting into the window, Tang Qing'an knelt down and kowtowed.

"Shut up."

Mammy snorted.

At this time, a servant girl ran out and said, "My wife asked you why you left Xue's house in the first place?"

"Yinger, this?"

Tang Qing'an recognized the girl in front of her as the maid next to Xue Baochai. She was originally called Huang Jinying, and she entered the mansion when she was only a few years old. At that time, she kept crying and even bought toys for her.

Later, Xue Baochai thought her name was a mouthful, so she changed it to Ying'er.

(End of this chapter)