Lingquan after kitchen

Chapter 41 Father and Daughter (1)
The autumn wind was blowing gently, and the sun was shining brightly. A team of chariots and horses unknowingly traveled for dozens of miles and arrived in front of the gate of Ouyang Mansion in Bahe.

Mrs. Wang received the message, and came out fifteen minutes earlier to greet her, and said a few words to her sister-in-law Leng Ningshuang. Seeing Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Hong sitting in the carriage, a little tired and unwilling to get off, she didn't want to stay any longer, so she picked up three of them. Children, and then watched the chariots and horses leave.

Wang hugged Ouyang Jinfeng excitedly, and said to the eldest daughter: "My Jinhua, Jinfeng, you haven't been home for several months. Your father and Jinlei often whisper in my ears, which makes me feel uncomfortable. .It's all right now, the family is reunited."

Ouyang Jinfeng put his arms around Wang's face and put his arms around her face, it was too intimate.

Wang doted on her youngest son, stretched out her hand to lightly poke his forehead, and said with a smile, "You little greedy cat, you will follow wherever your sister goes. If your sister doesn't return home, you won't either, right?"

Ouyang Jinfeng just giggled and didn't answer.

Ouyang Jinhua looked at the two stone lions in front of the mansion, they were bigger than the two in front of Zhuangzi's gate, and they were much more magnificent.This is her real home.

The tall and fat housekeeper, Hong Da, stood on both sides of the gate to greet him with forty servants dressed in probably new clothes. He had the air of a family.

Ouyang Jinhua's six servants, Xiao Tong, Xiao Cheng, Xiao Qin, Xiao Ru, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Ke, entered the mansion for the first time. They were afraid that they would be underestimated by the children of these families, so they all kept serious faces.

"Sister, I'll accompany you back to the yard." Ouyang Jinyu walked ahead leading the way with one hand on his back, walking very slowly, deliberately letting Ouyang Jinhua see the way clearly.

The area of ​​the whole mansion is slightly smaller than that of Lintong's Zhuangzi, but it is still very large. There are six courtyards in the third courtyard alone. Ouyang Teng, his wife and Ouyang Jinfeng live in Fengyuan, the main courtyard, and the other three children live in their own. a yard.

Ouyang Jinhua's courtyard is the closest to Fengyuan.

There is a garden with a pond between the two courtyards. It is autumn now, and chrysanthemums, roses, and hibiscus are blooming just right.

There is clear water in the pond, there are blooming flowers in the garden, and some bamboos are planted on both sides of the bluestone path, which is actually a bit of a southern feeling.

Ouyang Jinhua's courtyard was called Lanyuan, and all the original slaves were sold by Ouyang Jinyu. Now, except for the six slaves brought from Zhuangzi, there are four middle-aged slaves who do odd jobs and guard the gate.

Ten people are dedicated to serving her alone, but Wang still thinks it is not enough, and plans to buy a few small servants for Ouyang Jinhua to do some embroidery work or something.

The four middle-aged servants cleaned the Maple Courtyard repeatedly in the past few days, and they had already made it spotless. When they saw Ouyang Jinhua finally came, they knelt down and kowtowed in joy.

"Where is my small kitchen?" Ouyang Jinhua was most concerned about this.

Ouyang Jinyu pointed to the back of Lan Yuan and said with a smile, "It's not far from your courtyard, at most fifty steps."

Ouyang Jinhua said to Xiao Tong: "Go and see Aunt Xu and Aunt He's dormitory, let them have a good rest at noon, and make dinner in the afternoon."

The four middle-aged servants stood up and looked at the six new servants. They heard that they were from the Medical Sage Peak and knew martial arts and medicine. They were not ordinary women.

"Xiao Cheng, come and talk to them about the rules." Ouyang Jinhua arrived in a new place, the first thing is to take care of the newcomers.

"Two months ago, Mother had someone repaint your yard, throw away some old things, and put in some new furniture. Do you like it?" Ouyang Jinyu opened the doors of each room and let Ouyang Jinhua looked at it, feeling faintly worried that she would be annoyed that the guqin that Qin Huang gave was gone.

All the rosewood furniture in Lanyuan costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, and antiques, calligraphy and paintings are also worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"It's pretty good. I'm going to worry about it." Ouyang Jinhua's yard in Zhuangzi also has three entrances, but the furniture, porcelain and other things are not as exquisite and precious as here.

Ouyang Jinyu was secretly happy that Ouyang Jinhua didn't think of the guqin.

Ouyang Teng didn't come at noon, Ouyang Jinlei didn't leave school, and Mrs. Wang brought her three children to eat.

Ouyang Jinhua forced Ouyang Jinyu to catch up on sleep.She and Ouyang Jinye had developed a habit in Zhuangzi, and they would lose energy if they didn't take a nap in the afternoon and evening.This one is no exception.The siblings slept for nearly an hour.

In the afternoon, the sun was not so sunny, and Mrs. Wang happily took Ouyang Jinhua and her brother to Bahe to visit Ouyang Teng on horseback.

The temporary government yamen set up by the imperial court to plant trees and build roads in Bahe is less than five miles away from Ouyang Mansion in Bahe.

The temporary office is built on the banks of the Bahe River. It is a two-story wooden house with a total of more than a dozen rooms, of which the three rooms on the first floor are used as kitchens for several officials and supervisors to cook.

Wang and her three sons and daughters got off the horse smelling the smell of rice wafting from the kitchen.

The yamen has sixteen guards sent by the imperial court, all of whom are very skilled, in order to prevent the working prisoners from rioting.

Today, eight guards went to the distant Bahe construction site, and the other eight stayed on duty. They were on the night shift yesterday, and today they have had a good night's sleep. A few of them came, especially Ouyang Jinhua, who was so beautiful from the back just wearing a veil and a purple dress, stood up quickly and bowed.

"Madam, miss, hello to the two young masters!"

"Is Madam coming to see Mr. Ouyang?"

"Half an hour ago, Lord Ouyang brought a few villagers up to the second floor."

Ouyang Jinhua's face became hot when he was stared at by a pair of amazing and hot eyes behind him.Xiao Tong and Xiao Cheng couldn't help getting closer to her.

The group of guards stretched their necks like goose-headed geese, watching the purple enter the room on the second floor, and it took a while to recover.

"Look at your stupid look, your saliva is dripping out."

"The face is redder than a monkey's butt. Are you better than me?"

"Lord Ouyang is lucky to have such good children."

Although Ouyang Teng is straight-hearted and speaks harshly, he is upright, treats his subordinates kindly, and has a kind heart. He is an absolute good official in the Dahua Dynasty.

The guards treated Ouyang Teng with great respect, so there was no disrespect or profanity in their words to his family members.

Ouyang Teng was wearing blue casual clothes and a pair of black thousand-ply-soled cloth shoes covered with mud spots. He was frowning and listening to several villagers weeping and talking about the disasters caused by the flood in the Bahe River in the past years in the village. , Surprised and happy, said happily: "Why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)