Three-pot porridge and naan

Chapter 46 Jinjiang Literature City [Blood Clothes 4] Chapter 46 [2...

"What does that box look like?" the brothers asked Hu Lun'er.

The government has never disclosed what the boxes in the Luo Mansion looked like, and it was even heard that the Luo family had replaced all the boxes containing gold and silver after the accident.

"I don't know. I passed by the government office and saw many people at the gate of the government office looking for officials with boxes."

"Looking for a needle in a haystack like this."

Hu Lun'er thought about it, and looked around: "Where's my brother?"

"Still at the racecourse."

"I'll go find my brother, you can discuss it." Hu Lun'er said, changed her clothes and went out.

In the racecourse, Hu Che'er is competing with others, and horse fighting is the usual entertainment for people in the racecourse.

Hu Che'er is good at riding, and everyone in the racecourse likes to compete with him.

Hu Lun'er had never seen such a brother before, he was full of vigor, and there were many smiles on his face.

Hu Lun'er stood outside the racecourse and watched for a while, until Hu Che'er saw him, stopped and came this way.

Hu Che'er dismounted and threw away the rein: "Huh?"

Hu Lun'er took Hu Tage to the side, and told him about the government's search for the box.

"The Luoshang Building lost a box a few days ago, and it's been rumored in the markets around Lushui these days."

"A few days ago?" Hu Che'er narrowed his eyes, "Do you still remember what I told you a few days ago?"

Hu Lun'er suddenly remembered that his brother came back in the middle of the night a few days ago, saying that he met someone whose kung fu was not inferior to his, and he didn't pay attention at that time...

"You said that the man came out of a large household carrying a box, and you lost him."

Although he was a little unhappy to be told by his younger brother that he lost him, Hu Che'er finally nodded.

Hu Lun'er was startled: "Then do you know where he ran?"

"In the direction of leaving the city, I followed all the way to the city wall. After thinking about it, I went back. But I don't think he can carry the box out of the city by himself. There should be a carriage or someone to meet him near the city gate."

Hu Lun'er heard it: "Then let's look outside the city!"

"No, there must be something wrong here, don't get involved." Hu Che'er didn't like to laugh, and his cold voice made people feel more severe.

"Sixty gold, that's a lot of money."

"In the northern part of the camp, I'm not familiar with the place, I can get out of it, if you get into trouble, can you get out of it?"

Hearing his brother's question, Hu Lun'er couldn't answer.

*

The next day, Hu Lun'er went to Wandong's shop to buy mutton naan to eat.

"Brother Hu, why are you so depressed?" Wandong handed him the naan.

"Yesterday, I told my elder brother about finding the box, and my elder brother said he wouldn't let me find it."

The two talked for a while, and Hu Lun'er got more and more involved.

"Little brother, let me tell you, don't tell others. My brother met a person who stole a box in Luoshang Building that day. He chased him all the way, but he made the person run away."

"..." Wan Dong originally thought he was bragging, but the more he heard it, the more he felt that what he said was true.

"My brother also said that the thief should be a veteran of the Jianghu. His martial arts are not low. He is seven feet two and three feet tall and thin. Judging by his legs and feet, he should not be very old."

Hu Lun'er finished eating the naan, and seeing Wandong busy, he didn't know if he had listened to him just now.

Hu Lun'er also suddenly realized that if he said too much, he would miss the point...almost to expose his brother's background.

"...You take your time, I'll go first." Hu Lun'er blushed and left in embarrassment because of the arrival of several guests.

On the way, Hu Lun'er only prayed that the owner of the porridge and naan shop didn't hear anything.

Wandong looked at Hu Lun'er's back as he walked away, and seemed to be going to the people from Qianyelou to find out which thieves had recently come to the north of the camp.

Wandong wrote a letter to the people in Qianyelou and sent it out, and it was already the night before the Dragon Boat Festival when he received the letter from Qianyelou.

The people in Qianyelou didn't know what kind of robber came from the north of the camp, but they told Wandong that Baili Feihu had disappeared in Fengguo.

Baili Feihu Yan Huyue is Yan Hanyue's cousin. It is rumored that this person is ugly and very different from Yan Hanyue. One of the two brothers has a lecherous face, and the other is ugly but not feminine. They are two extremes.

What else is there for Baili Flying Fox to steal besides gold?

That should be at least one hundred gold.

If someone in Luo's mansion can invite Baili Flying Fox, then they should know the whereabouts of this thief.

Leaving aside anything else, Wandong had to find a way to advance to Luo Mansion.

It's really not difficult to live in Luo's house.

Wan Dong wrote a letter to Yu Mu.

Although Yumu and Wandong have known Zhou Lang longer than Wandong, neither Wandong nor Yumu admit that they are childhood sweethearts.

Yumu received Wandong's letter for the first time, and it didn't scare him to death.

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Wandong for seven or eight months, and he went to Xuejiazhuang a few days ago and didn't see Wandong, and because he couldn't save himself, he went to Mei Xiaobai to find out Wandong's whereabouts, so he didn't ask. .

After all, Yumu was very happy to receive Wandong's letter. Wandong said in the letter that he wanted to live in Luo's house temporarily in Yingbei, and hoped that Yumu could help him.

Yu Mu didn't understand, it happened that he was not too busy these days, so he drove to Yingbei.

Five days later, Yu Mu came to Yingbei City, and within two days the spies from the Yu family found out that there was a porridge and naan shop.

Yu Mu appeared in front of Wandong and didn't petrify Wandong on the spot.

Originally, Yumu hadn't seen Wandong for so long, and he was happy to see him again, but he didn't expect Wandong to have such an expression, and Yumu immediately turned cold.

Mr. Yulang has a white horse with a golden saddle, a purple robe and a white jade leather belt around his waist, and his eyebrows are flying.

Wandong's beauty is introverted and reserved while flamboyant, while Yulang-jun's beauty is domineering and undisguised.

Brother Qiu next door looked at Yumu and then at Wandong, and he only sighed in his heart that Wandong has so many friends.

Just as Yu Mu was about to speak, Wandong gave Yu Mu a look. Yu Mu immediately understood, and rode to a nearby teahouse to wait for Wandong.

Wandong closed the stall, and people nearby came to him to find out who the gentleman was.

Wandong felt strange, Zhou Lang was no more handsome than that Yumu, why didn't they inquire when Zhou Lang came?

Oh, Zhou Lang doesn't like riding big horses, and Zhou Lang dresses very casually.

It is an old custom in Yingbei County to respect people first by respecting their clothes.

*

After hearing Wandong talk about the case, Yu Mu understood that Wandong wanted to enter Luo's mansion to investigate the case.

"Since it is a matter of life and death, I will help you with this."

"Your family and Luo's family are in-laws, you don't have to show up as long as you help me enter the mansion."

Wandong was afraid that if the circumstances of the case changed, members of the Luo family would be involved and the friendship between the Yuluo family would be ruined.

"Okay, I'll send you to live in the mansion first. The Luo family's family style is strict. It's hard to say whether someone harmed the Luo family. I at least believe in Mrs. Wu of the Luo family." Yu Mu said calmly.

*

With Yumu's help, Wandong quickly moved into Luo's guest house.

As expected of the mansion of the owner of Luoshanglou, who is the most wealthy in the world, one courtyard and one courtyard are built to give the momentum of a palace.

The servants and maids in the mansion are also in good order.

There are as many as three housekeepers in the Luo Mansion, and one person in charge of each courtyard, and there are seven large courtyards in total.

"Second master will have a test next year, and a provincial test the next year, so he seldom comes out to meet guests. Third master, who doesn't stay at home for several months, rarely sees guests. Fourth girl and aunt are not married and don't plan to get married, so I help uncle The lady is in charge."

Because Wandong is considered a guest from the Da Furen's natal family, so she wants to visit Da Furen.

Wu You, the guest host, led Wandong halfway, and the lady's maid said that it was too late, and the lady was tired today, so she took the guest to live in the guest courtyard first, and made arrangements tomorrow.

So Wu You led Wandong to the Guest House again.

Although there are three butlers in the Luo Mansion, there is only one who is in charge of the cashiers in the eight courtyards, and the other two are outsiders. One of these two is helping the old lady to manage the outsiders, and the other is helping the old man of the long house to manage the outsiders.

The butler qualification of the three butlers is the oldest. She is the dowry of the old lady and the same sister as Mrs. Wu with the same surname. The Luo family calls her Aunt Wu.

The other two, one is Steward Qu who manages the business with the old lady, and the other is Steward Zheng who manages the business with the uncle.

As for Luoshang Building, there are two stewards and two masters, they all obey the Luo family's master and three housekeepers, and the same goes for the Luo family's other businesses in Yingbei.

After entering the mansion, Wandong only saw Steward Zheng, but not the other two.

"The old lady is sick, and Mrs. Wu is serving in front of the old lady. Manager Qu just took office..." Wu You even counted the days. There are almost no people in sight."

"That's really hard work." Wandong smiled.

Wu You: "Yeah, I don't even understand why they are fighting for such a hard job. I can't even take care of a few wing rooms in the guest courtyard. The master has [-] cloth shops in Yingbei alone, and [-] rouge shops." Home, Six Embroidered Buildings, I know this, and I don’t know, how tiring it is to manage... I don’t want to rest in this life.”

"Isn't the old lady choosing her cronies for the position of housekeeper?" Wandong pretended to be puzzled.

Wu You shook his head: "This is the difference between our family and other people's houses. The old lady is a meritocracy, not cronyism. Like me, I am a distant relative of the old lady. I am of medium ability, so I am only qualified to manage the guest house, and there is no promotion. possible."

Wandong felt that what Wu You said was interesting.

Seeing that there were not many servants and guards in the mansion who were the same height as him, Wandong thought for a while, then smiled, not asking too many questions at once, saving them for tomorrow.

"Mr. Mei, tell me what you need, and I will take you to see the eldest lady tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll trouble you, Master Wu."

*

On this day, Wandong finally met Yu Mu's elder sister.

I thought this uncle and his wife were Yu Mu's aunts, but they turned out to be of the same generation.

The eldest lady couldn't hide her haggardness even after putting on make-up. The old lady was ill and hadn't recovered for so many days. The uncle and the lady supported him inside and outside the house.

Because Wandong is considered to be Yu's "mother's family", Yu talked a little longer and asked his second son to come over to have breakfast with Wandong.

"Brother Mei, you're so pretty." The ten-year-old boy didn't get to know Wandong until after a meal, and dared to talk to him.

Wandong smiled and praised his cleverness.

"Second young master, Mr. Mei should be your uncle." The maidservant reminded.

Since the Yu clan still had to look at the account books, Wandong and the second son Luo Qiong came out of the main house.

The Luo family are all middle-aged in appearance, but their tempers tend to be calm and delicate, intelligent and restrained, even if Luo Qiong is only ten years old, he is more restrained than other children.

Wandong and Luo Qiong looked at the flowers in the yard for a while, then asked about the old lady.

"I haven't seen grandma for a long time?"

"Huh?" Wandong, who was looking at the flowers, raised his eyelids, "Why?"

The Luo Mansion with a strict family tradition will not fail to pay attention to filial piety, especially when a ten-year-old child understands the words and deeds of his parents and thus benefits his whole life.

Luo Qiong glanced around, approached, and pulled Wandong to sit down.

Wandong heard him whisper: "A fairy once came to the mansion, saying that grandma has a disease of leaving her soul, and she can only be taken care of by the person who has known her for the longest time. Other people will hinder her return, even the cat in the mansion. The dogs, cattle and sheep were all sent away, saying that they were afraid that my grandma would die, and the cats, dogs, cattle and sheep would cross their souls. All the light-colored flowers in the yard were removed, leaving only the red ones that you can see now. flower……"

"Then... when did the immortal come?"

"At the end of March, I don't remember the specifics. I just remember that my cat was sent away at that time. Uncle Wu also promised me to wait for grandma to wake up before sending the cat back." Luo Qiong's small face showed Feeling a bit sad, "I haven't seen my cat for a long time, and Uncle Wu has gone to Shangjing and I don't know when he will be back."

Wandong smiled and said, "Then I wish the old lady wake up earlier, so that you can see your cat sooner."

"Hey, Wu's surname is so rare, it's the first time I've heard of it." Wandong said quickly again.

"Uncle Wu is a barbarian from the Western Regions, and he is also the first barbarian my grandma appointed to be in charge. He is very capable and smart. He is tall and mighty, which makes people like him."

Tall and mighty……

Went to Beijing...

Wandong was shocked, and asked slowly: "Second Young Master, when did Uncle Wu go to Beijing...?"

"The immortal left after entering the mansion. Before leaving, he gave me a box of candy. Every time he said that he would come back after eating the candy. This time, he didn't come back after I ate all the candy." Luo Qiong replied, "Why don't you go to my place, and I'll show you the candy box I saved."

Wandong really followed Luo Qiong to his yard, and saw all kinds of boxes besides books.

"It looks good, I saved it all, my mother gave me little pocket money, and Uncle Wu bought it for me, Uncle Wu is good to my brothers and sisters in the house, he will also bring my sister the latest flower hairpins and fans from Shangjing .”

"Is Uncle Wu as tall as me?" Wandong suddenly asked again.

Luo Qiong looked up at Wandong: "You seem to be taller than Uncle Wu, but Uncle Wu is much stronger than you."

Wandong laughed twice: "Haha, is there no one in your house who is taller and mightier than your Uncle Wu? Or is it because you like your Uncle Wu so much?"

Luo Qiong blushed: "Of course there are. There is a coachman in the house and a cook in the backyard. They are all of Hu blood. They are also as tall as Uncle Wu. I almost forgot that although Uncle Qu is not as tall as Uncle Wu, he is taller than Uncle Wu." Be stronger."

"Butler Qu?"

Luo Qiong nodded: "Yeah, before my grandma chose a new housekeeper, I chose between Uncle Qu and Uncle Wu for a long time, and finally decided to let Uncle Qu take over. Uncle Qu is 47, and Uncle Wu is only [-]. They all said The next housekeeper is Uncle Wu."

Wandong nodded.

*

After living in Luo Mansion for several days, Wandong stayed in Luo Qiong's small courtyard besides staying in the guest courtyard.

It is said that Luo Qiong's younger sister is not talkative, and she is not even close to her mother. She has seen several doctors and said that she is fine, but she just doesn't talk.

But when Wandong went to Luo Qiong's courtyard for several days in a row, Luo Qiong's younger sister, Luo Li, would come and sit for a while.

This little lady really didn't like to talk as others said, she just sat without saying a word.

"My younger sister has only spoken to Uncle Wu until now, and she would laugh when Uncle Wu gave her hairpins and fans."

Wandong sighed inwardly, what a poor little girl.

Wandong sighed, and somehow Luo Li laughed.

Luo Qiong was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "My sister laughed! Brother Wandong, you are so amazing, she smiled at you!"

"..." has been corrected many times on seniority, he should be an uncle or uncle.

With two generations of internal strength and the protection of the body with the eternal golden soup, his face is tender, but he is still eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Has Li Niang been unable to speak?"

"That's not true!" Luo Qiong was a little excited when he said this, "Brother Wandong, don't listen to the servants, my sister could talk when she was five or six years old, I remember."

Li Niang also only smiled, and then took the candy box on the desk to look at it.

Seeing that the patterns on the candy box were very close to her, Wandong couldn't help asking, "Is her eyesight bad?"

"Brother Wandong, how did you know? My sister hurt her head, and the doctor said she hurt her eyes. Her eyesight was bad and she forgot how to speak."

Hearing this, Wandong's eyes suddenly darkened.

Li girl likes beautiful things very much, she will laugh when she sees beautiful things.

"Brother Wandong, I've sent someone to serve food in the backyard, let's eat together later."

"Although Chef Ma has a bad temper and always scolds his disciples, the dishes he cooks are really delicious."

Wandong returned to the guest house after eating with them.

Wu You was having a meal here, and asked Wandong if he wanted to join him, and Wandong sat there not to eat, but to have a few more words with him.

"I just came over to eat from the second son, and I will chat with you."

Wu You: "Why don't you drink some?"

"Farewell." Wandong declined with a smile, changed his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "I saw that the third girl of yours is doing well, why do you say that she is sick?"

"Miss? Li Niang?"

"I almost forgot, there is also a fourth lady in your mansion, this pear lady should be called little miss."

Wu You: "It happened four years ago. Li Niang's life was picked up. When she was found behind the rockery in the second master's yard, her head was covered in blood. After waking up, she couldn't speak, and her eyesight was impaired. I can't..."

"Because it's the first time people in the house saw the second master get angry. Someone beat up his niece in his yard and they haven't been caught yet. To put it bluntly, our second master is a nerd and can't be shaken. Someone set fire in his yard. It’s not necessarily the kind that can be heard, but this way, there is no estrangement and conflict between the first room and the second room, and those who should make money make money, and those who should study study.”

Wu You said as he took a sip of his wine.

"In fact, it was later said that there were children in the house who sneaked into the second master's yard to play. After all, only the second master's yard had a rockery. The children loved to climb and play, and Li Niang followed in. The doctor also said that climbing the rockery It may be more likely to fall, and Li Niang is not injured but her head is broken, but the matter of treating Li Niang's dumb disease, the uncle and the lady are very worried."

The two talked for a while and then quickly talked about other things.

"I heard someone in the mansion say that Mrs. Wu was a beauty when she was young."

"Hahaha, this statement...is not false." Wu You leaned over, "It's not that I said bad things about the master, the master of the house is not very good-looking, so when you come in, the maids stare at you. There's a reason, because I haven't seen such a good-looking hahaha for a long time."

"I don't know what Aunt Wu looked like when she was young, but she is 49 and can still see some charm from her eyebrows and eyes."

"I heard that there was an oolong incident at the beginning. The old lady served tea on the second day after she got married. At that time, the mistress thought the bride was Aunt Wu hahaha. If she put it on someone else, she would definitely drive this dowry maid away. It is precisely because the master appreciates the calmness and generosity of the old lady that Luofu is where it is today."

"Aunt Wu is beautiful but loyal to her master. She was married to the housekeeper in the early years and then the butler died early. After she married her daughter, Aunt Wu began to manage the Luo family wholeheartedly with the old lady. Both of them are heroines. They manage the entire Luo Mansion inside and out."

"I have heard about the old lady's deeds."

Master Luo went early, and the eldest son was only ten years old when Wu was widowed. She has grown from three cloth shops to a wealthy one, and now there are twenty cloth shops in Yingbei, and she even married a daughter of Shangjingyu for her eldest son. .

This old lady is a legend.

Wu You smiled and said: "The premise is that the Luo family had a family business for the old lady to use her talents, and that Master Luo really trusted the old lady and entrusted everything to her. When the master left, the master's biological mother was still alive. "