major general please wake up early

【Zhaosong Xinjing Loufu】

The Lou family is a prominent family after all, even if only the direct descendants moved to Xinjing, the size of the premises should not be underestimated.The building is five feet to the sky, and it is close to the Zhao Song Palace, so naturally it will not make the house look shabby.In addition to the grand scale, it almost copied some buildings of the old Jinglou mansion, such as the small courtyard where Louyuan lived, which is almost the same as the old Beijing.

It is early spring now, and the cold is still pressing.When I woke up today, I could see a cloudy sky above my head, and I could smell the cold water vapor, and I thought it might snow.But this cloudy and snowy day will not affect the lively atmosphere in the mansion below.I saw the woman in front of the door couldn't hide her face of joy:

"Ruixiang, please clean this place quickly, you can't ignore the master when he comes back.

"Fuju, quickly chop the firewood and boil the water, the three of them will have some hot tea when they come back.

"Wei Jun, go and feed Yuan'er's parrot and the four tanks of fish at the door. Yuan'er will have to see them when he comes back."

The graceful and generous woman stood in front of the door, directing the family servants, and couldn't help talking to herself: "The three of you have been away for more than half a month, and you must also want some food at home, so you have to prepare well. The master likes rock sugar elbows, Xuan'er likes Sixi meatballs, Yuan'er likes horseshoe cake...all of them are prepared. That's right, that's right," she turned around and told her servants, "Xiufang, hurry up, go to the kitchen to help, and then Instruct Mama Guo to mix the noodles, chop some meat stuffing and green vegetables, and I will go over to make dumplings later. Also, tell Ji Shuang to go to the Wang’s shop on the East Street to buy a catty of Yuan’er’s favorite dried meat and come back..."

This woman is Lou Zhizhi's regular wife and Lou Xuan's biological mother, Zhou Jianjia.It is over forty this year, but it still has the same style as before.He has a plump figure, a kind face and a sharp and decisive demeanor that can be vaguely seen in his eyebrows and eyes, and his temperament is even more luxurious and indifferent after years of refinement.The Zhou family is a wealthy businessman, and there is only one female successor, and there is no male. When Zhou Jianjia got married 25 years ago, she also put on a lot of red makeup, and the wedding money splashed along the street was enough to cover the expenses of ten middle-class families for a year.Speaking of Zhou's family having only one daughter, it is natural to prevent outsiders from seizing the family property and from being bullied and exploited by corrupt officials, so the best way is to marry into an aristocratic family.Back then, the Lu family hadn't risen yet, and there were only three great families in the world; the Qi family and the Shen family were both enemy countries, so naturally it was not easy to marry; so only the Lou family was left as a big tree.At that time, Lou Zhizhi's elder brother was already married, so Zhou Jianjia naturally couldn't be his concubine; Lou Zhizhi was not yet married, even though he was the second son, but the head of the Lou family was never the one who established the noble family, but the strong one who became the king .So since ancient times, the government and businessmen have colluded, the Lou family borrowed the Zhou family's financial resources, and the Zhou family borrowed the Lou family's prestige, and it hit it off.With the Zhou family's help, and Lou Zhizhi's own reputation, he naturally inherited the position of the Lou family's head.Although it cannot be said that there was some affection at the beginning, but now the husband and wife are in harmony with each other, and they have two sons and two daughters.Lou Xuan, the third daughter Lou Yuqing, the fourth son Lou Yuning, and the sixth daughter Lou Yuqing are all from the Zhou family.

"Sister, are you busy now?" Lou Zhizhi's concubine and Mrs. Lou's dowry maid also came out to welcome her.The difference between a young lady and a maid is a cloud of mud, and the concubine is just to accompany Mrs. Lou when she is inconvenient.The second son, Lou Yuang, and the seventh girl, Lou Yujing, were born of this concubine.Seventh girl can be regarded as Lou Zhi's eldest son, who was only seven or eight years old at the time; the second son, Lou Yuang, is two years younger than Lou Xuan, but he is extremely incompetent.

"Xiaowei." Madam Lou looked back at Concubine Lou, still with the same smile on her face, "Hurry up and get ready, the three of them should be back as soon as we talk."

Lou's concubine, Xiaowei, was originally surnamed Guo, and was sold to the Zhou Mansion as a maid when she was six years old.At that time, Zhou Jianjia took her by his side until now.But this is a concubine after all, and she is usually a little narrow-minded, and the building is too expensive, so she naturally does not please the people of the building.

But it was really the skill of speaking, Lou and his son really came to the door.Lou Zhi had seen the two of them a long time ago, and hurried to his beloved wife immediately:

"Ma'am, how long have you been waiting?"

Mrs. Lou laughed: "No way. Master is tired? Come in and have a rest."

"Mom! Why didn't you ask me if I was tired!" Lou Xuan relaxed when he saw his biological mother.Mrs. Lou teased the eldest son: "There is Liugu accompanying you to make troubles, and you are playing when you are tired! You have bullied Liugu and an honest man a lot!"

"Mother, that kid is not honest because he is weak! It's lucky that he didn't bully me!" Lou Xuan naturally complained for himself.Mrs. Lou's clothes were a little messy all over Lou Xuan:

"You troublemaker, don't talk about Lu Liugu. You have made trouble for him a lot!" After all, it doesn't matter whether Lou Xuan really got into a fight with Lu Liugu, and he is busy looking at Louyuan, "Yuan You are really tired, right? You don’t have a cold, do you? It’s a long journey, and the two of them just don’t feel sorry for others.” He blamed Wang Lou Zhizhi and Lou Xuan, “Yuan’er’s body is your father’s. Such rough-skinned and thick-skinned people, I told you not to let Yuaner run around with you all the time, if he gets a headache, I won't spare you two!"

When Mrs. Lou was young, she was also a son of the Lian family. After all, she was an only daughter. The Zhou family doted on her very much, and cultivated her to be a heroine.Mrs. Lou also used to play drums to help out when Louzhi went to war, and she was considered a hero among women.If I get angry, hehe, I really dare not think deeply...

Fortunately, Louyuan didn't pour the bad water on his father and elder brother, and smiled brightly: "Mother, I'm fine. Father and elder brother can take care of me."

Although he is not Mrs. Lou's biological child, he is very close to Mrs. Lou, and in his heart he regards Mrs. Lou as his mother.Mrs. Lou was kind to him, and he could tell whether it was true or not. He could see that Mrs. Lou really loved him as her own son.So he will reciprocate, and really regard Lou Zhou as his mother.

Mrs. Lou really loves this child, and she tapped the tip of his nose with her finger: "You! You are so foolish! Your elder brother takes you everywhere to find food and counts as taking care of you? He just wants you to eat people, don't come back. Report to me!"

"I don't have such thoughts, mother..." Lou Xuan hurriedly called out, shouting for injustice, Mrs. Lou nodded deeply:

"That's right, how could your elm-headed brain come up with such a good strategy!"

It's just that in this harmonious environment, Concubine Lou was thrown out of the circle.The family reunion is none of her business.Louyuan was sensitive to this resentment, looked back, and nodded slightly to her as a greeting:

"Second lady."

Concubine Lou always hated him, so he didn't go up to him.Concubine Lou has a reason to complain about Louyuan: she is also a concubine, but a monster's son is a collection of thousands of pets, and everyone wants to ask for warmth; Useless things?Why?The cripple stayed outside for fifteen or sixteen years, why couldn't he just stay away? !

It was only after hearing Louyuan's words that Lou Xuan remembered that there was someone beside him, and hurriedly greeted him, "Second Niang."

Lou Zhizhi also remembered: "Xiaowei."

I feel angry, but there is no place to vent this anger.No way, it's a blessing, so I don't want to ask for such a boring thing: "Master, young master, you can talk slowly, I will go back to take care of Qiyue first."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went back without waiting for the building to stop.Lou Zhizhi didn't bother to argue with her, so he just said:

"Come into the house, pack up yourselves, it's time for lunch later."

Mrs. Lou nodded in agreement, and turned to let Lou Zhizhi enter the main hall.As soon as Lou Zhi stepped aside, Mrs. Lou saw Huo Xiangzhen who was keeping a distance of one foot from Louyuan in the yard.This Huo Xiangzhen was wearing a white dress, and his face was pale from seasickness. At first glance, Mrs. Lou was frightened, and then asked Louyuan who was closer to her:

"Yuan'er, who is that person in the courtyard?"

Louyuan looked back and found that it was Huo Xiangzhen, so he replied lightly, "No one."

"Ah?!——" Mrs. Lou was taken aback, and Lou Xuan quickly explained:

"Mother, mother, Yuan'er is teasing you. That's Huo Xiangzhen, Yuan'er's... Uh, senior brother...?" This relationship between master and senior brother really can't be broken.

"So he's not human." Lou Yuan still said slowly, "It's a monster." Mrs. Lou understood when she heard the child speak like this, and she must have lost her temper with this senior.So he opened Louyuan and said:

"Yu'er, go back to your small courtyard, your 'mynah' is talking about you all day long!"

Louyuan became happy: "Then, mother, I'll go back first!"

"Go, don't forget to eat!" Mrs. Lou said with a smile.Speaking of which, the parrot raised by Louyuan had to be named Mynah.On the contrary, Louyuan taught him well, he is very eloquent, he can say a sentence once or twice after being taught, and occasionally he will pop out a sentence or two by himself.A small order of a hundred or so characters can be recited while muttering.

Louyuan said back, and the wheelchair turned around by itself.Mrs. Lou didn't expect it, and said "Yo".Louyuan turned back to her and said with a smile:

"That way I don't have to trouble others to push my wheelchair, right?"

Mrs. Lou half sighed and half laughed.This child is really distressing.

Louyuan returned to her small courtyard, Lou Xuan and Lou Zhi were talking in the main hall, and Mrs. Lou looked at Huo Xiangzhen indifferently.Huo Xiangzhen is not a fool, so he took a few steps forward:

"Ma'am, do you have something to tell me?"

Mrs. Lou nodded slightly, and smoothed the broken hair on Fu Fu's forehead: "Is Huo Shaoxia Yuan'er's senior brother?"

"You don't dare to be a young hero, Madam can just call me by name. I can indeed be regarded as his senior brother."

Mrs. Lou didn't intend to tangle with him on the title, and asked directly: "Then what annoyed Yuan'er for you?"

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Xiangzhen decided not to talk about those past events, but just nodded: "He wants me to stay one foot away from him, not to get close."

That's it... Mrs. Lou has already made up her mind, and ordered the servants around her:

"Dongxia, take Mr. Huo to the small courtyard of Mr. Fifth, clean the room on the east side, and arrange for Mr. Huo to stay temporarily."