The Concubine of Crossing

The Luo family brought a lot of sailors this time, but the servants didn't bring many.

When Butler Zheng knew that he was being left in Pucheng, he was completely dumbfounded.

Luo Changfu patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Housekeeper, we will hand over our Luo family's old house to you. I believe that with the ability of the housekeeper, we will be able to take care of the house properly. The lady of the warehouse has already After counting, the list is backed up with the county master, housekeeper, you don't have to worry at all."

Butler Zheng wanted to cry, but the butler of the Luo Mansion was a lucrative job, and many people who wanted to come to the Luo Mansion to make connections would give him big gifts.

However, all the valuable shops in Luo Mansion are sold out now, and there are only a few shops that are losing money every day. It's fine if you don't ask him for money.

The entire Luo Mansion is now estimated to be worth a little money for the storehouses and furnishings at home, but listen to what Luo Changfu said?The madam has already ordered the list and sent it to the county magistrate. If something is missing, how can he get away with it?

Butler Zheng didn't want to stay here to look after the house at all, but Luo Changfu didn't give him a chance to refute at all, and directly booked the matter.

Steward Zheng wanted to cry, but in the end he could only watch Luo Changfu bring his family on board, leaving him a mess.

Moreover, it seems that there is not even a copper plate left in the warehouse except for the furnishings, so where does the food and clothing expenses of the servants of this family come from? ? ?

When Zheng Quan thought of this question, the boat had already left, he was speechless looking at the sky, and almost plunged into the Qinglong River.

There are only so many people, and there are no confidantes or anything, but seeing that Xiaodouzi is so exciting, Luo Changfu simply handed over everyone to Xiaodouzi.

When Xiaodouzi took the position, he immediately felt a little stressed. Even though he is really capable, he still needs to learn some things slowly.

Seeing that he was busy, Li Xiao simply threw the third son over.The third son is a bit silly, and he can learn more by following Xiaodouzi. At this time, Li Yueban volunteered, "Master, Brother Xiao, let me follow Brother Douzi too~"

Li Xiao wanted to refuse at first, but then he thought about it, children in this age are precocious, and this group of radish heads have experienced nothing, so they are naturally a little more precocious than ordinary children.Turning around, Li Shu and Li Xuancao looked at him expectantly.

Li Shu will not talk about it, this baby is only 13 years old, but he can pull such a large group of children.Although the method used is somewhat wrong, but I have to say that he is indeed a capable child.

As for Li Xuancao, although she is a little girl, she is dark and thin. He hasn't seen Changbai come back after raising him for so long, and he still wears men's clothes all day long. He doesn't look like a little girl at all.

Of course, seeing that she insisted on treating herself as a boy, Li Xiao let her go.

Now the older kids are showing that they want to follow Xiaodouzi, Li Xiao thinks it would be good to learn more, even with such a pile of carrot heads, I don't know how much trouble it will cause Xiaodouzi.

Luo Laibao knew Li Xiao better than Li Xiao himself, and when he saw his eyes, he knew that he had moved his mind, so he said to Xiaodouzi, "You can take them with you."

Xiaodouzi: "..." What else could he say?He can only obey obediently.

Li Xiao felt a little embarrassed, and said to Xiaodouzi, "Where they did something wrong, they should be reprimanded. If they are not obedient, come back and tell me, and I will clean them up for you."

Xiaodouzi felt a little helpless, the words sound nice, reprimand when it is time to reprimand, which means that he should not reprimand when he should not reprimand, and come back to wait for him to teach when there is something to do, and don't bully others with chicken feathers as arrows.

Xiaodouzi really wanted to get rid of this pile of troubles, but his master had already sold himself, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and get down.

Li Xiao just saw a few children and told them one by one, "Be good, don't cause trouble for Brother Dou!"

Li Shu and Li Xuancao nodded solemnly, as for Li Yueban and the third son... Forget it, with Li Shu and Li Xuancao watching, they can't make any big troubles.

As for the other children, although they were all staring at each other eagerly, they were too young, and they would definitely add trouble to the past. Li Xiao also felt a little pitiful looking at Xiaodouzi, so he didn't let them add trouble to him.

Seeing that they couldn't follow their brothers anymore, the younger ones just walked around the room to see if there was anything they could do to help.For example, helping Xiangniang deliver things, such as serving tea and water for Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou had a lot of fun watching it, and her nervous mood felt better when she saw such a cute doll, so she waved to Li Xiaoman, "Xiaoman, come here~"

Li Xiaoman ran over in a hurry. She was just over six years old this year. She was just a little girl. She has lived better in the past few months, and her face has gained a little baby fat. She looks white and tender, very cute.

Xiangniang also likes her very much. The suit on her body was made by Xiangniang for her. It is pink and white and embroidered with small flowers. It looks beautiful and cute, and makes people feel happy when they look at it.

Li Xiaoman ran up to Mrs. Zhou, and shouted crisply, "Ma'am~"

Zhou felt his heart softened, and quickly took out a string of jade bracelets from the jewelry box, and was about to put them on Li Xiaoman's hands.

Li Xiaoman was so frightened that he hurriedly hid, "No, no, Madam, I don't want it." These people, who have practiced good eyesight since childhood, this jade bracelet is very valuable at first glance, so she dare not accept it.

Luo Laibao was about to speak, but Li Xiao smiled and said, "The child is still young, and things that are too expensive are easy to lose. If Madam likes her, please give her two silk flowers tied by Xiangniang. The little girl wears them on her head." It must be pretty."

When Zhou heard this, she also made the same reasoning. Although these children came with them, she was a little seasick, and basically stayed in the room a lot, and didn't get along with these children. The habit of giving things has been brought out.

She thinks the chain is nothing, but this is the child Li Xiao is raising, and it was born like that, so Li Xiao has the final say on how to raise it.

So she smiled and said, "Since that's the case, how about I ask Xiangniang to tie a box of silk flowers for you some other day?"

When the little girl heard this, she immediately became happy, clapped her hands and called out, "Okay, okay, thank you Madam, thank you sister Xiangniang."

Zhou suddenly laughed, "This little mouth is really sweet!"

Everyone also laughed, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became very cheerful.

When Luo Changfu came back, he saw such a happy look, and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about, so happy?"

Seeing him, Mrs. Zhou stood up from the chair with a jerk, and then felt that this movement was inappropriate, so she sat back down again. Although her expression was pretending to be calm, she still couldn't help being a little nervous.

Luo Changfu nodded at her with a smile, and a relieved expression appeared on Zhou's face instantly.

The two of them saw that they had something to say, and it was not a problem for a large group of them to be here. Li Xiao pulled Luo Laibao's sleeve, and Luo Laibao said goodbye immediately, "Father, mother, let's go Let's go to our room first~"

After finishing speaking, he signaled everyone to go out, but Luo Changfu said at this moment, "Laibao, Li Xiao, come here in a while, let's go see your grandparents."

Luo Leibao paused for this unfamiliar vocabulary, and nodded after a while, "Okay."

Mrs. Zhou was worried, "This kid, Laibao, probably has a problem with his grandparents, right? It's all my fault, I haven't mentioned it to him in these years..."

Luo Changfu was angry and funny, now he finally knew what it was like to be a timid person close to home.

He put his arm around Zhou's shoulder and comforted, "It's okay, we are all a family, and Noble will understand."

Mrs. Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, but then seemed to think of something, and immediately became nervous, "Where's the gift? Is the gift ready?"

Luo Changfu hurried back, "Get ready, the calligraphy and paintings of famous artists collected over the years, the top inkstones, rare brushes of famous artists... are all packed. Even the meeting ceremony for the juniors is ready."

Hearing what Luo Changfu said, Mrs. Zhou heaved a sigh of relief, and then asked a little apprehensively, "Then...then..."

Luo Changfu laughed, "As long as you are ready, madam, we can visit."

Mrs. Zhou suddenly became nervous again, and quickly looked at the bronze mirror to see if her makeup was flawless, if her hair was messy, and if her clothes were properly worn.

When Zhou made up his mind to go out, it was already dark, Luo Changfu stopped his wife who was going out at night, and reluctantly asked her to go out tomorrow.

Only then did Zhou realize that it was already dark, and moved back her feet embarrassingly.

After washing and going to bed here, I spent half the night there.

Luo Laibao finally waited for someone to nod his head, so naturally he had to pull him to be a good person.

Li Xiao was still a little bit reluctant at first, after all, he was not at home, but Master Luo was so flirtatious, when he hooked his neck and sat on him and called him over and over again, even a man couldn't stand it.

So on the second day, when Luo Laibao got out of bed, he walked in a flutter, and the look of satisfaction on his face was unbearable to look at.

Even though Mrs. Zhou was restless, she couldn't help whispering to him, "Don't play around just because you're young, take it easy!"

Master Luo didn't feel ashamed at all when his mother talked about his private affairs. Instead, he uttered a few words meaningfully, "Mother, you know that there is a word called uncontrollable love."

Zhou Shi: "..." She was speechless, and her old face turned red.

The expression of spring on Luo Laibao's face was so obvious that Zhou felt that he would be driven out by her father just by going to Zhou's house.

Mrs. Zhou took a breath, pushed Luo Laibao onto the dressing table, and said to Xiangniang, "Put some powder on him so that he doesn't look so... so..." After thinking for a long time, Mrs. Zhou couldn't think of an adjective, and finally Only one sentence came out, "It makes people want to punch."

Luo Laibao: "..." Who did he provoke?Didn't he just sleep with his wife?How come everyone is envious and jealous?

Xiangniang silently took out the powder, squirmed on Luo Laibao's face for a while, and finally came out a black boy with dark complexion and autumn eyes...

Now the Zhou family doesn't want to hit people, Luo Laibao wants to hit people!Everyone standing not far away couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Luo Laibao suddenly sat up and stood up, rushed to the basin for a good wash, rubbed his face red, then came back and yelled at Xiang, "You have a grudge against me, don't you!"

Seeing that Luo Laibao was really angry, Mrs. Zhou quickly came over to smooth things over, "Oh, Laibao, how can you yell at her little girl! Isn't it just a joke? Why are you so fierce?"

Luo Laibao's eyes were red with anger, his face was not as good-looking as his family's Xiaoxiao, if he became ugly again, what would his family's Xiaoxiao not want him to do?

There was a bruise on his face last time, if Li Xiao hadn't taken the initiative to look for him, he would have been able to hide from Li Xiao until he could see his face before looking for him.

And now, Li Xiao sees his ugly appearance... Will he despise him?

Luo Laibao wanted to cry, but his eyes were red with anxiety.Li Xiao was still watching the fun, but when he saw Luo Laibao was in a hurry, he hurried over and took him over, ignoring Mrs. Zhou and the others, and kissed him on the forehead, "Good boy, don't be angry. , In fact, you looked pretty like that just now..." He couldn't help but want to laugh after talking about it.

Luo Laibao, who was anxious to hit someone just now, suddenly became calm and looked up at him cautiously, "Really, really?"

Li Xiao looked at his anxious little eyes, and nodded against his will.

Luo Laibao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then a smile hung on his face, and then he leaned into Li Xiao's ear, and whispered to him, "Then I'll show you the drawing later in the evening."

Li Xiao's body froze, and he imagined the scene in his mind. He felt that he couldn't look directly at him, but when he thought of what he just said, he could only nod his head.

The smile on Luo Laibao's face widened a bit, and a sly look flashed across his eyes.Based on his understanding of Li Xiao, how could he not see whether what Li Xiao said was against his will?

But seeing that Li Xiao really didn't care, he was indeed relieved.

Or, next time I really try to paint it black before teasing?Will it scare people away... Well, if it scares people out of their hearts, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

Thinking that it is not easy for him to sleep once, it is better not to try randomly.Sleep and cherish it!

After such a fuss, the cheerful expression on Luo Laibao's face really disappeared, and there was no need for Xiangniang to put on makeup on him.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was achieved, and Zhou was still satisfied with it.

After a whole morning of tossing, a group of people finally went out, took a bunch of gifts, and went to Zhou Mansion in a newly bought carriage.

The Zhou family is also a well-known family in Lanzhou, and they have cultivated and studied for generations. They are a real scholarly family.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Zhou Mansion. Mrs. Zhou prepared for a long time at the gate before she got out of the carriage with Xiangniang's support. I feel complicated.

In the blink of an eye, she has been away from this home for more than 30 years, and her childhood memories seem like yesterday. It seems that in the blink of an eye, they are all old.

Maybe they stood at the door for too long, but they didn't see any other movement. The concierge took the initiative to ask, "I wonder if you are visitors or passing by?"

Zhou's thoughts were instantly scattered, and he looked at the porter in front of him, a completely unfamiliar face.

When I arrived at the door of the house, I was asked whether the visitor was passing by... This scene is a bit embarrassing.

Luo Changfu hastily said, "Pucheng Luo Changfu's wife and children came to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

In the Nanshan courtyard, Zhou Mingjin was appreciating the famous painting sent by his grandson, and he tsk-tsked while looking at it, "Authentic work, this is definitely the authentic work of Master Zhentai!" He also picked up his purple sand teapot and took a small sip of tea.

Mrs. Cao was basking in the sun in the yard. While stroking the soft fur of the white cat in her hand, she said perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, congratulations on your famous painting."

Zhou Mingjin was a little dissatisfied with his wife's perfunctory attitude, but after so many years, he had become very familiar with each other's tempers. He knew that when her wife didn't want to talk to him, he didn't give up on her, so he could only sneer With a sound, he continued to turn his head to admire the painting.

At this moment, the always steady butler ran over in a hurry, and did not calm down and breathe steadily until he ran to the yard, but because he ran too fast ahead, he was still panting heavily when he walked in front of Zhou Mingjin, and there was oozing from his forehead. A thin layer of sweat came out.

Zhou Mingjin frowned involuntarily, why did the housekeeper become more and more unsteady.

Seeing his expression, the butler immediately knew that the old man had a problem with him, so he didn't care to catch his breath, and quickly said, "Old man, old lady, my aunt is back!"

With a "bang", Zhou Mingjin's precious purple sand teapot, which he had used for decades, fell to the ground.

Mrs. Cao also stood up suddenly, and said tremblingly, "You, who do you think is back?"

The housekeeper also had an excited expression on his face, "Auntie, it's my aunt who brought my uncle and young master Biao back!"

The grandchildren of the Zhou family don't have a daughter, but the great-grandchildren do have a little girl, but how old are they, who can be called aunts, except their little girl who married far away?

Zhou Mingjin also reacted at this time, and snorted coldly, "Why are you coming back! I don't have this girl!" However, the words in his mouth were strong, but his eyes flashed again and again, and the precious teapot under his feet had been completely forgotten by him. clean up.

Cao Shi repeatedly urged, "Hurry up and invite people in! Why are you still standing there in a daze! My son!" After speaking later, his eyes were already filled with tears.

The housekeeper responded, and then trotted out quickly. This time, no one felt that he was not stable enough to run.