Respectfully

The Lou family came suddenly, and the concierge of the Li family saw the sign of the Marshal's Mansion in front of the black car, and rushed to find the butler Li Dong.Li Dongzheng was sitting on the kang, chewing peanuts, flirting with the girl serving in the room.Don't think he's just a housekeeper, who doesn't look up to him in Li's mansion when he leans on the Eldest Master and Eldest Madam?The third master is not interested in business, no matter how powerful the third wife is, the second master is gone, the second wife and the third young master are orphans and widowed, and the third young master will be sent to the Marshal's mansion again, this Li's mansion will sooner or later The world of the big house.

Li Dong took a sip of his wine, shook his head and hummed Er Jin Gong, and was singing: "The grand master has a heart like Wang Mang, he wants to take away my son Jinxiu's homeland."

He heard a voice from outside the door: "Master Steward, someone from the Lou family is here."

Li Dong spit out a mouthful of wine, the Lou family?Putting on a padded jacket, he pushed open the door, "Who is here?"

The porter who reported the letter put his hands in his sleeves, shrunk his neck, ran all the way over, slipped, snow scum was still standing on the padded jacket, his ears and nose were red from the cold: "It's Mrs. Marshal and the Young Marshal."

After hearing this, Li Dong didn't care about anything else. He quickly put on his padded jacket, hurried outside, and then turned his head to the girl who opened the window and looked out, and shouted: "What are you waiting for? Go tell the old man and Da Furen, said that the Marshal Madam and the Young Marshal are here."

The girl snorted, came out of the room reluctantly, and went to the big room.Li Dong didn't care about scolding her, he quickly followed the concierge, blocked the way and called another girl to go to the main room to inform the old man and the old lady.

Li Dong also murmured in his heart that the family members in this building would not come early or late, but at this time, the second room had just had a quarrel, the third room assisted, the elder and the eldest wife died, and even the eldest lady and the fourth young master The ancestral hall was closed, I heard that it was the third young master who interceded, only the ancestral hall was closed, the old lady had to whip the young lady and the fourth young master, and starved for three days.

Who would have thought that the third young master, who is usually as good-tempered as cotton, could say such a thing, but... Li Dong smacked his lips, so what if he is capable?The old man is facing the big house, young master Jincheng is the old man's heart, and the second master is gone, so he has to listen to the old man sooner or later.

The third young master married into Lou's family, most likely it was a "decoration" fate, and he had never heard that Young Master Lou was handsome and manly, so he reluctantly married a man and went back, so he didn't know what would happen in the future.

Li Dong thought, while walking quickly, the cold wind blowing away the smell of alcohol, his face was much ruddy, at least he didn't look like a heavy smoker to be unlucky.

Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao only waited for a while, and Li Dong, the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, came up to greet her. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li got the news first, and rushed over, just in time to see Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao getting out of the car. down.

Mrs. Lou was wearing a rich brocade cheongsam with blooming flowers, a half-sleeved cloak, and snow-white fur. It looked unusual. This kind of dress was the only one in Guanbei City. It was said that it was the style of the capital.Lou Xiao was wearing an iron-gray military uniform, with a palm-wide leather belt that accentuated his slim figure, and knee-length black riding boots wrapped his straight and slender calves. Li Dong took a closer look and saw that there were spurs on the riding boots.

Mr. Li and Mrs. Li stepped forward together, welcomed Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao into the mansion, and walked all the way to the main room.Mrs. Li and the old lady also got the news and waited in the main hall.The teacups that were smashed earlier were all put away, and the blood stains that the second lady had knocked on the green brick floor were also wiped clean. After changing his clothes, he sat down in the front seat and waited for Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao.

The movement from the main room has not yet reached the east room.Li Jinyan was inquiring about the injury on the head of Dr. Liu and his wife.

"Doctor, is my mother's injury okay?" Li Jinyan looked at Doctor Liu prescribing prescriptions, he knew the traditional Chinese characters, and Doctor Liu's regular script was extremely regular, not at all like the doctors of later generations who prescribe prescriptions with flamboyance. Yes, I wish I could show my level only if no one can understand it except myself.

"No problem. Apply the ointment, don't touch the water, and you'll be fine in three days. It's just that you're worrying too much, and you need to drink two medicines for recuperation. Remember to avoid impatience and anger, as it will hurt your body."

Dr. Liu left behind the prescription, and took out a flat box half the size of a palm from the medicine box he carried with him, put it on the table, and said, "This is for external application, once in the morning and in the evening."

Li Jinyan picked up the box, opened the lid, and found a box full of black ointment, not like the bitterness of ordinary Chinese medicine, but with a delicate fragrance.

Li Jinyan sniffled, the smell was really pleasant.

Dr. Liu smiled when he saw Li Jinyan's appearance, he was still a child after all.He had also heard about the affairs of the Li family. Thinking of Mr. Li's actions, he couldn't help but shake his head. Such a cruel uncle, who doesn't care about his brother's affection at all, is really... But he is an outsider after all, and he can't help but shake his head. Talking nonsense about the Li family's affairs, I just feel that the mother and son of the Li family's second room are really pitiful.

"Doctor Liu?" Li Jinyan looked at Doctor Liu shaking his head and sighing for a while, and the look in his eyes was not quite right, so his heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Doctor Liu, could it be my mother?"

"No, don't worry about the third young master. Lingtang is fine."

Li Jinyan's heart fell back into his throat.After sending Dr. Liu away, he ordered the girl next to the second lady to add fragrance to decoct the medicine. He took the ointment and went into the inner room. Well, there are only two puppies the size of an adult man's fist. If you look carefully, it's really a pug.

"Yan'er, come here quickly. Look at this little thing, isn't it fun?" The third lady smiled at Li Jinyan and said, "It's still possible to make a bow, little boy, come and make a bow to the third young master."

The little white dog closed its front paws in a decent way, and made a wobbly bow to Li Jinyan, which made everyone in the room laugh, even the second lady laughed twice.

"Did I tell you? Your third uncle spent 50 silver dollars for this little thing."

The third lady hugged the little white dog and rubbed it, the little thing didn't make a fuss, and Li Jinyan also looked at it happily.This haba was obviously specially trained, and it was thanks to my third uncle that I was able to find it.

The third wife and the second wife were teasing the little Haba, and Li Jinyan handed the ointment in his hand to another girl next to the second lady, "It was given by Doctor Liu, wipe it on the lady once in the morning and evening, and don't touch the wound with water. Be careful when eating .”

"Hey."

The girl promised crisply, and turned around to put away the ointment, but Li Jinyan asked her to fetch a clean veil first, carefully cleaned the wound on the second lady's forehead, first applied a thin layer of ointment, and immediately, the room was full of ointment. fragrant.

Strange to say, the ointment in the box was black, but it became transparent after a moment of application.The second lady looked at it in the mirror, and the third lady was also amazed, "It smells good, ask Dr. Liu later, I'll make a box of Momo too."

"Nonsense, where is the medicine applied casually?"

After the third lady made jokes, the second lady's mood obviously improved a lot, and after playing with the little huba brought by the third lady for a while, a tired look appeared on her face.

"Sister-in-law, it seems that your complexion is not very good. You should rest more, and I will go back first." The third lady gave the little Haba in her arms to the girl to hold, stood up, and said to Li Jinyan: "Yan'er, take good care of your mother." , She didn’t even want her life for you. If you need anything, just go with the third aunt, stay away from the big house, the old lady is towards you, the old man’s heart is partial.”

"Siblings."

The second lady hurriedly interrupted the third lady, no matter what Mrs. Li said, as daughter-in-laws, they should never criticize their elders behind their backs.

"Understood. You're the only one with good sex."

The third lady asked Li Jinyan a few more words, and then left.

As soon as the third lady left, the room fell silent. The second lady drank the medicine and dismissed all the serving girls, leaving only Li Jinyan, who obviously wanted to talk to him.

"Mom, you'd better lie down and sleep for a while."

"Don't worry, Mother has something to tell you." The second lady took Li Jinyan's hand, lowered her voice, and said, "You said you were willing to enter the Marshal's Mansion, but did you really mean it? If it was for Mother, Mother is a hundred Not happy. I can't let you suffer this grievance."

"Mother, I'm not wronged." Li Jinyan saw that the second lady started to cry again, and couldn't help sighing that the woman was really made of water. While helping the second lady wipe her tears, he said: "Mother, don't worry, I have thought about it carefully. Well, I entered the Grand Marshal's Mansion, it's not a way out. To put it bluntly, the uncle is like that, and the old man only cares about my big brother. Even if we win this time, we don't know if we stay in this mansion. What kind of life will be in the future, why not if I enter the Marshal's Mansion, maybe we can make our mother's life better."

"After all, it's still for me." The second lady felt sad for a while, "If I had known, I would have gone with your father, so as not to drag you down now."

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Li Jinyan sternly said, "If there is no mother to protect me, I can live here well, and I don't know how I will die."

"nonsense!"

"I'm talking nonsense." Li Jinyan slapped himself on the mouth, "Mother, you have to be good, and my son will let you live a good life in the future. Tell me, the young marshal's mother-in-law, isn't she so majestic? "

The second lady was amused by Li Jinyan, smiled and shed tears again, Li Jinyan sighed, and hugged the second lady into his arms.The boy's chest is still very thin, even a little thin, but he is willing to build a home and a sky for his mother.Speaking of which, after spending a few days together, Li Jinyan never expected that he would have such deep feelings for the second wife. Perhaps it was because his biological mother died young, and his father and stepmother had a child, so he didn't pay much attention to him at all. In the past 26 years, only in these few days have I truly realized what a mother's love is like.

Even if the second lady did all this, it was for "Li Jinyan".

The second wife was taken aback. How could a son hug his mother like this? She hurriedly pushed Li Jinyan away. Seeing him smiling heartlessly, she couldn't help but patted him, "You bastard."

"mother."

The mother and son had another conversation, Li Jinyan helped the second wife to lie down, just walked out of the back room, saw Zhi'er rushing all the way, saw Li Jinyan, raised his voice and called: "Master, someone from the Lou family is here."

Someone from the Lou family?

Li Jinyan was taken aback and didn't react for a long time.Although he had already decided to enter the Marshal's Mansion to open up a new "life path", it still felt awkward for him to face the Lou family immediately.

"Master, Mrs. Lou and Marshal Lou are here, talking to the old man. The old lady, the old man and the old lady are all here."

"Oh." Li Jinyan nodded, his bland reaction made Zhi'er a little confused, someone from the Lou family came, why didn't the young master respond at all?

"Zhi'er, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Li Jinyan remembered that he had applied the ointment for the second lady before, so maybe he also got it on himself?

"Young master, Mrs. Lou and the young marshal are here, don't you plan to go and see?"

"They didn't call me, so why should I join in the fun?" Li Jinyan chuckled and motioned Zhi'er to lower her voice: "My mother just fell asleep, let's go quickly, I have to go back to the house to write the dowry list and send it to the old man .”

Li Jinyan felt that the Lou family and the Li family got married because of the character of the young marshal Lou, and because of the Li family's money.Isn't that how Mr. Li's position as deputy director came about?The Lou family wanted to win over the Li family, and Mr. Li did what he liked. Mrs. Lou's trip was probably to give the Li family a face. As for herself, I'm afraid it really doesn't matter.

However, Li Jinyan made a mistake this time. Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao's trip was indeed to see him.The Li family's money is of course important, but the daughter-in-law who is brought into the Lou's house is not something that can be decided casually.

When we met today, if Li Jinyan really disagreed, Mrs. Lou would never let Lou Xiao marry him.At worst, wait a few more years, and sooner or later, I will be able to find someone who matches my son's horoscope.

Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao sat in the main hall and exchanged a few words with Mrs. Li. Seeing that only Li Qingchang and his wife were with them, the Li family had no intention of letting Li Jinyan come out to meet him. They just raised their eyebrows and straight to the point, saying: "I will take you with me today. Xiao’er came here just to meet the children. Now it’s the Republic of China, and young people always talk about freedom and independence. Our elders think it’s good, and we want them to do what they want, don’t they?”

As soon as Mrs. Lou said these words, the faces of Li Qingchang and his wife turned ugly.According to Mrs. Lou's words, Young Marshal Lou looked down on him, and Li Jinyan couldn't enter Lou's house.

Cold sweat broke out on Li Qingchang's forehead. Although Li Jinyan said that the little brat let go of his willingness to enter the Marshal's Mansion, if he knew what Mrs. Lou meant, he would deliberately play tricks in front of Marshal Lou to make Marshal Lou look down on him. He, all the effort he had spent before was in vain.For this matter, he has already torn face with Erfang.

Thinking of this, Li Qingchang had no choice but to say: "I would like to say that the child suffered from a serious illness a few days ago, and he hasn't recovered yet..."

"Oh, Xiao'er has to go and see." Mrs. Lou saw that Mr. Li's words were evasive, and she made up her mind that she must see Li Jinyan today, "Where does the third young master live? Let the girl Take Xiao'er to see him face to face."

"This..." Li Qingchang's face turned pale, the little bastard is recovering now, if someone takes him there, wouldn't it be revealing?Gritting her teeth, she winked at the eldest lady. The eldest lady nodded and told the girl behind her, "Go and tell Li Dong to invite the third young master to come here."

Mrs. Lou smiled, "Didn't you say you were sick?"

"I'm sick, but Madam and the young marshal always ask someone to come over if they want to see each other."

Li Qingchang originally wanted to sell Mrs. Lou as a favor, but as soon as he said that, he seemed to be complaining about Mrs. Lou's inhumanity and made Li Jinyan come to see the guests with illness.

A stern look flashed in Mrs. Lou's eyes. Is Mr. Li stupid or did he do it on purpose?Lou Xiao hadn't spoken since he entered the door. He sat upright on the chair without taking off his military cap. This was already considered rude, but the Li family didn't dare to criticize him.Mrs. Lou knew that her son was dragged here by force, and she was angry with Master Li, and she didn't say anything about Lou Xiao.

When the housekeeper Li Dong found Li Jinyan, Li Sanshao was biting his pen in distress, trying his luck on the white paper spread on the table.How could he have forgotten that Li Jinyan is used to using a brush, and he writes very well in thin gold with one hand, but with his hand that crawls like a dog, if you take it out, you will be 100% revealing.

Zhi'er finished grinding the ink, and saw Li Jinyan frowning and biting the pen holder, with a depressed expression on his face.Quickly asked: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Li Jinyan was thinking about how to confuse this matter, when the housekeeper Li Dong came over and said that the elder master invited the third young master to meet the guests in the main room.

Li Jinyan threw the pen in his hand, picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped his hands, seeing a guest?Do you think he is a girl from the XX courtyard?However, this was a relief for him.

After hearing Li Dong's words, Zhi'er went to the closet in a hurry to change Li Jinyan's clothes, but Li Jinyan told her not to be too busy, "No need, this outfit is fine."

After straightening his collar and sleeves, Li Jinyan opened the curtain and walked out. Li Dong bowed his head and stood in front of him, without any trace of the complacency he had when he was smiling strangely at Zhi'er.

Li Jinyan didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said directly, "Let's go."

Looking at Li Jinyan's back, Li Dong was in a daze, and a thought arose in his heart. Before, did everyone look at the third young master as wrong?

In the main room, the maids stood stiffly, not daring to breathe, but they still couldn't help stealing a look at the cold-faced Young Marshal Lou.The Li family was born well, the young master Jincheng and the third young master Jinyan were even better, but they were not as handsome as the handsome Lou in front of them.Lou Xiao's facial features followed Mrs. Lou's, only a pair of sword eyebrows were thick and black, which made the delicate facial features look heroic, without any femininity.

Received the orthodox education of the military academy, and joined the army of Marshal Lou, Lou Xiao's every move has the sassy look of a soldier.However, he gave the feeling of a cold gentleman, with fortitude in his elegance, without the evil spirit that soldiers are used to.

When Li Jinyan saw Lou Xiao for the first time, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, feeling chills in his heart, this man is definitely not easy to mess with.

Lou Xiao still had no expression on his face, just turned his head and nodded towards Li Jinyan. The wide brim of the black hat covered his brows and eyes, as well as the fleeting light in his dark eyes.

Li Jinyan was a little hesitant, such a man is definitely not easy to fool, should he reconsider the way out for himself and the second wife?

When Mrs. Lou saw Li Jinyan, she was somewhat satisfied. A 16-year-old boy, between a child and a young man, his facial features have grown, but his body is still a little thin, and his complexion is not very good. He thinks he is really seriously ill. It seems that Li Qingchang has not lied before.Thinking of this, Mrs. Lou's anger towards Mr. Li finally subsided a little.

Li Jinyan walked in, first saluted Mrs. Li and the old lady, and then greeted Li Qingchang and the eldest lady. His attitude was quite satisfactory, and he didn't see the sharpness when he confronted Li Qingchang before. Then he turned to Mrs. Lou and Lou Xiao, with a smile on his face. , not flattering, nor pretentious, just modest, like a young man meeting an elder for the first time, greeting Mrs. Lou.

"Okay, good boy." Mrs. Lou finally smiled. With such a child, it's no wonder the commander said that Li Qinglong's kind is definitely not good.He was about to take off the bracelet on his wrist, and remembered that it was a boy in front of him. After a pause, a big hand in white gloves was first handed to Li Jinyan.

Li Jinyan is a little silly, the hand in front of him is slender and powerful, but who can tell him why it is holding a pistol?It was still a Browning automatic pistol. It seemed that it was such a pistol that knocked down Archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and World War I broke out...

Li Jinyan was distracted, and Lou Xiao's hand holding the gun didn't move. Fortunately, his finger wasn't on the trigger, otherwise, everyone in the room would think that he missed him and planned to kill Li Jinyan.

Mrs. Lou knew her son well, took a look at Lou Xiao, took Li Jinyan's hand, and stuffed the gun in Lou Xiao's hand into his hand. A bracelet is better.

"Son, take this as a meeting gift from the Lou family."

Holding the gun, Li Jinyan felt his temples thumping. It is really extraordinary for someone to marry a man!Sending a meeting gift is so creative and unconventional...