embarrassment for man and wife

The closure of employment, the opening of new stores, and the sound of crackling firecrackers resounding through the streets are the most eye-catching places. Zhuohua and others got out of the carriage, and before they approached, they saw the plaque with the word "Liyuan" There are doormen at the gate to greet and send them off. It is very busy. In the streets far away, there are also many people in groups, going to the Liyuan in twos and threes.

A few people walked towards the gate together, and when the thick warm tent was lifted, a gust of warm wind immediately rushed in, which only made people feel comfortable all over. Zhuohua also squinted his eyes slightly, and couldn't help but look inside carefully.

The lobby of this pear garden is very large, almost full of people. Looking up, there are five stories high inside. There is a large stage in front of the lobby, and there are potted plants in the corners that are as tall as people. Obviously, they are not seen here. It's half a brazier, but it's surprisingly warm here, and it's a world of difference from the outside.

"No wonder, there are so many people here, it's so warm here." Zhuo Hua laughed.

Xie Qi turned to look at him: "When this place was still being decorated earlier, I heard from the person in charge here that the heating will be installed here so that the guests who come in will not be affected by the cold. It seems to be true. ".

Zhuo Hua is suspicious: "What is heating?".

Xie Qi pursed his lips and smiled, but before he could answer, there was a gentleman in charge in the lobby who greeted them. Seeing that they were all dressed differently, the steward bowed to them: "Several guests, you want to watch from downstairs. Do you want to go to a private room and watch alone?”.

Xie Qi looked at Jiang Biqing, saw Jiang Biqing nodded, and said, "We can just sit down in the lobby, don't worry about it."

The steward should have done well, turned around and asked someone to arrange another seat for them alone, and saluted them before turning around to greet other guests.

Xie Qi led Jiang Biqing to sit down, then leaned close to Zhuohua's ear and said in a low voice: "This is heating, but it is just burning the earth dragon in the ground, and then turning it slowly with a fan, so the wind generated Naturally, it's warm."

Zhuo Hua suddenly realized when he heard it.

Hong'er and Xie Qiong were sitting on the side, next to a girl with two buns tied between them, her eyes were also wide open, looking at this side for a while, and then at that side for a while, it seemed that she was still too busy Soon, Hong'er patted the girl's head, took the cake from the table and handed it to her, then sat quietly, waiting for the big show to start.

The opening of the Liyuan is booming, and there are still guests coming in one after another outside the gate, but the voices of people are all sucked by the sound of gongs and drums on the stage. Quietly followed Xiaoer's lead into the upstairs seat.

Zhuohua, Xie Qi and the others sat in the middle of the seats. He stared at the big play on the stage for a long time and felt quite boring. He couldn't help but miss the puppet show that Xie Qiong said before, and couldn't help it. Zhuohua recruited Xiao Er to ask in a low voice, only then did he realize that the puppet show will only be held at night.

For a while, Zhuohua lost interest. In his current situation, it would be nice to be able to go out for a stroll, let alone want to stay until night. With a low breath, Zhuohua and Xie Qiong explained lightly, He got up and walked towards the side. When Xie Qi found out, just about to speak, Xie Qiong said: "He can't sit still, he wants to go for a walk."

Xie Qi nodded, seeing a group of people followed behind Zhuo Hua, he followed him.

Zhuohua left the lobby, found a passage to get out, but the scene in front of him was as lively as a small market, there were quite a lot of people here, but it was not as crowded as in the lobby, and the heads were placed under the corner of the wall. There are a variety of small stalls, just like an indoor market.

Zhuohua's face was happy, and he stepped in directly, but... as soon as he heard the footsteps behind him, Zhuohua felt a little headache: "I said, mother Cheng, don't you all follow me like this? There are so many people, maybe people think I’m here to smash the field.”

Madam Cheng was also appointed by the old matriarch. Like Madam Wu, she is an old man beside the matriarch. For Zhuohua's current body, she has devoted herself to Zhuohua's current body more than anyone else. Hearing what Zhuohua said now , Mother Cheng also laughed a little: "Madam Four is too serious. This old servant brought these guards in the mansion to take care of Madam Fourth. If you make a mistake, this old servant cannot bear it."

Zhuo Hua gave a long sigh, seeming to be in a dilemma: "But Mother Cheng, you look at this place, is it really suitable for so many people to follow?".

Mother Cheng was slightly startled, she also looked inside, and said after a while: "How about this, the old slave and Wang Dong and two guards accompany the fourth young lady to go in, okay?".

Four people are better than a group of people, Zhuo Hua immediately nodded and readily agreed.

After entering, Zhuohua stretched his neck, and looked at the small stalls by the corner one by one. The things displayed here are also fresh, not like the common rouge and gouache outside, on the contrary. They are all small and delicate things, Zhuohua looked at each one seriously, but he didn't pay attention to any of them and bumped into them instead.

At this moment, people on both sides staggered, and Madam Cheng was even more startled, and rushed forward to support Zhuohua.

"Fourth Young Madam? Are you okay?" Mother Cheng was very worried.

Zhuo Hua said it was all right, and looked at the other party in a blink of an eye, but this look was instantly startled.

The people in front of me... are a young man and a woman. The woman is not tall, but she has an exquisite figure. The top of her slightly round cheeks seems to be reddened by the cold weather. Her eyes are big, and she looks a little bad. Looking at each other, the man put his arms around her and asked her in a low voice if she was injured, but after the woman shook her head, she immediately raised her hand and pushed Zhuo Hua fiercely: "What's wrong with you? You don't even look when you walk!"

Zhuo Hua took two steps back, as if he was stunned, he only stared at the man beside the woman.

When the man looked at Zhuohua in the blink of an eye, he saw Zhuohua's appearance. Although his eyes were slightly surprised, he disappeared without a trace in just a moment, as if nothing unusual had happened.

Cheng Momo and Wang Dong supported Zhuohua together, before they made any trouble, the guards behind the two rushed forward, one protected Zhuohua, but the other suddenly reached out and grabbed the woman's hand, and the other grabbed the woman's hand with force, The woman's arms were behind her back! .

"Ping'er!" The man seemed startled now.

Madam Cheng stared at the two of them with a gloomy face: "What kind of shrew dares to touch my wife!".

The guard pushed hard and threw the woman out.

The man seemed to be startled, and hastily stretched out his hand to catch him.

"Nurse Cheng, forget it." After a while, Zhuohua also came back to his senses, he took a deep breath, and seemed to calm down: "There are quite a lot of people here, and it is inevitable to encounter one or two, forget it ...".

"What is it?!" The woman seemed to be out of breath, she turned her head again this time, and now she saw Zhuohua's appearance clearly. Swallowing Zhuo Hua's name abruptly, he said coldly: "You guys don't mind hurting others, but I'm pregnant now, what happened just now, if it wasn't for my husband-in-law, I'm afraid that we The mother and son had an accident on the spot, do you still want to forget it if you don't give an explanation?".

Zhuo Hua was startled again: "You... are pregnant?".

"Why did you lie to you?" The woman rubbed her belly, the obvious semicircular shape protruding there proved that the woman was not lying.

Zhuo Hua looked at it, but didn't know what to say, so he only let out a wry smile.

Mother Cheng saw that the situation was not right, she couldn't help feeling suspicious: "Madam, do you know them?" She asked Zhuohua in a low voice.

Zhuo Hua raised his eyes to look at the couple, and finally fixed his eyes on the man.

How could he not know these two people?

This woman is Yang Puye's second daughter, Yang Pingping, and the so-called husband-in-law in her mouth is... Zhuohua's eldest brother, Lian Ying.

But in the current situation, I am afraid that Lian Ying is unwilling to recognize him.

"I……".

"Who knows him?" Yang Pingping took the lead, and took over Zhuohua's voice: "There are some people, there must be some self-knowledge, don't meet anyone halfway, feel like a relative at home, this road is open, Where did so many poor relatives come from?".

So they didn't want to have any more entanglements with Zhuohua, or even with their Li family.

Knowing this, Zhuohua sighed with a sarcasm: "Yes, I was born in a poor family, how can I know two such rich relatives?".

Lian Ying frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Yang Pingping snorted and said, "Since you are sensible, then apologize to Mrs. Ben, and forget about it."

Wang Dong immediately became angry: "Madam, you are so unreasonable. It is clear that you disrespected my wife just now, and you still want my wife to apologize to you?".

"Ma'am?" Yang Pingping was startled, and blurted out, "Shouldn't it be a male concubine?".

It's not surprising that Yang Pingping asked such a natural question, but... the identity of a brother is actually relatively inferior in this world. It is normal for ordinary people's families to marry a brother, but these wealthy families, But those who have some spare money in the family will hardly marry this brother. To put it bluntly, it is just that my brother can have a better childbirth without a woman, so seeing Zhuohua now, and thinking of their family's plight, Yang Pingping thought Subconsciously, she thought that the Li family was really in dire straits, and that Zhuohua Xu had become a male concubine for some landlord and rich man's family because he had no other way out.

Wang Dong was furious on the side, opened his mouth, and was about to declare the name of the Shangshu Mansion, but before he could say anything, he was elbowed by Zhuohua, Wang Dong was startled, and looked at Zhuohua in confusion.

Zhuo Hua glanced over at Lian Ying, saw that he had no reaction to Yang Pingping making things difficult for him, and remembered what he did to him at the Taocheng Restaurant back then, he couldn't help feeling cold in his heart, even the last trace of brotherhood It's all gone, and she said lightly, following Yang Pingping's words: "Madam has a good eye, and she has confirmed that I am just a male concubine, but what if I am a male concubine? Although I am a male concubine, But it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s inferior to others.”

"Compare? How do you compare?" Yang Pingping sneered: "I am a majestic Mrs. Fu Yin, but how can you, a male concubine, compare with me?".

Fu Yin's wife?

This news really surprised Zhuohua, who didn't know Zhuohua, even the people around seemed to be startled, they all gasped, and gathered around to bow to Lianying.

Zhuohua, Madam Cheng and others were instantly surrounded by the crowd, and he stared at Lian Ying, as if he had expected it: "It turns out that I'm the Lord Fuyin, it seems that I should say congratulations." .

Lian Ying frowned, he took a step forward, and bowed to Zhuo Hua: "I'm so selfish, it's because I neglected to discipline, I'm here to apologize to Madam on her behalf."

Yang Pingping was obviously taken aback, and was about to speak again, when she suddenly saw Lian Ying's frightening eyes suddenly looking back, she was terrified at the moment, but she just snorted as if angry and stopped talking.

"I don't dare to be a madam" Zhuo Hua just bowed his head, he imitated Xie Junnan's majestic appearance when he treats his servants on weekdays, originally he wanted to support the fan, but suddenly remembered that he didn't have a fan, so he instead stroked the fan hanging on his waist Yupei's tone was extremely calm: "I'm just a concubine from a nouveau riche family. I'm not as noble as Mrs. Fu Yin. How dare I accept such a big gift from Mrs. Fu Yin?".

His appearance, his expression, although his face is young, but the majesty and indifference revealed invisibly made Lian Ying lose his mind for a moment.

Mother Cheng was originally worried that a person from the countryside like Zhuohua would be bluffed by the governor, and Mother Cheng was even ready to fight for Zhuohua, but she didn't expect that Zhuohua would put up this air, instead It was also a set, and she nodded secretly, and Madam Cheng put her heart away again.

Zhuohua patted the corner of his clothes, completely ignoring Lianying and his wife, he turned around and only walked out: "Nurse, we'd better go back, but don't block the way of Mr. Fu Yin, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the blame... ...".

Madam Cheng sneered: "What is a mere prefect...".

They walked away, and Madam Cheng couldn't hear Lian Ying anymore, he just stared at Zhuo Hua's back, his eyes narrowed.