Chapter 153 Little Sister-in-law
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There are two entrances and exits in this courtyard, one is the door that just came in, and the other door leads to the inner courtyard that is specially designed for cooking, heating and boiling water. There will be a friend here for many years.
Li Xuandu asked his friend for hot water, after taking a shower, he changed into a dress of a man from the martial arts world, then put on a long gown under the black background, covered with a stone-green crane cloak, stepped on his feet and cloud shoes, and then took out the folding fan with black background and gold characters made by Fan Wen, which looked like a young man from a wealthy background.
This is also impossible. The Qian family is located in the south city. It is either rich or noble when traveling. No matter how well you dress, it will not attract attention. If you are poor and sour, it will attract attention. Li Xuan doesn’t want to attract attention, so he can only "follow the local customs."
Furthermore, visiting someone to ask for him is also a kind of etiquette.
Then Li Xuandu left the inn and headed towards the south city.
The area between Nancheng and Xicheng is almost the same, but the number of people in Xicheng is more than a hundred times that of Nancheng. Because Nancheng is mostly rich mansions, it often covers an area of hundreds of acres, and naturally "large land and sparsely populated".
If you want to go from the West City to the South City, you either pass through the North City or the East City. Fortunately, Li Xuandu is now in the East City, just go directly to it.
After arriving in Nancheng, the scene changed completely.
Because of the coming and goings, all the snow in Dongcheng has been swept away. Except for the roof, there is almost no white spot. However, in Nancheng, except for the necessary streets, other places are still covered with snow, which makes the quietness of Nancheng even more visible.
Li Xuandu walked in the south city according to his memory, almost passing by half of the south city. Finally, after asking the two pedestrians, he finally found a long alley with inconspicuous entrance. Deep in the alley is a single-family portal.
Of course, this is not the Qian family's ancestral home.
In any case, when the Qian family followed Emperor Taizu to uprising, they were already a powerful man. No matter how low-key they were, they would not settle down in such a place. This is actually Qian Yulong’s private house, which is rarely known. As for the purpose of the private house, it is naturally a golden house. There is no man in this private house on weekdays. In addition to the beautiful lady who was hidden by the golden house and a group of maids responsible for serving, there is also an old woman with quite good cultivation. She also had a number one figure in the world in her early years. She only offended her enemies and was hurt by others. She had no hope of being promoted to the true realm in this life. She then hid the Qian family and became Qian Yulong’s confidant. Here she was the elderly care and guarding the house.
Speaking of this beautiful lady, her surname is Liu Yushuang, she cannot be regarded as a canary. Her father is a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan and she has no son, so she hired a marriage for her to marry her. However, she did not expect that her husband died early and became a widow at a young age. After her father passed away, many relatives coveted her property. She was a lonely woman, suppressed by clan rules and etiquette, and dealt with difficulties. Qian Yulong happened to know about this, so he helped.
Since the eldest son of the Qian family spoke, naturally no one dared to go to Liu Yushuang's trouble again, and she came to thank him. Qian Yulong had long been interested in her, and later helped her several times. So after a while, the two of them became traitors. Liu Yushuang was at ease with Qian Yulong's outer room. In other words, Liu Yushuang followed Qian Yulong, but did not enter the Qian family's door. After all, the threshold for the Qian family was too high, and she, a widow, might not be able to get over it. Even if she was lucky enough to cross it, she would be her life as a concubine.
Although Li Xuan had never married a wife, nor had he taken a concubine, he also knew the saying of a wife and a concubine.
The concubines are divided into "noble concubines" and "noble concubines". If they give a betrothal gift, have a family background and have a good family, they have to marry into a family with a higher level than their own family, and they are all "noble concubines". Although they have to obey their wife, they are not allowed to be beaten and scolded. If they have a son, the son will be successful. The mother is noble because of her son, which can be considered a "noble concubine".
In addition to these two types, other concubines, maids, famous prostitutes, and widows remarry, are all "low concubines".
You should know that the gap between a wife and a lowly concubine is like the gap between the Shenxiao Sect and the Fenglei Sect. A wife can be killed at will and sold to the concubines, almost like an item.
Although Liu Yushuang has the property left by her father, she is far from the Qian family. She is also a widow. If she joins the Qian family, she will be a "guilty concubine" and let Qian Yulong's wife pinch it and rub it around at will.
It was just a helpless move for her choice to be an outdoor room. Instead of joining the Qian family as a concubine bound in rules and regulations, how could she compare to being free outside? After all, she has the property left by her father and is not short of money to spend, so why bother looking at other people's faces?
As for why Li Xuandu knew about this, it was because in order to show closeness, Qian Yulong specially brought Li Xuandu here. The woman cooked herself and cooked a table of home-cooked dishes for the two of them. At that time, Li Xuandu called the woman "sister-in-law" due to social engagements.
Li Xuandu stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Not long after, the door opened a crack and an old face appeared. It was an old woman over 60 years old. She had a hunchbacked figure, gloomy eyebrows, drooping corners of her mouth, and a full of evil spirits, just like someone owed her thousands of taels of silver and refused to pay it back.
She looked at Li Xuandu with an expressionless face and asked coldly: "What's the point of doing?"
Li Xuandu smiled and said, "I'm the next name Li, and I'm a friend of Brother Qian. I came here a few years ago."
The old woman was stunned and stared at Li Xuan for a long time before she suddenly said, "It turns out it's Mr. Li. Why did Mr. Li come here? The eldest son is not here at this time."
Li Xuandu said: "It's hard for me to go to the Qian family's ancestral home to look for him, so I came here and asked for trouble."
The old woman suddenly browed: "I have already said that the eldest son is not here..."
Li Xuandu whispered and said, "Whether the 'child talisman' or the flying sword to pass the letter, please report it."
The old woman was silent for a moment and nodded, "Please wait for Mr. Li."
Li Xuandu took a step back and stood in the alley outside the door and waited quietly.
The old woman closed the door and left. After about half a stick of incense, the door opened again. This time, in addition to the old woman, there was also the mistress of this private house, Liu Yushuang.
Liu Yushuang is a woman over thirty years old. Her face has not changed much. She is still as she was before, with a polite manner and a mature woman's charm in her dignity.
Li Xuandu bowed and bowed: "I have met my sister-in-law."
Liu Yushuang gave Li Xuandu a blessing and said with a smile: "I have lost my life and welcome you. I hope Mr. Li will forgive me and ask Mr. Li to come in and speak."
Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "Brother Qian is not in the mansion at this time. If I enter rashly, I am afraid that Yu Li will not match him."
Liu Yushuang said generously: "I am not tilted. Since my husband has led Mr. Li to this place, he naturally regards Mr. Li as a close friend. If I ask Mr. Li to stay outside the door, he will blame me."
Since Liu Yushuang had already said that, Li Xuan couldn't refuse, so he followed her into the house.
The house is neither big nor small, but it looks empty when it is big, but it becomes cramped when it is small. It is just right if it is big or small.
After passing around a screen wall, there is the main hall.
After entering the main hall, Li Xuandu and Liu Yushuang sat down separately. A maid immediately brought tea. The steaming hot and the green bud tips floated on the water of the covered bowl, and they all floated upright there. It was the newly picked Mingqian this year, and it was Qian Yulong's favorite.
Li Xuandu's nose sucked the fragrance of tea floating from the cover bowl and praised: "Good tea."
Liu Yushuang smiled and said, "The first batch of new Lion Peak tea this year was picked when the buds were sprouted at night. Yulong loves this one the most."
Li Xuandu smiled slightly: "Brother Qian is a Heytea man, so he pays the most attention to it."
After about a cup of tea, a loud voice rang out of the front yard: "Zi Mansion, Zi Mansion, I want to be a brother."
A moment later, a handsome young man entered the main hall, wearing a silk robe with white cicada wings, with his chest exposed, revealing half of his bright white chest. He also had a folding fan with white jade as a fan bone in his hand. He was really white like snow. As for the young man Ruyu, he could barely be considered. However, such a young man from a noble family would not be romantic or arrogant, and he would not be very noble. Even the arrogance and domineering of the playboys was lacking. Instead, he was born with a rash aura of a wild man in the world, and he was whispering, and the contrast was huge.
Li Xuandu and Liu Yushuang stood up to greet each other.
The visitor threw the folding fan in his hand to Liu Yushuang beside him, held Li Xuandu's arm, and smiled and said, "Li Zi Mansion, Li Zi Mansion, I finally saw you again. After years of separation, are you safe?"
The person who came was Qian Yulong, the eldest son of the Qian family.
Chapter completed!