Luo Ran put the letter away and said: "I asked my grandmother to find a reliable nanny. Grandma said that she has found it. I will go and have a look when someone arrives in a few days. If I think it is OK, I will take it back."
Youqing was also very happy after hearing this: "The person Mrs. Shen is looking for must be trustworthy. This is much better than letting some people take advantage of the situation."
Luo Ran also nodded: "Yes, when grandma comes, let her be responsible for the affairs in the yard. Then you and Chunyu will take turns with Zizhu and Zifu to follow me, and the remaining two will stay at home. In the yard.”
Youqing and Chunyu nodded to express their understanding.
Since he planned to protect his father and the Hou Mansion in this life, he couldn't lock himself in the yard like in the previous life and not hear anything from the outside world.
In the evening, Luo Deyun came back from the court. After hearing what happened today, he came to Ningxiang Courtyard in person.
"Master Hou."
Zizhu and Zifu stood at the door.
Luo Deyun glanced at them and asked, "Where's the lady?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Ran in the room hurriedly stuffed the waistband in his hand into Youqing's arms and told him, "Hurry up and hide it!"
Then he turned around and left the house.
"Dad, why are you here?"
Luo Ran smiled and stepped forward to hold Luo Deyun's arm.
In Jiangnan, there are only two masters in the house, father and daughter, and the rules are not so strict.
Luo Ran was often like this. Whenever her father came back from the Yamen, she would hold her arm like this. The father and daughter walked into the yard while talking about interesting things.
But back in the capital, many rules were in place and many pairs of eyes were watching, not allowing them to be so close anymore.
Luo Deyun often looked at his slim daughter with a feeling of loss.
Today, when he saw his daughter holding her arm with him like before, the fatigue from the past few days suddenly disappeared. He asked with a smile, "What did you do in the house today?"
Luo Ran raised his little face proudly and said, "Daddy asked questions knowingly! Is it someone who snitched on you again?"
As he said that, he looked back at Zizhu and Zifu.
Zizhu and Zifu quickly lowered their heads and said, "Miss Mingjian, this servant has not even stepped out of Ningxiang Courtyard today."
"Not them."
Luo Deyun said helplessly.
Luo Ran snorted softly: "I knew that dad must be worried about me and sent someone else to protect me, right?"
Luo Deyun pinched her nose lovingly and said, "You still know! Then why didn't you bring Zizhu and Zifu with you? Have you forgotten that day?"
Luo Ran smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, Dad, I am sure today, so I didn't take them with me. But don't worry, I just told Youqing and the others that every time I go out in the future, I will take Zizhu and Zizhu with me." One of them is Zi Fu, and the rest are helping me look after the yard."
Luo Deyun nodded: "That's very good."
Luo Ran helped his father sit down and poured the tea himself.
The bright smiling face came to him, as if begging for praise: "Dad, am I very good today!"
Luo Deyun looked at his daughter's dazzling smile and suddenly realized: this was the first time he saw his daughter showing such a bright smile after returning to Beijing.
He nodded unconsciously: "Yes, daddy is the most powerful."
Satisfied, Luo Ran sat back on the chair, the tips of her small and delicate embroidered shoes swaying little by little: "Daddy is coaxing me again. Tell me, do you want to teach your daughter another lesson?"
Luo Deyun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Dad is telling the truth. Daddy doesn't want to teach you a lesson, but..."
"Look! Look!"
Luo Ran looked like she had guessed it.
Luo Deyun explained patiently: "Really, how could dad be willing to lie to Ranran? But today Ranran can completely solve the problem in another way."
"Another way?" Luo Ran was puzzled.
Luo Deyun nodded: "What do you think, what if your grandmother doesn't stand by you in the end today? Or if Hu Yi insists that everything is given to you, and all your previous orders are gone, what should you do?"
Luo Ran was stunned: "How, how could this happen?"
In fact, she also lacked confidence. What if all the orders were destroyed, even if she had marked them before?
Luo Deyun continued: "It is said that a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. In order to counterattack the enemy, we cannot push our trump cards to the end and put ourselves in a disadvantageous situation, unless it is absolutely necessary."
Luo Ran couldn't help but ask: "Then what should I do?"
Luo Deyun took a sip of tea and looked at her indifferently: "Dad, I guess you should have known that there was something wrong with the list, right? In other words, you should have known about them as early as when Aunt Du asked you to help with the housekeeping. I won’t hand over power to you so easily.”
Luo Ran couldn't help lowering his head and whispered: "I know they are just thinking about the silver in my hand and want me to make up for the cloth and silver silently. It's just that this time they can succeed. There will be a next time, and a next time, until it drains me dry.”
Luo Deyun stretched out his long arm, touched her head across the Eight Immortals Table and said: "So you should refuse from the beginning. If you can't refuse yourself, you can ask dad for help. If dad can't help you push it away, we will find other ways. "
Luo Ran looked up at his father's determined eyes, his eyes lit up, he grabbed his big hand and asked, "Does dad have any good ideas?"
Luo Deyun imitated what she had just done and smiled proudly: "Your father is the general who commanded the Jin Dynasty's 100,000 navy army. How can you be afraid of these back-house tactics?"
Luo Ran disagreed: "Dad, don't underestimate the back house. There is no privacy in the backyard of that house? Even if it is a palace, isn't the emperor powerless?"
Luo Deyun glared at her: "You are getting more and more courageous. Even the emperor dares to arrange it!"
Luo Ran stuck out his tongue: "Isn't this just for you? I'm not stupid, so I won't go out and say it."
Luo Deyun nodded and continued what he just said: "It is indeed true what you said. The back house is no less than the court. It's just that my father still said the same thing. If you can subdue the enemy in the bud, don't wait for him to become strong. Take action again. If this happens again in the future, you will call everyone in front of your grandmother and confront her!"
Luo Deyun is a grown man, and his mind is not as complicated as that of a woman. He is very good at marching and fighting, but those things are not suitable for women at home.
But Luo Ran knew his father's good intentions, so he nodded seriously: "Yes, my daughter knows! Next time if this happens again, Ranran will definitely tell dad in advance and ask dad to help me."
Luo Deyun nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that Luo Ran was hesitant to speak, he asked, "What's wrong? Are there any other difficulties?"
Luo Ran nodded: "Dad, you must have heard today that the second aunt is going to adopt Jun'er and give us a big house?"
