Almost everyone in the caravan knows that the head of the caravan enshrining Mi Yuhuai is a scholar. It is nothing new. It is natural to be good at writing and sealing. Even the seals of several helmsmen in the caravan were made by Mi Yuhuai, especially Hu. Cranes and fish, mountains and rivers are lifelike and wanton in form. In the early years, someone once said that when this scholar was at his lowest point, he put aside his scholarly reserve and brought calligraphy prints to sell on the street, just to make ends meet.
Nowadays, Mi Yuhuai seldom makes seals and rarely has time to calligraphy. He spends most of his time working on the affairs of the caravan. Wherever he has any free time, even during the holidays, he has to go to the caravan’s main helm in person for half a day. , has never been willing to live in the family house for a long time. He joked that he was born to work hard. Now it seems that he has never been able to get an official position, but it is a good thing.
Today, Mi Yuhuai returns home for the first time. She has not returned home in the past three or two months, which arouses some confusion among the maids and servants at home. When she saw her master returning home, she almost forgot to say hello. Fortunately, one of the maids called him. Zuo Yuexiu had a delicate mind. Before Mi Yuhuai could speak, he scolded the stunned servants and maids around him. Then he walked quickly to Mi Yuhuai and gently saluted, "I respectfully welcome the master back to my home. Although I have been talking about it in the past few days, It's okay, all the helpers worked hard to clean the whole mansion, but they were bored and everyone was a little tired, which is why they acted rudely now. If the master is angry, I hope the punishment will be lighter."
In Yuexiu's early years, she was Mi Yuhuai's maid. Although her family was poor and poor, she was full of kind-hearted people. Seeing that the former asked people to restrain their hands, she was sold to others as slaves for only ten taels of silver. She was thin and unkempt. Even if he gritted his teeth and deducted ten taels of silver from his meager family fortune, he redeemed Yuexiu from others and took her home to be with Mi Yuhuai, who was still a child. Six or seven years passed in a flash.
After the Mi family fell into decline, Mi's father fell ill and passed away before he was even fifty years old. Mi's mother was in mourning, but she also died of illness within a few months. Originally, the Mi family was deserted and cold, and within a few months , his parents died, and Mi Yuhuai, who had not been able to achieve fame for a long time, almost committed suicide. It was only after Yuexiu went out to pick mulberries and returned home that he rescued Mi Yuhuai, who was already hanging on the roof beam with a red face. Therefore, although Mi Yuhuai was indeed a little sulky after entering the house, when he saw Yue Xiu's delicate face, he had to vent his anger and waved his hands to the servants and maids who were bowing and begging for mercy. I didn't return to the house, which is why you were so lazy. It was not an intentional move. Please remember to be more careful in the future. If it wasn't for Yuexiu's exit and your mood has been bad recently, you would have to expel a few people. Although the work in the house is very busy, , but I still have to take it seriously, I hope you guys will think more about it." After saying that, he said no more, just waved to the people around him to disperse, and then walked deep into the courtyard with Yuexiu.
Passing through the pavilion and corridor, you can see a secluded pool and a bamboo house.
Today is no different than in the past. A scholar with only a few walls to live in. Even if he carries a good seal that has been engraved for several days and sets up stalls along the street, he can only scrape together some pen and ink money. In today's world, people with great reputations often carve inscriptions on the seals at will. With two strokes and a signature of three or two words, this object will be sold for tens of millions of silver even if there is no way to do it. As for the seal seal that is clearly good in the streets and alleys, no one cares about it, so of course it cannot be sold at a high price. And now that you are serving as the head of the caravan, your salary is not generous, so how can you treat it badly? This mansion is only a few streets away from the chief helmsman of the caravan. Every inch of land is at a premium, and most of the people around it are not people, but Phoenix. How could ordinary people, such as the merchants from the traveling counties, get the money to buy such a mansion?
The courtyard in front of the house is spacious, and the backyard is the residence. Skilled craftsmen were hired to build a wooden house made of bamboo, which is the straightest among the mountains and forests. It can be used to keep warm in winter and cool in summer. It can be set on fire to avoid the cold. The eaves of the bamboo building are even more exquisite. There are The Green Bird and Flying Crane are carved from bamboo. The bamboo silk is split and the bamboo bones are peeled off, leaving only the green and white bamboo flesh. After being exposed to the sun for more than ten years, it becomes stronger and stronger. Its shape does not change at all, unlike ordinary bamboo that changes when exposed to the scorching sun. , is very different; just the top of the bamboo building takes a year to be considered full of spiritual essence, which shows how expensive this mansion is, and is several floors higher than the homes of several helmsmen.
The outside of the bamboo building is surrounded by green water. This was also what the leader of the gang personally told him at the beginning, saying that there is a very short supply of water in the capital of Fengyou County, and Mi Yuhuai is one of the few people with a strong heart. During the spring and autumn seasons, blood often pours out of his nose. , it is shocking to see. Since scholars are the most particular about neatness, they might as well get cold water from the cold pool in the distance, and change it frequently to alleviate the deficiency fire in the body.
It is necessary to know that a piece of cold pond water has been chilled by the old ice, and more than ten carriages have traveled back and forth for more than a month. The price spent in it is enough to buy thousands of exquisite four treasures of the study. Returning it for ten years, I guess Mi Yuhuai never thought However, the house can be as good as today.
"It's rare to have free time today. Why don't you go with your son to the bamboo house and write two volumes of calligraphy and painting?" Mi Yuhuai was wearing a black shirt today, as dark as ink. Yuexiu heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, and then heard Mi Yuhuai speak. , then replied with a clever smile, "I have already ordered people to prepare them. The young master has always been unwilling to splash ink on his body, so he must wear black clothes before using the ink. As mentioned in the letter a few days ago, he said that he will return in the dark these days, so the servants will know that the young master With my heart in mind, I asked people to prepare the best pens, inks, paper and inkstones early, so that I can enjoy myself."
The footsteps in the corridor came to an abrupt stop, Mi Yuhuai stopped, turned around and frowned at the beautiful woman in front of him, with a hint of reproach, "Young Master, these calls are very comfortable to hear. Although I have already passed the age of calling you Young Master, I feel that I am accepting it." I'm ashamed, but the word "servant" is particularly disturbing to my heart. You and I have known each other for many years, why do we call ourselves slaves?"
The woman slowly put away her smile, lowered her head and was speechless, "Young master has been busy these past two years, and when he rarely returns home, he doesn't know that many high-ranking families come to talk to matchmakers, as few as one every three to five days, and as many as two a day. Three people are here, and a mistress will come to the house sooner or later, so it will be easier to please people if you lower yourself in advance."
The scholar was startled, and then he knocked on the woman's forehead with his long and thin knuckles, and said helplessly, "If anyone teaches you to call yourself a slave, I will expel him from the Mi family courtyard. The mistress is optional, but Yuexiu is not. Young man, there are many women in the world. After all, there are more women who are rich and noble, and there are fewer women who are poor and lowly. If you get the second one, how can you call yourself a slave?" After saying this, Mi Yuhuai hesitated for a moment, and then said again, "If you call yourself a slave again in the future, , I will crush the flowers and plants planted in the courtyard together as spring fertilizer, so that you will not have to look at the falling flowers all day long and have random thoughts."
The woman gritted her lips and teeth, her eyes were full of tears, and she was about to cry, but she clearly had a heavy smile on her face, and without any regard for etiquette, she quickened her pace and went to the bamboo building to study ink, leaving only Mi Huai looking at her left and right sides. The cold pool water has not yet relaxed my eyebrows.
