"You two, keep your voices down, I'm so embarrassed to be heard by this young master," another maid reminded in a low voice, and then a few people giggled and passed by, leaving behind bursts of fragrant wind.
Here, Yang Ruoqing has black lines all over her head.
The 'handsome young master' these maids talk about is themselves, right?
Hahaha, I didn’t expect that I actually have the capital to flirt with girls? Interesting and interesting.
"Qing'er, what kind of rouge and gouache are they using here? It smells so good." Yang Huamei looked at the direction where the group of maids left and sniffed hard.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Other brands are very cheap, not expensive at all."
Yang Huamei said "Oh" and waited for a while. Old Yangtou and the others came back from the toilet.
After being released, Lao Yangtou could finally straighten his waist when walking, and finally showed a brisk smile on his face.
Yang Wenxuan walked beside Old Yangtou, introducing him all the way. At this time, Old Yangtou was finally able to free up his attention and seriously look at the plants and trees in front of him, brick by brick. .
Everyone then moved forward, walked through the hand-chaosou corridor, passed through the inner door, and made many twists and turns.
The design inside this courtyard is a typical Jiangnan water town courtyard structure.
There are water pavilions and verandas, pavilions and trestles. In the shade of green trees, behind the lotus pond and strange rocks, there are pavilions and study rooms for listening to the rain, admiring flowers, playing chess, taking a nap, and various exquisite wooden houses one after another. .
In Yang Ruoqing's view, although this place is far inferior to the Nanwangye Mansion in Licheng, it is comparable to the layout of Magistrate Zou's family in Wanghai County.
Moreover, it should be because this courtyard is old and well-established. Whether it is the area or other things, it is more grand than the Zou County magistrate's house.
It is indeed believed that there were several Jinshi scholars in our ancestors.
Yang Ruoqing followed the crowd and watched all the way, with a calm and unfazed smile on her face.
I've seen better things, that's all.
But Lao Yangtou and the others are different.
This was their first time back in such a place, their first time walking on the ground without pig dung.
The ground is not a Tuba road like in the village, nor is it a bluestone slab with one higher and one lower.
Some of the ground was paved with cobblestones, and some was paved with a stone they couldn't name and had never seen before.
They weren't even sure whether it was a stone or not.
The mandarin ducks swimming in the water, the bubbling colorful carps, the parrots greeting them on the porch...
All of this overwhelmed them.
Especially Liu, who was amazed all the way.
Old Yangtou's face was also glowing, and he was walking in front of the team with his hands behind his back. When he met a maid and a servant woman who came to say hello, Old Yangtou's waist was very straight.
Finally, Yang Wenxuan brought everyone to a courtyard.
"Uncle, you can rest in this courtyard for the next few days. The maids and servants are all ready." Yang Wenxuan said.
"The lunch in the house is almost ready. I can only ask them to prepare a dinner for the night to properly prepare for my uncle and the big guys." He said.
Old Yang waved his hand and said: "Wenxuan, we are not outsiders. It doesn't matter whether we have a feast or not. I just want to see your father, my eldest brother, earlier!"
"We old brothers have been separated for many years. We just want to meet each other sooner." Old Yangtou said again.
Yang Wenxuan smiled and said: "Uncle, you and my father are really brothers. My father has been talking about it every day these days."
"But, uncle, you guys have just arrived and are so busy with travel, so I won't see you until noon."
"After lunch, take a good rest in the afternoon, and then we will reunite together again at night," Yang Wenxuan said.
Yang Huaming rushed to say: "Brother Wenxuan, you are too polite. We are not tired, we just look forward to seeing my uncle sooner!"
Yang Wenxuan said with a smile: "The main reason is that guests have been visiting my home one after another in the past few days. My father just finished drinking tea with the leader of Yuncheng's garrison in the morning. He was a little tired now, so he took a soothing soup and went to bed to rest... …”
"Ah? Is my uncle asleep? This..." Yang Huaming was a little embarrassed.
Lao Yangtou said: "Fourth brother, let's do as the Romans do and follow the arrangements of your brother Wenxuan."
"We've been on the road for several days, and we're not in a hurry. We'll see you at night. We're a little tired. Let's take a good rest and refresh ourselves." The old man said.
Yang Huaming nodded and retreated behind the people.
Here, Yang Wenxuan said to Old Yang with a grateful face: "Thank you for your understanding, uncle. Come, I will take your uncle back to the house. For other brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces, I will ask the housekeeper to greet you."
After a while, everyone moved into their own houses.
Old Yangtou was in a separate room, while Yang Huaming, Yang Huazhou and other couples came together and were arranged in the same room.
Brothers Yang Yongxian and Yang Yongjin share a room, and Yang Yongzhi, Yang Yongqing and Yang Yongbai live in a room.
Da'an was alone in a room, haha, Yang Ruoqing felt the difference in this place.
The reason given by Yang Wenxuan was that Da'an was a scholar, so he couldn't delay studying, so he was in a separate room.
Yang Ruoqing wanted to sleep in the same room with Yang Huamei and Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hua was arranged to sleep with Yang Huamei, and in the end Yang Ruoqing ended up in a room alone.
Yang Ruoqing obviously felt that this was also a special arrangement by Yang Wenxuan and the others.
Well, I'll make peace with myself now that I'm here. I just have a room to sleep in. It doesn't matter.
After the birthday gifts are given and Old Yangtou and the others are entered into the family tree, they will go back and will not stay here for long.
At noon, a special maid brought lunch into the room. Yang Ruoqing sat at the desk and read through a notebook.
This book of notes was found in this house. It contains anecdotes about famous people in Yuncheng over the past hundred years.
There are several pages on it, talking about the ancestor of the Yang family who passed the imperial examination and became an official.
These pages are marked with special marks. No need to guess, they must be what Yang Wenxuan and the others call them.
From this note, Yang Ruoqing learned that the ancestor of the Yang family had actually been admitted to the Hanlin Academy.
In the generation of great-grandfather's fathers, it began to decline gradually, and the children in the family who were studying began to lose their ambition to make progress. Among the children of great-grandfather's generation, the highest achievement they achieved was to educate people.
Further back, when it comes to the generation of Old Yangtou and Old Yangtou's cousin, there is not even a single official.
Old Yangtou's cousin, Yang Wenxuan's father, is now the old man of the Yang family.
He was born as a scholar, but later gave up literature and went into business. Because of the influence of his ancestors, the Yang family's business was very big during the old man's time.
Yuncheng produces tea and silk. The Yang family almost monopolized the tea and silk business in the entire Yuncheng, and even in several surrounding counties. At one time, it was exclusively supplied to the capital.
The old man's deceased first wife was a young lady from a prince's house in the capital.
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