In the main courtyard of the Su family, the maid Magpie opened the curtain in front of the door and shouted: "The third master is here."
As soon as Su Xianyi lowered his head and entered the door, he saw his mother sitting on the couch with her face on her face, looking straight at him.
"I'm back," Su Xianyi said as he picked up a cup of tea and drank it, "I'm being trained by his mother."
"He should be disciplined!" Mother Su had a dignified appearance when she was young, but she became more graceful and noble as she got older. After hearing her son's words, she said with a fierce face, "This time I have to discipline him well..."
"Of course," Su Xianyi sipped his tea and snorted coldly, "You can't escape from this beating! Speaking of which, it's the old lady who spoils him so much. Don't do it again..."
Before he finished speaking, something hit him on the head. Su Xianyi was startled. He put down the cup and saw that it was a pillow.
Su's mother angrily slammed the table and said, "How many times have I had a hand in raising your children as parents, and now you rely on me to spoil you? I have so many grandchildren, and I have never spoiled him alone. Why haven't others? When he ran away from home, he ran away from home. It’s not like the two of you are at odds with each other..."
Being scolded by Su's mother, Su Xianyi shrank his head and did not dare to say a word. When Su's mother was tired of scolding, she quickly took the tea poured by Magpie and served it to her. She said with a playful smile: "Old lady, please calm down. My son just said that casually."
"Don't drink!" Su's mother slapped the table angrily, "Hurry up and teach your son a lesson! He dares to run away from home, and I'm not dead yet! Go, go get the family law! I'll let you take a look today , I will protect you or not."
"Yes!" Seeing that Su's mother was really angry this time, Su Xianyi quickly put down the tea and picked out a stick from the cabinet in the back where the family law was kept.
This is what I have been using since I was a child, and I have always had swelling. Now I can see that I can use it on my son too!
Su Xianyi held the stick and was about to go out in a majestic manner, but saw Su's mother squinting at him with an unkind look.
Su Xianyi was stunned, looked at the thick stick in his hand, thought for a moment, and replaced it with a stick that was half as thick.
Just after changing, he saw Su's mother still looking at him sideways. He sighed, went back inside, and simply chose the thinnest one. It's less than half the thickness of your little finger, and it could break if you swing it harder.
He didn't even look at Su's mother when he came out, and walked out with his head down.
Behind her, Mother Su banged the table and said angrily: "Hit! Beat me hard, beat him to death! I broke his legs! Don't persuade anyone, tell them, just say what I said!" If you are soft-hearted, I will break your legs today!"
Passing by a few maids outside the house who had their heads lowered and their cheeks sore, Su Xianyi quickened his pace angrily, but unexpectedly he stumbled without paying attention.
A little maid named Ba Ge made a sound, but her nose blew out a big bubble.
Now the maids couldn't bear it any longer, and they all laughed.
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Su Daoshan walked into the familiar courtyard in his memory.
The yard is not big, the central patio is only about a hundred square meters, and there is a grape trellis against the south wall, which takes up one-fifth of the area. A fish pond in the middle and potted flowers and plants placed around it account for another fifth.
Coupled with the open ditch under the dripping eaves, the remaining space is just enough for people to walk back and forth. Even if you want to practice martial arts, you can't use it.
But the courtyard is quiet, clean and elegant.
Blue brick walls, brown wooden beams and columns, flat floors paved with stone slabs, spotless window lattice... Even in the windy, sandy and scorching climate of northern Xiazhou, walking into the courtyard feels like a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.
To the north of the front of the courtyard is a two-story building, and the wing rooms on both sides are bungalows. Including the four wing rooms in the left and right corners, there are a total of twelve rooms. But there are only five people living here. In addition to Su Daoshan and Sister Xing'er, there are three maids.
Now, these three maids were looking at Su Daoshan with cold expressions, their noses and eyes not their noses.
There are two maids, one big and one small. The leader’s name is Pingting. He was born in the same year and month as Su Daoshan, only nine days younger. She has been Su Daoshan's personal maid since she was eight years old. Responsible for managing various affairs of the courtyard.
Pingting has a charming oval face, slender shoulders and waist, and the coldest temperament. Seeing Su Daoshan come in, she saluted and snorted, turning her face away in anger.
The other one, who is one year younger, is named Huamei. He was originally the most well-behaved one around Su's mother. Three years ago, because Su Daoshan did something ridiculous to bring Zhao Xing'er back, Mother Su sent Huamei over when she saw this.
She said she was serving him, but she was actually a spy sent by Mrs. Su. She was the one who kept an eye on Sister Xing'er the most!
The appearance of the thrush is also extremely beautiful, but it has a different taste. Her face shape is a typical oval face with some baby fat. Her face has a hint of peace and prosperity. Even if she doesn't speak, there is always a smile on her eyes, eyes and mouth.
And when she smiles, she likes to wrinkle her nose and her eyebrows are curved, which makes people look particularly comfortable.
Seeing Su Daoshan come in, she was obviously overjoyed, but when Pingting turned her face away, she snorted coldly, raised her chin and looked at the sky. He also quietly bumped Pingting with his elbow, causing Pingting to roll her eyes.
The youngest one is named Chun Yuan and is only ten years old. A round face with two natural blushes. After calling out "Master", he looked back pitifully at Pingting and Huamei, then buried his head and pretended to be dead.
Su Daoshan knew at a glance that Huamei and Chunyuan must have been coerced by Pingting and not look good to his young master.
But thinking about it, he understands. In this world, it can be said that the wealth and life of these maids around them depend on themselves. Running away from home quietly was almost equivalent to abandoning them all.
If they leave like this and never come back, how will they deal with themselves?
The most troublesome thing is that the original person has a stubborn personality, loves to criticize others, and does not understand the world. He does not consider the trouble and harm that his actions cause to the people around him. There are many such things in my memory.
No wonder people are angry.
"Ahem." Su Daoshan could only pretend to be unaware and entered the courtyard.
"Well, let me just say that I can get the young master back," Sister Xing'er's triumphant voice came from behind, "Give me money, give me money, a silver dime for each person, no one..."
Sister Xing'er yelled, her voice getting smaller and smaller, and she muttered: "Why are you staring at me? It's not like I don't want you anymore. Isn't the young master back... Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore. I'm going to prepare bath water, Chun Yuan, come and help."
"..."
Ten minutes later, Su Daoshan was already lying in the bathtub.
"Finally we're ashore..." Looking up at the ceiling comfortably in the hot water, Su Daoshan felt like he was in another world as he recalled the day's experience.
When I was a child, I took a plane for the first time. I was still in one place in the morning, and in the afternoon I was in another place thousands of miles away. I always felt that life was magical.
But who would have thought that there was something even more magical - I was still on Qingcheng Mountain in the afternoon, but a few hours later I was soaking in a bathtub in another world. There have been so many ups and downs along the way that it is really hard to believe that all of this is true.
It's a pity that he, a gentleman, has never let a maid serve in the bath before. Sister Xing'er wanted to help, but was driven away by Pingting and Huamei... Su Daoshan was feeling regretful when he suddenly heard something.
"He ran away so cruelly that he didn't even think about leaving us here..."
Su Daoshan stopped pouring water on himself, pricked up his ears, and vaguely made out the sound of Pingting's cry.
"Last time, in order to redeem the vixen, I spent fifty gold stones and drained the family to the bone. I even made the eldest daughter owe the father thirty gold stones. We have been eating chaffy vegetable fields these past few years. Don't worry, no matter where you go out, you'll be a little short. It's good for him. We'll leave if he loses it. I heard he caused trouble again this time..."
It seemed that Huamei was trying to persuade her, and then she heard Pingting say: "That's easy to say. You guys sit in the yard every day, so you don't know the hardships of the eldest girl. We are about to endure the winter. Without these ten carts of food, where can we fill it?" deficit."
"I know his character, but if he wants to be a gentleman, he must take care of himself even if he doesn't care about the people around him. What if..."
"Anyway, I'm going to ignore him this time. When he gets tired of me, kicks me out, and I'm going to kill him. My mother and I used to talk about him behind their backs, and I would argue with them, but now I have no shame... "
Su Daoshan groaned and sank to the bottom of the water, feeling a lawsuit on his forehead.
As a modern person, even if there is no accident in the family, there are only four people in total: parents and grandma. Where have I ever had such a big family life experience? When I get home, I only have to deal with my mother and the maid around me, which is a headache.
It seems that the ideal Ansheng life of lying down is not so easy.
After sinking to the bottom of the water, the sound still penetrated my ears one after another.
Su Daoshan felt a little strange.
The small courtyard bath is a small room in the east wing facing the west sun, which is warmer on weekdays. On weekdays, Pingting and Huamei took turns living with him on the second floor, with him living in the inner room and they living in the outer room.
If they said these words in private, the two of them would obviously not say it in the yard or in the room next to them. Either on the second floor, or in their own room, which is the west wing, which is opposite to this room.
Even if the warriors had good hearing and vision, they would never have been able to hear their voices before.
Su Daoshan thought about it, and then thought about the bizarre scene on the carriage. He could see what others couldn't see, and the strange light spots... It was obvious that he was different from his original self.
These are phenomena that do not exist in the original memory.
His thoughts began to diverge, and Su Daoshan thought of the scene on the carriage before.
He touched his eyebrows with his hand and said to himself: There was something in that light that penetrated my body. This is absolutely unmistakable. I just don’t know what that woman did to me...
All kinds of thoughts came to me. Suddenly, a flash of light flashed, and Su Daoshan suddenly stood up from the bathtub, his eyes straightened - he finally remembered why he felt familiar with the name "Song Xi'er"!
That was a reward list that he saw in Fengyuan Hall a month ago. The fifth person on the list was the demonic witch Song Xi'er, wasn't it? !
