Rise From the Humble

The Sixth Miss of the Hou Mansion opened her small mouth and stared at Zhu Ping'an dumbfounded, as if she was frightened by a baby tiger who had just come out of the nest, or by a fat and fat puller rat passing by!

Why are all the country bumpkins so rude?

very scary! The baby was scared to death! I thought this country bumpkin was going to hit someone. I was so scared that I almost cried!

It wasn't until the fifth sister told the bumpkin to stop joking that the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion came back to her senses. It turned out to be a joke, but it was also very rude, the bumpkin is really rude, too rude, and I don't like the fifth brother-in-law of the bumpkin in front of me at all. Just thinking about it, the poor and arrogant fifth sister is actually going to marry such a bumpkin fifth brother-in-law, and I feel a little excited.

A bumpkin is just a bumpkin, no matter how nice the clothes he wears, he can't hide his smell of dirt all over his body. Look at him as a fool, you can tell at a glance that he is not good for anything, and he may not know how poor he will be in the future.

The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion covered her mouth with her slender hands and rolled her eyes at Zhu Pingan with disgust and contempt.

Country bumpkin, despise it~~ giggling, the fifth sister wants to marry such a bumpkin, it’s so exciting, in the future, the fifth sister will have to wrap a towel and carry the child on her back to do housework and be scolded by the bumpkin brother-in-law. That picture Don't be too beautiful.

The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion was so angry that she was almost turning gray.

After hearing Li Shu's coquettishness, Zhu Ping'an here slightly hooked the corners of his lips, put away his casualness, stood up straight, leaned his upper body slightly forward, and looked at the Sixth Miss of the Hou Mansion who was rolling her eyes at him very much, yes He bowed his hands in a standard salute and spoke with a smile, as if he preferred the best young master:

"Zhu Ping'an of Xiahe Village has met Miss Six. If his joking remarks just now are offensive, I hope Miss Six will understand them."

The sixth lady of the Hou Mansion, who was halfway rolling her eyes, once again opened her mouth.

What's the situation? Why did the country bumpkin suddenly turn into a polite young man? ! The man in front of me still has a bit of a country bumpkin vibe to him. He has the feeling of "a humble gentleman, as gentle as jade".

This drastic change in painting style made the Sixth Miss of the Hou Mansion, who was rolling her eyes halfway, stop abruptly, so that she had cramps, and returned a salute hastily, and said in her small mouth, "Brother-in-law is serious." ".

Of course, in addition to the sixth lady of the Hou Mansion, there were also many people in front of the Hou Mansion who were surprised.

"Fifth sister. You must be exhausted from coming so far. Wouldn't it be better if we let the fifth sister and the others go into the house to rest for a while and reminisce about old times."

At this time, a weak female voice interrupted the temporary silence. The speaker was the Fourth Miss of the Hou Mansion. She was not bad, but she felt sick, just like Sister Lin in the Dream of the Red Chamber.

"Look at what Fourth Sister said, it seems that we deliberately don't let Fifth Sister enter the mansion." The third lady of the Hou Mansion heard this, with a charming smile on the corner of her mouth, she cast a glance at the Fourth Miss of the Hou Mansion and said.

"Ahem, Third Sister is probably thinking too much. Who in our family doesn't know that Third Sister is the most considerate sister." Fourth Miss of Hou Mansion looked at Third Miss weakly and explained.

"You don't think too much, you know it in your heart." The third lady of the Hou Mansion raised her eyebrows. The voice is a little high-pitched.

"Okay, let's go into the house and let Fifth Sister rest."

The second young lady of the Hou family is the eldest daughter of the eldest family member, and the eldest among the married women in the Hou family, so her words are quite weighty. After she spoke, the third lady and the fourth lady no longer had any further thoughts on the topic.

After standing in front of the Hou Mansion for so long, I can finally enter the house.

Zhu Pingan followed the crowd into the Hou's Mansion from the corner gate of the Hou's Mansion. Only after entering the Hou's Mansion did he realize that the gate of the Hou's Mansion was still low-key.

This Linhuai Hou Mansion is really too big, the whole Hou Mansion is probably bigger than the whole Xiahe Village, and the inside is also magnificent, with countless houses, exquisite decorations, flowery gardens, and labyrinth-like courtyard sets With the courtyard.

Judging from the Ming Dynasty's custom, this Marquis Mansion must have exceeded the standard, but it was strictly controlled during the Hongwu period, and now no one cares about it, because everyone has exceeded it, and the Holy One is not interested in this, so who cares about it? .

After entering Linhuaihou's Mansion, Zhu Ping'an really understood that once the Houmen entered the deep sea, it was enough to just look at the surface meaning. The Hou's Mansion is too big, and most people have to get lost when entering, just like a canoe drifting into the sea. There is no way out without a compass.

In addition to being large, the Hou Mansion is also very enjoyable to live in. Not to mention the luxurious houses, but the birds and flowers growing everywhere, the various koi swimming in the pond, the servants, old ladies, and little maids who come and go all the time. You know how good life is in this Marquis Mansion. There must be hundreds of maids and servants alone.

It took a long time to enter the Hou Mansion before arriving at the guest room. This is the place arranged by the Hou Mansion for Zhu Pingan. This place still belongs to the front yard. The guest room arranged for Zhu Pingan is a small independent courtyard.

Li Shu directed the accompanying maids to place the daily necessities, pens, inks, paper and inkstones that had been prepared for Zhu Ping'an in advance in the guest room. In the Ming Dynasty, things were quite particular. Without getting married, the fiancé could only be treated as a guest. He lived in the front yard and was never allowed to set foot in the backyard at will.

Li Shu watched the servant girl arrange Zhu Ping's guest room properly before getting up and leaving. Zhu Pingan sent them to the Chuihua Gate, stopped her feet, and watched them leave with cupped hands.

The hanging flower gate of the Hou Mansion is like a gatehouse with carved patterns. There is also a wing at the back for the strong servants and old ladies to guard to prevent outsiders from entering the inner courtyard.

People in ancient times often said, "If you don't go out through the main door, you can't step forward through the second door." The "two doors" refer to the hanging flower door, which is the dividing line between the front yard and the back yard. Men were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard at will, not even servants. Only maids could enter the inner courtyard. Ordinary male guests are even worse. If you enter the inner courtyard at will, if you are caught, you will be sent to the government as a hooligan.

"If anything happens, send someone to call me."

Zhu Ping'an still knew these rules, so he stopped in front of the Chuihua Gate, said a few words to Li Shu, and then watched them leave.

Without entering the inner courtyard, the country bumpkin actually understood this, which disappointed the ladies in the Hou Mansion who were waiting to see his joke.

Li Shu and others entered the Weeping Flower Gate and continued walking along the hand corridor inside. In the middle was the entrance hall. The hallway is what people often call the courtyard. A barrier made of high-quality marble is placed at the front door. On the marble is engraved a song of Li Bai's "Xingxia Xing", which is placed in the middle of the courtyard. It is probably to commemorate the experience of the ancestors who started their family with martial arts.

Because of this marble cover, Zhu Ping'an could not see behind, and only saw Li Shu and others disappearing in the blink of an eye.

If the hanging flower door is the first barrier in the inner courtyard, then this marble screen is the second barrier, and I believe there will be a third barrier.

However, Zhu Ping'an was not interested in exploring. After watching Li Shu and others disappear into the backyard, he returned to his guest room.