The Li family obviously has a tradition of favoring women over men. After seeing the precious "granddaughter-in-law", the old lady completely forgot the existence of Li Yi, the real "grandson", and walked into the house holding Liu Ruyi's hand.
The old lady's enthusiasm far exceeded Li Yi's imagination, so she could only follow them in at this time.
On the contrary, the maids around the old lady secretly took a look at the young master whom they met for the first time. After being discovered by Li Yi, they turned their heads away with pretty blushing faces.
There were still quite a few people in the hall, and when the old lady dragged Liu Ruyi in, they just came out to greet her.
"Okay, okay!" A middle-aged man in his thirties strode over, walked up to Li Yi, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said a few nice words.
Li Yi felt a little pain in his shoulder, but seeing his slightly red eyes, he didn't bother with him.
"Master, this is Second Master, you should be called Second Uncle." Uncle Li reminded from the side.
The Li family has three sons and one daughter. The eldest son is not here, and the second son will inherit the family business. In this way, the person in front of him is the head of the Li family, the uncle of the original owner of the body.
"Second Uncle." Li Yi bowed and saluted.
Maybe it's because the same blood is flowing in the body, even if it's the first meeting, it's still inevitable to have some intimacy with these people.
"This is the third master." Li Bo pointed to another younger man and said.
Li Yi saluted again.
The third uncle just nodded slightly, showing no enthusiasm.
Li Yi didn't care about this either. Uncle Li had told him a long time ago that the third master of the Li family was indifferent, and he treated everyone like this without any malice.
There are second uncles and third uncles, so naturally there are second aunts and third aunts, but whoever comes from a big family, is there any man who does not have two concubines? Li Yi recognized a circle of people, and in the end he only remembered the key ones.
Most of the female relatives were walking around Liu Ruyi, and Li Yi saw a woman pointing to the bracelet that the old lady had just given her, and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "This bracelet looks really familiar, it looks like the old lady is wearing it. The one with it."
Then, everyone's eyes were fixed on the bracelet on Liu Ruyi's hand.
There were those who were amazed, some who were envious, and there were several jealous eyes. Li Yi immediately knew that the old lady's gift might be too big.
"These two children have been driving for several days, and they are exhausted after thinking about it. They have seen everyone they should see. Let them go down and have a good rest. If there is anything, we will talk about it at night." After a while, the old lady sent ordered.
All goodness and filial piety come first, and the ancients deeply implemented this traditional virtue. In this family, the outside affairs are decided by the men. As for the family affairs, the old lady is in charge.
"Ruyi, come with grandma first." When Li Yi was surrounded by several maids and left, he saw the old lady holding Miss Liu's hand and happily went to the back hall.
Although this is still a society that looks at faces, it is always easier to attract people to be beautiful, but Li Yi always felt that the old lady looked at her a little abnormally, and was puzzled, and had already been brought in by several maids. In a room, a pretty maidservant said crisply: "Master, this servant will wait for you to take a bath..."
The journey was tiring, and I was really tired. It would be nice to take a comfortable hot bath. Li Yi took off his outer shirt, and suddenly felt something was wrong. Looking back, he found a few maids standing behind them, red Looking at him, there was a certain light in his eyes.
Li Yike didn't have the habit of being surrounded by people when he was taking a bath. He just wanted to soak for a while by himself. After the tub and hot water were ready, he sent them out.
Lying comfortably in the tub, he began to miss Xiaohuan.
At this time, it would be great if I could have the hands of a little maid massaging my shoulders...
He has already arrived in the capital, and the favor has almost been repaid. After the old lady's birthday, she can bid farewell. Ruyi and Xiaohuan are still waiting for him at home.
No matter how big the Li family's family business is, it's not his turn to inherit it, not to mention that he is really not interested in this. Coming to Li's house to see it is just the obsession of the child in the dream. Li Yi has a hunch, once again When I dream, I must not see him.
While Li Yi was lying comfortably in the bathtub, several maids were sitting on the porch at the door and whispering.
"That's the young master. It seems that the young master ran away from home twenty years ago is true..." a maid with a double bun exclaimed.
An older maid said in a low voice: "Of course it is true. All the elders in the house know that the young master eloped with a woman and left home. Otherwise, how could the second master be the head of the house?"
"I just heard from the old lady that the young master and the young master look exactly the same. I don't know if it is true." A round-faced maid murmured.
"It's true, it's true. There is a portrait of the young master in the old lady's Buddhist hall. I've seen it. The person on it is very similar to the young master. Every time the old lady looks at the portrait and sheds tears, it should be the young master. …”
"The young master is really handsome. Although he looks skinny, he looks really good after taking off his clothes... Tell me, who will the old lady ask to serve the young master?"
In these big families, the maid who serves the young master personally will generally become a concubine in the end. Although it is impossible to talk about flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix, fine clothes and fine food will be indispensable in the future. Therefore, becoming the young master's personal maid is a big The ideal of most maids.
One person laughed and said: "Don't dream, I think the young master has no idea about us at all, otherwise he wouldn't have kicked us all out just now, even the second lady of the young lady's family is so beautiful, don't think about it." Madam is also a first-class beauty, can the young master take a fancy to us?"
The servant girl who spoke just now was obviously a little disappointed, and changed the subject: "The old lady likes that second lady very much, and even gave her the jade bracelet in her hand. I heard that the jade bracelet was only passed on to Mrs. Li's family. I've always wanted that jade bracelet, but the old lady didn't give it to her, so the second lady must be unhappy this time."
Having nothing to do, secretly chewing the root of the master's tongue is probably one of the few entertainments for these servants, especially when there is no one around, the topic will be bolder.
At this time, in a hall of the back house, an angry woman pointed at the current head of the Li family, Li Mingze, and said, "Look, look, what kind of favoritism is this? That bracelet can be given away casually." Did she go out, did she want that foreign woman to be the wife of our Li family?"
"I knew it, I knew it. After so many years, the old lady was still thinking about her eldest son, calling out 'good grandson' one by one. Did she still have us in her eyes? She gave the family heirloom bracelet to him today. Get out, and you can send the Li family out tomorrow..."
"Shut up!"
Li Mingze slammed the table, stood up and said: "He is the only blood of the elder brother, he is a descendant of our Li family, I owe the elder brother too much, I can't treat this child badly... Don't say these words in the future!"
After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff, leaving only the woman in the hall, cursing even louder.
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As soon as Li Yi woke up, he hadn't had a dream recently. He suddenly felt refreshed. He looked up out of the window and found that the sky had already darkened.
"Young master, the old lady asked the servant to take the young master to dinner."
After the knock on the door, a clear voice came.