Winter in the north came early, before the first snowfall in December.
In a blink of an eye, more than a month had passed since the last time he was subjected to a military stick. During this period, Lin Wanyue became seriously ill due to the combined effect of the military stick, the fatigue of traveling and the repressed heart.
Lin Wanyue's condition was menacing and she refused to seek medical treatment, which made the situation very dangerous for a time, and made Lin Yu and others anxious. Fortunately, as time passed, Lin Wanyue has slowly recovered.
After the illness passed, Lin Yu felt that his eldest brother seemed to be different.
In Lin Yu's heart: the former Lin Feixing was a cold-hearted, unreasonable person, and sometimes his behavior was quite incomprehensible, so he was very affectionate and righteous in his heart.
After this "serious illness", Lin Yu keenly discovered that Lin Feixing had changed. Although he was still very silent, this silence was very different from before.
Lin Feixing's former silence carried an air of loneliness, giving people a feeling of being at a distance of thousands of miles away.
The silence at this time is a kind of steady feeling, the kind of temperament that has faded away from the childishness of the boy and has been tempered by wind and rain. This kind of feeling makes Lin Yu feel that Lin Feixing is more and more reliable.
The previous Lin Feixing was like a lone wolf, with cold and fierce eyes, and a dangerous aura around him that made people dare not approach.
The current Lin Feixing is like an epee without an edge, simple and unpretentious; if the edge is hidden, it looks bland at first glance, but it is actually more dangerous and deadly than before.
During Lin Wanyue's illness, as a hero who owned a thousand households with food, according to the custom, the court appointed a housekeeper for Lin Wanyue. It was recorded that if Lin Wanyue built his own mansion in the future, the housekeeper would also take care of all the daily affairs in Lin Wanyue's mansion.
Lin Wanyue has just been designated as a thousand households, and the first food town will not be available until the next autumn harvest.
Fortunately, before Lin Wanyue left the capital, Li Zhao, Li Zhu and Li Xian gave a lot of money as rewards. Lin Wanyue thought about giving all the money to the housekeeper, and the housekeeper bought her a courtyard in Yangguan City.
The housekeeper was ordered to go. With the help of Lin Yu, a few days later, Lin Wanyue bought a small courtyard with three entrances and three exits for Lin Wanyue in the east of Yangguan City, and bought some furniture, added a concierge, kitchen Mother, errands and maids...
When the housekeeper respectfully handed the house deed, two long-term servant deeds and two personal deeds to Lin Wanyue, there was still a lot of money left.
Lin Wanyue stared at the five pieces of paper in her hand for a long time without regaining her senses. She came from a poor farmer and never thought that she would lead such a life.
Lin Wanyue was recuperating in the east wing of Lin Yu's house. Lin Yu accompanied the housekeeper to help Lin Wanyue set up her new house. Zhang Sanbao and Meng Ni would come to help when they were too busy. The army moved to Yangzhou. In Guancheng, everything becomes more convenient.
Finally, one day after Lin Wanyue's complete recovery, the house was ready.
Lin Wanyue, surrounded by Lin Yu, Zhang Sanbao, and Meng Ni, came to a small courtyard that was only two blocks away from Lin Yu's house. The housekeeper and Bian Kai stood at the door waiting on the left.
When Bian Kai saw Lin Feixing coming, he ran to Lin Feixing in a hurry, deliberately imitated the servant's way and beat him a thousand times, and said, "I'm waiting for the master to return home!"
Seeing this, Lin Wanyue showed a row of white teeth and smiled silently.
The three behind him also smiled happily.
The housekeeper came to Lin Wanyue with a smile and said respectfully, "Master! The servant, the concierge, the maid and the cook are all waiting in the yard, waiting to see you."
Lin Wanyue nodded, stood on the steps and looked up, there was a small plaque on the door lintel with the letter: Lin House.
The housekeeper stood beside the door and made a "please" gesture, before Lin Wanyue raised her legs and walked into the house.
After entering the gate of the mansion, passing through the veranda, and entering the hanging flower gate, we entered the main courtyard completely.
In the yard, two men and two women were already waiting there. It was a surprise to see that the housekeeper brought in a young man who was not yet weak. They only heard that the master of the Lin house was a thousand households, but they did not expect this thousand households to be so young.
"I have seen the master!"
The two men knelt down towards Lin Wanyue, and the two women gave a deep beating.
Lin Yu was excited, and Zhang Sanbao, Ni Da and Bian Kai all showed envious expressions when they saw this scene.
Lin Wanyue's expression remained the same, she glanced at the four people in front of her with her eyes, and after receiving the bow calmly, she said lightly, "Get up."
The housekeeper standing by the side looked at Lin Feixing quietly, and saw that although Lin Feixing was young, his speech and demeanor were quite calm.
"Report your name."
The eldest concierge took a step first and came to Lin Wanyue; he bowed his shoulders and lowered his head and replied, "Yes, my lord, the youngest name is Jin Zhong, and the ancestors have been from Yangguan City for generations, and their net worth is clean. , was originally a businessman, but later he lost his money in doing business, and he came when the housekeeper was recruiting people."
"Back to the master's words, the woman Guilan, a native of Yangguan City, was a woman at the age of thirteen, and has been cooking for 30 years this year. The head of the family died a few years ago, and the widow has no support. Fortunately, the housekeeper has a good heart and recruits people. When the wife arrives at the mansion, in the future, Master, what you want to eat, just tell me."
After the cook finished speaking, the housekeeper Lin Zitu took over the words: "Master, this family Ding Sixteen and Maid Fourteen signed a sales contract, please give me your name, Master."
"Yeah." Lin Wanyue nodded, thought for a moment, and replied, "Since he joined my Lin family, he will follow my surname Lin in the future. The servant will be called Huzi, and the maid...let's call it Yulu."
"Thank you, sir, for your name!"
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This Lin Zitu has no surname, and is a pre-appointed servant of the Servant House. The Liguo Servant House is a place to cultivate stewards for each mansion. In this case, if there are more than 1,000 food towns, the imperial court will select one from the servant house and send it to his house for the master to allocate. Those who come out from the servant house directly sign a betrayal contract with the master to serve the master for life. , and everyone in the Servant Mansion only has a first name, no surname, whichever master you follow in the future will follow the master's surname or wait for the master to give her a surname.
This Lin Zitu was sold to the Servant House since he was a child, and he learned to manage chores and observe his words. Before he came, Lin Zitu had a detailed understanding of Lin Feixing's information, so he said to Lin Wanyue in a timely manner: " Master, this new house has just been tidy up, the master arrived today, why don’t you show them where they live for you?”
"Yeah." Lin Wanyue nodded.
Lin Ziyu took a step forward, straightened his waist and said to the four people in front of him: "Jin Zhong, the concierge, lives in the concierge, Ding Huzi and I live in the reverse seat, and the cook Guilan lives in the back room. The maid Yulu lives in the west room to serve the master."
"I'm not used to being served by others, so let Yulu and Gui Ma live in the back room."
"Yes, you have heard your orders, Master Dan?"
"Yes!"
The four of them responded in unison, and each went to his place.
Lin Zitu led Lin Wanyue and his group of five to the main hall of the main room to bow and retire.
When the door of the main hall was closed, Lin Yu immediately hugged Lin Wanyue's shoulder excitedly, and said loudly, "Brother! Let me just say, sooner or later the two of us are going to make great achievements, your yard is really stylish! Not only do you have a housekeeper, maid The old lady has everything! Hey, I thought it would be pretty good to have a main house in my yard and two wing rooms, but compared with your three-in and three-out, it's really far behind."
Hearing Lin Yu's words, everyone laughed, Lin Wanyue smiled and patted Lin Yu's hand on her shoulder, and said, "Zi Tu has already asked Gui's mother to cook, you will pick up Miss Yu Wan later. , so many days relying on her to take care of it, let's not be so restrained, let's have a meal together."
"Hey!" Lin Yu agreed with a smile, then looked at Lin Wanyue with a smile, and deliberately imitated Lin Wanyue's voice and said, "Since you have entered my Lin family, you will follow my surname Lin from now on, hahahaha, brother, you It's really majestic, I don't know how many years you've been a master!"
Hearing this, everyone laughed again.
The five of them were sitting around the table, eating dried fruit with tea, and talking about things inside the military camp. Bian Kai occasionally dared to tell others about things outside, and everyone would have fun at each interesting place. .
The maid, Yulu, would knock on the door from time to time to refill some tea. The fourteen-year-old little girl saw the "five" men sitting in the room, with their heads lowered and timid. Zhang Sanbao wanted to make fun of him, but when he saw Lin Feixing in charge, he held back abruptly.
Seeing that it was not early, Lin Wanyue sent Lin Yu to pick up Yu Wan.
When Gui Ma reported that Lin Wanyue's meal was ready, Lin Yu happened to pick up Yu Wan into the Lin house.
A group of people from the army was not as elegant as the court. The six people sat around a table. Yu Wan didn't dare to sit at the same table with all the men, but at Lin Wanyue's insistence, he sat next to Lin Yu.
Lin Wanyue also instructed to set up a table in the kitchen, and let Lin Zitu lead a group of servants to eat without waiting.
Everyone went with great gratitude, and the two braziers in the hall were glowing red.
Large pieces of pork square meat, cut with a knife, served with mashed garlic seasoning, as well as six plates of small stir-fry with full color and fragrance, and two jars of wine.
Lin Wanyue is not good at drinking, and although he lives in Yangguan City now, it is still equivalent to being in the military camp. Seeing Zhang Sanbao bring out the wine, he wants to stop it, but he hears that the wine is rewarded by Li Mu, so he has to give up.
The wine cups that were taken were all filled, and the wine cups were lifted high by the five people, collided with each other, and occasionally a few drops of wine were splashed out.
The five drank the wine in one go…
The first cup: to the court and the commander.
The second cup: To the old friend who died in battle.
The third cup: Jing Lin Feixing set up a house at the age of 16.