As the sun was setting, the western sky looked like it was smeared with rouge, dyeing half the sky red. The wind on the street was still very cold, like an untamed wild horse, whistling and running on the street, twisting the branches and ruffling the cloth awnings of the street shops.
A young man leading a horse was walking on Gonghou Street in Xicheng. The whistling wind blew a tuft of the horse's mane to one side, making the horse look like a loser. But the black horse held its head high, feeling very good about itself. As a result, the mane covered half of the horse's face in the wind, making the horse look even more "Shamatte".
"Keep a low profile."
When he arrived at the gate of Linhuai Marquis' Mansion, the young man stretched lazily in the wind, patted Heima's forehead, and said softly.
After the black horse was photographed, its head turned and its nostrils pointed upwards, as if it had a little temper and was very arrogant.
"Sir, you're back."
The gatekeeper on duty at the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion saw the young man coming, recognized him, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to open the side door, and greeted him. Although this man was also the master of the Marquis Mansion, the gatekeeper was not very respectful, but was slightly surprised, wondering why this master went out empty-handed and came back with such a poor horse. He really came from a poor and remote place, and spent money to buy such a poor horse for plowing the fields.
There are too many versions of the story about this lady circulating in the Marquis' Mansion. Some say that she sold herself to marry into the Marquis' Mansion, some said that she relied on the power of the Marquis' Mansion to become a juren, otherwise why was she last on the list when she took the juren exam, some said that she was not good-looking but was a gigolo. The doorman hears several similar versions every day, so he can never be respectful to this lady. It's just a routine job for him.
"Yes, thank you."
The young man nodded and smiled, then led the horse into the mansion through the side door, and walked to the stables of the mansion with ease. At the door, he handed the horse to a groom, who led the horse into the stables.
From a distance, I saw several tall and strong horses in the stable. The black horse seemed quite excited after being led into the stable. He stretched out his horse face and tried to get close to a very majestic mare next to him through the stall, but the mare didn't hang on to him at all. This horse was not affected at all, and was in high spirits, having a lot of fun with his side-parted hair.
Well, I guess this guy is so happy now that he doesn’t want to leave.
The young man shook his head and smiled, then walked from the stable to the guest room of the mansion. The guest room was not too far from the stable. He walked along the path through two courtyards and around a rockery. He arrived at the guest room along the path.
Before the boy walked into the guest room courtyard where he was resting, he heard a conversation in the courtyard. One was the voice of a little girl, and the other was the voice of a naughty child, who seemed to be causing some minor damage in the courtyard.
"Is sister Niu'er okay?" The naughty child's voice rang out in the yard.
"Don't worry, I'll throw a few more books to Brother Rui to vent his anger." The little loli's voice sounded casually.
"Sister Niu'er is so nice. It's all that country bumpkin's fault. Although the turtle is thin, he still has some meat. And that fat guy asked who he was with a smile. His daddy almost beat my butt to pieces because of him," the naughty child complained with a pout.
"Stupid brother Rui. Daddy hates it most when people say he is fat." The little girl stretched out her voice.
"It's all that bumpkin's fault, otherwise I wouldn't have recited it wrong." The naughty kid complained.
"Okay, let's run. That bumpkin is coming back soon." The little girl's voice came from the room.
Then, there was the sound of jogging, and then a cute little girl about four years old ran out from the gate of the yard. With a scream, she bumped into the boy and was picked up by the boy.
"Hello, brother-in-law."
After the little girl was picked up by the boy, she pouted her mouth in surprise when she saw him. She almost blurted out the word "country bumpkin". But she quickly changed her words and looked at the boy with her dark eyes. She smiled sweetly and said hello, "brother-in-law". Her smile was innocent and very cute.
"What's wrong, little sister?" The naughty kid ran a little slowly because his butt was bruised. After hearing the little girl's scream, he hurriedly limped towards the door.
I guess the naughty kid was limping because his butt was hurt, so he went outside to get some fresh air while the little girl was causing trouble in the house.
"Ah? Bumpkin, why are you back? Let my girl go." The naughty kid walked to the door and saw the boy. His fat face trembled with surprise. Then he turned his fat face sideways and shouted at the boy arrogantly.
"Oh, so your name is Niu'er." Hearing this, the young man looked at the little Loli in his arms and said softly.
"Yeah, brother-in-law is so smart. My nickname is Niuniu." The little Loli in the boy's arms nodded her head vigorously and smiled sweetly.
"You country bumpkin, did you hear me? Put sister Niu'er down now." The naughty kid looked at me with his fat face like a bulldog.
"Let me see what you did."
The boy didn't take the provocation of the naughty child seriously at all, and carried the little girl into the yard and walked towards the room. The naughty child was also loyal, and did not take the opportunity to slip away, but followed him in with a fat face.
The boy carried the little Loli into the room. He just glanced around and found that several books that he often read on the desk in the room were missing. There was also a small footprint on the chair, probably because the person stepped on the stool to take the book from the table. Well, looking at the size of the footprint, he knew that it must have been done by the little Loli in his arms.
"Bumpkin, let go of sister Niu'er now, or don't blame me for being rude." When the naughty kid saw Zhu Ping'an staring at the desk, he knew that the bumpkin had discovered the bad things he and sister Niu'er had done, and tried to scare Zhu Ping'an like he used to scare the servants.
Bumpkin, let go of sister Niu'er!
The second young lady of the Marquis' Mansion and others passed by here after dinner and returned to the backyard. When they heard the roar of the naughty child in the guest room, their faces changed. They thought something dirty had happened in the room, and hurriedly led the maid and the old woman into the guest room courtyard.
Li Shu also led her maid Baozi into the yard, but she was not as worried as the Second Young Lady and the others, and there was a smile on her pretty face.
After entering the yard, because the door was open, everyone saw what happened in the room.
The boy was standing in front of the desk holding the little Lolita, just holding her with one hand in a normal way, without any dirty actions. A naughty child stood in front of the boy with a fat face, like a bulldog.
"Did you take my book?" the boy asked while holding the little Loli.
"No."
"I really didn't take it?"
The little Loli and the naughty kid said in unison.
"How many books did you take?" the young man asked again with a curl of his lips.
"Five books." The naughty kid said without hesitation.
The little girl in the boy's arms shook her head when she heard the naughty kid's answer and rolled her eyes helplessly. I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates.
They all knew the second young lady of the Marquis's Mansion. The young boy was Zhu Ping'an, the little girl was Niuniu from the second uncle's family, and the naughty child was Li Yangong.
In the eyes of the second young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, this is the conversation:
Zhu Pingan: "Did you take my book?"
Naughty kid: “We really didn’t take it.”
Zhu Pingan: "How many did you take?"
Naughty kid: “Five.”
Zhu Pingan: "Did you throw it away?"
Naughty child: “We really didn’t throw it away.”
Zhu Pingan: "Where did you throw it?"
Naughty child: "In the pit of the toilet."
The second young lady of the Marquis's Mansion was speechless when she saw this scene (To be continued)