Ren Yaoqi didn't know if it was because he was always wary of the Han family, but he always felt that Mrs. Han's words contained a bit of warning.
Could it be that the Han family still has some shady secrets that they don't want people to bump into? Ren Yaoqi thought to himself.
It was rare for Han You to be the master once, and he was very happy. He didn't pay much attention to what Mrs. Han said, and just nodded yes.
The old lady Han turned her head and told her two maids to stay and take care of the young ladies, and then she led the eldest lady of the Ren family to the flower hall.
Han You led the people to the small garden in the inner courtyard, talking about some allusions in the courtyard as if the sisters of the Ren family had introduced her to the Ren Zhai last time.
However, the Han family was newly moved to Baihe Town, after all, Han You could only say a few dry words after racking her brains, and she felt embarrassed first.
The Han family's garden is indeed not as sophisticated as the Ren family's garden, but the place is huge, and there are indeed a lot of exotic flowers and plants.
It's just that the Ren family's sisters are used to seeing the Ren family's garden, and they were a little fresh and curious about the Han family's garden except when they first came in. Later, they lost interest when they saw that the flowers and trees were mountains and rocks, and they were far from the exquisiteness of the Ren family. .
However, because Han You excitedly introduced them to the flowers and plants in the garden, they could only cheer up.
On the other hand, Ren Yaoting was really interested.
"Hey, there are "little five guarantees" planted in your house?" Ren Yaoyin asked in surprise, pointing to a camellia not far away.
Xiaowubao is a precious camellia variety, also known as "Eighteen Bachelors".
Han You looked up and pursed his lips and smiled: "Yeah, but it didn't bloom."
Ren Yaoyin walked over and looked at it carefully, shook her head and said regretfully: "It's good to be able to feed, but it shouldn't be able to bloom. We are very cold here, so it's not suitable for this kind of flower to grow. My mother hired a very experienced flower farmer to take care of me, but I didn't want to survive."
Han You smiled and said, "I also said that I couldn't support it, but my brother said I would. My mother likes camellias very much. Once, I dreamed of the 'Eighteen Bachelors' in a yard, and my brother asked someone to find a few plants. But in the end, only this one survived, but it didn't bloom. My brother said that it must bloom next year, but I don't know if it can or not."
"Of course it's possible." Just as Han You finished speaking, Ren Yaoting replied with a confident look.
Everyone glanced at her strangely, and Ren Yaoting had already bent down to look carefully at the camellia.
Ren Yaoyin coughed lightly and changed the subject: "It can be seen that Mr. Han is indeed a rare dutiful son."
After walking around the garden, one of the two maids sent by Mrs. Han hurriedly approached Han You and said, "Miss, the ladies of Ren's family are tired after walking around for so long. Why don't you go and sit in the pavilion inside? The servants will ask someone to prepare some refreshments. Wouldn't it be more comfortable for the masters to sit in the pavilion and enjoy the flowers?"
The direction the maid pointed was the direction they came from. Just now, they had indeed vaguely seen the protruding eaves of a small pavilion in a flower path.
Hearing that, Han You looked at the road ahead, and hesitantly looked at Ren Yaoting and the others.
The Ren family sisters were also a little tired, but Ren Yaoting actually wanted to visit the Han family.
Ren Yaoyu asked casually, "Where is the place ahead?"
Everyone seems to see a corner of a red wooden door around the corner, which seems to lead to a small yard or house.
The girl who spoke before said first: "There is an abandoned courtyard in our mansion. I heard that it used to be a library. But then the old man built a new study in the inner courtyard, and this place is abandoned. It hasn't been cleaned for a long time. A few days ago, the old woman who looked after the flowers and trees in the garden said that she saw such a big mouse..."
The maid stretched out her hand and gestured, and it turned out to be the size of a house cat.
Miss Ji was startled when she heard the words, and quickly took a few steps back.
Ren Yaoyin asked suspiciously, "I remember that the Han family moved here last year, right? Why did you build a new study so soon?"
Han You seemed a little displeased, glared at the maid without a trace, and said before her: "Although our family has just moved here, my grandfather actually bought this house long ago, and he sent someone specially. Come to take care of it. So before we moved in, the house was refurbished."
"No wonder I saw that the paint on the veranda before was still very new." Ren Yaoyin nodded clearly and smiled.
When the two maids saw that the young ladies didn't say they wanted to move on or go to the pavilion, they couldn't help but exchanged glances. The maid who spoke before was about to say something, but Ren Yaoyu said, "I'd better go to the pavilion to rest. Well, it would be bad if you really bumped into some big mouse."
Ren Yaoyin had no objection and nodded: "It's better to rest. My mother might send someone over to tell us to go back."
Ren Yaoqi glanced at the corner in front of her. Although she felt something was wrong, she didn't object to attracting attention.
Ren Yaoting saw that everyone wanted to rest in the pavilion, so he couldn't say anything else.
The two maids secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and enthusiastically led a few people to the pavilion.
Not wanting to walk into the pavilion, Ren Yaoting suddenly pointed to a tree in the distance with huge white flowers the size of the mouth of a bowl and exclaimed, "What kind of tree is that? I've never seen it before."
Han You glanced at Ren Yaoting's finger and said with a smile, "That's a dove flower. Although the flower is big and beautiful, it has no fragrance."
Seeing that Ren Yaoting couldn't stop looking over there, Han You thought about it and said, "Would you like to accompany you to take a look there?" After speaking, he said to Ren Yaoqi before the maid could speak, "I will take Sister Ting with me. Go see Pigeon Flower, if the sisters are tired, go and rest first, we will come over in a while."
The pigeon flower that Ren Yaoting saw was in the northeast direction, and it was still some distance from the place that was said to be an abandoned bookstore before, so the two maids did not stop it.
The sisters of the Ren family were not very interested in seeing flowers and did not follow. Han You just dragged Ren Yaoting away.
One of the two maids sent by Mrs. Han smiled and said, "My servant remembers that there are a few locust trees planted over there. The servant has to go over and remind my lady, but don't let it go. Xiaoqin, please accompany Miss Ren. Go to the pavilion to rest, I will go back when I go."
The last sentence was said to another maid. The maid named Qin'er nodded: "Sister Shan'er, go ahead, I will greet several young ladies."
Shan'er went after Han You and Ren Yaoting.
Qin'er took the Ren sisters to the pavilion, and told the little maid to prepare tea and cakes. After a while, the little maids came over with tea and snacks. Although it was just a small sitting, the desserts in small plates filled the table.
Suddenly, there seemed to be an exclamation from the northeast direction of Yuanzi, as if it was from the previous maid named Shan'er.
Qin'er, who was bringing the little maid to serve chopsticks to the ladies of the Ren family, gave her a meal, and the sisters of the Ren family also turned around and looked back in surprise.
Qin Er hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister Shan'er must have been caught in her hair by that locust locust tree again. Every time she hits there, she would be careless, so she was so anxious to remind the young lady."
There was no more strange sound coming from there, and everyone believed Qin'er's words, laughing and joking a few words.
On the contrary, Qin'er handed the chopsticks in her hand to a little girl in the Han family: "I'll go see Sister Shan'er, otherwise if her hair is messed up, she won't be able to take care of her for a while. When you see it, there will be a few more reasons."
Saying that, she bowed and left.
In the pavilion, the Ren family sisters and a few Han family maids left alone.
If the elders of the Han family saw it, they would probably blame Han You for being rude. However, Han You has a good temperament, and several sisters of the Ren family have a good impression of her, so no one deliberately picked on her thorns.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and asked the little maid of the Han family who was waiting behind him, "Is there a clean room nearby? I want to change."
The little maid of the Han family nodded hurriedly: "There is a clean room in the east of the garden. The servant girl should accompany the young lady."
Naturally, Ren Yaoqi never thought about doing small actions to bypass the Han family's line of sight, which is not realistic. Her guests, new arrivals, must be with people from the host family.
So she nodded and smiled, "Thank you."
Ren Yaoqi greeted Ren Yaohua and several others, and went out of the pavilion with his maid, Apple and the little maid of the Han family.
"What's your name?" Ren Yaoqi asked the maid on the way.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi's gentle attitude, the little maid was very flattered: "Slave Hua'er."
"Hua'er? You are still young, how long have you been in the manor?" Ren Yaoqi continued to chat with the maid.
The little maid also stretched out her fingers and counted carefully before saying, "It has been eight months since my servant came to the Han family."
"So you didn't follow me from Jizhou?"
"No, the slaves were sold by Yaba a few months ago."
Ren Yaoqi nodded and said hesitantly, "Are there really mice in that small yard in the northwest?"
I didn't want the little girl to be dumbfounded when she heard the words, and asked in confusion, "Rats? How come there are mice? Isn't there a dumb lady sweeping every day?"
It turned out that this little girl hadn't heard what Shan'er said before, she was only sent by the steward when she was delivering tea.
Ren Yaoqi said calmly: "Oh, maybe I heard it wrong. Who is the dumb woman? I haven't seen it since I entered the garden."
The little maid said: "The mute woman is a mute, and she specializes in taking care of the small yard." She said with some uncertainty, "But it's not impossible for you to say that there are mice, after all, only the dumb woman is there to take care of the other maids. Children are not allowed in."
Ren Yaoqi's heart moved when he heard the words: "Not allowed to enter? Have you never entered?"
The maid hurriedly shook her head: "The slave maid is just a little maid, how dare you go in? Even Sister Qin'er and Sister Shan'er by the old lady's side dare not go in."