Chapter 194: Responding to the Changes of the Marquisate with Invariance
When Li Yaoguang came again, there was a long queue outside Jishidiang. Doctor Wu was very busy and Li Yaoguang didn't want to disturb him.
Knowing that the medicine that Doctor Wu had prepared for her was ready, she went to the counter to get the medicine. Despite the medicine boy's attempts to stop her, she forcefully left the money for the medicine and asked the medicine boy, with whom she had an old acquaintance, to plead for mercy from Doctor Wu on her behalf. She then got on the BMW that Du Zhong had helped her bring from the backyard, hung the medicine bag on the BMW, and left Jishidiang at full speed with her four newly bought servants.
As for the carriage, Grandpa Wu and the others are so busy, so I should just wait until I have time and drive the carriage over myself, and not trouble them.
He led the four people all the way back to the west of the city. When he passed by a disturbance, he thought of the empty house. Thinking that he had help anyway, Li Yaoguang simply bought some urgently needed items and brought them home with the four people.
He first led his men around to the corner gate of the stable, gave them rewards, and settled the BMW. Then Li Yaoguang led the four of them around the main courtyard and back yard of the marquis' mansion to the east yard.
When he arrived, the courtyard was bustling. Li Yaoguang saw maids and servants moving furniture into the three rooms. Although they were not new, they were in good condition. Li Yaoguang felt very strange. He stuffed his things to the four people behind him and told them not to run around. Li Yaoguang hurriedly ran up and held his aunt's hand.
"Aunt, what's going on?"
"Guang'er, you're back? Good boy, is everything going well?"
Yu Meixue was delighted to see her niece come back and showed great concern for her. There was no reason for her to hide the questions about her own child, so she quickly told her what she knew.
"I don't really know what's going on right now. It's just that after you left, the Marquis sent someone here at noon. Your uncle and Qi Feng went to see the Marquis and haven't returned yet. But these people brought these things here, saying that it was the Marquis' wife's order. I'm still wondering."
Li Yaoguang couldn't help but frown. Is there something bad going on here? It doesn't make sense that he didn't care about it yesterday, but today he suddenly changed his attitude. Yesterday, Lu Fang was still there, and he was still like that. Today...
Just as he was wondering, Cheng Su and Li Qifeng, who had been called out to talk, came back at this moment. They were very happy to see Li Yaoguang and showed concern for her when they met.
However, there were many outsiders at the time, so Li Yaoguang did not elaborate. She only pointed to the four servants she brought with her and said that everything was done. Then she pouted her lips, pointed at the servants who were busy coming in and out, and asked her uncle: "Uncle, what is going on? Do you know?"
Cheng Su smiled. Just then, the leading maid came up to report that the house had been arranged and tidied. She asked the Sixth Master if he had any instructions. Cheng Su shook his head and waved his hand to send the servants away. After all the outsiders had left, Cheng Su handed the four servants over to his wife for arrangement. He then led Li Yaoguang, Li Qifeng and others into the house. They sat down on the newly added armchair in the middle hall and slowly expressed his guess.
"I don't know the details, but I think, considering their nature of not doing anything without profit, it might be because of Lu Er. By the way, the Marquis just talked to Qi Feng for a long time, praised him for a long time, and even gave him a set of four treasures of the study for the first time."
Li Qifeng hurriedly showed Li Yaoguang what he was holding. Li Yaoguang was stunned. "What does this mean? Are you trying to win him over?"
Cheng Su and Li Qifeng shook their heads, "Not sure."
But no matter what it is, they are not afraid. At worst, they can just fight against the enemy with their soldiers and block the water with earth. It is better to deal with all changes with the unchanged approach.
"Don't worry, Sister Guang. No matter what, your uncle is not dead yet. I am here."
Cheng Su comforted his child, and recalled the conversation with the Marquis just now. He actually had some rough guesses in his mind, but he couldn't elaborate. The current situation in the South is not very good. The emperor's prestige is not as good as before. The court is divided into different regions. The Marquis of Zhenwei, who has lost most of his property, is finding it increasingly difficult to move forward in Yuhang. In this situation, the Marquis finally thought of the importance of blood and the importance of mutual support between brothers.
In addition, Cheng Su and his family of old, weak and sick people were able to escape from the north almost unscathed. They must be capable people, and capable people should be won over. What's more, they also made friends with Lu Er, who was someone he could never get close to.
Although because of his title as Marquis Zhenwei, he was still very dignified, and he said that he was unwilling to lower himself to make friends with a junior, but he did not want to let this go. After knowing his wife's arrangement for Cheng Su's family, Marquis Zhenwei got angry. He used the principle that after all, this was the bloodline of his own Cheng family, and that no egg would be left unbroken when the nest is overturned, and that brothers must work together to break iron in troubled times to convince Lin.
Lin had no choice but to make the rearrangements, although it was impossible to change the courtyard as everyone lived in such a close proximity. So Lin tried to make up for it in other areas, such as furniture, monthly allowance, food, etc. Although they were not good, it restored the treatment that a gentleman in the marquis's mansion should have, which was an unexpected surprise.
Seeing that her uncle was shrewd, Li Yaoguang said nothing more. She just thought of the four people she had bought, and hurriedly took out the results of today's battle and spread them out on the coffee table beside her.
"Oh, by the way, uncle, I have finished all my work today. You will use the ointment in a while. If you recover soon, our family will feel at ease sooner. Also, here is the deed. Although it is in the north of the city, it is not far from here. It is about an incense stick of time to walk out of the corner gate here. It is very convenient. It will be very convenient for us to go in and out in the future."
After hearing what Li Yaoguang said, Cheng Su knew that the boy had made up his mind to move out. Thinking that the Marquis' Mansion was not a good place, Cheng Su did not say much. He only asked Li Yaoguang to keep the house deed and the body deed himself, and said that he had to go and see the house and the surrounding neighbors in person before making a final decision.
As for the four servants, when Cheng Su heard the child say that it was a gift to honor himself and his wife, he found it funny and understood it.
"When you move out, there will only be four of us, your aunt and I, along with Yang and Yi. We don't need four servants. Besides, the Marquis's wife said she would send two of them to us. But your aunt and I can't refuse your son's filial piety. So, we will keep two and you can take the remaining two. You are all in your third year and you are not that old. You will have someone to serve you outside, and we, as the elders, can rest assured."
"Uncle, if you need more people, I can buy them myself. You can keep these."
"No, no, firstly, we have nowhere to stay, and secondly, the indenture is in our hands, and the boss is worried. Keeping two is already the limit. I have to talk to Mother He later so that she can arrange for us. More than that won't work."
His uncle spoke sincerely, so Li Yaoguang didn't say anything more.
Because of Lin's sudden change of mind, my aunt and her family's small kitchen no longer had an excuse to open, so the cook naturally had no chance of staying.
After discussion among the family, they finally decided to leave the marquis's mansion with a maid who was good at sewing and was named Yingchun by her aunt, and a servant who was named Luanshan by her uncle.
Li Yaoguang used the two of them as Yu Meixue's dowry to shut up Mother He. Perhaps it was because of the Marquis' instructions, Lin was dissatisfied but did not say much. After Cheng Su reported it, Mother He sent two maids over that day without any delay.
Yu Meixue is no longer the pitiful little girl who kept silent when being bullied. After experiencing a life-and-death escape, she is now soft on the outside but cruel on the inside. She simply named the two Xinghua and Xingye, and had them serve in the sixth room together with Yingchun and Luanshan who stayed behind.
As for the four remaining Banxias and the cook Aunt Qiu that Li Yaoguang bought, Li Yaoguang did not want to change their names, so he just called them that and took them to a small courtyard in the north of the city to settle down with the three siblings.