Ye Zelin nodded slightly.

Hua Fushu looked Ouyang Jingming up and down. This uncle was quite young, probably no older than Ye Zelin.

Ouyang Jingming ignored Hua Fushu and only glanced at her lightly.

Then he pulled Ye Zelin aside, put his arms around his shoulders, lowered his voice, and asked: "Xiaolin, has your wife read a book? Could it be that she is blind with her eyes open?"

Ye Zelin also whispered: "Since we got married, I have never seen her write a word. I guess she is illiterate."

The two of them whispered to each other in very low voices. Hua Fushu listened carefully and could only roughly hear what Ouyang Jingming said. Ye Zelin's voice was softer than Ouyang Jingming's, so Hua Fushu couldn't hear clearly.

Looking at the two people who seemed to be saying bad things about her, Hua Fushu walked towards Ye Songyan, touched his arm with her elbow, and asked, "Xiaosi, what is a blind man?"

Ye Songyan glanced at Hua Fushu and coughed lightly. Hua Fushu's attention was all on those two people, and he didn't notice what she called Ye Songyan, let alone Ye Songyan's slight cough.

Ye Songyan glanced at Ouyang Jingming, then at Hua Fushu, and then said: "Second sister-in-law, a literary blind person is a person who cannot read a single word."

Hua Fushu then looked back at Ye Songyan, then stared at Ouyang Jingming's back, cursing in his heart, "You are the blind man, your whole family is blind! If I don't give you a good look, my surname will not be Hua!"

After the nephew and uncle finished speaking, Hua Fushu just pretended not to hear anything.

Ouyang Jingming welcomed them to the door.

The Ouyang family's mansion is a large house with three entrances, courtyards, pavilions, hand-written verandahs, moon gates, strange rocks and flowing water. It is bright and delicate, quiet and elegant.

Ouyang Jingming led them to the tea room, and invited them to his yard after tea and greetings.

Ouyang Jingming's courtyard is called Xianyunzhai, which is taken from the sentence "The clouds have no intention and the water is idle" in "Baiyunquan". Xianyunzhai is more than twice the size of Penglaiju. It is a small independent courtyard with a pool of strange rocks and green bamboos. There are koi in the pool, which is colorful and eye-catching.

Ouyang Jingming and his two nephews had not seen each other for a long time and wanted to reminisce about the past. Hua Fushu did not join them and took Sanqiao to the pond to watch the fish.

Nearly half an hour later, a maidservant dressed in autumn-colored clothes entered Xianyunzhai. Her identity was immediately apparent when she caught a glimpse of the Xiangfei color beside the pool.

The maid went to Ouyang Jingming and others, bowed and saluted, "My maid, Qingdai, see you, Master Ming, Second Master, Brother Yan."

Ye Zelin saw that Qingdai's face was beautiful and charming. She had lost her former tenderness and youthfulness and became more mature and charming. He thought it was because of the guidance she received from her aunt and grandmother.

A few years ago, he went to Wuyin to visit his great-aunt. When he first met Qingdai, she was still a yellow-haired girl who would blush when serving tea. Now she is a calm young girl.

He said: "I haven't seen Qingdai in a few years, and she seems to be different."

Ouyang Jingming said: "Qingdai was taught by Tong Niang, so she is naturally different. If she hadn't been a girl, she would have been Tong Niang's second best. Compared with your mother, she was no less generous than Shuyuan from the famous Wuyin family. I can match her. I studied with my eldest father in my early years, and I am quite familiar with Qihuang's art. Tong Niang usually has any ailments, and it's all because of Qingdai."

Ye Zelin admired it very much, "It would be good to learn Qi Huang's skills. In the future, he may become a master of Xinglin, and there will be successors to the Ouyang family's medical skills."

Qingdai smiled and said, "How can this slave be able to shoulder such a heavy responsibility?"

Ouyang Jingming said: "If you can afford it, you can be regarded as my eldest father's disciple. Neither Xiaolin nor I like to learn medical skills. My eldest father was praised by His Majesty the late Emperor as the 'Supreme Xinglin'. It would be true if no one can inherit his medical skills." What a pity."

Qingdai said again: "Mr. Ming, let's not talk about this matter. The Madam has finished reciting the sutra and ordered the servants to come over and invite you, the Second Young Master, and Brother Yan to Rongxi Hall."

Ouyang Jingming said: "Tong Niang goes to the Buddhist hall every day to chant sutras."

Ye Zelin continued, "If I count it carefully, my aunt and grandmother have also been reciting it for seven or eight years."

Ye Zelin called Hua Fushu and said to Qingdai, "This is my wife, Fushu."

Qingdai and Hua Fushu met each other, "Qingdai met the little lady Fushu."

Hua Fushu just nodded lightly and said to Ye Zelin: "I'm feeding the fish, why do you call me here?" She still had fish food in her hand.

Ye Zelin said: "Go see my aunt and grandma."

Hearing his words, Hua Fushu was very confused as to why Ye Zelin kept talking about his great-aunt and not his maternal grandmother.

Ye Zelin saw her doubts and said: "My great-aunt is my mother's biological aunt and my maternal grandmother's biological sister. My grandmother died early and she asked my great-aunt to take care of my mother when she died. Later, my grandfather married my great-aunt as a second wife. In order to take care of my mother, my great aunt remained childless throughout her life. My mother often told us brothers and sisters that we must be respectful and filial to my great aunt."

Ouyang Jingming also said: "My biological mother died when she gave birth to me, and my father left not long after that. I was raised by Tong Niang."

Hua Fushu never imagined that the situation of the Ouyang family was so complicated. The sisters married one husband and followed the example of Ehuang Nüying.

However, it is also admirable that this great aunt remained childless for the rest of her life in order to take care of her orphaned sisters.

No wonder Ye Zelin had told her to be more respectful to his aunt and grandmother, not like she was to his grandfather.

Ye Zelin and Hua Fushu briefly talked about the situation of the Ouyang family. There were only three Ouyang family members.

One is his great-aunt, whose surname is Gao and whose maiden name is Tonghua. She is dignified and elegant, with a sweet and beautiful heart. She usually chants sutras and rarely goes out.

One is his maternal grandfather's second brother, the Second Grandpa Ouyang. This Second Grandpa lives in another courtyard and rarely comes to Ouyang's house.

The third place is naturally Ouyang Jingming.

Ouyang Jingming is the only son of Ye Zelin's grandfather's younger brother. Because his parents died young, he was raised by Ye Zelin's grandfather.

Hua Fushu listened carefully and said that she would not act recklessly and would respect his great aunt.

Several people followed Qingdai to Rongxi Hall to pay homage to Mrs. Gao.

Entering the Hall of Rongxi, everyone saw a silver-haired old woman sitting at the front seat, wearing a brown-red soft silk dress, holding a round fan with a topaz handle and a cloud pattern.

This silver-haired old woman is Ye Zelin's great-aunt, Mrs. Gao. Qingdai and Mrs. Gao said, "Madam, Brother Ming, Brother Lin, Brother Yan, and Brother Lin's wife are here to say hello to you."

Old Mrs. Gao said kindly, "How do you wish to greet me, Qingdai, please quickly ask me to sit down, don't stand."

Qingdai invites everyone to sit down and calls the maid to serve tea. Hua Fushu sat next to Ye Zelin. Ye Zelin pointed Hua Fushu to Mrs. Gao, "Auntie, this is Fushu, my wife's wife." He then said to Huafushu, "Fushu, this is my aunt."

Hua Fushu stood up and bowed her hands as usual and said, "Fushu, give it to my aunt..."

Halfway through the words, he realized that he was doing a man's courtesy, but it was difficult to change the etiquette, so he simply made the mistake and finished the sentence, "My aunt is well."

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