Running account

Passing through the dense forest and passing the Dingdong spring water flowing down, Ruan Ling stood in front of the small courtyard not far away and shouted.

There is a jujube tree in the yard, which is covered with half-green and half-red dates, and one or two of the ripe ones will drop from time to time.

The man in the courtyard was young and dressed in white.Holding a small branch in his hand, he squatted on the ground and drew circles, the movements deepened slowly and repeatedly.Hearing Ruan Ling's "Brother", he turned his head and looked over - he saw this man's beautiful face, as if Nu Wa was extremely partial to him when he created man.The man's tone was gentle: "Come in."

Ruan Ling opened the door and walked in, put the food box in her hand on the wooden table: "Come and taste the stew I made."

The man stood up, patted the dust off his hands, took out a dark handkerchief, dipped it into a wooden bucket and wiped his hands: "How are you, Mom and Dad?"

"Everything is fine, brother, come and have a taste." Ruan Ling opened the food box and urged urgently.

The man picked up the meat with chopsticks and savored it carefully: "The cooking skills have improved." Ruan Ling laughed "giggling" when he heard this, as if there was nothing happier than this.

"Brother, come back home with me. Today, my parents asked me if I have someone I like. You know, I don't want to get married, so you can help me with a few words when you go back."

The man smiled and said nothing.

Ruan Ling held her immature face, and said: "My brother has been living alone in this deep mountain since he was crowned, and the servants don't bring one with them. Don't you feel bored?"

The man said: "You come to see me every month, how can you be bored?"

"Since you left home in the past two years, I have often missed my brother. Come back with me, okay?" Ruan Ling coquettishly took her brother's hand and shook it.

The man smiled: "Okay."

Ruan Ling stomped her feet happily.Along the way, I shared my cooking experience with my brother-"Shrimp is the best in its original flavor; fish needs to be put in some wine to remove the fishy smell; stewed crucian carp should only drink white soup; chicken and mushrooms are a perfect match..." blah blah blah Talking non-stop, the man listened to her chatter with a smile on his face, and occasionally spoke up.

The two siblings walked to the gate of the Ruan Mansion talking and laughing, but before entering the mansion, they were bumped into head-on by Da Gui who was trotting with his head down.Dagui——about the same age as Ruan Ling, the servant next to Master Ruan is short in stature, with freckles on his cheeks, and he is very clever.

"Bumping around like headless chickens, what are you running for?" Ruan Ling pushed Dagui away and scolded.

A trace of surprise flashed in Dagui's eyes when he saw the young master returning home, and he quickly leaned over: "The villain should be damned, he ran into the young master and miss."

"What's in your hand? Show me." Ruan Ling stepped forward.

"Linger." The man grabbed Ruan Ling's cuff.

"The master asked me to send someone to deliver a letter, the villain dare not delay." After finishing speaking, Dagui got up and ran away in three steps at a time.

"Message delivery?" Ruan Ling muttered softly, looking at Dagui's running back.But the eldest lady turned her head and smiled and took her brother's hand into the mansion.

"Be careful, clean every corner!" The old butler ordered the maids to clean the room that the young master hadn't lived in for a long time.

"The eldest young master likes to be pure. He has been living in the deep mountains since he was an adult. Why did he come back suddenly?" "I heard that the eldest lady invited him back." The two maids whispered with brooms.

After dinner, Master Ruan sat aside and drank tea.

"I'm sleepy." Ruan Ling yawned and went back to sleep.

"Yu'er." Madam Ruan held Ruan Yu's hand tightly, as if he would run into the deep mountains and old forests once he let go.

"Mother." Ruan Yu replied softly.

Mrs. Ruan knew what kind of temperament her son was, and she didn't say much about missing her with her eyes moist.

If you want to talk about why Ruan Yu went to live in the mountains for two years as an adult—there is nothing else in the Ruan Mansion, except that there is no shortage of gold and silver. In addition, Ruan Yu has a face that is rare for ordinary people. The friends I met, who had daughters, wanted to marry right away. Master Ruan couldn’t refuse, so he came to ask Ruan Yu’s opinion one by one. There are many daughters in every family who are both talented and beautiful. Ruan Yu doesn’t like any of them, and even hates his father. After questioning, he moved out after the coronation ceremony.

Parents feel that since their son is an adult, he has his own ideas about what to do, so they let him go without any hindrance.

In Ruan Yu's heart, she always felt that as soon as she got home, her father would chase her and ask, "How is Li's daughter?"How about Zhang's daughter?

Ruan Yu returned home this time only because he felt that he hadn't seen his parents for a long time, and because his younger sister was acting like a baby.

"Yu'er will stay in the mansion for the time being, there will be guests coming in a few days." Master Ruan put down his tea bowl and looked at Ruan Yu.

"As expected." Ruan Yu was thinking secretly, only to hear Master Ruan say: "Don't worry! It's a young master who came here. I won't bother with your marriage, just stay with peace of mind."

Ruan Yu's eyes were filled with surprise first, and then he let out a sigh of relief: "Yes."

After leaving the inn, I didn't know how long I had been walking, when I suddenly heard a woman's soft voice not far away, I looked up, and saw a few women in revealing clothes and full of makeup standing in a colorfully decorated/vulgar room with round fans in their hands. The second floor of the brothel greets passers-by.Looking at the hanging plaque again, there are the words "male and female hall".

What a coincidence!

"I didn't go here for sex, I just want to meet new things like Long Yang." Thinking silently, he retracted his step forward, hesitated again and again, Huan Chu walked in cautiously.

The middle-aged woman gave Huan Chu a wink, and the servants in the restaurant took Huan Chu's box. "Young master, please." The old bustard said in a tone unique to this profession.

The museum is full of red lanterns with ambiguous colors, and there are portraits of naked men and women hanging on the walls everywhere, which is extremely unsightly.Several young women accompanied an old man with a big belly and round waist drinking and punching; a middle-aged man hugged a thin woman with heavy make-up;

"Is there a man here to drink with you?" Huan Chu swept around the hall and whispered with his hands next to the old bustard's ears.

"Master, you really came to the right place, we are the only ones in this movie city." The old bustard also replied in a low voice.

"Thank you." Huan Chu smiled charmingly.

"What a beauty, if it were me, I wouldn't need to accept money."

"Yeah, I don't know which sister can catch the young master's eyes." All the prostitutes in the hall looked at Huan Chu obsessively and said.

The girl with sensitive ears heard the conversation between Huan Chu and the old bustard, and said softly: "Don't think about it, this person has the habit of Long Yang."

"Oh, what a pity."

"It's convenient for those men."

"Hey, tsk tsk."

The girls' coquettish/aggressive voices are endless.

Huan Chu was taken by the bustard to an upstairs room, where a man with a good face was sitting, the bustard whispered a few words to the man, then closed the door and left.

Huan Chu bowed his head and stood there thinking for a long time. Seeing that the visitor hadn't moved, the man stood up and walked over, just about to stretch out his hand: "Master..."

Huan Chu quickly glanced at the man, put down a piece of silver, turned around and strode out of the room without taking a closer look.

"...How dare you come to a brothel with such a small amount of courage?" The man threw the silver into the air, then caught it and put it in the skirt of his clothes.

"So it's true." After leaving the male and female hall, Huan Chu's palms were covered with sweat, but on the surface he was calm and composed.

I don't know if he was frightened or suddenly realized that there is still business to do, Huan Chu pulled an old man over and asked, "Do you know where the Ruan Mansion is?"

"It's new to know where Ruan's Mansion is in this film city. Is it possible that the young master is not a local?"

"It is true that I am not a local, I hope the old man will let me know."

"Did you see it?" The old man raised his hand and pointed to a towering pavilion in the distance, which showed its gorgeousness.

"That's the Ruan Mansion. Besides the state treasury, the Ruan family is the richest today."

"Thank you." Huan Chu walked towards the Ruan Mansion with strides.

"Accordingly, it should be here in a few days." Mrs. Ruan was pacing anxiously in the courtyard.

"yes……"

Before Master Ruan finished speaking, Dagui yelled: "Master and Madam have a visitor."

As soon as Dagui came out of the mansion, he saw Huanchu standing in front of the door, hesitating with one arm folded and the other pinching his chin, so he went up to chat with him for a few words and found out that he was the Mr. Huan mentioned by the master. led into the mansion.

Huanchu followed behind Dagui, and met the two elders with his hands folded, his manners were decent, as if he wasn't the one who pretended to be crazy.Afterwards, he took out the ring that his mother told him to return from his skirt and handed it to Master Ruan.

"Hmm..." Master Ruan's words were interrupted again - "Nephew is really good-looking." Mrs. Ruan smiled from ear to ear, and she could see that she was satisfied with this "son-in-law" from the bottom of her heart .

Huan Chu smiled, "My mother told the younger generation to come and return the ring. Although I don't know the reason, I still took the liberty to visit." After finishing speaking, he turned to leave.

Mr. Ruan and Mrs. Ruan raised their eyebrows and looked at each other, tacit understanding—it would be strange if you knew, according to what Mr. Huan said in his letter, if you knew that this was a marriage, you would definitely not come!

Master Ruan then smiled: "Your father and I are best friends, we have known each other since you were both born. You should stay at the mansion for a while longer."

"Stay longer? How long? Didn't I come to give you a ring?" Huan Chu was puzzled, and a strange look flashed across his face. Seeing this, Master Ruan said, "Don't be cautious, Linger said that you are a junior. The more you get close to each other, the fathers are better than the younger generations, and you should also walk around more."

"Yes, you can live in peace for a while." Madam Ruan hurriedly took over the conversation, her tone was definitely not polite, seeing that the two of you were trying to persuade them to stay, it was hard for Huan Chu to say anything, so he had to agree.

Master Ruan saw that Huanchu didn't bring any of his servants with him, so he ordered Dagui to follow him and serve him. It is also good to lead the way. After all, the Ruan Mansion is so big, it is not surprising that people who are not familiar with it get lost.

To say that this Ruan Mansion is really magnificent, it deserves to be a rich and invincible country.The pavilions in the courtyard look tall from a distance, but they look more noble when viewed from the ground. From the inside to the outside, from top to bottom, there is a thin layer of gold. When the sun shines, people with golden thorns all over their bodies can't open their eyes. Eye.There is a huge pool next to the pavilion, the water is not deep, it just reaches the knee bend, it has no practical use, it is for viewing.With the pavilion and the pool as the center, the splendid houses are connected one by one.Huan Chu would have lost his way if he hadn't been led by a nobleman.

"Mr. Huan, go in. This is the room the master arranged for you." Dagui led him to the door of a room that was a little more luxurious than the rest of the houses, and whispered: "The master said that you and the young master and miss You are so close to arrange your residence here." Dagui pointed to the door next to him, covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a barely audible way: "Although you are close, you should not get too close to the one inside, young master. Jing, because he was dissatisfied with the master talking to him too much, he moved out in a fit of anger, and lived there for two years without any servants, and was only persuaded by the lady to come back in the past few days."

"Oh?" Huan Chu raised his eyebrows slightly interested, "Interesting."

Huanchu used the normal volume, Dagui was afraid that his young master would hear it, so he hurriedly said like a mosquito: "Young master, let's go into the room to rest, and the villain will leave."

Pushing open the door, a scent of flowers wafted from the room and penetrated directly into Huan Chu's nose. When he walked in, he saw that there were some unknown small wild flowers in the vase on the table.The room was spotless and the display was neat and orderly. When Huanchu walked to the bed, he saw that the crimson brocade quilt sewn with gold thread was neatly spread, so he sat on it and shook his ass, "It's really soft."

Huan Chu yawned, as if he saw such a comfortable quilt and didn't sleep for a while, it seemed very inappropriate, so he quickly took off his clothes, shoes and socks, lay down and fell asleep.

"Who is Mr. Huan that mother said?" Ruan Ling asked innocently.

"It's the only son of your father's best friend." Mrs. Ruan replied.

Ruan Ling: "Best friends?"

Mrs. Ruan: "It's even more kind to be a close friend..."

Ruan Ling slapped his forehead suddenly, "Ah! So it's Uncle Huan's son!" Although Ruan Ling and his elder brother had never met Master Huan, they would often hear his father mention how he helped the Ruan family when they were young. It's not clear what it is, but she still has Master Huan in her memory.

Mrs. Ruan: "Mr. Huan just arrived at the mansion today. Your father and I will stay with him for a while longer. Now he lives next to your brother. It's fine for your brother to be silent. You should accompany him to play around the city." , don't neglect others... Hey, run slowly!"

Panting, Ruan Ling ran to the door of Ruan Yu's room next to Huan Chu's, and pushed the door open regardless of whether Ruan Yu was there, "Brother."

Ruan Yu was sitting on a wooden chair reading a book, seeing Ruan Ling rashly barging in without knocking, she was not annoyed: "What's the matter?"

Ruan Ling picked up the teapot on the table, poured a glass of water and drank it down. The speed was so fast that Ruan Yu wanted to stop it, but it was too late. He could only say with a little disgust, "Don't drink the herbal tea from the previous night next time."

Ruan Ling didn't take it seriously, and wiped her mouth with her sleeve: "Brother, do you know Mr. Huan?"

Because Huanchu said a few words when Dagui brought him here, Dagui said a lot of words, but his voice was like a mosquito, and then Huanchu slept in the room all the time, and there was no sound, and Ruan Yu read a book I didn't notice it even if I focused on it.

Ruan Yu: "?"

"Do you remember Master Huan that my father always mentioned to us when we were young? It's his son, or the only son." Ruan Ling rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes thoughtfully: "The only son...wouldn't be particularly arrogant?"

Ruan Yu: "..."

The only child is arrogant?

Ruan Ling sat down on the wooden chair: "Brother! Do you remember?"