Mrs. Mu's mother and daughter are not people who like luxury, and the furnishings in the house are not as rich as the Xu family. In fact, picking up antiques, treasures, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, etc., even the major noble families in the capital are no better than those from the Xu family.

The reason is very simple, it is all because Xu Da respects his widow and sister-in-law, and he is not stingy with his hands to give all valuable and good things.

And the old lady is very careful, knowing that most of the treasures sent by the second brother are priceless, which can be called rare treasures, and most of them are sealed in his own house for the use of the whole family in case of emergency. In order to prevent it from being stolen by subordinates or taken out by children and grandchildren in private, each piece is registered, and a special person is sent to each house to inspect it every year.

So no one dares to fight those precious ideas, as for Xu Hao's pawn things, they are second-class, in the early years, he was not favored by the old lady, there are few rare things in the house, most of them are small things that the elders reward for the New Year, even so, they are always thinking about redeeming things as soon as possible.

At that time, although he knew that an accident was unlikely, Xu Hao still cautiously chose the pawnshop opened by the Mu family. He didn't know that as soon as the person left, the shopkeeper sent everything to Mu's house along with the box.

All the money and property transactions of the Mu family are taken care of by Mu Ningxue alone, and when she was only ten years old, she took over the family affairs from her mother, who is not good at housekeeping, generally speaking, daughters should not be housekeepers, but because the first generation of the head of the family Mu Ying is cautious and cautious, she does not dare to swagger with great power, and she is the daughter of a low-level military general who married the marriage of her two sons.

Among them, the eldest son Mu Chun's wife Liu is honest and duty-bound, and has been serving her father-in-law in Yunnan with her husband for a long time, and now she accompanies her husband to take care of the family affairs in Yunnan Mansion. The second son Mu Sheng's wife Su has been married for less than two years, and she has the identity restriction of the daughter of the general, so she does not dare to compete with Mu Ningxue, the proud daughter of the Mu family, not to mention that there is a mother-in-law and a sister-in-law in the family, and it is not her turn to take charge of the house for the time being.

Mu Ningxue was purely out of good intentions, and she didn't save too much thought, and after the box was delivered, she casually watched it and put it in her own room. At that time, Xu Hao specially greeted the steward of Mu Mansion in order to pawn more silver, so Mu Ningxue immediately spoke after learning about it.

If you don't know the price of firewood and rice, Xu Hao's various actions, Mu Ningxue agrees with it in her eyes, but in the eyes of Mrs. Mu, it seems that she is a little unprofessional and unambitious.

Afterwards, Mu Ningxue didn't want to return the box directly to Xu Hao, and she didn't say it, and kept waiting for him to redeem it after he made money.

said that after Mu Qingshuang went to find her sister, Mrs. Mu hurriedly invited Xu Hao to sit and eat tea by herself, hurriedly went back to the house to wash off the fat powder on her face, and instructed the maids to remove the vegetarian banquet and replace it with a good banquet. Zhang Luo sent someone to tidy up the embroidery room of the second girl, opened his warehouse and put all the good things on the table, and suddenly the entire Mu family was in a mess.

Seeing this, Xu Hao pulled Mu Ang, who was playing with the jade jade horse with his head down, out, and went to the ear room next door to sit and wait.

After waiting for a long time, a maid came to invite him, and this time he walked into the flower hall, and the decorations inside completely changed.

Seeing the owner of the house, Xu Hao admired Mrs. Mu's taste very much, and secretly said that she was worthy of being a rich and superb family, even if she was originally not from a high background, but after these years of great wealth and nobility, it is enough to develop a real aristocratic style. There is no trace of golden vulgarity in the flower hall, people who understand can see the depth, and those who don't understand it are like that Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, and she can't see why.

On one side of the wall, there are two rows of tables and chairs of fragrant nanmu, that is, the golden silk nanmu of later generations, and the natural few of iron pear wood, which are more than three zhang long. There is a large Han copper flower on it, and a bright peony flower is inserted; Leaning on a circumferential gluttonous ancient ding, it is more than six feet high, and the cigarettes are endless.

In the middle, there are six marble chairs made in Yunnan, and there are four marble screens lying horizontally on one side, which are completely natural. In the center is the unique Zhu Yuanzhang royal pen white eagle scroll in the center, which is printed with a jade seal and treasure seal. Xu Hao resisted the urge to go along, and the few strokes of the eagle showed the momentum of the king who stood out from the crowd, although it was slightly abstract and out of shape.

The wall on the left is accompanied by the inscription of Dongpi big characters and the ink bamboo, and the rice hanging on the right is faint and imitates the old mountains of Zhao Danian, and Xu Hao's eyes are green.

In the middle, the ebony Eight Immortals table was set up with snacks and fruits, Xu Hao didn't care about what he ate, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze, and looked to the other side, and saw that it was an elegant small hall, which seemed to be Mu Ningxue's daily study.

The Nanmu partition on both sides are carved with dragons and phoenixes, hooking the tassels of the brocade tent made in the inner palace, and the jade shaft of the Yao sign is placed neatly on the Zhu Susu case in the middle, and a pair of imperial pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are neatly placed in it. There is a more than three-foot-high pine on the ground next to it, and a parrot in the birdcage hanging on it, learning to call the guests to offer tea, and the guests to offer tea!

There was a thousand-year-old guqin Zixiao on the flower stand behind, Xu Hao suddenly glanced at the antique Xiao pipe for no reason, and hurriedly coughed lightly to cover it up. In addition, several antiques such as white jade screens, burning gold, and Zhou Ding are just right to be placed in the best position, and it is enough to show the identity of the owner without publicity.

Xu Hao suddenly had the urge to explore the beautiful woman's boudoir, and he didn't have the heart to continue looking, so he waited quietly as Mu Ang sat on the chair.

After a while, there was a laugh, the two maids lifted the emerald green bead curtain, Mrs. Mu slowly took Mu Qingshuang's little hand and walked in, while Mu Qingshuang's little hand held the red leaves.

Later, the eldest sister Xu Qinglian walked in with a smile, Xu Hao's heart skipped an inexplicable beat, and she saw Mu Ningxue with blushing pink cheeks and bent eyebrows, without a piece of jewelry on her body, the whole person was very light, but she felt more elegant.

As soon as she saw Xu Hao, Mu Ningxue returned to normal in an instant, and said with a smile: "You've been waiting for a long time, please have tea." ”

Zhiyan beside her smiled and held a cinnamon dew point of pineapple tea and handed it over, Xu Hao smiled faintly, got up and took it with one hand, and drank it directly without looking at it.

Hongye immediately raised his head proudly and said to Mu Qingshuang: "I'll just say that my brother won't lose his temper, what's the matter, you lost." ”

Mu Qingshuang said meaninglessly: "The eldest sister is such a beautiful person, your brother is indifferent." Hum! Could it be that he is a father-in-law from the palace? ”

Mrs. Mu hurriedly scolded: "Tong Yan Wuji, if you, the elder brother of the Xu family, are the kind of person who loses his temper when he sees a beauty, how can his mother let him enter the inner house?" ”

Xu Hao, who smiled bitterly in his heart, simply didn't hear it, and when Yu Jiaren was close to him, he didn't want to speak hard, so he generously stretched out his hand to invite Mrs. Mu to take a seat, and habitually waited for the eldest sister to walk to the table, helped her move the chair back, and served the triumphant red leaves to sit down smoothly.

This is completely a habit developed in later generations, Mrs. Mu looked at this scene with some surprise, but she didn't say anything. Mu Ningxue looked at Xu Qinglian and Xu Hongye's reactions, and looked like she was accustomed to it, knowing that this was what Xu Hao often did, and it was secretly rumored that he was the most considerate of his daughter's family, and it seemed that it was indeed worthy of his reputation.

More than a dozen maids came in a row, holding copper basins and spittoons and other things in their hands, Xu Hao, who felt troublesome, was patient, reached out and carefully washed it in the water, took the white silk scarf in the hand of another maid and wiped his hands, waved his hand to signal not to drink the fragrant tea for gargling, and the maid nodded lightly and turned around with a wooden plate.

Mu Qingshuang seemed to notice something, kept staring at Xu Hao, slowly spit out the fragrant tea in her mouth into the spittoon, straightened up, but asked the red leaves beside her: "Does your brother not like these rules at home?" ”

"I don't like it." Hongye, who turned around, reached out and took another new white silk scarf in the maid's hand, and gently wiped the corners of his mouth, "My brother is most tired of these red tape, he usually washes his hands and rinses his mouth at home and then comes to eat, and then except for the elders, we all follow the meal before the meal, who is impatient to sit and be served all day?" It's a pity that my mother said that she still waited for the maids to serve, and she was not used to it after marrying in the future. ”

Mrs. Mu likes the outspoken red leaves very much, and chuckled when she heard this: "To tell you the truth, our family has always been very simple to eat, and this is all for fear of treating you distinguished guests slowly." I don't know about others, anyway, my ancestors haven't passed down so many rules, in addition to the whole family eating together, I and Ning Xue Niang, many times we make some porridge and side dishes by ourselves, and invite the girls to eat together, this person is extra fragrant. ”

Hongye looked at Mrs. Mu and suddenly said, "I like Madame." ”

Mrs. Mu was happy in her heart, and she had been too lonely recently, so she smiled in her heart: "I also like you as a child, and I will call you aunt in the future, or will I recognize you as a goddaughter?" Call the godmother. ”

"Nope." Mu Qingshuang was a little annoyed when she heard this, her eyes rolled, and she raised her hand and pointed at Xu Hao unwillingly, "I'm going to his house and let his mother beg me to be my goddaughter." ”

Xu Hao suddenly became daxiao, but he didn't expect the second girl of the Mu family to be such a childlike and simple girl, and said with a smile: "Welcome at any time." If Mrs. and Ning Xue also come to my house as guests, my grandmother and her old man have not seen guests for a long time, and they must be very happy. ”

Mrs. Mu thought about it and looked at her daughter, who looked light-hearted, and said with a smile: "I will definitely visit in the future, I also admire the old lady of the Wei family, and I had a relationship in my early years, but I have never had the opportunity to visit her old man for many years, who doesn't know that the old man of Wei Guogong is filial piety?" ”

Xu Hao smiled and nodded, and after the uncle was dismissed, the uncle and the other three brothers came over to kowtow to the old lady and explain the antecedents. It turned out that Xu Yaozu took refuge in Lan Yu privately behind his back, Xu Da was very angry when he learned about it, he had a premonition that Lan Yu would definitely have an accident, but it was inconvenient to inform this side, it happened that the imperial court wanted to take back the fief, so he took the opportunity to let the eldest son cut off the supply of silver.

At that time, the whole family didn't say anything after hearing it, after so many years of ups and downs, they knew that there must be hidden emperor's eyes and ears in the family, and no one dared to pick it out. At that time, the government did not dare to act rashly, and the slightest change would make the emperor suspicious. On the contrary, everything in his own family reacted naturally, the whole process was reasonable, and the emperor would not suspect anything if he knew it.

This is why it is natural for the family to be reconciled as before, but with Xu Da alive, he is still facing unforeseen risks at any time.

Xu Hao had a hunch that Zhu Yuanzhang would never attack the most prestigious heroes, but kept it to preserve the whole thing, in order to achieve an eternal story between monarchs and ministers.

And Xu Da, who is like a god, has been obscure for so many years, and he has long lost his power in his hands, and he no longer poses any threat to the Zhu family. But because of Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, I am afraid that the moment before the death of the first emperor, he will immediately end his life with a glass of poisonous wine.

If Xu Da doesn't have this vision, then he is not Xu Da. Sure enough, if Xu Da really didn't want to die, then Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not let go of the entire Xu family before he died.