Chapter 98 Mugwort

Gushi Street, the back house of Jingbei Bo Mansion.

Seeing that Shen Shi was almost here, why was there no movement in front of him? The old lady Zhao was sitting in the room and was a little anxious. Just as she was chatting with Zhou, the eldest maid Hongyu walked in from outside: "Old lady, the person who came back from the front has greeted him, Young Master Nan has returned home."

"Oh." Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This brat has been back for so long! It's so anxious! I don't know how I did the exam... My old lady needs to ask him carefully later." As he said that, Zhao suddenly noticed something, looked up at Hongyu and seemed to want to say something but stopped. Zhao frowned slightly, "What's wrong?"

Hongyu lowered her head and said softly: "Xiaochun talked to her back... Young Master Nan also brought someone back..."

"I also brought someone... who?" Zhao didn't care too much. Now his grandson is almost a person in the officialdom, and it is inevitable to go out to make friends. Zhao thought about who the person was and whether he had to prepare anything.

Hongyu replied, "It's not an important person. Chunhe only said that she was a small pot picked up by Young Master Nan on the road..."

"I picked up a magic sperm?" Several people in the house were puzzled. During the big test, they actually brought the magic sperm back... Zhao felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything. "This child is kind-hearted, just take it back! Just bring it back, our mansion is not bad. Go back and ask clearly. If you don't have any relatives, just keep it in the mansion and find some time to get the contract."

"Yes." Hongyu responded and turned around and went out.

After a while, footsteps outside sounded, Lin Nan lifted the curtain and walked in. After bowing to his grandmother and aunt one by one, he found a chair and sat down next to Zhao.

"Have you been in trouble these days?" Zhao looked at his grandson and smiled kindly. "I finally got it done. Come here, it happened that your aunt is here, and I'm talking to us, how sure is this time...?"

Lin Nan smiled silly: "I don't know this grandson, I have to wait until the results are released before I know it."

"Ta! Don't be careless with my old lady!" Zhao clamped his eyelids and leaned forward with a smile and said, "There are no outsiders here. Tell the truth to your grandmother. Do you think... do you have any hope of winning?"

Zhou also smiled from the side: "That's right, this provincial examination has passed last year. The biggest threshold now is the big test competition. Don't look at you who are alone outside, these people in the family are also worried! You just say what you think in your heart, just think it's not possible. Can the old lady and the uncle still laugh at you? Your two brothers are not there... You have to be more motivated!"

Seeing that the two elders were pressing each other, Lin Nan was reluctant to say more, but he could not refute the elders' face. He lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and hesitated: "It's not that Nan'er doesn't want to say it. He just finished the exam and felt a little unsure. But if he insisted, the front might not be able to be ranked first... but at least the name should be recorded later..." As soon as he finished speaking, the old lady and Zhou were already slapped in joy. Seeing this, Lin Nan hurriedly said: "Nan'er is just guessing randomly. As for what, it depends on the result of the listing in ten days..." Unfortunately, no one cared about these last few words. The old lady and Zhou had already started discussing how to celebrate.

Several people were chatting in the back house, and suddenly heard a noise coming from the front yard. The old lady looked unhappy and shouted outside: "What's wrong? It's been a few days since I was so unruly!"

Seeing this, Lin Nan stood up: "Grandma, don't be angry, wait for grandson to see." After that, Lin Nan turned around and headed towards the front yard. Halfway through, he was meeting the eldest maid Hongyu and a few people coming over, one of them was his follower Chun Ge'er. However, at this time, Brother Chun was obviously not in good health, and was mourning, holding white silk in one hand and covering his head, and blood seemed to be oozing on it!

Oh! Lin Nan felt a deep heart when he saw it: "Brother Chun, what's wrong with you? Why did you look like this? Go outside and have someone beat him?" When Brother Chun saw Lin Nan, he was wronged and tears were about to fall. But he glanced at the big maid Hongyu beside him, and he held back and didn't say anything.

Hongyu said from the side: "Young Master Nan, Chunhe was beaten outside... It was in the mansion,..." Hongyu said this and hesitated. Lin Nan frowned, but saw Hongyu turn her face to the side and look at her. Lin Nan followed her eyes and saw two young servants standing on the left and right next to her, one of which was Lin Si, but among them, she was escorting someone like a prisoner, but it was the little beggar whom he had just brought back from the street.

At this moment, the little beggar was still wearing the ragged and dirty black clothes, but there was a lot of water on it. The clothes in the snow and ice were as hard as boards, making the little beggar stand there tremble.

Lin Nan frowned even more when he saw that, he looked at Hongyu and turned to Chun Ge'er and scolded him: "Why do you still let him wear this outfit? Didn't you just tell me to take him to take a shower and then change my clothes and come again?"

Brother Chun covered his head with one hand and knelt down with a thud: "Young Master, I'm wronged! Just after the young master gave the order, I put a big bucket in the woodshed and added hot water. I originally thought that he was pitiful, but I just came back from the medicine hall and my body was not so flexible, so I wanted to help him..." When Brother Chun said this, he cried: "It's also a slave who is a slut. I have to go up and serve people, but it turns out... Master, look... this head almost made him open!"

Oh? Lin Nan was also a little angry when he heard this. Brother Chun did nothing wrong. At best, he was a little too enthusiastic, but he would never open his head with something. Lin Nan looked down at the little beggar. He was also secretly staring at Lin Nan's expression. Seeing Lin Nan's eyes glaring, he couldn't help but tremble. Lin Nan looked up and down. This little beggar was not tall, and Brother Zhao Chun was half a head, and his body looked a little weaker. He never thought that such a person who had just been beaten and bruised all over could beat Brother Chun to scream!

Lin Nan was puzzled and asked everyone around him in detail, then he understood the beginning and end of the matter. Brother Chun said it was right. After a few people arrived at the mansion, Lin Nan was busy paying respects to the back house, so he gave an order and entered the second door. Although Brother Chun was from the Earl's Mansion, he had been following Lin Nan for the past few years, and he had already been the close follower of Young Master Nan. Seeing that Young Master Nan's Golden List is just around the corner, his identity will rise with the flow in the future. Therefore, Brother Chun must do his best to show off so that it would be natural to follow Young Master Nan in the future.

There was a job today, so Brother Chun was particularly concerned. After the young master left, he kept busy. Since the young master brought this Xiaohuazi back to his house, he probably wanted to take him in. In the future, he might be the companion to work together. It is not unreasonable for Brother Chun to think so, but after he was busy getting everything done, the little beggar refused to take a bath! Brother Chun didn't take it seriously, thinking that maybe he was young and shy, and he was together in the future, and it was nothing to help him even if he was tired. Therefore, Brother Chun pushed the little beggar into the woodshed, turned around and scooped water on the little beggar. But at this gate, the little beggar seemed to have been stepped on with his tail, and picked up the wooden basin next to him and put it on Brother Chun'er's head...

After hearing what happened, Lin Nan frowned so high, and his eyes became unkind when he looked at the little beggar. He saved you kindly and took you back to the mansion to want to give you some food. How could he be kind to others and behave like this? Seeing that the people around him were beaten up like that, Lin Nanhuo was too lazy to talk nonsense to the little beggar anymore and said on the spot: "Okay, it seems that I did something wrong to bring you back. Since you don't want to stay in my mansion, Lin Si, send him out now!"

Lin Si responded, reached out and pulled the little beggar, but unexpectedly, this pull made a lot of noise. The little beggar dodged Lin Si's big hand and did not turn around and escape. Instead, he lowered his head and kowtowed on the snow. When he raised his eyes, his face was full of begging.

Well? Lin Nan was also confused at this moment, and was also a little upset: "Are you willing to be here or not when you speak?"

"Wish...I'm willing..." The little beggar finally said something timidly.

"I'd like you to keep it..." Lin Nan was about to get angry, but suddenly the eldest maid Hongyu, who was beside him, turned his head and looked at her. Hongyu wanted to speak, and gently pulled Lin Nan's sleeve. The two of them avoided the side and said a few whispers. After that, Lin Nan's eyes widened and suddenly said loudly: "No way!?" As he said that, he turned his head and stared at the little beggar blankly.

Lin Nan's reaction surprised Chun Ge'er and others. Everyone looked at the little beggar in a row. It was strange that the little beggar who had no reaction to him just now was staring at him by everyone, and a blush appeared on his dirty face!

Seeing this, Hongyu nodded to Lin Nan, stretched out her sleeves to cover her mouth and smiled secretly. Lin Nan's face turned red and she stretched out her hand and slapped her head: He was always smart, but today he made a big ugly in the mansion! He waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, go back! Brother Chun, you...ah! This is for you, take it to the pharmacy to get some medicine!" As he said that, he took out a ingot of silver and threw it to Brother Chun. Then he looked at the little beggar and said helplessly to Hongyu: "Since that's the case... I'll trouble Sister Hongyu..."

At this time, except for Hongyu, no one else knew what was going on. While listening to Lin Nan's instructions to go out, he was confused in his heart. Especially Chun Ge'er, he was even more puzzled...

Seeing the little beggar obediently following Hongyu, Lin Nan laughed silently, patted his head and turned back to the back house. When the old lady Zhao saw it, she naturally asked, and Lin Nan hurriedly pulled over with the words. She thought she was safe, but in a short while, Hongyu came in outside: "Old lady, the girl who Young Master Nan brought back to the mansion just now has been washed. Now she is waiting outside. Should the old lady look?"

"What? Girl?" When the old lady and Zhou Shi heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. In amazement, they all looked at Lin Nantou. Not only did they look at her, but they seemed to have a special unspeakable meaning... Seeing Lin Nan felt uncomfortable all over and quickly raised his hand to surrender: "Grandma, aunt, don't look at me like this again! I... I don't know she is a girl!"

Lin Nan always looked like a little adult in the mansion. Even though he was not old, he was quite majestic. At this moment, he showed such a childish look in front of the old lady. Hongyu covered her mouth and laughed secretly. After Hongyu said in detail to the two, the old lady and Zhou also laughed. Zhou said, "You child, although you are younger, in the mansion, you used to treat you as an adult. I didn't expect that even if you are smart, you can even admit your mistakes in someone's mistakes, haha!"

The old lady was even more happy and said, "Who said no? Alas, but that's good! Chunhe, who originally wanted to serve people, ended up getting hit by a pot... She really looked at her master. You said you had to take a bath with someone at the back of the girl's house. Isn't this eye-opening? The bottom of this pot is really not unfair!"

After the old lady finished speaking, the few people burst into laughter. Lin Nan's face turned red. After a while, the old lady ordered Hongyu, "Okay, since I have cleaned up, I'll bring it in and have a look!"

Hongyu turned around and went out, then brought the little beggar in.

At this time, the little beggar had finished washing, changed into a short blue cloth shirt, and his hair had just been washed with moisture, and he simply tied a bun on his head. The old lady and Zhou were examining, and Lin Nan was also looking at it. The mud and blood on the little beggar's face were gone, but the skin was rough. Maybe after the north wind had been blown for a long time, the face was slightly cracked, and there were several bloody holes on his hands. But not to mention these, just looking at his eyebrows and eyes, he was very clingy. In addition, he was wearing a thick layer of cotton coat, his body was warm, and his face gradually became rosy, which made him look more pleasing.

"Well..." the old lady nodded and said, "It looks like a pretty man. Girl, what's your name? Where is it? Who else is there in the family?"

As soon as the old lady asked, the little beggar subconsciously shrank back, but knew that he had to answer, and replied softly: "Reply to the old lady, maid... maid..." The little beggar bit his lip and lowered his head vigorously: "I am from Jiangnan, and there is no one else at home..." After saying a few words, tears rolled in his eyes, and he was about to cry, which made the old lady feel heartbroken.

But sympathy is sympathy. The old lady was very slow to turn her mind. She looked at the person in front of her and turned her head to Zhou and said, "What do you think?"

Zhou smiled and said, "I heard that it was indeed the accent of the southerners, but..." Zhou turned around and asked, "Girl, how did you come to the capital? Could it be that some wealthy family sneaked out?" Zhou said this, and the little beggar shook, suddenly leaned down and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing constantly, and even said that it was not. It turned out that Zhou had heard Hongyu say that it was a beggar picked up by Lin Nan from the street, but when he saw this girl, he seemed very polite, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious, so he asked. If it was really a wealthy family sneaked out, it would not be accepted, and even if it was a little involved, it would be inevitable to be troublesome.

Seeing that the little beggar's situation was not like a fake, the old lady quickly stopped talking. Then she nodded to Hongyu: "Since you are like this, stay here. Follow Hongyu to learn the rules and etiquette first, and it will be almost done in the future... Let's make trouble!"

Hongyu responded and wanted to take the girl out. Zhou said again, "I don't think about it anymore." The old lady turned her head and looked at Zhou in confusion, but heard Zhou laugh, "I think this girl looks pretty and Zhou Zheng, but she lacks some days of care and guidance. After raising her in our mansion for a while, she looks good. In the past, didn't the old lady always say that there was no one around Nan'er? She always refused to let him go. Today, he brought this back from the street, not what we forced him. Look, Hongyu trains her well and will be a personal girl for Nan'er in the future!"

"Oh!" The old lady was amused when she heard this. "Yes, you are still considerate! That's right, is it God's will? Haha! Nan'er is about to be an official, and there are Chunhe and Xiaosi around her every day, which is too unreasonable. Okay, that's it. Since you brought this girl back from the street, then follow you from now on, it's better to see her own luck!"

When Lin Nan heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. It's okay to think about it, but grandmother and aunt said it was right. In the future, he really needed someone close to him to serve him. If he didn't agree, would he send her out? But after he said it, everyone in the mansion knew that this girl was brought back from the street by herself, and she didn't know how to gossip... Alas! Forget it, let him go! Lin Nan agreed naturally.

Hongyu looked at the situation in the house with her eyebrows down, then looked at the little girl beside her, and suddenly had an idea in her mind. Hongyu lowered her head and said softly: "Old lady, since she has decided to keep it, we must have a suitable name to do things in our mansion. The maid was thinking, since she was brought back by Young Master Nan personally, this name... would you please let the Young Master make it yourself... Old lady, mistress, what do you think?"

"Haha!" The old lady stretched out her finger and pointed Hongyu and laughed: "You girl! It's not a big deal for everyone to say that your eyes are so smart, and your mind is not slow at all! That's the case. Since that's the case, Nan'er...you name it now, and you can use it with your own set in the future!"
Chapter completed!