Chapter 1: A Long Howl
A whirlpool whirlpool blew up on the open dam ahead for no reason, wrapping golden fallen leaves in it, swaying upwards, flying higher than the roof, and then scattered into pieces and falling down with a whirlpool. The wind came quickly and went quickly. Without the support of the wind, most of the fallen leaves could only fall into dust. Of course, many fell on Li Ze, who was sitting on the roof at this moment.
Li Ze held his hands on his chin and bent his elbows and supported his knees. He had been in this posture for a while. Even though the leaves fell on his head, shoulders, and even a sparrow flying over his head, unceremoniously pulled a piece of black and gray feces on his valuable lake blue jacket, he never made him move. He stared at the distance with a little melancholy, but there was no focal length.
Li Ze is only fourteen years old this year, but his size is far taller than his peers. At the age of fourteen, he has grown to about 1.7 meters. Although his face is not as good as Pan An, he is also angular, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and is extremely heroic. Of course, this is also due to his good genetic genes and superior living conditions.
He was acting as a thinker on the roof, but in the yard, several people's eyes were always on him. Even if his neck was sore and soft, he would not dare to be careless. Their lives were all tied to Li Ze alone. Not to mention that Li Ze had a headache or fever, even if he had a headache, it was a great event for them.
"Master, the time is almost over. Madam is waiting for you to have a meal!" A girl wearing an orange skirt shouted crisply while rubbing her neck with her hands. Her name is Xia He, and she is the big maid in Li Ze's house. Although she is a maid, in fact, this girl in the house is more comfortable and noble than the lady in the house. Not to mention anything else, this round neck, slanted collar, and skirt embroidered with gold and silver flowers is worth hundreds of taels of silver. Not to mention the jade hairpin on the top of her head and the white jade bracelet with gold wire on her wrist. Each one is enough for a small family to eat for a year.
A step behind Xia He was a man with a tiger back and a bear waist. Wherever he stood with his hands, compared to Xia He's wealth and honor, this man seemed much more frugal, and only a sense of neatness and simplicity appeared on his body.
His name is Tulong, and he is Li Ze's guard.
Li Ze stood up on the roof, opened his arms, as if he wanted to hug something in his arms, and then he opened his mouth and looked up to the sky to make a long pill.
The people below were not surprised, but just thought they didn't hear it. Over the past few years, Li Ze always put on the roof and squatted in this position for a while, and always ended with such a strange and cunning howling sound.
When we first heard it, everyone was very frightened and thought the young master was crazy, but after yelling for a while, the young master seemed to be in good mood for a while, and everyone became accustomed to it. Later, when Xia He felt that the young master's mood was very unstable, he even encouraged Li Ze to go up the roof to see the scenery.
As expected, when the howling stopped, Li Ze turned around, and his face, which was covered with frost, was filled with a smile again. He walked from the ridge to the edge of the eaves, and jumped down as soon as he rushed.
The Dragon Slaughter, who was originally standing by hand, took a step forward, stretched out his hand, and gently dragged it under Li Ze's armpit. Li Ze was already standing steadily on the ground. They had already done such a game countless times and were already familiar with it.
Xia He took two steps forward, took out a hand towel to wipe the bird droppings on Li Ze, frowned and said, "Master, go back to the room to clean it first, and change your clothes to get over."
"Yeah!" Li Ze nodded. He pulled his clothes and sniffed it, "It was a little smell."
Xia He was so amused and crying, "Master, what are you doing?"
Li Ze shrugged. "It's just a little bit interesting. What's the point of whether to replace it or not?"
"Master, we are not a small family. We naturally have to pay more attention to our words, do things, deal with people, and dress." Xia He whispered.
Li Ze sneered, stopped, turned to look at the towering lush green mountains in the distance, "Little Door, hoho, Little Door can at least be free, but can we do it? We are just birds locked in cages. I don't know when it will make people unhappy. If you reach out and you can pinch us to death. If you live today and not tomorrow, you might as well live as you want. Even if you die, you won't lose money, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense, my future is bright!" Xia He looked a little miserable when Li Ze said something, but he still forced himself to comfort him.
"Ha, the future is long?" Li Ze flattened his mouth disapprovingly.
"The master is still very concerned about you. Not only did he send a good man like Brother Tu to serve as a guard for you, but this time he also invited Mr. Gongsun to teach him. I heard that Mr. Gongsun is a very famous scholar! If the master doesn't care about you, how could he take such great painstaking efforts!"
"It's really good to kill dragons, but Old Man Gongsun, do you think he really came to teach me to study? Rather than saying that he came to take refuge, this old man is deep, and that person is really cheap. It's really easy to hide the Tibetans in a pile." Li Ze said sarcastically.
Xia He turned around and looked at the dragon slaying, but the dragon slaying was hanging down and walking behind them a few steps, as if he hadn't heard Li Ze just said something.
"Master, I am your father after all!" Xia He advised, "No matter what, you can't say that behind your back. If this is heard by the master, I will be even more disliked. In the past two years, the master has come here less and less."
"It's better not to come, it's quiet." Li Ze sneered.
Looking at Li Ze's appearance, Xia He sighed, said nothing, but led Li Ze to the backyard.
This is a huge house, divided into a front yard and a back yard. The back yard alone covers an area of more than ten acres. The back yard is divided into several small yards, each yard is divided into main house, left and right wing rooms, as well as dozens of houses of large and small sizes, as well as gardens, waterside pavilions, and ponds. However, in such a huge place, there are only two owners, namely Li Ze and his son, and there are dozens of other door guards, cleaning, flowers and trees, kitchens, needlework, and some thick servants.
Li Ze's mother, Mrs. Wang, lives in Jingxin Pavilion, and Li Ze lives in Mingshu Garden. These two courtyards are very close and are connected by a corridor in the middle. In addition to the two of them, there is also a special person with an independent courtyard, which is Gongsun Changming, who taught Li Ze to study, lives in Moxiangju.
In addition to Li Ze, there are more than a dozen other people living in Mingshu Garden, including Dragon Slayer and several other guards, including the big maid Xia He and some other maids.
Xia He was smart. As soon as he entered the yard, he immediately made arrangements. Several little girls quickly prepared hot water and veils. Xia He served Li Ze to change his clothes. After washing up, the two of them went to the wife of Jingxin Pavilion. As for the Dragon and others, they naturally sent food to Mingshuyuan from the kitchen.
After passing through the long corridor, I arrived at the gate of Jingxin Pavilion. A big maid who was dressed similar to Xia He had been waiting there. Seeing Li Ze, I squatted down and said softly: "Young Master, the lady is already waiting in the main hall."
Li Ze nodded and walked inward. Xia He was softly explaining from behind, "When he was stubborn outside, he accidentally let the bird get some unclean things on his body and wash it up. It was a bit late. Sister Xia Zhu, isn't his wife angry, right?"
"When did you ever see your wife?" Xia Zhu's voice was also low," the young master went up the roof again, and we were all listening in the backyard with the screams."
"How can Sister Xia Zhu be sure that it is the master who is shouting?" Xia He chuckled.
"Nonsense, at home, except for the master who dares to yell like this unscrupulously, who dares to be so arrogant? Are you not afraid of being driven out?" Xia Zhu gave Xia He a blank look.
"That's right." Xia He covered his mouth and smiled, "I don't know what happened today. As I looked at the news sent from outside, I felt extremely bad again. You know, every time I go up to the roof and yell, it will relieve a lot."
"Our young master's temper is really interesting. When others get angry, they always take their anger. He is fine, and he can relieve himself after yelling."
The two big girls were muttering behind, Li Ze paused slightly, and glanced back at the two of them. They immediately lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes and stopped talking.
Li Ze turned around, but his mind still had what Xia Zhu said just now.
"When did you get angry when you saw your wife?"
Yes, not only Xia Zhu and Xia He have never seen him, but he has never seen his mother get angry. Not only has he not been angry or happy, but Li Ze has never seen her mother laugh even though he has grown up. Mrs. Wang always has a faint expression. No matter what trouble Li Ze caused or what small achievements he made, it will not change her expression like an eternal ice for thousands of years.
When he walked into the main hall, Li Ze saw Mrs. Wang sitting upright at the table.
"Mother, I'm here." Li Ze bowed.
Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, but just picked up the chopsticks and started eating silently.
Chapter completed!