Chapter 142: A Family of Four
Su Niang asked in confusion: "What trouble will be?" She suddenly thought of something and asked in a low voice: "Erlang, who are those two people who came back with you today? They all have knives on them, which is really scary."
After all, Su Niang is the eldest sister-in-law, but Chu Huan is not good at hiding everything. And Su Niang will know some things sooner or later. After pondering for a while, she said, "These two are from the Imperial Guards..." Worried that Su Niang would not understand what the Imperial Guards are, she simply said, "They are all soldiers and people in the government. They will wait for my orders in the future!"
Su Niang didn't come back to her senses for a moment and asked, "Why do you have to listen to your order?"
Chu Huan scratched his head and smiled, "This... I am also a member of the government now, and a general of the Imperial Guard!"
"General Wei?" Su Niang said in confusion: "Is this official very big?"
Chu Huan said: "It's not very big, but...just in terms of official positions, it doesn't seem too small, and can manage some people!"
"Who is older and younger than the magistrate?" Su Niang asked hurriedly. In her heart, the magistrate is a great official, so she wanted to use the magistrate's position to measure how high Chu Huan was.
Seeing Su Niang's pretty face, Chu Huan felt a little funny. After thinking about it, she said, "The magistrate is a civil servant, I am a military general. I really want to compare... I should not be smaller than the magistrate."
Su Niang suddenly covered her mouth with a surprised look on her face, then looked suspicious and said in confusion: "Erlang, are you saying true? I have heard people say that to be a high-ranking official, you have to study and take the exam for fame. You... you have never studied, and you have never passed the exam for fame, and you are not even a scholar, so how could you become an official?" She felt that Chu Huan was teasing her.
Chu Huan patiently explained: "There are two ways to become an official. One way is just like you said, relying on exams to gain fame, top scholar in literature, top scholar in martial arts, etc. is this path, and there is another way, which is recommendation."
"Recommend?" Su Niang blinked her eyes, still a little confused.
Chu Huan said: "It's like a person who is very capable but has not taken the exam. But he is seen by a high-ranking official with a good vision and is promoted. This is a recommendation."
Su Niang understood now and frowned and said, "Does you say you are very capable and are attracted by the high-ranking official, so you are promoted?"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "You can say that too."
Su Niang wondered, "Erlang, are you really that capable? The Su family promoted you, and even the officials asked you to be an official..." At this moment, she still didn't believe it.
Chu Huan knew that Su Niang was puzzled and didn't say much. She just smiled. Su Niang said again: "I heard that after becoming an official, she is the master... Are you the master now?"
"Don't listen to those." Chu Huan laughed and said, "No matter how big the official is, he is still the Erlang of Sister Su Niang!" Suddenly, he felt that this was a bit strange, but when he saw Su Niang's pretty face turned red.
Su Niang was already a little nervous now.
In the past, I just thought Chu Huan was her brother-in-law, and there was no special feeling, but now I feel that what Chu Huan said seemed to be true. Moreover, when she saw two soldiers wearing swords sending Chu Huan back, she felt that what Chu Huan said was true, and she suddenly became a little nervous.
She was born in a poor family, and the common people had a sense of fear of officials. This was because Chu Huan became an official, and it seemed to be bigger than the magistrate. This made Su Niang suddenly become restrained. She was both happy and nervous, thinking to herself: "Can Erlang become a high-ranking official? This is the matter of glorious ancestors. But... it's just that Erlang became a master. In the future... I must be careful when talking and doing things in the future, so that I can't make him angry...!"
She was thinking about her own thoughts. When Chu Huan saw that she didn't say anything, her expression on her face was a little strange. She called out, but Su Niang didn't agree. She called out again. Su Niang came to her senses and said panic: "Master, what...what is it?"
She thought to herself that Chu Huan had become the master, but she couldn't help calling out the master.
Chu Huan was so amused that he could only shake his head and say, "It's okay, what's wrong with you?"
"No...nothing." Su Niang hurriedly said, "I...I'll go clean the room..." She trotted away like a kitten, wearing a brocade jacket, but her small steps were fast, twisting her butt, and there was no trace in a blink of an eye.
Chu Huan shook her head and smiled. Although Su Niang is strong-willed, she is a small family after all, and she has seen too few people in the world. When encountering real big things or big people, she is a little nervous.
When he arrived at his mother's house, he saw Chu Li talking while Rulian was holding her face red, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything more.
Chu Huan knew that although life is much better than before, for Chu Li, this mansion is a strange place. He is not familiar with the place and is not like in Liujia Village before. He could talk to the villagers here every day. In addition to Su Niang and Su Niang, there was no one to talk. Now that there is a little girl who moves in, it means that there is an extra person to talk. Moreover, Ru Lian is clean and looks delicate and adorable, which naturally makes Chu Li happy.
"This child is afraid of having sex and dare not speak." Chu Li's smile when he saw Chu Huan come in, "Don't be afraid if you want to live together in the future."
Rulian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Chu Huan come in. Chu Huan was already sitting down on the chair next to her and smiled: "Rulian, Brother Chu has something to discuss with you!"
Ru Lian hurriedly said, "Brother Chu, you said!"
"It's not a big deal." Chu Huan said: "I just discussed with your sister Su Niang. When someone asks me about it, you will say that you are the maid who serves my mother..."
Rulian immediately said, "Brother Chu, I will serve well... I served my mother, I used to serve my teacher..." She seemed to think that she shouldn't say this, and her face turned red: "I have served people before, I can do it, clean the house and cook, and some of it can't be. I... I can learn slowly!" She said so sincerely. Chu Huan helped her many times. She couldn't express her gratitude to Chu Huan. She only hoped to have a chance to repay her. Not to mention being a maid, even the hardest and most tiring thing, she was willing to do it.
Chu Li blamed, "Erlang, how can you let the girl be a maid? We are not a wealthy family, and our mother doesn't need anyone to serve you..."
Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "Mom, Rulian, don't misunderstand." Xiang Rulian said, "Rulian, Brother Chu didn't ask you to be a real maid, but some things will inevitably be troublesome to explain to outsiders in the future. It would be much easier to say this. There are only four of us in the family. Brother Chu will treat you as my own sister in the future, and my mother is also your mother. Do you understand what I mean?"
Rulian nodded and whispered: "Rulian understands, Brother Chu, thank you... Thank you!"
Chu Li also laughed and said, "That's it." Holding Ru Lian's hand, he said softly: "Girl, I will be your mother from now on, let's live together."
Chu Huan stood up and said, "Mom, if you have something to say, you have time to go back, I will take Rulian over to see the room first, Sister Su Niang is helping her clean up!"
"I can clean up myself." Rulian hurriedly got up.
Chu Huan smiled gently and led Chu Huan out of the room. Then he lowered his voice and told Ru Lian about the life experience he had just made up. Ru Lian showed a hint of embarrassment and said timidly: "Brother Chu, isn't this... this lie? Amitabha, the disciples of Buddhists are rude...!"
Chu Huan said solemnly: "Ru Lian, you have returned to secular life for the time being. You are not a Buddhist child, do you know?"
Ru Lian was stunned, then nodded slightly, looking a little sad.
Chu Huan sighed and said softly: "Brother Chu did it for his own sake, it was all for your own good..."
Rulian Shui Lingling looked at Chu Huan with her eyes, and Zheng pointed to her head: "Brother Chu, Rulian understands that you are all for Rulian. When others ask you in the future, I will say this. I will not let people know that I am a Buddhist. The master asked me to listen to you and I will be obedient."
When Chu Huan saw that she was pitiful, she suddenly felt pity and said warmly: "That's good. Don't worry, Master Lingjia asked me to take care of you, and I will take good care of you and will not let you suffer grievance." Suddenly, he thought of something and asked: "By the way, Master Lingjia's urn is on you?"
"In!" Rulian held her chest: "In my arms."
Chu Huan said softly: "Let me go and inquire, find some time to put the urn into the pagoda. How about you?"
Ru Lian hesitated for a moment before whispering: "Brother Chu, I heard them say in the temple that if a person dies, chanting scriptures to the ashes for 81 days can help the dead souls survive 81 disasters... So..." She lowered her head and did not dare to continue.
Chu Huan whispered: "Do you want to recite scriptures to the urn of Master Lingjia?"
Rulian raised her head and blinked her eyes, full of spiritual energy: "Brother Chu, can I?"
"Of course." Chu Huan knew that this was her wish, which seemed absurd to outsiders, but in Ru Lian's opinion, she was helping Master Lingji to overcome the tribulation, and said happily: "You have your own room, but you just want to worship it well. If they ask, you will say it is your mother's ashes... Do you understand what I mean?"
Ru Lian thought Chu Huan would not agree, but after all, it was always unlucky to have ashes at home. Seeing Chu Huan agreeing, she was both happy and grateful, and nodded repeatedly and said, "I know, Brother Chu, don't worry, I won't talk nonsense."
At this time, Su Niang had already twisted her waist and saw Ru Lian, and felt sympathy aroused. She smiled and said, "Miss Ru Lian, come and take a look. I'll help you clean up. It's a bit simple. Tell me what you lack. Let me go back and I'll buy it for you."
Rulian hurriedly said, "Thank you... Thank you Sister Su Niang!"
Su Niang smiled and said, "It's a family in the future, don't be so polite." She came over and held Ru Lian's hand and went to see the room.
During dinner in the evening, Su Niang made several good dishes in order to express her welcome to the new members. Rulian was a monk but did not eat meat. Vegan Niang was a little surprised and thought to herself: "Is the dishes I cooked not delicious?"
Chu Huan could see Su Niang's thoughts at a glance and smiled: "Sister Su Niang, Ru Lian is born to not eat meat, only eat vegetarian dishes."
Su Niang said "Oh", feeling very strange, thinking that everything in the world is really strange. This fish is much better than vegetables, so why would anyone not like fish?
While eating, Rulian was very shy and stuttered. Su Niang occasionally looked at it, but found that Rulian was always very elegant. Although this girl was young, she looked very handsome. She suddenly remembered something in her heart and thought to herself: "Master Lu said Erlang had a peach blossom disaster. Could it be... should it be Rulian?" Then she thought: "She is so young, six or seven years apart from Erlang, so she should not?" She thought: "But I heard that many men and women with very different ages can get married?" She was thinking in her heart, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Suddenly, I remembered that Chu Huan had become an official. When I was having dinner, I couldn't help but glance at Chu Huan. Seeing Chu Huan's face was angular and the more I looked, I thought to myself, "Is this the master? But like Erlang before, it's no different? Well, they often say that when they see him, they should salute him, otherwise they would be disrespectful. So will I salute him in the future? But I am Erlang's eldest sister-in-law and the master's sister-in-law, then... Is there any need to salute him?" I was very conflicted and made up my mind. When I went back to the street market to buy vegetables, I would find someone to talk to him, and I had to know what I knew.
She couldn't help but glance at Chu Huan again, but when she saw Chu Huan wanted to see him, she was frightened, lowered her head, buried her head in her meal, and felt a fever in her ears.
Chu Huan was so confused that Su Niang's reaction was always a bit strange and confusing.
Chapter completed!