Drunk House

  Chapter 10 Father

  It took three days to ride a fast horse, but because of carrying two large carts and heavy gifts, it took five days to arrive.

   Zhou Gu still listened to the words of the Duke’s wife, and showed the banner of the Duke’s Mansion, so the journey was very peaceful, there were no bandits to rob, and he arrived in Jiangning County smoothly.

   When the carriage entered the city, it was already late. Zhou Gu would not go straight to the door of Su’s house at such a late hour, nor would he stay in the house and live in the Su’s house directly. He ordered Zhou Xi, the steward who came with him, “Follow Guard Li to the prefect’s mansion, and send the two carts of gifts prepared by grandfather to the prefect’s mansion first, saying that I will come to visit another day.”

   Zhou Xiying said, "Young master, don't worry."

   Li Yan asked tentatively from the side: "Young master, don't you want to stay in the prefect's mansion?"

  He went to the capital alone, and when he came back, he followed him around and couldn't send a message back. Therefore, the prefect's mansion didn't know that he was going to Beijing on this trip, and he brought Young Master Zhou himself.

   Zhou Gu shook his head, "I have my own place, so you don't have to worry about it."

  Li Yan asked again: "Then when will you visit?"

   "Once I'm settled, I'll come to the door, and I'll send an invitation to the prefect's mansion in advance." Zhou Gu didn't want to come to the door immediately tomorrow, he had to inquire about the situation of the prefect's mansion first, and play for two days before talking.

  Li Yan nodded, so he brought Zhou Xi and two big chariots with him, and returned to the prefect's mansion.

  The guards of Duke Huguo's Mansion had already prepared a place to stay in advance and booked a yard, so after parting with Li Yan, Zhou Gu took the guards to the house to resettle.

  Prefect Su has returned to the mansion on business. He said he was away for three days, but he left for more than ten days. It was also on this day that he returned to Jiangning. He heard that Su Rong had hurt her forehead and was disfigured. She didn't even bother to wash and take a shower, so she hurried to her small yard.

  The eldest lady saw that he didn't say a word, so she ran to see Su Rong in a gust of wind, staring straight, "A loving father is a failure!"

  The wound on Su Rong's forehead has been healed for ten days, and there is still a pink scar left. I have used up more than half of the tube of the creamy jade satin ointment, and when it is all used up, the scar will probably just disappear, so there is no waste at all.

  Su Rong was bored sitting in the room eating melon seeds, watching Wang Ma pull Yuewan to do embroidery work, and Yuewan embroidered stumblingly. She didn't like to learn embroidery since she was a child, so that Yuewan who grew up with her didn't learn to be a teacher.

  Wang Ma taught for a long time, watching Yue Wan embroider a bird into a ball of black wool, she was discouraged, "Miss Seven can't learn how to embroider, that's all, no matter who she marries in the future, as long as she is not poor, there will always be someone to do it for her, but what about you? You little girl, you can't even embroider the most basic embroidery work, you can't even embroider a handkerchief, and you can't take it out. How can you do it? You will serve Miss Seven forever? Don't marry?"

   "Ah, that's right." Yue Wan never thought about getting married, "I'll just serve Miss for the rest of my life."

  She said flatteredly: "I eat and dress like Miss, and Miss takes care of me, just like Ah Hua. It's better than marrying a stinky man and serving him food and clothing."

  Wang Ma was convinced, "I hope you always have this idea, don't reach the age when you should marry, and you should hate marrying again."

  Yuewan just wanted to say no, Su Rong spat out the melon seeds, and took the words, "Yuewan, what are you thinking about? When you are old, you'd better get married quickly, don't point me to raise you. Over the years, my monthly money has been used to buy food for you and A'hua, and that's all. But you two are getting more and more tricky, and you eat roast chicken from the small vendor's beggar's chicken, but now you don't eat the drunken goose from the non-drunk goose square. Buy two yuan, and the two of you will rush to eat, until now, don’t eat the eight things you are used to, which are not auspicious. Your lady, I am not developed yet, if this is developed, wouldn’t you want to eat the moon in the sky and the dragon’s tendons in the sea?"

  Yue Wan felt guilty, "That, that, Miss, just fight a bit, and marry into the Duke Huguo's mansion? It is said that the Duke Huguo's mansion is rich. If you marry in, you will definitely have to eat the slaves and A'hua."

  Su Rong rolled her eyes, "Don't you want to lose weight?"

  Yue Wan was confident, "Mother Wang and you both lied to me. I went to the big kitchen to get you eight-treasure porridge yesterday. I asked the cooks around, and the cooks almost beat me up. They said that people like me are considered fat, so what are they?"

  Su Rong was speechless, "All the fat people in the whole house are gathered in the big kitchen, why did you ask the big kitchen?"

   Wang Ma was also speechless, "You little girl, why don't you say that you can't stand a hungry meal, and you can't bear to let your little round face lose weight, so go to the big kitchen to find a sense of superiority, and then you have a reason to continue eating."

  Yue Wan was embarrassed by what she said, so she laughed, "I'm just a bit rounder, and I'm not too fat. It's a big deal. I will read less drawing books in the future and just work more."

  The three of them were talking, when Prefect Su rushed into the yard, "Xiao Qi, where is Xiao Qi?"

   "Father, I'm here!" Su Rong poked her head out of the window, looked at him in a hurry, and waved to him.

  Prefect Su immediately entered the house, passed over Wang Ma and Yuewan, walked up to Su Rong, looked at her face carefully, and said, "This is disfigured? Disfigured! Why don't you take care of your face? How many times have I told you that it's okay to fight, but you have to protect your face!"

  Su Rong casually picked up the creamy jade satin ointment on the table, "Father, don't worry, with this ointment, there will be no scars, and it will return to its original state in a few days."

  Prefect Su took a closer look, "Fat fat jade satin ointment?"

  Su Rong nodded.

  Su Taishou suddenly felt sorry for Yinzi again, "This bottle seems to cost a thousand gold, right? Your father and I have never used such an expensive ointment, you, you are really a prodigal."

  Su Rong looked at him, "Then can't let my face be ruined?"

   "That can't be done." Su Taishou scolded, "That little **** in Chenzhou, if he fights with you, he will fight? Isn't it said that when you hit someone, you don't hit your face? Why does he hit you in the face?"

  Su Rong felt that Chen Zhou should not be wronged, "I was the first to hit him in the face. He pushed me, and I hit his forehead. Then I became angry and beat him into a pig's head."

  She quickly raised her hand, "The doctor in Huichuntang said that he prescribed three bottles of creamy jade satin ointment."

  The implication is that our family did not suffer, so she only used a bottle of creamy jade satin ointment.

   Prefect Su found his balance, humming, "He deserves it."

  Su Rong nodded, "He deserves it, he's so cheap, he said that if I can't get married, he will marry me, he has a good idea? Even dare to tease my aunt, I will let him know why the sky is so blue."

  Prefect Su was stunned, "Well, Xiao Qi, don't be so rude, you are a little girl from every family, it is inappropriate for others to call you aunt."

  Su Rong: "..."

   All right, this is his father, gentle and upright.

   "Your face can be saved, as long as it is not disfigured, spend the money!" Su Taishou solemnly emphasized, "Next time, protect your face."

  Su Rong nodded. This time it was an accident. She was in the wrong position during the fight. She didn't notice that there was a stone pier next to her, and she knocked it on it all at once. At that time, his face was covered with blood, and Chen Zhou was also terrified, so later he let her beat him and didn't dare to fight back.

   "Well, have you heard about the fight between the young master of the Zhou family in the Duke Protector's mansion and the young prince of the Ruian palace?" The prefect Su asked tentatively.

   "Well, I heard."

  Prefect Su observed her expression and saw that she didn't take it seriously, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, people are not flirtatious, young people, young people, young people, are young and frivolous, wait for you to get married, it will be fine."

  Su Rong was noncommittal, "Father, do you know why my mother ordered me to be married to the Duke of Huguo?"

   "How do I know this? It seems that she has some kindness to the Duke Protector's Mansion?" Su Taishou shook his head.

   "What is it?"

"have no idea."

  Su Rong looked at Prefect Su.

  Prefect Su immediately said: "When I saw your mother, she was alone and had nowhere to go, so I brought her back."

   "You didn't ask her later?"

  Prefect Su nana, "Well, you know, your mother is very good at pretending, if she doesn't tell, no one will know."

  Su Rong stared at Prefect Su.

  Prefect Su's scalp was numb, "I really don't know."

  Su Rong withdrew his gaze and let him go, "Forget it!"

  Her mother only revealed the engagement to her before she died. At first, even she didn't pay attention to his father's expression, but remembered the eldest lady, her elder brother Su Xingze, and the aunts and sisters in the mansion were all shocked. After all, who would have thought that her mother, a small concubine who gave birth to a concubine, would have a relationship with the grandson of the Duke Huguo's mansion?

  (end of this chapter)