"Just put the umbrella by the door. You can sit wherever you like. Just treat it like home. You're welcome. Xiu Niang and I live our lives casually."

In the quiet courtyard, Ouyang Rong walked in the door first and greeted casually.

He raised his hand and waved to Yuan Huaimin and Li Yu, who were following the entrance with a curious look on their faces, signaling them to relax.

"Lianghan, your courtyard is indeed very close to Chengtian Temple. It can be reached in just a few steps."

Yuan Huaimin looked around and said with great interest.

Li Yu followed the two of them without saying a word, and finally entered the door. He helped Yuan Huaimin shake off the raindrops from his umbrella, leaned the umbrella against the door, and lowered his head to straighten his clothes.

When he raised his head, Ouyang Rong and Yuan Huaimin had already entered the lobby, pouring tea and drinking water. They turned to Li Yu and smiled, beckoning him over.

"Brother Yu, why are you so polite? Come in quickly."

Yuan Huaimin waved carelessly:

"It's not like we're at the Huaiye Lane mansion. Madam Zhen, who cares about people, isn't here. Let's relax. Brother Lianghan invites you to dinner. It's like a family banquet."

Li Yu nodded first, took the tea cup from Ouyang Rong with both hands, and then shook his head:

"The young master's wife is here, so we should be more careful. After all, we are here to have dinner. We can't let the madam think that we are disrespectful."

Ouyang Rong smiled and glanced at Li Yu's serious expression.

He and Yuan Huaimin have two different temperaments.

But not to mention, the two of them have been living quite harmoniously in the same courtyard these days.

Yuan Huaimin was an open-minded and casual person, with a free and easy personality and an eclectic personality, but he had no sense of time.

For example, Ouyang Rong just came to invite them to dinner, and Yuan Huaimin took a long time to go out. Ouyang Rong and Li Yu waited at the door for a while. The most important thing is that Yuan Huaimin did not forget to mumble when he was tidying up the house:

It's coming soon, please wait for me.

The pie is really drawn casually, and the main theme is a feint.

Li Yu looks broad-minded and fat, but he is cautious on the inside when dealing with people and things. He is also very organized and meticulous in doing things and has a strong sense of time.

In the past, the Li family was Yunmeng Jianze's spy in Xunyang City. His family was in the herbal medicine shop business, and the word "diligence" was indispensable for anyone doing business. The Li family had a good family tradition.

Therefore, Yuan and Li lived together and complemented each other. Ouyang Rong came to Yuan Huaimin's yard several times and found that it was much cleaner and tidier. It seemed that Li Yu was quietly cleaning up.

In the words of Yuan Huaimin's nervous report: Brother Li has obsessive-compulsive disorder. The straight branches he picked up from walking outside are all arranged neatly on the wall of the house, like a sword.

Ouyang Rong only thinks that the two of them have their own merits.

Staying with an old boy like Yuan Huaimin is, in a word, comfortable, and there is a kind of beauty that makes people can't help but mess around together.

As for Li Yu... Ouyang Rong admired him a little.

Opening more than a dozen ancestral herbal medicine shops in Xunyang City and becoming a rich man is, well, a bit of a humiliation.

But it can also be seen that this person was quite practical in the first half of his life, marrying a wife, having children, running the family business, and had no big desires.

By the way, Li Yu also respected educated scholars, not only from his admiration for Ouyang Rong, but also from the fact that he originally asked "Mr. Female Yu Nianyuan" to read and write for his only daughter Li Shu.

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This person is a bit like a Confucian businessman, focusing on culture and not having the stench of copper.

She is also a businessman, but Pei Shisanniang is more like a wolf. She likes gambling, excitement and adventure when doing business. Before being reformed by Ouyang Rong's beating, she was crazy about profit and did whatever she wanted to make money.

The two of them can be regarded as representing two types of businessmen, conservative and radical.

The reason why Ouyang Rong was so calm when he was in the water cell of the state prison was because he was bailed out by Lao Yangtou.

Appreciation is also a reason.

Under the inhuman torture of waterboarding, he was able to keep his mouth shut, not leaking the traces of his virginity, not betraying his old master to seek his life, and even fought with Rong Zhenzhi, only to laugh miserably and beg to die after being exposed.

Let me ask, what master wouldn’t like such a subordinate?

Because he really won’t sell you if he is caught, even if he is ruthlessly abandoned by his master, just like when Yunmeng Jianze temporarily evacuated Xunyang and abandoned Li Yu and others after being exposed.

Therefore, not everyone is qualified to be invited by Ouyang Rong to this courtyard and eat the food cooked by Xiu Niang.

In the lobby, the three of them rested for a while and drank a few sips of tea.

During this period, Ouyang Rong did not communicate much with Li Yu. When he was waiting for Yuan Huaimin in Yuan Huaimin's yard just now, there was not much communication.

He did not go to talk to Li Yu about the incident in which he approached Yan Liulang to give an early warning in the afternoon.

Ouyang Rong didn't speak, and Li Yu didn't take the initiative to ask.

The two of them acted as if nothing had happened, and Yuan Huaimin was just having fun. As long as he wasn't at work and had good food for free, he was sure to be happy.

Yuan Huaimin may still be a little confused about what happened in Chengtian Temple today, but Li Yu is definitely not confused.

The Fang sisters came to the door on behalf of Yunmeng Jianze, and Chengtian Temple was surrounded by heavy troops. He should know what happened.

But from the fact that Li Yu did not get involved in the matter between the Fang sisters and Master Yizhi, it can be seen that this person's attitude towards Yunmeng Jianze has undergone some changes, subtle... changes.

Ouyang Rong chuckled.

At this time, Yuan Huaimin looked towards the kitchen in the backyard where there was some movement, pursed his lips and asked:

"Lianghan, is my sister-in-law cooking in the kitchen?"

"Um."

"Isn't there a servant here? We can't afford to let my sister-in-law cook by herself."

Ouyang Rong took a sip of tea slowly: "Then don't eat it."

"No, I must try the food cooked by my sister-in-law. I can't let you and my sister-in-law down."

"It's okay to live up to our expectations. We have good tempers."

"No, no, no."

Yuan Huaimin shook his head resolutely, and for a moment, he looked curiously toward the kitchen in the backyard.

Li Yu next to him looked straight away, as if he didn't care about anything.

Yuan Huaimin asked again:

"Lianghan, when did you meet this embroidered girl? She still settled here and had a small nest. Why didn't I know? We see each other almost every day. You hide it too deeply. Okay, you

Is there anything else you want to hide from me?"

Ouyang Rong touched his chin and thought for a while, then asked:

"You and Commander Yi have been friends for a long time, and I didn't know about it either? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Do you have anything else to hide from me?"

Yuan Huaimin's old face darkened:

"No, what can I hide from you? Are you as unloyal as you? And how many times have I said that Qiuniang and I have nothing to do with each other. We are brothers and sisters. Don't talk nonsense. It is insulting to politeness and humiliating.

Gentle!"

Yuan Da Changshi shook his sleeves, his face turned red and a little angry.

Ouyang Rong laughed and stopped teasing him on this sensitive issue.

At this time, Li Yu came out of his daze and spoke softly:

"Sir, please ask Madam to prepare less food. We won't be able to finish the food. I and Master Yuan will go back early later, so there is no need to work so hard."

"It's okay, it's Xiu Niang's intention. She knows that I brought friends here and wants to treat her well. If you can't eat it, then you can't eat it. Like Brother Huaimin said, if your heart comes to you, the big deal is, well, the big deal is that I will eat it. I have an appetite.

Big, it comes from practice.

"You guys wait a moment, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look. The food will be ready in a while. There is already Dongpo Pork. Xiu Niang probably wants to add a few more dishes."

Ouyang Rong smiled, drank the tea in the cup in one breath, patted his sleeves, got up and went to the backyard.

Yuan Huaimin and Li Yu looked at each other with a smile in their eyes.

Not long after, they heard Ouyang Rong's voice entering the kitchen, as if he was talking to the embroiderer girl.

But what is strange is that there is only Ouyang Rong's voice in the kitchen, and there is no voice of the embroiderer girl. Ouyang Rong seems to be asking himself questions.

Yuan Huaimin looked puzzled.

Li Yu didn't pay much attention. He was a little absent-minded throughout the whole process, turning his head to look in the direction of Chengtian Temple from time to time.

A quarter of an hour later, Ouyang Rong wore a small apron, walked out of the kitchen with two plates of food, and came to the lobby.

"Come on, let's eat in the lobby. If there is rain on the stone table in the courtyard, we won't go out in the courtyard."

Ouyang Rong entertained the two of them and came to eat at an Eight Immortals table in the lobby.

Yuan Huaimin sat down directly.

Li Yu was more particular and washed his hands first.

The well was in the southeast corner of the backyard. He had to go through the corridor and go around in a circle. When he came to the well and fetched water to wash his hands, he heard someone coming out from the direction of the kitchen on the right rear, and his footsteps mixed with those of Mr. Ouyang.

Everyone brings the food to the lobby together.

Li Yu did not look back.

No need to guess, he knew that the young master's wife should be, well, to put it harshly, she was the little daughter-in-law who was raised outside and had not yet been brought home.
To be continued...