Chapter 175 Doubt
After breakfast, Chu Xiong asked Chu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia and others to go and said that he was going to visit friends too.
Chu Tiankuo took Jiang Zhixia to visit the house first, and then returned to the main courtyard to arrange the dowry. After putting the dowry in the warehouse, it was the process of meeting the servants.
In the front yard, most of the people living were Chu Tiankuo's subordinates who were walking outside to do business.
After Chu Tiankuo got engaged, he drew a row of houses, raised the walls of the front yard and the outer yard, and opened a separate door for going out directly. The corner gate was connected between the outer yard and the front yard.
In this way, it is both safe, casual and independent.
Today, Chu Tiankuo asked all his subordinates to come to the main courtyard first to formally pay homage to the head of the mistress - at least when the mistress is called in the future, he will also recognize people.
After the arrangements were made by the servants in the front yard who signed the death contract. The few servants and coachmen, the rough mother and other servants came to pay their respects.
After meeting the servants of Chu Tiankuo's family, after Jiang Zhixia finished giving the reward, Jiang Zhixia's servants came to pay homage to Chu Tiankuo, the son-in-law.
Uncle He and Xing Ruolan will stay in the capital to serve them in the future.
Xing Zhuangtou took the five servants who served in the village. After meeting, he wanted to return to the farm.
After meeting like this, changing your words, giving rewards, and giving lectures. After all these trivial matters were done, the only ones in the yard were left Chu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia who could speak well.
"Whether other mothers or maids are there, you can just arrange the purchase. I'll ask the accountant to send you silver notes later. All the purchases should be made with the money from the public."
Chu Tiankuo said to Jiang Zhixia, this means giving up all power.
"You understand the rules of wealthy families." Jiang Zhixia said with a smile on her face.
Although she is very proficient in rules and etiquette, it is just rules. She really doesn't know much about these butlers' knowledge.
"How can I understand? I am also a rough man from the countryside. This is all told by Aunt Lin. We are married, and you are a person who knows the rules and etiquette, but you will be laughed at if you don't do well. So, I learned a little bit roughly. However, there is someone under me who is older and wants to serve in the house. So I asked him to be a housekeeper. Now, I am asking him to learn from Aunt Lin's house's house." Chu Tiankuo replied with a smile.
The two talked and laughed about family affairs.
Then I saw Ruolan walking in with a stack of papers, "Girl... Uh, madam, this is a gift list sent by the accountant. Please check it out with the wife and the old man."
Jiang Zhixia took it and saw that it was the time to get married, and each family gave Chu Tiankuo a gift list.
So she turned around and wanted to hand it over to Chu Tiankuo.
"Let's watch together. I'll give you a gift in the future, but you'll have to arrange it." Chu Tiankuo said with a smile and pressed her hand.
Jiang Zhixia was embarrassed to take back her hand, so Chu Tiankuo naturally refused.
Seeing this situation, Ruolan covered her mouth and smiled and stepped down.
Seeing that there was no one, Jiang Zhixia pulled her hand back with force and glared at him angrily. Then he focused on the gift list.
"Huh? The Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion actually sent a gift?" Jiang Zhixia looked at the gift list in surprise and said.
When Chu Tiankuo heard this, he turned his head and looked carefully.
Sure enough, the name of Cheng'en Marquis Mansion was written on the gift list. He thought about it carefully. Yesterday morning, he was busy and simply met those families who gave gifts with high-ranking officials and important officials. It seemed that there were servants from Cheng'en Marquis Mansion?
However, Japan was busy yesterday, and his mind was always on the brink of Zhixia, so he didn't care much about it.
The two looked at each other, wondering what the Chengen Marquis Mansion meant?
Not to mention, Chu Tiankuo and Jiang Zhixia were thinking about the intention of Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion.
Just say, the person sent by Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion to give gifts was the old housekeeper who had been with Cheng'en Marquis for many years.
Because Chengen Hou was married on the day Chu Tiankuo got married, there was something happening in the yamen, so after he got off the yamen in the evening, he did not go home, but lived in the class room.
I just said that the old housekeeper who gave the gift couldn't sleep all night.
Until the evening of the next day, after hearing that Cheng'en Hou had arrived at the yamen, the old housekeeper hurried to the gate to greet him.
"Has your eyes been beaten? Why are you so black?"
Chengenhou saw the old housekeeper's dark circles that could not be hidden, and joked with a smile.
The old butler just pulled the corner of his mouth and said nothing. However, his expression could not hide his anxiety.
When Cheng'en Hou saw it, he expected something to happen. So he took the old housekeeper to the study in the front yard and asked.
But the old housekeeper hesitated for a long time. He turned to the study shelf, found the pills that Chengenhou Surili had taken, and placed them on the desk.
After doing all this, he said resolutely: "Master, I went to send a wedding gift to General Chu yesterday. General Chu took the time to meet the old slave, and the old slave found that he looked very much like his wife when she was young."
After hearing this, Chengenhou stood up without composure and was so excited that he even knocked over the tea.
"Sure enough?" Chengenhou asked in a trembling voice.
"It was. After the old slave went to give the gift, he felt that General Chu was familiar with him. But he couldn't remember it. He went back to the mansion and when he went to see his wife in the evening, he thought about the wife's appearance when she was young. However, it was already a curfew at that time, and the old slave was not sure. Therefore, he didn't dare to go to the yamen to alarm the master. The old slave went around all night, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt like when his wife was young."
The old housekeeper also said eagerly. It’s not his fault that he can’t remember.
When the lady was young, she looked bright and gorgeous.
However, after experiencing the injury of the second girl, the decline of her parents' family, the premature death of the eldest young master, the loss of the third young master, the only male man, etc.
Nowadays, the eldest lady often cried and was frowning, so her face changed drastically. She was completely different from when she was young.
If it weren't for his childhood follower and seeing his wife's bright appearance when she was young, he probably wouldn't have associated Mrs. Hou with her young wife.
"Then I'll go see him now..." Cheng Enhou was excited and was about to go out.
When the old butler saw it, he quickly stopped it and said, "But although he looks like him, he has a father."
"Is there a father?" When Chengenhou heard this, his heart suddenly became cold.
The old housekeeper kept looking at Cheng Enhou's face. Perhaps because there were too many hopes and disappointments I had experienced over the years, Cheng Enhou's ability to withstand strongly. Although his face looked ugly, he did not need to take medicine.
"Yes. There is a father. I went to inquire today. His father was also in Zhenwei's army before, and now he has been discharged from his army and returned to the field. However, the master can also investigate it again. Let those investigative people check it again. What if it is the little master?"
The old housekeeper said anxiously.
Cheng'enhou sat down again in a daze.
Having a father is just a similar thing, and it may be a waste of time.
It has been more than 20 years since their family, and they still have hope, and they are still searching everywhere.
Unfortunately, it was a failure.
There were people who looked similar before, but after layers of verification, the result was not.
Chapter completed!