Chapter 562 Greetings
As deep as the sea is like the Hou Men!
This sentence is definitely not an exaggeration. Even with a memory as evil as that of Zhu Ping'an, he was almost fainted on the way to the old lady to say hello. The winding path led to the corner gate and the screen wall, and so on. After several cycles, Zhu Ping'an arrived at the courtyard where the old lady of the Hou Mansion was.
"Uncle, the old lady's yard is ahead." The two girls leading the way reminded Zhu Pingan in a low voice.
Zhu Pingan nodded, indicating that he understood. After checking that there was nothing wrong with his clothes, he motioned to the two girls to continue leading the way.
This corridor is relatively wide. After passing the corridor, there is a huge emerald screen wall, which makes Zhu Ping'an a little bit tongue-tied. He wonders how much gold and silver he spent to buy such a large emerald screen wall. Bypassing this emerald screen wall, there is a spacious courtyard. This is the courtyard locked by the old lady of the Hou Mansion. Zhu Pingan walked in and saw a row of five main rooms, a wing room, a porterhouse, a kitchen room, etc. Everything is available.
"Uncle Wan'an."
The six girls who were working in an orderly manner in the yard saw Zhu Pingan, knelt down and bowed in unison, and greeted Zhu Pingan in unison.
Zhu Pingan nodded, and then asked, "Grandma, are you free?"
After receiving a positive answer, Zhu Pingan walked towards the main room in the middle. The maid had already rolled up the curtain when Zhu Pingan arrived at the door, and Zhu Pingan walked in.
"I heard that my uncle is coming to say hello. The old lady has been happy for a long time. My uncle, please come in quickly. The old lady will be very happy when she sees my uncle."
In the back room of the main house, there is a big girl Zicuckoo wearing a dark green hat. He walked out, saluted Zhu Pingan with a smile and said.
"Grandma is thinking of Ping An, so Ping An naturally comes to say hello." Zhu Ping'an smiled lightly.
Zijuan smiled and opened the door curtain, welcomed Zhu Ping'an into the inner room, and then announced to the room with a smile, "Old madam, the son-in-law you always talked about is here to greet you. . ”
The inner room is decorated very elegantly. There is a large kang covered with scarlet blankets near the window. There is a backrest with Mei Gu’s longevity on the front, cushions with golden blessing characters, and quilts that have been smoked with spices. . There is a pair of exquisite huanghuali tables on the kang, along with dried fruits, fragrant tea, spittoons and other items.
The ground was covered with a red carpet, and there were four chairs with soft supports, cushions, and footrests. There are vases with seasonal flowers in the room, incense burners burning incense, and various unnamed ornaments.
Zhu Ping'an entered the inner room, took a look, and then saluted and greeted the silver-haired old woman sitting on the chair in the middle. When Zhu Pingan lived in the Hou Mansion before, he met the old lady many times, and he could recognize the old lady as the old lady at a glance.
"My son-in-law Ping An has sent his greetings to my grandmother."
Zhu Ping An stood at attention one meter in front of the old lady's chair, then stepped forward with his left leg and put his left hand on his knee. He knelt halfway on his right leg and bent one knee to say hello to the old lady.
Many people may think that greeting is a Manchu etiquette, but this is not the case. Greeting originated from the Ming Dynasty. It was one of the earliest military rituals of the Ming Dynasty. The "Da Ming Huidian" has standards for the etiquette of greeting. The description is called "Bend one knee". Theoretically speaking, a soldier should kneel down and salute when he sees his superior, but because he is wearing armor and cannot kneel down, he only bends one knee or half a knee to salute. Over time, I got used to it. Even if I don't wear armor, soldiers will kneel down and salute when they see their superiors. It's the same as kowtowing and bowing, and it means greetings.
The unique etiquette of the Manchu people should be to kneel down, which is kneeling down on both knees. At this time, the monarch's **** reaches its peak, and the people of the world, including officials, are all the emperor's slaves, so they kneel down on both knees.
"Brother An, get up quickly. You've been through a lot of trouble this whole journey. What happened at sea scared grandma. Come here quickly and let grandma take a good look." The old lady stretched out her hand to signal Zhu Ping'an to hurry up. Get up.
Zhu Ping'an responded and stood up. Then he saw that the old lady of the Hou Mansion was not looking at him, so he also looked at the old lady calmly with a smile.
"Why have you lost so much weight?" The old lady looked up and down for a moment and asked distressedly. Then, before Zhu Pingan could answer, she looked at Zicuckoo and ordered, "Zicuckoo, go to the warehouse. Among the bird's nests, Ganoderma lucidum, deer antlers, ginseng, and snow lotus that the palace rewarded last time I gave half of all the supplements to An Ge'er and the others."
"My ancestors are really partial. I begged for a long time, and my ancestors only gave me a little. Now my brother-in-law just came, and he still gave me a little. If you don’t say anything, grandma will give it half.”
As soon as the old lady's voice fell, she heard a coquettish female voice coming in. On the surface, she was feeling aggrieved, but in fact, she was coquettishly inviting favor.
As soon as Zhu Pingan turned his head, he saw Miss Six in a light pink gauze skirt walking in with a scent of fragrance. Her round baby face was smiling playfully, and she came to the old lady with her little tiger teeth exposed. He walked forward, hugged the old lady's arm and started acting coquettishly.
"You monkey has sharp ears. Get up quickly and act shamelessly without even looking at who is there." The old lady patted Miss Liu lovingly. Xiang Jian, smiled and joked.
The sixth lady then raised her head from the old lady's arms, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and smiled coquettishly without being shy at all, "Grandma will change the subject. My brother-in-law is not an outsider, and my grandson is not. "I'm ashamed."
Miss Six's dark eyes looked at Zhu Ping'an boldly, her eyes were charming, her round oval face was flushed, like a lively bird, and her whole body was full of aura. A sweet and lively scent.
Zhu Pingan looked at his mouth with his eyes, his nose with his mouth, and his mind with his nose. There was no wave in his eyes.
"You monkey, you are looking for your grandmother again. Okay, okay, later I will ask Zijuan to send the box of Dongzhu that you have been coveting for a long time to your courtyard." The old lady doted on her. He pinched Miss Six's baby cheeks fondly and promised her a box of Dongzhu.
"Hee hee, then my grandson will thank my ancestor." Miss Six happily thanked the old lady.
"Okay, the big girl is about to leave the palace, and she doesn't have a formal appearance. Go and sit down." The old lady patted Miss Sixth on the arm and scolded her fondly.
"As you command, ancestor." Miss Six stood up and smiled coquettishly, performed a standard female courtesy, and then sat on a chair next to the old lady.
"You monkey..." The old lady didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Ping'an thanks my grandmother for her love, but this tonic was given to my grandmother by the palace. No matter how unfilial Ping'an is, I dare not share my grandmother's tonic." Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head, declining the old lady. of love.
"Since your child was given to my grandmother by the imperial palace, it belongs to my grandmother. If your grandmother gives it to you, you should keep it. You and Xiao Wu can make up for each other, which is the greatest filial piety to your grandmother." The old lady of the Hou Mansion insisted again.
Zhu Pingan declined again, and then the old lady looked angry and said that she dared not refuse the elder's gift. After a discussion of numbers, an agreement was reached. In the end, Zhu Pingan accepted one-third of the supplement.
"Shu'er, why didn't you come back together?" the old lady asked with concern.
Zhu Ping'an explained to the old lady the reason why Li Shu came back a few days late. The old lady nodded after hearing this and said that it would be better to come back a few days later to save time on the road.
After talking for a while, the old lady asked about Zhu Ping'an's memorial, and advised Zhu Ping'an to submit to Yan's house. Although our nobles are not inferior to them in terms of merit, but times have changed, and their arms have changed. Unable to twist his thigh, for the sake of Zhu Pingan's official career, he advised Zhu Pingan to leave the Yanfu relationship. It was best to reconcile. If the quarrel broke out, it would be detrimental to Zhu Pingan's official career.
"Don't worry, grandma, Ping An knows how to measure." Zhu Ping'an rolled his eyes and replied ambiguously without saying much.
The old lady thought that Zhu Pingan had listened, and nodded with satisfaction. They talked about the conversation again, asked some things about Zhu Pingan at sea, and then asked Zicuckoo to send Zhu Pingan back to rest. (End of this chapter)