[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

As for the matter of cause and effect value, Rong Enqing had no better solution for the time being and could only put it aside for the time being.

In two days, Rong Enqing moved from Qinghui Hall to Baishou Hall in the northwest corner of the back garden.

Yun Ye also moved into Qinghui Hall soon after.

After the grandparents and grandchildren moved into the yard, housekeeper Li also sold the slaves in the mansion one after another.

The next day, Butler Li went to the farm and brought into the mansion the maids and boys selected from several farms.

Since Butler Li went to the farm to gather people the day before, Rong Enqing thought that Butler Li would definitely bring people back in the morning.

So, after breakfast, Rong Enqing notified Zhang, Yun Ye, and Yun Shu to go to Baishou Hall later to pick someone.

These days, Zhang has been busy with Yun Ye's move to a new house, checking old account books, and taking care of the daily affairs of the Marquis' Mansion. She is so busy that she has no time to spare.

After hearing what Rong Enqing had someone say, he finally found an excuse to relax, so he didn't wait any longer, put down the things in his hands and went to Baishou Hall.

Yun Ye had not found a college yet, so he was still studying in the mansion. Now he was in a good mood, so he sent someone back, saying that he would go over after the people entered the mansion.

When Yun Shu heard the message, she was surprised and happy, and was a little at a loss for a moment. It was Li Ma who said that since she had nothing to do now, she might as well go over earlier and chat with the Madam.

When Yun Shu heard that she was going to talk to Rong Enqing, she was surprised but also a little nervous.

But under the repeated persuasion of Nanny Li, he suppressed his reluctance and arrived at Baishou Hall early.

When Yunshu arrived, Zhang had already arrived.

Seeing Rong Enqing and Zhang sitting in the hall, Yun Shu subconsciously shrank back and hesitated to move forward.

Nanny Li was so anxious that she poked her from behind, and she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the two of them.

"Madam, I am well. Sister-in-law, I am well."

He was trembling with fear and looked timid, and couldn't even speak clearly.

Nanny Li bit her lips tightly in the back, her face pale. She thought to herself, it's all over, the Madam and the Madam must have a very bad impression of the Fifth Miss.

Yun Shu seemed to know that she had behaved poorly. After she stammered and said hello, her eyes became red.

Zhang frowned slightly, but soon relaxed her brows and returned to normal.

Rong Enqing was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hand and asked someone to sit down.

According to the original body's memory, Yun Shu's ending in the original book was not very good. I think in addition to marrying the wrong person, her personality was also an important reason.

Besides being good at scolding people, Rong En had never learned how to comfort people, so he said dryly, "We are all family, don't be afraid."

Yun Shu shuddered again, then nodded heavily: "Yes."

Nanny Li couldn't help but twitch her lips as she listened.

Seeing this, Zhang secretly sighed and said, "Fifth sister, come to visit the lady and me more often in the future, and you will get better naturally over time."

She didn't really want to meddle in other people's business, but the old lady was clearly looking like a hands-off boss, waiting to retire in peace. The fifth girl's marriage would probably still fall on the shoulders of her, the eldest sister-in-law.

Rather than bringing her out and embarrassing herself later, it would be better for her to spend some time now and try to change this fifth girl's temperament.

Hearing this, Nanny Li was delighted, but Yun Shu was shocked, her eyes were full of panic and helplessness, but she still responded timidly, "Yes."

Zhang sighed silently, feeling heavy-hearted. She was already fifteen years old, and in other families, she would have been married at this age. But this girl in the mansion hadn't even seen her yet.

That's fine. If we move faster, we can finalize the marriage this year and get the girl married next year.

The scary thing is that it’s hard to find someone with this personality.

Zhang frowned unconsciously.

Rong Enqing was watching from the side and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Sure enough, it was right to hand over the Marquisate to the Zhang family.

Look, now I’m starting to worry about my sister-in-law’s marriage.

In fact, Rong Enqing was also embarrassed to see Yun Shu like this. This was a typical case of a person who was socially anxious and had a deep sense of being a homebody. She had no desire to socialize and just wanted to stay at home and die.

Such people can't live well in modern society, let alone in ancient times.

It was easy to stay at home, and it was not difficult to get married. After all, in ancient times, marriage was determined by the parents and the matchmaker.

However, it is extremely difficult to live a good life after getting married.

She was not loved by her husband, nor could she please her mother-in-law. She was also excluded by her sisters-in-law and ridiculed by the servants in the backyard of the house...

Thinking about it, Rong Enqing felt that if Yun Shu didn't change her temper, her life would be difficult in the future.

Fortunately, Zhang was obviously concerned about Yunshu's affairs. From now on, Yunshu would be handed over to Zhang for training, and she wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

Yun Shu was in this situation now, and Rong Enqing and Zhang didn't want to make things difficult for her, so the topic stopped revolving around Yun Shu.

The two of them turned to chatting about other things.

As they were talking, the maid at the gate came to report, "Madam, Steward Li has brought people into the mansion and will be at the Hundred Longevity Hall soon."

Rong Enqing quickly sent someone to Qinghui Hall to inform Yun Ye.

Soon, Yun Ye arrived, and Butler Li also led his people in.

Steward Li asked someone to stand in the courtyard, and he went into the hall to report, "Madam, this time we have selected thirty people from three farms, twenty girls and ten boys. Most of them are between eight and twelve years old. There is only one boy who is a little older, fourteen years old. Because there is no one left at home, and they have begged the steward for a long time, but it is really impossible to manage the situation, so they asked me to bring him back for a look."

Rong Enqing waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, let's see the people first. Bring the boys in for Yun Ye to choose. After the selection, he can go about his own business."

"Yes." Butler Li responded and went out. He stood under the eaves and waved towards the courtyard. Two neatly arranged teams walked into the hall one after another.

Two rows of ten people, all boys.

The younger one was eight years old, with a childish face. The older one was fourteen years old, standing out from the crowd. He was tall and thin, like a bamboo pole.

Rong Enqing smiled and asked Yun Ye to choose the people, "Yun Ye, you can choose as many as you want."

Zhang also nodded towards Yun Ye.

Yun Ye then stood up and looked at them carefully one by one.

After a while, he pointed at the fourteen-year-old and the twelve-year-old and said, "It's just you two."

The two men walked out of the queue, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yun Ye.

"Please ask the young marquis to give them names." Butler Li reminded at the right time.

Yun Ye thought for a moment, pointed at the 14-year-old boy and said, "You should be called Ayi, the Yi in loyalty and righteousness."

"Ayi, thank you young marquis for giving me the name." The thin boy kowtowed to Yun Ye again.

The other boy looked at Yun Ye eagerly, and heard Yun Ye say with a smile: "You can be called A Mou, which means resourceful. I felt that you are smart and clever at first sight, so I gave you this name. Do you like it?"

When the young man heard this, he immediately nodded happily and said, "I like it. Thank you, young marquis, for the name." Then he kowtowed to Yun Ye.

Yun Ye looked at the remaining people and said to Butler Li, "Should we send the remaining people back to the manor or arrange for them to be somewhere else and listen to the arrangements made by grandma and mother later."

"I obey your command." Butler Li responded respectfully.

After Yun Ye picked the people, he was busy going back to continue his unfinished homework for the day, so he led everyone to say goodbye and leave.

Butler Li took the remaining eight boys out and brought in ten girls.

The ten girls were all dressed very simply, and some even had patches on their clothes. Fortunately, although the clothes were old, they were washed clean and looked fresh.

Rong Enqing took a quick look and saw that all ten girls were thin and slender. Because they were still young and had not fully grown up yet, each of them looked like a bean sprout.

Except for the fat girl at the end of the team.

The fat girl was obviously two times rounder than the others and stood out in the crowd.

These days, not many people can get enough food to eat, so few of the lower-class farmers are fat.

When Rong Enqing first saw a fat potato mixed in with the bean sprouts, he subconsciously took a few more glances.

As if noticing Rong Enqing's gaze, the fat girl raised her eyes and looked at her. After making eye contact with her, the fat girl not only did not look away in fear, but met her gaze and showed her a big smile.

Now Rong Enqing became interested and waved at the fat girl.

The fat girl pointed at her nose. When Rong Enqing nodded, she ran forward with a smile on her face, "Madam, you called me?"

Rong Enqing smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

The fat girl smiled and said, "I want Ah Shou, Mao Ah Shou, who means to live as long as the Nanshan Mountains. I was born prematurely by my mother, and I was very weak at the time. The midwife said that I might not live long. But my parents gave birth to three sons, and it was not easy for them to give birth to a daughter like me, so my parents named me Ah Shou, hoping that I can live a long, long life."

The fat girl chattered a lot and was not shy at all.

Butler Li frowned, feeling disgusted. This little girl was ill-mannered. He had not liked this girl when he went to the manor to pick someone, but this girl's father was the manor's steward, very useful and loyal, so he persuaded her to come back. He had never thought that she was an unruly little chatterbox.

Zhang also shook her head imperceptibly, obviously not liking this fat girl either.

However, Yun Shu, who was standing by, opened her eyes wide in shock when she heard the fat girl say such a long string of words without fear.

After the fat girl finished speaking, Rong Enqing asked her with a smile: "You don't seem to be afraid of me at all?"

Ah Shou looked at Rong Enqing's face, then raised his hand to touch his own face, and said with a smile: "You look like Ah Shou, chubby. Ah Shou feels close to you when he sees you."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone else looked extremely unhappy. Butler Li was even more worried. He shouldn't have brought her back for her father's sake. If she got involved in trouble because of her outspokenness, things would be bad.

Rong Enqing was originally smiling cheerfully, but when he heard this, he immediately stopped smiling.

This girl said she was as fat as her? ?

Rong Enqing had always thought that his original body was a healthy, slightly plump one, but now it seemed that he could start losing weight.

Seeing Rong Enqing's unhappy expression, Zhang said, "Mother, why don't you take a look at the other girls?"

Rong Enqing came back to his senses and saw that Zhang and the others were worried. The fat girl was staring at him blankly, as if wondering why she had such a kind smile just a moment ago and her expression changed so much the next second?

Rong Enqing couldn't help but laugh, looked at the fat girl and asked, "Are you willing to follow me in the future?"

The fat girl was stunned at first, then nodded repeatedly in surprise: "I do! I do! I am willing to follow the Madam and serve her!"

"Well, you can stay in Baishou Hall from now on."

"Thank you, Madam." The fat girl knelt down and kowtowed to Rong Enqing. After that, she asked doubtfully, "Madam, won't you give me a new name? My mother said that after entering the mansion, the master will give me a name."

Rong Enqing smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch the fat girl's chubby face. There should be more flesh on her face than on his, right? Yes, definitely more than on his!

"Your name is very good, no need to change it."

Live a hundred years and live as long as the Southern Mountains. Well, there is no better name than this!

Just after the fat girl was the first one to be picked by Rong En, two girls in the crowd lowered their eyes and a hint of jealousy flashed.

Before coming, everyone in the village thought that Ah Shou was the least likely to be chosen. Ah Shou looked fat and didn't look like someone who could work. But Ah Shou was chosen first! How could they accept this?

They were from the same farm, and they were obviously better looking and more capable than A Shou, so why didn't the lady choose them? Was it because A Shou's father was the manager of the farm?

Both of them were filled with indignation.

Although both of them lowered their heads and tried their best to hide the jealousy in their eyes, they were still young after all, and it was impossible to hide it from the smart and shrewd people like Butler Li and Zhang.

Zhang took another look at the two little girls, memorized their appearance, and waited for Butler Li to send them back to the farm later.

Butler Li was also secretly planning that as long as the two girls were not favored by their masters, he would send them back later.

But who would have thought that after Rong Enqing had picked out Ah Shou, he picked out these two people at random.

Butler Li and Mrs. Zhang were both dumbfounded.

Zhang quickly advised, "Mother, can you look at other girls?"

Rong Enqing didn't understand Zhang's voice-over and said indifferently: "I think these two girls are good-looking, with big twinkling eyes, very pretty. Looking at beautiful people makes you feel good, and if you feel good, you will live longer!"

As he said this, he looked at Ah Shou who was already standing beside him and asked with a smile: "Ah Shou, don't you think so?"

Ah Shou responded loudly: "Madam is right!"

Rong Enqing immediately made the decision: "It's just the two of them."

Zhang and Butler Li looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

After Rong Enqing had picked the people, Zhang followed suit and picked two. When it was Yunshu's turn, Yunshu was so nervous that she didn't know what to do. Zhang took the initiative and picked two for her.

After selecting the people, Zhang and Yun Shu took them back.

Butler Li, who was supposed to leave first with the rest of the people, stayed until the end.

Rong Enqing looked at him suspiciously: "Do you have anything else to do?"

Steward Li then said, "Madam, when we were entering the city this morning, our carriage hit a little girl. I asked the servants to send her to the infirmary."

Rong Enqing was startled and asked hurriedly, "Is he okay? Is he seriously injured?"

Butler Li quickly comforted Rong Enqing, "It's just a little scrape, he's fine, he was just scared."

After that, Butler Li said hesitantly, "Madam, that little girl looks..."

Rong Enqing had never seen Butler Li so hesitant before, and was very curious, "What does he look like?"

Butler Li made up his mind and said, "That little girl looks a lot like the deceased marquis."

Rong Enqing was confused. What? Looks like Yun Zhen?