Chapter 124 Steward Li
With a creaky sound, the door of the general's mansion slowly opened.
An old butler with white hair and wearing a black Zhongshan suit stood inside the gate with a group of servants. With tears in his eyes, he looked at Mo Qingyan who was standing outside the gate.
The moment he saw Mo Qingyan, the tears in the old butler's eyes finally fell as if they had found a home.
"Sir, you are finally back."
The old housekeeper was very excited and had tears in his eyes.
However, he did not rush out of the gate directly.
Instead, he waited until the servants opened the side door on the right next to the main gate, and then rushed out from the right door with a group of servants.
This old butler is not like those butlers hired from outside.
This housekeeper was a servant of the former Mo family.
The so-called house-born children were the children born to slaves who were bought and signed a death indenture.
Back then, when the Mo family fled due to turmoil, they left these servants behind to look after some of the family's fixed assets.
However, because of that turmoil, many children died, and those who survived have already started their own families and careers.
Now it is the New China, and these so-called house-born children no longer exist.
However, the old housekeeper still regarded himself as the son of the Mo family.
Loyal to the Mo family.
Even so, he has never seen anyone from the Mo family since he was born.
The reason why he was like this was entirely because his grandfather was once the steward of the Mo family.
Later, because of the turmoil, if the Mo family had not secretly protected him, his grandfather, his parents, and even everyone in his family would have been killed.
Maybe they all died in that turmoil.
It was because of the Mo family’s protection and care that the old housekeeper’s grandfather, parents and others were able to survive the turmoil.
Therefore, in order to repay their gratitude, the old housekeeper and his family, young and old, always remembered their identity as the son of the house.
My biggest wish is to be able to return to the Mo family one day and serve the Mo family.
The two sentences, "Give birth to children for the Mo family and serve the Mo family", have been engraved in the old housekeeper's mind since he was a child.
However, since the turmoil, there has been no news about the Mo family.
Until ten years ago.
The old butler had someone who claimed to be from the Mo family find him and ask him to guard the general's mansion.
The old butler came to the general's mansion without a second thought, despite his children's repeated persuasion and attempts to retain him.
He became the steward of the general's mansion and took care of everything in the mansion.
Originally, the old butler thought that when he came to manage the general's mansion, he would be able to meet the real people of the Mo family.
Unexpectedly, since he came to the general's mansion, he has not seen anyone from the Mo family.
Only the timely remittance every year reminded the old butler that the Mo family still existed.
It was not until last month that the old butler received a photo of the patriarch of the Mo family.
The person in the photo is Mo Qingyan.
At that time, Mo Qingyan had just participated in "Another Life".
When the old butler learned that Mo Qingyan was the head of the Mo family, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
I wish I could fly to City B to find Mo Qingyan immediately.
However, he knew that as a qualified home-born son.
Without the master's summons, he cannot take the initiative to contact the master.
Therefore, he has been waiting for the master of the house to come back.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for so many years, I finally got it.
Mo Qingyan looked at the old butler with tears in his eyes and was suddenly at a loss.
Because he didn't know the person in front of him at all, he could only wonder, "Who are you?"
"Sir, I am the housekeeper of your general's mansion. My name is Li Nianmo."
The old butler’s surname is Li. The reason he was named Nian Mo was because his parents wanted him to remember the kindness of the Mo family.
Mo Qingyan felt helpless when she heard Butler Li calling her "old slave" all the time.
"Butler Li, please stop calling me old slave. It doesn't sound good to me. It's already the 21st century, a new society. You can just call yourself me."
"Yes, sir. I'll listen to you." Butler Li looked at Mo Qingyan as if he had looked at a god, full of respect.
When Song Beichen and others heard Butler Li call himself "old slave", they couldn't help but look at each other.
They all saw shock in their eyes.
The name "old slave" seems to be the self-proclaimed name of those servants who sold their bodies in the old society, right?
It does happen nowadays. I heard that some servants in the old noble families seem to call themselves that.
This housekeeper of Brother Mo actually calls himself "old slave", so could Brother Mo also be an old noble?
The so-called old nobles are what outsiders like them call those thousand-year-old families.
Ordinary people may not know.
However, children from wealthy families like Song Beichen basically all knew about the existence of the old nobility.
Any large family that can be passed down for thousands of years is necessarily a behemoth.
They are simply not comparable to these new families that have only risen for a few decades, or even twenty or thirty years.
Not even worthy of being compared.
However, aristocratic families like these with a history of thousands of years are usually very well hidden.
The kind that you see every day.
They had actually guessed Mo Qingyan's identity before.
When they knew that Mo Wen'en was from Shangjing, they had already guessed that Mo Qingyan might also be from a big family in Shangjing.
But they never expected that Mo Qingyan would be an old noble.
Of course, maybe they were just overthinking it.
After all, calling myself "old slave" doesn't really prove anything.
"Sir, welcome home." The moment Butler Li saw Mo Qingyan, he felt that his life was not in vain.
It’s great, he has finally waited for this day.
Mo Qingyan nodded. "Well, then take us to the room first and put our luggage away. Then show us around the general's mansion. This is my first time here!"
"Yes, sir, distinguished guests, please follow me."
Butler Li, along with Mo Qingyan and others, walked into the general's mansion.
The layout of the general's mansion is different from that of an ordinary courtyard house.
All buildings in the General's Mansion have strict division designs. The three rows of buildings, central, east and west, have the south as the central axis, running through all the courtyards.
There are two large halls in the middle road, both used for sacrifices.
The main house is in the backyard on the east side.
Knowing that Mo Qingyan had never been to the General's Mansion, the old butler led Mo Qingyan and others towards the east backyard, while introducing Mo Qingyan to the various layouts and courtyards of the General's Mansion.
The luggage of Mo Qingyan and others was handed over to the servants.
At this time, the servants were dragging the luggage of Mo Qingyan and others and following behind.
Having worked in the general's mansion for ten years, the old butler has already become familiar with every tree and blade of grass in the mansion.
Over the years, he had imagined this scene countless times.
Now it's finally happening.
The east backyard is not far from the main hall.
Along the way, Mo Qingyan admired the magnificent architectural beauty while listening to the old butler's introduction.
The original owner had never been to the General's Mansion, so this was also Mo Qingyan's first time here.
To be honest, this world is too similar to the world Mo Qingyan lived in before.
Except for some things that are different, many other things are basically the same.
This general's mansion is actually very similar to a prince's mansion in Mo Qingyan's previous world.
However, because the previous residents of this general's mansion were generals who were proficient in using swords and guns, all the architectural carvings are not the normal palace-style carvings.
Instead, the carvings are all of swords, spears and horses.
There are even many carvings of generals leading their troops into the battlefield on those Feng Shui corridors.
Every carving is different.
Mo Qingyan was overwhelmed by the sight.
Song Beichen and others had actually been to this general's mansion.
But that was more than ten years ago.
They were only in their teens at that time.
But, at that time they came in as tourists.
But now, they came in as friends of the host.
Since his identity is different, he naturally has a different feeling towards everything about this general.
Soon, everyone arrived at the east backyard.
The east backyard has always been the residence of the owner of the general's mansion.
Therefore, the buildings here are more exquisite and delicate than those in the main hall.
The room is fully furnished.
But those furnitures were not the antique furnitures originally in the general’s mansion.
Those furniture have long been collected in museums.
The furniture in the room now are all modern.
Although it is a modern product, its materials and workmanship are first-class.
Although the furniture is modern, the vases and other items placed in the room are real antiques.
Those antiques were all found by Butler Li.
"Sir, this is your room. Your room will be cleaned by a special person every day, and all the sheets and quilts will be changed every day. I'm sorry, but I don't know what style of furniture you like. So, I will restore it one to one according to the previous layout of the master bedroom. If you don't like it, I will immediately ask them to replace it with what you like."
The furnishings and decorations in the room are all restored one-to-one according to the layout of the master bedroom of the former general's mansion.
Therefore, the styles of large bed wardrobes are all relatively retro.
Butler Li did not expect that the head of the Mo family would be so young.
I thought that this young man might not like this kind of retro furniture and decoration.
I thought about changing it immediately according to Mo Qingyan's request.
Mo Qingyan thought it was great, and waved her hand, saying, "No need, I like it very much."
A house like this should of course be equipped with retro furniture and accessories.
Mo Qingyan was worried at first whether it would be too hot to live in such a house. After all, it was still summer.
The most important thing is that for a house like this that is a protected cultural relic, no unauthorized changes or additions are allowed.
However, Mo Qingyan felt relieved after seeing the air conditioner in the room.
Although the walls cannot be damaged in order to protect the building, air conditioners cannot be installed on the walls.
However, air conditioners cannot be installed on the wall. It doesn’t mean you can’t put air conditioning in the room.
There are two large vertical air conditioners in the corners of the room.
The appearance of the air conditioner is like a wooden cabinet made of solid wood for storing things.
Completely integrated with the surrounding environment.
The outdoor unit of the air conditioner is placed directly outside on the ground.
The copper pipe is connected to the external unit outside through the window.
After Mo Qingyan put down her luggage, Butler Li took Song Beichen and others to the guest room.
Wait until they have chosen their rooms and put down their luggage.
Then he took Mo Qingyan and others to the back garden connected to the backyard.
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