Guihe Manor is designed in the style of northern gardens, with a solemn and majestic style and strict rules.
The epitome of southern gardens is mainly the Jiangnan gardens, which are elegant in style and pay attention to the scene at every step. Northern gardens are derived from imperial gardens, so they have fewer small and interesting features and more serious and neat features.
After the car entered the gate, there was a 100-meter-long trail in front of us, with sycamore trees on both sides and lawns on the left and right. There was a pond on the east side, and under the rockery by the pond, you could see a person fishing.
Going further in, there is a quadrangle in front, with single-family buildings on both sides, and there seems to be a villa in the back. Chen Sheng parked the car a little further away and said to Chen Ya:
"Follow me when you go in. Don't look around too much, don't ask too many questions, smile at everyone you see, and don't barge in casually."
Chen Ya nodded superficially, but didn't take it seriously.
He had never been to any of the manors of the four major families. This time, after entering the Lu family's Guihe Manor, it would be a waste if he didn't wander around. It was a good opportunity to see what the living conditions of this famous family were like.
After walking a few more steps forward, Chen Sheng nodded and greeted the person who came to greet him, "Butler Cheng." After saying that, he tugged at Chen Ya's clothes.
Chen Ya looked at the man and nodded.
The man was thin, with not much flesh on his face. He looked to be in his forties. He was dressed in black and did not look like a butler. His eyes swept across Chen Ya's face, quite sharp.
"Is the old man okay?" Chen Sheng asked cautiously.
"Well, why not? He was fishing in the pond today. I told him there were no fish in the pond at all."
There was no inflection in Butler Cheng's tone, and no one could understand what he meant.
"Is Grandma okay?"
"Not good. I just came out of the hospital a while ago. I had a heart attack."
"Oh, pay attention then," Chen Sheng asked again, "Where's Commissioner Gao?"
"Commissioner Gao is accompanying a distinguished guest and has no time to see you."
First ask Old Master Lu, then ask Grandma, and finally ask Commissioner Gao. This is the etiquette that Lu Ruixiang taught Chen Sheng.
Whenever you enter the manor, you must ask these two questions.
This so-called Commissioner Gao is not a member of the Lu family, but is better than a member of the Lu family. He has always been with Old Master Lu. He helped raise the last two of Old Master Lu's three sons, so he has a special status in the Lu family.
Chen Sheng asked again: "Old Master still doesn't want to see guests?"
"No." Butler Cheng said coldly, and nodded towards Chen Ya. "He looks very unfamiliar."
Chen Sheng quickly smiled and said, "This is my eldest son, Chen Ya. I came here this time to bring him to recognize his relatives and to meet the Second Master."
"Then go and see him. The Second Master is in his own room."
After saying that, Butler Cheng left.
Looking at the man's back, Chen Ya smiled.
It seems that everyone who works for aristocratic families has this temper.
Lu Yuanlong's former secretary Gao was also extremely uncooperative at first and had a very arrogant temper.
Later it was slowly "corrected".
It seems that even though the Lu family is doomed to decline, people's character will not change easily.
Chen Sheng then took Chen Ya to the courtyard and knocked on the door of a wing room. A hoarse voice came from inside:
"Who is it?"
Chen Sheng said through the door with a smile on his face: "Second Master, it's me, I'm from Lu Ruixiang's family, Chen Sheng, I came to see you."
The door opened quickly, and a skinny old man appeared at the door. He had a red nose, big ears, triangular eyes, and his hair was so bald that only a tuft covered his ears. The corners of his mouth were drooping on both sides.
He first looked at the two people at the door with a scrutinizing gaze. Because his triangular eyes drooped, he looked a little unhappy, but after seeing what Chen Sheng was holding in his hand, his smile immediately blossomed like a flower.
"Why are you here just for the heck of it?"
Although he said so, he immediately took away the things Chen Sheng was holding with both hands, as if he was afraid that Chen Sheng would change his mind and not send it.
As he said that, he let the two of them in. After entering the house, Chen Ya looked around.
There weren't many things in the room, but the sofa cushions were wrinkled and there was a blanket thrown there casually. It seemed that a servant usually helped to clean it up.
The other furnishings are no different from those in an average elderly person's home.
It seems that this second master is living alone, but I don’t know whether his partner has passed away or what happened.
The Second Master didn't greet them and went into the inner room carrying Chen Sheng's gift. When he opened the door, Chen Ya saw that the inner room was dark and filled with various miscellaneous items. There was also a box of Melatonin lying on the doorway.
He couldn't help grinning.
I finally understand why Chen Sheng thought that this second master could be dealt with with 50,000 yuan.
In the history of Western literature, this person is a typical Eugénie Grandet, a miser and hoarder who wants everything as long as she has money.
I don’t know if this person was used to being poor when he was young. Anyway, Chen Ya has never seen this kind of trait in any child from a wealthy family.
After a while, the second master came out from the inner room again, and this time the smile on his face was even brighter.
It seems that he discovered the "little gift" that Chen Sheng put in the gift bag.
"What do you want to talk to me about, kid?" The second master sat on the armchair, holding a large teapot in his hand.
Chen Sheng quickly said, "Second Master, this is my eldest son, Chen Ya. From today on, he is a member of my Lu family. I brought him here for you to meet him."
Lu Zhankui took a sip of tea, nodded, and after swallowing the water, he slowly said, "You are thoughtful and still care about an old man like me."
"From what you said, Ruixiang is still your legitimate granddaughter."
...The two of them then started chatting about family matters. Chen Ya listened for a while and, after analyzing information from various sources, he had some understanding of his past.
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