Chapter 18

Cui'er trembled with fright and stepped back: "maidservant... Maidservant is just waiting outside the door, waiting... Waiting for the lady's orders." She replied, trembling and guilty.

Bai Chusheng hums coldly. He doesn't pay attention to cui'er any more. He walks out of Qingtong courtyard with Bai Rutong. Cui'er bites her lower lip and stomps to keep up with them.

The general's mansion is big enough. Bai ruotong follows Bai Chusheng, and his legs are shaking. But Bai Chusheng was a rough man in the army. He didn't know how to pity his sister. He didn't know how to call a soft sedan chair for his sick sister.

Does she think she can match him in physical strength? She's still sick!

Bai Chusheng make complaints about the scenery of the general office. The pavilions and courtyards in the general's mansion are connected with each other. Each courtyard has its own scenery, with a flower and a grass.

Bai Chusheng stops in a Sihe Courtyard. The courtyard is east to the sun. The door of the red lacquer courtyard is wide open. The three characters "Yongning courtyard" are hung on the mahogany plaque.

Bai Chusheng goes to the hospital first. Bai Rutong pauses and then follows.

The scenery in the courtyard is more magnificent than what I saw just now. Under the foot is paved with blue pebbles, and a small and exquisite arch bridge stands in the middle of the courtyard. Under the bridge, there is a flowing stream, which must be connected with the underground waterway. The water is clear and several silver carp swim freely in the water.

Bai Chusheng hurried through the arch bridge and onto the corridor. The door of the pavilion is wide open. He stops outside. When Bai Rutong follows, he enters the hall with her.

The old lady is lying on the soft floor eating morning tea, beside Zhang's and Li's attentive, trying to please the old lady.

"Old lady, the fourth young lady and the eldest young master are here." The old lady's maidservant, aunt Hong, came forward and said.

"Let them in."

On hearing this, the old lady put down her tea cup and snorted softly. Zhang's eyes were sharp. Seeing the old lady's face down, the smile at the corner of her mouth was even more beautiful.

She approached the old lady, squeezed her voice, and said, "mother, look at Rutong. She came here only after she had been up all day. She also called the young master together. Mother, do you think she's going to move soldiers?"

Zhang twisted the silk handkerchief and laughed happily, but then he was interrupted by the old lady's cold eyes.

"Ruotong is also your daughter. What's the matter with you for burying her like this?"

The old lady sighed. Before Zhang's entrance, she had inquired with others. She was a good-natured and virtuous master. Now it seems that she is not virtuous. She has a sharp tongue. If she had known that, she shouldn't have let Zhang into the general's house in the west of the town.

Zhang's loss made Li laugh. The three are chatting. Bai Chusheng and Bai ruotong walk into the hall. He bows his hand and says, "my grandson, please give my grandmother good morning. My grandmother is happy and healthy."

"If you send greetings to your grandmother, she will be happy." Bai ruotong learned Bai Chusheng's tone and saluted.

"Son, come and see my grandmother. I haven't seen you for some days, and you're suntanned again." The old lady didn't pay attention to Bai ruotong. She raised her hand and called Bai Chusheng to sit beside her. Her words were full of heartache.

Bai Chusheng held the old lady's hand and said with a gentle smile, "it's no harm for a man to tan."

Bai ruotong stares at her round eyes and stands in the same place. The old lady only cares about Bai Chusheng and regards her as the air. Zhang couldn't wait to see Bai ruotong's jokes. Seeing that the old lady didn't pay attention, she didn't remind her. She ate fruit and tasted tea on her own.