In the Qijia Hall, Liu smiled gently and looked at the mother of the Lu family.

The wife of the Lu family, surnamed Wu, was originally the daughter of a businessman and had an old friendship with Liu.

When they grew up, Liu married to the Qi family, while Wu married the Lu family as a sequel.

However, since Wu was in charge of the Lu family, she has been particularly disgusted with people of merchant origin. Because there is a member of the family who is a straight bachelor of secret, Wu has always regarded himself as Qingliu and thinks highly of himself.

Wu never went to the flower-appreciating tea party gathered by the Qi family, and seldom let his daughter go.

Now it is the first time that they have met since their respective marriages.

Liu's eyebrows and eyes smiled and her voice was calm: "I haven't seen you for a long time. How is Wuniang now?"

"everything is fine, but San Niang looks much haggard than at first." Wu also smiled and turned the Jinpa on his hand, looking at Liu with special concern.

Mrs. Liu, who stood beside Liu, did not seem to have such good self-cultivation, and only felt that her eyebrows were jumping.

When it comes to appearance, Liu was a first-class beauty, and even now he can't pick out the slightest weakness.

Besides, haggard? His wife now looks so good that she can't even see the wrinkles, so it doesn't matter if someone else says it, but this Wu's face is sallow, so how can he talk to his own sore place specially?!

Liu's face is still the same, there is no difference at all.

She raised her hand and asked someone to serve tea, then smiled and looked at Wu: "I don't know Wuniang is coming this time, but is there anything to discuss?"

As a matter of fact, Wu doesn't want to take such a trip. She used to dislike the merchant's home, but isn't it because of the money Qi Erlang earned by doing business and sitting in Jia? Such a family is not rare.

In particular, at the beginning, Liu was sought after by the public, but he could not compare with him everywhere, so he naturally cared about it in his heart.

Although Wu is not always waiting for provocation like Zhang, he still has a hard time in his heart.

It was only when the woman around her gently touched her that Wu finally remembered his lordship's advice when he went out.

She is a continuation of the string, and there is no son, only an only daughter, especially valued, if not forced to hurry, I am afraid she would not have made such a trip.

Holding on to continue to smile, Wu slightly raised his chin: "I heard that Qi Jiasanlang has excellent literary talent and won the scholar's examination. it is really a good son Lang, if you and I can form a good marriage between Qin and Jin, it is also an excellent thing."

As soon as these words came out, Liu's expression was faint, but he immediately regained a soft smile: "my Saburo is only seventeen years old. If I remember correctly, your girl should be twenty years old. this age really doesn't match."

The last thing Wu can't hear is that others say that her daughter is not good. Even if Liu says it euphemistically, Wu subconsciously retorts: "the third woman holds gold bricks. Besides, isn't your son going to be eighteen soon?" It's also the age of the governor, and it's getting late. " The voice paused again and tried to persuade the Lu family, "when we talk about our family background, we can't find a better one in this city, and the capital is also helpful. If Saburo embarks on an official career in the future, my family will be able to help."

As soon as these words came out, Liu held a cup of tea and came close to his mouth to cover up the indifference in his eyes.

She knew that Zhang was brainless. When he was still in the boudoir, he was often used as a gun by Wu, but he didn't know it.

Unexpectedly, now that so many years have passed, times have changed, Zhang's brain has not grown up, and Wu's brain is the same as before, with a meek face and a twisted heart.

If you marry high and low, you can just talk about it behind closed doors, but Wu will take it out with a smile.

Liu knows that even if it is because she despises that her family is born as a landlord and merchant, more of them are still reluctantly.

It's weird that you don't want to come to the door and say kiss.

For other things, Liu will certainly laugh it off and will not argue with her.

But now Wu is talking about his own Saburo's marriage, Liu will not regard this as never happened, especially such a strange thing, it is always necessary to know a reason to deal with it.

It's just that Liu will never say yes.

Even if look down on the Lu family, it is not appropriate to go back face to face, so have to put it another way.

Put the tea aside, Liu is still the gentle and magnanimous Mrs. Qi: "you are a little sudden. Saburo is not at home at the moment. I can't ask for his advice, and my husband and Daro are not here." it's always good for them to agree. "

Wu nodded, too. She had never thought of getting things done, but she specifically told her: "you'd better not put off the marriage of your children all the time. You should decide it early."

Liu smiled and nodded and sighed that it was not easy to be a mother.

But as soon as Wu left, Liu's face became cold.

Finally, Mrs. Liu couldn't help it and scolded in a low voice, "I don't know what she's doing here. Is she kissing or showing off?" The tail raised to the sky is more ostentatious than the blackie in our yard. "

Liu looked light: "know what kind of temper she is, there is no stop, come on, there is no need to be angry with her, I just can't figure out why Wu came to this marriage."

Mrs. Liu couldn't help looking at her and said, "Ma'am, the third young master has taken the head of three cases, and he is the most knowledgeable. The family who wanted to talk to our family before was about to break the threshold. It's normal for the Lu family to want to get married."

Liu shook his head and said, "No, it's not the same. Even though I don't think highly of the Lu family, they can't pick it up any more. There are also people in Beijing. If such a daughter is married, they are indeed undermarried." Besides, Wu always looked down on the merchants' families, but now he wants to marry my family. From the way she looks, we can see that she has the intention to say so. "

Mrs. Liu whispered, "I don't see what she wants to say."

Liu stood up, heard the words, and tugged at the corners of his mouth: "it is impossible to say that Wu is too dignified to get things done, but her mind is still clear. she wants to complete the marriage, and she is even a little eager.". "

Then Liu stopped talking.

When Mrs. Liu saw Liu's contemplation, she did not say anything. She bowed her head and supported Liu's back to the yard.

Tiezi, who was wearing a cat outside the front door of the vestibule, immediately retreated cautiously into the corridor, and then ran all the way to Qi Yun.

When Tiezi passed, Qi Yun did not immediately ask the Lu family why they were here. Instead, he smiled and asked, "are you ready to go back?"

Tiezi gasped for breath and nodded: "Yes."

Ye Jiao picked up Xu Bao when she heard the words. "then I'll talk to my mother. Mr. Xiang, you remember to drink the soup, which is good for your health."

Qi Yun looked at the pig bone sauce and astragalus soup on the table. Even if Ye Jiao didn't say it, he knew what the soup was for.

With a slight cough and a low reply, Qi Yun picked up the soup bowl and drank it without saying a word.

Ye Jiao smiled and then went out with Xu Bao and Xiao Su in her arms.

After they left, Qi Yun called Tiezi in and asked, "what did you say?"

Tiezi repeated the conversation to Qi Yun word for word, because Qi Yun told him to write it all down, so Tiezi really wrote it all down, even the occasional dexterity in Liu's and Wu's words.

Qi Yun stopped and sat there, frowning slightly.

Seeing this, Tiezi said, "Young master, the Lu family is really deceiving others too much. It is clear that they want the third young master to marry his daughter."

Qi Yun returned to his mind, but did not immediately open his mouth, but offered himself a bowl of soup, but did not drink it. He only stirred it with a spoon and said, "it is not so much too much to deceive others as to be in too much of a hurry."

The two families never intersect, and the only contact is that the Lu family wanted to force their own wine-making prescription.

But this is a feud, not a marriage.

But if it is said that the Lu family wants to hire the Qi family with a prescription, it is also unreasonable, if it is for the prescription to pick up a daughter, or the biological daughter of the hostess, it would be a bit too bold to go out.

Qi Yun was a little confused for a moment, but he knew that the motives of the Lu family must be impure, but he didn't know what they were thinking.

But Tiezi hesitated for a moment and whispered, "well, second young master, I don't know if I should say something."

"say it."

Tiezi seemed to organize the language in his head and said, "the third young master has been studying abroad all the year round, and we don't know who he has met. This time he left home and went to the city. Although Liusi went with him, he was only waiting around for a while."

Qi Yun looked up at him and said, "Don't beat around the bush and say what you have to say."

Tiezi's voice paused slightly and whispered, "could it be that the third young master and Miss Nalu are in love with each other, so that the Lu family can kiss each other?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole room was quiet.

In fact, after Tiezi said this, he didn't believe it very much. in his opinion, even though his third young master was not young, he was usually forced to write big characters by his second young master, even if he had a little spare time. There is no time to think about such things as gifted scholars and beauties.

So Tiezi quickly changed his mouth: "second young master, I just said casually, three young men will not."

Qi Yun put the spoon into the bowl and frowned slightly between his brows. "I know he won't, but now when the purpose of the Lu family is unknown, who knows if anyone will force Saburo to do it?"

Tiezi was stupefied and reflected for a while before he wanted to understand what Qi Yun said.

Can it be said that the Lu family can really risk their daughter's reputation in order to get married?

But before Tiezi figured it out, Qi Yun stood up and said, "go and get a pen and paper. I'll send a letter to Saburo. Whether it's true or not, he can stay in the academy these days."

Tiezi went to get the pen and paper and was worried: "second young master, if you tell the truth, will the third young master think more?" Now he is preparing for a local test, and I'm afraid he can't afford to bluff. "

When Qi Yun heard the speech, he felt that Tiezi was reasonable. He also forgot it in a moment of anxiety, and nodded: "well, I won't tell him the truth." After thinking about it again, "then I'll arrange for him to write 30 big characters a day, write all of them, and send them back every ten days. I think he won't have time to get out of college."

Tiezi:.

All of a sudden, do you think he cheated the third young master?

And in Liu's yard, they said the same thing.

Just different from Qi Yun's attitude, Liu didn't talk about the Lu family's ulterior motives, but just asked them if they had ever seen a Lu girl.

Although Ye Jiao has usually been to a lot of flower-watching banquets, she doesn't remember her surname Lu.

Fang had never seen it either, but she held the stone in her arms, with some hesitation in her eyes: "Mother, the Lu family is not a good family, but the people inside have no ability, but they still have a bad temper. Dalang has been angry with them before, and if he is married to his family, I'm afraid there will be a lot of anger in the future."

Liu knew this naturally, but he was so thoughtful that he was ready to inquire more and then make a plan. now he looked at Fang and Ye Jiao and didn't know it, so he didn't ask any more questions.

With a smile on his face, Liu said, "Don't talk about them. I heard that Stone can already recite?"

Fang laughed, too, hugged his son and coaxed, "come, Stone, recite a hundred surnames to your grandmother and aunt."

Stone was told by Fang before he came, knowing that this would happen, but he was not nervous. He climbed down from Fang's leg, stood on the ground, held his head high, and flickered when reciting: "Zhao Qian Sun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang …". "

There were a few stumbles in the middle, but dozens of words were memorized, which was very impressive.

When the stone got stuck, Liu reached out and hugged the stone and praised him in his mouth. Fang was also a little worried about the stone, but when she looked at Liu's delight, she smiled with pride on her face.

Ye Jiao asked Xiao Su to give the cakes she brought to Fang and said, "if you learn the stones well, your sister-in-law must have made great efforts. She will take these cakes back and eat them when the stone recitation is tired."

Fang took it with a smile and looked at the stone.

Stone immediately said, "Thank you, Auntie."

Then Fang coaxed him to recite the three-character Sutra, which the small stone had memorized many times and was naturally particularly fluent.

But when he carried it on his back, the stone found that Xubao's mouth moved.

He could not help but stop, ran to lie on Ye Jiao's calf and looked up at Xubao.

Today, Xubao is wearing a blue jacket and a tiger hat, which is the cutest.

When he saw brother Shi looking at himself, Xu Bao looked back with a smile and reached out to touch the stone's hand. His voice was clear: "Sun Li of Zhao Qian, King Zheng of Zhou Wu, eat."

As soon as I heard the stone, I knew that I had just memorized it, but it had passed for a long time. I didn't expect that Xubao could write it down, and the small stone stared his eyes wide.

Liu and Fang were also surprised. Only Ye Jiao kissed Xubao's forehead.

It must have been that the child had just seen himself bring cakes to the stone. He was greedy and wanted to eat. He just wanted something to eat after talking.

Ye Jiao treated him well, pinched a small piece of red jujube cake from the plate on the table and put it on Xubao's mouth.

The little guy first looked at it, then licked it, then opened his mouth and ate it, smiling like a Dafu doll.

Liu is also very fond of, holding for a long time the heart of the baby meat is rare, although Fang is more painful stone, but she can not bear Xu Bao's smiling face, along with coaxing.

Only the stone looked at Xubao sympathetically.

My brother is really pitiful. guess he is forced to recite by his uncle like ice every day until dark.

Such a good brother was bullied by his second uncle, which inspired Shi's childish compassion. He also leaned over and reached out to touch Xubao's small hand, sighing while touching it.

Xubao also held his hand, smiling and sunny.

Stone stared at him, thinking that he should protect his younger brother as an elder brother. The younger brother was stupid and probably didn't understand when he was bullied.

The four-year-old stone felt a sense of responsibility for the first time at this moment.

Liu didn't notice the interaction between the two grandchildren. she looked at Ye Jiao and Fang and said, "I'm going to put on incense in a couple of days. You can go with me, and you can go to the store when you get back."

Fang and Ye Jiao agreed and played in front of the two children together.

Ye Jiao walked slowly with Xu Bao in her arms.

Just now he probably went crazy playing with the stone and consumed too much physical strength. Xubao was a little sleepy. Now when he was held by Ye Jiao, he had already put his head on Ye Jiao's shoulder, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Ye Jiao, on the other hand, wrapped him with a small quilt, wrapped her fat son into a cold in the province, and walked a lot more slowly.

As she approached the gate of the courtyard, Ye Jiao saw the figure walking back and forth at the door.

When he approached Ye Jiaocai, he recognized: "Song is in charge of things?"

Song steward smelled Yan and looked back to see Ye Jiao and the round Xubao in her arms.

I could see that the young master had fallen asleep, and the voice of Song, who had wanted to announce the good news loudly, was also a little lower, but the smile on his face could not be hidden, and he whispered, "second wife, I have come to tell the young master the good news."

Ye Jiao blinked and said curiously, "what's the good news?"

Song Guan laughed with himself twice before he said, "go back to the second mistress, the caravan will be back soon."