Zhang Ruoxi was so flustered that she didn't know what happened to her brother, so she called out sharply: "Lu Dayou, where is my brother Zhang Yuan?"
Lu Dayou had just walked up the stone steps on the port when he heard a cry. He looked up and said happily: "Young lady, the meson boy is here." He pointed to the boat below.
Zhang Ruoxi took a closer look and saw a young man wearing a willow-green scholar's jacket standing on the bow of the boat. When the young man heard the cry, he looked up towards the high bank. His eyes looked suspicious. It was her brother Zhang Yuan.
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Zhang Ruoxi was overjoyed, and her heart that had been hanging for a few days was instantly relieved. Her whole body felt a little soft, and she heard her younger brother Zhang Yuan shout loudly from the bow of the boat on the riverbank below: "Sister, I'm here.
"As she said that, she jumped onto the shore and ran towards her quickly. The two children beside her shook her hands and tried to break away to meet her uncle. They shouted over and over again: "Uncle, uncle, uncle, the shore is steep.
, Zhang Ruoxi was afraid that the two children would fall and refused to let go. The two children held her hands one on the left and the other on the right, jumping around and calling for uncle. Zhang Ruoxi watched her younger brother Zhang Yuan running up with the robe in both hands.
His eyebrows moved with joy, and he thought to himself: "We haven't seen each other for nearly a year, and my brother has grown a lot taller. Has he really changed that much in less than a year? He is engaged to a girl from the Shang family in Kuaiji, and his eight-part essay is so good.
, even Lu Lang admired his brother’s craftsmanship after reading those two articles, is this true?”
Zhang Yuan ran up the high bank in one breath, then slowed down, walked towards his sister, and looked at his sister Zhang Ruoxi with a smile. Zhang Ruoxi wore a three-inch high crown bun, decorated with gold flowers and beads like a crescent moon, and her upper body was covered with grosgrain gauze.
Wearing a silk blouse with large sleeves and a moire satin skirt, she has a slender figure and graceful eyebrows. Zhang Ruoxi, a typical Jiangnan water town beauty, led her two children up to them, gently let go, and said with a smile: "Call uncle."
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The two children ran over. Zhang Yuan squatted half-crouched, opened his arms and hugged one with each other. He looked at six-year-old Lu Luchun, then at four-year-old Lu Lujie, and asked, "Do you two still know who I am?"
Six-year-old Lu Luchun responded: "I recognize you as my uncle."
Four-year-old Lu Lujie actually didn't recognize this uncle very much, but after hearing what his brother said, he shouted louder: "I recognize you even more, you are the real uncle."
Zhang Yuan laughed, looked up at his sister and said, "My sister is staring at me like this, does she not recognize my brother?"
Zhang Ruoxi's beautiful eyes widened and she said: "I still don't recognize you. Do you think I won't recognize you if you wear new clothes?" As he said that, he couldn't help laughing and said: "
Why did you arrive today? You have made your sister anxious." Zhang Yuan said: "I was delayed in Hangzhou for a few days, so I came late."
Wu Ling also ran up and crossed his arms to Zhang Ruoxi and said, "Xiao Wu pays homage to the eldest lady."
Zhang Ruoxi smiled and said: "Xiao Wu is here too, well, thank you for your hard work."
Lu Luchun said to his younger brother: "I also recognize this Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu from my uncle's family."
Four-year-old Lu Lujie raised her head and shouted: "I recognize him even more. He is really Xiao Wu from my uncle's family."
Six-year-old Lu Luchun was angry. This arrogant little brother wanted to fight with him about everything. He added the word "geng" and "zhen" to everything to make him appear to be stronger than him. He immediately reached out and shoved his brother and said angrily:
"You will follow me and learn how to speak."
The younger brother Lu Lujie quickly turned around and complained: "Mother, my brother hit me, it hurts so much."
Lu Luchun shouted: "I didn't hit him, I just pushed him gently."
Zhang Yuandao: "Lu Chun is the elder brother. My younger brother can't push him. He won't be able to stand firmly and will fall down."
Lu Luchun, the elder brother, said aggrievedly: "Last year I said he was young, and this year I said he was young too. Can't he grow up?"
Lu Lujie said: "I was little last year and I'm even younger this year."
Zhang Ruoxi scolded: "Lu Jie, don't be unreasonable." She said to Zhang Yuan: "See, these two kids are noisy all day long, which makes people have a headache." Zhang Yuan laughed and thought to himself: "Boys have to be naughty.
"Some" said to the two little nephews: "My uncle bought you two a lot of gifts in Hangzhou this time, including toys and food. I will bring them up to you later."
Wu Ling said: "I'll get it, I'll get it." He ran down again.
The two brothers Lu Luchun and Lu Lvjie also wanted to follow, but the two maids held them in their arms to prevent them from wandering away.
Under the setting sun, Lu Dayou, Mu Jingyan, Mu Zhenzhen and his daughter had moved all the utensils on the ship to the shore, including large and small boxes, wine jars, bamboo baskets with winter bamboo shoots, and large jars of honey. Ruoxi looked down at them.
, asked: "Zhang Yuan, why did you bring so many things?"
Zhang Yuandao: "There are three birthday gifts for my sister. One is prepared by my mother, one is from the Shang family in Kuaiji, and the other is a birthday gift from Sichuan Shizhu Toast to my brother-in-law."
Zhang Ruoxi was filled with joy when she heard the gift from Kuaiji Shang. She was not greedy for the gift, but she knew for sure that her younger brother Zhang Yuan was engaged to a girl from Kuaiji Shang. Otherwise, why would Kuaiji Shang wish her husband a birthday?
However, this is because the Shang family in Kuaiji is very considerate. It is just an engagement. In fact, there is no need to interact with other relatives of the Zhang Yuan family...
"Hey, Chieftain Shizhu?" Zhang Ruoxi asked strangely: "Why did Chieftain Shizhu also bring gifts?"
Zhang Yuandao: "I got to know them in Hangzhou and helped them a little, so I must send you a gift, and I can't refuse it."
"By the way, how did you do in the county exam last month?" Zhang Ruoxi was so happy when she saw her brother arriving safely that she forgot about this thing that she had been thinking about.
Zhang Yuandao: "It's a county trial case."
Zhang Ruoxi raised her eyebrows and stared, the same expression she often had when teaching her younger brother how to read and write at home, and said: "Really? Don't lie to me.
Seeing his sister's expression, Zhang Yuan felt very cordial and said, "My brother has made some progress, isn't he? Do I need my mother to endorse me and testify every time?"
Zhang Ruoxi stared at her younger brother, feeling really strange. Her younger brother has grown a lot taller. He was shorter than her last year, but now he looks taller than her. His eyebrows are clear, delicate and tall, and his temperament is much better than the last time we met.
Different, there is a kind of elegance and a vigorous and heroic spirit.
Zhang Yuandao: "Sister, I'll recite the two craft articles from the county examination to my sister."
Zhang Ruoxi laughed and said: "Sister, I believe you. Your brother-in-law read the two eight-part essays you sent last time and couldn't believe that they were written by you. He said they were better than him. Your brother-in-law is a county school student.
Where is Lin Sheng?" He added: "Your brother-in-law also heard rumors that you had a fight with a Yao scholar, and you won, and all the academic officials praised you, right?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I'll tell my sister everything in detail later. It's better to go to my brother-in-law's house first."
Zhang Ruoxi smiled and said: "I wish I could ask everything at once." Or asked: "Is mother in good health?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Kang Jian is here, but he is still thinking about how pure and clean his sister is. My father sent a letter a year ago saying that he would return to Shanyin in the summer and autumn, and that he would no longer go out to work for officials."
At this time, the wooden box containing children's toys from Wuling was brought up. Lu Luchun and Lu Lujie hurried over to take a look, and said in surprise: "This is Dou Bing~
This is a fish whistle, this is a rattle ball, this is a kite.”
"Hey, what is this, Xiao Wu?" Lu Luchun asked, holding a piece of colorful leather.
Lu Lujie shouted: "I want this too."
Wu Ling said hurriedly: "I have them, I have them. There are two copies of each toy. The young master is just afraid that you two will snatch it." He took out a piece of colorful leather-like object and gave it to Lu Lujie and said: "This is a shadow puppet. Wear it on
Just playing with my hands."
The two little brothers were having so much fun playing with each other and looking through that that Zhang Ruoxi refused to ask them to get on the sedan chair and go home.
Lu Dayou from the port had hired two porters and asked the porters to bundle the boxes and carry them to the Lu Mansion. Mu Jingyan and Mu Zhenzhen came over to kowtow to Zhang Ruoxi. Zhang Ruoxi quickly asked the father and daughter to get up and ask Zhang Ruoxi
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Zhang Yuandao: "This is Mu Zhenzhen, and this is Zhenzhen's father. He is from Sandai Street. He considers us his family."
Zhang Ruoxi nodded and saw that this fallen girl was tall and tall, with skin like snow. She had a strange beauty, her eyelashes were lowered and her eyebrows were lowered, and she had a shy expression. She glanced at her brother Zhang Yuan from time to time, and Zhang Ruoxi thought to herself: "Could it be that he is a maidservant?"
,Well, Chuan, my brother is sixteen years old and has grown up."
Just then, an old servant came hurriedly. When he saw Zhang Yuan, he was overjoyed and said, "Master Jiezi has arrived. That's great."
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Hello, Zhou Ma." Zhou Ma was originally a servant of their Zhang family and Zhang Ruoxi's nanny. When Zhang Ruoxi married into the Lu family in Qingpu, Zhou Ma followed.
Zhou Ma only gave a hurried greeting to Zhang Yuan, and then said to Zhang Ruoxi: "Miss, it's not good, Mr. Lu has lost his temper. He just sent the young lady to ask questions. When a maid came back and said that the young lady had gone out, Master Lu became very angry."
, saying that the young lady did not abide by the nurturing rules and betrayed her, Zhenghe was blaming his uncle, and also mentioned the last note exchange at Narcissus Temple, saying that the young lady pretended to be my uncle’s cousin and also participated. It is really ridiculous that the young lady should hurry back. "
Zhang Ruoxi was originally full of joy, but after hearing what Zhou Ma said, her face turned pale. It was okay to suffer some grievances on weekdays. This time, when her younger brother arrived, he was scolded by Uncle Weng. Wouldn't it mean that his younger brother Zhang Yuan would also suffer grievances?
Feeling sad, Qiangyan smiled at her younger brother and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Yuan. Your brother-in-law's father is just a little strict. It's okay. I'll just go and explain." He asked the maid to bring the two children to ride in the sedan with her.
Lu Dayou hired a rattan sedan and invited Zhang Yuan to ride on it. Zhang Yuan said, "No, I'll follow my sister's sedan, just in time to talk."
Zhang Yuan followed the sedan chair and asked as he walked: "Does my sister often get angry here? I used to be young and didn't know my sister's situation. My sister was always happy every time she returned to the mountains, but I didn't know that she was also depressed and aggrieved."
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Zhang Ruoxi said hurriedly: "How could it be? You also know that your brother-in-law treats me very well."
Zhang Yuandao: "I know that my brother-in-law is good, but my brother-in-law's family is not very kind to my sister."
Zhang Ruoxi said softly: "Let's not talk about it for now, okay? There are a lot of people coming and going on the street."
The first update is here, I will work hard for the third update today, and I am asking for a monthly ticket to encourage my book friends.@.