"The eldest brother has a good mind and ambition. He is determined to be admitted as a scholar and bring glory to our family! Unlike me, I can't study well. Now I just want to serve Master Abao well!" Sun Leisheng smiled, with his fat round face still looming.
Two cute dimples.
Wei Ning disapproved and said, "Let him study. Why do you always want your money? Have you given all your money to your elder brother?"
Sun Leisheng was startled, and quickly tugged at the corner of Weining's clothes and said: "Brother Ningzi, what do you think you are doing? Isn't my money also my family's money? Brother Ning spends a lot of money studying!"
Among these children, Weining has the hottest temper and loves to fight against injustice. He has long been disgusted with Sun Yusheng's aloof appearance. Every time he comes to Sun Leisheng to ask for money, he always has a condescending face.
Is pursuing an official career really noble?
"Mom, I want to eat grilled chicken wings!" Abao didn't want to be swept away by the news, so he quickly picked up the topic and said, "On the way back just now, I was thinking about the grilled chicken wings that mom made!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Okay, you go and wash up and put on clean clothes first. I will prepare the ingredients for you in a while. You can bake and eat while talking. By the way, you are allowed to drink a small glass of wine each today, but
Remember, it can only be a small cup, don’t drink too much!”
Children like A Bao have been fascinated by the legendary wine for a long time. Now that they finally got the pardon, they were naturally filled with joy and hurriedly responded.
After all, the people in Qi Mansion were not as handy as the people in Chu Mansion. After Concubine Qing left, Chu Yiqing transferred Shi Da, his wife and Da Sen to Qi Mansion. At this time, she asked Shi Da and Da Sen to place the barbecue utensils.
In the open space in front of the yard, she took out the charcoal fire from the brazier, and she took Shi Da and Yingrun to prepare the raw materials.
Li Huang knew that he couldn't help, so he sat with Abao and others waiting to eat.
Putting on a white burlap apron and sleeves, Chu Yiqing placed the prepared chicken wings in a clean wooden basin, added a little wine to remove the fishy smell, soaked them for half a quarter of an hour, and cut the wings with a knife.
A few cuts were made in the middle and upper part, and the knife was cut deeply into the bone, and then it was pierced on an iron drill, and Yingrun was asked to take it out to the children first, so as to save them a long wait.
The Shi family quickly washed the rice and steamed it on the small stove, while Yingqian started to choose vegetables and chanted: "The young master also likes grilled eggplant and mushrooms, I will prepare more later!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, and occasionally turned around, and saw that Li Huang had already started to barbecue with the children, but he was squatting while grilling, so he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.
"Miss, what are you laughing at?" Yingrun looked out curiously, and couldn't help but smile when she saw this, "Miss, I really have a way, even when playing, I don't forget to urge them to practice!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, joy overflowing from her heart, this is the life she wants to be reborn as an enchanting military doctor!
After a while, Hua Lin finished her work as a female celebrity and ran out of the house, laughing and joking with the children without any scruples.
"Okay, okay, don't grab it. There are pork, fish, shrimp, and vegetables here, which are definitely enough for you little devils to eat!" Chu Yiqing saw A Bao and Hua Lin fighting for the last chicken wing.
, so he quickly stepped forward and said.
"Auntie, do I just like to eat Ah Bao's roasted chicken wings?" Hua Lin said as he lowered his head. It wasn't too hot, so he bit into Ah Bao's freshly roasted chicken wings and ran away!
"This child!" Chu Yiqing shook his head, "He doesn't look like a girl at all. Is it because the new nanny is incompetent?"
Chu Yiqing put down the food as he spoke.
Yingrun then stepped forward and said with a smile: "Young lady is used to being naughty. Cherry was here before, but she has calmed down a lot over the years. It's just that seeing Master Abao back, she may be happy, but her old ways are back again!"
Abao nodded and said, "Hua Lin always likes to bully me!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and didn't say anything. He just saw Hua Lin and couldn't help but think of Hua Qi's letter. Now that things here are almost settled, it's time to go there!
Yingqian took out the remaining vegetables and happened to hear Yingrun's words. She couldn't help but glared at Yingrun and motioned for her to follow her back to the kitchen.
"Why do you always have such a short memory? Why do you mention Cherry?" Yingqian said displeased, tapping Yingrun's head fiercely, "You are just a careless person!"
Yingrun quickly stuck out her tongue and whispered: "Sister, I was careless and forgot for a moment. I'm sorry. Don't worry, I won't mention cherries again in the future!"
Yingqian whispered: "Yingrun, don't always think that Miss loves us and dotes on us, and is so presumptuous that it won't last long. You must remember that we can stay by Miss's side, have enough food and clothing, and not be beaten or scolded.
It’s already the merits we cultivated in the previous life. We are slaves. We must put the lady first in everything and consider everything for the lady. We must not be like Cherry, who forgets his duty and puts forward some excessive demands.
!”
Yingrun quickly stopped her naughty smile and nodded solemnly.
"Okay, take the things out and serve some snacks!" Yingqian ordered again, and together with Yingrun, they took the tray and went out.
At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Chu Yiqing and Li Huang took a few children to barbecue in the yard, drinking the fragrant wine, which was full of flavor.
After a while, Hua Lin also ran out. With Chu Yiqing around, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous and became much more honest. After eating and drinking, she actually imitated A Bao and got tired of being entangled in Chu Yiqing's arms.
Let Chu Yiqing tell the story of Snow White.
"Mother, A Bao doesn't want to listen to Snow White. A Bao wants to listen to Water Margin. Last time it was said that Lin Chong was sent away!" A Bao objected immediately.
"Yes, yes!" Wei Ning quickly echoed. Yu Xiaoyu and Chi Xuan were calm after all. Although they did not speak, their eyes were full of desire.
"You just like to go against me!" Hua Lin said angrily, "I just want to listen to Snow White!"
Chu Yiqing couldn't help laughing, and quickly threw the book of Water Margin to Li Huang, who was lying comfortably on the soft couch with his eyes closed, and whispered: "I leave it to you, boy, I want to read it with Lin'er
snow White!"
"Auntie is the best to Lin'er!" Hua Lin immediately hugged Chu Yiqing's neck and started acting coquettishly.
"Dad, tell us, we are not as knowledgeable as little girls!" Abao wrinkled his nose and leaned against Li Huang's side. Naturally, his followers were also in the same camp as Li Huang.
Li Huang smiled and said: "It seems that we have strength in numbers!"
Chu Yiqing ignored them, held Hua Lin in his arms, and whispered to her about Snow White. After a while, Hua Lin's eyelids twitched and fell asleep. Shun Fu's latest chapter.
"Such a big child is still following him like a child!" Chu Yiqing stroked Hua Lin's soft black hair. Thinking of the neglect he had given to Hua Lin in the past two years, Chu Yiqing couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
She had promised Mr. Hua to take good care of Hua Lin, but she never expected that he would leave her alone for two years.
"If you like a girl, let's hurry up and give birth to one!" Suddenly, Li Huang's magnetic voice rang in his ears, Chu Yiqing was startled, and then realized that from some time ago, A Bao and his children had already
He disappeared and only Li Huang was left.
"A Bao and the others ate too much. I asked A De to take them for a walk to digest!" Li Huang sat down next to Chu Yiqing, looked at Hua Lin in her arms and said with a smile: "Actually, this child
She's cute when she's asleep, but when she wakes up..."
"Lin'er's character is a bit perverse, but she is very smart. As long as she is well-educated, she will definitely become successful in the future!" Chu Yiqing whispered, "Now I just feel sorry for Mr. Hua's spirit in heaven, leaving her behind.
It’s been more than two years, and in my heart…”
"There was nothing we could do at that time, because we were not sure what action our father would take against us. In order not to implicate them, we had no choice but to walk around. Now that things are much more peaceful, just keep her with you!" Li Huang
whispered.
Chu Yiqing nodded. Thinking of what happened in Lucheng, he discussed with Li Huang: "I want to go to Lucheng in a few days. I'm afraid something might happen in Lucheng!"
Li Huang nodded: "Although my father has left, he must still send someone to monitor us. It is good for us to leave Chu Han temporarily to distract our father's attention, so that my mother and concubine will be safe!"
Chu Yiqing nodded.
It would be the fifteenth day in a few days, and Chu Yiqing planned to leave after the fifteenth day. Before the fifteenth day, he would go back to Shangjia Village to talk to Jin Yu about Mai Xiang's marriage.
In Shangjia Village, when Mai Xiang heard what Chu Yiqing said, the big stone in her heart finally fell, and she smiled and said, "I feel relieved now. To be honest, even if Mai Xiang goes out to study with you,
She has bought a lot of things and has studied for several years, and we will definitely not be short of her in the dowry, but she is a country girl after all, with a low background, and people of certain status may not be able to look up to her!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Sister Jinyu, I don't like to hear what you say. What happened to our Maixiang? She is pretty and smart. In the past two years, my Chu Mansion has been managed very well.
Why do people of high status look down on her?"
When others praised her daughter, Jin Yu was naturally happy and said with a smile: "We think our children are all good, but others don't think so. In any case, we don't require the man's family to be rich, but the first condition is
If you want to treat Mai Xiang well, it’s best to find someone who has no father or mother, so you don’t have to be angry with your mother-in-law!"
When he said this, Chu Yiqing felt the same, nodded and said: "Indeed, although Mai Xiang has been outside these years, my house is simpler than outside after all. If Mai Xiang really marries a big man...
In the family, not only the conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but also the competition between sisters-in-law for favor, there are a lot of things going on!"
"You also need to have a skill. No matter how much Mai Xiang's dowry is, it is still given by us. In the future, we will still have to rely on the two of them to live. We can't just sit back and have nothing!" Jin Yu nodded.
"The most important thing is that you can't take concubines, you can only marry Mai Xiang!" Chu Yiqing thought of another thing and said quickly.
Jin Yu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing, "Sister, look what we said, you need to have no father, no mother and few brothers, and you need to be good at reading and literacy, plus you can't take concubines... This condition is really
It’s very high!”
"This condition is not high at all. If you ask me, as long as you are not a noble person, Mai Xiang will be worthy of it. Secondly, Mai Xiang is still young, so we are not in a hurry. We will let the wind out first and slowly explore it!" Chu
Yiqing smiled.
Jin Yu nodded and said she would go to Matchmaker Liang to discuss it in the afternoon. Nowadays, there are frequent contacts between Shangjia Village and Wuming Town. Matchmaker Liang's business has also expanded a lot, and she has many sons from good families in the town.
"Sister, if you ask me to put it this way, I think the young master of the Ma family is very suitable. The young master of the Ma family has no mother, only a father. The young master of the Ma family is an official, and now he has been released from office. Over the years, with Mai Xiang,
There are frequent contacts, but Mai Xiang is a girl, so we can’t bring it up first to read the full text of the Ghost Book of Immortality!” Jin Yu said.
"Sister Jin Yu, don't worry. I can guarantee that as soon as the news that Mai Xiang is looking for her husband's family is released, the Ma family will take action immediately. I'm afraid that our Mai Xiang will still despise him by then!" Chu
Yiqing couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh.
As soon as he said this, Jin Yu was immediately elated and nodded quickly.
He has been busy since he came back and did not bother to go and take a look at the fish shed. Early that morning, Chu Yiqing took the time to go there. Now there are a few more people in the fish shed, and one of them is Zheng Saner.
My wife, Zhao Ni, may be living a much better life with Zheng Saner. Zhao Ni has gained a lot of weight and is also a lot whiter. Because she still has children to take care of, she only comes to help when she has time. Jin Yu is still given to her.
Counting all wages, it is considered care.
As soon as Chu Yiqing settled down by the river, Zhao Ni, who was mending the net, saw her. She quickly wiped her hands and got up and said with a smile: "Aunt Chu, are you here? Are you cold? Come and sit in the shed!"
Chu Yiqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "I just came over to take a look! You don't need to worry about me, just be busy with yourself!"
Although she said this, Zhao Ni still trotted into the shed by the river to get a bench and a large bowl of water. Because she was walking in a hurry, a lot of water spilled out.
"You don't have to be busy, I'm not a guest!" Chu Yiqing quickly took the water from her and couldn't help but say again.
Zhao Ni was stunned and couldn't help but put her hair away from her ears and said with a smile: "Look, I did something stupid and made Aunt Chu uncomfortable. Then Aunt Chu, you can take a look at it, Li
My uncle is leading people to put fry in the fish shed!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, put the water aside, and left.
Zhao Ni looked at the water, her eyes were a little dim, and she didn't say anything in the end. She picked it up and drank it. Just when she was about to turn around and continue mending the net, she heard the cry of a child. She quickly raised her head and took a look.
Seeing Old Man Zheng coming over with his child in his arms, he couldn't help but drop what he was doing and cursed in a low voice: "Here we come again, three times a day. The child is already so big. Why do we have so many things to do about ourselves?"
Can’t solve it? I’ll marry someone else when they marry, and now I’m almost exhausted from having a child. If I had known this, I might as well have married someone else as a concubine!”
Old man Zheng came forward with the child in his arms, threw the child into Zhao Ni's arms and said: "I keep crying and crying. I said I couldn't stand it. You insist on showing me how old I am. How can I be cured?"
Where is this little kid! You should watch it yourself! Otherwise, you will be like the third daughter-in-law and let his grandpa watch you!"
Zhao Ni was startled, tears came out all of a sudden, she hugged the child and cried: "Dad, do you think our parents won't let you see the child? Don't you ask me, there is a grandpa in these eight villages.
Is grandma going to watch the child? I told you that when I let my parents watch the child, they only gave me 200 cash a month. Now that Yan Dou makes a lot of money, it’s not even short of the 200 cash. You are
No, my parents were always scheming, but now you are more scheming than them, how can you still let us live?"
"Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry. Since you know that Yu Dou makes a lot of money, then you don't have to work and stay at home to take care of the children? Why do you have to come here to make money from the Zhao family? Let me tell you, you
Just like your parents, they take advantage of the Zhao family!" Old Man Zheng glared and cursed.
Zhao Ni bit her lip. She just wanted to take advantage of the Zhao family. As long as she showed her face here every day, she would be paid 500 yuan a month and six taels of silver a year. Where could she find such a good thing?
, but this old man Zheng was unreasonable and kept objecting, saying that she shouldn't do this. She was taking advantage of her uncle's family. What should she do to his family? If his family was rich, they would not be short of these six taels a year.
Money, she doesn’t want to be a young mistress? But she is very poor, and she still has children to raise. She hasn’t built a house in two years. Now her two sons and their whole family are still crowded in those two houses, going out and about.
It's not convenient to get in.
"Miss Chu treats our family well. We can't be like some white-eyed wolves who keep picking on Miss Chu. That Cherry from Sunjiacun is such a fool that she wants Miss Chu to do her job.
Sister, you want to marry a scholar! And you, don’t think that because you are a relative of the Zhao family, you will always take advantage of others. Their money does not come from the tide of the sea! Only when our family has the ability can we take other people’s money.
Like you, you can't do anything and can't mend a fishing net in a month. Isn't this a waste of time? It's for your own good that I let you go home to take care of your children!" Old Man Zheng said, limping while smoking a dry cigarette.
The man was kidnapped and the woman was noble, but the evil man couldn't escape.
Zhao Ni hugged her childishly and trembled all over. She was a serious relative of the Zhao family, but she was actually compared with that cherry in Sunjia Village? What a cherry, her sister was just a slave of the Zhao family!
Although Chu Yiqing walked far away, because of her good hearing, she could hear clearly. She didn't expect that Cherry's incident would become known to everyone. She sighed and shook her head.
After returning from the fish shed, he learned that Li Huang was taking Ah Bao to practice swordplay in the fruit trees behind the yard, so Chu Yiqing strolled to the woods.
Stretching pear forest, with dense white flowers blooming in the forest, the fresh fragrance of pear blossoms hits your face, like a ray of bright sunshine that drives away fatigue and laziness, shining in the mist, and occasionally a few birdsong slides into this place.
The lingering silence adds a bit of agility. In the gorgeous morning light, two figures, one large and one small, are equally tall and strong, swinging their swords like flowing clouds and flowing water at will. Their postures are free and elegant, light and dazzling.
Chu Yiqing stood not far away, looking at the handsome and elegant figures of father and son, and couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his lips.
This is the life she wants!
He casually broke off the pear branch that was still carrying flowers, and Chu Yiqing jumped up to join them. In an instant, two cold swords appeared on one branch. Although the weapons were different, the sword moves and the sword energy were all the same. The three sword dances were extremely harmonious.
.
"Mother, you're here!" Abao shouted happily, but kept moving the sword in his hand. He turned to look up at Chu Yiqing, his forehead and nose covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat.
Li Huang said nothing, but there was a feeling of affection flowing in his eyes.
"Abao, don't talk!" Chu Yiqing said with a smile, struggling to keep up with the sword moves of the father and son. While following, he made slight changes, and the pear branches echoed the cold sword.
Li Huang smiled faintly and deliberately slowed down his sword moves, echoing Chu Yiqing's move.
Abao narrowed his eyes and saw the opportunity to withdraw his jade sword, so a set of thirteen dragon flying postures finally turned into a dragon and a phoenix.
"Come, wipe your sweat!" Withdrawing his sword move, Chu Yiqing looked at Li Huang with a gentle smile and handed the handkerchief to him.
"You wipe it for me!" Li Huang deliberately narrowed his eyes and raised his face.
"Daddy is so embarrassed. He is so old and still acts like a baby like A Bao!" A Bao sat on the tree and made faces towards Li Huang.
Chu Yiqing smiled and said, "Look, your son is laughing at you!" Even so, she still wiped the sweat from Li Huang's forehead.
"Okay, Abao, you actually made fun of daddy. Originally, daddy thought that as you grow up, this set of the Thirteen Longxiang Styles is no longer suitable for you. He planned to teach you other sword moves from tomorrow on. Now,
It seems..." Li Huang narrowed his eyes and threatened.
"Good daddy, A Bao will stop teasing you, and A Bao will help you wipe it!" A Bao smiled, quickly grabbed the handkerchief from Chu Yiqing's hand, let Li Huang pick him up, and rubbed Li Huang's cheek hard
nose.
"Oh, Ah Bao, are you angry that Daddy has taken away your mother's favor? Are you jealous?" Li Huang deliberately said with a straight face, and suddenly picked up Ah Bao and tickled him, making Ah Bao laugh.
The laughter of father and son floated in the pear forest.
Chu Yiqing stood aside and watched, his eyes full of smiles.
On the way back, Li Huang carried A Bao on his shoulders and held Chu Yiqing's hand. The sky was clear, beautiful, and warm...
In Lucheng, in Huafu's study, Chongwen grabbed Hua Qi's collar and asked with cold eyes: "What did you say? Say it again!"
With a handsome face, Hua Qi said in a low voice: "You'd better leave quickly. Aunt Chu will definitely come soon if she gets my letter. Although you don't have my sister and me in your heart, you are my father after all. I
I don’t want you to die in Aunt Chu’s hands, so you should leave quickly before Aunt Chu arrives!”
Chongwen's eyes darkened, he slammed Hua Qi to the ground, and said in a cold voice: "As expected of my good son, he is very similar to me in his work, and he can kill relatives with righteousness and justice!"
Hua Qi bit her lip and whispered: "These money are all hard earned by Aunt Chu's people. I can't watch you use Aunt Chu's money to recruit troops to fight against the court, and I won't allow you to hurt Hualei."
Auntie!"
"Are these outsiders more important than your father's life?" Chongwen said coldly and slapped Hua Qi hard.
Hua Qi looked at Chongwen in disbelief. Although Chongwen treated Huahai like that before, in his heart, he still regarded him as his father. He even almost hurt A Bao for him that time, but now... his face is burning.
It hurts, that pain stretches into my heart.
Outside the door, Hua Gen listened to the movement inside, his eyes widened suddenly, and his head accidentally hit the door frame.
"Who?" Chongwen was stunned, quickly turned around and opened the door, and saw Hua Gen escaping far away.
Chongwen's eyes darkened, he cursed lowly, and quickly rushed out.
Mrs. Zhu had just passed the corner gate with her bell. She was holding a basket in her hand, which contained ginseng chicken soup that had just been cooked for Hua Qi.
"Mom, brother, are you feeling unwell?" Lingdang asked as he walked.
"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, maybe I'm tired from studying. Hua Gen said that your eldest brother always has trouble sleeping these days. This ginseng chicken soup has longan and jujube kernels added to it. Drinking it will calm your eldest brother's nerves!" Mrs. Zhu smiled lovingly.
He touched Lingdang's hair and was about to help her tidy up the silk flowers on her head when she saw the flower roots running over in a hurry.
"Guanshi Zhu, Young Master..." Hua Gen shouted anxiously, staggering and falling to the ground.
Zhu was stunned and raised her eyes to see the disfigured Chongwen. She was stunned and protected the bell behind her while shouting: "Youbing, what are you going to do?"
"Youbing?" His voice returned to normal, and Chongwen walked towards Zhu step by step, "Lei'er, long time no see!"
With a coax, Zhu felt like the world was spinning. This voice... almost all the memories about Hua Xiaotang were revived in an instant. She stared closely at the terrifying face, her whole body trembling.
"Mom, mother, what's wrong with you?" Ling Dang, who was hiding behind her, noticed the strangeness of Zhu and quickly stretched out her face to look at Zhu. In an instant, her body was caught in Chongwen's arms.
middle.
"Bell! Bell!" Mrs. Zhu was shocked and wanted to grab the bell, but she only took off the silver bracelet from Ling's hand.
"Hua Xiaotang, is it you? Is it really you? What are you going to do? You returned the bell to me, you..." Zhu was about to collapse. It turned out that the nightmare of the past two years was real, and Hua Xiaotang was really back.
Yes, he has always been by her side, monitoring her. No wonder in the past two years, she has always had trouble sleeping and woke up at night!
Hua Qi and others caught up from behind. When he saw Hua Xiaotang holding the bell, Hua Qi couldn't help shouting: "Dad, don't be stubborn. We are your relatives. Why are you..."
Before Hua Qi finished speaking, Hua Xiaotang stepped forward and struck the rushing Zhu with a palm. Taking advantage of the situation, he hugged the unconscious Zhu, holding one on each side. He turned around and coldly ordered Hua Qi: "
If you want someone, prepare one hundred thousand taels of silver within three days, otherwise, just wait to collect the body!"
Hua Qi was startled and shouted: "Dad, Ling Dang is your child, your child!"
Hua Xiaotang didn't care at all, and disappeared outside Hua Mansion after a few ups and downs.
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