Bu Fan welcomed the Tang family into the courtyard. Tang Xiaoyu was like a child who had done something wrong, with her little head hanging down and following Mrs. Tang.
But I'm still a little curious about this so-called mayor's family.
In fact, it's not just Tang Xiaoyu, but also Liu and Tang Qingyun.
But after looking at it, the three Lius couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
The yard was no different from an ordinary farmyard, even a little crude. There were a few animals raised nearby, and these animals looked at them curiously.
What shocked Ms. Liu the most was that she finally saw the toad.
Her first reaction was that it was a big, big toad.
Bu Fan didn't know what the Liu family and the other three were thinking.
After entering the room, Dani brought tea and Xiao Xibao brought some pastries and placed them on the table.
"Little sister, this is mung bean cake, it's delicious!"
Xiao Xibao opened her big bright eyes, took out a mung bean cake from the plate, and handed it to Tang Xiaoyu who kept her head down and said nothing.
Tang Xiaoyu raised his eyes.
Looking at the mung bean cake in Xiao Xibao's hand, there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.
I didn’t know whether my hands were washed or not, so I gave them to her to eat.
But thinking about what Mrs. Tang had explained before she came here, she lowered her head and said nothing.
"Thank you little sister, my sister doesn't eat mung bean cake!"
How could Tang Qingshan not see his sister's dislike? He immediately smiled and said kindly to Xiao Xibao.
"It turns out that little sister doesn't eat mung bean cake, so brother, you can eat it!"
Xiao Xibao innocently handed the mung bean cake to Tang Qingshan.
Tang Qingshan was slightly startled.
The eyes of the little girl in front of me are as clear as water, and they seem to be able to speak.
"Thank you little sister!"
Tang Qingshan smiled and took the mung bean cake. Xiao Xibao smiled even sweeter. After that, he picked up two more mung bean cakes and gave them to Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Tang didn’t refuse either.
And if Ms. Liu were in Pingjiang Mansion, she would definitely not eat cakes from others.
But for some reason, looking at this cute little girl in front of me, I couldn't bear to reject her.
Bu Fan and Dani looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
This is what their little girl is like.
"Mrs. Tang, I wonder why you came here this time?"
Bu Fan didn't waste any time and asked Mrs. Tang why she came. After all, three generations of the family came to visit, so he didn't believe that it was okay.
Mrs. Tang glanced at Tang Qingshan, who understood and immediately handed the scroll to Bu Fan respectfully.
"Sir, please take a look!"
Bu Fan looked at Mrs. Tang with some confusion, but still took the scroll and unfolded it for a look. Little Xibao also poked his head curiously.
Seeing that Xiao Xibao was curious, Bu Fan lowered the scroll so that Xiao Xibao could see it more clearly.
What is painted in the painting is a market map, depicting the prosperity of a certain place. There are people walking through the streets, stalls, passers-by, and horse-drawn carriages...
I think it was painted by someone with some knowledge of calligraphy and painting, but that's all.
After all, to him, a person with a full level of painting, it was just ordinary, just tangible but without spirit.
"This painting is not as beautiful as Daddy's painting!"
Little Xibao looked left and right at the painting and couldn't help but give an evaluation.
But Tang Xiaoyu on the side was not happy anymore
You must know that her little sisters were extremely envious when they heard that there was such a painting in her home. Even her little sisters’ family members begged her father to see the painting.
"This painting was painted by a great Confucian scholar. There are not many paintings in the entire Wei Dynasty. No one else can get it even if they want to!"
Tang Xiaoyu just wanted to tell Xiao Xibao that this painting is very rare and cannot be compared with other paintings of cats and dogs.
"But this painting is just not as beautiful as my father's painting!"
Although little Xibao doesn't know much about reading paintings, she often watches her father painting in the yard in his spare time. She thinks this painting is not as good-looking as the paintings her father threw away.
Tang Xiaoyu wanted to say something else, but Mrs. Tang on the side stopped her with a sullen face and said, "Xiaoyu, did you forget what I said when you came here?"
Tang Xiaoyu immediately trembled, lowered his head and stopped talking.
"It is true that there are very few paintings by a great Confucian scholar. For Madam Tang to have such a painting, she must have spent a lot of effort to get it!" Bu Fan tried to smooth things over.
"Mayor, you are so polite. With your knowledge, mayor, the paintings you draw are naturally no less than those of great scholars!"
Mrs. Tang didn't mean to be polite. After all, she could teach so many number one and number two students. How could their knowledge be so bad?
Bu Fan was not modest, but said curiously: "The old lady showed me this market map. I guess she didn't just show it to me!"
"Mayor, I came here to apologize to you. It was my Tang family who failed to discipline our granddaughter and allowed her to offend Xiao Xibao!"
Mrs. Tang stood up, Mrs. Liu also stood up and apologized to Bu Fan and Dani. Bu Fan and Dani were slightly startled and immediately helped her.
"Old madam, if you have something to say, please say it. There is no need to give such a big gift!"
Bu Fan was a little confused and couldn't help but look at Xiao Xibao aside.
At this moment, little Xibao was biting the mung bean cake, with his big bright and innocent eyes open, as if he didn't know what was happening.
After Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Liu sat back down in their seats, Bu Fan asked what happened. Mrs. Tang immediately told the story about the big locust tree without saying too much nonsense.
Of course, Mrs. Tang would not directly say that Tang Xiaoyu had offended Xiao Xibao.
Instead, it was explained that Tang Xiaoyu was spoiled by her family, coupled with her young age and ignorance, she did ridiculous things.
The so-called ridiculous thing refers to spending ten taels to buy a small frog.
"Is this the case?" Bu Fan looked at Xiao Xibao.
"Uh-huh!"
Little Xibao nodded her little head cutely, "I didn't even tell my little sister that I didn't want the money, but she was so angry that Brother Dahu and the others ran away."
After thinking about it for a moment, Bu Fan roughly understood what happened.
Tang Xiaoyu, who wanted to come to the Tang family, wanted to compete with her father, but in the end she found that she couldn't.
"What did I think it was, Mrs. Tang? This is just a child's play, it cannot be taken seriously. You should take this painting back!"
Bu Fan smiled and handed the painting to Tang Qingshan who was aside, but Tang Qingshan did not accept it.
"Sir, it's because our family failed to discipline Xiaoyu that she allowed her to act recklessly outside. You must accept this painting!"
Tang Qingshan shook his head, with a serious tone, glanced at Tang Xiaoyu, and said seriously: "Little sister, why don't you apologize to Xiao Xibao?"
"sorry!"
Listening to people around her criticizing her, Tang Xiaoyu's eyes couldn't help but turn red. She tried not to cry, but the tears that filled her eyes couldn't help but fall.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
Xiao Xibao's face was a little panicked, "Little sister, don't cry, my godmother said that girls will become ugly if they cry!"
Tang Xiaoyu bit her lower lip lightly.
Is this calling her ugly?
"I've apologized and this matter is settled. Then you should take the painting back!"
Others may like paintings by famous artists, but Bu Fan is really not interested in these calligraphy and paintings.
"Mayor, please accept this painting. It can be regarded as our Tang family's apology to Xiao Xibao!" Mrs. Liu also said aloud.
"We really can't have this painting!" Bu Fan shook his head.
"Yes, Mrs. Tang, this painting is so precious, you should take it back. Besides, Xiao Xibao and Xiaoyu were just children playing around, it's nothing to do with it!" Dani also agreed.
Just when the two families were negotiating with each other over the business plan, a voice came in from outside the yard.
"Sir, I came to your house to have a meal!"
Immediately afterwards, Wu Xuanzi walked in from outside unhurriedly.
Upon seeing the situation in the house, Wu Xuanzi subconsciously said: "Sir, are there guests at home?"
"Master Wu, you are here!"
Bu Fan immediately introduced Wu Xuanzi to the Tang family, "This is Master Wu from the academy!"
"I've met Master Wu!"
Mrs. Tang and her family immediately said hello to Wu Xuanzi. After all, someone who could be a master in Bufan Academy must have a lot of knowledge.
"You're welcome!"
Wu Xuanzi stroked his beard and suddenly caught a glimpse of the market map in Bu Fan's hand.
"Hey, wasn't this painting painted by me when I was traveling many years ago? How come it is in the hands of sir?"