- While Cheng Zhicai was talking to Mrs. Cheng, his three younger brothers, Zhiyuan, Zhixiang, and Zhiyi, also got off the boat... It was the three people who were riding horses on the street in Meishan that day. They were the ones who made the big fuss just now.
Three. When the three of them saw their eldest brother talking to their elders, they simply stayed away and chatted around the Su family siblings. "Cousin, why didn't you know earlier? Otherwise, if you were traveling with us, you would have saved the boat fare." Cheng Zhiyuan said.
Li also held a folding fan and imitated his elder brother to shake it gently and said: "And the big boat of our Cheng family is not comparable to this broken coal-pulling boat." "Thank you for your kindness, cousin," Su Baniang said with a gentle smile: "
Sister, I will know next time." "He Zhong, what new works have you come out with?" Cheng Zhixiang patted Su Shi's shoulder affectionately and said, "Last time, your song 'How fast the sun and the moon are rushing, and the suffering of the world is over' was blown away by me.
Those friends praised it very much." "There are some recently," Su Shi said with an unprepared smile: "On the way here, I wrote two articles." "Come quickly and listen." Cheng Zhixiang immediately asked the servant to take it
He took out a pen and paper and lay down on the ground to record. "One song is called "Looking at the Mountains on the River." Su Shi coughed lightly and began to recite in a mellow tone. And the youngest Cheng Zhiyi came to Su Xiaomei with a booklet and said with a shy face
: "Cousin, this is my latest composition, please correct me." Su Xiaomei couldn't shirk it, so she had to take it and read it through the discomfort. "How is it?" Cheng Zhiyi said expectantly: "This is something I put my best into.
How well you write? Cousin, you can judge it." "Bring me a pen." Su Xiaomei smiled like a flower. "Quickly, bring me a pen!" Each of the Cheng family brothers has a bookboy. Hearing the call, Cheng Zhiyi's bookboy hurriedly served.
Write the pen and ink. Su Xiaomei dipped the pen in the ink, and after Cheng Zhiyi's text, the pen followed two lines of graceful running script. "Two orioles sang in the green willows, and a line of egrets climbed into the blue sky..." She wrote while Cheng Zhiyi read.
, after reading it, she was confused and said: "Isn't this a poem by Lao Du? What does it mean?" "This means that your article is clear and beautiful, and your intention is lofty." Su Xiaomei handed the pen back to the servant, and said solemnly on her face.
"This is the first time I have received such a high evaluation from you!" Cheng Zhiyi said overjoyed: "It seems that I have finally caught up with your brother." "How can my brother compare to you?" Su Xiaomei narrowed her eyes.
The corners of his mouth turned into a curve: "They will never be able to write an article like yours." "It's too praised, it's too praised..." Cheng Zhiyi scratched his head and laughed, but he didn't see the expression on Su Che's face.
It was a weird expression.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cheng Zhicai warmly invited the Su family to live with them.
Su Xun flatly refused: "We have already found a house and even paid the rent." As long as there is a way, who is willing to live under someone else's roof. "That way..." Although Cheng Zhicai regretted that he could not get close to his cousin in advance, he did not want to live anymore.
Under the eyes of her aunt, she said with a pity on her face: "We can only get together more often on weekdays." "That's great." Su Xun said with a straight face: "It's late, let's go our separate ways."
"That's fine." Cheng Zhicai wished he could stay away from this eccentric future father-in-law. He clasped his fists at Banniang and said, "Cousin, you should often go and play with your cousin." []
"..." Su Baniang blushed and lowered her head, while Fu Yifu said nothing.
Seeing her shy look, Cheng Zhicai was heartbroken and laughed loudly: "Let's go, let's go! See you later!" He called his brothers to get on their horses and leave... The Cheng family specially sent a boat to see off the four young masters, and the maid got off the boat.
Mom, there are servants number twenty or thirty, and four big horses.
This huge group of people, crowding in front and behind, naturally attracted the attention of the people of Qingshen, asking where this big shot came from. The Cheng family brothers were accustomed to this, so they swaggered away in front of everyone's attention.
"Alas..." Su Xun looked at his wife and sighed, but stopped talking.
"Who didn't have a young Meng Lang?" Mrs. Cheng, who had been married for many years, naturally knew what he was thinking. She had to say something for her nephew: "After experiencing some things, he will naturally calm down."
"I hope so." Su Xun sighed deeply and said, "Let's go too."
The group of people followed the three carts and left the Dongmen Pier.
Walking on the busy street, Su Zhe, who had always been quiet, finally couldn't hold it back and asked Su Xiaomei: "Little sister, what do you mean by that comment?"
"What do you think?" The little girl looked curiously at the shops along the road and said with a smile.
"Two orioles singing green willows, are they 'incomprehensible', and 'a row of egrets rising into the sky' are 'getting further and further away'!"
"You guessed it right." Su Xiaomei giggled, her voice was like a silver bell.
"Oh, you." After hearing the conversation between her children, Mrs. Cheng turned around and said, half scolded, half dotingly: "How can you say that about your fourth cousin?"
"Mom, why don't you talk about them," Su Xiaomei pouted and said, "Don't show off your power all day long and make yourself look embarrassed."
"How can your mother, a married aunt, talk to them?" Mrs. Cheng shook her head and asked.
Su Xun originally wanted to find an inn where his wife and children could rest and practice, but when the Cheng brothers disturbed him, he forgot to explain to the car owner, and was pulled to the door of Chen's mansion on Wenxing Street.
Before he could say anything, the owner of the car said in a loud voice: "Master Chen, you have a relative coming to your house!" Su Xun and his wife couldn't help but feel embarrassed, so they had to change their original intention.
After a while, the door opened, and Chen Xiliang, dressed in shorts and sweating profusely, came out. When he saw Su Xun's family, he was surprised and happy and said, "Didn't I say we won't arrive until tomorrow?"
"I was worried that you would be in trouble, so I arrived a day early." Su Xun cupped his fists and smiled.
"I've met uncle." Mrs. Cheng took her children and saluted Chen Xiliang.
"Sister-in-law, don't be too polite." Chen Xiliang clasped his fists in return and said to several cart drivers, "Can you please push the cart to the north gate?"
So he closed the door and led the Su family around to the north of the house. The north also faced a street. Although the facade was not as grand as the main entrance, it was still more grand than ordinary houses.
"Brother and sister-in-law, don't laugh at me for pretending to be a public servant." Chen Xiliang took out the key and opened the door, and said with a smile: "I was confused and bought such a big residence, but the back house was always idle. This time Brother Laoquan asked me to help find a house.
, I thought about it. If the wealth does not go to outsiders, it will be easier for me."
While talking, he opened the courtyard door, lowered the threshold, and let the coachmen push the cart in.
The back house is supposed to be the living area of the owner's family. There are not only five large north rooms, two east and west wing rooms, but also a hand-held verandah that connects the main house and the wing rooms. There are crabapples, wisterias, fish ponds, and rockeries in the courtyard. In order to ensure privacy
There is also a screen wall behind the Moon Gate, dividing the front and back yards into two worlds.
Because I didn't expect them to come a day early, there were workers in the yard carrying buckets to wash the ground.
"Don't worry about the yard for now, help move the luggage into the house!" Chen Xiliang ordered several workers while trying to pay the owner of the car, only to realize that Su Xun had already paid.
After several coachmen left, Chen Xiliang led Su Xun and his wife into the house, sat down on the official chair and said: "After the renovation of the back house, no one has lived in it. The used furniture in it is all new. It may belong to my brother and sister-in-law."
Eye?"
Su Xun and his wife were already very fond of the yard when they saw it. When they saw this house again, the bricks were polished with cracks, the windows were bright and clean, and the furniture was very elegant. Instead, they hesitated. The two looked at each other, and Mrs. Cheng said: "This
The house is of course very good, but if it is divided into two halves, it will not be a waste of money for my uncle's family."
"This backyard was always locked before." Chen Xiliang waved his hand and said with a smile, "For the five of us, living in the front is more than enough."
"But my uncle still has to renew his marriage, right?" Mrs. Cheng said with a smile: "Your second husband will also have to find a wife in a short time. When the time comes, you will know that the backyard is indispensable."
"To be honest with my sister-in-law, I have no plans to marry again." Chen Xiliang shook his head and sighed: "The relationship between the children and the stepmother is not good, and the father and son will be at odds with each other."
"Then let's wait until the child is older." Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "Where is Erlang?"
"Erlang has already sworn that he will not marry unless he is selected as a Jinshi." Chen Xiliang said sternly: "As a father, although I am looking forward to adding children to the family, I still have to support him for his progress."
"So..." Su Xun understood that this house must be rented today, so he interrupted his wife and said: "How can you do the five hundred cents monthly rent you mentioned in your letter?"
"Brother Laoquan doesn't know that my family is not short of money. The main reason is that I don't want the house to be idle," Chen Xiliang said and smiled at Mrs. Cheng: "There is also a selfish motive."
"What's the matter?"
"It's the year of the competition again. If nothing happens, Brother Laoquan and I will have to go to Beijing again and go back and forth for at least a year." Chen Xiliang sighed and said, "To be honest with my sister-in-law, I really can't worry about those boys."
After a pause, he said: "Erlang is better. If the other three are not restrained, they will definitely run wild. Not only will they waste their studies, but they will also learn bad habits!" After saying that, he stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My wife has taught her children well.
Everyone in the village knows this. Please do me a favor!"
"Uncle, your words are serious. I will treat them as my own." Mrs. Cheng stood up and returned the courtesy, accepting the task.
"I'm sorry for bothering you, sister-in-law..."
"The children are taught by the teacher, I just supervise their homework." Mrs. Cheng covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Uncle, this deal is not a good deal."
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While they were talking, it was already noon, and Wulang came in from outside with three Laifu guys in green clothes and small hats... Chen Xiliang had already asked him to go to Laifu to inform him that there were guests at home today.
In the blink of an eye, the entire table was filled with all kinds of exquisite fruits and hot and cold dishes.
Mrs. Cheng came from a wealthy family, and Su Xun was used to the world, but neither of them knew the main dishes on the table, let alone Banniang, Su Shi's four brothers and sisters.
Fortunately, the staff at Laifu were enthusiastic and thoughtful, and gave the name of each dish, such as 'lion's head', 'steamed fish lips with snow clams', 'fried screw meat with vegetables', 'roasted eel paste with osmanthus', 'braised herring'
No wonder I felt uncomfortable yesterday. It turned out to be a heat cold. I lay down all day and got better in the evening. I will post a chapter quickly...
Keep writing and try to publish another chapter...
