Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

It has been a few days since the beginning of autumn.

The green grass no longer felt uncomfortable last night,

Nowadays, there are many female envoys in Xu Zaijing's courtyard, but they still don't let Qingcao get up early.

In the courtyard,

When Xu Zaijing put on his clothes and yawned when he came out of the house, he was greeted by the smell of rain in the air.

Sure enough, when Xu Zaijing's body was getting hot from his morning exercises, drizzle began to fall in the sky.

'Do'

'Do'

in the sound,

The Li brothers were lying on the ground of the racecourse in a state of embarrassment, breathing heavily in the drizzle. Next to them was Qingyun, who was still sitting. Farther away were Alan and Xun Shu, who were holding up stone locks to polish their strength.

Looking at Xu Zaijing who was still shooting the short spear unhurriedly, the two brothers sighed in frustration.

"Thank you for not having to meet him on the battlefield in the future."

After hearing what the two brothers said, Qingyun got up, pulled the two of them up, and walked towards the place where they were exercising their finger strength.

At Mao Shi (five o'clock in the morning),

Xu Zaijing returned to the courtyard. Yun Xiang, who followed him back, quickly asked Qingcao to wipe the raindrops from her hair.

After imitating her sister Hua Xiang's dress, she changed her clothes and followed behind with Xu Zaijing's book box.

After having breakfast in Sun's courtyard, Xu Zaijing and his brother came to Sheng's house.

In the past few days, the naughty Yun Xiang and the familiar Xiao Tao and other female envoys of the Sheng family have played an unspoken game:

'Guess who I am'

Zhuang Xuexue hasn't arrived at the school yet.

Lu Zhong and Yun Zai looked at each other and they didn't look like they were jumping around in the past. After Yun Xiang became more dignified and quiet, he whispered to Magpie:

"This is Sister Hua Xiang!"

After hearing this, Yun Xiang tried his best to hold on, pressing the corners of his mouth hard, imitating his sister and stroking the wrinkles on his clothes.

Xiao Xiaotao on the side came closer to Yun Xiang,

‘Sniff’

Then he said with an intoxicated look: "Sister Yun Xiang, you smell so good!"

The magpie on the side looked at Yun Xiang, whose eyes were filled with surprise as he had broken the gong. The magpie said in surprise:

"Ah? Are you sister Yun Xiang?"

Yun Xiang couldn't hold back the corner of her mouth, covered her mouth and laughed, shaking the small jewelry on her head.

Ru Lan and Ming Lan, who were sitting in front, also looked back in surprise. Just now they thought it was Hua Xiang who came.

When Zhuang Xuexue entered the school leisurely,

The sky is still a little gloomy,

It wasn't until it was almost time to have lunch that the sun shone directly behind the clouds.

partly cloudy,

breeze,

The bamboo curtain used to block the sun beside the school was moved by the cool breeze, and the colorful threads under the folded bamboo curtain also started to flutter.

In the bright school, both boys and girls are focusing on doing questions, practicing calligraphy and dozing off.

Seeing this scene,

Xuexue Zhuang hummed comfortably,

While scanning, he saw Xu Zaijing, who raised his head and his eyes were as full of emotion as his.

"Interesting, interesting!"

Then Zhuang Xuexue continued to shake his head and taste the poetry collection in his hand.

I just don’t know if I’m talking about poetry.

Or the young man who is upright and youthful, but has feelings for youth in his eyes.

About this time,

Outside the Hou Mansion on Quyuan Street,

A group of people dressed as craftsmen followed a young man dressed as an official's son, and arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion with several fully loaded flatbed carriages.

The concierge hurriedly came forward to ask,

It turned out that he was the son and craftsman of the Li family of the eldest daughter-in-law of Duke Lian.

Knowing the seriousness, the concierge hurriedly informed the inner courtyard, and Mrs. Sun personally came to the second gate to receive the young master of the Li family.

After some conversation in the front hall where the children were entertaining guests in the front yard, I realized that,

It turns out that when the Lu family came to the Xu family before, they saw the Xu family’s huge courtyard. Some of the corners of the walls of the houses were dilapidated and damaged.

The Xu family may be renovated in the second half of the year, and the Lu family's daughter-in-law directly invited her mother-in-law to come home and talk about what happened before.

Mrs. Li’s natal family has ancestors who have been officials in the court for many generations, and Mrs. Li’s eldest brother is a direct bachelor.

It can be called a long-lasting official!

However, having an eldest son of the Duke's palace who will be the Duke's nephew in the future, or not having such a nephew, still has a great impact on a family.

And talking to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lian Guogong, I also learned that the Xu family has no shortage of wealth now.

After consulting with his mother's family, the Li family sent their youngest son to lead the clan and subordinate craftsmen to the Xu family to help the Xu family repair the house.

Spending money is the least important thing, what matters is the intention.

People and materials had been brought, but Sun couldn't let them go back. She refused them, so she could only express her heartfelt thanks and take the young master of the Li family around the yard.

so,

When Xu Zaijing and his brother returned home, they saw the Xu family yard busy.

After the two brothers tidied up for a while, they were called by the steward sent by the Sun family to meet their relatives in the front hall.

They informed each other of their names and ages,

Looking at Young Master Li, who was only eleven or twelve years older than him,

Xu Zaijing was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to call someone. Seeing this scene, the official's son named Li Jie smiled and said:

"Brother Jing, there is no need to worry about it, even though you and Brother Zong are sworn brothers!"

"However, we have our own issues. Brother Zong calls me uncle, and you just call me brother!"

After Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang looked at each other, they bowed and said, "I've met my brother."

The three of them sat down and chatted for a while. Only then did Xu Zaijing find out that the youngest son of the Li family and his brother-in-law took the exam in the same year, and got a rank of 2, 90 or more, and now he is working as a supervisor for a ninth grade official. .

The immediate boss will retire in two months, and this person has already planned to be promoted to a higher level.

While we were talking, a young man came in to report and mentioned the craftsmen’s suggestions for rectification of several aspects of the Xu family.

When it came to masons, stonemasons, carpenters, etc., this son of the Li family went out of the hall with the Xu family brothers and went to inspect several places.

It's getting late,

Taking advantage of the opportunity to go out for inspection, Li Jie led the craftsmen to the gate of the Xu family.

The young man who had just entered the house to report the matter took the craftsmen straight out of Xu's house and prepared to leave.

This caught the two brothers Xu Zaijing off guard. Originally, the Xu family had to stay for dinner.

Li Jie also crossed the high threshold of the Xu family. Looking at the eyes of the Xu family brothers, he pointed at the young man who had just come in to report:

"That person is a relative of Fuchang Hou Rong's family. My father also served in the Forbidden Army before. But for some unknown reason, he resigned from the Forbidden Army a few years ago and asked this brother to learn the craft through his connections."

"It's getting late, I'll take my leave soon!"

Hearing this, Xu Zaizhang looked at his younger brother meaningfully and said:

"Brother, it's better to stay and eat!"

Li Jie cupped his hands and said, "I haven't finished the errands in the prison today. I will definitely stay for dinner another day!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said to the relative of the Rong family outside the door:

"Here, I have a close relationship with Brother Xian of the Rong family. If you leave again, don't blame me for talking to Brother Xian!"

As soon as these words came out, some bad memories related to Rong Xian seemed to surface, and the Rong family relatives stopped.

"Please come back! Have dinner at my house tonight."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing took one of Li Jie's arms, and Zai Zhang took the other.

Li Jie was used to doing all kinds of sawing wood and cutting stones at home, and he also felt that he had the strength.

As a result, he struggled in vain for a few times and was 'dragged' in by the Xu brothers.

"Two worthy brothers!"

"I will not eat!"

"I still have things to do!"

The sound gradually faded away, and the craftsmen at the door looked at each other before returning to Xu's house.

After getting the news that the person in the front yard had left someone behind,

Hua Lan tied her sleeves with laces and supervised Cui Chan, who directed the Xu family's four departments and six bureaus to arrange tables and chairs, serve seasonal fruits and vegetables, pass around dishes, and serve dishes.

The craftsmen in the yard are managed by Cuichan,

However, Hua Lan personally watched the serving of the three people in the hall. He had learned so much from his mother and Fang's mother, and today he could finally give it a try.

Listening to the waitress who was serving the dishes, she said that the bottom of the fish intestines had been reduced. Hua Lan quickly ordered to cut another plate and put it on the plate, and then warned:

"Pick the best ones and put them in food boxes to take back to the guests."

In the yard, Alan was looking for books and Chu Zhan was there, but Qingyun pulled him over to eat, drink and chat with them.

The craftsmen knew that it was the Hou Mansion, and most of them who were brought here by Li Jie were sensible and measured, but there was no such thing as drinking too much and talking nonsense.

Qingyun had no intention of calling the brothers Li Taotie/Xie Mei, but when they saw the commotion in the yard, they took the initiative to come over to help.

Because they had to take care of the Bai Gaoguo children, the two of them did not enter the hall. Instead, they moved seats in the yard and started eating and drinking.

An hour and a half later,

"Here, have another drink!"

"I didn't drink too much!"

"cheers!"

Li Jie, who drank a glass of wine, patted 'Xu Zaijing''s arm with drunken eyes and said:

"Brother Jing, you not only saved my nephew, but also..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jie felt his head was dizzy, and then his eyes went dark.

Zai Zhang hugged Li Jie who patted his shoulder and said, "Xiao Wu, come here and help!"

Xu Shizheng (after 8 p.m.)

Xu Zaijing, who had nothing to do, got off the carriage and carried Li Jie into the gate of Li's house.

The old lady of the Li family who came out to greet her looked at her drunken young son and Xu Zaijing who was fine.

After Xu Zaijing said goodbye, he bitterly slapped his young son on the shoulder who was drunk and being supported by his wife.

Li Jie muttered: "Drink! I'm not drunk! Drink."

night,

Li Jie and his wife's courtyard was full of "wow" sounds.

Early the next morning,

wake up,

After washing up, Li Jie drank the warm porridge and looked at the new plate of sliced ​​sausages on the breakfast table.

After tasting a piece under his wife's service, he nodded and said:

"This new sausage tastes really good."

His wife sighed secretly and said, "This was sent to me by the Xu family last night along with the officials."

Li Jie thought for a while and couldn't remember what happened last night.

the days after,

Li Jie went to Xu's house every now and then to conduct inspections, but he never drank again.

this day,

The autumn rain fell intermittently all day long,

Because of the weather, the craftsmen are resting at home today.

Xu Zaijing came back from school.

After handing the oil-paper umbrella dripping with rain to Qingcao, he opened the curtain and entered the hall where Mr. Sun was.

These days it rains,

The weather is getting colder,

Everyone in the Xu family had already put on autumn robes to keep out the cold. Seeing Xu Zaijing, Sun said:

"Jing'er, you came back just in time. I'm worried about what to do with your sister's Qiongzhi Pavilion."

Xu Zaijing was stunned and asked:

"Mom, what's there to worry about?"

Seeing Mrs. Sun's narrowed eyes and the glances of her two sisters-in-law, Xu Zaijing hurriedly said:

"Of course, on the basis of maintaining the original!., we will make some improvements and improvements."

"A few days later in Qiushe, the eldest sister happened to be returning home. When I saw it, she was reluctant to go back and wished she could stay one more night!"

In the days since Pingmei married into the Gu family, although Qiongzhi Pavilion was cleaned, no one lived in it. Without the smoke from fireworks, it was still a bit cold and desolate after all.

"Your eldest granddaughter will naturally live in this courtyard in the future."

Hearing this, both Xie and Hualan looked at Xu Zaijing dumbfounded.

At this time, Zai Zhang also walked in from outside the door, looked at the people in the hall and asked with a smile:

"What are you talking about?"

While others were talking, Xu Zaijing glanced at his second sister An Mei,

Maybe it’s because I’m getting older or autumn is coming,

During these days, Anmei rarely escapes as much as she did in previous years.

"Sister, I haven't seen you and I asking for moisturizing gel these days. Could it be that we have been playing around?"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words, An Mei rolled her eyes at him and continued to caress the fat slave next to her.

"Brother Jiong said before that we will send two baby birds over in a few days. You must tie up the two raccoon slaves! Otherwise they will swallow the baby birds."

As soon as Xu Zaijing spoke, everyone in the hall focused their attention on An Mei, especially when it came to Hu Yanjiong.

This made An Mei feel less depressed and more embarrassed.

After the meal, Anmei was pulled by her two sisters-in-law and talked a lot. Most of them were words of relief as someone who had gone from being a girl to a lady.

Turn around,

The craftsmen began to repair and maintain Qiongzhi Pavilion.

Before August, Qiongzhi Pavilion was renovated and looked brand new, and a small pavilion was built in the yard.

After that, every day when Xu Zaijing finished his morning exercises, he would see craftsmen near the racecourse. They began to repair the largest racecourse, stables, etc.

Early August,

Autumn Festival is approaching,

Because the main body of the stables needs to be renovated today,

When Xu Zaijing and his brother rode to the Sheng family, in order to make room, he also took his four incomparable horses to the Sheng family.

Fortunately, it was still early, so it didn't cause any commotion.

However, some Bianjing residents hired by the Bianjing Street Department to sweep fallen leaves on the roadside early in the morning saw this rare sight.

On the high fire watchtower, which was used to guard against fire, there was a fire diver who saw Xu Zaijing and his entourage with several horses, pointing towards Xu Zaijing,

This caused the hidden fire soldiers in the yard downstairs to come to the roadside one after another, looking at Xu Zaijing and the others, and praising the horse's majesty from time to time.

Xu Zaijing and his brother raised their hands and gently urged the horse to walk a few steps faster.

Going forward, the soldiers in the military patrol shop that stood a hundred feet high on the road were very familiar with Xu Jiaerlang, who had gotten up early to study. From time to time, some people would raise their hands and salute.

Qingyun and others mostly nodded in return.

During lunch break,

After Minglan heard Xiaotao's story and said that Yun thought she came to the Shengjia on a horse, Minglan shortened her nap time and went to the Shengjia stable to see the horses before going to class in the afternoon.

When she returned to school, she secretly sighed. Her polo pole couldn't even reach the polo ball for such a tall horse.

After school in the afternoon,

Zhuang Xuexue announced that tomorrow's autumn society will be a day off.

The sun had not set yet, and when Xu Zaijing and his party went back, it was much more lively than when they came.

From time to time on the road, members of the wealthy Bianjing families would pass their hands and ask them which family they belonged to, how much gold and silver they could give to sell horses, etc.

Arriving at the Marquis Mansion, he placed the horses in the brand-new stables.

Xu Zaijing and his brother delivered the cakes and wine sent by the Sheng family to the Sun family's courtyard.

Yun Xiang was also carrying a wooden box from 'Li He's Family', which was the fresh fruit that Xu Zaijing sent Qingyun to Liangmenli to buy at noon.

On this day of Qiu She,

Mao hour (around six o'clock in the morning)

The palace sent rewards,

It is a large bowl of delicious delicacies cut into small slices in a wooden box.

After receiving the reward, without having breakfast, Xie and Hualan said goodbye to Sun and left the house in a carriage.

Back to their parents' homes.

Half an hour after the two ladies went out,

The carriage of the eldest daughter-in-law of Ningyuan Houfu also entered the Xu family's gate, and Pingmei also returned to her parents' home.

But as soon as the carriage door opened, not only Pingmei but also Gu Tingyu got off.

Pingmei asked while handing the son in her arms to Sun:

"Mother, where is Zai Zhang?"

Hearing Pingmei's question, Sun smiled and said:

"Like your official, he accompanied his wife back to the Sheng family."

Xu Zaijing and An Mei on the side each saluted and called their sister and brother-in-law. The female envoys behind them also squatted and saluted. Gu Tingyu nodded with a smile.

Everyone arrived at Sun's yard together. Sun coaxed her grandson in her arms and greeted Gu Tingyu and Pingmei to have breakfast.

After breakfast,

Pingmei looked at her mother whose eyes were glued to her grandson, smiled and said to Xu Zaijing and Anmei:

"I heard that the house was being repaired before. Come and show me what it looks like. Mother?"

Mrs. Sun held the child and waved her hand, indicating that she would not delay her love for her grandson.

The few people looked at each other and smiled before walking out.

Beside the door, Qingcao, who had quickly eaten her fill, was holding Qingzhi's arm and talking to Qingxia.

Seeing the Xu family brothers and sisters coming to Qingcao, the female envoys quickly stood up respectfully.

Pingmei looked at the green grass and then at the Huaxiang sisters behind her, nodded with a smile and gave her little brother a teasing look.

Pingmei was held by Anmei's arm, and the two sisters walked out of the courtyard.

Along the way, Pingmei felt a lot when looking at the Hou Mansion, which was different from before.

When she came to Qiongzhi Pavilion where she grew up, she looked at Gu Tingyu hesitantly.

Then everyone entered the courtyard.

Pingmei turned around and said doubtfully:

"Other than being new and having an extra pavilion, nothing has changed!"

"Xiao Wu's idea was to make you linger and stay for one night!"

Pingmei smiled and looked at the yard, then at her little brother:

"Why did you grow so big in the blink of an eye!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said:

"Hey, hey! Sister, why are you so excited! How can you marry your brother-in-law if I don't grow up!"

As soon as these words came out, Pingmei glared at Xu Zaijing and kicked her legs under her skirt.

Xu Zaijing twisted, but did not avoid it and was kicked.

Passed through the backyard and circled around,

Everyone came to the racecourse,

Alan and Xun Shu, who were walking their horses, hurried over to see the gift. They were also holding two dragon colts with complete saddles and harness beside them.

Gu Tingyu stood beside Xu Zaijing, glanced at the pond where he first came to Xu's family for fishing from a distance and said:

"You better know your sister. Before she came, she said she must ride your two dragon colts."

After Pingmei smiled proudly, she entered the racecourse, stepped on the stirrups, and rode the dragon colt one by one with Anmei and walked around the racecourse.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingyu looked at Pingmei riding a horse in the distance, feeling that Pingmei had returned to the way she looked before she was married.

Anmei is riding a horse in the field,

Looking at Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingyu dumbfounded on the sidelines,

I don't know what Hepingmei muttered, but the two sisters laughed on horseback.

before lunch,

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingyu returned to their courtyard and talked about some things related to the imperial examination in the study;

Sun and her daughters discussed the gossip about Bianjing and the topic of what to expect next, as well as related matters that should not let Xiao Wu be obsessed with women.

At noon, Zai Zhang rode back to Xu's house and had lunch with his sister.

in the afternoon,

Mrs. Sun, who had not had enough intimacy with her grandson, had tears in her eyes.

The fresh fruit wooden box Xu Zaijing bought yesterday came in handy now.

The Xu family took out the clean and tender gourds and sweet dates from the wooden boxes and stuffed them into the pockets of Sun's grandson's clothes.

Mrs. Bai knew this, so the pockets on the side of her eldest grandson's clothes were extra deep, and all the gourds and dates given by his grandmother, two uncles and an aunt were stuffed into them.

Xu Zaijing also stuffed a few more into this boy's pockets for his father and brother far away.

Seeing the baby's bulging appearance, Mrs. Sun felt much better.