Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Gate of Xu family

"Ah!"

The driver whispered,

The horse obediently pulled the carriage forward.

The Imperial City officials guarding both sides of the carriage raised their hands to Xu Zaijing and Qingyun on the steps and said:

"Goro, go back!"

Xu Zaijing waved his hand and watched the group of people holding torches walk away before turning back to the Xu family.

Behind Xu Zaijing, the porter and the boy came in with the lantern they took off, and closed the side door.

When passing the racecourse, I met Master who was returning from the greenhouse where Uncle Deng grew vegetables.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly stepped forward, and Qingyun wanted to support his master, but was waved away.

"I haven't reached the time to ask for help yet! Are you done talking?"

"Um."

Xu Zaijing glanced at his master's waist and said with a smile, "Why are you using the wine gourd again?"

"Well, that wine bag is too small and inconvenient. It doesn't hold much!"

Arriving at the door of the house, Xu Zaijing looked at his master who was hesitant to speak: "Master?"

"Why don't you find a doctor for him and his wife?"

Xu Zaijing turned his head, looked at the stunned Qingyun, bowed and said:

"Yes, Master!"

Uncle Yin looked at Qingyun and said, "What are you looking at? If you can't compare to someone who is about to become a grandfather, how can you still be reasonable?"

Qingyun lowered his head.

When Xu Zaijing walked to the passage to the inner courtyard,

Just then he saw Yun Xiang waiting for him wearing a cloak and holding a lantern.

Under the stars on winter nights,

The master and servant entered the courtyard, and several conversations came from the room.

After a while, a shadow exercising was reflected on the window paper.

Before the lights go out,

Mother Xia carried a tub of water to the corner of the yard and poured the water into the culvert.

In the biting cold night,

A small piece of white air rose up.

Fighting around,

The stars move,

early in the morning,

It's still dark,

In the dim courtyard, candlelight lit up the windows,

After a while, two people, one tall and one short, held a lantern.

The two left the courtyard.

About half an hour later, the two returned to the yard.

Half an hour later,

One tall and three short again, the four people left here, one of the short ones was still carrying a book box.

When the east glows with the color of fish belly,

But only two people returned to the courtyard and entered the house.

A quarter of an hour later, in the yard, two basins of warm water after washing the face were combined into one basin, and Xia's mother poured it into the culvert.

After Chen hour (9 a.m.)

The sun is shining brightly,

Two people came to the yard carrying wooden frame components that were taller than them.

After assembling the base, columns and crossbars,

The two of them worked together to put a soft brocade quilt on it.

'Snapped! Snapped! ’

Yun Xiang patted the brocade quilt with a bamboo board and looked at the smooth curves and exquisite carvings at both ends of the crossbar of the shelf:

"Sister, look at this show, why do I think it's better than the one in the Hou Mansion before?"

Hua Xiang rubbed the fine and smooth shelf columns and sighed:

"This rare and top-quality nanmu is used to make the wooden frame for drying the quilt."

"Sister Qingcao said that it was Mother Zhu who carried it out from the palace's warehouse! They are all from the families of the founding princes, and their backgrounds are quite different."

Yun on the side thought:

"But in the previous Hou Mansion, there was no reward for the deeds of destroying the country."

Hua Xiang glared with a straight face, and Yun Xiang closed her mouth tightly.

I had lunch at noon.

afternoon,

The sun is shining

The two sisters were about to change their faces to sunbathe.

A female servant came in at the door of the courtyard.

"Sisters, let me get some moisturizing gel. I agreed with you in the mother's house in the morning."

Hua Xiang and Yun Xiang looked at it, and then gave a gift:

"Sister Ye'er, wait a moment."

"I'll get it!"

Yun Xiang walked quickly towards the house.

Ye'er walked up to Hua Xiang and helped her change her face. She took Hua Xiang's hand and sighed sincerely:

"You can't get enough of my sister!"

Hua Xiang lowered her head with a slight blush.

At this time, Yun Xiang walked out, holding a porcelain bottle in his hand.

After releasing his hand and taking the porcelain bottle, Ye'er said:

"You guys come and play in our girls' yard when you have time. Why do I think you two have become so good at embroidery recently?"

After the two sisters gave a blessing, they said in unison:

"Thank you sister Ye'er for your compliment, we will definitely go."

"gone."

Ye'er waved her hands and left the yard.

The sun sets in the west,

Sister Huaxiang took the bedding wooden frame back into the house early.

When it gets dark,

Qingcao carried the book box and returned to the yard first, while Xu Zaijing was strengthening his relationship with the horses.

It's all dark,

Xu Zaijing returned to his own courtyard. After cleaning his hands and changing clothes, he came to his mother's courtyard with something in his hands and his hands behind his back.

As soon as Xu Zaijing entered the warm house,

Then they saw Mrs. Sun sitting on the embroidered pier holding her eldest grandson. Anmei held a piece of candied fruit and put it to her eldest nephew's mouth.

When someone opened her mouth, she put something in her mouth.

This action made the eldest nephew grin and howl.

Xie and Hualan both laughed when they saw this.

Zai Zhang looked at An Mei but didn't say anything yet.

Anmei also received a slap on the arm from Sun:

"You're already an aunt, and you're still so naughty."

"If you don't cry, grandma will get it for you."

Xu Zaijing walked over, knelt down in front of Sun's knees and said:

"Sister, you are too!"

As he spoke, he touched his forehead with his nephew, and opened his mouth to take the candied fruit that Mrs. Sun brought for his grandson.

Xu Zaijing was chewing candied fruit and looking at the little nephew with his eldest nephew.

Then,

The Xu parents and grandchildren got into Mrs. Sun's arms aggrievedly, with tears in their eyes.

Mrs. Sun raised one hand in anger and was about to call on her younger son's shoulder.

"Bang bang bang lamp!"

Xu Zaijing's hand hidden behind his back stretched out in front of him, holding a vivid tiger stuffed with cotton.

The eldest nephew turned his head with tears in his eyes, and then laughed.

Xu Zaijing was talking to his mother and sister-in-law about the origin of the doll.

Hua Lan looked at the tiger doll in Xu Zaijing's hand and smiled enviously.

Zai Zhang smiled and whispered in Hua Lan's ear:

"Brother Jing brought two back! My mother-in-law specially told me that the other one is for her eldest daughter to carry in her belly."

"We can't let him snatch it away."

As he spoke, he pointed at Brother Dai in Sun's arms with his chin.

Hua Lan was stunned, smiled and shook his head:

"I thought you were different from my sister and brother!"

Zai Zhang smiled and said, "This guy Xiao Wu said he would bring it back and share it."

"Ms. Wei did it?"

Zai Zhang nodded and reiterated: "The ingredients were given by my mother-in-law! Made by Wei Xiaoniang."

Hua Lan smiled and nodded.

The maids prepared the meals,

took a seat,

"Sister, my brother and I will have a rest tomorrow. We haven't rested since the snow stopped."

Listening to her youngest son's words, Mrs. Sun gave her grandson to the wet nurse and said:

"It's just right, I don't need to ask for leave for you."

"The relatives of the Xie family will come tomorrow, and Mrs. Wu will also come. It will be more lively if you are here."

Xu Zaijing and his brother looked at his sister-in-law Xie who was sitting next to Mrs. Sun.

Xie smiled and nodded:

"My natal mother sent my nanny to come today. When she comes, you two must be there."

An Mei nodded: "Yes, I said I would like to thank you both."

Mr. Xie looked at the two uncles who were looking at each other with relief.

Not only yesterday, the Xie family also sent people here before.

Xu Zaijing and Xu Zaizhang didn't know because they were in school when the Xie family sent people here.

In fact, if the two brothers of the Xu family hadn't sent charcoal, something big would have happened to the Xie family.

The reason is that the Xie family prepared a small amount of coal before!

The old steward of the Xie family did not buy it at the carbon store, but from a salesman walking around the streets.

Eighty percent of them are black stones that cannot be lit!

If it weren't for the charcoal sent by the Xu family, the Xie family would have demolished the house and burned it for heating. The loss would have been huge!

When Mrs. Sun found out about this, she just said that it was something relatives should do.

After finishing the meal,

Everyone goes back to his own courtyard,

Mrs. Xie also carried her sleeping son back to the house.

After a lot of work,

Mrs. Xie sat on the warm bed,

Looking at his son in bed, holding the tail of a tiger stuffed animal, his eyes were full of smiles.

He turned back and glanced at the female envoy who was standing aside and had changed her hair into a woman's bun and said:

"Why is he looking more and more like his father!"

"My slave's eyes look like a girl's!"

Xie looked at her son who wanted to open his eyes and wake up, and quickly patted him.

After a while, after the child fell asleep, Xie said:

"I wonder what mother will bring tomorrow?"

"They should still be your favorites, girl!"

Mr. Xie smiled, then the smile gradually faded, and she sighed:

“I don’t know when the officials will be able to return to Beijing.”

After speaking, she shook her head,

Then, under the service of the maid, she began to change into her pajamas.

The second day

Xu Zaijing got up for a while,

After finishing my usual exercise, I had breakfast.

After wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket and writing two large pieces of paper in the somewhat cold study room, Hua Xiang poked her head out from behind the door leading to the outside room and said:

"Sir, Liulang of the Liang family is here with a young master."

Xu Zaijing looked up from behind the desk and said:

"Serve tea first, I'll be there in a moment."

"Yes, sir."

After finishing writing the words, Xu Zaijing came out of the study,

I saw a noble man who was older than me talking to Liang Han.

"Brother Jing, this is Xiong Yan, the eldest son of Kang Anbo's Xiong family."

"Brother Xiong, I don't need to introduce him."

Xu Zaijing cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have met Brother Yan."

The noble young master stood up and bowed to Xu Zaijing with some restraint, saying:

"I've seen Brother Jing's catechu. The tea is very good!"

"Brother Xie Yan praises you! Sit down!"

When the two said hello,

Liang Han stared at Yun Xiang who was standing beside him. Just as he was about to speak, his sight was blocked by green grass.

Qingcao raised her chin towards Yun Xiang, and Yun Xiang returned to the back room.

Liang Han rolled his eyes helplessly, looked at Xu Zaijing and said:

"Brother Jing, was it my elder sister or younger sister just now?"

Xu Zaijing said: "Sister."

Liang Han picked up the tea cup and said:

"well!"

"My Liang family prides itself on being well-informed and doing business, but we can't find anyone as good as your female envoy."

"well!"

Not knowing what he thought of, Liang Han stopped for a moment and then shook his head.

Xiong Yan on the side said: "If my cousin can find it, she may also say that she can't find it."

Liang Han's mouth was close to the tea cup, and then he froze there.

Xu Zaijing pressed the corner of his mouth fiercely, and quickly found a topic to talk about: "Today I met Brother Yan for the first time."

"Tch, Brother Jing, maybe you two will become relatives!"

After hearing what Liang Han said,

Xu Zaijing looked at Liang Han and Xiong Yan in surprise.

Liang Han raised his eyebrows.

Xiong Yan's face suddenly turned red.

Xu Zaijing frowned and thought about it, and suddenly realized: The eldest brother's brother-in-law may have to +1.

He had seen Sister Rui of the Xie family during the heavy snowfall before.

Xiong Yan hesitated and pointed at the long sword placed on the sword stand in the room:

"Brother Jing, your big high-speed iron sword is really, really"

Xiong Yan's expression became less awkward after seeing the quality of the sword clearly, and he said sincerely:

"Excellent!"

Xu Zaijing smiled:

"Brother Yan also likes swords? Come on, please come inside."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he stood up and stretched out his hand towards the study.

Liang Han, who was sitting on the chair, slapped his forehead and said:

"Yes, yes, today I came to see your hidden sword, Brother Jing. I almost forgot about it in anger!"

As he spoke, he jumped up, rushed into Xu Zaijing's study, and then backed out again due to the cold.

Xiong Yan, on the other hand, straightened his clothes and solemnly walked into Xu Zaijing's study.

The three of them stayed in the study for half an hour.

After Qingcao served tea three or four times,

It's time (around eleven o'clock in the morning)

Qingcao came to the study again, Fu bowed and said:

"Sir, the eldest lady sent someone to say that relatives of the Xie family are coming, and asked you to go to the second gate to greet them."

After hearing Qing Cao's words, Liang Han glanced at Xiong Yan.

Xiong Yan, who had just been talking about the long sword, suddenly became visibly nervous and nervous.

When the three of them walked out of the courtyard,

Liang Han said from the side: "If this marriage is really going to happen, maybe Brother Jing will give you a big high-speed iron sword!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Yan stopped on the trail and said, "I, I'm going to see Brother Jing's horse."

After saying that, he quickly left here.

"Hey hey hey!"

Liang Han shouted several times, but only saw Xiong Yan's back.

"Brother Jing, why don't you stop me!"

Xu Zaijing: "Tsk!"

After scoffing, Xu Zaijing walked straight towards the second door.

Liang Han hurriedly caught up.

The voice came: "Brother Jing! I will never look at your maid again."

When they were approaching the second door, Mrs. Wu, who was smiling and talking to Mrs. Sun, turned back and glanced over.

Then he asked with a straight face: "Where are the people?"

Liang Han lowered his head,

Xu Zaijing said: "Auntie, Liu Lang asked me to give you a good sword when the marriage was finalized. Brother Yan went to visit my stable."

Mrs. Wu looked at Liang Han bitterly and nodded a few times.

He took a deep breath and looked at Mrs. Sun and said, "Sister, Brother Yan is a thin-skinned man. Look."

Mrs. Sun said: "Then, let's go hang out with my in-laws later?"

With that said, Mrs. Sun looked at her eldest daughter-in-law.

Xie nodded quickly.

Mrs. Wu pulled Xu Zaijing aside and said, "Brother Jing, go inside and tell Brother Yan this."

after awhile,

The Xie family's motorcade entered the Xu family's gate.

Yes, it was a convoy of eight or nine flatbed carriages.

The first carriage of the motorcade entered the Xu family's racecourse and parked.

Madam Xie's carriage has just entered.

This scene, regardless of the two eldest ladies, Sun and Wu, even Mrs. Xie was shocked:

'What happened to my mother's family?'

When Mrs. Xie and Miss Xie got off the carriage,

Mrs. Sun smiled and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I said, in-laws, what are you doing! What the hell!!!"

Xu Zaizhang, Liang Han and other juniors hurriedly greeted people to greet them.

The third girl of the Xie family also asked people to say hello several times.

Mrs. Xie held Mrs. Sun's hand tightly.

Then he nodded to Mrs. Wu first, then looked at Xu's parents-in-law, and then said to Mrs. Sun:

"I'm here to thank my in-laws, so I can't go empty-handed, right?"

"If you don't accept it, I won't be able to enter your house!"

Sun smiled: "This"

Xie on the side said:

"Mother-in-law, take it!"

"Mom, what did you bring? Do you have the Gongcheng persimmon from Zhaozhou that my daughter likes to eat the most?"

Mrs. Xie said: "Of course there is!"

"Let's go take a look!"

Sun immediately answered.

Mrs. Xie and the three ladies of the Xie family behind her were both stunned, but they also smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wu are on the left and right,

Mrs. Xie walked behind with her younger sister and Anmei.

A large group of female relatives walked towards the parking lot together.

Beside the racecourse,

Xiong Yan, who was bored, was staring at the horses walking in the field in a daze.

Then he saw Xu Zaijing walking over quickly,

He thought it was nothing, and the women wouldn't come here anyway.

Xu Zaijing came to him and said:

"Brother Yan, Aunt Wu said that if she waved your hand, you wouldn't be able to pass, or if you ran away again, Uncle Xiong would throw away all your swords, saddles, etc."

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Mrs. Sun held arms with her in-laws,

Mrs. Xie looked around the Xu family yard, which had changed from before, and said:

"I heard that your house has been renovated, but I didn't expect the changes to be so drastic."

Mrs. Sun smiled and said, "Hey, these are all craftsmen hired by Brother Jing and his adopted brother's family!"

Entering the courtyard of the racecourse,

Mrs. Wu on the other side of Mrs. Xie whispered:

"Well, that's my relative's brother."

As she spoke, Mrs. Wu waved her hand.

Xiong Yan hurriedly walked over,

Xu Zaijing followed behind,

When they came to the crowd, the two of them bowed and saluted.

Xiong Yan's face turned redder when he saw Mrs. Xie and the girl next to An Mei.

Mrs. Xie smiled gently at Xu Zaijing, and then looked at Xiong Yan critically.

Then, she smiled at Mrs. Wu and nodded.