Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

As the saying goes, it is not cold when it snows, but when it melts.

Today, the weather is clear and the snow has melted all day.

After the sun sets,

the winter nights under the north wind are particularly cold,

and your hands or ears will feel painful if you just expose them to the outside for a few breaths.

At the gate of the Cheng family,

under the light of lanterns,

the decorative red ribbons and lanterns with the word "囍" on them swayed gently in the wind.

Cheng Qiniang's mother, who became the mother-in-law today, walked to the gate.

She wore a fur scarf around her neck and held Ni Qiqiu's hand despite the cold weather.

"It's really cold. Cousin, please come in quickly!"

Under the light of lanterns, white air floated out from Ni Qiqiu's nose and mouth from time to time when she spoke.

Qi Niang's mother nodded, and said with white breath floating in her mouth: "Okay! I know! Sister Qiu, I haven't asked you just now, where is the gold hairpin you have been wearing before?"

Ni Qi Qiu exhaled white air from her nose, and said softly: "My aunt took the gold hairpin when I came, saying that it was useful."

"It was originally given to me by my aunt."

Qiniang's mother nodded and said: "Okay. Go slowly on the road!"

Ni Qi Qiu got on the carriage later.

The carriage went a few steps, and Ni Qi Qiu looked back from the carriage window: "Cousin, go back quickly!"

"Okay!"

Watching the carriage go away,

Qiniang's mother sighed under the lantern and turned to go back to the mansion.

At this time,

the sound of a carriage came from a different direction from Ni Qi Qiu. Qi Niang's mother looked at the lantern with the word "Cheng" on the carriage and waited at the door for a while.

As the Cheng family carriage approached, Qi Niang's mother called out softly, "But our brother is back?"

"Yes, Madam!"

While the driver was answering, the carriage stopped.

Two young men who were older than Xu Zaijing came out of the carriage.

Before the carriage bench was put down, one of the two young men was about to jump off the carriage.

Qi Niang's mother hurriedly called out when she saw this.

"Slow down, slow down!"

"It's so cold, be careful not to sprain your ankle!"

When the young man got off the carriage, Qi Niang's mother looked at her two sons in the light of the lantern and said, "What's wrong with Balang and Jiulang? Why are they so stern?"

One of the Cheng family boys exhaled white air from his nose and shook his sleeves and said, "Hmph! Mother! This Xu Wulang is really rude!"

"Huh? What's wrong with the Xu family boy?"

"Aunt, on this happy day, Xu Wulang and Huang Dalang actually competed in martial arts between the seats, and even kicked the door of the Zhu family without any restraint!"

"Mother, Jiulang is right, Xu Wulang also strangled Huang Dalang to death."

"What!!? Is this guy okay?"

The two young men shook their heads.

The three of them walked towards the yard together.

"Why did the two boys fight? They even strangled someone to death." Qi Niang's mother asked in confusion.

Cheng Jiabalang said: "Mother, don't you think about which family the relatives of the Yuan family of the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion are from?"

Hearing her son's words, Qi Niang's mother took a breath of the extremely cold air in the winter night.

Now the Cheng family has also heard about the marriage between Xu's second wife Sheng Hualan and Yuan's second brother. After all, the Yuan family was already very lively in Bianjing at the beginning.

Unexpectedly, when they went to Yangzhou, the pier made a bigger fuss.

As a result, the Yuan family was stripped of their titles after returning to Beijing.

"This is too vengeful!"

Qiniang's mother sighed.

"Mother, the father and son of the Yuan family are now serving the country in the north, and the Huang family's brother just came back a few days ago. Xu Wulang just didn't have a chance to find fault!"

Cheng Jiabalang said.

After speaking,

the three of them walked in silence.

On the way, Cheng Qinniang's mother was full of thoughts.

When they were about to reach the house of Chai Zhengzheng's grandparents, Qi Niang's mother shook her head and said, "No! The father and son of the Yuan family served the country in the north and were also under the command of Xu Hou! If you want to cause trouble, you have to wait until Huang's brother returns to Bian Jing?"

"And Xu Wulang has been to the northwest before."

"This aunt may be in the army, Xu Wulang dare not act rashly!"

"Can a competition be considered as acting rashly?"

Hearing the words of the elders, the two teenagers stopped talking.

"When Qi Niang returns home, I will ask her."

Xu Zaijing's maternal grandfather's house is outside Xishuimen,

and Zhu's house is in the inner city inside Xishuimen.

Zhu's family,

In the backyard,

there are maids carrying lanterns and leading people on the corridor.

The main house,

The inner room is still lit with candles,

"Mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law is back, come to pay your respects."

"Come in."

Ni Qiqiu entered the warm inner room and smiled at her mother-in-law sitting on the bed.

"Da Lang's wife, come, come and sit. My wrist is not very flexible."

Ni Qiqiu sat down as she was told, and stretched out her hand to hold her mother-in-law's wrist and was about to massage it.

But her hand was held by her mother-in-law.

"It's really cold tonight, your hands are cold."

"Yes, it's a snowy day."

"Yeah."

Aunt Xu Zaijing, Zhu Qinghu's mother pondered for a moment: "Today, your aunt talked to me for a long time. She said that Brother Hu has been busy with official duties, and in the final analysis, it is for the Xu family and his uncle."

Ni Qiqiu smiled bitterly.

"These days you have been doing housework, and you have to be busy with the affairs of Miss Liu and your brother. As a mother-in-law, I really shouldn't cause you trouble."

"Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? There is no eye on the sword and arrow on the battlefield. I should have continued the bloodline for the official as soon as possible."

Mrs. Xu held Ni Qiqiu's hand and smiled happily.

"By the way, it's from Dalang's family. Your aunt said she would find a solution for you. Do you know what it is?"

Ni Qiqiu shook his head: "Perhaps you are hiring a powerful gynecologist?"

Mrs. Xu nodded thoughtfully: "That's really possible! When your aunt first entered the Xu family, she didn't get pregnant for a long time, and she still married to the doctor that the aunt of the Sheng family found for her! "

Quyuan Street,

Xu Zaijing’s courtyard,

There are candles in the house,

Xu Zaijing sat in an armchair next to the table, drinking sobering soup while listening to the three female envoys in the room talking in low voices.

The three of them sometimes talked about jewelry, and sometimes talked about Xiaodie's wedding next month.

"Master, when Sister Xiaodie gets married, can the three of us go together?" Qingcao asked softly with a smile while taking the opportunity to pour Xu Zaijing's hangover soup.

Xu Zaijing glanced at her and shook his head.

Qingcao lowered his head and said in a depressed mood: "Oh, I understand, sir."

Xu Zaijing blew the soup bowl and said, "You may have to go to the Ni family to help, but you can't all go!"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Qingcao smiled and raised his head.

You can see Xiaodie's wedding when you go to Sheng's house or Ni's house.

Just as the three female envoys were about to continue talking, a voice came from the door: "Brother Jing, Madam, please come to her courtyard."

"Mom, I got it!"

Yun Xiang walked to the door and replied.

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing put on his cloak again, took Yun Xiang with him, and walked towards his mother after being discharged from the hospital.

Yun Xiang was wearing a cloak and cute ear protection on his head, holding a lantern with his hands covered with cotton gloves.

walking on the road,

The biting cold wind rushed towards her face, not only going straight into her neck, but also causing Yun Xiang's cheeks to hurt.

This made Yun Xiang involuntarily hide next to Xu Zaijing.

While the lantern was shaking, Xu Zaijing said:

"By the way, Yun Xiang, it's getting colder and colder lately. How are your sister Qingcao's hands and ears?"

"male"

At this time, the master and servant happened to pass by the wind vent in the yard.

The cold wind in front of him blocked Yun Xiang's words.

After passing through the wind,

Yun Xiang hid his mouth in his scarf and said dullly: "Sir, Sister Qingcao's hands and ears are still a bit frozen, and they often itch."

Xu Zaijing hummed: "Where are you two?"

"Sir, my sister and I are fine. We have never suffered from frostbite since we were young in the Marquis's residence."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

Soon, the master and servant turned through the moon gate and entered Sun's courtyard.

Lift the curtain and enter,

Feeling the warmth inside the house,

Xu Zaijing rubbed his cheeks that were numb from the cold after just a few steps.

"Mother, why did you ask the child to come over? Brother, sister-in-law."

Looking at Xu Zaijing who had taken off his big cloak and was bowing to his brother and two sisters-in-law, Sun, who was sitting on the Arhat bed, smiled and said: "Jing'er, you just told me everything in Chapter 1! What you did in the Zhu family was right. !”

"It not only protects the Zhu family's dignity but also protects the Huang family's reputation."

Xu Zaijing smiled and sat down under Zai Zhang.

The pregnant Xie said: "Their family is fine, but our Xiao Wu is said to be brave and fierce again! He has obviously done good things."

Sun smiled and waved her hand: "You should know what kind of person Xiao Wu is, of course you do."

"I don't take it seriously if I just hear rumors and have opinions about Xiao Wu."

After saying that, Ms. Sun looked at her eldest daughter-in-law’s belly again and said:

"Jing'er, Brother Hu and your father took a leave of absence and returned to Beijing years ago. You can just accept the things I gave you."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Don't worry, mother."

Seeing her youngest son nodding, Mrs. Sun glanced at Zai Zhang and Hua Lan again and said:

"Jing'er, you had a good time with Jiulang from the Qiao family. When your cousin comes back, ask the Qiao family to send it off. Forget it, let's talk about it then."

Xu Zaijing, who was sitting at the bottom, scratched his head and said, "Mother, why are you in such a hurry to go to your aunt's house this morning?"

"Don't worry about adults' matters."

"Oh~"

In fact, after his mother visited his brother and sister-in-law just now, she mentioned the Qiao family selling aquatic products. Xu Zaijing already had a guess in his mind.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with mother. The child will go back and we'll have to get up early tomorrow."

Sun waved her hand.

Xu Zaijing patted Zai Zhang's hand. After the two brothers winked, Xu Zaijing stood up and left.

Rong family,

Back to the snowy courtyard,

In the bedroom,

Ningxiang, the female servant in pajamas, was lying on the bed, with Yu Pozi filling her hands with hot water between her hands and feet.

Looking at Rong Feiyan and Xibu who were talking to each other in the room, Ningxiang said curiously: "Girl, what are you talking about?"

After finishing his words carefully, he left Rong Feiyan's ears.

"You said that the servants in the surrounding houses are spreading the news like this?"

Xin Bu nodded: "Yes, that's what the concierge boy said. Our Marquis Mansion is not far from that side."

After the master and servant looked at each other, Rong Feiyan said slowly: "Wu Lang of the Xu family is not impulsive, and he is attending the wedding banquet of Uncle Taiping's family. How can he compete with others?"

"Maybe he drank too much?" he replied slowly.

"Girl, why is Xu Jiawulang not impulsive? Have you forgotten that when Miss Zhengzheng came to Beijing, she held a banquet at the Duke of Qi's mansion and a few brothers fought?"

Ningxiang said from the bed.

Xin Bu turned his head to look at Ning Xiang and shook his head.

"He must have done something to offend him, otherwise he wouldn't be so reckless."

"When you came, were the lights in my brother's yard turned off?"

"When I came, I saw the candles were still on."

"Go ask."

"Yes, young lady!"

Half a minute later,

Xibu returned to the room.

At this time, Rong Feiyan had changed into the bed.

Ningxiang put on her clothes and stood aside. Seeing Xibu coming back, she hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Xibu and Ningxiang smiled slightly and said to Rong Feiyan, "Young lady, the maid in my second brother's yard said: It depends on whether there are the families of Duke Hanguo and Duke Lingguo. If they are there, there will be no good things."

"Before, the children of these families were against Miss Tingyi and Miss Zhengzheng"

"Besides, the Huang family's brother has been asked recently, and he was engaged to Miss Han before!"

Rong Feiyan nodded thoughtfully.

"Then, young lady, I'll turn off the light."

"Yes."

Ningxiang held the candle,

Xibu took off the lampshade on the table and blew out the candle.

After the two maids left with the candles, the room fell into darkness.

When the two came to the outer room, the light of a lantern outside the house came closer.

"Is the young lady asleep?"

The voice of a maid came from outside the door.

"I just turned off the candle, mother, what's wrong?" Xibu said.

"Xibu, please tell the young lady that the eldest lady asked her to accompany the second brother to the palace to see the queen tomorrow."

"I know! I will definitely convey it." Xibu replied.

"Thank you."

The light of the lantern faded away outside the door.

Xibu and Ningxiang returned to the bedroom again.

Rong Feiyan said in the curtains on the bed: "I heard it."

The next day,

It was a winter morning,

It was so cold outside that water turned into ice.

In the house, Mother Xia, who was watching the stove, had to cover herself with a quilt even though she was close to the fire.

The incense stick between her fingers had burned to the bottom near her fingers.

It seemed that the burning pain was unforgettable, or it was the biological clock that woke up every day.

When the incense stick was about to burn her, Mother Xia slowly opened her eyes.

Without removing the incense stick between her fingers, Mother Xia felt the temperature of the incense stick, closed her eyes and pricked up her ears to listen.

Hearing the sound of the time coming from afar, Mother Xia got up and lifted the quilt, then removed the incense stick between her fingers and threw it into the stove.

She poked the charcoal fire in the stove to make it burn vigorously, and Mother Xia walked to the compartment where Qingcao and the others were.

As Xu Zaijing was awakened by the maid, his new day started with morning exercises.

After the morning exercises,

Xu Zaijing and his brother went to Sheng's house.

At noon,

Xu Zaijing had finished lunch at Shou'an Hall, and was dozing off in the warm school with Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and other classmates while burning the ground dragon. Qingyun lifted two layers of cotton curtains and walked in.

At this time, there was no girl from the Sheng family in the school, so the married Qingyun could come in.

Qingyun bowed to Qi Heng and others who were awakened by the cold air on his body, and walked to Xu Zaijing and said: "Sir, the servant of the Zheng family just came to deliver a message, saying that the second son of the Zheng family invited you to a banquet in the evening."

Hearing this,

Gu Tingye looked over: "Qingyun, is Zheng Xiao, the second brother, back?"