"It's not like I'm coming soon, why haven't I arrived for a long time?" Zhou walked to the door, looked out again, and walked back to see Xiao Qi, who was sitting steadily, still drinking tea leisurely, and couldn't help but complain: "I said old man, did you hear me talking to you?"

Xiao Qi put down the tea and said, "Are you in a hurry, when you go back to your parents' house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, can Liniang's family still come?"

As soon as he said this, Zhou's immediately exploded: "Back to home, Liniang's family has only been in Beijing for a few years, and after a few years outside Jitang, Liniang has been out with her for a few years, and she is also ruthless, and she doesn't want to think about us as parents when she gets married, I haven't seen her for nearly five years." ”

Xiao Qi comforted: "Aren't they all back, don't worry, this time Jitang will definitely stay in Beijing and not leave, and you can look at them whatever you want when the time comes." ”

Zhou Shi said angrily: "Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry, don't you say that Jitang will stay in Beijing last time, what is the result, the result is ...... Liniang still went to Maozhou with me, but I haven't seen her for a few years, even my little granddaughter is three years old, and I haven't seen my grandmother yet, and I don't know my relatives. He whimpered a little as he spoke.

Xiao Qi sighed and said, "Okay, okay, this time it will definitely not be wrong, who could have thought that the in-laws would be in the prime of life last time......"

Zhou was only a momentary sigh, only a moment later, he came over, listened to Xiao Qi's words, thought of the deceased old lady Shen, and sighed: "That's right, it looked tough originally, who knew that he would go, and it was not easy for cousins to be in officialdom all these years." ”

However, Zhou's interest in these men's affairs was not very great, and he quickly changed the topic: "Hey, old man, what kind of little appearance do you say Sister Qian will be, Liniang wrote that she looks a little like her, but her temperament looks more like Jitang, and I don't know what kind of little appearance she has become?"

Xiao Qi couldn't help but smile when he thought of his disciple and son-in-law.

Shen Junqian was carried out of the carriage by Shen Jitang and was attracted by the snow scene in front of him, only to see the courtyard and house with blue bricks and red tiles in the white expanse of the silence of heaven and earth, and even the two stone lions at the gate of the courtyard were covered with snow, the whole picture was like a spotless fairy looking back at you quietly, and the understatement was thrilling and deeply written into the depths of your soul.

I couldn't help but turn my head and muttered, "It's snowing?"

Xiao Shi replied on the side: "Yes, we got down in the carriage for a while, and we didn't want to get down so big all at once, so let's go in quickly, your grandfather and grandmother are already waiting inside." ”

After entering the courtyard of the second gate, Shen Jitang put Shen Junqian down and led her away, and Xiao did not forget to tell his children again.

Zhou's heart was so anxious that he heard that someone had entered the second door, and immediately waited at the door of the main room.

Xiao saw his mother standing at the door from afar, and couldn't help but take a few steps to kneel down to Zhou, and shouted in a choked voice: "Mother, my daughter is not filial." ”

Zhou hurriedly helped his daughter and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, get up quickly!"

Xiao Shi was ashamed that he had not seen his parents for several years, so he kowtowed to his mother under the porch before getting up.

Zhou stopped Shen Jitang, who was leading the children to prepare to salute, and said, "Don't be polite first, let's go into the house outside cold, I was also anxious to see you, so I came out to greet you." ”

Shen Jitang arched his hand and said: "It's Jitang who is not filial." ”

Zhou waved his hand, already looked at a few grandsons, touched one of them and said a few words, and finally stared at Shen Junqian, who was being led by Shen Jitang, lowered his body and touched Shen Junqian's face and said to her: "This is our Sister Qian! Yo, it looks so good, I am my grandmother, Sister Qian is the first time I have seen it, can I know?"

Shen Junqian tilted her head to look at Zhou, nodded and replied in a milky voice: "I know, grandmother has a good New Year." ”

Zhou was very surprised, and asked happily: "Oh, our sister Qian is really good, grandmother is here to lead you in, okay?"

Shen Junqian glanced at Shen Jitang, who had already let go of the hand holding her, and then looked at Zhou's expectant eyes, and put her hand in Zhou's hand obediently with a warm heart.

Zhou was immediately satisfied and walked to the house with his second daughter's family.

Xiao Qi was anxious to wait in the room, but he didn't want to run to the door like a girl regardless of the demeanor of the elders, so he had to sit in the room and drink tea, and when he heard Zhou's voice at the door, he couldn't help but complain a little, how to do the elders, I don't know how to let the second daughter's family come in, how cold it was that day outside, how could it be good to freeze my granddaughter?

When Shen Jitang came in with his family, even if Xiao Qi was so old, he couldn't help but be a little excited, and finally saw his daughter and grandsons who he hadn't seen for a long time. There is also his son-in-law and proud disciple, and the gentleman who has been trained is like the wind and does not move like a mountain, and he has really made great progress.

Zhou didn't want to let go of Shen Junqian's hand, but the etiquette was not expensive, and she didn't know the character of her master.

Shen Jitang and Xiao took their children and kowtowed to Xiao Qi and Zhou seriously before they got up and sat down to talk, while Shen Junqian was directly hugged by Zhou and sat in his arms.

Everyone was talking, and suddenly heard a voice from outside the door, and before the door curtain was opened, they heard a voice full of laughter coming in: "Second sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't you come out to greet my little sister?"

I saw a lady in a long red waist skirt walk in, and I saw her phoenix-eyed goose egg face, which was somewhat similar to Xiao's. It's just that the corners of her eyes are flying, her lips are smiling, she has a flower on her forehead, and a hairpin with a peacock bead on her head, which is both bright and atmospheric, and is completely different from Xiao's elegant and chaste and quiet.

Xiao Shi stood up with a look of surprise: "Third sister." ”

It was the third lady of the Xiao family, Xiao Huiniang.

Xiao Huiniang approached the smiling Fu Shen and said, "Second sister." ”

Xiao Shi didn't say anything before she could give her a blessing in return, she had already preemptively said: "Second sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's let the little sister kowtow to her parents first." ”

Xiao Shi couldn't help but read: "This character has not changed at all. Smiled and stepped aside.

Xiao Huiniang beckoned to the back and shouted loudly: "What are you still rubbing behind, hurry up and salute the elders." ”

I saw two teenagers walking in from outside the door, one was eleven or twelve years old, and the other was □□ years old, both of them were sword-eyed and starry-eyed, resolute and upright, probably ashamed of their mother's behavior just now, and the expressions on their faces were a little embarrassed and awkward.

Xiao Huiniang took her two sons to finish the salute for Xiao Qi and the Zhou family first, and then pulled them to Shen Jitang and Xiao Shi, pointed at Shen Jitang and Xiao Shi, and said: "Your second aunt and second aunt have just come back from being big officials in other places, and they haven't seen each other for many years. Before he finished speaking, he laughed first.

Shen Jitang couldn't help coughing, and Xiao Shi gently pushed Hui Niang: "What an adult, why are you still so naughty." This is Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yong, the brothers, they haven't grown so big for a few years. ”

Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yong immediately greeted their uncles and aunts, and Xiao immediately gave a gift that had been prepared a long time ago.

The Shen Junxi brothers and sisters also stepped forward to greet their aunt, and when the cousins finished meeting each other, they sat down in order again.

Before he could sit down, Zhou asked Hui Niang: "What's the matter, didn't you say that you could only come over in the afternoon, why didn't you send someone to notify you when you arrived early?"

Xiao Huiniang smiled and quipped: "Mother, you're not happy to come back early, yo, could it be that my little daughter fell out of favor as soon as the second sister came back?"

Xiao Shi angrily threw her a handkerchief: "You are embarrassed to say this, since you were a child, my eldest sister and I didn't let you, even my father and mother hurt you a little bit We don't have a word, you are fortunate to be here to complain." ”

Xiao Huiniang immediately stepped forward and hugged her second sister: "Second sister, this is angry, isn't it just joking." ”

Xiao Shi was like Huiniang, sitting upright and touching the hairpin, Xiao Huiniang's heart was hanging, and then she laughed: "Who is rarely angry with you." ”

Xiao Huiniang breathed a sigh of relief: "Second sister, you have also become bad with your second brother-in-law after going out for a few years." ”

The sisters quarreled for a while, and then they began to talk about what had happened to each other for a few years, and it was basically the Xiao sisters who were talking about the granddaughter that the Zhou family was rarely seeing back, holding Shen Junqian to play with her.

Zhou suddenly reacted from the excitement of seeing his daughter's grandson: "No, Huiniang, Maojie, why didn't you accompany your mother." ”

Hui Niang, who was talking to Xiao's family, paused when she heard this, and replied nonchalantly: "He's not able to drag out his business this year, so he can't come, so we don't have to wait for him to come in the afternoon, come over first." ”

Zhou glanced at her suspiciously, and Xiao Qi, who was talking to Shen Jitang, also looked at her with some questions, and when he heard his youngest daughter's answer, he frowned and asked, "Brother Cheng, Brother Yong, is that the case?"

The two brothers, who were still talking to their cousins and cousins, were a little stunned when they were named: "Ah?!" and glanced at their mother, their faces full of confusion and shame, and they didn't know how to speak.

Xiao Huiniang looked at her son's stupid appearance, and said to Xiao Qi: "Dad, you don't believe me, don't you say it, he's too busy to come over." ”

Xiao Qi said affirmatively: "Impossible, Mao Jie's kid is keeping the etiquette, but he is busy with business, how can he not accompany you back to his parents' house on the second day of the Lunar New Year today, and he can't come later like in previous years." ”

Everyone stopped talking for a while, looking at Xiao Huiniang, Xiao Huiniang was a little embarrassed no matter how thick-skinned she was, and couldn't help but play tricks: "Dad, I said that he was just busy and really didn't have time, why don't you believe it." ”

Xiao Qi saw that his youngest daughter's coquettish tricks had been used, and it was estimated that he really couldn't ask the title of the book, so he turned to Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yong.

Seeing everyone's eyes coming, the two brothers Yuan Cheng and Yuan Yong stood up in fear: "This, this...... We ...... "In the end, I really couldn't look at Xiao Huiniang with just one eye.

Xiao Huiniang couldn't hide it when she saw it, so she simply turned her head sideways: "It's nothing, I want to reconcile with him!"