Here, Mama Zou couldn't stand Zhang Hui's repeated persuasion, and saw that Xie Kai had also gone far, and then Zhang Hui said that if she didn't sit in the car, she would have to get out of the car to accompany her, but in the end she still got into the carriage. As soon as he sat down, he smiled and said, "Thanks to my brother's blessing, I have the old lady in this car." Then he asked: "That Xie family father, but Brother Ying'er's important friend, just look at you two." ”

Zhang Hui smiled and nodded, "Yes." In the academy for a few years, I received a lot of care from him. After a pause, he said: "People are excellent people, but sometimes they are frivolous in their mouths. Does my mother-in-law like it?"

Zou said with a smile: "The first time Brother Ying brought a friend from outside to the house, he naturally wanted to like it. As he spoke, he squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling Xie Kai's appearance. After a while, he said: "That Xie Xianggong is really neat, and it is pleasing to the eye." Manners are also polite, and there are rules and respects that should be there - if you can have this alone, there will be no difference in people. Speaking of this, he glanced at Zhang Hui again, and said with a busy smile: "Naturally, it is not as stable as our brother, but how many villains can be like this? Just take it to the old lady and look at it, I think it's okay. ”

Zhang Hui listened to her words and couldn't help laughing: "Mother-in-law said this, but I really don't know who his family is! The children of Nanjing's Prime Minister Xie family, if they are not polite and well-behaved outside, then I really don't know whose etiquette rules can be seen by people." ”

Zou didn't seem to be moved by these words, and only said: "As far as the family of the prime minister of Shangshu is concerned, there are some scoundrels who come out, and the shape is the same as that makes people laugh." When I was in front of the old lady, I saw some of them. Haven't there been a few bastards in our family? It can be seen that this person still depends on their roots, and the relationship with where they grew up is really not the biggest. ”

Zhang Hui listened and said: "Mama, if grandfather hears this, it is time to argue again." If my grandfather asked, 'Oranges are oranges in Huainan, and oranges are oranges when they cross the river', and my grandmother's family is now in charge of the grange, what should I say?"

Zou pursed his lips and said, "It's just that the taste is bad, it's still the same." If you want to ask this, when will you see watermelons on the vines? With that, he laughed first.

Zhang Hui knew that Zou had always followed his great-grandmother, loyal and affectionate, although he was a maid, his grandfather was also regarded as half a sister, so he was the most unscrupulous. So he laughed with him, and then asked, "My mother-in-law has always been blessed in the village, why did she come up this time?"

Hearing this question, Zou suddenly became energetic, his back straightened, and said with a smile: "Naturally, there is a big event - just to see the uncle's birthday." I only do it once in many years, and I don't dare to be slow anymore. The day before yesterday, Zhuangzi had already sent the new vegetables, chickens, ducks, poultry and livestock to the house, but the boat at the mouth of the river was delayed. I don't worry, come and take a look, so as to scare and scare those old little monkeys. So this trip was to bring Jiang Xian up, but it happened to meet my brother at home. ”

Zhang Hui nodded and said, "I see." I just said, I remember that this kind of escort work has been handed over to Wang Xiao and Wang Shun, the two elder brothers, who have long refused to work for their mother-in-law and Tianguo's father-in-law. If it weren't for this, I would not have been able to feel at ease if I asked my mother-in-law to wait on the dock for most of the day. ”

Zou smiled: "Where is the brother." The old woman is not a stranger, she is from a family. When I met Yin Chun again, I knew that my brother was back, and I would welcome the little master on the dock together, wouldn't it be a matter of course? ”

Zhang replied: "The wind on the river has been strong in the past two days. When I crossed the Zhenjiang River, I was afraid of the high water of the canal and the rush of the waves, and the boat I hired was not very large, so I did not sail at night, but avoided the wharf all night. ”

Zou said: "That's it. On the seventh day of the first month yesterday, I happened to encounter a small tide, although my brother took the canal, the waterway had some impact. The boat at the mouth of the river was also wrong at this moment, and the things were delayed today, so the old woman was really nervous for two nights - the others were not tight, but if the uncle's birthday was missed, it should be beaten. ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "So this is early, and my mother-in-law personally watched them send it?"

Zou said: "But not, my two eyes were staring at it personally, and when the inspection was clear, I ordered the car and ship to be loaded and sent to the house." As a result, halfway through the o'clock, Yin Chun also arrived at the dock, and I was startled when there was some leak in the middle, but I didn't want it to be a big joy for the young master to arrive home today!"

Zhang Hui smiled: "This is really a coincidence. ”

Zou said: "Brother said that it was clever, but there is really a piece of coincidence - I sent Jiang Xian this time, and there happened to be a good thing in it." Usually not, but this year has come up, it is rare to look at the uncle's birthday, just let us be filial. What do you guess the young master is?"

Zhang Hui was slightly stunned and asked, "What?" After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands and smiled: "Ah, I know." Is it a pufferfish?"

Zou nodded with a smile and said, "Brother guessed the most accurately, it was the puffer fish." This year, the puffer fish came up early, and it was very fat at the beginning of February. My Shun boy took advantage of a coincidence, and caught the head stubble in one go, and there were three or four hundred tails. The old lady in the family and the grandmother liked this, so I asked him to send them all. When the day comes, isn't it fresh and decent to honor the uncle's birthday?"

Zhang Hui nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the old lady and mother love this." Just do it the right way, and it tastes great. It's just that the ordinary looks worse in the end. ”

When Zou heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "This brother can rest assured." I asked Shun Boy to invite Master Yi from Xinglongyuan in advance, 'Spring Puffer Fish and Autumn Crab', the best at this. There is also a man from my family, who also came up from Zhuangzi this time, and he also knows how to get it, so he will make more moves when the time comes. When the child is cautious and careful, plus a few old women and children eat in front of the wife and masters, the chief discipline is happy, and there will be no problems. ”

Zhang Hui nodded, and then smiled: "So, it's really thoughtful and meticulous, it's really hard for my mother-in-law to bother thinking about it." He asked again: "Is Father-in-law Tianguo okay?"

This Wang Tianguo is the head of several granges of the Zhang family, the husband of the Zou family. Listening to Zhang Hui's question, Zou Shi hurriedly smiled: "He's fine, his bones can be strong." ”

Zhang Hui frowned and said: "I read the eldest brother's letter, saying that he complained that his legs and feet are not as sharp as before, and several times he asked Wang Xiao and Wang Shun to go to the mansion on his behalf. ”

When Zou heard this, he smiled and said, "This is also because of the grace of the eldest brother, taking into account his age, so that he was saved from running back and forth." In fact, let me say that he is lazy, relying on the generosity of his master's family, and only shouting that his legs and feet are not good, and pushing things to the boys to do. But in the old years, I lost my uncle, and personally went to the field to check the truth of the famine, and exempted the rent of a Zhuangzi, and the village was grateful for something. Even if you are lazy, you know how to bring children up to kowtow to Uncle Wang. Although I have been here once in the first year of the year, this year is the important birthday of Uncle Wang, so why is it good to stay at home at this time? I also want to go to Tianning Temple to make a sincere offering, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless the uncle to live a long life and live a long life. ”

Zhang Hui heard her solemnly, got up in the car, hugged his hand and bowed weakly: "Mother-in-law said this, even if my father is here, I don't dare to claim it." You are a qualified and senior old man in the family, and you are a father and a nursing mother, so let's just let us be the junior to borrow your old man's life!"

Zou Shi laughed, hurriedly held his hand, and said, "Good brother, you just have to flatter the old woman!" While pressing him to sit down, he was still holding his hand, smiling kindly, and only looking at his face with a pair of eyes. After a long moment, Zou nodded and sighed: "I haven't seen you for three years, Brother Ying'er is really thin, but he is also more handsome and outstanding, and he looks more and more like Wen Zhaogong back then! ”

Zhang Hui listened, lowered his head and did not answer. Zou also sighed twice, sat with him for a while, let go of his hand, and suddenly laughed again: "By the way, I have two loyal boys and respectful boys in my family, and my brother hasn't seen them yet, right? The two of them only came up to meet the master's house on the New Year this year, and I also said that my brother was studying outside and couldn't see each other, which was a pity. But now that I can see it, it is also a great blessing for the two of them!"

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "Before, my father instructed me to concentrate on studying in Nanjing, so as not to miss my homework." For this reason, I have not been home for three years, nor have I honored my elders, and I am empty in my heart. This time I came back, because of my father's will, and with the permission of the gentlemen in the academy, I had to stay at home for half a year or ten months, and I should do my best. It would be great if there were a few brothers in my mother-in-law's family to help me. ”

Zou Shi got his words, and immediately said happily: "This is my brother taking them, and now the boys may see some of the world." He also said, "Buddies studying, it is the most important thing, and it is also a great filial piety to the elders, how can there be any reason for a weak heart." It can be seen that the brother is so filial, and he doesn't blame the old lady for the pain. ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "With my mother-in-law's words, I feel at ease." ”

Zou patted his hand and said, "That's it." And our brother Ying reads and reads well. I wanted to enter school at the age of fourteen, and I was hit in the next year, and I was shocked all over the four towns and eight mansions, and I really didn't lose to the □□ master Wen Zhaogong back then. If it weren't for the illness in Beijing the year before last, he would have been able to participate in the examination, and he would have been the prefect of the prefect at this time, or he would simply be waiting by the emperor's side!"

When Zhang Hui heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly stopped Zou: "Alas, my mother-in-law's words are partial to me." Where is there such a big deal? And I dare not compare with Gao Zu. Even with my great-grandfather, I can't stop even one of the ten stops, but I just work hard and don't disgrace the family, mother-in-law, you still praise it! I really don't know how hard I work every day in the academy. ”

Zou immediately glanced at him and said: "Nonsense again, when I don't know, my brother will really struggle to study?" and said with a smile: "I have heard that Uncle Wang and grandma are talking about me, not to mention that I don't have to worry about raising a career, as far as my brother's article is concerned, looking at the current Jiangnan area, it can also be seen by others." If others don't know Uncle Wang's temperament, can I still not know? Since he said this, things must be certain. ”

Zhang Hui heard her talk about her father's words, and it was difficult to refute, so he could only whisper: "Mother-in-law, you are such a good ear, and your father and mother gossip are also on the side. But seeing that Zou pretended to be annoyed and glared at him, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, please rest assured, no matter how bold Huaiying is, she will never dare to disobey her father's words." ”

Zou nodded and said with a smile: "It's only reasonable for my brother to talk like this-our brother is the most filial, isn't it?" While talking and laughing, he glanced out of the car window, saw the shadow of the door, wall, and house, and said: "Ouch, this gossip is all about getting home!" patted the wall of the car and shouted: "Yin is in charge!" Listening to the response outside, he said: "When you go to the house in a while, you wait for the little master to get off in front of the main gate." The old woman bothered these boys, and went in through the corner door, so that she could go to the inner courtyard to meet the wives and grandmothers. ”

Outside, Yin Chun said: "Mama rest assured, that's how it was arranged." As he spoke, the wheeling of the carriage slowed down, and then stopped. Yin Chun lifted the door curtain from outside, stretched out his hand, and replied to Zhang: "Seventh Young Master hold a hand, get out of the car and be careful." ”

Zhang Hui didn't answer immediately, and sat upright in the car for two more breaths, then readjusted his complexion and got out of the car with Yin Chun's men. Raising his eyes to look at the carved eaves next to him, he smiled: "But I've finally arrived home." ”

Yin Chun also smiled, took half a step back, and then stood up and raised his head to meet Zhang Hui: "Yes, young master." The family is waiting, so please step home!"