said that this chapter returned to the door of the house, looking at the wall in front of the door, and suddenly many childhood stories suddenly floated in my heart. It turns out that this picture wall is the year of his birth, the old house of the Zhang family before and after a total renovation of the new start, one zhang two feet high, nearly six zhang wide, the granite Sumeru seat, the three-layer winged cornice, the wall of the blue rock three pieces of openwork wall center, the middle is the river returning to the sea, the two sides are the crane Chaoyang and the butterfly play peony. The renovation of the old mansion added several shadow walls, but the one in front of the door is the most magnificent. Zhang Hui still remembers that when he was very young, his father took him to walk, and he was holding the base of the wall with his hand and moving it a little, and he was not allowed to take care of Yin Chun, Mama Zou and others to help him when he fell. At this moment, seeing the wall and touching the scene at that time, I suddenly felt very emotional.

Yin Chun saw that he stood still, only stood and did not speak, but he was not busy. After waiting quietly for a while, Zhang Hui walked towards the mansion by himself, and Yin Chun hurriedly followed. Entering the door, a small servant in the foyer had already come up to dust the two of them, and exchanged a pair of lighter shoes with Zhang Hui, and then continued to go inside. Yin Chun took the lead all the way, passed through the entrance hall and sedan hall, passed through the front yard, and introduced the situation inside the house to Zhang Hui.

I only heard Yin Chun say: "The young master has been away from home for a few years, and the old lady, the old lady, and the old lady are all fine except for the daily recitation." Big and small things are explained in the letters sent by the young master to the seventh young master, and the old slave no longer talks much. Recently, the first important event in the family is the birthday of the old man and the young master, and the old lady personally ordered the cooking of the second room and the fourth master, which has been arranged very properly. ”

Zhang Hui nodded: "The fourth uncle is extremely shrewd and capable, and his father's birthday is taken care of by him, so he is natural and thoughtful, so he doesn't have to worry about it." Then he asked, "The old lady has sent a message?" and I will go and see you." ”

Yin Chun said: "Young master, don't worry, the old lady is not in the house at this time." He also told the sù chapter in detail: "Looking at the birthday of the uncle, because of the dark nine, I specially invited the Dharma of Master Songchun of Tianning Temple, and calculated that today is an auspicious day to pray for blessings, and the Dharma must start early, so yesterday the second master and the seventh master went to Tianning Temple with the old lady, wife, and grandmother, and lived in the pure nunnery where female guests were treated at night. After the Dharma was done this morning, there would be alms and other things, so Xu would have lunch in the temple and then come back. Therefore, he is not at home at the moment. When he came back, looking at the current sky, it should be explained that the boys who followed him were about to come back. ”

Only then did Zhang Hui know that his great-grandmother and the elders and daughters of the house were not at home. I was a little disappointed in my heart, but I couldn't help but say: "It's all for my father, my great-grandmother, grandmother, uncle and grandfather, etc., just when I come back from the temple, I will kowtow to the elders." He asked his great-grandmother who Mrs. Wu was with her.

Yin Chun replied with a smile: "Young master, don't worry." In front of the old lady, Li Bat and Sheng Bao were the two stewards, both of whom served the elderly, and they were the most appropriate. The day before yesterday, the old lady received a letter from the young master, and it was estimated that she would arrive home today, because I was in front of me at the time, so she sent me to the dock to pick me up. Instead, the old slave got a Qiaozong, and the first one saluted the young master and flattered him. ”

While the two were talking and answering, they had already arrived at the main room of the main courtyard. Yin Chun picked up the curtain for Zhang Hui, entered the hall, Zhang Hui looked up, and saw a black silver cloud dragon bluestone plaque hanging in the hall, engraved with three big characters "Qingxi Hall", and a line of small words next to it: "A certain year, month and day to give Wenzhao the official seal Zhuo", and there is a "Ti Li Qinmin" seal. On the big case of red sandalwood carving cloud dragon, set up a green copper tripod, put three yang pots on the left and right, six pans, hang a large painting of a jade book with a unicorn splashed ink. Hang a couplet on both sides: "Virtue is the day and night, and the day and the moon will be in the Wenchui Shifan", and the next line of small characters is "Brother Heyang County Wang Mu Ji worships the handbook". Zhang Hui first solemnly gathered his body, stood silently in front of the hall, and after three breaths, he followed Yin Chun to the east ear room. After standing still, Zhang Hui sighed to him: "After three years of leaving home, the scenery at home has not changed, but I feel that I am not the same as before. ”

Yin Chun heard this: "This is the young master who has returned home after a long absence, so he feels like this." In the eyes of the old slave, the young master has also grown taller and grown, the book in his eyebrows is more Qinghua, and the elegant demeanor between his hands is more comfortable - it can really be said that it is not what it used to be, and the jade has been made. ”

Zhang Hui couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle Chun praised me like this, I want to float to the sky." ”

Yin Chun was serious, and replied with a glance: "The young master can't float up yet." First, you are more calm than the rest of your life, and second, you have been outside in the past three years, and you have carried a hundred and ten pounds on your body. It's better to wait for me to wash you first, and then see if you can float. As he spoke, he beckoned the maid who was waiting in the house to come over with the basin and hand towel that had been prepared in advance, and served Zhang Hui to wash, and urged the little maid to quickly get home-cooked clothes. After Zhang Hui washed his hands and cleaned his face, Yin Chun handed him a dry hand towel and wiped his hands, and then helped Zhang Hui change into a light jacket robe worn at home, and personally helped him tie the ribbon around his waist.

Zhang Hui changed his clothes, took a look at his own house, and said with a smile: "I have gone to some dust, and I won't be abrupt when I see my grandfather and father." Asked Yin Chun: "Where are the eldest lord and uncle?"

Yin Chun replied: "The eldest master is not at home this time. On the eighth day of the first month of the new year, the county school held a regular poetry meeting every half month, and the eldest master took Yao Sanye and Bi Liuye over together. Mr. Qu and Mr. Shi also went with him. The fourth master also went to school early in the morning, and he also brought the fifth master and the two young masters and the little master in the house. The affairs of the family are entrusted to the fourth master and the eldest young master. The fourth master should be on the corner of the back door now, the birthday gift escorted by Wang Lao Zhuangtou came early in the morning, and the fourth master personally went to the door to pick it up, talking and counting, and it was not over yet. ”

He said everything clearly, and Zhang Hui also understood it, and said with a smile: "But I was lucky." From my grandfather, uncle, uncle, and elder to my cousin, I was out of the house, but I was spared from kowtowing everywhere. ”

Yin Chun also laughed when he heard this, and said: "Seventh Young Master, this is another joke, your filial piety and respect for your elders, who in the family doesn't know? However, even if the young master is at home, the old lady in the first place also spoke, saying that the young master will come back the day before, and no one is allowed to make noise, so you must rest for two days first, come slowly, and then it is not too late to spread the word everywhere and salute. ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "It's always my great-grandmother's special preference. But he didn't dare to be spoiled, which violated human ethics and filial piety. Then he asked, "Is my father at home?"

Yin Chun said: "Uncle Wang's home." It's just that at this moment, he is probably not in the main hall, nor in the study, and most of the time he has to go to the greenhouse flower room in the back garden to find him. The young master went to the old man's house in the west of the city - the day before yesterday, he sent a letter to the Li Mansion in the west of the city, and the uncle said that he must come to this birthday banquet, which frightened the old man and his wife; ”

When Zhang Hui heard the last sentence, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Taigong is coming over? Is this serious?" Suddenly remembering something, his joy turned light, his brows frowned, and said: "I remember that the eldest brother wrote a letter saying that when he returned from the Chongyang banquet in the old year, his uncle and grandfather fell ill, and the doctor said that he would have to ban him from smoking and drinking. It's only been half a year, but don't be an old man who can't hold it back, so he thinks it's good to break this ban. ”

Yin Chun sighed: "Sure enough, the Seventh Young Master immediately thought of this. Uncle Wang thought so too. But I am afraid that the old man will lose his temper, and not his family can persuade him. The old lady is looking at ninety people, and he has such a temper, who dares to really go against his will?"

Zhang Hui nodded when he heard this, and asked again: "But why did you get entangled with your uncle's father-in-law? The eldest brother sent the letter, it should be delivered to the uncle's hand, could it be that the old man bumped into it?"

Yin Chun said helplessly: "I heard that this is the case. The uncle took the invitation and was replying to the letter, but he happened to be bumped into by the old lady when he walked into the room, so he stubbornly pestered him, and he must come over. When the uncle received a letter from there, he said that the old man was not kind, and he would be the most dedicated to embarrassing his grandson - he verbally said that he had never been in the house for several years, and he had not come to see a relative, but in his heart, he was afraid that he was still worried about the two jars of plum wine made by the uncle. ”

Yin Chunzhuan said that Zhang Wang's words were interesting, and Zhang Hui couldn't help but burst out laughing: "If you talk about giving my father a headache, my uncle has always been the first expert." He asked again, "However, listening to Uncle Chun, my uncle's family has been the eldest brother several times." But isn't the eldest brother over there always unfamiliar?"

Yin Chun asked, first looked at Zhang Hui's expression, and saw that his suspicion brought out real concern, so he smiled and said: "It is precisely because I am not familiar with the past that Uncle Wang specially instructed the young master to make this trip." After a pause, he said, "The young master is the eldest young master in the mansion." This is also something that Uncle Wang has grasped accurately. I don't like outsiders to talk too much, and I don't want my family to be suspicious. ”

Zhang Hui nodded lightly when he heard this. He knew that his elder brother was the heir, because he was an orphan of a side branch of the clan to inherit the heir, but his parents had his own biological son in less than three years, and there were many discussions about the old knowledge of the relatives and neighbors of the clan; although there was already a father on the genealogy, and the order of the generations, but the family up and down, rarely brought out himself and him in the daily ranks, and some old people who had served for a long time even called them by name and behind their backs. Although Zhang You and Zhang Hui have a deep brotherhood, they are inevitably affected by the words of these outsiders, and they always have some knots of inferiority and self-inferiority for their origins. Fortunately, Zhang Wang is generous and always enlightens his heirs, so that he will not go all the way to be bitter and angry; So he said, "That's exactly what my father did." I just hope that my brother can be more relieved and more fruitful. ”

Yin Chun also smiled when he heard this: "The young master and the young master have always been brothers, and they will definitely be able to do what you want." As he spoke, he beckoned the little servant to take Zhang Hui's baggage first, and the two whispered a few words, and then held the specially wrapped plain cloth bag to Zhang Hui and said, "Uncle Wang is really in the flower room, and the young master might as well go over and salute." ”

Zhang responded and took the burden. Yin Chun said again: "Back to the young master's house, it has always been cleaned up, and I cleaned it carefully yesterday, so the young master can rest assured." I followed up with the boy Bao and said the rules, so I waited in the room with the Yuan boy of Mama Zou's family, and I didn't ask him to go outside. ”

Zhang Hui smiled and said: "Uncle Chun personally told him the rules, then I will only ask him to be filial to you." After a pause, he smiled again: "This arrangement is very good." ”

When Yin Chun heard this, he smiled and bowed slightly. Zhang Hui bowed his head to him again, and then carried his baggage, walked through the hall, and walked to the backyard.