There is a stove in the Xiangxiang Pavilion, and the smell of the wood flowers in the air is particularly sweet.

Li Jiang looked around at the maid and woman in the house, she was not empty-hearted, but thinking of Xu's ridicule just now, Li Jiang didn't like the smug appearance of the lady, raised her eyebrows, and changed her name to Li Fei 'Fei'er', instead of calling her 'third sister'.

Li Fei didn't realize it, you and I talked about the family of the Li family and Lejia one by one, in February this year, he officially made a famous husband and wife with Le Xi, and Li Jiang, who became a young woman, was more talkative than two years ago, talking about the things in the Lejia family was humorous, and asked about the people of the Li family eagerly, but in the Xuanguo Mansion, in front of many maids, there were always some things that were inconvenient to say, Li Fei squeezed Li Jiang's hand and said, "Why did the second sister enter Beijing with her brother-in-law?"

Li Jiang looked at Le Xi, and Le Xi replied: "My teacher recommended me to Tai Hospital, so I came up and gave it a try." ”

Mrs. Le has three sons and more than ten grandsons, some of whom are studying and taking scientific examinations, and some of whom are being a farmer. Li Fei knew a little bit about the rules and regulations in the Tai Hospital, so he first congratulated Le Xi and said, "The second brother-in-law wants to be a doctor!"

Le Xi put his fist to his lips and said humbly: "Even if Shun Lì enters the Tai Hospital, he will start from an ordinary doctor, and he is still far from becoming a Tai doctor." ”

"Let's talk about being a doctor first, becoming a doctor is a long-term thing, but I can stay in the hospital for the past two years, and when I come out to open the museum in the future, I can also charge a little more for the consultation. Li Jiang joked with a smile, resting his hand on the table and looking at her white-faced and beardless husband and said: "There is no hair on his mouth, he doesn't do things well, where does he look like a doctor now, he has to add a three-foot beard to look a little profound, but it is a pity to add a three-foot beard to this jade face." ”

Le Xi coughed lightly, bowed her head shyly like a little daughter-in-law, Li Fei no longer looked at her shy brother-in-law, and said: "If you want to enter the Tai Hospital, you want to be a doctor, then you are going to live in the capital for a long time, do you have a place to live now?"

Li Jiang nodded and said: "Grandpa bought a house in Mao'er Lane when he was an official, and the small officials and officials who have been renting in Beijing all these years have been recovered in the first half of the year, and the people have also gone to take care of it one step earlier, although there are only three upper rooms, it is enough for our husband and wife." ”

Li Fei smiled and said, "It's not convenient for me to go out now, and it's not easy to go to Mao'er Lane to see you, you have to come to see me often!"

Li Jiang was next to Li Fei and smiled at her husband: "Of course, he has to study and consult every day, and I am very bored guarding the small house, you send someone to pick me up when you are free, and I will come over." ”

Li Jiang and Le Xi said the purpose and address of their visit to Beijing, they just arrived in the capital, there are still many things in the house in Mao'er Lane that need to be purchased by the couple themselves, and they are talking about the long future, and they are in a hurry to say goodbye today, Xu's sister-in-law Liu came in and saluted Li Fei, so she said as a matter of course: "Mrs. sent me to ask the girl, where is the lunch place, and where is the fourth grandma Le Si settled tonight." ”

After Li Fei was stunned for a moment, he stood up and personally sent Li Jiang and Le Xi out: "It's unfortunate, I have already sent Aunt Ji to tell Mrs. ......."

The two of them came and went without encountering, and at the same time, Ji Qing's daughter-in-law stood in front of Xu's and told Li Fei's words: "Mrs., the fourth master and the fourth grandmother of Lejia said goodbye, and the girl had to agree to stay, and she wanted to say that she would bring two of them over to say goodbye to Mrs., but she was afraid of disturbing Mrs.'s hospitality, so she didn't come to say goodbye, and the girl was sending off." ”

"Why did you say goodbye?" Xu Shi was surprised: "It's not the hospitality of people like us to sit here for a while!"

Ji Qing's daughter-in-law said with a smile: "Fourth Master Le and Grandma Le Si are in a hurry to settle the house, and today is not free, saying that they will live in the capital for a long time in the future, and then come and go with the girl often." ”

Settle the family house and live in the capital for a long time, Le Xi and Li Jiang have a place to live in the capital, and their own family bears the expenses of living in the capital. Listening to this, Xu Shouchuan and Xu Min, who were sitting next to Xu, couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, they lived in the Xuanguo Mansion, eliminating the need for a place to live, and saving the cost of living in the capital.

There are two more people surnamed Xu living in the house, and Li Fei is not the kind of person who turns a blind eye to the dust, what are these two people, Li Fei knows clearly, and he asked as soon as he asked: "What are they doing in Beijing?"

Ji Qing's daughter-in-law stood in front of Li Fei and did not answer.

Li Fei asked Ji Qing's daughter-in-law to sit on a small pestle, lowered her head and pinched a red gold sapphire ring on her finger and said with a smile: "Don't blame me for thinking too much, my parents are not far away, and Xu Gongzi and Miss Xu are at such an age, and they are in the year of marriage." Living in the same house, cousins and cousins, something is most likely to happen, and it hasn't happened in previous years. ”

Xu Shouchuan is seventeen years old this year, and when he first saw Sven's appearance, Zhu Miaohua has a family, Zhu Miaocong is fifteen years old this year, and he is not a master, and he is the right age; Xu Min is fifteen years old, he can leave home at this age without asking, and he has no relatives on his body, and he came to his noble aunt, how is this trick so similar to when Xu came to join Cai's family!

Li Fei said kindly, but expressed his wariness of the Xu family, and Ji Qing's daughter-in-law knew everything about her, and said thoughtfully: "I think the girl is too worried about Xu Gongzi." Even if the wife has the heart to help her mother's family, she will not give the second girl to help her mother's family. The Xu family is considered a scholarly family in the local area, but the wife's house is difficult to take on scientific research, three generations of men have not been in the Jinshi, this family has gone downhill, and now it is only a local gentleman, Xu Gongzi is not worthy of the second girl of our family anyway. Xu Gongzi is here, I think it is for the quota of Guozijian. ”

This is not good for people who study, if they fail to pass the exam from generation to generation, the family will decline, and one or two noble relatives can only shout twice on the periphery.

"The quota of the Guozijian?"

was mentioned by Ji Qing's daughter-in-law, Li Fei thought of this, the Xuanguo Mansion is the home of the Xiangjue, and it is okay to get one or two places for the talented people in the clan, but there are only one or two such places, too many are not, after all, the Guozijian is so large, there are too many nobles in various places, and there are also their own talented students, it would be good to get one. Xuanguo Mansion can get one, this one is staring at many children of the Zhu clan, Mrs. Zhu San mentioned this matter for her eldest grandson Zhu Cijun, and it is not easy for the Xu family to use this quota to supplement their mother's family.

Ji Qing's daughter-in-law continued: "As for Miss Xu, I don't know how Mrs. feels, maybe the girl's concerns are reasonable. ”

It's not a cousin and cousin, it's a cousin and cousin, Xu Min is fifteen years old, and Aunt Fan's eldest son Zhu Qing is thirteen years old, two years old and barely together, this marriage is well arranged, it is not the best move, and it will not stink, of course, the premise is that all parties cooperate, master, Aunt Fan, young master, and Miss Xu must cooperate well.

At the end of the day, Zhu Qin came back with his sons, and on the way, he knew that Le Xi and Li Jiang had come and gone, Xu Shouchuan and Xu Min stayed, Zhu Qin was immediately dissatisfied with Xu, and said: "You have been a duchess for so many years, why don't you have any energy, leave your own family, and let the people of the Le family go!"

Xu Shi was really aggrieved, and said: "Why didn't I stay, I have already sent Sister-in-law Liu to ask them for food, and said to the girl, wherever you are in the house, you can clean it up and let her second sister and second brother-in-law live, I have already spoken, they insist on leaving, do you want me to keep the younger generation in person?"

Zhu Qin took off the bracer on his hand, squinted at Xu's and said: "I'm not in the mansion, and I know what you did and said, although I have been separated from the Li family for many years, a group of juniors under the two families don't need you to deliberately remind me." ”

Xu Shi took a sullen breath, bit his lips and said: "Why does the master blame me for such a little thing, didn't you hear, the second lady of the Li family is called Li Fei's 'third sister', sir, listen, the surname is Li, and there is a ranking, how much does the people of the Lejia have to do with the Zhu family!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Qin threw his bracers on the ground and no longer pursued the departure of Le Xi and Li Jiang.

On this point, the Xu family is definitely smart, those who are not very related, the Xu family is very good at taking care of proportions, and knows how to talk and do things in front of people to cross the line, Le Xi and Li Jiang do not regard themselves as relatives of the Zhu family, how much fire can Zhu Qin make, even if Zhu Qin has fire, she is not the first to bear the brunt.

The first to bear the brunt was Zhu Qin himself, after Zhu Qin took off his bracers, he untied the jade belt, and with a little more effort on his hand, the white jade buckle embedded in the middle collapsed and rolled to the ground.

Xu leaned down to pick it up, and took down a dark blue silver-threaded dark bamboo brocade robe from the hanger to serve Zhu Qin and put it on, and was considerate and gentle, and said next to Zhu Qin's body: "Master, Shouchuan is here, you find a time to test his homework!"

"Your nephew is doing the imperial examination. Zhu Qin's eyes darkened and said: "Civil and military attachés are not a road, don't ask me how to cultivate, how my sons teach is enough for me to bother." ”

Xu's face changed slightly, and he said with a forced smile: "I think, there are a few good gentlemen in Shouchuan who are short of studying, in the capital, of course, the gentleman of Guozijian is the best, and he is not from Jinshi......"

"Don't make any of these ideas. Zhu Qin interrupted her and said, "This candidate, I have already answered the third brother and sent Brother Jun in." ”

Xu Shi choked and said: "Why didn't the master tell me? Shouchuan had already passed the Xiucai exam last year, and the sixteen-year-old Xiucai, my mother's family pointed to him as getting ahead, at this critical juncture, the master should help him!"

"Brother Jun was also admitted to Xiucai, and it is rare for our old Zhu family to have a seedling of study. Zhu Qin looked at Xu sharply and said, "Don't think that Xu Shouchuan is your nephew, and Zhu Cijun is still our nephew." Xu Shouchuan came out of the lintel of the glorious Xu family, Zhu Cijun boiled out the scenery of the old Zhu family, and the little dignity of the Zhu family was earned by the ancestors of the Zhu family, and it had to be used on the descendants of the Zhu family!"

"But ...... master," Xu frowned and choked!

Xu Shouchuan is the nephew of his in-laws, and Zhu Cijun is the grandson of her husband's brother.