The day after returning from Yudao, Yan Zi took a break, Yan Qi asked him to take him to Cui's house, mainly to visit Cui Xi, although the two families are good families, but Yan Qi can't go to a male friend's house alone, Yan Xiaojiu hurt her head and shouldn't move, so she had to work her uncle to run back to his legs.

Cui Xi's symptoms of heat stroke had already healed, and when Yan Zike and his son Cui Chunyi were sitting and chatting in the living room, he pulled Yan Qi to talk in the shade under the big plantain outside, with a smile on his face: "I received the birthday gift you asked Cui Xuan to bring me, what is that thing called?"

"Kaleidoscope. "Yan Qidao.

"Why do you want to give me this?" Cui Xi asked with a smile.

"There is a valley of flowers on the island, and when you see it, you think of a kaleidoscope. "Yan Qidao.

"The kaleidoscope is more beautiful than the Valley of Flowers," Cui Xi looked at Yan Qi with a smile, "Looking through the small hole in the mouth of the tube, it is as if you are seeing thousands of worlds at the same time." ”

"There's something more interesting," Yan Qidao, "if you put in a tight silk thread, horsehair, or all kinds of spiral, curved little things, when you turn the kaleidoscope, it will look like many little people dancing, go back and I'll make it for you." ”

"I'll do it," Cui Xi said with a smile, "I will make dozens or hundreds of different kaleidoscopes, and I will probably not get tired of looking at the things inside for the rest of my life." ”

"No, Cui Xuan is going to vomit blood again when he knows it. ”

"I heard him say that there was a murder on Mishima, and you were there at the time, so you weren't hurt, were you?"

"No, thanks to your family, Cui Da, the case was finally solved. ”

"He came back and learned again, that alum oil and water tin will explode when it encounters an open flame, how can it be done?"

"I told you you weren't allowed to tinker at home. ”

"Huh. ”

The uncles and nephews of the Yan family had lunch at Cui's house before leaving, and walked back slowly in the carriage, Yan Zike asked Yan Qi: "What is the kaleidoscope?"

"Ah, you hear me?"

"Well, I stood in front of the window. ”

"It's just a kind of thing. ”

"I want it too. (☆_☆)”

"And I'll give it to you on your birthday?"

"Tomorrow. Is it easy to do?"

"Good to do. ”

The uncle and nephew were not in a hurry to go home, and when they passed by the shop in Yunjinzhuang, they went in for a walk, measured Yan Qi, and ordered a few sets of new clothes.

After ordering the clothes and continuing to shop, Yan Zike bought a new bow for Yan Qi, Zhemu, forty catties of tensile force, black lacquer shiny, beautiful shape, with silver wire on the bow arm engraved swallow pattern, and a small "seven" word.

"Do you want to go to Qiuwei?" Yan Zike asked Yan Qi.

Yan Qi shook his head.

"Oh," Yan Zike looked at her, "invite the Arrow God to your home and introduce you?"

Yan Qi raised his eyes to look at him, and seeing that this person's eyes were clear, it was difficult to guess whether his words were intentional or unintentional.

Yan Qi continued to shake his head, he didn't say anything more, the two of them walked from the street to the end of the street, bought a cart of things, and finally ate a bowl of bamboo shoots and pork noodles at the night market stall, and then went home.

Yizhi helped carry the things he bought into the summer residence, and then watched the seventh lady pick out a pair of wax white rabbits from the pile of things and handed them to him: "Take it and coax the girl." ”

“……”

Carrying the rabbit out of the second room, a branch did not return to the long room, but went directly to the half-edge house, his master has been resting here these days, entering the door to salute, reporting the situation of sitting in the summer residence, by the way the rabbit rewarded by the seventh lady to the master.

"Take it and coax the girl. His master said the same.

“……”

"Has the construction of the house on Fengtang Street started?" said his master.

"We've started digging today. Ikeda replied in a respectful voice.

"Ming'er may dig it up?"

"...... "How urgent this is, no matter how fast it is."

"Hire more people, and it will be done in seven days. His master said.

"Yes. "A branch responded, and secretly lit white rabbit wax for those workers: renovate a house in seven days, and vomit blood in excess of pressure if you don't overwork in the pressing.

As he was talking, Liangzhi walked in and said, "The eldest lady asked Luo Yue to bring supper to the master." ”

This is actually to send a hint, a branch glanced at the sky outside the window, it was still very early to use the supper time seriously, this time to send food, didn't I just want to tell sù this "Don't forget that your wife is hugging the spring house".

The minds of the women in the house are nothing more than these, not for the right is for profit, and then it is not a good reputation, but fame, profit, power, all this qiē, all must be built on the value and favor of men, without men, no matter how strong the women are, they are also duckweed without roots, and a little wave pushes over, it will be broken without a trace.

But can you say that women can really only rely on men to survive? It's hard to say this, but he believes that if there is no desire, then just this sentence, the eldest lady is weaker than she wants too much, she wants the name, she wants the right, she wants it, the more she wants it, the more she wants it, the more she has to rely on her husband, the more she has to rely on it, the more she has to lower herself, the more she puts herself down, the more she can't be valued.

But if you really want to make her desireless, is she willing? She has children and daughters, and her son wants to start a family, how can she create a splendid future without money? But the money in this family is not only their long house, Mrs. Yan gave birth to four sons, no matter how big or small this family business is, it will be divided by four sons in the future, the old lady likes the third son the most, the old lady spoils the younger son the most, although the second son is far away in the border pass and can not serve the knee all the year round, he can't stand the family gave birth to a smart son, the old lady has always liked the children and grandchildren who are gifted in reading, I heard that Yan Xiaojiuye's intelligence is no less than the third master, the old lady attaches much more importance to it than the young masters in the long house, it is difficult to guarantee that when the family property is divided in the future, it will not love the house and Wu, and divide the second room so much……

Can Mrs. Yan not fight? Even if it is not for herself, she must also be for her children, and if she has no desire, this is good, but there is another sentence that is the last word, that is, being a mother is strong. There is no mother who does not wholeheartedly think about her own flesh and blood, and if she fights for one less point, her children may have to suffer one more sin, make one more detour, and walk a little more in the future, so how can she do it? She will be distressed, she will be anxious, she would rather suffer herself, be tired and fight with others every day, and strive for the greatest interests and the most beautiful future for her children.

The merits and demerits are told by others, she only knows that for the sake of her children, even if her hard work is thankless, and she is inferior to others and sluts, she must fight to the end without hesitation!

So the only thing she can rely on is her husband.

It's a pity that she never understood that if she wants to rely on it, she must at least be valued first, and if she wants to be valued, she must at least understand the person she wants to rely on. She doesn't know how different the world in the eyes of the eagle is from the world in the eyes of the sparrow, she wants to fill the eagle's stomach with small insects, but she doesn't know that the eagle eats snakes. She was unwilling to treat other people's children better than hers, but she didn't know that she had drowned her own children into sparrows, and other people's children, all born, were eagles.

Ling Xiao Jiuxiao, soaring thousands of miles proudly, it is not her who can accompany him to do this, nor her sparrow children.

Yan Zike left a supper, but sent Luo Yue back to Baochunju, and asked her to bring a message to the eldest lady by the way: "Don't wait for me, rest early." ”

Mrs. Yan looked at the red candle on the table in a daze, the lights knotted and knotted, but it did not bear a happy night, and the maids were sent out of the bedroom by her, leaving only her nurse Mama Gong.

"You say......" Mrs. Yan said dryly, "sir, is he...... Got another woman in your heart?"

Only when you have a new love in your heart will you disdain your old love.

Mama Gong hurriedly relieved: "The master is not that kind of person, Mrs. must not be cranky, most of the suspicions between the husband and wife are born from these baseless speculations, and you must not make the mistakes that others have made!"

"But ......" Mrs. Yan was sad and couldn't speak, holding a handkerchief to the corner of her eye, "I just said that casually yesterday, and he moved to stay in Banyuanju, which made the people see, how can you respect me in the future?"

"Mrs. thinks too much, in the past, the lord also stayed in Banyuanju for several days in a row," Mama Gong continued to comfort, "I heard that the border is not very peaceful these days, the emperor must bother to deal with it, and our lord himself also has to worry about the monarch, and when he is busy with official business, doesn't the lord always have to stay up late in Banyuanju to handle it?"

"The affairs of the frontier are not in the master's hands," Mrs. Yan snorted and looked at her lower abdomen, "There has been no movement for so many years, isn't it because of this that the master is cold to me?"

"Madame, this is because she is too tired," said Mama Gong. According to the old slave's view, the wife can properly share some affairs so that the second girl can learn to take care of it, the second sister has been in time, and the anxious people can see each other's mother-in-law's family at this time, although our house is said to be fashionable and late marriage, and it is not too late to meet after seventeen, but after all, the door is to preside over the feed, if you take this opportunity to let the second sister learn to get started, the wife can also relax and relax, so as to raise a good body, and then add a son and a half daughter for the master, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Mrs. Yan sighed and said, "I never thought of letting Jingchun practice housekeeping, but you also know that the one above is a strong character, this old man still refuses to let go of power, and the one in the third room is staring at this little power in my hand, if I say that my body is not good, she will first think of taking the opportunity to snatch the power over, the one above is afraid that he can't ask for it, the two aunts and nephews can't wait for me to retreat, where is our turn to be shocked?"

Mama Gong smiled: "Even if they treat their wives as outsiders, the second sister is always the eldest granddaughter of the family, and when they go out in the future, they will also represent the girls of the Yan family.

"The affairs of the inner house should be the woman's family to worry about, and take this to disturb him...... I'm afraid he'......" Mrs. Yan hesitated.

Mama Gong sighed secretly, her girl was taken by this uncle, she was careful every day, she didn't dare to make mistakes at any time, she was cautious in her words and deeds, but she still couldn't get a honey oil like glue.

"Mrs. don't worry too much, the lord is also very concerned about the affairs of the second sister, on the day of the second sister and the second sister last year, didn't the lord specially invite Princess Pingnan to give our second sister a flute, and the Duchess of Xinguo to do the praise? Mrs. doesn't have to deliberately take this matter to tell the master, just inadvertently mention a few words when chatting, the master is the most transparent, and he will consider it carefully. ”

"Okay, that's it," Mrs. Yan lowered her head and drank tea, and raised it again as if she remembered something, "Today I went to the shop to look at the jewelry, and I happened to meet Mrs. Min, chatted a few words, saw that she was wearing plain, and asked so much, she said that the eldest daughter-in-law in the family passed away, and Ming'er was going to Puji Temple to do a ritual, and told me that the Bodhisattva of Puji Temple was very effective, especially in asking for a child...... I think it's better to believe it than to wait for the children's academy to open, and I will also go to the incense ......."

The first day of the first month of July is the opening day, and the students who have been crazy for a summer vacation reluctantly packed up the guys who went to school and went to the college to report honestly, in fact, many people have not met in a summer vacation, and they are very excited when they see each other again, from the gate of the college to their respective classrooms, all the way to the chatter, and the campus that has been silent for a month suddenly became lively.

"Xiao Qi! you've lost weight!" Wu Yue rushed over, holding Yan Qi's shoulder in surprise and looking up and down, "You've lost a lot of weight!How did you do it?!"

"Diet plus exercise. Yan Qiyan replied succinctly, "You're dark, where did you go to play during the summer vacation?"

"With my second brother and fifth brother, they went to the verdant mountains again!" Wu Yue was proud, "We went to explore the danger fiercely, and my second brother almost broke his leg with a wild boar!"

…… Can this also be taken out to show off.

"The little lotus root is whiter, and you've been stuck at home for a month, right?" Yan Qi looked at Lu Lotus who had been smiling and looking at the two of them talking again.

"I don't have anywhere to go, so I'm just bored at home. Lu Rong didn't say much, just chuckled.

"Tell us if it's fun on the island!" Wu Yue pulled Yan Qi to sit down in his seat.

"Very good, I also brought you a gift. Yan Qi said and took something out of the desk, and handed Wu Yue a big flat wooden box, with a glass lid, and embroidery needles pierced with all kinds of butterfly specimens, the largest of which was the size of a palm, and the most strange wings were actually sprinkled with patterns on a transparent bottom, colorful and strange, which made Wu Yue jump up with joy: "It's so beautiful! I have caught a lot of butterflies in the verdant mountains, but they are not as beautiful as the ones you have caught, and many of them are species that I have never seen before!"

Lu Lotus only glanced at it a few times and didn't dare to look at it again, although the butterfly wings are beautiful, but it also has a fat belly, Lu Lotus is most afraid of insects, and butterflies are the same.

So Yan Qi didn't give her the same gift as Wu Yue, and took out a square box to open, and there were a bunch of things inside: "This is the rosin knot on the island, take it to maintain the strings, I also picked up an amber, which is wrapped in a small wildflower, which can be used as a hairpin, this is the feathers of a white peacock, there are more than a dozen on the island, and this rain flower stone, it doesn't look like a land ?......."

Yan Qi finished this room, Wu Yue took out the gift she wanted to give, the gift came from the deep mountains, it was two bracelets made of gloomy wood: "I also made a string, let's each have a string." ”

Gloomy wood is a very precious wood, and such a bracelet is worth dozens of taels to buy outside, Wu Yue proudly lowered his voice and said to the two: "We found a whole section of gloomy wood in the mountains, let my fifth brother carry it back, ready to make a chair or something, and wait for my father's birthday to be honored." ”

"That's amazing. Yan Qi boasted.

"It's beautiful. Lu Lotus also boasted, and the two put on the bracelet on the spot.

"Compared to my gifts, it's much worse," Lu Rong pursed her lips and smiled, "I didn't go anywhere at home, I only strung two curtains, and it was not easy to bring them to the classroom, they were all placed in the carriage, and you should not forget to let people pick them up when you left school." ”

"Your string must be good, it just so happens that the glass beads in my room have made me bump and mutilate, I'll replace them when I go back!" Wu Yue said happily.

"I lost. Yan Qidao, "You also fight so hard to give gifts, if I knew this, I would have stolen the whole white peacock back." ”

Wu Yue Lu couldn't stop laughing: "We can't raise it if we steal it back, next time you steal something else!"