Early the next morning, Li Xianshu asked Ying Huaizhen to get up and dress up, and went to meet Mrs. Ying.

Ying Huaizhen just pretended to be asleep, and was hugged by Li Xianshu, so he rubbed his eyes and said, "Mother, I feel uncomfortable, can I not go?"

Lee Hyun-sook hurriedly asked where she was uncomfortable, and touched her head again, but she didn't feel feverish. Ying Huaizhen said sullenly: "I have a headache and don't want to move." ”

Li Xianshu thought for a while, and gently persuaded: "Ah Zhen, today is the first time I have seen the old lady, if you don't go, you must think something is wrong with us...... There are big rules in the house, even if we only go to probe it, as long as we show up and not be rude. ”

Ying Huaizhen had to let her dress up before she stopped dressing, and listened to the auspicious words outside: "The little young master is here!"

As soon as the voice fell, I saw Ying Pei walking in from outside the door, and as soon as she met Li Xianshu, she immediately stood still, saluted and said, "Mother...... I—I'm here to see my sister. ”

Li Xianshu said "ah", and at a glance at him, she took a gold collar from the box and wanted to put it on Ying Huaizhen.

Ying Huai really looked at Ying Pei, saw this and hurriedly held it, and said, "Mother, this is a big ingot, what are you doing wearing this?"

Li Xianshu said: "Who told you to give him your own? It would be shabby to look at people without wearing anything, so you have to use this first, good." Saying that, he put it on Ying Huaizhen, tilted his head and looked at it, feeling very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Zhang Yunfei's family doesn't know if he scolded us, but he used a silver collar to exchange his son's gold collar." ”

Ying Huaizhen had no choice but to sigh, raised his hand to touch the gold collar, and suddenly said to himself: "I really miss the big ingots." ”

At this time, Ying Pei honestly stood still and just watched, Ying Huaizhen ran over and said, "Why did my brother come early in the morning?"

Ying Pei then spoke: "I know that you are going to see the old lady today, so I came to see it." ”

Lee Hyun-sook was packing up his things next to him, and he didn't deserve to admire, but his ears listened carefully to what he said. I saw Ying Pei holding Ying Huaizhen and whispering: "Yesterday, I saw that you seemed to be a little tired, and you don't like to talk or look at people very much...... So I'll come here first, you go to see the old lady, but you can't be like yesterday, she doesn't like children to be listless, she likes to be lively. ”

Ying Huaizhen sighed and said, "Really?"

Ying Pei said: "She likes Sister Rui very much, because Sister Rui is clever and can speak, so she is very popular with the old man, I think you are smart, naturally it is okay, but I am blind and worried, so I came to tell you." ”

Ying Huaizhen lowered his head and said silently: "Brother, I know you have good intentions, but who the old lady likes and dislikes is not just based on her temperament and character. ”

Ying Pei was stunned, then nodded slowly and sighed.

Li Xianshu was surprised when she saw that the two were relatively speechless, so she said, "What are you doing yet?"

Ying Huaizhen cheered up and said, "We'll see you sooner or later, let's go." ”

Ying Peicai also smiled slightly and said, "What I said is that I will live here in the future, so I have to be careful." ”

When Lee Hyun-sook heard this, she raised her eyebrows.

At this moment, the old lady had already gotten up, and Ying Lanfeng had also come to visit one step earlier, when Li Xianshu led Ying Huaizhen to the old lady's house, before entering the door, she heard the sound of chirping laughter, and the maid saw her coming, so she said: "Second grandmother, second child, sister, young master Pei is here." ”

The laughter inside gradually stopped, and Ying Huaizhen followed her mother into the door, she was familiar with the way of the house almost without looking, and she could come and go freely with her eyes closed.

Ying Huaizhen was actually reluctant to return to Beijing.

When Ying Lanfeng said that she was going to resign in Taizhou, she was shocked at first, thought about it carefully, but vaguely felt happy, after all, if Ying Lanfeng no longer set foot in officialdom, I am afraid that the catastrophe will not fall on her in the future.

However, on the one hand, he was happy, but on the other hand, he was faintly worried, after all, the karma and results in this world cannot be changed by manpower, nor can human hearts be able to calculate clearly.

For example, Zhang Zhen thought that the abductor had tied himself up by mistake in this life, so he would be spared the catastrophe, but in the future, on the night of the Lantern Festival, he still injured his leg, but fortunately he did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he did not become a disabled person like in his previous life.

From this, even if Ying Lanfeng is forced not to become an official, what will be the final result?

On the other hand, it is Ying Lanfeng.

When Ying Lanfeng asked her whether it was better to be an official or resign, Ying Huaizhen looked at Ying Lanfeng's eyes, and faintly understood in her heart that for Ying Lanfeng, the choice to resign at this moment was only because she was frightened by Lin Shenzhou and out of consideration for his wife and daughter, so she resolutely made this decision, which was like "a strong man breaking his wrist".

If Ying Lanfeng doesn't want to be an official, then he won't be able to stay in Taizhou for more than four years, if he doesn't want to be an official, he won't ask Ying Huaizhen if he is an official or resign, and even say "Dad can't be an official" This kind of frustration of trying to persuade himself to be an official.

When Ying Lanfeng hid in Senleng's study that day to write his resignation, Ying Huaizhen asked him why he wanted to take the scientific examination as an official in the first place, and Ying Lanfeng's answer was more affirmative of what Ying Huaizhen perceived. - Ying Lanfeng actually wants to be an official.

That was his wish, but he had to give it up, Ying Huaizhen saw the hesitation in Ying Lanfeng's heart, so he said, "Dad just do what he wants", she wanted Ying Lanfeng to choose by herself, and she didn't have to care about anything else. However, several times, Ying Lanfeng still chose to cut off his future for the sake of his wife and daughter.

Secretly, Ying Huaizhen thought about it for a long time, and finally did not interfere with Ying Lanfeng when he made up his mind, so he simply let him go.

She can't make decisions for Ying Lanfeng for his future because she can't count her selfish concerns.

Until the government Wang Kexun persuaded Ying Lanfeng back, Ying Lanfeng began to repair the canal again and forgot to sleep and eat, Ying Huaizhen already understood that Ying Lanfeng still had to go on the road of official career, even if he could resign from the official position and start business, but being an official was what Ying Lanfeng hoped from the bottom of his heart.

On the day I returned to Beijing, outside the Annihilation Lake in Taizhou City, when I saw Ying Lanfeng stopping and staring at the three words "Ying Gong Canal" erected by the people, it was self-evident.

Now that it's decided, let's just move forward.

However, when he returned to Ying Gong's Mansion, he still couldn't help but resist in his heart, so when he got out of the car, Ying Huaizhen just pretended to be asleep in Li Xianshu's arms, even if he saw Mrs. Ying, he still looked ignorant and sleepy, and he didn't say anything.

It's been a long time since I've faced this kind of scene, surrounded by a room full of flowers, all kinds of looks, eyes fall on them, and what is said in my mouth are polite and nice words, but who knows what I think in my heart?

For example, Mrs. Ying.

Ying Huaizhen boasted that he was a dull and ignorant person, and the situation in his previous life was just a rough recollection, when he was a child, he didn't seem to like the old lady, and he was estranged several times, and when she grew up, he gradually grew up...... I don't know when it began, it actually entered the eyes of the old lady, the old man often likes to hold her, saying that she is lovely, obedient and so on, in front of everyone, and Ledily is like a pair of very affectionate grandchildren.

Ying Huai's heart is big, and he didn't think much about it, this time he was reborn, he was willing to open his eyes and look around attentively, and he also began to carefully figure out people's hearts, and he already vaguely understood why the old lady's behavior in her previous life was different.

Ying Pei specially came to tell her, but Ying Huaizhen's eyes opened, but her heart was lazy, she was too lazy to deal with it, and she was too lazy to "cleverly please the old man", because she knew that no matter how clever and lively she was, in the eyes of the old lady at the moment, she was just the daughter of a concubine with no status, and she was raised outside since she was a child, so she was naturally "close and sparse".

In fact, Ying Huaizhen vaguely remembered that when she was so young in her previous life, she was very lively and loved to laugh and make trouble, which was exactly what Ying Pei said in her mouth, "the kind of character that the old lady likes", but every time she joked in front of the old lady, most of what she got was just a bored expression, and a sentence: "In the end, it is a hairy girl who grew up outside, there are no rules and no distance, how can I get it." ”

When she grew up, Ying Lanfeng became higher and higher, and her temper did not change much, but in the eyes of the old lady, she became: "Heart, liver and flesh, in the end, everyone is beautiful, different from others, I didn't hurt you in vain." ”

Ying Huaizhen thought all the way, sneering and laughing from time to time, causing Ying Pei to turn her head to look at her and ask, "What is my sister laughing at?"

Ying Huaizhen coughed and said, "It's nothing, just thinking of something funny." ”

There was silence in the house, waiting for Li Xianshu to lead the two children forward and salute, and the old lady said, "Get up quickly, poor man." ”

Most of the other people present had seen it last night, but in addition to Ying Rui and Ying Zhuyun's two girls in the family, there was also an eleven or twelve-year-old boy beside the old lady, who was born with eyebrows like a spring mountain and a face like a silver plate, very noble, very different from Ying Pei's delicate appearance.

Ying Huaizhen knew that this was the only son of Grandma Chen who appeared last night, and the son of Ying Lanfeng's eldest brother's family, who was only eleven years old this year, and his name was Ying Chunhui.

A maid came up and invited Li Xianshu to sit down, just under Grandma Chen, Ying Huaizhen was called by the old lady, looked carefully, and said for a moment: "Sure enough, I was born well, but it's a pity that I have been outside for the past few years...... That place in Taizhou is too remote, there must be nothing good, and the yellow muscles of the children are not good. ”

Ying Huaizhen lowered her head, crying and laughing in her heart, if she said that she was indeed a little "yellow and thin" before , That's also because of a serious illness, naturally it's not thin, but since Grandma Xu arrived in Taizhou last year, every day has changed the way to make good food, Ying Huaizhen gradually relaxed his mind, so in the new year, he actually grew fat and taller, his fleshy face, the snow was slightly red, his lips were like cherries, his eyes were watery and shiny, and even his little hands were slightly longer meat, which was not the same as the poor little baby who was sick before, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of Ying Lao Taijun, he was still just a " The face is yellow and thin"? Most of the time there is something wrong with the old lady's eyes.

Although Li Xianshu has a spicy and refreshing temperament, she is a girl from a small family after all, and Ying Lao Taijun is different, she was born in a family and married to Ying Gongfu, she is a figure who has been cultivated by several generations of glory and wealth, and now she is the head of the family in Ying Gongfu...... Therefore, although Li Xianshu didn't feel that Ying Huaizhen was yellow and thin, some words might seem excessive, so it was inconvenient to talk, so she only smiled and said: "She was seriously ill last year, and she only got better at the end of the year, I'm afraid she has lost some weight." ”

Ying Lao Taijun looked clear, and said to the surroundings: "I said, although this child looks good, he still looks a little empty, and now that he is back, he must take care of it well, and by the way, he also learns the rules of the school, don't be as unrestrained as in the countryside, so that relatives can see the joke." ”

Li Xianshu is not very happy in her heart, but after all, she is an old man, even if she says some biased things, what can she do as a junior, do you want to be disobedient to your face?

Ying Lao Taijun's kung fu speaking, Ying Chunhui and Ying Rui next to her looked at Ying Huaizhen together, Ying Rui's eyes showed a little smile, but Ying Chunhui blinked, and suddenly said: "I look at Sister Huaizhen, who is not thin, but she is thinner than me." ”

Ying Lao Taijun can not listen to other people's words, but Ying Chunhui's words did not pull a word, and he was not annoyed when he heard it, but laughed, and said: "What do you say, you are a boy, if you are thinner than a girl, what is it?

Ying Chunhui said: "That sister is finally back this time, I will definitely take good care of my sister......" Speaking of this, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, Ying Chunhui turned around, and saw Ying Rui's hand behind his arm, and said with a smile: "Brother Chunhui is a brother and sister who loves each other, but you don't see your new sister, you just forget about us wholeheartedly for her, and we don't rely on it." ”

Mrs. Ying laughed loudly, stroked Ying Rui's head and said, "Don't be afraid, it's all the same friendship, and what about your great-grandmother?"

Ying Rui smiled again: "Actually, we know that my brother will not be like this, not only my brother, but even we like it when we see Sister Huaizhen, it's too late to hurt her, but I'm afraid that my brother will be too excited, but it seems that we can't do our best." The crowd laughed.

After laughing, Mrs. Ying said to Li Xianshu: "Your family came back just in time, next month is the old lady's birthday, and the family is reunited." ”

Xu Yuan smiled on the side: "Isn't it? ”

Everyone nodded yes, and they were all very amused.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Ying was a little tired, and everyone dispersed.

Li Xianshu led Ying Huaizhen out, and Grandma Chen led Ying Chunhui to go back, only to hear Ying Chunhui begging: "Mother, today is the first day that Sister Huaizhen comes back, wouldn't it be good to simply let me go and play with her for a day?"

Grandma Chen said with a straight face: "No need to make excuses, you practice the character first and then say it's not too late, they all moved back, the days are long, and there are many times to play, but if your words are still so ugly, don't think about having fun again." ”

Ying Chunhui sighed: "Spare me quickly, the master has praised my words well, why is my mother still dissatisfied? How sooner or later do I have to practice? ”

Grandma Chen snorted coldly: "Don't pretend to be pitiful, if others say yes, you will believe it, and if you are complacent like this, you will not be good for the rest of your life! Ying Chunhui said nothing, and obediently followed.

Li Xianshu looked at it and laughed, and couldn't help but say to Huaizhen: "This sister-in-law is interesting, the big guys are all smiling when they are sitting just now, but she is a little cold, and she doesn't talk much." ”

Ying Pei said on the side: "The eldest aunt has been like this, she is very talented, she doesn't care about things on weekdays, she writes poems and reads books all day long, and she teaches Brother Chunhui when she has free time, counting on him to learn a thing or two." ”

Li Xianshu married in the house earlier, and it didn't take long for Ying Lanfeng to go to Taizhou, so he didn't know much about these characters, so he looked at him and said, "So the affairs of the family are all in charge of your third uncle's family?"

Ying Pei nodded and said, "The third uncle and aunt are very capable...... Speaking of this, he suddenly saw Ying Rui coming out of the house, and hurriedly said, "I'll be absent for a while." ”

As soon as Ying Rui went out, she saw Ying Pei talking to Li Xianshu, but she pretended not to see it, lowered her head and went to the path next to her, but Ying Pei ran over and stopped her, "Where is Sister Rui?"

Ying Rui said, "I'll go back to my room." Then he sneered and said, "Why don't you follow them and come to stop me from doing something?"

Ying Pei held her hand and said, "Now that my mother is back, you have to go and see her?"

Ying Rui turned her head and said, "What mother! I haven't seen a person in five years, can I still call my mother?"

Ying Pei saw that she was about to leave again, and hurriedly said: "Rui'er, don't be angry, my father and mother are not happy to be outside......"

Ying Rui frowned, looked up at Ying Pei and said, "Brother Pei, you have changed a little since you came back from Taizhou, why do you always speak for them?"

Ying Pei wanted to speak and stopped, Ying Rui bit her lip and said, "If you like to be good with them, you can go, but I don't bother to pay attention to it!"

Ying Pei thought of her behavior in the house just now, so she hurriedly grabbed her and whispered, "Rui'er, it's okay if you don't get close to them, but you have to listen to me...... Don't mess with Sister Huaizhen. ”

Ying Rui listened, her willow eyebrows were raised, and she sneered and said: "It turns out that she is really a lovely person, Brother Chunhui is like this, you also protect her like this, besides, what am I going to do to provoke her? Everyone doesn't mess with the river water, but she shouldn't come to mess with me, otherwise even if she is the king of heaven, I won't take it seriously." ”

Ying Pei sighed, Ying Rui snorted, and shook his hand.

So the family stayed in the house for the time being.

In the past few days, Ying Lanfeng has been busy reporting to the Ministry of Officials, thinking that he will soon be assigned an official and a half-post, but although the population of the Ministry of Officials is extremely enthusiastic, it has not been discharged for a long time.

Ying Lanfeng ran every other day, his legs were thin, and the "discussion" over there had not yet come to fruition, so Ying Lanfeng couldn't help but be upset and irritable, and asked someone to come in to inquire, some said that they wanted to give some gifts to the top, and some said...... It seems that someone is getting in the way.

Seeing that a month is coming, Ying Lanfeng has no place here, and the whole person has lost a lot of weight.

Naturally, everyone in the house heard about it, and there were different opinions for a while.

On this day, because of the hot weather, Ying Huaizhen sat in the garden pavilion to enjoy the coolness, the sun was just right, and the water in the pool shone sparkling, a little blind, Ying Huaizhen stretched out his hand to block his face, and suddenly heard someone in his ear: "You...... It must be Huai Zhen?"

Ying Huaizhen lay on the railing, turned his head to look when he heard the sound, his eyes were reflected in the sun, and he was not used to the light in the pavilion for a while, so he squinted his eyes slightly, and felt that the light in front of him was in a trance, and after a moment the shaking feeling stopped, Ying Huaizhen saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy standing in front of him, with extremely handsome eyebrows and eyes, his eyes were startled, and he looked at her with a smile.

Ying Huaizhen was stunned and blurted out: "...... Little cousin?"

It turned out that the person who appeared in front of him was Guo Jianyi, who had been to Taizhou before, and Ying Huaizhen recognized it at a glance because he had a deep memory of this person, but for Guo Jianyi...... In this life, he met Ying Huaizhen, but this was the first time.

Guo Jianyi recognized himself when he heard Ying Huaizhen meet, and was a little surprised, and immediately smiled: "I really didn't admit it...... I've seen a few little sisters in this house, but I've never seen you. I heard that you came here a month, but I haven't had time to visit you...... I didn't expect to meet it unexpectedly today. ”

Guo Jianyi said, and entered the pavilion, Ying Huaizhen had already gotten up, and when he saw him getting closer, his heart was beating slightly, but his tone was just right, and his appearance was gentle and quiet, revealing a harmless and polite atmosphere from head to toe.

Although Ying Huaizhen knew that this was not a person to be messed with, he couldn't help but relax a little, and said, "I also heard that my little cousin's family went to Beijing as early as a year ago...... Why is my little cousin here?"

Guo Jianyi walked to the railing next to her, turned her head to look at her and said with a smile: "I originally came to visit the old lady and aunt, and by the way, I also visited my brother, but I heard that my brother was out." ”

Ying Huaizhen said: "Dad probably went to the ministry again." ”

Guo Jianyi said: "It seems like it's going to be a month, why hasn't the official put it down yet?"

Ying Huaizhen shook his head, because he knew that this person was extremely thoughtful and extremely heavy, although he seemed to ask casually, but who knew what he had in mind, would he fall into his trap if he was not careful?

Therefore, Ying Huaizhen didn't want to talk to Guo Jianyi deeply, so he said lightly: "I don't know much about the specifics, I just heard that there is some trouble, and when my father comes back, I told him that my little cousin has come to visit." ”

Guo Jianyi listened to this, felt as if there was a send-off intention, and looked at Ying Huaizhen's very immature little face, with black and white pupils, without any impurities, so he just thought that he was too careful, and said with a smile: "Last time I went to Taizhou, because of the urgency, I didn't meet Huaizhen you, I heard that you had just recovered from illness, and now you are in good health?"

Ying Huaizhen said: "It's already good, and I want to thank my little cousin for the things." As he spoke, he bowed his head and saluted.

Guo Jianyi stared at her, and because she lowered her head slightly, she showed her extremely long eyelashes, which moved slightly, looking well-behaved and quiet.

Guo Jianyi coughed and said with a smile: "That's not worth anything, I feel that I am thin, and I have been uneasy, fortunately, you have also returned to Beijing, and there are many opportunities to go back and forth in the future." ”

Ying Huai sincerely thought: "Who wants to associate with you as a cold-hearted and ruthless person?" I couldn't wait to get away, and whispered: "Little cousin is so polite, we are afraid that we can't afford it." ”

Guo Jianyi saw that she was young, but her expression was calm, calm and calm, without any childlike playfulness, her heart became more and more surprised, and she was about to speak, when she suddenly heard someone behind a flower wall behind her: "Do you still dare to say her? Why did Xiaocha hang herself in the third master's room last time? Is it because she found out about the matter between the third master and Xiaocha, and forced Xiaocha to hang herself? And who knows?"

Another person smiled and said, "Which of the people in this Manchu Mansion is better with her? Now that the second master's family has returned, he is also a person who doesn't know anything, and he has gotten along with her...... Let's watch, when will she be cheated to know how powerful. ”

The previous man said: "Speaking of our 'Second Master Feng', it's really not a complete thing, everyone is comfortable as an official in Beijing, he is good, a big family is sent out for so long, and when he starts to be hand-picked and given outside, there are so many people who say that he will come back in just a year and a half, and he will definitely be on the rise, but now it's good, he has been delayed and endured for so long, and he can't send any officials when he comes back." ”

Another interface said: "But isn't it? What a sensation when he first faced the saint, how many big officials were vying to marry his daughter, but he was good......! Tsk, don't talk about us, even the top is angry...... What kind of pot is this called, and what kind of lid is it?"

When the two men said this, they laughed, and suddenly said, "There is a pavilion outside, and we are proud of what we say, and we are careful where someone is listening." The other said, "Go and see!" and the flower wall cracked.

Ying Huaizhen and Guo Jianyi heard it clearly from beginning to end, at first Guo Jianyi listened to two sentences, and wanted to drink these two people, but seeing Ying Huaizhen's indifferent face, he frowned, and then didn't make a sound, just silently paid attention to it.

Now that he heard this, he knew that the two people were coming out, and there was no hesitation at the moment, Guo Jianyi hugged Ying Huaizhen with his arm, and jumped out of the pavilion, and just hid his body in a large cluster of crape myrtles hanging down next to him, he heard the voice over there and said: "Okay, it's a shame that there is no one, let's be quiet, it's not easy to hear it." There was another rustling sound, and the two men shrank back, and the footsteps faded away.

Guo Jianyi lowered his head and saw Ying Huaizhen in his arms, frowning slightly, and staring at him with a slight head of his head.

Guo Jianyi was stunned, hurriedly let go of her, put her on the ground, and explained in a low voice: "If you show them it, you can't help them, but they will hate you because of their weak hearts." …… Does Xiao Huai really understand?"

Ying Huaizhen half-lowered his head, raised his little hand and patted a flower and leaf on the hem of his skirt, and said "um" in a disregardive manner