It was only mid-autumn, and although the leaves on the trees had changed color, they were far from being bare as they were in early winter. On the contrary, there are several rows of tall and straight poplar trees on both sides of the road, and the crown of the trees is yellow and clear, that is, the distant mountains are colorful and prosperous as early spring, Xiaoyu sat in the carriage and beckoned to Xue Wen on the opposite side: "Fourth brother, look, these trees are really yellow! When I was a child, I often thought that it would be nice if this was a tree of gold." ”

As soon as Xue Wen was about to talk, Xue Yu, who had always been unhappy that the world of the two had been broken, snorted coldly: "If it is really gold from one tree to another, the gold will be worthless, well, it will be the same as the rotten leaves on the ground." ”

Xiaoyu squinted her eyes and wrinkled her nose at Xue Shizi and said, "Xue Boyan, believe it or not, I beat you." ”

Xue Wen saw that the third brother raised his eyebrows disdainfully, and raised his chin arrogantly, Shi Shiran turned his face away, and the third sister-in-law pinched her fingers, looking like she was walking and seeing. He was still young, and he didn't know if the two of them were really losing their temper or joking, so he turned his head and looked out again.

After a while, Xiaoyu forgot about being angry with Xue Shizi, took Xue Yu's hand and said, "Boyan, Boyan, you see how beautiful the colors on the ground are, let's go out for a horseback ride after a while." ”

Xue Wen's eyes lit up, and he thought, "If that's the case, will the third brother find someone to teach me how to ride a horse!" Thinking like this, he couldn't help but glance at Xue Shizi attentively, and was afraid that he would see it, so he hurriedly pretended to be indifferent, and turned his head to look outside the car.

Xue Shizi said impatiently: "The fourth brother can't ride a horse, and you are playful." I have to bring him out. If he makes a mistake, how can you deal with his mother? ”

Xue Wen saw Xiaoyu looking at him in amazement, and he didn't know what to do for a while. He hesitated for a while before he reluctantly said, "Go play, it's the same when I sit here." ”

Xiaoyu kept a calm face, thought for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Boyan!"

Xue Wen had never heard anyone say the words of the third brother so softly, so he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly looked at "Boyan", not wanting the third brother to look obviously more scared than himself. Almost categorically, he said, "No!" Xue Wen couldn't help but become curious again, and secretly thought: "Sister-in-law, what do you want to do, and the third brother will say no without asking?"

Xiaoyu twisted her head stupidly. He continued to look out the window and thought angrily, "It's so awkward, it's so annoying." A good man and three gangs, no matter how good my mother's brothers are. That's from my mother's family, too. Friends outside are closer. After all, it's not my own family. Xue Wen looked much more reliable than those two nephews, so he had to try it. ”

Just thinking about Xue Shizi, he suddenly whistled, and before the whistle fell, he lifted the curtain, and without waiting for the carriage to stop, he jumped on the horse and walked away by himself.

Xue Wen was extremely embarrassed, and couldn't help but regret it: "I knew this, I should have listened to my mother's words and stayed at home." ”

Xiaoyu sighed and shrank her head back, Xue Wen was very upset. I had to persuade against my will: "Sister-in-law, you go play." I... All right. ”

Xiaoyu shook her hand. He said bitterly, "You say, how can you not ride a horse?"

Xue Wen pursed his lips and bowed his head silently. Xiaoyu didn't seem to care about his answer, sighed, and stretched out his head again: "Wen Niang, Wen Niang!"

Xue Shizi whispered beside the tattooed mother: "She wants to go out to play now, probably asking you to go to the car to take care of my brother as a concubine." Wen Niang's face darkened when she heard this, and she pretended not to hear it, and shouted loudly: "Zi Ling, do you dare to race horses with Master?"

was so angry that Xiaoyu stomped her feet in the car, and secretly thought: "Alas, how can the martyr be passed on, it is so easy to say in the female commandment." When I came here, it became so difficult to help my husband. ”

Xiaoyu thought about it in the car for a long time, then suddenly looked up at Xue Wen with a smile and said softly: "Fourth brother!"

Xue Wen's heart froze, and he suddenly understood the expression of the third brother just now, although he also wanted to follow the example of the third brother and refuse categorically, but he had only done this to his subordinates since he was a child, and he didn't dare to refuse so bluntly for this sister-in-law for a while.

Fortunately, Xiaoyu didn't ask him to do anything strange, but asked him, "Why did you really come here today?" It stands to reason that you can't ride a horse or shoot arrows, so your mother shouldn't agree to let you follow us. ”

Xue Wen couldn't help but exhale: "My mother didn't agree at first, I ...... I begged for a long time. Besides, the third brother and third sister-in-law took me out, what else could happen. ”

Xiaoyu couldn't help but smile secretly: "He understands." He looked clear and nodded: "Fourth brother, well, sister-in-law is going out to play for a while...... Don't move around in the car alone, okay?"

Xue Wen didn't want to be alone in the car with her, seeing how she refused to go out, she nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, just stay in this car." ”

Xiaoyu stared at him and hesitated for a long time, then lifted the curtain: "Wulai, Wulai!" shouted for a long time before Wulai ran over from the front. Xiaoyu looked at its appearance, and couldn't help but admonish: "Why did you come over for so long and run there to play? Look at you, what kind of thing is this thing that rubs the mud on your body, and you eat it?" ”

Xue Wen listened for a while, thinking that she was training a girl, and thought: "Why have I been training for so long, I only heard the neighing of the horse, and I couldn't even say "yes". Sister-in-law, this girl is too unreasonable, bigger than the guard's temper just now. Thinking so to himself, he couldn't help but lean over to look, and when he looked at it, he saw that there was no one outside, only a tall horse followed the tail of the carriage closely, and from time to time raised his front hooves to show favor to Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu saw Xue Wen also come out, so he pointed at Wulai and said, "This guy is bad, you must not be deceived by it because it looks pleasing." ”

Wulai seemed to understand, and raised his front hooves and neighed very dissatisfied, Xue Wen found it amused, and secretly thought: "I can't imagine that there is such a smart horse in this world." ”

Xiaoyu hesitated for a long time, but still waved his hand to let Wulai go. Xue Wen looked at her puzzled: "Third sister-in-law, aren't you going out to play?"

Xiaoyu sighed: "I took you out, if you go out to play by yourself, then ......"

At this time, Xue Wen's heart couldn't help but laugh, and asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, you are impatient to take me, why do you do everything possible to coax me to the racecourse." ”

Xiaoyu's face turned red, touched his nose and said, "Don't you think your third brother doesn't have a brother, it's boring?"

Xue Wen was stunned, and it took a long time before he said, "You're not afraid that I will kill him with one arrow?"

Xiaoyu glanced at him in surprise, frowned and said, "You've read too much, right?

Xue Wen heard his mother and several uncles and sisters-in-law muttering together since he was a child that the third brother was jealous of him, and when he saw Xiaoyu like this, he couldn't help but wonder: "I am my sister-in-law, if he dies, I can inherit the title." ”

Xiaoyu couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said with wide eyes, "Okay." After thinking about it, he couldn't help but laugh again, shook his head and said, "The child talks nonsense." I'm still alive, even Chengjue can't take your turn! I can have the eldest brother's son's son or the second brother's family's Chen'er, if I'm in a good mood and don't bother, I can slowly raise the eldest brother's son. ”

This time it was Xue Wen's turn to look at her in surprise, Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you say that the adopted son respects me, or does the uncle respect me more?"

Xue Wen swallowed his saliva and did not speak. Although he is not very old, he also has some common sense, and if this is the case, it is naturally the adopted son who has been raised since childhood to be more affectionate.

Xiaoyu thought for a while and said, "Whether you accept the lord or not, you don't just look at the concubine." The son-in-law can inherit the title, that's because my mother's family is powerful, it's not that I look down on your mother, your mother's official position may be higher than my mother's family, but unfortunately she is just the concubine of the family, I think you will be angry when you go back to other homes!"

Xue Wen pursed his lips and snorted: "I am the son of the Guogong family, what are they...... The four-grade civil servants have come to an end......"

Xiaoyu smiled faintly and thought to herself: "I will simply extinguish his prestige today." Then he said: "Although their family is only a civil official of the fourth grade, they are a big family, as long as there are one or two books in the clan that read well, it will not be too bad." Look at the nobleman, if he doesn't inherit the knighthood, and he doesn't fight for himself, what can he do in the future? ”

Xue Wen's heart trembled, he bowed his head and said nothing, he was influenced by his uncles and cousins from other families, and he also had a bit of literati arrogance. But in the past few years, I also know that those noble sons who do not accept the title, if they fail to win a six-grade and five-grade position in the Royal Forest Army or the big camp, I am afraid that they will not even be as good as two cousins in the future. He also wanted to take a career in office, but he didn't want this to be more difficult than the Imperial Forest Army, and in the years since the founding of the country, there has never been a son of a noble family who can be admitted to the exam.

Seeing that he acquiesced, Xiaoyu smiled and said, "At the beginning, your third brother's mother's family was decaying, which gave your mother and son hope." Now that he is proud, if you still think about Chengjue, it is too self-conscious. ”

Xue Wen stubbornly said: "Mr. said that if I study hard for a few more years, I will be able to end up." ”

Xiaoyu nodded: "This is also a road, your mother's uncle's home school is also very good in Beijing, why didn't you go to the supplementary study." ”

Xue Wen's face suddenly turned red, although his mother was a duchess of the country, she was still an inconspicuous concubine when she arrived at her mother's house, she didn't even dare to say a word loudly, she always sat beside her grandmother with a smiling face.

Xiaoyu glanced at his expression and said with a smile: "Look, your brother lacks a right-hand man, and you lack a future." Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

Xue Wen looked at his sister-in-law blankly, speechless for a long time: "You, your brothers, so many sons and nephews, why don't you ......?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "How do you know that I didn't bring them up?" How do you know that they won't help Boyan......?"