Xiao Yezi ran to open the door, only to see a burly man standing at the door, with a scar on his forehead, a full beard, and a thin horse behind him.

"May I ask if this is Shen Ju's family?" He looked down at Xiao Yezi and asked.

This person was full of fierceness, Xiao Yezi couldn't help but shrink her neck, she peeked at him, and replied timidly: "Yes." ”

At this time, Shen Zhuo had already heard a voice coming out of the East Chamber, and when he saw the visiting man, his face was first startled, and then he regained his calmness, and said in his mouth: "It turned out to be you." ”

Gu Sanniang and Zhu Xiaoyue, who were doing embroidery work in the yard, saw that they knew each other, so they stood up and looked at the person who came. ”

When the two of them stood together, one was like the champion in the play, and the other was like a bandit who robbed the house, and the two women were also bluffed, Dongfang Jian seemed to have been used to it for a long time, he didn't care at all, only after Shen Zhuo finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Gu Sanniang and Zhu Xiaoyue.

Gu Sanniang settled her mind and said a thousand blessings to the east, and Shen Zhuo took him into the east chamber.

For a while, the courtyard was quiet again, Gu Sanniang glanced at the horses that were tied to the stable, and said, "Listening to this person's accent, it doesn't seem like our local." ”

Zhu Xiaoyue patted her chest, and she said, "It's not, you see that he is murderous, standing in the yard and bluffing people to death." ”

When the two were gossiping, Shen Zhuo in the east chamber brought a pot of tea to entertain the distant guests, and he said: "Don't be surprised, coarse tea and fresh water, you can moisten your throat." ”

The Dongfang Jian didn't care, he took the tea bowl and drank it all, and looked around again, only to see that the room was divided into two rooms, the outside is the study, there are countless books on the shelves, the desk is pen, ink, paper and inkstone, inside is the living place of Shen Zhuo's father and son, in the whole room, except for a picture of cooling on the wall, the rest of the furnishings are nothing, he turned his head to look at Shen Zhuo, and said: "It's a good rich life, but he ran to this poor country to suffer, this is okay, and he took his little brother to endure hardships with him, What are you thinking? ”

Shen Zhuo didn't care, he glanced at Dongfang Jian, and asked rhetorically: "What is the reason why you don't let the little Hou Ye of the Hou Mansion go, and you prefer to learn the prodigal son in the script and wander into the rivers and lakes?" ”

Dongfang Jian sneered, he and Shen Zhuo have known each other since childhood, and the two are classmates, if the wheel is a skinny son, there are so many princes and grandsons in the capital, it is difficult for a few to be his opponents. He didn't wait for Shen to be polite, and sat directly on the main seat in front of the desk, as if he was the master of this room, and directly picked up the book on the table and looked at it.

Shen Zhuo seemed to be used to seeing him like this, he sat down and asked, "Are you passing by here?" Don't know how long you're going to stay here? ”

Dongfang didn't raise his head, he replied: "I haven't thought about this yet, let's see again." ”

Hearing his words, Shen Zhuo didn't say much, this person has always been like this, he doesn't like to be restrained by others, maybe his mind is hot, and he has some strange ideas, so even if he sees this friend who he hasn't seen for a long time suddenly appear in front of him, Shen Zhuo is not surprised at all.

When the two met, they seemed to have nothing to say, and they wanted to be attracted by the content of the book, Dongfang Jian sat for a long time, holding his chin with one hand, and was concentrating on looking at the book, Shen Zhuo didn't pay attention to him, he picked up a book, and also sat under the window to read it.

After a while, the sun had moved overhead, and the royal brother who had been crazy outside for most of the day ran home, he leaned at the door, poked his little head and asked, "Daddy, what are we going to eat for lunch?" ”

Shen Zhuo in the room put down the book in his hand with Dongfang Jian, Dongfang Jian had seen Shen Yu before, but he was still in swaddling clothes at that time, and he hadn't seen him for a few years, the little brother had grown into a jade ball, he beckoned to Shen Yu and said, "Brother Yu, come here." ”

Shen Yu heard that this person could call out his name, and he first glanced at him in surprise, but Dongfang Zhen's scar looked really a little worried, so Shen Yu stood in place, turning his head to look at his father Shen Zhuo.

Shen Zhuo raised his chin at him and said, "This is your Dongfang Shishu, he hugged you when you were a child, go and give him a salute." ”

Seeing this, Brother Yu hesitated, then walked in front of Dongfang Zhen, and shouted Uncle Shi in his mouth, Dongfang Jian had a lot of strength, and he hugged Shen Yu to his lap with one hand and sat down, he asked: "What books have you read, and whose words have you learned?" ”

Seeing that although this person looked scary, he was still kind between his eyebrows and eyes, Brother Yu'er relaxed, and he replied seriously: "I just finished learning "Zhuzi's Family Motto", and my father is teaching "Zengguang Xianwen". ”

"Your father is well-known for being a good learner, you can memorize a book for me to listen to." Dongfang Jian said.

Hearing what he said, Shen Yu's face wrinkled into a bun, he is the age of stubbornness, what he is most afraid of is learning, and he only endorses in front of his father on weekdays, this new uncle also wants him to endorse, adults are like this one by one, it's really boring.

Dongfang Jian laughed, he took out a palm-sized gourd out of nowhere, and as soon as the gourd mouth was pressed, a carved little figure popped out of it, Shen Yu looked at this gadget intently, and Dongfang Jian said: "If you carry it well, I will give this thing to you." ”

Now Shen Yuke was refreshed, and he began to memorize the book with a long mouth.

Shen Zhuo next to him glanced at them, got up and walked out of the East Chamber, at that time, Gu Sanniang and Zhu Xiaoyue had already dispersed, only Xiao Yezi was sitting at the door of the West Chamber, she saw Shen Zhuo walking by, and asked, "Uncle Shen, what is the matter with you?" ”

Shen Zhuo said: "Is your mother here?" ”

"She's cleaning up her lunch." After Xiao Yezi finished speaking, he shouted into the house: "Mother, Uncle Shen is here." ”

Gu Sanniang heard Xiao Yezi's shout, so she walked out of the back room, she saw Shen Zhuo coming, and couldn't help asking, "Shen Juren, are you okay?" ”

Shen Zhuo saw her rolling up her sleeves, revealing a pair of beautiful wrists, he quickly withdrew his gaze, and said with red ears: "There are guests at home, and I want to bother Gu Niangzi to help make some food." ”

It turned out to be to help the cook, usually there were people in the alley to set up a banquet, and someone often asked Gu Sanniang to help, she nodded and said, "I know, you go back first, I'll put the stove on the place and go over." ”

Shen Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, to this day he is only barely able to cook the food, not to mention Brother Yu'er, even he himself is disgusted, Dongfang Jian is rare to come over, he doesn't have to tell him to look at jokes in vain, in this Qin family compound, Aunt Qin is the eldest, and her eyes are not very good, Qin Zhu's family still has to take care of the little brother in the family, so he can only ask Gu Sanniang on the other side to help.

Gu Sanniang agreed to help with the kitchen, turned around and went back to the house to extinguish the fire in the stove, and took Xiao Yezi to the East Chamber, although they have lived in this courtyard together for several months, in fact, Gu Sanniang has only entered this house a handful of times, and occasionally has something to find Shen Zhuo, but also sent Xiao Yezi to pass the word, after she entered, Dongfang Zhen, who was talking to Shen Zhuo, glanced at her, Gu Sanniang lowered her head and hurriedly entered the back kitchen.

The back kitchen of the east chamber is the same as their west chamber, it is all temporarily built, this is the first time Gu Sanniang has come in, I saw that in the small kitchen, things are piled up everywhere, there is a handful of green onions on the board, and there is a basket on the ground, which contains more than a dozen large round radish, which was sent by Aunt Qin a few days ago, and her family also got a basket, I heard that it was sent by Zhu Xiaoyue's mother's brother from the countryside, and her family couldn't finish eating, so she gave some to them.

Gu Sanniang glanced at it, and muttered a little in her heart, there was no food in the kitchen, what did she ask her to do, when she was embarrassed, Shen Zhuo came in, and finally he knew that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, he held a money bag in his hand, and said to Gu Sanniang: "There is no food at home, Gu Niangzi told me what I need, I will buy it." ”

Gu Sanniang didn't dare to expect him to go grocery shopping, she said: "You count me dozens of copper coins, I will ask Xiao Yezi to run errands, and make sure to make a table of noodles for you, and you will accompany the guests." ”

Shen Zhuo didn't say a word, he didn't count the money, but directly handed over the money bag to Gu Sanniang, and said gratefully: "So I will work for you." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head with a smile, she called Xiao Yezi, who was playing with Brother Yu'er outside, and said, "You go to the market to buy some vegetables and come back, I'm waiting to cook." ”

Don't look at Xiao Yezi not long after she came, now she is ripe in the county, sometimes when Aunt Qin is busy, she will help to buy vegetables, she said: "It's not early or late, I'm afraid there is nothing to buy in the market." ”

"You don't know what you see, you can buy whatever you see, if you really can't do it, go to the Wang family's dry goods store to have a look."

Xiao Yezi nodded and agreed, Gu Sanniang counted dozens of dollars for her, and told her to put it away, and Xiao Yezi jumped out with the basket, Yu Ge'er originally wanted to go with him, but was stopped by Gu Sanniang, seeing Yu Ge'er pouting and unhappy, Gu Sanniang coaxed him a lot, and finally his little face was sunny again.

Here Gu Sanniang was waiting for Xiao Yezi's dishes, she didn't stay idle for a while, the kitchen was very messy, Gu Sanniang cleaned up first, seeing that Xiao Yezi couldn't come back for a while, Gu Sanniang measured the rice and steamed rice first, and then went back to her house to cut a piece of pork, cut a few radishes and stew them in the pot, when she was busy in an orderly manner, Xiao Yezi came back with a basket full of vegetables, but her face was slightly panicked.