Xia Chunchao read the letter several times before he was convinced of it, and immediately smiled and ordered someone to take the letter to the upper room and read it with his wife. She dealt with the family affairs in the hall at home, and asked the little servant to interrogate the local soldier carefully, leaving and right just to find out about Lu Chengyong's recent situation. However, the native soldier was a rough man, who only took care of the errand work of making a fire and cooking or delivering letters and messengers, and was careless, and did not take anything to heart. Xia Chunchao asked people for a long time, except for Lu Chengyong, who was in good health, he couldn't know what was beside him. In desperation, she had no choice but to send the native soldier away. When he saw that there was nothing to do, he got up and went to the back.

When she returned to the room, Bao'er shouted again and again, so she sat down on one foot and refused to move. Zhu'er came up to pick up the clothes, brought the tea bowl up, and reprimanded Bao'er: "You are unruly in this room, grandma hasn't sat down yet, you should rest first." You know, say that our grandma is magnanimous. I don't know, but you're the head of the house. ”

Bao'er pouted and said, "If you don't go out with grandma, you don't know what's going on outside." On this day, people come and go, so they don't get tired. Today, the second room came to play the autumn breeze again, sat in the old lady's room for a long time, and yelled with his wife. It's not that I'm the master of the girl's row, this eldest wife and the second wife, it's not like they are making trouble today. Who's wife, like them, will make a lot of noise when they don't agree with each other, and will say all kinds of vulgar words, and even roll up their sleeves and do their hands, ignoring all the dignity and dignity they should have on weekdays. It's ridiculous to ask the whole family to look at it. Zhu'er said, "I'm in the room today, and I've heard someone say a word and a half." I didn't believe it in my heart, but I didn't know it was true. Our wife's liver is also hot, and she has such a reckless and rough temper, no matter how complaining the family is, no one listens to her. How can she be persuaded by these things she has done? ”

Xia Chunchao changed his clothes, sat on the stool, ate two sips of tea, listened to the two girls talk, and said: "It's better to say less, what is the arranging wife behind the scenes?" Bao'er said: "I don't understand, the second wife came over today, and said some good things for grandma in front of the old lady." Why doesn't grandma appreciate it, and she just talks to his wife? Mrs. treats her grandmother so badly on weekdays, but her grandmother still speaks for her. ”

Xia Chunchao smiled and said, "When you are the second wife, do you really say those things for me?" She has always been at odds with our family, but she just wants to fan the flames and instigate me and my wife to be angry, so that she can watch our jokes from the sidelines, or take the opportunity to take advantage of it. Nowadays, people have learned to be obedient, leaving half a sentence on their lips, borrowing a knife to kill people, and making a profit, all of which are a full set of martial arts. She is not from our family, how can she really be for us? Let's make a fuss, but let outsiders take advantage of the loophole, what benefits can we get? After speaking, he sighed again: "The house is not bullied by outsiders!" ”

Bao'er stopped hearing this, and Zhu'er said, "Grandma knows everything, do you want you to blame her?" Bao'er stuck her tongue out at her, and that's it.

After a while, Xia Chunchao said again: "In two days, the young master will come back." Let's be prepared for life and wash the dust for him. I haven't seen him for many years, and I don't know if he's doing well outside......" At this point, I don't know what to think of, and suddenly my face turned red, and I bowed my head and said nothing.

When the two girls heard that the young master was back, they were both surprised and delighted, and asked in unison, "The young master is coming back?" Didn't you say how many days it would take? Xia Chunchao said: "The letter said that for the sake of going to the tomb during the Qingming Festival, he rushed back immediately day and night. About a moment later, we will be at the door. Zhu'er smiled and said: "When the young master comes back, what do we have to prepare for the girls, but we just listen to the orders every day, but grandma has to prepare for life." I have heard that in the bitter cold land of the northwest, the army is very hard, and there are only some rude men in the defenders. The young master stayed there for a few years, and he didn't see half a woman, and when he went home to see his grandmother, he didn't know who it was

What a situation! What's more, grandma and young master are very ...... in love" Before she finished speaking, Xia Chunchao had already laughed and scolded: "I tore the mouth of your little hoof, even I dare to chew it!" The girl who didn't go out dared to say such frivolous words, and when people knew about it in the future, she didn't know how to say waves! At the same time, he instructed Zhu'er, "Go and hit her twice in the mouth." ”

Zhu'er also knew that her grandmother was joking, so she walked over with a smile and stretched out her hand to pretend to fight. Bao'er naturally refused to let her fight, and the two fought together.

Xia Chunchao watched the two girls frolicking, and suddenly remembered the incident in his heart, and said secretly: Although the army does not allow family members to follow, I heard that the court has a camp prostitute to serve. He has never been a temper that does not sit still, how can he be willing to be Yanagi Megumi in the past few years? This person's heart is uncertain, and he doesn't know what to do if he hasn't seen him for a few years. Then I thought of Liu's private abacus, although she was blocked by her tricks, but Liu's temperament has always been stubborn, how could he give up lightly. That Zhang Xueyan is also a romantic character, and she and her husband are aunts and cousins, and she doesn't know what will happen at that time. Thinking of this season, her face turned gloomy, but she frowned.

After sitting like this, Changchun suddenly came in from outside.

When everyone in the house saw it, they hurriedly got up to greet her and invited her to sit down. Xia Chunchao instructed the girl to take tea to eat with her, and asked with a smile: "Have you sent your aunt's wife?" You've got time to come here. Changchun smiled: "Mrs. didn't sleep well at noon, and she was tired and rested." Since there was nothing else to do, I came to see my grandmother, and I had another thing to tell her. After that, he told Zhang Xueyan all about today's words and deeds, took out the hairpin again, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "This cousin girl is really unspeakable, they are all members of the family, and I am a girl, if she has something to tell me, why do such a thing?" still rushed me to call the girl, and I was not afraid of losing my identity. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he understood in his heart and smiled: "Since she gave you something, she must value you, what are you afraid of?" Changchun knew that she was tempting, so he smiled and said, "She doesn't value me, but it's nothing." What's more, my grandmother also knows me, and I only like to wear some fresh flowers on weekdays, and this hairpin is not of much use to me. I just messed with it, thinking that maybe my grandmother could use it, so I brought it to my grandmother. Xia Chunchao understood, smiled and said, "It's hard to worry about you." Then he turned his head and told Bao'er to take it.

Changchun said again: "There is another thing, it's really funny to think about, I'll tell grandma about it." After a brief pause, he said, "Today, my cousin gave me this hairpin, and the two of us are standing and talking under the tree." The girl came up to her and asked us what we were doing. After a few casual questions, he asked me to take my cousin back to the room, lest she go the wrong way—which was also kind. It's just that our girl's temper, grandma has always known that she is a little anxious, and the words in her mouth are a little heavy, but she doesn't have that heart. But the cousin refused to go, but said a few words to the girl. I fell behind, because I was afraid that my wife would be in a hurry, so my cousin followed me back to the upper room, and the girl went all the way. At that time, there was nothing to say. It was only then that my aunt got up, and I sent the two of them to the second door. The cousin screamed and said that she had lost her handkerchief. My aunt didn't have anything else, so she immediately sent me back to the upper room to look for it. The upper room and the ground have always been clean, where is her veil? Besides, I haven't seen her take it out all day. When the cousin saw that there was none, she did not give up, and said for a moment how much the veil was worth, and then said that there was nothing to buy now. After talking for a long time, he pulled out the matter of talking to the girl. I couldn't stand it, so I squeezed her two sentences, and my aunt took her there. Grandma said, is this ridiculous? It's like our girl would be greedy for her handkerchief! It's just a few jokes, so stingy. I really don't look down on such a master in my eyes. ”

Xia Chunchao listened to this story and said with a light smile: "She is the niece of her wife, how could she do such a perversity?" Maybe she really lost her handkerchief, but it may not be known. Changchun said: "Even if you really lose it, you shouldn't tell it in front of the master's family." Something awesome, too, should be taken out as a thing. In our family, the old lady and the wife all regarded her as a relative, not to mention the grandmother, who gave her so many good things just when they met. A handkerchief, I don't know where it was lost, she just cares about it, where does she care about relatives! Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "You can also be considerate of her, her family is poor, and it is inevitable that she will not take these little things in her eyes." Changchun heard the sarcasm in her words, so he laughed it, sat down again, and got up.

After Changchun went, Xia Chunchao said, "Bring the hairpin to me and take a look." Bao'er handed her the hairpin and said, "Grandma, this cousin doesn't seem to be a peaceful person." Xia Chunchao said: "She is peaceful, and she has to make our wife instigated restless, not to mention that there is such a mother." While carefully looking at the hairpin: I saw that this was a silver hairpin, the hairpin head was engraved with chrysanthemum fine lines, the lines were gilded, and the top was inlaid with a designated large green jade bead, which was polished round and smooth. Although the craftsmanship is fine, the material is really average, and the market price is only five taels of silver. She looked at it once, and turned it over again, but saw that the hairpin was engraved with a small character: When the snow fell on the hidden jade of Yaotai, the first bloom of Yanhua was unknown.

Xia Chunchao looked at it and said secretly in his heart: It turns out that her name is hidden. He handed the hairpin to Bao'er and said, "Good life to take it, I may not be able to send it to any use in the future." Bao'er agreed, and put the hairpin in a pine moire box as usual, and put it in the cabinet.

But he said that the shopkeeper of Xia got the orders of Xia Chunchao, and when he went back, he told the shopkeeper of Hexiangzhuang Li the truth. The shopkeeper Li didn't dare to make his own claim, walked to the study behind the store, and relayed it to Shen Changyu.

At that time, Shen Changyu was reading a book behind the case, and after listening to the words of the shopkeeper Li, Wan Er smiled and said: "She is also a fine person, but she didn't fall into this set." Shopkeeper Li said: "This young grandmother of the Lu family is really rare, I have already put the price very high, but she is unmoved." The trader is a woman, and she can not be tempted by small profits, even among men. It's just that we've already let it out, but what? Shen Changyu picked up the celadon tea bowl, took a sip, and said lightly: "Just buy it all as she said." She said that they had stock in the village, so you took a guy and went to the village with them to have a look. If the thing is really good, talk to them about making a reservation on a seasonal basis. Shopkeeper Li agreed one by one, seeing that the owner was speechless, he was about to go out, but before leaving, he remembered one more thing, so he said: "I heard that the young master of the Lu family is coming back." After that, seeing that Shen Changyu was noncommittal, he also withdrew.

That Shen Changyu's face was pale, and he muttered to himself: "Lu Chengyong...... This martial artist, but how can he be worthy of her! With that, he threw the tea bowl in his hand to the table, and a little tea soup spilled out, wetting the scroll.