Liu Shi frowned frequently when he heard this, and said for a long time: "Your idea is good, I'm afraid that Brother Yong'er won't recognize people afterwards." Zhang Xueyan smiled and said, "As long as my aunt loves me, then everything will be fine." ”

The Liu family is a person who has not succeeded, and he is bent on rectifying his daughter-in-law, and after listening to Zhang Xueyan's plan, although he felt a little uneasy, he also said that it was feasible, so he nodded and agreed.

The three of them sat down, and Changchun came in and said, "The front seat is scattered, and the master is talking to the second master and the master Zhang in the hall." Send someone to ask my aunt and cousin to leave. When Aunt Zhang heard this, she said, "We have been here for a day, and we want to go home to take a look, but there is no one at home." Liu said: "If you are free, you will come and sit." Zhang Xueyan said: "My hair is loose, so I borrowed my aunt's mirror to make it." When Liu heard this, he hurriedly ordered Changchun to lead her into the inner room.

Changchun led Zhang Xueyan into the inner hall, took Liu's makeup, opened the mirror, and took the comb to her. Zhang Xueyan combed her hair, glanced at Changchun a few times, and said with a smile: "The hairpin I gave the girl, didn't the girl wear it?" When Changchun saw her asking, he replied with a smile: "The good things that the girl gave me, where can I wear them?" Zhang Xueyan smiled: "So that's the case, I still said that the hairpin is cold, and it doesn't fit into the girl's eyes." ”

Changchun smiled smartly and said: "The cousin said that she laughed, it is a great blessing for the cousin to reward me, where do I dare to dislike it." Zhang Xueyan said: "The girl is really sweet-mouthed, and she blames your grandmother for hurting you so much." Changchun was stunned, Zhang Xueyan finished her haircut, put down her comb, and went out.

At that moment, Aunt Zhang took her daughter, went out of the second gate, and met with Uncle Zhang, bidding farewell to everyone in the Lu family.

coincided with the resignation of the Lu family's father and son, and Lu Huancheng sent this cadre to the gate, and said: "Homely clothes, it is inconvenient to send them far away, forgive your sins." On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, I set up wine in my house and feasted on my six relatives, and you all came. Lu Weili also arched his hand and said: "Since I came to be the deputy boss with my brother." The two brothers were still standing at the door, gossiping.

The Liu family never came out, but Uncle Zhang had no contact with Lu Huancheng's brother-in-law, and he had nothing to say, so he had to stand aside. Lu Huancheng said a few words to Lu Weili, and then sent his brother and son to board the car. I caught another glimpse of this family of three, but I didn't say much, I just arched my hand and went straight to the door.

The three members of the Zhang family were bored, and they were speechless, so they had to get in the car.

Sitting in the car, Aunt Zhang didn't complain about Uncle Zhang, and said: "You are really the first man in the world, my father and mother are blind, and they promised me to you, and they have suffered all these years." Thinking that when you were in that county, life was good, and you didn't know how to check it, so you were teased. What to do with our mother and daughter, it affects us. Other people have made a fortune as an official, but you have lost a lot of money as an official. It's easy to return to Beijing, you don't know how to fend for yourself, but every day you nest in the room and touch the shoes of that hooves! Or I gave up my face and begged my mother's family to get you this errand. Today, our mother and daughter are behind, asking people to lead the scalp so as not to scold. You're eating and drinking in front of you, and you don't even dare to let out a fart! The faces of the men in the world have made you lose everything! ”

Uncle Zhang sat on the seat, not saying a word, as if he had never heard it, and let his wife scold. It turns out that this person has a problem, that is, he is very good woman. When he was in office in the county, for the sake of official reputation, he didn't dare to go out and mess with flowers. At that time, Aunt Zhang used a comb to comb her hair, and she was born with a talent, coquettish and beautiful, and she was seen by this Uncle Zhang. This woman is not a good product, and she has a bit of a stealing ability, so she hooked up with Aunt Zhang behind her back. The combing sister originally had a husband, but she was a cook in Zhang's house. In order to succeed, Uncle Zhang made a lot of silver money. This guy is a habitual king, and he doesn't care about everything when he gets the money in his hands. The two are like fish in water, pretending to be a dewy couple.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as an impermeable wall. After a long time, this matter was discovered by Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang was jealous, and tried her best to tear up a few fights with her husband at home, and drove the two sisters and husband of the comb out of the door. This matter was just a bad account, but it was unexpectedly heard by the person with a heart, and the last book impeached this uncle's uncultivated character and unclear internal curtains, which made the Zhang family get to this situation.

That Uncle Zhang was pinched in the hands of Aunt Zhang because of this wrong thing, so he was short of breath at home, and because he came to Beijing to wait for a vacancy, he was quite powerful by the Liu family, and he had no room to speak, so he let Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter mess around, and they didn't dare to speak.

Aunt Zhang scolded her husband all the time, only to feel that her mouth and tongue were dry, and then she stopped. stared at his daughter again and said, "You are full of big words, but are you really sure?" If this thing doesn't work out, we won't have the face to be human beings. Zhang Xueyan didn't answer, lowered her head and thought about it for a while, and complained to her mother: "Mother is missing, why didn't my cousin tell me about this appearance?" When I see it today, it just scares me. ”

Aunt Zhang disagreed: "I've been away from home for nearly 20 years, how do you know what he looks like now?" Only your aunt's letter mentions that he is dignified, but I have seen him with my own eyes. As he spoke, he looked at her and said, "What if this man looks good or bad, he should not have food or clothing, but you should not make the wrong idea!" Your father and I are the only daughter like you in this life, if you can't stand up, which one should you rely on?! Marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat. Your aunt's family has money, and your cousin has a great future ahead of him, and you can see it. Take him down, enter the protégé to give birth to a few dolls, and stand firm on his heels is serious, who cares if he looks good or bad! Fortunately, the Xia family has never given birth now, otherwise where would you have room to show your hands and feet! ”

Zhang Xueyan hung her head and was silent, thinking about it left and right in her heart. Although she didn't like Lu Chengyong's appearance very much, she coveted the wealth of the Lu family, thinking of the dark hall at home, the stinky water flowing in front of the house every day, and the noisy peddlers and pawns, so she became more and more unwilling in her heart. And she is extremely conceited, seeing that Lu Chengyong looks down on him, he is even more interested in subduing him and making him bow down to his skirt before he is satisfied. He also deeply hated Xia Chunchao's humiliation in public, and it was unpleasant not to avenge this arrow. Therefore, in Liu's house, he promised a big word. However, Lu Chengyong described Kui Wei, and she really didn't like it, and she couldn't make up her mind for a while.

After thinking about it like this, she suddenly remembered the situation when she bumped into Lu Yanwen, and couldn't help but secretly say: This person is handsome and beautiful, and his speech and demeanor are the style of a scholar. They are cousins, how can they be so different. If he had been merciless to me, he would not have spoken to me like that. It's just that I have promised my aunt that this thing of sleeping in the east and eating in the west is just a joke, where in the world?

Zhang Xueyan lowered her head and couldn't stop thinking, Aunt Zhang saw that she was silent, but she just listened to it, so she didn't say more. The family of three didn't say anything all the way and went home.

In the early morning of the next day, the dawn shone into the curtain, Xia Chunchao woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes and looked, but saw that the side was empty, so he got up and lifted the tent, only to see that the sky outside was already bright, so he knew that he was late, and hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed.

Outside, Bao'er and Zhu'er heard the movement, brought water in, and waited for Xia Chunchao to dress.

Xia Chunchao reproached: "I got up late, why don't you come in and scream." You can't forget the rules you set on weekdays. I'm just being too lenient with you, and I'm just letting you do that. Later, I will definitely ask the housekeeper to beat you up! Zhu'er stuck out her tongue and grinned, "Grandma shouldn't have beaten us, we were supposed to wake her up." It's just that the young master instructed, saying that grandma worked hard last night, and she should rest well today, so she didn't bother us. ”

Xia Chunchao teased the girl when he saw it, his face was slightly red, and he opened his mouth to scold: "The little hooves with rotten mouths actually make fun of me!" I will clean you up today, or there will be no turning against heaven in this house!" Bao'er went out and poured water and came back, and when she heard this, she smiled and said: "It's clear that what we said is the truth, grandma wants to blame, we are not wronged to be girls." Xia Chunchao nodded and scolded with a smile: "You just have to play tricks, and I will send you out with people tomorrow to see if you can play any tricks!" ”

The three masters and servants laughed for a while, and Xia Chunchao asked again, "Where did the young master go early this morning?" Do you have any words left? Bao'er replied: "The young master got up before dawn today, saying that he was entering the palace to face the saint, but he didn't have anything else, he just said that he didn't know when he would come back, and told grandma not to wait for him to eat." When Xia Chunchao heard this, he couldn't help but say to himself: "But I don't know what is going on." ”

After a while, Xia Chunchao had finished dressing and dressing, and was about to leave for the house. Baohe suddenly came over and said with a smile: "Grandma, the old lady said that it was windy last night, and she is a little uncomfortable today, so grandma doesn't have to go to ask for peace from today on." Xia Chunchao was slightly stunned, and immediately understood in his heart, and asked with concern on his face: "The old lady is uncomfortable, but do you want to find a doctor to take a look?" Baohe said: "The old lady said that this is not necessary, grandma's family affairs are complicated, and there is no need to work more." If it's really bad in the future, it's not too late. Xia Chunchao nodded, and asked Bao'er to pick two of the rose cakes she usually eats from the tea tray, wrap them and make tea with her, and send her away.

Baohe just went out, and Honeysuckle, who was in the upper room, came again and said, "Mrs. said that her head was heavy and she was not happy, so she told Grandma not to go." When Xia Chunchao heard this, he smiled and said: "What's the matter, I came for my relatives yesterday, and I happened to be sick today." Presumably why Chong Ke, there is a mother-in-law on the street, remember to call one to come in and take a look. "That's it.

Because she got up late today, she ate breakfast late, and when Bao'er cleaned up the food, it was already three poles in the morning. Fortunately, there was nothing important today, only the daughter-in-law of the family who was in charge of the treasury came in and replied that the utensils used yesterday should be taken back and there was no damage or omission. Xia Chunchao calculated yesterday's flowing water again, and saw that there was no discrepancy, so he distributed today's chips, sent the small and medium-sized servants in the house to buy wine and food, and prepared to go to the grave tomorrow.

was so busy for a while, it was almost noon, Xia Chunchao was talking to the girl about instructing the kitchen to deliver food later, and the little guy who was talking from the second door suddenly rushed in and reported: "Grandma, the court sent many people, rewarded two large trays of gold cakes, and said that the young master was a general." Grandma, let's go take a look! ”。