For two consecutive days, the Zhu family was feasting, and there was an endless stream of guests.

Zhu Anxu was busy greetings, but he didn't have to go out, Lu Pei and Lu Lin were at leisure, they had a good conversation on the road before, and with the relationship between cousins, the two and Chu Yitong and Zhu Yuenuan soon became confidants.

Lu Pei is a man of few words, proficient in the art of war, and knowledgeable; Lu Lin is very active, his kung fu is above Lu Pei, and he is good at studying formations.

And Zhu Yuenuan and his wife, Chu Yitong in the text, and Zhu Yuenuan in the martial arts, soon, the four of them chatted about the world, said that they practiced martial arts, and even arranged the troops, and they all chatted thoroughly.

It's a pity that the reunion was short-lived.

On the day of Shangyuan Festival, his cronies hurriedly came: "Lu Zuowei Lu Youwei, a letter from Beijing, the Holy One is urgently called." ”

Lu Pei took the fire paint letter handed by his relatives and left in a hurry.

Lu Lin also restrained his relaxed smile, looking at the chessboard in front of him, his expression was a little solemn.

"Cousin Lin, what's wrong?" Zhu Yuenuan and Chu Yitong glanced at each other and asked.

"It's okay, the general rushed here when he first returned to Beijing, and he wanted to see the general when he came to the saint, so he was in a hurry." Lu Lin smiled and relaxed again, but there was a faint melancholy between his eyebrows.

Zhu Yuenuan looked at him, glanced left and right, stretched out his hand to wipe the chess pieces on the chessboard at will, spelled out the word "Kang", and asked softly: "Does Cousin Lin know this person?" ”

“…… What are you talking about? Lu Lin was puzzled.

Zhu Yuenuan didn't speak, erased the word "Kang", and spelled the word "Tai" again.

"Division?" Lu Lin looked at Zhu Yuenuan and Chu Yitong with a look of surprise.

Zhu Yuenuan nodded. Remove the pieces again at will.

"This person ...... Treat the general as a thorn in the side. After Lu Lin finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Yuenuan fiercely, "Cousin." How can you ask this person? ”

"Yu knows that there is a classmate, and it is said that he is the third grandson of this person." Zhu Yuenuan smiled.

"Is the relationship good?" Lu Lin looked at Chu Yitong.

"It wasn't good before, but recently, it seems to be very friendly." Zhu Yuenuan said on the side, "This classmate, you also saw when Yunke came before, is the son who has always been a peacemaker. ”

Lu Lin thought for a moment. Suddenly: "It's a bit impressive." Then he said, "Heavenly family affairs." We don't praise it, but there is one point, if Yu knows that if he has a career, he is still ......"

said. The hand stretched out, took two black and two white from the chess box in front of Zhu Yuenuan, and put them on the chessboard, one black on the left and one white on the right, but the middle was black and white side by side, put it aside, and tapped two fingers on the black and white in the middle twice, and said with a smile: "The mean is better." ”

Zhu Yuenuan raised her eyebrows. Some looked at him disapprovingly.

"Cousin, don't be confused." Lu Lin grabbed in front of her and spoke, leaning over slightly, his tone as light as the wind. "Kang is the prince and the prince, and he teaches the prince to be quite virtuous, but some people have some things, always gold and jade, although the saint is old, but. The emperor of the prosperous age, no matter how old. The power of heaven is still there, you and I are the people of the Heavenly Dynasty, and it is our duty to be patriotic and loyal to the monarch and protect the people. ”

Zhu Yuenuan and Chu Yitong's eyes were on Lu Lin's fingertips.

Speaking of the crown prince and prince, his finger fell on the black son, and when it came to the saint, his finger moved to the white son, and the last sentence of patriotism and loyalty to the king and protecting the people was repeatedly knocked three times on the white son and the black and white son in the middle.

"Out of office, for the official...... It's a college question. Seeing that they were looking at it seriously, Lu Lin suddenly threw the four sons back into the chess box, and smiled lightly, "It's not as happy as waiting for me to gallop on the battlefield." ”

"Cousin Lin is a young hero, which is enviable." Chu Yitong chuckled, "However, benevolent governance in prosperous times, heavy codes are used in troubled times, soldiers guard the territory, and the people are inseparable from civil and benevolent governance, each with its own merits." ”

"Yu knows good ambitions, admire." Lu Lin didn't argue with Chu Yitong either, and hugged his fists and smiled.

"Okay, the topic is far away, the main building is the main building." Zhu Yuenuan waved her hand and shouted.

"The main building?" Lu Lin and Chu Yitong looked at her in surprise at the same time.

"It's the meaning of pulling back to the topic, my brother-in-law doesn't know where to learn it, and I often say it, so I wrote it down." Zhu Yuenuan explained two sentences, and subconsciously pinched the two black and two white chess pieces and fiddled with them.

"The general has an order, I will return to Beijing tomorrow, and I will have a big banquet for guests tonight." Lu Pei came back, with Zhu Anxu's meaning, and the general was still long and the general was short.

"Leaving so soon?" Zhu Yuenuan suddenly showed reluctance.

"There is an order on the saint, I have to rush, I will start tomorrow, day and night, and I am afraid that it will take more than ten days to rush to Beijing." Lu Lin sighed and stretched out his hand to pat Chu Yitong's shoulder, "The general's mansion is on the bank of the moat outside the palace, remember to come to look for us after entering Beijing." ”

"Definitely." Chu Yitong nodded happily.

Zhu Anxu is going back to Beijing, and this Lantern Festival, which has just been reunited and is about to be separated, is particularly grand and lively.

There are no restaurants and restaurants in the countryside, and all the red and white wedding banquets are all working together to help each other prepare, and this time, of course, is no exception.

Yang Muping, as the granddaughter-in-law of the head of the long house, naturally took on the main burden of preparation.

"Nuannan, come." When she found the side courtyard, she beckoned to Zhu Yuenuan, and approached as she spoke, "At least a hundred tables of flowing water banquet will be set up tonight, and you will be a helper for your mother." ”

"Huh? I? Zhu Yuenuan was stunned for a moment, pointed to her nose and asked suspiciously.

"You are also married now, you are a daughter-in-law, what kind of banquet will there be in this family in the future, you can't know nothing, right?" Yang Muping arrived in front of her, pointed at Zhu Yuenuan's forehead with one hand, and said with a smile, "Come on, it's too hasty to set up such a big scene in just half a day." ”

"Oh~~" Zhu Yuenuan shrunk her neck, glanced at Chu Yitong, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, what do you need me to do?" ”

"You'll ride a horseback and bring people to town, bring the best chefs in town, and remember to ask the chef to make a menu and bring the ingredients back." Yang Muping took Zhu Yuenuan and walked out, while telling carefully.

"Okay." Zhu Yuenuan nodded.

Yang Muping handed her a stack of silver tickets, and handed her two listed lists: "This one is full of ingredients sent by various families in the family now." You have to look with the chef at that time, so as not to buy too much, and the other one is something to add. You bring it back with you. ”

Zhu Yuenuan wrote them down one by one.

picked Lu Lin's horse and the carriage she hired, driven by Zhu Anxu's groom, and took two aunts who helped each other to set off for Chunjing Town.

Chunjing Town is not far from Zhujia Village, a four-mile road, and it is also an official road, and it will arrive soon.

Zhu Yuenuan directly picked the best restaurant. I found the shopkeeper.

The news that the general of the auxiliary country is a native of Chunjing Town has long been spread. When the shopkeeper heard about Zhujiacun, he didn't say a word, and hung out a sign outside the door: "At the invitation of the general, the whole banquet will be closed for half a day". Almost poured out the manpower of the restaurant.

Zhu Yuenuan stared at the sign and smiled dumbly, but didn't say anything, and the shopkeeper made the menu, paid the deposit, and took a few of her own people to purchase Yang Muping's list of things.

The people in the restaurant moved quickly, and when Zhu Yuenuan returned to Zhujia Village, they had already set up a stove in the open space in front of the Zhu family ancestral hall and began to prepare.

The guests dialed one by one, and the helpers also dialed one by one.

A hasty feast was held up in style.

Everything was inverted, and Zhu Yuenuan also rested. found the table of Chu Yitong, Lu Pei, and Lu Lin, and sat next to Chu Yitong

The banquet held in the countryside is such a banquet for the whole village. There is never a distinction between men's and women's seats, and it is often possible for a family to occupy several tables together.

The table where Zhu Yuenuan sat was not so exaggerated, in addition to Chu Yitong, there were two cousins, a cousin, and three teenagers who didn't know each other. From time to time, he squeezed his eyebrows with his two cousins, and then secretly aimed at Zhu Yuenuan. And her cousin is looking at Chu Yitong, Lu Pei, and Lu Lin.

"Tired?" Chu Yitong looked at Zhu Yuenuan, helped with the dishes and chopsticks, and asked softly.

"Not tired." Zhu Yuenuan shook her head, "It's not a big deal, it's just a little cumbersome." ”

"Cousin, you and Yu Zhi will enter Beijing in August, and I will take you hunting when the time comes." Lu Lin invited.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go." Zhu Yuenuan said with a smile, "My parents are here, I don't travel far, Yu knows that I want to enter Beijing to take the exam, so I naturally want to stay at home to take care of my father-in-law and mother-in-law." ”

"You can't say that." Lu Lin looked at her and shook his head again and again, "If Yu knows and first, stay in Beijing or be sent as an official, you won't go?" You've only been married for a few months, haven't you? ”

Zhu Yuenuan's face was slightly red, but she just smiled and glanced at Chu Yitong.

"If it is then, it is natural to take Nuan Nuan and go with my father." Chu Yitong naturally looked at Zhu Yuenuan, "No matter how bad it is, there is a second brother." ”

"In this case, it is better to enter Beijing together." Lu Lin said immediately.

"Still can't." Zhu Yuenuan still shook her head, "There are a lot of trivial matters at home, and I don't feel at ease." ”

When Lu Lin heard this, he felt a little regretful, but he could only give up, and chatted with Chu Yitong about other topics.

Zhu Yuenuan smiled shallowly and didn't mention anything.

Who knows, after the banquet was dispersed, Zhu Yuenuan helped Yang Muping settle the accounts, and when she returned to the room, she passed by Mrs. Zhu's room and was stopped by Zhu Anxu.

"Uncle." Zhu Yuenuan walked in.

Zhu Anxu helped Mrs. Zhu to lie down, and there was a basin of water on the side of the bed, the water was turbid, and it was Zhu Anxu who was personally washing the feet of the old father.

There is another couch on one side, and the futon is spread.

"Sit." Zhu Anxu helped pull up the quilt, cleaned his hands with another basin of clean water, walked over while wiping, and looked at Zhu Yuenuan, "Listen to Lin'er, are you inquiring about Master Kang?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Yuenuan didn't show any surprise at all, and nodded calmly.

"Why? Let's hear it. Zhu Anxu sat down, didn't see any special expression, and asked kindly.

Zhu Yuenuan nodded, and explained everything that the Chu family encountered and what she knew.

After she finished speaking, Zhu Anxu was still silent, and Zhu Yuenuan didn't speak, waiting quietly.

"You should not know about this matter and wait and see what happens." After listening to this, Zhu Anxu's expression did not change, but smiled lightly and admonished. (To be continued)

ps: Separated from both sides of the strait, nearly half a century of dispersion......

I still remember that I was only in the third grade of elementary school at that time, and I was not yet at the age of sentimentality, when my uncle returned, and the family set off to pick up the station in the early morning......

I also remember the ninety-six-year-old old lady who loves to talk about the ancients, when she died with a smile in her dream, the wanderer who left her hometown rushed back and mourned the scene......

Remembered to this day...... R655