Chapter 163: Brothers Meet

Although Hu Yanxun said that he was promoted to command the affairs from the fourth rank, he had no foundation at all in the past, and because of his military exploits, he was promoted several times in a row, and there was almost no accumulation, and in the mansion of the Wei commander, there were still some furniture left over from before, and there were almost no antique playthings, which looked a little sparse, and it was not much better than the Lin family that had just risen, and Qiu Chen's self-deprecating 'new tree painting is not ancient'.

Liu Mei'er got a warm house, but only put two braziers, neither a fire wall, nor a burning kang, just entered the room may still feel a little warm, but sit a little longer, this perennial uninhabited room in the cold, as if from the four walls, wisps straight into the bones.

Liu Mei'er has always been in charge of internal and external affairs, Lin Xu offended Liu Mei'er as soon as he entered the door, although he had prepared wine and food, but Liu Mei'er ignored it, and no one dared to send it privately. I still picked up a few guards from Lin Xu to eat and asked, only to know that the second master hadn't even eaten yet, so he hurriedly went to the kitchen and asked for two hot dishes and a hot soup to send over.

Lin Xu also held his breath, and he also had a stomach full of words that he wanted to see his eldest brother and said, yes, he didn't have much appetite. But it was not good to save the minds of a few guards, and after a little eating, he put the chopsticks. I boiled hot water on the brazier and chatted with a few guards about the customs and customs of the north.

These guards also followed Hu Yanxun all the way from Ling Shanwei, and they were the most confidants besides Han Liu. But the relationship between Hu Yanxun and the Lin family is not clear.

Hearing that Lin Xu had also been to the north, and had also been intercepted by horse thieves in the Yanyun Valley, several guards put aside their previous restraints and excitedly told Lin Xu about the power of horse thieves' 'Clouds in the Sky'.

With these people talking, Lin Xu finally felt a little less depressed, and the time waiting for the return of the eldest brother was no longer so long and difficult.

A few people were talking lively, and the little guy outside the door reported in loudly, saying that the adults had returned home. Several people suddenly woke up and saw that the hour was already early.

Hearing the report, Lin Xu immediately got up, took a step, stopped again, and said to several guards: "A few brothers, can you welcome the eldest brother with Xu?" ”

Several guards nodded and followed Lin Xu out to greet him. Before he was discharged from the hospital, two figures, one tall and one short, hurried towards him.

The guards were obviously familiar with each other, and they hurriedly stopped their steps and automatically separated left and right, bowed down and hugged their fists in greeting: "My lord! Lin Xu knew that the burly man who was coming in front of him was his eldest brother who had been absent for three years!

Lin Xu was full of excitement, but his feet were nailed to the ground and he couldn't move, wanting to call someone, but his throat seemed to be blocked with a piece of cotton, so choked that it was difficult to breathe, and he couldn't make a sound.

Hu Yanxun looked at the few people who came out of the door, and with a sweep of his eyes, he saw the thin young man standing there from behind the five or six people who bowed down to greet him.

When he left home, Lin Xu was not yet ten years old and was still a child, at this time, he was thirteen years old, and Lin Xu, who was fourteen years old in the next year, had grown into a teenager. Although his body was still thin, he was a full head and a half taller, wearing a navy blue silk cloth and a gray squirrel skin cloak of the same color.

Hu Yanxun was stunned!

But in an instant, his face was full of joy, and he strode over, and before he got close, he had already opened his arms and reached out to hug Lin Xu's thin young man who had not yet grown into his arms tightly. hugged the boy vigorously, as if this strength, this feeling of being solid in his arms, could make him believe that it was not an illusion or a dream.

After a while, Hu Yanxun raised his face, blinked his eyes vigorously, blinked the wetness in his eye sockets, patted Lin Xu's slightly thin back, and said loudly: "Second brother! Second brother! Big brother is back! ”

Lin Xu didn't have the self-control of Hu Yanxun, he was hugged by this solid arm as in his memory, leaned on this broad chest again, and heard the call of his eldest brother to him again...... Lin Xu's depression and anger just now had long been thrown by him, and the uncomfortable cotton wool that choked his throat finally turned into a thick sourness and rushed straight to his nose, and then rushed into his eyes, turning into big drops of tears, snatching out of his eyes!

The young man's voice has just entered the period of voice change, and he is even more hoarse with emotion, but the voice shouted out in this hoarse and sharp almost piercing voice is not loud, low and depressed, buried with infinite pain, containing deep longing--

"Big ...... Elder brother...... Woohoo......"

Lin Xu cried, and Hu Yanxun finally couldn't control his tears, and in an instant, his face flowed silently.

The brothers hugged their heads and cried, hearing Lin Xu's crying gradually lowering, Hu Yanxun held Lin Xu's thin shoulders, slowly pushed him away from his arms, and pulled up his sleeves casually, as if coaxing a child, not disgusted with dirt at all, wiped the tears and snot on his brother's face, and then said: "Big brother is back, don't leave again...... Second brother, don't cry, it's cold outside, if you have something to say, let's go into the house and say! ”

Although Lin Xu stopped crying, he was still sobbing and speechless, nodded, and obediently let Hu Yan take his shoulder and enter the door.

Han Liu followed the Lin Xu brothers into the house, and soon took the guards to send hot water cloths, waited for the brothers to wash, and served hot tea before the guards retreated.

"My lord, I want you and the second master to have dinner well, why don't you go down and ask for some food, and you can accompany the second master to eat more?" Han Liu asked with a smile.

Hu Yanxun smiled and waved his hand: "It's still thoughtful, go, hurry up, get a few more good dishes, and warm two pots ......of wine."

"Big brother......" Listening to Hu Yanxun skillfully instructing people to do things, Lin Xu woke up from the great joy of the reunion of his brothers.

Hu Yanxun waved his hand, signaling him not to make a sound, and watched Han Liu bow down and exit the door, only then did he turn around, and said with pity in his eyes: "Second brother, as the master, it is a matter of course to instruct the little girl......"

Lin Xu opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Hu Yanxun waving his hand, and continued: "Second brother, you must have also seen the old lady of the Lin family and the fifth lady...... You are not a common villager, you are a meritorious and loyal man who has the merit of the dragon back then...... If it weren't for the changes in the world and the eventual events, you would be the golden and noble young master of the Lin family, and it would be their blessing to guide them! ”

Lin Xu was stunned for a while, he didn't have the slightest impression of what kind of meritorious deeds and loyalty, since he could remember, he lived in the thatched house fence yard in Liujiaao, when he was a child, only his eldest brother took care of him, like every village child, poor but carefree. After receiving the news of the eldest brother's murder, the sister-in-law fell seriously ill, and if he got God's help, the Lin family's life became more and more prosperous, and he was also admitted to Xiucai......

In his consciousness, he is the most ordinary child of the Zhuang family, who wants to get ahead, wants to replace the lintel, and wants to repay the nurturing grace of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and there is only one way to study hard.

After that, he suddenly got the good news that his eldest brother was not dead, and he also ushered in his mother, his mother-in-law. His perception of himself was turned upside down in an instant.

It turns out that he is different from the bolt and the stone, he is not the son of Liu Jiaao's Zhuang family, his ancestors have outstanding merits, and he is also a scholarly family and hairpin in the capital.

But after the initial confusion and confusion, it was the sister-in-law and nephew and niece who treated each other as before, were close, and cared for, which made him slowly calm down, but after the turbulent water and repeated calm, it was no longer a crystal clear murmuring mountain stream, but a deep lake, thicker, deeper, and more broad.

Although the eldest brother's words today surprised him a little, they couldn't make any more waves. It's just that such an arrogant eldest brother makes Lin Xu a little strange - in his impression and memory, the eldest brother is gentle, generous, and kind......

Lin Xu's eyes shrank slightly, not wanting to sweep away the eldest brother's interest, so he avoided this topic and asked about the eldest brother's three-year border experience.

Hu Yanxun said a word about his more than a year of hard labor at the border pass, and then began to talk in detail about his robbery of grain and grass, was injured, and killed dozens of Rong people, Zuihou was favored by the commander of Ling Shanwei's guard, so he changed his name back to his real name and entered the army, and then, how, one military feat, he quickly went from a small banner in charge of only ten soldiers to a general banner in charge of more than fifty soldiers......

“…… I have to Zhenbei General again, oh no, the general is now the Marquis of Jingbei...... Fortunately, Hou Ye valued it and mentioned 100 and 1,000 households...... This great victory, on the reward of meritorious deeds, Hou Ye returned to Beijing with an injury...... After this great victory at the border pass, Jingsui was peaceful, and there was no major battle to fight for at least ten years. If there is no war, there will naturally be no military merits to take, so I asked to be transferred here......"

More than a year of military career, the battlefield was full of ups and downs, although Hu Yanxun did not tell in detail about the bloody battles on the battlefield, did not tell about countless times of rubbing shoulders with death, only talked about why he was fighting, how many times he made meritorious contributions to the enemy, and he also said a full quarter of an hour before he finished speaking.

Lin Xu has personally experienced the fight for his life in Yanyun Valley, so he can naturally hear from Hu Yanxun's words that all kinds of crises are not easy, and the glory of the eldest brother today is all fought for his life!

Lin Xu handed over a cup of tea with emotion and admiration, Hu Yanxun took it, drank it in one go, wiped his mouth, and smiled at Lin Xu: "When I come back, I can also take care of you nearby, and I can also find time to take care of the family...... It's just that I have never taken local military affairs with me, and when I first arrived, many affairs needed to be sorted out one by one, so I couldn't go home to visit...... Fortunately, now that it has been almost taken care of, I took the second brother here...... In a few days, I will be able to go home and visit......"

Hu Yanxun finished talking about his experience, and talked about all kinds of things after taking office, but the implied self-defense in his words made Lin Xu a little awkward, and the eldest brother said not to go home, but to 'visit'...... It stands to reason that the eldest brother is now employed in Anyang, so he can only press his family here, shouldn't the eldest brother take his sister-in-law and Afu Aman over for a family reunion? Could it be because of the bewitching woman just now?

Lin Xu thought in his heart, still with a smile on his face, and said, "If my sister-in-law learns that my eldest brother is now good, I will be overjoyed...... Oh, and Fu'er and Man'er, both of whom are extremely smart and sensible, and June has been enlightened...... Oh, speaking of which, the eldest brother has never met my niece Man'er, she is really smart, and the eldest brother must like it when he sees it! ”

The smile on Hu Yanxun's face froze, he turned his eyes away with a little embarrassment, slightly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Now, there is no arrangement in this house, this matter, let's discuss it later!" ”

Lin Xu still smiled: "Big brother, the old rule is that the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and the house is not well arranged, so I just took my sister-in-law to take care of it, and with my sister-in-law presiding over the internal affairs, the eldest brother can rest assured to entertain and do some things outside!" ”

Listening to Lin Xu talking about this topic all the time, Hu Yanxun gradually became a little moved.

When the woman saw him several times and didn't know him, he thought it was because he was resentful that he had left home for his husband, and he thought about how to comfort him...... Unexpectedly, this made me think about being an official's wife...... I don't know how the woman coaxed the second brother, not only did she stand up for her and give her no face, but she also wanted him to take over and preside over the feed...... Oh, if you think so, why do you pretend not to know him again and again when you see him?

However, since the woman has come back to his senses, he doesn't have to do anything more, although he has met the woman a few times and pretended not to know, but I have to say that now the woman's behavior and speech are much more generous than before, and the etiquette is also thoughtful, and the mother and son are brought into the house, and the housekeeping in this house can be done to his satisfaction. Of course, it is said that the woman has also earned some wealth this year, and although he has been promoted by merit, he has no savings in his hands, and if he can have the money that the woman earns, he can only think about promotion in the future.

It's Liu Meier...... It doesn't matter, it's just a concubine's plaything. He still respects her as the main housewife, and that's enough. Not to mention being an official and a eunuch, the peasants collected a few more buckets of wheat, and they still wanted to take a concubine to serve! This is all human nature, and it is inevitable that the woman will not be happy, but nothing will happen.

After all, even if the woman can earn a few silver dollars, she is just a village woman, what can she do? Laugh at!

Thinking in his heart, Hu Yanxun smiled again: "Well, I'm thinking about this too...... However, your sister-in-law has opened a workshop at home, and it must be difficult to move for a while, so it is better to live at home temporarily, and wait for the New Year, and then move over with the workshop! ”

As soon as he heard that the eldest brother did not dislike his sister-in-law and betrayed him, but thought about it thoroughly, Lin Xu was really happy.

"Big brother, there is one more thing, my brother shouldn't have said much...... It's just that the eldest brother is now an official, and there can be no mistakes in his words and deeds...... If the eldest brother wants to take in the concubine room, he must also discuss it with the sister-in-law, and it is good to get the consent of the sister-in-law. Otherwise...... The sister-in-law will not do anything for the sake of the eldest brother, maybe whoever will give the eldest brother a charge of 'spoiling the concubine and killing his wife', but it will ruin the good future of the eldest brother. ”

Hu Yanxun was slightly stunned, looked at Lin Xu and suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Lin Xu's shoulder and said, "Haha, the second brother has also grown up, this book is really not read in vain, and he has also experienced how to read things and speak...... Well, don't worry, that woman is just a dancing girl sent by the government, and now your sister-in-law has not taken it, let her serve one or two for the time being, really bring your sister-in-law and nephew, these people will naturally be handed over to your sister-in-law to be under the control of ......"

Putting aside the slight unpleasantness, the brothers came out of the initial excitement but a little alienation, and the more they talked, the more joyful they became. Han Liu brought wine and food again, and the brothers didn't need to be served, they said goodbye to each other, and then looked forward to the future, and before they knew it, the night was already late.

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Qiu Chen scooped up water and washed his face, applied homemade flower dew and cream, and was reaching out to get the cloak on the coat rack, wanting to go to the back cover to see what was wrong with the two girls, Yufeng's somewhat panting voice sounded at the door: "Madame......"

"Oh, come in!" The outstretched hand fell, and Qiu Chen responded, letting Yufeng enter the door.

Seeing that Yufeng looked haggard, her hair was simply tied back her head, and her clothes were not as neat as before, she couldn't help but be surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Yufeng gasped and said with a panicked face: "Madam, Qingxing, Qingxing is sick and burns badly!" ”

Qiu Chen was taken aback, hurriedly took the cloak and put it on his body, raised his feet and walked out, went out, saw that Yufeng also followed, and hurriedly said, "Can I tell your Aunt Shunzi?" ”

Yufeng shook her head in a panic: "It's not ...... yet"

Qiu Chen waved his hand: "Then you go now, hurry up and let your Aunt Shunzi come over...... Oh, tell your father again, and quickly send someone to the town to invite Zhao Langzhong to see Qingxing......"

When I opened the door and saw a white shijie outside the door, I suddenly remembered that it snowed heavily last night. Qiu Chen leaned over to look at the thick snow outside the eaves of the porch, which was one layer higher than the steps, and couldn't help frowning. The snow is almost thirty or forty centimeters thick, and it must be very difficult to walk on uncleaned roads......

Sled? But before the snow was compacted, it was very soft, so I don't know if it was okay.

Forget it, leave this matter to Daxing to consider, presumably they have seen too much snow like this, and they should have their own ways to deal with it.

After a slight pause at the door, Qiu Chen went straight to the backyard along the eaves, and Yufeng hurriedly went to the front yard to pass the word to Shunzi's family and Daxing.

Inverted house, also called inverted seat, regression, is based on the house behind the main house, facing north, slightly shorter than the main house, generally as a supplementary house to the main house, similar to the ear room, mostly for the maid and wife to wait for the residence, but also as the inner room for the children to live. However, the general inverted house is connected to the main house, and you can enter directly from the inside of the main house. But Qiu Chen, who is accustomed to retaining her own private space, is not used to having a girl by her side 24 hours a day, so she never needs a maid to be on duty at night, and the inverted seat is completely separated from the main house, and she needs to bypass the corner door to enter the backyard in order to enter the inverted seat.

However, Qiu Chen is not a harsh master, within the scope of her ability, within the scope of this Shijie's ethics and morality, she tries her best to treat the people in the family, including the helpers, and also the servants of the three families.

Yufeng and Qingxing are girls who serve them closely, and they are naturally more intimate with Qiu Chen, and Qiu Chen naturally treats these two girls better, whether it is clothes, food, and supplies, not to mention the girls in the village, even the big girls of the Liao family can't compare.

The upside-down seat where Yufeng Qingxing lives is in the two rooms at the east end, which is divided into the outer house. Qiu Chen lifted the thick cotton curtain on the door, stepped into the house, and felt that the room was warm, not colder than the room where she lived, but there were few lights in the house, only a candlestick was placed on the table in the front, a little candle, because of the breeze she brought into the house, it shook a little, and burned quietly.

Qiu Chen stiffened up slightly for a moment, let his eyes adjust to the light in the room, and let the cold air on his body dissipate, then he lifted the curtain on the door of the inner room and walked into the inner room!

There was also a kang in the back room, and there was also a candle on the kang table in the middle of the kang, and Qingxing was lying on one side, sleeping. Qiu Chen took a step forward, picked up the candle flame on the kang table, and approached Qingxing. In the faintly flickering candle flame, Qing Xing, who is always lively on weekdays, was lying quietly at the moment, with a sickly red floating on her cheeks, dry lips, and slightly peeling......

High fever without sweating, it should be a cold and wind!

Qiu Chen put the candlestick back on the kang table, rubbed his hands, and tried it on his face again, making sure that his hand temperature was normal, and then he reached out to help Qing Xing's forehead. Tentacles are hot...... Qiu Chen took a breath secretly, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a square and square wet cloth on the side of Qing Xing's head, and knew that Yu Feng had used a wet cloth to cool Qing Xing before......

Picking up the handkerchief and putting it in the basin in the corner of the room, Qiu Chen hurriedly walked out of the room.

Judging from experience, Qingxing has a very bad fever, and her body temperature is at least thirty-eight or nine degrees, and if she has such a high fever, it is easy to have complications, and the first thing to do now is to reduce her fever first...... At the very least, a little lower......

As soon as he walked out of the house, Junko's family had already run in through the corner door in a panic.

"Husband, madam......" Seeing Qiu Chen, Shunzi's family shouted, bent his knees, and asked for peace, but was supported by Qiu Chen.

"I just saw it, Qingxing should have suffered from the wind cold and burned badly...... You go in, wash the handkerchief first, wipe her forehead and palms......" Qiu Chen patted the hand of the Shunzi family while explaining, and said with relief, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, our family has medicine, I also asked Yufeng to tell Daxing, send someone to invite Langzhong, Qingxing is fine......"

Shunzi's eyes were red, and he nodded again and again, and finally blessed Qiu Chen's knees, and then hurriedly entered the house.

Qiu Chen didn't dare to delay, and quickly walked back to the second courtyard, entered the house and took a small can of alcohol, and went to her laboratory again, according to the recipe of ephedra soup, and grabbed two doses of medicine.

The Qingshan family and the Daxing family also rushed in when they heard the news, Qiu Chen drove the Daxing family to cook, and asked the Qingshan family to take the alcohol jar and a casserole back to the backyard to sit upside down.

took alcohol and absorbent cotton and handed it to Junzi's family, and asked her to wipe Qingxing's forehead, neck, palms, feet, chest, etc. to cool down, and handed over the medicine and casserole to Qingjiang's family, and lit a small stove to boil medicine in the outhouse.

Ephedra decoction is the first choice for high fever and no sweating at the beginning of wind and cold. Sweating to ward off cold, muscle release published. It didn't take long to boil, just boil for about ten minutes, Qiu Chen waited for Qingjiang's family to boil it, served it, and dried it a little too much, so he fed Qingxing while it was hot......

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Sorry, it's late......