When Xu Lan finished singing, a maid-like person next to her walked up to Cheng Yan and said, "Miss, let me take a look, they heard your singing on the gazebo." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info asked the young master if they could come and listen together. ”

Cheng Yan looked at Chen Chong and Xu Lan, Chen Chong and Xu Lan heard that there was a girl who wanted to come over to listen, and they immediately felt uncomfortable, Chen Chong was because he was shy, and he was not very good at singing, Xu Lan had no other songs to sing after singing this song.

Cheng Yan said: "If there is a guest here today, let's stop it, next time." Aren't you hot on the kiosk? ”

"There's a bucket of ice on the kiosk, and it's not hot," replied the maid.

"yes, then let them play on their own." Cheng Yan said.

The maid listened and left, and finally glanced at Xu Lan again.

Cheng Min felt a little pity, he was a master who liked to join in the fun, so he said: "I'll go to the pavilion to see which sister is there, I'll come back when I go, and I ran over as I spoke." ”

Cheng Yan ignored him, and the three of them went to the lake to enjoy the lotus flowers.

Xu Lan remembered the homework left by Bingde again, looked at the pool full of fresh lotus, and moved the idea of painting a picture.

When I got to the desk, I found that everything was complete, and it seemed that there were often people painting here.

Cheng Yan let her feel free.

Xu Lan concentrated on painting, and she didn't even know when Cheng Min would come back.

After finishing the painting, she straightened her waist, only to find that everyone was watching her paint there, and Xu Lan was a little embarrassed.

"Xu Song, I didn't expect you to paint well." Cheng Min spoke first.

"Although this technique is a little lacking, the color is good, and the rendering is quite good." Cheng Yan said to the point.

"I didn't even know you could draw!" Chen Chong was a little surprised.

For a while, everyone was interested, and they all started to draw there.

After the painting, they commented on each other.

The maid came back and said, "The ladies know that you are painting, and ask if you can let them enjoy the painting as well." ”

Chen Chong and Xu Lan were a little embarrassed, but they didn't refuse.

After a while, the little maid came back and said: "The second son's technique is the best, the third son's pattern is good, and the other two sons', one has a good color." The other, although his skills are insufficient, is also somewhat interesting. ”

The painting was not sent back, Xu Lan originally wanted to take the painting back to Bingde to see, but she was too embarrassed to open her mouth again, so she just left, but a painting, it was not good to open up.

had dinner at Cheng's Mansion again, Cheng Yan was originally going to serve wine, but was rejected by Xu Song and Chen Chongjian, and Cheng Yan didn't embarrass them.

After dinner, Xu Lan was about to say goodbye, when suddenly a person who looked like an old housekeeper came, and Cheng Yan was quite polite to him.

"I heard that the second son has two friends, can you go to Rongde Hall to talk about it?" The old butler said.

Cheng Yan was a little strange when he heard it, but two young friends came, how did this grandfather care? Doesn't he usually care? I haven't heard of any of my friends have such an honor.

But my grandfather has already let people pass the word, so naturally he has to obey his fate.

Busy with Xu Lan and Chen Chong, Xu Lan and Chen Chong were startled when they heard it, glanced at each other, and read the word surprise in each other's eyes.

However, when people and elders are invited, they naturally cannot refuse. And this is Cheng Ge Lao, Shoufu Ge Lao, although he is retired now, but he is also the former Shoufu, isn't it?

The two of them followed the old butler respectfully.

When he arrived at the guest hall of Rongde Hall, Cheng Ge was already waiting there.

I saw a slip of mahogany-style furniture, the shape was simple and generous, and a pair of amphorae blue and white porcelain vases of fish playing green lotus were placed on the case. There is a vigorous and powerful longevity character hanging in the hall.

I saw an old man in simple and kind clothes sitting on the Taishi chair, but he didn't feel the majesty and grace at all, but a pair of eyes like the sea, which seemed to be able to tolerate everything.

Xu Lan and Chen Chong hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Cheng Ge invited them to sit very peacefully.

Cheng Yan introduced Xu Song and Chen Chong to him, and Cheng Ge nodded and listened.

"You are Xu Song who sold the comb to Tsinghua Temple?" Cheng Ge Lao asked.

Xu Song nodded hurriedly.

"Recently, I was practicing a set of boxing techniques, which I learned from the abbot of Tsinghua Temple, and the abbot mentioned you and praised you very much. The old man was also a little curious. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's the abbot who can afford to be below."

"The boy is a hero, and the old man feels a lot looser after practicing this set of boxing."

"When I was young, my body was too weak, and after practicing, I became much stronger, but I was ignorant and couldn't understand the subtlety."

Cheng Ge Lao nodded, and asked Xu Song and Chen Chong what books they are reading now?

Xu Lan said that she didn't follow the official career and knew a few words.

Chen Chong said that he had studied four books, but he was also more interested in business.

Cheng Ge Lao nodded again: "The young man has a determination to be more courageous than I was back then." ”

Xu Lan and Chen Chong were embarrassed.

Cheng Ge didn't say anything anymore.

But each of them was rewarded with a piece of ink, and they were sent out.

Xu Song didn't expect that his name had risen to Cheng Ge Lao.

There is something in my heart that does not live up to the name.

After coming out, Cheng Yan and the third lady took their things home separately.

Xu Lan returned home and found that the family seemed to be busy, and she heard Wang's questioning there.

"Madame rest assured, everything is ready, the quilt is covered, these are prepared in advance, just spread it, and the other things that are missing are all prepared by Old Man Zhao, and the old lady and they are here to keep it comfortable." Mama Zhao said.

Oh, it turns out that the nominal grandmother is coming over, and too, Wang's delivery has been a week.

Xu Lan reported and walked in and returned to today's events. Wang told her that her grandmother, the eldest uncle, and the second uncle would arrive at noon tomorrow, and the two children of the uncle's family would come with her.

Now Xu Lan and Xu Tang are both recorded in her name, and they are both daughters in name.

The Wang family explained that when the time came, let Brother Xuan and her take the children to the county for a walk.

Xu Lan should get down, and on the second day, she didn't go to the store.

Brother Xuan'er's homework could not be delayed, he still went to school every day, and he told Xu Lan to ask people to call him when his grandmother arrived.

When it was almost noon, two carriages came to the door, and Xu Yiliang and Xu Lan and Xu Tang were already waiting at the door. Xu Lan asked Shunzi to call Brother Xuan back.

Xu Yiliang hurriedly led them to the guest hall, and Steward Zhao parked the carriage to the stable.

Wang's mother entered the door and asked Mama Zhao to quickly lead her to see Wang.

The crowd went to the guest hall first, and for a while everyone renewed their teeth and saluted.

The age gap between the eldest uncle and the second uncle seems to be large, the eldest uncle looks like the wrinkles on his face, the second uncle Xu Lan has seen him in the countryside before, and he is a very capable person. Here came the two sons of the second uncle, one named Wang Zhao and the other named Wang Chang, one was seventeen years old and the other was fourteen years old. looks quite like the second uncle, the second uncle has a goose egg face, although she is already in her thirties, but she is a baby face, she looks only in her twenties, and when she speaks, she has the shyness of a Jiangnan woman, which makes people feel very good.

Xu Lan took Xu Tang to serve tea to everyone.

As soon as he finished serving tea, Brother Xuan ran back, and saluted again for a while.

Everyone went to see the newborn nephew again, and they all went to Wang's house for a while, and Wang was still in confinement on the bed in the inner room, and the nurse hugged Xu An out.

The little guy has been asleep, no matter from which hand it has passed from hand to hand, he has never woken up, and he has not given everyone any face.

My grandmother came out of the house with red eyes.