The eighth master subconsciously had already scared Ruan Shi to the bones, and specifically expressed Xiàn, jumping around while arguing with Ruan Shi to prevent being kicked by a kick; Thinking of quarreling with Ruan's hurts in the brain, and before we have seen each other, I have half of it; And when you return home, you will definitely not enter Nguyen's yard.

So Chu Baye rushed all the way from the outer courtyard to the inner house, and then rushed into the Huanshi Mountain House.

The old lady had just taken over the affairs of the inner courtyard this day, and she was a little tired, she was crooked on the Luohan bed, comfortably leaning on the big pillow, rubbing her temples by Shen's mother, and tasting the red date tea sent by Xiusun's fart.

I just heard that the little maid came to report that the eighth master was back, and before the old lady could stretch out her head to take a look at the courtyard, the eighth master had already lifted the brocade curtain and rushed to the old lady.

It startled the old lady.

Hurriedly put down the blue and white bowl of roses in his hand and sat up straight.

The eighth old man was still a little haggard when he first came out of the exam, and the green cloth on his body was also wrinkled, and when he saw the old lady's stern face, he stopped his feet and shouted, "Mother." ”

He wanted to speak and stopped, turned around and hesitated for a moment, then looked at the old lady again, then looked at Shen's mother again, rubbed his hands, and stopped talking again.

The old lady immediately understood that the eighth master came out of the examination room and did not go home immediately, but must have gone to the woman's residence in Zhongshan first, and found that the building was empty, and heard something, so she rushed home to find someone.

Seeing her son's unpromising appearance, the old lady was unhappy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth drooped.

The eighth master was coldly frozen, and he didn't dare to ask, but he was reluctant not to ask, and hesitated.

The old lady was even more angry when she saw it, but she still held back, trying to figure out how to educate her son well.

Unexpectedly, the eighth master seemed to suddenly remember something, and the whole person became excited, and said hatefully, "Mother, is it that jealous woman of the Ruan family who said something to you again!" ”

Seeing that the old lady was looking at him with wide eyes, as if she was the same enemy as him, she immediately came to her strength, flicked her sleeves in a dashing manner, and paced around the house to count the Ruan's not coming.

"This jealous, poisonous, shrew, foolish! How to be worthy of a son! The eighth old man counted down for a while to summarize his statement, and then came to the old lady and licked his face and said, "Mother, my son met a stunning strange woman a few days ago, and she ......."

The old lady couldn't listen to it anymore, jumped up and ended her son's fallacious chatter with a round slap, she finally understood why her daughter-in-law Ruan often quarreled with her son, and if she couldn't argue a few words, she had to grab her hands and kick her, which was really relieving, and the world was clean.

Chu Baye was beaten, raised his eyes and saw his mother's angry face, he was so frightened that he trembled, and knelt on the blue brick ground with a plop, "Mother! ”

The old lady closed her eyes and sat back on the Luohan bed suddenly, she is not Ruan after all, she has practiced repairing the aunts on weekdays, and she is very skilled in beating people, and the old lady is angry and the strength of her whole body is concentrated in the palm of her hand and pumped on her son's face, which is a little unsustainable, and Shen's mother quickly helped the old lady's back to give the old lady a good breath.

Chu Baye grew up with the old lady since he was a child, and he didn't dare to disobey the widow at all, so he hurriedly took two steps on his knees, covering his hot cheeks with one hand and holding the old lady's knees with the other.

The old lady took a few breaths, raised her head quietly, saw the red palm print on her son's white face, and regretted it a little, there are still a few days before the list will be released, how can I go to the deer banquet.

It can be seen that his son's stupid and stupid look, and I can't wait for her to be lifted this year, such a simple and naïve, early lifting is only the share of being pitted, and for a while I regret that I have protected him under his wings since he was a child, for fear that he will be hurt a little, and has developed this lonely and self-appreciating temperament, and I can't help but sigh again and again.

The eighth old man was even more anxious when he saw it, and he cried while holding the old lady's leg, "Mother, it's all my fault, if you have anything unpleasant, you will be angry with your son, but don't be angry with yourself." ”

The old lady looked at her son's somewhat messy sideburns, anxious eyes, and her feelings were slightly soothed, after all, he was still a person who knew filial piety, and it was not without merit, but Aunt Qin's matter, there must be an explanation, the old lady secretly cheered up.

She straightened her face and shouted, "You still dare to tell me, buy a house, raise an outer room, if this spreads, you still have to be shameless, how do you let your classmates look at you in the same year?!" ”

The eighth master was taken aback, "Mother, the house is her own, not me, and ......" The eighth master only has five or two months of silver a month, he wants to buy a house for Qin Xiyan, but he is helpless and shy.

And he was afraid of being laughed at, so he was always very cautious, and before he finished his defense, he interrupted the old lady.

The old lady's voice softened a little, "Also, she actually got pregnant, do you know how dangerous it is?" ”

The eighth master was stunned, his thin lips trembled, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

The old lady glanced at him, and knew that he was temporarily frightened, so she said carefully, and her voice softened a lot, "This child is too close to your eldest brother's filial piety, and your eldest brother's filial piety is still stacked with national filial piety." ”

Seeing that the eighth master twitched his lips as if he wanted to justify, he hurriedly patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, dragged him up from the ground, pointed to the circle chair that Shen's mother had moved, held his hand and continued, "I know, more than a month earlier than the day your eldest brother died, but this child was conceived outside, and there is no matchmaker or hiring, you have lost your virtue first, this child has grown up, how can you see the difference in a month and two months, and who will listen to your defense?" Son, this is a handle for a lifetime. ”

"Mother...... "Mother" The eighth old man listened to the numb scalp, he thought that he was doing a good job and didn't care, but now listening to his mother, he really can't explain it, the small courtyard is usually only served by Zheng's mother alone, when he went because he was afraid that people would know, he only brought a small guy who was waiting closely, if he made trouble, it was really indefinite.

The old lady saw that he was stunned and remorseful, and knew that he believed it, so she did not hesitate to add another fire, "My son, you have always admired Wei and Jin celebrities, do you remember why Ji Kang died?" ”

Seeing that the eighth master's eyes flashed, he continued, "That Ji Kang is ranked among the seven sages of the bamboo forest, highly respected, and is the son-in-law of the Cao Wei clan, with a noble status, Zhong Hui is jealous of his talent and fame, and he saw the opportunity to frame him, and the petition of the three thousand students failed to save him." ”

"Son," the old lady was heartbroken, "you will be a scholar and enter the Hanlin in the future, so many imperial envoys in the Imperial Court, although they ask for the people's lives, but they are also indispensable to the villain who has nothing to do and is jealous of the virtuous and capable. Worthy of your dead father? ”

"Mother, it's the son who is not filial, the son didn't expect ......" The eighth master cried when he heard the words, he has always admired the famous people of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, treated his mother to filial piety, and worshiped his father, and wanted to become a merry and talented son like his father, these three mountains pressed down, and he collapsed immediately.

"Look at the ancient times to the present, those talented people from famous families, I have only heard of those who played in the hook fence, have you ever heard of bringing that unclean woman home, and even having children?" The old lady reproached.

The eighth master was so frightened that he hurriedly explained, "Mother, she is also the daughter of the regular family, and she lived with the nurse in the Zhongshan courtyard without relatives and no reason." The son prides himself on being romantic, but he doesn't dare to be involved with those women even if he is killed. ”

He still remembers that the ancestral hall of the Chu family is still standing there, no matter how cynical he is, he doesn't dare to go against his family, and when he goes out, he says that he was born in the Chu family in Pukou, and people can always look at it, the glory of the family envelops him, and he is also the glory of the family.

The old lady nodded with satisfaction and soothed softly, "You are my mother's son, my mother knows that you are a good child, and she also knows that you are measured, but this time, you are too careless." ”

She sighed faintly, "I heard you say that the origin of the Qin family girl, and I have personally interrogated her, although it is a pity to be pitiful." But do you still remember the origin of Qiantang Su's small school? Even though the good story of the oil wall incense car has been sung for a hundred years, when later generations mention this woman, don't they still name her with the word 'name * prostitute'? Even if you truthfully explain to your literary friends, they will only accept a private * prostitution chang. ”

The eighth master was shocked, every time he went to Qin Xiyan's place, he always heard her cry about her poor background, and saw that she could write poetry and paint, and she was quite talented, and gradually fell into his heart, and only thought about taking her home one day, without letting her wander outside, he never thought about what was wrong with such a background.

Yes, an orphan girl who has been in the middle of the day, has no close relatives and distant relatives, and should get married on the night when there are no relatives and friends, but he chose a small courtyard in Zhongshan where people come and go, he suddenly thought that on the day he first saw him, it was a classmate who he was not impatient to deal with on weekdays who dragged him to enjoy the plum blossoms, and Qin Xiyan was chanting poems in the plum blossom forest.

No way!

Shen's mother handed over the cold-soaked handkerchief, and the eighth master hesitantly took it and applied it to the palm print on his cheek.

The heart that had been placed suddenly fell like falling into an ice cave, and he panicked, "She said, she clearly said that she really loved me. ”

The old lady just took a sip of the tea handed by Shen's mother, and when she heard the words of the eighth master, she suddenly became angry, her eyes were sharp, but she forcibly suppressed her anger, and said to him, "I also know that she is sincere, but if she is sincere, she should not cause trouble for you, and she should pay attention not to get pregnant. ”

Seeing the eighth master's gaze, she said again, "That day, she stopped your daughters' carriage halfway, looking for death and life to follow into the house, many passers-by have seen it, and several of your daughters also know, yesterday the youngest Xiuqian also asked me why the woman passing by scolded the Qin girl for being cheap." She's not sensible yet, what do you think of the big ones as your father? ”

"What?" The eighth master's originally haggard face turned a little pale, and when he heard this, he suddenly turned red, so many people know about it? He still tried his best to hide it, where can he put his face this time.

"No, this Qin girl is too, although she is talented, she has no guidance from her parents, and it is useless to be accompanied by a nursing mother, so it is inevitable that she will not do things properly."

The eighth master remembered Mother Zheng's face-full dignity, and nodded in agreement.

The old lady took her son's hand and persuaded, "You will be with Aunt Qin in the future, don't always say some poems and words, you have to make up your mind and teach well, our deep house compound can't tolerate that uneducated frivolity, her appearance of looking for death and life at every turn, I don't like it." ”

The eighth master nodded hurriedly, but he heard something different, "Auntie? He looked at the old lady suspiciously, and his eyes gradually lit up with joy, "Mother......"