After breakfast, the group set off again, and after a night's rest in Xinzheng, they returned to Beijing on the evening of April 22.

"Ran'er, why did you come back today? My mother thought that Ran Er would come back before the twenty-one. ”

"Mother, why twenty-one?"

"Twenty-one is Ran'er's ninth birthday."

"Huh?!"

"Have you forgotten it? Could it be that Xiaoxi also forgot about jì? ”

As soon as he entered the mansion, Xiao Yiran came to his mother Sun's room to say goodbye, and Xiaoxi went to clean up and salute, but did not follow him.

"Well, I should have forgotten about it. On the twenty-first day, we were in Luoyang. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yiran's heart suddenly moved. It is the soul of Mengjin on his birthday, nine is the extreme of the yang number, is the reason why the soul left the body that night, and traveled through two thousand years of time and space to the battlefield of the martial king, is it another rebirth arranged by God? Is it only because he practiced the exercises that Xu Ying's sister was entrusted by others to condense his soul that he was able to return to his physical body?

Seeing Xiao Yiran's sudden stunned, Sun thought that his daughter was unhappy because she missed her birthday, so she hurriedly and gently persuaded her:

"Ran'er, forget jì and forget jì, my mother will make up for it tonight."

"Fill in what?"

Xiao Yiran was still immersed in thinking about what happened that day, and didn't understand his mother Sun's words for a while, so he subconsciously asked.

"Ran'er, what's wrong with you? Is it unwell? ”

"Mother, no, I'm fine. Mother said to make up for Ran'er's birthday, right? ”

"Yes, my mother will tell the kitchen to prepare meals, and when your father comes back, we will celebrate Ran'er's birthday together."

Sure enough, Mother Sun turned her head and said to the girl next to her, Xiaoxing:

"Xing'er went to inform the kitchen, set up a table dinner, and make up for Miss's birthday in the evening."

Xiao Xing agreed, turned around and went to the kitchen. Only Xiao Yiran's mother and daughter were left in the room, as well as the girl Xiaolian.

"Sister Xiaolian, you're fifteen years old this year, right?"

"Miss Hui, I am the same age as Xiaoxing, both fifteen years old."

"Mother, Sister Xiaoxi is nineteen years old, isn't it time to find a mother-in-law for Sister Xiaoxi?"

"You go to Xiaoxi's hometown, what does her family say?"

"Sister Xiaoxi's family is too selfish, and they haven't thought about Sister Xiaoxi at all."

Immediately, Xiao Yiran told his mother Sun about going to Xiaoxi's house. Sun lowered his head and thought about it, and asked Xiao Yiran:

"What does Xiaoxi think?"

"I think Sister Xiaoxi is a little moved by Xiao Qing, so it's better to fulfill them."

"Xiaoxi is willing?"

"Along the way, looking at Xiaoxi's expression, I am willing."

"As long as Xiaoxi is willing, Xiao Qing should have no opinion. Wait for your father to come back, let your father ask Xiao Qing what he means, if both of them are willing, let them settle down. ”

The mother and daughter talked again, and Xiao Yiran returned to his room, and when he saw that Xiaoxi was still saluting in order, he leaned forward with a smile and quipped:

"Sister Xiaoxi, I'm very happy."

"Miss knows how to make fun of people, where is my big joy for a girl?"

"Does that mean Sister Xiaoxi is unwilling?"

Xiao Xi looked at Xiao Yiran's expression, and vaguely guessed what Xiao Yiran's mouth meant by Daxi, and lowered his head shyly for a while, no longer speaking.

"Xiaoxi really doesn't want to, I'll tell Sù Niang, don't tell Xiao Qing."

"Who's to say no?"

Xiaoxi blushed like a big red cloth, lowered her head, and said like a mosquito.

"Sister Xiaoxi, what did you say, I didn't hear clearly?"

"Miss!"

Xiao Xi stomped his feet and cleaned up his own salute.

"Haha, I'm teasing you, I've already told Sù Niang just now, wait for Daddy to come back, let Daddy ask Xiao Qing what he means, and I'll settle it for you."

Xiao Guoliang arrives home at the end of the hour every day, and today is no exception. As soon as I entered the mansion gate, I saw my own carriage. As he walked briskly towards the backyard, he said:

"Is Ran'er back?"

Xiao Yiran heard footsteps, hurriedly walked out of the room, and saw that his father Xiao Guoliang had come to the backyard, so he greeted him:

"Daddy, I'm back."

"When did you come back? Have fun in Ha Bang? ”

"It's been less than an hour since I entered the door, and I'm fine. Both my husband and my wife were very good to me. My brother got married in April, and we left on the day of the nineteenth return. ”

"Haha, it's good to come back, your mother has been chattering, worried that the weather is so hot, and I'm afraid that it will not be good for Ran'er to rest outside. Just come back. ”

Growing up so big, Xiao Yiran is the first time to leave his father and mother for so long, and his heart is warm when he sees his father Xiao Guoliang so concerned.

This is the Sun who heard the voice and also walked over.

"Husband, let's go to the living room for tea first. Ran'er forgot her birthday, and her wife has already instructed the kitchen to make up for Ran'er's birthday tonight. ”

A family of three came to the living room in the front yard affectionately, and Xiaoxing and Xiaolian hurriedly made herbal tea for the three of them. After Xiao Guoliang drank a bowl of herbal tea, Sun told Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing about it. When Xiao Guoliang heard this, he said happily:

"That's a good thing, Xiaolian, go and call Xiao Qing in."

After a short time, Xiao Qing followed Xiaolian to the living room.

"Does the master have any instructions for calling the little one to come?"

"Haha, Xiao Qing, you won't be a teenager when you come to our Xiao Mansion, right?"

"Master, I went to Taicang with the master before, and it's been almost nine years now."

"Time flies fast, if the master is not mistaken, you should be twenty-four, right?"

"If you go back to my lord, by June, I will be just twenty-four years old."

"It's long overdue to start a family. I have a family affair that I want to tell you, I don't know if you like it or not? ”

Xiao Qing raised his head to look at Xiao Guoliang, and then turned his head and walked around the living room, as if he was looking for someone.

"Xiao Qing, are you looking for Sister Xiaoxi?"

Xiao Qing listened to Miss Tell her thoughts, her face was slightly red for a while, she lowered her head in embarrassment, put her hands on her sides, and kept twisting the clothes on her body.

"I'm not embarrassed, I just want to ask you if you want to marry Xiaoxi."

When Xiao Qing heard Xiao Guoliang's words, he hurriedly raised his head, and he didn't care about being ashamed, and said softly:

"Back to the master, madam, miss, the little one is willing."

Xiao Qing's nervous and urgent expression made Xiao Yiran laugh at all three.

"Since you are willing, Xiaoxi will not object, go back and choose a date for you to get married. If you are willing to stay in the house, let the housekeeper clean up the house for you, and if you want to go out alone, you will also be with you. As soon as it is necessary for marriage, it will come out of the house. ”

"Master, I'm willing to stay."

"It's not your business alone now, go back and ask Xiaoxi what she means, and then come back to me. Let's go down. ”

Xiao Qing knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to Xiao Guoliang's three mouths before saying goodbye and went straight to the backyard to find Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi doesn't need to ask, she is willing to stay in Xiao Mansion, after all, the last time she went home, her family made her feel cold. The wedding date of the two is set for May 17, and every qiē is handled by the housekeeper Cai Xu, and the expenses are paid by the Sun family.

After Xiaoxi and Xiao Qing got married, Xu was grateful for the grace of Xiao Fu, not only did not ask for silver, but also gave him a deed, and also gave Xiaoxi a thick dowry. Including the one in the new house, it was all purchased at the expense of the Xiao Mansion, and since then, the two have been waiting for the three members of the Xiao family with all their hearts.

Xu is because in the West Garden of the Dong family in Luoyang, Lin Chen's words that show his heart make the two no longer interact with each other so carelessly. Especially Xiao Yiran, since Lin Chen showed that he liked him, when he saw Lin Chen again, he would always find it difficult to control his heartbeat. Although I tried to think that I was an old man with the memory of two lives, I shouldn't do this to a teenage hairy boy, but my body always didn't listen to my own call. Therefore, the contact between the two gradually decreased. Since returning to the capital, Xiao Yiran has not been to the palace once. Lin Chen had been here a few times, but Xiao Yiran just showed up and dodged away.

Summer goes to autumn, and on August 15, the three members of the Xiao family sat in the courtyard to admire the moon.

"Ran'er, Daddy wants to thank you."

Xiao Yiran was stunned by his father Xiao Guoliang's abrupt words.

"Why did Daddy say this?"

"Ran'er, what your father means is exactly what your mother means. Since Ran'er was born, the family has been the same every day, and my mother and father feel that this is the good luck that Ran'er has brought us. ”

"Dad, mother, you can't say that. Everyone's luck has ups and downs, and it can't be smooth sailing. In the past, my father and mother suffered so much, even if there was no Ran'er, it was time to operate. ”

"Haha."

Listening to his daughter's words, Xiao Guoliang laughed heartily.

"Husband, look at our daughter, she has been like a little adult since she was a child."

"Ran'er, Daddy, here's good news."

"Daddy, what's the good news?"

"This year, during the Double Ninth Festival, the Imperial Garden is open to the families of officials above the fifth grade in Beijing for three days."

"Daddy, is this true?"

"Absolutely."

"I have long heard how beautiful the royal garden is, and this time we passed by Luoyang, and we also went to see the peony garden of the Tang Dynasty. I didn't expect to be able to go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the chrysanthemums this year. ”

Early in the morning of the ninth day of the ninth month of September, Xiao Yiran had breakfast with his mother Sun, and was about to let Xiao Qing prepare a car to go to the Imperial Garden, but he didn't want Lin Chen to come in a carriage.

"Hello Aunt Sun."

"Lin Gongzi is here, but I haven't seen him for a few days."

"My sister is also going to the Imperial Garden to enjoy chrysanthemums, just before us."

"Isn't Aunt Lin going?"

"Mother and aunt and grandmother also went, let me pick up my grandaunt and sister, and we will go together."

Immediately, Xiao Yiran and his mother Sun got into the carriage prepared by Xiao Qing, followed Lin Chen's carriage, and went to the palace to pick up Mrs. Wang and Lin before going to the imperial garden together.

To be able to go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the chrysanthemums, all the officials' families feel that it is a kind of tolerance, so there are a lot of people on this day. The carriage in front of the Imperial Garden Gate is lined up in two long pairs. Xiao Yiran, who thought he had come early enough, found that there was no place to park the carriage.

"Xiao Qing drive the carriage back to the house, and come here to pick us up before noon."

Hearing Sun's order, Xiao Qing turned the carriage and went back. The carriage of the palace also followed Xiao Qing and turned back to the mansion. A group of five people, Lin Chen and Xiao Yiran were in front, and Sun and Lin accompanied Mrs. Wang to the imperial garden.