Xu Suzhen was slightly stunned, holding on to the railing and groaning.

Zhu Yan happened to be staring at her expression, and suddenly felt very strange, even if Xu Suzhen's face looked old, why did she only have an expression on her face, but never saw her complexion change, could it be that she was too good at hiding her feelings?

"Mother, did my daughter do something wrong?" Seeing that she hadn't spoken, Zhu Yan couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so she put aside the doubts just now.

"That's it, that kid is too angry, I think this Wang family will eventually be lost in the hands of their two masters." Xu Suzhen patted the railing heavily, hating that iron is not steel, and after a while, she looked at Zhu Yan with a gentle look and whispered, "Ah Yan, since the title deed is in your hands, you will take it, Wang Yong's kid has a lot of eyes, and he may still want to trouble you for this in the future." ”

Zhu Yan nodded, last time Wang Yong was just stunned by her, if she did it again, most likely she would not have such good luck, not to mention that even if Liu Zixin fought with him again, it would probably be the result of losing both, which was not what she wanted to see.

The mother and daughter stood under the porch, speechless for a while, each thinking about their own thoughts.

It happened to be the middle of the night, and the sound of firecrackers rang out in all directions, and it seemed that the whole world was shaking.

Zhu Yan held on to the railing firmly, and I have to say that she underestimated the enthusiasm of the ancients for the New Year, and she didn't know how long she waited, and when the deafening sound of firecrackers finally stopped, she gently buckled her ear to make sure that she had not been shocked by these terrible noises to break her eardrum.

Xu Suzhen's face was still as plain as ever, and her old eyes were half-drooping. There seems to be a lack of care for the people around him.

Zhu Yan sighed secretly, it seemed that it was impossible to ask her who supported him yesterday and stunned herself. Frustrated, he felt very bored, so he crouched on the railing and yawned lazily one after another.

Xu Suzhen saw that she was sleepy, and patted her comfortingly, "You used to be the most afraid of firecrackers, but now you are much better, there will be firecrackers in the morning, you can sleep for a while now." ”

"Good. When the child was in the liver meridian, the mother also went to bed early. Zhu Yan blinked mischievously, and then stretched. Lift the thick felt curtain and go into the house.

Bai Apple was sitting under the lamp in a daze, and a lock of naughty bangs cut out a shadow in the light.

Zhu Yan naughtily jumped up to her, shook her hand, and was startled when she saw her. He pursed his lips and smiled unkindly. That's when he sat down next to her.

"Oops! Girls love to be funny! It's no different from Akiko's child. Bai Apple puffed out her cheeks and twisted her arm, "Bai Apple is thinking about something." ”

Zhu Yan fell into her arms, looked at her annoyed and angry in the shadow of the lamp, and teased, "What do you think about this girl?" Are you thinking that I'm going to get married soon, and I'm ...... myself?"

"Not really!" Bai Apple turned her head and ignored her.

"Alright, alright. It's not too early, so I think we'll sleep together. Zhu Yan slept until late afternoon before waking up. In fact, she was not sleepy, but thinking that Bai Ping must be tired, just seeing that she didn't sleep, most of this girl didn't want to sleep, and it seemed that the reply to Yuan Rin had to be delayed for a few days.

Sure enough, he was woken up by a lively firecracker sound on weekdays, Zhu Yan blinked and looked at the top of the tent, and now the use in this house was sent by the second uncle Xu Zhao, although the appearance of the Wang family's house is still very dilapidated, but his own house is not much worse than the boudoir of those big families.

According to what Xu Suzhen said, the Xu family has gradually declined because of its resignation, and the wealth accumulated in the family is not as rich as before, so it intends to return to Beijing as an official, but the uncle Xu Zhong is a nest, and the eldest uncle Yang is in charge of the family on weekdays, and the old lady also saw this, so he let his son Xu Zhao inherit the family property.

It's a pity that Xu Zhao and Lin only have a daughter, Xu Yuqing, but married Jing, so if they want to rely on their in-laws to enter Beijing, they can only count on Zhu Yan, it just so happens that his father Zhu Heng and Yuan have entanglements, Xu Zhao tried his best to promote his marriage with Yuan Rin, but when Xu Suzhen talked about this, he seemed to deliberately not show his attitude.

Zhu Yan thought for a while, then became sleepy again, turned over, and fell asleep again unconsciously.

This dream was a bit long, and in the dream, she was in the swamp full of white grass and red flowers, and the sound of gurgling water made a very real light sound in her ears, Zhu Yan reached out and touched a lycoris, the petals were smooth and slightly sticky—a touch that belongs to living creatures, and this reality made her shudder, and she woke up in an instant.

Sitting up and taking a long breath of relief, seeing that Bai Ping was still asleep, Zhu Yan was sure that he was really awake, so he tiptoed out of bed, sat down in front of the window, slowly spread out the letter, used the tea left over from last night to grind some ink, recalled what he wrote last time, and began to write hard.

As soon as I finished writing the last column, I heard Bai Apple's voice getting up, followed by her surprise call.

Zhu Yan couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckled, pretending not to hear, but still calmly put the letter into the envelope.

"Girl—girl!" Bai Yu jumped to Zhu Yan's side with her shoes, holding a piece of tissue paper in her hand, and looked at Zhu Yan excitedly, "Girl, is this true?!" ”

"Nature is true, when did I lie to you?" Zhu Yan raised his eyes and chuckled, this deed of sale was handed over to him by the Lin family, and the meaning was very clear, he saved Bai Apple's life, so he asked her to return it herself, it was reasonable and reasonable, Bai Ping himself agreed, but Zhu Yan didn't like to treat people as a piece of goods, return this thing to her, Bai Apple was willing to stay, she kept her, Bai Apple was willing to go, Zhu Yan gave her a property, let her live a good life.

"But...... But ......" Bai Apple was so surprised that her always clever tongue was knotted, and she stared at her in a hurry.

Zhu Yan stood up, gently put his arm on her shoulder, and smiled, "This is the 'New Year's money' I gave you, what's the matter, is it too little?" ”

"It's not!" Bai Apple wiped away her tears happily and looked at her pitifully, "Don't you want Bai Apple, girl?" ”

"Why don't you ......?" Zhu Yan couldn't help but smile, and gently wiped away her tears, "If you cry on the first day of the Lunar New Year, will you have to cry to the end of the year?" ”

"Oops! The girl even teased me! Bai Apple stomped her foot, "The girl is getting worse and worse!" ”

Zhu Yan saw that her little face was flushed with anxiety, and she couldn't bear to tease her anymore, so Zhengse explained, "Don't worry, you are willing to stay, I am very happy, I just hope you don't feel restrained here...... Bai Apple, you are the same as us, okay? ”

"Is the girl serious?" The tears in Bai Apple's eyes have not yet dried, but flowers have bloomed on her little face, and her eyes are shining.

Zhu Yan nodded seriously and scratched her nose, "How old are you still crying, I don't know how ashamed." ”

Bai Ping lowered her head embarrassedly, twisting the tissue paper with both hands, this qiē was like a dream to her, she couldn't believe that her fate could be controlled by herself from now on—but she preferred to stay by Zhu Yan's side.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he couldn't work, so Liu Zixin accompanied Granny Liu and Wang Ximing to go out to chat, while Xu Suzhen took Zhu Yan and Bai Ping to Xu's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

Xu Zhao also knew that the Yang family had gone to Zhu Yan to trouble him before, and the wolf had returned, so he instructed the Lin family to receive Xu Suzhen and Zhu Yan in person, and try not to meet with the Yang family and her two daughters.

When she arrived at the Xu Mansion, the whole family began to call her "Miss Biao" or "Miss Yan", and Bai Ping was also severely taught by the Lin family because she said "girl" in front of the Lin family.

The excessive enthusiasm made Zhu Yan a little overwhelmed, and after doing it for a long time, he finally found an excuse to go outside the corridor to relax.

Walking in the garden with Bai Apple, he suddenly felt that the scene in front of him became familiar, and when he looked up, it turned out to be the study where he stayed last time, and remembered the portrait in the study that looked like himself, Zhu Yan became more curious, and pulled Bai Apple to go in to see.

When I got to the door, I heard the two girls inside praise me word by word:

"Sister, look at this, it's written on this clan tree—" Then there was the sound of flipping through the book, and the girl's voice was very excited, "Yuan...... In this generation, the eldest son Yuan Mu, the word Yiqian, the former official to the Ministry of Rites! Not...... Today, he has also done a lot of official positions, and he is a bachelor! ”

Zhu Yan secretly shook his head and sighed, the so-called bachelor is just an idle official position, dispensable, and most of the people in this position are unwilling.

The older girl inside took over, "Look, here it is!" Yuan Mu and the original wife have a daughter and a son, the daughter is Yaohua, married to the Jiangnan Bian family, the son's name is Rin, the word Xuanqing, is the Yuan Gongzi! ”

"Yes...... Sister, look, it is said here that this son was engaged to someone when he was young, but how did his mother say that he wanted to marry Zhu Yan, that cheap girl? ”

"Tsk, there's a marriage contract...... Interesting, interesting......" A gloomy laugh flashed, "I see, that son probably took a fancy to Zhu Yan's girl's appearance, and he couldn't tell if he wanted to get her back to be a concubine, anyway, everyone would have it by then, and I was afraid that she would not be able to escape?" Poor girl still has good dreams! ”

Zhu Yan's face turned slightly pale, he bit his lip and didn't speak, but Bai Ping's face was already flushed with anger, and when he pushed the door, he didn't care who was in the study, he opened his mouth and scolded, "Where did the little hooves come from, dare to chew their tongues here and gossip about Miss?!" ”

"White Apple, don't make trouble." Zhu Yan hurriedly grabbed her, turned her eyes and glanced at the house, and couldn't help but secretly complain, it was really not that the family did not get together, it was the two sisters Xu Xingfang and Xu Lingfang in the house.

Xu Xingfang also saw Zhu Yan, and suddenly evoked a mocking smile, "Miss? What kind of lady is she? It would be nice to be able to mix with an 'aunt' in the future. Isn't it, my good cousin? (To be continued......)