Chapter 379, Autumn Wind and Rain

After a while, Cen Hao came gracefully, because his temperament was too peaceful and kind, he was dressed in a bamboo-blue robe, but he didn't wear the taste of Yushu Linfeng, and he looked like a big brother next door when he didn't touch the piano.

It seemed that he had already known the news from Shu'er's mouth, so he was not the slightest surprised, first saluted An Yang and Mingche, and then calmly and eagerly greeted Changsheng and Mingjing, as if they were friends reunited after a long absence.

After they all sat down, taking advantage of the chaos of serving the food, Changsheng whispered to Shu'er for why she didn't tell her that Cen Hao was in the mansion earlier, but Shu'er blinked innocently: "I forgot." ”

Changsheng patted her angrily and with a smile, for a while, the dishes were already on a full table, chicken, duck and fish meat were commonplace, humps, bear's paws, sea cucumbers and other delicacies of the mountains and seas were even more dizzying, the wine set was a set of green jade cups, and even the eating utensils were the secret color porcelain of the royal ****, simple and elegant without losing the nobility, plus a large bunch of flowers blooming in the middle of the table, which was pleasing to the eye, and today's reception banquet did use thought.

After three rounds of drinking, An Yang's eyes turned a few times between Changsheng and Cen Hao, and he chuckled and raised his glass: "Come on, come on, today's ** is also a reunion of old people, and we should have another drink."

Changsheng calmly faced her inquiring eyes, stood up and raised his glass and said: "What my sister-in-law said is very true, that day I took Shu'er to Pei's mansion, it was the first time in Shu'er's life that she went away from home, she was very timid and afraid of life and there were no other elders to follow, I was quite frightened in my heart, for fear that there would be something inconsiderate."

Fortunately, my aunt took care of Jizhou, and Mr. Cen patiently and meticulously taught Shu'er to play the piano, so she was interested in staying in Pei's house for ten days, and since then, she is not so timid and afraid. First, the county lord taught well, and secondly, Mr. Cen also contributed a lot that day, so I saluted Mr. Cen with a cup to thank him for the kindness of the day."

Anyang's face turned white, although Changsheng clearly praised her for teaching Shu'er, but secretly mentioned that she forcibly took Cen Hao away in Pei's house that day, although this matter has passed, but it is always disgraceful, a county lord, without the consent of the master, forcibly took away the pianist from the Xiangguo, but is still the pianist who teaches Shu'er to touch the qin, and even the father who has always spoiled him has been severely trained, in case Mingche knows it, won't he damage the virtuous image he has worked hard to establish in his heart?

She thought about it, and decided not to provoke Changsheng in this matter again, lest she hold on to that matter, and besides, Mingche will travel far away in a few days, and it is not up to herself to find fault at that time?

After Cen Hao and Changsheng finished drinking a glass of wine, she picked up the wine and said to Ming Che: "I heard from Junma that in the county bofu before, Shu'er was in very poor health and very timid, thanks to the younger siblings who took good care of Shu'er, and the second brother secretly protected Shu'er, Shu'er escaped in that storm, the second brother and younger siblings made great contributions, come, let's give our younger siblings a glass."

When the two raised their cups, Shu'er also picked up the teacup, followed Anyang's appearance, and said decently: "Shu'er is the daughter of my father and mother, and I want to honor the third uncle and the third aunt with my father and mother."

Everyone laughed, Changsheng patted her head dotingly and drank the wine, the atmosphere became warm, and they raised their glasses to each other for a while, and this reception banquet was quite pleasant.

When the day is about to dawn, it is raining, although the window is closed, you can still hear the wind and rain, after Changsheng was woken up, but he couldn't sleep anymore, the autumn rain ****, a day is as cold as a day, the cold seems to be able to pass through the cracks in the window, Changsheng leaned towards Mingjing, but he didn't expect Mingjing to wake up, chuckled and said: "Hey, I thought you were asleep, I was so scared that I didn't dare to move, I knew you were awake, and we can talk." ”

Mingjing but absentmindedly hugged her and asked, "You used to see those noble ladies in the palace, have you ever seen someone who looks like you?" Or someone mentions who you look like? ”

"What do you look like me?" Changsheng was a little inexplicable, touched his face and said: "I haven't heard anyone say it, I'm really weird, not only have I not heard anyone say that I look like anyone, but I don't look like my parents and sisters at home." What's wrong? Why do you ask? ”

Mingjing shook his head: "It's nothing, I'll just ask casually." Oh, by the way, the eldest brother is going to leave in a few days, but it is raining, if it doesn't clear by then, I'm afraid the departure will be delayed for a few days.

We are only in autumn here, I heard that the snow has fallen in the cold land of the northwest, and I don't know how difficult it is in winter, and the eldest brother is a low-level captain, and the treatment is not much better than that of ordinary soldiers, I am afraid that I will have to suffer hardship, I am really worried, and I don't know when the emperor will be able to allow him to come back? It's just that if you don't come back, it's good to be promoted, at least it's not so bitter."

Changsheng sighed, the king's heart is unpredictable, it is the emperor who is clearly offended, and he is so offended, it is not easy to get to this point, who dares to make other demands again?

I had to comfort him: "Don't worry, my eldest brother led troops to fight at the age of sixteen, what bloody rain has not been seen?" What kind of hardship have you not suffered? Now there is no war in the northwest, but it is far away from Beijing, and I don't think the eldest brother will care about that bit of suffering. Besides, we are worried about the eldest brother, the county lord must be more worried than us, the king of Huai'an can't bear to let his son-in-law suffer such grievances, he will definitely say it to the emperor when he finds an opportunity, these are just temporary, right? ”

Mingjing nodded helplessly: "I understand the truth, but I still can't help but worry." I'm afraid that the emperor's anger will not subside, so he will let his eldest brother go to the northwest for three or five years, and he will not be promoted or let back, which is purely to kill people with a wooden knife."

Changsheng shook his head: "The emperor is not that kind of person, if he really hates the eldest brother so much, he would have already started it, can he still allow the eldest brother to be the county lord?" Even if the king of Huai'an intercedes, it will not be useful. His anger has long since subsided, but he can't pull his face, he pardoned the eldest brother through the family affairs of the county lord of Anyang and the eldest brother, but it is just a favor.

I think the emperor wants to re-use the eldest brother, and because he made cruel words at the beginning, he couldn't turn around for a while, so let the eldest brother go to the northwest to start as a low-level lieutenant, and wait for the right opportunity to be promoted, this is just a step that the emperor gave himself, and it is better to say it to the outside world, you can rest assured. ”

Because there is no elder who does not need to settle the province in the morning and dusk, the two talked, and only got up slowly when the sky was getting brighter, Anyang in order to save trouble and for his own comfort, let everyone eat their own breakfast, and the family was reunited for lunch and dinner, so they could sleep a little more in the morning.

Changsheng didn't bring a personal girl, and he didn't want to get too close to the minions of the county lord's mansion, so he only asked people to bring hot water to freshen up by themselves, and the two of them just learned the joy of a boudoir thrush from Zhang Chang.

When breakfast was served, the two of them freshened up and stopped leaving the bedroom, but they saw Shu'er sitting at the table with a smile, and when they saw them come out, they stuck out their tongues mischievously, next to them Winnie Sisters and Coxie Coke were there, Winnie and Coke were there, but after many setbacks, they were more calm and inward, and they had seen each other twice after Changsheng entered the house, so their expressions were relatively calm.

Kexi and Coke are children who have changed a lot, the two have grown a little taller, and they have begun to take on the appearance of a girl, since the last time they saw Changsheng when Anyang got married, the two of them saw Changsheng for the first time, and they were looking at it with joy and unbearable, and they were afraid of the people in the county lord's mansion, their eyes were rolling, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Changsheng couldn't hold back a smile and greeted them one by one, and after asking a few words about the current situation, it was not good to say anything more, the people from the county lord's mansion were on the side, and they couldn't be too casual.

There are many kinds of breakfast on the table, there are three kinds of porridge alone, there are sweet porridge with nuts, there is white porridge, there is meat porridge, there are two bowls of milk that are very rare to see in ordinary people, there are as many as five kinds of pastries, there are more than a dozen kinds of delicate side dishes, which are filled with a table in exquisite porcelain, which is almost comparable to the breakfast of Yuwen Zhaoyi in the palace.

Looking at the eyes of the servants of the county lord's mansion waiting to see the joke, Changsheng smiled secretly, it seems that these minions still think that they are from a low background and have never seen the world, not to mention what they have seen in the palace.

Shu'er blinked her cheeks as if she had a heart: "Third uncle, third aunt, can these breakfasts suit your taste?" I ordered the kitchen last night to prepare it according to your taste, third uncle, try it, don't you like to eat crystal buns, see how it is better than ours? The third aunt tasted this bowl of milk, since you taught me to drink milk can be strong, my father specially ordered people to raise cows in the backyard for me to drink milk every day, you see, is my face full of meat? ”

Changsheng smiled, touched her little face and said, "Our Shu'er really has grown meat, it seems that the effect of drinking milk is good, let me taste this milk, is there a fishy smell?" Well, yes, it's fragrant and strong, no worse than the previous one in the county office. You're such a caring kid, it's just raining in the morning, how did you get here? Don't get drenched in the rain."

"It's okay, all the courtyards have hand-copying verandahs, the third uncle and three aunts just came on the first day, I'm afraid you won't be used to it, so I came over to have breakfast together, I came all the way around, it didn't rain, let's eat quickly, don't let it get cold."

Mingjing and Changsheng looked at each other and were extremely moved, this little person must have been worried that they would not be familiar with being despised by the minions when they first arrived, so they did not hesitate to rush over to accompany her in the early morning in the rain, but she treated herself so well, would An Yang be unhappy if she knew?

Changsheng gave Shu'er a chopstick of sour bamboo shoots and shredded chicken, Yu Guang glanced at the individual girls and listened, and said with a smile: "It's okay to pass by this morning, it's raining these days, and the colder it gets, don't come here early in the morning, your mother will save you from morning and dusk, but it's just that I feel sorry for you and I'm afraid that you will blow a cold wind early in the morning, don't let her down." ”

Shu'er blinked: "I know the third aunt, today is the first day, so I came over for my mother to see if you are still used to it, but not in the future, my mother allows me to be lazy, and I just sleep a little longer." ”

"Well, that's fine, when the weather is clear, you take the third aunt to the garden for a walk, your mother takes care of the good scenery, don't look at it again, and you won't be able to see it in winter."

Shu'er nodded again and again while drinking porridge. As soon as the tea was done, these words reached An Yang's ears, and she nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, this Zhou Changsheng is an interesting person, so it's good, as long as she is sensible, the county lord will not get along with her too much in the face of the county horse, because she is not worth it." ”