Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi looked at their nephews behind Li Mao, and they both made faces. They have been in high positions for many years, or in charge of the general affairs of a place, or they have jurisdiction over the soldiers and horses of a place, and their power is far from being comparable to that of Li Mao, who is pampered and pampered in the Xinguo Mansion. The two uncles had such a straight face, and even the atmosphere in the room became solemn.

They had already heard from the Zhao family about Li Mao's situation, and Rao was like this, but they were still taken aback by Li Rui's unorthodox appearance. They didn't know that Li Rui's current body shape was already what Gu Qing looked like after trying to lose weight for him, at least now they could see his eyes and neck. If it was before, I am afraid that people will feel uncomfortable at a glance.

Zhang Zhijiu was at the border pass, resisting the stragglers of the previous dynasty, and his hands were stained with blood. In the past, he was in the army, and he relied on the relationship between the old princes, and he was promoted so quickly, speaking of which, it depends on his efforts, but in fact, above the officialdom, how can promotion be so simple, or by virtue of the relationship between the two governments.

Therefore, the Xinguo Mansion is very kind to him. But even so, Zhang Zhi still clenched his fists.

Although the people of the time did not pay as much attention to their appearance as in previous dynasties, if they want to be prominent in the future, this appearance is absolutely not good. Not to mention that in two years, I won't even be able to go to Taixue!

This Li Mao and his wife want to ruin their nephew!

"Go and meet your two uncles. This is the first time you've seen each other since your grandfather left. Li Mao touched his beard uncomfortably. Even if it is a face saint, I have not seen the two in-laws so uncomfortable.

Everyone thought that Li Rui was just kowtowing. Unexpectedly, Li Rui walked out from behind Xinguo Gong in a few steps, knelt down in front of the two uncles, and kowtowed three times.

"My nephew Li Rui is not sensible on weekdays, and he has not been able to say hello to his two uncles for many years, please don't blame the two uncles." Li Rui kowtowed.

"The nephew failed to fulfill his filial piety to his grandmother, and the nephew blamed himself." Li Rui got up again and kowtowed again.

"My nephew hasn't seen his two uncles for a long time, and he misses them very much. When I saw my two uncles, I thought of my mother. Mother, she ......" Li Rui buried his head deeply, if he said that kneeling before was just a play, this mention of his mother, Li Rui really burst into tears.

Uncle Zhang Ning and mother Zhang Jing have too similar facial features. He was seven or eight years old when his mother went, and he still had a deep impression of his mother.

As soon as he said this, Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi's throats also choked. Zhang Zhizhi was shocked, and pulled up Li Rui, who was kneeling on the ground, and the two uncles and nephews hugged their heads and cried.

When he was a child, his body was not good, and his mother died early, so he was raised in his mother's room since he was a child. Although he and Zhang Ning and Zhang Jing are not siblings, they are not much different from their compatriots.

Li Mao's expression was even more embarrassed. For so many years, the food and clothing in the Xinguo Mansion have been provided to Li Rui with the best supplies, and the old lady is on the same level. The Fang family was obedient to him again, gentle and considerate. If you want to say that you suffer and suffer, there is nothing at all. So when he brought Li Rui here, he didn't have a weak heart, because even if the two in-laws investigated Li Rui's problem of being too fat, he had something to explain.

But these few hugged and cried together, remembering the dead sister-in-law, he could only stare dryly on the sidelines, and it was difficult to even say words of comfort.

The year the eldest brother died, the sister-in-law fell into the lake in the middle of the night, and the death was unknown. This matter was first issued by the harem as a "martyr", which greatly praised the deep affection of Zhang's martyr. Although everyone knows that there is something strange inside, doing so in the harem is tantamount to directly closing the coffin, and the case can no longer be overturned.

Although he knew that the royal family did this to protect the royal face, who rarely saw the sign of a martyr? Zhang Zhi and Zhang Ning entered the house when they were dealing with the aftermath, pointed at Li Mao's nose and scolded, almost didn't do anything, but the sick old man dragged his sick body and slapped Li Mao firmly before calming down.

The old people in the house who knew about this matter are now secretive when they mention this matter.

Li Mao knew that he was reckless, but he was afraid. On the night of the sister-in-law's accident, he stayed up all night by his father's side, but he went back to the room to change his clothes in the third watch, only to find that his wife was not in the room! After dawn, the body of his sister-in-law was found in the lake, and afterwards he pressed his wife in every possible way, and his wife did not admit that the matter had anything to do with her, but he was still worried that if he did not raise it in advance, he would be lifted out in the future, and the whole house would not be able to escape. So he cut first and then played, using the excerpt of "Xinguo Gongshizi".

At that time, he thought that if the Holy Lord sent someone down to investigate and found out that it was his wife, then he would also admit it, although the son-in-law was small, he could put more effort into teaching him personally, and he would not marry a proper wife before he grew up. Unexpectedly, the royal family directly designated the sister-in-law as a "martyrdom", and he was not a person inside and out.

In those years, he was full of boredom when he saw his wife, so he used the excuse of "filial piety" and didn't touch her. In the past few years, she has seen her success in running a family, and she is also in line with his heart in treating Li Rui, and the relationship between the two has eased again.

In Zhang's affairs, Li Mao's heart is not a little weak. So when the nephew and his uncles cried together, in order to avoid embarrassment for both parties, Li Mao finally avoided it.

He confessed, directly gave the main hall to them, and went out to receive the in-laws of the Fang family.

As soon as Li Mao left, Li Rui roared angrily and drove the people in the house clean.

"Good boy, your aunt has already told us about you. It is rare for the old lady to understand the righteousness and intervene in time, otherwise in a few years, you will be fixed, and you will not be able to change it. Whether it's reading or practicing martial arts, twelve years old is already late, but if you want to learn, you can still learn. Zhang Ning patted his nephew's shoulder, which was almost as wide as his.

"It's grandma who is wise, and my nephew hasn't noticed his aunt and aunt...... The nephew has always thought that his aunt is good, respects her from the bottom of his heart, and even treats her as his own mother. Li Rui could not hide the loss and indignation in his tone.

"You and your grandmother are still too careful." Zhang Ning sighed secretly, "If you want to be motivated, you don't have to hide this matter." You are a man, your uncle should be concerned about the matter of discipline, you were young in the past, and then you moved to Qingcang Courtyard, according to the rules, your aunt can no longer be as close to you as before, what do you do, she can't control. ”

"Your grandmother moved you to the North Park because she was worried that you would be assassinated by the Fang Clan, which is a good idea, but your grandmother is not from a big family after all, so she doesn't know much about this matter. If the backyard women want to use all kinds of tricks, you and them will only make things worse, just take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and just withdraw from the matter, so that they can't manage it. ”

"Ask my uncle to show my nephew a clear way!" Li Rui bowed his head.

"Your aunt and grandmother want you to study at my house, and I don't think it's right for you to do that. If you really avoid outside the house, you won't be able to stand up in this life, and the relatives and confidants in the house are not cultivated in a day and a half. You're different from your cousin after all. You live with your grandmother all the time, and your safety is guaranteed, but what good can you do if you are mixed with women? ”

Zhang Ning is strikingly consistent with Li Mao on this point. They all think that being in the hands of women for a long time will only make men more and more indecisive, or arrogant, and finally they will not succeed.

His uncle suggested that he come out of the North Garden, but for some reason Li Rui was a little reluctant. In the past few months, I have been happier than in previous years. But think about it again, if you really have filial piety to your grandmother, you just need to run diligently, and do your filial piety under your knees every day. Thinking about it, he regained his composure.

"In the next year, you will ask your grandmother to move back to Qingcang Courtyard, and I will recommend two gentlemen who are knowledgeable and good at teaching and educating people to your house. I have already looked for a gentleman, one gentleman is the one your aunt said, the other is my staff, that staff's surname is Du, he is a talented and virtuous person, your father was kind to him in the past, you have to get along with him well. ”

"But, uncle, ......"

"I personally sent someone to your mansion, your uncle won't fail to answer, and Fang's hand won't reach here." Zhang Ning has the capital to be proud. "If he wants to push three or four times, you will ask the old lady to go directly to the palace to face the saint, and ask the saint to give the two masters down. I will do something from this so that the two gentlemen can get to your house smoothly. ”

"You kid, you have the biggest backer in the world, but you don't know it. Why do you think the old lady got the palace card of 'entering and exiting peace'? Why don't you give it early or late, as soon as you move to the old lady's yard, you give it? ”

Li Rui was a little flattered. He's just a yellow-mouthed kid, how can he be worth it......

Yes. It's because of my father. Although his father died early, his shadow still shines on him.

Li Xiaopang's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"I received a letter from your uncle, and immediately ordered two sect leaders to go to Beijing with me. Although these two sect leaders were born in a reckless background, they are good at martial arts. It's just that they are all thorns, and they are not very happy in the army. Fortunately, I have already made it clear to them this time that it is Li Guogong's grandson who wants to be taught, and they are very happy. ”

Li Shuo's status in the army was respected, whether it was begging the emperor to give palace ladies to those veterans as wives, or asking for the distribution of dependent fields to let the orphaned and disabled soldiers return to their hometowns, these sergeants were grateful, so Zhang Zhi told them that even if it was an errand for a small child, they were happy.

"These two are rough people, but they are not stupid people. You are more generous on weekdays, with good wine and good food, and the key is to send more money for the month, so that you can use them. Zhang Zhi spoke directly, "You have just come out of filial piety in your house, and you must be buying the little servants." Your uncle is not worried about your safety, we will train some subordinates in the past few months, and take advantage of the addition of people in the house to send them to you. ”

"You pick someone in your house, Mrs. Qiu must be the first to pick, I will ask your aunt to explain who it is, and then let your grandmother stay and send it to your courtyard." These are for you, and you may use them. If you are not faithful, you will be killed. With us, are you afraid that no one will use it? ”

Zhang Zhijiu is at the border pass, and he is also an official in charge of military discipline and military affairs, and with one mouth, it is the one that kills and decides, and the bluffing Li Xiaopang's eyes widened. He was eleven or twelve years old, the most hero-worshipping child at this age, and his father died early, and he only heard about his father's great achievements on weekdays, but he never saw his father's demeanor back then. His uncle's straightforward and rough words made Li Rui have a deep admiration for this uncle.

The three of them chatted for a while, Zhang Ning had already planned the details for his nephew before he came, and at this time, how to say it, how to deal with it, how to accept and arrange those people, etc.

After Li Rui repeated it and confirmed that it was correct, Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi were relieved.

Li Rui went out and called people to clean their faces, several of them had cried, and it was indecent to go out like this. Zhang Ning took out a very small comb from his purse, combed his beard, and combed it smoothly and shiny, before taking a hot towel and rubbing it lightly on his face.

Li Xiaopang looked at Zhang Zhi curiously.

"Look at it, your uncle and I don't have a beard, and I don't have any purse on me!" Zhang Zhi knew what Li Xiaopang was thinking, his brother's beautiful hair under the chin, which was praised by the saints, but he didn't have a beard.

He often didn't care about washing his face at the border for several days, and he didn't pay attention to eating as much as in the house, sometimes he just picked up the basin and snorted, and if he didn't pay attention to the beard, he fell in, it was troublesome to wash, and he had trouble with his stomach, so he simply shaved his beard clean, and he hadn't grown a beard for many years.

The next person brought the bronze mirror, and Zhang Ning tidied up his clothes in front of the mirror for a long time, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"I'm afraid your uncle is still receiving people from Fangfu, Rui'er, you take your uncles to your Qingcang Courtyard to have a look."

On Gu Qing's side, Li Rui's aunt and the old lady said similar things.

“…… I know that the palms and backs of my hands are full of meat, but Rui'er's parents are in mourning, and I ask the old lady to take care of them. This can't be delayed any longer, you are the old lady in the house......"

"You don't have to say it." Gu Qing knew what the Zhao family was worried about, if it was really an old lady, I was afraid that she would struggle a little, but she was a Xibei goods, and she didn't have a good impression of that scumbag couple at all.

My brother died and took advantage of it in vain, robbed other people's things and wanted to harm other people's children, what is this called! If she hadn't been worried that the little fat man and the little nerd would not be able to be a person in the future, she would have wanted to go to the palace to sue the royal court.

When my aunt heard Gu Qing say, "You don't have to say it", she chuckled in her heart.

Her husband's plans are all good, but the premise is that the highest-ranking old lady in the mansion must cooperate. Otherwise, no matter how good they are, it will be in vain for a foreigner to put his hand into the Guogong Mansion to protect people.

They also thought that if the old lady wanted to protect his son and the reputation of the house, he might refuse them to send people in, but since the old lady asked them for help, there must really be no available manpower, who would have ......

"You don't have to say much. What do you want to do, just say it, and the old body will fully cooperate. Gu Qing smiled, "Li Rui is a good boy, you can't mistake him." To be honest, the old body has been in poor health recently, and he is worried that he will not be able to take care of him, and his in-laws are willing to help, which is very good. The Fang family has bad intentions, there will be retribution, I don't have to bother to protect her. ”

Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and made a big salute to the old lady who understood the righteousness.

"It's great that the old lady is willing to support her. We want this ......."

Zhao told her husband and brother-in-law about the arrangements one by one, and Gu Qing nodded while listening. She really can't catch up with the wisdom and means of these "aborigines", at least, in the name of buying small people, she will not pick people if she has no manpower, and it is impossible to do better than Li Rui's uncles.

At noon on this day, the Xinguo Mansion held a banquet for the Fang Mansion and the Zhang Mansion in the mansion, and the Zhang Mansion did not have an opinion on the nephew's "no learning and no skill" as Li Mao imagined, and the two uncles of the Zhang Mansion were also very polite to the two younger brothers of the Fang family, and the guests and hosts of this meal were naturally happy.

Li Meng's two in-laws are in important positions, and Zhang Ning has been rated "upper" twice in a row, and he must be promoted when he goes home this time. Fang's two younger brothers had to be careful to flatter and tie up their relationship, Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi sneered in their hearts, but their faces were not perfunctory.

Zhang Ning returned to Beijing this time, if there was no mistake, he should enter the Ministry of Officials to take over the old Shangshu, who was the boss of these two people.

He didn't want to suppress these two people, he just wanted to use Fang's "killing" method and treat them in the same way as others, and use them all on her two younger brothers. Fang's method of "praising and killing" can only be used on drooping children.

She wanted to cut off the future of Li Meng and his sister Dumiao, and he ruined the future of her mother's family. When the time comes, karma will be retribution, don't blame him for being ruthless.

Li Mao intended to match relatives on both sides, and Li Rui's uncle's family did not leave until the evening.

Li Rui was half a child, and he actually came back drunk with his brother-in-law Zhang Zhi.

Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Li Xiaopang, whose eyes were already straight, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to take him back to his yard, instructed the maids to change clothes and wash him, and ordered the kitchen to prepare a sobering decoction.

When it was time to take a bath, Li Xiaopang had another trouble. Li Rui, who is drunk, doesn't give people close, no one can take off his clothes, as long as others touch him, he will go over with a fist, not to say that others hurt him.

His big girl Cang Shu has been serving him since he was a child, and he was also punched in the eye socket, crying and complaining to Old Taijun Qiu. Gu Qing was happy when he heard it, this little fat man was actually drunk! Hurriedly took a few healthy women and went to the pastoral residence to see what was going on.

In the bath room of the pastoral residence, Li Rui, who was wearing a cloak, opened his teeth and danced his claws, and the bluffing girls and mothers-in-law only dared to walk around the bath tub.

Gu Qing came prepared, and looked at the healthy woman behind him majestically, "Up!" Those middle-aged women with big shoulders and round waists rushed up to frame Li Rui and prevent him from hurting others and himself.

Gu Qing smiled evilly.

'Li Xiaopang, do you dare to be in my yard? Drink a hairy wine with this wine, and maybe you will make a mistake in the future! When she wakes up, see if she doesn't train him to be the grandson of grandchildren! ’

Gu Qing looked at Li Rui, who was twisting wildly, and personally went up to pick up this bastard boy. Li Xiaopang is covered in horizontal meat, and his skin is very white and tender, because he is drunk and slightly red. He was no longer young, and a few of the girls who were waiting for him turned away with blushing faces.

Gu Qing is very comfortable. She used to work in a pediatric hospital and saw a lot of fruit bodies of all kinds of big and small children. There are things on the little XX to see, because the pinworms are also pouting PG on her, and the little tender PG should not look too much.

"What are you doing! How dare you take off my clothes? I'm the eldest grandson of the Guogong Mansion! I told my brother-in-law to arrest you all, arrest them all! ”

Gu Qing waved his hand helplessly and slapped him on the fat chest.

"Throw him in the water and brush him clean."

Several healthy women made a strong effort and directly threw Li Xiaopang into the vat.

The so-called healthy women are made by the hostesses in the backyard to treat them as men, and each of them has inexhaustible strength. After poor Li Xiaopang was "served" by them, his good flesh turned from reddish to red, and he was a lot more sober.

Li Rui's head was dazed and lying on the edge of the barrel, looking at his grandmother who was almost baring his teeth inexplicably.

"Why am I here? I haven't finished my wine yet. Hey? Grandma, why did you come to my room? ”

"Don't you want your uncle to arrest me?" Gu Qing smiled like a wolf grandmother.

Li Rui's brain flashed, and he suddenly thought of the stupid thing he just said.

"What, my grandson drank too much and was stupid. You always let what I just said as a P! …… Hehe, hehe......"

Seeing Li Rui's nervous face, Gu Qing somehow teased her, and deliberately said with a straight face:

"How should disobedience be punished? You say, do you want to run ten laps around the mansion every day, or do you want your younger brother Li Ming to ride a horse and walk around the East Garden? ”

"My good grandmother! It will take us a few hours to walk around the house, so you will go around me when you are old! Li Rui's face wrinkled into chrysanthemums, "If you want me to ride that kid Li Ming as a horse, I might as well run ten laps around the house!" ”

"I think Ming'er is very good, what's wrong with riding him? You are the elder brother, take care of the younger brother! "Li Ming's arrogant petite is too cute.

"Grandma, aren't you empathetic? It doesn't seem to be this word, it's a strange idea? Li Rui squeezed out a crying face, "Grandma, I only have you grandma, don't want me!" ”

As soon as he said this, Gu Qing, who was laughing, and Li Rui, who was originally just a spiller, were stunned. Somehow, Mama Hua on the side turned her back and suddenly wiped her tears.

Gu Qing also sighed in his heart.

Children without fathers and mothers are sensitive, even if Li Rui looks confused, he also has a strong crisis psychology. She intended to make harmony between the two brothers, and often invited Li Ming over to let them play together, and the two had a relationship, but Li Rui was afraid that she had been worried that she liked Li Ming more, and she really didn't care about him.

When I was in the pediatric hospital, there were also children who liked her, and they didn't allow her to be good to this, and they didn't like her to be good to that, but they basically said it directly with their waist puffed up. Like Li Rui, who dares to roar in his heart by pretending to be crazy with wine, it is really soft-hearted to say.

"You bastard, you don't know how to learn, and you still use idioms indiscriminately. Your grandma and I haven't read a book, so we all know that these two words are not used like this! Gu Qing slapped Li Rui on the head, "Don't punish you for running in circles, when the New Year is over, you write me the definitions of these two idioms a hundred times, and you will use them indiscriminately next time!" ”

When Li Rui said that, three points were wine, and seven points were indeed buried in his heart and he didn't dare to speak. Today, the uncles came, saying that he had a bad reputation for himself in the backyard, and that he must move out after the year, and as soon as he wanted to leave his kind and interesting grandmother and return to that lonely yard, his heart was indescribably empty.

He has become accustomed to planting vegetables, raising ducks, and learning calligraphy in the North Garden, and every day he is tired of putting paper kites, digging earthworms, fishing, and even the mothers-in-law around his grandmother, he feels that they are more gentle and amiable than those elsewhere.

Thinking that there was also a grandnephew of Mama Liu in Qingcang Courtyard, and Cangyi and Cangcui were also given by the Fang family the year before last, he felt a burst of depression in his heart. There was a feeling of nowhere to go.

"Get up, don't catch a cold." It's still winter, and the water is easily cold. Gu Qing stirred his hand in the water, it was indeed not too hot, and then he looked at Li Xiaopang's aggrieved look, and for some reason he was angry in his heart, and slapped his ass in the water.

'You're wronged! Auntie, I became a grandmother at the age of twenty-six, and I didn't feel wronged by you every day when I brought you, a grandson thief, to be like you! I'm still uprooted from my homeland, and I have no relatives! You still have your uncle and aunt to protect you! ’

"Don't be this little girl! You're a twelve-year-old! Grandma's heart is naturally the first place, but if you continue to be such a bastard, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be ranked second and third! If you move out in the future, run around the house every morning, and run to your grandmother's yard to say goodbye, do you think you don't have to grow vegetables and raise ducks when you move out? Think beautifully! ”

"Grandma, you said you punished me for writing!"

"It's not a punishment, grandma is caring about you. Look at your fat body, you're angry! Gu Qing pulled Li Xiaopang's fat face, "You give me a quick weight loss, how can I be able to watch it!" I'll take care of you while I'm still in charge of you! ”

"Grandma, please leave me alone! I don't want to run laps! ”

The author has something to say: Uncle Xiao is really afraid of trouble, isn't that why he doesn't grow a beard!