On the twentieth day of the lunar month, after the convoy of the Zhou family returning from Zeting entered the city gate, it was divided into a branch at the mouth of Jihe Lane, which was close to the small Zhou Mansion in Xinan, and the joyful Zhou Chen accompanied Gao Wei to send Xue Sujun's carriage to the door of the Xue family's new home.

Xue Sujun, who met by chance in Baiheliang, because he got along with the sisters of the Zhou family that day, and was a little cold at night, the original trip back to Huocheng should be retained by Zhou Manyin and other women, and he made a trip with them.

Zhang Luo's Xue family, which was preparing for the warm house banquet, was in chaos, but Xue Jinjun, the head of the family, still greeted him in person, his smiling eyes squinted straight at a line, and warmly beckoned the two teenagers to stay and wait for the banquet to open.

Zhou Chen smiled and said that he was going back to the house to ask his grandfather, but Gao Wei could stay, and the unkind shirk caused Gao Wei's elbow. In the end, the two teenagers still came together and left together, and did not clearly express that they wanted to come to Xue's house for a banquet.

When the Zhou family walked away, Xue Sujun, who had been staying in the car and guarding, ordered the coachman to drive the carriage into the small door that opened next to it.

"Boss Xue! Was it your daughter's daughter who just went in? A few street gangs who followed the carriage and horses to watch the bustle came to Xue Jinjun's side, and asked cautiously with a little awe. Xue Shang's wife, who had just moved in, had passed away with only one daughter, and the car that had just entered the hospital was exclusively for the ladies of the house, coupled with Gao Wei and Zhou Chen's farewell to the people in the car when they left, mutual verification showed that the person's proper identity.

Xue Jinjun smiled and responded heartily: "It is the little girl who came from Yiqing's hometown." ”

"Yiqing?" , There was news that was handy, and his brain immediately continued at the end of the conversation and asked: "Boss Xue, the mansion is the same as Young Master Zhou's Yue family?" ”

"Isn't it true that the house is already related to the Yiqing Liu family?"

In the midst of everyone's discussions. Xue Jinjun, who didn't officially respond, only smiled and retreated to the door.

The door of the Xue family slowly closed. Some servants dressed up in the alleys and alleys rushed back to their homes, and some people went to other homes after a while. Jihe Lane is inhabited by many local merchants in Huocheng. In the clan Shili Daguo County Yamen of Huo City. For them, the every move of the two Zhou mansions in Xibei and Xinan is also pointing out whether to sincerely accept the wind direction of the new neighbors.

"Sometimes you don't have to say it thoroughly, how do those idlers interpret it, don't do the Xue family's business. Our family is honest and sincere, and Tong Suo is ...... without bullying", Xue Jinjun, who had changed into a new tuanhua brocade robe and was ready to welcome guests, was refreshed, and patted his daughter's shoulder with great satisfaction.

"Daddy!" , Xue Sujun pursed her lips and smiled, and then sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the girls of the Zhou family said that they wanted to ask their elders when they heard that they were going out as guests. It won't be tonight. ”

"It's already good!" , Xue Jin praised sincerely: "You have a good time. As soon as he received the letter from the Gao family, he rushed to Zeting, but he stopped people. ”。

Previously, Xue Jinjun's post to Zhou Tan was accepted by the Zhou Mansion, but it was clearly informed that Zhou Tan was busy with clan sacrifices and had no time to withdraw, and Xue Sujun's private message to Zhou Shen was like a mud cow into the sea, and he didn't even hear a sound. So as soon as Xue Sujun received Gao Wei's reply, he immediately rushed Zeting.

"I didn't talk to my father. If you don't blame me, my daughter will be at ease! Xue Sujun dragged Xue Jinjun's hand and shook it, with a look of love on his powdery snow-like face.

"It's a pity that Su'er is a daughter's family. It's okay to be young now. A few years older, if you go to block other people's homes like this, if you are seen, you will inevitably be criticized...... If your mother is still here. Daddy doesn't have to show up like this, you can be the eldest lady of our Xue family in peace. ”

Xue Suyun's eyes purred. asked softly, "Daddy doesn't want to remarry?" I heard this time that Zhou Manqing, the third girl of the Zhou family, was worried about family affairs. If you weren't older, you could have married her to me as a little girl. ”。 She was purely happy with the gossip she heard from Man Jing, and in the two days she lived in Zeting, she was also led by Man Yin to see Zhou Manqing, to be honest, she didn't have a good impression of the three girls of the Zhou family who looked a little arrogant lightly.

"Wait! You tell me more clearly......", Xue Jinjun stopped his daughter's giggles and frowned.

Xue Sujun carefully recounted the situation that it was not easy for Man Qing to choose a relative, and then hugged his father's arm anxiously and said, "Dad! You can't really beat Zhou Manqing's idea. ”。

Previously, Xue Jinjun told her that Zhou Xian had retired from the status of a second-rank member in the court, and he still held the honor of the first emperor to play and discuss politics, and the two older masters of the Zhou family were just Ding Wei and did not really go to work, and even Zhou Manyun's dead ghost father, whom she disliked the most, also had a six-grade official position. In the past two years, Zhou Song's filial piety has been affirmed by the world, and it is rumored that if Zhou Zhe's rescue is read today, these Zhou family still have a chance to make a comeback.

If you want to have the opportunity to enter the official eunuch's family as a wife, the Zhou family, which is now weak but has a hidden trend, is the best choice. Several teenagers in the Zhou family, she has also seen it, and the skin is not bad and is also disciplined by Zhou Xian to be simple and simple, if she can choose one of them, Xue Sujun is confident that she can manage her husband well, and she will be a husband and a wife.

But if the father wants to be the son-in-law of the official family, it means that he was busy finding his own mother in vain. Xue Sujun glanced at the thoughtful Xue Jinjun, and pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Silly girl, you think too much!" , Xue Jinjun smiled and sighed: "Isn't there a real brother in your second uncle's family, I wonder if I can pull a line for him...... Again, the Master Zhang he followed had been transferred to Hezhou, and I heard that Zhang Luo was also thinking about accepting a noble concubine with a scholarly background. ”

Xue Jinjun has three brothers, the youngest third died at the gate of Huocheng City, and the second Xue Jinyi followed Zhang Shaoxiong, who was stationed in Fengjin, Pingzhou for many years, to help take care of the money and rice, and that time was also the most prosperous years for the Xue family to engage in the grain and rice business in Pingzhou.

It was only later that he was dragged by the fugitives from Fengjin Xiwan, and Zhang Shaoxiong, who was questioned, came back after some tossing, and Xue Er's life was also sad for a while. Fortunately, the Xue family brothers saw people accurately, and Xue Jinyi never gave up on Zhang Shaoxiong in times of trouble, and now he has also followed Hezhou to the army to mix up a grain official position from the seventh grade. The Xue family is planning to move the business to Hezhou for this reason. There are people in the DPRK who are good officials, and there are official umbrellas to support them. It's easier to do business.

"Brother Shi is two years younger than Zhou Manqing!" , Xue Sujun was very relieved.

"What's the matter with being two years younger...... I just heard from the second uncle that Master Zhang has always been a little ...... to the daughter of the Zhou family." Considering his daughter's age, Xue Jinjun Zuihou still swallowed the drunken words of his second brother many years ago. At that time, he talked about what happened to the Zhou family in Fengjin. Xue Jinyi once sighed that if Lord Zhang accepted the eldest girl of the Zhou family, the Zhou family might have a better life. Although Xue Jinjun didn't know the beginning and the end, after thinking about it, he felt that if he could tell Zhou Manqing to Zhang Shaoxiong and fulfill his unfulfilled wish, I am afraid it would be a good thing.

Xue Suyun reluctantly pulled his father's sleeve, looked curious, and said, "What...... You told me about it......"

In the end, he didn't hear anything that aroused Xue Sujun's curiosity, because the guests who participated in the banquet came one after another, and the Xue family's new courtyard suddenly became very lively. As the owner, Xue Jin is in the enthusiasm of Huocheng people to welcome the new year. Left and right, but gradually got drunk, and temporarily put aside the heart of wanting to be old.

And Xue Suyun, who stayed in the backyard, was constantly scratched by a cat's paws, fidgeting. She was already lively, and she wanted to pretend to be the Xue family to go out to socialize, but her father didn't allow it, and the folk customs of Huocheng were more conservative, I heard that Xue Jinjun's inner house was not a housewife, and none of the guests came with their children.

"It's all to blame on that Zhou Manyun!". Xue Suyun, who was dressed beautifully, twisted the handkerchief in his hand and scolded secretly. When she was in Zeting, if it weren't for Zhou Manyun throwing a cool reminder or two among her sisters from time to time, she still felt confident that she would bring a few female companions.

Jin Yi spit incense faintly dimmed the candlelight. Xue Suyun, who was stuffed in the aroma of the room, just stood up in the whispered report of the personal maid, and saw two figures pacing in from the curtain that was raised from the outside.

"Sister Su'er, who is she angry with?". Zhou Chen exaggerated Gao Wei and let him walk in front of him. A smile full of banter.

As soon as the two teenagers, who were too drunk under the pretext, escaped from the table, they were led to the backyard of the Xue family......

When Zhou Chen and Gao Wei returned to Xiuyutang together. It's past five o'clock.

"Young Master Gao is already drunk and asleep?" , Zhou Chen, who was slightly drunk, took the handkerchief handed by the little maid next to him, cleaned his face, drank a cup of strong tea to disperse the wine, and walked towards the eldest brother Zhou Ke's room.

Looking at Zhou Ke's inquiring gaze, Zhou Chen was just about to open his mouth but rushed out of a wine burp, he retreated, sat down on the warm couch by the window, pulled a pillow embroidered with a picture of the three friends of the year and the cold and hugged it in his arms, half covering his red face.

After a long time, Zhou Chen muttered dissatisfaction in his mouth, and said, "You asked me to follow Gao Wei to Xue's house, and I went...... Big brother, which girl in our family does Grandpa want to marry Gao Wei? I look at that kid very unreliable! ”

"How?" , Zhou Ke poured a cup of tea for his cousin and asked seriously.

"Didn't we find out earlier that the girl he likes is the kind of person who has some insight and talent? It is said that several sisters in the family were taught by the grandfather at the expense of the female gentleman, and none of them were far behind. But except for Man Jing, everyone else abides by the rules of the girl's house. Of course, Manyun has to say something else......"

Zhou Chen, who commented on the sisters in the family, touched his nose and continued: "This time I followed him to Xue's house to understand that he not only likes talented girls, but also likes to be able to show off with him." Just now he was at Xue's house, and he sang and harmonized with Xue Suyun, and the poems were opposed, which was called a deed. I don't want to think about a serious girl, who will lead a foreign man to the boudoir, who will accompany someone to drink and talk about poetry and literature at night...... He also praised her as the first talented woman in Huocheng...... I'm bah, which of our sisters is not much stronger than the one surnamed Xue......"

"Didn't you say that the little girl of the Xue family was interesting that day?"

"I just look at her beautifully, so I look at her twice. Anyway, she just looks like she can't attract attention, and she doesn't look at it in vain! Zhou Chen sat up on his back, leaned forward very seriously, stared at Zhou Ke and said, "Brother! But Gao Wei is different, he praised her for being better than men, and said that he wanted to make friends with her, and she was a bosom friend. With his temperament, no matter who in our family marries him, he is afraid of ......"

Zhou Chen, who is a concubine, couldn't help but lower his eyes a little stunned, and said, "I'm afraid that I will be squeezed aside by my aunt who can speak like my mother." ”。

The mother he was talking about was Zhou Bai's wife, Gao, and his aunt was referring to his biological mother, the women. As a son of man, it is his wish to protect his biological mother who is not from a high background, but when he becomes a brother, he intuitively hates outsiders who will hurt his sisters. (To be continued......)