Because he didn't know how old the child Xue Jinjun was, Zhou Tan thought about it again and again, and put a lot of effort into choosing the children who were on the sidelines.

As the eldest grandson of the Zhou family, Zhou Ke's reception of an ordinary businessman was too grand, so the Changfang arranged for a fourteen-year-old representative of Zhou Ti. And the two-bedroom and four-bedroom directly let Zhou Shen and Zhou Huai, who had lived in Fengjin, come forward.

It's just that when I arrived at Zuihou, there was another high-dimensional on the table.

During this time, Gao Wei has become very familiar with the sons of the Zhou family, especially his cousin Zhou Shen. Zhou Shen, who has been living by Gao's side, also specially begged his mother to let him live with his cousin in Xiuyutang.

Gao thought that Gao Wei lived in Huocheng alone, and now there were several other boys of the Zhou family living in Xiuyutang, and it was a good thing for his brothers to support each other since he was a child, so he agreed.

Zhou Shen accompanied the guests, and Gao Wei took the initiative to ask Ying to accompany his cousin like a sticky candy person.

On September 27, the father and son of the Xue family went to the Xiaozhou Mansion in Xinan for a banquet as scheduled.

The banquet is set up in a small flower hall in a side courtyard of the Zhou Mansion, the scenery is simple, and the banquet is only for the chef at home to make a few Huocheng characteristics, which is not luxurious.

In recent years, under the control of Zhou Xian, the Xiao Zhou Mansion in Xinan has been extremely low-key and introverted, and it has long ceased to be the swagger of Mrs. Zhou and the eldest grandmother Xie with the head butler of the Hou Mansion.

The unique banquet is also enough to make the guests and hosts happy.

Xue Jin can become a big man, and he knows how to cater to the preferences of the master's family without showing any traces.

He first reported that his ancestral home was in Tanghe Town, Yiqing, a neighboring county, and he also belonged to the same state capital as the Zhou family, but he was young and followed his father and ancestors to do business in the north, and he left his hometown to ask for a living. Then there is to look up to the scholarly families like the Zhou family.

With the smile of the Buddha with Xue Jinjun's round face, he is sincere but not flattering. Every word tickled Zhou Tan's itch, so that Zhou Tan, who was not good at drinking, drank a lot more than usual.

But the best thing at the table was Xue Su, the ten-year-old son brought by Xue Jinjun. is the same age as Zhou Shen, and he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. The dough is the same, but the words are decent. seems to prove that Xue Jinjun's admiration for literati and artists is true, and he also speaks with a bit of literary and pure air.

Several brothers of the Zhou family happened to be required by Zhou Xian to understand the customs of the city in line with their knowledge and deeds, and Xue Su, who was the same age as Zhou Shen, had the knowledge to travel to and from his father, and he had more childish fun when he spoke, so no matter how old Zhou Ti was or a few years younger, Zhou Huai immediately had a better impression of Xue Su.

Hearing that Gao Wei's hometown is in Qingyuan, Xue Su, who had just come from Qingyuan, naturally talked about the local scenery and food in Qingyuan, and playfully learned the Qingyuan accent and said a few simple greetings.

Gao Wei's face showed a hint of crimson. He grew up in Luojing since he was a child, and his hometown is just a return every few years, and the funerals of his elders or ancestor worship are always solemn, and he is really a little unfamiliar with his hometown.

The youngest Zhou Huai craned his neck, and unceremoniously called Xue Su, who was half a head taller than him, and asked, "Xue Su!" Are you saying that your family is going to move from Pingzhou to Qingyuan? ”

"Yes!" , Xue Su didn't care, and said with a bright smile: "After packing up the industrial premises, I will move back next spring." At that time, everyone is going to Qingyuan, but they can't find Vigo as a guide. Gotta let me take it! ”

Zhou Ti glanced at Zhou Tan, who was talking happily with Xue Jinjun, and then looked at the cute little boy in front of him and reminded in a low voice: "Brother Xue, if you stay in Qingyuan with your father in business in the future, if you go to school." Qingyuan may not be suitable for long-term residence. ”

Zhou Ti's reminder is very solid.

He was the oldest of the brothers who accompanied him today, and he knew more about it.

The eldest brother Zhou Ke deliberately checked some news on the market because of the discussion of the murder case in Beimen by several brothers and sisters that day. The deceased at the gate of the city was the matter of Xue Su's third uncle, and Zhou Ke only ordered Zhou Ti before the banquet. I'm afraid that a few small ones will be disdainful and impatient after knowing it. The most important thing is that the Xue family, who is afraid of coming, is not a haode, and will say some unpopular market gossip to a few children.

Just after eating at the same table. Zhou Ti had a very good impression of the Xue family's children, and also saw Xue Jinjun's grief and entanglement towards his dead brother, so he naturally regretted that Xue Su was talented and intelligent, and he was born in a businessman.

Xue Su was stunned, and his two dark eyes immediately fixed on Gao Wei's face from Qingyuan.

Gao Wei, who was mentioned as the shortcomings of his hometown, didn't know how to face Xue Su's clear eyes, so he pushed his cousin forward and said with a smile: "Brother Wednesday should be thinking that Brother Su is the same age as my family Shen'er, and the difference is only a month, and they both love chess, if they can come to Huocheng to study together in the future, it is also fun to learn from each other." ”

This Qingyuan "fellow villager" is not as honest as the brothers of the Zhou family. Xue Su understood in his heart, with a sweet smile on his face, he sang a big promise to Zhou Shen in style, and said, "Su ...... It's troublesome for Brother Shen to give me a lot of advice! ”

Zhou Shen, who was caught off guard, almost collided with Xue Su, who was saluting. He grabbed Xue Su's arm in a panic, holding a white porcelain-like slender wrist in his hand, and Zhou Shencai was shocked to realize that Xue Su, who had a round face, actually had an extremely thin skeleton on his body.

Xue Su pulled away his hand seemingly absently, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pouted slightly, Zhou Shen saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt in his heart.

Zhou Huai on the side coaxed Zhou Shen and Xue Su to talk about a game and decide the winner. Xue Su readily agreed, and without waiting for Zhou Shen to respond, he ran to Xue Jinjun with a smile and asked if he could stay at Zhou's house for a while.

Xue Jinjun looked at Zhou Tan with a little embarrassment. Zhou Tan, who was waiting to be sent off, generously ordered someone to find chess sets, a square of chess, and quickly placed it in the middle of the two children.

Xue Su guessed the small pride of holding the black first, and he frowned very delicately during the long exam, and the tail finger was lightly cocked...... made Zhou Shen, who was suspicious in his heart, feel that something was wrong the more he looked at it.

Some of Xue Su's performances are very similar to Zhou Manyun, which Zhou Shen is familiar with.

Zhou Manyun has been wearing men's clothes in Huocheng for several years, and he often borrowed Zhou Shen's name.

Several sets of Manyun's men's clothes have been placed in Yunhuaju for a long time, and Manyun often went to Yunhuaju from the inner courtyard of Zhou's house, changed his clothes, and went out from the door facing the street in the courtyard to call Zhou Shen's name.

The "Zhou Shen" that most Huocheng people recognize now is actually Man Yun who prefers to run outside.

Because Man Yun was wearing men's clothes at first, he always liked to stand in a row with Zhou Shen, so that Gao and the others could find the difference to make corrections. Zhou Shen also wrote down many of Gao's comments about the subtle differences between him and Man Yun.

Sitting opposite, Zhou Shen looked more and more. I felt more and more that Xue Su looked more feminine.

In the first game, Zuihou still played a win, a loss and a draw between Xue Su and Zhou Shen.

Zhou Huai, who said at the beginning that he wanted to watch the game to the end, lost Zhou Shen in the first game. I lost my interest, and Zhou Ti coaxed him to the side to play. Gao Wei is the only one who has been keeping his mouth shut and being a true gentleman. He watched chess very seriously, and he also watched people.

Xue Su, who won first and lost with Zuihou, was very happy to pick up the child and put it into the box, and he didn't see the slightest bit of gloom.

Zhou Shen was embarrassed. As long as the sixth sister of the family, Manyun, shows her defeat, she must regret her move, if Xue Su is really a girl, she is much stronger than Manyun in this regard.

If she is really a girl, but let Man Yun get acquainted with her, presumably the two will definitely become friends. Zhou Shen's heart moved. When he was collecting the child, he whispered in Xue Su's ear: "I have a younger sister who always likes to wear men's clothes and walk around!" ”

Xue Su's small hand holding a chess piece stopped in mid-air, hesitated, the corners of his mouth curved, and said in a suppressed voice: "Brother Shen's eyes are good, which makes little sister Su Su very ashamed." ”

Sure enough, she was a girl. Zhou Shen smiled lightly and said, "Your name is Su Xuan?" ”

"Do you really have a sister who also likes men's clothing?"

"Plain ink. Slender jade futong. ”

Xue Suyun looked up at Gao Wei, who was just in time to talk to her in response, and her face was covered with a thin layer of red. Being recognized by Zhou Shen had already caught her by surprise, and it was even more embarrassing to meet someone who eavesdropped on it.

Fortunately, she is not an ordinary girl who can't stand things. After stabilizing his mind, the chess pieces in his hand were gently thrown into the chess basket, and a voice like a clear spring sounded briskly: "Brother Wei said it really well." Su Su's name is really from this, the Xue family's ancestral business is to deal in silk and satin cloth. ”

Glancing at the people who hadn't noticed it yet. The three of them, who knew the common secret, looked at each other and smiled, and slowed down their actions to clean up the chess pieces together. Whispered the question Xue Sujun asked just now. For a while, the sound of laughter in the small corner was continuous.

When the Xue father and daughter said goodbye and the sons of the Zhou family sent them out of the door, Zhou Shen also made an invitation very carefully, and said, "Next time you come home, you can find the sixth sister, I think she will like you." ”

Xue Sujun smiled and answered softly, stayed in the car, lifted the curtain, and waved his hand in the direction of Zhou Shen.

The curtain of the car was lowered with a snap, and Xue Suyun lost the smile he had always maintained, and his clenched little fist smashed on the wall of the car angrily.

"Susu, what's wrong?" , Xue Jinjun, who originally looked half-drunk, straightened up and asked his daughter very solemnly.

"Daddy!" , Xue Sujun snorted, threw himself on Xue Jinjun's knee, and pouted: "The Zhou family is too big, and the hospitality is simple, so they arranged us in the side courtyard, and the concubines and young grandchildren entertained ......."

Under the guidance of Xue Jinjun, Xue Sujun told his father everything he had encountered and heard in the Zhou family.

"Saying that the family is going to move to Qingyuan, they are a little disdainful, knowing that their daughter is a daughter, and saying that his sister will like me, who wants to please her?"

Xue Jinjun is still happy with a kind face, his own palm beads are very clever, and he will only be like this when he encounters something that he has not accepted for a while.

As soon as the car stopped at the door of the auspicious inn, an enthusiastic shopkeeper immediately rushed out.

"Xue Ye! You have brought your son back from the banquet in Xiao Zhou's mansion! ”

The voice of the shop guy was very loud, and for a while, the innkeeper and the tent room and others were also alarmed, and they all stepped forward to greet Xue Jinjun with a smile.

"Master Xue, you are so familiar with Xiao Zhoufu, and you didn't say it earlier. This Xinan Xiaozhou Mansion has not been welcoming guests for a long time, that is, you have only been able to enter the door......"

"That's it, a few days ago, the boss of the Shengping asked to see Mr. Zhou, that is, he went in and drank tea......"

In the midst of the praise, Xue Sujun twisted his eyebrows thoughtfully.

After some coping, the father and daughter of the Xue family returned to the room.

The door was closed, and Xue Jinjun asked his daughter in a deep voice: "Susu, have you noticed any difference after going to the Zhou Mansion?" ”

Xue Suyun, who already understood why his father had come to visit the Zhou family, replied: "That guy also called you Xue Ye before, but he was not as diligent as he is today. There is also the innkeeper, we have been in the store for a few days, and we all thought that we were here to collect the body of our uncle, so we avoided it, but now we have taken the initiative to come......"

"Most people in the world are the first to respect their clothes, and they have money for businessmen, but even in front of people of the same kind, they can't speak with money alone!"

Xue Jinjun held his daughter's hand and patiently taught: "You said today that the ancestral business of the family is very good to make silk and satin cloth, since someone in the Zhou family has seen through your daughter's body, so you can simply use these things that are used in the back house to make friends with the relatives of the Zhou family...... That Saturday girl likes Yi Hai and Mou, isn't it a good thing that you can make her like it? ”

Xue Sujun nodded again and again.

Xue Jinjun was full of smiles, and his eyes narrowed and began to count the information brought by his daughter.

The status of a businessman is not high, and if a popular daughter wants to marry into an official family in a dignified manner, a parent like the Zhou family has already retired, but there are still many relatives and in-laws in the court, and the children of the family are also expected to be the best choice.

It seems deliberate to settle home in Huocheng, it is better to store in Huocheng, and take her daughter to come and go often, if you are worthy of the Zhou family's concubine as your wife, the Xue family can be regarded as officially related to the scholarly family. If Zhou Tong, the patriarch of the Northern Zhou Mansion in Xibei, is also presiding over Chuanfang Academy, and there are all motivated young people in the academy, it is also a good thing to have a good son-in-law who can change the court.

The most important thing is that his only daughter can't be buried in the township.

Xue Jinjun, who had made up his mind, looked at his daughter, and his eyes were smiling more and more. (To be continued......)