"I haven't seen the lady and the young master yet."

Although Zhao was very friendly to Yang, Yang did not forget her identity and status, and after getting up, he said to the three young men and two men and one woman who followed behind him, the appearance of the two men was quite similar to Li Hongyu, the woman was delicate and beautiful, and slim.

"I've seen the aunt and the young master." Hearing this, the two men and one woman hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully bowed to the Zhao family and Li Hongyu, who were the three sons and daughters born to the Yang family, namely Li Hongyu's eldest brother Li Hongqing, second brother Li Hongxiang and eldest sister Li Yuewen.

Although Li Hongyu is the fourth of the three brothers in the Li family, and is the "third brother" of Li Hongqing, Li Hongxiang and Li Yuewen, the three never dare to call themselves brothers and sisters, but call them "young masters".

"Yuewen is getting more and more delicate." Zhao smiled and took Li Yuewen's hand, "Auntie, I will definitely tell you a good mother-in-law in two years." ”

"Auntie, you're laughing at Wen'er again." Li Yuewen's cheeks flushed when she heard this, and she said with some trepidation, she is already a beginner at this age, so she naturally knows what it means to be married.

It is a little ridiculous to say that in ancient times, the children born to concubines were the children of the main wife in the patriarchal sense, in other words, the two parties were legally mother-child relations.

This means that the concubine does not give birth to offspring for herself but for her wife, and although the concubine is related to her children by blood, it is not a patriarchally recognized mother-child relationship.

For example, Tanchun in "Dream of Red Mansions" does not recognize his mother Aunt Zhao's brother as an uncle, but recognizes Mrs. Wang's brother as an uncle.

In ancient times, the marriage of men and women paid attention to the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker, and the marriage of the children of the concubine was in the hands of the lord and the wife of the family, and usually the wife handled the marriage affairs.

Therefore, Li Yuewen's marriage is decided by the Zhao family, and although the Yang family is her biological mother, she has no say in her marriage.

Obviously, Li Yuewen's marriage should be based on the interests of the Li family's third room, and the Zhao family will definitely marry her into someone who can help the Li family's third room.

However, it is worth mentioning that since Li Hongyu has now inherited the property of the Li family's three houses, he is Li Yuewen's younger brother, and he also has the power to decide Li Yuewen's marriage, and the priority of his decision is higher than that of the Zhao family.

"Big brother, second brother, big sister!" Just as Zhao was holding Li Yuewen's hand and laughing, Li Hongyu stepped forward, bowed his hand to Li Hongqing, Li Hongxiang and Li Yuewen, and greeted him with a smile.

Seeing this situation, Zhao, Yang, Li Hongqing, Li Hongxiang, and Li Yuewen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Auntie, I miss the osmanthus cake made by my aunt, this time I must eat it, and I will bother my aunt later." Li Hongyu didn't mind everyone's surprised eyes, and said to Yang with a smile, this is also the first time he has called Yang "aunt".

"Okay, as long as the young master likes me, I'll do it for the young master." Yang's heart couldn't help but warm when he heard this, and he nodded again and again.

"Auntie, my mother is like a sister to you, don't call me 'young master' in the future, just call me Yu'er." Li Hongyu looked at the Zhao family with a smile, "This is what my mother has always hoped for, and my aunt must not shirk it." ”

"Sister, Yu'er has spoken, you have to give him this face." What a smart person Zhao is, seeing that Li Hongyu led the conversation to her, he quickly came back to his senses and said to Yang with a smile.

"This ......" Yang hesitated for a moment and looked a little embarrassed, after all, this would mess up the dignity of the Li family's three rooms, but since the Zhao family also spoke, she couldn't refuse, so she hesitated for a while and agreed, forcibly suppressed the excitement in her heart, and said excitedly, "Since this is the case, then I might as well be respectful." ”

Of course, the Yang family should be excited, don't look at this as a small title, which means that she has been recognized by Li Hongyu and the Zhao family, and her status and identity in the third room of the Li family have suddenly improved.

Subsequently, Li Hongyu and Zhao walked into the courtyard with a smile surrounded by Yang and others, and the atmosphere was very warm and harmonious.

It stands to reason that since the Yang family calls Li Hongyu "Yu'er", it seems that Li Hongqing, Li Hongxiang and Li Yuewen should also call him "third brother".

However, Li Hongyu did not do this, the reason is very simple, he is now the head of the Li family's third room, except for his brothers-in-law, the rest of his brothers and sisters have to call him "young master", and it would be unseemly to call him "third brother".

This mansion in Xiangyang City was bought by Li Renhai back then, and the layout of three in and three out is one of the three properties under Li Hongyu's name.

Every year when the Zhao family comes to Xiangyang City to pay New Year's greetings to Zhao Guangfeng, they have to settle here first, and then go to their parents' house after a short rest.

This time was naturally no exception, and after greeting the Yang family for a while, the Zhao family led Li Hongyu into the carriage and hurried to his mother's house.

The Zhao family lives in an ordinary residential area in the west of Xiangyang City, which is a small courtyard house, which looks quite old because it has been some years, and the courtyard walls and courtyard gates are mottled.

Coming to the door of the Zhao family's courtyard, Zhao took a deep breath, then walked over and knocked on the courtyard door.

"It's open, it's coming!" Immediately, a woman's voice sounded in the courtyard.

"Eldest sister, you're here, my mother is in a hurry." The courtyard door soon opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing an apron walked out of the door with a smile and affectionately took Zhao's hand, she was Zhao's sister-in-law Wu.

Since the Zhao family has been home every year on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year over the years, the mother's family knows that she is coming today, so they are preparing a banquet to welcome the Zhao family early in the morning, and the Wu family is stir-frying when the Zhao family knocks on the door.

"Hello aunt." Li Hongyu bowed to the Yang family seriously, the relationship between these relatives was very close to him, he naturally couldn't slack off, and he wanted to leave a good impression on the other party.

"Come in, grandma is still waiting for you." Yang suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, this was the first time that the taciturn Li Hongyu took the initiative to greet her, which greatly surprised her, and then welcomed Li Hongyu and Zhao into the courtyard with a smile, very happy to see Li Hongyu's transformation.

When the people of the Zhao family heard that Zhao and Li Hongyu were coming, they went out to greet them, and the two sides met in the courtyard, and then they talked and laughed and entered the living room of the north house.

At the same time, the Li family's subordinates, who came with Zhao and Li Hongyu, took the gifts brought by Zhao from the carriage and sent them into the courtyard in an orderly manner, and put them into a wing room under the command of Yang.

The Zhao family has a total of three brothers and sisters, and the Zhao family is the youngest in the family, with two older brothers, the eldest brother Zhao Wenhan and the second brother Zhao Wenting.

Zhao Wenhan and Zhao Wenting both have the fame of showing talents, and they are both for the Yamen to provide meal subsidies, and the Di Sheng is the best among the talents, and receives money and food from the Yamen every month, which is supported by the imperial court.

According to the custom of the Hongwu period, there are only twenty places for a county, and the competition can be described as extremely fierce, after all, this is a person who eats imperial grain.

Although Zhao Wenhan and Zhao Wenting are full of literary brilliance, they are unlucky, and they have repeatedly failed in the township examination in recent years, after all, doing well in learning does not mean that they can do well in the exam.

But then again, the title of the gold list is the ultimate goal of readers, although Zhao Wenhan and Zhao Wenting are close to the age of not confused, they still insist on taking the exam, and it is the norm to move in their thirties and forties.

Zhao Wenhan and Zhao Wenting knew that the Zhao family was back to their parents' house today, so they stayed at home and waited, and the family was ready to have a lively reunion dinner.

But it's a pity that Zhao Guangfeng was not at home, and he was accompanied by his eldest grandson Zhao Yuxin early in the morning, carrying a fishing rod and a fishing basket to the river to fish, it seems that he didn't want to see Zhao.

Zhao has long been accustomed to it, she knows that Zhao Guangfeng is still angry with her, and she is more or less lonely in her heart, with Zhao Guangfeng's stubborn character, she doesn't know when she can forgive her.

Because there are more people in the Zhao family, there are two wine tables in the living room, one for the elders and one for the juniors.

Although Li Hongyu is a junior, thanks to his identity as the head of the third room of the Li family, he sat at the wine table of the elders, after all, he is the face of the third room of the Li family, how can he sit with those juniors.

Usually at this time, Li Hongyu would silently bury his head in his mouth and pull the food into his mouth, and the Zhao family would deal with the situation on the wine table.

"Grandma, grandchildren wish you and your grandfather happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan!"

But today's situation made the people of the Zhao family feel quite abnormal, when Zhao Wenhan presided over the start of the banquet, Li Hongyu was unexpectedly the first to stand up, holding a wine glass and toasting to his grandmother, Mrs. Zhao.

As he spoke, Li Hongyu raised his head under the stunned gaze of everyone, drank all the wine in the wine glass in his hand, and suddenly felt a hot feeling in his stomach.

This made his brows frown slightly, if I am not mistaken, this is the first time he has drunk, usually under the care of the Zhao family, he does not drink at all, so it is naturally impossible to know how much alcohol he has.

"Yu'er's toast, of course grandma has to drink it." Old Madam Zhao was the first to recover from her shock, smiled slightly and drank the wine in the glass in front of her, her face was full of happy smiles, and she was quite surprised by Li Hongyu's actions today.

Not only the people of the Zhao family, but the Zhao family didn't expect Li Hongyu to drink wine today, and there was a lot of relief in surprise, it seems that Li Hongyu has really matured, and now he is doing things in an orderly manner.

When Li Hongyu took the initiative to call Yang's "aunt" before, Zhao was really taken aback, she didn't tell Li Hongyu about this kind of thing, she never thought that Li Hongyu would understand such a human sophistication, it is obvious that the unity of the Li family is more important than anything else.

After saluting Mrs. Zhao, Li Hongyu toasted the two uncles and aunts, these things were done by the Zhao family in previous years, and she can relax this year.

"Mother, my head is a little dizzy, I want to go sleep for a while." After toasting everyone at the table, Li Hongyu, who had a ruddy face, seemed to be a little drunk, stretched out his hand and patted his head and said to Zhao.

"Long'er, take your cousin down to rest." Seeing this, Yang smiled and said to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man who was talking and laughing and drinking with someone at a wine table next to him.

The young man was Zhao Wenhan's second son, Zhao Yulong, and when he heard this, he hurriedly put down his glass and helped Li Hongyu, who was a little staggering, to leave.

Since everyone knew that this was Li Hongyu's first time drinking, it was normal for him to get drunk and continue to talk and laugh there.