Xingyuan, Dongguan County Palace.

Zhang Jiujiu sat on the g, with a charcoal basin under his feet, and the red charcoal fire made the room warm. Compared to the heavy snow outside, it's like two worlds. Two old mothers sat in front of her, talking about trivial matters at home. When the door opened, a cold wind blew in, and all three fù people turned their heads. I saw a teenage girl, tall and graceful, wrapped in big sleeves. As soon as the person entered the door, the crisp voice shouted, "Ouch, it's snowing so hard." ”

The two old mothers got up and smiled, and Zhang Jiujiu called: "It's cold, right? Come over and warm up. ”

The girl walked over and sat down beside her, and took off her hat and put on a countenance. Just the two of them there, even if they don't know each other, they can see that this is the two of them. It was none other than Xu Wei's eldest daughter Xu Yan. After a few years of hard work, 1 Bu girl has been out of the water, her eyes are rolling, her mouth is pursed, and her smile can melt the ice and snow for it. It's just that her appearance follows her mother, but her personality is very different. When Zhang Jiujiu was young, he was soft-spoken, kind and tolerant. Xu Yan is different, in the end, she is a tiger girl, although she is a daughter, she acts in a hurry, quite like her father.

"Mother, when will my father come back from this heavy snow? Is there a letter? Xu Yan rubbed her hands and asked.

"I'm worried about this, such a big snow hasn't been seen for many years, your father's man, once he is out with troops, he can't take care of anything, alas, it's worrying." Zhang Jiujiu said with a frown.

Xu Yan also sighed, the three of them are sisters and brothers, and they get together less and leave more with their fathers when they are young. But Xu Jiu loves the child very much, so the three babies like to stick to him, and every time he goes out, they look forward to him coming back. Just as I was thinking about it, I heard my mother ask, "What about your sister?" Better? ”

"My daughter went to see it just now, took medicine, and slept much better under the quilt. It is estimated that this medicine can be drunk clearly. Xu Yan replied.

The white godmother next to her interjected when she heard this: "The second lady is weak, I'll still take a look on this snowy day." ”

"Well, you all go." Zhang Jiujiu nodded.

After the two old mothers left, Xu Yan suddenly said, "Mother, has my brother been here today?" ”

"No, what? Not in the room? Zhang Jiujiu asked.

"I also looked at the study, and I also watched the back field, but there was no one." Xu Yan's voice was raised.

Not to mention, up and down the Xu Mansion, who doesn't know that the little official is a "heavenly stick"? Since he could walk, he didn't stop, running out of his house all day long to fight and play with his baby friends. It's time to study later, Zhang Jiujiu spent a lot of effort, trusted a lot of relationships, and invited a well-educated person who was born as a jinshi but did not become an official. People looked at the face of King Xu Jun, came, but after teaching for more than 20 days, they threw down a sentence that Yanai was not a piece of reading material, and left. Later, 66 continued to hire a few gentlemen, but no one could teach them for three months. There is no other reason, Xu Hu's goods are too stubborn, and he has no love for books except for his interest in archery and horse riding. At first, Xu Wei didn't take it seriously, and I thought that my Xu Wei's son couldn't just be a poor sour and rotten Confucian. But the more I look at it, the more wrong it becomes, this guy is not a brave and unscrupulous man, right?

"Eighty percent slipped out to play nonsense again, this baby, as long as his father is not at home, no one will obey!"

Zhang Jiujiu said urgently. "Where can he go on this snowy day?"

"Who knows." Xu Yan was also anxious. As soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open with a "bang", and I saw a figure flash to come in, and the voice came out synchronously, "Mother!" ”

When he came in, the baby was six or seven years old, wearing a black sè short jacket, with small leather boots on his feet and leather belts tied around his waist, and a gold lock on his aunt's neck, reflecting the red fluttering face, which was very cute. As soon as Zhang Jiujiu saw him, his face fell: "It's snowing so hard outside, where are you going to mess around?" ”

Xu Hu didn't seem to listen to the adult's words, and asked in a daze, "Mother, when does Dad have to come back?" ”

"Are you still looking forward to your father's return? If he knows that you don't study all day, see how he will clean you up. Zhang Jiujiu scared him. Xu Hu stumbled to his mother's side, not like he was frightened, but said, "I'm going to my eldest brother's house." ”

"What are you doing at Big Brother's house?" Xu Yan asked beside her.

Xu Hu glanced up at his sister, lowered his head again, and said, "A few days ago, my eldest brother taught us to ride a horse......

"Daddy won't let you ride a horse, don't you know?" Xu Yan blamed.

"He also taught us to ride horses, but I didn't see him yesterday the day before yesterday, I went to my eldest brother's house this morning and saw that my eldest brother was sick." Xu Hu said.

Zhang Jiujiu was a little nervous: "Sick? What disease? ”

"I don't know, Mrs. Ma didn't tell me, I asked my eldest brother, and he only said that I didn't understand." As Xu Hu spoke, he sat on G, and his little feet fluttered. Sometimes this child is stubborn, sometimes he looks precocious, and when other people's dolls are six years old, he is afraid that he will still have snotty bubbles, and sometimes he speaks like an adult.

The "eldest brother" he said was not the children of the Xu family, but the only blood and blood of Ma Tai. Matej was killed in battle, leaving behind an only son. This child was the oldest of the children of Xu Wei, Zhang Qing, Yang Yan, and Ma Tai, brothers with different surnames. Therefore, after Ma Er was killed, the children of the other three called this child the eldest brother.

Zhang Jiu listened to it in his heart and thought secretly, that nephew has always been strong and strong, why did he suddenly get sick?

Although the official is not at home, he has to visit as an aunt. Right now, I took this matter to heart. After a conversation, she admonished her son a few more words, and then ordered him to go back to the study to read a book, and not to run around on a snowy day. Xu Hu reluctantly agreed, walked out of his mother's door, and went to the study tastelessly.

As soon as he turned out of the back hall, he was still hanging his head on the corridor, when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and turned his head to look, but it was the door on the gatehouse that was rushing in. The man also saw Xu Hu, and shouted while waving: "Yanei, Yanei, the king is back!" ”

When Xu Hu heard this, his two eyes lit up! The little tuǐ stepped out, and quickly took it back. The father was naturally happy when he came home, but the mother was still "threatening" that if he was disobedient, he would let him rectify himself when his father came back. At this time, how to meet him? So, I didn't dare to run to the door, and ran to the study in a hurry.

However, it was said that the news of King Xujun's return to the back hall was transmitted to the back hall, and Zhang Jiuyue was overjoyed and came out with his daughter. When her mother and daughter stepped out of the door, Xu Wei had not yet gone up the steps, and was directing the entourage in front of the door to carry things. A mouthful of large boxes, I don't know what they contain. Xu Yan greeted her one by one, pounced on her father like a bird, and shouted happily: "Dad, it's back." ”

"Oops, it's snowing! It's snowing! Xu Wei shook the snow on his body, looking at his daughter, who was more and more peugeot, and was in a good mood. He was in his early forties and was in the prime of life, but he couldn't care about decency when he was away with soldiers. The beard is scumbag, looking at Zhang Jiujiu distressed.

"Sister, look, if you don't go home, it's like this."