Qiantang Ding clan mainly has two mansions, one is the county seat's Wujin mansion, the other is the eastern suburbs of the county, also called the villa, there is the foundation of the Ding family, occupy the mountains and rivers, there are 150 hectares of fertile land, 20 shade households, 200 tenants, there are 60 people who practice martial arts all the year round, pull out can go into battle to kill, if necessary, those tenants can be formed into a family soldier, this is also the Eastern Han Dynasty since the chaos of the Gaomen clan in order to protect themselves and develop into a private army.

The surnames of the Qiantang clan are Quan, Zhu, Gu, Fan, Du, Dai, Ding, and Zhen, the first four surnames are the first-class scholars, and the Ding family is a second-class scholar clan in Qiantang, but in the entire Jiangdong, it is a third-class scholar clan, that is, the first-class scholar clan, but it is such a first-class scholar clan, and the local power is also very strong, generally speaking, the Qiantang county order can't control them, especially the county order from the Hanmen Shu clan, which is not in the eyes of these wealthy scholars at all, God knows how the Ding family would marry their daughter to the Hanmen Chen Qingzhi, Shishu intermarriage, It will greatly reduce the prestige of the clan, and will be despised by other clans.

At dusk, three ox carts slowly drove into the side door of Ding's villa in the eastern suburbs of Qiantang County, Ding's villa is somewhat similar to Chenjiawu Fort, all of them are high walls and thick doors, the difference is that Chenjiawu is a circular castle building, Ding's villa is square, and the scale is grander, the terrain is low before and high back, the houses are echeloned up, built symmetrically according to the central axis, it is said that there are more than 400 rooms.

It was already dark, and there was a lantern on the small door of the hall, and a white face was reflected behind the lantern. ”

Xiao Chan in the ox cart responded: "It's me, Zong Zhi and Run'er have both arrived, and Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun is also here." ”

"Yes, that's great, the lady was still asking just now." The maid carrying the lantern is named Ah Xiu, and she is also one of Ding Youwei's four personal maids.

Before Run'er got out of the car, she greeted sweetly: "Sister Axiu, it's me, Run'er, and Brother and Uncle Ugly." ”

The maid Axiu's anxious mood because of waiting disappeared in an instant, and she was only full of joy, smiled and stepped forward to help Run'er get out of the car, held a lantern and took a photo, and praised: "Run'er's little lady has grown a lot taller, she is beautiful, her mouth is sweet, and everyone likes it when she sees it-ah, Zongzhi, Zongzi Xiaolangjun has also grown taller-hey, who is this?" ”

Xiaochan laughed on the side and said to Qingzhi: "I'm right, Ah Xiu definitely won't recognize Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun." ”

At this time, a steward of Dingfu came out, asked a few words, and asked Laifu and Laide father and son to go to eat and rest with the tenants, Laifu said that he wanted to meet the young master first, and the steward said impatiently: "Who dares to let you in this night, see you tomorrow." ”

Zong Zhi and Run'er went to the inner courtyard to see Ding Youwei, because Chen Caozhi was a minor, he could be regarded as Ding's in-laws, and Ding Youwei had been specially ordered, so they followed up together.

Ding Youwei lives in a separate courtyard, with a square patio, a two-story wooden building connected to the southwest and a small garden at the back.

The courtyard door was ajar, and when the people inside heard the footsteps, they immediately came out with a lantern, looked at it for a while, that is, they were overjoyed, and turned around and called: "Lady, lady, Zongzhi and Run'er have arrived." ”

Run'er hugged Xiaochan in her arms, struggled to get off the ground, and shouted, "Mother-"

Faint fragrance, as if the night breeze blows through the lotus pond in May, a tall and handsome white-clothed beauty appeared in front of the small courtyard, under the light of the yellow lantern, I saw the little Run'er running over, only to shout: "Run'er-" The voice choked, leaned over and hugged Run'er, kept kissing, the star-like eyes in the dark night were still looking forward to it, and when he saw Zongzhi, he stretched out an arm and beckoned, like an injured crane: "Zongzhi, come-"

Chen Caozhi gently pushed his nephew on the back shoulder, and Zong Zhi stepped forward a little shyly and shouted, "Mother." ”

Ding Youwei hugged a pair of children in her arms and cried with joy, this scene of separation and reunion made Xiaochan and the four maids teary-eyed.

After a while, Ding Youwei raised his face and asked, "What about Xiaolang, didn't he come?" "The women of the Wei and Jin dynasties called their brother-in-law Xiaolang.

Chen Caozhi stood between Xiaochan and Qingzhi, took two steps forward at this time, and bowed deeply: "Caozhi to meet my sister-in-law." ”

"Ahh Ding Youwei straightened his waist and stared at Chen Caozhi with a pair of wonderful eyes, surprised and delighted: "? Six ugliness? ”

Chen Caozhi replied again: "Sister-in-law, it's me, ugly." ”

Xiaochan smiled: "Lady, Xiaolangjun has grown a lot taller, right?" Fang Cai Ah Xiu didn't recognize it either. ”

Another maid Yuyan exclaimed: "This is Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun, I don't even dare to admit it." ”

The two lanterns are now shining at Chen Caozhi together, so that Ding Youwei can take a closer look.

Ding Youwei walked in front of Chen Caozhi and smiled gently: "It's really Caozhi, you are as tall as your sister-in-law, you are not yet fifteen years old, and you will be taller than your brother in the future." "Chen Qingzhi was a slender and beautiful man with a height of more than seven feet.

Xiaochan was worried that Ding Youwei would be sad again, and hurriedly said: "Lady, let's go to the yard first, Zongzhi and Run'er are hungry, and they have been bumpy for three hours." ”

Ding Youwei blamed himself for being confused, holding Zong Zhi with one hand and Run'er with the other, turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate, but stopped and looked back, and said to Chen Caozhi: "Ugly, come with my sister-in-law-" Without waiting for Chen Caozhi's response, he smiled again: "I won't call you Ugly in the future, when you grow up, you will be called the name of Caozhi." ”

Run'er asked: "Mother, how do Run'er and Brother call Uncle Ugly?" ”

Ding Youwei said: "Let's change the name to Uncle Cao." ”

Uncle Cao was too awkward, Chen Caozhi hurriedly said: "Zongzhi and Run'er are used to being called ugly uncles, and I listen to ugly uncles." ”

Ding Youwei, who was dressed in white and plain skirts, led a pair of children in front of her, Chen Caozhi followed behind, the sister-in-law in the memory of the teenager would not be so thin, the weak willow-like waist seemed to break when touched, her face was as pale as faded petals, only those eyes were still as bright as stars-

Despite this, my sister-in-law is still the most beautiful woman Chen Caozhi has ever seen!

After dinner, Ding Youwei ordered Xiaochan and Swift to prepare water for Chen Caozhi to bathe, and she personally pulled her skirt and sleeves to bathe Zong Zhi and Run'er, and it was rare to take care of her children, and it was fun to work hard.

Xiaochan and Yuyan saw that Chen Caozhi refused to let the two of them serve, so they snickered outside the door, saying that Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun would blush and be shy, and then muttered to comment on Chen Caozhi's appearance, recalling Chen Caozhi when he was a child, compared with the present, he was amazed.

Chen Caozhi bathed out, his hair was as black as lacquer, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and the two maidservants, Xiaochan and Yuyan, were stunned.

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister Xiaochan, take me to my sister-in-law's study." ”

Ding Youwei's study is next to her bedroom, on the second floor, Chen Cao is stunned when he steps in, under the light of a copper bull lamp, the layout of this study is the same as that of Chenjiawu's study, elegant, concise, pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase, it seems that the sister-in-law still maintains the habit of reading and practicing words every day.

Xiaochan was more careful, seeing that Chen Caozhi was stunned, she understood when she thought about it, and said in a low voice: "This is specially arranged by the lady, and the lady misses Chen Jiawu——"

At this time, Run'er's laughter came from outside the door: "Uncle Ugly, quickly show Ke Tingdi to my mother, my mother doesn't believe that Uncle Ugly can play the recorder, and I don't believe that someone will send Uncle Ke Tingdi to Uncle Ugly." ”

Ding You's slightly soft and beautiful voice came again: "It's not that I don't believe it, I'm too surprised, I haven't seen you for two years, is it so superb?" Who taught you? ”

Chen Caozhi replied: "Sister-in-law, I just blew a few times, but for some reason I just matched the wishes of the passers-by on the river, and gave the flute as a gift, saying that it was Keting Di." ”

After the new bath, Ding Youwei led Zongzhi and Run'er into the study, the mother and son all seemed to be carved from jade, their skin was like snow, their eyebrows were picturesque, although Ding Youwei was slender, but the texture was still fine, and it was transparent under the light, because she was thin, her eyes were especially big, her chin was sharp, and her demeanor was unpretentious, but she was beautiful.

When Chen Caozhi looked at his sister-in-law, his sister-in-law was also looking at him with a smile, he hadn't seen him for two years, this little man who was a little wooden was now not only refreshing and handsome, but also seemed to have opened his mind and become smart.

Ding Youwei nodded and said: "Run'er is right, Xiaolang is really much stronger, well, climbing Jiuyao Mountain every day is very good." "While ordering Qingzhi and Ah Xiu to move Chen Caozhi's bags to the room on the west floor on the second floor, the room had been arranged a few days earlier, and it was prepared for Chen Caozhi, and Run'er and Zongzhi naturally slept with her.

When Run'er saw the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, she remembered what Uncle Chou had said to her, and said, "Mother, Run'er and Brother have brought gifts to Mother." ”

"Really?" Ding Youwei said happily: "What gifts did you bring, let my mother take a look?" ”

Run'er said, "Brother, you go first." ”

Eight-year-old Chen Zongzhi glanced at Uncle Ugly, got encouragement from Uncle Ugly's eyes, and walked to the bookcase and studied ink alone. ”

Ding You nodded slightly, feeling a sour joy in his heart.

Chen Zongzhi spent half a quarter of an hour, grinding an inkstone thickly, rubbing his little hands, kneeling and holding a pen with his wrist, and copied Zhong Xuan's "Declaration Table" from memory, and spent more than two quarters of an hour to write the eighteen lines of the "Declaration Table" with a total of three hundred and eight characters on the paper.

Ding Youwei knelt on the side and watched Zong Zhi write quietly, the eight-year-old child was so attentive and meticulous, Ding Youwei's beautiful big eyes were full of tears of joy.

After Zong Zhi finished writing, he put down the pen, the knuckles of the pen were red, looked at the ugly uncle, and then looked at the mother, and said in a low voice: "Mother, this is a gift from the child to the mother." ”

Ding Youwei's tears flowed down in big drops, hugged Zong Zhi to his chest, and his voice trembled slightly with joy: "This is the best gift my mother has ever received, my mother has never been so happy!" ”

Seeing that Brother Ah was complimented, Run'er was eager to express herself, and said crisply: "Mother, Run'er also has a gift-"

Ding Youwei knelt on the reed mat, half-hugged Zongzhi, wiped his tears with a silk handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Okay, my mother wants to see Run'er's gift." ”

Run'er said: "Run'er can also write the "Declaration Table", but the writing is not as good as that of the elder brother, so Run'er will recite the "Analects". As he spoke, he recited all the way from "Learning and Learning" and "For Politics" until he memorized "Township Party Chapter", then he stopped, gasped and said, "I'm so thirsty-"

Xiaochan hurriedly brought water to Run'er to drink, and Zongzhi on the side whispered: "Mother, Run'er behind this will not recite it." ”

Ding Youwei was really overjoyed, hugged Run'er to her lap, put her face next to her daughter's pink little face, and said softly: "Run'er, my mother was illiterate when you were so old, Run'er is much stronger than my mother, and the gifts of the two of you are so gratifying to my mother - who taught you these?" ”

Run'er said: "It used to be taught by my grandmother, and then it was taught by Uncle Ugly, and Uncle Ugly taught it better." ”

Ding Youwei raised his face, his tearful face was like a magnolia petal condensing morning dew, and a beautiful smile bloomed: "Ugly, thank you, this is also the most precious gift you brought to your sister-in-law." ”

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Thanks to the tickets of the book friends, Xiaodao is very motivated.