It was nearly evening, and the sky was full of sunset.

Liu Rong stood at the door of the small cross courtyard, raised his eyebrows and looked at the red burning clouds in the west not far away, thinking about the intention of the eldest brother to suddenly call him over to drink, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hung a smile.

"I'm afraid it's going to rain! Well, it's stuffy, it's time for the rain too. ”

Ignoring the wonder of the second pillar who led the way next to him, he shook his head and sighed to himself, and stepped into the small courtyard.

Since getting married, the old man Liu Bo ordered more than a dozen houses in the west of this mansion to be set aside and built a courtyard wall, which can be regarded as setting up a small portal for Liu Lan and his family. These dozen or so houses are small and compact, and the two of them have four or five maids, seven or eight subordinates, and seven or eight rough mothers-in-law, but they are also quiet and comfortable.

In the past, Liu Rong often came to play, but in the past two years, because of the addition of children here, and the children are crying and the sister-in-law is breastfeeding, etc., if his little uncle comes, there is a lot of inconvenience in living and sitting, so he comes less, and he has not come for several months recently.

"Big brother, sister-in-law, I'm here."

Even though the child is now more than a year old, he is still far away from the door and says hello loudly first.

His words fell, and the tearful bamboo curtain in front of the door was opened by a little maid, and then he saw Liu Lan's wife Liu Zhou walking out of the door, first smiled and blessed, and then said: "His second uncle is here, please come in." ”

Before she could finish her sentence, she heard a loud cry coming from the room.

Liu Zhoushi hurried back to the house, and then heard her say: "You, give it to me quickly, I really don't know what's going on with you, you have a straight face all day long, as if everyone in the world owes you 100,000 yuan, and when you see your son, you don't have a smile, how old is he, can you not cry when you see your face?" Hurry up, give it to me, you go talk to the second uncle! ”

Then I saw Liu Lan come out with a bitter face and opened the curtain, and saw Liu Rong standing in front of the corridor in the courtyard, with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but sigh, "This kid, whoever hugs him laughs, but he won't let me hug him!" ”

Liu Rong smiled, "Whoever hugs him laughs?" Okay, let me hug my little nephew too! ”

Saying that, the brothers went into the room one after another with the curtain opened by the little maid, and saw Liu Zhou's coaxing the child there, Liu Rong smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want me to avoid it?" ”

Liu Zhou's face blushed slightly when he heard this, "This second uncle, really, everyone in the world knows that you are not smart enough, so you have to make fun of me if you see it, you are really an uncle!" Come on, look at your nephew, see if we're fat again? ”

Liu Rong walked over with a smile and teased the little guy's face twice, the little guy was crying happily, and his pink little face was red, who knew that after seeing him, he even forgot to cry, but he sobbed for a while, and the eyes stared at him curiously, and his appearance was very cute. And after Liu Rong grimaced at him, he actually grinned so much that his saliva flowed out.

Liu Rong laughed happily when he saw this, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick up the child, Liu Zhou's was not at ease, and he laughed and helped him hold the child's head, and turned his head to Liu Lan and said: "Look at you, we kissed when we saw his uncle, and we were afraid of what you were when we saw you, but how unpleasant you are!" ”

Then he said to Liu Rong: "His second uncle, you brothers can say anything, you will drink later, and your sister-in-law will cook for you and cook for you, you have to talk about him for your sister-in-law, you big brother, your temper is hard, your face is stinky, and your brain is like a piece of wood, you can't turn a corner for anything, and you have to admit death!" ”

Liu Rong just smiled when he heard this, but he didn't answer, and teased the little guy for a while, and then handed the child into Liu Zhou's arm, and then turned his head and smiled at Liu Lan.

Although the eldest brother's surname is Gengjie, and he does have some problems with admitting death, but he is not stupid, but the daughter of a small family in Liu Zhou's family married him, but he can eat the eldest brother to death in a year or two, and he knows that the eldest brother can't be heard in the room, so it can be seen that the master he was looking for at the beginning was really accurate!

But it's okay, you can't both have elm pimples, right? As long as it's your own family, it never hurts to be smart.

At that moment, Liu Lan beckoned Liu Rong to sit down at the table on the side, and the maid hurriedly served tea, Liu Lan waved her hand and motioned for them to go down, Liu Zhou picked up a glimpse of it, knowing that the two brothers probably had something important to talk about, and then handed the child to the maid, turned around and smiled: "You brothers talk first, I'll go down to get you wine and food!" ”

Liu Rong smiled: "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

Liu Lan waved her hand, "You go, go!" ”

Liu Zhou smiled, turned around and went out with the maid, and only the brothers were left in the room.

But Liu Lan didn't speak, just drank tea with her head down, Liu Rong smiled, and then didn't speak, and lowered her head to drink tea. After a while, Liu Lan couldn't help but be bored, and she had nothing to say, "We haven't drunk like this for a long time, right?" ”

Liu Rong smiled, "Yes, I'm so poor, and you won't invite me, so I didn't drink it." ”

Although most of what he said was a joke, even if the Liu family was poor, it would not be less than the wine money of his second son, but since the eldest brother Liu Lan got married, the old man gave him a property and let him take care of it himself, and now the income and expenditure of their small family is already self-contained, plus Liu Zhou's family also brought a lot of dowry from his mother's family, and Liu Rong has not yet married, and every month is a fixed little monthly money, so Liu Lan is naturally much richer than him.

Liu Lan sighed when she heard this and stopped talking, but after a long time, she suddenly punched her on the desk, frowned, and said, "I really don't know, what was wrong with me, why does Daddy have to think that only he is right?" ”

Liu Rong smiled and said nothing.

Liu Lan glanced up at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, you have always had a good head, and you have to explain this matter to me, otherwise I will never be able to solve this knot in my heart." ”

Liu Rong smiled again and asked him, "I really want to know?" ”

Liu Lan nodded, "Of course." ”

Liu Rong nodded when he heard this, and asked instead of answering: "Since this is the case, then I have to ask you first, why do you think that our old man is wrong?" ”

Liu Lan stammered when she heard this, hesitated for a moment and just wanted to speak, but heard that Liu Rong had already replied on his behalf: "There is no doubt that you looked down on Li Xi from the beginning, and you thought that he was not a good person, right?" ”

Liu Lan thought about it and nodded silently.

Liu Rong smiled, "That's your fault, big brother, you have a prejudice against others from the beginning, although I don't know why, but obviously, this is very unfair to Li Xi!" Then I ask you, why do you have a prejudice against him? ”

Liu Lan pursed her lips helplessly, "There's no reason, it's just that I haven't treated him since I was a child, and I feel that he has a lonely and poor spirit." ”

Liu Rong smiled when he heard this, Liu Lan looked at him in wonder and asked, "What are you laughing at?" Am I not right? ”

Liu Rong laughed again when he heard this, until Liu Lan seemed to be a little angry, and then he said, "Big brother, don't you know that you also have a lonely and poor spirit?" ”

"Uh......" Liu Lan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, which he hadn't thought about.

Liu Rong smiled again, spread his hands and said: "It's not difficult to understand, the two of you are poorer than the other, so it's strange that you don't hate him!" ”

Liu Lan was speechless for a long time, and in the end she just sighed and said, "If it was just because of this, I wouldn't have been able to oppose this marriage with Daddy in public, but look at what Li Xi has done recently!" First went to a widow's house to be an accountant, which not only put his rich third uncle on the shelf to roast, but also almost pointed at our family's nose and scolded, and then, he actually dared to say such wild words openly in front of so many people! I just can't figure it out, how can such a person be worthy of Daddy's maintenance? ”

Liu Rong smiled when he heard this, and asked, "Don't understand?" ”

Liu Lan shook her head, "I don't understand." ”

Liu Rong nodded, and asked again: "Do you think Li Xi is a fool?" ”

Liu Lan hesitated when she heard this, but she still had to shake her head and said, "He...... Although I don't like him, I have to admit that he is not stupid. ”

Liu Rong nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Then do you think that everyone in the city knows that Li Xi is a bit stupid to do this, and Li Xi himself will not know?" ”

Liu Lan was puzzled when she heard this, and couldn't help but say: "He did it on purpose, definitely on purpose!" ”

Liu Rong stroked his palms and smiled when he heard this: "Ah! A person who is obviously very smart, but deliberately does something that even a fool understands is stupid...... You say, is this going to be as simple as it seems? ”

Liu Lan heard the words, and then seemed to be taken aback, and after being surprised, she fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Liu Rong didn't speak, so he quietly drank tea and waited for him.

After a long while, the curtain was suddenly opened from the outside, Liu Zhoushi smiled and brought a few maids in to deliver wine and food, Liu Lan suddenly came back to his senses, but said a sentence that Liu Zhoushi couldn't understand for many days-

"It's a pity that you can't compose poetry and can't get into the Jinshi!"

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After extinguishing the fire, Li Xi carefully waited for the distilled alcohol to gradually cool down, then took off the retort and poured the harvest into the clean wine cup that had been prepared next to him.

Although it is still the end of spring, the land of Sichuan and Shu is already early in spring, so the temperature is not low by now, and because he is worried that the wind blowing in will affect the grasp of the fire, Li Xi always has to close the window as long as he steam the wine.

got up and opened the window, and after a little menstrual wind, Li Xi couldn't help but go back and sit down, put the wine cup to his nose and sniffed it gently, but he felt that the wine was fragrant, and he smiled proudly unconsciously.

Take a sip gently, well, it is very strong, although the alcohol concentration is certainly not as high as the high-concentration spirits of the later generations, which are often sixty or seventy percent, but it must be countless times stronger than the kind of wine that is often sold on the market today.

My own craftsmanship is still not good, it seems that I still have to let professionals do this kind of thing.

A large cup full of steamed, only a small cup was steamed, and the concentration did not reach the ideal Chengdu, there is no doubt that it is only calculated according to the alcohol content, and there must still be alcohol in the remaining wine.

However, with the results of experiments of this level, it is enough to drop the first chess piece on the chessboard mountain.

was proud, and suddenly felt that someone outside seemed to be looking at him, Li Xi looked up, and sure enough, he saw someone looking at him with a smile outside the window.

It was a little maid who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Bright eyes and bright teeth double duck bun, goose yellow palace-like pomegranate skirt, moth eyebrows lightly swept, red lips slightly moist, the most important thing is that the flushed face is still a little baby fat, and her eyes are bent into the shape of a crescent moon when she smiles...... It's indescribably coquettish and cute.

Seeing Li Xi looking over, she didn't shy away from it, but laughed softly.

"Hey, they all say you're a fool, why don't I look like it?"

"Uh...... Of course I'm not a fool, what are you doing standing there, carefully let your housekeeper see it, I want to teach you a lesson, your He butler is amazing. ”

She wrinkled her nose cutely when she heard this, and said, "I'm not afraid of him!" ”

Looking curiously at the pile of strange things on the table in front of Li Xi, with a strong smell of wine on the tip of her nose, she asked, "What are you doing?" It's not good to drink while you're still on duty, but as long as you say it's my friend when you're caught by Steward He, he won't dare to blame you! ”

Li Xi smiled when she heard this, thinking that this girl was really cute to the bone, so she asked her, "Then what's your name?" ”

"My name is Arthur, my sister's name is Ah Jin, we are all maids in this house, by the way, I know your name, your name is Li Xi, but they all call you Li Crazy!" As she spoke, she laughed again, and when she smiled, she had two cute little dimples.

At that moment, Li Xi also smiled when he heard this, and then beckoned to her, "Come here, show you something good!" ”

She hesitated when she heard this, but she still couldn't stop the curiosity in her heart, pushed open the door and walked in, looked back and forth at the things in front of Li Xi's case, and stretched out her hand to touch everywhere.

Li Xi thought to herself that this little girl was not afraid of life, but although she was innocent, she obviously had some status in this mansion, so she ...... It's just right!

At that moment, he reached out and picked up the glass of wine and handed it to Arthur, "Taste it." ”

Before Arthur could speak, she first smelled a wine aroma that was a hundred times pungent than just now, but she suddenly jumped out of a step, opened a certain distance from Li Xi, and then pointed at Li Xi with one hand, pouting and saying, "You are obscene!" ”

Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, and said aggrievedly: "Where do you start with this!" ”

Arthur pointed to the wine and said, "I saw you drink it just now, but let me drink it, isn't it obscene?" ”

Li Xi came back to his senses when he heard this, and he thought to himself that he was right, taking a cup of residual wine for a girl in the family to drink, this is indeed a bit of a flirtatious meaning.

At that moment, he had to spread his hands helplessly, "Wronged, you are so cute, I look at you like I am looking at my little sister, where can I have that meaning, it is really this kind of good thing that only has this at the moment, if you want to taste it, then forget it." ”

Arthur said when he heard this, "You lie, I know, you don't have a sister at all!" But in the end, I still couldn't resist the curiosity in my heart, and I really came over and took the wine cup.

"Let's talk about it first, I don't drink much, that's all I have!" Li Xi instructed cautiously. In fact, he didn't feel sorry for this bit of wine, mainly because he was afraid that the other party would be a girl, and it would be the first time he would be unable to stand the wine with such a high precision.

Arthur pouted again when he heard this, "Stingy! ”

Then she curiously put the wine cup in front of her nose and sniffed, "What a fragrant wine!" Her eyes turned ghostly, and she actually took advantage of Li Xi's inattention, raised her neck, and poured most of the liquor into her throat in one gulp.

Li Xi was dumbfounded.

Then I saw her coughing violently, even her little face was coughing red, and even her eyes choked with tears!

"You're a liar! Cough...... She also said that it was a good thing, and it was a trick to drink it, which ......" she angrily threw the wine cup on the ground, and her small mouth was so pouting that she could tie a donkey, "I'll go to the young lady to complain and let him drive you away!" ”

After finishing speaking, she didn't wait for Li Xi to explain, so she ran out of the room sobbing aggrievedly, pouting aggrievedly as she walked, and that look was an indescribable grievance.

"Arthur doesn't like you!"

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In the backyard of Pei Yang's mansion, Ah Jin was crying and laughing softly, and at the same time turned back and smiled at his wife embarrassedly. Finally, Arthur persuaded her, and then I heard her tell the process of being wronged.

The little girl hiding in Pei Yang's Yang Huahua's arms scratched her nose and was ashamed of Arthur, "Arthur is not ashamed, crying nose!" ”

Arthur pouted when he heard this, "Little Miss, I won't accompany you to catch butterflies next time!" Then he ran over and pulled Pei Yang's Yang Huahua's sleeve, "Miss, Arthur doesn't like him, so you can drive him away!" ”

But at this time, Pei Yang's had already put away the chuckle on his face after listening to Arthur's words, she glanced up at Ah Jin, and saw that the other party's eyes were also full of confusion, so she said: "I'll just say, he's a great talent, how could he suddenly remember to come to our house to be a bookkeeper, a few days ago, he openly released such crazy words, it turned out that his idea actually fell here, but it was difficult for him, and he was well-intentioned." ”

Ah Jin thought about it when he heard this, and then he understood what his young lady meant, and then pulled Arthur over and asked her word by word: "Are you sure you are drinking?" Strong? Smelly? ”

Arthur looked aggrieved, but he didn't understand what was going on with Miss and his sister at all, so he just replied: "It smells very good, it tastes bad to drink, and it almost didn't spoil Arthur!" ”

Ah Jin turned his head and glanced at Yang Huahua, and the two said almost in unison: "It seems that he has a recipe for spirits in his hand!" ”

Then Yang Huahua nodded, and slowly closed her eyes.

"This recipe...... I'm afraid it's very expensive! ”

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