Coming out of Qiao's house, Zuo Gui and the others went straight to the Chang'an County Ya, begged to see the county lieutenant Peng, and asked to withdraw the lawsuit.

County Lieutenant Peng was overjoyed, he couldn't imagine that the Zuo family would go back for a year, and he would withdraw the lawsuit when he came back, and praised Zuo Gui's benevolence and righteousness. The lawsuit was immediately withdrawn, and the 80 yuan bride price returned by the Tai Doctor's family was returned, and another 100 yuan was compensated.

Zuo Gui's father categorically refused to compensate, only took back his eighty yuan dowry, and threw down a sentence: "One hundred yuan can be taken out by our Zuo family, and the lawsuit is not for money, but for justice, so that the other party knows what 'faith' is!" "Say that, and walk away. County Lieutenant Peng had never seen a hundred people in front of him who didn't want it, and he was really a little disgusted.

After doing this, Zuo Gui's father seemed to let go of the burden in his heart, and he was a lot more relaxed, talking and laughing all the way.

Bai Zhihan saw that he was so happy, so he said, "Why don't we go to Dongshi to buy some vegetables and cook at home?" ”

The food along the way is all inns and restaurants, a few people have long been tired of eating, Zuo Gui's father doesn't like to see Master Qiao, so he was a little depressed just now, and he didn't want to go to the restaurant to eat, now Bai Zhihan cooks herself, her skills are a must, when even nodded and said: "Okay, but, you have worked hard all the way, you just arrived in the city, let's take a rest, let's eat in the restaurant." ”

Bai Zhihan said: "I'm not tired, what's so tiring about taking the carriage all the way, cooking a few delicious meals for the old man and the young master to eat, and then making a pot of wine, it can be regarded as our housewarming." ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "That being the case, why don't you invite Old Lady Qu, Lan'er, Qiao'er, as well as Qiao Guan and Wu Shu to have a lively time?" Let them see our new home too? Recognize the door? ”

Zuo Gui's father frowned and said: "Zhong'er, be modest, be introverted, don't show around, isn't it just an ordinary house, what can you show?!" What kind of housewarming joy is this, let's wait until you become a big official, buy a big mansion, and are qualified to shake your majesty and your tail! ”

Zuo Shaoyang listened to his father's words with thorns, and knew that what his father hated most was other people's publicity, so he couldn't help but stick out his tongue and laugh at Bai Zhihan.

The four of them came to Dongshi, the vegetable market here is much larger than Hezhou, there are many kinds of vegetables and meat, and the price is cheap, it doesn't cost much, so they bought a lot of chickens, ducks, fish and fresh vegetables, as well as a jar of wine.

The pots and pans of the new house are complete, and I just bought oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. In addition, he bought silk cotton and various colors of satin interlining, and Bai Zhihan could sew new bedding after eating.

After buying it, the four of them were full of things in their hands, either holding or carrying. Laughing and returning to the house.

The old woman who took care of the house before cleaned the room very cleanly, so there was no need to clean it again, Bai Zhihan was quick with her hands and feet, and quickly prepared a table of exquisite dishes.

There is a ready-made charcoal fire in the new house, and after Ding Xiaosan lit the kang stove in the warm pavilion, he lowered the thick curtain in the lobby, and the house was warm.

After the meal is ready, the family eats, just eat on the warm pavilion kang mat. A few exquisite side dishes were placed on the square short-legged table on the warm kang, and three small wine glasses were placed. And Ding Xiaosan refused to serve the table as usual, and ate it in the kitchen by himself.

At night, it snowed, and the snow in Chang'an was much heavier than that in Hezhou, and it was overwhelming, and soon the entire capital turned into a silver-white world.

Zuo Shaoyang was slightly drunk, sitting in the study to practice calligraphy, and he was about to try it, and the only thing he was worried about was this word. Although after almost half a year of hard practice, the calligraphy can already be seen, but there is still a long way to go from the beauty required by calligraphy. Now it's time to sharpen the gun, and it's not fast.

Bai Zhihan bent down on the bed and sewed the futon.

After eating, he had already sewn the futon of Zuo Gui's father and Ding Xiaosan, and was now sewing Zuo Shaoyang's and her own.

This master bedroom is built according to the needs of ordinary houses, and ordinary people generally can't afford to hire maids, so there is no special room for maids. Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan have not yet married, so it is naturally difficult to sleep in the same room.

It's still the old rule, Zuo Shaoyang sleeps in the study, and Bai Zhihan sleeps in the bedroom. Anyway, there is enough empty bed in the wing, just move a wooden bed and put it in the study.

Zuo Shaoyang's fingers stiffened, and he put down the brush and rubbed his hands. Seeing Bai Zhihan bending over on the side of the bed and sewing the quilt, her waist was thin and her hips were round, which was very attractive, so she hugged her from behind, pulled her hand out of her skirt from her undergarment, and then reached in from the hem. The ice was so cold that Bai Zhihan giggled and twisted his waist to hide: "Don't make trouble, young master, hurry up and practice calligraphy." ”

"It's just that my fingers are stiff when I practice, so I look for you to warm up."

"Isn't there a stove, go bake it."

"I don't, I want you to warm me up!"

Hearing this, Bai Zhihan smiled, pinned the needle to the futon, turned around, covered his hand and kept rubbing, and sighed: "Is this better?" ”

"Not good! Your hands are cold, too! Find a warmer place! Zuo Shaoyang stared at her bulging chest and said.

Bai Zhihan looked scared, bit her red lip lightly, looked back at the door, it was already closed, then lifted the hem of his shirt, pulled his cold hand and slowly stuffed it into his arms, put it between the **, and pressed it with his hands outside.

Zuo Shaoyang was just joking, but he didn't think that she really stuffed her hands into her arms, so she was a little embarrassed, sticking to her warm and mellow twin peaks, and her heart was warm.

――――――――――――Although the Zuo family didn't plan to do a housewarming, the next day, Master Qiao took his wife and son Qiao Guan, carrying a large box, full of silk and other gifts, and came to congratulate him. And he spoke extremely politely, even a little stammering.

This made the Zuo family a little surprised, and they couldn't understand how Master Qiao was not so enthusiastic the day before, and now it seems like a different person.

But it turned out that Qiao Qiaoer had told her father and brother Qiao Guan about a high-ranking official's recommendation of Zuo Shaoyang to directly participate in the examination the night before, and Qiao Guan had a keen insight that this high-ranking official was definitely not an ordinary person, so he immediately discussed with his father, and once Zuo Shaoyang was the first, he would try his best to get married.

Master Qiao was not very optimistic about this family business, when Qiao Guan mentioned it, he was still very reluctant, and said that the premise was that Zuo Shaoyang would talk about it first, but now I heard that a senior official directly recommended Zuo Shaoyang to participate in the examination, and after such a little bit of transfer by his son, he immediately discovered the mystery, Zuo Shaoyang now has a high-ranking official directly sponsored, which shows that his relationship with this high-ranking official is extraordinary, and he will have the support of high-ranking officials in the future, so he must take advantage of the fact that he has not yet reached the first, and the relationship between the two families will be improved.

Therefore, the next day, the Qiao family set out to take advantage of the joy of housewarming to close the relationship.

Zuo Gui's father's prejudice against Master Qiao is naturally not something that can be changed in a day or two, but people accompany the smiling face to say goodbye, the so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, plus Qiao Guan is on the side to reconcile the atmosphere, Qiao Guan has helped Zuo Gui's father a lot in the repentance marriage lawsuit, so Zuo Gui's father did not embarrass Master Qiao.

While talking, Mrs. Qu and his wife also came to say hello when they got the news.

Old lady Qu didn't know that Zuo Shaoyang was going to take the medical examination, but when he arrived, he found out, and shouted that he had to celebrate this good life. And Wu Shu, Young Master Tian, Kang Xuanhu and others also came to Zuo's house to congratulate them.

Zuo Gui's father smiled a little at this time, found a restaurant in Dongshi, and set up a table to entertain the guests.

During the banquet, Mrs. Qu asked which high-ranking official directly sponsored Zuo Shaoyang, Zuo Shaoyang naturally did not say, Mrs. Qu guessed for a long time and couldn't get the point, so he turned the topic to the upcoming imperial examination.

What they talked about the most was naturally whether Zuo Shaoyang could be the top student in high school.

Regarding this problem, Zuo Shaoyang knows best in his heart, if you only talk about medical knowledge, the Tang Dynasty doctors are a thousand years worse than themselves, there is no way to compare, they must be the champion, but now the test is not this, but the knowledge of the Tang Dynasty is used to test, whether the modern medical knowledge expressed by a later generation traveler can be understood and recognized by the ancients, and whether the truth will be regarded as a fallacy, it is not easy to say. In addition, I am afraid that I may not be able to get the champion with this pen.

Therefore, Zuo Shaoyang is still a little worried.

The next day, Zuo Shaoyang came to Qiao's Mansion to give Qiao Qiao'er a follow-up visit, and visited Miao Peilan by the way. Qiao Guan went to work in the yamen, and Master Qiao and Mrs. Qiao received him very warmly, and asked the maid to call Qiao Qiao'er.

After a long time, the maid came back and said that Qiao Qiaoer and Miao Peilan were busy in the back garden, and asked Zuo Shaoyang to go to the back garden to diagnose the disease.

Mrs. Qiao complained: "This child, why is she so naughty, and let Zuo Gongzi listen to her!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "It's okay, her legs and feet are inconvenient, I'll go to the back garden." ”

Master Qiao and Mrs. Qiao asked the maid to take Zuo Shaoyang to the back garden, but the two did not follow.

Came to the back garden, entered the moon arch, bypassed the Cuiwei rockery, and crossed the lotus pond, and saw two pretty figures, who were swinging hoes and pickaxes in the back garden. It was Miao Peilan and Qiao Qiao'er.

The maid wanted to say hello, but was stopped by Zuo Shaoyang. He came lightly behind the second daughter, and made a gesture to scare them, but the second girl suddenly turned around at the same time, and shouted "hey", which startled Zuo Shaoyang. When the two daughters saw him like that, they all giggled and bent over.

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "It's really strange, how do you two know I'm here with your two backs to me?" ”

"As soon as you entered the garden, Sister Lan'er heard your footsteps, and when she heard your light feet, she knew that you were going to scare us, so we deliberately pretended not to know. Surprise you! Giggles"

"Naughty! What are you two doing? ”

"Pick up the stones in the garden, remove the weeds, and prepare for the warm weather, so that you can reclaim the land and plant your medicinal herbs!"

"It's freezing now, it's too early, right?"

"It's not early, now the New Year will be over, in early spring and February, the weather will be warm and fast, Sister Lan'er said, as soon as the ground thaws, you can loosen the soil and fertilize."

(To be continued)