Chapter 2 The Way of the Dog
"Stop arguing." Cheng Jinyang put the mask on Xiao Wangshu and pushed her to the bathroom, "Hurry up and brush your teeth, your mouth is full of stench." ”
Then he turned around and said to Cui Xiaoniang, who was crying and weak on the bed:
"You give me a serious point, there are guests who want to visit today, don't give me a whole thing, otherwise I will drive you back to the Cui clan."
"Who's visiting with a guest?" Cui Xiaoniang immediately became curious.
"The people of the Fan Yang Lu clan." Cheng Jinyang replied.
I guess I came here for that plan, so it's good to familiarize myself with my teammates in advance.
"Oh, I'm familiar with the people of Fan Yang Lu's family!" Cui Jinqi smiled and said, "The relationship between our Cui Lu family is good, how is it?" Do you want me to help you say a few good words in front of the Lu family? ”
"You wait for someone to come first." Cheng Jinyang was noncommittal.
In the afternoon, there were indeed guests visiting at the gate of the clan, it was said that it was a man and a woman, two brothers and sisters, who reported that their home was from Fanyang Lu's family.
Cheng Yuexian and Cheng Huaiyan went out to greet them, while Cui Jinqi and Cheng Jinyang secretly hid in the shadow behind the porch, and glanced in the direction of the correspondents.
"I know you." She turned her head and smiled, "Now give you another chance, beg me to help you say good things." ”
"No, you don't." Cheng Jinyang said.
"Then don't regret it." Cui Jinqi walked out and beckoned to the brother and sister, "Qingyun! ”
The girl who came over from the opposite side had a light in her eyes:
"Jinqi? Why are you here? ”
The two girls ran together, holding hands with each other, talking happily, and couldn't tell whether it was a real relationship or a scene.
The elder brother of the Lu family next to him frowned and asked:
"Cui Jinqi, she is also your guest?"
"A friend of the patriarch." Cheng Huaiyan replied.
"Your patriarch really has a lot of friends." The other party sneered.
Cheng Huaiyan was silent, knowing that this was the son of the elder of the four clans of the Lu family, Lu Zhongyou, who was evaluated in the circle as "frivolous" and was not very easy to get along with.
As for his sister Lu Qingyun, she has a good reputation for being "quiet and elegant".
It's just that in today's world, the family judges the value of children only by their ability potential, not by their character. Lu Zhongyou's bloodline talent is guaranteed to be the fourth grade, and there is a probability of more than ten percent that he will hit the third grade, while Lu Qingyun is the fourth grade guaranteed, and he has no chance of the third grade.
Just by increasing the probability of more than ten percent, Lu Zhongyou's status in the clan is much higher than that of Lu Qingyun. It is rumored that Lu Zhongyou himself also looks down on his own sister, but Lu Qingyun has a good personality, so the relationship between brother and sister is quite harmonious.
"Since you're here, let's take your patriarch out to meet you." Lu Zhongyou put his hands behind his back and said proudly.
Cheng Jinyang: ..................
No wonder Cui Jinqi asked me, "Do you want to help say good things", this little brother of the Lu family looks like the type who will find fault and step on his face for no reason! I always feel that if I go out like this, I will definitely eat a bunch of ridicule and ridicule from the other party.
However, after thinking about it, this is my Cheng clan land after all, and I can still be slapped in the face when I fight at home, does my Cheng clan patriarch not want to lose face?
So he Shi Shiran appeared and walked towards the Lu family brothers and sisters.
Seeing Cheng Jinyang coming over, Cui Jinqi showed a look of "there is a good show to watch"; Lu Qingyun was smiling on the side, his eyes seemed to wander on Cheng Jinyang and Cui Jinqi, secretly speculating about the relationship between them.
His eyes quickly swept over the brother and sister, and Cheng Jinyang also had a general impression of the two people: Lu Zhongyou stood with his hands in his hands, his chin raised high, obviously the unruly posture of a young man. It's not so much that he looks down on himself, it's better to say that a guy with this kind of character looks down on anyone but himself.
Lu Qingyun was beautiful, so he couldn't help but glance at it a few more times. This girl is about the same age as Cui Jinqi, with short hair that reaches the length of her shoulders, and her facial features are very soft and graceful, and she looks like a very gentle and delicate cute girl.
"You are Cheng Jinyang?" Lu Zhongyou asked arrogantly, his chin was still slightly raised, and if he was a little higher, he could only speak to people with his nostrils.
"Yes." Cheng Jinyang smiled and said loudly, "I've seen Brother Zhongyou." ”
Lu Zhongyou is slightly older than him (20 years old), and the two belong to the same generation, so according to the family etiquette, he needs to salute first, and then the other party will return the salute.
However, before he could bow down, Lu Zhongyou sneered:
"With mediocre qualifications and dull temperament, I, the Lu family, don't salute with waste."
"My Cheng tutor is just the opposite." Cheng Jinyang's face remained unchanged when he heard this, and he made a dignified gesture and swung to the end.
Poof, the two girls next to him immediately couldn't hold back.
Lu Qingyun first lost his smile, and then forcibly stopped laughing, his eyes were a little disgusted and displeased. Because of Cheng Jinyang's words just now, not only satirized Lu Zhongyou as a "waste", but also accused the Lu family of tutoring.
As for Cui Jinqi, she didn't have so many worries, and she laughed so hard that even tears came out:
"Qingyun, look, I'll just say that he's not an honest man, look at your brother."
Lu Zhongyou also understood the other party's subtext, and was so angry that he even clenched his fists, and subconsciously wanted to beat the other party angrily, but considering that his sister, Cui Xiaoniang, and the children of the Cheng family were all beside him, it was always difficult to lose his demeanor in public, and it was plain for people to see the joke, so he could only flick his sleeves angrily and said angrily:
"What a fanged mouth! It's a pity, the barking puppy is more guilty! ”
Nei, that is, the meaning of inner cowardice. This sentence is commonly known as "a dog that can bark does not bite", and sarcastic Cheng Jinyang will only take advantage of his tongue.
"Brother Lu taught me a lesson." Cheng Jinyang made a look of shame and was taught, "I really don't know the way of dogs." Listening to Brother Lu's explanation today, I suddenly became enlightened. ”
So Lu Qingyun couldn't hold it back, and immediately laughed out of breath, and Cui Xiaoniang next to her even laughed in her stomach, so she could only press her abdomen and get up.
"You!" Losing face twice, Lu Zhongyou finally couldn't hold it back, and raised his hand to make a "destruction of the dead light", beating this guy who dared to offend the majesty of the Lu family into scum.
However, Lu Qingyun quickly grabbed his arm and forcibly suspended his ability, and then smiled, and said:
"Cheng Jinyang, my Lu clan came to visit your Cheng clan this time, this is your hospitality? It was an eye-opener. ”
The girl laughed. Cheng Jinyang also said with a straight face, "My Cheng's hospitality is nothing more than eight words: repay virtue with virtue." ”
He said "eight words", and the first half of the sentence was "repay virtue with virtue", Lu Qingyun immediately understood, squinted his eyes and asked:
"The second half of the sentence is 'repaying grievances with grievances'?"
"No, it's 'salute before soldiers.'" Cheng Jinyang smiled and said, "Repay virtue with virtue, salute first and then soldier, that's all." ”
Lu Qingyun was speechless.
Repaying grievances with grievances, retaliating with a tooth for a tooth, it sounds very refreshing, but the big families are all polite, and this kind of reckless chivalrous atmosphere is considered to be "the way of the small people in the market".
As for the salute before the soldiers, it is upright, which makes people have nothing to say. Cheng Jinyang met and saluted before, and he did indeed do enough courtesy, but Lu Zhongyou said a few words, and he wanted to hit the other party's face, where can he say it...... Thinking of this, Lu Qingyun sighed faintly and stopped talking.
"Salute before soldiers?" Lu Zhongyou smiled coldly, then put away his anger and said indifferently, "Although it is not as good as Confucius's 'repaying grievances with directness', it also has the meaning of a soldier to oppress people with power." Good! It is worthy of a military family. ”
He originally ate two deflated in a row and couldn't step down. However, his sister Lu Qingyun questioned the other party first, and the other party responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, and the two of them asked and answered, which eased the tension that was about to erupt, and he took the opportunity to take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and wipe the loss of face with one stroke, which shows that this Lu Zhongyou is just frivolous, but not completely brainless.
Cheng Jinyang saw that he was not stalked, and pretended to compliment him in disguise, so he naturally accepted it when he saw it, waved his hand and said:
"Two of you, please."
The Lu brothers and sisters walked forward, but Cui Jinqi followed from behind, leaned next to Cheng Jinyang, and asked quietly:
"When did you get so bad?"
"Jokes." Cheng Jinyang imitated Lu Zhongyou's arrogant look with his chin raised, and said, "Do you think my Cheng clan patriarch is a fool?" ”