Chapter 3 It's good to say when you're full of wine and food
Su Xiaoqi, who left the immortal drunk, faced the wind and snow and walked all the way to the west, not directly to the Jiang family, but to take a detour, until he came to a dilapidated courtyard before stopping.
The small courtyard is not big, the courtyard gate is crooked, it seems that it may fall in the wind and snow at any time, and the dry weeds on the courtyard wall have been completely covered by the wind and snow.
This is the home where Su Xiaoqi has lived for more than ten years, if it was in the past, there must still be whitish couplets on the door frame of the courtyard gate, but now there is only dry moss.
Su Xiaoqi walked to the door and stretched out his hands, as if he was afraid that he would push the courtyard door down if he pushed the door too hard, so he was extra cautious when pushing the door.
"Crunch ......" was long and piercing, and the sound seemed to have gone through a long river of years, and suddenly sounded at this moment, breaking the silence of this cold winter.
A damp, musty smell hits my face.
Along with the musty smell, there are countless memories, bit by bit pouring into my heart.
For a moment, he almost couldn't help but turn around and rush out of the courtyard and rush to Haotian Sect, but this thought just arose, and it was quickly suppressed.
In the past two years, he left Panyang Town and joined Tianji Pavilion, only to know that the world outside Panyang Town was so different, and only then did he know that without Su Rufan by his side, the distance of death was actually not far away.
Put away all your thoughts, try not to let yourself remember the past, move on, and then start tidying up the few houses that have not been taken care of for two years.
Most of the time, busyness is a way to make people forget their sadness, no, Su Xiaoqi was soon sweating profusely, and the haze on his face was swept away.
It's just that the house is not big after all, and there will soon be nothing to do, so next, it's time to go to Jiang's house.
Su Xiaoqi had just walked out of the courtyard when a figure rushed towards him.
A little girl of seven or eight years old was wearing a cotton jacket, although she ran fast, but she looked a little bulky, and behind her, there was a big yellow dog, which would pounce to the left and to the right twice.
The little girl ran to Su Xiaoqi, jumped violently, leaked two rows of neat and white teeth, and said with joy: "Brother Xiaoqi, are you really back?"
Su Xiaoqi was puzzled: "Are you ...... Qingqing?"
The little girl's eyes widened like black jewels, and then her little head was like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, you can see if I have grown taller?"
As she spoke, she spun around in place and almost didn't fall, making Su Xiaoqi break out in a cold sweat for her.
Su Xiaoqi nodded and said, "It's grown taller, I almost didn't recognize it." ”
The little girl stepped on her toes, a little frustrated, and muttered, "But it's still not as tall as Little Seventh Brother." ”
Su Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then bent down, reached out and patted the top of her head, and smiled and comforted: "There will always be." ”
"Really?" the little girl asked tentatively, looking at Su Xiaoqi with a pair of big eyes full of expectation.
Su Xiaoqi could only nod, then got up and said, "Okay, Brother Xiaoqi still has some things to do, you go home and tell your grandfather, I'll go to see his old man later." ”
"Ah!" the little girl answered, and turned and ran in the direction of her house, teasing the big yellow dog from time to time.
Her name is Qingqing, the grass is green, but she likes snow, as long as she sees snow, she is very happy, and now that the little seventh brother is back, she is even happier.
Su Xiaoqi kept watching her run onto the bridge, and turned around and waved at herself, and Su Xiaoqi raised her hand and waved.
After the little girl walked off the bridge, Su Xiaoqi turned around and walked upstream along the Rhine River.
Perhaps by habit, he always walked slowly, and each time he had to wait until his other foot was completely in the snow and he was able to stand firm, and then the other foot would be raised.
So in the wind and snow, his back looked a little lonely, not like a young man at all.
Compared with Su Xiaoqi's home, the Jiang family's mansion is a completely different world.
At this moment, it was not completely dark, but the entire Jiang family mansion had already been lit with lanterns, and in the snow, those lights were golden.
Splendid!
But the two porters in front of the door were as cold as sifting chaff, and their hands kept rubbing together.
Su Xiaoqi walked to the door and saluted, "Please report to the two eldest brothers, Su Xiaoqi in the west of the city, I have something to ask to see Uncle Jiang." ”
Generally speaking, when someone visits Jiang Mansion, they will say that they are visiting Jiang City Lord, but the young man in front of him calls Uncle Jiang, and the two gatekeepers suddenly cheered up, although the young man in front of him looks full of poverty and sourness, but they really dare not slack off, in case it is really a distant relative of the city lord, they can't afford to provoke them.
After all, this kind of thing had happened before, and they had seen with their own eyes how the city lord dealt with those few subordinates.
A porter greeted Su Xiaoqi politely, and a porter quickly entered the house to report.
In the study room of Jiangfu, a middle-aged man holds a book in his left hand and an iron pliers in his right hand, turning the charcoal fire in the stove.
Just as he put down the pliers and was about to turn the book, a porter suddenly ran to the door, knelt on the cold stone slab, his body prostrate on the ground, and said respectfully: "Lord City Lord, there is a young man outside, claiming to be Su Xiaoqi from the west of the city, saying that it is your nephew, the villain does not know the truth or falsehood, and he is here to disturb the City Lord......"
Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man stood up, and the murderous aura instantly filled the entire study, and even spread to the surroundings of the gatehouse, making the doorman lie on the ground.
The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed, and he said slowly: "Su Xiaoqi, he is not dead yet?"
Naturally, the porter did not dare to answer, let alone move.
In an instant, the killing intent was gone.
The middle-aged man waved his hand and said to the porter, "Get up and take him to the hall." ”
As if he had been pardoned, the porter got up at once, stooped down and bowed to leave.
After the porter left, a beautiful girl dressed in a snow-white fox fur walked into the study, smiling like a flower, and her voice was as crisp as a wind chime, "Dad, what do you think, what's wrong?"
The middle-aged man raised his head, and when he saw his daughter, all his emotions disappeared, put the book in his hand on the table next to him, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just a guest." ”
The girl was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Guest?
So saying, she sat down by the fire, picked up the tongs on the floor, and put a fine piece of silver filigree charcoal into the stove.
The middle-aged man sat down, picked up the book he had just put down on the table, and put it down again before he said, "Xue'er, do you remember Su Xiaoqi?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly, and finally asked with a smile: "The boy who has had a marriage contract with me since childhood?"
A look of indelibility flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and then he nodded, "Exactly." ”
He then said: "But it was set between your grandfather and Su Xiaoqi's father, your grandfather is no longer alive, and Su Xiaoqi's father also died two years ago, so this marriage is actually uncountable, if you are ......"
The girl suddenly raised her head and smiled like a flower: "Dad, I know your thoughts, and I also know that you are all for the good of your daughter, and you don't want your daughter to suffer in the future, so your daughter listens to her father for everything, but Daddy can't let those people gossip about you because of his daughter." ”
The middle-aged man looked extremely happy, and said with a smile: "In this Panyang Town, who dares to say bad things about my Jiang Fan, even if they say it, it must be secretly said behind their backs, do you think they dare to spread it to my ears?"
The girl held the middle-aged man's arm with both hands and smiled proudly: "That's!"
The middle-aged man got up and said, "Let's go, let's go and see this Su Gongzi together, in case it is really the dragon and phoenix in that person, my father doesn't mind letting him be my Jiang family's son-in-law." ”
The father and daughter walked out of the study laughing.
Su Xiaoqi really couldn't believe that it was just a wall, and the difference was so big.
The cold wind outside is like a knife, the cold snow is like an arrow, but the inside is colorful and warm like March.
Although his heart was shocked, he didn't show it too obviously, and followed the porter into the hall.
In the hall, the lights are bright, and countless lovely maids and maids are busy preparing a sumptuous dinner.
After the porter led Su Xiaoqi to the living room, he stopped and said with a smile: "Son, please wait here for a while, the city lord will come soon." ”
Su Xiaoqi nodded, hugged his fist at the doorman and said, "There is Brother Lao." ”
The porter hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare, the son is polite." ”
But in his heart, he was really happy.
Su Xiaoqi walked into the living room, did not sit down, did not walk around, did not even look around, just waited quietly.
It didn't take long for a man's voice to come from outside: "Oh, nephew Su, Uncle Jiang can see that you are safe, I am finally relieved, there has been no news of you in the past two years, but I am in a hurry, your father is a life-saving grace to our old man, but such a disaster happened two years ago, leaving you such a child alone, I wanted to take you to the house, but I didn't want you to be ......"
He walked into the living room quickly, put his hands on Su Xiaoqi's shoulders, and said excitedly: "Don't say it, don't say it, it's good to come back when you come back, if you're hungry, let's go for a walk, just eat with us." ”
As he spoke, he directly took Su Xiaoqi's hand and said, "You have to tell us about it in a while, where have you been in the past two years, what have you done, your aunt has been whispering in my ear, now it's okay, you're back, my ears will be clean in the future." ”
Su Xiaoqi wanted to speak, but he didn't have a chance to speak.
Just at this time, a snow-white girl walked in, gave a blessing, with a little shyness, and whispered: "Xue'er has seen the seventh brother." ”
It really makes people feel pity.
Su Xiaoqi was stunned, and hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, don't dare, I've seen Miss Jiang." ”
The girl smiled and suddenly took Su Xiaoqi's hand, "My mother made the most delicious osmanthus cake, Brother Seven is really here, I'll take you to taste it." ”
As she spoke, she pulled Su Xiaoqi and left, didn't take a few steps, and turned around and grimaced at the middle-aged man.
It's just that Su Xiaoqi didn't notice this, at this moment he seemed to be out of his body, and his whole body didn't belong to him at all, he had never encountered this kind of feeling, and he didn't like this feeling very much.
At the dinner table, in addition to the father and daughter, there was also a graceful and luxurious woman.
Su Xiaoqi is actually a little hungry, since he is hungry, then eat, bury his head in eating.
After eating and drinking, he finally spoke, "Uncle Jiang, I came this time to ask about some things about my father. ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the middle-aged man and the woman at the table changed significantly, except for the girl, but they were quickly disguised.
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ps:I received a letter from the station today.,This book can be signed.,I can't believe it.,Two chapters were signed.,So many years.,It's really the first time.,Thank you for the love of the midsummer editors!
ps1: There are a lot of things in the past two days, so the contract should be done later, which means that the state will definitely come out later, and that's the case, the update of these two days will definitely not be mentioned, everyone understand.
PS2: Finally, I hope you will support me a lot, and I will do my best to write this story!