The mother and daughter of the Song family and Xie Meijun in the second room are really different from ordinary women nowadays. Seeing Xie Mulin appear dressed in men's clothes, their first reaction was not to open their mouths to reprimand her for being deviant and unseemly, but to praise her for her handsome appearance with a smile.

It's a good start. Xie Mulin's heart suddenly settled a lot, and he knew that his judgment of the second heir's grandmother, the Song family, was not wrong. As long as you can get her permission first, it will be much easier to do later.

Xie Meijun circled around Xie Mulin in amazement, and her eyes were hot: "The real girl usually doesn't show up, but when she dresses up like this, she looks more energetic than when she wears women's clothes, all thanks to your tall looks." I heard from your mother that you were only of average height, but this year you have suddenly risen a lot, and everyone in the family is amazed. I can always see you in three days, but I don't think you grow fast, but now that I think about it, when you first returned to Huyin, you were shorter than your third brother, and now you are taller than him, right? When I saw him a few days ago, I remember that the top of his head was just up to my chin. ”

Xie Mulin smiled and said nothing. For most of the past six months, as long as conditions permit, she has tried her best to let the cooks at home boil more bone broth, and her diet is as balanced as possible. Not to mention her, even the brothers and sisters in the family are in much better health than before, and they have a lot of food. Wanqin was still complaining in private a few days ago, feeling that the family ate less meat, and the carefully cooked dishes were not common, and a pair of children often ate vegetables, fruits and even coarse grains or something, suspecting that Wen's mother-in-law was mistreating her children. How did she know the mystery here!

Xie Mulin looked at Song and asked, "Grandmother, do you think it's okay for me to dress like this?" There are a lot of things in the clan now, the eldest brother and the second brother took people to Shouzhushan Academy, the third brother took people to the old mansion to help the officers and soldiers who lived there to recuperate from the wounded to solve the epidemic problem, and the fourth brother in the family is still young, and everyone in the Xie Jiajiao side has to fulfill their obligations, and it is really difficult for our family to draw out manpower. If you only let your subordinates come forward, you feel that you don't have enough respect for other people you work with. Therefore, I discussed with my mother and brothers, and I took the place of the brothers and helped the clan do what I could. It's easier for me to dress like this than to wear a wide robe and a long skirt. Anyway, the people around me are all from their own families, and there is nothing to avoid. ”

Song smiled and said, "It's good that you have this intention. There is something in the clan, since everyone contributes, who says that the girls of our Xie family can't do their part for the clan? It's just that you're dressed as a man, if you go to help cook ginger soup and rice, you are surrounded by aunts and sisters-in-law, which looks out of place; Go and help deliver things to the widows and orphans in the clan, and you're afraid that those people won't recognize you, so it's better to dress up as usual. ”

Xie Mulin said with a smile: "There are so many people in the clan, how many people can be used to cook rice and soup?" Just now that these aunts and sisters-in-law are here, it is enough, if there is still a shortage of manpower, it is a big deal that I will send the cook lady of the family over, a hundred times stronger than a weak young man like me. As for sending supplies to the orphans and widows in the clan, I only returned to my hometown this year, and I can't recognize the faces of all the clansmen, nor do I know the inside story of the addresses of each family, at most I just want to be a follower and help to fight. On the contrary, there is a shortage of patrolling, guarding, and cleaning teams. My brothers were originally patrol missions, and I heard them say that because of the large number of family affairs, each shift can only be on duty for two hours, and there are many people who need to take care of the family at night, so they can't squeeze out time, and there are really not enough people, and even a few aunts who are in the prime of life and strength are hard-headed. I don't dare to compare with my aunts with my little body, but I should be able to do what my brothers can do, so I have to make up for their shortcomings. ”

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Song sighed: "You have a heart." In that case, go ahead. If anyone thinks it's wrong, just say I'm going to do it. I'll call a few more people to tell them to take care of you more, and don't really treat you like a kid and fight the sea. ”

Xie Mulin hurriedly saluted her: "Thank you, grandmother." "Naturally, it is a boy's etiquette.

Song couldn't help but laugh when he saw it. This granddaughter used to be said to be a quiet and shy person, but now it seems to be a big mistake! It is clear that he was restrained by Cao's poisonous woman, and he was afraid that his mother and brother would be wronged, so he forcibly suppressed himself into a little pitiful, but in fact, his lively nature was strong. Now that there is no Cao's family, the mother and son have returned to their hometown, and the elders love and support them, and they don't need to suppress it anymore, so they show their true temperament. That's good, Song has always liked such energetic and unrestrained children.

Xie Meijun is the same, the more she looks at Xie Mulin, the rarer it becomes, and she said repeatedly: "If only I really had a son like you." When I was a kid, I dressed up as a man and went out with my brothers, which was so much fun! Later, when I got older, I got up. "What stopped this game at that time? It seems that his father took a fancy to a scholar surnamed Li and wanted to marry her. She wanted to see the man with her own eyes, who knew that she was seen through. The man was very abominable, and said many unpleasant things. Since then, her mother has not allowed her to go out dressed as a man.

Xie Meijun sighed and put aside the past: "It's a pity that among my two children, Yuan Yatou is a simple girl, and Brother Chun is too honest, none of them are as clever and lively as when I was a child." I want to have another satisfying one, but I can't give birth when I'm old. Now that I see such a desirable 'nephew', someone finally hurts! ”

Song glanced at his daughter wordlessly: "What nonsense are you talking about in front of your child?" ”

"Who is talking nonsense, I really like the real sister!" Xie Meijun said angrily, "No, no, it's Brother Lin." It's called Mulin, isn't it? She looked at Xie Mulin with some curiosity, "Why is it called that?" Is there any allusion here? ”

What allusions can there be? It's just that Dad Xie's mother loves Lin, and when her daughter was born, it was when their feelings were at their strongest, so they used the child's name to show their affection. It's just that things have changed, and when the husband and wife parted ways, the name was only embarrassing. So after they divorced, they were reluctant to spend more time with their daughters, so as not to remember the past that they didn't want to face again.

Xie Mulin smiled awkwardly, and offered the reason that he had already thought of: "There is no allusion, yesterday I thought of dressing up as a man, and I thought it was fun, so I casually gave it such a name." The so-called 'Mulin' actually refers to the bamboo forest in the mountain behind Zhushan Academy. I longed for the college, but I couldn't go to school, so I had to express my heart on an alias. In fact, it could have been called Zhulin, Mushan or something, but it seemed too rustic to call Xie Zhulin, and it was called Xie Mushan and collided with the name of the uncle and grandfather, so it could only be called Mulin. ”

Song nodded: "The name Mulin is very good. When your grandfather was young, he also liked the bamboo forest on the mountain behind the academy, and he also built a grass pavilion in it, which was condescending and overlooked the entire academy. He also gave himself a name, called Lin Tingshanren. In those years, whenever he talked about poetry and essays with others, and what essays and poems he published, he used this elegant name to settle down. Later, when I got older, I was not in the mood anymore, and I concentrated on teaching students, so I stopped using this number. Now this alias you have come up with is a mistake and has been matched by his long-abandoned number. If someone asks, you can use this to prevaricate, just say that you admire your grandfather, and save others more questions. ”

Hey? The Song family even took the initiative to provide a more convincing name origin, Xie Mulin immediately agreed, and said with a smile: "Then I will be the grandson of the second room in the future, called Xie Mulin, I admire my grandfather and his old man, and even the name is followed by his number!" ”

Song smiled again.