When she arrived in Minfu, Xu Lanyin took the comic book and began to tell stories to several children, she first pointed to the cover and said to them, "Follow me, A, Li, And, Qiang, Thief." "This is an adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

"Ali and the robbers."

"Ali and the robbers."

Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingchen read aloud.

Min Jia's mouth moved, but still didn't make a sound.

Xu Lanyin read it several times, and she smiled. When he read it for the fifth time, Min Jia's mouth opened wide, and he finally pronounced the word "A" for a long time.

There was a sound of praise in the room, and Xu Lanting's voice was the loudest.

Xu Lanyin read it again, and after hearing Min Jia pronounce the word "A", she turned the page and began to tell the story.

After dinner, Xu Lanyin left with her two children.

It snowed heavily during the night. As soon as I went out, the trees on the roof on the ground were covered with a thick layer of snow, and it was white.

Aunt Yang and Zhangqi have swept out two roads in the yard, one is the road leading from the Hanging Flower Gate to the main door, and the other is the road where the West Chamber Gate is swept clean.

After a short period of sweeping, it will be covered with a thin layer.

After breakfast, Xu Lanyin led Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingchen, who were dressed like balls, to Fujian Mansion.

Today is the second day of the winter month, and I don't know if Minhu will come back.

As soon as I entered the small courtyard, through the dense snowflakes, I could still see a round little figure standing at the door looking forward to it. Seeing them, she wanted to rush over, but was forcibly pulled by Liu's mother.

Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingchen ran over quickly, and as soon as "Jia Jia" and "Sister Jia" called, the silent courtyard immediately became noisy.

At the end of the day, several children were playing checkers, and Mrs. Min and Min Nan, Qin Hongyu and her mother, Mrs. Qin, came back and forth. Xu Lanyin hurriedly asked people to take the checkers to the cabinet and put them away, and now she doesn't want others to see this kind of chess.

The two families seem to have made an appointment, and the word is to visit Minjia, who is not at home.

Mrs. Qin is in her thirties, small and white, with beautiful facial features, and speaks with a strong Jiangnan accent, a typical southern woman.

Min Jia made a wooden face to them, looking like no one was going to approach.

They don't care, they're used to it.

Xu Lanyin invited them to sit down, and the girl served tea.

Mrs. Qin said with a smile, "I was caught with a cold a few days ago, and I knew that Jia'er was home alone, and I didn't come to see her until today, so I was very sorry not to go." He smiled at Xu Lanyin again, "This is Miss Xu, I haven't heard my master praise you for doing it." ”

Xu Lanyin said with a smile, "Lord Qin has praised it falsely. ”

Mrs. Min thought that Mrs. Qin was referring to Xu Lanyin's hypnotization of Minhu, and said with a smile, "Yes, my master is not less Kwakin girl, we have contacts in Nanping County, and Nan girl has a very good time with her." "looks very familiar with Xu Lanyin.

Xu Lanyin smiled and said a few words modestly. Seeing that Min Jia was unhappy when these people came, she asked Xu Lanting to take her and Zhao Xingchen to the side room to watch the comic strips.

Xu Lanting listened, stretched out his hand to Min Jia, Min Jia obediently went over and took his hand, and then pulled Zhao Xingchen, and the three children went to the side house together.

Mrs. Min is used to seeing it, but Mrs. Qin is so shocked that she glared at the boss, when did Min Jia understand and listen to the greetings like this? She smiled and said, "Good, the three little babies are all good." ”

The two ladies talked about the shortcomings of the family, Xu Lanyin talked with Qin Hongyu and Min Nan about the affairs between the little lady, what clothes are fashionable, what rouge is good-looking, which little lady she knows has decided which offspring, and so on.

Min Nan said, "Sister Qin, have you heard that the grandson of the eldest princess of Beiyang came to Ningzhou Mansion?" I heard that his second stepmother died again. ”

Qin Hongyu said, "Is it called that Wang Jin?" I saw him at the night market the other day. Oh, we were with Sister Xu, and Sister Xu also saw it. He gossiped again, "They all say that his father is the king of Yama, so it can't really be his father who beat his biological mother and two stepmothers to death, right?" After killing a few people, doesn't the yamen care? And their mother's family, don't you ask for an explanation? You often go to the capital to play, have you heard of this? ”

Mrs. Qin also heard this, and gossiped, "Maybe that person has gone too far, and this word has spread here." ”

Mrs. Min smiled, "The rumors are all true and false, who knows which sentence is true and which is false." ”

Min Nan said proudly, "Don't say, I went to live in Pingjun Wangfu for a few days at the beginning of this year, and I really saw the second lady of the Beiyang Eldest Princess's Mansion, she was in good health at that time, and her waist was thicker than many ladies." Who knew that he would die in a few months......"

Mrs. Min glared at her when she heard Min Nan say that Second Lady Wang had a thick waist, and quickly added, "I heard that Second Lady Wang is the daughter of a military general's family, and her health has always been good, and it is not necessary to have a violent illness." ”

Madam Qin pursed her lips almost imperceptibly.

Xu Lan was secretly happy, and the mother and daughter of the Qin family did not want to see Wang Yi. She also wanted to hear the gossip about the Nanyang Eldest Princess's Mansion, and it was best to talk about Chai Zixiao's drowning, but unfortunately they didn't say anything.

Several people laughed until Shen Shi, and then got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, I went to the side room to care about Min Jia, and Min Jia, who was lying on the table reading a book, didn't raise his head, and they smiled and didn't care.

Xu Lanyin sent them out of the hospital. Looking at the heavy snow, Minhu will not be able to come back today.

When he went home after dinner, the Qin family was disappointed when he heard that Minhu had not returned. asked, "What if Lord Min doesn't come back tomorrow?" ”

Xu Lanyin said, "He said that if he can come back, he should be able to come back." ”

The things to return to his hometown were ready, and even the things that Hu Wan sent to the Hu family were transported.

Qin Shi said again, "He won't come back tomorrow, his mother still has to leave the day after tomorrow, you can take the two children and go home later." ”

Xu Lan didn't want the Qin family to go back alone, and said, "I've waited for so long, and it's not a day or two, so my mother will wait a little longer, I don't worry about you going back to your hometown alone." ”

The next day the snow stopped, and although the morning sun was not warm, it was exceptionally bright.

Xu Lanyin took the child to Minfu.

Before the end of the day, when the children were still resting, Steward Hao came to Xu Lanyin in person, and his face was very bad.

said, "Miss Xu, my uncle is back, and he invites you to go to the outer study." He said sadly and indignantly, "My uncle has lost weight, and the few pounds of meat that he finally grew have lost weight." Others will get fat when they go home, but he is the opposite, thin! ”

Speaking of the back, the voice was a little choked, which shows how angry and distressed he is.

Min Hu should have not slept well a few days ago, and Bacheng asked himself to hypnotize him. Xu Lanyin took a small purse and followed Steward Hao to the outer study.

She regretted that he still didn't sleep well when she took that "happy land" with her.

When he came to the outer study, Min Hu sat in the hall, his face was very ugly, with big dark circles under his eyes, and his smooth cheeks were sunken again. There is also a scar on the forehead that has not fully grown, either from a fall or a smash.