On the day Yu Tang's boat arrived at the pier, there were snowflakes early in the morning.

By the time Gu Xi arrived at the dock with everyone, the road was already white.

Mama Jin held a tung oil paper umbrella painted with red plums and helped the second wife get out of the carriage.

The second wife said: "This snow is really heavy enough, we won't have to spend the night in Tongzhou, right?" ”

If they continue like this, they may really have to delay in Tongzhou overnight.

Gu Xi, who got out of the carriage behind the second wife, couldn't help but say, "It's good that I didn't bring Brother Yuan over." ”

Otherwise, you will definitely get frozen.

The second lady nodded repeatedly.

Mama Jin said, "It's okay to stay here for one more night. Anyway, the charcoal is enough to burn, and the old lady also came to the capital, and the second master, the fifth lady and the third young master are all around, and the New Year is not so lively. ”

The second wife thinks about it, this is quite reasonable.

She laughed, pointed to one of the three-sailed boats and said to Gu Xi, "Look! That's our family's ship. ”

Gu Xi looked over.

It's actually a sand boat.

The sails of a few zhang are high and straight, very majestic.

Gu Xi couldn't help but say, "Has our family changed boats?" ”

She remembered that the Pei family's original boat was a lucky boat, but now it has been replaced by a sand boat that is easier to move in the lake, and the Peng family is good at making lucky boats, and the martial arts are good at making sand boats.

I wonder if there is any connection between this?

Gu Xi's heart was in a mess.

Where does the second wife know. She smiled: "The original fortune boat at home was bought when my great-grandfather was here, and it is a little old. Your third uncle changed this sand boat a few years ago. Said it was more suitable for our family. I don't understand either. I thought the new ship was more beautiful than the old one, and the interior was well decorated. ”

After she finished speaking, she laughed a few times.

Gu Xi also laughed a few times.

Gu Hong, who was wearing a silver rat skin cloak, ran over and said, "Mom, Daddy asked me to accompany you on the boat." ”

The second wife stretched her neck and looked at Pei Xuan: "Where is your father?" ”

"I'm accompanied by two cousins!" Pei Hong said, stepped forward to help her mother, and said, "Daddy said that he was afraid that you would slip." ”

The second lady smiled with satisfaction.

Mama Jin was busy beside her and said, "Look, the third young master is so filial!" ”

"That's it!" The second wife glanced at her son appreciatively.

In the past, Pei Hong was still a little naughty, but since he heard Pei Xuan say that his third uncle's six-year-old Pei Jiang had finished learning the "Three Character Classic" and could read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", he panicked and began to study seriously without saying anything, and he was much more docile to his parents.

The second wife couldn't help but say: "Your fourth brother and fifth brother also came to the capital this time, you are the elder brother, you must be tolerant and let them more." ”

She said so much that Pei Hong's face turned red, and she muttered in a low voice: "Mom, how old am I, and you are still worried that I will not be able to fight with my two younger brothers?" ”

"It's not enough to fight." The second wife couldn't help laughing and said, "You have always been the youngest in our family, and everyone in the family has let you, I'm afraid you won't get used to it when the time comes." ”

Pei Hong whispered: "No matter how dissatisfied I am, it's impossible to deal with the two younger brothers who are still in the main corner, right?" ”

That's good!

The second wife was busy apologizing: "It's Mom's bad, Mom should believe in you more!" ”

"Got it!" Pei Hong responded gently, and her face really improved a lot.

The second wife had her son by her side, and went to find her daughter.

I saw Pei Dan and Xu Xuan getting out of the carriage, all wearing cloaks, and their respective maids holding umbrellas, talking together.

She walked over.

"Mommy!"

"Second wife!"

Pei Dan screamed a few times.

The second lady couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and hurriedly said: "With such a big snowfall, the bridge must be very slippery, we will have to greet the old lady later, and you will stay in the carriage." The old lady loves the junior the most, and she is already very happy that you can come and pick her up in person, and she doesn't care about these false courtesies. ”

Xu Xuan was a little hesitant.

Pei Dan called out to Gu Xi: "Sister-in-law also stay with us!" Just have my brother accompany my mother on the boat. lest there be too many people to go, and there are three long and two short, but it is not good. ”

Gu Xi saw Pei Tong and Yin Mingyuan standing in front of the carriage talking, and when he heard Pei Dan say this, he was suddenly very unhappy.

Pei Xuan and the second wife are just her cousins, but Mrs. Pei is Pei Tong's own grandmother, he did not strive to accompany Pei Xuan on the boat to greet Mrs. Pei, but gave this opportunity to Pei Chan and Pei Bo, no wonder after so many years, he still can't pick it up at a critical time.

She wondered if she was looking for an excuse or to accompany the second wife to the boat, but as soon as Pei Dan said this, the second wife also came to her senses, patted Gu Xi's hand comfortingly and said, "It's me who didn't think about it." The bridge is slippery, and you are safer on the shore. And he said, "You just wait here with Adam, right?" It's snowing, and we should be off the boat soon. ”

Otherwise, the snow will fall heavier and heavier, and the bridge will become more and more slippery.

Pei Hong stood beside her, Gu Xi naturally didn't want to insist, smiled and told the second wife a few words of "be careful", and watched the second wife get on the boat.

Pei Dan asked her, "Are you cold?" Would you like to go to the carriage and sit in the carriage? ”

There was a brazier on the carriage, which was warmer than standing outside.

Gu Xi wanted to say a few words to Pei Tong and told him to wait for the meeting, if there is a chance, it is better to follow Pei Xuan's side as much as possible, so he smiled and politely rejected Pei Dan: "You go to the carriage to avoid it!" I'm a little dizzy in the car, just breathable. ”

Pei Dan didn't know if it was frozen or what's wrong, and he didn't be polite, and he and Xu Xuan got into the carriage again.

Miss Zhang lowered her voice and said to Pei Dan: "Your sister-in-law in the lobby is quite close to the second wife. ”

Pei Dan didn't like to talk about Gu Xi very much, so he nodded with a smile.

Pei Chan's wife Yang and Miss Zhang's in-laws, that is, Yang Chunhe, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, are from their own family, their father is a political envoy from Shaanxi, and Pei Chan's marriage is a matchmaker made by Miss Xu, and she is quite familiar with these people.

When she saw it, she pulled the placket of Miss Zhang's clothes and reversed the conversation: "I only heard you talk about the third uncle, today is the first time I have met, you think I'm okay like this, right?" I'm afraid of leaving a bad impression on my elders. ”

Yang is the pro-family of Pei Chan after being nominated for the gold list, and no one in Pei's hometown has ever seen her.

Xu Xuan didn't want to say much about Gu Xi, so she clapped her hands when she heard this, and said, "With me here, you can rest assured, she will definitely like you." ”

Yang didn't speak again, pursed his lips and smiled, listening to Xu Xuan and Miss Zhang playing with each other on the side.

Seeing that it was about to be added again, the mother-in-law outside began to shout: "The second master helped the old lady to get off the boat." ”

Everyone hurriedly got out of the carriage, and Yang saw Gu Xi standing next to Pei Tong, the two didn't know what to say, Pei Tong's face was a little unsightly, but Gu Xi was full of smiles, leaving Pei Tong and walking quickly towards the sand boat docked on the shore.

Yang shook his head, feeling that Gu Xi was a little too eager.

Pei Dan and the second wife are serious mother and daughter, what is it that she always gets around the second wife like this?

Gu Xi was so angry at this time.

Pei Tong felt that what she said made sense, but she didn't want to do it, and said something, "It was me who wanted to divide the sect at the beginning, and now I am so cheeky to come over, what do people think?"

In this world, the bold were originally supported to death, and the timid were starved to death. If you wear this face everywhere, then you don't want to do anything.

She had to go on her own.

rushed to the front to greet Pei Xuan and Mrs. Pei.

Mrs. Pei is getting old.

The black and shiny hair in Gu Xi's impression was half black and half white in the forehead at this time, and the corners of his eyes also had obvious wrinkles, although his face was ruddy, he looked like a grandmother, like an old man.

Mrs. Pei treated her very kindly, and was the first to greet her and said, "This is Ah Tong's family, right?" It's the same as before, not much has changed! ”

Gu Xi immediately went up to salute, and pulled Pei Tong - he is the eldest grandson, why should he be ranked behind everyone.

Or after listening to Gu Xi's words, although he was a little awkward, he still stepped forward with a smile.

Old Madam Pei didn't seem to have lost her former toughness, and when she saw that Pei Tong's eyes were suddenly a little moist, she looked at Pei Tong for a long time, as if she wanted to find someone's shadow in him.

Pei Tong felt something, and his eyes were full of admiration when he saw Mrs. Pei.

Old Madam Pei sighed in her heart and said to Pei Tong: "No need to be polite. I heard that you have been working very hard during this time, if there is anything you don't understand, come and ask your second or third uncle. Your third uncle, in the past few years, he has been nesting in the countryside and has taught a few good students. ”

Pei Tong wiped his tears.

Gu Xi's gaze had already passed over Pei Lao'an and landed behind them.

It's a pity that she didn't see Yu Tang, but instead saw Pei Yan and a group of strange men.

Gu Xi frowned almost invisibly.

The older men were twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and the younger ones were only fifteen or sixteen years old, and although some wore silk and some wore muslin, they all dressed as literati.

Who are these people?

Gu Xi thought secretly and saw Yin Mingyuan walking over.

He first saluted Mrs. Pei, and then said hello to Pei Yan.

Pei Yan was still as indifferent as before.

He nodded towards Yin Mingyuan and introduced the group of scribes to him: "This is Shen Fang. Shen Xianyu's nephew, this is Zhang Hui, we are from Lin'an, this is Fu Xiaoxiao......"

They all came to participate in the Spring Festival this time, and knew that Pei Yan was going to Beijing, so they took the Pei family's boat to the capital together.

Yin Mingyuan saluted one by one.

Gu Xi listened with his ears, wondering who Wei Xiaochuan was, and at the same time glanced at Pei Tong, motioning for him to make friends with these people.

Who knew that Pei Tong's mind was all on Mrs. Pei, he helped Mrs. Pei instead of Pei Xuan, and asked Mrs. Pei in a low voice about the journey of Mrs. Pei, but he couldn't receive her eyes at all.

Gu Xi had no choice but to refocus his attention on the group of scribes.

The scribe who looked to be the youngest was Wei Xiaochuan.

Gu Xi looked at it a few more times.

Wei Xiaochuan's personality seems to be very introverted, when Pei Yan introduced him to Yin Mingyuan, he blushed, hid behind Pei Yan, and muttered a few words to Yin Mingyuan, which caused everyone to laugh.

Being an official is like being a person, but it's not just about being able to read.

Gu Xi didn't look down on him very much, and his eyes fell on Pei Tong's body again.

Pei Xuanzheng was talking to Pei Tong with a relieved face, and Mrs. Pei watched from the side and kept nodding.

The atmosphere is very good.

Gu Xi thought about it and walked over.