If nothing else, their family has lived here for decades, and the neighbors around them know each other. In the past, the owner of this yard, surnamed Tian, was a businessman, and he seemed to be kind, but he was not serious, and he didn't bring a serious mother-in-law, and he always mixed with some indiscriminate women.

Later, I heard that the business of the merchant surnamed Tian failed, and he sold the house and returned to his hometown, and then he only saw a famous Chinese man in Jing County come to clean up the house and rent it out.

The new neighbors who bought the house, they have never seen them, but after the year, they heard movement in the yard, as if someone lived, but they closed the door every day, and it was not easy to enter.

Within two days, there was no one in the courtyard again, and I don't know when I left.

Unexpectedly, this is finally someone, and he is still the owner of the house, and he will be a neighbor in the future.

Gu Niangzi also observed carefully, don't look at her big grin, as if she says everything outside, but she can't tell the difference between good and bad.

This new neighbor, although he saw a little girl, had clear eyes and a generous expression.

Especially when it comes to that snack street, if you are a little girl who is usually so big, who doesn't want to taste something fresh, but the ancient lady saw that although the little girl looked very eager to eat, she basically bought vegetarian food, and eggs were also half vegetarian.

No one has ever heard that they can't even eat eggs.

Even those meat buns are gifts for their own families.

Such a polite little girl is also very polite when she wants to come to the house. The ancient lady happily took the bun into her yard.

Mei Xiaotong took the food into the yard, the yard had been almost cleaned up, and when Mei Xiaotong came back, Mrs. Li and An Huahao washed their hands and sat on the clean stone bench in the yard to eat.

In this yard, the previous boss Tian still took a lot of effort, and he didn't know if it was a vassal elegance, so he planted a grape trellis in the yard, and there was a boxy stone table and four round stone stools under the grape trellis.

When you want to come to summer, it is also a beautiful thing to sit on a stool under this grape trellis and enjoy the shade and admire the moon.

Seeing that the dishes on the table were all vegetarian, only a bowl of egg noodle soup, Mrs. Li couldn't help but say: "Now that we have no outsiders in our family, why are you so embarrassed?" Look at Xiaotong, you have lost a lot of weight, and your eyes have become bigger. And Hua Hao, if you want to study, how can you only be a vegetarian? That body must not be boiled down? After five or seven, you can eat less meat. ”

Mei Xiaotong thinks it's good to be like this, she gains three pounds every New Year, because her family is better this year, and the New Year is especially rich, and she eats too greasy, and now she cleans her stomach and intestines.

However, Mrs. Li also felt sorry for herself and An Huahao, so she agreed immediately, and brought the noodle soup to Mrs. Li: "Mother, you eat this, it's comfortable to eat hot." ”

Where is Mrs. Li willing to eat: "I'm an old woman, what do you do with eggs?" This is left for you to eat, to replenish your body. ”

Mei Xiaotong grabbed a bowl of sweet bean curd: "I want to take this bite."

It's been a long time, don't rob me. ”

An Huahao silently took the remaining bowl of sweet bean curd away and nibbled on the bun.

Mrs. Li had no choice but to eat egg noodle soup, and the hot noodle soup was in her stomach, and Mrs. Li's eyes were a little moist.

This kind of family together, you let me, I let you, Mrs. Li also fantasized about it, but she has spent most of her life fighting and quarreling in the past.

I didn't expect her to have such a peaceful and comfortable time in her life.

After the family finished eating, they rearranged the things in the house, looked at the sky, and decided to go to the daily necessities that were lacking at home, pots and pans.

Out of the door, the courtyard door across the door was open, and two three or four-year-old snotty children squatted in the corner of the wall to play, and when they saw Mei Xiaotong and them coming out, they looked up curiously, the one that looked smaller, biting his fingers, and his eyes were full of ignorance.

Mei Xiaotong smiled at the two children, took out two pine nuts from her bag, and stuffed one for each person.

The two children didn't dare to pick it up, the little one looked at the big one, the big one hesitated, turned his head and shouted at the yard: "Mother, the aunt on the other side gives candy to eat——"

"What?" I heard the ancient lady walking to the door with a loud voice.

His hands were wet, and while walking, he lifted the apron in front of him and wiped his hands: "Who gives candy?" ”

When he raised his eyes and saw Mei Xiaotong, he immediately smiled: "It's you, sister, you have taken up your house again, where are you going?" ”

At the same time, he motioned for the two children to take the candy and thank Mei Xiaotong.

As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Li and An Huahao.

was stunned for a moment, although this family is filial piety and dressed plainly, the fabric on the body is not bad, and they are all new clothes, it seems that the family is very good.

Not to mention An Huahao's cold momentum, which makes Gu Niangzi think highly of you even more. "Let's go buy some pots and pans and let's go first." As he spoke, he was about to leave.

Gu Niangzi said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, wait for me to take you there, I know that the iron pot sold by a family is the best, and his family has a lot of things and is cheap——"

Without waiting for Mei Xiaotong and them to refuse, he took off his apron and threw it at the two children: "You take good care of the house, my mother will come back in a while, you know?" ”

The two children took the candy and put it in their mouths, sweet and silky, what else did they not promise?

Gu Niangzi led the way, pulling Mrs. Li all the way, and said some specialties in this neighborhood, which one has the cheapest things, which one has the best quality, and which one's bells and whistles are dedicated to deceiving people.

Mrs. Li had just arrived, and she was still a little apprehensive when she talked about it well.

I didn't expect Gu Niangzi to say it, and after a while, they talked, but the two talked enthusiastically, and they had the feeling of hating each other and cherishing each other.

Mei Xiaotong is happy to be idle, and An Huahao is lagging behind, she came in a hurry last time, and she really hasn't visited Jing County, so she is in the mood at the moment.

There are many shops on the side of the road, and you can see everything from all over the world and north to the sea.

The young men in the store, some of whom shouted at the door, and some who took a nap in the store, were caught by the shopkeeper and scolded a bloody dog.

Along the way, I didn't go far, and I saw that there were mountain goods shops, fat powder shops, ready-to-wear shops, cloth villages, grocery stores, and silver buildings......

Although Jing County is not big, because of the Evergreen Academy, it is slightly better than the surrounding county capitals, and it is very prosperous.

Merchants gather here, and goods from all over the world can be found here, Mei Xiaotong strolled around, and when she saw the novelty, she couldn't help but buy samples.

When I went to buy pots and pans, I found that An Huahao had already carried a lot of things.

Mrs. Li poked Mei Xiaotong's forehead angrily: "I didn't buy serious things, don't you take up space when you buy these useless things?" It's spending money again. ”

Mei Xiaotong smiled and didn't argue, knowing that it was just Mrs. Li casually chattering, if she really went out and didn't buy anything back, she was afraid that she would mumble why she didn't buy something when she went out, what did she do with saving money.

It's an ancient lady, she thought it was a family of three, a mother-in-law, a son and a daughter-in-law.

Hearing Granny Zhang's unceremonious reprimand of her daughter-in-law, she was ready to make a round, but she didn't expect Mei Xiaotong to take it to heart at all, and she smiled and held up the things she bought to show Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li also forgot what she had just said about spending money, and happily discussed with Mei Xiaotong what she had bought.

Gu Niangzi was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before she said: "Your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not mother and daughter, but ordinary mothers and daughters are still more affectionate!" ”

Mrs. Li was stunned: "Of course the two of us are mother and daughter!" This is my daughter, this is my son-in-law! ”

The poor old lady thought she was well-informed, and she was stunned for a while.

After a while, he stammered, "Yes...... Sorry...... I misunderstood, I thought ...... Thought it was ......"

thought that she didn't think she would come out for a long time, and Gu Niangzi was very embarrassed.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, this proves that Brother Song and my mother are filial piety, let's be a harmonious family!" Mei Xiaotong didn't care at all, but felt very happy.

can make outsiders misunderstand that Mrs. Li and An Huahao are mother and son, which is enough to prove that their relationship is harmonious, as the two people she loves the most in the world, and the two people who love her the most, she naturally hopes that the two sides get along harmoniously.

You must know that many families are not harmonious because of the disagreement between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but the relationship between the mother-in-law and the son-in-law has always seemed to be good.

As soon as these words came out, not only did Mrs. Li feel comfortable, but even the corners of An Huahao's mouth hooked.

Gu Niangzi saw that Mei Xiaotong really didn't mind, so she put her mind at ease.

I asked Mrs. Li about their origins, and by the way, I asked about someone in the yard a few days ago.

As a qualified neighbor,

Naturally, you have to find out the situation of your new neighbor's house before you can rest assured.

Mrs. Li naturally saw the thoughts of the ancient lady, and only said that her family had died after the New Year, and when Fu Ling came back, she stayed in this courtyard for two nights.

However, in the future, his son-in-law will take the imperial examination, and he will live permanently in the future.

None of the rest was said.

Listening to the ears of the ancient lady, it is from this family from other places, I am afraid that this old couple is a daughter, and the head of the family goes, and the mother simply lives with the daughter and son-in-law.

But when I looked at An Huahao, most of my fear was gone, a person who can support his mother-in-law, and it seems that he has a really good relationship with his mother-in-law, even if his face is darker and he is colder, he is also a good person.

Suddenly, he said: "Big brother wants to take the imperial examination?" Then you really bought the right place, the courtyard you rented out in the front yard is inhabited by the students of Evergreen College, have you heard of Evergreen College? ”

An Huahao nodded, noncommittal.

Mei Xiaotong and Mrs. Li were very interested, and they only heard Yan Zhongren say that it was rented to a Xiucai in the front yard, but they didn't expect it to be a student of Evergreen Academy.

Evergreen Academy uses Mei Xiaotong's understanding, it is equivalent to the famous school of her previous era, the admission rate is very high, if An Huahao can enter Evergreen Academy, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking about it like this, Mei Xiaotong became more and more concerned.

Before Mei Xiaotong could ask, Gu Niangzi crackled and confided all the news about the Xiucai she inquired about. It turned out that Xiucai's surname was Gu, and everyone called him Gu Xiucai, and he was also a Sven person, except for going to the academy on weekdays, he rarely went out when he came back, and the courtyard was generally quiet.

He was accompanied by an old servant to guard the door, a mother-in-law to cook, and a small servant to serve.

The style is also very serious, when the neighbors have been here for so many days, they have never seen people go to the front yard, and occasionally a few showmen come to the door, and they are all talking about some books, articles or something, and they are very elegant.

In the words of the ancient lady, Gu Xiucai is not from an ordinary family at first glance, although the clothes look ordinary, but they are better looking than others.

Even the speech has a Beijing flavor, which is particularly good.

The 10,000-word compliment to that Gu Xiucai is omitted at the end.

Mei Xiaotong left a thought, this Xiucai surnamed Gu seems to have an extraordinary background, and he is very high-minded, so how long has he rented his own yard, and he has left such a good impression around.

Walking all the way, saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, just as he was talking about Gu Xiucai, when he walked to the mouth of the alley, he heard the surprised voice of Gu Niangzi: "It's a coincidence today, isn't that Gu Xiucai?" ”

Everyone looked in the direction that Gu Niangzi was looking at.

I saw a long and jade man standing at the side gate of the courtyard in front, wearing a dark blue straight jacket and a cyan purse hanging from his waist

They are all gentle and elegant.

He seemed to hear the voice of the ancient lady, and the footsteps that were about to enter the courtyard stopped, turned around, and nodded slightly towards this side.

When he saw Mei Xiaotong and his party, he showed a little doubt, but he didn't ask anything.

It was the ancient lady who stepped forward enthusiastically to greet her: "Gu Xiucai is back!" It just so happened that this is the little brother of the An family who lives in your backyard, as well as his daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. They only moved in today, and we'll all be neighbors from now on, so everyone will talk about something. ”

It can be regarded as introducing Gu Xiucai and An Huahao to know each other.

That Gu Xiucai immediately had a spring breeze smile on his face, and nodded at An Huahao: "Brother Song——"

Anwar Hao returned the salute.

Gu Xiucai's eyes lit up, but he didn't say much, he only smiled at An Huahao: "Since Brother Song's family has just moved here, I think there are still a lot of cumbersome things to deal with. ”

An Huahao was not polite, nodded and only said: "You're polite." ”

Gu Xiucai nodded politely at Mrs. Li, and didn't even look at Mei Xiaotong beside her from the corner of her eyes, looking very suspicious.

Gu Niangzi had to say a few more words to Gu Xiucai, and when she saw Gu Xiucai leave a word, she left, so she had to accompany Mrs. Li in a daze.

As soon as Gu Xiucai left, An Huahao pulled Mei Xiaotong to say goodbye to the ancient lady, and politely went back to their respective homes.

While busy working in the stove house, Mrs. Li asked: "The Evergreen Academy that the ancient lady said, but the second child wanted to go to the academy that no one wanted?" ”

An Huahao nodded.

"I listened to Gu Niangzi's voice, that Evergreen Academy is very powerful? Otherwise, Hua Hao, you can also go to Evergreen Academy. We're all coming to the county seat, this study, my mother will definitely support you! If you want to go, it's best to go, you can't rent our yard and be able to study in Evergreen Academy, our Huahao still has another home! ”

Anwar Hao sighed, as an answer.

Mrs. Li turned her head and explained to Mei Xiaotong: "Xiaotong, this money has to be spent when it should be spent!" I've heard the second brute mention before, in this big academy, the gentleman who teaches the students must at least be a lifter, and I heard that there is a big official who comes back to be a gentleman when he is old and can't do anything. ”

"If nothing else, these people must have seen more of the world than us, and they must be better than other academies! As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, our family couldn't afford to pay the bundle of the Evergreen Academy, and now, our family is not short of this silver, since we want to go up, we have to let Hua Hao go to the best! ”

Firmly!

Mei Xiaotong touched her nose silently, she was just about to explain to Mrs. Li that this Evergreen Academy may not be able to enter if you have money, but she also agrees with Mrs. Li's ideas, either she doesn't go to it, and if you want to go to it, you naturally have to go to the best academy.

Otherwise, what's the point of moving to the county seat?

Before I opened my mouth, just

was hooked by An Huahao's fingers underneath, and with a force, Mei Xiaotong fell backwards and was quickly fished into her arms by An Huahao.

Mrs. Li was so frightened that she was scattered, and when she saw Mei Xiaotong being held in her son-in-law's arms, she barely settled down.

only urged An Huahao to take his daughter back to the house to rest, and she would get the rest.

An Huahao helped Mei Xiaotong back to the house, and Mei Xiaotong asked directly: "What do you want to tell me just now?" ”

An Huahao nodded, opened a box in the house, and took out a famous post, on which Zhu Haoran's name was written, this post is not worth a thousand gold, dozens of gold is worth it,

"What is this?" Mei Xiaotong has never seen it.

"This is when Master Zhu gave me a name post, saying that he wanted me to go to him when I got to the capital. He had also been discharged from the hospital in Changqing for a year, and now he is a favor in front of the emperor, and with this famous post, this will definitely be able to do it properly. ”

Mei Xiaotong knows that this is equivalent to a letter of recommendation, and it is also a very weighty letter of recommendation.

Since there is no need to worry about this matter, Mei Xiaotong also said about her own arrangements by the way: "In the past two days, you have gone to apply for the admission of Evergreen Academy, and I have also gone to the shop and dyeing workshop I bought last time to have a look, they have been idle for so long, and I don't know what it is like now." ”

"I just happened to inform the shopkeeper Zheng to come over and talk about the transfer of the dyeing workshop, this time it seems that spring is coming, and the dyeing workshop is about to start. After the transfer of this dyeing workshop, it is necessary to repair and invite someone, otherwise the opportunity will be missed. ”

Mei Xiaotong frowned, she said last time that she would talk to the shopkeeper Zheng after the New Year, but there are many things this year, but it has been delayed.

This time I passed through Lingshan Village, and I was supposed to ask the shopkeeper Zheng, but I heard that he went out again, so I could only forget it.

Now let's take a look at the shop and investigate, what is this shop suitable for, can't it be idle in vain, right?

After discussion, on the second day, the young couple went out together, and when they arrived at the door, they separated.

Mei Xiaotong had just taken two steps before she was confronted by a pair of master and servant, who was the master and servant of Gu Xiucai who she had seen yesterday.

The six eyes forgot each other, and they didn't speak for a long time.

(End of chapter)