Seeing that she was so polite, Pu Cao didn't say a word about meeting her husband or welcoming them to the back house, she guessed three points in her heart, reached out and touched more than a dozen coins in her purse and said with a smile, "This aunt, we are from Nangou Village." One of the children in the family is named Zhang Gui and the other is Chen Sheng. Aunt Lao helped to inform us, it is best to take us to the child's residence to have a look, okay? ”

"Okay, okay." The old woman took the copper coin, smiled as if it was blooming, hurriedly stepped forward to help get two packages, and greeted warmly while leading a few people to Pucao, "It turns out that the two ladies are here to visit Zhang Xiaoxianggong and Chen Xiaoxianggong, this is a coincidence, the old woman is to serve them on weekdays for food and living, and I often hear the two little ministers mention their families, and I finally see them today." ”

Mrs. Li Zheng was very happy when she heard this, and she quickly followed up with a box and a small basket in her hand, "My brother Sheng didn't cause trouble to my aunt on weekdays, and Aunt Lao took care of him more." ”

The old woman led them through the verandah and the small side door on the side of the courtyard, and replied in a low voice, "No, no, the two little ministers are the most polite, that is, our husband often praises them for their good poetry." ”

Li Zheng's mother heard her son's praise, and her face became more and more joyful. Pu Cao led the two children to follow behind slowly, but secretly pouted. This old woman looks like a slippery person, and I am afraid that any schoolchild's family will say these words again.

Soon, the crowd passed through the courtyard and into the second dwelling at the back. A few wooden poles were erected in the corners of the courtyard, and many clothes of different colors were dried. Five or six elementary school children, about ten years old, grabbed books in their hands and were shuttling and laughing under the wooden poles, and when they suddenly saw someone entering, they immediately shook their heads and pretended to recite poems and books seriously.

Pu Cao and Mrs. Lizheng looked funny and pitiful, and they both said that they had been suffering for ten years and striving to be a master. I don't know how majestic that person is, but it is not easy to stay away from my father and mother to study at such a young age.

The old woman didn't even raise her eyelids as usual, and opened the inner room on the left side of the east chamber and invited Pucao and others to enter, and finally pointed to the big kang that was more than three meters long and said, "Zhang Xiaoxianggong and Chen Xiaoxianggong live on this kang with the other two Xiaoxianggong at night. After speaking, she pointed to the two three-foot-square wooden tables opposite and said, "On weekdays, writing and reading are on the table, but it is convenient." ”

Mrs. Lizheng hurriedly reached out to see if the kang was hot, and went to grope for the stack of books on her son's table. Pu Cao looked around, and saw that this residence was not very comfortable, but it was warm and clean, so he felt a little relieved.

turned to pull the old woman to inquire about the end of the school, and the old woman got the reward, so she naturally knew everything and said everything. When she heard that the children would not be able to come back for more than half an hour, Mrs. Li Zheng went to open the big cabinet that her son had brought from home, and picked out a few dirty clothes wrapped in one place and planned to wash them.

Pucao naturally couldn't be idle, and also opened Zhang Gui'er's suitcase. The old woman pointed out where the two of them were wells, and went out with a basket under the pretext that they were going to buy vegetables.

Shanzi and Peach Blossom looked around the house a few times inside and outside the house, and the excitement accumulated on the road slowly subsided, and they felt bored for a while, so they took their hands and went to gossip with those elementary school children. The little ones were easy to get along with, and soon they were playing in one place.

didn't mention how busy Pucao and Lizheng Niangzi were, but said that the old woman went out of the gate with a basket and didn't go to buy vegetables, and went directly into a three-entry courtyard next to it.

It turned out that Mr. Chu's family had returned to their hometown, and they also had some savings in their hands, and they bought two adjacent courtyards at the same time. The two-hall building was used for the schoolchildren to live in front of the school, and the three-hall building became the residence of their family of three and their slaves.

This day is the Chu family's fixed monthly account day, and Mrs. Chu brought a big maid and a housekeeper to sit in the second main room and look through the account books. Suddenly, seeing the old woman come in to report, Mrs. Chu asked, "What's the matter with the academy?" But you deducted the money and let the schoolchildren sue the gentleman? ”

"Madam misunderstood, how dare the old slave!" The old woman was frightened when she heard this, she really deducted the vegetable silver on weekdays, but she couldn't admit it at this time. She hurriedly said with a smile on her face, "Just now, the old slave went out to buy vegetables, and happened to meet the families of two schoolchildren coming to visit, so why don't you hurry over and report to Mrs. ”

Mrs. Chu raised her eyebrows, put down the account book in her hand, and asked, "Which schoolchild's family?" Look at it, but you know the etiquette and understand the rules? ”

The old woman secretly pouted with disdain, her wife was the most greedy for money, and every time a schoolchild's family came to visit, she had to ask like this. On the surface, it seems to be extremely important etiquette, but in fact, it is to ask whether the family is rich and rich.

She was so slanderous in her heart, but she didn't dare to slack off, and responded, "The old slave asked a few simple questions, and they claimed to be from Nangou Village. One is Zhang Gui's sister-in-law, and the other is Chen Sheng's mother-in-law. The two of them acted very generously, and the old slave got a reward of more than a dozen yuan just for helping to guide the way to the backyard. ”

Mrs. Chu's eyes flashed, her heart was happy, but she scolded in her mouth, "I only ask you a gossip, what kind of nonsense are you answering!" Open your mouth and shut your mouth about copper coins, so worldly, if it is passed on, wouldn't it be an insult to our Chu family's scholarly reputation? ”

"Yes, yes, ma'am, they're all old slaves, aren't they. The old slave must change it in the future! The old woman kept scolding in her heart, but she apologized with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Chu waved her hand and said impatiently, "Okay, it's good if there is no next time." You go and invite the women of the Chen family to come in and sit, they are all guests, they come from afar, why should they be invited in for a cup of tea, this is the etiquette. ”

"Yes, ma'am, the old slave will go." The old woman took a few steps back and went out of the door, walked to a remote place and spat a few times, scolded in a low voice and went back to the school.

Pu Cao and Mrs. Lizheng had just washed their clothes and dried them, and suddenly saw the old woman come over and say that Mrs. Chu had invited her, and the two of them looked at each other and felt that it was difficult to shirk. Lizheng Niangzi hurriedly wiped her hands and tidied up her clothes, but Pu Cao went back to the house to get a box of snacks, and divided half of the paper and ink blocks that Fang Jie gave and stuffed another box into Lizheng Niangzi's hands.

Mrs. Li Zheng was stunned, and then understood her kindness and wanted to say thank you. Pu Cao shook her head and took her to the next yard with the old woman.

Sure enough, seeing that the two of them had a meeting gift, Mrs. Chu was very enthusiastic, called the maid for tea, and praised Zhang Gui and Chen Sheng for how hard they studied in the school on weekdays, how they acted politely and generously, and they could hear that Mrs. Lizheng was smiling from ear to ear.

Pu Cao smiled and stayed by the side, half-hanging her head, rarely speaking. Mrs. Chu's eyes swept over the brocade dress on her body and the silver hairpin on her head several times, and even deliberately asked them what their family did for a living, and Pu Cao pretended to be shy and replied simply. Li Zheng Niangzi is naturally not that stupid and breathable stupid person, and often the conversation is diverted in three or two sentences.

In this way, the three of them gossiped for a long time, and Mrs. Chu didn't ask about the details of the two families. The school had already rang the bronze bell for the end of class, and Mrs. Chu had no choice but to smile and send off the guests.

Pu Cao and Mrs. Li Zheng had already sat impatiently, said goodbye to Mrs. Chu and returned to the backyard next door, and saw more than a dozen schoolchildren of all sizes coming in through the side door, so they hurriedly looked at it to find Zhang Guier and Chen Sheng.

In the end, he was still peach-eyed, and he stood on tiptoe and craned his neck to look at it for a while, and then rushed to a young man wearing a duck egg green robe, shouting, "Second brother, second brother, we came to see you." ”

The young man was Zhang Guier, who had been away from home for two months, and this kid returned to school to be accompanied by poetry and books every day, and he was in a very comfortable mood. Eat well and sleep well, naturally have a ruddy complexion, and the height is obviously a little taller, at first glance, it seems to have faded away the immaturity of a teenager, and there are more than three points of masculinity of a man.

He was looking down and thinking carefully about the poems that Mr. had just said, when he was suddenly hugged and startled, and when he saw his sister in front of him, he immediately shouted happily, "Oh, Peach Blossom, why are you here?" ”

Before Peach Blossom could answer, Katsuko, who was wearing a royal blue robe, then also turned in through the door. Li Zheng's lady immediately trotted forward and grabbed her son and shouted, "Son, my mother has come to see you, how are you doing these days?" ”

After Shengzi was stunned, his eyes were red, and he rarely hugged his mother's arm and responded in a loud voice, "Mother, I'm all right, all right." Why are you here, my father is in good health, and the two younger brothers are also here? ”

Their mother and son stood at the door like this and talked about their daily routines, and they saw that the few scholars of the same age who came in later were all envious.

Zhang Gui led the peach blossom forward to salute Pu Cao, and thanked him with a slight red face, "It's really annoying that my sister-in-law came to visit me." ”

"Whatever polite words you say, it's all a family." Pu Cao helped him, and then shouted to Mrs. Lizheng, "Auntie, let's go into the house and talk, don't get in the way of your little ministers." ”

When Mrs. Li Zheng heard this, she hurriedly pulled her son to avoid the doorway, and the few scholars were all waving their hands politely, and they looked very kind.

Everyone entered the house and sat down to gossip, Peach Blossom leaned beside her brother, and the brother and sister talked and laughed from time to time. Shanzi was very apprehensive in his eyes, pouting and squeezing into his sister's arms, which made everyone laugh. In this way, several people talked about the busy work at home and the trivial matters of the villages for a while, and they were very happy and lively.

I don't know how long later, an elementary school boy ran in with a smile and said that it was time for lunch, and everyone stopped talking and got busy. Pu Cao handed the basket containing dozens of meat buns to Zhang Gui'er, and asked him to take it to the kitchen to share it with the rest of his classmates.

Zhang Guier and Shengzi were naturally happy, and after going out for a walk, they gained countless envy, and finally the two came back with two meats, two vegetables and a small pot of rice taken from the kitchen.

(It's a storm here today, and it looks like lightning is going to hit the house on the 28th floor, it's terrifying.) I didn't dare to open the book until after dinner.,So the update was late.,Sorry for keeping everyone waiting.。 Try to be as early as possible in the future, hugs, good night! ）