Wu Shi thought for a while, a dreamy smile appeared on her face, the red fire shone on her face, the face that was no longer young and beautiful because of the long-term housework, but it seemed to suddenly exude a dazzling brilliance, and laughed softly: "I haven't been there for many years, the first time I was in Yunyunzhuang Villa, I was less than ten years old, and your eldest brother was only twelve or thirteen years old at that time. There was still a time when my grandmother went to Nancheng for a summer banquet, and my mother took me around. At that time, it was the first time I saw such a beautiful house, my eyes were full of green trees and red flowers, and our family was also a big family, but it was the first time I saw so many people together, all of them were smiling, light clothes were slow, and the ring was ringing. The grand scene of the cook driving the sheep and the servant carrying the wine has never been seen again. ”

Not only the smile on his face, but also the voice with a bit of a dream.

Banniang looked at it and thought, at that time, it should be the best time for my sister-in-law. In fact, in everyone's life, there are some moments that will call themselves permanent nostalgia, no matter at any time when you think of it, you can smile, it is the skeleton of life happiness, and it is the proof that people look back and know that they have lived happily.

"Your brother was ...... then," Wu laughed again, "when I first saw him, he was dressed in a white Confucian robe, and he was a big man, and he wore a black gauze hat, and he looked serious and funny, because he was sitting alone in the shade of the tree, so I walked over and teased him, but he was reading and was concentrating, probably not hearing my voice, and ignoring me, I was angry, and I wanted to play tricks on him, and I happened to see a worm on the leaves, so I twisted it and threw it on the book he was holding. Your brother screamed in fright and threw the book in his hand into the jug in front of him. Later, when I was laughing in front of him, my face was as red as the freshly cooked shrimp. I was embarrassed, so I had to pretend to go to the jug to fish for books in a hurry, and I was still muttering that I would definitely be scolded by my father. ”

"Then did the eldest brother get scolded later?" Banniang asked with a smile.

Wu added materials to the stove, and then smiled: "No, it just so happens that Erniang, who is Erlang's mother-in-law, has never seen your eldest brother, because there are too many people, I am not very relieved, so I took Erlang, who was only two or three years old, out to find your eldest brother, ordered someone to fish out the book, and carefully dried it with fire, and helped hide it." Your eldest brother wanted to glare at me at that time, but I was too young, and when I saw that I was in trouble, I was afraid, so I pouted and wanted to cry...... Later, after I went back, I heard my mother say that I had contracted my relationship with the Zeng family, and I didn't dare to ask my mother, so I secretly ran to ask my nurse, only to know that it was the little boy who was almost scolded that day. ”

"Sister-in-law, you used to like my eldest brother very much, right? After knowing that the object of his marriage was him, were you very happy? ”

Wu glanced at her, her eyes were shining, Banniang never knew that her sister-in-law, who was like a nanny all day long, also had such a beautiful and moving appearance.

"How old was that? Where to know what to like and dislike, just ...... I just think it's interesting. Wu said, suddenly realizing that something was wrong, what did she and a little girl who had not yet come out of the cabinet say that she liked or not? Isn't this teaching your sister-in-law badly? Busy and smiling, he scolded, "You bad girl, what do you like or dislike?" ”

Banniang asked with a smile while flipping the dishes in the pot: "Sister-in-law, I don't know your name yet, I'm not an outsider, I'm not a man, I'm the cutest sister-in-law in your family, just tell me." ”

"My name is Wu Qing."

"Then does the eldest brother call you Qing'er in private?"

"You bad girl, what are you doing asking this?"

Ziye, in private, isn't that what he called? On the wedding night, when he hugged his shoulders and called her "Qing'er" softly, the sweetness in his heart seemed to be like yesterday after so many years.

Wu blushed when he was embarrassed by the eight niang thief, so he glanced at her and ignored her.

Banniang seriously talked about the Yunzhuang villa, and Wu said: "Because no one has lived in it for a long time, where is there still the past?" Only two servants were left there to guard, but it used to be really beautiful, by the way, my grandfather once wrote a "Yunzhuang Ji", you have to go to the study to rummage through it when you have free time, you will definitely be able to find it. ”

As she was talking, Qi Niang came back with a basket of vegetables, and Banniang hurriedly stepped forward to help choose vegetables.

Because Mr. Xujiang was there, he went to Mr. Chen to accompany him at noon, Wu thought that his father would definitely leave Mr. Xujiang to live at home, and after serving the meal, he left Qi Niang in the house to take care of the water and soup, and pulled Banniang, and the two sisters-in-law went to Wei Yuan to clean up the West Cross Courtyard and give Mr. Xujiang a small stay.

That Li Ji is thirty-four or five years old, but he looks more mature than his actual age, and he looks ordinary, but in the end, he is a famous Confucian, and he has his own bearing, but he looks very serious, but he is not as amiable as Chen Lanyu.

A meal at noon, the guests and hosts were happy, and the meal made by Banniang was praised by Mr. Xujiang without accident, because he heard that it was made by the eight girls in the house, Mr. Xujiang thought about it, and smiled at Zeng Budoubt: "My second son, thirteen years old this year, has not yet decided to marry." The daughter who was taught by Zeng Fu must not be wrong, and this kind of cooking skills, I am afraid that I will not be able to find it again, if Brother Zeng does not give up, can I consider my second son who is not a weapon, the younger brother thinks that these two children are of the right age. ”

Zeng Budo said with a smile: "If I can marry Mr. Xujiang, I can't ask for it, but my eighth daughter, someone has been looking for it before, but considering that the child is still young, it has not been officially ordered, but the ten sisters of my family have not yet been married, and in a few years, if the child is still taught, I will personally go to your house to ask for relatives." ”

The little tenth sister is only four or five years old, and the age difference between her and her second son is too big, which can be regarded as a tactful refusal, Li Jin didn't mind, and said with a smile: "Cheng." ”

At noon, except for Chen Lanyu, Zeng Budo and Li Jin drank too much, and Mr. Chen went to the school by himself. Wu asked Jiulang and Jue'er to help Li Jin go to the Wei courtyard to take a nap, while Banniang and Qiniang helped Zeng Budo to go back to the inner room.

Zhu Shi saw Zeng Budo's drunken appearance, and after serving him to lie down, he sighed, and said to Banniang and Qiniang: "In the future, your father will drink again, and you will also persuade him, when he is old, how can he toss like this every day?" Some time ago, my body has been bad, but this is better, I always drink like this, but how can I get it? ”

The two sisters hurriedly responded.

Because she was afraid that Xiao Eleven would cry and wake up, Qi Niang hugged Xiao Shi and asked Banniang and Jiu Lang to move the swaddling clothes to the backyard, and the two sisters took care of them for an afternoon.

The next day, my father and Mr. Xujiang went out, thinking that they would go out to meet friends, and said that they would not come back for dinner at noon or night.

After visiting like this for two or three days, Li Jin planned to return to Nancheng County, and Banniang realized that this gentleman planned to set up a big academy, and when he came back, he also wanted to hire a few gentlemen with both ability and political integrity to give lectures in the academy in the future.

Because his father's talent is far better than the official name, he is naturally also invited, and he is also very tempted to see his father like that.

For literati, in addition to benefiting the officials, what else is more interesting to them than passing on knowledge and recruiting protégés?

When Mr. Li returned to Nancheng, his father went with him. Because it is not far away, it is not a boat along the Xujiang River, and the Zeng family now also has a cluster of cars, so naturally Xu Shisan drove a carriage to send the two of them.

When the father left, the old lady was worried.

Just like the mother who was helping to take care of Xiao Eleven in her house for a while: "Your father seems to be planning to go to the academy to be a gentleman, but when he goes, what can we do with our family's grange?" Your brothers are not at home. ”

Banniang smiled: "Dad is old, and things in the Grange are hard, if he really wants to go, he will ask him to go." Besides, the eldest brother and the second brother will come back in the next year, and then think of a way, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Mother, what are you worried about now? It's not a bad thing. ”

Hearing Banniang say that Zeng Budo was old, Zhu felt distressed when he thought about it.

He sighed and said with a smile: "Yes, you see that I am a mother, but you can't think about it." If your father really likes it, let him go, after all, this big family, without him, is there no one to do things? It's the Yunzhuang villa, your father wants to repair and repair, and he can't take care of it for so many years, and now it's getting worse and worse, in the end, it's the property left by your grandfather, and your grandmother doesn't mention it, she is worried about it in her heart, if she thinks about it that day, she looks dilapidated, but makes her old man sad. Eighth sister, if you keep your sixth sister's dowry money, how much money do we have left in our family? ”