The little guy walked out of the door of the Zeng family's mansion, turned to the left, walked to the end of the alley, turned into a courtyard, went straight to the study house, and when he arrived at the eaves, he whispered: "Childe, the little one is back." ”

"Come in." A lazy voice rang out in the room.

The little guy tiptoed into the house, for fear of making an accent and annoying the people in the house. Looking at his ghostly appearance, Chai Qingyan laughed out loud, took the book and smashed it: "Tongmo, Tongmo, how many times have I told you, you will have the appearance of walking when you walk, if you are outside, you don't have to lose the face of this son." ”

Tong Mo Xindao annoyed you, but I was punished, can I be careful? Being scolded like this, it's better to be more comfortable than being punished for standing all night, thinking so in my heart, I didn't dare to say it, I just licked my face and stepped forward, picked up the food box in my hand and said with a smile: "Childe, this is the dim sum that Miss Zeng Shangba made for you, Tongmo is afraid of the cold, and the son eats hot by mistake, Baba hurriedly ran back, you see the sweat on the face of the little one." ”

While speaking, while leaning his head in front of the lamp, Chai Qingyan took the book in his hand and pushed Tong Mo's head away, but took the food box in his hand, and scolded with a smile: "The smell of sweat all over my body, don't show my appetite, get away from me." ”

"Yes," Tong Mo said with a smile as he helped him open the food box, "Tong Mo will get out." ”

"Stinky boy." Chai Qingyan smiled and scolded at his back when he went out.

Tong Mo brought it to the door. Chai Qingyan sniffed the fragrance, opened the food box, and cut the cake into a diamond shape, which was oily with a golden oil, which made people's fingers move. Chai Qingyan remembered the taste of that day, stretched out two fingers, twisted a piece and put it in his mouth.

Tong Mo stood under the eaves and heard the sound of "baba" in the house. Hurriedly rushed in: "Childe, what's wrong with you?" ”

I saw his son-in-law pointing to the teacup and spitting out something in his mouth: "Water, water." ”

Tong Mo hurriedly served tea: "This, there is something wrong with this cake?" Childe, this was taken back by the small one's own hands, and it didn't go through other people's hands in between. ”

Chai Qingyan rinsed his mouth, feeling that the feeling in his mouth was finally right, so he asked Tongmo: "You went to Zeng's house to see, but his family is very rich?" ”

"This," Tong Mo didn't know what his son-in-law meant by asking this, and he didn't dare to answer randomly, so he only said worriedly: "It seems that there is the style of a scholarly family, but it is only used for wearing, and in terms of small ones, it is only average." ”

Chai Qingyan frowned: "Neither is it a rich and noble family, Zeng Ba that girl, do you think that salt is not bought for money?" This damn bad girl is intent on harming me. ”

Tong Mo breathed a sigh of relief: "Childe, this, this is salty?" ”

smelled so fragrant, before the son spoke, he didn't dare to be self-conscious, and endured the gluttony in his stomach all the way, but the result turned out to be salty?

Chai Nineteen was on the fire, and said angrily: "Isn't this nonsense? Don't you know what to eat for my son, don't you know how to taste it first? If I'm poisoned one day, see what else you can do! ”

Tong Mo was also aggrieved, pouted, and snorted: "The little one wants to taste it, it's not that I'm afraid of ......."

"Taste, who won't let you taste it? Taste it now? ”

Tong Mo said in his heart, it's all salty like this, what are you still asking me to taste now? But when the master spoke, as soon as he became a slave, how dare he not listen, so he had to stretch out his hand to twist a piece of bread from the food box, and put it in his mouth to make a show.

Before he touched the food box, he was beaten back by Chai Qingyan and scolded angrily: "Get out." ”

This girl did it for him, whether she had a bad heart or wanted to fix him, but she made something with her own hands and let this kid eat it, and she suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.

Tong Mo didn't roll back very neatly this time, paced to the door, and finally turned around and said: "Childe, in fact, Miss Zeng Ba also made some more, put them in another food box, and let the villain send them to Shiro Goro of the Zeng family." ”

Chai Qingyan raised his eyebrows: "Go, bring it to me." ”

Tong Mo went out of the house, and from time to time re-brought the food box, Chai Qingyan opened it and saw that there was a note inside, picked it up and unfolded it, and grinned at the corner of his mouth again.

"Is it delicious? If the last one is not very tasty, this one will be given to you as well. If I send someone to ask for it next time, I will send you some new snacks, okay? ”

There's a weird face painted on the back.

Although it was different from the way he had ever seen it, it could be seen to be a smiling face.

"This ghost girl can play tricks on people."

Seeing that there was a note, Childe smiled again, Tong Mo was curious for a while, and stretched out his head to take a look. Chai Qingyan stretched out his hand and pushed his head away: "What do you want to do, go to the kitchen to serve a bowl of porridge for my son." ”

Tong Mo went out, Chai Qingyan twisted a small piece, took a small bite, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, colder than what he ate that day, more delicious, and his eyes were full of smiles.

For a while, Tong Mo came over with Qing porridge, and Chai Qingyan was eating happily, while calculating in his heart, how to bring this game back.

He didn't pay attention to it for a while, and a plate full of diamond cakes told him to eat clean. Tong Mo looked at it staggeringly: "Childe, you better eat less, if you accumulate food at night, it will be uncomfortable...... Didn't you send it to the Zeng family's buddies? ”

Chai Qingyan was full of food and drink, and was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Ming'er, you take a moment to send this food box and plates back to Zeng's mansion." No, don't go yet, and when I come back from the state school, you can go. Put away these dishes and chopsticks first. ”

Tong Mo responded, served him tea and rinsed his mouth, and then packed his things and went out.

The next day, before Chai Qingyan went to school in the state, he instructed the mother-in-law in the kitchen to make a few exquisite dim sums, and in the evening, he asked Tong Mo to send them to the old lady in Zeng's mansion, and said that the son has been out alone for the past year, and he has always eaten little.

Tong Mo said such a pitiful thing in front of the Huang family, and the Huang family felt pity, and he didn't know that Chai Shijiu had not always lived in the state school, and he had another courtyard in the city. The children who are only a little older in the secret way are also dressed and eaten at home, and they can't eat delicious meals outside, so they thought about what steamed dumplings Zhang Luo had just made today, or stuffed with tofu and shrimp, so he called Aunt Huang and filled another box for Tongmo: "Take it back to your little son to taste, if you like it, just say it, we don't have anything else in the house, a little food, but we can afford to send it." If there is a holiday in school, you can also ask your son-in-law to come to our house to find Shiro Goro to play, and when the time comes, do something good, and also ask your son-in-law to make up for his body. ”

Tong Mo was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that his son was only afraid that he was willing, so he said: "Hey, the old lady's real bodhisattva heart, our son must be happy when he hears it." ”

gave Huang a farewell, carried the food box, and went back with a cigarette.

Banniang was talking to Liuniang at this time, where did she know the results of her hard work all afternoon, and she was deceived by that hateful boy most of the time.

When Banniang knew, there was no way, and it was not good to discuss the man with her grandmother and father, so she had to endure it. Fortunately, after this tofu and shrimp dumplings, Chai Shijiu stopped for a few days.

And said that the Wang family got the worship sticker that was not suspicious, and so on Zeng did not suspect the door-to-door visit, and warmly received it, and I heard that this time also brought Banniang to come, Wang Pingfu's mother Wu found a reason the next day, saying that it was just right for the Xinyi flowers to bloom in the homeland, and sent the mother-in-law to the door, and asked the old lady to take Liuniang and Banniang to enjoy the flowers as a guest.

Huang on the second day with two dressed beautiful granddaughters on the door of the Wang family, Liuniang because it is often walking, but nothing, but Banniang is the first time to see, Wu straight to the Banniang praise like the flowers that bloom in May, because Qi Niang said that her second son, the original Zeng family is her maternal grandfather's home, so the reception is very warm.

Seeing the ceremony, Wu gave a Pisces jade pendant as a meeting gift, Banniang generously thanked him, Wu left the old lady to speak, for fear that Banniang and Liuniang would be detained in front of adults, so he asked the eldest daughter-in-law Xiao Wu to take the two of them to wander in the garden together.

The back garden of the Wang family is very large, there is a lotus pond, there is a water pavilion in the pond, but unfortunately the lotus flower is only hit by the bones, and then a month, it is a good place to enjoy the lotus. Passing through the lotus pond, there is a large area of Xinyi trees, full of pink and white flowers, layered on top of each other, as if full of fluttering butterflies.

Xiao Wu took the two to a pavilion in the shade of flowers and trees, which had been cleaned up by the maids, and burned incense, put on the tea set, and was about to sit down to talk, when a mother-in-law hurriedly came, saying that the people who delivered the fruit to the Wang family on weekdays came to settle the bill, because the account book was in the hands of Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu apologized and asked Banniang and Qi Niang to sit here, and she would come over again in a while.

Liu Niang followed the title of Qi Niang, and said with a smile: "Although my sister-in-law is busy, I also come often, and when I go back to the meal, you just send the maids to come and lead us." I didn't have a large group of people around, but my eighth sister and I were at ease. ”

Xiao Wu said with a smile: "The sixth sister is the most considerate, and she is not an outsider, so I will not be polite to my sister, you also know me, this big family's affairs, none of them can be separated, you should be a master, help me entertain the eighth sister." If you need anything, just tell the maids waiting outside. ”

Banniang also got up and smiled: "Sister-in-law, let's go by yourself." ”

Xiao Wu's went in a hurry.

In addition to tea, there are also a few snacks and fruits on the table. Because of the hot weather, drinking tea and eating dim sum fruits, Liuniang is even more rare to be so leisurely, the two sisters chatted gossip, blew the cool breeze, and looked at the flowers and scenery everywhere.

Huan, who was laughing, heard a flute sound that was sometimes clear and sometimes melodious.

Listen carefully, it is very pleasant, and people can't help but calm down, if you listen to the flute on a moonlit night, it is probably a different feeling. Banniang beckoned an eleven or twelve-year-old girl waiting outside the pavilion to come over and ask: "This flute music is very good, but who in your house played it?" ”

"Miss Hui's words are our family's erlang." The little maid entered the pavilion and replied with a smile. Between the words, I can hear a little bit of pride.

Seventh brother-in-law Wang Pingfu? When Banniang heard this, she couldn't imagine that the seventh brother-in-law was still talented. Looking at the demeanor of this maid when she replied, it seemed that she was deeply proud of Wang Erlang.

In fact, Banniang didn't know much about the literati of the Great Song Dynasty. The literati of the Great Song Dynasty reread books only on the one hand, and the calligraphy and painting of the chess and piano are probably good at everything, in fact, not to mention others, their second brother can play the piano well, but it is a pity that he works hard to make a living, and Zeng Zigu is not keen on these side learning, so she has not heard Zeng Zigu touch the piano.

Wang Pingfu Liuniang has seen it, it is not strange, seeing Banniang looking curious, because the little maid is born, he smiled and said to the little maid: "What is your name?" ”

The little maid also knew that the two sisters were generations of in-laws in the house, so her attitude was naturally respectful, and she replied with a smile: "If you return to Miss Liu, the slave maid is called Xin Yi, Miss Don't get me wrong, it's not my aunt's aunt, it's Xin Yi of Xin Yihua, and the name of the slave maid is still given by Erlang." Because when the slave maid was just bought, it was when the Xinyi flowers bloomed, and they were assigned to Erlang to serve, so Erlang gave the slave maid such a name. ”

Liu Niang smiled: "This is a nice name, and it is also worthy of your crisp and watery girl." Then bother you to make a trip, if your Erlang is fine, invite him here, and say that the two ladies of the Zeng family are here. ”

Xin Yi has been in the house for three or four years, and naturally knows that these two young ladies used to be their cousins, and now they are Erlang's aunts and sisters. If you know that the two young ladies have invited each other, you must be happy. ”

When Xin Yi went, Liu Niang smiled and said to Banniang: "Haven't you always been curious about what kind of good son Qi Niang is going to marry in the future?" I'll let you see you today. ”

"W-that's not good, is it?" Banniang was stunned, she couldn't imagine that the sixth sister had such a temperament. Listening to the wind is raining.

Liu Niang said angrily: "Look at you like that, what's not good?" He's my brother-in-law, and he's your brother-in-law, so it's okay to see him? Besides, our two families were originally relatives, you don't often come and go in Nanfeng, I am in Linchuan, I see each other from time to time, and I often play together when I was a child. It's just that I used to be his cousin, but now I'm an aunt, and I'm sorry to see him again. ”

When Liu Niang said this, Ban Niang laughed.

This family business is really ......

Just like Mrs. Wang saw her grandmother just now, her grandmother was Mrs. Wang's maternal grandmother, and now she can only vaguely call "Mrs. Wang". Fortunately, it is common, if it is only seen by chance, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

From time to time, I saw Xin Yi followed by a jade tree in the wind, wearing a moon-white round-necked robe, and a young man holding a blue flute. The sixth sister and Banniang got up to greet each other, and Wang Pingfu stepped forward to clasp his hands and saluted: "Pingfu has seen Liuniang and Eighth Sister. ”

The two of them turned sideways, and Liuniang said: "It's all a family, there's no need to be so polite, Erlang should sit down and talk." ”

Because he had never seen Banniang before, Wang Pingfu glanced at Banniang, and when he saw that Banniang was also looking at him, he showed his good-looking teeth and smiled at Banniang: "This is the little Ba Niang, right?" No wonder Liuniang you often chatter, it's really like Liuniang you said, looking cute and pitiful. ”

What is this called? Banniang said secretly, you still have to call me a cousin, just say that I am cute and pitiful?

Although he thought so in his heart, he blessed Wang Pingfu: "Seventh brother-in-law, you were playing the flute just now?" I sound weird and good. ”

The seventh brother-in-law's call was particularly tactful, Wang Pingfu was a little embarrassed to be called, his face was slightly red, and he coughed before he said: "If the eighth sister likes it, this flute will be given to you." ”

Banniang shook her head: "Brother-in-law, don't send me, you just sent me, I can't play a good tune, things should be in the hands of useful people." ”

Liuniang is funny, her brother-in-law is quite smooth. So he only drank tea and listened to the two of them talking.

Wang Pingfu was born in everyone, and he is a man, how can he be a twisted person? Zeng Liuniang is the most generous and neat person, this little eighth sister looks also ice and snow cute, when she looks at people with a pair of eyes, she can speak as if she is alive, so she thinks that her daughter-in-law who has not yet met is probably not bad, and her heart is very sweet for a while, and she smiled when she heard this: "It's nothing if you can't play, it's very simple to play the flute, it's not difficult to learn, I'll teach you." ”

Wang Pingfu is seventeen years old, and although Baniang is twelve years old, because she was seriously ill before, she looks very thin and weak, and her appearance is younger than her actual age, so Wang Pingfu only treats her as a girl.

Banniang doesn't have any concept of male and female defense, Liuniang is here again, and when she looks at her small body, she is very calm: "That's great." As he spoke, he playfully added, "When I went back to Nanfeng, I blew it to the Seventh Sister, and said that it was taught by the Seventh Brother-in-law." Thinking about it, the seventh sister must be happy. ”

The seventeen-year-old boy is the age when the love is first opened, and he listened to Banniang's joke for a while, and made a big red face, but it is not good to say that he wants to teach Banniang, so the original fall and generosity are a little more cramped. Liuniang has been playing with him since she was a child, and she usually only gets along as friends, and after listening to Banniang's words, she saw that Wang Pingfu was shy, and laughed out loud. The little eighth sister of the heart is a girl, and she is really a little ghost.

Wang Pingfu saw Liuniang laughing at her, Banniang was the first time she saw her, so she couldn't say anything, so she glared at Liuniang, and called Xin Yi, who was guarding outside: "Xinyi, go and bring the piccolo in my study and give it to Miss Ba." ”

Xin Yi had to be ordered, and was interrupted by this, and the atmosphere returned to the original relaxation, Banniang was busy asking for advice humbly, Wang Pingfu was also patiently taught, and slowly, Banniang was able to blow a few decent tones.

This time, time passed quickly, and from time to time it was noon, and Xiao Wu sent maids to invite them to eat in the front yard. On the way, Liu Niang remembered to ask Wang Pingfu: "Why didn't you go to the state school today, but at home?" ”

Wang Pingfu said with a smile: "A few days ago, I occasionally felt a cold, so I took leave to recuperate at home. ”

After lunch, Huang was too old, Mrs. Wu personally helped her to sleep for a while, and Xiao Wu was busy with family affairs, so he said to Wang Pingfu: "Erlang, Liuniang and Baniang will entertain you for a while." If you go to the garden, I'll ask the maids to prepare tea for you. ”

Wang Pingfu thought for a while and asked Liuniang and Banniang: "Why don't you go to the street together?" I just want to buy some paper and pencils, and I'm afraid that different people will buy them, it's not agreeable, the eighth sister hasn't visited Linchuan City yet, right? It just so happens that I'm the east, how about inviting you and Liuniang to go shopping together? ”

This proposal is very good, Banniang just wanted to go to the street to see, and heard Wu Sanniang say that her Tai Ruixiang also has a branch in Linchuan, so she wanted to take this opportunity to go around, and it is also good to look at the jewelry she designed, how is it sold here.

When Xiao Wu saw that the three of them decided to wander the streets, he called his mother-in-law, set up the carriage, and sent two little maids to follow them and send them to the street.

Wang Pingfu asked Ba Niang and Liu Niang all the way to gossip, and asked Ba Niang if she was used to it along the way, whether there was any seasickness, Ba Niang talked about meeting Chai Nineteen on the road, Wang Pingfu listened, and said: "Will you meet him?" ”

Seeing him say this, Banniang Qi said: "My fourth brother and fifth brother don't know this person very well, and the seventh brother-in-law is familiar with him?" ”