Now the days of Xia Li are very leisurely. In addition to taking care of a younger brother, a dog, a bear, and the sixteen carabus seedlings in the backyard, I occasionally took Zhu Er and Dangdang to the mountainside to hunt. Now there is no shortage of money at home to sell wild things, but when you have a good weapon, you always want to use it.

A good horse with a golden saddle, right. This set of bows and arrows is very handy, easy to hold, sharp, and can be shot at a much longer distance.

Xia Li and Dangdang's hunting skills made Zhu Er smack his tongue, and every time he came back, he would bring two or three things. Keep one at home, and sell the rest for money.

At the end of the twenty-fifth day of the winter month, Xia Shan finally returned.

From the day Xia Shan left, Old Man Xia was anxiously looking forward to his return, and the family had a good official wine. Although his son was promoted to an official and shouted to everyone, he always had a feeling of walking at night in brocade clothes without a promotion wine. But the son has not returned for two months, and he is about to die.

Before dinner, Erhu, who was in a hurry, came to report, "My grandfather and grandmother said that at noon the day after tomorrow, the third uncle will be promoted to official wine, and let the aunt go home to discuss." ”

Discussing with Xia's is actually asking her to go home to help with the work, and maybe expect her to contribute some money. This is a big event in Xia Shan, Xia didn't say a word, got up and took three strings of money to Xia's house. She was afraid that the old Xia family would be too picky, and she was reluctant to pay more money for the banquet, which made people laugh. But she won't be stupid enough to cover all the money for the banquet now, and a small half is enough.

Erhu sincerely invited Xia Li and Xia Judao again, "My father left a lot of meat today, you should go back and eat meat." ”

Xia Li smiled, "We'll go to the banquet the day after tomorrow, and we won't go today." ”

The second tiger went to hug the bear before leaving.

The days were shorter, and it was completely dark just after dinner, and the sky was full of cold stars, illuminating the courtyard clearly.

Xia Ju and Zhu Cai, who were wearing jackets, were playing in the yard with Dangdang and everything, of course, mainly the first three played together, and the bear walked slowly and unsteadily, following them leisurely. When it was happy, it also knew to open its big mouth and call twice.

Xia Li stood under the eaves and looked at them and smiled.

Xia came back with a calm face, and Xia Shan also came with him. He was wearing a brand-new officer's uniform, and he looked even more tall and magnificent.

Xia Li praised sincerely, "The third uncle is becoming more and more handsome. ”

Xia Ju was also very close to Xia Shan, and ran to hug his waist, Xia Shan laughed and lifted him up and threw him into the sky a few times, which stimulated Xia Ju to scream loudly.

The tall stranger had bewildered the bear, and when he heard this sharp cry, he was frightened.

The bear was standing by the willow tree at this time, and it suddenly stood upright against the willow tree, and trembled. As Xia Ju's voice became higher and higher, it turned around in fright and hugged the tree trunk on all fours, wanting to climb but couldn't, and howling with its eyes closed.

The crowd was overjoyed.

Xia Li went over and picked up the bear-like and coaxed, "Okay, don't be afraid, it's my third uncle, that is, your third uncle." ”

Xia Shan had already heard of the bear, he put down Xia Ju and laughed, "It's like this, it really deserves that name." ”

Xia Ju came over and picked up Xiong Xiang and said, "Don't be afraid of everything, you see Dangdang, it's not afraid of my third uncle, and it likes it very much." ”

Dangdang once again taught by word and deed, and hurriedly ran over and jumped into Xia Shan's arms. Xia Shan had to open his arms to hold this strong and long thing, and his hands were a little heavy. It licked Natsuyama's face with its tongue, making Natsuyama laugh.

When the bear saw it, he didn't continue to tremble, and he stopped crying, and looked at them blankly.

Several people talked and laughed for a while, and Xia Shan whispered to Xia Li with some embarrassment, "There is one thing, you can respond to Lili if you want to, and I don't want the third uncle to find an excuse to help you go back." He glanced at Xia Shi and said, "Your mother is not very willing, if you don't want to, forget it." ”

Xia Li asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xia Shan said, "It's Lord Ye, for some reason, I always say that Uncle Xiang's craftsmanship is not good, and he can't make that taste." He said he would like to eat your food if it is convenient for you. He also said that if he went to the county seat for fear of trouble for you, he would come to your house. He has to pass by here when he goes to the provincial capital, have a meal at your house on the way, and then stay at the post house after the meal. ”

Xia Li didn't expect this to happen.

Although this Ye Feng is not the other Ye Feng, no matter what he asks, as long as he does not do bad things, Xia Li will agree. She was still thinking about how to take a look at Ye Feng again through Uncle Xia Shan in the future, but she didn't expect him to send the opportunity to the door.

Xia Li smiled, "Okay." Lord Ye is so generous, he rewarded me with a lot of silver, why don't you want to. It's just that if he wants to come, you have to inform me to prepare first, my house is not a restaurant, and many dishes and seasonings have to be prepared in advance. ”

This is, of course, just an excuse. Knowing in advance that he was coming, he had to send Dangdang away first.

Xia Shan also knew this reason, and said with a smile, "Of course, he will have someone tell you before he comes." ”

Xia Shi said to Xia Shan with a cold face, "In the future, you are not allowed to lead those big families to leave, and you must try to avoid them." No one knows what those people can do. If you are not obedient, I will no longer recognize you as a brother. ”

For the first time, Xia Shan saw the eldest sister's attitude towards him, and hurriedly agreed. He also explained, "I watched Lili grow up from childhood to adulthood, and I rarely saw her, and I wouldn't do anything bad for her." Master Ye has been in Xiangshan Mansion for nearly two years, and I haven't seen or heard that he has a woman, or which woman he is interested in, but he likes food more. Li Ye and Jin Ye both said privately that Lord Ye is extremely self-disciplined, and he doesn't even have a room girl in the capital. ”

When he said "girl in the room", he blushed.

Xia Shi was relieved when he heard this. She and Natsuyama entered the hall, as if they wanted to discuss something.

Xia Li was curious and followed in. She was embarrassed to stay in the hall, and when she entered her bedroom, the door was not closed tightly, and she could still hear their conversation.

The woman's family, who had married and quit Xia Shan, found the Xia family, but the woman had not yet decided on a suitable family, and she wanted to marry the Xia family again when she saw that Xia Shan became an official. Old man Xia and Mrs. Xia were not polite, and after bragging about their son's ability, they directly scolded them away.

He also said that there was a Zhu landlord in the town who wanted to marry the Xia family and marry his second daughter to Xia Shan, and said that he would marry 100 acres of high-quality paddy fields, 100 taels of silver in the box, jewelry ornaments worth 100 taels of silver, and other physical objects.

Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia were overjoyed and wanted to agree quickly. Fortunately, Xia Zhu was at home at the time and stopped him, saying that he should talk to Xia Shan first. He was a little suspicious, his younger brother was just an eight-grade petty military attaché, how could Landlord Zhu spend so much money to marry his daughter to him.

After the Zhu family left, Xia Zhu said that it was best to go to the town to inquire first, and if the girl was good, then decided. Xia Laohan thought of Xiao Yang's bad intentions, so he agreed.