Seeing that Chen Ying was too shocked, Ma Shi hurriedly hugged Lu Jin and stepped forward and said: "It's not a great thing, now our Yan'er is also bitter, not to mention that he was named the county lord, and his niece and son-in-law also entered the Ministry of Industry to do things, and he studied in the academy for more than a year before." Come, look at our little Jinniang, this child is the same as Yan'er when he was a child, but he is well-behaved and sensible. ”

Chen Ying noticed the child in Ma's hand and hurriedly took it.

On the other side, Yan Yan also introduced Yan Cai, Yan Biao and Lu You, and then, Yan Yu and Yan Tong stepped forward to say hello to Lu You, and Lu You nodded slightly.

"Jin Niang, these two are grandmothers, say hello." Yan Yan took the child from Chen Ying's hand and put it on the ground.

Lu Jin was a little unsteady because he was wearing a cloak, but he still curtsy to Ma and Chen Ying in style, "Grandmother is good." ”

"Yo, such a little kid speaks so clearly? Will you say hello? Chen Ying was so happy that she picked up the child again.

"What about me? Who am I? Remember me? Yan Tong leaned over.

"Hello third aunt." Lu Jin smiled at Yan Tong.

"Here, there are second, fourth, and fifth aunts." Yan Tong pointed at Yan Yu and Yan Cai and said.

This time, Lu Jin couldn't curtsy because he was being held, so he had to arch his fists with both hands, and his eyes went over Yan Yu and Yan Cai's faces, "Second aunt, fourth aunt, fifth aunt are good." ”

"Mother, I like this little thing, let me hug her." Yan Cai thought Lu Jin was interesting and fun, and stretched out his hand to pick up the child.

"It's hot in the house, so let the child take off his cloak first." Chen Ying didn't rush to give the child Yan Cai, but put the child on the kang and helped Lu Jin take off the cloak outside.

Then, the maid beside her handed over a box with great eyes, Chen Ying took the box and opened it, inside was a pure gold longevity lock, Chen Ying directly put it on the child's neck, "Jin Niang, this is given to you by the third grandmother, the third grandmother wishes you a lifetime of no illness and no disaster, smooth and smooth, and a long life." ”

"Thank you." Lu Jin replied with two words crisply.

It may be that this golden lock attracted Lu Yuan, who was sitting on the side, or it may be that he saw a partner of the same age as himself, Lu Yuan quickly climbed to Lu Jin's side, smiled at Lu Jin, and pulled Lu Jin's clothes.

Lu Jin didn't know Lu Yuan at all, the two hadn't seen each other a few times, and the child was still so young, she definitely couldn't remember it, but she knew a little bit that the other party was a younger sister than her, so she turned around, stepped forward to help Lu Yuan, and shouted, "Hello sister." ”

"It's so good, looking at these two little things, I think of when Yan'er and Yu'er were young, and Yan'er was half a year older than Yu'er at that time, and the two ate and lived together every day." Ma's eyes turned red.

"Mother, why don't I and Sister Cai'er take Jinniang and Yuanniang to play next door, and you guys stay here to talk." Yan Tong was worried that Yan Yan didn't like to listen to what his mother said, so he took the words.

Another point, Lu You is here, it is a little inconvenient for her to stay with Yan Cai, Yan Cai is better, she is not a young man, she is a big girl who is about to get married, and she is somewhat uncomfortable in the same room with a foreign man.

"It's okay, we can still talk freely when you leave, and bring a few maids who often follow us." Ma also suspects that there are too many people to mess up and not talk well.

She didn't care, she was afraid that Chen Ying would have something else to ask Lu You and Yan Yan.

Qingxiu didn't wait for Yan Yan's command and took the initiative to hug Lu Jin, Yan Tong saw this and hugged Lu Yuan, and Yan Yu's side also followed.

"Eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, come and sit on the kang." Yan Yu pointed to a few cushions on the kang and said.

"The second aunt and the third aunt sat down first, they were in a hurry yesterday and didn't bother to say a few words, how about it, did the third aunt slow down this night?" Yan Yan looked at Chen Ying.

"It's much better, your second aunt is very thoughtful, and I really slept well last night." Chen Ying said as she sat down with Ma on the east cushion.

Seeing this, Yan Yan pulled Lu You and sat down in the west position, Yan Yu sat cross-legged on the kang half a step behind, and soon the maids served tea and refreshments.

"What does my niece and son-in-law do in the Ministry of Works? Didn't you say you were studying before? Chen Ying asked Lu You.

"Go back to the third aunt, do a little manual work, related to equipment, do things during the day, study at night, although it is a little hard, but the person is very fulfilling." After Lu You finished speaking, he briefly mentioned that he was studying the improvement of the trebuchet, and did not mention the gunpowder spray can.

Ma had never heard of trebuchets before, so when he heard that this thing required hundreds of people to operate, he was first startled, and then became curious, "How do you understand these things?" ”

"I don't understand, but I've seen similar introductions before, and when I was a child, I learned a little craft by myself in order to pass the time, and now I learn to do it with others." Lu You smiled faintly.

"I heard you're planning to leave next spring?" Chen Ying took the words.

She was afraid that Lu You would be embarrassed.

As soon as she came into contact this time, she learned that Lu You didn't know how to speak, but that no one had spoken to him since he was a child, so he didn't even know how to communicate with people, so he could guess what the environment he lived in since he was a child without asking.

"Yes, but now that the scientific examination has been reformed, it is much more difficult for him, mainly because he has not gone to school very seriously, and he will only memorize those articles by himself. Yan Yan said specially, and at the same time paid attention to the expressions of Ma Shi and Yan Yu.

Ma Shi asked with a surprised face: "When did you say that you want to change, why haven't we heard of it at all?" ”

Yan Yu lowered her head and couldn't see the expression on her face, not just like this, it seemed that she was like this after she sat down, so Yan Yan couldn't figure out whether she knew or didn't know, just as she couldn't see through Ma's.

"Starting next year, the Ministry of Rites has already issued the decree to the state capitals." Lu You replied.

Because Yan Zhang did not have to participate in the scientific examination, Yan Bin, Yan Shan, and Yan Biao were too young, so Ma and Chen Ying really didn't know much about this topic, and they were not very interested, so under Ma's deliberate guidance, the topic quickly turned to the appointment and resumption of officials.

"Yan'er, have you ever heard the emperor mention this matter?" Mars asked.

Yan Yan shook her head, of course she knew why Ma Shi cared about this topic, but the question was that she could ask about this kind of thing.

"By the way, speaking of entering the palace, the second aunt, the queen mother has one thing to agree with the second aunt." Yan Yan said that the Queen Mother wanted to learn from the people to visit relatives in the New Year.