Gong Changyu's second cousin, Zhu Rongchu, saw his mother angrily questioning his cousin, and he was very unhappy, so he hurriedly pulled Lan Ping aside: "Mother, cousin, he came back this time to recruit troops, and he hasn't had lunch yet......"

"Recruit soldiers and buy horses, there is no money, what do you use to recruit soldiers, what do you use to buy horses?" Lan Ping asked.

"Auntie, we brought a ...... of silver" Gong Changyu responded timidly, and then beckoned to Feng Jiao'er outside the hall, "Jiao'er, come and call Auntie." ”

Feng Jiaoer heard her aunt Lan Ping being very unkind to Gong Changyu at the entrance of the hall, she was an understanding person, and the reason why she was sprayed as soon as she went home was for a reason. Gong Changyu has been in the army for many years, and he doesn't communicate with his family, so he is angry with anyone. Now that he has entered the house, he has to meet Gong Changyu's aunt.

"Auntie......" Feng Jiao'er called sweetly.

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Gong Lanping had no choice but to suppress the anger in her heart, and immediately smiled with a smile on her face: "Girl, sit in the house, sit in the house." Rong Chu, make tea for your cousin-in-law......"

Gong Lanping looked at the black handsome Huang Qinggong again, and greeted politely: "And the uncle outside, you can also come in together." ”

So, Hei Dashuai and Feng Jiao'er all sat down, only Gong Changyu was still standing. Rong Chu made everyone a steaming cup of honeysuckle tea, and then ran into the wing room on the left to get the letter from Aunt Yinyue......

"You haven't had lunch yet, have you?" Gong Lanping asked Feng Jiao'er with a smile.

"Not yet." Gong Changyu answered first.

"Old learner, I didn't ask you, what are you here to mix blindly?" Gong Lan glanced at Gong Changyu.

"Auntie, I'm really hungry......" Gong Changyu said weakly.

"It just so happens that we haven't eaten either, Qibao-" Gong Lanping shouted.

"Young grandma, here, here......" The housekeeper Qibao ran over from the side hall when he heard the voice, "Young grandma, what's the matter?" ”

"Lao Xue brought a few people, they haven't had lunch yet, you go and tell the people to make a table ......of dishes quickly," Gong Lanping said.

"Okay, young grandma." Keibao nodded in response

"Butler, there are about thirty of us, and one table is not enough ......," Gong Changyu walked up to the housekeeper and said.

"Old learner, you brought so many people back, why didn't you say it earlier?" Gong Lanping said with a smile, "Butler, then prepare four tables." ”

"Young grandma, there are not many vegetables prepared at home...... "Qibao looked embarrassed.

"If you don't have it, you can find a way. Dinner will start in half an hour! Gong Lanping said.

"Yes. Young grandma. After saying that, Keiho went to the kitchen......

"Brother Changyu, my aunt's letter to you." Rong Chu ran over with a letter in his hand and handed it to Gong Changyu with both hands.

"Brother Rong Chu, I don't know how to read, just take it apart and read it to me." Gong Changyu returned the letter to Gong Changyu.

"Brother Changyu, isn't this very good?" Rong Chu scratched his head.

"Let you read, you will read, and what will you grind." Gong Lanping shouted.

"Mother, this is a letter from the eldest mother to Brother Changyu, or let him be optimistic when he is free." Rong Chu stuffed the letter to Gong Changyu again.

"Your eldest mother is newly dead, so don't read it." Gong Lanping nodded.

"Auntie, how are Uncle and Auntie?" Only then did Gong Changyu remember the old man Bisheng and Xiao's mother-in-law.

"Oh, they've gone to worship at the City God Temple opposite, and they'll be back in a while." Gong Lanping responded.

"Auntie, it's not time to eat yet, I've walked so far, I'm a little tired, I'll take Jiao'er and this black brother to the martial arts training ground in the backyard to rest for a while." Gong Changyu said.

"Go, go." Gong Lanping waved her hand, and suddenly she said again, "Miss Jiao'er, you stay and talk to me." ”

"Okay." Feng Jiao'er, who was about to get up, had to sit down again. Gong Changyu put Aunt Yinyue's letter in his pocket and went to the martial arts training ground in the backyard with Hei Dashuai, while Zhu Rongchu led his younger brother to swing in the courtyard in the west.

In the hall, Gong Lanping, who was hot on the outside and weak on the inside, took Feng Jiao'er's hand and said, "Miss Jiao'er, where are you?" ”

"From Jinchuan Village, Yuexi County." Feng Jiaoer told the truth.

"The southern red agate bracelet in your hand is so familiar." Gong Lanping carefully looked at the bracelet in Feng Jiaoer's hand.

"Oh, really?" Feng Jiao'er was surprised.

"I remember that this southern red agate bracelet was originally a pair in our Zhu family compound, and one of the strings of each string was engraved with an invisible small seal 'Zhu' word, which must be sprinkled with a special potion to be recognized in the sun." Gong Lanping pinched the small bead on Feng Jiaoer's bracelet.

"Auntie, this bracelet of mine was given to me by a young owner called 'Mao Shengxiang' Qian Zhuang during the disaster relief in West Guangdong County, saying that they would meet each other by fate." Feng Jiao'er took off the bracelet and put it in Gong Lanping's palm, "As for whether there is a secret mark on it, you can show me." ”

"Jiao'er, the young owner you are talking about is my old man's room." Gong Lanping smiled slightly, "I really didn't expect him to give you such a valuable item, it seems that you are really destined for our Zhu family." ”

"Auntie, didn't you say that there is a secret mark engraved on the beads on the bracelet, and now you can find which one it is?" Feng Jiao'er asked.

"Yes. You wait a while......" Gong Lanping got up, walked under the shrine and took out a bottle of clear solution, then took out a porcelain bowl, poured the solution into the bowl, threw the southern red agate bracelet into the bowl, soaked for a while, and then took it out, took it to the patio, hung it in front of his eyes, and shone on the sun, and sure enough, a very small word appeared faintly on the ninth (along Lanping's thumb to the right uncle) bead - wish!

"Jiao'er, did you see that?" Gong Lanping shouted.

"Auntie, I saw it, I saw it." Feng Jiao'er nodded.

Gong Lanping asked, "Your eldest brother's name is Feng Quan, right?" ”

"Auntie, how do you know?" Feng Jiao'er looked stunned.

"No need to ask why...... I clearly remember that in the eighth year of my marriage to the Zhu family's compound, the old man of my family went out of Yuexi County once, and after he came back two months later, he gave me a southern red agate bracelet, and I have been reluctant to ......wear it" Gong Lanping took out a bracelet from his arms.

"Wow, auntie, you have one too, that's great!" Feng Jiao'er hugged Gong Lanping and shouted happily, "It turns out that this bracelet really has a pair." ”

"Jiao'er, my bracelet was originally intended for my old man to give to the eldest and younger grandmothers...... Gong Lanping said with a smile, "But the eldest and youngest grandmothers wanted to say that she was too old to be suitable, so she didn't want to excuse herself, and the old man gave it to me later." ”

"Oh." Feng Jiao'er nodded, "Chang Yu is so sad about the death of the eldest young grandmother, I can't understand it. ”

"Jiao'er girl, the young grandmother can be literate and martial, good at business, treat Changyu like her own son, Changyu lost all his gambling when he was in our house, he laughed it off, and educated him softly, and the spring breeze turned into silk. And I didn't read much, my heart was straightforward, and I hated iron not steel, so I knew that I was scolded, so Changyu hated me to the core. Gong Lanping smiled, "The young grandmother sings with a red face, and I sing with a black face." ”

"So, isn't Changyu's affection for your aunt as deep as that of a young grandmother?" Feng Jiao'er asked.

"Yes. Therefore, since he joined the army, he has not been in contact with his family, and he is illiterate, which is understandable. This rabbit cub doesn't like to beg others, like after getting the suicide note from the eldest young grandmother just now, if Rong Chu wasn't his own cousin, he wouldn't have let him read the letter to him. ”

"Didn't you give him a chance to read?"

"Girl, you misunderstood. Changyu is not a reading material at all, he can't remember a poem of only 20 words, and besides, he didn't put his mind on reading and literacy. If it weren't for the early death of his father, I wouldn't want to do such thankless things. In the past few years of Changyu's military service, the Zhujia compound has been much cleaner, but I am not used to it. Gong Lanping chattered again.

"yes. It's not his own, and if the beating and scolding is excessive, the child will hold a grudge. Feng Jiaoer said.

"Hey, it would be nice if the silver moon was still around. Seeing Chang Yu come back with dozens of people to eat, how happy she was, but unfortunately she couldn't see it. Gong Lanping sighed.

"Good people don't live long, and there is no way to do things." Feng Jiao'er took a sip of honeysuckle tea.

"I have been fighting with my grandmother for more than ten years, and as soon as she left, the burden of husband and children, taking care of shops and money banks was left to me, and the most headache was those messy numbers and account books, and I didn't know the east, west, north and south at a glance." Gong Lanping bowed slightly, "If I could, I'd rather not have the name of the young grandmother, it's too hard." ”

"Auntie, isn't there a housekeeper in the Zhu family's compound?"

"The housekeeper never participates in business planning, only cares about eating, drinking, and Lazar in this yard, and my old man is * in business matters, because he doesn't believe that others are smarter than him and do a better job than him."

"The young owner is a scholar, and his self-righteous stinky temper must be changed, otherwise he will become ill from hard work."

"After Sister Yinyue left, I persuaded the old man of my family not to work so hard, he is in his forties, and once there is a problem with his body, the pillars of the whole family will collapse. But he just didn't listen, and in the past few days, he brought his eldest son Rong Sen to Hongjiang Ancient City to deal with him about the money village. ”

"Auntie, what is the profit of Sheng Maoxiang Qian Zhuang in the past few years?" Feng Jiao'er asked.

"It's ok. However, it is not as good as the Taoist calendar, and the net income of a year is only about twenty-seven or eighty taels, and the heyday of more than 400,000 yuan is gone. The Qing and the country were in frequent wars, and business was not easy to do. ”……

In the backyard, Gong Changyu and Hei Dashuai practiced martial arts for a while, and they couldn't stop fighting, they were so sleepy, Gong Changyu simply lay on a chair in the shade and fell asleep. This chair is specially used by Mr. Bisheng to rest after exercising every morning, and no one dares to go to sleep on it.

After a while, Gong Changyu, who was snoring like thunder, buried his head in front of his chest, and his limbs were relaxed and stretched, like a tiger napping.