The Zhao family of Quanjiao is full of lights, and people come and go in front of the mansion. The butler's occasion and the sound of congratulatory greetings passed through the towering horse-head wall.

Second Mrs. Zhao smiled and looked at the gift list on the maid's newspaper, and then looked at the things sent. Although these things are not comparable to those in big places, they are earned by the son himself, and they are more expensive than the emperor's rewards.

"Are the clothes that the third young master is going to wear today? Melt the moon, bring the crimson one. ”

Rongyue took her clothes and went over. Second Mrs. Zhao took a closer look, stretched out her head to look out, and urged: "Go to the old lady and take a look, see when the third young master will come out, and reply to me." ”

*

Mrs. Zhao sat by the window, and the window was tightly managed, and just like that, the noise of the cicadas still seeped in. It's a dreary summer day, and the air is shrouded in oppression.

Old lady Zhao drooped her eyelids and asked in a deep voice, "Who is the first name?" ”

"Jinshan Dai Qifeng."

"Dai Qifeng?"

"It's the son of my uncle's top student Dai Hanwen."

Old Lady Zhao couldn't help but snort coldly: "They will choose." What is the reason this time? Is it your words or are your articles bad? ”

Zhao Xihou said with relief: "The master didn't say this. ”

Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hand and tapped on the tabletop, the rhythm changed from slow to fast, and a dull percussion sound came from the thick wooden table, accompanied by the noisy sound of cicadas, which stimulated Mrs. Zhao's nerves.

"What about your article with him?"

Zhao Xihou was used to it, took out a few pieces of paper from his cuffs and handed them forward: "This is his grandson's, his grandson didn't get it." ”

Old lady Zhao put the article on the table and didn't read it, but reached out and pushed open the window, and suddenly a wave of heat rushed towards her, instantly bringing the only remaining coolness in the house.

Zhao Xihou said with relief: "Grandpa always talks about my father's example, but it is just a hospital test, and the palace test is the first place." ”

Old lady Zhao said with a straight face: "What are these words." One step at a time, this knowledge is the same as when you go up the stairs, this step is steady and the next step can stand, can you step up to the fifth step at once? ”

"My grandson knows it's wrong."

Old lady Zhao smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "You come out with me and accompany me to a place." ”

"Grandpa, where is this going?"

Old lady Zhao looked around comfortably with a cane: "Go out for a walk, it's too noisy at home." ”

Zhao Xihou thought about the people coming and going at the door, and couldn't help complaining a little about his mother: "Mother is too, making such a big fuss." ”

Old lady Zhao just smiled but didn't speak, and led Zhao Xihou through the garden and out through the corner door at the kitchen door.

Everyone was busy preparing for a banquet, and no one noticed that at this time, Old Lady Zhao led Zhao Xihou out of the corner gate.

Old lady Zhao led Zhao Xihou to walk slowly, hired a carriage and called him out of the city.

"Grandpa, where are you going?"

Old lady Zhao lifted the curtain and squinted into the distance, until the coachman called the place, and the old lady Zhao came back to his senses.

The dirt roads of the countryside had cracked in the scorching sun, silently stretching far away.

The only eye-catching thing is a bluestone archway, sitting north and facing south, the middle is high and the two sides are low, the single eaves are upturned, and the big book in the middle is the word "Bangyan".

"It's ......"

Old lady Zhao stepped forward silently, stretched out her hand and patted the pillar and said with a smile: "This is mine." Then he pointed to a torii not far away, "That's your uncle's." ”

Zhao Xihou helped Mrs. Zhao to walk under the archway. A large area of loess road, only the archway is directly under the paved bricks. Maybe it's because it's been a long time, and some of them are uneven.

The uneven brick road leads to a thatched house. Old lady Zhao carefully pushed open the wooden door, touched the fence, and re-tied the rope.

After looking around, he said for a long time: "You go and fetch water and wipe the house." ”

Zhao Xihou had no choice but to respond, went out to a pond not far away to fetch water, and wiped the tables and chairs in the cottage.

Old lady Zhao said softly: "I was born here, and your father's three brothers were also born here. This is the old house of our Zhao family. It is also the most valuable place left by the ancestors. I used to study and work here, and your great-grandmother and grandmother worked here. At that time, my family was very poor, and even I was hungry from reading in the middle of the night, and eating a dozen boiled soybeans was extravagant. I was bent on glorifying my ancestors, but I got the example.

What you just said is also right, although there are many champions since ancient times, there are only a dozen people who are even in the middle of the three yuan, and those who are even in the middle of the six yuan, only Huang Bolan of this dynasty. I just barely became a triple yuan, and I didn't become the champion, not because the article was not good, but because the emperor said that my words were not as good as Peng Youqi. His handwriting is indeed better than mine, and I recognize it, but he is the champion in calligraphy. After all, I have regrets in my heart and I am not convinced. So the whole heart hangs on your father's three brothers. Your uncle is a second-class one; Your father is Huiyuan, and in the end he is actually the top three; When it comes to your third uncle, it's another example. I also said that it is not to blame for anything else, it is that his article was not written well. All three children gave me hope and shattered all my hopes.

So, my hope falls on you. ”

Zhao Xihou silently wiped the table and chairs silently.

Seeing that the seats were wiped clean, Mrs. Zhao nodded with satisfaction, lifted the hem of her clothes, trembled and bowed three times to the god seat in the middle of the big table, and recited silently for a long time before withdrawing.

*

Mrs. Zhao stood sideways in front of the dressing mirror from time to time, carefully looked at her clothes, and told the maid to hurry up.

Jin Ying took care of her collar, carefully pinned an ornament, and said with a smile: "Everyone has been invited, just wait for the old lady." ”

"Third Young Master, what about the three sons?"

The hosta stepped forward and said, "I've gone to find it, but there is no one in the old lady." ”

"Where's the house? What about somewhere else? ”

The hosta said: "I've already gone to look for it, but I said I didn't see it." ”

Mrs. Zhao said hurriedly: "Then don't you send someone to find it, when is this?" ”

At the sound of an order, the subordinates in the house swarmed out and searched around. Each one is like a headless fly, just picking up the house one by one. But where can I find it, I have no choice but to pull the little guy in front of Mrs. Zhao to talk back.

Ximo knelt under the eaves of the porch and said through the bamboo curtain: "The old lady took the third young master out, and I don't know where to go." ”

"You're dead? Why don't you go out and find it? I couldn't find anyone, I skinned you. ”

Ximo trembled, his hands and feet were soft, and he ran out with a rolling belt.

Second Mrs. Zhao's phoenix eyes were horizontal: "Tie the gatekeeper to the stable for me, and then punish him when Ming'er waits." ”

*

Old lady Zhao led Zhao Xihou into the small corner door by the kitchen, and saw Rui Xue walking over with a basket.

"Old lady, are you out? I'll send mung bean soup......" Rui Xue immediately thought about it, Second Mrs. Zhao didn't allow her to enter the second door again yesterday, and hurriedly changed her words, "I'll ask someone to send it." ”

Old lady Zhao smiled and said, "There are a lot of things today, and you are also tired." ”

Rui Xue shook her head: "Mrs. asked the cook who came with me to do it, and my father and Zhao Yuan only did the side work, and they were not tired." ”

"Oh?"

Rui Xue said with a smile: "I said that I was going to make some official dishes, but I haven't even heard the name." ”

Old lady Zhao waved his hand: "Ask your father to do it too, how long will it take to hand over such a big banquet to those people?" The third grandson hasn't eaten your father's food for a few days, and he is also asked to relieve his hunger, so he can't say that he can't eat your father's food, and he can't write an article. ”

Rui Xue smiled and said, "How come." They all said that the third young master was a Wenqu star, and there was an old lady who taught Wenqu Xing, so the article was naturally not a problem. ”

Old lady Zhao listened to her words and nodded: "There is a Wenqu star in the sky, which one of us is the Wenqu star?" ”

Rui Xue looked at Old Lady Zhao's serious eyes, and then at Zhao Xihou, who was waiting for her to answer, and pursed her lips: "It's all." ”

Zhao Xihou gave Rui Xue a head and said slyly: "I know what you want to say is me, but I'm afraid that grandpa will be angry." I don't mind. ”

Old lady Zhao's crutch swept Zhao Xihou with a false look: "Stinky boy." ”

"Grandpa is angry." Zhao Xihou jumped away from afar, "As the saying goes, the young phoenix is clear from the old phoenix, and grandpa should be happy for the successor." How did you hit me? ”

"What, even if you win the championship, I want to beat you, and you still have to rebel?"

Zhao Xihou rushed to Old Lady Zhao, pulled his crutch, and smiled: "You just fight." I still understand the truth of small suffering and big walking. ”

was talking and laughing, and heard someone behind him calling "Third Young Master".

The three of them turned around one after another, but it was the maid Rongyue in Zhao Xihou's house, she hurriedly ran to her with her skirt up, bowed down and said, "Old lady, it's about to start, Mrs. invites you." ”

Old lady Zhao nodded, and only instructed Ruixue: "Ask your father to cook the dishes too." Yang County Ling also loves your father's cooking, and he can't be disappointed. ”

Rui Xue replied sweetly. Because he saw that there were others, he quietly made a congratulatory gesture to congratulate Zhao Xihou.

Zhao Xihou saw her dodging appearance, hooked the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows, and hugged his fists in return.

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Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo won, but the free skating made a mistake first, alas~ How brilliant Turandot was in 03~ There will be 500 more later~ Thank you!