There were two servants standing in front of the Liuguo Mansion, one holding a prayer note in his hand and the other holding a gift in his hand, looking very respectful.

"We are from Qi Shangshu Mansion, and my lord and young lady specially prepared a thin gift to thank your mansion for your hospitality to our county lord last time, and I hope to smile." These two servants were carefully selected by Qi Shangshu, and they did a very good job in terms of posture, etiquette, and tone of voice. It's also very reassuring to use.

"In this case, wait until I report to my master, wait a minute." The guard at the door clasped his fists at them, and then went in to report to the principal.

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Xu, who was dressed in bright pink clothes, came out to pick up the post, and happily accepted the gift, Qi Shu's child she also liked it, if it weren't for her son who was still young, and wanted to wait for such a daughter-in-law, she would be very happy to see her father-in-law when she came back at night.

He gave the two servants a good reward and sent them away.

The servants are also very happy, the people in Shaoliang City know that the Guogong Mansion will not easily accept posts or gifts from any family, or the main body of their own county, and they have won the favor of the Guogong, and they have also followed the light, no, the eldest lady of the Guogong family has given them so much reward, which is enough for them to be free for a while.

Qi Shangshu was still anxiously waiting at home for his subordinates to come back to report, walking around the middle hall, his heart was on fire, and the cold tea poured into his throat could not relieve this anxiety.

I knew that he would personally come forward and send it over, what is the Guogong Mansion? The new tea every year must be the first to be sent over, what kind of tea can this Qi Shu buy in the street market be? You should listen to him buy something valuable.

If it arouses the displeasure of the Guogong Mansion, look back and see how he cleans her up!

Compared with Qi Shangshu, who has a heavy burden, Qi Shu is much calmer, there is no anxiety, Guogong likes tea, and the tea she bought from the market can be regarded as a part of her heart.

For such a high-ranking character, she felt that she could neither be too close, nor deliberately alienated, which seemed very contrived, and she stopped Shangshu's father in consideration of not causing trouble to the other party, after all, her father's stammering temperament was not expected to be changed in this life.

After eating with them in the morning, I went back to the yard, today my father is at home, she is not good at moving around at home, she can only read books and drink tea, watching the green oranges they cultivate new flower seedlings in the yard, saying that they added two Yueji, which bloomed brightly and well, and Qi Shu let them go.

It's just that Fang Fei is just right outside, but the last time Xuandu watched the peach blossom trip, he was still a little unsatisfied, and he couldn't help but sigh a little more. There was also a bit of sullenness on his face.

Mo Zhu saw that the planting was almost done, so he went out of the yard to make tea. The green orange also compacted the soil, and also got up from half-squatting to fetch water to wash, and there were a lot of mud spots on his body, and the lotus pink dress was a little dirty.

Spring is short, and it will be almost noon after a while, and Qi Shu didn't read a few words at the scroll he was reading. Could it be that the body and mind are free, and people can't bear loneliness anymore?

"Miss, drink tea, the moon season has been planted." Green Tangerine carried the teapot and carefully poured a cup of tea and handed it to Qi Shu, Qi Shu nodded, put the scroll on the stone table, his slender white fingers touched the teacup and felt a little hot, staring at the clear and transparent tea soup, he couldn't help but be a little distracted.

"At this time, the rape flowers should be in bloom!" The green orange came over after washing, and there were a lot of water stains on his body, with a fresh and slightly cool smell.

Rape flowers, the kind that are yellow and yellow all over the mountains? I've heard people say it, but Qi Shu has never seen a large field of rape flowers, only this year when he ate the tip of the fresh cabbage he saw a little bit of sporadic dots, no one in their family ate this, only Qi Shu likes to eat it, and feels sweet.

"Nice?" Reflexively asked.

"Of course, miss, you don't know, although I have lived in Shaoliang City since I was a child, my grandmother lives in the countryside and serves a few acres of land. The villagers all plant this, but if they don't plant this, where will the oil come from? At this time, the rape flowers are blooming brightly, fragrant and beautiful, and the bees are too busy to fly. It's like the fog is up. ”

Qi Shu was slightly moved when he said this.

"Where's the country?"

"Does Miss want to go? Twenty miles west of Shaoliang City is my grandmother's house, and the slaves and maids haven't seen my grandmother for a long time. A look of embarrassment flashed on Midori's face, she really wanted to go back to her hometown.

Qi Shu pondered for a while, and then slowly shook his head, it is definitely not appropriate to go out at this time, they have already gone out a few days ago, and now if they go out again and fall into the eyes of those who have a heart, it is inevitable that they will chew the root of their tongue again, no matter how light the wind is, they don't want to hear those nonsense gossip, not to mention what if they meet Ning Ze again?

"Miss? Miss? Looking at Qi Shu, who was in a daze when he thought about it, Green Tangerine hurriedly went over and helped her shoulder, looked at her with some worry, and received Green Tangerine's eyes, Qi Shu came back to his senses and sighed lightly, then stood up and went back to the room. Green Tangerine and Mozhu were a little inexplicable, and they looked at each other in confusion.

Liuguo Mansion

Brushing his beard, Liu Guogong held the tea ceremony handed over by his daughter-in-law in his hand, and the satisfaction on his face was beyond words.

The eldest daughter-in-law stood next to her and explained with a smile how this gift came about, saying that it was specially sent by Qi Shu of Qi Mansion, which was a part of Qi Shu's heart.

"I'm really happy with this girl." Liu Guogong nodded at Xu and said with a smile.

"My father-in-law can't be wrong when he looks at people, and I look at the girl really well, she is knowledgeable and smart." Xu Shi should be in harmony.

"yes, I'd be happy if we had a child like this."

"You, you don't even look at any of the gifts in the city, only this Qi family has received it, and your father-in-law can know this Qi Shangshu ......"

Xu's words were not finished, leaving a little leeway.

Liu Guogong knew that this Qi Qin was born as a poor scholar and married the daughter of a businessman.

"It's okay, it's just that the official position is more important, and people look at those who have no merit and no mistakes to advance and retreat." As he spoke, Liu Guogong began to reach out and open the gift.

Xu Shi saw that his father-in-law was in a good mood, thinking about Xiao Feng's crying and begging her, and couldn't help but say tentatively: "Father-in-law, you see, Xiao Feng has been guarding the city gate for a long time, hasn't he?" ”

"Huh? He's only been there for a few days? ”

"It's been more than a month, isn't it almost done?"

"What's the hurry? Putting it there to exercise more, he is usually too arrogant and indulgent, which leads to such lawlessness now. When Liu Guogong mentioned Liu Ruofeng, he couldn't help but blow his beard and stare at him.

"Yes, father-in-law." Xu naturally didn't dare to anger his father-in-law, so he had to give up, Xiaofeng, you stay up for two more days, and you will come back when your father-in-law is relieved, Xu said silently in his heart.

The sky was bright outside, Liu Guogong didn't stay long in the inner hall, took the tea ceremony and got up and walked out, he still has a lot of government affairs in his body, and he has to deal with it in time. Rao is no matter how beautiful the spring light outside, no matter how intoxicating the spring breeze is, he has no time to appreciate it.

Like most people who are busy running for a living, Shangshu works hard for the country and the people day and night, and has no intention of slackening, and Xu also knows in his heart that his father-in-law is an important minister of the court, how can he be burdened by family affairs.

There are also a lot of chores waiting for her to deal with in this huge Guogong Mansion, she sighed and walked out of the inner hall.

And Liu Ruofeng, who was looking forward to his sister-in-law being able to speak in front of his father, looked forward to the moment of his liberation day and night.

I have to say that guarding the city gate is too hard.

They didn't treat him as the little son of the Guogong Mansion at all, in the end, Liu Ruofeng still expected them to treat him as a nobleman, who knew that no one here took him seriously, but bullied him and laughed at him because of his thinness, and gave him all the dirty work and tiring work, and the team leader only didn't see it when he found out, as long as he didn't do it too much, he wouldn't interfere.

After grinding down these days, Rao is no matter how arrogant he is, he has been broken.

However, to be honest, it wasn't all disgust, and some of it was quite touching to him.

Shaoliang City is very prosperous, he knows, until he really stands guard and guards, he really understands how prosperous Shaoliang is as the capital of Wei State, all kinds of people come and go every day to be checked, and the soldiers standing guard are really hard.

They once caught a few foreigners who had infiltrated the capital, neither to do business nor to look for relatives, and it was precisely because they did not know what they did that they felt suspicious.

Experienced soldiers can immediately distinguish that there may be people who are tired, Liu Ruofeng has only been here for a short time, so naturally he can't do it to this extent, only people who have been standing guard for many years can understand.

Compared with them, Liu Ruofeng realized that he was actually quite narrow-minded, he once robbed the powerful family who thought he was judged by hearsay to be a bad person, and it was a joke to rob the rich and help the poor, and how innocent were the people he robbed?

Compared with this defending city, it is not even a rarity, and it proves that woman's words, although she is unwilling to be convinced, but this is the case, and it cannot be concealed.

Although defending the city is hard, it is much better than his previous love to wander the streets and do nothing, so he is not so complaining, but he will still urge his sister-in-law to go home early, after all, the conditions for food, water and rest are really poor. It's really hard to accept being pampered and treated like this all at once.

Of course, in addition to these, he is not completely without gains.

A dignified seven-foot man should be a meritorious man to defend his family and country, and those who have done such things will have a lot of enthusiasm in their chests. The time Liu Ruofeng remembers most clearly was when he slept with a standing guard brother in a bunk, and his old mother came to see him.

His old mother was from the countryside, and from time to time she would go into the city to visit her son, and she would not speak, but she would find out the place and time of his son's sentry, and when the old lady reached the point, she would stand silently beside her, and then watch without saying anything, and when he was done standing guard, the old lady walked back slowly.

It has been spring, summer, autumn and winter all year round, rain or shine.

I heard from the brother that the old mother of the family was very happy that he was a soldier guarding the city, and felt that this was a good thing to protect the family and defend the country, and it was quite good to do this work of defending the city because she was reluctant to let her son go to the battlefield.

Listening to Liu Ruofeng's ears, I really felt full of guilt. After the death of his mother, his father was too busy to take care of him, but whenever he had some free time, he would urge him to read and study, and teach him how to be loyal to the king and love the people.

But when I heard it in his ears, I felt very impatient, this kind of writing, drawing, reading, and Braille can protect the family and defend the country? Look at his two elder brothers, aren't they both doing things in the court? Isn't that what it turned out to be?

Now, what he really experienced did change his mind, but with his small body that has not yet grown up, I don't know if he can stand it in the barracks, if he is from the literature, can he also have a high level of achievement like his father?

As for whether it is Congwen or Congwu, he has not yet thought about it and is not ready.

At the moment, he still waited quietly for his father to discuss when they would take him home.