Uncle and aunt and cousin Tingjun and cousin Luohua arrived, Uncle Zhao has recently changed out of his official uniform, wearing a blue cloud brocade robe, a thousand-year-old iceberg face with the current fashionable civil official beard in Kyoto, Baozhi is very afraid of this uncle who is not smiling, every time Baozhi sees his uncle, he is cautious, in her memory, the uncle almost never smiled, the uncle never talked much, when he saw her, he squinted his eyes and asked her if she had been studying again recently, as if she was a very stubborn, but the uncle was not like this when he saw Jiying's cousin Xingchen's cousin, Although there is no expression, Baozhi can feel that her uncle is different from others.

They met with their uncle, and their grandfather spoke, and no outsiders will set up a meal here today, and there are two tables, one table for the men to eat in the main room, and one table for the women to eat together in the second room.

The aunt stood aside to help Mrs. Zhao distribute the vegetables, and after a while, Mrs. Zhao asked her to sit down, Baozhi was next to Luohua, and the big families paid attention to eating without saying anything, and only heard the sound of spoons and chopsticks after a meal.

After everyone finished eating, my grandfather left my uncle to speak, my aunt went back to my yard, Tingjun and Junyan also left together, Luohua's cousin was picked up by my nurse, and Baozhi and her mother also returned to Zhiting Courtyard.

"Mother, did my uncle not like to talk like this before?" Baozhi asked as he pulled Zhao on his back.

Zhao pondered for a long time, and recalled: "When I was a child, your uncle had already become an official, and when he returned to Kyoto, he often stayed in the outer courtyard, and I remember that he has always been steady and quiet. ”

"My aunt is very talkative." Treasure muttered quietly.

Zhao smiled: "Your aunt is indeed a talker. But don't talk about the elderly, it's not good. ”

Baozhi hugged Zhao's arm and shook it coquettishly, and the mother and daughter walked slowly towards their yard.

In the main hall of Heming's residence, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao sat at the top, and Uncle Zhao sat at the bottom.

"So Brother Yan can go to the Guozijian?" Mrs. Zhao's angry voice came.

"Yes, I got the letter before, so I asked my colleague to ask, saying that I could go in the next two days." Uncle Zhao said in a slow tone.

"Well, Brother Yan'er is a good child, he is already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics at a young age, and he is also good at Guozijian." Looking for the old lady nodded and said, "I thought that Guozijian was not so easy to go, let you find a good school to study first, this time you did a good job, and they will be so attentive to your sister in the future." ”

Uncle Zhao said respectfully: "Yes." "Don't say a word more.

Mrs. Zhao recited the Buddha: "Thanks to you for being so attentive, your sister's two children have no father at a young age, and you should take care of them as an uncle." ”

"Son, remember."

Mrs. Zhao plucked the rosary in her hand and said, "Sister Hua'er has also passed the ceremony, shouldn't your daughter-in-law also worry about the child's family affairs?" You don't have to wait for the draft in the palace, I think it's better to find a good person to live an ordinary life. ”

The Sun family has always wanted to let her daughter enter the palace, a certain glorious and wealthy background. However, the emperor has not been drafted for a long time.

Uncle Zhao saw that the old lady turned the topic to her daughter's relatives, and said in a deep voice: "The draft must not wait, now that the saint has canceled the rule of selecting every four years, I don't know when the next draft will be, and her mother is also looking for a suitable candidate for her." ”

Mrs. Zhao listened to the slight gloom in her heart, nodded, and served the tea.

Uncle Zhao respectfully got up and took a supreme step out of the Heming Residence, and returned to the east courtyard, where Sun had finished bathing, wearing half-dried hair and wearing household clothes, sitting on the big kang by the window, waiting for him to look like he had something to say. Uncle Zhao has a big head when he sees his wife like this, every time Sun has something to say to him, there will be no good thing, I heard that the eldest sister is here today, either the two are on the right side again, or the younger sister is dissatisfied with her when she comes back this time, or her mother gives her no face again, in short, it is a tough battle that is not easy to solve.

As soon as Sun saw Uncle Zhao come in, he dismissed the servant woman, and the two talked in the inner room, and Sun's face was angry: "She knows the old lady of Brother Ting'er's relatives, I can't interfere as a mother, and I can't make decisions about Sister Hua's family affairs now?" "It turned out that Mrs. Zhao and Sun mentioned Sister Hua's marriage earlier, and Sun was tasted.

"Where is this talking madam, when does my mother want to meddle in Sister Hua'er's affairs, you were not happy to send Sister Hua to the old lady to raise you, didn't my mother force it, my mother is not the kind of strong person." Uncle Zhao is very good at coaxing his wife and mud.

Sun snorted, and continued: "Besides, your sister, now she has lived in our house with two children, this food, drink and chewing according to the mother's meaning is that we will give silver, and your sister's dowry and her family's previous savings will be left to the children in the future, and cannot be touched." How much do you have a month, you have to raise this big family, our eldest brother is still lying in bed and can't move, Brother Ting, Sister Hua will be married in the future is a place to ask for silver, what the mother says is what, she doesn't know the difficulty of this family, and our family is not as good as before. ”

It turned out that Uncle Zhao and his aunt also had a big son in addition to Tingjun and Luohua, Zhao Linjun, who was born sick and was an idiot, so he could only lie on the bed and be held by a special person, which was also a reason why Mrs. Zhao hated Sun.

Uncle Zhao heard that Sun's was distressed, so he said: "Since my mother must have her reason for saying this, Mrs., you are the most generous and generous, not to mention that you are a good hand in the house, can you not do this thing?" As he spoke, he poured Sun a cup of tea and handed it to his hand.

Sun was said to be ironed in his heart, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, "Speaking of Sister Hua's family affairs, when I went back to my parents' house the day before yesterday, my mother gave me a good mention, the only son of the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion, and said that his character and appearance are good." ”

Uncle Zhao frowned, "Is the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion too high, according to my mother's wishes, it would be excellent to find a scholar for Sister Hua'er, although this prince's family is rich and noble, after all, the door is deeply locked, not to mention that this Zhongyi Marquis is also very dignified in front of the saint, how can our family keep up." Hua'er is stable and honest by nature, and marrying into that family may not be satisfactory. ”

Sun was not happy, "What do you know about your man's family, my mother always thinks about being plain when she is old, according to me, it is very good to look at the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, since this Zhongyi Hou has face in front of the saint, it is not a matter of time before he asks for the prince, Hua'er will have a decree when he arrives." After taking a sip of tea, he said, "You don't know that our aunt and wife are going to send Jiying to her mother to raise her in the next two days, what her idea is that others don't know, I don't know yet, their Yan family can't do it now, this is to find a good mother-in-law for Sister Ying through our family." Everyone wants their children to marry highly, but you don't understand. ”

Uncle Zhao usually sees everyone with an iceberg-like face, but he will smile in front of Sun, "Okay, okay, don't worry, wife, I'll inquire again in the next few days, if it's good, let's decide." ”

Seeing the smile on his wife's face, Uncle Zhao relieved himself.