Chapter 312: Courtyard, Banquet (I)
So, what exactly is written in that letter?
This matter has to start from the beginning....
The dark streets, lined with lanterns on both sides, flickered with a dim light, though faint, but also illuminated the world, bringing a glimmer of light, and in the distance, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling, and it grew louder and louder.
Everywhere the sound went, there were bursts of noise and vibrations, and even rats and other creatures in the dimly lit streets who were looking for food were frightened away by the sudden tremors.
"Huh!" came to a huge courtyard, the coachman pulled the reins and stopped the car, at this time, the door behind the carriage was opened, and Chen Xue jumped down from it with a lantern in his hand.
"Be careful, don't trip. Chen Xue's little hand held the car door and said inside, using the lamp in her hand very carefully to illuminate the people coming down.
After that, Xu Qiming also came down, holding Liu Linlang in his arms.
"My lord, it's here, and the villain takes his leave. The coachman said.
"Okay, thank you. Xu Qiming said, throwing out a bag of money to him: "Take it and buy wine to drink." ”
"Thank you, sir. The driver took the money and thanked him again and again, and through the lights hanging on the roof of the car, Xu Qiming saw his happy expression.
Logically speaking, Xu Qiming didn't have to give money at all, but he gave money, which was a windfall for the coachman, of course, a surprise.
"Go ahead. Xu Qiming said, watching the carriage turn around and return to the West District, and then he made a move: "It's not early, do you accompany me home, or will I send you back first?"
"Well, let's go to Qiming's house first, Qiming still has Miss Liu in his arms, and it's inconvenient to walk around with it..."Chen Xue smiled, her face followed by the dim firelight, which looked so pretty and moving: "Moreover, if my brother and mother see it, Qiming will be very troublesome." ”
"Hehe, you are considerate and caring, then go to my house, live with Xiaohui, you have a good relationship, you can speak, and it is easy to adapt to come back and live first. Xu Qiming saw her soft one, and there was a burst of pity in his heart.
"Well, then I have to go back to those changes of clothes and inform my family. Chen Xue didn't refuse, after all, she could still learn etiquette with Ouyang Jun here, and play with Xu Huijun, she still wished she could live in Xu Qiming's house.
"I ordered someone to get it, anyway, the road is not far, and by the way, I can tell my aunt and third brother. Xu Qiming shook his head.
"Okay, then I'll knock on the door, the house seems to be quite lively. Chen Xue said, looking at the sky above the courtyard illuminated by the firelight.
"Who knows what these little girls are doing. Xu Qiming also found out, it seems to be quite lively.
At this time, Chen Xue knocked on the door, and after a while, the door was opened.
"Family master, Miss Chen, are you back?" When she opened the door, she was transferred by Xu Qiming to serve Xu Huijun's personal girl, Yuan Xiaohua, when she saw Chen Xue and Xu Qiming, she asked.
"yes, it's back... Not... It smells so good. Chen Xue nodded, and suddenly smelled the fragrance in the air.
"Ah, the ladies are having a barbecue party in the yard, in the afternoon, Mrs. Qingru took Mrs. Yuan, Miss Huijun and Chen Yifei, Xie Hu and several leaders to shoot and hunt together. Yuan Xiaohua explained.
"Oh, big brother, are they at home?" Xu Qiming was stunned.
"No, they will go back to their residence when they come back. Yuan Xiaohua replied.
"Well, shooting. Xu Qiming nodded, revealing a yearning gaze.
In fact, Xu Qiming prefers to drink and eat meat with his brothers rather than go shopping with girls, or hunting.
"That, head of the family, what is this?" At this time, Yuan Xiaohua also noticed Liu Linlang in Xu Qiming's arms, and wondered.
Could it be the girl Xu Qiming brought back again?
"It's nothing, it's just a drunkard, let's go, let's go inside. After Xu Qiming finished speaking, he walked in with Liu Linlang in his arms.
Walking into the courtyard, Xu Qiming and Chen Xue found that the originally empty courtyard was already full of people, and the smell of meat was overflowing, and all the families of the Xu family were basically there, and in the middle of the courtyard, there was a bonfire burning, on which the processed prey was shelved.
"Today, Mrs. Ben is hunting, and after the prey is cooked, it will be distributed to everyone to eat, and everyone is not happy!" Dongfang Qingru's voice came.
"Happy! happy!" the maids cheered, a rare meal, although there will be meat to eat every day, but it is also very happy to be able to eat one more meal.
"Long live Madame Qingru!" I don't know if it was in that corner, someone shouted, as if to guide, and everyone shouted.
"Come on, serve wine and food, today our Xu family will dine and drink together!" Wang Yuan commanded Qi Chu.
"Yes, ma'am. Qi Chu said, beckoned to a few family members on the side, and went to the back kitchen to get wine and dishes.
It was definitely not enough for so many people to share their prey, so the careful Wang Yuan ordered the cooks to cook some other food, mostly meat-based.
"Yes, it's so lively. Xu Qiming asked Chen Xue to be optimistic about Liu Linlang, and he squeezed into the crowd, and when he saw where Xu Huijun was, he said.
"yes, eh, brother, why are you back? Dongfang Qingru was active in the audience, Wang Yuan was under the command of people to do things, only Xu Huijun was more leisurely on the side, after seeing Xu Qiming, she looked at her brother with some surprise, as if she didn't expect him to come back.
"What, my brother is not allowed to come back?" Xu Qiming stretched out his hand and rubbed her head.
"Hmm..."Xu Huijun hurriedly shook his head: "I'm very happy that my brother is back, but Sister Qingru said that you and Sister Xiaoxue won't come back tonight." ”
"Oh, why?" Xu Qiming was stunned, unable to figure out why this was happening.
"I don't know, she said that you and Sister Xiaoxue are staying outside tonight, and they will... Would do that kind of thing. Xu Huijun said timidly, a little ashamed to speak, looking at Xu Qiming's eyes with a somewhat flustered look, not daring to intersect with him.
Xu Qiming is also a person from the past, and he knows what she is talking about, but he was just in the Jianghai Restaurant, and he was really about to eat Chen Xue, looking at Xu Huijun, who was a little embarrassed, he also realized that his sister had grown up, so he said calmly: "No, Xiaohui, don't think nonsense, you grow up, some things will be understood sooner or later, you have your ideas, and my brother will support you unconditionally, but now all you need to do is obediently listen to me and my father." ”
"Hmm..."Xu Huijun breathed a sigh of relief and laughed: "I remember, thank you, brother." ”
"That's good, go, Xiaoxue is over there, you go find her." Xu Qiming pointed to Chen Xue's side.
"Hmm. Xu Huijun nodded, and then jumped away.
Looking at Xu Huijun, who was full of girlish heart, Xu Qiming smiled, and then after seeing Dongfang Qingru, his face fell.
"Don't worry, everybody... Ahh
"Okay, while I'm not there, I'm spreading rumors everywhere, aren't you?" Xu Qiming said pretending to be angry.
"Huh... Open... Qiming, why are you back?" Dongfang Qingru didn't expect Xu Qiming to come back, a little surprised and embarrassed.
"What? I can't come back, or do you want to steal a man?" Xu Qiming said with a pretended displeasure.
"What are you talking about!" Dongfang Qingru shouted aggrievedly: "People don't think you took Chen Xue out! How can you say that about me! I'm not that kind of person!"
Dongfang Qingru was a little angry when she heard this, as if she had been splashed with dirty water.
"You!" Xu Qiming said that Dongfang Qingru was naturally just joking when he stole a man, of course he knew that Dongfang Qingru was not that kind of person, because Dongfang Qingru's reaction was indeed the reaction of a chaste martyr.
What's more, Xu Qiming can satisfy her, she is so comfortable now, she won't think about finding other men, the reason why he said this is just a little angry, afraid that she will teach Xu Huijun badly.
"Hmph!" Dongfang Qingru also realized that the other party was teasing herself, and snorted and ignored him.
"See the head of the house. When the people below saw that Xu Qiming was back, they saluted one after another.
"Excuse me, you don't have to be polite, you should eat, you should drink, today my wife is the east, you can drink freely. Xu Qiming beckoned and smiled.
"Xie family master, thank you two ladies!" everyone thanked in unison, and then continued to eat meat and drink wine.
"Come, come with me. After Xu Qiming finished saying this, he took Dongfang Qingru's hand and walked to the main hall behind him.
"Qiming, what's wrong!" After arriving at the main hall, Dongfang Qingru asked him with a pout.
"You!" Xu Qiming pretended to be displeased and knocked on her smooth forehead, using a little strength, probably to the point where she could feel a little pain.
"Ah!" Dongfang Qingru snorted lightly, covered her forehead, gritted her teeth, closed one eye and opened the other, revealing a painful expression, looking at him, like a little resentful woman, very aggrieved: "What's the matter, what are you doing beating people!"
"Why do you want to say that to Xiaohui?" Xu Qiming sat on a chair casually and asked.
"What's the matter? Dongfang Qingru looked stunned, and then said awe-inspiringly: "People are also Xiaohui's sister-in-law, living together has a lot of words, which sentence are you talking about?"
"What do you mean by that kind of thing?" Xu Qiming asked her.
"I... I..."Dongfang Qingru then understood why Xu Qiming was so angry, like a child who had made a mistake.
"What are you, what should you do if you teach Xiaohui badly? I look at you, it's really untidy. Xu Qiming taught her a lesson.
"Hehe, Qiming won't teach me a lesson, I'll compensate you in a while. Dongfang Qingru didn't care, twisted her body, sat on his legs, and rested her head on his chest: "Come on, let the little woman be at your husband's disposal." ”
"You, it's unreasonable!" Xu Qiming looked at Dongfang Qingru, who was like a child, sticking to himself, but in the end he didn't do anything to her.
"Who made you someone else's husband... Xiaohui is not young anymore, she is at the age of getting married, so it's okay to talk about it now. Dongfang Qingru smiled, wrapped a pair of jade arms around his neck, and said coquettishly.
"That's what I said, but you, who are sisters-in-law, should also pay attention, how can any sister-in-law ask your sister to do this... Hmm!" Before Xu Qiming finished speaking, a soft jade hand was already attached to his mouth, and a piece of fragrant meat was stuffed into his mouth, Xu Qiming chewed it, it seemed to be quite delicious.
"Okay, don't blame Qingru, for the sake of her hard work all afternoon, forgive her, okay?" Wang Yuan walked in for some reason and said softly, looking at him very gently with a pair of eyes.
"Well, for the sake of such a delicious barbecue, just forgive Qingru. Xu Qiming didn't blame Dongfang Qingru, and when he saw Wang Yuan speaking for her, he forgave her.
"Hehe, it's good to be a good sister who serves a husband together. Dongfang Qingru said, jumped down from Xu Qiming, grabbed Xu Qiming with one hand, and Wang Yuan with the other: "Let's go, let's go to eat barbecue together, if you don't go, there will be no more, I'm hungry." ”
"Hmm. Xu Qiming and Wang Yuan were also amused when they saw her hurried appearance, and they responded, went out with Dongfang Qingru, found a place to sit down, and enjoyed the food.