You Ruoheng and Ban carefully looked at the grandson they met for the first time, Zhuo Zhaocui's cool father Zhuo Fangli, who was not handsome, but his eyebrows and eyes were upright, his manners were moderate, and he was both affectionate and respectful to the You family, plus they were relatives and blood, You Ruoheng and Ban naturally liked how they liked it.

Ban Shi wiped away tears when he looked at it: "You are so big in a blink of an eye, I remember that when we went back to Jiangnan, Lu Jie was still holding your mother's hands!" "Lu Jie is Zhuo Fangli's eldest son Zhuo Zhaozhi with You Ji, Zhuo Zhaozhi is a few years older than You Shuo, listening to Ban's words, Zhuo Zhaocui said: "The eldest brother now often talks about his grandmother, saying that the steamed cakes made by his grandmother are not even as good as those made by his mother!" ”

Relying on some industries on the ancestors of the You family, although the You family is not yet ready to be the head of the family's mother, but after all, You Ruoheng is a Hanlin, Qinggui can only rely on no more than a little money to eat, for the sake of children and grandchildren, Ban was very planned to live at that time, pastries are all done personally, she is a native of Jiangnan, she is very good at making a few Jiangnan style snacks, to You Ruoheng or You Hail and others to treat guests and give away, the cost is very small, and it is not decent.

At that time, of course, the most was the son-in-law's family, and Zhuo Zhaozhi especially liked to eat steamed cakes.

At this moment, being lifted up by Zhuo Zhaocui, Ban couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, seeing that she was about to cry again, You Ruoheng coughed and asked, "How is your homework?" ”

Zhuo Zhaocui hurriedly said respectfully: "I was taught by my grandfather's staff member Mr. Wen at home before, and later my grandfather also gave me some guidance, and when I went all the way south, I didn't dare to be negligent on the boat, but Zhaocui's qualifications were dull, and I didn't know if I would embarrass my grandfather." ”

You Ruoheng said with a wooden face: "Cui Zihe is sleek, as long as you are familiar with the scriptures and history, I will not embarrass you, but I want to be his disciple, but he likes it." "Zihe is Cui Nanfeng's word.

"Please ask my grandfather for advice." Zhuo Zhaocui went south this time, although it was not inevitable, but he also had great expectations to be admitted to Cui Nanfeng's name, and at this moment, after listening to You Ruoheng's words, he couldn't help but blurt out.

I heard You Ruoheng say: "He has his own set of standards for looking at people......"

Seeing that they talked about the purpose of Zhuo Zhaocui's visit in public, Ban was a little displeased, and was reluctant to complain about his grandson, so he said to Ruoheng: "My grandson has just arrived, if he has anything to say, wait until he meets the elders!" ”

Zhuo Zhaocui also woke up and didn't want to talk deeply at this moment, so he smiled and admitted his mistake: "It's Zhaocui's rudeness." ”

Ban introduced the people in the house to him - among all the in-laws of the You family, the Zhuo family lintel is the highest, and it is Ban's most beloved daughter, at this moment, the Duanyi Garden is full of people, except for the father and son of the big house who can't get up, and Wu Manniang needs to take care of her husband and is inconvenient to come alone, the other three rooms at home are all together, and you should have come, but she was not in good health, and she was afraid of hindering Ban's eyes, so she confessed.

You Hail and You Shuo have not arrived, You Yan has already returned to the Huang family in Zhencheng, the big room is the meaning that You Mian can come over, the twelve-year-old You Mian has beautiful eyebrows, but the person looks very cowardly, he cowardly confessed on behalf of his father and brother, and Ai Ai took out a set of good study four treasures prepared by the big house, Zhuo Zhaocui took it personally, and greeted You Hail and You Shuo - this will he also think that the father and son are really infected with the wind cold, and said that the old servant around him has a recipe for facing the wind and cold, and he will send it to the big house in a while, You Mian's face turned red when he heard this.

This situation is still the second lady's cleverness, she took the conversation with a smile, and secretly pushed You Lin to say a few words, and gave a meeting gift as usual, Zhuo Zhaocui naturally also had You Ji's prepared intentions.

Sanfang You Zhen is the best one in his generation, although he is nearly forty years old, he still has a beautiful face and a long beard, but the third lady next to him, Lian's appearance, is mediocre, and there is a resentment between his eyebrows, which is difficult to eliminate even in Duanyi Yuan, because although You Zhen is born well, he is a very romantic person.

Even though You Ruoheng and Ban's family, who attached great importance to the style of the door, were restrained and did not dare to openly go to the place of Qinlou Chu Pavilion to spend a lot of money, but the little lady who was good at singing and dancing was bought one after another, although those people had only given birth to a concubine You Pian over the years, but the third lady had a lot of concubines compared to the concubines - the big house, but You Fei had been an official, and the Jiang family had a good fate, but You Zhen had a handsome appearance in vain, and he still bought people into the door without being able to do anything, and there were no concubines in the second and fourth rooms combined...... No matter how she thinks about it, she feels that she is the one who loses the most among the daughters-in-law of the You family, that is, the only son of the third room she was born to is now admitted to Huaixing Academy, and it is difficult to eliminate the regrets in her heart.

You Xiao of the fourth room as a young son, rarely favored by his parents, he likes to read when he is young, and he also has some talent, when is his luck bad, he barely passed the test three times in a single person, and he did not get in the examination before and after the spring, and now he has two sons under his knees, and he is not completely dead in the end, he refuses to take over the family business, and still studies hard behind closed doors every day, the fourth lady Bian is a very virtuous woman, with a gentle temperament that is almost cowardly, and has always taken her husband as the sky, what You Xiao says she listens to, she has never had her own ideas, if she catches up with a husband like You Hail and You Zhen, Bian's naturally has to swallow the bitter water into his stomach, but Bian's is also fateful, the only one who does not have a concubine in the four rooms of the You family is the fourth room, which is not all because You Xiao has a deep love for the Bian family, but more because You Xiao is worried about his career and refuses to be distracted, plus the Bian family has given birth to two sons so far, and the Ban family is not the kind of mother-in-law who is too idle to take the initiative to stuff people into her son's room.

Zhuo Zhaocui visited his uncles and aunts all the way, thinking about their respective temperaments all the way.

After the elders saw each other, it was the turn of the peers, You Ju and Ren Shenzhi had officially met the ceremony when they picked up people at the dock, and now they had to see each other again, because You Zhuo and You Yan had not come back, and the following was You Can, who had also seen it, and took his cousin You Ling, You Lian, and cousin You Xuan to meet his cousin.

You Ling and You Lian are both three-room girls, one and one concubine, but they all look like they are from the same mother, they are all silent tightly, only by looking closely can you distinguish You Ling's silence, it is serious, You Lian is cautious, compared to the two cousins, You Xuan, the young son of the four-room concubine, is lively and noisy, called his cousin, and chirped without recognizing life at all, which caused Ban to frown and reprimand him twice, and was pulled aside by Bian before he couldn't stop his mouth.

After such a ceremony, it was time to start the meal, Ban was waiting to greet Zhuo Zhaocui to take a rest, but Zhuo Zhaocui straightened his clothes, called Zhuo Zhaojie, knelt down together, and said: "Before this time, my parents have an order, so I will take Zhaojie with me, and I must thank my grandfather for raising Zhaojie on their behalf!" ”

As he spoke, he made a big gift of three kneels and nine bows, and Zhuo Zhaojie hurriedly followed suit.

When Ban heard this, he cried and said: "It's all their own flesh and blood, what do they do with courtesy?" "Asked Coral and Pearl to go up to help, but Zhuo Zhaocui still finished the salute with Zhuo Zhaojie, and thanked the elders of the fourth room, even You Mian was forced to accept a few bows on behalf of You Fei, the second lady and the third lady, and the fourth lady couldn't help crying, and stepped forward to comfort the Ban family, and hugged the two brothers and sisters together.

For the sake of his grandson, Ban specially invited a cook who can cook northern dishes in advance, and the banquet was half from north to south, and Zhuo Zhaocui had to thank his grandmother for this intention.

After eating, You Ruoheng called Zhuo Zhaocui to the study to talk about entering Huaixing Academy, because Ban deliberately got up early in the morning in order to wait for his grandson, and cried a few times in the middle, and felt tired after lunch, he would take a nap for a while, and did not leave his granddaughter, granddaughter, and grandson to talk as usual, Zhuo Zhaojie and You Can retired.

As soon as he came out of Duanyi Garden, You Can told the maids to step back and quietly bite their ears with Zhuo Zhaojie: "Do you find that the third aunt's face is not very good today?" ”

"Huh?"

"Alas, your thoughts are all on Cousin Zhuo today." You Can said, "Cousin Zhuo and grandfather talked about entering Huaixing Academy before, and when I looked at the third aunt's face, it was darkened!" If it weren't for the third uncle's glaring at her, she might have to speak. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Third cousin......" Although she didn't hear what Cui Hanzhi and her classmates said on the dock, she couldn't wait to talk about worshipping under Cui Nanfeng's door as soon as Zhuo Zhaocui saw You Ruoheng just now, and inferred why the third lady was unhappy - You Chi in the third room is also in Huaixing Academy now, and he has never apprenticed, and he said to the outside world that You Chi is still young and has a shallow foundation, and he has been sharpened and sharpened...... It was nothing more than going to Cui Nanfeng to enter the disciples.

You Ruoheng is very patient with teaching his children and grandchildren, but he wants him to take out his senior brother's shelf to pressure Cui Nanfeng to accept his grandson as an apprentice, but he can't do it, Cui Nanfeng's disciple is now like a signboard in the north and south, even if he is the younger brother of his classmates, he is not sure, he will not accept it, so as not to smash his own name.

"Isn't that exact?" You Can said, "Like the eleventh cousin, he received a disciple from Mr. Tian not long ago, although Mr. Tian is not as famous as Cui Shanchang, and he has not been on the list, but he has also taught three or five Jinshi, and Cui Shanchang will not rob Mr. Tian's students!" I heard that the third brother didn't have the opportunity to worship Mr. Tian, but the reason why he didn't have it was because he wanted to make Cui Shanchang fall in love? It's just that I didn't destroy my cousin's prestige and cousin's ambition, I don't know my cousin's talent, but it's not a day or two since the third brother entered Huaixing Academy, and I have my grandfather's face, if Cui Shanchang wants to accept it, I'm afraid it will be accepted a long time ago, you see that Song Weiyi before was also very young...... It can be seen that the third brother's hope is not too big! ”

Although You Can was arguing for Zhuo Zhaocui in his words, he had some regrets. After all, You Ruoheng has such a deep relationship with Huaixing Academy, but it is a bit embarrassing that none of the younger generations of the You family have been able to be admitted to Cui Nanfeng's sect until now.

"No matter how little hope there is, there is a hope in the end." Zhuo Zhaojie groaned, "I didn't expect this...... And five cousins! ”

You Can said: "You still don't know what the fourth uncle and fourth aunt are?" Although the fourth uncle reads a little roundabout, Lao Ai talks to us about what women should be three from the four virtues, demure and Shuyi, etc., but he is not the jealous person, and the fourth aunt even engraves the eight words of virtuous and virtuous virtue and humility into her bones! They don't think that their cousin came to rob the fifth brother's opportunity, so the third aunt thinks so. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie couldn't help frowning, You Can comforted her: "I told you about the third aunt, just to tell you to be prepared, I'm afraid that if she meets you in the past two days, she has to say a few sour words, you also know that the third uncle, the third aunt has always been so strong, she is that temper, don't take it to heart what you say!" ”

"I don't blame the third uncle, it's just ......" Zhuo Zhaojie was raised in the You family, don't look at the Lian family today is angry for her son, usually she treats Zhuo Zhaojie is not bad, every time her mother's family sends something, or prepares anything for Youling, Zhuo Zhaojie is also indispensable, although You Can said that You Chi has little hope of worshipping under Cui Nanfeng, Zhuo Zhaojie also agrees, but she can understand Lian's mood - after all, You Chi is You Ruoheng's grandson, but You Ruoheng did not give You Chi activity to worship under Cui Nanfeng, but Zhuo Zhaocui came, You Ruoheng personally pointed it out, how could Lian not complain in his heart?

With his aunt and cousin on one side and his brother-in-law on the other, Zhuo Zhaojie could only sigh after thinking about it: "Let's not talk about this." ”

You Can smiled and said, "If you feel embarrassed to stay at home these days, and your cousins have also received it, why don't you go to the Bai family?" The sister of the Bai family is out of the pavilion in the middle of the month, so it doesn't hurt for us to go over and live with her a few days in advance. ”

When Zhuo Zhaojie heard this, he looked at her strangely, and saw that You Can's face gradually turned red, and he stomped his feet and said, "What do you think I'm doing?" If you don't want to go, don't go! ”

"If I really say I don't want to go, I don't know what kind of resentment will be made behind my back!" Zhuo Zhaojie said with a smile, You Can's face turned even redder, and shouted: "Then don't go!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie smiled: "Really don't go? ”

You Can said: "I really don't want to ...... However, when the time comes, the sister of the Bai family will complain about you, I don't care! ”

"Ah, Fourth Sister Bai has been carried out by you." Zhuo Zhaojie said, "If I don't go, I won't be resented to death by you and your future sister-in-law?" ”

You Can said, "If you don't go, forget it!" ”

Seeing that she was really angry, Zhuo Zhaojie didn't dare to tease anymore, and said with a smile: "Go, go, I just told my future third cousin-in-law the news, and I will pit him when I turn around, how can this work?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he was pinched by You Can, quickly looked left and right, and said angrily: "You're going to die!" It's okay to joke outside, but at home I say that the elders hear it, what should I do? ”