Shi sensed Wu Yu's gaze from time to time, his heart was weak, he lowered his head to eat, and refused to look up.

In the third year of junior high school, the cousin who signed in to the Chu family in the city to be a small servant went back to the village for the New Year, pulled him to sleep on a bed, and said one thing, it turned out that his son-in-law had met the master by chance, suspecting that the master was his sister who had been separated since childhood, and was afraid of recognizing each other, in case he was wrong, he was embarrassed, so he carefully asked him about the master's habits, temper, and even what he usually said and done.

This time, I heard that he was coming to pay New Year's greetings, and I begged him to take a good look at the situation of the master's family, including the appearance and temperament of the master.

He wanted to tell the master, but he felt reckless, thinking that it would be better to wait for the matter to be accurate, in case he made a mistake, he said it early, and the senior brother was afraid that he would laugh at him again.

Since entering the master's house, he has written down everything he has seen and heard, for fear that if he misses something, it will be difficult for Gongzi Chu to determine the identity of the master.

But this kid, who is three points more beautiful than a girl, always stares at him coldly, staring at him in the hair, as if he has done something wrong.

Rui Xue didn't know the thoughts of the two boys, and thought that they had some quarrel just now, so she smiled and gave them food, but she didn't care, after all, they weren't together on weekdays, even if they didn't have the same temper, there was no chance of conflict.

Half an hour later, the banquet dispersed, the clan elders and the Li Zheng drank so red that their faces turned red, and they went home satisfied.

Ruixue gathered two baskets of pheasants and hares, twist flowers, dumplings, tofu and other return gifts, let the bolt be carried into the car, and the stone temporarily took over as the coachman and drove back to the city.

Two and a half tables of banquets, there are no dishes left, but there are a lot of dishes and chopsticks, enough for two large clay pots, Sister-in-law Zhang sat in the stove to help scrub, talking about the grand occasion in her house just now, couldn't help laughing, "The villagers who sit at my house to eat the banquet, after going back, they will definitely talk to others about the rich dishes, and in the future, if you and Mr. have anything to do, I am afraid that everyone will rush to help." ”

Rui Xue also smiled, "It's better to have someone to help than no one to help, it's just to eat more." The New Year's Day is lively. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang remembered that she only bought two catties of pork last year, and even stewed cabbage only dared to put a few slices, and the rest had to be kept for the visitors to fry the vegetables and decorate the façade, but this year she cut eight catties of meat in one go, but the adults and children did not eat fiercely in previous years, so she said with emotion, "Our family has enjoyed the blessings with you, not to mention the more inputs, and the good food is not less, and the oil and water in the stomach are several times thicker than in previous years." Last year, Erzhuang quarreled with Sanya over a piece of fatty meat, and this year the two children began to pick lean meat to eat. ”

Rui Xue added a scoop of hot water to the basin and began to throw the washed pottery bowl, "The days will always get better and better, and next year's New Year, maybe the children are tired of eating lean meat." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang laughed, the shallow wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were densely stacked together, "My sister is right, my sister-in-law will follow you." ”

The two laughed, washed the dishes and dispersed.

On the seventh day of the second day, the day of the people, eating noodles according to the custom, Rui Xue fried the brown meat sauce, mixed the white raw noodles, just looking at it is very appetizing, Wu Yu ate two big bowls, made a mistake at night, tossed for half a night before falling asleep, after Rui Xue heard about it, he was only allowed to eat a bowl of egg custard on the eighth day of the first month, and he was hungry for two meals, and he was actually good.

Sister-in-law Zhang put up a pergola at night, looked carefully at the faintly visible stars in the sky, and said, "The stars have descended to earth, and Zhang Dahu may not be able to tenant paddy fields this year." ”

Ruixue was puzzled and asked, but Zhang's sister-in-law sold the guanzi, and the next day, sure enough, someone from Zhang's mansion in the city said that they would not give the paddy fields to the villagers. A few days ago, although the villagers heard Wu Laosan talk about it, no one took it seriously, and now they can't help but scold when they have the exact news.

Ruixue only then knew that on the eighth night of the first lunar month, if the stars were brilliant and the weather was clear, it would indicate that this year's wind and rain would be smooth and the rice harvest would be bumper, and the sky was dark last year, and there was no star, so Zhang's family tenanted half of the paddy fields and came out.

Rui Xue couldn't help but sneer, she hadn't forgotten that the Zhang family coveted the dock shop and caused Zhao Fengnian to vomit blood.

Originally, I was going to settle the general account with the Zhang family, but the paddy field was left in the village, and it was the largest piece of land of the Zhang family, so no matter how you look at it, it is the best place to start. It's a pity, because the people in the village want to share their homes and plant, it will inevitably affect them, she has been hesitant, and now Zhang Dahu is greedy and refuses to come out of the tenant land, which is really in line with his wishes.

It is said that Tongcheng, which is 600 miles away, because the wind and rain are smooth year after year, the crops are excellent, the people are well-off, and they are extraordinarily generous in spending money, and the shops in the city are much more prosperous than in previous years.

On this day, Bai Zhanpeng, the eldest and youngest of the Bai family in the south of the city, held a banquet in the south garden where the red plum blossoms were in full bloom, and invited all the people in the city who had anything to do with the Bai family to drink and listen to the play. Relatives and friends gathered together, and the invited opera troupe was the extremely popular Taojia class in several nearby cities, so it was unprecedentedly lively in Nanyuan.

In the two-story small wooden building by the Meilin in Nanyuan, the carved window facing the stage is ajar, and a large round table of golden silk nanmu is placed on eight dishes of exquisite side dishes and a pot of good cold plum wine, four or five famous sons and young people in the city, sitting together, this is said, which flower building in the city has a pitiful Qing man, that said, how boring the lady who wants to marry, occasionally rises, and points to the red plum branch in the vase in the corner of the house and sings two sour poems, but also enjoys himself.

On the chair near the window, sat a boy in white clothes Shengxue, in his twenties, with a long body, a face as white as jade, beautiful eyebrows and long eyes, handsome and extraordinary, warm as jade.

At this time, he was holding a small white jade cup in his hand, looking at the red plum forest stretching in the distance, with a hint of worry in the corner of his eyes, and he looked at the two delicate maids standing at the door, and his heart throbbed.

On the table, a man with a red shirt and a golden crown, with a blue face and swollen eyes, looked at the two maids with lustful eyes from time to time, and when he found that all they were thinking about was the man by the window, he couldn't help but mock loudly, "We Bai Dashao sat alone in front of the window, but did we fall in love with the Oiran on the stage?" ”

Bai Zhanpeng came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and drank, hid the disgust in his eyes, and replied lightly, "I don't know how to pity beauties as Wu Ershao." ”

A boy who wore a royal blue brocade shirt, for fear that the two would have a quarrel, smiled and answered, "If you want me to say, this Oiran of the Tao family class is not as beautiful as the original Yutang Jiao, my second uncle has been so many years, every time he gets drunk, he will hang Yutang Jiao on his lips, which makes my aunt quarrel with him." ”

Everyone laughed, it was a reluctant abandonment of what happened just now, Bai Zhanpeng listened to them laughing in a low voice from time to time, he must have mentioned the matter of having a boudoir with a woman, and he couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart.

If it was a good year, I'm afraid he would have thrown his sleeves and left, he has always been a little high-minded, although he is doing businessmen's business, he is actually more like a scholar in his temperament, and this group of lustful people is completely different.

It's a pity that overnight, he suddenly disappeared, and a few of their friends searched the entire Tongcheng without any clues. They vaguely remembered that Fengnian had two helpers, both of whom were the right-hand men trained by the Zhao family for the head of the family, but now this result of not seeing people in life and dead without seeing corpses made them dare not believe that any of the people of the Zhao family could not be guaranteed.

A reward order was issued on the rivers and lakes, and notices were also posted in the surrounding two cities, but there was still no news back, what was it that made him disappear for more than seven months, could it be that he was really no longer alive?

The more he thought about it, the deeper Bai Zhanpeng's brows wrinkled, and when he raised his hand to pour the wine again, the personal servant guarding outside the door trotted in and said a word close to the root of his ear, which startled him to stand up and run out.

The wine-colored people at the table were stunned by fright, and it took a while to come back to their senses, and one of them said with a smile, "Why is Bai Dashao so out of shape, could it be that his beloved woman was robbed?" ”

Everyone laughed, continued to drink and listen to the play, and instantly threw these senseless things behind them.

Bai Zhanpeng left Nanyuan, got into the carriage, and hurriedly ordered to rush back to Baifu, jumped off before the carriage stopped, and went straight to the study, where there was already a young student in Tsing Yi who had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw him come in, he quickly got up and knelt down, "Say hello to the eldest young master." ”

Bai Zhanpeng carefully looked at this afterlife for a long time, only to recognize it, it is the son of the old shopkeeper of Lingfeng City Winery, a few years ago, he had a quarrel with someone after drinking, saying that there was no good wine in Wuguo, and he opened a winery on a whim, but he didn't expect to become famous, almost all cities have opened branches, and a few friends have rarely had the opportunity to gather in one place, and the winery has become a place to spread the news.

"Dongsheng, but the old shopkeeper has a letter to deliver?"

The young man in Tsing Yi immediately took out a flat oil-paper bag from his arms, held it in both hands, and replied respectfully, "My father was checking accounts in the store that day, and a peasant man sent a letter with a peacock mark, and the code words could also be matched. My father was afraid that he would delay the young master's affairs, so he ordered Xiao to rush over day and night. ”

"Peasant man?" Bai Zhanpeng took the oil paper bag with a suspicious face, opened it and took out the letter, quickly opened it and read it, his brows gradually wrinkled, pondered for a moment, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." ”

After speaking, he ordered his personal servant to send Dongsheng down to rest, so he picked up the pen and wrote two letters, carefully drew the mark, and called the henchman to come in and send the letter away...

Originally, it was said that the tofu factory would start work on the sixteenth day of the first month, but it was only twelve, and there were people who came to buy tofu one after another, and even people from other villages rushed over.

Tofu is eaten, fried and fried, all of which are extremely delicious, and two dishes are added to the table, and the face of the host is also good-looking, so he sent someone to inquire.

Ruixue discussed with the Zhang family and the Gao family, and there was nothing to do, so they started work a few days in advance, in addition to the various villages rushing to sell as usual, they also accepted reservations, which wedding banquet was needed, just say it in advance, and in the morning, Gao Fuquan rushed to the door to send it to the door.