Su Zhaoning actually imagined many answers, facing the "coincidental encounter" with Xu Zhiyuan.

But in the end, she still chose the most authentic one. In the final analysis, it is probably because I still hope for the warmth of family affection in my heart.

Because of the desire for this real family affection, I am reluctant to start with a lie.

Looking at Xu Zhiyuan in front of him, Su Zhaoning's heart beat faster than ever. She was expecting, she was nervous, she was afraid.

Xu Zhiyuan looked Su Zhaoning up and down, and finally patted Su Zhaoning's shoulder, and said with a heroic smile: "It is worthy of being my niece, she is really smart!" ”

"Zhaoning, is your sister here today?"

Hearing Xu Zhiyuan ask Su Yingying, Su Zhaoning really breathed a sigh of relief. can immediately think of her sister, the eldest uncle should indeed have them in his heart, right?

After all, when her mother passed away, her sister Su Yingying was born. After that, my grandfather's family rarely came to the Chang'an Hou Mansion.

Su Zhaoning bowed to Xu Zhiyuan again and replied, "My sister is at home, and I came alone today." If it is convenient for his eldest uncle, Zhao Ning wants to take his sister to visit him at home next time. ”

Xu Zhiyuan is a military attaché, and his voice is particularly loud. After laughing heartily, he replied, "There is nothing convenient or inconvenient, my uncle's house is your home." You can come here at any time. ”

At the door of the Buddhist hall, Nan Wanwan and Nan Huaixin, who had their own thoughts, breathed a sigh of relief.

Nan Wanwan raised her head to look at her brother, looking relieved, she smiled: "It turned out to be a relative." I looked at the man's appearance of five big and three rough, and I was really afraid that his slap was going to hurt Sister Su. ”

Nan Huaixin knew that he had thought wrong before, and his mood changed. He looked back at his sister and quipped, "Who said that other people are good-looking?" ”

"It's good-looking, but his shoulders are really burly. Look at his fists, like a punching bag. Nan Wanwan is very smart, and immediately thought of Xu Zhiyuan's identity.

She asked, "Since he is Sister Su's uncle, he should also be an official in the court, right?" This look, a military attaché? ”

"Hmm. The lieutenant of the infantry army of the fifth grade. Nan Huaixin replied.

Nan Wanwan thought for a while and continued to ask, "Sister Su's father, what is your official position?" ”

Nan Huaixin once gave the answers to all the questions that his sister wanted to ask: "The official position is higher than that of Second Master Su, but lower than the official positions of Master Su and Young Master Su." ”

Hearing this answer, Nan Wanwan sighed. She herself couldn't tell if she was disappointed or satisfied. After all, if Sister Su wants to rely on her maternal grandparents, she must not only look at the relationship between the other party, but also look at the sincerity of the other party to Sister Su.

Just now, she only heard the military attache respond happily, but she didn't hear the other party take the initiative to mention the address of his home.

Military attachés aren't all rectums. Nan Wanwan thought silently in her heart.

And Su Zhaoning himself, after returning to the Marquis of Chang'an Mansion and calming down, also noticed this matter.

In the end, my uncle didn't move, so I think I remember the place I went six years ago; Or is the eldest uncle just polite at all?

Su Zhaoning was a little uneasy in his heart, but he was unwilling to speculate about his relatives with a bad heart.

This struggle and ambivalence did not end until ten days later.

Xu Zhiyuan sent someone to send a post, saying that he was going to pick up Su Zhaoning and Su Yingying to play in the house.

The person who received the post was Mrs. Chang'an Hou, Da Huang.

The Rhubarb clan handed the post directly into Su Zhaoning's hands.

After getting this post, Su Zhaoning's whole person was filled with a joy that could not be hidden.

Since she had the approval of the Rhubarb family in charge, she took her sister Su Yingying to Xu Zhiyuan's mansion without the slightest hesitation.

In the Xu Mansion, only her eldest uncle's family lives now. In addition to the eldest uncle and aunt, there was also an older sister, a younger sister and a cousin who could not be seen.

The cousin heard that he was working in Beijing, but Su Zhaoning and Su Yingying did not have the opportunity to meet that day.

But Su Zhaoning's own purpose is just to reconnect with her maternal grandfather and her eldest uncle. Cousin's words, to be honest, Su Zhaoning was not very looking forward to seeing each other.

But this is just her own idea, and others may not think the same way.

Su Zhaoning and Su Yingying left the gate of the Xu family on the front foot, and Mrs. Xu frowned on the back foot and spoke to Xu Zhiyuan: "Zhiyuan, who do you say are more like your two nieces?" ”

Xu Zhiyuan actually felt very sorry for Su Zhaoning's biological mother Xu Ruixin.

After all, he is the eldest brother, and Xu Ruixin is the younger sister.

Therefore, after hearing this, Xu Zhiyuan replied quite complacently: "My nephew is like an uncle, of course he is like me." ”

Mrs. Xu immediately scoffed: "I see that you don't have such a delicate mind." The rats also have to smell the oil before they come out, and your two nieces have not yet smelled the oil before they have come to us. It can be seen that this long one is a seven-trick exquisite heart. ”

Xu Zhiyuan heard the dejorative meaning in these words, he was slightly displeased, and immediately retorted: "How can there be anything that is not oily? They came to the door to prepare so many gifts, even if we returned some things, it would not be a benefit to others. ”

"You're thinking too much." When he said this last sentence, Xu Zhiyuan's face was a little unpleasant.

Mrs. Xu was also born in Jiangmen, and she has always been a good character in the Xu Mansion. She wasn't afraid of her husband's heavy face or anything.

Faced with Xu Zhiyuan's defense, Mrs. Xu directly analyzed: "What I said is not these things on the surface. Just now, you heard your eldest niece say that she has already married and has not yet decided to marry. ”

"You think people will look down on your little gift in return." Mrs. Xu snorted and continued, "If you don't return to Beijing and are not promoted to a Beijing official, who will take care of you." ”

Xu Zhiyuan disagreed with his wife's speculation in his heart. He argued again for Su Zhaoning: "Even if I am promoted, according to what you said, my niece is hinting at her marriage." Her father is still alive, and her grandmother is the old lady of the Marquis of Chang'an. Even if I, the eldest uncle, am willing to make decisions for her, how can I surpass his father and Mrs. Hou? ”

"Then let me ask you, your brother-in-law who supported his concubine and his wife is now a high-ranking official, and how many grades are you?" Mrs. Xu didn't flinch at all, she hit seven inches, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she pulled out the thing that Xu Zhiyuan didn't like the most.

As a member of his mother's family, Xu Zhiyuan's most dissatisfaction is, of course, that the second master of the Chang'an Hou Mansion supported the original concubine as a stepfamily less than a year after his sister's death.

After lifting this matter, the old scar in Xu Zhiyuan's heart was torn, and his attitude towards the maintenance of Su Zhaoning and the two sisters was not as unswerving as before.

Mrs. Xu took the gift brought by Su Zhaoning in her hand, she opened several items in a row, and saw that they were all objects made of embroidery, and she felt contempt in her heart.

"It's really a cunning one, take something like this, and keep the white wolf with empty gloves!" Mrs. Xu complained.

Xu Zhiyuan was analyzed by his own wife like this, and the joy of reuniting with his niece after a long absence was also diluted a lot.

He didn't even glance at the embroideries made by Su Zhaoning himself, so he said to Mrs. Xu: "Then Mrs. Ren will arrange it." ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiyuan stood up and walked straight out of the room.

Feeling Xu Zhiyuan's indifferent attitude towards him today, Mrs. Xu looked at the gifts on the table even more unpleasant.

Raising her hand and calling the maid over, Mrs. Xu instructed, "Take down all these things and divide them." ”

The maid's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly responded to the call.

Mrs. Xu's eyes fell on the quiver embroidered by Su Zhaoning, and she ordered again: "The embroidery is all thrown away, you can't use it anyway." ”

The maid answered again, and took everything out.

A few subordinates fought for a long time in the pile of gifts, and finally looked at those embroideries.

Quivers, dagger sheaths, and embroidered tassels hanging from the hilt.

It's true that they don't need it.

The maid picked up these three embroideries and chewed her tongue with the other people next to her: "Who do you say these things are prepared for?" ”

One of the maids is one of Mrs. Xu's dowries, and her temperament is also very straightforward. She immediately blurted out: "Of course, it's for our master." ”

"These things are very well prepared, and they are embroidered with the master's favorite pattern." The maid holding the embroidery sighed.

Before she finished speaking, she laughed again: "How about preparing as the master intended?" Madame didn't like it, so she had no choice but to throw it out to make a cover for the beggar. ”

"How can a beggar be so small when he covers his feet?" The other maids laughed too.

Three kinds of carefully prepared, so that Su Zhaoning stayed up for several nights to rush out of the embroidery, was thrown straight into the alley at the back door of the Xu Mansion like this.

The wild dog passed by the mouth of the alley and was about to pick up the embroidery that had been thrown on the ground, but was thrown away.

The man who had drunk the wild dogs looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one else, he quickly rushed over, scooped up the thrown things, held them in his arms, and disappeared into the alley.

In the Chang'an Marquis Mansion, Su Zhaoning was completely unaware of her eldest aunt's malice. led her sister back to the room, and she faintly revealed her thoughts.

"I don't ask my uncle how to help us in the future, I just hope that my grandmother and aunt will not embarrass you for the sake of our grandfather's family and others." Su Zhaoning said.

After Su Yingying heard this, she was silent for a long time.

Just when Su Zhaoning wondered if her sister had fallen asleep with her head down, Su Yingying finally spoke up.

Comparing Su Zhaoning's feelings for his eldest uncle Xu Zhiyuan, Su Yingying has no impression of this eldest uncle at all.

After all, after she was born, her grandfather's family rarely came.

Therefore, Su Yingying, who is only six years old, is not optimistic about this at all.

She asked, "Sister, what do you think of your uncle and uncle, how do you compare to your father?" ”

mentioned his father who only wanted to have a son, Su Zhaoning also fell silent.

Uncle and uncle, there is one more uncle than father.

It's his own father-in-law, it's just like that. How much can this uncle rely on?

Su Zhaoning is not paving the way for herself, she is just worried about her sister Su Yingying.

She can't protect her sister for the rest of her life. Su Zhenyi has already been married, and Su Zhaoning doesn't know when she will leave the house.