Chapter Twenty-Three: Young Master, Why Are You Here?
But he said that he was in a hurry to see his sister, and after Xiao Yun's hospitality, the two made an appointment to meet tomorrow, and then traveled to Kyoto together, so they came to Xu's mansion outside the door, and the two said goodbye temporarily.
came to the door of Xu's mansion without worry, because he looked similar to his sister Liu Yuxiang, he only told the family his identity, and the family went to report.
After a while, I only saw a little girl, but it was the old man of the mother's family, this little girl's surname was called Yu Niang, Mrs. Xu because there was a jade word in her name to change, but Miss Yuxiang said that she would not change, she would be called Xiaoyu, Mrs. Xu couldn't resist her daughter, and finally made Miss Yuxiang's personal girl, or called Xiaoyu, young and worry-free, Fang Ling was fourteen years old, born melon seed face, petite figure, a head lower than Wuchou, different from Miss Yuxiang's charming and moving, she is a small jasper.
Seeing Wuchou, he asked in surprise, "Young Master, why are you here?" turned around and ran inside.
After running two steps, he turned back and said, "Young Master, I'm sorry, Xiaoyu is happy and confused, come in, don't tell Miss, if Miss knows, she will definitely blame me." ”
Wuchou smiled and said, "Xiaoyu, it's still so big." Xiao Yufei blushed.
The two of them walked through a rockery together, and passed two garden gates, still far from the house, Xiaoyu had already shouted loudly and shouted: "Miss, Miss, the young master is here." ”
Sure enough, Miss Jiaojiao's voice came from the room: "Xiaoyu, be quiet, I just put the young master to sleep, what are you yelling about?"
Xiao Yu said: "It's not the little master, I mean the young master is here." ”
Wuwu called "sister" and had already greeted him.
The sister and brother have not seen each other for three years, and Wuchou is a head taller than Miss Jiaojiao when she got married, plus he is not dressed as a Taoist priest, Miss Jiaojiao has not recognized it for a while, until she heard Wuchou shout "Sister" before she reacted, but there were two pools of autumn water in her eyes.
She hurriedly turned around and wiped it lightly with a handkerchief, and when she turned around again, she had a gentle smile on her face, but the eyelashes of those eyes were still wet.
Only then did he ask: "Brother, why are you here, are you here alone, or is your father and mother also here?"
Wu Wu said: "I came alone." ”
Miss Jiaojiao asked again: "Have you suffered on the way, it is difficult for you to find this place, when will you arrive?"
Wu Wu said: "I went to the capital last night, and this morning I happened to meet someone named Xiao Yun who brought me here, saying that he was a friend of my brother-in-law, what about my brother-in-law?"
Miss Jiaojiao said: "Xiao Yun, I don't know, your brother-in-law went to the court in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet, and the affairs in the court are busy, and there are a few days in a month that he can't come back before noon." ”
He also instructed Xiao Yu: "Xiao Yu, go and ask the back room to prepare food", Xiao Yu replied: "Yes, Miss" has gone to the back room by herself.
The siblings entered the house.
Miss Jiaojiao said: "Why did you come all the way to the capital, and the master on the mountain allowed you to go down the mountain?"
Wuchou said bluntly: "I don't want to be a Taoist priest anymore."
Miss Jiaojiao said: "It's better not to do it, what is good about Taoist priests." She didn't ask why, anyway, she was resolutely on her brother's side.
As if he remembered something, he asked, "Does Daddy know that you came to the capital?"
Wu Wu said: "Daddy and mother know. ”
At this time, Xiaoyu came back from the back room, but she came with tea in her hand, said "Young master, drink tea", put the teacup in front of Wuchou, and stood quietly aside.
At this time, the cry of the baby came from the inner room, and Miss Jiaojiao hurriedly got up and went to the inner room. I saw a baby about a year old come out and said, "Your nephew, you are here today, and he is happy not to sleep." The child didn't cry or make trouble when he saw Wuwu, but only looked at Wuchou with his clear eyes, and Miss Jiaojiao smiled: "This little ghost, quickly call your uncle to hug." ”
As he spoke, he sent the child into Wuchou's arms.
I didn't worry about where I had held the child in the past fifteen years, panicked, stood up hurriedly, and gently picked up the child with both armpits.
The child also did not recognize life, babbling in his mouth, speaking the baby's Chinese that adults did not understand.
Miss Jiaojiao said: "I was just over a year old, and I wanted to go home to inform my father, but your brother-in-law was busy with official business, and I was afraid that my mother and son would make a mistake on the way, so I thought that he would go home when he was older." ”
Wuchou was cautious, afraid of hurting Xiao Bu too hard, and afraid that he couldn't hold him too lightly, so he had to gently hug the child's abdomen with one hand and support the child's feet with the other.
Then he asked his sister, "Did you choose a name?"
Miss Jiaojiao said: "Not yet, your brother-in-law was going to take it, but I stopped him, I want to go home one day to visit my father and ask my father to pick it up, but now that you are here, it is better for you to get one." ”
Wuchou exclaimed: "No, I think I am still a child, and I will name him, so let's keep it for my father to pick it up." ”
Xiao Yu suddenly said in surprise on the side: "The eyes of the little master really look like the young master. ”
Miss Jiaojiao smiled: "My nephew is like an uncle, what's so strange." ”
As he was talking, he heard a voice outside the door: "Son, Dad is back from the court, come and let Dad hug me." A young man dressed in an official robe walked in.
It was Xu Yan, the brother-in-law of Wuchou, who asked Miss Jiaojiao when he saw Wuchou: "Madam, who is this kid? Why is he taller than Lord Ben?"
Wu Wu hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, why don't you even recognize me?"
Miss Jiaojiao laughed and scolded beside her: "You have no memory, when Miss Loss-making got married, my brother was still helping you at the door, otherwise you would have been able to enter the gate of my Liu Mansion?"
When Xu Yan heard this, he looked at Wuchou carefully, and sure enough, he said "oh" and said: "It's Wuchou, why haven't you grown so tall after not seeing you for three years, blame me for blaming me, my brother-in-law is clumsy, I didn't recognize it for a while, don't be surprised." ”
Wuchou smiled: "How can it?"
Xu Yan came to tease the child again: "Son, do you miss your father, come and let your father hug him, and see what Dad brings back to you," he said and took a wave drum from his waist, and shook the wave drum 'Bang Bang', and the child immediately stretched out his little hand to catch the drum.
Xu Yan came to hug the child, but the child made a small mouth and was about to cry.
Xu Yan put his hands back and said, "Stinky boy, I won't even let my father hug me." Miss Jiaojiao and Xiaoyu laughed on the side.
Miss Jiaojiao asked Xu Yan again, "Do you have a friend named Xiao Yun?"
Xu Yan said: "Yes, he is the second son of Lord Xiao, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and the younger brother of Xiao Qing, a member of my Ministry of Rites, why did Mrs. ask him, although he came to the house once last time, but there were many friends that day, and Mrs. has a good memory." ”
Miss Jiaojiao said: "Where do I remember him, today I don't have to worry about saying that Xiao Yun brought it to him, saying that it was your friend, and you should go and thank others." ”
Xu Yan said: "This is a coincidence, I heard that Mr. Xiao asked him to be an official, this kid can't live or die, he was grounded by Mr. Xiao, and I was thinking about going to Mr. Xiao to say a few good words to him, and this kid came out?
(At the end of this chapter, it was written that Cao Xueqin's big taste is coming, and I'll go.) )