Xu Qingyang was depressed about the gift-giving, and immediately had an idea when he saw the tea sent by his grandmother.

"That's right, tea! Mama, go to the tearoom and ask if there are any clouds and mist in Lushan sent by my aunt in my hometown. ”

The Xu family has always had a tea room, and every time it rains, no matter how young they are, they have to gather in the tea room to taste tea. At other times, all the tea is placed in the tea room, guarded by a special person, and then sent to various places every day for a day's serving.

The name of the tea room in Xu's house is Siyuantang, which means drinking water and thinking of the source, don't forget the family motto of the Xu family.

Mama Wang went to the tea room to ask, and sure enough, there was a bag of Lushan clouds. After the entrustment was completed, the little maid guarding the tea room carefully recorded it and put it away.

Returned to Xiaoxiang Pavilion and replied.

Xu Qingyang immediately asked someone to prepare pen and ink, and recalled in his mind a picture of mountains and rivers hanging in Xu Zhai's room, which was restored.

In just a few moments, a picture of the mountains and rivers and ancient pines was drawn.

"Mo'er, go and frame the painting, and bring it with you on the princess's birthday."

"Yes."

After solving the troubles, Xu Qingyang decided to go out for a walk. As soon as I arrived in the garden, I met Xu Qian.

At this time, Xu Qian has faded away from immaturity, and he is already a real beautiful man.

Originally, with Xu Ling's status, it was not difficult to find him an official position. But Xu Ling somehow suddenly figured it out, and no longer forced Xu Qian, but allowed him to be a gourmet.

Since Xu Qian was young, he was first known for his outstanding appearance, and then for his unique insight into tasting food, which was completely famous in Jiankang City.

Now in Jiankang City, if anyone invites Xu Qian to taste the food, he has to pay ten taels of silver first. In just a few months, Xu Qian earned more money than an ordinary official.

Such a good-looking, knowledgeable and money-earning man has naturally become a noble son-in-law in the eyes of many people. Therefore, Xu Qian, who was only fourteen years old, had to break the threshold of the Xu Mansion by everyone who came to discuss his relatives.

Although Zhang Zhao's filial piety period has passed, Xu Jian, who is the eldest son, has not yet agreed to marry, so most people have returned in vain. At this time, the matchmaker moved her mind again and fixed her eyes on Xu Jian, who was about to return. Xu Qian also escaped the catastrophe.

"Third brother!"

Hearing Xu Qingyang's voice, Xu Qian immediately stopped and walked towards Xu Qingyang.

"The third brother is in a hurry, which boss invited the third brother over?"

Xu Qian stood in front of Xu Qingyang, and the height difference between the brother and sister was already very obvious at this time.

"It's not the bosses, it's the father."

"Father?"

"If the eldest brother wants to come back, he naturally has to prepare a family banquet. My father ordered me to choose twelve dishes to serve as a family dinner. ”

Xu Qingyang took advantage of Xu Qian's speech and took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

"Even if it's for the sake of the eldest brother, you have to pay attention to your body. The weather is already hot, and if you are anxious, you will surely get sick. Ah Liang, it will be easier to have him with you. ”

"Don't worry, little verbose woman, Ah Liang has gone to lead the horse. If you are bored in the house, you can go to the horse farm. The fourth brother and a few of them are practicing riding there. Okay, let's go first, if there is anything you want to eat, just ask someone to tell me, and I'll bring it back to you. ”

"Good. The third brother walked slowly. ”

Xu Qingyang watched Xu Qian leave until he was far away.

"Mo'er, let's go back and change into riding clothes and take a look."

"Yes."

The learning of the children of the Xu family, before the age of six is the enlightenment stage, are all invited to the famous Confucianism, mainly literacy and etiquette. After enlightenment, it is the second stage, that is, formal learning, that is, the six arts, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics.

When a man reaches the age of fourteen, he can become an official through the election system of the Nine Grades Zhongzheng System. At this time, Xu Jian and Xu Rong were already officials, and Xu Su was still a year away. This year, in addition to continuing to study, Xu Su also had to learn to ride horses and archery, listen to the piano and learn the piano.

Xu Qingyang no longer followed the study, and turned around to learn the rules of women, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the way of housekeeping.

Occasionally, at dusk, several people would sneak out of the house, but they would inevitably be punished for kneeling.

On the horse farm, the three horses are ready to go, and the young man on the horse is also heroic. At the sound of an order, the three of them walked away.

When Xu Qingyang arrived at the racecourse, what he saw was that the three of them dismounted, sweating profusely, smiling and talking about something.

"Qingqing is here."

Xu Su walked over quickly, "Do you want to come and ride a horse when you wear this?" ”

"Qingqing saw that his brother was immediately heroic, and he also wanted to give it a try, and asked the fourth brother to give him advice."

Xu Su rubbed Xu Qingyang's head, Xu Su has also changed a lot in the past three years. With Xu Jian and Xu Rong entering the office one after another, and the two elder brothers Zhuyu in front, Xu Su also understood that he couldn't be muddy anymore.

Although Xu Su was still slightly inferior in terms of literary literacy, he discovered his amazing talent when he learned to ride a horse and archery.

Seeing that Xu Su had found his own skill, Xu Ling was extremely happy, and immediately invited his best friend, Duwei Xiao Cong.

When this lieutenant was young, he commanded the Central Army and Xiao Dingli to cooperate with the outside world, and helped Xiao Ding ascend the throne with indelible contributions. He himself is also a strong martial artist, and he is a must in riding and shooting. However, he unfortunately injured his left leg during a raid and was no longer able to ride a horse.

Reciting his previous merits, Xiao Ding made him a lieutenant and sent two young and promising generals to assist. In fact, Xiao Cong no longer has any real power, but his reputation in the army is shocking, which is one of the reasons why he can still sit firmly as a lieutenant as a person without real power.

Now that Xiao Cong is about to abdicate and the military camp is no longer frequent, he was invited by Xu Ling to teach Xu Su, as well as Lu Shixian and Wen Chen'an.

For these three students, Xiao Cong was extremely satisfied. He even had to send Xu Su to the barracks. Xu Ling was naturally very happy, so the two agreed that they would send Xu Su to the military camp in the spring of next year.

As for Lu Shixian and Wen Chen'an, due to the relationship between the country, the two naturally could not enter the barracks. But Xiao Cong was willing to teach them to ride horses and shoot arrows.

At this time, Wen Chenan and Lu Shixian also came over.

The three of them stood together, and Lu Shixian was slightly taller. Wen Chen'an was sunburned a healthy wheat color, Xu Su was darker, but Lu Shixian, who was obviously practicing together, was extraordinarily white.

"Qingqing, this is going to learn with us?"

Lu Shixian wanted to make a joke, but random Xiao Cong came over,

"Who is going to learn together?"

Everyone quickly turned around and said in unison, "Lord Xiao." ”

When Xiao Cong saw Xu Qingyang, his complexion softened a lot,

"Qingqing is here."

"Qingqing has seen Uncle Xiao, I haven't seen him for a few months, and Uncle is even more heroic."

"Hahahaha," Xiao Cong was praised happily, "Qingqing not only speaks well, but is even more handsome." ”

Xu Qingyang's face turned red, "I heard my father say that Uncle Xiao's youngest daughter is about the same age as Qingqing, so she must also be a national charmer." ”

At the mention of his daughter, Xiao Cong had a trace of sadness on his face, although it was very short, but he was discovered by Xu Qingyang. Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Xu Qingyang suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Fortunately, Xiao Cong is a person who practices martial arts, and he doesn't like to be careful, "That child in my family was born shy and hasn't gone out much." But she will also go to the princess's birthday banquet in a few days, and Qingqing will be able to see it at that time. ”

"Uncle and father are close friends, just because they have similar interests, and their daughter follows their father, and your daughter and I will definitely be able to get along."

Xiao Cong smiled knowingly, turned his head and looked at the three of them,

"You did well just now, and today you're tired, so let's stop here. Qingqing, if you want to ride a horse, you must be slow, not too fast. ”

"I got it, Uncle Shaw."

Xiao Cong nodded, and then left.

Xu Ling flicked Xu Qingyang's forehead, "You, Lord Xiao's daughter has a hidden disease, and you still mention his daughter." ”

Xu Qingyang suddenly realized, and immediately regretted it,

"No wonder he was a little unhappy when I first talked about his daughter. But I don't know that. ”

"It's okay," Wen Chen'an immediately comforted, "Lord Xiao naturally knows that you don't know, and he won't blame you." And aren't you going to meet soon, if you can make friends with his daughter, you'll be fine. ”

Xu Qingyang nodded, still blaming himself in his heart.

Seeing this, Lu Shixian hurriedly changed the topic, "Don't you want to ride a horse, the three of us will accompany you, do you dare to fight?" ”

Xu Qingyang naturally knew that they were all comforting themselves, so he didn't want to spoil the fun, so he agreed. The four of them rode horses, sighing that the time was just right.

On the racecourse, horses of different colors carried teenagers with different moods, Ruolan was happy to see Wen Chen'an's changes. The shy, restrained teenager was replaced by the bright teenager in front of him, and whoever saw it would only feel that this was what a son should look like.

Inside the Shaw Mansion

A girl with a good face sat in front of a dressing mirror, the round window in front of her was opened, and a huge old banyan tree was planted in the courtyard. Outside the window, there is a lawn with a variety of flowers. Birds often roost in the trees, and the birdsong is crisp and beautiful.

The maid was behind the woman, and a blue hairpin was inserted into the bun.

"The girl wears this hairpin, which matches the blue skirt on her body very well, and it is very beautiful."

Hearing the praise, the person in front of him did not have a little joy on his face, but looked down at the dress on his body.

"Is my father back?"

"The master just came back from the Xu Mansion, does the girl want to go over?"

The woman shook her head, stared out the window, and said no more.

The woman in front of her was Xiao Lanxin, the daughter of Xiao Cong. Xiao Cong has a wife and three concubines, and has two, two and four daughters, Xiao Lanxin is the only concubine and Xiao Cong's most beloved daughter.

And Xiao Lanxin's only deficiency is that her eyes can't distinguish between five colors since she was a child. Xiao Cong asked a famous doctor for him, but to no avail. The people in the house occasionally discussed, especially the three concubines, who openly and secretly sarcastically mocked Xiao Lanxin.

Although Xiao Cong had spoken out and punished, the damage had already been caused in Xiao Lan's heart, so Xiao Lanxin was reluctant to leave the house, and used her own yard as a prison and did not go out easily.

Xiao Cong's heart hurt, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a boudoir for Xiao Lanxin, and the three concubines were red-eyed, and the sarcasm of Xiao Lanxin was even worse.

It's just that for Xiao Lanxin, no matter how gorgeous the boudoir is, she can't see whether it is beautiful or not. Xiao Lanxin's favorite thing is Xiao, which has become the only consolation in her boring life.