The grass grows and the warbler flies in the February sky, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke.

Looking at the willows on both sides of the canal through the window of the boat, Jia Qiong couldn't help but sigh a little emotionally.

It has been more than half a month since he left Shenjing, and he will arrive in Linqing in about one day, and Jia Qiong plans to visit Shen Fu's family first, and then make an appointment with Shen Zizheng to go south.

Rubbing his eyes a little sour, he put down the book in his hand.

The boat was too bumpy in the water, and some of the light or heavy shaking made Jia Qiong, who was used to reading, quite uncomfortable.

Then he left the room and watched as the bow of the boat broke through the water, and occasionally some fish swam with the boat.

My thoughts fluttered, and I couldn't help but go back to when I was in Shenjing.

The days are very simple, get up early every day to read, then exercise, and then eat; After the meal, I read and practiced calligraphy again, and the days were simple and boring, and it had lasted for several months.

Since that day, Jia Yu said that after all, after all, it was Wuxun, and he had to be physically strong, and remembered that Jia Zhu was sick and died, so he began to exercise from then on. As for the skillful archers and horses, swords, guns and halberds, these have not been practiced.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, he visited Rongfu and paid New Year's greetings to Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and others.

Originally, Jia Lian wanted to have fun with him, but Jia Qiong went directly to Mengpozhai's study, so he didn't bother him.

But when he was reading, Yuan Chun stroked the piano on the side and chatted for a long time.

After Yuanchun finished stroking the qin, the two drank some tea together at the tea table, and chatted for a while.

Yuan Chun said to him at the time: "Brother Qiong, the eldest brother often says that you are resourceful, and today the eldest sister asks you about something, and you are not allowed to talk to anyone." ”

Jia Qiong looked at Yuan Chun with a solemn face, and said, "Big sister, you said, my brother knows how to measure." Of course, if it's inconvenient, you don't have to say it with your brother. ”

Yuanchun's apricot eyebrows were almost condensed into Sichuan characters, and the handkerchief in his hand was twisted round and round, and Liang Jiufang said:

"Brother Qiong, a few days ago, my uncle came to my mother and said something. The main thing is to let the mother lobby the father, let the father help the uncle operate, so that the uncle can become the envoy of the Jingying Festival. It seems that Sister-in-law Zhen also shared this matter with Brother Zhen. ”

Jia Qiong looked at Hui Yuanchun, and had some doubts in her heart. This doesn't seem to have much to do with Yuan Chun.

As if seeing Jia Qiong's doubts, he said: "This Jingying Festival envoy was originally reserved for the eldest brother of the Uncle Hu family, but now my mother wants my uncle to inherit it, I feel a little too much." Moreover, my uncle also wanted my cousin Wang Ren to marry me, saying that he could get married a few years later. ”

Saying that, his cheeks were slightly red and he looked at Jia Qiong, the matter of this daughter's engagement, and the foreign man, it was a little difficult to talk about it after all, even if this person was his own brother.

Hearing this, Jia Qiong was stunned, put down the tea cup in her hand, and suddenly looked up at Yuan Chun.

I thought that Yuan Chun is twelve years old this year, and according to the current customs, it is normal to get married in two to three years, and it is not too early to get engaged now.

For some reason, Jia Qiong felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she could suppress it.

It's more of a little frightened, isn't Yuan Chun going to enter the palace in the future.

Could it be that his butterfly wings can still affect this matter, and he hasn't done much, he is already cautious enough. If that's the case, it won't change to the point where you don't know it in the future.

Then he nervously asked, "Did my aunt agree?" ”

looked at Jia Qiong, whose complexion changed suddenly, and did not mention the matter of the Jingying Festival envoy, but first cared about whether she was engaged.

Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment, and then his face was blushing, like the red maple in October, like the rising sun, and more like the colorful sunset.

After being ashamed for a long time, he said weakly:

"No, although I couldn't hear clearly outside the window at the time, my mother didn't say yes directly, but said that I wanted to communicate with my father.

Later, my mother said that I would share the matter of the envoy of the Jingying Festival with my father. ”

Hearing that Yuan Chun was not engaged to Wang Ren, knowing that his butterfly wings did not cause any big waves, he couldn't help but exhale a long breath of turbidity.

Looking at the hint of spring on Yuan Chun's face, he knew what he had misunderstood, but he didn't explain too much.

Then he asked, "Brother Hu?" How have I not heard of it? Haven't seen it yet? And why did my aunt do this? ”

Listening to Jia Qiong's question, Yuan Chun's delicate and fair cheeks gradually became cloudy.

First I cared about my own problems, and then I knew that I was fine, and I asked so many questions in a row.

Thinking of this, he answered them one by one.

"Brother Hu is the eldest son of Uncle Shu, more than four years ago, Uncle Shu helped him arrange for him to join the army on the nine sides, and he was only sixteen when he left.

I was the same age as you today. Although I still remember him, I almost forgot his appearance, and I guess I can only remember it when I see him.

You were young at the time, so you must have never seen it, and we never talked about Big Brother Hu, so I guess that's why you haven't heard of it.

As for why my mother did this, it seems that because of the matter of my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law often quarreled with my mother, and my grandmother often favored my sister-in-law.

And the sister-in-law's scheming is higher than that of her mother, and her mother can't say that she is sister-in-law, and her grandmother is partial.

So my mother thinks it's because I don't have a family that can help, and I used to hear my mother talk to herself like this when I was a child.

At that time, I didn't guard against me, but in recent years, I have said less, and my uncle has also used this to say it to his mother a few times, I think it's because of this. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qiong was also a little puzzled, this Jia Yuanchun knew everything, why did he say that he wanted to ask himself. What do you want to ask?

Thinking of this, he asked directly: "What does the eldest sister want to ask my brother?" ”

Yuan Chun heard Jia Qiong's rhetorical question, his face showed a little dazed, and then said:

"I don't know if my mother is right to do this, and I don't know if I should tell my father."

Hearing such a question, Jia Qiong also had a trace of embarrassment on her face. How did he say this, after thinking about it, Fang asked:

"Does the eldest sister think that my aunt is doing the right thing? If the big sister is in this position, what should she do? ”

Yuan Chun didn't hear Jia Qiong's explanation, but instead heard the question, but his heart calmed down and thought slowly for a while. Said:

"I don't know if my mother is doing right or wrong, but if it were me, I probably wouldn't be doing what my mother did. After all, I am the daughter of the Jia family, not the daughter-in-law of the Jia family.

I think this is Brother Hu's, so it shouldn't be given to my uncle. We are only one surname, and my uncle is a little farther away after all.

If you don't rob the resources and connections of the main branch of the clan, the rest may be given to your uncle, but this opportunity is too great, and it is equivalent to cutting meat from our Jia family and feeding it to my uncle's family.

Maybe my mother is the same as me, but she is thinking about things as the daughter of the Wang family, or she just wants a strong family to support her.

But I don't agree with my mother's approach, after all, she is already the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, and she also has two sons and a daughter.

If it were me, I would have taken resources from outside to help my husband's family. ”

Speaking of this, as if he had reacted to something, his face turned red again. said to Jia Qiong:

"Brother Qiong, you read the book first, the eldest sister thought of something, so she left first."

Thinking of this, Jia Qiong couldn't help but laugh again. He knew that Yuan Chun also knew these things, but he couldn't trust his judgment and wanted to find someone to corroborate it.

The boatmen of the Xue family on the side of this laughter were a little inexplicable.

Jia Qiong, who was a little awake, smiled apologetically at the boatman next to her.

I remembered that on the day of the Lantern Festival, I went to look for Ding Zhong, and then met Qin Keqing's family, and knew that Qin Keqing originally lived next to Ding Zhong's house.

"That day......