The three of them kept the agreement and continued to drink tea, the more they tasted this tea, the better it tasted, Yan Ziqin felt that this cup of tea was the most enjoyable tea in the past half a month.

Yan Ziqin only felt that tea was like wine, and the more he drank, the more intoxicating it became, and suddenly his poetry was opened, looking at the carved columns and columns of the academy, dancing and writing poems, he improvised a poem.

Tang Shanchang and Professor Wei accompanied him to do fu together, chanting the past and the present.

Hou Mansion

After Yu Ning took a short rest, she was looking at the account books of the Hou Mansion on the couch in the wing room.

Chi Yan held a letter in his hand and walked in slowly.

When Yu Ningjiao saw Chi Yan coming, Liu Yemei raised her eyes at him.

"Listen to people, you've been spending a lot of time at home lately, didn't you often stay at Lai Xiang Fang before? What's wrong, the girl in Lixiangfang is not fragrant? ”

Chi Yan put the letter on the couch table, sat beside her, crossed Erlang's legs, clicked the letter idly, and smiled lazily: "Mother, what's not fragrant?" I'm only interested in their body fragrance, I've always been clean, otherwise you wouldn't have allowed me to go to that kind of place! ”

Yu Ningjiao put down the account book, and looked at Chi Yan with narrow Danfeng eyes gently.

"It's good if you have a sense of proportion, but, no matter what kind of woman you are, if you like it, you will enter the house, I look at this group of old faces all day long, my eyes are sour, and the things I deal with are trivial things outside the house, sometimes I really want to see them fight for you and be jealous, and then run to me to complain to each other, so that the family is also lively, now you are the only one in the family, your father refuses to take a concubine, you have been weak for a few months, and you refuse to take a concubine, Yan'er, my mother is not a pedantic person, you can't look down on the women in the Gongfu of the country in Beijing, I'll ask your uncle to withdraw from the marriage, our family doesn't need your marriage to be maintained, if you have a heart, let go and marry, no matter whose family, as long as you like it, my mother will help you say matchmaking! ”

Chi Yan raised his hand to stop her, and the petite figure flashed in his heart: "Mother, I will handle my own affairs, don't meddle in my affairs." Mother, here is a letter from the young lady of the Guogong Mansion, you can read it. ”

Yu Ningjiao saw the letter on the dwarf case, and before she opened it, Bai Yu's face smiled: "You haven't read it yet?" ”

Chi Yan said nonchalantly: "What do I think, if they want to come to Yaoshan through the autumn calligraphy and painting exhibition of the academy, then come, and they don't need me to accompany them!" ”

Yu Ningjiao saw that there was no interest on his indifferent face, and asked tentatively: "It seems that there is someone in my heart, and I don't want to see the young lady of the Guogong Mansion?" Can you tell my mother, which daughter is it, or is it the girl in the mountains who has captured my son's heart? ”

"Mother, you have a lot of things, I don't need you to ask about my private affairs!" Chi Yan stood up as he spoke, pointing to the letter on the table: "Mother, you can read this letter yourself, I'm leaving!" ”

Yu Ningjiao raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Hey, don't go, I see that you are very interested in this girl, Yan'er!" ”

"Mother!" Chi Yan stopped, turned his head and frowned: "Mother, don't meddle in my business!" ”

Yu Ningjiao was stunned, she had never seen Chi Yan so cautious, which made her more curious, but her son was so attentive, shouldn't he encounter something difficult, right?

She smiled on her fair face and comforted: "Don't worry, my mother won't interfere in your affairs, but Yan'er, you must not be sincere, once you are sincere to any child, you will have a weakness, and the woman can pinch you at will, and your mother will not see you hurt at all." ”

Chi Yan bowed his head indifferently, and then walked away from Yu Ningjiao's house.

After Chi Yan left, the aunt next to him stepped forward: "Madam, the old slave will go and investigate!" ”

Yu Ningjiao's eyes were sharp and bright, and she pondered for a moment and said: "Don't mess with Yan'er, let him come, and when he speaks, it's not too late to make a move!" ”

"Yes!" My aunt responded.

……

When Shen Shi, Liang Xia washed the dishes and chopsticks, said a word to Xiao Qing, and prepared to go home.

Seeing that she was leaving, Zhou hurriedly gave Liang Xia the remaining half of the meat at noon and asked her to take it back.

Liang Xia didn't want it, pushed and said: "Xiao Chengniang, take it back quickly, I must not ask for it, you are so good to me, if I take this meat again, I will not be a human being, take it back quickly." ”

Zhou smiled kindly: "It's my mother who asked me to give it to you, take it quickly, otherwise you will be embarrassed by your mother-in-law when you go back, with this half of the meat, your father-in-law and mother-in-law will have nothing to say." ”

Liang Xia's heart warmed, the eldest mother thought so thoughtfully, she had nothing to say, the eldest mother was so good to Qin Lan and her family, she really knew her father-in-law and mother-in-law too well, half a piece of meat was more than her daily salary, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law must be happy when they saw it.

She stretched out her hand to pick it up: "Xiao Chengniang, thank you for me!" In the future, I will work hard to cook and help you collect the dogwood, if there is anything you ask my aunt to do. ”

Zhou smiled: "No thanks, take it, sister-in-law." ”

Liang Xia accepted it silently, she will definitely work well for the eldest mother, even if she doesn't give her a penny, she will follow the eldest mother in the future.

She left the Xiao family with the meat, thinking that the eldest mother said that she would be paid once every ten days, and she was happy in her heart, not only could she eat every day, but also make money, if only Liu Mei also had food.

I was walking on the village road back, and I hadn't seen my children for a day, and I missed them very much.

On both sides of the village road, the trees are thick, and there are barren grasses everywhere.

Suddenly, a man jumped out of the grass.

"Xiao Ruiniang, what are you carrying?"

Liang Xia was startled, her body shrank back, and when she saw someone coming, her expression immediately relaxed.

"Mother, you...... Where are you here? She asked impatiently.

She was just thinking about where she was coming from, and she didn't even notice where she came from.

Sun Wanniang's eyes kept staring at the meat in Liang Xia's hand, she pointed to the half of the meat and asked, "This meat is the meat you took from Lao Qiao's house?" ”

"Mother, what are you talking about, how can I do that kind of thing, this is given to me by my mother, I work in her house, and people are kind enough to give it!" Liang Xia said.

With that, she continued in the direction of her home.

Sun Wanniang followed her and interrogated carefully: "Nonsense, will the old goods be so good?" You must have taken it secretly! However, you got it right, you worked for her family, and there was so much meat in her yard, if you don't take it for nothing, you won't take it! ”

Liang Xia stopped, recalling that the eldest mother's house did dry a lot of meat, and her mother had never been to Lao Qiao's house, how did she know about the meat dried in the yard?

"Mother, you tell me the truth, did you follow me to my mother's house?"

Sun Wanniang glanced at her mouth, glanced at Liang Xia, turned her back and said in disgust: "Their two broken grass houses are shabby to death, who will go to her house, hum!" ”

Hearing her say this, Liang Xia still has something unclear, she must have followed her in the morning, yesterday the two of them said at her house, if the mother wants to work, come by herself, how Cheng thinks she really came.

Liang Xia was half angry with her, and asked angrily: "Mother, how can you follow me, the eldest mother's family is so good to me, why are you still thinking about yesterday's incident, didn't my brother and sister say it, wait for people to come back when there is a shortage of people, didn't you also agree, don't you come to mention this to the eldest mother, why do you come with me again!" ”

(End of chapter)