The guest hall of the Guo family is extremely spacious and bright, Guo Jianliang's slightly chubby body sits on the top, smiling kindly, the hair on his temples is already a little gray, and he is holding a glass of wine at the moment, his eyes are kind and gentle.

"I haven't seen my nephew for five years, and the little doll of the year has now become high-spirited and extraordinary." Guo Jianliang praised Zhang Jiao.

"I heard that Miss Guo said that Uncle Guo has been feeling a little unwell recently, so let's not drink alcohol first, and let the little nephew treat Uncle Guo." Zhang Jiao didn't say anything polite, and as soon as he came up, he got straight to the point and went straight to the point. As he spoke, he wanted to get up.

"Virtuous nephew and sit quietly, don't be in a hurry, let's talk about it after eating, virtuous nephew, you have come all the way for me, and you have to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you first." Guo Jianliang raised his hand and pressed falsely, stopping Zhang Jiao, who was about to get up.

The banquet of the big family is very luxurious, one person has one case, and there is a bottle of dyeing stove on each person's table, and some charcoal is burning in the furnace. In one corner of the guest hall, there is also an incense burner burning with spices, exuding a pleasant aroma. Perhaps because Guo Jie was also present, there were no maids at the banquet, only Hu Yuer sat beside Guo Jie. During the conversation, some of the old servants kept bringing the dishes.

The servant placed some oval-shaped copper pots on the dyeing stove, and the broth in the pot was steaming, and there were many spices in it. Then he brought a plate of sliced meat, meatballs, and some tender vegetables. The servants placed plates of fruit and pastries on each table, and then stood at the side of the people.

"I heard that when the virtuous nephew went to Pushui Zhiyang to collect medicine, he met an immortal and was accepted as a disciple by the immortal, the virtuous nephew is really good!" Guo Jianliang held his sleeve in one hand, and picked up a meatball with the other hand and put it into the copper pot.

"The little nephew unfortunately woke up a hibernating poisonous snake when he was collecting medicine, and was almost poisoned by it, but fortunately he was rescued by the master." Zhang Jiaozheng was curious about how those raw meat and vegetables were directly served on the table, and when he saw Guo Jianliang's movements, he suddenly realized, and while picking up a piece of mutton and putting it in the copper pot, he replied to Guo Jianliang's words.

"Isn't Daddy's body sick? Why did you choose a good girl today? Guo Jie looked at Hu Yu'er who was kneeling beside her, and thought of the two good girls who were sent to the backyard, her heart became more and more angry, and she couldn't help but say to Guo Jianliang in a weird way.

Guo Jie has been raised as a boy since he was a child, Guo Jianliang had a daughter when he was twenty years old, and since then, although he has a group of wives and concubines, he has no other heirs. Therefore, Guo Jie has been educating since she was a child, and even when she is a guest, she often asks Guo Jie to participate, as if Guo Jie is cultivated as the future head of the family.

"Didn't my father see that you were about to reach your old age, so he thought of buying you a few servants for you to call, and it was also convenient to take care of you and Ru'er. After all, you also represent our Guo family. These are always needed. ”

"And what are you doing with those two!?" Guo Jie did not relent.

"You kid, you're used to it! Do you still need your guidance on what to do? Guo Jianliang blew his beard and glared, and felt that his words were a bit heavy, so he put on a smiling face and said to Guo Jie: "Besides, you haven't always wanted a younger brother or sister." ”

Guo Jianliang's wife died early, and his later wife and concubine never had children, but he didn't think it was his problem.

"You! Hum! Guo Jie was extremely angry, pointing at Guo Jianliang and wanting to say something, but he never thought of anything to refute. Yes, in Dahan, it is normal to buy a few women into the backyard.

The two brothers and sisters Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ru on the side seemed to have never heard the argument between the father and daughter, and buried their heads in eating hot pot.

Zhang Jiao glanced at Zhang Ru sideways, the little girl was very happy to eat with chopsticks, and she also took a bowl of broth from the pot and drank it leisurely with a spoon.

Zhang Jiao looked at the little sister who was silently drinking the soup in a daze, he wanted to take the little sister home after this spring festival, not that the Guo family was bad, he just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, after all, people live like this, and people think it's normal, but Zhang Jiao doesn't like this "normal". He feels sorry for his little sister, people shouldn't be the goods decided by others, and he doesn't want his little sister to be as "normal" as people.

"Virtuous nephew, let you see the smile, no matter what else, come, drink." Guo Jianliang's face was a little pale, but he still forced a smile and toasted to Zhang Jiao.

The banquet was not pleasant, because Guo Jie and Guo Jianliang had a few words, and the atmosphere became very awkward. Guo Jie ordered someone to take a pair of dishes and chopsticks, pulled Hu Yuer to sit beside him, and kept picking up vegetables for Hu Yuer. Guo Jianliang frowned and didn't say a word, and kept drinking one glass of wine after another. Only Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ru ate happily, and even Zhang Jiao almost finished eating the food on the table, and the servant next to him hurriedly served a few plates of meat and added some broth to the pot.

may feel that Guo Jie is a little "uncompromising". Guo Jianliang was extremely melancholy and soon got drunk.

"Virtuous nephew...... To tell you the truth, I, Guo Jianliang, was originally a child of a big family in Yingchuan County, and I was sent here because I injured the patriarch's grandson and gave me some money. Don't look at the rumors of me in this giant deer, but my biggest wish is to return to Guo's house one day. Guo Jianliang's face was flushed, and he came to Zhang Jiao with a wine glass and sat down, holding Zhang Jiao's hand with one hand and said.

"Uncle Guo drank too much, life is not the same everywhere, not to mention that you are living quite well now, since the patriarch doesn't want you, why bother to make compromises." Zhang Jiao saw that he was emotional, and he was about to cry, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"No... It's not the same... I'm nothing at all... It's nothing, you don't understand yet..."Guo Jianliang poured another glass of wine, his eyes were a little confused.

"Uncle Guo, I'll help you go back to your room to rest first, and I'll help you regulate your body." Zhang Jiao saw that he was already top-heavy, and supported him.

"That's right, what do I do when I tell my nephew about this?" Guo Jianliang laughed at himself, and then said: "It's not too early, the virtuous nephew will also rest first, and then treat it tomorrow." ”

Guo Jianliang staggered and got up, a servant stepped forward to help, he pushed him away, looked at the servant in the house and said, "Don't worry about me, you serve Zhang Xian's nephew here, and take your nephew to the guest room to rest later." After speaking, he prepared to walk out of the living room.

When he walked in front of Guo Jie, he seemed to feel Guo Jie's piercing gaze. Guo Jianliang burped, turned his head with a red face and a stiff neck, and ordered a servant: "When you are done here, call those two women to my room." Then he staggered out and walked away.

"Brother Zhang smiled." Guo Jie's face was very pale.

"It doesn't matter."

"If Brother Zhang has any orders, just call them directly. The little sister is out of company. Guo Jie was in a bad mood, beckoned to Zhang Ru, and took Hu Yuer back to the room.

"Brother, I want to go home." As soon as Guo Jie walked out, Zhang Ru ran to Zhang Jiao.

The little girl was not so happy at the moment. What happened today hit her hard. At the age of seven or eight, she couldn't understand the world of adults.

"You woke up as soon as you got out of the car today, didn't you?" Zhang Jiao took the girl and hugged her in his arms and asked softly.

"Well, but I don't dare to open my eyes, I'm afraid, those sisters' families don't want them anymore." The little girl's body collapsed in Zhang Jiao's arms, and her little hands grabbed Zhang Jiao's clothes. The body began to tremble with fear.

"The eldest brother is here, the girl is not afraid, and she will take the girl home after the spring festival."

"Daddy and Auntie will definitely not exchange Xiaoru for food, right?" Zhang Ru looked up at Zhang Jiao, her eyes filled with tears.

"Our family has food, and no one can change Xiaoru."

"What if there is no food? Will Daddy and Auntie exchange Xiaoru for silver and food? Xiaoru didn't want to leave Daddy and Auntie. ”

"If there is no food, the eldest brother will exchange himself with food for Daddy and Xiaoru to eat."

"I don't change, I don't want food, I want big brother." Zhang Ru finally stopped being sad and scared, and lay quietly in Zhang Jiao's arms.

"Xiaoru is good, our family has food, and no one will change it. Even if there is no food, we will not change it, let's grow food. ”

"Then those sisters can also grow food at home, why exchange them for food."

"Because of the great drought in the world, they can't grow food."

"Then why does Uncle Guo's family have food to exchange, but Uncle Guo doesn't grow food."

"This ...... Cause... Because they had someone in their family who helped them grow food, they had extra food. ”

"But didn't all the people of their family exchange food for food? Isn't that more and more exchanged? ”

"It's... My brother doesn't understand it either. Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly.

"It would be nice if everyone didn't change it at the beginning, so that everyone would have a surplus of food."

"Maybe somebody robbed other people's food at the beginning, and then many people had surplus food, and there were a lot of people who didn't have food." Zhang Jiao's eyes were gentle, and he answered the little girl's questions very patiently.

"Those people are so bad!" Zhang Ru clenched her small fists.

"Yes, they're so bad!" Zhang Jiao looked at the girl and smiled, and also clenched his fists, indicating that he and his little sister shared the same hatred.

"Brother, I want to go and see Sister Yu'er, she was exchanged for food by her father today, she must be very sad." Zhang Ru got up from Zhang Jiao's arms, picked up some pastries and fruits from the table, and picked them up with his clothes.

"Fortunately, she followed Sister Guo, Sister Guo is as good as a big brother, she will definitely not bully her, Xiaoru will send her something to eat, so that she will not be so sad." The little girl tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

"Go girl!" Zhang Jiao rubbed Zhang Ru's little head, and took a few more fruits and put them in the cloth pocket of the clothes that Zhang Ru was holding with both hands.

"Brother rest early." Zhang Ru said to Zhang Jiao while going out with a full fruit in both hands.

Looking at the back of the little girl, Zhang Jiao sighed, thought of the girl's question just now, and said to himself: "Adults may not be able to figure it out." ”