Chapter Sixty-Eight: Homesickness
Xiangyang City, in a remote courtyard in the east of the city.
"You kid, you go out behind your back and fool around with people secretly, right? See if I don't tell Daddy, break your legs. ”
A woman in a red samurai uniform was grabbing the ear of a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old, shouting loudly.
"Sister, sister, I was wrong, if you let go, my ears will fall off."
"I don't dare anymore."
When the woman heard the young man begging for mercy, her heart softened and she let go of her hand.
After the young man broke free, he immediately ran towards the door, and shouted with a smile as he ran: "Sister, you look like this, I see that my brother-in-law is back, do I want you." ”
After speaking, he made a grimace, turned his head and crashed into Zhang Yun's arms.
"Ouch, who's that?"
The boy cried out in pain.
When he raised his head and looked, he found that it was Zhang Yun, and exclaimed in surprise: "Brother-in-law, you are finally back." ”
"You don't know, when you're away, my sister stares at me every day, and I'm almost annoyed."
Zhang Yun touched his head and said gently, "Now your sister has to keep an eye on me." ”
Zhang Yun looked in the direction of Xu Xi and found that she was covering her mouth, her eyes were red, and she was stunned in place.
The two looked at each other, as if they wanted to melt each other, and their eyes were full of affection.
Zhang Yun walked up to Xu Xi, wiped the tears on her face, hugged her into his arms, and said softly, "Sister, I'm back." ”
Xu Xi hugged Zhang Yun's waist tightly, for fear that all this was a dream, and after waking up from the dream, Zhang Yun still did not return.
After a long time, Xu Xi let go of Zhang Yun and rubbed Zhang Yun's face with his palm, with a tender expression.
"It's not going to be a dream. Then I'd rather never wake up from this dream. ”
"I'm really back, sister, come back this time, we can be together forever, not separated, I will take you and Xiaoyu, as well as Uncle Xu, aunt, my mother, to the capital together, I am over there, and I have already established myself."
When Xu Xi heard this, his face turned red, and he said shyly: "Who wants to go to the capital with you." ”
There is no momentum at all to teach Xu Yu a lesson just now.
After Xu Yu heard that Zhang Yun was going to take him to the capital, he immediately jumped up.
"Brother-in-law, great, I've heard about the capital for a long time, there are many delicious and fun, and now I finally have a chance to go and have a look."
"You go back for me, reflect on it, you know in Xiangyang to go out and fool around, if you get to the capital, you can't fly to the sky for me."
Xu Xi scolded with a majestic face.
Xu Yu was frightened by him, so he had to hide behind Zhang Yun, exposing half of his head, and Xu Xi was so angry that he stomped his feet.
Zhang Yun saw that this situation was not good, and hurriedly changed the topic.
"Sister, my mother, take me to see her."
"Oh, I was so angry with this kid today that I forgot to take you to meet Aunt Liu."
Xu Xi hurriedly took Zhang Yun and walked towards the inner room.
After passing through the two corridors, I arrived at the place where Zhang Yun's mother lived, a woman in a purple robe, was pruning the flowers and plants in the house, although she was nearly forty years old, her face was still the same, and her gestures showed everyone's beautiful posture.
This woman is Zhang Yun's mother, Liu Yun.
"Aunt Liu, who do you see coming back?"
As soon as Xu Xi entered the door, he said with a smile.
Liu Yun is still very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
After seeing her coming, he also greeted her warmly, and then asked with a smile, "Who?" ”
"Mother, the child is unfilial, and you are frightened."
Zhang Yun walked out from behind Xu Xi, knelt directly on the ground, and said with tears in his eyes.
Liu Yun saw that it was Zhang Yun who came back, and hurriedly helped him up, and then groped all over Zhang Yun's body, and saw that Zhang Yun was not injured, so he was relieved.
Then, with a straight face, he snorted coldly.
Zhang Yun didn't know how to answer, so he had to cast a look at Xu Xi for help.
Xu Xi walked behind Liu Yun, pinched her shoulders for her, leaned over, and said to Liu Yun: "Aunt Liu, you see that Xiaoyun just came back today, you should be happy, don't be too harsh on him." ”
"Hmph, he's outside, I think it's very chic, at the beginning, I knew that I would write a letter in two months, and then I simply didn't write it, in his eyes, is there still my mother?"
"Xi'er, don't get used to him, if he dares to bully you in the future, you will beat him for me."
After Xu Xi heard this, he covered his mouth and snickered.
After Zhang Yun learned the reason, he had no choice but to walk to his mother and shouted: "Mother, I was wronged, I was appointed by the emperor to go to Shandong for disaster relief, things are so busy, I forgot for a while, I wrote to you and my sister." ”
After hearing this, Liu Yun's mood improved a little, and she continued to ask some questions about him in Shandong.
Of course, Zhang Yun reported good news but not bad news, and chose to skip the matter of encountering pirates and being intercepted and killed.
Rao is like this, this trip to Shandong is also dangerous and abnormal.
Then, Liu Yun looked at Zhao Hu behind Zhang Yun and asked with a smile, "Who is this?" Why don't you give me an introduction? ”
Zhao Hu stepped out in one step, smiled and arched his hand: "Old lady, my name is Zhao Hu, I am Lord Zhang's guard, you can call me Ah Hu." ”
After Liu Yun saw Zhang Yun's return, she was ready to call Xu Xi's family and have a reunion dinner together.
The night shrouded the entire Xiangyang City, but the Zhang family's mansion at this time was brightly lit.
In a hall, there were several people sitting around the dining table, Zhang Yun's mother Liu Yun was sitting in the main seat, next to Xu Xi, the future daughter-in-law, and a middle-aged man about forty years old, who was Xu Xi's father, Xu Meng.
And, a beautiful woman dressed a little plainly, he is Xu Xi's mother Zhang Yue.
"Come, Uncle Meng, Aunt Yue, I salute you and thank you for helping me take care of my mother during my absence."
"Virtuous nephew, where do you say, you and I are originally one family, why bother to distinguish each other."
Liu Yun quipped on the side: "It's still called a virtuous nephew, it's time to change your words in the future." ”
Xu Meng hurriedly patted his head and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, yes, yes, I will be a virtuous son-in-law in the future." ”
Xu Xi heard this, and his face was like a red apple.
Xu Yu on the side saw Xu Xi's predicament, and he also secretly laughed in his heart.
Zhang Yun asked Zhao Hu to take out the gifts he brought.
When everyone received the gifts, their faces were full of smiles.
Xu Xi opened it and was immediately frightened, this jade bracelet is worth a lot of money at a glance.
"Xiaoyun, this gift is too valuable, you can change it."
"Sister, what do you say, I don't feel sorry for the things I gave you, no matter how expensive they are."
Liu Yun helped on the side, "Since it was given to you by Yun'er, you can accept it honestly, and you will not distinguish each other in the future." ”
Liu Yun changed her words and asked with concern: "How are you preparing for the imperial examination now?" ”
When Zhang Yun heard this, he sighed in his heart and said secretly: "It's still coming." ”
It turned out that Zhang Yun did not tell his mother in the letter that he was not going to participate in the imperial examination, and now he was the pacification envoy of Jinyiwei, and his mother still thought that he was studying with Zhang Jingxiu.
Zhang Yun said hesitantly: "Mother, this matter is urgent. ”
When Liu Yun saw him like this, she also sighed, thinking that Zhang Yun felt that she couldn't get into the Jinshi.
"Alas, there is no rush in this matter, but you must remember not to forget to study."
"Your father's greatest wish in this life is to hope that you can be named on the gold list."
Liu Yun mentioned Zhang Ren, and a sad color couldn't help but appear on her face.
Seeing this, Xu Xi hurriedly smiled and comforted.
"Aunt Liu, Xiaoyun is very smart, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 16, and he will definitely be able to title the gold list in the future, so you don't have to worry."
Listening to Xu Xi's comfort, the atmosphere of the whole dinner party eased a little.
After the dinner party dispersed, several people were also interested, leaving Zhang Yun and Xu Xi space to be alone.
Zhang Yun looked at Xu Xi, who was slightly drunk because of drinking, and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Today, she is still wearing a red samurai uniform, a black belt around her waist, leather boots on her feet, a pair of slender legs, and her hair is tied up, looking heroic.
Xu Xi was stared at by Zhang Yun's gaze, a little uncomfortable, and pretended to be angry: "What are you looking at, it's not that you haven't seen it." ”
Zhang Yun walked up to him, hugged her, and kissed her on the red lips.
Xu Xi didn't struggle, and cooperatively hugged Zhang Yun's neck, until he couldn't hold it anymore, and then stopped to breathe.
Zhang Yun stared at Xu Xi, who was blushing, and said gently, "Sister, let's get married." ”
"Hmm."
Xu Xi nodded slowly.
Then, Xu Xi began to recall with Zhang Yun the interesting stories of the two when they were children.
Xu Xi looked at Zhang Yun and found that his size had surpassed himself, and his handsome face was a little less cowardly and a little more manly.
Xu Xi touched his face and said with a distressed face: "You must have suffered a lot outside." ”