Da Shun Zheng and nine years.

It was the end of the first month, and it snowed again yesterday, so instead of getting warmer, the capital was cold.

Just after noon, Jin Chuan led a few maids to clean carefully. The smoke of the smoke was steaming, so the room was full of sandalwood.

Mrs. Wang sat at the head of the bed, holding the Buddha beads in her hand, with no waves in the ancient well on her face, but she was quite lonely in her heart.

In the winter moon, she got her sister's letter, Xue Pan's lawsuit, and Jia Yucun maintained the settlement, and Mrs. Wang was a little relieved. followed his brother and rose to the edge vacancy, and he was worried about the lack of contact with his mother's family. My sister wrote that she would enter Beijing as soon as possible, and Mrs. Wang thought that it would be February for her sister's family to come to Beijing, right?

Just thinking about it, suddenly the door curtain was opened, and Lin Zhixiao's family came to say goodbye: "Mrs., my aunt and my aunt brought my brother and sister to Beijing with my family, and I was getting off outside the door." ”

Mrs. Wang suddenly got up, overjoyed. asked a few words from Lin Zhixiao's family again and again, and hurriedly instructed Jin Chuan and other maids to inform Sister Feng, Baoyu, Sanchun, etc., and go to Yimen to welcome my sister's family together.

After a while, Jia Lian went out first, and Sister Feng, Baoyu, Sanchun, Daiyu, together with Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, all arrived, and went out with Mrs. Wang.

Halfway through, the mandarin duck walked quickly, saying that the old lady had a letter, and asked Mrs. Wang to lead people to the old lady after picking up Aunt Xue.

Mrs. Wang replied repeatedly, and the group waited for the group to come out of the inner instrument door to welcome the front of the instrument gate, and saw several housekeepers and ladies happily leading two women, an old man and a young woman, in.

The old man caught a glimpse of Mrs. Wang, and hurriedly came over, and Mrs. Wang also hurried to meet her. The two of them pulled their hands together, and the sisters met in their twilight years, not to mention the joy and sorrow, crying and laughing.

Aunt Xue wiped her tears, flashed and beckoned, and beckoned the girl behind her: "Baochai, come and see Auntie." ”

"Auntie."

Xue Baochai lowered her head in a low voice, Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward to hold it, looked her eyes up and down, and saw that she was tall and tender, her lips were red without dotting, her eyebrows were green without painting, and she was born with a good color, and suddenly said: "Good, good, good!" I don't want to be this big all at once. ”

After a pause, Mrs. Wang withdrew her smile and said in surprise: "What about Pan'er?" ”

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Pan'er is not young at all, how can she go to the inner house indiscriminately?" I'm going to meet a few masters. ”

Mrs. Wang was about to say a few words of disgust, but Wang Xifeng, who was behind her, smiled before anyone could say anything: "Mrs., aunt, you will talk about it when you want to talk about it, and this is the cold time outside...... Again, the old lady urged twice, but I was afraid that she would have been in a hurry. ”

Mrs. Wang suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, it's not good to let the old lady wait, my sister will come with me." ”

Mrs. Wang turned around and pulled Aunt Xue's hand and walked inside, and Baoyu and Daiyu behind her saw Baochai's appearance clearly.

Daiyu saw that Baochai's color was excellent, and peeked at Baoyu beside her, and saw that Baoyu's eyes were crazy again. Daiyu was annoyed in her heart, and said in a low voice: "Brother, why don't you ask the new sister if she has jade?" ”

Baoyu came back to her senses, turned her head and saw Daiyu looking at her obliquely, and her face suddenly sneered. "You're really good at laughing."

Daiyu said something about it, but it was a new arrival from Daiyu last year, and after Baoyu saw it, she said, 'I have seen this sister before', and then carefully measured Daiyu beside the old lady and asked, 'But there is also jade'.

Daiyu replied, "I don't have that." Thinking that jade is a rare thing, how can everyone have it. ”

When Baoyu heard this, he became insane, took off the jade, and fell hard, making a lot of trouble.

Seeing that Daiyu was unhappy, Baoyu didn't care about going to see Baochai again, and only accompanied Daiyu all the way to make Daiyu happy.

The group was bustling, passing through the hall and passing through the weeping flower gate, and Mrs. Wang led Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai to meet Mother Jia. Aunt Xue gave all kinds of favors and gifts. After seeing the furniture, Mother Jia saw Baoyu and a monkey staring at Baochai, so she said: "My aunt is coming from afar, and I think I'm tired from the boat, so it's better to go and rest first." Feng Yatou ordered to go down and give her aunt a banquet. These little ones look at the intimacy, so it's better to leave them intimacy for a while. ”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Eh, the old ancestor is still thoughtful, and the old people in the strange Dao Mansion say that the old ancestor managed the family well when he was young." ”

Jia Mu scolded with a smile: "You are a sloppy person, and you are used to making jokes." Go, go, don't surround me, old lady. ”

Everyone got up and said goodbye, Mrs. Wang pulled her sister Aunt Xue to talk, and a few small ones also got together and chatted endlessly.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue went to the East Courtyard, and Mrs. Wang asked, "Is my sister's road smooth?" ”

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "There are some twists and turns, but fortunately, there are no dangers." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Aunt Xue sighed, with a look on her face, quite unbearable to look back on.

But on the other side, a few small ones got together, Sanchun asked around Baochai, and Baoyu sat with Daiyu at first, seeing that it was lively over there, scratching his ears and cheeks for a long time, after all, he couldn't help but go over to have fun.

Tanchun has a cool temperament, and after asking about Jinling, he suddenly asked: "I was guilty of rushing in this New Year, but fortunately, my sister and aunt had a smooth ride on the road and arrived home safely." ”

Hearing this, Baochai's face was slightly dazed, and he said with a smile: "Peace and security are true, and smooth sailing is not necessarily possible." ”

Baoyu squeezed the second sister Yingchun aside, leaned over and bent over and asked, "What did Sister Bao say this?" ”

Xue Baochai muttered: "I just passed Texas before, and I was ...... by water bandits at night."

"Water bandits?" Everyone was shocked.

Baochai bowed his head and said: "More than a dozen water bandits drove a small boat to come over at night, climbed on the bow of the boat and killed people when they saw them. Thanks to the help of righteous people, the danger was turned into a disaster. ”

Speaking of this section, Baochai was in a trance again, and the situation at that time vaguely appeared in front of him. She peeked through the window lattice, and there was a sound of killing in the boat, and the sailors and guards were fighting with the thieves with knives with sticks; Another small boat approached his official ship, and the thief's long knife shone through the cold under the moonlight.

Then there was a burst bowstring, and the thieves in the boat screamed and fell into the water. Baochai turned his head to look, and saw a boat approaching in the river at some point, and a person standing in the wind under the lantern carried by the bow of the boat, the bowstring in his hand trembled, and one after another feathered arrows shot out, shooting the thieves who tried to approach one by one into the water.

Baoyu liked to hear this kind of strange story the most, and asked again and again: "What happened later, what happened later?" ”

Baochai said: "Later, the inspection department was alarmed, and the soldiers surrounded him, and the thieves fled when they saw that they couldn't do anything." ”

Baoyu was disappointed: "Sister Bao really can't tell stories. ”

Tanchun on the side said: "What Second Brother Bao said is unreasonable, it is clear that Sister Bao is in distress, how can she listen to it as a story?" ”

Baoyu suddenly, Liandao is not.

Tanchun's beautiful eyes flashed again and again, and she admired such a heroic figure the most in her heart, because she asked: "I don't know who that person is...... Sister Bao, did you ever thank the righteous man later? ”

Baochai shook his head slightly: "That person went with the soldiers of the Inspection Division, and he never returned at dawn." The official ship couldn't wait, so my mother had to let the official ship set off. ”

It's a pity to visit the spring. At this time, Lin Zhixiao's family came in a hurry, glanced at it, and Xizizi looked for Li Kun, who had been sitting with him, handed over a letterhead, and said with a smile: "I heard the magpie cry early this morning, and said that it should be on my aunt's wife, and I don't want it to be a double happiness." Grandma, someone from outside the door, said that it was a relative of the grandmother's hometown, this is a letterhead. ”

"Relatives?"

Li Kun took the letterhead, opened it and took a brief look, and was immediately overjoyed.

Baoyu leaned over again and asked, "Sister-in-law, who is here so happy?" ”

Li Kun got up and pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Brother Jian'er-my cousin." ”

"Cousin?" Baoyu heard that it was a man, and suddenly lost interest.

Li Kun said happily: "My cousin came to the capital this time to take the autumn exam, Sister Baochai, I will go to greet you." ”

Baochai hurriedly got up and said, "You're welcome, sister-in-law will go by herself." ”

"Brother Bao, sisters, don't accompany you."

Dropping a sentence, Li Kun took Su Yun and Biyue and hurriedly greeted the Yimen.

But on the other hand, Xue Pan, the dumb overlord, visited Jia Zheng and Jia Yu, and went to Dongfu to visit Jia Zhen, and then returned with Jia Lian.

Entering the east corner gate, Xue Pan shook his head and said, "...... There was a shout of killing in the back boat loaded with goods, and there were thieves rowing a small boat approaching this end, but it was not my mother and sister who stopped me desperately, and I was about to draw my knife desperately. ”

"yes?" Jia Lian responded weakly, he heard Xue Pan's words once from Jia Zheng, and he also heard them once at Jia Yu and Jia Zhen, and this is the fourth time. No matter how fresh the story is, it is no longer interesting.

"As a result, at this moment, I heard the bowstring crashing and ringing, I opened the window and followed the sound to look over, second brother guess what?" Without waiting for Jia Lian to respond, Xue Pan asked and replied to himself: "I saw a white-clothed righteous man with a bow and arrows thirty zhang away, with a beaded arrow in one hand, the arrow is not in vain, and an arrow will hit a thief......

Jia Lian couldn't help but interject: "This is a bit too much, it's dark, where can you shoot someone from thirty zhang away?" ”

"Uh...... Even if there are no thirty zhang, there are ten zhang. Just look at the white robe...... The white-clothed ...... Xue Pan suddenly paused in front of the Yi Gate, and Jia Lian took two more steps before stopping: "Why didn't Brother Pan leave?" ”

I saw Xue Pan's eyes wide, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at it from afar: "Righteous man!" That man was the righteous man in white that night! Righteous man, don't go! ”

The stupid overlord chased after him, and the second master hurriedly stopped: "Brother Pan, slow down, this inner house can't be intruded." ”

Xue Pan struggled twice, and suddenly smiled: "It's really effortless to step on the iron shoes and find nowhere to find them, I still want to find a righteous man, I don't want to bump into it in the house." Hahaha......"

Jia Lian, who was pulling Xue Pan, turned his head to look at the Yimen, and saw the man in white saluting the eldest grandmother Li Kun, and after a brief speech, he followed him inside. Second Master Lian wondered in his heart, what kind of person is this man? How did you get involved with your sister-in-law Li Kun?

Xue Pan shouted again, and the man finally heard the movement, so he stopped and looked back. A little far away, Second Master Lian couldn't see his face clearly, only to see that the man seemed to be smiling, and then waved his hand to this side.

……………………………………

Li Kun led the two maids to walk briskly, but after passing the Neiyi Gate, their footsteps gradually slowed down. There is a saying that the hometown is more timid, and the reunion of relatives and friends is only afraid of love.

A long-term memory came to mind, when I was still in the boudoir, my aunt from a distant family led a small person to meet, and the pink-carved person was Brother Frugal.

It's been eight years, and I don't know what the thrifty brother who pestered him and called his big sister looks like now.

The woman in the boudoir pays attention to the door and does not go out of the door. Li Kun's widow is unemployed, so naturally she is not among them. But since her husband passed away, she has kept the rules of the girl's house and rarely goes out.

Turning the hall, I saw a young man standing at the door of the instrument, dressed in white and standing with a long body, talking to the steward and the servant in front of the door.

Hearing the steward's instructions, the young man turned around, but saw that the bridge of his nose was high, his eyebrows were clear, and his face was white and clean.

When Li Kun got closer, he shouted tentatively: "Brother Frugal? ”

Li Weijian looked at Li Kun carefully, and bowed with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and the eldest sister has been reduced." ”

Hearing this, Li Kun's nose was sour, and he raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose and red eyes: "It's been so long, I don't want Brother Jian to be so big." Are you okay at home? The road went smoothly, right? ”

"It's all good." Li Weijian said with a smile: "Uncle scolds me for deviating all day long, Jinling really can't stay, so I have to come to join the eldest sister." ”

Li Shouzhong, the father of Li Kun, is the most old-fashioned, and since Li Shouzhong, the women of the Li family only read some women's studies, and then do not read the subset of scriptures next to it. Now that the Holy Emperor has been in power for nearly ten years, he began to advocate practical learning a few years ago, and this practical learning is naturally a big rebellion in the eyes of Li Shouzhong, and it is no wonder that Li Weijian is always scolded by his uncle.

Li Kun knew his father's temperament, and when he thought of Jinling's mother and brothers and sisters, he couldn't help but shed tears.

The maid on the side, Su Yun, said: "Grandma, this outside is not a place to talk-"

Li Kun wiped his tears, but he made a mistake in his heart.

Su Yun continued: "It's better to lead my brother to the side to talk to the warm pavilion now." ”

"Okay, you go and settle in."

Su Yun answered, and hurriedly ran to the warm pavilion to make arrangements.

Li Kun wiped away his tears and led Li Weijian inside: "Brother Jian comes with me, I have a lot to ask." ”

"But listen to the big sister."

Li Weijian walked in with Li Kun, and faintly heard someone shouting 'righteous man' behind him, he turned his head after a pause, and saw the two of them pulling together outside the Yimen, and the slightly stronger person craned his neck to look at him, thinking that this person shouted.

Li Weijian secretly wondered, and he didn't know whether this person was the Xue family's guardian or the side, so he waved at him, and then turned around and took two steps to catch up with Li Kun.

Su Yun and Li Kun bit their ears, and Li Kun was surprised: "Brother Jian'er, why did Brother Pan of my aunt's wife call you a righteous man and a good father?" Thinking of what Baochai said before, and seeing Li Weijian dressed in a plain white robe, Li Kun became more and more surprised: "Could it be—"

"That's a long story."