Pushed open the door and entered the small courtyard.

There was no one in the courtyard, and the sound of nephew Zhou Chong Lang Lang reading was faintly heard in the main house, and the little Zhou Bin didn't see him playing in the courtyard, so he probably followed his brother in the house.

There is smoke rising from the kitchen on the left, and there is movement inside, if you guess correctly, my sister Zhu Xiuer is busy in the kitchen.

It's getting dark, and today the post station also came to the distinguished guests, there are not many people at the post station, except for Zhou Anmin, the whole post station is three post soldiers.

One of them is Lao Tang who just entered the door, and the other is Xiao Tang, the son of Lao Tang, and the last one is Zhou Anmin's own brother, who is an honest man.

The post station is considered an official institution, although the post has no grade, just an official who does not enter the stream, but how to say that it is also a civil servant establishment, as for the post pawn can barely be regarded as a career establishment, so it is very good to be able to find an errand at the post station, although the income is not much, but at least the drought and flood income is much stronger than Zhu Shenchong, a clan that has to be discounted and underpaid.

There are not many people at the post station, and there are only four people with Zhou Anmin and the three post guards.

It's okay on weekdays, but once there are more guests who come to stay at the inn, they are busy enough. So in order to save costs, usually the meals and pulp washing at the post station are all done by my sister Zhu Xiuer, and sometimes Zhu Xiuer has to help do some other things.

Speaking of this, Zhu Xiuer didn't care at all, she was nothing more than a famous, and now she is married and has children, which is no different from ordinary women.

Besides, it is not for nothing to do these things in the post station, not to mention that Zhu Xiuer can occupy the name of a cook, Zhou Anmin naturally applied for an extra subsidy, and secondly, cooking for the post station also solved the problem of eating and drinking at home on weekdays.

walked towards the kitchen, and when I got there, I looked inside, and sure enough, my sister Zhu Xiuer was busy on the stove.

Two stoves, one is stewed in a clay pot, smelling the aroma should be chicken soup, and the other stove Zhu Xiuer is frying vegetables neatly, the pot is oily, fragrant and a little sour and vinegar smell wafts out, if Zhu Shencone guessed correctly, this pot is made of vinegar and mutton.

"You bring the stew on the table first, the chicken soup will have to be stewed for a while, and the mutton will have to cook for some time, and then I will make a fish, and it will be almost enough to make a pot." By the way, when you bring it over, ask the guest what else he needs, and if you want to add more, you will order a ....... ”

Zhu Xiu'er rolled up her sleeves and was busy working, and said without raising her head.

Zhu Shencone's eyes looked at the wooden table on the side, there was already a bowl of braised vegetables just out of the pot on the table, and then looked at his sister, Zhu Shencone hadn't seen her for more than two months.

"What are you doing with a pestle? Isn't it faster? Don't wait. Feeling that Zhu Shencone was standing at the door and didn't move, Zhu Xiu'er frowned slightly, the movements in her hands didn't stop, the spatula was turning in the pot, and she couldn't help but urge.

"Sister...... It's me....... ”

Stunned for a moment, Zhu Xiu'er turned her head suddenly, and when she saw Zhu Shencone who was standing at the door looking at her with a smile, her face instantly showed an expression of surprise.

"Little brother! You...... What are you doing here? When did it arrive? Have you seen your brother-in-law? Why don't you say hello to me when you enter the door? Just now it was your brother-in-law who came back. ”

Dropping the spatula, Zhu Xiu'er arrived in front of Zhu Shencone in a few steps, and took Zhu Shencone's hand to look her younger brother up and down.

Since his father and eldest brother left, in addition to his husband and children, the only younger brother and niece are his closest people.

Zhang and Qiao'er don't talk about it for the time being, the younger sister-in-law Zhang can be regarded as an outsider, although Qiao'er is the eldest brother's blood, but unfortunately she is a girl.

So Zhu Shencone can be said to be the last man in their family, and Zhu Shencone has been very close to his sister Zhu Xiuer since he was a child, and he was also brought up by Zhu Xiuer, and Zhu Xiuer loves this younger brother very much.

"Let my sister take a good look, I haven't seen me grow taller again in two months, but why have I lost some weight? It's a little darker, but it looks more like a man. Looking at Zhu Shencong, Zhu Xiu'er's eyes were shining.

"Sister, isn't that okay for me? Besides, isn't it normal to grow taller and thinner? Zhu Shencone's heart was warm, looking at his sister, the eldest sister is not too old this year, only twenty-six years old, this age is still a "little fairy" who pouts at the mobile phone lens in the future.

But after giving birth to two children and running the house, the current eldest sister has wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and her hands are very rough to the touch because she often has to help wash and scrub on weekdays.

"Okay...... Okay, just ....... Raising her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, Zhu Xiuer couldn't help but say happily: "I've been looking forward to you coming these days, and I talked about you with my brother-in-law yesterday, so I'll stay a few more days when I come back." By the way, I happened to have a distinguished guest today, and I got some good dishes here, and I have a good drink with your brother-in-law in the evening. ”

"Good!" Zhu Shencone smiled and nodded vigorously.

After Zhu Xiu'er finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that there was still cooking on the stove, so she quickly turned around and returned to the stove, fortunately, the stove was not very hot, and the soup in the pot had just been put in the scoop of water and had not yet boiled dry, Zhu Xiuer took the spatula and stir-fried a few times, and then began to fill the bowl.

Zhu Shencone was not idle, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help, the two were busy working, and his brother-in-law Zhou Anmin arrived.

Zhou Anmin came in from the outside in a hurry, and when he saw Zhu Shencone, he was delighted and said: "It's really the little brother who came, and the old Tang told me just now." ”

"Brother-in-law!" Zhu Shencone put the dishes in the bowl on the table and greeted Zhou Anmin with a smile.

"Okay, it's good to come, let's have two drinks today, Xiu'er, remember to get two more dishes later, little brother hasn't seen him for a few days."

"I already knew it, I already knew it." Zhu Xiuer said this with a smile, and at the same time put the remaining mutton in the pot into another bowl, and then put the bowl of vegetables in a cover on the left side of the stove, and there was already a bowl of vegetables in the cover, it seems that it is also stew, as for where it came from, everyone understands it in their hearts.

After saying a few words, Zhou Anmin was busy bringing the finished dishes first, and the south courtyard was still waiting.

deliberately said hello to Zhu Shencong, Zhu Shencone smiled and said that it was okay, it was important to do the right thing first, everyone was a family member and did not need to be so polite, and helped Zhou Anmin put the prepared dishes into the food box.

Zhou Anmin carried the food box and sent it first, and Zhu Shencone continued to stay in the kitchen to chat with his sister, and at the same time help to start.

asked about the situation at home, and said some other things, the sisters and brothers chatted and laughed while working, and for a while they felt that they were back to the time before Zhu Xiuer got married. At that time, the eldest sister was the same, she was often busy in the kitchen, Zhu Shencone was still young, Zhu Xiuer always took him, chatting with Zhu Shencone while doing things, for fear that he would be idle and bored, the past was vaguely in front of him, but time flashed but many years passed.

Zhou Anmin went and came back, and after a few trips back and forth, he took all the food away and counted it as a matter of the South Courtyard.

After finishing it, the three of them happily brought the food in the cover back to the main house, and when they returned to the house, the two nephews who had been looking forward to the meal for a long time were already a little impatient, but when they saw their uncle Zhu Shencone appear, their eyes widened in an instant, and they were overjoyed, jumped off the kang and raised their calves and ran towards Zhu Shencone.

"Good boy! It's a lot heavier! Stretching out his hand, he hugged the boss Zhou Chong who threw himself into his arms, this kid is a little taller than the last time he saw him, and he is a lot stronger.

Seeing that his brother was picked up by his uncle, Zhou Bin, the second brother who was running slower, suddenly became a little anxious, and jumped to hug his uncle. Zhu Shencone squatted down happily, stretched out his hand and picked up the little guy, one in his left and right hands, and hugged it steadily.

"Uncle, uncle! Why are you here, I miss you! The boss Zhou Chong hugged Zhu Shenchong's neck and said affectionately.

"I want to ...... too I miss my uncle too! The second Zhou Bin was not to be left behind, waving his little hands and shouting eagerly.

Looking at the cute appearance of the two nephews, Zhu Shencone laughed, Zhou Anmin and his wife on the side were also happy, these two boys have always been the closest to Zhu Shencon, sometimes Zhou Anmin is even a little jealous, feeling that his father is not as good as this brother-in-law in the child's heart.

smiled and hugged the child to the pit, and then put the two little ones down, and then Zhu Shencone reached out and took out two things from his arms and handed them to them.

These two things are small gifts from Zhu Shencone to his two nephews, nine links to the eldest Zhou Chong, and a rattle to the second Zhou Bin.

Both of these toys are children's favorites, especially the Nine Rings. This is a kind of educational toys for children to play, it was very popular in the Ming Dynasty, and in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the nine consecutive chains drifted across the ocean to the West, and were highly respected by Western scholars, also known as the "Chinese ring".

The nine rings brought by Zhu Shencone were made by Zhao Dabang, and the materials were exquisite and fine, which was much more exquisite than those on the market.

Even the rattle is also, looking for a carpenter from Wangjia Village, the drum surface is covered with excellent nitrate sheepskin, and the exquisite pattern is depicted with color, the drum body is made of fine wood, red lacquer, held in the hand for a shake, two drumsticks hit the drum surface, making a crisp and loud sound.