Chapter 2: Entering the capital for the first time
The bustling capital, the shops along the street, and the fashionable clothes all show that life here is so comfortable and beautiful.
This is not like Wanghai City, because it is a frontier, so the people are fierce, and the people here are humble, polite, and speak softly.
This is the first impression that the capital gave to Jia Guoan. Following the guidance of his mother, the convoy came to the door of a mansion with the words Xiao Mansion written on it, which was Mrs. Jia's maiden home, the mansion of Xiao Zhen, the imperial scholar.
Mrs. Jia got out of the carriage, and the guards at the door looked at it, leaving one surprise and another surprise and ran into the house and shouted, Miss is back, Miss is back.
After a while, dozens of people came to the door of Xiao's house, which is not the same as the Jia family, the Jia family has been a general for generations, Jia Guoan's grandfather is a child of Jia Yi, the country was in turmoil, Jia Guoan's grandfather sacrificed to quell the rebellion, and grandma was also too sad because of his grandfather's departure, and left with his grandfather, so there was no one else in the Jia family.
And the Xiao family is a civil official family, and it is certain that people will be prosperous. When Mrs. Jia saw the people in front of the door, she was very excited, and took Jia Guoan to introduce him one by one, this is grandma, this is grandpa, this is uncle, etc.
At this time, Jia Guoan's grandmother spoke,
"Don't stand in front of this door, what do you look like? Let's go, come into the house and say, in the past 20 years, you told that bastard boy to go and leave, have you ever thought about how sad it would be to be a mother." Grandpa glanced at grandma and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about now? Just come back, the woman's family is hypocritical." Then he took Mrs. Jia Guoan into the house.
When they arrived at the house, they all sat down, and grandma asked: "This way, the road is far away, but I have suffered a lot, right?" Jia Guoan replied: "Grandma is not bitter, this road is novel, and Guoan has not traveled enough." Everyone laughed, it seemed that there was nothing to do on the road, Mrs. Jia said to Jia Guoan: "You go and get acquainted with your brothers and sisters, and my mother is here to talk to grandma and them for a while." Guoan answered and left with a few brothers and sisters who were waiting outside.
The children in Xiao Mansion are the eldest brother Xiao Cheng, the second brother Xiao He, the eldest sister Xiao Xue, the younger brother Xiao Yuan and the younger sister Xiao Yue.
These are the direct descendants of the Xiao Mansion, and the other foreign relatives are not present today. When he came to the front yard of Xiao's house, the funny little brother Xiao Yuan proposed
"Brother An just arrived in the capital today, why don't we take him around the city. The eldest sister Xiao Xue smiled: "Obviously, you want to go out to play, Brother An just arrived, we will take him to settle down first, and it is only serious to familiarize yourself with Xiao Mansion." Hearing that the eldest sister didn't agree to go out, Xiao Yuan's little face instantly wilted with excitement
"Okay, the eldest sister said so, then let's go find a place for Brother An. The second brother looked at the disappointed expression of the younger brother Xiao Yuan and couldn't help but smile and said: "Isn't Guoan just coming for a day, can we go out together tomorrow?" Xiao Yuan heard the second brother say this, and instantly came to the spirit and said: "Brother An, live next to me, there is a vacant room in my courtyard." Seeing that Jia Guoan did not object, everyone said to go and have a look first.
The six of them came to Xiao Yuan's small courtyard, looking at the wooden stakes and weapons in the courtyard, Jia Guoan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Little brother still likes to practice martial arts?" Xiao Yuan replied excitedly: "Yes, yes, I don't like those crepe things, dancing knives and guns are real men." But grandpa disagreed, just said that it was good to be healthy, don't be too obsessed, the Xiao family is going to take a career path. "Old Man Xiao also looked at the past of the Jia family, and was extremely opposed to Xi Wu joining the army.
"By the way, Brother An must have learned a lot of powerful martial arts by his uncle's side in the frontier, can you teach me," Xiao Yuan suddenly thought that Jia Guoan was General Jia's only son, and he would definitely have superb martial arts.
Jia Guoan looked at Xiao Yuan who was excited, and said with a smile: "It's okay to teach you, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on." Xiao Yuan was unconvinced and said: "How do you know if you don't try, Brother An, you will live here with me, and teach me martial arts in the future." Then a few people asked their subordinates to clean up the house and buy some more bedding, even if they settled down for Jia Guoan.
Xiao Yuan has always been thinking about practicing martial arts, and proposed
"Brother An, why don't you show us a hand in me?" Jia Guoan readily agreed, came to the courtyard, picked up his iron spear, and played a set of Wanghai City's unique marksmanship battle array gun.
Several people from the Xiao family who watched it were enthusiastic and applauded. After playing with a set of guns, it was almost noon, and the maid came to the courtyard to inform the old lady to call a few people to the side room for dinner.
At this time, everyone reacted, it turned out that it was so late, and they came to the side room with Jia Guoan, and several adults were already waiting for them.
After taking a seat, Mrs. Xiao asked Guoan
"Have you studied martial arts with your father? Have you studied hard? Don't go to the army anymore, let your grandfather dredge up and become an official in Beijing." Hearing this, Jia Anguo immediately replied: "Grandma, Anguo is practicing martial arts, and I have read books, but they are all books on the art of war, and they should not be civilian officials." The Jia family has been defending the country for generations, and if they can't come, they will break it. When Mrs. Xiao saw Jia Guoan's answer like this, she didn't stop persuading him to stop mentioning it, but just let Jia Guoan eat well, and play with a few juniors in the capital during this time.
Jia Anguo's echo should be. A lunch ended quickly, and Xiao Lao was not at home because of his busy official duties.
The juniors went back to their houses to rest. When the afternoon sun was no longer hot, the younger brother Xiao Yuan first came to Jia Guoan's room and took Jia Guoan to find a few other people while introducing Xiao Mansion.
Along the way, Xiao Yuan pestered Jia Guoan to tell him the story of the frontier, but Jia Anguo had not been to the front line in Wanghai City except for studying and practicing martial arts and bullying children, which made Jia Guoan very embarrassed in the face of Xiao Yuan's inquiry, and secretly decided that when he returned to Wanghai City, he must ask his father to take him to the military camp. ”。
Xiao Yuan heard that the eldest sister was not there, and said happily: "When I was looking for you, Brother An and I almost went around the Xiao Mansion, let's go out and play." Xiao He said with a smile: "Don't forget to go out to play every day, this Xiao Mansion is so big, how can you finish it in such a while? With that, the four of them turned and walked towards the door.
The four of them left Xiao Mansion from the side door and soon walked to the bustling commercial street, looking at the fresh items sold along the street, Jia Guoan was also interested, there are many new things that have not been seen in the frontier.
A few people quickly bought a bunch of items, and then Xiao Yue complained: "I knew that this was the case, we should have brought so many things with our subordinates, and we were so tired of holding them." Hearing this, Jia Guoan took the initiative to take over the things in Xiao Yue's hand, in fact, Xiao Yue also bought some rouge gouache, which was not very big and heavy, but a few people had been shopping for so long, and the girls were always tired when they were weak.
Seeing this, Xiao He took the three of them to a restaurant, preparing to take Jia Guoan to taste the unique food of the capital, and rest by the way.