The autumn wind suddenly blows, and the slightest coolness permeates the bones.

Babies come and go, listen carefully, as if a child in Rongxi Hall cries, and a child in the east garden responds with a howl.

“Second Master.” Quan Xi and Quan Shou greeted him from the Jing Huan Zhai.

Jia Lian said nothing.

“Lian’er.”

“Second brother.”

Hearing the call from behind, Jia Lian turned his head and saw Jia Zhu and Chen Yejun approaching on foot. However, after only a few years away, Jia Zhu became thinner and Chen Yejun got a little fatter.

“Haven’t been active in the past two years? Why do you look plumper than your elder brother?” Jia Lian laughed.

Chen Yejun showed embarrassment, and muttered: “You are all gone, and there are not many people looking for me to go hunting or outing in the city. If you stay at home all day, how can you not get fat?”

Jia Lian already knew that Chen Yejun had recklessly kicked him to death. Jia Rui lost his official position and could only rely on Jia Zheng’s family. After several years of living under the fence, he became weaker and less energetic than before.

“…Second brother Lian, Pan’er returned to Beijing two days earlier than you, and has already entered the palace to receive the reward. The lord asked whose family’s son Lang was righteous and gave up millions of goods to repel foreign thieves. I heard it was After Xue Gong, Ziwei’s housekeeper, asked Pan’er to also become Ziwei’s housekeeper, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cooperate with the Ministry of Households to discuss which items the Xue family could buy and buy, so as to help Pan’er revive the family business.” Chen Ye Jun looked complicated, and as he spoke, he took a look at Jia Lian’s gray cloth robe, “I heard that Ziying followed General Shenwu to lead the army in the south along the way. General—My lord heard that the firearms used by the foreign thieves were sent by me to the Shenji Camp, and I ordered people to investigate the matter. My father and brother were not involved in the sale of firearms because they had evidence of negligence in Xiaohuazhi Lane, Shenji All those corrupt and law-breaking people in the camp will subdue the law one by one.”

Jia Lian nodded, and saw someone at the corner door waiting to talk to him from time to time, so he said to Jia Zhu and Chen Yejun, “Let’s talk about this after I meet the old lady and master.” Qingtang went to see Jiamu.

“Second brother Lian.” Chen Yejun called out hastily.

Jia Lian turned to look at him.

Chen Yejun walked quickly to Jia Lian’s side, took Jia Lian’s hand, and said in a loud voice, “Second Brother Lian, what we said earlier was that we can kill four birds with one stone, but now that Pan’er and Ziying have got what they deserve, then what should I do?” What about you? On the day when Pan’er returned to Beijing, the gongs and drums were blaring, and Xue’s family set up a flowing banquet to entertain guests, why did you come back quietly? It’s never been heard in Beijing that you have made any achievements.”

Jia Zhu frowned slightly, but waited quietly for Jia Lian to speak.

Jia Lian said with a smile: “Shangfeng disappeared without a trace. As a subordinate, I only want to be innocent and dare not take credit.” It’s not that he doesn’t want to be promoted and get rich, but after secretly writing letters with the Governor of Guangxi, he still weighs the pros and cons. I just want to stay with Prince Zhongshun.

“…What about me?” Chen Yejun hated to live under the eaves of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. After Mrs. Wang made up her mind to let the second room flourish, she actually treated him like a visiting son-in-law and urged him He gave birth to children, and now besides Douer, Yingchun and Baoqin gave birth to two more sons for him, and another servant girl also had a baby girl; after giving birth to a child, the house became more and more cramped, and Yuanchun was asked to take money The buyer paid the monthly fee, and Mrs. Wang had to take care of her, which took away a lot of his confidence.

Jia Lian murmured and said, “I already know about you, but now that I’ve just come back, I don’t have a clue about everything, so I have to think long-term—”

“It’s the Shenji Camp,” Chen Yejun suddenly beamed, “Second Brother Lian, it’s the Shenji Camp. Now everyone in the Shenji Camp has been arrested, leaving a lot of shortages. The affairs are very poor, besides, Jia Rui’s grandmother is also in my room now taking care of Jia Rui just like the old ancestors, so I can be considered worthy of Jia Rui; it is said that today, after discussing with the Supreme Emperor, he also asked Prince Zhongshun and Prince Beijing to work together to recommend talents to be fascinated Jiying, how about the second brother Lian meet Prince Zhongshun and say something nice for me?”

Seeing the brilliance on Chen Yejun’s face, Jia Lian said with a smile, “It’s no good talking about Prince Zhongshun, you have to talk about King Beijing. Have you forgotten how I went to Guangdong?”

“It’s okay with the king of Beijing, Second Brother Lian just agrees.” Chen Yejun was sure that the king of Beijing would not make things difficult for him.

“I’ll do my best.” Jia Lian said with a smile, while heading towards the Rongqing Hall, thinking in his heart that Kuang Yanbing had presented the evidence of Jia Yucun’s collusion with the Governor of Guangdong, Hong Helong, to Jinshang. Action, I think today took the evidence and secretly made a deal with the Supreme Emperor—before the incident happened, Jia Yucun was dispatched due to dereliction of duty, and Hong and Long became prisoners. On the contrary, it is better to seek other interests, because one does not know what these interests are.

“…Speaking of which, my two uncles are going back to Beijing soon. When they come back, Wang Ren will also come up from Jinling. I don’t know how they will harm Pan’er. I think Pan’er has finally made a fortune. If they are The belt is broken, hey!” Jia Zhu said worriedly with her hands behind her back.

Jia Lian was startled, and thought this was it, if he refused to beat the dog in the water today, he must have taken the stick to make a deal with the Supreme Emperor, and dispatched Prince Teng, who was staying in Guangxi to contain Kuang Yanbing, back to Beijing.

“I don’t know whether Lord Wang will be promoted or demoted this time when he returns to Beijing.” Chen Yejun thought that no matter how bad Wang Ziteng was, he would not be the head of Shenji Camp.

Jia Zhu shook her head, “Although the report in the mansion said that it was dispatched according to the rules, but the south is short of people. It would be too weird to send him back to Beijing instead of asking uncle to guard and support him.”

Jia Lian said with a smile: “Your Majesty, I have my own considerations today, so we don’t have to worry about them.” After stepping into the hanging flower door, he heard the baby crying more and more clearly. Each of them is afraid of getting involved, so that the tricks of the two wicked women will succeed.

When they got to the door of the main room, Jia Lian glanced at Liuli who was pulling the curtain, and watched Liuli’s mouth slightly curled down. She thought to herself that this Qingwen was no longer called Qingwen, and her temperament was still the same lonely one. Seeing that the increasingly old Jiamu left her seat, she greeted her in person.

“Greetings to the old lady, the old lady is worried.” Jia Lian was about to kneel when entering the door.

Jia’s mother embraced Jia Lian with both hands, and said again and again: “It’s good to be back, it’s good to be back. I don’t ask you to be well-known to the princes, but I just ask you to come back safely.”

“The grandson is unfilial, he left Beijing full of ambitions, and came back in disgrace, without earning any honor for the old lady.” Jia Lian was about to kneel down again, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced into the room, and first saw Xu Qingheng standing in Jia’s mother wearing a bamboo green gown. Behind her, she looked hesitant, and her eyes always turned to the south; looking to the south again, I saw two women with hair combed, each holding a child, one woman’s face was full of fear, and the other was full of fear. A two-point critical arrogance.After a few more glances, I vaguely remembered that these were Miss Meng and Miss Hong.Looking at the room, only Jia She was left, and the second room Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Yuan Chun, Baoyu, etc. were not there, and secretly thought that the second room was going to Xue’s house to add to the icing on the cake?

“Lian’er,” Jia She, who had been neglected all this time, coughed, pointed at the child in Meng’s arms, and said, “Come and see your son.”

Jia Lian’s eyelids twitched, and he looked at Xu Qingheng.

Xu Qingheng met Jia Lian’s eyes, and unconsciously looked away, thinking that she was just waiting to see what Jia Lian would do.

Jia Lian first said to Jia Amnesty, “Father seems to be in good spirits.”

“Thanks to Bi Lian for taking care of her, cough cough.” Jia She looked at Bi Lian tenderly, and was about to say something nice for Bi Lian, when he coughed heart-rendingly.

“You took good care of me.” Jia Lian smiled.

Bi Lian couldn’t tell the joy and anger on Jia Lian’s face, and her heart sank, she put her hand on Jia She’s chest and said coquettishly, “If you want to blame me, second master, you can blame me, don’t care about the master’s business.”

“Okay, I’ll blame you.” Jia Lian frowned, first helped Jia’s mother to sit on the couch, and then said to the outside world: “Where is Jin Cai’s family? Ask some women to come in and take these two women together.” Take the child to the officer.”

Bilian was taken aback.

Jia She couldn’t care less about coughing, and quickly pointed to Meng Shi and said, “Lian’er, cough cough, for the sake of your own flesh and blood, cough cough—”

“Who will receive the flesh and blood of the family, I will not raise children for others.” Jia Lian sneered.

Jia She shook his fingers and said, “You don’t admit it, I do! This is my grandson, this is my son, which one dares to move?”

“Second brother Lian, that’s not the case. You see, the second sister-in-law didn’t care about it, and the Xu family didn’t say anything.” Chen Yejun tugged on Ra Jialian’s sleeve.

Jia Zhu hurriedly pulled Chen Yejun aside, and asked Jia Lian solemnly, “Is the child born by the Meng family really not yours?”

Jia Lian said with a smile: “You all think that dogs can’t change food and shit. You may not believe me when I tell you. First, I took people to the yamen and locked them up, and accused them of fraud. When I go to court, I will test relatives with blood. that is.”

Jia Zhu nodded.

Seeing Jia Lian’s calmness, Chen Yejun’s face burned, and he thought that his troubles were in vain.

The old god Jia Mu was sitting on the couch without saying a word.

Xu Qingheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and unconsciously brought a half-smile on his lips. He was about to smile at Jia Lian when he saw Jia Lian’s eyes coldly sweeping her across Jin Cai’s family who came in. tight.

“I’ll see who dares to catch it!” Jia Amnesty got up to protect Bilian.

Jin Cai’s family looked at Jia Lian with some hesitation.

“Take it away! It’s not disgusting to stay at home.” Jia Lian said.

Jincai’s family hurriedly ordered the mother-in-law to tie up Mengshi and Bilian. Seeing that Jia She was in the way, they also ordered someone to trap Jia She in the armchair and couldn’t move.

Jia She scolded: “You bastard, you just entered the house, and your relatives don’t recognize you! I think you are afraid of offending the Xu and Li families! You want to be Chen Shimei for your future.”

Meng Shi was in a daze, and let someone take the child away and tied her up; Bilian didn’t expect Jia Lian to be so decisive, and after hearing Jia She’s scolding, she hurriedly shouted: “Master, it’s reasonable for Second Master Lian to be angry, it’s always me.” For the sake of the master who betrayed the second master first, the master calms down and asks the second master to vent all his anger on me.”

“What are you, worthy of my anger at you? Your father is well and has come to Beijing with the boat. I’ll take you back to your father. If you refuse to go, it’s unfilial.” Jia Lian said casually.

Bi Lian shuddered, thinking that Master Hong Er had really followed her, she hugged the chair under Jia She pitifully and refused to let go.

After hearing Bilian’s words, Jia Amnesty became even more angry, and said with a sneer, “You are trying to force your father to death because of a little girl? That’s your brother, you can’t…”

“You can come to Rongguo Mansion with a big belly to bluff and deceive, how can the master be sure that the child is the master’s?” Jia Lian chuckled lightly.

Jia Amnesty held up his fingers, rolled his eyes, and was about to faint.

Jincai’s family looked at the old god Jia Mu sitting on the ground and doing nothing, and hurriedly said to Jia She: “Didn’t the master say that the second master Lian will not ask for anything when he comes back? Now the second master has said these two things.” Women are liars, what is the master protecting them for? If Brother Cong belongs to our family, he can bring him back after a blood test – master, the second master is the backbone of the master, master, don’t be confused.”

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty regained consciousness a little bit, but seeing Bilian crying like a tearful person, Jia Cong kept crying, angry at Jia Lian for not giving him face, and even more hated that the whole family didn’t put him in the same place. In the eyes, he twisted his temper and said: “No matter what, people can’t take it away! Family ugliness can’t be publicized. Does it mean that everyone in the capital knows that our two father and son have an affair with a woman? The matter of the Chen family is not over yet!”

Chen Yejun’s face flushed immediately.

Jia Lian turned his head and glanced at Chen Yejun, ignored Jia Amnesty’s words, and just asked Jin Cai’s family to drag him away.

“Old lady, teach Lian’er a lesson, you can’t disgrace our Jia family.” Seeing that his words were useless, Jia Amnesty hurried to call for Jia’s mother.

Called twice, but did not see Jia’s mother move. Yuanyang, who came back with Jia Lian, smiled and said, “The old lady is asleep.”

“…Then go out, don’t disturb the old lady.” Seeing Jia Mu pretending to be asleep, Jia Zhu couldn’t laugh or cry in her heart. Seeing that Jia Lian hadn’t spoken to Xu Qingheng after coming back for a while, she said to Jia Lian, “Send her away.” It’s enough to escort them to the yamen, you go back to wash and have a rest.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to elder brother later.” Jia Lian watched Jin Cai’s family lead Meng Shi and Bi Lian out with a few wives, then turned and went out as well.

“Siblings are still not following?” Jia Zhu urged Xu Qingheng again when he saw that Xu Qingheng was not moving.

Xu Qingheng hurriedly followed after hearing the words, and looked at Jia Lian as soon as he went out, and saw that he was much thinner and thinner, and the makeup on his face was gone. When he saw that Jia Lian was going to the front door of Rongqing Hall, he quickly called out: ” Didn’t Jincai write about the Jinghuanzhai for you?”

“I’ll go to the study in the front yard.” After Jia Lian finished speaking, he paused, turned around and went to the back of Rongqing Hall.

Seeing that Jia Lian was angry, Xu Qingheng didn’t realize that there was anger in his heart. He heard Meng Shi and Bi Lian’s mouths being covered, and heard the two children croaking, and couldn’t bear to say for a while: “Stay here The kids are fine too.”

“Ask me to raise a child for someone else? Or do you think I’m afraid of your family’s power and want to throw away my own flesh and blood?” Jia Lian turned around and sneered, and was slightly stunned when she turned around.It turned out that he had been complaining in his heart that Mrs. Xu Qingheng’s benevolence left Meng Shi and Bilian behind, and he never looked at her directly when he entered the house. Now that he looked back, he couldn’t help but feel a little dazed.

He should be very familiar with Xu Qingheng, but after seeing her, he felt that he had never seen her face clearly.I saw that after living alone for several years, she was no longer the plump girl she used to be, and her body was inexplicably cold.This Qingliang is not as lonely and arrogant as Li Wanting in the past, but as lonely as a widow – and Jia Lian doesn’t remember Xu Qingheng’s plump girlish appearance very clearly.

Probably because he understood that fame and fortune would take some time, so he temporarily put aside fame and fortune, Jia Lian made room in his heart for Fenghuaxueyue, and he began to feel pity for this name of “childhood sweetheart” who was not very familiar with him. wife.

“Let’s go.” Jia Lian softened her voice, regretting leaving her alone in Rongguo Mansion.

This moodiness caused Xu Qingheng to freeze there.

The autumn sun was shining in the deep courtyard, Xu Qingheng held the handkerchief with both hands, silently followed Jia Lian to the backyard, entered the courtyard gate, saw the mother and grandma coming up happily, and said: “Prepare for the second master.” Wash with water.” Dazedly remembering that when I was waiting for Jia Lian earlier, I wanted to ask him something, although I remembered, I didn’t dare to ask him again.

Jia Lian entered the room, saw no one he was familiar with, and was waiting for someone to bring his things, and then looked at Xu Qingheng looking forward and backward, feeling blocked, took off his clothes and sat down on the east kang, and asked : “Why are those two women left behind?”

Xu Qingheng was startled, seeing Jia Lian’s drooping eyelids, he felt sorry for him, and said softly: “At that time, the whole city was full of gossip, the second master and the second wife would like to invite the old lady and the eldest master early To make a plan, I have to leave someone in charge of the Rongxitang. The elder is in a hurry, lest the property will be stolen by the second room, and it happens that Mrs. Meng is looking for the door with a full stomach, and when she falls asleep, she meets the person who delivers the pillows. With the two of them, the family would be at peace, who would have thought that the old man had taken a fancy to Bilian, so, so…” While talking, he went to look at Jia Lian, and seeing him sitting calmly, he asked softly: ” Second master?”

“I heard that you have all the old master’s things? Then you can keep them.”

Xu Qingheng pursed his lips tightly, and after Wen Yu came in to serve the tea, he put the tea by Jia Lian’s hand and said, “Second Master should know that I keep those things for Second Master to grab.”

Jia Lian was silent.

Xu Qingheng laughed and said, “Second master doesn’t even bother to snatch it?”

“Why don’t you just ask, do I have anything to do with those two women? Or are you waiting to ask Yuanyang? If Yuanyang says no, do you think that Yuanyang is afraid of me and refuses to tell the truth?” Jia Lian looked up. I fell down on the kang, knowing that I should treat Xu Qingheng better, whether it is false or false, I must make her feel more at ease, at least not let myself become the kind of man I despised before, but now Looking at Xu Qingheng’s hesitant attitude, he couldn’t get up the energy to pretend to be false.

Xu Qingheng smiled, turned his eyes away unconsciously, and said softly: “Second master sent people to the Yamen…”

“Maybe I’m deceiving myself?”

“How can there be such a deceitful person?” Xu Qingheng smiled, and when Wuer outside the door said that the water was ready, he urged Jia Lian to go to the west room to wash up.

I ended up making her a suspicious, ordinary woman.Jia Lian was silent in his heart.

“Aren’t you going?” Xu Qingheng asked again.

Jia Lian sat up, tapped his fingers on the kang table, and made Xu Qingheng sit down opposite him.

Xu Qingheng sat down nervously.

“What do you want to do most in the future?” Jia Lian asked with a smile.

Xu Qingheng looked at Jia Lian suspiciously, not understanding the meaning of his words.

“People always have a way to go, what are you going to do in the future?” Jia Lian asked again.

Xu Qingheng tilted his head slightly, and the crying of Jia Cong and the Meng family’s child unconsciously echoed in his ears, a smile appeared on his face, “Second master is back, if possible, I want to add another man to Rongguo Mansion, called He is as glorious as the second master.”

Jia Lian laughed and said, “Let me tell you a joke. There was once a woman who was determined to marry a man with excellent cooking skills. Her hard work paid off, and she finally married a man with excellent cooking skills. But after she got married, she didn’t Bearing in mind that the man was running around during the day and cooking at night, he took care of the kitchen work.”

Xu Qingheng said with a smile: “This woman can be considered a virtuous woman, so what’s so ridiculous?”

Jia Lian laughed and said, “The funny thing is that you praise her for being virtuous.”

Xu Qingheng withdrew the smile on his face, and when he was about to get angry, he forced himself to suppress his anger, sneered for a long time and said: “It turns out that the second master scolded me around the corner!”

“It’s not to scold you, but to remind you why you married me in the first place. Don’t forget your original intention because of a temporary encounter or situation.” With these words, Jia Lian couldn’t help but feel ashamed in his heart.Although he has a thick skin, seeing Xu Qingheng like this, he can’t help but secretly blame himself for being too alienated before.

Xu Qingheng opened his eyes wide in astonishment, with mixed feelings in his heart. Remembering his ignorant appearance earlier, he couldn’t help but feel lost. Then he glanced at Jia Lian’s calm appearance, and said angrily: “No original intention can compare to ‘knowing current affairs’ three In a word, if Sister Wanting didn’t die then, she would have to know the current affairs now.”

Jia Lian saw the appearance of Li Wanting coming out of her father’s study with a book in his hands. He thought it strange. He obviously had nothing to do with Li Wanting, and even saw her very few times. How could he remember her appearance like that? clear?Could it be that he realized his infatuation with Li Wanting only after her soul had passed away?When I mentioned the word infatuation, I laughed at myself in my heart, and then I thought about Wang Xifeng. As soon as I remembered the name of Wang Xifeng, a fierce and charming look appeared in my mind, and even Wang Xifeng’s expression of laughing and cursing was clearly remembered.

It turned out that it wasn’t that he was infatuated with Li Wanting, but that Xu Qingheng was too easy to fool, so he never really put her in his eyes from the beginning to the end.

Jia Lian coughed, couldn’t help stretching out his hand to hold Xu Qingheng’s hand on the kang table, rubbing the back of her hand gently with his index finger, and said with a half-smile: “No matter how much you slander my relationship with those two women, you must be aware of current affairs. , I will definitely help you.” Saying that, he embraced Xu Qingheng’s shoulder across the kang table.

Xu Qingheng blushed, and spat: “It’s not serious.” After struggling to get away, he wanted to ask Jia Lian to wash up, and when he heard something outside, he asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Jincai and his wife sent people to the Yamen, but they were stopped by the King of Beijing on the way, and the King of Beijing led the people back, and now they are waiting for the second master in Jinghuanzhai.”

Xu Qingheng wondered: “What does this matter have to do with King Beijing?”

“I’ll go and have a look.” Jia Lian stood up as she spoke, and when Xu Qingheng came to help him put on the outer clothes, she wrapped her arms around her waist and gave her a seal on her lips, and said with a smile, “I originally wanted to try again and again because of your hesitation. I have been fighting with you for half a month, now that you know the current affairs like this, I am also determined to know the current affairs, and let you succeed in ‘knowing the current affairs’ sooner.”

“Bah!” Xu Qingheng finally smiled comfortably, straightened Jia Lian’s clothes, watched him go out, and thought to himself that the three serious words “knowing the current affairs” could be said so improperly by him.

“Mandarin ducks are here.”

Xu Qingheng was in a daze for a moment. He was going to ask someone to invite Yuanyang in, but after a little deliberation, he walked a few steps, lifted the curtain and went down to the porch by himself. Seeing that Yuanyang’s footsteps were a little flimsy, he smiled and said, “You don’t want to rest at home much. ?”

Yuanyang smiled and said: “Sometimes, there is no rush.” ​​First, he handed over a few bags of Jia Lian’s daily necessities that the little girl was carrying to Xu Qingheng’s people, then spat and scolded: “Those two The woman is too black-hearted, she came to our house to bluff and cheat!”

Xu Qingheng smiled and said: “You really came here to prove your innocence to Second Master Lian.”

Yuanyang frowned and said, “Could it be that Second Grandma doesn’t believe in Second Master?”

Xu Qingheng was silent, brushed his fingers over his lips, and sat on the pillar with his heart ups and downs. Looking at the mandarin ducks again, he thought that there are so many people in his family, Jia Lian only asked the mandarin ducks to accompany him, so he regarded it as very important. Yuanyang is gone, maybe Yuanyang can tell her why Jia Lian is so moody just now, so he smiled and said: “The second master told me a joke just now, let me tell you.” So he told Yuanyang the joke Jia Lian just said , and finally said: “I praised the woman for being virtuous, but the second master said that this is the most ridiculous thing. What do you think is the reason?”

Yuanyang smiled and said, “I also told grandma a joke. It is said that there was a scholar, one day his wife asked him to peel garlic, and he asked: ‘What are you doing peeling garlic?’ His wife said: ‘To remove the fishy smell.’ Three After reminding four, please, the scholar went to peel the garlic. I saw him peeling the garlic, shaking his head and feeling that the fish was still calmly swaying in the water yesterday, but today it will enter the belly of the human body. Again, he was reluctant, and when the garlic was peeled and the fish was on the table, the scholar tasted the fish and said, “Next time, put more ginger.” He ate it with chopsticks.”

Xu Qingheng sneered and said, “This scholar is hypocritical.”

Yuanyang said seriously: “Grandma thinks this scholar is ridiculous, that’s the most ridiculous thing.”

Xu Qingheng was startled, a little annoyed that he was teased by Jia Lian and Yuanyang one after another, seeing Yingchun coming with a chess player, he beckoned Yingchun to come, and told Yingchun the joke about Yuanyang, “tell me a joke to refute her.”

On the day of Yingchun, she put all her eggs in one basket and got on Xu Qingheng’s boat. Now that she had no way out, she got closer to Xu Qingheng under the lobbying of the chess player. , smiled and said: “I can still make up a poem, but if you ask me to tell a joke, I can’t.” Standing beside Xu Qingheng to look at Yuanyang, “Why are you mocking my sister-in-law for no reason? You are making me suffer.”

Yuanyang gently rolled up his sleeves, and said with a smile, “This is not a mockery, it’s just pointing out grandma.”

“I told you that a woman marries a man with excellent cooking skills. Why did you get involved in the gentleman’s cooking? It’s far from the topic. If you go to take the No. [-] Scholar exam, you will definitely lose your name.” Xu Qingheng laughed.

Yuanyang smiled and said, “At first glance, I digressed, but if I am a good examiner, I will definitely be called the number one scholar.”

Yingchun didn’t understand why she smiled and said, “How do you say that?”

Yuanyang was a little tired from standing, and looked at a blood-red stone hidden by chrysanthemum bushes in the porch, so she sat down on the stone with a slanted body, folded her hands together and said, “What do you say? Those of you who read a lot love it.” Thinking deeply, those of us who do not study much have no intention of implication, comparison, and empathy. My joke is the most obvious and the most real solution to the problem, that is, the scholar wants to eat fish but does not like to peel garlic.” As he spoke, his eyes turned to Xu Qingheng’s body fluttered.

Xu Qingheng was taken aback for a moment, but was still at a loss.

Yingchun laughed and said, “Is it impossible to compare my second brother to a scholar?”

Xu Qingheng’s face turned red suddenly, and he spat at Yuanyang, seeing Yingchun laughing at her, he went to twist Yingchun’s face again, touched her cheek, suddenly remembered his “original intention”, and wondered if Jia Lian, who is a cat, said that joke was to Tease her?Tell her not to treat having children as a rush and instead leave him, the “good gentleman” aside?

Seeing that Xu Qingheng seemed to understand, Yuanyang scolded again: “It’s a pity that the second master talked about Shendu every day in the south, and finally came back after guarding for a few years, just waiting to come back with a clean reputation and make grandma move. Who knows To kill Cheng Yaojin is to ruin the scheme. Grandma also suspects that the second master is misbehaving, how can the second master not be angry?”

Yingchun smiled shyly, she was not the only one who doubted Jia Lian.

Just now he felt that the dry wind was much refreshing at this time. Xu Qingheng fanned the wind in front of him with a handkerchief, nodded secretly, and couldn’t help cursing himself for being confused. If he said he was wronged, Jia Lian would definitely be wronged even more. After looking happy, he opened his heart to Yuanyang and said, “Second Master should be angry, but he is not angry anymore, do you know why?”

Yuanyang lowered her head to grab the leaves of the chrysanthemum, and said after a while, “How long has it been since grandma looked in the mirror?”

Xu Qingheng was startled, touched his cheek and said, “Could it be dirty somewhere?”

Yingchun turned to look at Xu Qingheng and shook her head.

Yuanyang sighed: “The eldest girl often stays with grandma, so I don’t think so. Like us who came back from outside, we couldn’t help crying when we saw grandma. It’s not embarrassing, but it’s just that the desolation of her body makes people look at her.” It hurts.” As he said that, his eyes turned red.

Xu Qingheng touched his cheekbones, sighed, leaning on the pillar and said enviously: “It’s better than your husband and wife, the two of you work together wherever you go.” Suddenly she came back to her senses, remembered Jia Lian’s joke, and secretly thought that if the husband didn’t love her Cooking, how can you be good at cooking?A wife only cares about being virtuous, but she also makes her husband reluctantly give up her love.Thinking of Jia Lian’s frivolous kiss before he left, his heart warmed up, and he was about to speak when he saw Lin Zhixiao’s family coming.

Lin Zhixiao’s family came over with smiling faces, and said awkwardly: “Grandma, the second master said, tell the master, Bilian Bingcong, and the children of the Meng family to live in the East Courtyard, and move the Meng family out of our yard. Tell her to live in the semi-large courtyard behind the Rongxi hall. Grandma also packed up and moved to the large courtyard behind Rongxi hall.”

Not only Xu Qingheng, but even Yingchun and Yuanyang’s heart skipped a beat.

“Aren’t you going to send people to the Yamen?” Yingchun asked in surprise.

“…Your second brother has his own considerations.” Xu Qingheng frowned slightly, thinking to himself that Jia Lian regretted it again?As soon as this thought came up, he quickly suppressed it, and said with a smile to Lin Zhixiao’s family: “Understood, let someone move it now.” He wiped his nose with a handkerchief, hesitated for a while, and asked again : “Where is the second master now?”

Lin Zhixiao’s family said: “The second master is talking with the uncle and the eldest son-in-law in the study outside. I heard that the Lord has made Zhou nobleman and Wu concubine noble concubines. It is said that Wu Concubine’s father has already gone to the suburbs to visit the family home, and he just counted the Zhuangzi bought by the second master six years ago; Zhou Guiren’s family is about to start construction, who knows more Unfortunately, the second master also bought several courtyards around his house at a high price. Now the two families come here together and beg the second master to transfer the land and ask them to build a provincial hospital.”

Yuanyang smiled and said, “Second Master has a good eye. Since the Zhou family wants it, we must kill them hard.”

Xu Qingheng was surprised that there were such coincidences in the world, remembering that Fang Wenhui, a relative’s girl, has not heard from her yet, she couldn’t help but sigh for her, and hurriedly said: “Something happened in the south, today I still want to be a concubine.” Sigh Afterwards, he asked again: “What did the second master say?”

Lin Zhixiao’s family said with a smile: “Second Master naturally wants to treat them well, but the uncle of the Chen family is also free, Mr. Wu Tianyou has already agreed to call uncle Chen and the younger generations of our family to help take care of it – the Zhou family In a hurry to buy land, I also promised to ask Brother Qiang to help with the work.”

Yingchun made a rough calculation in her heart, and before she could figure it out, Yuanyang smiled and said: “So, if the good thing didn’t happen to our family, we can get involved and make a fortune.”

“Forget it, let’s ask someone to move first.” Xu Qingheng always felt that this matter was too coincidental, and said to Yingchun: “You also move to the front with us. The Dongkua courtyard where the master lived before will be left to you. I will live with you. Your brother lives in the Dakuan courtyard in the middle of Rongxi hall, so if your brother is not around, you will eat and live with me.”

What Yingchun was most afraid of was being caught by Jia Amnesty alone. Hearing what Xu Qingheng said, she hurriedly agreed with a smile, and immediately led Siqi to move.

Xu Qingheng was suspicious, and under the pretext of asking his servants to move, he led Yuanyang and Lin Zhixiao’s family to Xiangqian to find out what happened. When he came out of his own courtyard, he saw Jia coming from a sedan chair leading to the closed east courtyard. She’s cursing voice, secretly thinking that Jia Lian is going to put Jia She under house arrest in the East Courtyard?Going forward again, entering the alley, I saw Bilian being tied up and pushed backwards.

“Second Mistress, please beg Second Master for me, all mistakes are my fault, I shouldn’t be empathetic, please persuade Second Grandma to persuade Second Master.” Bi Lian saw Xu Qingheng and hurriedly shouted With a sound.

Xu Qingheng was in a daze.

“Bah! What are you! Empathy? The second master has a crush on you?” Lin Zhixiao’s family scolded.

When Bi Lian was pulled away, Wen Lan who was following behind said in a low voice: “At this point, Bi Lian still talks like this, I’m afraid…”

“Shut up.” Xu Qingheng stopped Bilian, touched her cheek, bit her lips, thinking that it was a pity that she had always boasted that she didn’t have the same knowledge as a villain like her, and she didn’t want to fall into her tricks, otherwise, how could a mandarin duck see it at a glance? Can you see the change in her?How could Jia Lian not care about her out of pity?

“…Grandma, why don’t you take the initiative to ask for orders to keep the child by your side, lest the child be brought up by others and be at odds with grandma.” Wen Lan continued to persuade Xu Qingheng loyally with tears in her eyes.

Xu Qingheng was silent for a while, then suddenly remembered that after entering the door, he told his servants that only Jia Lian was closest to her in the entire Jia family.

“What nonsense are you talking about? That child doesn’t belong to the second master. Does grandma raise her by her side to protect the second master?” Lin Zhixiao’s family shouted.

Wen Lan thought in her heart: If you say no, then it’s not?He looked at Xu Qingheng anxiously, just waiting for Xu Qingheng to listen to her.

“Wen Lan, you, just serve the two nuns from now on. If there is nothing else, you don’t have to come to me to serve you.” Xu Qingheng said cruelly.

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Wen Lan was immobilized by the bombing, and it took her a long time to murmur: “Grandma, this servant is loyal to you…Grandma will regret it in the future…”

“That’s my business too.” Xu Qingheng left behind a sentence, and walked forward along the alley.

Yuanyang waited for Xu Qingheng to enter the back door of Jinghuanzhai, and softly persuaded: “Grandma, why should you separate from your own people?”

Xu Qingheng smiled stubbornly and said: “I made my own choice, and it’s my business to regret it in the future.” Entering this courtyard, I saw that the south house was empty without peach trees, went up the steps and entered the house, and saw the utensils in the house It has already been cleaned up, thinking that Jia Lian wants Jia She to move to the back, is it because he refuses to live in “her yard”?Nao couldn’t understand what Jia Lian was fussing about, so he went to the hallway of Jinghuanzhai again, entered the hallway, touched Jia Lian’s book and looked at it, thinking about why Jia Lian just bought Zhou and Wu’s family. Leaning against the door to look at the green bamboo poles in the yard.

“Second Master is here.” Yuanyang reminded Xu Qingheng.

When Xu Qingheng came back to his senses, he saw Jia Lian coming over waving his fan triumphantly. Looking back, he saw that Yuanyang and Lin Zhixiao’s family had disappeared.

As Jia Lian approached, he picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for himself and Xu Qingheng.

“What is so proud of?” Xu Qingheng asked.

Jia Lian asked back, “I heard you scolded Wen Lan?”

Xu Qingheng said: “There is nothing wrong with her, the fault is that she shouldn’t always make me suspicious of you by beating around.”

“Then do you still suspect me now?” Jia Lian smiled, and before Xu Qingheng could say anything, she took out four or five house deeds from her bosom, and took out a handful of boxwood from the bookshelf