Foster son and husband

Chapter 87 Changes
In the hall, a group of people sat around Mrs. Xu, chatting and laughing, and it was also very lively.Among them were the eldest wife Mrs. Zheng, the second master Xu Xiping, and the second wife Mrs. Gui. Mrs. Xu saw her grandchildren coming more often, and because of the presence of the second master, the three girls in Xu's residence were not willing to speak. So they drove them away, leaving only the grandchildren, and everyone relaxed, and the girls were able to talk and laugh freely with their grandmothers and brothers.

Xu Junying brought back to the old lady a beautifully carved wooden walking stick, inlaid with gold and jade, saying that the emperor specially asked the craftsmen in the palace to make it for the old lady. The extremely rare purple cherry wood was chosen, with a strange and elegant shape and a hard wood. , exudes a faint fragrance from time to time, the old lady was so happy that she held it in her hand and enjoyed it for a long time.

Xu Junlang described to his brothers and sisters the situation that the emperor did not bring his personal servants with him, and went into the Yasi in micro-clothes for inspection. He said that the emperor was stopped by the officials in charge of leading him and asked him to line up to get a number. According to the number, he had to sit on the seat behind the door. But he was not annoyed, and patiently waited for the person in front of him to ask questions until it was his turn.The leading official didn't know the emperor, and was accused of negligence by his superiors, but the emperor refused to punish him, instead praised him for doing the right thing, and personally rewarded him.

The three girls of the Xu Mansion were fascinated by what they heard, the old lady nodded and smiled, and said:
"The emperor is a benevolent monarch, and he is the most kind. He respects the old and loves the young. He has seen it since he was a child. He has the same temperament as the previous emperor!"

Xu Xiaomin said to Xu Junying: "Big brother sees the emperor every day, but I don't know what the emperor looks like!"

Xu Junying smiled: "The emperor is the son of heaven..."

Xu Junxuan continued: "The Son of Heaven is naturally good-looking, rich and handsome, admirable!"

Xu Xiaowan said: "The old ancestor said that the emperor often came to our house to play when he was young, but now he doesn't come!"

Everyone laughed, and Mrs. Xu said: "The emperor came here when he was a child, it was because your elder brother was at home, and later your elder brother went to the border, and the emperor followed him. He was the prince at that time, and he was recalled by the former emperor after three years in the border. The capital is gone. Now that you are the emperor, you go to court every day, and take care of everything, how can you have time to come to our house to play?"

Xu Junlang heard his younger siblings talking about the emperor with admiration, and looked at Bai Jingyu who was sitting beside him with a smile. Bai Jingyu looked at him and lowered his eyes.

After the quarrel on New Year's Eve, the two had been awkward, but Xu Junlang took the initiative to go to Huifangyuan twice, seeing that Jingyu refused to talk to him, he stopped going.The second wife couldn't persuade her, so she just let it go and ignored it. With Wei'er, the second master was willing to come to Fenghua Courtyard often. She took care of Wei'er every day to please the second master, and she had no free time to take care of the young couple's affairs. .

After the old lady found out, she sent people to ask the couple to come to Jinhuatang to have dinner with her, and they finally reconciled.

Meiniang and Ning Rulan came in, making the atmosphere in the room more lively. After the two saluted the old lady, some of the younger siblings greeted each other, and some got up to salute and give up their seats. Xu Xiaorong and Xu Xiaomin congratulated them Yifu gave up the Xiudun where he was sitting on to the two sisters-in-law.

Meiniang was only focused on answering the greetings from her younger siblings, and then went to the old lady to say a few words. Xu Junying was sitting at the bottom left, she didn't even notice.It's no wonder that Xu Junying doesn't come to the old lady's house very often these days, and today he wore a red brocade robe, which is not like his usual style. Except for the sixth master, the Xu family brothers are thinner, and the others are both fat and thin. Almost, the young masters and ladies usually sit separately, but today they are confused for some reason, probably because Xu Junlang and Bai Jingyu don't separate and sit together when they come.Xu Junqiao, Xu Junxuan and the three girls came on the same road, so they naturally sat together. Xu Junying sat on top of Xu Junlang. She took the silhouette of another young master of the Xu family by her, and she didn't bother to pay attention to it without making a sound. It was much more interesting to talk to Xu Junxuan and the girls when she turned around, but Rulan saw Xu Junying, and quickly pulled up Mei who had already sat down firmly. Mother, pointing over there.

Mei Niang turned her head to look, and met Xu Junying's cold gaze, as Mrs. Hou, it is unreasonable not to greet Lord Hou, so she had no choice but to get up and give Xu Junying a blessing, but she only said: "Blessings, Lord Hou! "

There was no more text, Xu Junying was very cooperative, and it was only two words: "Sit down!"

Mei Niang sat down, stretched out her hand to pinch Xu Xiaomin's arm, and whispered:
"Why don't you tell me that Lord Hou is here?"

Xu Xiaomin stroked the pinched place and begged for mercy: "Sister-in-law is lighter, it hurts! I was so happy when I saw my sister-in-law, I forgot about my brother!"

Xu Xiaorong smiled and avoided: "Me too!"

Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu walked in at this time, and the old lady smiled and said, "Look at you, you're about to have dinner, so why not go out one by one!"

Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu's eyes were only on Xu Junying, they bowed to the old lady, and they both bowed their knees to say good luck to Xu Junying. Mother looked at the three cousins ​​who were showing affection to each other, and wanted to gossip and speculate about the future for Xu Junying, but Rui Xue came and said that the dinner had been delivered and was on the table, and everyone was invited to sit, so she had no choice but to give up.

Everyone surrounded the old lady and went to the partition door, but Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu didn't move, they stayed by Xu Junying's side, seeming to have endless words, Xu Junying smiled and said:
"The two cousins ​​have been out playing for a long time, they must be hungry, please sit down!"

It is still the old rules, Meiniang and Bai Jingyu serve soup with vegetables and take care of the old and young masters and ladies. Ning Rulan wants to help, and Meiniang pushes her to sit down: "Eat yours, I have worked hard today. I have been here since morning." I ran around the yard for a long time at night, and I didn't even have a sip of tea, so I drank a bowl of hot soup by myself!"

Ning Rulan said: "Isn't sister-in-law the same?"

"It's different, I can eat better than you, so I can eat an extra bowl of rice at noon, so it lasts longer!"

As Mei Niang said, she served soup and vegetables for Xu Xiaorong's sisters, and the old lady handed it over to Bai Jingyu. Since she confirmed that Zhuang Yulan was going to marry Xu Junying, she stopped trying to please the old woman.

She looked down on the cowardly Qin Meiniang, and let the poor girl stay where she was so cool.The reborn Qin Meiniang gained some popularity, and her grandson returned to Beijing. At least she gave some face and became a loving grandmother, so that the eldest granddaughter-in-law could marry her. This Qin Meiniang changed her temperament, became lovable and capable, so what if she was clever and able to serve?When you have a pistachio, throw it away after laughing and laughing. If you can eat it, maybe you can just eat it in one bite, so that her precious grandniece will dominate.

What kind of old ancestors, who have lived in vain for so many years without any kindness, wouldn't they also love their grandchildren and nieces?People's girls grew up in vain?Marry into your family to honor you, call you grandma sweetly, you should also treat others kindly and give them a way to survive!
The old lady drank a bowl of soup and ate a few dishes with chopsticks before she remembered to greet Mei Niang and Bai Jingyu to the table. There was already an empty seat beside Xu Junlang. He glanced at Bai Jingyu, and Bai Jingyu lowered her head and sat down beside him. A small bowl containing two dumplings was pushed in front of her.

Mei Niang smiled slightly, she taught the kitchen to make the tofu balls, almost everyone in the Xu Mansion loves to eat them, from Chinese New Year to now, they never get tired of eating them.

Let's eat, let's eat, I didn't let you eat for nothing, everything my sister did in the Xu Mansion is asking for something in return.

The interest-free loan of 35 taels of silver will be repaid soon, when the time comes...

Mei Niang looked at the steaming brass pot in the center of the table, as if she saw white money overflowing, she couldn't help but laugh.

Xu Junying sat next to the old lady, Zhuang Yulan sat next to him, followed by sisters Zheng Meiyu and Xu Xiaorong, and Mei Niang went to sit next to Ning Rulan, this was the last seat.

The last place is the last one, there are also balls to eat, Ning Rulan left one for her, Mei Niang smiled and took a bite, and said to Rulan:

"There are fungus in this stuffing, it's crunchy!"

Ru Lan nodded: "There's red date stuffing, I've got it!"

Mei Niang's eyes widened, she looked at her exaggeratedly and said, "I only make one red date stuffing for every fifty dumplings, and you ate it! Third grandma, you will have a big win this year!"

Xu Xiaomin said happily: "What kind of prize? Are you going to give birth to a little nephew?"

Ning Rulan blushed: "Sister, don't talk nonsense!"

The old lady said: "That's how it should be, Xiao Min is right!"

Meiniang grabbed Rulan's hands and put them together: "Come on! Eat the lucky balls, and get the good words from the boy who distributes wealth and the old birthday star. If you pray sincerely, it's likely to be successful!"

The old lady pointed at Mei Niang cheerfully: "As long as you have a lot of eyes and can speak well! Good, good! Ru Lan does as she does, and asks in her heart, and the gods in the world will answer your request. The ancestors of the family Liezong is also protecting him!"

Xu Xiaomin said to Mei Niang: "Sister-in-law, I want to be a fortune-seeking boy, and a money-spreading boy, how much money do I need to distribute?"

Mei Niang said with a smile: "Sister, if you don't have money, you will go to seek wealth. The family's silver springs out by itself, piling up like a mountain, and you have to keep giving it away to others. That's called a boy who spreads wealth!"

It was the first time I heard this kind of statement, the people at the table were stunned for a while, Bai Jingyu was drinking soup, suddenly choked, turned around with her head down, she didn't know whether to laugh or cough, and refused to turn back for a while.

While everyone was laughing and talking, Xu Junying moved the full dish that Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu had picked for him to Xu Xiaorong:
"Give it to grandma."

Xu Xiaorong hurriedly stood up, put the plate down in front of Meiniang with both hands, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work, brother saved food for you!"

Mei Niang said thank you, pulled the chopsticks twice, put down the chopsticks: "They are all good dishes, I want to eat them, but I dare not eat them, I am afraid that eating them will spoil my stomach!"

Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu lowered their heads at the same time, Xu Junying looked over, Mei Niang pretended not to notice, picked up the soup bowl and drank a few spoonfuls of soup, and said to Rulan:
"I'm too stuffed, I need some tea to digest my food, do you have any good tea?"

Ru Lan said with a smile: "I don't have anything else, books and tea, there will never be any shortage!"

Zhuang Yulan interjected: "I also have good tea to quench your thirst and relieve your appetite. Since you are full, please move to the warm pavilion and wait for me to wash your hands and make tea!"

When Bai Jingyu heard that Zhuang Yulan was going to make tea, she was worried about the unchecked store books at home, so she was not willing to waste time sitting here, so she hurriedly found an excuse: "I thank cousin Lan first, your second cousin can talk to you Everyone drinks two cups, but I have to go back first—our eldest sister, she has a little cough again!"

Zhuang Yulan expressed regret: "I got a new set of good tea sets, and I want to show my cousin. Since this is the case, I have to ask my cousin to review it another day!"

Bai Jingyu took this opportunity to complain to the old lady. Xu Junlang was worried, so he also told the old lady, and the couple left first.

Xu Junying couldn't sit still anymore, he didn't have anything to do in a hurry, but he heard what Mei Niang said about "drunk tea", he didn't understand that drunk tea was conditional, he just remembered that the taste was too uncomfortable So, when I heard that Zhuang Yulan wanted to make tea, I got a little nervous reflexively. I was trying to find a reason to leave, but I heard Mei Niang repeatedly agreeing:

"Okay, okay! My favorite is to watch cousin Lan share the tea, and it happens that cousin Yu is also here. I think the two cousins ​​are very skilled. Why don't you compare them, so that everyone can watch tea art and comment on it. Xiangming, how about it?"

The old lady nodded and said, "I think it will work! Ruixue asked them to prepare two sets of tea tables, two sets of the same tea set, light a few more lamps, and watch carefully!"

She is very confident in her niece and granddaughter's craftsmanship. Zheng Meiyu eats a hundred meals for snacks, lives here for a few days, and rests there for a few days. What good things can she learn?
Zhuang Yulan smiled and asked Zheng Meiyu: "What does Cousin Zheng think?"

Is there any way out for Zheng Meiyu?I can only bite the bullet and accept the move. I know how well her tea art is. No matter what, I can't compare with Zhuang Yulan's. I hate Mei Niang in my heart. She is destined to embarrass herself in front of Xu Junying. Zhuang Yulan acted as a supporting role to show her loyalty.

Mei Niang wanted to watch the tea ceremony, so Xu Junying had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​leaving early. He had something to say to her, and he originally planned to ask her to go back together.

Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu led Xu Junying, Xu Junqiao, and Xu Junxuan to the warm pavilion first, and took Xu Junying to sit not far from them, so that they could see the camellias that were printed at the first time. Xu Junying was safe and sound. Sit down, there is still an empty seat next to him, the younger brothers are all sensible, no one will come to sit with him, only Mei Niang will come.

The maids came in with hot water and dry kerchiefs, and asked the men to wash their hands. Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu also washed their hands. While making various preparations, the old lady, supported by her granddaughters, leaned on the gift given by the emperor. Xu Junying stood up to greet the old lady, but found that Meiniang was nowhere to be seen, and even Ning Rulan did not follow.

Seeing him looking up, Xu Xiaomin said, "Eldest sister-in-law suddenly became dizzy, so I'll go back first, and third sister-in-law is with her!"

The old lady patted Xu Junying's hand: "It's okay, I think it was blown by the cold wind during the day, I gave her a dizziness medicine, taught her to go back and take a hot bath, go to sleep after taking the medicine, and wake up tomorrow." All right!"

Xu Junying said: "Let grandma worry about it!"

But a feeling of annoyance arose in her heart, she said she wanted to watch the tea ceremony, drink tea to digest food, but ran away without making a sound, why did she need the old lady's dizziness medicine?Ming Ming handed over a whole box to Cheng'er that day!She's just pretending, she's only able to coax people with medicine!
Xu Junying forced himself to sit down and watched Zhuang Yulan making tea absent-mindedly. He didn't even bother to glance over at Zheng Meiyu.Zhuang Yulan's slender fingers, nimble and nimble, fluttered like a butterfly, she raised her eyes to look at him from time to time, smiling affectionately, but Xu Junying didn't seem to see anything, feeling irritable and bored.

He didn't want to drink tea, and he didn't like the scene where everything seemed to be still. Although it was a request when playing camellias, he felt that the atmosphere was normal with Mei Niang around.Meiniang loves to talk and laugh, and she only fights against Zhuang Yulan, making trouble like a child, distracting her attention, Zhuang Yulan is so annoyed that she wants to cry, but she smiles very sweetly.She looked at Zheng Meiyu with contempt and resentment, sometimes as sharp as a knife.In the past, he always tried to prevent these two women from doing things for him, including serving soup and serving vegetables, and even sitting next to him... She has changed, she doesn't come to Jinhua Hall often, and she deliberately avoids meeting him in Tsinghua University. Sudden dizziness, Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu sat with him, chatted and laughed, and competed for him at the dinner table. On the other hand, she was only with her younger siblings, and in the end she just sneaked away and left him here to comment on tea art and enjoy tea?
Xu Junying's heart was in turmoil, but she couldn't hear Zhuang Yulan calling him, Xu Xiaomin patted him: "Brother, look at the camellias!"

He looked over and saw a piece of white foam on the surface of the tea soup slowly dissipating, where is there any image?
　It can only be updated now, all kinds of unspeakable explanations, covering your face, drifting away. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)