The Concubine of Crossing

In the position of doctor of the Ministry of Rites, when he is busy, his feet don't touch the ground, and when he is free, he can grow grass. Unfortunately, the recent period is the busiest time.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the feudal lords from all over the country have sent their New Year gifts. These officials who gave gifts are one of the targets he received.

It's just that it's okay for ordinary officials to say that if they come to a son or something, they have to be careful in serving them.

It's very unfortunate that a prince of Zhenjiang happened to be here today.

Speaking of the king of Zhenjiang, he is the younger brother brought up by the current sage, but the friendship of the Tian family is different from the friendship of these people.

Zhou Xuanyi didn't know what happened back then, anyway, when he entered the court and became an official, Zhenjiang King had already guarded the southern border, and he hadn't returned to Beijing for so many years.

This year, His Majesty the Emperor said that he missed this nephew, and the prince of Zhenjiang came to the capital with the New Year gift team.

Meeting such a prince who was totally unfamiliar with his likes and preferences, Zhou Xuanyi naturally had to deal with it carefully and do everything by himself.

After finally sending the person to the palace, Zhou Xuanyi was about to take a break after watching a scene of caring and filial piety with his uncle and nephew. Before he had time to drink the tea, he heard the young servant saying that there was news from home.

Zhou Xuanyi frowned slightly, Yang is a very good housewife, everything in the house is taken care of by her in an orderly manner, she handles small things by herself, and discusses big things after he goes back, why did there suddenly come a letter today? coming.

Zhou Xuanyi sat up straight, "Let him in."

Then, he heard a piece of news from the servant that made him feel complicated.His nephew came to the door.

Unlike Yang's, he knew that he had such a nephew, but because of his father's relationship, his family members only dared to pay attention secretly, and did not dare to contact him blatantly.

Zhou Xuanyi couldn't sit still anymore, looked at the busy subordinates around, coughed dryly, "Since there is nothing to do today, then I'll leave first."

Everyone: "..." My lord, do you really want to open your eyes and talk nonsense, they are so busy that they want to slap you with dossiers!It's a pity that the first-level officials crushed people to death, and they only dared to mutter a few words in their hearts, and then respectfully said, "It's okay, it's okay, my lord, you can go first!"

Zhou Xuanyi nodded, then paced out of the mansion, and after getting into the carriage, urged the servants to hurry up and hurried home.

After finally rushing into the house, Zhou Xuanyi looked at the tall and beautiful young man with tears in his eyes, and patted him on the shoulder very touched, "Good! Not bad! Not bad! Just as good-looking as your mother back then!"

Li Xiao: "..."

Luo Laibao: "..." If he hadn't patted his wife on the shoulder, he would have been very moved.

Li Xiao moved his position slightly, revealing Luo Laibao who was blocked by him.

Yang's chief executive covered his mouth, coughed in embarrassment, then pointed at Luo Laibao and introduced with a smile, "Master, look, our eldest nephew is already this big."

Zhou Xuanyi: "..."

He looked at Luo Laibao, then at Li Xiao, and then at Luo Laibao, well, after a closer look, it was true that the young man in front of him looked more like his sister.

Zhou Xuanyi hurriedly went over and patted Luo Laibao's shoulder, and praised, "Not bad, not bad!" At first, he wanted to say something like your mother, but he just said this to another person, if he said it again, then It seemed very embarrassing.

However, he still remembered the man next to him, this man was so eye-catching, that's why he unconsciously put his eyes on him from the first moment he came in, "Who is this?"

Luo Laibao grinned, "Uncle, this is my wife."

Zhou Xuanyi: "..."

Although there was a small episode of admitting the wrong person, in general, the process of recognizing relatives was quite smooth.Just hearing that Luo Laibao had found a male wife, Zhou Xuanyi showed an indescribable expression.

Fortunately, although Zhou Xuanyi expressed some disapproval, he did not reprimand him like Old Master Zhou.

After all, he is a person who has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has long learned how to speak so as not to offend people easily.

So Luo Laibao and Li Xiao had dinner at Zhou's house, and they were warmly invited by Zhou Xuanyi, insisting that they live in Zhou's house.

In the end, Luo Laibao refused to move into the Zhou Mansion on the grounds that he had too many things and it was inconvenient to move around, and he had already taken a fancy to the house.

Even so, the Zhou family still invited them to play every three days, or the little cousin came to play with them.

The younger cousin is named Zhou Wenhan, he is Zhou Xuanyi's only legitimate son, and he is also a little younger than Luo Laibao.And just like Luo Laibao, the Yang family only gave birth to one child like him.However, Zhou Wenhan is not Zhou Xuanyi's only son.

Zhou Xuanyi also had two concubine sons who were born of concubines, both were much older than Zhou Wenhan, and now they had their own families.It was Zhou Wenhan, because he failed the scientific examination last year, his father asked him to wait for another three years, and wait until he got a good grade in the examination before discussing marriage.

Zhou Wenhan shrugged his shoulders, and said to Luo Laibao, "I'm not a material for studying, and my father probably won't see me get married in this lifetime."

Luo Laibao felt sorry for him immediately, and his favorability towards Zhou Wenhan immediately increased.He reads...not that stuff either.

Even when Li Xiao was paralyzed in his previous life, he was afraid that he would be bored, so he found so many books for him to read, with his little knowledge, he could still beat him with just a scholar.

The relationship between the two quickly developed, and Zhou Wenhan was also happy to find reasons to be lazy. Hearing that Luo Laibao was looking for a house and a shop, he enthusiastically took him around.

Unlike Zhou Wenqing, Zhou Wenhan is very clear about these general affairs, at least not like Zhou Wenqing who doesn't even know where the dental clinic is, and will spontaneously take the two of them around to play.

It's just that this person is a little unreliable, and I don't know if he was too happy to play and forgot to order something, so he took the two of them into the brothel to see the girl.

Luo Laibao: "..."

Li Xiao: "..."

Luo Laibao laughed angrily, and sued Zhou Wenhan when he went back, and Zhou Wenhan was grounded by Zhou Xuanyi.

Li Xiao was dumbfounded, "He didn't mean it either."

Luo Laibao said bitterly, "If he wants to, I'll ask Xiangniang to drug him and make him sleep for ten days!"

Li Xiao is silent, it seems that the brothel incident really made his big baby very angry.

Without Zhou Wenhan's involvement, Luo Laibao and the others devoted themselves to the construction of the new house.

None of them had high requirements for housing, and they moved in within a few days after finding the house.

On the contrary, both of them are more concerned about the restaurant. If they want to attract customers, the restaurant must have its own characteristics.

The two discussed for a while, and Li Xiao suddenly asked Chef Du if he could make wine. Speaking of which, all kinds of fruit wines in later generations taste very good, and they should be very popular with literati and ladies.

Chef Du nodded, he still knows how to make wine, but he doesn't know how to make the fruit wine Li Xiao mentioned.

So, Li Xiao talked to him about the brewing method of fruit wine.With the development of information in later generations, as long as you want to learn, you can learn everything from the Internet.

Li Xiao had seen the brewing method before and memorized some of it. Since he hadn't tried it himself, he didn't know if it would work.Now he talked to Cook Du, and Cook Du nodded repeatedly, expressing that he would try it, and happily prepared to try it.

Luo Laibao was also listening with his ears up. When he heard that it would take dozens of days to make one time, he was silent for a while and asked Chef Du to make more.

Both Chef Du and Li Xiao felt that the pressure was a bit high, after all, it was something that was still being tried, and Luo Laibao dared to do this, which made him want to say he was a prodigal.

Luo Laibao said, "It takes time to make wine. If you don't prepare it early, you won't be able to sell it when you open the store."

Li Xiao thought about it, and saw that Luo Laibao was going to make it so big at the beginning, so he added, "In addition to fruits, flowers can also be used to make wine. This season, plum blossoms are very good for wine making."

Seeing that Chef Du was stunned for a while, Luo Laibao also doubted whether he could do it.He pondered for a while, "I'd better find a master who can make wine and come back."

Although Chef Du really wanted to pat his chest and say that he would, but hearing Luo Laibao's tone, he definitely had to do something big. If he destroyed everything, he thought that Brother Luo might tear him down up.

So he shut up.He is a cook, as long as he is responsible for cooking.

This kind of special craftsman is not available on the street. Fortunately, the capital has a large population, and there are dental shops from all walks of life. Xiaodouzi ran to two places and brought back two or three. The ones brought back together also made a few. The servant of the coarse envoy.

Since the incident happened in her previous life, all the servants that Luo Laibao uses now are bought from dental shops, and the deeds of sale are tightly held in her hands. When these people do things, they think more about whose own lives are in their hands.

As soon as they came, they were dismounted, and all the newcomers were trembling, thinking that the new owner would be difficult to get along with, and each of them was cautious when doing things.

The third son was beside him, watching Xiaodouzi lecture the newcomers.He felt that Xiaodouzi was really a very powerful person, and there were some things he might never learn in his lifetime.

After the newcomers were taught a lesson, Li Xiao started to arrange things for them. Li Xiao immediately asked the three brewers and a few servants to leave.

This season has passed the fruit ripening season, and there are not many fruits on the market, and the price is much higher. If it weren't for the fact that the shop opened earlier, Li Xiao would be a little reluctant to buy it.

On the contrary, Xiangniang gave a few recipes, saying that the wine brewed with those medicinal materials works well.Some are health-preserving, some are beautifying, and some are dispelling dampness and cold...

Leaving aside other things, the wine for dispelling dampness and cold should be sold well when they open for business. While the weather is still cold, it should be able to sell well.

So Li Xiao quickly put this on the list.

Amid all the busy schedule, the New Year is finally here.

Red lanterns were hung everywhere in Kyoto, and Spring Festival couplets and beautiful window grilles were pasted up.

Their new home was also decorated, and red lanterns were hung everywhere, which looked very festive.Luo Laibao distributed red envelopes to all the people below, and also had a holiday. Except for the guards on duty, everyone else could play for a few days.

As for how to arrange it, these things are left to Xiaodouzi.

After finishing the arrangements at home, the husband and wife went to Zhou's house for a New Year's Eve dinner.Zhou Xuanyi had already told them many times, and on New Year's Eve, Zhou Wenhan came to wait for them specially, fearing that they would find excuses not to go.

In Zhou Xuanyi's words, since Zhou Shi is not here, they are his closest family members, so why not have the New Year's Eve dinner together?

The hospitality was hard to come by, and the two went to Zhou's house for a New Year's Eve dinner before being released from the house.

Luo Laibao drank some wine, his face was flushed, he held Li Xiao's hand tightly, and the two walked on the street together.

Luo Laibao let out a breath, looked at the white mist coming out of his mouth, and suddenly asked, "Xiaoxiao."

Li Xiao: "Huh?"

Luo Laibao looked ahead, with a dazed expression on his face, "Tell me, grandparents, uncles and uncles, are they sincere to us?"

Li Xiao thought for a while, "It should be sincere." Whether a person is sincere or false can be seen from every bit of daily life.Zhou Xuanyi looked at Luo Laibao with warm eyes, that kind of love for his nephew cannot be faked.

Luo Laibao turned to look at him, his expression becoming more and more bewildered, "But if it's true, why didn't I see them in the last life? The second uncle was still an official in the court, and the Luo family was involved in such a thing. There's no way he didn't know anything about it."

Li Xiao's footsteps stopped.

There are some things that cannot be thought deeply about. If the Zhou family is indifferent to the ruin and death of the Luo family, then the love and intimacy shown these days must be all fake.

But if these feelings are not fake, then what reason can these people turn a blind eye to the tragic death of their relatives?

Li Xiao only felt a chill go straight from the cervical spine to the depths of his heart, his whole body seemed to be frozen to the core.