The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Back home, Ji Heng got off the car in the courtyard of the sedan chair, and happened to meet the mother Liu Qing's family next to Si Yiniang, who was bringing a woman and a boy over, and when she saw Ji Heng and Xu Qilang, she hurried over Asking the ceremony, he said, "Eldest young master, you just came back?"

Ji Heng nodded, and then asked the people around her, "Who is this aunt?"

Liu Qing's family introduced with a smile, "It's Fourth Aunt's natal sister-in-law, and this is Fourth Aunt's nephew."

The young man looked very shy. After being introduced by Liu Qing's family, he blushed and took a step back.

Xu Qilang stared at the boy and asked, "What's your name?"

The fourth aunt's sister-in-law was dressed in old clothes, but her clothes were clean. She blessed Ji Heng and Xu Qilang, and said, "Eldest Young Master, Biao Young Master, I greet you."

After speaking, he pulled his son again, and the boy said timidly, "My name is Mu Zhen. Eldest young master, good morning young master Biao."

Si Yiniang's sister-in-law didn't stay much longer. Liu Qing's family was very talkative, and she had already explained to Ji Heng that she had asked his wife to send them back in a carriage. It's quite a distance. When the two came, they walked by themselves. When they returned, the wife said that they would take a carriage for a ride.

Ji Heng smiled and asked Fourth Aunt's sister-in-law and nephew to come and play often.

Behind Liu Qing's family was the third sister's maid, Mu Xue, who held a package in her hand, and gave Ji Hengfu a gift before handing the package to the fourth aunt's sister-in-law.

When Ji Heng and Xu Qilang were walking back with the piano in their arms, they saw that Mu Zhen was about to get into his carriage, and they were pulled by Liu Qing's family, which made him almost stagger, and he was taught a lesson again. The voice said, "This is the young master's carriage. How can you just sit in it? Go out, go out, the car that will send you has already been waiting outside. The carriage and sedan chair in the courtyard are all from the mansion. The one used by the master and the one used by the slaves are all different."

Fourth Yiniang's sister-in-law apologized for her son in shame, nodding and bowing, but Liu Qing's family was very arrogant.

Ji Heng saw this in his eyes and frowned.

Seeing the change of expression on Ji Heng's face, Baoqin leaned over and explained to him in a low voice, "My aunt's family name is Mu, and she lives at the foot of the outer city wall in the west. He was a war fighter, he won military exploits, and after returning to Beijing, he bought real estate there and married a beautiful wife, but after that he was in poor health, and all the property in the family was used for medical treatment. When the fourth aunt was taken in by the master, The fourth aunt only brought a small box, and it is said that the box was eaten by moths, which shows that she was in distress at the time."

Ji Heng thought that Mrs. Xu had stayed in Yangzhou for six or seven years, and the capital was the housekeepers of Second Aunt and Fourth Aunt. For such a long time, Fourth Aunt didn't save any private houses?No matter what, it's time to support her mother's family, why her sister-in-law's family still looks very embarrassed.

Ji Heng asked, "Did Fourth Aunt's natal family not develop well these years?"

Baoqin whispered, "I heard that Si Yiniang sent a lot of money back to her natal family in the early years, but almost all of it was used to pay off the previous debts, and Si Yiniang's elder brother is addicted to gambling and drinking, so he can't help him at all." In the early years, when my wife was in Yangzhou and my fourth aunt was in charge of the house, it was said that our house had paid a large amount of money and went short, so the master became indifferent to my fourth aunt, and my fourth aunt knew that she had done something wrong, so there was less support for her mother's family. Besides, the wife is in charge of the house now, so how much private house can Fourth Aunt have to support her mother's family?"

Ji Heng didn't speak anymore, Xu Qilang glanced at Baoqin and said, "You know a lot."

Baoqin was teased uncomfortably by him, and said, "This is not a slave talking nonsense. All the servants who are older in the mansion know it, and all the aunts know it, and the wife knows it in her heart. As for the young master and the young master, you You guys are busy with big things, so you just don’t know.”

Ji Heng laughed a little at what he said, and said to Xu Qilang, "You are indeed busy with important matters, Qilang, you are either reading forbidden books or climbing trees."

Xu Qilang would have followed the trend normally, but now he blushed a little, as if he was ashamed, and said, "I also studied hard."

After Ji Heng went into the main room to tell Mrs. Xu that he was back, he ran to the courtyard on the west side, where the fourth aunt, third sister, fourth sister, and fifth sister all lived.

Because the courtyard of Ji's family is not very spacious, the third and fourth sisters have always lived together, with two beds in one room. They live upstairs, and the fourth aunt lives in the downstairs house next door.

When Ji Heng arrived, the third sister was sitting with the fourth sister in the main hall, playing with the maple leaves and cypress fruits that the third sister had picked up on the mountain.

The two were doing their handicrafts in silence without speaking.

The fourth sister's maid, Chen Xue, went in to announce, "The young master is here."

The two raised their heads, and Ji Heng had already stepped into the room at this time, and greeted with a smile, "Hello, two sisters."

The fourth sister forced a smile and said, "Brother Heng is here, sit down quickly. We're going to make these maple leaves into bookmarks, and the cypress fruit to make lavender in winter."

Ji Heng said, "This is really interesting. The fragrance of the clothes on your body that I smelled before is always special, is it the fragrance of cypress fruit?"

The fourth sister said, "That's right. The big families in Beijing like to smell the scented clothes from Guangzhou or Suzhou and Hangzhou, but we think it's not good to smoke the clothes with cypress fruit. Mother said that when she was still a girl's family, The family couldn't afford lavender, so I went up the mountain to pick up cypress fruits and put them in the suitcase..."

Before she finished speaking, the third sister had already interrupted her, saying, "Brother Heng doesn't want to hear you nagging, so stop talking."

Probably because the fourth sister said that it was not good for the embarrassment of the fourth aunt's family back then.

Ji Heng laughed and said, "I always thought the lavender scent my mother used was too strong, but the scent of cypress fruit is just right. I wonder if I can ask my two sisters for some." The embarrassment of the fourth sister.

The third sister brought a small box made of rattan, picked up some good cypress fruits and gave it to Ji Heng, and said, "Just take it, and next time my mother goes up the mountain to worship Buddha, I can pick some more. Besides, This winter, it won’t take much.”

Ji Heng looked at the situation of the third sister and the fourth sister, and thought about the age of the third sister. When she was born, it was not long before her mother entered the Ji mansion. At that time, the Ji mansion was still the housekeeper of the Xu family. It was very embarrassing, and left the young third sister with the impression that life was very difficult without money and status, so as a girl, she yearned for power and the court so much.

But Ji Heng can't say that she is not good, after all, everyone has the right to choose their own future.

He also sat over to help put the beautiful maple leaves into the special booklet. He was doing it seriously when he heard the voice of the third sister's maid, Mu Xue, "Miss, I have sent my uncle and my uncle to the carriage and left. Well, the mother of Liu Qing's family is also really, she really took the two coins that my uncle and wife gave her."

After she finished speaking, the third sister scolded her, saying, "What are you talking about?"

Mu Xue regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Ji Heng sitting on the edge of the table.

Mu Xue stood there in embarrassment and shame, and it was the fourth sister who helped her out, "Okay, I didn't see Brother Heng, go and pour tea, add the roses we made ourselves, let Brother Heng, try it."

Mu Xue quickly agreed and went to work.

Ji Heng said to the third sister, "They are all brothers and sisters of my own family. No matter what happens, the sisters can tell me. I saw my aunt and cousin in the car yard just now. I don't know if it is from my uncle's family. What's up."

The third sister looked up at him, pursed her lips, and said, "That's just our aunt and cousin, how dare they talk to you. Actually, it's nothing, but uncle owed gambling debts again, and sent aunt and cousin Brother came to borrow some money, they thought that mother had entered the cornucopia, and there was a money tree beside her, and they could have as much as they wanted, and they didn’t know that everyone lived a life, and no one had any difficulties.”

After talking about it, she almost cried, presumably because she felt sorry for her mother as well as her uncle's family.

Ji Heng sighed, took out a purse from his sleeve, pushed it to the third sister, and said, "Here is some silver that can solve the urgent need, but I think the problem at home is to be solved unless uncle is told not to gamble anymore. "

The third sister didn't accept it, didn't touch the purse, and said, "How can my sister ask for my brother's things? Let's say, a jasper bracelet in my box is enough for uncle's family to eat and drink for a year or two, but how can it stand up to him?" Go gamble. I can’t think of a way to get rid of this gambling addiction. I heard that someone gambles if they chop off their hands. My aunt came just now, and my mother didn’t let her go back empty-handed. I don’t need you to subsidize it. of."

Ji Heng no longer forced her to accept the money, and he couldn't think of any good way, he just said, "Maybe I can find a way to find him an errand to do."

When Ji Heng said that, the third sister didn't take it seriously, she just sighed a few times.

The next day, the third and fourth sisters cooked crabs by themselves and invited Ji Heng and Xu Qilang to eat.

When Ji Heng was going to the west side courtyard, he first came to tell Mrs. Xu that Mrs. Xu had something to do when he was going out, so he only said, "It's better to eat less, don't be greedy."

Ji Heng agreed, and sent Mrs. Xu to the gate of the yard, "Mother will come back earlier."

Mrs. Xu nodded before being surrounded by maids and women and went out.

In other words, the third sister and the fourth sister are determined to be very ingenious girls. There is no garden in the Ji Mansion, and many flower trees are planted in flowerpots in their yard, all of which are taken care of by themselves. When the sweet-scented osmanthus fell and the chrysanthemums were in full bloom, their yard was filled with the fragrance of chrysanthemums.

On the west side of the courtyard, outside the flower hall, a bamboo pavilion was built, which was completed two years ago, and a swing was set up next to the bamboo pavilion, but Xu Qilang was not allowed to swing on it because he was afraid that the swing would not be strong.

The crab banquet was placed in the bamboo pavilion. The third sister cooked the crabs in the kitchen herself. The fourth sister prepared the dishes and tools for eating crabs. The fifth sister brought chrysanthemum wine and perilla soup for washing hands. .

When Ji Heng and Xu Qilang went there, they just ate off the shelf.

Ji Heng said with some embarrassment, "Qilang and I came empty-handed, and then we should give our sisters something to express our gratitude."

Xu Qilang said, "Use pearl powder, white aconite powder, Poria powder, and then mix it with goat's milk to make a paste. It's best to apply on the face at night. I'll make the powder for you as a thank you, it's okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked by Ji Heng.

The third sister scolded Xu Qilang, "Where did you learn this?"

Xu Qilang smiled and said, "When I was at home, my mother would put this on at night. Once my father came home and happened to find something for her, and she went out without washing her face. Her face was white, and my father was so scared that he almost fell down and yelled. There are ghosts."

As soon as the words came out, the audience roared with laughter, so Xu Qilang bowed his hands and said, "Since all the sisters and sisters laughed, then if I eat this crab again, it will be regarded as paying the fee, so you are welcome."

It made everyone laugh again, and even Ji Heng had to say Xu Qilang, "I didn't expect you to have some tricks. It's just that if you let uncle and aunt hear it, I'm afraid it won't break your leg."

Only Xu Qilang, who is lawless, respectless and humble, will make fun of his parents.