The return of the son-in-law

In the mirror is a well-maintained woman's face, quite charming.

While Liu Pianpian was finding fault with herself in the mirror, Qiu Xiang came in, bowed her knees and said, "Ma'am, the second young master is here."

Liu Pianpian was overjoyed and said, "Has An'er eaten yet? Let the kitchen be served here today. Also, a few days ago, the Zhuangzi sent a few squabs, and asked the kitchen to choose a tender one to stew. When we come out of the palace, it will be usable."

Qiu Xiang wrote down one by one, then glanced at the hair-combing girl beside her, and said, "Ma'am, when you enter the palace today, do you want to change into the hairpin given by Concubine Liu?"

Liu Pianpian's slender fingers twirled around the rows of hairpins, finally tapped one of the crested hairpins, and said, "Just this one."

The combing girl hurriedly took out the crested hairpin, carefully inserted it into Liu Pianpian's cloud temples, and asked in a low voice: "Madam, how is this?"

"Okay, okay," Liu Pianpian was very satisfied, "Small craftsmanship is ingenious. The left and right are entering the palace, there is no reason to steal the limelight from the empress in the palace, so let it be."

After hearing this, Xiao Qiao took two steps back to the side, while Qiu Ju stepped forward, supported Liu Pianpian, and asked, "Madam, do you want to eat?"

"En," Liu Pianpian nodded, and when she saw Qiuxiang, she said displeasedly, "Why are you still here?"

Qiuxiang was a little embarrassed, and replied, "Madam, five pigeons were sent to the Zhuangzi in total, and the one my wife used yesterday was the last one."

Liu Pianpian was taken aback: "Why are there only five?"

Qiuxiang replied again: "The people in Zhuangzi said that there are only five that meet my wife's requirements. If my wife doesn't mind, there are many more in Zhuangzi."

"Send the beggars?" Liu Pianpian angrily said, "Am I the master or are they the masters? You can say it all, and I'll sell them all tomorrow!"

Qiuxiang was complaining incessantly, but she couldn't stop talking, so she could only persuade: "Why don't you ask the comprador to buy some pigeons outside today?"

"What's delicious outside?" Liu Pianpian said disdainfully, "Those things are dirty, where can An'er and I eat them?"

Qiu Ju said from the side: "Although there are no pigeons, but I remember that the black-bone chicken was sent to the village yesterday. Does my wife want to stew the black-bone chicken with red dates? If the second young master is still growing, it is better for people to buy some tender chicken quietly." Here comes the beef. My wife is going to the palace to see Concubine Liu today, so why get angry because of these things?"

After hearing this, Liu Pianpian turned her anger into joy: "You girl has a sharp mouth, so it's okay, just listen to you. Qiuxiang, hurry up and send someone to the kitchen to spread the word! You stay by yourself and confirm again for me. This is a gift for Concubine Liu. Today I am going to the palace to discuss An'er's life-long affairs, absolutely nothing can go wrong."

Qiu Xiang hurriedly said, "Yes, please rest assured, Madam."

The yard of Liu Pianpian in the Guo Mansion in the capital was full of joy, and a village under the name of Guo Zhanan in the suburbs of Beijing was also decorated with lights and festoons.

More than half a year ago, Guo Zhan'an sent people to bring Huo Yu and others back from Xuzhou, and they lived in his own courtyard in the Guo Mansion in the capital again.Probably because Liu Pianpian suffered a lot from Guo Zhanan's side - especially after the Chinese New Year last year, Guo Feng'an was supposed to be sent to Qingshan Academy to study, but in the end he didn't even pass the first round of assessment at Qingshan Academy, so he returned in despair. After leaving the house, Guo Xian was so angry that he didn't give Liu Pianpian's mother and son a good look for two or three months-so Liu Pianpian almost walked around Guo Zhan'an's yard these days, let alone come to Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu. Looking for trouble.

Today is Huo Yu's 16th birthday. Although it is not easy for the two of them to celebrate in Guo's house, Guo Zhan'an does not want to wrong Huo Yu. After eating a bowl of light longevity noodles, it's over.

In addition, in order to prepare for next year's imperial examination, Huo Yu spent almost all of his time studying hard in the study room, except for occasionally going to a large bookstore in central Beijing to listen to discussions about knowledge.

Guo Zhan'an understood the principle of relaxation and relaxation, and seeing that Huo Yu's strings have collapsed tightly in the past few months, he simply took Huo Yu's birthday and took Huo Yu out to relax.

Therefore, Guo Zhanan and Huo Yu went to a hot spring village in the suburbs of Beijing two days in advance, and Xiu Niang sewed new clothes for Huo Yu early on. The tender bamboo shoots are dotted with diced green onions in the middle, and a yellow-orange fried egg is laid on top.The longevity noodles are made with old hen soup, which makes people's index fingers move when they smell it.

When Huo Yu finished eating the longevity noodles, a large group of servants from Zhuangzi had already gathered outside the house, queuing up to kowtow to Huo Yu.

Guo Zhan'an accompanied Huo Yu out, saw the situation, smiled and said: "Although Yu'er is a young master, she is young after all. You don't need to kowtow anymore, just say auspicious words alone, and then go to Fuquan to receive the reward."

Most of the birthdays of the masters of rich families follow this rule, so everyone is used to it. It was only after receiving the reward from Fuquan that they realized that this time the harvest was quite good, and it was two or three points more than Guo Zhanan's own birthday.

Everyone couldn't help re-examining this strange young master Huo Yu.

Thinking that he and his young master ate and slept together in the past two days, and remembered that Jia Huanfuquan and others treated him with respect, Jia Huan even came to the Zhuangzi in advance to beat everyone up a few days ago.Therefore, even if they guessed something, they who were familiar with Guo Zhanan's temperament would all keep silent.

Huo Yu didn't know what the servants were thinking. For the past two days, he soaked in the hot spring every day and had a bowl of old duck soup. For a person who likes to eat, it's not to mention how comfortable it is.

Maybe it's because these two days have been comfortable, the originally thin jaw seems to have grown some flesh in these two short days, and the complexion has also turned ruddy a lot.When Huo Yu was still growing his body, he had been growing like a stick for more than a year. Thanks to the two days of self-cultivation, his thin wrists and ankles had gained a few ounces of flesh.From Guo Zhanan's point of view, it looked like a big meatball, and he wished he could eat it right away.

Huo Yu turned his head and saw Guo Zhanan's meaningful eyes, blushed, and said softly: "Brother, I, I am 16 years old."

After becoming a filial piety, Guo Zhan'an started to use his hands and feet more often, and his hands became more and more unruly.Huo Yu has also grown up, so he understands a little bit, and naturally understands that this is an act from the heart after the two love each other.He didn't reject it, just a little scared.

It's not that Guo Zhan'an is impatient. After all, his lover is by his side and sleeps with his neck crossed every night. He is a normal man, how could he not be angry?

But since he loves Huo Yu, he must respect Huo Yu's wishes. Huo Yu is afraid, so he doesn't force him, but slowly guides him to walk step by step.Moreover, Huo Yu is still young and has yet to be determined. What if he becomes obsessed with this way from now on?

Just last month, after the two of them relieved each other with their hands, Huo Yu somehow said that when he turned 16, he would be able to really go to Wushan* with Guo Zhanan to enjoy the joy of fish and water.

Guo Zhan'an naturally understood how much courage Huo Yu had to say, so he cherished it all the more.

Now that Huo Yu took the initiative to speak again, he knew that his eyes were too intense, so he smiled and said, "Got it."

It was still early in the day, so Guo Zhanan simply took Huo Yu to walk around this hot spring village.

This Zhuangzi is on the mountainside of a mountain in the suburbs of Beijing. There are several hot springs in the mountain, and two of the three best hot springs are in Guo Zhanan's Zhuangzi.In addition, there are two other Zhuangzi, each with several hot springs, which belong to two other families.

But the other two Zhuangzi's masters didn't come. The servants guarding Zhuangzi heard that Guo Zhan'an was coming, so they collided with each other and tried not to go out.Because of this, Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu are walking in the mountains now, without encountering other people along the way.

Guo Zhan'an and Huo Yu walked for a while, and gradually smelled a dark fragrance coming from somewhere. They looked at each other, saw the same intention in each other's eyes, and hand in hand, they followed the direction of the dark fragrance.

Pushing aside a green cypress, the dark fragrance becomes more and more refreshing. It turns out to be a wild plum blossom in the corner.

Different from those plum blossoms in Zhuangzi that are pruned all the year round, this plum blossom tree is coiled and crouching, looking from a distance like a small dragon hovering on the branches, it is about to soar into the sky.When I got closer, I saw that the branches were full of tiny pale pink petals, and the fragrance came from here.

Huo Yu was amazed: "I didn't expect it to be able to drive so well in this corner."

Guo Zhanan said: "Look at this tree trunk, it should be more than ten or twenty years old."

Huo Yu couldn't help but bent down to take a look, then grinned and said, "Brother, look quickly, there are rabbits."

Guo Zhanan also bent down, and sure enough, he saw a hole under the tree, with a pair of rabbit ears protruding from it.The rabbit didn't know whether it was frightened stupid, or it was simply not afraid of people. When it saw Huo Yu and Guo Zhan'an, it just shrank its body into the hole and remained motionless again.

"What a silly rabbit," Huo Yu couldn't help but said, "the ears are still sticking out. If someone grabs the ears, they really can't escape."

Guo Zhan'an thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid there is something hidden. You stand back and I'll go take a look."

Huo Yu didn't know why, but he still took two steps to the side as he said.When he saw Guo Zhanan reaching out to catch the rabbit, he couldn't help but say, "Brother, be careful."

As if to prove that Huo Yu was right, the rabbit suddenly jumped out of the hole, kicked its hind feet on the ground, and jumped up to bite Guo Zhanan.

Guo Zhan'an had been on guard for a long time and dodged in time, leaving the rabbit empty.The rabbit failed in one blow, and wanted to run back into the cave again, but Huo Yu had already taken a step ahead, standing at the entrance of the cave and looking inside.

"Brother, it's a litter of little rabbits!"

Guo Zhan'an heard this, and called Fuquan and Wu Jia who were standing far away, and said, "Fuquan, you catch that rabbit and don't let it bite people. Wu Jia, go back to the village and bring a basket. Remember to spread hay inside, and a thick layer of cotton on top, and put the rabbits back in."

The two agreed and followed what Guo Zhanan said.

At this moment, Huo Yu was already lying on the entrance of the cave, carefully looking into the cave, and said to himself: "One, two, three, three rabbits! They are so small, don't be afraid."

Although Fuquan caught the rabbit, the rabbit struggled desperately, kicking or biting Fuquan whenever he got the chance.Fuquan didn't dare to carry the rabbit in the air, it would be bad if he killed the rabbit.

In the end, it was Guo Zhanan who spoke: "Yu'er, come back and let this rabbit go back to its hole."

Huo Yu was a little bit reluctant, but he still returned to Guo Zhanan's side.Then Fuquan let go of the big rabbit, and the big rabbit jumped back into the hole and blocked the hole with its body.

Wu Jia walked very fast, and came over with a basket in a short while. According to Guo Zhanan's instructions, thick hay had been laid inside, which was warm and clean.

Poor Fuquan once again took the big rabbit out of the hole and put it into the basket, and then put the other three little rabbits in the hole into the basket one by one.Then covered the opening of the basket with cotton, leaving only a small gap for the rabbits to breathe. Wu Jia took a step ahead with the basket on his back and sent the rabbits back to the hot spring village.

With such an extra episode, Huo Yu lost the interest to continue playing and wanted to go back to watch the rabbit.

Guo Zhanan naturally followed him, and the two returned to Zhuangzi hand in hand.

When the two returned to Zhuangzi, Wu Jia had already handed over the rabbit to a family in Zhuangzi who was in charge of taking care of poultry.Seeing Guo Zhanan and Huo Yu, several people hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Guo Zhanan asked them to get up and asked, "How are these rabbits?"

"I have nothing to eat in winter, and I'm hungry." One of them replied, "Thanks to the kindness of the two young masters, they were sent back in time, otherwise, if we stayed for another two or three days, the younger ones would probably die. These rabbits are all wild, and I have probably never seen so many people in my life, so I am panicking now, and I will be fine in two days."

Guo Zhanan said: "Then you take good care of it, and we'll come back in a few days."

Huo Yu was a little reluctant. When he was in the cottage, even though he was watched by Mr. Sun, he could still seize the opportunity to go hunting with Mr. Liu and others, and occasionally he could catch a few pheasants and hares to raise.And ever since he defected to Guo Zhan'an with Sun Lao, Guo Zhan'an didn't have this habit, so Huo Yu didn't mention it again.

Although he didn't think of this usually, but now that there were four rabbits in front of him, Huo Yu became interested.

"Can I feed you?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and said: "This rabbit is a wild rabbit, Second Young Master, don't be bitten by it."

Huo Yu didn't care much: "It's okay, I raised rabbits before."

It was the first time Guo Zhanan heard about it, and he couldn't help but ask, "When did you raise it?"

Huo Yu frowned, and said: "I didn't know my brother at that time, I went to the wild with Boss Liu and the others to catch them. But within a few months, Boss Liu and the others slaughtered them and made braised rabbits. Then After a while, I was so angry that I started fighting with Boss Liu, but he beat me up and didn't go to the field for two days."

Hearing that Huo Yu was beaten, Guo Zhan'an couldn't help but get angry: "Why have I never heard of it from you?" If he had known earlier, he would not have spared Boss Liu so lightly.

Huo Yu waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, "At that time, I was young and weak, so I couldn't beat him. Don't worry, brother, if I meet him now, I will definitely not let him take advantage of me."

Hearing Huo Yu's words, Guo Zhan'an couldn't laugh or cry, most of the original displeasure disappeared, he couldn't help but reached out and pinched his cheek, and said, "Who told you to fight him?"

Huo Yuqi said: "Brother asked like that, isn't he trying to vent his anger on me? Don't worry, I'm not so easy to bully now."

Guo Zhan'an didn't bother to explain, and said, "Okay, I've already said that the rabbit is afraid of strangers, so let's see it in two days. But you, today is your 16th birthday, so you want to be with the rabbit?"

What Guo Zhanan said meant something, other people couldn't understand it, but Huo Yu understood it.He blushed and said, "Got it."

The two of them wasted the whole morning because of the rabbit, so they simply ordered someone to prepare a stove, wine and food in a pavilion in Zhuangzi, and drink and eat food with the snow scene.

In the afternoon, Huo Yu couldn't help it, so he simply left Guo Zhan'an and went to see the rabbit alone. The reason he gave was so good that no one could refute it - the rabbit was afraid of strangers, and it was better to go alone than two.

Guo Zhanan, who was left behind, was not angry, but watched Huo Yu's back disappear into a corner meaningfully, and then went to arrange it himself without mentioning it.

At night, after soaking in the hot spring, Guo Zhan'an asked everyone else to go down and wiped Huo Yu's hair himself.

Huo Yu sat on the stool and looked at himself in the mirror. The obscene clothes were covered in red clothes.Behind him, Guo Zhan'an was also wearing a dark red uniform, paired with a pair of candles in the room, giving Huo Yu the illusion of being newly married.

After wiping his hair, Guo Zhanan asked Huo Yu to sit by the bed first, while he poured two glasses of wine from the table beside him, went to the bed, sat down next to Huo Yu, and handed one of the glasses to Huo Yu.

"Yu'er," Guo Zhanan looked at Huo Yu affectionately, and said, "Although I can't give you a wedding that attracts everyone's attention, I want you to know that in my heart, you are the only one I want to spend the whole life with. people."

Huo Yu's ears were turning red, he nodded and said, "I know, I don't want those either, I know my brother is enough."

Guo Zhanan couldn't help but leaned over and kissed Huo Yu's face: "Of course I belong to you. Come on, drink this cup of wine, you and I are considered a gift."

As for going to * together afterwards and being hit by red waves, there is no need to elaborate on a good story.