The return of the son-in-law

When Guo Zhanan returned to the winery, Huo Yu was enjoying his meal.

Although Guo Zhan'an had explained in advance, Huo Yu would take back some of the food that Huo Yu thought was delicious.But the shopkeeper still hesitated seeing Huo Yu's attitude of not rejecting anyone who came - if all of these were returned, when would this little ancestor finish eating?

Seeing Guo Zhanan coming, the shopkeeper hurried up to meet him, and said with a smile, "Guest, you are back. My brother likes these foods, so I wonder if I have to take some back?"

Guo Zhanan looked at it, was also taken aback for a moment, and saw that Huo Yu took out a handkerchief to wipe his fingers carefully, so he deliberately put on a straight face, and taught Huo Yu: "Why do you eat so much? Be careful if you eat too much snacks. If you don't have an appetite, you can't eat." Let's eat, I won't grow taller."

This poked Huo Yu's pain, he shook his head again and again to explain: "There are not many, there are not many, everyone eats a bite, it doesn't add up."

It's just that Guo Zhan'an, who was present, didn't know how many mouthfuls there were.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This young man has a good appetite. He said that being able to eat is a blessing. He will dance three times at the door on the first day of the new year. In the coming year, he must grow taller."

Huo Yu had never heard such a saying, and asked, "Can any school be used?"

"Of course," the shopkeeper said again, "the best thing is to jump behind the door closest to the stove, and it will grow the tallest!"

Huo Yu nodded again and again, making up his mind that on New Year's Eve, he must cheer up and stay up all night, and go to bed after dancing.

Afterwards, Huo Yu turned to look at Guo Zhan'an, and asked him, "Is it because my brother is so tall because he jumps behind the door three times every year?"

Guo Zhan'an thought of his old New Year's Eve, which was not a memorable memory, but seeing Huo Yu's look of anticipation, he couldn't bear to dispel his enthusiasm, so he said along the way: "Yes, I dance every year, so to grow taller."

Even Guo Zhanan said that, Huo Yu believed it, and said excitedly: "Then brother, let's celebrate the New Year together, if I fall asleep, you must wake me up."

Guo Zhanan smiled and nodded in agreement.

Seeing Guo Zhan'an's gentle look, Huo Yu couldn't help but think of the inkstone from before, his original excitement suddenly faded away, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Seeing his abnormal appearance, Guo Zhanan asked, "What's wrong?"

Huo Yu shook his head, pulled himself together, forced a smile, "It's nothing, I probably got up too early today, and I'm sleepy now."

Seeing this, Guo Zhanan reckoned that the little guy was embarrassed to speak in front of outsiders, so he didn't ask any more questions for the time being, but turned around and ordered the shopkeeper to pack some snacks that Huo Yu had eaten, and divided them into several portions, each of which was a child The amount of snacks that can be eaten in a day is carefully wrapped in oiled paper.

Children are like this, thoughts come and go quickly, and their moods also go up and down accordingly, completely unpredictable.

Because he was thinking about the inkstone, and thinking of what he had done to disgrace Guo Zhanan, on the way back, Huo Yu couldn't get excited.

Guo Zhanan saw that Huo Yu was unhappy, and the money he gave him was returned to him without any change, so he knew that something unpleasant happened to him when he went out for a walk.

It's just that Huo Yu felt that he had lost face to Guo Zhan'an. If he told Guo Zhan'an again, wouldn't he be completely shameless?So no matter how Guo Zhanan asked him, he gritted his teeth and said that he got up early today and was tired.

Guo Zhan'an didn't press Huo Yu any more, he just waited for Huo Yu to go back to his room to rest, and invited Shen Fang to tell him everything.

Shen Fang explained the matter carefully, and seeing Guo Zhanan's displeasure, he assumed that Huo Yu's behavior had humiliated him, so he boldly said, "Master, this guy Huo Yu is really too bad for the stage. If you want me to say, don’t take him out in the future.”

"Oh?" Guo Zhanan rubbed the wall of the cup and asked him, "What do you call him?"

Shen Fang realized that Guo Zhanan was angry, and when he thought of what he said, he immediately knelt down: "Yes, it's the second young master, it's the second young master!"

Guo Zhanan laughed back angrily: "I recognized him as my brother-in-law, but you call him by name and surname on the back. Why, do you also want to call me by name and surname?"

Shen Fang was so frightened that he shook his head again and again. He was young, so he didn't take Huo Yu, the "Second Young Master" who appeared out of nowhere seriously, he just thought it was Guo Zhanan's whim.You know, when the poor relatives of Guo's family met him, they all spoke kindly.

Although Guo Zhanan's biological mother, Di Wanyan, passed away early, and the entire Guo family has been controlled by Liu Feifei, but Guo Zhanan is the eldest son of the Guo family after all, and has tricks and intentions. A group of servants who serve Guo Zhan'an also have some face among the servants of Guo's mansion.

Although Guo Zhanan's biological mother, Di Wanyan, lost her parents since she was a child, she lived in her maternal ancestral home, the century-old Jiang family, and grew up with Empress Jiang as sisters.Empress Jiang was not favored, and the Jiang family was neglected by Li Shaojun, but in the eyes of ordinary people, the Jiang family was still the aristocratic and wealthy family.

Because of this, Shen Fang has been very proud of his identity since he was a child. Although he is a servant, he is also very classy. He is the son of Guo's family, and his grandmother is Di Wanyan's companion.

One must know that even Liu Feifei, the current mistress of the Guo Mansion, will be a concubine in front of Di Wanyan's memorial tablet every year on the anniversary of Di Wanyan's death!

Now being so frightened by Guo Zhan'an, Shen Fang's mind suddenly cleared up.He hurriedly kowtowed to admit his mistake, but Guo Zhan'an just looked at him and didn't stop: "Your rules, let your grandma teach you again."

Shen Fang admitted his mistakes again and again, and couldn't help but thank Guo Zhan'an for being lenient to him.Seeing Shen Fang go out with his head down, Guo Zhanan frowned for a long time.

Originally, he thought that if Huo Yu wanted to be trained as his right-hand man, he must have several confidants.Guo Zhanan also thought that among all the people at present, only Shen Fang was the same age as Huo Yu, and he wanted to make Shen Fang Huo Yu's personal servant, but Shen Fang's performance today completely dispelled Guo Zhanan's idea.

It's fine to chew your mouth behind your back, but dare to talk in front of the master!

If it wasn't for the sake of Shen Fang's grandma, Grandma Shen, that the old man would die in a hundred years, Guo Zhan'an originally wanted to send Shen Fang to a certain Zhuangzi cleanly and never come back again!

It's just that Granny Shen was abandoned by her husband when she was young, and her only son took her surname. She finally married a wife and had children, and died in a foreign country at a young age. At that time, the wife who was eight months pregnant received the news of her husband's death. After giving birth to Shen Fang, she followed her husband, leaving only one premature son, Shen Fang.

The first half of the old man's life was too rough, Guo Zhan'an didn't want to make the second half of the old man's life go wrong with his own hands, so he made up his mind that Shen Fang would not be able to use him for at least five or six years. □ One or two, and then make another plan.

On the other side, after Huo Yu returned to the room, he lowered his head and walked back and forth several times. Finally, he mustered up the courage, leaned over to Elder Sun, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa, can you lend me some money?"

Elder Sun was old and deaf, and couldn't hear what Huo Yu was saying, so he put down his pen, turned to look at him, and asked, "Yu'er, what did you say?"

Huo Yu was afraid that Guo Zhan'an would hear him, so he moved closer and asked Old Sun in a low voice, "Grandpa, I want to borrow some money from you."

Elder Sun asked him again: "What are you borrowing money for?"

Huo Yu couldn't speak in embarrassment. Seeing this, Elder Sun forced him to ask: "What's the matter? A man, what is there to cover up and not accept?"

Huo Yu had no choice but to talk about the inkstone, and finally added: "Grandpa, I didn't spend this money indiscriminately. When I grow up and earn money, I will definitely return it to you!"

Elder Sun was relieved and worried at the same time.What is gratifying is that Huo Yu knows how to repay his kindness, but what is worrying is that Huo Yu is too ignorant about money, what will he do in the future?

So, he carefully analyzed to Huo Yu: "The inkstones are not all that expensive. First of all, it depends on the place of origin. The shopkeeper said it was Longwei inkstone, but it may not be from the Longwei River, so, we Then we have to look at the texture of the inkstone..."

Sun Lao had two major hobbies in his life, one of which was collecting famous inkstones, but it was a pity that he was just an ordinary accountant, and later lived in the bandit village for decades, and only came into contact with three or four famous inkstones, but this was still not enough. Get rid of his love for the inkstone.

After being taught by Elder Sun for a long time, Huo Yu finally understood that the dragon tail inkstone that the shopkeeper was talking about was not necessarily worth that much money.

Seeing Huo Yu's half-understanding look, Sun Lao felt a little relieved - Yu'er would not ask herself to borrow money to buy an inkstone again.

But before he could rest assured, Huo Yu said again: "Grandpa, why don't you accompany me?"

Well, this little guy hasn't stopped thinking about it yet!

Elder Sun decided to use the dragging formula: "Today is too late, and the Chinese New Year is about to come. After the Chinese New Year is over, Grandpa will accompany you again, okay?"

Huo Yu was a little reluctant, but he had no money on hand, so he could only promise Mr. Sun that he would go to Yong'an Mansion to buy an inkstone and give it to Guo Zhan'an after the Chinese New Year.

This was Guo Zhan'an's first year not in the Guo Mansion, and he valued it very much. He even led everyone in the county government to prepare for the New Year with great momentum.

Di Wanyan's ranking could not be taken away, so she stayed in Guo's house. Therefore, Guo Zhan'an could only kneel and kowtow in the direction of the capital, and offer incense candles, as a right to worship his mother.

Hot water was boiled in the kitchen early on. After the mutton was peeled to remove the fishy smell, the bones were boiled with sliced ​​ginger in the water.

The skin jelly was chopped into small cubes, and put into a small tower shape and delivered to the dining table for Guo Zhanan and others to use first.

After the lettuce is washed, pull out the leaves, leave the stems and cut them into shreds, put them in the water again, drain them, mix them with shredded jellyfish, add sesame oil and vinegar, and it is another cold dish.

The lard has melted, and the live fish inside is still fresh. After the scales are removed, it is boiled in a pan, then poured with hot oil, put green and white green onions on it, and serve it to the table.

After washing the oyster mushrooms, put them in water and cook them, then add the lamb leg bones that were cooked before, put them in a casserole, place them on the stove and simmer over low heat.

There are also many dishes such as white-cut chicken and sauced duck tongue, which are delivered to the front table one after another without repeating them one by one.

Huo Yu's eyes were straightened, but during this period of time he followed Guo Zhan'an, and finally changed the habit he had developed in the cottage since he was a child. He ate some cold dishes first, and waited for the rest of the hot dishes to be served. Picking up the chopsticks, he started to eat lively - otherwise, according to Huo Yu's previous habit, he would eat whichever dish was served first, and when the last dish was served, there would be only one dish on the table from beginning to end. vegetable!

Because it was Chinese New Year, Old Sun didn't restrain Huo Yu too much, and the latter was able to share a small glass of peach blossom wine.After taking a few mouthfuls, Huo Yu's face turned red and he was drunk.He was still thinking about jumping three times behind the kitchen door, and refused to go back to bed first without saying anything.

On the other hand, Old Sun, he was an elderly person after all, so he couldn't stay up late, so after giving Huo Yu a red envelope, he went back to bed first.

Huo Yu leaned against Guo Zhan'an, who ate vegetables slowly by himself, and occasionally put a chopstick of mutton into Huo Yu's bowl. Huo Yu held the bowl with both hands, his whole face was almost buried in the bowl, while eating Mutton, while still talking drunkenly.

Guo Zhanan took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Huo Yu: "Here, here it is for you."

Huo Yu took it, squeezed it, and boldly said while drunk: "Brother is so stingy, just give me a few pieces of paper."

Guo Zhanan knocked on his forehead: "I'm stingy? Then you give it back to me."

"Don't don't don't, my brother gave it to me, everything is fine." Huo Yu put the red envelope away carefully, almost fell into Guo Zhan'an's arms, and said with a blushing face, "Brother, brother will call me later, Tell me to get up and dance three times, okay?"

Guo Zhan'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he got up and picked up the person and walked inside. After thinking about it, Old Sun had already fallen asleep, and Huo Yuwan had drunk madness in the middle of the night, how could he be cured by an old man?

So he changed direction, carried Huo Yu into his room, and put him on the couch beside him.

The room is warm, so Huo Yu is not afraid of catching cold.Guo Zhanan took off Huo Yu's shoes and coat, covered him with a quilt, blew out the candles himself, and went out again.