Youwei, the heir of the Red Chamber

Bachelor Fuchu

After Xu Ru had a bad fight with Mrs. Xu last time, she slept in the study room for a month, and her back hurt from sleeping, which made the people in the house add a few more soft brocade quilts.

Xu Fu of the high official family bowed his body, frowned, and looked at Mr. Xu who was playing chess with him with a troubled face, "Master, madam has people lock up the warehouse, not to mention the quilt, it is just a quilt." Cotton can't even be taken out."

"Inverted!" Mr. Xu blew his beard and stared, and threw the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard.Put your legs down and stand up.Pointing to Xu Fu, he said, "Am I the head of the house, or is she the head of the house?"

Xu Fu scratched his head, tilted his head, his fat face was dripping with sweat from anxiety.He stammered: "But... isn't the madam the master of the house?"

Xu Ru: "..."

Suddenly choked, Xu Ru couldn't breathe, waved his sleeves and said, "Take the silver and go buy it!"

Xu Fu became even more anxious, "But, there is no money."

Xu Ru suddenly felt that his life was a waste of time...

"Master, there is a visitor." The servant shouted from outside the study.

Xu Ru heard this, and shouted at the top of his voice: "What kind of guest, your master is too busy to take care of himself now, and has no time to say hello."

The little servant hurriedly said: "Yes. The slave will go and answer now."

After hearing the boy's reply, Xu Ru came up angrily.Pushing away Xu Ru who was in front of him, he walked quickly to the door of the study, opened the door, pointed at the servant and cursed, "I'm getting old, so are you? Can you answer me like this?"

The boy scratched his head anxiously and said, "Then what should I do?"

"You..." Xu Ru took a deep breath to calm down his excited heart, and asked with a straight face, "Do you know who is here?"

The young man bowed his waist and said: "It is said earlier that the Second Young Master Lian from the Rongguo Mansion is here."

"What, that unfilial son dares to come?! Someone beat him out!" Xu Ru gave the order quite proudly.

The little servant regained his energy as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, straightened his back, and replied vigorously: "This servant leads people over here."

"Who dares to see the old man!" A rather majestic woman's voice came.

After hearing the voice, Xu Ru and the servant immediately pickled it, like eggplant beaten by frost.Xu Ru put on a bitter face and said with a smile: "Madam, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you?"

Mrs. Xu was wearing a deep purple peony gown on her upper body, a brown skirt on her lower body, and a gold hairpin with carved silk on her head.Although it is a simple woman's decoration, it is quite imposing.The old lady raised her eyes, showing a burst of coldness, and sneered, "It's great that Master Lao is taking care of you. It's just that I just heard that someone is going to beat my grandson out, so it's not good!"

Even after so many years, Xu Ru was still defeated by the strong aura of the old lady, shocked by the threat in the slightly raised eyes, and immediately subconsciously smiled: "Hehehe, ma'am, you Misheard, where did the grandson come from?"

"Hmph, Baozhu just said that our grandson is coming to the house. I'm about to go there."

Xu Ru secretly stared at the obese old lady behind Mrs. Xu.He thought to himself: "This fat woman, ever since I became her aunt, I have been at odds with myself. I thought that matching her with my official Xu Fu was right, and that someone would take care of her in the future. Thinking that Xu Fu is also a disappointment, and he was eaten to death by this fat woman, it is really not as ruthless as when he was herding cattle." Thinking of this, he stared fiercely at Xu Fu, who was shaking his head , quite a bit of iron and steel hatred.

"Hehehe." Xu Fu laughed a few times, then lowered his head and did not dare to move.

The petty actions of these people couldn't escape the old lady Xu's eyes, but they just pretended not to see them, and now they are not as important as their own grandson.Turning around, Momo led Baozhu and said: "Baozhu, the master won't go, let's go, and let the grandson not die for this old man in the future."

Xu Ru's heart skipped a beat, he immediately straightened his waist, and followed, "Oh, ma'am, wait for me, old man."

Xu Fu and the servant behind them looked at each other, and made gestures of wiping their sweat.

In the living room, Jia Lian was sitting on a pear wood chair, holding a teacup in one hand, and gently closing the lid with the other, bursts of tea fragrance wafted out.Through the hot air of tea fragrance, the corner of his eyes swept across the hall.Even though it is a scholar's mansion, all the furnishings are simple, and even the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the case are not left by famous teachers.Xu Ru has always been extremely clean and honest as rumored.

"Good grandson—" A warm old woman's voice came from outside the door, and Jia Lian hurriedly put down the teacup in her hand and stood up.

"Grandson pays respects to grandpa." Jia Lian bowed slightly and saluted.

When Mrs. Xu entered the door, she saw a tall and handsome young man standing in the pavilion.She was dressed in a honey-colored brocade robe, her jet-black hair set off her face like gentle jade, and her eyes were like stars.This face gradually overlapped with that of the girl who was waiting to be married back then. The old lady couldn't help but shed tears and muttered: "It really is my good grandson, Zhang Er's son." Said She walked over tremblingly, put her hand on Jia Lian's arm, brushed it lightly, and her fingers began to tremble slightly, "My dear grandson, show grandma quickly, she's thinner, much thinner than before."

Jia Lian knew that this old lady must be his grandmother Xu Lishi.It is also from the Li family in Longnan, a scholarly family.

"Grandmother, grandson is fine."

Just as Mrs. Xu was about to speak excitedly, a cold sentence came from behind, "Is it okay to spend a lot of time all day?"

The two looked back, and it was Xu Ru who came after him.

Jia Lian also smiled warmly, with warmth in his eyes, bowed and saluted, "Meet my grandfather."

"Hmph," Xu Ru snorted coldly, walked straight to the upper seat and sat down, and said to Mrs. Xu, "Ma'am, come and sit down quickly, lest people say that we don't know how to herd cattle."

Old lady Xu raised her brows, "Old man, take it easy."

Jia Lian supported the old lady Xu's arm with a smile on her face, helped her to the upper seat and sat down, then walked in front of the two of them, raised her robe and knelt down, and kowtowed three times in a proper manner.

"Ouch, get up, get up." Mrs. Xu hurriedly got out of her seat and came to help her.

Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and stood up, laughing: "The grandson is not filial. He has not greeted the two elders for so many years. Today's three heads are what the grandson should have."

The old lady Xu was moved, she took Jia Lian's hand and said, "We are all a family, so why be so polite. As long as we two old guys are still here, it doesn't matter when you come."

"Slick tongue..." Xu Ru suddenly said in a strange way.

Jia Lian's face did not change, but Mrs. Xu's face darkened, and she gave Xu Ru a cold look.

"Eh..." Xu Ru was killed by the old lady's eyes, and his voice stopped instantly.

Mrs. Xu was worried that Jia Lian was not feeling well, so she hurriedly comforted him: "Don't talk to him, he's old and confused."

Jia Lian smiled warmly, helped the old lady to sit on the upper seat again, and sat on the lower seat on the right by herself, and said with a smile: "My grandfather is a great Confucianist in the world. All scholars admire him, and my grandson has admired him for a long time."

A gleam of joy flashed across Xu Ru's face, he picked up the tea and took a sip, and when he put down the teacup, his face returned to his indifferent expression.Asked: "If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, why are you here today?"

Mrs. Xu immediately answered, "Of course she came to see us. Is there any reason why my grandson came to see us?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "The grandson is indeed busy."

Xu Ru smiled proudly at Mrs. Xu, and said, "Look."

"Six children." He called softly.

Liu'er heard the sound, and then stood up from behind Jia Lian, holding a boxy brocade box in his hand.

Jia Lian stood up, took the box into his hand, and said to Xu Ru, "Grandson got an isolated chess book a few days ago, which was left by the chess master Wang Yuanzhi. Suner knows that his grandfather has a lot of research on chess, so he took advantage of it today It's here."

Xu Ru's old eyes lit up as early as after hearing Wang Yuanzhi's only chess record.For Xu Ru, who has read this way well, Wang Yuanzhi's chess records are simply the most precious treasures in the world.He secretly said in his heart: "This kid still has a bit of filial piety." On the face, he fake coughed twice, and said: "This old man has long been bad at this."

The old lady Xu didn't know what Xu Ru was thinking, she laughed secretly in her heart, but said: "Since that's the case, dear grandson, you can give it to me, your uncle also loves this, so I'll give it to him as well." Well. He is delighted every now and then."

"What, give it to that old guy, it's really playing the piano to the cow!" Xu Ru frowned instantly, got up and snatched the box from Jia Lian's hand, and said, "Since I am filial to the old man, the old man is not respectful."

"Cow? It's not like you haven't played the piano to a cow before."

Xu Ru blushed, and said, "Why did you bring up the incident from that year again?"

The old lady Xu also covered her mouth and laughed.

Jia Lian's heart warmed up. Although there were not many people in the house, they were full of warmth.This Xu Ru and his grandfather in the previous life, one is a civil servant and the other is a general, but their dispositions are strikingly similar.

"If grandpa doesn't dislike it, my grandson is willing to play a game with grandpa, and ask grandpa for advice."

Xu Ru raised his eyebrows, held the brocade box tightly in his arms, and asked doubtfully, "You can also play chess?"

Jia Lian supported each other with both hands, bowed and said humbly, "Grandson also likes this way."

"Hahahahaha, that kid, I didn't expect that he is young enough to be good at chess." Xu Ru lay on the bed stroking his beard, with a smug smile on his face.

"Get out of the way, the quilt is all wrinkled." Mrs. Xu pulled him aside in disgust.Then he tidied up the quilt on the bed, and pulled Xu Ru onto the high chair to make it ready. While helping to take off his shoes, he said, "I didn't like my grandson before, but now I talk about it all day long. It's just that promising."

Xu Ru sat on the chair and let Mrs. Xu drag his shoes and wash his feet.There was an expression of enjoyment on his face, hey, since he was driven to the study, he had never enjoyed such treatment. He didn't expect to smile at his grandson a few times today, and then he resumed the treatment. ruthless.

"Now that the palace exam is coming, do you think grandson can go to high school?" the old lady asked while helping Xu Ru wipe his feet.

Xu Ru thought for a while, put his feet in the shoes obediently, and replied: "In my opinion, I can definitely do it. You haven't read his article, even the emperor praised it."

"I'm relieved now, well, it's getting late, let's go to bed early." The old lady had already walked to the bed, and while changing her clothes, she turned her head and said: "Remember to pour out the footwashing water."

Xu Ru said doggy immediately: "Okay."

Seeing Xu Ru's foolishness in holding the footbath, Mrs. Xu's heart warmed up, as if she could still see the idiot scholar who bet with his father and impress the old cow with the sound of the piano in order to marry her.Such a foolishness of not caring about it made his father, who had always been aloof, be impressed by it.

That high-sounding old cow must have been moved by his stupid appearance...