Time Traveling: The Man and Wife Heads the House

Song Lian naturally knew Yang Shuyou, he was awarded a Jinshi at a young age, and he was also diligent and caring for the people when he was sent to Tongzhou as an official, and he had an excellent reputation.There are even gossip rumors that when he returns to the imperial capital this time, he will be left in the imperial capital and entrusted with important tasks.

Song Lian didn't expect that Yang Shuyou and Gu Xihe were old acquaintances, and they seemed to have a good relationship. He didn't care about letting Gu Xihe write poems, so he saluted Yang Shuyou, saying that he would not disturb the old friends, and took the opportunity to say goodbye up.Seeing that he had slipped away, a few friends around him also hurried away.

Yang Shuyou didn't have a good impression of Song Lian. He obviously didn't have much talent and learning, but he had a noble and arrogant appearance, but seeing him walking like a bereaved dog, he was still a little puzzled.

"What happened to him? Bullied you?"

Before Gu Xihe could answer, he heard someone chatting at the door: "They bully them? Just don't bully them."

Several people turned their heads to look over at the same time, Hu Jia walked into the gazebo with a slight sneer on his face.

There was joy on Yang Shuyou's face, he stepped forward to hold his hand, and said with a light smile, "How do you know? You and Xihe already knew each other?"

Hu Jia wanted to break free from his hand, but Yang Shuyou held it tighter, making it impossible for him to break free.

In front of outsiders, Hu Jia didn't want to get into too much trouble with Yang Shuyou, so he just gave him a bitter look and said, "My father wishes that everyone in the audience knew me. Of course we have met. Gu Xihe, isn't it just The junior brother who made you proud?"

Yang Shuyou thought of Hu Jia's father who wanted to rely on him to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and knowing that he was unhappy, he patted the back of his hand lightly, and said softly, "Don't be angry, I'll go to your father right away and confess everything to him. Marry you through the door."

"Don't go!" Hu Jia pouted, "I just want to disappoint his expectations! Why should I follow his wishes and insist on marrying someone? Can you marry a wife and have children? I insist on marrying a daughter-in-law and come back to show him, I, Hu Jia, can still..."

Yang Shuyou interrupted him abruptly, with suppressed anger in his voice, "Hu Jia, are you telling the truth? Do you want to marry a wife and have children?"

Hu Jia replied firmly, "Of course! When did I, Hu Jia, ever tell a lie?"

"But, you clearly know how I feel about you..."

Hu Jia squinted at him coldly, "I know what you mean? Why have you ever said anything to me? Before, we might have had some friendship, but once you left for three years, our friendship would have been broken long ago."

"You...Xiao Jia, don't you really understand?"

Yang Shuyou's eyes were slightly red, staring at Hu Jia, his chest heaved violently, but he was speechless.

Gu Xihe and Zhang Chi are people who have been there before, how could they not know what happened between them?Apart from being shocked, Gu Xihe was very happy for Yang Shuyou.His senior brother is good at writing articles, and he is good at being an official, but he doesn't talk much. Except for those close to him, he always has a cold face, which makes people shun him.Until now, the teacher is still worried about him, when will he marry a wife? "

Unexpectedly, he liked Hu Jia, and the young son of the Hu family was naturally suitable for Senior Brother Yang.Judging by Hu Jia's appearance, it is obvious that he also likes senior brother.While he was happy for Yang Shuyou, he also felt embarrassed. The couple were expressing their feelings. Isn't it inappropriate for him to be here with Brother Chi?

He looked around, the servants had all retreated, and there were only four of them in the gazebo.And those two people looked at each other wordlessly, they had already reached the state of ecstasy.

He shook Zhang Chi's hand, and said silently with his mouth: "Brother Chi, let's go? Don't affect them."

Zhang Chi smiled, and suddenly said loudly: "Oh, is this a poem written by Song Lian? The peach blossoms bloom in spring, and the flowers fade in summer. Don't waste time looking at the flowers. If you waste time, you can't pick them. Not bad, not bad! There are flowers that can be broken. , Don’t wait for no flowers to break branches. Xihe, are you right?”

Hu Jia seemed to have just realized that there were two other people here. He said "Oops", blushed, turned and left.

Before he took two steps, Yang Shuyou hugged him in his arms.

Yang Shuyou rubbed his chin against the top of his head, and said softly, "Don't go, Xiaojia, I have something to tell you."

Seeing that Yang Shuyou had made up his mind, Zhang Chi blinked at him, and then pulled Gu Xihe away.

After walking a long way, Gu Xihe couldn't help but look back, and saw that the two people in the gazebo had calmed down and sat down on the chairs.

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Don't worry, you, Senior Brother Yang, will definitely take care of Hu Jia."

Gu Xihe also thought the same in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "Hu Jia must have suffered a lot of grievances when he fell in love with someone like Senior Brother."

Zhang Chi remembered what Hu Jia said just now, nodded, but said: "Perhaps, your senior brother also has his consideration. He is in Tongzhou, hundreds of miles away from Su County. If he had expressed his heart to Hu Jia earlier, it would be lovesickness between the two places. If Hu Jia Follow him, Tongzhou is poor and remote, how could Senior Brother Yang let him suffer? But now that he has returned to the imperial capital, it is so close to Su County, and Hu Jia is married, so it will be easier for him to come back."

Gu Xihe thought about it, and felt that Zhang Chi's words made sense. Hu Jia was still young and looked weak, so he really shouldn't have to suffer that.

The two of them walked back along the river and saw that there were fewer and fewer people on the road. Just as they were wondering, a servant came to salute and said that the banquet was about to begin, so they asked them to hurry over.

Gu Xihe and Zhang Chi followed the servants forward, and saw several large round tables set up in the open space at the entrance of the peach blossom grove, almost all of them were full of people.As they approached, they smelled the aroma of food and wine.

Lu Zixiu stood in front of the table, stretched his neck to look around, saw Gu Xihe, and rushed forward to meet him.

"Xihe, sit here."

He pulled Gu Xihe and left, Zhang Chi followed behind him unhurriedly, anyway, wherever Gu Xihe was sitting, he would always sit beside him.

Zhang Chi came to the wine table and took a look, and immediately smiled. Chen Chun, Zeng Yu, Wang Ji, and Wang Zhe were all present, and there were two strangers who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old and wore similar clothes. The scholar in a long robe stood up as soon as he saw Gu Xihe, clasped his fists in salute, called Brother Gu, smiled shyly, but had surprise and admiration in his eyes.

Lu Zixiu introduced to Gu Xihe, "These two are Brother Zeng's nephews, Zeng Xian and Zeng Qian, who are studying at Yiwen Academy in Su County."

Gu Xihe had heard of Yiwen Academy, which is very famous in Su County.

He nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Zeng has a brilliant literary talent, and the two nephews must be right."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Don't praise them, they are here to play, it's an eye-opener."

When he saw Zhang Chi, he quickly introduced Zeng Xian and Zeng Qian again.The attitudes of the two children were still polite, and Zhang Chi immediately had a good impression of them. In modern times, they must be the kind of good students that teachers like.

Because they were all acquaintances, after they were seated, they quickly got together, chatting and laughing, very cheerful.Because it was a long way back to the county, none of them wanted to get drunk, so they took small sips of peach blossom wine.

Zhang Chi looked around and asked, "Why isn't Hu outside the courtyard?"

After putting so much effort into organizing such an event, how could he, the organizer, not say a few words?

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "It's really a coincidence, just now outside Hu Yuan wanted to say something, but suddenly a letter came from home, saying that something happened, so he hurried back."

Wang Zhe spoke quickly, and said in a low voice: "I heard that his youngest son was ill, so he left in a hurry. His youngest son was born to his concubine, and Hu Xiaojin loved him very much. I heard that he was ill I have also heard that he is not choosing a son-in-law for Hu Jia, but paving the way for his youngest son! Of course, it would be a good thing if Hu Jia could marry a good man! Unfortunately, this year It's been a waste of time!"

Wang Ji gave him winks again and again, but he didn't see it, and finished talking on his own.

Seeing that he stopped talking, Wang Ji gave him a hard look, and said in a low voice, "We are all good friends here. It doesn't matter if you say that. If you are in front of outsiders, you can't talk nonsense!"

Wang Zhe chuckled, and irrationally said, "You also said that we are all good friends here, what else can't you say?"

Zeng Yu hurriedly raised his wine glass, and said, "Yes, friends should talk about everything, come on, let's have a toast for our reunion!"

"it is good."

Everyone raised their glasses together and took a sip.

Thinking of Hu Jia and himself, Zhang Chi couldn't help feeling depressed, what happened to Shuang'er?If Shuang'er is married, can she only stay at home with her husband and raise her children?You can still make a career out of it.

There was a commotion at the banquet, everyone looked back, it turned out that it was Yang Shuyou and Hu Jia who had come.Many students came forward to make friends with them, hoping that they could sit at their desks.Yang Shuyou refused with a smile, and dragged Hu Jia to Gu Xihe's table.

Yang Shuyou first greeted Lu Zixiu and Gu Xihe, and then said with a smile: "There are no seats left, are you willing to take us in?"

The table was very large, and the table was already very loosely seated, so there was no problem adding the two of them.

Zeng Yu quickly stood up and called the servants to add chairs.

"It's our honor for Mr. Yang and Mr. Hu to sit here, of course."

Yang Shuyou sat beside Gu Xihe, and of course Hu Jia sat beside him.Zhang Chi squinted and saw that Hu Jia's face was calm, and he couldn't see anything unusual, but he knew the two people by looking at his red ears, moister and brighter lips than before, and Yang Shuyou's complacent expression. There is no problem.

He tugged on Gu Xihe's sleeve, and whispered in his ear: "There should be no problem."

Gu Xihe also saw the changes in the two of them, and nodded with a smile.

Yang Shuyou didn't have the airs of being an official, and Hu Jia didn't have the previous indifference. The atmosphere at the table was very relaxed.They are all scholars, so there are naturally some common topics.And Yang Shuyou has been the county magistrate for several years, and has encountered many anecdotes and anecdotes, which made the young people on the table laugh out loud from time to time.

Many people looked at their table from time to time, wondering why they were lucky to be at the table with Yang Shuyou and Hu Jia.Some of them have high self-esteem, some are greedy for Hu Jia's beauty, and of course there are even more for the Hu family's wealth.

"Who is there at that table! Let Yang Shuyou and Hu Jia sit over?"

One person stretched his neck and looked over there. Except for Zeng Yu, he didn't know anyone at the table.

Song Lian sneered, "Who? You don't know, do you? Master Yang, Gu Xihe and Lu Zixiu are brothers, and they all studied at Yunshan Academy. Let me tell you, sitting next to Master Yang is Gu Xihe, next to Hu Jia It was Lu Zixiu."

"Oh, that's it, no wonder."

"Gu Xihe is actually more beautiful than Hu Jiasheng? I really can't believe it. With this appearance, I thought he was a twin!"

"He's not." Song Lian continued, "The person next to him is the Shuang'er he married."

"The one next to him? He doesn't look as good as him, but it's not bad. The two match well."

Song Lian sneered, "He is a man, and he goes out with a married couple, which is really a joke. He also claims to be a master of poetry and painting, is it an exaggeration?"

A person at the table couldn't understand Song Lian's yin and yang, and said lightly: "Gu Xihe's talent is real. Shu Yuzhai has a painting of his, and he won't sell it for 60 taels! The boss said that since he got married, There were very few calligraphy and paintings, and many people said that he would not be an official if he inherited the teahouse at home. I didn’t expect to see him here. If he can try, there must be no problem, right? Haha, it’s a good trip Well worth it."

Others were surprised when they heard that a painting by Gu Xihe was worth 60 taels of silver. They really wanted to get to know him, but they were afraid of being abrupt, so they could only sit and watch.

Song Lian stood up abruptly, and snorted coldly, "Is it not easy to meet him? Let's go, let's go there together. Since it's a flower viewing party, we have to leave a few calligraphy and paintings. Let's ask Mr. Gu to write a poem." One, shouldn't be too much, right?"

After hearing Song Lian's words, the others were eager to try, hesitated for a moment, and followed Song Lian to Gu Xihe's table.

Holding a wine glass, Song Lian stood behind Gu Xihe and said loudly, "Master Yang, Mr. Hu, Mr. Gu, everyone, I'll offer you a toast. Please give us this noodle."

What he said was high-sounding, even if Yang Shuyou and the others had a bad impression of him, it would be hard to refute the face of so many people.

Yang Shuyou was the first to raise his wine glass and stood up, "Thank you for your kindness, I will finish this glass, you can do whatever you want."

After finishing speaking, he drank the wine first. Seeing that Hu Jia was holding the glass and hadn't drunk it, he took his wine over and said loudly, "Hu Jia is weak and cannot drink. I will drink this glass of wine for him!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his neck and took another drink.

Seeing that he was straightforward, everyone applauded together.

Hu Jia stared at him bitterly. In front of him, he couldn't even grab a glass of wine, but his heart was sweet. He felt a feeling of being pampered.

Seeing that Yang Shuyou drank for Hu Jia, Zhang Chi quickly drank his own glass, and was about to drink after taking Gu Xihe's wine.

Song Lian said, "Brother Zhang, wait a minute."

Zhang Chi looked at him with a wine glass, "What?"

Song Lian squinted at him, still with disdain in his eyes, "This wine is for our respectful son, how can you drink it for him?"

Zhang Chi raised his eyelids and smiled faintly: "Brother Yang can drink for Mr. Hu, why can't I drink for my family?"

"Cut! Can you compare with Master Yang?"

"Why can't you compare?"

"You..." Song Lian raised his head and met Yang Shuyou's deep gaze, his heart trembled, Zhang Chi was Gu Xihe's wife, and Gu Xihe was Yang Shuyou's junior, so he couldn't get too rigid.

He rolled his eyes and said lightly: "You can replace it if you want, but you have to write a poem first."