dressed as a scholar

"My lord, why don't the slaves close the door again?"

Qiao Hezhi exhaled lightly, and everything turned into a white mist. : "Wait a minute, mother-in-law should be getting up soon."

It was windy and cold at the door, why didn't he want to knock the door again, but it was not like he hadn't tried it before, but a woman came out and reprimanded him, saying that the old lady went to bed late at night when she was old, so it was better early Sleeping, he knocked on the door again and again to disturb the old lady's dream, but in the end he was forced to stand for another half an hour.

Although his body is stiff and cold right now, but fortunately he had a good rest last night, and he is still in good spirits today.

Just when he was about to rub his hands and move around, he heard the sound of steady steps coming, and then someone asked, "Why are you here so early?"

Qiao Hezhi looked over, and seeing Fang Yu coming over, his heart was slightly brighter, and he turned his body slightly: "I'm here to pay my respects to my mother-in-law."

Fang Yu walked up to the eaves, and seeing Qiao Hezhi turning his head back, his nose and ear tips were red with cold, he frowned.

"You're still suffering from the cold."

"Brother...the doctor said that the disease should not be contagious."

"That's not what I meant." Fang Yu looked at the honest Qiao Hezhi and sighed: "Your body is already weak, and it's better to come here early in the morning to get cold wind and get sick. I won't greet you today, go back and rest. "

"This..." Qiao Hezhi was surprised. It's not like he didn't meet Fang Yu when he came to pay his respects in the past, but that person just entered the door in a hurry and didn't ask any more questions. Today he actually called him...

I don't know if it was someone's polite words or sincerely wanting him to go back first. He glanced at the house, and he was worried after all. He was so cold from blowing outside. Although he wanted to go back to the house, he was still afraid of Chen. When the time comes, I don't know what other crimes will be arranged for him: "I think my mother-in-law will wake up soon, so I'll go in with the Lord."

"Go back and rest, look at you, it's cold, it's cool through your clothes." Fang Yu raised his eyebrows, pulled Qiao Hezhi's wrist, and stuffed the stove in his hand into his arms: "You don't have to worry, later I will explain it to my mother, you can take care of yourself at ease."

"Si Yu, help your son go back, remember to soak his hands and feet with hot water."

Qiao Hezhi left the Longevity Hall with the hand stove in his hand and was supported by Si Yu, and he didn't recover much when he returned to the house. His palms were so hot that he let go of the small hand stove and murmured: "He has... ...what's the matter..."

Fang Yu's concern for him was what he had always expected, but it really came true. The so-called extreme joy begets sorrow, but he found that he was more uneasy.

He was afraid that Fang Yu in the past two days would be a mirror image, and that there was a bigger conspiracy waiting for him.

He remembered that before marrying into Fang's family, he had never met Fang Yu with his own eyes, but his mother brought him a portrait. The person in the painting had a clear face with the elegance of a scholar.His father said that he was a young man who was well-educated, passed the examination of scholar early, and his family background was also innocent. There was only an old mother in the family. If he could marry him, it would be a good marriage.

Qiao Hezhi has only turned sixteen this year, and it is the age of the young Huaichun. From the words of his father and mother, he feels that Fang Yu is like the person written in the drama. As a husband and a child, I don't ask him and Fang Yu to be so loving, but I also hope that he will be more sympathetic and love him, and that the husband and wife can be harmonious and smooth.

But who would have thought that when he came to marry with a generous dowry, the husband he was expecting turned out to be so drunk on the night of marriage, and he was still chanting another person's name, and he was told that he was the husband when he went to serve tea to his mother-in-law on the first day after marriage. To take a concubine....

The mother-in-law made things difficult, the husband neglected, and Qiao Hezhi's warm heart was cooled down by the daily meanness.

"My lord, the lord treats us well, why are the slaves not happy looking at you?"

Qiao Hezhi shook his head: "I'm not unhappy, I'm afraid that I'll forget my shape when I'm too happy."

"Master..." Si Yu slowly took off Qiao Hezhi's cloak. She was with Qiao Hezhi every day, and probably knew what her son was thinking. There are young men who are not tempted to look at it, it must have been a long time, and the lord has also discovered the goodness of the young master, and this is because he wants to befriend the young master."

Qiao Hezhi rubbed his fingers, and looked at Si Yu suspiciously: "Really?"

"In the past, when the young master was not married, many people praised the young master for his beauty and wisdom. The master is not deaf and blind. In the past, he was just not familiar with the young master, but now he is familiar with him. Why don't we pay more attention to the young master?"

Qiao Hezhi pinched the hem of his clothes, he hoped that Si Yu's remarks were correct.

"If he treats me well, I should treat him well." He held back his smile, opened his mind a little, and said with Si Yu: "It's still early now, and you are about to send someone to the meat market to buy some sheep." When you come back, if you go late, the good quality meat will be picked out."

"Master, do you want to eat mutton today?"

"I haven't cooked for a long time, and today's winter solstice happens to be some roasted mutton." He had this plan last night, and he said softly: "Besides, I... saw him yesterday, he seemed to like to eat mutton."

When Si Yu heard the words, she realized immediately: "I will buy the best mutton chops if I go to the meat market to buy them myself."

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"Why did you let him go back without even saying hello, but don't spoil him so much, when the things planned by our mother and father fail, he will step on mother's head."

In the morning, Mrs. Chen listened attentively to the conversation outside the house, feeling aggrieved in her heart. She is old and sleeps less, and wakes up early in the morning. Letting Qiao Hezhi come over every day to stand by the rules is her only pleasure to pass the time. Now let her son go away Yes, she is naturally 1 unhappy.

"Mother eats porridge." Fang Yu knew that Mrs. Chen was playing tricks, so she added a bowl of porridge without hearing it: "It's cold in the winter solstice today, so you should wear more clothes, so you don't get a headache again."

Mrs. Chen took the bowl, obviously disobedient: "Did you hear what Mother told you?"

"I heard, the son has his own plan, and the mother is not at ease?"

"Mother is naturally relieved, but the daughters-in-law of other families come early to pay their respects to mother-in-law. If you let him go back to our family, isn't this a slap in the face of mother?"

Fang Yu saw that Mrs. Chen insisted on insisting on this matter, and would not listen to her words, and he lost his good face: "Mother just promised me yesterday that I would not embarrass him, and today she asked him to come so early to stand by the rules. , isn’t it also slapping your son in the face, and letting your son lose his dignity in the house?”

Mrs. Chen was visibly stunned for a moment: "Oh, mother doesn't think so. It's a custom for a daughter-in-law to pay her respects to her mother-in-law. My son will also come over to accompany mother for dinner early in the morning."

"Please Anna, please be serious, just come at the time when mother gets up, why make him wait so long at the door, even if he comes early, he should be called to the house, it's so cold outside." Fang Yudao: "Fortunately, Qiao Hezhi has a gentle temperament. If he were replaced by a hot-tempered one, it would be uneasy if he went back to his mother's house to complain and make trouble again."

"He dares!" Mrs. Chen clapped his chopsticks: "If he dares to make a fuss, he will divorce his son, a little brother in the next hall, no matter how much money his Qiao family has, he won't be able to find a good family to marry his son .”

"Why can't we get along well? If you insist on making such a fuss, my mother wants to divorce him and go back to Fangzui Village. I have nothing to say."

Chen's voice trailed off: "This house was given to our family from the beginning, even if it really broke up later, it is also our family's property."

Seeing that Fang Yu's face became more and more gloomy, Mrs. Chen stopped talking: "Okay, okay, isn't it okay if mother doesn't tell him to behave himself before he is healthy?"

"Mother better keep her word."

Both mother and son didn't feel comfortable eating a meal, Fang Yu put down his chopsticks early and went back to his study.

The mother and son had dinner here, and Si Yu had already rushed back to buy mutton, so Qiao Hezhi couldn't wait to change her clothes and go to work in the small kitchen.

There are two kitchens in the house, one big and one small. Originally, only the big kitchen was turned on, but Qiao Hezhi often took medicine when he was weak. Mrs. Chen felt disgusted, fearing that he would get sick when eating and living together, so he asked the small kitchen to turn on the fire too. Yu Hezhi cooks medicine and cooks.

Although Qiao Hezhi lived a wealthy life since he was a child, he has never been arrogant. He has been studying embroidery soup and rice seriously, especially the good food.

"This mutton is very fresh." Qiao Hezhi looked at the bone-in mutton chops in the basket. The meat was elastic, had no peculiar smell and was not sticky to the hands.He smeared spices on the lamb chops with green hands, with a smile in his eyes: "It's been a long time since I cooked, so I hope he doesn't dislike it."

The master and the servant were busy in the small kitchen. Although there were not two servants at the end of the small kitchen, the rare incident of Qiao Hezhi cooking quickly spread among the servants.

All the servants and women were peeping outside the small kitchen.

"It's strange that this young master of the Qiao family can cook soup and rice."

"How can I cook by myself? Isn't there no one to serve you?"

"You're stupid. Cooking by yourself is definitely to please the lord. I'm afraid this is the only one in our house who has been married for a month and hasn't had sex with her husband-in-law. So don't worry about it."

"It's really thoughtful. It caused the lord and the old lady to have a quarrel, and the old lady is still angry now."

"Really? I have to be careful when I go to the old lady's office in the afternoon."

"What are you guys doing outside the door? Instead of doing errands, you're running here to hide!"

Si Yu brought a basin of water for washing vegetables, looked at the crowd of servants and maids biting their ears, knowing that these Chen's purchases didn't hold their farts well, so she poured a basin of water outside: "Go, go, what should I do."

"Sister Siyu has a lot of style, not to mention that we are done with our work, we are also assigned by the old lady to do what my sister does."

Si Yu scolded cleverly: "If you don't do my business, don't hang around in the small kitchen, work where you should work."

"Siyu." Qiao Hezhi uttered, and the mother-in-law and servants fell silent.

Qiao Hezhi knew that he was talking about him, and it wasn't a day or two before the servants laughed at him openly and secretly. If he can gain some verbal advantage today, he won't be able to stop tomorrow's talk. He doesn't have the power of stewardship, so he can't really do anything to them: "I'm all gone to get busy, there's nothing for you here."

"The two girls, Xiaoqing and Li, are the most talkative. They are usually the ones who pick things up, and they don't take the young master as a real husband at all. Why don't you let the servants scold them severely once?"

"They belong to the old lady. Without the support of the old lady, would they dare to talk about the master's affairs at will? You are arguing with them, which is just in line with people's wishes. My mother-in-law will not let me be housekeeper now. People argue, it will only be more difficult to ask for housekeeping in the future."

Si Yu was speechless: "This servant is reckless."

"Okay, just be more cautious in the future, let's make a fire."

After tossing and tossing for more than an hour, it was almost noon, Qiao Hezhi carefully put the fried lamb chops into the food box, and the whole small kitchen was full of fragrance.

"Si Yu, do you think the dishes I cook today are better than before?"

"The young master cooks well every time, so the servants can take the food box."

But Qiao Hezhi refused, and the two went to Fang Yu's yard. The closer they got to Mucang Xiaoxie, the more uncertain Qiao Hezhi was: "It's been a while since I didn't cook, and my hand gave birth. I just tasted it and it seemed a little salty. , shouldn’t be marinated for so long, and I don’t know if his taste is salty or bland.”

Si Yu felt helpless: "Young master's cooking today is very good, the master will definitely like it."

"It's really that good."

When the two arrived at Mu Cang Xiaoxie, Fang Yu's personal servant, Xuezhu, greeted him first: "Why is the husband here?"

Qiao Hezhi held the food box and shook it with a smile: "I made some food and brought it to the Lord to taste. I must be hungry after reading all morning."

"Is it roasted mutton? You can smell the aroma through the food box." Xuezhu smiled and praised Qiao Hezhi, but she couldn't help but regret: "But unfortunately, the lord went out half an hour ago, Yang Liang The two scholars invited the lord to go to Qionghua Tower to have a drink with poetry."

"To Qionghua Tower?" Qiao Hezhi tightened his hand holding the basket, and the smile on his face disappeared.