[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

"This……"

Jia Lian felt that just looking at Zhang Xiuqi's face, even his arrogant face would make him feel cute, so he didn't confirm the token, so he took it directly to the main house, and ordered the maid to call Wang Xifeng out.

And Wang Xifeng heard that it was Jia Lian's biological mother's family who came, so naturally she brought her eldest sister and two younger children out to meet people.Like Jia Lian, she was surprised when she saw Zhang Xiuqi.

Not to mention the two Zhang family brothers who suddenly saw Sister Qiao, Zhang Xiujin didn't show any expression, Zhang Xiuqi opened his mouth directly, pointed at Sister Qiao and pointed at himself, "This..."

Jia Lian chuckled, took sister Qiao from the nanny, faced Zhang Xiuqi and said, "That's why I think so much about Cousin Xiuqi, he looks too similar!"

After finishing speaking, he smiled and squeezed sister Qiao's hand, waved at the two of them, and said, "Sister Qiao, call me uncle!"

Sister Qiao also seemed to see Zhang Xiuqi's face as good, so she threw herself in Jia Lian's arms and called "Susu" to him.

Jia Lian couldn't bear her thumping, followed her leaning towards Zhang Xiuqi, and directly stuffed him into Zhang Xiuqi's arms, "Sister Qiao likes you, let's play with her for a while."

Zhang Xiuqi was only 12 years old, and suddenly a child was stuffed into his arms. He didn't dare to let go, and he had to use his entire upper body to support her, making his whole body stiff.

And Zhang Xiujin had never seen his younger brother so helpless, he couldn't help putting his fist on his lips and chuckled for a while, and then said to him with some interest: "Then Xiuqi, you can help take care of the children, I'm talking to my cousin, my cousin."

The eldest sister also looked at Zhang Xiuqi's face, Ai Wuji Wu ignored his resistance, walked over and reached out to hold him, raised her head and said, "Cousin, let's not disturb your lord's conversation."

Zhang Xiuqi's forehead twitched, and he spit out a few words through his teeth: "I'm not a child anymore..."

Lin Ke also struggled to get out of the nanny's arms. He was still walking unsteadily, but it was easier for a child to get close to people he felt familiar with. The nanny was always ready to support him, and she hugged him after seeing him wobbling a few steps Zhang Xiuqi's calf.

Zhang Xiuqi just felt stiff, and slowly lowered his head, he saw another kid drooling and laughing at him...

"Hahaha……"

It's not easy to laugh directly in front of him, but when people have entered the side hall, Jia Lian no longer has any scruples; while Zhang Xiuqi, who can hear clearly next to him, is dealing with the brat who is crawling on top of him, while holding back I can't help thinking that Jia Lian is really a nuisance!

"Cousin is a kind child." After laughing, Jia Lian said to Zhang Xiujin with a smile, "Otherwise the children wouldn't like him."

Zhang Xiujin shook his head amusedly, and said: "I heard from the elders that Xiu Qi looks very similar to my grandfather when he was young, but I never thought that Cousin Lian's daughter looks so similar..."

"I was a little worried about Miss Qiao's appearance before, but after seeing cousin Xiu Qi, I felt much more at ease... Hahaha, hiss—"

Wang Xifeng withdrew the hand pinching Jia Lian's waist, and kindly said to Jia Lian's cousin: "It's fate that my cousin and sister Qiao look so similar. My cousin can't help but feel that he is kind."

But thinking of Zhang Xiuqi's embarrassment while talking, Jia Lian couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing, Jia Lian looked at the person who just made a move because of his laugh, why did this person treat himself and others so differently?

Zhang Xiujin raised the corners of his lips slightly, thinking that his cousin's family is much more interesting than he imagined before, which is always a good thing.

When Jia Lian and the others came out, they also brought a cook. He had recently learned some Yangzhou dishes. When preparing lunch, Wang Xifeng let the kitchen cook for Zhang's cousins. The whole group had lunch together, and the maids also let them live The house is tidied up.

As soon as Jia Lian asked them to rest, Zhang Xiuqi immediately put the little girl in his arms on the couch and stood far away.Zhang Xiujin smiled apologetically at Jia Lian and his wife, "Then let's go to rest first."

When the Zhang family brothers went to rest, and the eldest sister took her younger sister and younger cousin to take a nap, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but said to Jia Lian: "I heard that my mother-in-law's family is a scholarly family. He is such a talented person..."

"Give up, no matter how handsome others are, you will fall into my hands."

Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes at him, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jia Lian raised both eyebrows together a few times, and said with some cunning: "There is no way, a good hunter is one who can wait for the hunter to automatically jump into the trap."

"Are you starting to wrap yourself in fantasies now?" Wang Xifeng deliberately put the back of his hand on Jia Lian's forehead to test the temperature, and said, "You don't even have a fever? Why are you so stupid?"

Grabbing her hand in his palm, Jia Lian lost all skin, and said to her, "Recently, you have collected some special products and prepared some gifts in return. I guess even if you keep them, the two of you will not spend the New Year here."

"It's up to you to say, I will prepare."

Jia Lian stroked Wang Xifeng's hair and asked softly, "Is there too much to do? Are you too tired?"

Wang Xifeng shook her head, lay on Jia Lian's body, and replied, "It's not like every day there are things, besides, didn't you arrange everything at home properly?"

"Then give me some extra money tomorrow? I'll take them to taste the noodles at the fat aunt's house." He reached out to Wang Xifeng with a playful smile, but she didn't take it back when she patted her.

Wang Xifeng looked at the roof helplessly, and sighed: "How much money can I spend for a meal of noodles? If you don't know, you might think that I have treated you harshly!" But she still grabbed a handful of silver coins from the wooden box next to her and stuffed them into the box. In Jia Lian's hands.

"In this way, everyone will think that I have to eat your soft food, so no one will dare to disrespect you?"

Jia Lian is not too little, he himself is not short of money, but for some reason it is very cool to ask for money from his wife.And Wang Xifeng clearly knew that he was rich, so he gave it to him every time.

Jia Lian sometimes felt that his wife doted on him too.

The next day, Jia Lian invited Zhang Xiujin and Zhang Xiuqi to go around the county. Before going out, he looked at his thick cloak to shield the wind, and then saw that they were both wearing long robes and were about to go out. season……

"Aren't you people in the south cold?"

Zhang Xiujin was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "I'm used to it, but I don't realize how unbearable the temperature is."

However, Jia Lian took a look at Zhang Xiuqi's slightly red nose, and called the servant girl to get two thinner cloaks, handed one to Zhang Xiujin, and helped Zhang Xiuqi put on the other before saying: "Put it on when it's cold, and exercise What does this antifreeze ability do?"

Jia Lian's cloak Zhang Xiuqi wore was a little too big, but it was indeed much warmer. Zhang Xiuqi tightened the belt tightly, and his whole body was wrapped in warmth.

But after walking on the street, all the people in the county were wearing just one piece, and it was only the three of them who were so tight, and it felt particularly conspicuous. Jia Lian himself felt that his eyesight seemed to be several times that of usual.

Of course, he felt that it must be because there were two more handsome people around him, not because they wore too much clothes.

When we arrived at Fat Auntie's noodle shop, there were already two tables filled with people. When they saw Jia Lian coming in, they greeted Jia Lian, but they didn't get up.As soon as the fat aunt saw the magistrate coming, she immediately walked over with a smile, and said enthusiastically, "Master, are you here? Are these two relatives of your family?"

"Auntie, how did you know?"

The fat aunt's eyes rested on the younger boy, and she laughed heartily in a high voice, "This little boy looks so much like that lucky lady in your family!"

"You have good eyesight." Jia Lian familiarly greeted the two of them to sit down, then took out a piece of silver from his bosom, handed it to the fat aunt, and said, "Have you used up the money I bet with you before? I'll give you another bet. "

"Not yet! Not yet!" But having said that, she collected the money without ambiguity at all, her eyes narrowed with a smile, and asked: "What do these two young masters eat? Our family's food is measured It’s full and delicious! The adults always bring people with them!”

Zhang Xiujin had a smile on his face, and he smiled without any distaste, "Both of us brothers are not picky eaters, just like our cousin."

When the fat aunt heard this, she didn't ask Jia Lian what to eat, and went to prepare it with a smile.

"It seems that my cousin is very popular in this county."

Jia Lian waved his hand and said with a smile: "I am not as respected as my wife, but because I am approachable." After speaking, she couldn't help laughing because of her thick skin.

I don't know what's wrong, since I left the Rongguo Mansion, I've been like a fool, hahaha all day long.

However, his personality makes it difficult for people to have a sense of distance. The two Zhang brothers, even if they are as stubborn as Zhang Xiuqi, their attitude towards Jia Lian is not as good as before they wanted to alienate Jia Lian.

The proprietress gave Jia Lian the bamboo chopsticks boiled in hot water. Jia Lian distributed them to the two and asked, "Grandfather's filial piety should have passed long ago. When is uncle going to move back to the capital?"

Zhang Xiujin thanked him, and said to Jia Lian, "Father and the others are not going back to Beijing, just let Xiuqi and I take the imperial examination to try it out."

"Trying..." Jia Lian looked at Zhang Xiujin's expression, nodded to show that he understood, then glanced at Xiu Qi who ate noodles meticulously, and asked, "I didn't even ask, you already have fame?"

"Xiu Qi's talent is quite high, and now both of us are scholars." Speaking of this, Zhang Xiujin sighed: "It's also because of Xiu Qi's talent. It would be a pity if we didn't give it a try."

Jia Lian glanced at Zhang Xiuqi in surprise. The last scholar he knew at this age was Meng Chengyun, and he is now the number one scholar in the new department. It can be seen that Zhang Xiuqi is really smart.

Zhang Xiuqi raised his eyes and saw his cousin's eyes, curled his lips, and said, "I'm not good at it, so my father asked me to practice for a few more years before taking the exam."

"What are you not good at?" Jia Lian asked curiously.

"I'm not good at poetry." Zhang Xiuqi put his chopsticks on the table, and said with some displeasure: "Father said that my poetry has no real feelings, but is just a dead thing piled up with rhetoric."

"Oh." Jia Lian was not very emotional, because he had no right to criticize other people's poems at all, but he asked immediately: "Then are all cousins ​​ready to participate in the test?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiujin nodded, and said, "Then prepare to go to the capital after the rural examination is over to see the results."

"The house of my grandfather's family in Beijing has been abandoned for a long time, right?" Jia Lian vaguely remembered the location, thought for a while that he had never been there, so he didn't force himself to look into it, but said to the two brothers: "I am here. There is a house in the capital, you can live in it when you go to the capital, and you can clean it up later, it is more important to concentrate on studying."

Zhang Xiujin and Zhang Xiuqi looked at each other, and after seeing it for the past two days, they knew that Jia Lian was not a casual and polite person, so they nodded, "Then thank you cousin in advance."

Jia Lian waved his hand, and said with great wealth: "Why are you being polite to me!" After all, the original capital of his property was also the dowry that the Zhang family gave to the Zhang family.

Leaving the noodle shop, Jia Lian took them around the county and picked a place with good scenery, and then heard Zhang Xiujin say that they were going to go back in the future. He persuaded them several times, but the other party insisted on going back before the year. Also did not persuade again.

After going back, Jia Lian told Wang Xifeng to prepare to return the gift as soon as possible, and let the Zhang brothers take it back.