The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

"Brother." Ming Xi called out.

"Why did brother Xi come here? But you waited for a long time?" Ming Xu stepped forward to answer, his eyes were gentle, which diluted the coldness between his brows, and he nodded to the attendants beside him.

"Today the prison is on rest, there is nothing left and right, so I came to wait for the elder brother, unfortunately, as soon as I stood still, the elder brother arrived." Ming Xi walked on the left and led Ming Xu. "I heard that I came to pick up my eldest brother, and Zhao'er also made a fuss, but was stopped by my mother."

Mingxu knew Song's temperament well, and when he learned that his mother had made people wait at the pier a few days ago, he sighed silently and said nothing, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao picked me up, I'm afraid I want to go out of the house to let the wind go." Not false."

Although he is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, Mingxu still knows the progress of his two younger brothers' studies. Since he has a whole library, he recommends them from time to time and mails some books back to Beijing.Mingzhao is currently studying at home with his husband, if it is not the New Year's Eve, there is no such thing as Xiu Mu, so Mingxu's words just now can't be regarded as wronging him.

Chang'an and the others were still instructing to carry the luggage, Mingxu got into the carriage and followed Mingxi back to the residence first.

……

In the car, Ming Xi and Ming Xu detailed the recent situation in the house.

Ming Xu nodded and said with a smile: "These mothers have written a lot to me, which shows that Xi'er's life is dull."

"Brother, I laughed. The house is always peaceful, and I'm a boring person. Talking about it is actually a trifle." Ming Xi also laughed.

"How can anyone say that about yourself, you are still young, you should spend more time with your friends when you are not studying." Ming Xu frowned, this younger brother is too indifferent.It's not that he didn't take the rare time in Beijing with him to teach, but how should I put it, some people seem to be born lonely.

"Well, I've written down the elder brother's point." Mingxi nodded, indicating that he had written it down. "My mother should have said in her letter that my eldest sister is pregnant. It's a coincidence that your eldest brother came back. The doctor said that the delivery will be in a few days."

Ming Xu hummed, feeling a little melancholy, the little girl whom he called her elder sister is going to be a mother, life flies so fast.

The car went straight to the second gate and stopped, Mingxu opened the curtain and was about to get out of the car, when he saw the guard at the gate was stunned for a moment, then his face was pleasantly surprised, he forgot to say hello when he saw the uncle, and ran directly into the hall up.

Mingxu: "..."

Mingxi who was behind him turned his head and smiled: "It should be that mother has been waiting for a long time, elder brother go in quickly, younger brother will go back first."

"Don't forget to come to my place at night." Mingxu turned around and instructed.

"it is good."

Ming Xu came to the main hall while walking and watching, before he could stand still, he heard a sentence: "My son, you are back, hurry up and come closer."

Ming Xu: "..." It's been a long time since I heard this inexplicably familiar word.

……

After returning home for three days, Mingxu stayed at home for three days. His habits are different from others. He does not return home for a long time. When he comes back, he will definitely invite his friends to go out for a drink and talk to say goodbye.But Mingxu likes to stay at home for seven or eight days before talking about other things. In the past few days, he has no arrangements other than talking with Mrs. Song, visiting relatives at her natal family, and checking the homework of her two younger brothers.

On the fourth day, Song Feng came to the door. This person looked upright and courteous on the outside, but he only said a few words to Mingxu before changing his tone, "How many times are those guys waiting to kill you?" Oh my god, I don't want you to sleep on a high bed here, you are very comfortable." He clicked his tongue, and approached Mingxu cheaply: "In the first few years, are you really better than others?"

Mingxu stretched out his hand to push away the big face in front of him, very ruthlessly: "It's been so many years, and you haven't been hammered to death yet? Uncle is really a kind father, no, a bodhisattva."

Song Feng backed away, closed the folding fan in his hand with a "shua", and pressed his chin in a contemplative state, "If there is someone outside, then you are lazy, right? Cousin, you don't even bother with our brothers wearing crotch pants move?"

"After coming back this time, I will stay in Shengjing for a long time. I have plenty of free time. When will I not be able to play tricks? I am so anxious." Mingxu explained lazily.

Song Feng sneered and leaned against the door: "You think the big guys are still as comfortable as they were when they were young. In our group, half of them have married families and become officials. Cousin, if you don't come back again, wait until those few get transferred. , but we can’t get together.”

Mingxu sighed, and said: "You have already talked about this point, so it can be seen that you have been waiting for me here, let's just say it."

Song Feng said "hey" twice, "The day after tomorrow, Yipinju in Youshi, how about it? Cousin doesn't have any arrangements then, right?"

Mingxu flicked the hem of his jersey, and said, "But, I'm fine these days."

"Nothing to do recently? It just so happens that I rarely have a rest, why don't I take you out to play for a while. I heard that the Kit Kat Pavilion has got a new batch of gadgets. It's really interesting."

"Don't go."

"..."

A light rain fell in the afternoon, dispelling the hustle and bustle of early summer. There was a slight smell of dust floating in the air, which made people unconsciously breathe lightly.

Mingxu walked slowly on the slightly damp street, watching the rapid updates and changes in the capital city in the past two years, inadvertently, his brain automatically obtained some information.

Following his memory, he came to this restaurant that was said to have stood for a hundred years, Mingxu glanced at the imposing characters on the plaque, and stepped into the building.Immediately, a little second came forward to greet him, Ming Xu reported Song Feng's name, and was led to a wing on the second floor by the window.Because he wanted to get acquainted with Sheng Jing's current appearance, Ming Xu came a little earlier, and there was no one in the box yet.

Mingxu sat down by the window, poured himself a cup of tea, and silently admired the street scene.

But after waiting for a while, someone came in. The man pushed open the door, as if he didn't expect someone to be in the room, and stood at the door in a daze.Seeing him retreating to check the wing, Mingxu smiled and stood up: "Yue Li, it's me."

"Ming Xu!" Wei Wen's face suddenly flashed, and he strode forward to grab Ming Xu's hand: "Brother Xu, don't blame me for being rude, you have changed so much, it is really hard to recognize. "

Mingxu didn't make any money when he was held by the hand, and let Wei Wen take a closer look, he just smiled bitterly and said, "Yueli, I'm seventeen, you can't call me 'Brother Xu' anymore. Little girl, how can you not recognize? You have to learn from Master Taifu for your eyesight."

Wei Wen, courtesy name Yueli, the eldest grandson of Wei Mi, the current Tai Tuo, was educated by his grandfather since he was a child, but his temper is not as strict as his grandfather's.He is three years older than Mingxu, and he is also the oldest among several childhood friends, but he doesn't often regard himself as an elder. In Mingxu's view, this person is very sociable and has many friends. He really doesn't look like Mrs. Wei The child he brought, of course, may also be Tai Fu, the old man is a big boss, and what he shows outside is only the side that is necessary for his work, Ming Xu touched his chin.

"I really can't learn my grandfather's eyesight to spot adults who have gone to brothels across the street." Wei Wen pulled Ming Xu to sit down: "You don't allow me to call you brother Xu, but uncle didn't I'll take the word with you." The tone was inexplicably innocent.

"Just call him brother, don't take advantage of me." Mingxu was very indifferent.

"Okay, Brother Ming, it can be regarded as coming back, if you go outside a few times, don't even find your own home."

"Well, I will take the test when I come back this time. If it is not a public announcement, I should not leave. But since Yueli has been crowned, can you go to the test with me?"

"It's really arrogant." Wei Wen scolded with a smile, and then lost his expression after laughing, "Grandfather didn't allow it." Wei Wen said and shook his head, "My father is in an embarrassing situation now, and it is really not a good opportunity to become an official."

Mingxu nodded, and changed the subject: "Speaking of the appointment ceremony and crowning ceremony, I'm really ashamed that I couldn't attend the ceremony." It's my friend's big day, and I couldn't attend, so my conscience was a little uneasy.

Wei Wen opened his mouth to say something, the door of the wing was pushed open again, and another friend came.

In this way, friends arrived one after another, serving food and drinking without mentioning it.

Old friends reunited and reunited, so they spit out the words in their stomachs. First they asked each other about their current situation and where they were going, and then gradually gossiped with the drunkenness, adding new information to Mingxu. The cup sang.

……

Mingxu leaned on the back of the chair with some helplessness and watched his friends let go of themselves, and changed himself to a cup of tea. Since he was outside, he naturally had to stay awake.

"If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will worry about it tomorrow..."

The somewhat careless friend finally got tired of singing and stopped, looked around, and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, what kind of expressions do you have? My uncle personally cheers for your songs. No one else can ask for it."

"I beg you not to come, you sing this one every time, do you dare to open your voice elsewhere?"

"That's right, Fan Liu, every time I sing this sentence over and over again, my ears are so intoxicated by you, and now listening to my grandmother's troupe babble, it's all fairy tales."

Every time Mr. Fan Liu sang, it was a repertoire of the party. Every time he made his friends laugh out loud, everyone never got tired of it.

"Everyone else learns rhythm and speech together, it's as natural as eating and drinking water, until I met Brother Fan, I didn't know that some things that don't work are really 'blocks'." Ming Xu couldn't help laughing.

But after he finished laughing, he frowned slightly, Ming Xu made a quiet gesture, the laughing crowd stopped, and then heard some movement.

Yipinju's door panels are well insulated, but you can still hear the dispute outside the door, which shows that the other party's voice is loud. "I haven't been here for a few days, Mr. Xunxiantai, and you let someone in, you little bastard? Go and call your shopkeeper."

But one sentence can teach people to have an outline in the bottom of their heart, and he is an arrogant and arrogant person.

Then I listened to the waiter's explanation: "Master Xue, you don't care about villains, and we don't know if you are coming today. We open the door for business, and there is no reason to drive customers out. Look at this, the one next to you The Jingchen Pavilion and the Xunxian Terrace are sitting opposite each other, the two rooms are the same, if the elders are in the Jingchen Pavilion today, next time the little ones must tell the shopkeeper to reserve the Xunxian Terrace for you."

Then there was a bang, and before the people in the room could argue, they heard Xiao Er's moaning in pain, but the rude man laughed loudly: "Don't talk to the uncle about what you have, the shopkeeper won't come, right?" , then just kick out the people in this room, it happens that the uncle also wants to see those short-sighted boys who dare to take the position of the uncle." Then there were more and more heavy footsteps.

The people in the room looked at each other for a few times, but they didn't move. Wei Wen frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Xue Pan."

Ming Xu's eyebrows moved, and he realized that he was a little speechless about this dramatic development, but now that Wei Wen confirmed his slight guess, he actually found it a little funny, what a coincidence.

Xue Pan's famous name has been heard of by several people. Thinking of the rumored temper of this person, who is a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, he doesn't feel offended, and has the mentality of meeting a "celebrity" Hearing the sound of messy footsteps getting closer, the door was kicked open with a loud bang.

Unexpectedly, there were several people traveling with Xue.It's just that I didn't hear a word of dissuasion from outside the room just now.

The two people faced each other, standing and sitting, they were stunned for a moment.Mingxu raised his eyes to look, he was wearing dark purple clothes in front of him, the tall one should be Xue Pan, he didn't stop for a while, there were several young people behind him, Mingxu looked over and his eyes stopped, that was a Wearing red arrow sleeves, wearing a purple and gold eight-treasure crown, a fair-faced young man.

A friend was softly introducing the person's family history by his ear, Ming Xu couldn't hear clearly, lost his mind for a moment, as if thousands of thoughts were whizzing by in his mind, but there seemed to be nothing.

He has never met Jia Baoyu, nor heard the whispers of his friends, but he immediately identified Jia Shitou in "The Story of the Stone".

Lost in only a moment, Mingxu drooped his eyes and lowered his expression, he hadn't seen him during several visits to Jia's mansion, but today he was on such an occasion, it was really, predestined.