The house is divided into inside and outside, probably because there are not many families, the outer house seems to be sparsely populated, so the space is more spacious, and lush plants are planted everywhere.

As soon as you enter the door, there are three large open halls, behind which is the main hall for receiving guests, and there are two flower halls in the east and west.

Plaque inscriptions and couplets are all invited to write by Shilin celebrities, in addition to the pavilions and pavilions in the inner house, there are mainly three courtyards, each has a women's hall, a hall and a corridor hugging the building, etc., each has nine rooms, the area is about one-tenth of the Xu family, but it can also be called a first-class mansion in the capital.

Xu Hao went to the left with Xu Qingtang and other men, and the old lady and other women went to the right to visit, next to the patio is a rockery with strange rocks, drill the mountain into it, a small round door at the end, the flowers and plants outside the door are colorful, it is a quiet small garden that cultivates bamboo and is elegant.

There are three bungalows due south, all of which are cloisters, and there are also three rooms opposite, with a bright and dark pattern. Everyone watched for about half an hour, and there was a pool nearby, so Xu Wen instructed his subordinates to set up more than a dozen tables of banquets in the water pavilion.

Xu Hao sat in the chief and accompanied Xu Qingtang, today's third uncle Xu Zengfu's interest is quite high, and he has been injured for many years, and now he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy from the fifth grade. With the wealth of the Xu family, there is no need for him to be reluctant, Hanlin rarely offends people, and the second half of his life can be described as leisurely, getting along with many scholars and celebrities day and night.

Xu Zengfu said with a smile: "It's not good to drink, I'll give an order, and say five verses of poetry at the table, one sentence is four, one sentence is four in, and one sentence is next to the flat to enter the four characters, and if you say a wrong word, you will be punished with a glass of wine." ”

Xu Qingtang smiled and said nothing, Xu Hao glanced at the brothers with bitter faces, and saw that the third uncle was taking this opportunity to test the homework of his nephews and nephews, so he didn't say anything.

Xu Song said unhappily: "Dad! My eldest brother and third brother and I are both martial artists, so let's be dismissed. ”

Xu Zengfu said happily: "Yes, you three brothers don't need to give orders. I'll take a drink first, and the clouds will be like that. I have a decree for wine, I swear by it, I hold the millet out of the divination, and my son is in Jing. ”

After speaking, he directly passed the wine glass to Xu Hai, Xu Hai was honest and mediocre in learning, but he married a talented wife, and the poetry can be said to be reciting backwards, saying: "It is suitable for his family." Bandits and bandits, God is very good, happy country and happy country, brothers are both brothers. ”

Xu Zengfu was very satisfied, and pointed out: "The word 'brother' is used on it, and the dead are used from the past, this is the dead use, take the go as the top, and eat a cup." Alternate. ”

Xu Hai hurriedly ate a glass of wine and said, "Yu Rubeisu." ”

"Not bad!" Xu Zengfu was very satisfied, and a group of children of the Xu family pondered and thought about it, this wine order is not difficult. It's probably enough to memorize the poetry scriptures, but for people who don't like to read, it's even more difficult, and it's not the same as a few crooked poems.

Xu Jiang scratched his ears and thought about it for a long time. said: "Guan Guan pheasant dove, fair lady." ”

Xu Zengfu immediately said: "The word 'Shu' is wrong. Eat a cup. ”

"Yes!" Xu Jiang blushed and said, "Then I'll eat a few more cups." ”

Xu Zengfu frowned and said: "You have been studying for many years, and you can't even memorize a single poetry scripture, what qualifications do you have to sit here and go down." ”

Unceremoniously pushed Xu Jiang out of the seat, the youngest Xu Hu was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, Xu Song smiled and said: "It's a big deal to practice martial arts, our family is a family of military generals." ”

Xu Zengfu said unhappily: "What do you know, you can rule the world right away if you fight the world right away?" Your second uncle and I have studied hard since childhood, and when we were ten years old, we were admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, and we did not win the show talent before the weak crown, when our family claimed to be able to stand side by side with the Xiao family, but look at your brothers, in addition to the deceased Ji'er, has there been a show over the years? How can you get ahead if you don't study well? ”

Xu Song pouted and said: "I am a general, who rarely takes the test and shows talents." ”

Xu Zengfu said slightly angrily: "You are not allowed to intervene, you three brothers have done martial arts, but even if you can inherit your father's business by your son, at most you will have a son." If you don't study, will everyone else stay at home all their lives and have nothing to do? It's like playing the piano to the cow. ”

Xu Qingtang said with a smile: "What your third uncle said is right, if you don't work hard, the boss will be sad, and you must study hard in the future." ”

Xu Hao felt that this rhythm seemed to be training his son and nephew, and the father and the third uncle relied on the old man to sell the old and talk endlessly, so it was too inappropriate for him and the fourth brother to be sandwiched in it, so he gave Xu Song a look, got up and said, "The son and the fourth brother go to the grandmother to have a look." ”

Xu Qingtang nodded lightly, wishing that his son would be interested in getting out, when his son has an identity better than Lao Tzu, it is probably the sweetest and most bitter thing for a father.

Xu Wen's expression was a little uncomfortable, but as a landlord and a nephew, he could only listen to the teachings of his elders here.

However, Li Mao and other sons-in-law sat downstairs eating wine, and they didn't see Xu Hao and Xu Song who went downstairs, and Liu Zhi couldn't help but complain with the strength of the wine.

Liu Zhi said: "It's useless to be the son-in-law of the Xu family, and even a slave in the family has become an official, but we are still fucking flat-headed people, so it's really fucking breathless." ”

"That's it!" Liu Mao sneered: "I'm so talented in a show, Xu Laosan can be an official with a recommendation, even if he takes care of people's words, won't it be over if he casually invites a Wenchen?" I saw Li Qiu the day before yesterday, and I still have to scold him with a smile, do you say that you are angry? ”

Li Mao frowned and was silent, Li Fang sneered: "That's because you don't know how to be a man, Mu Yi and Li Qiu followed him early, there is no merit and hard work, who is not carrying their own people?" If you stammered early, before and after the saddle, why couldn't you even get a sesame officer? ”

Liu Mao said angrily: "Why don't you stutter?" But don't look at him politely to people, in fact, he rejects people thousands of miles away, even if he is a relative, it is in vain. ”

Li Fang sneered: "Don't say any relatives, my family's title should have been given back a long time ago, isn't it that he has delayed the saint in order to occupy my family's mansion?" Lao Tzu can be regarded as seeing through Xu Hao, as long as he is in one day, I don't expect to inherit the title, a good home is occupied by others, I am in vain. ”

Li Mao hurriedly said, "Big brother, you are drunk. This matter is not to blame the third brother, and the return of the title is a matter of importance, after all, it involves the face of the imperial court. ”

Li Fang said disdainfully: "What face? After the whole family was beheaded, the officials wrote to avenge their grievances in the coming year, and Emperor Taizu did not blame him, so it can be seen that the crime is indeed unwarranted. ”

Liu Zhi preemptively said: "I'm surprised, Brother Li inherited the Guogong, and there are only benefits and no disadvantages for the Xu family." Why stop it? ”

Li Fang snorted coldly: "If I become the prince of the country, do you think he can be at ease?" ”

"Yes." Liu Zhi nodded frequently, raised his glass and complimented: "This matter is in the hearts of the people, and when my brother's wishes come true, don't forget to bring our brothers." ”

Li Fang raised his glass and said with a smile: "That's natural, I'm not like him, I divided my relatives into three, six, nine and so on." ”

Here Xu Hao went to the women's pile, Xu Cuitao beckoned him to sit beside him, and the maids put on new dishes and chopsticks. Xu Song sat beside his wife, because Mu Ningxue was pregnant, she didn't come, so Xiao Yushi Qingwen and the others couldn't go out.

Xu Cuitao said: "We are talking about what we are most afraid of smelling, what we are most afraid of seeing, what we love to smell the most, and what we love to see, just rhyme with it." ”

This is the same as the wine order in the Stone Record, what daughter is sad and her daughter is bitter, which is a very popular wine order in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It can always be thought-provoking, and the joys and sorrows of the world and the heat and coldness of the world can be exhausted.

Xu Hao smiled and nodded, and then Xu Cuiyun said: "I am most afraid of smelling: the neighbor cries at night; The most afraid to see: the beauty is petite and punished; Favorite news: Sanchun Yanyu Sanchang flute; Favorite to see: Chuan Yu sang the Golden Palace. ”

Xu Hao listened thoughtfully, in order to make her husband an official. Cuiyun has also been hollowing out his mind in recent years. Xu Hao is very disgusted with this, is it difficult to be an official with the power of the Xu family? In fact, it is not difficult at all, starting with the clerks, step by step, and doing things seriously. In less than ten years, you will be able to go from not entering the flow to entering the flow.

The problem is that most of the relatives are so ambitious, and they have to start with more than nine grades, and if they have real talent, it's just a matter of learning. But he didn't have any skills, so he wanted to rise to the top with the power of his relatives.

Xu Hao also wanted more powerful helpers, but unfortunately, the relatives who couldn't help but could not help them, they were likely to be endless troubles.

Xu Luge continued: "I am most afraid of smelling: the market chant poetry and Taoism; The most afraid to see: dodging each other and pretending to be flowers; Favorite news: The husband is out of the lintel; Favorite to see: Swing flying up to the clouds. ”

The old lady at the main table next door smiled when she heard this: "That's right, there are only two grandsons-in-law who haven't been officials now, right?" Hao'er, as an elder brother, should help. ”

The eldest lady Wang said lightly: "Xu Hai has not been an official either, and I have never seen his third brother take it to heart." ”

Xiao Shi said unhappily: "Who stopped being an official?" If you have the ability to find your own way, it is a good thing to recommend talents, but you also have to take care of it, don't you want to see Hao'er implicated? The sister-in-law's family in the past is a lesson from the past. ”

Wang's face changed color slightly, but he didn't say anything, the old lady was right when he thought about it, if Xu Hao lost power, the whole family would immediately fall into a catastrophe, and he couldn't help but secretly regret his previous words.

Xu Qinglian noticed that her younger brother's expression began to become cold, and hurriedly said: "I'll also talk about one, I'm most afraid of smelling: the sound of rain in front of the eaves in spring; The most afraid to see: fierce officials and evil books; Favorite smell: the sound of smart children reading; Favorite to see: Green Field Spring Shen Guan persuaded farmers. ”

The old lady said with a smile: "Well said, don't just think about who to take a shortcut to become an official, people like us must always remember to make a big move, and studying hard to participate in the imperial examination is the right way, otherwise colleagues will look down on you as an official." ”

The third wife, Liu, said with a smile: "The ancestor said this reasonably, and besides, the recommendation is a recommended talent, one has no reputation and the other has no talent, is this not clear that it is cronyism?" In the past, the Korean public family was full of officials, so that the unfilial children affected the family, and they were killed by Emperor Gao's decree, but fortunately, Princess Lin'an became the daughter-in-law of Lord Li and retained a trace of blood. ”

Xu Hao's expression immediately softened, after all, it was nothing for everyone to complain about themselves, as long as the closest family members understood.

Wang Xuanqing also knows who the future will depend on after all, and said: "I am most afraid of smelling: the future generations laugh at the elderly; The most afraid to see: the friendship between Huan and Hai is changing; Favorite smell: Qingquan Baishi sits and plays the piano; Favorite to see: the friends of the total horn are noble and reminiscing. ”

The old lady said with great interest: "Hao'er, you can also say one, don't be bored." ”

"Yes!"

Xu Hao thought for a while and said, "I'm most afraid of smelling: the sound of crows on the house in front of the door." ”

Xu Qinglian pointed with a smile: "It's up to you!" ”

Xu Hao deliberately glanced at the main table and said with a smile: "I'm most afraid of seeing: the old lady in Qianshoutang." ”

Everyone laughed, and Xiao Shi couldn't help but laugh and said cautiously: "Don't think that if you become a father, your mother won't be able to cure you, it's true." ”

Xu Qinglian covered her mouth and smiled: "My brother is telling the truth, our family is afraid of my mother alone." ”

The old lady said happily: "Reasonable, it's a loss to have his mother, otherwise our family will not be overturned by him?" ”

Xu Hao said slowly: "Favorite smell: my wife came to invite you to eat wontons; Favorite to see: three or four plum blossoms. ”

Wang Xuanqing asked, "Although the last sentence is good, what does it mean?" ”

Xu Hao said seriously: "When the plum blossoms bloom three or four times, the yamen is about to take a holiday, don't you love to see it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately spat out and laughed.

Xu Hao remembered the words of the Internet in later generations, and said with a smile: "You should know all the four joys of life, who can say it?" ”

Xu Cuiliu chuckled and said: "This is taken from the prodigy poem of Wang Zhu of the Northern Song Dynasty. The cave room spends candle night, when the gold list is inscribed. For our daughter's family, the later verses are more pleasing to the eye, and my brother probably wants to be like this, to be a leisurely person. ”

Poetry, wine, piano and chess players, wind and snow;

There are famous, idle and rich, and there is nothing to scatter the immortals.

The Taoist Academy welcomes cyclists, and the calligraphy is hidden in Confucianism;

The garden is planted with phoenix bamboo, and the pond is raised with arowana.

Visit the grassland in spring and enjoy the green lotus pond in summer.

Autumn iron yellow flower wine, winter white snow poems. (To be continued......)