In the east, Xu Hai and the other nephews stood honestly, and eight out of ten people couldn't match a simple wine.

As a result, Xu Zengfu was so angry that he pointed at them and scolded: "The daily expenses of the school every month are a few hundred taels of silver, plus your bundles and pocket flowers, for your food, clothing, pen and ink, miscellaneous and miscellaneous at least 10,000 taels of silver all year round, who in the world has our family to spend so much money?" It's been three years, and you can't even remember a single verse, how can this be reasonable, what's the use of raising your group of wine bags and rice bags? ”

Xu Qingtang was also very angry, there were piles of nephews, groups of nephews and grandchildren, and there were thirty or forty people together, and he was originally very happy about this. The branch of the Xu family in Fengyang has blossomed from the genealogy of Xu Da's side in his hands, and is divided into two branches, the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England, and there is no need to be pointed out that this is the son of the Duke of Xu.

This branch of his own flowers and leaves, the people who came to take refuge in the inclusion have surpassed that side, and they don't ask for anything else, I just hope that they can succeed in their studies and shine on the lintel! It's good now, what has become of each one? It's no wonder that the son never cared about the studies of his brothers and nephews, and he knew early on that they were all Adou who couldn't be helped.

Therefore, Xu Qing's cousins felt that the family's literary style was not prosperous, and they became a style, and after scolding, they said: "Go home and clean up, and the day after tomorrow we will set off back to our hometown to worship our ancestors. ”

Xu Hai and Xu Rong and other adults who had no intention of taking the imperial examination suddenly secretly complained, glanced at each other, and Xu Rong said in a low voice: "Master Qiyu, Brother Jiang is about to get married soon, and someone in the family must stay to help." ”

Xu Qingtang felt reasonable, so he said: "Then the two of you choose a few older ones to stay, and the rest have to go, and whoever doesn't go will leave the Xu family." ”

Xu Wen was originally gloating on the side, but he was also a little sad, and now he is empty. Only the mother is left to rely on each other, and when he is older, he realizes the preciousness of his family.

Therefore, Xu Wen said: "As the eldest grandson, the child should go back to his hometown with the second and third uncles. ”

Xu Qingtang was immediately very pleased, and had a premonition that Xu Wen and Xu Song would not change their money as a prodigal son, and sighed: "That's how it should be, I won't talk about the past, and when I come back, I will personally pick a knowledgeable daughter-in-law for your uncle." ”

Li Fang and other sons-in-law with foreign surnames watched coldly, and Liu Zhi whispered: "Xu Wen has changed his temperament?" Is this going to be a new person? ”

Li Fang sneered: "He is the biggest fool in the world, he has repeatedly half-heartedly made bamboo baskets to draw water, and even his wife and concubines and sons have been compensated." Otherwise, he is at least a marquis now. ”

"Whatever." Liu Mao's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Today's aunts and grandmothers will not go home for a while, let's take this opportunity to go to the Qinhuai River for a walk, recently there are talented women and famous prostitutes from all over the world, and the opportunity is rare." ”

Li Fang said with a smile: "Let's go, the Xu family reprimands the children for our?" ”

Li Mao insisted on staying, and Li Fang sneered: "Whatever you want!" Don't come to me if you have something to do in the future, go and beg your half father-in-law. ”

In the west, the women asked about the details with great interest, and Xu Hao felt that adding two words turned the four joys into the four sorrows. It doesn't seem to be just an invention of later generations, but don't lead to jokes.

It was Xu Hao who said: "Let's be a daughter to be afraid, and the wine order that our daughter likes should also rhyme." How is it? ”

Brother Green was the first to say: "What's so difficult about this, my daughter is afraid, I fell on the swing suddenly, my daughter is happy." Linghua Chen looked at the freshening up. ”

Xu Hao said: "I don't understand, I will be punished with a glass of wine." Angry, Brother Xu Lu reluctantly drank a cup of himself.

Xu Cuiyun said: "My daughter is afraid, and the two lines of flower candle makeup are first removed. My daughter is happy, and she is tired of embroidering and stops looking at the swallows. ”

Xu Song shouted: "Flower candles are the most gratifying, how can you be afraid?" No, no, no. ”

Xu Cuiyun glared at him and said, "What do you know as a man, you will know when you ask your wife." ”

Yuan Shi smiled, and Xu Song suddenly said: "It turned out that I was afraid of the pain of falling red, I understand." ”

As soon as these words came out, the others either lowered their heads and snickered, or took a sip, and the old lady scolded with a smile: "I thought this monkey was sensible, but I didn't expect it to be a rough child when I was a child, and I really should be beaten." ”

Xu Hao shook his head with a smile, Xu Hai's wife Zhong Kegu and second sister-in-law Wang Xuanqing stood together, busy serving the old lady and her mother-in-law, and had no time to join them. As for Xu Song and Xu Hai's concubines, not to mention, there is no room for them to intervene at this time.

Xu Cuitao chuckled: "My daughter is afraid, and my female companion is even more worried about ghosts; The daughter is happy, and the dressing table is provocative and turns over the history. ”

Xu Song took on the responsibility of entertaining relatives in colorful clothes, and shouted: "I don't understand the second sentence. ”

Xu Cuitao said angrily: "Whoever made you not good at studying, then you can say one." ”

"Just say it." Xu Song shook his head and said, "My daughter is afraid, the private baby in her belly is nine months old." After speaking, he pointed at Xu Hao and said with a smile: "Daughter, marry a husband like you." ”

In an instant, everyone burst into laughter, and Xu Hao laughed and said, "My face is not as good as yours, you said the opposite." ”

After a lively time, the old lady and his wife were tired and wanted to return home, Xu Wen and Wang persuaded for a long time to no avail, so they had to order the car to prepare the car, while Xu Qingtang and Xu Zengfu were in high spirits, and they reprimanded them endlessly, and only suffered the children of the Xu family.

Although Xu Cuitao said that she often went back to her parents' house, it was not easy to go out once after all, and she was a little unsatisfied, so she had to accompany everyone to Xu Miaojin's side to get together, Xu Hao nodded in agreement.

As mentioned above, Xu Miaojin lives alone in the northwest corner of the Wei Mansion, with a single courtyard, and only a few rooms have followed her for many years, with less than 20 people.

A group of people entered the back alley and got off the sedan chair at the second door, Xu Miaojin came out when he heard the news, and walked inside with Xu Cuitao and Xu Cuiliu's hands.

Entering the Moon Gate, Xu Cuiyun nodded and said: "The layout of this garden is really exquisite, it is worthy of my aunt's handwriting, and when my family repairs the garden, I also ask my aunt to help draw a drawing." ”

Xu Miaojin glanced at Xu Hao without confusion, and said with a smile: "Just come to me then, I have nothing to do except teach." It's a pity that Hao'er doesn't even give him a salary, and for the sake of the children, I don't bother to bother with him. ”

Xu Hao smiled and didn't speak, everyone turned to the east corridor, a painting boat was across the shore, and a new banner was hung on the front of the cabin, with the words "not tied to the boat", and a couplet: the origin of the Milky Way; Only at the shallow edge of the reed flowers.

Xu Hao admires her aunt's ingenuity, and this cabin is a children's school, which contains thousands of books. When studying, the school is rippling in the pool, probably from a young age, to cultivate the sentiments of the younger generation, think about the naughtiness of the niece and the cunning of the son, I am afraid of playing the piano to the cow.

On the front and back floors of the painting boat, the maid pushed the northwest banana leaf door open, and everyone went in to take a look, and there was also a water pavilion opposite.

The east, west and south sides are surrounded by pools that are several times larger than Xu Wen's house, and the newly repaired water mill nan wood carving railing along the coast, the canopy of blue oil and silk is opened under the eaves, and the white silk flies along. A small golden bell is hung on each side.

A layer of guardrails was built below, for fear that the children would accidentally fall, and when the lotus flowers in the pool were still in full bloom, the wind blew a gust of fragrance, and everyone went to sit down in the water pavilion together.

Because they have eaten, everyone is very leisurely, some have found a place for begonias to sleep, and some are leisurely sitting, and the maids are leaning on the railing of the west corridor to talk and laugh. Xu Cuiliu and Wang Xuanqing watched Xu Hao fishing, and the fish in the pond were far or near, floating or sinking, and they were out of their minds for a while.

The bedroom of the water pavilion is a sandalwood couch. The gauze tent hung with water patterns floated on both sides of the brocade ribbon, and the brocade ribbon was tied with Zixiao.

Xu Cuitao praised upstairs: "Blowing the sheng leads the phoenix and mandarin duck tower, and rides the crane to talk to each other." ”

Xu Miaojin didn't even dare to say it. smiled: "But this sentence is good, who will pick it up?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Cuiliu raised her head and pointed to the maids on both sides, and said, "The maids on the left and right are all in the city." The secretary of the heavenly title is heavy; The residence is also in Yaohua Cave, and Wuxia is ashamed of being a goddess. ”

Xu Hao has never been interested in flowery rhetoric, and continues to concentrate on fishing.

Xu Miaojin said: "The last sentence is good, and the next sentence can be raised, who will take it?" ”

Brother Xu Lu has always been not good at poetry, and Xu Cuiyun has long lost the elegance of being a girl when she married a wife, and she has no mood to chant poetry.

At this moment, Mu Qingshuang, who was apprenticed to the artist, came out and shouted, "I'll pick it up." She was full of poems in her head, and said casually: "Guanghan once fell into a dream of neon clothes, and the sunset and waves of the sea in the western mountains." At this time, I was drunk with flowers, and I wanted to turn melancholy in the microwave. ”

Xu Hao felt that it was a pain in the egg, obviously a group of noble girls were worried about the new words, which was far worse than the idyllic realm written by his cousin.

But they happily put themselves into it, you don't borrow Dansha red in a sentence, she is a silver screen but a beautiful bird, and the last sentence of the self-satisfied evaluation is key and powerful, and the next sentence is full of ups and downs, and she can't stop boasting and praising herself.

After talking for a long time, Xu Miaojin finally wished people Tianmo to break up, so that the famous flower Yujing was ready to end.

Mu Qingshuang thought bitterly: "This ending is not easy, it is good to end the whole story, but unfortunately my sister is not here."

The others are also thinking hard, and they all want to come up with the most perfect ending. Seeing this, Xu Hao said disdainfully: "What's so difficult?" How about looking at Beidou together on the red wall? ”

"Good!" Everyone cheered in unison, and Xu Hao was stunned and said, "Don't bring such a sycophant!" Let's talk about it. ”

Xu Miaojin said with a smile: "It's really strong, probably you just wait for the end." ”

Xu Hao's old face flushed, to be honest, he had held back this sentence for a long time, he was not good at writing poetry, let alone the gorgeous style of this kind of boudoir.

Mu Qingshuang carefully read the manuscript of the poem written by the maid, and said with a smile: "It was done in one go, and there was no trace of connection." Today's talk is really heartwarming! It also gave me a little more confidence in the comparison. ”

Xu Hao shook his head and said: "I advise you not to go, I heard that the most famous talented women from all over the country gathered in the capital, and there are several famous prostitutes in Qinglou, all of whom are rare talents." ”

Mu Qingshuang said unconvinced: "You said a person's masterpiece, let's read it." ”

Xu Hao recalled what he heard when he was drinking, and said: "There is a poppy beauty from Yangzhou whose surname is Yan, the word Xiaofeng, seventeen years old, it is said that the appearance is wonderful, Yan Ruo is boneless, rich and rich, and good at drinking."

The poem says: The clothes are fragrant and the flowers are two dense, and the wonderful three points are drunk.

I remember that Yu Jintang drank and the wine stains rummaged through the pomegranate skirt. ”

"There is also Hangzhou's Wu Fairy Liu Qiuchen, eighteen years old, his people are flowing, weak and vivid, good at Kunqu Opera, and you are happy to turn the sound of sorrow. It is said that when the wine is drunk and the laughter is mixed, listening to the Wuxian play a song, it will be quiet in an instant.

The poem says: Born petite and sleepy, unrelieved of joy but relieved.

Remember whether to live on the Spring River, and it is the predecessor of being able to sing. ”

Mu Qingshuang pursed her lips and said sourly: "What's the big deal, isn't it just to sigh about your own experience and win sympathy." ”

Xu Hao laughed and said, "That's right! I think you have a superior background, so why do you have to compete with other women? ”

Being stirred up by Xu Hao like this, Mu Qingshuang's ambition couldn't help but go out by three points, and he hesitated whether to participate in the competition. Most of the women of the Xu family are married and have children, and it doesn't matter whether they participate in the event or not, just go and see it when the time comes.

There are already good people in the capital who have made a world group of people, and the top ten beauties have been preliminarily selected, there are small prefaces and detailed introductions of each person and poems, and the manuscript is expensive in Luoyang for a time.

The prosperity of the good literary world seems to have a tendency to become more beautiful than Qinglou, so Xu Haocai does not approve of Qingshuang's appearance, even if he does not mean to discriminate against famous prostitutes, how can Qingshuang be confused with them?

Looking at Qingshuang's sullen appearance, Xu Hao said with emotion: "Life is the best, I don't know anything; If you have knowledge, you are a fool. (To be continued......)