It rained in the sky, and the Tianxiang Pavilion was full of chrysanthemums, overlapping high and low, and the colors were uneven, and from time to time there was a butterfly flapping its wings to avoid the rain and flying into the building, and quietly staying on the yellow petals.

A shallow ditch was dug yesterday near the small pond to stock hundreds of crabs. The gate at the end of the other side fell down and intercepted the water. As a result, the rain level rises higher and higher, the maids roll up their trouser legs and tie their skirts around their waists, splash water with each other, and some maids put the paper boat on the water surface, watch it swing leisurely, and there are water ducks, mandarin ducks and other waterfowl swimming leisurely in the rain.

Xu Hao, who had nothing to do because of the rain, bumped into such a vibrant scene, and the three girls in the yard were the most ferocious, running around like a kid, picking up an eight-legged crab from time to time to scare her.

There was laughter everywhere, and the girls were soaked and ignored, and Xu Hao was splashed with a lot of water as soon as he came in. For him, the man who broke in, no one cared, and generously let him watch the wet and delicate body, which is the greatest benefit of being an aborigine.

I have seen a lot of women in bikinis in my previous life, and this kind of fragrant scene is not tempting for Xu Hao at all, and he walks forward with no evil thoughts against the splash.

Didn't you eat the crab that was sent back yesterday? Xu Hao walked into the building with questions, took off his coat and handed it to Chunyue, and walked to Xu Qinglian, who was leaning on the railing to watch outside.

Mu Ningxue on the other side put away her smile, she carefully observed Xu Hao all the way without squinting, and barely peeked at the sensitive parts of the girls by the way, she was very satisfied with this, no wonder they didn't avoid him in everything, too, they all grew up together, and they didn't seem strange for a long time. She was still not used to close contact with Xu Hao, so she pretended to stand there as if nothing happened, but she didn't walk away.

Xu Hao asked, "Sister, didn't you open a club yesterday?" ”

Xu Qinglian frowned when she heard this, and said, "We originally invited a sister-in-law, but who knew that the eldest brother followed, and Ning Xue and the two sisters left by themselves, so it didn't happen." ”

Xu Hao looked up at the rain and said, "If you don't open it today, those crabs will all die, it's a pity." ”

Xu Qinglian stretched out her hand and let the waterline falling from the eaves splash on the palm of her hand, feeling very comfortable, "Rainy days have the benefit of rainy days, I originally wanted to send someone to invite everyone over, but I received a letter from my second brother early in the morning, saying that he asked to join the club, so forget it today." ”

Xu Haoqi said: "Hasn't he always disdained to deal with us?" Why do you think it's time to join in the fun? ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Xu Qinglian shook her head slightly, "It's just the past, but now there is a sister-in-law who is newly married, and Ning Xue and Qingshuang come to our house as guests, so it stands to reason that we should know how to avoid it." I couldn't say that I hurt him, and I was afraid that he would break into the garden by himself, so I simply asked the girls to close the courtyard door and hide in the water together. ”

Xu Hao intuitively felt that there was something wrong inside, could it be that Xu Ji wanted to take the opportunity to get close to Ning Xue? Xiangjiao you are a bale, Xu Ji, you are too inferior, you are going to be engaged to Wang Xuanqing, and you have to worry about knowing that it is my woman, how can this be reasonable.

Originally, Xu Hao also wanted to say that there was nothing wrong with reciting poems together, and he would come if he wanted to come, but he immediately changed his mind when he thought about it, although he was not worried that Ning Xue would empathize with him, he even felt abrupt when he thought about it, after all, he was a person who had never been moved by the children of the nobles in the capital.

But letting Xu Ji, who covets a beautiful woman, buzz like a fly, is really strange and disgusting.

Xu Hao said: "After a while, take out the crabs and steam them, let's keep half of them for our own use, and distribute the rest." By the way, I saw a good rice wine in the old lady's house last night, and I asked for a few jars to come over and eat it hot, and the crab meat is cold, so it's okay to eat a few more if you're greedy. ”

Xu Qinglian nodded and said, "That's it, just do what you want." ”

"Where are the butterflies that you have worked so hard to catch?" After Xu Hao finished speaking, he smiled at Mu Ningxue intentionally or unintentionally.

Mu Ningxue obviously heard it, but pretended not to hear it, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. Seeing this, Xu Qinglian smiled and said: "Some people are very happy to see it, they can't put it down for a while, and they can't take their eyes off it for a while, so they carefully cut off all the hairs and let them all fly." ”

Xu Hao was very happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I knew that you girls like small creatures, so I will give you more Zhang Luo." ”

Mu Ningxue couldn't help but say at this time: "Don't." My eldest brother is in Yunnan, what rare birds don't have it? Do you see one in my garden? ”

Xu Hao was suddenly in awe and praised: "You are much more conscious than Hongye, that girl can't wait to pull out all the ivory in the world." I remember that there were a few swans at home last year, and since the red leaves and green bamboo returned from hunting, they chased the swans with small bows and arrows all day long, and tossed the swans to death for a few days. ”

Mu Ningxue imagined the scene of the two little girls chasing the poor swan, and laughed and said, "Qingshuang's girl is also bad!" In Yunnan, I often stirred up a miasma at home, and my sister-in-law wrote to complain all day long, saying that the beautiful peacock let her pull off the finch feathers and sew them on her skirt, and then ran to the white peacock to show off her beauty. As soon as they saw Qingshuang, the big enemy, they immediately attacked it in the group, and as a result, the angry Qingshuang carried the wooden sword and went to take revenge, and the chickens and dogs jumped for revenge. ”

Xu Qinglian smiled and said worriedly: "I didn't expect Qingshuang to be so naughty, alas! It's no wonder that Hao'er blindly spoils the red leaves and green bamboo, and spoils it too much. Now that even the old lady is not allowed to be disciplined, who said that he would turn his face with others immediately, how could he get it in the long run? The girl doesn't look like a girl, she looks like a tomboy. ”

Mu Ningxue was a little surprised by this, turned her head, and saw Xu Hao said triumphantly: "Of course I have to spoil my sister-in-law, even if she doesn't want to marry, I support it, such a big and wonderful shijie, why should you be confined by a man at home for a lifetime?" You can do your own business to make money to support yourself, go wherever you want to go when you have money, and see all the famous mountains and scenic spots in the world, which is not in vain in this life. ”

Mu Ningxue's eyes flashed, and she suddenly said resolutely: "If I want to do the same, will you support it?" ”

Xu Hao turned his head slowly, his clear eyes were full of encouragement, and he said softly: "Ning Xue, would you like to have me with you?" I happen to be going to the north, why don't you and I go together? ”

Mu Ningxue smiled heartily: "I do what I want, but it's a pity that I am lonely and widowed, and people are terrible." ”

Xu Hao said without thinking: "It's not that you and I are walking alone, my sister and Hongye have never left the capital in their lives, I plan to take the two of them to visit my aunt Princess Yan together, and set off for the south to enjoy the scenery of the north." ”

Mu Ningxue really wanted to go, to see the scenery and customs of various places, but unfortunately she couldn't go with her nameless and pointless, and her mother would not agree, so her face darkened.

Xu Hao probably guessed her scruples, and said: "The coming day is long, anyway, with me here, I won't worry about the day when Ning Xue doesn't travel the world." ”

"Well, it's a long time coming." After Mu Ningxue finished speaking with a smile, her smile suddenly froze, and she hated it in her heart! I was unintentionally scolded by the wicked again, and I turned around in anger and went upstairs.

Xu Qinglian daxiao said: "Poor Ning Xue, it seems that she will not be able to escape Hao'er's calculations in this life." ”

At the same time, Xu Wen and Xu Ji braved the heavy rain into the garden, chasing a few maids with paper umbrellas behind them, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and their whole bodies were wet with rain, and the brothers kept complaining that they were walking too slowly.

Xu Wen still didn't have his wish come true last night, because Zhu Qiaoqiao had menstruation, but he generously let Qiuyue sleep with him. But Xu Wen has long been tired of Qiuyue, thinking that she is clumsy and not good-looking, because she was idle and bored, she spoiled people easily, and now she doesn't want to take a second look after a long time.

The beautiful Chunxi was matched with a small servant, and there were originally a few outstanding maids, but the girls had seen Xu Wenxi's shortcomings early on, and saw that the county lord was about to enter the door, and the house might not be able to accommodate them, so she begged his wife early to let him go out to marry.

And Zhu Qiaoqiao's four wedding girls are very wonderful, as can be seen in the name alone, they are big happiness, double happiness, three happiness and four happiness, such a rustic name, the appearance is self-evident.

Xu Wen begged his wife to warm the bed for a few beauties last night, Zhu Qiaoqiao suddenly turned his face and sneered and said Don't even think about it, I don't care what you do in the house, but don't expect me to show you any beauties, I'm not the old bustard?

There was no way, Xu Wen hugged Qiuyue for a night, how did he know that Zhu Qiaoqiao was pretending to be generous? I was so angry at night that I was already thinking about finding a random excuse for the past few days to get Qiuyue out.

It just so happened that Xu Ji came over early this morning with the courage to get close to Zhu Qiaoqiao, Zhu Qiaoqiao was already a wife, so she naturally kept her duty, and said a few words with a faint expression and let Xu Ji go. Xu Ji was unwilling, and when he left, he took the opportunity to say an ambiguous word, wanting to tease his sister-in-law, and the angry Zhu Qiaoqiao pulled down his face at that time, fortunately Xu Wen entered the house at this time, and Zhu Qiaoqiao didn't have time to turn his face and scold.

Xu Ji touched his nose and came out with Xu Wen, and said that the family was saying that the county lord of the Mu family that the third child had a crush on was even more stunning than the cousin of the Xiao family, especially the county lord's sister, what kind of Dali county lord, who is also a beauty billet that is unique in ten thousand, how about our family go and see it?

Xu Wen had already heard of the legend of Mu Ningxue, he was now married, and as the eldest brother, he had met him from afar yesterday. Beauty is beauty! But that's not the person you are qualified to worry about, and you can't see anyone when you go, so why bother to be bored?

Xu Ji has been reading books for so many years, and suddenly he was admitted to Xiucai, and the whole person seemed to have opened his mind and became extremely coquettish, in fact, his original ambition was not to marry a lady who could be on par with Zhu Qiaoqiao?

Xu Ji said that the most beautiful maids in the family are all in the garden, especially what Qingwen and Musk Yue around the third child There is also a little girl named Xiangyu, who looks the most outstanding, why don't we go to the bamboo garden for a visit?

Xu Ji meant to pull Xu Wen into the garden together, anyway, the boss was coming, saving himself from rushing to attract people's annoyance, and after a long time, it became natural to get used to it, so it was best to take the opportunity to move in and live together. With his literary talent and appearance, if he can snatch love from his younger brother, he doesn't want to become a dignified county lord?

To put it bluntly, Xu Ji is bent on saying goodbye to Xu Wen, and more importantly, he wants to show Zhu Qiaoqiao. You didn't marry me in the first place, but you were blind. Then I, Xu Ji, will marry a beauty who is no worse than your status and is more beautiful than you, and you will regret it for the rest of your life.

It was also Wang Xuanqing who nodded too hastily in private, which made Xu Ji's self-confidence swell sharply, and he consciously and easily let the woman who had expressed a good impression of Xu Hao throw into his arms, which shows that if Mu Ningxue changes his mind, it seems that it is very easy, at least he has to try his luck.

And Xu Wen has a strong interest in the maids around Xu Hao, in his opinion, it is as easy as opening his mouth to ask for a maid, even if the third child has used it, it doesn't matter, his own brothers don't care.