Rebirth of the backing and eating mountains

"Rubao, why are you standing here?"

Someone patted his shoulder lightly, An Rubao came to his senses, and subconsciously looked, it turned out to be An Hua, but when he looked again, his location had also become An Hua's house.

Speaking of this real estate, An Hua actually planned to build a house long ago, but Chu Li is young and has been in poor health for these years. Seeing that Chu Li was an adult, An Hua just changed his mind again.According to his intention, he originally wanted to demolish the old house and rebuild it, but before the scales were moved, his second uncle and uncle ran to his house no less than ten times. After raising him for a few years at least, he must have a conscience. The old house was left by Anhua's grandpa, and they should also have a share. The thick-skinned Anhua can't help it.

After An Xuan heard about it, without further ado, he set aside a piece of the house reserved by his family and gave it to An Hua.Being able to live close to Anxuan's family, Anhua wanted it for himself, and he didn't refuse, but he didn't want everything. He only left a place the size of a courtyard house, and he and Chu Li were only two people. Chu Li was in poor health, and the doctor I said that I was afraid that it would be difficult to conceive a child, and the courtyard house was just right.

An Rubao coughed twice, looked behind Anhua, and said to him from left to right: "Brother Anhua, how is the house going? How long will it take to finish?" Anhua didn't care, He smiled and said: "Well, the wall has just been built, and the beams can be erected after a few days in the sun. It is estimated that it will be completed in half a month. I just saw you poking around. What are you looking at?"

An Rubao glanced at the gate of his own house out of the corner of his eyes. During the time he was talking with An Xuan, An Chengyou had already got into the carriage and left. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't see anything. I haven’t seen it yet, I just passed by here and came in to have a look.”

Anhua was dubious, but he didn't go into it, he just said: "It's just a shelf, there's nothing to see, and the inside is very messy, your clothes will have to be scratched when you go in, so don't go in."

An Rubao nodded.The two were talking, when someone called An Hua's name inside, An Hua agreed, and said to An Rubao: "Someone called inside, let's talk another day." An Rubao hurriedly said: "Brother An Hua, go I'm busy, so I'm leaving now." An Hua patted him on the shoulder to apologize, then turned and ran into the courtyard.An Rubao strolled home.

An Xuan and Qin Feng were not at home, so An Rubao went straight back to his room in the west courtyard.

In the suite, Song Chu was sitting behind the desk, frowning, holding something in his hand to look closely, when he heard the movement, he raised his head, saw that it was An Rubao, stood up and smiled, and said, "I'm back."

An Rubao let out a "hmm", went into the bedroom and changed clothes, came out and sat on the couch, seemingly casually said: "When I came back, I saw An Chengyou coming to our house from a distance, um, he came What are you doing?"

Song Chu walked up to him, sat down with him, leaned his head on An Rubao's shoulder, and said, "He's here to give this." An Rubao took the invitation and opened it carefully. It turned out that it was an invitation from An Chengyou to invite their family to a banquet at his home in three days.

Song Chu muttered to the side: "Is it just a treat for dinner? The folks in the village, why do you have to give this thing? They speak very politely. I can only understand five out of ten sentences. Well, it's a good thing you didn't pass the exam." Otherwise, it would be unacceptable to become like him." The tone was disgusting, and most of the little sourness in An Rubao's heart immediately dissipated, and he nodded his husband's head with his chin, and said: "Listen to you, It is a good thing that I failed the exam. He has been entertaining guests in the town these days and talking to those literati students. He is different from us. It is possible that he will not be able to change it for a while, so why bother to ridicule him like this."

Song Chu rubbed against his chin, pursed his lips and said, "I don't like it." An Rubao hugged him into his arms, and grinned where the other party couldn't see.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the day when Anfu Min's house invited guests.

Because people from the whole village were invited to this banquet, before the time arrived, people from Anfumin had already arrived one after another. As the landlord in the village, although the house of Anfumin's house was not as exquisite as that of Anxuan's, the area was not small , a six-room tile-roofed house, the front enclosure, and five wing rooms to the east and west, the yard is very spacious.It is no problem to sit at dozens of tables.

Only Mrs. Anxuan and Mrs. An Rubao came to Anxuan's house. They arrived not early, and many people came to the courtyard. An Chengyou and his elder brother An Zeshi stood at the door to welcome the guests, far away. Seeing An Xuan's family, An Chengyou's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to meet them.

"Uncle Anxuan, uncle, you are here." An Chengyou first greeted Anxuan and Qin Feng, then cupped his hands at An Rubao, called "Brother Rubao," and turned to Called Song Chu and said, "Xiao Chu is here too."

An Xuan and Qin Feng praised a few words, handed over the congratulatory instrument, Song Chu nodded perfunctorily, An Rubao also cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations." An Chengyou took the congratulatory instrument and welcomed the four of them into the courtyard , sat down on a table next to the main table, and Fang said politely: "Chengyou still has to greet guests, so it's inconvenient to stay long, uncle, uncle, brother Rubao, Xiaochu, please feel free."

An Xuan said: "You go and do your own work, don't worry about us." An Chengyou pleaded guilty again, turned around and left.

Because the guests have not yet arrived, there are only a few cold dishes on the table, An Rubao looked around, most of the people in the village have come, and all the people who come and go are familiar faces, if you see them, go forward Greeting, An Rubao returned with a smile, feeling bored, over there An Xiu was led in by An Chengyou, and sat down at the main table.

After An Chengyou left, An Rubao got up to say hello, when An Xiu saw him coming, he stroked his beard and said, "You are very talented, as long as you have more Work hard, you will definitely win the gold list next time, don't be discouraged." An Rubao said yes, chatted for a few words and returned to his seat.

In the middle of the day, almost everyone had arrived, and everyone was done. An Fumin and An Jingle appeared in front of the crowd in their costumes. An Fumin smiled complacently.

An Fumin cupped his hands at everyone, and said, "Thank you folks for coming to the humble house, to celebrate the children's nomination on the gold list, don't say anything else, everyone eat and drink well!"

The word "good" erupted in the crowd, causing everyone to laugh.After that, An Chengyou stood up and spoke again, nothing more than words of gratitude. After speaking, An Fumin said, "Please use it, everyone." The servants began to serve hot dishes.

Most of the people at the table An Rubao was sitting at were people who were close to An Fu Min's family, and among them was An Jingsheng's family.As usual, An Jingsheng ate with his head down and kept silent. While eating, his husband Li Lu never forgot to goug out Song Chu's eyes with his eyes. The little widow was holding the child, secretly looking at An Rubao from time to time.

The Anjingsheng family came late, and when they were led to their table, the Anxuan family's faces were a little unsightly, and it was because of An Chengyou that they didn't get angry. Looking at their performance, how could they still eat? !The other people at the table kept their eyes on the two families, with a bit of gloating in their eyes.

An Chengyou stayed at the main table for a while, and then came to toast with his parents. When they arrived at An Rubao's table, An Chengyou couldn't help but frowned. With a smile on his face, he guessed that it was his aunt's masterpiece, and he felt a little sorry for the Anxuan family. He lowered his head and followed his father and aunt to toast, and secretly handed An Rubao an apologetic note. Just as I was about to leave, I heard my aunt say: "Oh, I just recognized it, isn't this An Juren? Hehe, we Chengyou have been talking about it since we came back, saying that this time we came to Beijing thanks to An Juren's many cares." , I am really grateful in my heart, come, let me raise a glass with respect." When he spoke, his voice was not low, and everyone present could hear him clearly.

An Rubao and An Chengyou went to the exam together, but only An Chengyou passed the exam, and no one in the village knew about it.Today's banquet was originally for An Chengyou's celebration, but Anjing Le Piansheng proposed at this time that one Anju person per bite, the meaning is self-evident, and everyone was silent for a while, waiting to see how An Rubao would respond.

An Rubao's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Uncle, you are serious. Chengyou and I are walking on the same road, and we should take care of each other. Rubao has also been taken care of by Chengyou a lot along the way, so I can't afford a thank you from my uncle." .” After that, without raising his glass, he picked up a mouthful of stir-fried vegetables and ate it.

Yasui Le's hand was still in mid-air, rigidly froze.In the village, when the elders toasted, the younger generation had to drink, otherwise it would be regarded as disrespectful and criticized by others. An Rubao's words were nice, but in the eyes of others, An Jingle was completely ignored by this move.

There were whispers of discussion from all around, An Jingle wanted to humiliate An Rubao, but he was shamed in public, his face was extremely ugly, and he finally thought that today is a good day for his father and son, so it is inconvenient for him to have a fit, so he just said this With a sigh of relief, he followed An Fumin and left.

An Chengyou's face turned red, and he whispered to An Rubao: "I'm sorry, I'm so... well, don't argue with him." He lowered his head and chased after him.

All kinds of unclear eyes fell on him, An Rubao didn't seem to notice, the old god was eating on the ground, Song Chu was pinching his fingers under the table, An Rubao raised his eyebrows, pinched back, the two I had a great time playing.

The people sitting at the main table were all the elders of the village, and the village head, An Ruxi, was also there, plus An Xiu, accompanied by An Fumin, An Chengyou, and An Zeshi.Just now the scene fell in their eyes, some of them also changed color, some couldn't hold on and wanted to scold An Rubao angrily, the patriarch An Tai took a look at that person, and said slowly: "Why, want to vent your anger on An Fumin's family? "

The man said angrily: "He is a juren after all, how can he be so disrespectful to his elders?" An Tai said: "You also know that he is a juren, this juren is no better than a scholar, even the county master will pay three points of respect when he sees it, besides , who can say for sure what the result will be after taking this examination every three years."

The man was stunned for a moment, his voice immediately lowered a lot, and said: "Then...then..." Nothing happened when he arrived, An Tai didn't want to talk to him anymore, he poured himself a drink, and some people beside him had the same thoughts as that person Yes, they all died down.

An Rubao and the others didn't know about the undercurrent at the main table, so they waited patiently for An Chengyou's family to finish the toast and take their seats. After discussing with his parents, An Rubao got up and went to talk to An Chengyou With a sound, the family said goodbye and left.

An Chengyou was very sorry, apologized repeatedly, and sent him outside the gate.