country small landowner

After Qi Bao left the Prince Regent's Mansion, he struggled to maintain a calm footstep, but he staggered a little.Xiao Hei and the others had been waiting outside the mansion, seeing Qi Bao come out with tears on his face, they were all startled.

Xiao Hei rushed over to greet him, but before he reached Qi Bao's side, he saw Qi Bao stumble and almost fell to the ground.The butler of Prince Min's Mansion quickly reached out to support him, "My lord, be careful!"

Qi Bao smiled apologetically, stretched out his hand, and Xiao Hei quickly helped him over, "Master?"

"Let's go back home." Qi Bao firmly squeezed Xiao Hei's hand, rare and fragile.

Xiao Hei hurriedly helped Qi Bao into the carriage, blocked the curtain, and then Qi Bao let go of his hand.Xiao Hei hurriedly stuffed another heater into Qi Bao's hands, his hands were too cold.

This side drives the carriage, and over there Xiao Hei has already sent someone back to the mansion to report.After all, King Min is not an ordinary person, and the one who can make their young master fall into such a state of despair, presumably it must be something that King Min said to scare their young master. Seeing Qi Bao like this, Xiao Hei is also very distressed.

As soon as Qi Bao arrived at Qi's mansion, Brother Qi jumped into the carriage and directly carried Qi Bao who was crying into tears inside.Holding the little fat man in his arms, he quickly walked back to the courtyard where Qi Bao lived, waved all the others away, and closed the door, only then did Brother Qi pat Qi Bao on the shoulder to coax him not to cry.

Because there are relatives by his side, Qi Bao cried even more aggrieved.Over there, Xu Liuer and the others got the letter, pushed the mahjong tiles, and rushed over in a hurry.

Hearing his brother's voice outside, Qi Bao gradually quieted down his crying, pushed his brother Qi, and said with a choked voice, "Get out!"

Brother Qi cheated, "I'm right here, our little treasure is so sad, how can I, as an elder brother, run away to be cool on my own, of course I have to accompany him."

Qi Bao was amused by him, he laughed a few times, then twitched and said: "Look at what you said, it seems like I can do anything else. I haven't given out red envelopes to my nephews yet. See what happened. It’s the first month of the lunar year, go and tell my brother, I’m fine. You go out first, I’ll stay by myself, wash my face, and have dinner, I’m hungry.”

Qi Yu stared at Qi Bao for a while, and felt that his younger brother seemed to be fine, so he went out in peace to appease the rest of the family.

Qi Bao heard his brother's concerned inquiry from outside, "What's wrong with Bao'er? Why did you come back crying? Where did you go? Ask them, but they won't tell me." People dared to hide this from him and express his dissatisfaction.

"I won't let you talk about it. I'll tell you secretly at night." Brother Qi also understands that his little treasure still doesn't mind the fact that he came back crying, so why don't you save him some face? . "Okay, okay, let's go, what should I do when I go back. Also, no one is allowed to ask your little uncle alone about this matter, don't even mention it, do you hear me?"

Although the younger ones were curious, they didn't dare to disobey Qi's father's wishes. Besides, if the little uncle was really wronged, I believe their father would not let the person who bullied the little uncle go.

Everyone was relieved and waited outside for a while before Qi Bao asked someone to come in to wash up.After another quarter of an hour, the servants came out one after another, and not long after, Qi Bao asked them to go in awkwardly.

After Xu Liuer went in, she saw that Qi Bao's small eyes and nose were still red and swollen, and she would twitch twice from time to time, her heart ached so much, she hugged Qi Bao "Bao'er Bao'er" and cried for a long time before stopping, pinching He pinched Qi Bao's little red nose, "Look, sincerity makes people feel uncomfortable!"

Qi Bao curled up in Xu Liuer's arms, "Brother, did I make a mistake, don't be angry."

"Brother isn't angry, brother is worried about you." Xu Liu'er gave Qi Bao a no-brainer, "You have such a small mouth, you can please."

Qi Bao pursed his lips, shook Xu Liu'er's arm, and said straightly: "Brother kisses him in the Qi family."Xu Liu'er was amused by him and burst into laughter, seeing that her little uncle was fine, Qi Xian, Qi Yi and others were also relieved.Although Qi Bao is an elder, after all, his age is a factor, and everyone will unconsciously take care of him.What's more, Qi Bao always looks like a little grown-up, which makes him more cute and lovable.

Once Qi Bao had let it out by crying, he felt much better, and at this moment he had some energy. "Brother, I'm hungry, when shall we eat?"

"Bao'er is hungry, and dinner will take a while, why don't you have some snacks to make up for it?" Xu Liu'er asked.

"Okay, Zuo Zuo has eaten now and should be hungry again at night."

While all members of the Qi family were talking at Qi Bao's place, several groups of New Year greetings came to the family.Brother Qi didn't see those who didn't have any acquaintances, and asked the servant to send them away directly. Those who had some acquaintances also hurried back.The sharp-eyed one saw that the Qi family didn't post red this year, and even expressed his condolences to Qi's father.

In order to make it easier for Qi Bao to come and go, he deliberately arranged his yard a little far away, but Qi Bao was always followed by someone when he went out, so he didn't go through the corner door. Xu Liuer was thinking about changing the place for him in the next year , are also closer to them.Qi Bao didn't trouble him, and he didn't plan to stay here for long, he still had to go back after the new year.

Xu Liuer raised it several times, but was rejected by Qi Bao. He said well, "Of course I know that my brother loves Bao'er all the time, and Bao'er also treats my brother as a grandma. But after all, I have been staying in the country. He is also familiar with the villagers. The quiet and quiet countryside is exactly what he likes, and the bustling Beijing is easy to lose his eyes, so it doesn't suit him. It's just that he is reluctant to part with his brothers and nephews, or he will leave early. "

He also said, "I don't know how to wink, and I don't want to enter any officialdom and be contaminated by those right and wrong. My brother and nephew's official positions are all worked out by myself. I don't want them to make any mistakes because of me."

This happened several times, Xu Liuer also knew that Qi Bao really didn't like this place.People in the world are like this, there are those who are uncompromising and superior, but there are also those who are willing to be mediocre like Qi Bao. He and Brother Qi think that it is best for Qi Bao to be happy, so they will not mention it later. Looking at him, he said that the one who left the yard for him must spend the New Year together in the future. If you are free, you can come over whenever you want. If you are polite to your brother's house, it will appear outsider.If you don't like living in the country anymore, you can move here at any time, and Qi Bao naturally agrees.

Brother Qi went back and forth several times, quit, and came again, saying nothing.Anyway, he was a rough man. In the past, when he met someone he didn't want to see, he would see him as soon as he said he didn't see him. People in the court knew what he was like. Although he offended many people, he was praised for his straightforwardness. He won the favor of many people, and the regent admired him very much.

Qi Xian and Qi Yi also mingled with Qi Bao and talked together. Brother Qi tossed a few times, although Xu Liuer didn't say anything, but Qi Bao felt a little bit sorry for his old brother.

"Qi Xian and the others are going to Xu's family to pay New Year's greetings, and I haven't visited Uncle Xu's family, so why don't I go with them?"

Naturally, none of the Qi family objected to Qi Bao's proposal.Going out for a walk can restore your mood more quickly than staying at home.

So the younger members of the Qi family hugged Qi Bao again and went to Xu's house in a hurry.Xu Liu'er had already prepared the gift, and since Qi Bao had also gone, she prepared another gift.Left and right Qi Bao is not an outsider, besides he is young, no one will pick on him.

The Qi family and the Xu family are both senior members of the court, and they both live in the Xicheng area, but the Qi family is closer to the inside, and the Xu family is on the other street, further to the side.

There were not many things they brought, they were all small objects, and the road was not very far, so the young ones gave up the carriage and walked to Xu's house on foot, talking while walking.

Walking halfway, he met Xu Jibai who was about to go to his house. Just when everyone met, Xu Jibai saw the person he wanted to see, so he didn't plan to go to Qi's house, and followed them directly to Xu's house.

Xu Jibai himself has a house in Beijing, but he still lives with the Xu family most of the time.It's just that every New Year's Eve, when the third master of the Xu family came back, he would go back to live in his own house.He didn't want to see his father, and his father didn't want to see him either. The father and son really wanted to see each other hate each other.

In the past two days, Xu Qingsong, the third master of the Xu family, will come back to pay respects to the old man of the Xu family who celebrated his birthday in the first lunar month, so Xu Jibai moved back to his house.

Along the way, Xu Jibai took a few sneaky glances at Qi Bao. After all, there are too many people, so it's not good to be too obvious.This eye was fine when I saw it in the morning, but now it looks a little swollen, could it be that I have cried, but who in the Qi family dares to anger Mr. Qi?Could it be that he slept too much?

"Hey, Qi Yi, when did little uncle get up this morning?"

"You got up shortly after you came here, and you said, I guess the little uncle was woken up by you. How could you be like this? You went before the house got up."

Xu Jibai remembered what happened when he went to Qi Yi's place this morning, and couldn't help laughing: "What, did you ruin your good deed?"

Qi Yi gave Xu Jibai a hard elbow, "Don't talk nonsense, we didn't do anything. It's just... Didn't we sleep all night last night? Run'er's yard is a bit far away, and he doesn't want to go back. That's why I slept in my room, we are innocent."

"Oh? Really? Then when I went there this morning, I heard the voice..."

Qi Yi hurriedly covered Xu Jibai's mouth, looked around, and saw that several other people were talking around Qi Bao, so he relaxed a little. "Say, are we buddies?"

Xu Jibai raised his eyebrows, "It depends on whether you are a buddy or not."

Qi Yi stared at him with rounded eyes, Xu Jibai looked back without fear, "Well, my cousin is usually careless, but now that the door is closed, he is quite relaxed..."

"Good brother," Qi Yi said through gritted teeth, "Of course we are good buddies, right?"

"Of course, we are good buddies! So... I will help you keep a secret, and you will help me achieve my wish, right?"

Qi Yi gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely, "Yes!"

"Hahaha... You really are a good brother, show loyalty! Then tell me, little uncle, did you meet someone today?"

Qi Yi was threatened, so he had no choice but to tell Xu Jibai all the news that his father didn't allow to spread.

Xu Jibai said that on the road to pursue the little uncle, spies are very necessary.