Rebirth of Jiuyouyan

Wen Yougong was very at a loss when Xia Yue asked him what kind of husband he wanted.

He really didn't think about it, and he didn't even have any specific requirements. He only knew that he was looking for someone who was really tempted.At this moment, when he suddenly thought of this layer, he realized that by the end of autumn, he would be 22 years old.Xi Zhao is two months older than him, and in autumn, he will be one year older than him.Time is really running out.

It has been three years since the two got married, and Wen Yougong has been looking for a husband candidate, and if he comes to the door to propose a marriage, he will go to meet with the other party's Qingguan, and stay together.However, even if there are people who are quite attractive to him in appearance, he still hasn't felt the fascination of the past again.As the days passed, he gradually began to be a little impatient, and he was no longer limited to the people he introduced, those in Beijing, or even those he met on the way to business, as long as he looked at the ladies who he felt a little fond of, he would get used to it. Sex to strike up a conversation.

Even if he cast the net so widely, he still got nothing, and on the contrary, his reputation as a romantic was even more confirmed.No one in the capital knows that the second young master of the Wen family has a flirtatious nature, and when he speaks to him, he will only take it as being teased. No matter how blushing and heartbeating, few people will gradually take it seriously.

Hearing that Xia Yue actually promised Fulang that he would never take others again, Wen Yougong understood that he was very envious in his heart.He has seen Lang Guan who is dedicated and devoted in the drama, and only chooses one person to spend the rest of his life together day and night. It looks so beautiful, but for a wealthy family, he doesn't know how difficult it is to do.Wen Yougong thought he had traveled to many places, but he had never heard of any rich young master who would do this.

What kind of deep feelings are needed to make the promise of being the only one in this life?Wen Yougong said that he also hopes to have a loving husband, and it really comes from the bottom of his heart.However, since I can't be affectionate, how can I expect others to treat me like this?

No, it's not that there are such people, thinking of Xi Zhao's face, Wen Yougong couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart.After all, it's all my own fault.

Maybe it was because of guilt in his heart, Wen Yougong watched his newly befriended elder brother Yun concentrate on choosing a gift for his husband at home, his eyebrows and eyes were so gentle that even as an official, he found it moving, so he couldn't help being affected.He is also a husband, the eldest brother is so caring, and as for himself, in retrospect, it seems that he has never given anything to Xi Zhao since he got married.

How could Xi Zhao be treated so coldly? Wen Yougong suddenly felt flustered, and couldn't help but follow Xia Yue to choose.

Although what he said was to buy something for the servant at home, but only Wen Yougong knew how nervous he was.

I don't know if Xizhao would like it...Wen Yougong stepped into his courtyard with the wooden box in his hands, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and walked to the west wing.

Xizhao is the servant, so naturally he can't live in the main house with him, the east wing is reserved for the eldest son, so Xizhao was arranged in the west wing.

In fact, in this capital, many young masters and sons gathered their servants in other courtyards.It's not that the Wen family doesn't have a spare yard. After the elder brother promised to go out, another one was vacated. It's just that there is only one person in the evening. It's fine to put it in any yard.But Wen Yougong didn't want to, saying that he didn't have any children anyway, so he just stayed in his courtyard, and he would move later if necessary.

Although the two lived in the same courtyard, they seldom met each other. Basically, if Wen Yougong didn't take the initiative to go to Xi Zhao's room, they would hardly see Xi Zhao.He himself often eats out, and he doesn't know how many times a month he can share a big table with his family.

In the eyes of everyone in the Wen family, Xi Chao, the servant, is really out of favor.All the servants in Wen Ershao's courtyard knew that Er Shao would go to the servant's wife's room one or two days out of ten, and every time the servant had to drink the contraceptive decoction.

At first, the servants all looked at him coldly, saying that the second young master cared about his childhood friendship, and took such a homeless young lady with large scars on his body, so he didn't love him much. normal.But as time goes by, seeing that this servant lady is never annoyed or complained, she just takes care of everything for the second young master with her heart, helps Mrs. Ru with the housework, has a good temper, and is polite to everyone, gradually some people feel that the second young master is Do it too hard.As for those who have stayed in Wen's house for a long time, knowing how close Wen Yougong and Xi Chao used to be, they have long felt unfair for Xi Chao from the bottom of their hearts.

Wen Yougong also overheard the private discussions of the servants by chance. He knew that Xi Zhao was a good person in the house, but he didn't expect that the servants had already regarded him as the future Mrs. Ru.

Such as madam is the title of the servant who is second only to Zhengjun.There is not much difference in status between Zhengjun and Shilang, the difference is only whether they can manage the family, for example, the wife can manage the housework on behalf of Zhengjun, so there is a special title to distinguish it from other servants.Wen Yougong's paternal servant was Mrs. Ru. After his father passed away, his father seemed to want to straighten his father, but was rejected by his father, so he could only give him the title of Mrs. Ru.This is actually a bit unnecessary, after all, Father Wen only has such a servant.

Wen Yougong also felt in his heart that Xi Chao could fully bear the title of Mrs. Ru.

While thinking that after taking Fulang, he should give Xichao the name, while knocking on the door, Wen Yougong didn't think at all that the future Fulangle would not be happy to have Mrs. Ru as soon as he entered the door.

The third young master of the Wen family has not yet left the cabinet, if Madam is accompanied by someone, Xi Chao usually stays in the room.Hearing the knock on the door, he came to open the door.

"Second Young Master?" Seeing the person clearly, although he was a little puzzled as to why Wen Yougong, who was rarely seen on weekdays, came here suddenly, Xi Zhao didn't say anything, but just let him into the room.

Wen Yougong felt that even after listening to it for three years, he still couldn't get used to what Xi Zhao called him now.Listen, "Second Young Master", like the servants, is polite but unfamiliar, but he really dare not ask Xi Zhao to call him like before.

"Didn't you go out with Young Master Yun from Yincheng today?" After seeing him sit down, Xi Zhao poured him a cup of tea and asked.

Nodding his head, Wen Yougong took the tea, drank it in one gulp, and told Xi Zhao what happened today.

"That, Xi Chao," Wen Yougong held the wooden box and handed it over, "It's for you."

Looking at the face of the person in front of him, he thought, this time it is no longer indifferent.Xi Zhao's apparent surprise made Wen Yougong's heart jump for joy, and a smile could not help but hang on the corner of his lips.

Seeing Xichao took the box and opened it, he continued in a good mood: "The master carpenter only made two of these things, and the elder brother bought one for his husband. I thought you probably liked it too, so I bought it too." down."

In fact, he wasn't sure whether Xizhao would really like it, but even he himself thought this toy was novel and interesting, so it shouldn't be too boring to give it to Xizhao and put it out to play with in his spare time.

Xi Zhao took the little carriage out of the box, touched it curiously, and put it on the table for a closer look.

Wen Yougong watched him for a long time, and couldn't help reaching out to pick it up: "This is not just for show, you have to play like this."

He turned the mechanism, and the pony carriage started to walk on the table.

Seeing Xi Zhao's surprised smile, Wen Yougong was a little dazed.It seems that he hasn't seen Xi Zhao smile like this for a long time?

When facing him, Xi Zhao naturally smiled, but that smile, how to say, although it was very gentle, but he just felt that something was wrong, it seemed that it was just a habit of smiling, not from the heart.

As it is now, it can be called an innocent smile, Wen Yougong thinks, it's very beautiful, and I miss it very much.

When he came back to his senses, he found that this seemed to be the most peaceful and comfortable time when the two of them were alone since their reunion.There is no discomfort and embarrassment that seems to be everywhere, and there is no guilt that entangles him, as if... It seems that before the age of 13, he and Xi Zhao played together, even if they didn't speak to each other, silence felt comfortable.

It turns out that just giving a gift can make the atmosphere between each other so harmonious, why didn't I think of doing this before?In this way, the relationship in the past three years is still due to my own mistakes. I have already hurt someone, so why don't I want to make up for it and treat Xi Zhao better?

Wen Yougong smiled and watched Xi Zhao study the mechanisms of the pony carriage with great interest, and sighed deeply in his heart.

That gift was a turning point.Wen Yougong, who was deeply aware that he had done almost nothing right in dealing with Xizhao, began to make up for it as much as possible, and gradually went to Xizhao's room more and more.

For the first time in three years, she spent a good Qianqiao Festival with Xi Zhao, when Wen Yougong got up from Xi Chao's bed the next day, she was a little reluctant to leave.

I don't know if Xizhao could see through his thoughts, and she kept smiling in a rare way, dressed him, took him to wash up, had breakfast, stuffed the package he packed for him the day before, into his arms, and pushed him away. Pushing his back, he said, "Go out quickly, the sun is about to rise, don't keep the brothers in the caravan waiting too long."

Wen Yougong picked up his steps and walked out of the door, stepped out of the room, stopped again, did not look back, left a sentence "Take care of yourself", and strode out of the yard.

This time when he was running a business, Wen Yougong felt that he had something to worry about, so much so that he forgot that he had been looking for a husband for the past three years.It wasn't until someone in the caravan joked that the second young master seemed to have lost his soul, and that he didn't even molested the young lady along the way, that he realized the change in himself.

Part of the reason for buying the crocodile silk is that it is considered rare and should be able to set a high price, so that some rare and precious customers in Beijing can be coaxed into buying it.But other than that, only Wen Yougong himself knew that even if the shark silk couldn't be sold in Beijing, he would definitely buy it.

Although he didn't remember it all the time, Wen Yougong still quickly remembered something from the past when he heard that the crocodile duck would not be wet in the water.

It was the early summer when he was 12 years old, and he and Xi Zhao went out of the city alone to play.At that time, they had already made a promise to each other for a lifetime, saying that they were playing together, but it was actually a tryst.The two rode their horses out of the city, and when they reached a place with a gurgling stream, they stopped and let the horses graze, while they sat by the stream, enjoying the flowers and chatting.

At noon, the sun became hotter, so the two of them took off their shoes and socks and soaked their feet in the stream.Later, on a whim, Wen Yougong simply rolled up his trouser legs and went to touch the fish in the stream. Naturally, he couldn't touch it, but he picked up a lot of smooth and beautiful stones and gave them to Xichao.

Holding the stone, Xi Zhao smiled happily, but also felt a little regretful, and said, "If I didn't worry about getting my clothes wet, I would also like to stand in the stream and play in the water."

Hearing these words, Wen Yougong, who was still bending over to touch the water, stood up and looked at the toga on Xi Zhao's body. It was indeed a bit complicated, and it probably wouldn't dry after a while when it got wet.He walked back to sit beside Xi Zhao, thought for a while, and said, "It would be nice if I had clothes that didn't get wet."

"Will there be such clothes?" Xi Zhao never thought about it, but after hearing what Wen Yougong said, she couldn't help asking curiously.

"I don't know either." Wen Yougong shook his head, "But if there is, I will definitely buy it for you."

This is really a small thing, he has played with Xi Zhao many times, it was just one of them, and it didn't leave a deep impression.Just touching the silk, feeling the delicate and cold touch, the smiling face facing the sun in the evening after hearing the words I said casually appeared in my mind.

I don't know if Xizhao still remembers.Wen Yougong thought to himself, since it was a promise he made, he should keep it.

When he arrived in Yincheng, Wen Yougong lied to Xia Yue for the first time when he talked about Jiaoxiao.He didn't know why he wanted to hide it, but when he got to the point of his mouth, he forcibly said that he bought only a dozen horses out of the thirty horses he bought.

On the way back to Yuejing from Yincheng, Wen Yougong spurned himself for being dishonest to his elder brother, and at the same time, he calculated that he would only sell the ten or so horses, and if Xichao liked the rest, he would make new clothes for him. It happened to be summer too.

This time, he really didn't think about serving his father and his third younger brother.

It's just that when he really wanted to give it away, he shrank back and hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't dare to tell Xi Zhao first, so he took out one and went to the tailor secretly, and told the tailor to keep it secret.When the new clothes were ready, he carefully looked at them several times before taking them home. He didn't dare to deliver them himself, so he just called the servants to deliver the new clothes to the maidservant's room.

When people came out of the west wing, Wen Yougong, who had been hiding in the room and peeping, hurriedly beckoned someone to come over, and asked him what his wife's reaction was and what he said.

The servant said humanely: "The lady servant just saw it and asked why he made new clothes for him at this time of year. I told the second young master what he had ordered. When the lady servant heard that it was not wet when entering the water, she seemed to be stunned."

Knowing that Xi Chao probably remembered it, Wen Yougong became even more nervous, and hurriedly asked his wife if he liked it.

"The maid's smile is very happy, I think I should like it."

"Did he say nothing else?"

The servant thought for a while before saying, "Let me thank the Second Young Master on his behalf."

Thank you... Thank you...Wen Yougong waved the servant to retreat, and paced back and forth in the room, thinking, if he wanted to thank him, why not do so in person.

Could it be that you blamed yourself for forgetting it for so many years before you remembered it?No, this crocodile silk was indeed only seen when I went to the south this year. Before that, I really didn't know that such a magical thing existed.Then, maybe it's because he didn't send it over in person, so Xi Zhao didn't come over either?

Wen Yougong's head hurt from thinking about it, and he thought that it would be great if he was the eldest brother.He had already seen it. Xia Yue guessed people's thoughts accurately. If he had that kind of ability, he probably wouldn't need to be so entangled.

In the end, he still couldn't hold back, and knocked on the door of the west wing. Seeing that Xi Zhao smiled naturally, as if he really liked it, he was somewhat relieved.

He really realized his feelings after hearing that Yincheng's brother and wife were happy.

Wen Yougong knew that his eldest brother Xia Yue was married for a short time, and that wife who could scald wine to taste and had first-class wine tasting ability was only 20 years old.

And Xizhao, in a few days, will be 22 years old.

He clearly knew that the time was pressing and time was running out, but in the past six months, Wen Yougong almost forgot to look for a husband candidate.Since the gift-giving in March, it seemed that besides business, he had been thinking only about the evening in his mind.

He was vaguely aware of what this meant.It's just that his knot still hasn't been untied.