Dry Dream

Brother glanced at him and said, "Give me the money."

The eldest brother grinned, took out a money bag from his pocket, took out two ingots of silver and threw them on the counter.I ignored the shopkeeper and couldn't stop bowing to express my thanks, grabbed my elder brother's wrist again and left Qinxianglou, got on my horse and walked home.The onlookers saw that we had all left, and there was nothing exciting to watch, so they dispersed one after another.After walking not far, I heard a burst of chaotic footsteps from behind, followed by loud voices in an official accent.Turning around, I saw a group of officials who arrived long ago pushing and shoving the common people into the lobby of Qinxiang Building.I shook my head, they won't come if we don't leave, it seems that this shopkeeper has to be tossed again.

Along the way, my elder brother moaned and begged me to let him go and hide for a few days, but I pretended not to hear him.I can take care of him for the small fights in the past, but this time it is different.This time it was the enemy of our family, the youngest son of Guo Xinde, Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, don't let me go back and face my father's wrath by myself.

It was just after noon when we returned to the gate of the mansion, Liu'er and Huamei, the maid in the eldest brother's room, were walking back and forth anxiously in front of the gate.Seeing us come back, one by one greeted us and said, "Oh, you two masters, why did you come back! The master is waiting for you to go there!"

"Oh? What's the matter?" I jumped off the horse and asked knowingly.

"Hey, what else could it be? Did you guys fight again? Someone has already come back to report!" Liu'er said in a hurry, and Huamei and I dragged my elder brother and me into the mansion.

When we reached the door of the study, the two maids let go and stepped aside, Liu Er gave me a wink, so I straightened my clothes and entered the study.When the eldest brother also came in, the servant waiting at the door hurriedly closed the door.I saw my father sitting behind the desk with a face as heavy as water, looking at the two of us for a moment.My elder brother and I looked at each other and knelt down obediently.

Seeing us kneeling down, Dad slapped the table and scolded, "Two useless bastards! Who did you fight with this time?"

I lowered my head and said nothing, my elder brother looked at me and then at my father, and whispered, "Guo Xinde's youngest son, Guo Jin'an."

Dad's expression changed when he heard this, who would have known, the man rushed to the door overjoyed,

After calming down his anger, he scolded his elder brother: "Look at your virtue! What do you look like!" He stroked his beard and meditated, not knowing what he was thinking.The eldest brother winked at me secretly, with a playful look on his face.

"Qi'er, go to greet the prince today, did the prince say anything?"

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect that my father would not pursue the matter of my fight, but actually asked about King Xiaoling, so I replied: "My lord said that I don't have to run to him all the time."

"Huh?" Dad was a little surprised, opened his half-closed eyes and looked at me inquiringly.I thought for a while and said: "Before I left, I met the Minister of Rites and went to see the prince."

Father frowned and nodded slowly when he heard this, and said: "Okay, you go down and pack up. The famous doctor recommended by your uncle will come to the house to see your mother in the afternoon, and you have to go and accompany her when the time comes."

"Yes, Dad." My elder brother and I agreed, stood up and said goodbye, and exited the study carefully.

As soon as he got out of the study door, he saw Hong'er, Liu'er and Huamei hiding behind the pillar not far away and peeping here.Seeing that we came out unscathed, they all showed relief, Liu'er patted his chest, and Hong'er clasped his hands together and recited a few words of Buddha.My eldest brother and I waved at them, and the three of them turned around knowingly and ran out of the yard.

As soon as the two of us left the hospital, the three of us surrounded us with a "hula" and chattered.What did the master say, why didn't you lose your temper, and so on.The eldest brother stretched out his hands imposingly and said: "Stop! Don't make noise!" Then he turned his head and said with a smile on his face: "Third brother, why is Dad in such a good mood today? He didn't beat us or punish us."

I rolled my eyes at my elder brother and said: "I don't know. Go back and wash it, you, look at your vegetables!" Then I turned my head and told Liu Er: "Prepare hot water, I want to take a bath." After finishing speaking, I went to live in my house Liu Yunxuan went.

"Hey! Third brother, why don't we wash it together!" When I walked a few steps, I heard my elder brother shouting behind me, and I replied without turning my head: "Go to hell!" Then Hong'er Liu'er and Huamei snickered.

08. There are guests

Because I went to Xiaoling Palace in the morning, I was sweating a lot, so I would feel comfortable and refreshed after taking a hot bath.While I was washing, Shuwen, the eldest maid in my mother's room, came to pass a message, saying that my mother asked her to see if I was okay, and I replied in the room that I would go to pay my respects after the bath was over.Originally, I wanted to soak for a while to relax, but since my mother was worried that I couldn't continue to soak, I hurried out to clean up and dress neatly, and went to my mother's Ningxia Pavilion.

As soon as I entered the door of my mother's room, I could smell the pungent smell of medicine, but my mother often soaked it in medicine jars, and I was used to the smell.Seeing me coming, the maids in the room shouted "The third master is here", and raised the curtain of the back room to let me in.

Entering the back room, I saw my mother was leaning on the soft pillow at the head of the bed, her face was pale with a hint of worry, and a white napkin was tied on her forehead.Seeing me coming in, my mother cheered up, and hurriedly called: "Qi'er, come quickly." I hurriedly walked over and knelt in front of my mother's bed and said softly, "Mother, are you feeling better?"

"Hey, isn't Mother's body always going back and forth like this? Is there anything wrong with that? I heard that you and your elder brother fought again?" Mother stroked my hair lovingly, and Emei frowned slightly with a worried look on her face. ask.Although my mother is already in her 30s, her face is still so smooth that no wrinkles can be seen, and she doesn't look any less charming than when she was young. Otherwise, my father would not have always loved my mother so much.

"It's okay, mother, you don't know how big brother has a temper. He likes to make trouble after drinking a little wine. Dad didn't beat him or punish him. He just told us to clean up and prepare to welcome the doctor over in the afternoon."

Mother nodded after hearing this, she seemed to be relieved, and then asked: "Go to greet the prince in the morning? Did the prince make things difficult for you?"

"No, don't worry about it, the prince treats me very well." I said in a coquettish tone with a cute look.The mother laughed, and her spirit seemed much better.

While he was talking, he heard girls calling for uncle from outside the house, it turned out that the elder brother had also come.Mother ordered Shuwen to move a stool for me to sit on. The curtain over there raised the big brother and came in with a hippie smile, called mother sweetly, and came over to sit by the bed to ask for warmth.When mother smelled the smell of wine from elder brother, she had to blame him a few more words, and elder brother salivated and apologized.

After talking, Mother asked us if we had lunch, and my eldest brother said that I was hungry after I had eaten, so Mother sent me down to eat.I said goodbye to my mother, went back to Liu Yunxuan and saw that Liu Er had prepared a meal, so I sat down to fill my stomach.While I was eating, Qiuyan, the maid in my sister-in-law's room, brought over a bowl of osmanthus glutinous rice balls, saying that they were specially for me.I happily ordered Liu'er to take the glutinous rice balls, and said that I would talk to my sister-in-law after eating.Qiuyan said that there was no need to go, the sister-in-law should go to say hello to her mother at this time, so I gave up.

After eating, I drank the sweet glutinous rice balls, and the depression of this morning disappeared.In fact, it would be nice if there was no annoying guy like the second brother in the family.However, I feel very strange about the inexplicable words that King Xiaoling said this morning, and this time the father of the fight did not pursue it uncharacteristically, it is so strange!

At about the end of the day, the sky that had been gloomy suddenly began to rain lightly.Originally, I wanted to practice sword skills again, but when it rained, I gave up.

Sitting in the room with nothing to do, I called Hong'er, Liu'er and a little girl in the room, and the four of us played horse hanging.When we were having fun, a servant said that a distinguished guest had arrived, and my father asked us to go to the front hall to welcome the guest, presumably the famous doctor had arrived.The maids waited for me to change into my normal clothes, and Hong'er carried an umbrella to the front yard for me.I met my elder brother on the road and saw that the man holding the umbrella for him was an unfamiliar boy, so I asked Yuqian where he had gone.The eldest brother laughed and said that Yuqian was beaten so badly that he was recuperating in the house, so Hong'er and I covered our mouths and laughed.

The eldest brother is born with a drunken and troublesome personality, but he neither likes literature nor martial arts, and he prefers to find those cronies and friends to do some small business.Fortunately, he was able to toss around and earn some money for the family, so my father didn't criticize him too much.The elder sister-in-law runs the house virtuously, and the elder sister-in-law is in charge of the family accounts.Although the elder sister-in-law is mediocre in appearance, fortunately the eldest brother has a deep affection for her.It's a pity that they haven't given birth to a boy and a girl in the past few years after they got married, so the mother-in-law would nag them whenever she had nothing to do.

When I came to the front hall, I heard my father laughing before I entered the door.The servant at the gate saw us coming and said, "The uncle and the third master are here." Hearing the sound inside, the conversation stopped, and my elder brother and I entered the door.

09. First meeting a wonderful person

When Dad saw us coming in, he raised a gentle smile and said to a benevolent old man sitting beside him: "They are the two old dogs, the eldest is Jingye, the third is Jingqi. The second is Jingjia. After leaving Taixue, I will ask him to pay his respects to Mr. when he comes back.” After saying that, he turned his face and waved to us: “This is Mr. Meng Zi, a famous doctor from Yongling County recommended by your uncle, come here to greet us. .”

My elder brother and I agreed, stepped forward to salute and said, "Mr. Meng Zi."

Meng Zi stroked his beard with a smile, and praised: "The two young masters have extraordinary appearances. At first glance, they look like dragons and phoenixes among people, hehehe..."

"Sir, don't say that, these two evil animals have caused me a lot of trouble!" Dad scolded with a smile.

Meng Zi smiled indifferently, turned around and said, "This is my apprentice Ning Yaojun, who is about the same age as the two young masters, so we can get closer in the future."

Following Meng Zi's words, a young man in green and long gown came up from behind him, bowed gracefully, and said in a soft and clear voice: "Your Majesty, see