[Rat cat] Jade Xu Luo Qianqiu

Before departure, Bai Yutang sent a letter to Xingkong Island, briefly stating the time to return to the island, so he was not in a hurry.All the way, I rode the horse leisurely and hummed a little song, feeling at ease.

When we returned to Sunken Island, it happened to be New Year's Eve.Lanterns are hung high everywhere on the island, and the lights are brightly lit, making everyone's faces flushed and beaming with joy.He got off the horse with one leg, and asked the servants to lead the horse to the stable to feed it, while he strode towards the Juyi hall with big strides.

From a long distance, Bai Yutang could hear Min Xiuxiu's voice in the hall, "Master, why don't you say Fifth Brother hasn't come back?"

"Hey, sister-in-law, I'm back right now?" Bai Yutang smiled and stepped into the hall, bowing to everyone in the hall, "Brothers, younger brother is back."

"Hmph, you have a playful smile, you little bastard has no conscience, it's fine if you don't come back on weekdays, but you don't even have a letter!"

"Sister-in-law calm down, sister-in-law calm down, younger brother is busy and has no time."

"Ah, you are so busy that you don't even go home? Huh?! Bai Fuke wrote to say that since he bought a house, you have never even entered the door, and you have been living in Kaifeng Mansion all day long." In the cat kennel. You don’t have to worry about two big men sleeping on the same bed!”

"Besides, you are just a helper. Zhan Zhao is not so busy that he doesn't even write a letter home, right? Could it be that you are busier than Zhan Zhao, a regular worker?!"

"How could it be? Mao'er is much busier than me, huh, huh, huh. If I don't help him, Fifth Lord, he will probably die from exhaustion. It's not a bad thing to say that he died young because of overwork." Sounds good, right, sister-in-law?" Bai Yutang laughed twice to cover up his guilty conscience, and sat on the chair with a sneer amidst Min Xiuxiu's rebuke.

Bai Fu, dare to make a small report to the sister-in-law to see how the fifth master will deal with you after returning to Kaifeng!

"Sister-in-law, you see, brother and the others are hungry, so let's have dinner, don't scold me."

"Hmph, what's the matter with scolding you? Haven't you heard that a sister-in-law is like a mother? Don't use your older brothers as an excuse." Even so, Min Xiuxiu stopped preaching to Bai Yutang, and waved Serve the dishes.

"By the way, why didn't the godmother come?" During the banquet, Bai Yutang looked around, but there was no sign of Jiang Ningnv.

"Hey, you kid actually still remember the godmother? Didn't you come to Jiangning Winery three times without entering it? Wouldn't it be just as you wish if the godmother didn't come?"

"Fourth brother, how did you talk? Am I that kind of person?"

Seeing that Jiang Ping was about to run against Bai Yutang again, Lu Fang hurriedly came to smooth things over, "Fifth Brother, the godmother is brewing new wine recently, and she can't leave the winery. In a few days, we brothers will go to Jiangning Winery. gone."

This meal was a feast of laughter and feasts, pushing and changing cups, it was very lively.Taking advantage of Bai Yutang's drunkenness, Min Xiuxiu asked abruptly, "Fifth brother, do you have a girl in Kaifeng?"

"Pfft!" Upon hearing this, Bai Yutang spit out all the wine he just drank, making Jiang Ping's face smudged.

"I said sister-in-law, are you taking the opportunity to trick me? Your fifth brother, I am not drunk after a thousand glasses of wine. This little wine is not enough!"

"I said that you are not young anymore, and getting married as soon as possible is the most important thing. Is there a girl you like?"

"Bicc", Bai Yutang burped, shaking the wine in the glass, and said slowly: "The girl who can make the fifth master look right hasn't been born yet! Sister-in-law, don't worry about it, besides, I don't want to do that either." Get married early."

Then I silently added a sentence in my heart, there is no girl who looks right, but... there is still a cat that fits Master Wu's temper.

As he was talking, maybe he was really drunk, or maybe he just thought of Zhan Zhao in his mind, and Bai Yutang unexpectedly saw the drunken dazed appearance of the cat, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The cat will be forced to marry when she returns to Changzhou now...

Thinking of Zhan Zhao's flushed face and stuttering appearance, he laughed again.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, Xu Qing scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with fifth brother? It doesn't look normal, do you want to give fifth brother a needle?"

Jiang Ping stroked his mustache, pretending to be inscrutable and said: "Third Brother, I don't think Fifth Brother is sick, he is thinking of spring."

Mrs. Lu: "...Leave him alone, I'll talk to you tonight."

"Cough," regaining his senses, Bai Yuang drank the wine in his glass, got up and left the table.

"Brother, take your time, little brother, go out and blow some air first."

Leaving the noisy hall, the surroundings seemed to suddenly become silent.With the sea breeze blowing, the originally drunken mind also sobered up.

The moonlight was cold, and I suddenly thought of the cat again, and felt a little itchy.He couldn't tell what kind of emotion this was, he just said that there was no cat around him who could be provocative and teasing, and he lost a lot of fun in an instant.

"Oh, the scenery here is really good."

"Sister-in-law."

"With the wind blowing here, it's not bad for Yuesi personally."

"Yes."

"Uh, isn't that right?" Bai Yutang suddenly came back to his senses, cooperating with his sister-in-law who hadn't given up trying to trick him.

"Fifth brother, do you really have no favorite girl?"

"No. Sister-in-law, don't ask."

"Then who were you thinking of standing here just now?"

"I want a cat..." Well, he quickly swallowed the word "er" and looked at Min Xiuxiu half amused and half helplessly, "Sister-in-law, I've already said that I don't want to get married yet."

"Forget it, forget it, when you want to get married, there is something you can ask me for."

"Yes yes yes, when I get married someday, I will definitely ask my sister-in-law to help." Bai Yutang clasped his hands together, watching Min Xiuxiu leave with a playful smile.

"Meow~ When will we see Zhan Zhao, meow~" Huai Xiaoyao crawled out from the bushes at the side, and protested to Bai Yutang for his lack of respect for the power of demons.

When Bai Zhan and Bai Zhan two parted, Huai Xiaoyao originally wanted to follow Zhan Zhao, but before he could make a sound, Bai Yutang grabbed her into his arms and covered his mouth, almost suffocating him to death.

The most disgusting thing is that it heard someone from Bai say to Zhan Zhao with a playful smile: "Cat, you have a long way to go back to Changzhou, this little guy just follow me, don't bother you."

"This..." Zhan Zhao glanced at Huai Xiaoyao, seeing that he seemed to be saying goodbye to him with tears in his eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile, "Then I'll leave it to Yutang."

Don't... I'm not saying goodbye, my glistening tears were suppressed... Don't go...

However, even though Huai Xiaoyao had thousands of alpacas galloping past in his heart, Zhan Zhao still walked away under its despairing eyes.

Looking at the figure of Zhan Zhao walking away alone, Huai Xiaoyao only thinks that there is no hope for the life of a demon... It doesn't want to be with this person who threatens it every now and then without giving it food...

So far, the tragic memory is over. , Xiao Yao silently lit a candle for herself.

"I said, why did you change back to your original shape? It's hard to explain if someone sees Fifth Master."

"Meow~" Huai Xiaoyao reluctantly turned into a little gray cat.

"That's good, come on, fifth master invites you to eat fish." Bai Yutang lifted Huai Xiaoyao's tender flesh from the back of his neck, and strolled towards the kitchen.

Your sister, Zhan Zhaocai likes to eat fish, okay? !You only eat fish, and your whole family eats fish!I want to eat the grass from my hometown... Huai Xiaoyao wants to cry but has no tears.

After staying in Xingkong Island for a few days, Bai Yutang finally couldn't bear his temper, took Huai Xiaoyao, left a letter, left Songjiang Mansion, and went straight to Changzhou.During the period, they also took a detour to Jiangning Winery and stole two jars of 30-year-old daughter red from the wine cellar while Jiangning's daughter was not paying attention.As for the matter of Bai Yutang being hanged upside down in the wine cellar by Jiang Ningnv in the future, let's not mention it.

Bai Yutang rode his horse and ran fast, raising smoke and dust all the way.Huai Xiaoyao stretched out two front paws behind Bai Yutang and grabbed Bai Yutang's clothes tightly, screaming "meow" in fright, and the hair all over his body exploded - in fact, his whole body is now floating The state of getting up can be compared with the flag fluttering in the wind.

Bai Yutang hurried all the way, and finally arrived at Wujin, Changzhou.When he arrived, Huai Xiaoyao was already staring in his eyes and foaming at the mouth.

God, I will never ride the same horse as Bai Yutang again... I'm dizzy...

Searching while asking passers-by, Bai Yutang finally found the location of Zhanfu after several inquiries.However, when he led the horse and stood in front of the Zhanfu gate, he felt a sudden thump in his heart—white flags fluttered in front of the Zhanfu gate, ghost papers were everywhere, and there was really no sign of Chinese New Year.

He took a few steps forward and knocked on the door. The heavy wooden door made a hoarse sound. An old man with gray hair and a stooped figure poked his head out from behind the door, "Master, who are you looking for?"

"I'm at Baiyutang, Zhan Zhao's... um... best friend, come to visit."

"Oh, it's the third young master's friend, please come in."

The owner of Zhanfu is very rich, at least comparable to his hometown in Jinhua in terms of financial resources - this is Bai Yutang's conclusion after seeing the scale of Zhanfu and the scene full of pavilions.

"Old man, has something happened to the house? Why is there a white flag hanging outside the door?"

"Well, my old master passed away a few days ago, and this is the first seven of the old master. The third young master was a step late when he came back, and he didn't even see him for the last time. Therefore, he was in a bad mood and spent all day I was bored in the room, and it made the old slave feel distressed. Since you are my third young master's friend, Mr. Bai, please persuade him more for the old slave. Sigh..."

cat...

Bai Yutang's heart was torn up by Zhan Zhong's words, and he wished he could see Zhan Zhao right away.

Just as he walked across the covered bridge, a man in his twenties walked up to him with a look of drunkenness on his face. Bai Yutang not only frowned, but was about to avoid this man, but unexpectedly, the man stopped in front of Zhan Zhong.

"Uncle Zhong, who is this son?"

"Back to the second young master, this Mr. Bai Yutang is a friend of the third young master. This old slave is about to take him to see the third young master."

"Zhan Zhao's friend? Cut!" The man looked around Bai Yutang presumptuously, and his heart ached.

"Uncle Zhong, don't bring such irrelevant people in from now on." After finishing speaking, he hugged the beautiful maid beside him and staggered away.

"Old man, what is this?"

"Hey, Mr. Bai, don't take offense. This is my second young master. The second young master was rude just now. This old slave will apologize to the young master on his behalf."

"Why do I feel that he is not very friendly to cats...uh...Zhan Zhao?"

"Well, it's a family scandal. My second young master has always disliked the third young master. It's been like this since he was a child, and we servants are no strangers to it."

"He bullies the cat, don't you all just ignore him?!"

"Cat... son...?"

"Cough, Zhan Zhao." Bai Yutang coughed weakly, interrupting Zhan Zhong's suspicious eyes.

Zhan Zhong withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, and said slowly: "In fact, there are many servants who are not used to it, but the third young master is kind-hearted and never cares."

snort!How dare you bully the cat? Don't you know that only Bai Wuye and I can bully this cat?It's fine if you didn't know before, but now that Fifth Lord knows about it, your good days will come to an end!

Bypassing the corridor and passing through a small courtyard is Zhan Zhao's residence.

"Master Bai, my third young master is inside, please."

Bai Yutang walked to the door of the room and was about to knock, but unexpectedly the door opened with a creak.

"... cat?"

Zhan Zhao's face was pale and haggard, and he was startled when he saw Bai Yutang.

"...Yutang?"

Although a little surprised, Zhan Zhao opened the door and let Bai Yutang in sideways.

"Uncle Zhong, please go down first."

"Okay, young master." Zhan Zhong saluted and exited the yard.

As soon as he entered the room, after closing the door, Bai Yutang grabbed Zhan Zhao's hand and let him sit on the chair.Looking at Zhan Zhao, who was pale, thin, and dressed in filial piety, Bai Yutang's heart tightened for no reason.

Gently holding Zhan Zhao's hand, he said softly, "Cat, don't look like you're dying."

"...Yutang, I'm not as serious as you said."

"You still said no?! These few days, you haven't had a good night's sleep, have you?" You wanted to reach out to touch the bruises under Zhan Zhao's eyes, but Zhan Zhao seemed to be startled, and when he leaned back slightly, Bai Yutang's hand It stopped in mid-air awkwardly, then retracted it as if nothing had happened, and carried it behind its back.

"Yutang, I'm glad you can come. But I really don't have time to entertain you these few days, so I'll let you stay here for a few days first. I'll ask Uncle Zhong to take you to the guest room later."

"Heh, how can you say that what Wu Ye is willing to do is a grievance? There is no need for a guest room, it is enough for Wu Ye to live in the same room with you." Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, pinched Zhan Zhao's cheek suddenly, and complained: " When will you get fatter, you cat? You don't feel like it at all."

Zhan Zhao was not angry when he was teased by Bai Yutang, he just hesitated for a while before agreeing to Bai Yutang's proposal.

"By the way, cat, who are the people in your family?"

"I am the third eldest, and I have two older brothers. The eldest brother Zhan Riqing, and the second brother Zhan Rihui. The eldest brother has been very kind to me since childhood, as for the second brother..."

"He always bullies you, right? I just heard from Uncle Zhong."

Zhan Zhao saw the corner of Bai Yutang's mouth twitch, revealing an evil smile.Feeling bad in his heart, he quickly held Bai Yutang's hand tightly, "Yutang, don't make trouble."

"You stupid cat, you are really... Fifth Master, I don't even know what to say about you." Bai Yutang followed Zhan Zhao's strength and sat down, sighing.

However, he secretly said in his heart: Mao'er, fifth master can't listen to you this time!Master's cat, did you bully it just because you said it? !