dressed as a scholar

During the New Year's Eve, there are many banquets. Fang Yu has always disliked participating in these social banquets. He either flirted with flattery or ate wine and met prostitutes. Before he was injured and sick, he naturally refused many banquets, but after he recovered, It's not easy to refuse.

It's also because of the fact that he was in the limelight twice before, one was being the guest of honor at the Lingxuandong Mountain Plum Appreciation Party, and the other was that he was praised by the head teacher for his outstanding performance in the quiz.

He was roasting his hands in front of the stove in the study. Xiao Qiao bought some winter plums from outside, and they were still beautiful red plums. The tea bottle in the house is not only beautiful, but the whole study is filled with a fragrance under the smoke of warm charcoal. , but it's not interesting, it made him quite fond of staying in the study these two days.

"These are posts that haven't arrived at the banquet, and I have already separated them after the time has passed."

Qiao Hezhi sorted out the posts, and put them all on the study table for Fang Yu. After a cursory glance, there were still more than a dozen of them. There were formal posts, and the less formal ones were messages.

"I have to be busy watching the project of the book and tea room. How can I have so much time to attend the banquet." Fang Yu picks and chooses among the posts: "Wang Xiucai, Pang Tongsheng, even if they don't know each other, they post."

Seeing his appearance, Qiao Hezhi seemed to be really not interested in attending the banquet, and said with a smile: "Others are looking forward to being entertained by others, but you are kind, but you still refuse to go."

"Many of them are just useless social activities. They are nothing more than familiar faces. In the future, you can ask for favors, and others can also ask you to do things, but I see that many of them are useless. Most of them are people who come to ask you to do things too much. It's not to make friends as close friends, it's not worth it for a few teas, wines and meals."

Qiao Hezhi squeezed his hand: "Since you don't want to go, then I will push you again."

"Hey, there are actually invitation posts from the Xuefu government and the Tongju government here." Qiao Hezhi looked through the posts and saw that he was a little surprised. It is difficult to touch the threshold of a family like this: , or is it a post widely sent to scholars by the two governments?"

Fang Yu took a look at the post. It was not surprising that Li Yun posted, but it was a little strange that Ji Yunlu also posted.

"These two invitations can't be pushed, they have to be entertained."

Fang Yu patted Qiao Hezhi's hand back, "There are people to make friends with."

"When did you make friends? Why don't I know?"

"It's just a chance meeting." Fang Yu saw that Qiao Hezhi was quite interested, but it was understandable. Qiao's family is a merchant, and naturally has no contact with such a scholarly family: "Shall I take you there?"

Qiao Hezhi chuckled lightly: "What do I want to say? It would make sense if you were born in an ordinary native place, but you are born in a merchant's place. You will lose face when you go."

Fang Yu hugged him distressedly and let him sit on his lap: "But I never cared about this."

"This is in the study!" Qiao Hezhi was frightened and gave Fang Yu a false push, blushing and struggling to remember: "What is it like?"

Fang Yu laughed, buried his head in Qiao Hezhi's neck and sniffed lightly, and circled people around to prevent him from getting up: "The study is also in the house."

Although Qiao Hezhi had seen him with bare buttocks several times, but it was really out of place for him to be hugging heavily in the study in broad daylight.Fang Yu is serious in front of others, but he is really out of character in the queen.

Seeing that he was always teasing him with his hands full, he couldn't help turning his head and pushing his head up from his neck: "I'm asking you something, you must answer me honestly. "

Fang Yu's eyebrows twitched, looking at Xiao Qiao's serious face, he asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Qiao Hezhi was about to speak, when suddenly the door creaked, and Si Yu came in excitedly: "My lord, my son, my master..."

When Si Yu entered the study, she saw the two people at the table, her almond eyes enlarged inadvertently, her face blushed, and she quickly turned her back: "I'll come in later."

Qiao Hezhi was also taken aback, and got up from Fang Yu in a hurry, but Fang Yu laughed when he saw the reaction of the master and servant, and he called to Si Yu: "Just tell me what you have."

"Remember to knock on the door next time before you come in." Qiao Hezhi lowered his head and said to Si Yu in a low voice. They are all close servants, and they have long been used to coming and going like this, but they didn't feel anything wrong. It's different from Fang Yu's sweetness.

Si Yu didn't feel aggrieved when she was reprimanded, on the contrary, she saluted the two masters with a smile in her eyes: "Yes. I will tell Xue Zhu again later."

"Okay." Fang Yu grabbed Xiao Qiao who seemed to have made a big mistake and was punished to stand in front of him, took him by the hand and let him sit on the padded chair beside him, and asked Si Yu: "What is it?" something?"

"The two horses sent by the master's family have arrived."

Fang Yu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he turned his head and said to Qiao Hezhi with a smile, "The horse is here!"

Seeing his happy appearance, Qiao Hezhi also smiled and said, "Then go and have a look."

The horses sent by Qiao's family were brought over from the horse farms in other counties. The two horses were tall and vigorous, with shiny fur, bright eyes like water in a deep pool, and flicking their tails to sweep away the mosquitoes on their bodies.It seems that his father-in-law chose it deliberately, knowing that he was just learning to ride a horse and was thrown off by the horse, so he specially sent a docile horse.

He touched the horse's head, he was really satisfied and couldn't be more satisfied.

Immediately, the scar healed and he forgot the pain. He walked around the small open space behind the house twice: "He Zhi, this horse is really good. I will ride it to the banquet tomorrow."

"Let's practice more on horseback riding. If you kick someone in the street market, you will be in trouble." Qiao Hezhi was very frightened when he saw the horse tilting his head and shaking his head, for fear that people would be knocked down: "You Come down first after you have tried enough, and I will check the saddle and belly rope and sew them tighter."

"I've seen it just now, it's pretty tight." Fang Yu said with high spirits, "I'll take you on a ride when I ride Shunliu, it's fun."

Si Yu covered her mouth and couldn't help laughing: "My lord, our young master can ride a horse."

Qiao Hezhi frowned, and glared at Si Yu.

Hearing this, Fang Yu reined in the reins, and looked down at the man with worry written all over his face: "You know how to ride? Why didn't you tell me?"

Qiao Hezhi said innocently: "Aren't I afraid that you will feel uncomfortable if you find out? Besides, you never asked me."

Fang Yu rubbed his chin and smashed it. He thought that a gentle little brother like Xiao Qiao would not touch these dirty and wild things. He usually reads at home and does needlework What, it took him by surprise.

But it is also true that I was kicked by a horse because I don't know how to ride a horse, but my husband can still ride a horse. Isn't that a reversal of dignity, like an ordinary man's self-esteem will definitely be frustrated.

But who is Fang Yu...

"Okay, then you come up and take me to ride!"

Qiao Hezhi: ...

"Don't, don't." Qiao Hezhi felt that his husband was really different from normal people: "There are people coming and going on the street, it would be bad if people saw it."

"I have never stipulated in the law that merchants or young brothers can't ride horses. What's wrong? Besides, there is an alley in front of which no one passes by. It is usually the sound of horses running. Let's go out from there. Walk slowly when you arrive at the market, isn’t it better?”

Siyu and Xuezhu couldn't stop laughing, but they still helped their lord to speak, and urged Qiao Hezhi to say: "Your Majesty, you can take the lord for two laps, if you fall down again, you will be the one who feels sorry for you. Seeing that the master is so interested, if you don't take him to ride, you will definitely not come down."

Qiao Hezhi also had a deep understanding of what it means to be helpless.

It was really hard to resist, so Qiao Hezhi had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

Because Fang Yu was much taller than Qiao Hezhi, it was strange to sit in the front, and he had to block people's sight, so he got off the horse first, let Qiao Hezhi ride in front, and he sat in the back, so there was no problem.

On weekdays, a weak and frail man who was sick due to illness stepped on the stirrup and turned over and sat on the horse. The hem of his clothes drew a vigorous arc in the wind. Seeing the heroic spirit, he stretched out a hand to Fang Yu: "Come up."

Fang Yu was almost on the ground with the pestle, and was applauded on the spot. It was a bit of a slap in the face to think that he would have to thump on the stool for a long time when he climbed on the horse.

Qiao Hezhi was afraid that he would think too much, and said again: "I have learned to ride a horse since I was a child. I used to ride a pony, and I didn't learn it overnight. If you can do it after only two rides, you are already very talented. If you get more horse spirit, you will definitely be able to ride well."

Fang Yu got on the horse with Qiao Hezhi's strength, and smiled close to the person's eyes: "Now I think it's okay if I don't know how to ride a horse."

Qiao Hezhi looked at him suspiciously: "Why?"

He hugged Qiao Hezhi's waist as a matter of course: "What do you think?"

Qiao Hezhi blushed, and without saying a word, he just flicked the rein vigorously: "Drive!"

A gust of wind blew across his face, and the horse galloped away. The last time he felt the pleasure of facing the wind wantonly was when he was at the racecourse, but he only enjoyed it for a moment, and then he fell to the ground.

He wrapped one hand around Qiao Hezhi's unusually slender waist, which was bound by a girdle, and waved at the two personal servants with one free hand, with a proud expression on his face.

It's a pity that this galloping horse didn't last long, the horse rushed out of Changping Alley, and there was a lively market outside, Qiao Hezhi stopped the horse: "Are you going back?"

"The horses haven't had their fill of running yet. What to do when you go back. Let's take a stroll on the street. I saw a seller of fried chestnuts in sugar yesterday. They were all sold out when I went there late. I'm going to buy them today."

Qiao Hezhi had no choice but to be used to others: "Then if you pull the rein falsely, others will think that you are riding a horse, so no one will laugh at you."

Fang Yu acted according to Xiao Qiao's arrangement, and this should be left to them. It's a shame that a wife can ride a horse, and if he was born to be in the way, he could only follow the Romans.

But it is true that he is pulling the rein, so there is no strange look, but there are still many people who watch it twice. After all, there are not many people who take their little brothers out to ride horses.

The windows on the third floor of Baoxing Teahouse were open, and the two people who were drinking tea were looking at the street scene during the New Year's Eve. When they caught sight of the two people passing by on horseback downstairs, Ji Yunlu exclaimed, "Isn't that Brother Fang!"

Li Yun heard the reputation and looked over: "That's not true."

"Brother Fang, you are so elegant!"

Li Yun poked his head out and shouted with his tongue out.

The author has something to say:

Xiao Qiao: I don’t know if it’s too late to throw people back into the river~