Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Gu Jingyun put down his teacup, turned to Qin Laoliu and said, "Sixth Uncle, Uncle always misses you when he was in Qiongzhou. This time when I go back to Runing, Uncle and Aunt have prepared a lot of things for me to bring to you. Finish the meal in a while , nephew and nephew-in-law sent it to you personally?"

"What kind of gift can your uncle give me when he just came back from Qiongzhou?" Qin Lao Liu pouted childishly, "Don't use anything to prevaricate me."

"Indeed, they are not valuable items. They are all local specialties of the capital, such as smoked ham, pork jerky from Shangji, and some ink ingots from Lingsheng Street. If the sixth uncle doesn't like it, I can keep it myself. "

Qin Laoliu was stunned, his eye circles were slightly red, but he slapped him with his hand, angrily said: "Stinky boy, you still snatched those things from me knowing that they are my favorite, your uncle is not as naughty as you."

Qin Lao Liu grew up in the capital, and those are the things he is most familiar with and loves the most. Although they are not expensive, they are full of memories.

Although Qin Laoliu is of the same generation as Qin Xinfang, he is older than Qin Xinfang's father, Qin Wentian. He and Qin Wentian grew up together, and the relationship between uncle and nephew is very good, so Qin Wentian went to Songshan Academy to become a mountain It took him a long time to go to Songshan Academy to be a teacher, and when Qin Wentian turned to Qingxi Academy to be the head teacher, he resigned from Songshan Academy and followed him to Qingxi Academy.

Although Qin Xinfang is his cousin, he watched him be born and grow up, and he loves him like a father and son.

Qin Laoliu's son belonged to the group of Qin Xinfang who sent things to Qiongzhou after he was exiled.

Now his son is still an official in other places, and there are only two grandsons and their daughter-in-law at home, um, there are also a series of great-grandchildren that he can't name.

Except for the direct branch, the Qin family has a particularly strong reproductive ability, otherwise it would not have given birth to the population of a large county. This is the result of the continuous division of the clan, and the clansman radiated to all parts of the country, otherwise Runing would not have been recognized by Qin. Occupation?

But what really shocked Li Baolu was the control of the Qin Clan's direct branch over the side branch. In any family, the side branch would develop too quickly and suppress the direct branch, but this situation did not seem to happen in the Qin Clan.

None of Qin Xinfang's people came back, but just asked Gu Jingyun to stop at the main house, and the people from the Qin family obediently gave up the main house and the fields, as if there was no conflict at all.

Glancing at the dense crowd below, Li Baolu once again lamented the large number of people in the branch.

The family banquet began, and the dishes were brought out one after another. Gu Jingyun filled a bowl with half a bowl of soup for Qin Lao Liu, "Uncle Six, drink some soup to warm up."

Qin Laoliu's grandson immediately stepped forward to take it, and half bent over to feed him. Not a drop of soup fell on the skirt of his clothes. It seems that he often does this kind of thing.

Even Gu Jingyun, who is as picky as Gu Jingyun, can't help but be convinced. It seems that the two brothers have served their grandfather a lot.

Only then did Gu Jingyun turn to talk to Yingzhi County, and sometimes he brought Qin Chengyu and a few cousins ​​into the conversation circle. Most of them talked about the customs and customs of Runing and the situation of spring plowing and autumn harvest, and occasionally talked about the Book of Songs and Buddhism. In other words, Gu Jingyun took care of everyone, he would not neglect someone, and he also got the news he wanted to know.

But this guy didn't pay attention when he was talking, and pretended to be listening, but he picked out a bowl of delicacies on the table, picked two or three dishes and handed them to the side, and Li Baolu took the small bowl Eat slowly, go back after eating, and Gu Jingyun will choose for her...

The two eldest nephews who stood behind them and witnessed everything: ...

Jiang Shi, who had been keeping an eye on this side, also noticed Gu Jingyun's small movements. She was startled in her heart, and couldn't help raising her head to look carefully at Li Baolu through the people in front of her.

There is still baby fat on the fair and ruddy face, so it looks chubby. At first glance, she looks like a very healthy little girl, but she also looks very childish, with a beautiful appearance and a slender figure. The inside can also be ranked in the upper middle, let alone the outside.

Her looks are top-notch, but that's all. It's impossible to say how amazing she is. In contrast, the cold and handsome Gu Jingyun is even more outstanding. Standing together, they feel that Li Baolu is only from the appearance. It's not good enough for Gu Jingyun.

Her family background is not obvious, so why does Gu Jingyun value her so much?

To be so considerate that she feels sorry for her in public, chooses dishes for her in front of the adults, and serves her meals?

Let alone in public, even in private, such behavior seems too intimate and solemn.

Jiang stared at Li Baolu for a long time, but she didn't find anything worthy of Gu Jingyun's love. She was a little disappointed in her heart, and was about to look away when Gu Jingyun was pouring a cup of boiled water from her teacup and handing it back. She was fine. Her sharp eyesight allowed her to see that Li Baolu just took a sip before returning it, while Gu Jingyun continued to pass the teacup back. She saw Li Baolu pouted slightly, as if poking Gu Jingyun's waist twice with his fingers.

Gu Jingyun sat as motionless as a mountain, the teacup was still handed back, Li Baolu had no choice but to take the teacup and drink the boiled water inside.

Only then was Gu Jingyun satisfied and continued to pick dishes for her.

The movements of the two were subtle, and Gu Jingyun talked to people from time to time, so no one except Jiang who was staring at them specially noticed their small movements, even the two grandsons standing behind Qin Laoliu didn't notice this. point.

In Jiang's heart, Li Baolu's status was raised a little higher. It seems that she should be more polite to this cousin.

Li Baolu looked up suspiciously, and saw that no one noticed her, so she lowered her head and continued to destroy the delicacies in the bowl. Well, the Qin family is a family of farming and studying that has accumulated for hundreds of years. The dishes made by the chefs are delicious. Would you mind if she took one or two.

Jiang's youngest daughter-in-law, Dong Shi, has not been in the family for three years, and it is the first time to participate in such a big family banquet, so she is very nervous.

She will be in charge of the drinks and snacks for the family banquet tonight. When she saw the girl who was in charge of serving food and drinks for Gu Jingyun’s table passing by her with a tray, she felt that something was wrong. It was boiled water, her complexion changed slightly, her eyes shot at the girl like a knife, she lowered her voice and said angrily: "My cousin is a distinguished guest, who gave you the courage to use plain water to fool people?"

The girl was startled and almost cried out, "Grandma Wu, please forgive me, this is what my wife ordered. She said that you don't need to serve tea at the table of Mr. Biao, but only boiled water. Tea can only be served after two quarters of an hour after the meals are taken down." .Slaves are all obeying orders, not daring to be self-sufficient."

Dong frowned, obviously not believing what the girl said, but this girl is a second-class girl, she would never dare to lie in front of her.

Mrs. Dong was having a hard time making up her mind, when she saw her mother-in-law approaching with a smile on her face, she quickly went up to her and said in a low voice, "Mother, just now I saw the girl delivering tea to my uncle, and there was boiled water in the teapot, this, this... "

Jiang raised her hand to interrupt her, and said: "I arranged this. Your cousin is weak and has his own way of keeping in good health. They don't drink tea during or after meals, so the teapots are filled with boiled water. You have to wait until two quarters of an hour after the meal to serve the tea, you have to remember such a rule, and you will be treated like this when you return to your hometown in the future."

Dong was speechless, co-authoring is this the rule of the entire direct branch?

It's a strange rule, but she didn't dare to say more, she waved her hand and asked the girl to bring water to Gu Jingyun after she said yes.

Gu Jingyun always eats only 70% full, even if Qin's food is very appetizing, he only eats two more bites before putting down his chopsticks, and then concentrates on feeding the wife behind him.

The two eldest nephews stood behind and watched silently as their cousin continued to bring food and water to the aunt behind him, and his stomach, which was not hungry at first, felt hungry.

However, my cousin’s appetite is huge. The two brothers silently counted and found that she ate more than three times as much as my cousin’s. Although they knew it was impolite, the two brothers couldn’t help sneaking a peek at her belly. It doesn't go up either, which is not scientific at all.

After eating and drinking, Li Baolu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief very politely, then got up and patted the shoulders of the two elder nephews and said, "You guys go down to eat, I'll take care of Uncle Six."

The two of them were amazed, and when they were about to decline politely, their cousin also turned his head and said with a smile: "Go, you and I are here."

The two brothers looked embarrassed. Although you are senior, you are young. My son is only five or six years younger than you. Do you have the nerve to talk to us in such a coaxing tone?

The two of them looked "cousin, don't make trouble" and were about to refuse, but their grandfather turned around and nodded and said: "Okay, okay, you go, your cousin is here."

The two brothers couldn't think about leaving now. They only blamed their grandfather because their eyes were not working well and their ears were very sensitive. They were so old that they could hear even a little trouble.

The two backed away silently.

Li Baolu stood behind Qin Lao Liu and picked soft, rotten and warm things to feed him. She is a doctor with a careful heart. It was a great meal.

When he was happy to leave early, he took Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu away, and said in front of Qin Chengyu and a group of young people: "They are still children, and they don't like to play with you. You can play by yourself. I will take the children away." I can't let you teach people badly."

Qin Chengyu is silent, Uncle Six, what we are having tonight is a family banquet, not an outside banquet. There is not even wine, there is no troupe, and there are no entertainment programs such as Qingguan dancers. How can we teach bad children?

But everyone knows that Qin Lao Liu has been a little confused since his 70th birthday. Sometimes he is forgetful, and sometimes he is unreasonable like a child. No one dares to refute him. There are outsiders like Yingzhi County and Zhubu.

Qin Lao Liu wanted to drag Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu away, Gu Jingyun could only apologize to his cousins, and then helped Qin Lao Liu go out and get in the car to the ancestral house of the sixth room.

After getting into the car, Qin Lao Liu stared at Gu Jingyun's face with his muddy eyes, and then stared at Li Baolu's face for a while, then nodded and said in relief: "Okay, your face is ruddy and not tired, you can compare Your uncles and aunts are much stronger, maybe you can really have a few more children, so that the direct branch will no longer be alone."

The two eldest nephews sitting on the shaft of the car were shocked, and stared at the driver like lightning. Although the driver didn't understand the meaning of the old man's words, he knew that it was wrong, otherwise the two masters wouldn't have stared like this. he.

His back was cold, his face was pale, and he almost fell off the car. After being stiff for a long time, he said in a trembling voice: "Master, second master, the small family rents a six-room field, the harvest is limited, I don't know where to go The superiors still need subordinates, the youngest sons and daughters are all grown up, so they can’t do other things, but they can do some rough jobs.”

Qin Da was satisfied, put away the sternness on his face, and said with a smile: "You bring me to see tomorrow, and I will ask Grandma to arrange an errand for them."

The driver nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes." Hearing the voice from the carriage, he wanted to plug his ears.

Qin Da and Qin Er couldn't help but look at each other, both a little helpless, but quickly became firm.

Forget it, since the grandfather wanted to repay the kindness of the direct branch, they did their best to do so.