It was already dusk when Yingying came home. Today I traveled to Huaxi with my sweetheart, listening to his love talk all the way, made Yingying so happy that she couldn't express it, she hummed a little song and stepped up the steps happily, the servant at the door hurriedly came up, bowed and saluted: "Daddy!" Miss!"
Yingying ignored him, and walked in bouncingly. A few cousins happened to be walking in front of her. They were talking and laughing happily. It seemed that they were going to the brothel or the wine shop. When they saw Yingying, the cousins immediately stopped and asked She greeted warmly: "Little sister, you are back!"
Yingying let out a "huh" and was about to walk past them when she suddenly remembered what Ye Xiaotian said to her: "Yingying, be polite to your elders and brothers, they pamper you because they love you, even though they don't care about you." How about you, their love for you will never change, but you are already a big girl, you should be more sensible and treat them better."
Yingying stopped immediately, saluted several cousins one by one, and said sweetly: "Hi Brother Nine, Brother Fifteen, Brother Eighteen, Nineteen, and Brother Twenty-Three, you guys are going out, don't drink too much." Drinking too much will hurt your health."
"Oh! Oh! Well..."
Yingying's cousins were stunned and stood there stupidly, looking a little at a loss. Yingying smiled sweetly: "Then I'll go back."
"oh… "
The cousins agreed foolishly, seeing Yingying bouncing away, the five cousins stood there, you look at me, I look at you, after a long time Brother Nine said nervously: "Yingying, don't you!" Is something wrong, why is it so wrong today."
Xia Ersan rubbed the back of his head, and said nahan: "But judging by her appearance, it doesn't look like something happened, but it's really... a bit evil!" The brothers were full of doubts, and they were flattered by Xia Yingying's appearance. a feeling of.
In the small flower hall of the back house, Mr. Xia sat at the head, and Mrs. Xia sat beside him, pouring wine for him. The father and son seldom sit together, but recently because of Yingying's incident, the father and son have stood on the same front, and they often get together, looking a bit like a loving father and a filial son.
Mr. Xia took a sip of his wine, then sighed: "Hey! This girl Yingying is really worrying. What should I do with her? I can't beat her, I can't scold her, I can't persuade her. He didn't listen again. I was really worried to death.
Even if our old Xia family doesn't choose the son-in-law's family background, we can't marry the girl out in such a foolish way, right? There is only one girl in our old Xia's family, and I still want to make a big fortune, so this is good, I don't know how many people point and laugh at us behind our backs... "
Father Xia said: "Father, don't think about it so much, haven't you already sent someone to tell the old ancestor about it, let's wait for the old ancestor to make up his mind, Yingying has always been the same as her old man said. will listen."
Mr. Xia took another sip of his wine, sighed again, and said, "Your grandma? Forget it, she may not have any ideas, and she might be happy to see it come true. It's not like you don't know, we think about her The old man doesn't care, in her old man's eyes, as long as two people like each other, nothing else matters!"
"well!"
The father and son were dejected and sighed at the same time.
Xia Yingying hopped past the door like a happy sparrow, Father Xia turned his head and looked out, but couldn't see clearly, and said with some doubts: "It seems that Yingying came back and just passed the door. "
Mr. Xia said: "There is no one at the door, don't you be dazzled?"
Father Xia said in embarrassment, "Father, I have better eyesight than yours."
Mr. Xia narrowed his eyes and said, "Hey! You brat..."
Father Xia said helplessly: "Father, I'm almost sixty! Don't be an old brat, okay?"
Mr. Xia said: "You are a hundred years old, and you are also my son. What's wrong with calling you a boy?"
While the father and son were talking, Xia Yingying came back from the gate with her hands behind her back, looked inside, then walked in with a smile and greeted affectionately: "Grandpa, dad, you two are drinking. .”
Mr. Xia immediately said with a big smile on his face: "Oh! It's really my good granddaughter who is back. Hurry up, come and sit beside Grandpa for a while. I haven't seen you all day. Grandpa must be panicking."
"oh!"
Yingying ran over and sat down beside him, picked up the jug and filled his glass, got up and filled her father's glass, then went back to grandpa and sat down obediently, and said with concern: "Grandpa, Dad, you drink It’s good to order some wine to revitalize the blood, but you can’t get drunk when you’re old.”
My little overlord suddenly turned into a little lady, which stunned Mr. Xia and Mr. Xia. Mr. Xia asked nervously, "My dear granddaughter, are you okay?"
Xia Yingying didn't know that her unprecedented cuteness would shock them so much, she asked back in surprise: "What's the matter with me? It's okay, grandpa, daddy, you two are chatting about you, I'll pour you wine .”
"oh… "
Mr. Xia picked up the wine glass tremblingly, almost bursting into tears. He has never enjoyed such gentle treatment. He is really not used to it.
Xia Yingying sat aside, it was inconvenient for the father and son to continue chatting about her. The father and son drank a glass of wine, and were flattered to enjoy the blessing of Miss Xia serving wine again. Suddenly thought of a topic, coughed hurriedly and said, "Oh! By the way, father, Cui Xiangsheng, a great Confucian in the Central Plains, came to Guiyang, and his son is going to a banquet tomorrow."
Old Man Xia frowned and said, "Our family is all practicing martial arts, and we don't have a single scholar. Scholars have a feast, so why are you here to join in the fun?"
Father Xia smiled bitterly and said, "Cui Xiangsheng and Guiyang Inspector Wang Haoming are from the same family. Wang Ancha will welcome him. Of course, he needs to find some prominent people to support the scene. He invited me to the banquet, so why don't I go. In fact, most of the people who will go to the meeting tomorrow are today. A group of scholars, the students who took part in the examination, ran to try to curry favor with Cui Xiangsheng and Wang Yacha.
Think about it, Wang Yacha is also a scholar in the province, and Cui Xiangsheng is a great Confucian in the Central Plains. If they can get Cui Xiangsheng's praise and then enter Wang Yacha's eyes, wouldn't their hopes of being selected be greatly increased? well! If it wasn't for taking Wang Yacha's face seriously, I really don't like to listen to their flattery. "
Xia Yingying was listening to them with her chin resting on her chin, but her eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said happily, "Ah! Are the students participating in this subject going to a banquet tomorrow? Brother Xiaotian is also going, why didn't you listen to him and tell me?" mentioned."
Father Xia heard this, took the opportunity to attack Ye Xiaotian, and said to Xia Yingying: "Daughter, Cui Xiangsheng is a well-known Confucian in the Central Plains, and the students who can go to the banquet are all outstanding young talents in this province. Not everyone can go. .”
Xia Yingying said: "That's right, so brother Xiaotian will definitely go, if he is not a young talent, who is it?"
Father Xia: "..."
Seeing his granddaughter's dumbfounded appearance, Mr. Xia fell in love with him very much, so he explained with a smile: "My dear granddaughter, that Ye Xiaotian is of course very good in your eyes, what is it called?" , That's right! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but among the many candidates participating in this exam, he may not be able to rank high."
"Why!"
Xia Yingying got angry, she stood up abruptly, and slammed the table hard, scaring Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia into silence immediately.
Xia Yingying suddenly remembered Ye Xiaotian's instructions, and quickly said to herself, "I want a lady, I want a lady." She sat down slowly, smiled at Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia, and said softly: "Grandpa, Dad, People are not angry with you."
When did Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia hear Xia Yingying speak in such a tone, their hairs stood on end for a moment, and they hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, I can save it, I can save it."
Xia Yingying raised her eyebrows, and said indignantly: "But that king who is a police officer, Cui who is a great scholar is too blind. He invited a bunch of cats and dogs, but he didn't invite my little brother Tian. It's a blind eye!"
Mr. Xia and Mr. Xia nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes! You really have no eyes!"
"That… "
Xia Yingying's eyes fluttered, and she looked at Father Xia playfully, who immediately straightened her chest, "I'm not going either! What Wang Yongcha, I don't want to give him face for such a blind person!"
Xia Yingying pursed her lips and said, "Why don't you go? You should go!"
Father Xia quickly changed his words: "Yes! I have to go, I'll go and see these blind guys, and that bunch of sycophants!"
Xia Yingying smiled happily, nodded her head, and said happily: "Yes! Dad, go, Brother Xiaotian and I will go with Dad!"
Father Xia opened his mouth, picked up the wine and drank it all in one gulp. Before his daughter could show her filial piety, he grabbed the jug and drank three cups in a row.
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Early the next morning, Xia Yingying took Xiaolu and Xiaowei to pick up Ye Xiaotian for the meeting at Qiyun Pavilion.
Qiyun Pavilion was built on the "Aoji Floating Jade", one of the eight scenic spots in Guiyang. It is located on the Nanming River in the south of Guiyang. , was named "Aoji Fuyu" by literati and inkmen.
Ma Tingxi, another disciple of Wang Yangming, once gave lectures here, and the Qiyun Pavilion was built during the period of Ma Tingxi's lectures. Based on this huge rock in the river in the shape of a giant Ao, a Jiaxiu Tower was built.
Once young people fall in love, they will soon get better. Ye Xiaotian and Xia Yingying are at the moment when their love is at its hottest. Although Ye Xiaotian is not interested in the Great Confucianism in the Central Plains or Guiyang Xuezheng, he still likes the scenery of Nanming River, and it is Yingying's invitation, so naturally he readily agreed.
Ye Xiaotian didn't regard this banquet as going to some great Confucian meeting, he brought Yaoyao with him, Fu Wa'er and the giant ape followed naturally happily, and the group ran to Nanming River...