Auntie was angry, her beautiful face was like frost, the kind that couldn't be coaxed well.
Uncle Xu's scalp was numb, and he complained, "Ning Yan, how good are you to have money to subsidize your household? Can you afford to buy these flashy things?"
He intends to find a sense of identity with his wife through his diss nephew and to dispel her anger.
Xu Lingyue said lightly: "There is no shortage of clothing and food at home, and Dad's meal also includes the eldest brother's salary."
Uncle Xu was speechless due to his daughter's choking, so he changed the subject again: "Ning Yan, where did you get the money?"
Xu Qi'an said: "I saw that the jewelry on my sister's head was too cheap, so I kept it in my heart, I cut my clothes on a diet, saved some money, and Baoqixuan has a half-price game of guessing word puzzles..."
It's hard to say that the jewelry came from whoring for nothing. He didn't want to die socially like Xu Cijiu.
Xu Lingyue's hand holding the bowl trembled slightly, her heart softened suddenly, and she stared at Xu Qi'an with wide eyes.
In this family, only the eldest brother put her on the top of his heart. The father and the second brother never felt that there was any problem with her wearing cheap jewelry.
The daughter's house also needs a facade.
"Brother, do you look good?" She put Jin Bu Yao on her hair bun, and the candlelight reflected the girl's pointed face with melon seeds.
Auntie is more sour.
Xu Qi'an was also sour. He glanced at Xu Erlang on the left. The younger brother was wearing a navy blue robe, his long black and beautiful hair was tied up with a green jade hairpin, his lips were red and his teeth were white.
After taking another look at the golden step, the dazzling girl, and the plump and beautiful woman, my aunt.
The looks of the whole family have been kissed by angels, am I just mediocre
When he saw that his facial features were similar to Uncle Xu's, Xiaodouding, who looked iron-handed, was no longer sour.
"Come on, Lingyin eats meat." Xu Qi'an put a piece of fat for her, and chopsticks for Xu Lingyue.
"Brother is so nice."
"Big brother sees you the most pleasing to the eye."
"Then why didn't big brother save me just now." Xiaodouding remembered that big brother not only did not save her just now, but also laughed loudly.
"The only way to become a superior person is to endure hardships. Only by enduring hardships can you become an invincible master in the world."
"Is there anyone who is invincible without suffering?"
"Yes, in a dream."
... ..
When the meal was almost over, Auntie said lightly, "After the new year, Ning Yan will be twenty."
"Yo, my aunt still remembers my age." Xu Qi'an expressed surprise.
Auntie arrogantly ignored him, turned her head and said to Uncle Xu, "Master, I have to match Ning Yan with a marriage."
Xu Lingyue and Xu Xinnian raised their heads at the same time, staring at their mother.
Xu Qi'an himself was the most sluggish.
The unfortunate aunt is actually interested in my nephew's marriage. Is the sun going to come out from the west tomorrow
You must know that marrying a wife is a very grand event. Three books, six rituals and eight carriages are all money.
Auntie glanced at her unfortunate nephew and continued, "I think Lu'e is pretty good. She was raised in the house when she was a child, and Ning Yan is also a childhood sweetheart."
And it doesn't cost anything... auntie is still aunt... .
The pretty Lv'e let out an 'ah', and Xia Fei's cheeks were a little overwhelmed.
Love came too fast like a tornado, stunned her.
In his heart, he was shy and embarrassed, but also contained a trace of joy.
Xu Lingyue glanced at the eldest maid who looked bleak in front of her, a little unhappy, "Mother, don't make your own decisions, let him discuss the marriage of the eldest brother with his second uncle."
The subtext is, mother, what position do you have in Big Brother's heart, can't you count it yourself
Auntie hated her daughter for stealing the hairpin, and scolded: "Ning Yan and Lu'erang are talented and beautiful, and they know the bottom line. It's your turn to be opposed by a younger sister?"
Xu Lingyue turned her head away aggrieved.
No, no, it's too much to know the bottom line, and I haven't gotten to that point... Xu Qi'an just wanted to express his opinion, when he heard the little brother beside him speak.
Xu Xinnian said, "Mother thinks that Lv'e's marriage to the eldest brother will not only save the dowry money, but also have a reason for the eldest brother to move out to live."
One hit.
The aunt said angrily, "you child, you have never been able to speak since you were a child."
Xu Ershu closed the coffin and concluded: "It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to worry about this matter. If you don't step into the Qi training state, Ning Yan will not be close to women."
Lu'e looked disappointed and lowered her head.
Except for the wife who served since childhood, the whole family seems to be against her marrying Dalang.
…
After Uncle Xu finished dinner, he ran to the Imperial Swordsman, and then discussed the matters of tomorrow with his nephew and son in the study.
Back in the room, he saw his wife sitting beside the bed, angrily.
"What about you, you are so angry now." Xu Ershu said helplessly.
Auntie turned her head and stared at her beautiful eyes: "That little brat in your family has no conscience at all, when I took him from you, he was the size of a kitten, who pulled him big
"If you know that you are angry with me, you know that you are angry with me. Why bother raising him so big, it's better to feed the mice."
She was meditating, when she suddenly saw her husband take out a wooden box from his arms and hand it over. The words "Treasure House" were engraved on the surface of the wooden box.
The rosy little mouth opened, and she looked at her husband blankly and in astonishment.
"Ning Yan asked me to give it to you." Uncle Xu said helplessly: "Anyway, neither of you would bow your head to admit defeat, and he would be embarrassed to give it to you. That's why I didn't bring it out on the table just now."
The aunt opened the box anxiously, and inside was a golden step shaker that was heavier and more exquisitely crafted than her daughter's.
She held her baby in her hand, walked to the bronze mirror in small steps, sat on the dresser, and put it on herself.
An oval face will make a woman look dignified, especially after becoming a woman.
A woman with a melon face is charming, but once she becomes a woman, she is beautiful.
Auntie is the latter.
She happily stared at herself in the bronze mirror, and snorted softly, "That little bastard still has some conscience."
Uncle Xu stood by the window on the other side of the room, staring solemnly at the quiet courtyard outside the window, with the Imperial Sword Guard's standard long sword in his hand.
... .
This night was safe and sound, and Uncle Xu and Xu Qi'an, who had been sleepless all night, were relieved.
When she woke up early in the morning, Xu Lingyue was still wearing a single shirt, opened the window, and stretched out her beautiful figure in the cool air.
"Miss, what are you looking at by the window?"
"Nothing to see."
After a while... .
"Miss, what are you waiting for?"
"No waiting."
"Miss, come and do your makeup."
"I know... you're bored."
Xu Ershu left the house at dawn and gathered the Imperial Sword Guards under his hands. Xu Qi'an went out to rent a carriage, and Xu Erlang stayed at home and directed his servants to tidy up and salute.
Around noon, two carriages and dozens of horses left the city gate and headed towards the northwest where Yunlu Academy was located.
The carriage was not fast, and it took two hours to reach the foot of Qingyun Mountain.
The three men of the Xu family breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Is it too grass and trees?" Xu Ershu frowned.
Xu Erlang, who is good at the art of war, said slowly: "If the people who followed Big Brother yesterday were really from the Zhou family, then they have missed the best chance twice.
"But it is also possible that in Shi Lang Zhou's eyes, we are just ants that can be pinched to death at any time, and we are not in a hurry to deal with it. He has more troubles."
Underestimating the enemy is a taboo in the military, but the premise is that the two sides are evenly matched, or the difference is not so disparity.
Compared with the Zhou family, the Xu family is really not good enough.
"But there is one thing we have to face, that is, if Shilang Zhou is not removed, we will surely die." Xu Qi'an said solemnly.
Xiaodouding's happy laughter interrupted their conversation. She stuck her head out of the curtain and looked at the suburban scenery excitedly.
Xu Lingyin always thought she came out to play.
Xu Qi'an thought she was annoying, pointed to the outline of the Yunlu Academy in the distance, and said, "Do you know where it is?"
"I don't know, big brother." Xu Lingyin giggled, her round face like an apple.
"That's the second brother's academy." Xu Qi'an said.
The word academy made Xu Lingyin vigilant, and she looked at her eldest brother.
Xu Qi'an nodded: "We are going to send you to study, and you will not be allowed to go home in the future."
The smile on Xu Lingyin's little face disappeared little by little, and she stared blankly at her big brother.
She silently retracted the carriage, and after a few seconds, there was the sound of crying.
"Mother, I don't want to go to the academy, I don't want to study, oh oh oh..."
"It's so noisy, your eldest brother lied to you."
"Why did you lie to me, eldest brother?"
"Because he's a bastard."
So Xu Qi'an felt happy.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain and climbing the steps, Xu Qi'an and Xu Cijiu visited Zhang Shen, but they were greeted by the great scholar Li Mubai.
"Where's the teacher?" Xu Cijiu asked.
"Retreat." Li Mubai glanced at Xu Qi'an and said calmly, "I have already arranged the yard."
Xu Ci bowed his thanks and said, "My sister is in the enlightenment stage, can you, sir, allow her to study in the academy for a while?"
This requirement is not excessive. If Xu Lingyue wants to study, the academy will definitely refuse it, and Xu Lingyin is a five-year-old child. In this era, scholars do not reject enlightenment to children, and even advocate such a thing.
It's just that ordinary children can't read books.
Li Mubai nodded in agreement.
…
Two days passed in a hurry. In the early morning, Xu Cijiu, who was patronizing his classmates, Xu Ershu, who was inquiring about news, and Xu Qi'an, who had not listened to music for three consecutive days, gathered in the study.
Lu'e had already accompanied him to Yunlu Academy, and none of the three elders were willing to bring tea and water.
For the first time, they gathered the intelligence they had collected and planned to formulate a plan to deal with Zhou Li.