Xu Mu felt annoyed, and looked at her with a puffed face.
Lu Feng couldn't smile, and pointed at the chestnut on the small table with his chin, "Peel one for me, and I'll tell you."
He glanced suspiciously at Lu Feng, and then Xu Mu reluctantly peeled the chestnuts for her.
"Xu Yu used all the monthly money to buy a good piece of wood and carved a kitten years ago. I saw it a few days ago, and the carving is almost done. It is estimated that it was given to An Qingle." When Xu Mu was peeling chestnuts, he told him the answer. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the chestnut peeled in his hand, and he immediately looked disgusted, and his brows were furrowed tightly.
Xu Mu wasn't very good at peeling chestnuts, so he only used his fingernails to pull out the shells. A smooth chestnut was pitted by him.
Xu Mu squeezed the chestnuts and smiled maliciously, "Here you are."
He leaned over the table, and the elder with his arms stretched out to feed the chestnuts into Lu Feng's mouth.
Only then did Lu Feng know what it meant to lift a brick and hit his own foot, and leaned back with a face of rejection, "Just looking at it makes me lose my appetite."
Xu Mu snorted, let her go, and asked, "Xu Yu likes An Qingle?"
Lu Feng shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't heard her say it." But as the daughter of Xu Yu's left minister, she was supposed to live like An Qingle.
Hearing this answer, Xu Mu was stunned for a moment, and then whispered, "You have prepared gifts so carefully, how could you not like it. You are stupid, you have to listen to her to tell it."
His wife and owner are not very sensible for the time being. When it comes to love, Xu Mu both breathed a sigh of relief and felt a sense of powerlessness.
Lu Feng didn't hear what Xu Mu was saying, and talked to him about something else.
The bag of chestnuts they bought was not finished by the two of them in the end. It was sent to the kitchen the next day and cooked into chestnut porridge.
Zhang Xingtuo was beaten yesterday, and today he was sore all over, and when he lifted his feet up the steps, he grinned. My butt was kicked yesterday, and now it hurts when I touch the stool.
Seeing her like this, Sun Yao was sitting on the side, not to mention relieved, he turned his head to the other side, tried his best to hold back a smile, his face flushed red.
Lu Feng sat in the back and kicked her, motioning her to restrain herself.
He knew that the people who beat him yesterday might be Xu Yu, Lu Feng and the others, but Zhang Xingtuo didn't have any evidence, so he didn't dare to ask for it. I stared at Xu Yu several times and wanted to ask if she did it, but I was afraid that someone would know that I beat her first, and in the end I could only admit that I was unlucky.
But this is just the beginning.
In the next half month, Zhang Xintuo was beaten several times one after another. Every time the injury on her body was just right, she was covered with a sack, punched and kicked on the ground, and she went back to lie on the bed because of the pain.
The two servants who often followed her were afraid of being beaten, and they came up with an idea to let her go back by carriage every day.
But I haven't been comfortable in the carriage for two days, and the wheel of the carriage broke down for some reason.
Half a month later, except for her face, Zhang Xingtuo's whole body was almost covered with bruises. The only thing fortunate is that these are all skin injuries, and they will be fine after a few days of pain.
Being pressed to the ground and beaten so many times, Zhang Xingtuo's whole person became quite gloomy, and every time he looked at Xu Yu and Lu Feng's eyes, he could almost come out of the water.
The letter written by Lu Feng has been sent to the town where Mrs. Zhang is old, and counting the time, it is almost time for the old lady to come to Beijing.
Zhang Taifu has educated countless people. Naturally, he can't tolerate Beijing's granddaughter who is ignorant and incompetent, playing with men at a young age and ruining her reputation. After receiving the letter, he came to the capital in person angrily, and wanted to bring his granddaughter back to his own education, instead of staying in front of her doting father.
Things didn't differ from what Lu Feng expected. Before the Qingming Festival, Zhang Xingtuo was taken back to the country by his grandfather. Hearing that the lord Shilang was crying and rushing, he didn't leave anyone behind.
After Zhang Xingtuo's matter was resolved, An Qingle's birthday would be within two days.
As for the son of An Qingle, Mr. An, the Minister of Punishment, raised him completely as a daughter, and was praised by the sage himself last year, saying that he was so young, that he was such a man that he would not be a woman, and that his future was boundless.
The meaning of these words is to encourage An Qingle to participate in the imperial examination. After the previous male prime minister, there will be another male prime minister in the court. It can be seen that the Holy Spirit has expectations for him.
Therefore, An Qingle's birthday is not as rigid in the boudoir as the average man's family. An Shangshu allowed him to invite some of his friends to Anfu to celebrate his birthday.
For An Qingle's birthday this year, he invited a few more friends than in previous years, but they didn't buy a lot, so as not to be made irresponsible.
In the Xu residence, looking at the gift prepared by Xu Yu, Mrs Wan frowned, "Little fish, what is in your box?"
In the palm-sized elm box, there is a lifelike wooden cat.
Wan shook his head, "This thing is too light."
Xu Yu looked down at the cat in the box, pursed her lips and said nothing. This thing was her hard work for several months, and nothing is more precious than this.
Whether Xu Yu was willing or not, Wan still prepared other gifts for her. The Ministry of Punishment belongs to the Minister of the Left, and this birthday is the son of Shang Shu. The gift should not be too expensive, but An Qingle was praised by the sage last year, and he is a classmate with Xu Yu. This year, the gift should not be too light.
While Xu Yu was preparing gifts, Xu Mu was also choosing. An Qingle can be regarded as saving him once, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a life-saving grace.
Although this man was his potential rival in love, he was really disgusting.
Xu Mu's face was tangled, so he finally chose a jade flute. The whole body is white, the hand is delicate, and there is no impurities.
This thing is too precious, it is not given by Xu Mu, but should be given by Ji Ruan.
For Lu Feng, the only communication with An Qingle was on the night of the Lantern Festival, and from that day on, the two would only greet each other when they met. So her gift was the most casual, and she picked some books to send.
When Mr. Ji saw the gift that Lu Feng was about to give, he was just as brokenhearted as Mr. Wan, "How can you be so casual?"
Lu Feng was dissatisfied, "I chose this book by myself, where is it random?" She thought she had read the book and thought it was good, so she bought it as a gift.
Seeing Lu Feng's serious face, Ji Shi was choked for a moment, and suddenly didn't know how to refute. As a young talent, An Qingle looks good and has a good family background, but many people see him as a son-in-law.
Many women in the world who were not invited by An Qingle brought gifts. As for Lu Feng, this wooden lump, everyone was invited, but he brought a few books at random...
If she didn't know her daughter too well, Ji Shi would think she was trying to attract An Qingle's attention in an alternative way.
Xu Mu was standing next to Lu Feng, and Mrs. Ji met his eyes, so it would be difficult to ask Lu Feng if he really had no idea about An Qingle.
"That's all, just go with you." Ji shi sat down on the chair, resting his forehead with his hand, not wanting to speak any more.
On the child's birthday, An Shangshu said that he only accepts gifts from the child to Qingle, and nothing else. Therefore, among the friends who were usually invited by An Qingle, most of the gifts they gave were chosen by themselves, and there was no sign of adults participating too much.
But this year is a little different. Last year, the saint praised An Qingle, and many people had other thoughts.
An Qingle looked at the gift from his friend, and there was no joy on his face. In previous years, when he received gifts, he would always smile, but this year, his face was expressionless.
Since they are his friends, they know what he thinks to some extent, and they can only say with a bitter face that this is what the family means.
See how valuable the gift is
An Qingle felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, but she didn't show it. She smiled and asked them to take a seat first.
Xu Mu stepped in ahead of Lu Feng, gave the jade flute to An Qingle, and said sincerely, "Thank you for saving me last time." Then a playful smile revealed a pear vortex, "If there is a chance, I really want to hear you play it. ."
An Qingle smiled a little, "Okay, when the days are warmer, I invite you to come and play."
Lu Feng was dragged by Sun Yao at the door. Sun Yao saw that she was carrying a book. Before entering the door, Sun Yao laughed and teased her. He put his arm around her neck and asked, "To be honest, is your monthly money being paid for? Your little cousin can only buy books after eating them all? Look at your cousin's flute, how dare you bring the books, you can just come in behind the candied fruit empty-handed."
Sun Yao's voice was not small. Although he hadn't entered the door yet, An Qingle heard it and pursed his lips and chuckled.
Lu Feng glanced at her and asked, "You have a lot of money, what did you give?"
"I don't have a lot of money," Sun Yao smiled and jumped over the threshold to quickly enter Lu Feng. He handed the gift to An Qingle, and said, "So what I gave is not too expensive, please don't mind."
Sun Yao's gift was indeed not very expensive, but at first glance, he knew that it was carefully chosen. An Qingle smiled and nodded in thanks.
Although Lu Feng and the others had no friendship with him on weekdays, they were only newly invited this year, but the gifts they gave made An Qingle feel sincere. Bringing meager gifts, their parents would also say something, but they were the only ones who could resist the pressure of their parents and count their friends.
An Qingle couldn't tell the disappointment in his heart. If it weren't for the Lantern Festival and a few of them, wouldn't he be destined to not be very happy with this year's birthday
Xu Yu was the last one to come. When he came in with the gift, his face was all red. When he saw Lu Feng and the others inside, his face became even redder. He raised his head to meet An Qingle's eyes, his head subconsciously. down.
"Happy birthday." Xu Yu whispered when giving the gift.
An Qingle replied, "Thank you."
Sun Yao couldn't hold back and asked her, "Xiaoyu, this is not your gift, take it out quickly, after all you have prepared for so long."
Hearing this, An Qingle was also stunned for a moment.
"If you don't send it now, you still expect it to give birth to small children. Can't you send it together next year?"
Xu Yu glared at Sun Yao with red ears, but took a step forward, took the gift on the table, flipped it inside twice, took out an elm box, and said with a blushing face, "This, this is for you."
It was the first time that An Qingle saw a woman with thinner skin than a man, so she couldn't help but smile, and reached out to take the elm box.
Looking down at the box in his hand, An Qingle was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at the gift that Xu Yu brought in, then suddenly remembered something, turned around and opened the gift boxes of several friends one by one, only to find the valuable gifts inside. , there are also some gifts, these things are what they really want to give.
It was they who cheated on their parents and gave it secretly, so they wanted to give him a surprise. No wonder, he kept telling him to remember to open the gift just now.
If Xu Yu hadn't dug out the elm box from the inside, he probably wouldn't have thought of this, and even felt a little disappointed and handed the gift to the servants to handle. At that time, it is very likely that these surprises would not be found.
An Qingle felt warm in his heart, opened the elm box, and saw the lifelike kitten, he was stunned for a moment, reached out and touched its round ears, and smiled at Xu Yu, "Thank you. ."
Thank you for letting me discover these precious things in time, so I didn't lose more.
Xu Yu's face turned even redder, but he mustered his courage to meet his gaze, and rolled his eyes, "You're welcome."
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