The lady was filled with joy, and she opened her arms and hugged Brother Jin in her arms: My dear, grandma has been waiting for you to come back. Is it fun in Baoding? Your father said this while looking up at the door.

The curtain moved, and Xu Lingyi and Eleven Niang walked in one after the other.

Xu Lingyi has a tall and straight posture, a smile on his face, and looks full of energy.

Eleven Niang was wearing a pink huāhuzi with plain makeup, and her look was delicate and soft, like a spring begonia, lazy and charming. It was very different from usual.

The madam was stunned for a moment, feeling something flash across her mind, but her mind was filled with Xu Lingyi walking in front, and she quickly forgot about this little bit of strangeness.

Why did he come at this time? The madam scolded her and looked at her son from head to toe. She felt that his son was in better spirits than when he left. She secretly nodded and said with a smile, "Have you had lunch on the way?"

, and then my heart settled.

We rested at the inn all the way. Everything was fine. I missed my mother. Xu Lingyi gave a big gift to the husband, but he hadn’t had lunch yet. He came back to freshen up and came over. He was about to have a meal with his mother.

Now that you know I miss you, don't go out in the future.

When the words came to her lips, she saw the excitement in her son's eyebrows, and thought of Eleven Niang's words about Xu Lingyi staying at home for the past two years, so the wife endured the words. Then she thought that her son had not eaten yet, so she hurriedly shouted loudly

Li Yu version: I haven’t brought the Laba porridge yet. Then he smiled and said, it happened to be Laba today. Let’s have Laba porridge first to seek good luck, and then have lunch. As he said that, he thought that the precious grandson in his arms was still hungry, so he got up and took him

Brother Jin’s hand: Let’s go and eat porridge.

After eating Laba porridge, Brother Jin happily went to the banquet room in Dongci room with Mrs. Jin. He couldn't help but say, "Grandma, what have you been doing at home these days? I miss you so much. When I was in Rong,

I'm eating donkey meat. Well, I'll bring you some too. But dad said it was too far to bring it back and it was broken. So I bought you a wooden comb. As he said this, he stopped and took out one from his arms with a little embarrassment.

The bright red purse was handed to the Madam. The comb was of average workmanship, but I thought it had a good meaning, so I bought it. Oops, the Madam was very surprised. Brother Jin even brought me something and I couldn’t hide my excitement. Let me take a look.

, I looked at the door parked in the east corner and opened my purse. It was indeed a very ordinary comb, made of boxwood, with pairs of longevity peaches carved on the back of the comb. It was similar to the ones used by the maids at home.

It looks good, it looks good. The lady touched the pair of longevity peaches on the comb and praised it. The meaning is indeed good.

Brother Jin breathed a sigh of relief and explained: We only had one meal in Rongcheng and then left. The food in other places is even worse. Next time I go out, I will definitely buy you better things.

Okay, okay, okay. Mrs. Tai smiled happily and entered the east room with brother Jin. You are not at home. Brother Shen always feels unhappy every time she comes here. The place is deserted.

Brother Jin said sympathetically: It must be because he can't go out. Then his voice became cheerful again, but I also brought something for him. It was a riding whip. The whip made of black gold with a jade pole is very beautiful. I have one too.

One. It was given by a man who used to lead horses with his father. He knew that his father was in Bazhou and rode a horse for two days to get there. Did you know that Pingshun is a classics historian in Pingshun, and he is an official from the ninth rank?

.Do you know that Dianmu’s job is to catch thieves? When we were eating, he stood aside holding the pot. When we left, he secretly stuffed me with two huge gold ingots.

The two of them talked and sat on the bed in the Toji Room.

It’s true that Madam is making fun of her grandson, and her words are full of surprise. Then our brother Jin will make acquaintance with a lot of people when he goes out this time.

Yes, I went out for a trip and saw so many strange people and things. Brother Jin wanted to share it with others. If the wife’s words scratched his itch, he counted them on his fingers and said eloquently,

I also got to know a county magistrate from Qingyuan, a fellow magistrate from Dingxing, and the commander-in-chief of Jizhou,

Xu Lingyi, who was following the two of them unhurriedly, suddenly leaned forward slightly and whispered in Eleven Niang's ear: I brought you something too.

The two of them have never spoken a serious word since they met.

Eleven Niang covered her sleeves and smiled and glanced at him.

But unlike before, she just blushed and said nothing.

Xu Lingyi felt her heart flutter when she saw it, and gently squeezed his hand.

There was a burst of noise outside, including a maid's low voice shouting: Seventh Young Master, please slow down, please slow down.

The couple couldn't help but smile at each other and let go of their hands.

Brother Shen ran in happily: Brother Six, you are back

Brother Jin, the seventh brother, ran over.

The two little guys hugged each other.

Is Baoding fun? Brother Shen couldn’t wait to ask, where have you been? 9

Brother Jin was so excited that he visited many places and settled in Bazhou and Zhuozhou. Before he could finish his words, Xu Sizhen and Mr. Jiang came over.

Dad, you are back. He saluted Xu Lingyi respectfully, smiled and touched Brother Jin's head.

Ms. Jiang bent down and asked him with a smile: "Uncle, uncle has been to many places. Tell us about it." With a smile on his face, Mr. Jin told them what he saw and heard along the way.

After a while, Xu Lingkuan's fifth wife, Xu Sijie, Xiang and others all arrived. Everyone sat around and listened to brother Jin's words.

Brother Jin's eyebrows were dancing, and he was so happy. If Yu Ban hadn't come in with porridge, he wouldn't have been able to stop talking.

In the afternoon, Brother Jin took Brother Shen back to his house, gave him the gift he bought for Brother Shen, and bought him along the way a small copper figure with an ear-picking face and a face that can punch.

I brought out two kinds of mandarin duck wine bottles and showed them to Brother Shen, and told me when and how I bought them. Brother Shen’s eyes lit up when I heard them, and Brother Jin was very proud, so he went with Brother Shen.

Give gifts to everyone.

Xu Lingyi watched the two little guys jumping out of the door, and smiled and asked Eleven Niang, who was packing his clothes: "Why don't you ask me what I bought you? Aren't I just waiting for the Marquis to speak?" Eleven Niang laughed.

Tao, how can anyone ask for something by themselves?

He had bought her small things before, and she just smiled and said thank you, but unlike this time, it was very casual, but also a bit cordial.

Xu Lingyi grabbed her hand: Come with me to the study room.

A shiny red lacquer box cage is placed in the corner. It can be seen that it was newly added this time.

He opened the cage and found many scrolls inside.

Xu Lingyi put the scroll on the ground.

This is what I painted this time. He opened the paintings one by one. You see, this is what I painted when I was at Fangshan Inn. He pointed to the first painting, which is the main street of Fangshan County. This is the main street of Fangshan County.

There is a medical shop behind the county government office, and next to the hospital is an inn that also sells food. We ate at this inn. Fangshan is very small, not much to see. This is Bazhou, and the streets and lanes are all selling food.

For food, the most famous one is Wanjia Gourd Soup. Brother Jin and I went there specially to eat it, but it was just like that. This is Maijia Alley, and there are all people buying embroidered beaded and jade-faced Futou hats. It looked very ordinary to me.

., he said, smiled and took out an embroidery piece from the cage, take a look

Eleven Niang slowly opened the embroidery scroll.

I saw it in an embroidery shop. Xu Lingyi smiled and said, it's different from what you usually embroider. I heard that this is the embroidery method from the Daliang area. It's not an ordinary embroidery needle. He took it out from the box

A small box with several embroidery needles lined up inside. You see, this embroidery needle is three thick as yours. The thread goes through it. When embroidering, pull it up after inserting it, leaving the thread ends on the embroidery.

Then use scissors to cut it neatly, and it's done.

He gestured with a serious expression.

Eleven Niang's vision was blurry, and his shadow was like the moon in a mirror in the water.

She gently put down the embroidery and hugged his waist tightly.

I like the things that the Marquis bought for me very much. I like them very much. She has traveled to many places and seen many scenery. At this moment, she suddenly felt that it would be the same if she could look at these landscape paintings in this small courtyard.

Interesting.

I liked it very much when Eleven Niang put her ear against his chest, closed her eyes, and the heavy and powerful heartbeat like a drum came to her ears. She liked it very much, and Xu Lingyi was a little dazed.

This is not a gift from him.

The gift he gave her was a red gold necklace inlaid with tourmaline stones.

Prepare to take it out at night.

Wearing her neck as white and delicate as suet, you can imagine the charm. On the first day at the inn in Fang County, I didn't want to see the officials in the county, so I took a rest early. Under the light, I saw Brother Jin.

With her face asleep, he suddenly missed her very much.

If only she were around,

Thinking that she liked reading Chronicles of the Nine Realms of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she got up and drew this painting.

Later, when Lusong rested early again, he would draw a few strokes.

I didn't expect that she would like it so much.

The corners of Xu Lingyi's mouth turned into a happy arc.

It's not in his character to go against his own good fortune.

He kissed her forehead hard: I have something else for you.

What was it? Eleven Niang watched Xu Lingyi take a red-lacquered box from the cage, and then sat side by side with him on the Arhat bed with great interest.

A hint of cunning flashed in Xu Lingyi's eyes, and he handed the box to her: Open it and take a look. Eleven Niang opened the box suspiciously.

It was a very strange thing. She had never seen it before.

This is when she looked at Xu Lingyi in confusion.

Xu Lingyi whispered a few words in her ear.

I have never eaten pork meat or seen a pig run away.

Like a hot potato, Eleven Niang dropped her things on the Arhat's bed.

Where did Mr. Hou get this kind of Jixi? His face was so red that he could bleed.

Xu Lingyi bit her ear as a gift from someone else. I don’t think it’s good enough. Let’s try it.
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