This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the three sisters of the Lu family came back. The dinner was hosted by Mrs. Chen. Wang Xiu did nothing and slept in in the morning.
At noon, the three sisters-in-law played mahjong with her. After the dinner, the two noisy children were taken out to the street by their uncle. The lights in Xinghui Courtyard were bright.
Mrs. Chen placed many cakes and fruits in the yard to worship the moon and pray that the family would be safe and reunited year after year.
Wang Xiu and Lu Yunhong were sitting in the pavilion, looking at the busy old Mrs. Chen. The lights were slightly bright, shining on her wrinkled face. The years were peaceful, but the years were not forgiving.
Wang Xiu stood up and walked holding on to his waist.
Lu Yunhong stood up and said, "What's wrong?"
Wang Xiu shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I'm just walking around. I'm tired of sitting."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen immediately said to Lu Yunhong: "You accompany Axiu for a walk, don't just sit there all the time, like a lazy man."
Wang Xiuxiao, Lu Yunhong is just a lazy guy.
Lu Yunhong said: "Zhuangyuan Street is very lively tonight, and there are men and women setting off river lanterns under the Qixi Festival Bridge. But there are too many people, and I am afraid of crowding Axiu, so I dare not take her there."
Mrs. Chen said: "Then don't go now, just walk around in the garden at home."
Wang Xiudao: "If there are many people, you can book a private room to see the river lanterns. It depends on what the person in charge arranges?"
Mrs. Chen glanced at her son and said, "Are you a pig? You can't think of such a simple thing?"
Lu Yunhong: "You were still talking about walking around in your garden at home just now?"
Mrs. Chen said: "Yes, I said so. But tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which only happens once a year. You go shopping with Axiu, it's lively."
Lu Yunhong looked at his wife, feeling a little aggrieved.
That look seemed to say, look, my mother is too partial.
Wang Xiu held his hand and said, "Let's go. Yunyuan is going too. Let's find a shop to have some tea and then come back."
Lu Yunhong didn't dare to say anything bad. He didn't take the initiative to go out on the street before because he was worried about his wife's health. After all, she was still pregnant.
But as soon as I entered Zhuangyuan Street, I found that there were a lot of people on the street today. The lights were brightly lit, and the colorful lanterns were strung up in strings, making the street colorful and very festive.
There were people crowding along the way, so Lu Yunhong simply put his arms around Wang Xiu, and the two of them walked very slowly, close to each other.
Finally, Guo Ting, who was on the second floor, saw them and quickly asked Xu Xiao to come downstairs to invite them.
Guo Ting was due to give birth in two months. Wang Xiu really didn't expect that she would also come out. When he saw Guo Ting picking her up at the stairs with a big belly, he was surprised and said: "Why are you coming out too?"
Guo Ting said shyly: "I was bored at home, so Xu Xiao took me out secretly, but we didn't say we were coming to Zhuangyuan Street, so the old lady thought we were going back to our parents' home."
Wang Xiu looked at the quiet flower shop and said with a smile: "This is your dowry. It's all the property of the Guo family. It's okay to call it your mother's family."
Wang Xiu looked at Guo Ting's belly. It was big and round, and she looked very pregnant.
She reached out and touched it, and then said: "You have a good foundation. You should be able to give birth faster."
Guo Ting said nervously: "The old lady urges me to move around every day, and she is worried that it will be difficult for me to give birth. Now that I hear what the lady says, I am finally relieved."
Wang Xiudao: "Don't be afraid, I will take care of everything."
Guo Ting blushed and said sheepishly, "But Madam is still pregnant. We really can't open our mouths."
Wang Xiu teased: "That's because you don't understand your grandmother. She is an old lady. She will probably come in a sedan to invite me as soon as she hears that you have started. Then I will have to go even if I don't."
"She is the one who cares about you the most, so why would she let you take risks?"
"Don't worry, it's still early for me to give birth, so I can help!"
Hearing Wang Xiu say this, Guo Ting's cheeks turned red, but she quickly thanked Wang Xiu happily and saluted Wang Xiu.
Wang Xiu supported her and said, "You don't have to be so polite. Just raise two pots of peonies and give them to me. I want the one with the brightest and best blooms."
Guo Ting quickly agreed, and then asked a servant to bring the newly made osmanthus tea. Wang Xiu liked it very much, and the two of them sat by the window and talked.
Not far away, Lu Yunhong and Xu Xiao were standing on the terrace. Although the two did not talk as much as the female relatives, they still chatted without saying a word.
Lu Yunhong asked: "Gao Xian didn't look for you later?"
Xu Xiao shook his head and pursed his lips slightly: "He is not stupid. He knows some clues, but there has never been any evidence of this kind of thing. He is just suspicious."
Lu Yunhong sneered and said calmly: "You just praised him a few times when others stepped on him. If you are guilty of even this, the General Secretary will be busy."
Xu Xiao sighed: "Yeah. But I'm very busy now. Either this clan impeaches that one, or that minister reports on this. Sometimes I want to ask them to sit down and explain it clearly together. But in the end, they just say this, and they don't
If you do it, you say it’s a snitch, but it’s not an investigation.”
"The group of people under my command are so angry that they blow their beards and stare at them every day. They think that if you have the ability, don't be afraid. They sue and are afraid at the same time. I really don't know what they think?"
Lu Yunhong said with a smile: "Next time, if anyone wants to be a shady villain, praise him in front of the civil and military officials of the court. I will ask the emperor to come forward and let Yu Deshui read it in front of everyone.
He probably fainted before leaving the palace."
Xu Xiao couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Is this too cruel?"
Lu Yunhong said: "When you sit in this position, you will always have to be stabbed. It depends on who is not smart enough to hit the muzzle of the gun."
"Allowing them to do whatever they want will make you busy. The problem is, they won't appreciate it and let you seek personal gain for them. In the end, if something goes wrong, the fault will be yours."
"Think about how someone feels bad about stepping on you, so you won't feel bad about stepping on them."
Xu Xiao nodded as if taught.
At this time Wang Xiu stood up and said: "Xu Xiao, please pay attention."
"When Lu Yunhong said stepping on someone's foot, it would cause a comminuted fracture, not a swollen foot."
Lu Yunhong leaned on the railing, smiled lazily, and said nonchalantly: "As expected of my wife, she really understands me!"
Wang Xiudao: "You are so lighthearted every time, and I didn't do anything. The other party was already angry to death, thinking that you really didn't do anything, but if it weren't for you, others wouldn't dare to do this.
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When Lu Yunhong heard this, he couldn't help laughing and was so happy.
Xu Xiao stepped back from the terrace and gave the place to the couple.
Wang Xiu walked over and looked at the lights on the long street. It was another year of beautiful flowers and a full moon.
She asked Lu Yunhong: "Has it been ten years since we got married?"
Lu Yunhong hugged her and said with certainty: "No, it's been eleven years and two months."
Wang Xiu stared at him quietly and said in surprise: "It's been so long? How come you remember it so clearly?"
Lu Yunhong took her hand, squeezed it, and said softly, "That's because you have been with me for so long."
Wang Xiu blushed and said with twinkling eyes: "Can you stop being so emotional? I'm not used to it."
Lu Yunhong lowered his head and said very seriously: "That's it. Come on, let's give my husband a kiss."
Wang Xiu's face changed instantly and he said angrily: "Get out."