All Hail Cousin Brother

After re-planning the entire yard, Yu Youyao turned to look at Zhou Linghuai: "Cousin, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Zhou Linghuai smiled, and she picked out many places that even he himself did not think was a big hindrance, and asked them to rearrange them: "Very good!"

After being affirmed, Yu Youyao was very happy: "Cousin likes it."

"I've been busy all afternoon, cousin, go back to rest early." The sun has set, and the little girl has been busy all afternoon, she must be tired.

Yu Youyao was indeed a little tired, so she nodded: "Cousin, see you at dinner."

Zhou Linghuai nodded.

When it came to dinner, the two rooms of the Yu family gathered together, each with a table for men and women. There were eight major cuisines, and there were also drinks, snacks, desserts, and fruits, which were very rich.

Zhou Linghuai was not in good health and could not drink, so he replaced the wine with tea, and always paid respects to the elders in the mansion by "wine".

The whole family got together, but it was very lively!

When her grandmother didn't notice her, Yu Youyao secretly poured herself another glass of green plum wine. After pouring the wine, she sat up straight again like a thief. In the bright light, she quietly squinted and stretched her neck to look around. When she was sure that no one noticed her, she smiled and curled her lips, like a cat that stole the fish.

She thought that she was acting like a ghost, but she didn't know that her every move had landed at the man's table, and happened to be sitting opposite Zhou Linghuai's eyes.

Zhou Linghuai couldn't help laughing, and held a teacup to cover the slight smile on his lips.

I actually felt that even the noisy banquet became interesting and not so unbearable.

Yu Youyao didn't know that her little movements had been spotted, holding a small cup in both hands, squinting her eyes and drinking secretly.

The green plum wine tastes sweet and sour, and Yu Youyao has always liked it.

But my grandmother was very strict, except that she was only allowed to drink a small cup during the festival and begged for auspiciousness, but she was usually not allowed to drink alcohol, saying that it was too unruly for girls to drink.

Just after taking a bite of the dish, Zhou Linghuai raised his head and couldn't help but stare.

The little girl's lips were dipped in wine, and she looked at her delicate and tender face, a thin halo on her tender little face, and even her black eyes were dazzlingly bright, probably because she was light in drinking, and two small glasses of green plum wine had eaten her belly. , then a little drunk, this will sit in the position obediently, like the Yufu doll, not moving, not making a fuss, looking soft and cute.

Madam Yu didn't listen to her granddaughter's voice, she turned her head to look, she was angry and funny, and patted her head with one hand: "You gluttonous girl, how come you look like a cat!"

"Grandmother?" Yu Youyao called softly, blinked her eyes, and looked at Mrs. Yu, her eyes were immersed in moist sockets, dark and bright, just like agate, she was dazed.

Madam Yu couldn't get angry anymore, she turned her head and asked Mama Liu to pour a cup of sobering tea over.

There is a banquet at home, and the sober tea is prepared early in the morning.

Madam Xu smiled and took the sobering tea and fed it to Yu Youyao.

Yu Youyao drank bitter and fishy, ​​wrinkled her little nose: "It's not good, it stinks."

Mrs. Yu laughed: "I'll see if you dare to drink in the future."

The green plum wine is fruit wine, and its energy is very light. Usually three or five cups are not harmful. Yu Youyao is not drunk, but it just got drunk for a while.

After the banquet was over, the maid brought mouthwash, and the wives closed the table and put on delicate cakes, dried fruits, snacks, etc., and everyone started chatting.

Yu Zongzheng asked about Zhou Linghuai's life in Youzhou.

Zhou Linghuai lowered his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "After the accident in the family, my father and mother passed away one after another, my grandmother was not in good health, and my family and friends did not communicate with each other. The clan found an excuse to remove us from the clan and leave us with us. It's clean, and fortunately, I learned the skill of making ink, and I can barely make a living, but it's just that my grandmother suffers..."

When Yu Zongzheng heard this, his heart aroused, and he couldn't hold back: "The Zhou clan is too outrageous!"

The commander-in-chief is a hereditary official position of Mengyin, and it also has a bit of glory. If you want to come to the Zhou clan, you have benefited from Zhou Linghuai in the past.

After the accident in Youzhou, officials large and small were killed, exiled and imprisoned, and Yufu had the courage to mediate on behalf of the Zhou family.

But the emperor is very kind, but the Zhou clan bullies even the orphans and widows.

Yu Zong was an outsider, so he didn't want to say anything more. He just patted Zhou Linghuai on the shoulder: "In the past few years, you and your aunt have endured hardships, so you can live in the mansion with peace of mind in the future."

Then he said some reluctant words of concern.

Yu Zongshen asked about Zhou Linghuai's homework, and took a few questions on the spot.

Zhou Linghuai responded fluently.

Yu Zongshen gave a few more questions for this year's imperial examination. Zhou Linghuai was concise and to the point, and his answers were even more sophisticated than this year's Enke champion.

After finding out about Zhou Linghuai's level, Yu Zongshen was secretly surprised, turned his head to Yu Shanyan and Yu Shanxin and said, "Although Linghuai is not older than you by a few years, he has already started his career. You can ask him for lessons in the future."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help looking at Zhou Linghuai's legs.

If Zhou Linghuai's legs were intact, he would definitely have a place in the top three of this year's imperial rankings. He was an amazing talent, but he was no less than Song Mingzhao.

You must know that Zhou Linghuai is only a little over fourteen years old, and one year younger than Song Mingzhao.

Listening to their father's high evaluation of this cousin Zhou, Yu Shanyan and Yu Shanxin found an opportunity to talk to Zhou Linghuai.

Yu Youyao listened with her head tilted, her eyes sparkling.

Yu Qingning on the left stretched out his arm and brought a plate of honey fruit to Yu Youyao: "Big sister, eat honey fruit."

Yu Youyao said thank you and took a honey fruit to eat.

Yu Qingning is also more than eight years old. She is two months younger than Yu Jianjia. She has a lovable temperament. Her father is more concerned about this prostitute than her, at least he has never heard of scolding.

Yu Youyao didn't deal with her very much.

"Eldest sister, both you and the second sister were sick before. Why did the eldest sister lose so much weight, and the second sister didn't see much change." Yu Qingning turned her head to look at Yu Jianjia several times.

Yu Jianjia was sick most of the time in one year, and he was no different from being sick when he was cured. He was neither thin nor fat.

When she was a child, she said that Yu Jianjia deliberately pretended to be sick, so that her aunt found out and gave her a lesson.

Yu Jianjia was aggrieved by her gaze, and bit her lip lightly: "I've also lost some weight. I'm probably already thin, so I can't tell."

ps: Almost all the characters in the two houses of Yu Mansion have been explained clearly. Some people have doubts, there were a lot of concubines in the ancient house, why did the heroine father only have one concubine room? There is also a reason for this, which will be explained later.

In addition, the ancient time, I generally popularize it.

In ancient times, an hour was 2 hours.

for example--

At the beginning of the morning, generally refers to 7:00 - 7:30.

Chen Shizhong: 7:30-8:00.

Mid-hours: 8:00 - 8:30

The end of the hour: 8:30-9:00.

By analogy, the beginning, middle, half, and end represent 30 minutes, respectively.

A cup of tea and a stick of incense are 15 minutes.

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