Chapter 13：

About ten days before Zhengdan, General Wan and the four sons of the Cheng family and another huge baggage team finally arrived in the capital. The two families were divided, and the Cheng family took back seventy or eighty carts. "luggage". Shaoshang suddenly realized: No wonder four sons are needed to **** them with the trilogy.

According to the eldest brother Cheng Yong, when the filial son Wan saw the gate of the capital, his eyes were full of tears, and he shouted "Mum, I'm here", without even saying hello to everyone. It's like driving the car to the new home. As a responsible parent, Cheng's parents have to **** the load of Wanjia before going home.

"Not tired, not tired! Not tired at all!" Mother Cheng was incoherent.

According to the second brother Cheng Song, they are the last group of generals to return to the capital to report their duties; some people wanted to say something when they looked at it, but General Wan came to the door as soon as he heard the wind Go, hugged his legs and cried bitterly in front of others, "Oh, my legs, legs, legs, legs, my hard-working legs...", with a strong voice, it was heard directly from Sanli Camp - Cheng Song learned so vividly that it made everyone laugh out loud. Laughing, even Mrs. Xiao couldn't help but smile, not to mention Mother Cheng who had two rows of back molars.

"Does General Wan's leg hurt so badly?" The second uncle Cheng Cheng wondered.

"If the hamstring is injured, walking, cuju, or walking slowly can all be done, but it is impossible to gallop immediately." High-speed riding above the battle requires both legs to tighten the belly of the horse.

Cheng Cheng grasped the point: "Can Cuju, but not horse racing?" Cheng Shi glared at the second son, Mrs. Xiao shook her head with a wry smile.

Cheng Song knew he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly made a serious remedy: "It's just a matter of having fun and walking slowly. But..." He suddenly lowered his voice and said to Cheng Shi and Mrs. Xiao, "Just now Uncle Wan's mood was agitated for a while, and he was about to mount his horse, and so many soldiers and school officials at the city gate were watching, but I hurriedly shouted for Wan's chariot to come over."

Cheng Shi gave an "um" and said to Mrs. Xiao, "Let's go back and talk to the old lady." Mrs. Xiao nodded slowly.

In the other side, the pre-school-aged child Cheng Zhu slapped his small palm on the table with great momentum, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, I'm still in that car! Pull me out of the car and throw me back, if the third brother hadn't caught me, if I fell on the ground, I would have knocked out a few teeth, can I still eat now?!"

Cheng Song pointed at him and said with a smile, "Could it be that if I don't throw you, you won't lose your teeth?! I lost the two teeth on your left side?!" Cheng Xiaozhu covered his mouth, his angry fat face flushed red, he wished he could throw the tooth stick in his hand as a hidden weapon and stab him four holes with double knives!

Everyone burst into laughter, even Uncle Cheng fell on the table. Mother Cheng laughed and lost her teeth, and hugged little Cheng Zhu in her arms. Among Cheng Shi's children, he was the only one who was born outside, and Cheng's mother had never met him. As soon as they met, they kissed and cried, and asked him to sit beside him when they were eating.

In fact, Cheng Yu was in front of her since she was a child, and she should have a better relationship. These winds have to cry and wipe the tears for a long time. The raised Cheng Hao is arrogant and stingy. Cheng's mother really doesn't like it. How can Cheng Zhu be so aggressive, easy-going and lively.

So Mother Cheng secretly defended herself: not to care about Mrs. Xiao, not to be afraid of the eldest son, but from the perspective of these grandchildren, she is still good at raising children.

—This spacious main hall is useless whether it is the ten thousand family or the previous Cheng family. Today, everyone is laughing heartily, and the language is full of laughter. There was a thick animal fat candle over a foot long hanging on the wall of the hall, the fireworks were lit high, and there were three rounds on the table. Except for Cheng Yu, who went to bed early, everyone was placed in front of a table that was a circle larger than usual. , which is much richer than usual.

Cheng Shaoshang lowered his head and looked at it, the black lacquered wood case was directly made with straight lines, only the edge of the case was painted with exaggerated and bizarre animal patterns in deep vermilion; While sweeping herself, she looked up to the right, and saw a fair-skinned and delicate young man secretly looking at herself.

"Young Palace, why don't you speak today." Mrs. Xiao looked over with a smile. I saw Cheng Shaogong said in a familiar tone: "Mom, I'm looking at Amei. We are twins, why is Shaoshang nothing like me?"

The smile on Mrs. Xiao's lips was a little stagnant, and Cheng Song hurriedly said: "I just saw the curling, I was really shocked, it looks better than our brothers combined. See, the elder brother brought you a lot of delicious and fun things..."

Cheng Shaoshang saw Mrs. Xiao's discomfort, snorted, and sat upright: "Recently, my mother has been instructing Shaoshang to read more, read more, and play less. Brothers bring I am afraid that the young merchants who come here will not be able to use it.”

Who knew Cheng Yong laughed: "Don't pay attention to your second brother, he just wants to play. I brought you a lot of good copybooks and ink, among which is a piece of rosin ink..." Cheng Shao Gong hurriedly interrupted and said with a smile: "This ink is a good thing. It was given to my eldest brother when he was a teacher. It has been hidden for many years, and he is reluctant to touch it on weekdays." Cheng Zhu quickly removed the wall: "Third brother, did you touch it? If it wasn't for the eldest brother watching the prison, you would just like to go!"

Second Uncle Cheng just took a sip of wine and almost spit it out. Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Cheng Shaogong said bitterly: "Little Huangkou, what is your conscience! You, I told you to throw a dog and eat mud!" He turned his head and said, "... Shao Shang, don't listen to Ah Zhu, I want to come, and I will keep it for you!"

Although the four brothers have different temperaments, the eyes they look at themselves are all looking forward to being close, Cheng Shaoshang softened, put away the joke, and said softly and joyfully Xie, and said naughty: "Actually, I have loved to play since I was a child. I just hope that in the future, my brothers will not think that I am causing trouble."

(Elder sister) She is as beautiful as a white jade doll, so small, her voice is better than others (big misunderstanding).

Children Cheng Zhu also added a very thoughtful sentence: "Sister, don't worry, no matter how much trouble you make, you can't compare to mine. If you don't believe me, ask my father." Cheng's mother beside him wanted to Said 'good grandson, you are wrong about that evil barrier', but the three brothers Yong Song Shao Gong nodded in unison. Cheng Shao Gong was still quite resentful, and said in a low voice: "Father, too, every time he beats A Zhu, he has to sit with the three of us in a row. After one round, he told us to be in harmony! We all wish we could crush him to death. Zhu, how can we live in harmony?!”

Mrs. Xiao couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed directly on Cheng Shi, who was almost spraying wine; Mother Cheng burst into tears, hugging Cheng Zhu almost breathlessly, and the rest were overjoyed. They each fell on their backs smiling.

Cheng Shaoshang was laughing, when he suddenly felt movement on the skirt, he looked down, and saw a plate full of candied fruit gently moved to his knees on the floor, he turned his head to see His twin brother was looking at him with a smile.

It turned out that Cheng Shaogong took advantage of everyone's laughter and pushed the plate over from under his wide sleeve. Cheng Shaoshang looked back and saw his empty candied fruit plate, knowing that Cheng Shaogong saw that he liked to eat and left it for himself. She picked up a large candied fruit and threw it into the mouth, bulging her cheeks, Chong Cheng Shao Gong smiled, her eyebrows were curved, and her pupils were bright. Cheng Shao Gong had flowers in front of his eyes, and suddenly felt that his younger sister was hundreds of times stronger than his younger brother.

This action was not seen by others, but Cheng Cha, who was sitting opposite, could see it clearly. She couldn't help but feel envious, wandering in her thoughts, thinking of the cousins ​​of the Ge family, who had been right since she was a child She loves and cherishes herself, but Cheng Shaoshang has only tasted this taste until today, and he feels pity for her...

Cheng Yong was attentive, caught a glimpse of Cheng Cha's dazed appearance, and hurriedly smiled: "Almost forgot... Chae, we didn't know you were back, so we weren't prepared. I took your hand back. The shoes and socks made and He Jian, the foolish brothers are very ashamed, go back and prepare some good things, and then send them to you."

Cheng Cha quickly returned to her senses, waved her hands again and again, and awkwardly said: "It's okay to do anything, be careful, brothers don't have to remember." Mrs. Xiao was satisfied when she saw this situation.

After a few more wine tours, Uncle Cheng, who was not drinking well, was the first to lie down on the table, and Mrs. Xiao persuaded everyone to leave the table. Here, we have a big family feast." Hearing that her beloved little son was approaching, Mother Cheng reluctantly put down the wine, and Hu Yu helped her back to the house to rest; took away his father.

Later, Mrs. Xiao helped Wei Xun's Cheng Shi to leave from the side aisle. Cheng Shaoshang should have followed him along the side aisle, but suddenly he touched something in his sleeve, his heart moved, and he turned his head. Looking for some brothers. I saw that Cheng Zhu was swaying and could not stand upright because he was fed some liquor by Cheng's mother. Mrs. Qing Li touched the little boy's hot cheek, and angrily asked someone to bring the hangover soup to each house. Cheng Yong Skillfully picked up the younger brother in his arms, and then greeted the two younger brothers back to their respective residences.

"Brothers, stay here for now."

Cheng Shaoshang took a few steps to catch up, and took out a string of worms made of twine from his sleeve, with little grasshoppers, little mantises, and little bats... Very refined, apparently a beginner. The young businessman shoved it into the sleeping Cheng Zhu's arms, pretending to be sullen since he was admitted to a key high school in his last life, and said, "I don't know a few words, and I don't know how to embroider women's red embroidery, that's all. I just learned it when I was in the countryside, and I will give it to my brothers when I have a small success in my studies.”

When these words came into my ears, Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong felt sad and heartbroken, and they said in a hurry, "No, no,", "Take your time and not in a hurry", "Why are your brothers and sisters polite?" and "Don't be too much." If you are tired, your body needs to go." Wait...

Although Cheng Yong didn't speak, he looked at the little sister who was almost two heads shorter than himself, with a body like a girl, giving birth to an old father feeling early; he silently freed one hand to touch Touching the small round bun on Shaoshang's head, he smiled and said goodbye.

Shao Shang also bowed and said goodbye, with a sweet smile on his face until his residence did not dissipate, Lian Fang removed the hairpin for her, and said with a smile: "The young lady today So happy."

Shao Shang smiled and said, "How can I be unhappy when I see a few brothers." He glanced sideways at Ah Li who was holding a charcoal kettle to warm his bed and quilt, and said, "Mother Fu , the brothers are treating me very well." Ah Li straightened up and smiled, "Here."

The time spent laughing was too long, so when she sat down by the bed, Shaoshang felt sore cheeks, she rubbed her cheeks, wishing she could make the old abalone who didn't like her acting skills The president came to see how it was called a miserable smile, and how to make three points of weakness turn into five points of silent grievances—the vice president of Abalone always felt that he could be the heroine. I also think so, and I was secretly happy for a while because she was so pretty and could go the route of beauty.) Now it seems that her potential just hasn't exploded.

Efforts are really not in vain. Before I finish drinking the hangover soup, the gifts promised by several brothers were carried overnight. There are three or four boxes in half-person height. When you open it, you can see that it is really colorful, and there are all kinds of colors - several pairs of smooth and flawless jade, seven or eight boxes are not complete but very precious hairpins (straight men don't understand matching jewelry), dozens of exquisite and soft brocades , There are several pen and ink copybooks in the precious sandalwood box, and there are many children's toys, including tops, chess, playing chess, slingshots... There are actually various Pubo utensils.

The little waiter who came along added: "There are also large items, which are all tied to the cart, and they will be delivered after they are dismantled."

Alime smiled rarely when she heard this, and led someone over to tidy up the boxes.

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Lian Fang knelt on the floor to untie the thick socks for Shao Shang to wash his feet, carefully raised his head and peeked above his eyes.

Whenever the little girl shows such an expression, she always has a sense of fear. Before coming here, whether it was Mrs. Qing Li or listening to someone else's message, the implication was that the fourth wife of the Cheng family was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak, and her face was domineering, but she was really clueless.

But these days, Lianfang feels that none of these rumors are true - first of all, why no one mentions the beauty of the little girl, and they all spread her bad temper. Just looking up, Lianfang felt that the jade pendant was not as good as the little girl's cheeks.

Shao Shang looked at the jade pendant for a long time, and there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth. It was sweet and cute, and it seemed to be mocking; Lotus Fang smiled cautiously: "I don't know if the lady is smiling."

Shao Shang smiled innocently: "I have a good child." Childishly, he threw the jade pendant gold chain high.

"Parents are loving, brothers are cherishing, and the family is harmonious." Shao Shang smiled and folded his hands together, stably catching the jade pendant that fell from the sky—doesn't she know what Mrs. Xiao thinks of herself? Although I don't know the reason.

She has known since she was a child that those who have long been prejudiced against themselves really don't have to work hard to please, and they are laborious and less effort.

Saving this effort, holding her breath, she was admitted to a key high school and a prestigious university, so no one in the whole town was squinting, but instead said something 'this child, I am I've seen her different a long time ago' Yunyun's nonsense. But it can make the once faceless uncle Yu Mayor hold his chest up, and at the same time make other parents talk all day, "she doesn't have a father or a mother, how can she do better than you in the exam", and it becomes a nightmare for those children who have ignored her. , she was quite happy.

The question now is, how can girls in this world work hard? She couldn't get ahead in the entrance examination, did she go into business, and she didn't know if Dad Liang Bo had inherited a bit of profiteering talent for her; When there is a chance, she has to do a good investigation.