Chapter 443: This Name is So Familiar【Gratitude! Bow again! Owe 20,000 characters】

The next day,

Scholar Zhuang commented on everyone's answer papers from yesterday in the study.

Although there was only one teacher, Scholar Zhuang, the six people who needed to take the examination in the study were not of the same age.

Just like Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng, the age difference between the two was three years.

Putting it in modern times, a three-year difference is the difference between a middle school student and a high school student.

Therefore, when Scholar Zhuang commented, he did not blame Qi Heng and Changfeng, who were younger, but only asked the two to work harder.

Another two days passed,

and the time had reached the end of the first lunar month.

Xu Zaijing returned to Quyuanjie with his elder brother as usual.

After nodding to the old acquaintances of the Marquis residence who were setting up stalls along the way, just as he was riding his horse into the main gate of the Marquis residence, the Xu family gatekeeper at the side bowed: "Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, the Eldest Da Niangzi has returned!"

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing and Zaizhang smiled at each other.

After dismounting, the brothers couldn't care about changing clothes and walked quickly into Madam Sun's courtyard.

The two hadn't even entered the room when they heard the voices coming from the room, mixed with the crying of a child.

Xu Zaijing followed behind Zaizhang, lowered his body to pass the curtain, looked at Pingmei sitting beside Madam Sun in the hall, and bowed with a bright smile: "Eldest Sister!"

Pingmei smiled and nodded at Xu Zaijing, and just as she was about to say something,

"Little Uncle!"

Xu Xingdai hugged Xu Zaijing's knees with snot and tears and cried loudly.

"Little Uncle!"

Gu Shixing, who was only making noise without tears, hugged Xu Zaijing's other leg.

Xu Zaijing picked up the two small children from his knees to the position level with his eyebrows with one hand each, and said with extreme concern:

"What happened to you two?"

"Little Uncle! Gu Shixing said you love him the most and don't love me! This isn't true, right!"

Xu Zaijing glared at Gu Shixing: "Xing Ge'er, you should have kept this secret to yourself, why did you tell him!"

Xu Xingdai was stunned, pondered for a moment on the meaning of Xu Zaijing's words:

"Waaa~~~~"

He cried even more miserably.

Looking at Xu Xingdai's appearance, the Xu family brothers in the hall, as well as Xie Shi, Hualan, Pingmei, and others, all laughed.

Madam Sun, sitting on the head seat, didn't laugh. She stared at Xu Zaijing; there were no handy objects at hand, otherwise, she would have thrown a few at Xu Zaijing.

"Xu Zaijing! You are already a senior, how can you tease children like this!"

As she spoke, Madam Sun's tone softened instantly, and she reached out to Xu Xingdai, coaxing: "Come, Dai Ge'er, come to Grandmother."

Xu Xingdai, with teary eyes, looked at Madam Sun, then looked at Xu Zaijing and shook his head: "Grandmother, I want to play 'fly-fly' with Little Uncle..."

"Hahahaha~ Mother, I really didn't expect people not to look for you!"

Pingmei covered her mouth with a handkerchief at the side and laughed.

Madam Sun glared at Xu Xingdai hatefully, then turned her head to glare at Xu Zaijing: "It's all you! Don't play these things with him in the future, you'll teach Dai Ge'er bad!"

Xu Zaijing had an innocent and dazed look, which made the relatives in the hall laugh even more.

And Gu Shixing, in his arms on the other side, rolled his black and white eyes a few times: "Little Uncle, what is 'fly-fly'?"

Xu Xingdai wiped his tears with his sleeve, his eyes full of surprise as he shouted: "You don't even know what 'Feifei' is, yet you dare to say that Uncle loves you the most!"

As soon as this was said,

Gu Shixing, who was not old enough to put on an act, felt ashamed: "Cousin, you... I... tell me what 'fly-fly' is, and I will admit you are the one Little Uncle loves the most!"

Xu Zaijing bent down and put his nephew and niece on the ground, then walked to Zaizhang, who was holding Xu Xingzhong, and stroked the little nephew Xingzhong in Zaizhang's arms.

The nanny beside Xie Shi was holding Xu Zaijing's little niece, who was a few months old.

The last character of the names of this generation of Pingmei is 'Mei', and the last character of the girls of the next generation is 'Yi'.

It must be said that when being called, they could take some advantage.

The daughter of Zaiduan and Xie Shi was named Xu Qingyi.

Xu Zaijing smiled at the little niece who was sleeping soundly in the swaddling clothes.

Finally, Xu Zaijing walked to Qingxia behind Pingmei and reached out to Yan Jie'er, who was growing milk teeth in Qingxia's arms.

Pingmei's eldest daughter was not a stranger,

looking at Xu Zaijing reaching out, Yan Jie'er drilled into Qingxia's arms, but her eyes were still looking at Xu Zaijing. When Xu Zaijing called her again, the carved-from-pink-jade Yan Jie'er stretched out her arms.

Xu Zaijing held the little girl in his arms like a treasure, and Yan Jie'er curiously reached out and pinched Xu Zaijing's face.

Yan Jie'er was not many months old, but her little hands had some strength, pinching Xu Zaijing until he grinned: "Hiss, hiss, Yan Jie'er, let go!"

Hearing Xu Zaijing's voice, Yan Jie'er thought he was teasing her and laughed in Xu Zaijing's arms, and her little hands used even more force.

Seeing Xu Zaijing in this state, the others in the hall laughed again.

After some laughter,

Yan Jie'er returned to Qingxia's arms.

When Xu Zaijing sent her back, Yan Jie'er seemed not to have pinched enough and shouted "Ah ah" at Xu Zaijing.

When Xu Zaijing sat down and prepared to pick up the teacup to drink some hot drink, Pingmei tried hard to suppress her laughter: "Little Five, you have been playing well with Ye Ge'er since you were young, do you know who the young lady he likes is?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Pingmei in surprise, not looking like he was faking: "Eldest Sister, Yuan Erlang has someone he likes? Who is it?"

Pingmei looked at Xu Zaijing's expression, which didn't look like faking, and shook her head in disappointment: "I would ask you if I knew?!"

"It was two days ago that Madam Wu went to the Gu family and said that the Duke of Consort Fu Guo's Dou family intended to marry, and Ye Ge'er blurted out that he had a young lady he liked! But no matter how Mother and I asked, he wouldn't say, only saying it was a family of equal status."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "Eldest Sister, since it is a family of equal status, then it is not a prostitute or actress of the lower nine classes. Looking at Yuan Erlang's unhurried appearance, the reason is eight out of ten that the young lady he likes hasn't reached the age of capping and it's not time to discuss marriage."

"At that time, you and Madam Bai find an opportunity to talk about the news of several young ladies discussing marriage in front of Yuan Erlang; if the right person is among them, Yuan Erlang himself will jump out and ask."

Pingmei's eyes lit up: "Little Five, you really have a way."

End of the first lunar month, school dismissal time,

Sheng family study courtyard,

a chorus of "Thank you, Scholar, for your teachings" came out.

Half a quarter of an hour later,

everyone, still wearing thick winter clothes, walked out of the study with their respective maids and servants.

Rulan, who was walking in front of Qi Heng, was squeezed beside Minglan, whispering something to Minglan; one could vaguely hear words like "maintaining hair," "how to protect skin," "white and tender," etc.

Qi Heng looked at Rulan, who was touching Minglan's white and tender cheeks, and the corners of his mouth on his very handsome face rose involuntarily.

He didn't smile for long,

when Gu Tingye's voice came from behind Qi Heng: "Wulang, did Sister-in-law like to talk about the affairs of the families in Bianjing when she was in the Xu family?"

Hearing this, Qi Heng turned around to look, stood on the side to wait for Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing to come over, and then walked out of the courtyard together.

"What do boudoir women and inner-courtyard wives talk about if not family matters?" Xu Zaijing asked, looking at Gu Tingye with a smile.

Gu Tingye pondered for a while: "Wulang is right, but recently Mother and Sister-in-law are always talking about which family's young lady in the capital is going to get married in front of me, it seems... it's for me to hear!"

Xu Zaijing glanced at Gu Tingye and patted his shoulder: "There are so many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, they can't finish talking about them every day, it's you who are overthinking!"

Gu Tingye said uncertainly: "Also... but I heard that what Mother and the others said are all of equal status to my family..."

"Yuan Erlang, you listened quite seriously."

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, Gu Tingye pursed his lips unnaturally.

Qi Heng, who was following, looked at the fact that there was one less person around Xu Zaijing, and asked casually: "By the way, Jing Ge'er, why didn't I see Qingyun today?"

Gu Tingye also looked over curiously.

Xu Zaijing smiled slightly: "Waiting for his wife to give birth at home!"

Hearing this,

the servants behind several people looked at each other.

Among them, the smile on the face of Qi Heng's servant Buwei was particularly bright.

Gu Tingye patted his forehead and said: "Right, right, when Wulang went to the Northwest, Qingyun's wife was already showing."

The group rode their horses out of Jiying Lane.

Before separating at the intersection,

Gu Tingye said on horseback: "Wulang, tell us tomorrow how Qingyun's child is, I also want to catch some happy energy."

Xu Zaijing responded with a smile.

Xu Zaijing hadn't finished school yet.

Quyuanjie,

Marquis Yongyi's residence,

at the second gate,

Qingcao, with a bundle on her arm, was handing the exit pass in her hand to the steward nanny at the door.

"Qingcao girl, verification correct, please..."

"Sister Qingcao!"

A woman shouted from the direction of the inner courtyard.

After Qingcao turned her head to look, she bowed with a smile: "Sister Cuichan, are you calling me?"

After Cuichan gasped for a few breaths, she handed out the small bundle in her hand: "Sister Qingcao, this is a little bit of heart from the sisters in the Second Branch courtyard!"

Qingcao smiled and took the bundle: "Then I will thank the sisters on behalf of Qingyun Ge and Sister-in-law Seeing Hua Qing."

Cuichan nodded repeatedly with a smile.

After the steward nanny at the door verified the bundle again, she let them pass directly.

In the small courtyard of Qingyun near the Marquis residence,

the painful cries of a woman came from time to time.

Shu Bo looked at the man walking back and forth in front of the door anxiously and said: "Qingyun boy, don't worry, with a female physician like Ren Yiniang inside, your wife will definitely be fine."

Qingyun turned his head to look at his mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and the family of three of Shu Bo, and squeezed out a smile.

"But how long has it been, it didn't drag on for so many hours when our son was born." Qingyun's mother-in-law said, holding her son.

"You had one in your belly, the young lady has two in her belly, how can it be the same?"

"Qingcao girl from the Marquis residence is here."

The nanny at the gate of the small courtyard shouted loudly.

Qingcao, carrying two bundles, bowed to the crowd in the courtyard and said: "Qingyun Ge, this is the high-quality donkey-hide gelatin that the young master asked the Pan family to find, it was only delivered to the residence today, so I brought it over."

As she spoke, Qingcao handed the first bundle to Qingyun.

"The things in this bundle are the heart of the sisters in the Second Branch courtyard."

Qingyun took the two bundles:

"The Madam has already prepared a lot of things for my family, why still..."

"Sister Qingcao, I will thank the young master and others after the young master returns."

Qingcao smiled, looked at the room being used as a delivery room with some worry, and then put her hands together to pray.

Xu Zaijing returned from Qingyun's small courtyard and went straight to the wooden house beside the horse track.

"Dong dong."

The door was knocked.

"Enter."

A hoarse voice came.

Xu Zaijing pushed the door and entered, looked at Yin Bo, who was sitting at the table drinking wine with a gourd, and smiled: "Master, you have finally got your wish! Qingyun has a boy and a girl, two children, together it is the word 'good'."

Xu Zaijing walked to the table and sat down, raised the wine bowl on the table to signal for wine, and asked: "Have you thought of the children's names?"

Yin Bo nodded, his single eye somewhat moist as he filled the wine bowl in Xu Zaijing's hand, and said: "I thought of several names for the boy and girl, and I think one of the girl's names is very good."

Xu Zaijing raised the bowl and smiled: "The disciple is all ears."

After finishing, he brought the wine bowl to his mouth.

"What do you think of the name Yin Susu?"

"Pfft~~"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 444 =====