Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 268 Return to Zhou Mansion

Zhou Banxia burst into laughter. Her father was humiliated back then, so she really couldn't be filial to her grandfather. Fortunately, her mother also knew how to shirk it.

"And your aunt, I said that you are already married. How can a daughter-in-law be the master of the family? There are a lot of people in my uncle's family who can't enter the workshop."

"Thank you for your hard work, mother."

"It's good to know." Ms. Li glanced at Gu Wenxuan in front of her who was chatting with her on Thursday, and lowered her voice, "Have you been secretly saving your own money?"

sweat.

"Tell mom how much you have hidden."

"Twelve?"

"You are a tiger!"

What are you doing? Surprised, Zhou Shun turned around.

Li shrank her neck.

Zhou Banxia laughed out loud.

Gu Yougui, the head of the village, had already arranged the meals. He knew that Zhou Shun did not like to be extravagant, so they all served farm specialties and they were served in thick bowls and plates.

A large pot full of chicken stewed with mushrooms, goose stewed in an iron pot, and braised pork are also generous.

The meat dishes are heavy, but there are also plenty of vegetables.

Both meat and vegetables, well matched.

Zhou Banxia was originally worried that the usual cook would not be able to take charge of the dishes when she arrived, which would displease the always picky Gu Wenxuan. Unexpectedly, he also praised the preparation for the good preparation.

After meal.

Since we all lived together in Fucheng before to study for the exam, and the journey was tiring and bumpy, not everyone was in good enough shape to be able to turn around.

Xiaobai collapsed.

There were only her, Ms. Li, and Zhou Banxia at the women's table. They ate quickly. After putting down their chopsticks, Ms. Xiao Bai waved her hand to go back to the room and lie down for a while.

It's so tiring.

She walked slowly on the way to Fucheng before, and there was no sister-in-law (Ms. Li) on the way to chat with her about home affairs. She was so energetic that she forgot to be sleepy, but this time it didn't work.

Li fell down laughing.

Zhou Banxia was very curious about what the two of them were talking about. They talked so much that they didn't get much sleep, but she and her husband still had to rush to Zhoujiacun.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, it was getting late, and there was no time to find the answer. She quickly picked a gentle woman and a maid to serve Li.

Returning to the courtyard where he lived, Gu Wenxuan was already looking through the notes that Da Jiang had brought back in his study, and Zhou Banxia quickly freshened up and changed.

Then take out the gifts from the box and bring the ones you worked on during this period.

When Zhou Banxia and Gu Wenxuan got on the carriage and arrived at Zhou Mansion in Zhoujia Village, they heard the concierge "snitch" that the second master had just entered and had barely had a cup of tea.

Awesome, her father/father-in-law.

"The young lady and uncle have returned home."

Old housekeeper, you are so loud, are you really not leaking information inside?

"It's good. It didn't rain on the way. Where's Aunt? You don't blame me for not coming back to Zhuangzi first, right?"

"I was angry and said I couldn't see you." "I don't believe it, my aunt loves me the most. Are brother and the others here?"

"The eldest young master and the eldest young mistress can't wait for you and my uncle to come back. They returned to the capital five days ago. The second young master and the third young master are still in the house."

This, she knew, the boss was going to participate in this year's autumn festival, but she didn't know that the boss and the young couple had returned to the capital five days ago, so she thought they had run away long ago.

"The second young master and the third young master originally wanted to go with the fourth young master to pick you and your uncle back home. I heard that the second master and the second wife are here, and the wife asked them to go and pay their respects tomorrow morning."

Even saying goodbye was something that the aunt could do, and she must have coaxed the second and third children on the grounds that her mother had just arrived and had not had time to settle down, so it would be rude to go too early.

"At this moment, even the madam doesn't know that you and my uncle have returned home. I'll send someone to the inner courtyard to report it. The master is inside, you and my uncle will go in first."

"Okay." Zhou Banxia didn't ask if her father was inside. She turned towards the study and said, "Uncle, I'm back."

"Sir, we are back."

"Come in."

After hearing this, Gu Wenxuan straightened his clothes, took two quick steps, and stepped into the study. He saw that only Zhou Huan and Zhou Shun were inside, so he hurriedly bowed to his disciples first.

Zhou Banxia, ​​who came in behind him, also followed him and bowed, and he walked to the table on one side to hold a pot and pour tea.

After Gu Wenxuan, Zhou Huan, and Zhou Shushun started talking, and even himself replied to Zhou Huan with a few words about home affairs, he bowed out of the study and went to the inner courtyard to see Mrs. Zhou.

No better than Zhou Banxia, ​​who entered the inner courtyard with a familiar face and made Mrs. Zhou laugh with just a few words. Gu Wenxuan had more things to do here.

First, Zhou Huan needed to check the schoolwork he had recently returned to the village, and then the school would test whether he had slacked off in his studies these days. Hearing how big Zhou Shun's head was.

After finally waiting for the conversation between the teacher and the student to come to an end, Zhou Shun quickly called his eldest brother and ran away after saying that he wanted to go back to Zhuangzi to accompany his guests.

Zhou Huan didn't keep him, and asked the old housekeeper to send him a carriage to take him back, and he continued to take the exam for Gu Wenxuan, but at this time, the exam had already exceeded the requirements.

The questions in the exam were no longer the Four Books and Five Classics, but the military books, agricultural books, and some contemporary anthologies that he asked Gu Wenxuan to read.

After that, considering Zhou Huan's cultivation, Gu Wenxuan couldn't tell whether this gentleman was satisfied with the answer he gave.

Anyway, he was given a topic and asked to make an essay on the spot, and his husband himself began to review and correct the ten articles he brought back.

It was already dark, and the oil lamps and candles had already been lit. Gu Wenxuan lost track of time as he wrote and wrote.

After he finished the last stroke, he discovered that Zhou Lao Er and Zhou Lao San, two senior brothers from Shortcut Mountain Academy, and his uncle had arrived in the study.

Each one of them was silent, holding the homework he brought back, and looking at each other back and forth, the teacher seemed to look a little proud.

Finished?
Zhou Huan clenched his fist to cover his mouth and coughed. With his other hand, he gestured towards Gu Wenxuan, who had been staring at him for some time, to show that he had finished writing and quickly brought it over.

Gu Wenxuan immediately raised his hands and saluted his uncle.

Then when he turned around and saluted each other, he glared at the four fellow apprentices. You guys are being dishonest. You didn't even remind me when my uncle came!
Zhou Laosan was not afraid of his brother-in-law. He winked at Gu Wenxuan and asked Gu Wenxuan to look outside. He then secretly gestured that his sister had already returned to Zhuangzi earlier.

Did his wife go back first?
impossible.

There is a cross-yard where he and his wife live. With his wife's love for his wife, she saw that he couldn't leave in the study for a while, so she wished that his wife could stay.

Anyway, this place is very close to Zhuangzi. It’s definitely not like we live in the city and there is a curfew, so it’s hard to go out at night. Even if it’s past the second watch, it’s easy to get back and forth.

Besides, his father-in-law, Da Jiang, and the others were in Zhuangzi. If he and his wife didn't go back tonight, it wouldn't be considered as neglecting the guests. They had to take care of themselves first.

For all the reasons mentioned above, if the master's wife glared at him again, his wife would be even less likely to leave him alone. At most, she would go back to the courtyard to rest at midnight.

But what time is it now?

It was almost five o'clock when I left the house, and it would not be more than five-thirty when I arrived. It would take an hour to write a policy paper, during which time...