Chapter 221: Xiaobi’s meeting is not in a good mood

Yu Hongdou sat beside the fire angrily, glaring at Tan Langxiu who was grilling fish.

Tan Yanlin laughed secretly for a while, and seeing that she was still staring at Brother Jiu, he thought for a moment, then took something out of his arms and handed it to her.

“What is it?” Yu Hongdou’s vision was blocked by something. She raised her hand to take it and saw that it was actually a delicate ball.

A Linglong ball is a big ball with small balls carved into it, and there are other small balls inside the small balls.

By analogy, at most, a dozen embedded balls can be carved inside a walnut-sized ball, which is a treasured skill of Chinese literature and art.

The exquisite ball that Tan Yanlin gave her was an ivory carving. Not only was the big ball inside the small ball, but there were even patterns carved on the ball.

“Where did it come from?” Yu Hongdou didn’t see him buying anything along the way.

“I bought them on the way here, including a set of nine-ring Lu Ban locks and other things. They are all in those boxes.” Tan Yanlin pointed to the carriage behind.

“Thank you.” Yu Hongdou had received a lot of things from them, so she didn’t hesitate to take the exquisite ball in her hand and turned it around.

She looked up at Tan Yanlin, then reached her little hand into her sleeve and started to dig.

Yu Sanlang saw it from afar and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Yu Hongdou took out two folded talisman papers, looked around, and asked Qian Sanmei to get two sachets.

“I originally wanted to give it to you when we parted, but I was afraid I would forget it by then, so I’ll give it to you in advance.” As he said this, he glanced at Tan Langxiu who was carrying the grilled fish over.

“Thank you.” Tan Langxiu put the grilled fish in front of the little girl and took a piece of talisman paper from her hand.

“Hmph, shameless.” Yu Hongdou snorted, but when she smelled the delicious grilled fish, her anger dissipated.

“You have no conscience. I brought you a box of furs.” Tan Langxuan took a sachet from Qian Sanmei’s hand and pointed to the carriage behind.

When the mercenary Hongdou heard this, she immediately smiled and said, “You are really nice.”

The two brothers laughed at the same time.

Xu looked at this side thoughtfully for a few seconds, turned around and saw her husband and son busy grilling fish with honest faces, pursed her lips and lowered her eyes.

The meal was very pleasant, the sun was warm but not too hot, and the breeze was cool.

Her brother has a bright future, her parents love and care for her, and her best friends are by her side.

At this moment, Yu Hongdou felt very proud and wanted to sing a song to express her feelings.

But in the end she held back, first of all she couldn’t sing a few songs.

Secondly, when she was in school, her music teacher once tactfully called her out of the classroom and told her that music was not a suitable path for her.

……

Because I had friends to play with, the journey home seemed particularly quick.

When the city gate of Wu’an County was right in front of her, Yu Hongdou suddenly realized that they had arrived home.

The carriage passed through the city without stopping, and even the two brothers of the Tan family did not want to go and see their fifth brother before following him to Anbei Manor. “Third uncle, I have heard that the scenery on the manor is unique, and the fifth brother’s place is too small to accommodate, so we are shamelessly bothering him for a few days.” Although it was already agreed on the way, before entering the house, Tan Yanlin still asked Yu Sanlang for permission.

“Don’t be polite, just treat this place as your own home and stay as long as you want.” Yu Sanlang waved his hands repeatedly. How many people would wish for them to stay here?

Yu Hongdou didn’t care about their false politeness. She couldn’t wait to see Wangwang and the teacher who had been away for a long time.

“Teacher! Wangwang!” Yu Hongdou didn’t wait for the car to stop and didn’t care about the people behind her. She knocked on the door and rushed in.

“Awoo awoo!” As Yu Hongdou shouted, a huge black figure rushed out from the yard like lightning and pounced directly at Yu Hongdou.

Yu Hongdou staggered and took two or three steps back. She was stopped by Yu Song before she could stand firm.

But she didn’t scold him. Instead, she held the big dog in her arms, which was almost as tall as her, and stroked it hard.

“Wangwang, I miss you so much. I’m so sorry. There are too many people in the state capital, so I can’t take you there. Otherwise, if you are seen by others, you will be caught and I won’t be able to find you then~”

Yu Hongdou hugged Wangwang and stroked his fur, talking to him as if he was communicating with a human.

Wangwang seemed to understand and actually nodded, sticking out his tongue to lick his little master.

“Haha, stop licking it, it’s all your saliva~” Yu Hongdou held the dog’s head and laughed until she saw Mo Shougui walking slowly towards her.

Yu Hongdou pushed Wangwang aside and stood up, bowing respectfully to the teacher, but she called out affectionately: “Teacher! I’m back! Did you miss me?”

Mo Shougui was originally very serious and dignified, but when he saw her acting like this, he immediately smiled and said angrily, “You’ve only been gone for a few days, do you have anything to miss?”

“Hehe, it feels like a long time since we last met, teacher. I have brought you a gift. Just tell me if you miss me!” Yu Hongdou bared her teeth in a threatening manner.

“Think about it, where is the gift?” Mo Shougui said perfunctorily, with smiles on his face and eyes.

“Hey, I’ll get it for you later. By the way, you haven’t seen these two teachers yet, but you must have heard me talk about them many times. This is the ninth son of the Tan family, Tan Langxu, and this is the eleventh son, Tan Yanlin. The seventh son, Tan Mengao, has gone back for something. They are all my good friends.”

Yu Hongdou first introduced the two distinguished guests who were “eyeing” Wangwang and her teacher to her teacher, and then turned to look at her brother.

“Let me introduce you to you, this is Mr. Yu Songyu, the successful candidate in this provincial examination. That’s right, my brother is now a successful candidate!”

Yu Hongdou laughed, took a step forward, put her arm around Mo Shougui’s arm, and showed off proudly.

“Okay! I said Xiaosong would win this time. It’s a pity that your teacher is a good-for-nothing who doesn’t even believe in his own students.” Mo Shougui was overjoyed, but he did not forget to make a few indirect remarks about Master Yin Yang.

Yu Song had no choice but to take a step forward and salute Mo Shougui, whom he had not seen for several days. “Thank you very much for your guidance, Master Mo. My master was just being modest. Actually, before I set out, the master said that I would definitely win this time.”

This was not a lie. After knowing the grandmaster of the provincial examination, Master Shang asserted that his little disciple Yu Song would definitely pass.

Because the grandmaster who came this time is a pragmatist, he likes arguments with a solid foundation and based on reality. Yu Song’s style of solving problems is just what he likes.

Even though his writing style is a little weak, Yu Song will surely reap the rewards of being a pleaser this time.

“Oh, you old man said bad things about me without even a second’s notice. Fortunately, I asked someone to watch the door of the Yu family, otherwise I don’t know how many bad things you would have said about me behind my back!”

While they were still chatting and laughing, Master Shang and his disciple Tan Bailu came uninvited, and the first words they said as soon as they entered the room were sharp words.

Tan Bailu just rolled his eyes at the two brothers and snorted: “Oh~ So there are two nobles visiting our county. I am so sorry~”