Here Bai Yu'an took Uncle Chen on the carriage to visit relatives living in the city, and then went to the countryside.
Uncle Chen has stayed in the Bai Mansion for decades. As soon as Bai Yuan's father took office, Uncle Chen followed him. With him by his side, he helped Bai Yuan socialize and taught Bai Yuan how to address him. It was indeed much smoother.
Bai Yu'an's family has many relatives, including four uncles and many cousins, but there is only one uncle.
One of the five uncles has left. Except Uncle Datang, who lives in the city, the others all live in the countryside.
The countryside was the most difficult. The roads were rugged and some roads were difficult for carriages to pass. Bai Yu'an had to follow Uncle Chen. When all the uncles and uncles had paid their respects, it was already past Haishi when they returned home.
Bai Yu'an was very tired after returning, and the white clothes on his body had long been stained by the mud on the road. At this moment, he just wanted to go back and sleep.
However, as soon as he entered the house, Butler Xie was waiting for him: "Fourth Young Master, I am waiting for you to have dinner in the backyard."
"My aunts and uncles are all here today, and the backyard is very lively."
Bai Yu'an was not in the mood to eat, she wished she could just get on the bed and sleep well.
Besides, as long as my father is here, it will definitely not be lively, but there will be more people.
Bai Yu'an exhaled and patted the robe on his body. Butler Xie saw it and said hurriedly: "Fourth Young Master, why don't you go change your clothes first?"
Bai Yu'an lifted her robe and looked at it, thinking that if she was so dirty, her father would have another reason to scold her later.
She said to Butler Xie: "Then you go and tell your father that I'm back, and then go over after changing your clothes."
Butler Xie nodded and said with a smile: "Your yard has been cleaned all the time, and the clothes and items are still the same. You can just change them."
Bai Yu'an hummed and hurriedly went to change clothes.
When they changed clothes and went to the backyard, everyone's eyes turned to Bai Yu'an.
With a smile on her face, Bai Yu'an hurriedly walked over and stood at the table and asked them one by one before sitting down.
She looked around and saw that no one dared to speak even though her father was there, and naturally no one moved their chopsticks.
Sitting in his seat, Bai Yu'an waited until he saw his father moving his chopsticks, then watched his brothers-in-law move their chopsticks, and then asked the sisters next to him to eat.
Bai Tongchun glared at Bai Yu'an, as if he was dissatisfied with him for speaking first.
Bai Yu'an smiled at her father and said, "Today I finally got together with my father, mother, and sisters and brothers-in-law. It would be boring to eat without saying a word."
Bai Yu'an knew that her father had a weird temper. When he was a child, he was not allowed to speak during the meal.
If the head of his family doesn't speak, whoever speaks first will definitely get a slap in the face.
Although Bai Yu'an was also afraid, she still dared to disobey her. Her father was a little indulgent and never blamed her every time.
Bai Yu'an knew that he could only say something to warm up the atmosphere, otherwise the meal would be a cold one.
Bai Tongchun looked at Bai Yuan's smiling face, the seriousness in his eyes retreated, and he showed a rare smile: "I saw you come back today and indulged you. I will ask you later. If you don't tell the truth, will you?" House-to-house law.”
Although Bai Yu'an has been favored since he was a child, he has been punished a lot for being lazy. As a result, now that Bai Yu'an is at this age, he still feels a little weak after hearing the family rules from his father.
But then I thought that I didn't seem to have done much in the capital. Besides, it was so far away, so how could my father know.
She responded with a smile on her face, and stood up to fawn over her father.
Bai Tongchun smiled when he saw Bai Yu'an serving him some food.
Bai Tongchun smiled, and the atmosphere on the table suddenly became less cold.
The second brother-in-law Xiao Ziliang asked Bai Yu'an: "Yu'an, how does it feel to be an official in the capital? Have you ever met the Holy Lord?"
Bai Yu'an smiled and said: "Fortunately, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. Be careful about everything. It's better to be at home."
As soon as Bai Yu'an finished speaking, Bai Tongchun said to Bai Yu'an displeasedly: "Being a minister and respecting the king is your duty."
"I can't stand this, why should I study or be an official?"
"That cock-fighting and lackey dude spends his days doing nothing and ruining the family's reputation. There's no need to worry about that. Why don't you do it?"
always like this.
Bai Yu'an was speechless. If she had the ability to be that playboy, she would probably be beaten to death within two years.
She was stunned for a moment, knowing her father's temper and not being able to quarrel, so she refrained from speaking.
The people at the table also automatically became speechless. Who dared to speak at this juncture.
Mrs. Li next to her couldn't stand it anymore and glared at Bai Tongchun: "Silang just came back today, can't you talk properly?"
"It's a good family dinner, you should say less."
"Besides, where did Shiro say something wrong? But it was said at home, not outside. What did you say she did?"
Bai Tongchun glanced at Bai Yu'an's downcast face. He lowered his eyes and didn't look like he was smiling just now. He held the dish on his chopsticks and didn't eat it for a long time.
It was rare that he didn't scold Mrs. Li, but he naturally refused to think that he was wrong. He picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a big sip.
The scene that had been a little warm just now turned cold again. Bai Yu'an, the only one who dared to talk to Master Bai, was scolded. How could the other uncles dare to speak.
Bai Luorong, Bai Yuan's second sister, secretly pinched Xiao Ziliang's leg, causing Xiao Ziliang to cry out in pain.
Bai Yu'an looked at the atmosphere on the table, and then watched his father drinking alone.
The hair on his head was all white, and with his head lowered and his face drawn, the man who was used to being dignified now looked old and pitiful.
Bai Yu'an didn't want to fight with her father. She knew his father's temperament and was used to being dignified, and she couldn't tolerate disobedience from others.
My father had been a county magistrate in Shuyang for decades, and he never had a good relationship with him. He also had a bad relationship with the prefect above him, and he also had the same temperament.
Not willing to climb up again.
Bai Yu'an asked A Tao to pour herself a cup, stood up, held the cup in both hands and whispered to her father: "Father, it's my son's fault that I haven't returned home to fulfill my filial piety for two years. I have offended my father today. I apologize to my son."
As he said this, Bai Yu'an went to drink wine.
Bai Tongchun stepped off the steps, his face softened, and he smiled: "You know how to please me since you were a child."
Bai Yu'an grinned: "Otherwise, I will be beaten."
After Bai Yu'an said this, the table started laughing again.
The eldest sister Bai Lanxiang said with a smile: "When we were young, we were not as smart as our fourth brother. We just stood there and beat our father. It's not like our fourth brother could run away and disappear in a flash."
"The slave didn't dare to catch it. In the end, my father didn't have the heart to do it."
Bai Tongchun had a smile on his wrinkled face, sighed, and then looked down at the sake in the cup: "Yu'an has grown up."
After saying that, there were faint tears in his eyes.
