In order to have a better chance of survival in troubled times, Chu Hanxiu told his father to take his younger brother Hanyu to run and jump in the yard more often.
Already knowing from his mouth how he and his youngest son died in the troubled times, Father Shen firmly remembered his words in his heart: "Don't worry, this time I will chase after you with a thorn stick, and I will still shout Your brother should practice more, I am too spoiled to him."
Chu Hanxiu smiled. In fact, his younger brother Chu Hanyu was a foodie, and he also liked to tinker, so he was a little chubby.
If he hadn't experienced war, he wouldn't have forced him to exercise.
Chu Hanxiu stood up and said to Father Shen: "Dad, I'm going to find Hanqing and Hanming. You can help me pack some clothes and shoes and socks. I'll be back soon."
"Go ahead, Hanqing, that kid, has played well with you since he was a child and regards you as his real brother. I'm afraid he's... a little annoyed with you today."
"Yeah." Chu Hanxiu first strolled to the small kitchen in the courtyard, took two small bottles of wine, and a stack of chicken feet, chicken gizzards, edamame and tofu that she had braised before opening the courtyard door and going to Chu Hanqing to drink tea. Walk to the small courtyard where you live.
When they were halfway there, still some distance away from where they lived, they saw a familiar figure holding a lantern in front of them.
Chu Hanxiu raised the corner of his mouth and raised his hand to shake the food box in his hand: "The Yuchun wine just brewed this spring, as well as the chicken feet, chicken gizzards, edamame and tofu soaked in marinade all night."
Chu Hanqing, who was walking at night, heard his voice, paused, turned around and left.
Chu Hanxiu took a few steps forward and stood beside him: "You obviously came to see me, but you have to leave when I come, tsk."
"Who is looking for you? You took away my opportunity to go to the Hou Mansion today. I am just angry with you."
"Okay, okay, make me angry, Nuo," Chu Hanxiu picked up a piece of tofu from the food box and stuffed it into his mouth, "Let's go find Hanming."
"Well!" Being stuffed with tofu, Chu Hanqing looked at Chu Hanxiu who was already walking in front of him, and strode to follow him angrily, "Why are you walking so fast!"
Just like when he went out to look for Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanqing looked for him, Chu Hanming also had a tacit understanding with them.
They did not go directly to Zhao Shijun's small courtyard, but to a small room in the northwest corner of the backyard. Sure enough, Chu Hanming was standing in front of the door waiting for them.
Chu Hanxiu put the food box on the table, took out two jugs of wine and several plates of braised food, and raised her hand to greet them: "Come here quickly, we can have a good drink tonight."
Seeing him not at all sad about leaving tomorrow, Chu Hanqing was so angry that she sat down opposite him and poured a full glass of wine: "Drink, drink more, you are rich now and can't eat enough." you!"
Chu Hanming was used to his second brother's behavior. He poured himself wine, the three of them clinked glasses and drank it all.
Chu Hanqing placed the wine glass on the table and moved her lips. After all, she couldn't hold it back: "Second brother, I know that what you said before is not false. You will never covet the power of the Hou family. Man, did something happen that made you do this?"
Forehead……
His third brother is still so smart.
Chu Hanxiu squeezed the cup and said, "It's such a small courtyard. You don't know what happened to me."
Chu Hanqing pouted: "There's a lot we don't know. When we were young, you bribed the boy at the back door and sneaked out to visit the temple fair, but you didn't tell us."
Chu Hanxiu: "...I'm worried that you are young and it's not safe to run out."
"Hmph, it's obviously my second brother who wanted to play football. You were afraid of wasting time, so you sneaked out on your own."
Chu Hanxiu: "Really?"
"I was sweating profusely when I came back. Hanming, Hanyu, and I thought you were not feeling well, so we gave you all the sweets we hid!" Even Chu Hanming's face was filled with accusations.
Chu Hanxiu touched her nose, stuffed a chicken foot into each of their mouths, and then poured herself a glass of wine: "I saw it, it's a full glass."
Then he raised his neck and drank it in one gulp, "This kind of thing will definitely never happen again in the future."
Chu Hanqing gnawed on the chicken feet and poked him open, detailing what he had done.
I don’t know if it’s time to count, but Chu Hanxiu quickly poured herself another full cup, “I’ll have one more cup, and another cup.”
He muttered that he was too excited to come back from the apocalypse, and his playful and noisy temperament was fully revealed. He treated Chu Hanming, who was the same age as Hanming, as a big toy, and he had a great time playing with it.
This time, Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanming did not ask him to drink alone. They picked up the wine glasses with him, and the three of them met together.
In an instant, Chu Hanming, who had the softest temperament, had red eyes: "Second brother will never return to Pingyang County again, and we will never see second brother."
Her husband-in-law had a bad temper, and the life of his concubine and brother-in-law, who served in the backyard, was actually not good. Chu Hanxiu had always protected them since they were young, and she would always leave a portion of whatever delicious food she found for them.
Many of the concubine brothers in the courtyard were envious of how well they played with their second brother.
Now that the second brother has gone to the Hou Mansion, and they are about the same age, they may get married one after another in a year and a half. Today's gathering may be the only one in a lifetime.
Chu Hanqing no longer mentioned that Chu Hanxiu blocked his way and made it impossible for him to go to the Hou Mansion. Instead, he said with some worry: "Second brother has gone to the Hou Mansion, so be careful with the eldest brother."
"You guys haven't gotten along since you were little. He hates that you are better-looking than him. Now that he is the Marquis of Wu'an, it's just a matter of raising his hand to embarrass you."
Chu Hanxiu looked at the two concubine brothers and felt a little sad.
In their previous life, they had gotten together like this.
But at that time, it was to celebrate that Chu Hanqing became the servant of the Hou Mansion. He gave Chu Hanqing a lot of advice and hoped that he would live well in the Hou Mansion.
But in the end, Chu Hanqing died in the lotus pond of the Hou Mansion. He and Chu Hanming were also stripped of their positions as county magistrates because of their unscrupulous father, and they each looked for a way out.
From then on, he never saw Chu Hanming and Zhao Shijun again.
All told, he hadn't seen them for ten years.
Chu Hanxiu drank half of the wine in the glass and said, "Maybe I will be sent back by the Marquis Mansion after I have been away for a few months."
"Bah, bah, bah, those words are so unlucky!" Chu Hanqing patted her mouth, telling Chu Hanxiu to take it back quickly.
But Chu Hanxiu knew that he would definitely come back. He said to Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanming: "Hanqing, after I leave, my father-in-law will definitely arrange marriage arrangements for you. According to what he and his father want, I'm afraid he will kill you." You must not be in a hurry if you promise to be a concubine or a second wife to someone who is older than your father."
"Even if there is no suitable place in Pingyang County, there are still so many places outside."
"And Hanming, you and your father should keep an eye on Hanming. You can't let him get involved by your direct husband. With his temper, he's still counting the money after being sold by others."
After being warned by him, Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanming couldn't hold it any longer. They picked up the marinated meat and stuffed it into their mouths. Soon, the two bottles of wine were empty.
This is not Dai Viet wine with a few or more than ten degrees of alcohol on the market, but Chu Hanxiu's own mother's rice wine.
Not to mention the two of them, Chu Hanxiu was a little drunk.
He stood up dizzily and pulled them both up, "Let's go, I'll take you back first."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"""""Second brother, I, I can't bear to let you go." Chu Hanqing, with red cheeks and blurry eyes, pulled Chu Hanxiu tightly.
Chu Hanming, who was pulling him on the other side, hugged his thigh directly, and all he was talking about was what he would do if his brothers couldn't see each other again.
Chu Hanxiu rubbed her head, which was dizzy due to drunkenness, and wanted to squat down and drag the two of them back.
Suddenly, Xia Lan and the two boys beside them came over and helped their master.
Chu Hanxiu said to Xia Lan: "Just keep an eye on them two and send them to bed."
"The little one knows. The little one will support you and let you see them go back before returning to the yard."
"Yeah." Chu Hanxiu leaned her lower body against Xia Lan.
At dawn the next day, Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanming, who were even drunker than him last night, had already arrived.
The two of them watched Chu Hanxiu getting dressed and washing up under Xia Lan's care, and they could no longer hold back the tears in their eyes.
Chu Hanxiu didn't want the two of them to be sad all the time, so she stuffed the two small boxes into their hands: "It's not like we'll never see each other again. I cried so much that I panicked."
"One for each person, everything is available."
"What?" Chu Hanqing opened the small box and saw what was inside at a glance.
A few hairpins, hair crowns, and some small items that were familiar to him.
He picked up a bamboo dragonfly and said, "This... second brother still has it..."
"The first thing you gave me, I kept it as a souvenir. Now I will give it to you for safekeeping. When I come back from the Marquis Mansion, this thing will be returned to me."
Chu Hanming also picked up a square object in his small box in surprise, "Rubik's cube? Second brother, did you also ask me to keep it?"
He has been particularly fond of this gadget since he saw it in his second brother's hand when he was a child.
But he was stupid and felt that he couldn't play it, so he never told his second brother that he liked it.
Chu Hanxiu said: "No, it will be yours from now on. When we meet again, you have to put it together and show it to me."
What he said made Chu Hanqing and Chu Hanming feel as if the three brothers really met that day.
At this moment, Lin Momo who was beside Jiang came and said, "Master Hanxiu, the carriage has been hitched and ready to go. The Hou Mansion is still waiting for Master Hanxiu to go."
Chu Hanxiu looked at her father, brothers Hanyu, Hanqing and Hanming in the room, "Then I'll leave."
At this moment, the sun had only risen a little from the distant mountains, and its orange-red glow spread across most of the sky.
As soon as Chu Hanxiu and Xia Lan boarded the carriage, the carriage drove away from the back gate of the county government office and headed towards Pingyang County, hundreds of miles away. The people standing at the back gate of the county government office to see them off became increasingly blurry. Until he completely disappeared from Chu Hanxiu's sight.
At noon on the tenth day, the carriage passed through many places before entering Kyoto.
The bustling hustle and bustle of Kyoto suddenly attracted Xia Lan's eyes, causing him to reach up to his neck and look outside.
Soon, the carriage left the busy street and entered another street that looked unusual.
The carriage stopped, and the driver opened the curtain: "Master Hanxiu, the Marquis Mansion has arrived."
