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Seeing Dong Shu's expression, Xu Shiqiu could guess what she was thinking, but he thought the same way, so he did not speak up to interrupt her train of thoughts.

It was already late in the night, so only after Xu Shiqiu called over some hot water, did he whisper into Dong Shu's ear. "My wife, it's already getting late, do you want to wash up and rest? Didn't you and Yanzhu set an appointment to meet tomorrow? "

Upon hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, Dong Shu instantly regained her senses, looked up at him, and immediately became bashful: "I do, hubby wait a moment, I'll go wash myself now." With that said, Dong Shu got up quickly and headed to her ear room.

Looking at Young Girl's retreating back, who seemed to be fleeing for his life, Xu Shiqiu endured his laughter, shook his head, and walked to the study room to start writing a letter.

Father's uncles had not read many books, and they only knew how to read. Thus, this letter had to be written in a more straightforward manner.

Thinking about it this way, the ink in Xu Shiqiu's hands was already finished.

Paving the paper, drawing the brush, all the movements were smooth and natural. When the two pieces of paper were finished, the ink in the inkstone had just been used up.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw Dong Shu walking over, so Xu Shiqiu quickly put down the letter in her hand and raised her head to smile at her: "My wife's actions are so quick, I just finished writing this letter."

Hearing Xu Shiqiu's voice, Dong Shu stopped in her tracks. Just as she was wondering if she should continue walking, she heard Xu Shiqiu say: "But I'm just finished here, do you want my wife to come and learn a few more words?"

When Xu Shiqiu finished speaking, he immediately walked towards him. Dong Shu waited until he was beside him, then looked up and said: "Then I'll learn a few more words from Master."

Dong Shu had always loved to learn, no matter whether it was when she was at the Dong Clan previously or after she married into the Xu Family.

She would always imitate the people around her. Previously, she wanted to learn from her aunt, Madame Dai, to protect herself. This time, she would also learn etiquette from Xu Yanzhu and learn to read from him.

Every time she learnt to read from Xu Shiqiu, she would be extremely serious, and did not know that Xu Shiqiu enjoyed this time very much. She only felt that if there was a little while every day, he would be happy.

However, time would eventually slip away.

It had been four days since Dong Shu's arrival. Today, Dong Shu felt that her body had become lighter since morning, and without waiting for her to be happy, she hurriedly walked over to her and Xu Shiqiu: "Third Master, Madam. The gatekeeper has informed us that Master and Second Master will be at the door in half an hour. "

Since the Shihuan Courtyard had Cui Hua, the servants of the Xu Family bravely approached the Shihuan Courtyard as well.

After all, Cui Hua stayed in the front courtyard all day, so as long as she called out from the door, she could hear him.

Hearing Cui Hua's words, Dong Shu subconsciously looked towards Xu Shiqiu, a nervous emotion passing through her eyes. Just as she was about to speak up, she saw Xu Shiqiu frown and say unhappily: "We'll be back soon, don't tell me you expect me to go to the door to fetch them?"

Although his big brother and second brother were his big brothers, they were, after all, not elders.

On the other hand, Yanzhu would probably need to go to the door and wait for her uncle and father.

Of course, the main reason why Xu Shiqiu was so unhappy was because Dong Shu's eyes had instantly tensed up.

In Xu Shiqiu's heart, his own Young Girl was the most important person. Since his brother and second brother were going home, there was naturally no need for him to welcome them.

Dong Shu did not know whether it was because of her that Xu Shiqiu was unhappy, but she looked at her husband, and when she saw that he was looking at her, she immediately smiled at him with her crescent eyes: "Master, what clothes do you think I should wear today? After all, this is my first time seeing my eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, second brother, Second Sister-in-law and those juniors. After saying this, Dong Shu thought for a moment before continuing: "I still need to choose some gifts for the juniors. I'm an elder after all."

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, it immediately attracted his attention.

Xu Shiqiu stood up, walked to the side of the wardrobe, and opened it to take a careful look. Only then did he choose the long blue muslin dress and the silver red ponyface dress.

"Didn't mother give you a set of jewellery two days ago? The colors are just nice and bright, just right for your dress. As for the gifts for the juniors, I've already chosen them a few days ago.

Xu Shiqiu looked at Dong Shu who had just finished speaking, and nodded to him: "En, I will listen to Hubby." After he finished speaking, Dong Shu immediately stood up, prepared to change into her clothes and comb her makeup.

The color of the dress was extremely delicate and fair to begin with, and after being raised at home for a few days, she looked even more white and round.

After changing into the dress, Dong Shu started to comb her hair with Cui Hua's help.

Before, when Dong Shu didn't like to wear so many hair accessories, she always felt that it was too burdensome, but today, she had actually put on a whole set.

Heart, hairpin, hair covering, pearl hairpin, earring, one does not fall.

If it was said that Dong Shu who normally only combed her makeup simply still looked a little like a peasant girl, then after changing into her clothes and dressing up, she looked like an extremely noble and noble girl.

In addition to the etiquette she had learned from Xu Yanzhu during these few days, his actions had instead caused Xu Shiqiu to become absent-minded for an instant.

When Dong Shu, who was originally carrying it, saw his husband staring at him while lost in thought, he immediately covered his mouth and laughed: "My husband, could it be that you do not recognize me?"

Hearing Dong Shu's naughty words, Xu Shiqiu regained his senses, and looked at her while laughing and shaking his head: "Normally I would only look at my wife's simple attire, but today, seeing my wife's luxurious clothing, my husband is truly stunned."

Xu Shiqiu didn't feel that it was embarrassing at all for his to say these words. Instead, when he heard his words, Dong Shu's face flushed red from shyness.

Actually, she had only tried this kind of outfit once when learning from Yanzhu. On that day, she happened to be in Yanzhu's courtyard, not her Shihuan Courtyard, so she had never seen her husband before.

Thinking up to here, Dong Shu smiled at him, "Then, I'll have to thank my husband for his praise." Saying that, Dong Shu walked towards Xu Shiqiu.

The Xu Family Main Room and Second Branch had left the Xiahe Village for six years. In the previous six years, the Second Branch had returned twice, but Xu Mingyuan who was an official in the outskirts of the capital had never returned.

This time, the reason the two houses came back together was also because of Xu Shiqiu's marriage. Furthermore, it had been almost ten years since he left the capital, and the two houses also had matters to report to Old Madame Xu.

Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have come back here.

Xu Yanzhu was waiting at the door to welcome her eldest uncle's family and his parents and little brother. Perhaps it was because she had spent more time with Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu, but the current Xu Yanzhu had changed from her usual clothes and was wearing a set of clothes that were much brighter than usual.

The upper body was a sunset color embroidered with the collar and sleeves of the four gentlemen, while the lower body was an aqua green horse-face skirt.

Although the dress was still the color that Xu Yanzhu normally liked to wear, the color of the top was the color of sunset that she had not worn for many years.

The moment Madame Jiang came out of the Mule Cart, she saw her different eldest daughter. Without waiting for her to speak, she got out of the carriage first and said to Xu Yanzhu: "Yanzhu looks different today, she is after all, First Miss."

When Madame Ye saw that Xu Yanzhu had not finished speaking, and that Xu Yanzhu had not even had the time to reply, the expression of the Madame Jiang who heard her words had already changed. She glanced at his sister-in-law and said, "I don't dare to compare to sister-in-law's Yanmo, since my Yanzhu does not have a mother who is a princess."

Just as Madame Jiang finished speaking with a sour expression, the smile on her face disappeared. After smiling in disdain, she said, "We are all ladies of Xu Family, and Yanzhu was raised by Mother herself, so she is naturally better than that leathery monkey, Yanmo."

When Madame Ye said this, she was momentarily blocked from continuing her sentence.

Thinking about how her elder sister-in-law had raised Yanzhu from his mother-in-law, Madame Jiang suppressed her anger and looked at Xu Yanzhu, "You little girl, how can you not pay respects when you see your elder brother, aunt, and parents?"

When the Madame Jiang said those words, Xu Yanzhu was immediately stunned.

Just as Xu Yanzhu was about to bow and beg for forgiveness, she suddenly thought of what her grandmother had told him a few days ago.

However, what he did not know was that this daze made Madame Jiang, who was looked down upon by the Madame Ye, even more unhappy.

"Little girl, why have you forgotten the rules after not seeing each other for two years?" He is also an eighteen year old First Miss, could it be that he has already forgotten all the rules and regulations he learned in the past? "

Madame Jiang ignored the fact that she was right in front of the Xu Family gate, as she questioned her with a few words.

Hearing her mother's questions, Xu Yanzhu endured the sadness in her heart. Just as she was about to admit her mistake, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"The Old Madame has already been waiting for a long time. I wonder why this uncle and second master still haven't gone in to say hello?"

The servant woman who had been by Old Madame's side for many years had just finished speaking with a sullen face, but Xu Mingyuan and Xu Xiaozhi, who had not spoken up until now, immediately begged for forgiveness: "Let Mother wait a long time, it's our fault, we're going to pay our respects to Mother now."

After the two brothers finished speaking at the same time, the servant woman only slightly nodded her head and no longer spoke to them. Instead, she looked at Xu Yanzhu with a smile and said, "First Miss, the old lady has been looking for you since a while ago.

Xu Yanzhu stood up straight after hearing the servant woman's voice, dispelling the thought of apologizing to Madame Jiang.

After the servant said this, she turned and looked at the servant woman: Yanzhu has delayed it by eating tea with grandmother, Yanzhu will be going back now. After saying that, without waiting for her uncle and father to speak, Xu Yanzhu immediately bowed to the four elders, then turned and walked towards the Main Yard.

Inside the Main Yard, the Old Madame Xu already knew what happened at the entrance.

She sat on the seat of honor, and while the main house and second house had yet to arrive, she glanced at Xu Shiqiu who was seated below and said, "Your Second Sister-in-law has not made any progress in all these years."

After saying that, the Old Madame Xu sighed lightly, then looked towards Dong Shu who was obediently sitting at the side and said: "Later, if your Second Sister-in-law feels sorry for you, don't take it to heart. If anything happens, Mother will make the decision for you."

Although Dong Shu was slightly silly, but these few days when she was almost together with Xu Yanzhu, their feelings were naturally not ordinary.

It was just that she still did not know who Second Sister-in-law was, and she was Yanzhu's biological mother, so it was inconvenient for her to say anything for him.

However, she didn't expect that this matter would actually affect her.

After hearing Old Madame Xu's words, Dong Shu hurriedly glanced at Xu Shiqiu, and after seeing him nod slightly, she promptly looked at him and obediently smiled: "I will listen to Mother."

As Dong Shu's words fell, the Old Madame Xu nodded her head in satisfaction.

He had given birth to three sons, but in the end, it seemed as if his third son was not afraid of his wife.

Old Madame Xu sighed in her heart. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she saw the servant woman bringing Xu Yanzhu back first. Behind the both of them were the people from the main house and second house.

Seeing them, Old Madame Xu straightened her back, her eyes no longer as gentle as before, and instead became sharp.

Dong Shu and Xu Shiqiu both noticed the change in the Old Madame Xu, but Xu Shiqiu remained as casual as before. However, Dong Shu quickly sat up straight and waited for them to arrive.