When she saw Xiaochun, Guan Xiaoyu remembered that when she returned home before, her father seemed to have mentioned that her senior brother had passed the county government's assessment.
"Yes, it's my senior brother Xiaochun. He went to the county government office to work."
Liu Wanyun's eyes swept over Xiaochun, a gossipy look in her eyes. "Is he on duty at the county yamen or at the county magistrate's residence? There's a difference between the two. If he's at the county yamen, he should be considered a constable or something like that, so he doesn't need to follow the young lady around and serve her..."
Guan Xiaoyu disagreed, "My senior brother is very good at martial arts, he must be going to the county government office..."
When Xiaochun saw the Shen family's carriage at the foot of the mountain, he guessed that he might meet them, so when he saw Guan Xiaoyu, he was not surprised at all. Due to his status, he did not react at all and just did his own thing silently.
He ignored the looks from Liu Wanyun and Guan Xiaoyu and remained calm.
However, the actions of the two people attracted the attention of others.
Miss Lu followed the two men's gaze and glanced at Xiaochun. This guard... seemed to be better looking than the others.
However, these two young ladies are a bit too explicit. They are already married, but their husbands still follow them around, and they actually look at men without any concealment.
The next second, Boss Shen tugged at Liu Wanyun's clothes and asked, "What are you looking at?"
The face that didn't like to smile became even colder.
Liu Wanyun chuckled and took his arm. Knowing that he was jealous again, she quickly coaxed him, "Brother Dong, my second sister-in-law and I were discussing this. Of the young masters who came today, you three brothers are the best-looking!"
Guan Xiaoyu listened from the side and shuddered in her heart. This woman's mouth is so deceiving!
However, Boss Shen enjoyed it very much and took his wife to fly a kite.
Shen Lao Er stood quietly behind Guan Xiaoyu, and said with a fake smile, "Hey, Xiaoyu, isn't this your senior brother?"
Guan Xiaoyu turned around and glared at him. Everyone had obviously recognized her, but they were pretending not to know her, but he had to expose her.
His voice naturally aroused everyone's curiosity.
Shen Lao Er stepped forward, patted Xiaochun on the shoulder, and introduced him to everyone, "This is the eldest brother from my wife's family's martial arts school. I never thought he would be on duty at the County Magistrate's Mansion!"
Young Master Lu coughed, a little embarrassed. "This is the new Constable Guan from the county yamen. He's very skilled. My parents were worried about our safety when we went out, so they sent him with us. I didn't realize he's the Second Young Master's wife's senior brother. I'm so sorry!"
Seeing that it was Guan Xiaoyu's senior brother, Miss Lu looked at Xiaochun carefully again.
No wonder those two young ladies were staring at me just now!
This senior brother is a handsome man and is indeed worth remembering.
Xiaochun bowed and saluted everyone with a neither humble nor arrogant attitude. "My name is Guan Xiaochun, and I learned from the Yunhe Martial Arts School in the south of the city. I am grateful that you gentlemen and ladies do not mind me. Xiaochun is here to greet you!"
Guan Xiaochun was an orphan who was picked up by Guan's father and mother and became their first apprentice. They treated him like their own son since he was young. Later, they had a daughter, Guan Xiaoyu, and Guan's father wanted to marry them.
However, after falling into the water once, the daughter's thoughts were unpredictable. She insisted on marrying into the Shen family with her sworn sisters.
Guan's father naturally would not force his daughter, so he could only comfort Guan Xiaochun and let him find happiness elsewhere. Although Guan Xiaochun was inevitably a little disappointed, he could also understand Guan's father's painstaking efforts and respect Guan Xiaoyu's choice.
So, he stopped guarding the Yunhe Martial Arts School and went out to participate in the county government's selection of constables, intending to make a career for himself.
They exchanged a few more pleasantries. Because of Guan Xiaoyu's identity, the young master and young lady of the Lu family were a bit more polite to Xiaochun than before.
After a while, Miss Zhou and Mr. Zhou also arrived, bringing a piece of news: Miss Zheng suddenly fell ill yesterday and could not come.
The Zhou and Zheng families lived not far from each other, so someone sent a message to the Zhou family early in the morning, asking Miss Zhou to tell everyone that she would leave soon and would invite everyone to visit her house when she felt better.
As soon as everyone arrived, the kite flying was arranged.
Shen Laosan and Xie Bufan are two people who like to play, but they usually play cards, listen to operas, horse racing, kicking Cuju, throwing pots and the like with men. They are full of disdain for tricks like flying kites, thinking that these are games played by girls and do not require any technical skills.
In order to attract attention and show how powerful they are, the two were very excited at the beginning.
Shen Laosan asked Zhang Xinyue to hold the ball of string and fly the kite with the wind. However, after fiddling with it for a long time, the kite just wouldn't fly high. Every time it seemed to take off, it would fall down again.
He was so angry that he threw the kite away and said, "There's something wrong with this kite. Who made it? Ask him to return the money!"
Zhang Xinyue laughed so hard that her face trembled. "You are just blaming the uneven road for your incompetence! You are being unreasonable!"
On the other side, Miss Xie was holding a ball of string. Her brother Xie Bufan also couldn't fly the kite. He stood there looking around, even raising his hand to feel the wind or something. "Oh! There's not much wind right now, not suitable for flying a kite! Sister, come on, I'll take you to climb the ladder to heaven!"
The two men refused to admit that it was their problem.
Xie Linghui rolled her eyes at her brother with disdain and pointed at Ruonan and Zhaodi standing beside her. "Look, look, Second Miss Shen didn't even run around, she just flew the kite up!"
The kite that Zhaodi was holding had a pattern of an eagle that she had drawn herself. The kite frame was made by an old servant in the mansion. When it was put into the air, it looked particularly lifelike.
Xie Bufan glanced at the "eagle" flying in the sky, then looked at Zhaodi, and thought that this woman was quite interesting. She was beautiful, but also arrogant.
Zhaodi didn't even look at him and was flying her own kite seriously. When she saw that her brother couldn't fly his kite, she went over to help.
The kite that Shen Laosan couldn't fly was quickly released into Zhaodi's hands, which made Zhang Xinyue laugh again.
"Does this kite recognize people, or what?"
Shen Laosan looked unconvinced and pulled down what he had put there. He was unwilling to believe it and insisted on trying it again himself.
Seeing this, Xie Bufan took the initiative to greet, "Second Miss, can you help us release it too?"
It just so happened that Miss Lu hadn't put it away either, and was extremely anxious. She waved to Zhaodi for help, but she acted as if she didn't hear Xie Bufan's voice and went straight to Miss Lu's side.
Xie Bufan touched his nose to resolve the embarrassment, then picked up the kite again, inexplicably feeling a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat.
I just don’t believe that I can’t fly this little kite today!
He ran several times with the kite, but still couldn't fly it. When he was about to give up, he heard a voice behind him.
"You're too anxious! Run slower, feel the force pulling the kite in your hand, and let out the string slowly. Don't let it out too quickly..."
He turned around and saw Zhaodi standing next to his sister, and those words were addressed to him...
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