Xi Rui walked into the house with two other dudes.

Then he saw Liang Youxiao drinking tea and eating leisurely.

Xi Rui sat over and poured himself a cup of tea, “Brother Xiao, your legs weren’t broken?”

Because of the Bai Family’s teahouse, Kung Fu tea has become popular in the capital.

Liang Youxiao raised an eyebrow: “You haven’t had your legs broken, how can I?”

“Why do you want to come see me today?”

After speaking, he threw a few nougats at the three of them.

Xi Rui took one and put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up, “What kind of pastry is this? It tastes wonderful.”

Liang Youxiao smiled and said: “It’s not a pastry, this is nougat.”

Xi Rui was stunned for a moment, “Nougat?”

He has only eaten caramel and brown sugar but has never eaten this kind of sugar.

Liang Youxiao nodded, “Yes if you like it, I’ll have someone give you a pack to take back to eat later.”

He has already purchased a batch of nougat, toffee, and fructose from Shi Qingluo, as well as vermicelli, sesame paste, etc. from Nanxi County.

However, he traveled quickly with a light vehicle. It was much slower to transport goods by land, and it would take several days to reach the capital.

Xi Rui liked sweets.

He said carelessly: “Okay, give me an extra pack, and I’ll take it back to my old lady to try.”

As long as there is something he can give to his grandmother and mother, he will not let it leave.

That’s why no matter what kind of trouble there was outside or how angry they were, he could still live happily.

“No problem.” Liang Youxiao felt the same way on this point.

Having an old lady’s favor in the family was like having a treasure. Whether they will break their legs depends on whether they can coax the old lady into good health.

Xi Rui quickly got to the point, “I heard that you brought back some mahjong from outside. Is it fun?”

Yesterday, Old Master Liang went to see his grandfather to play mahjong.

At first, his grandfather was very disdainful and felt that playing with toys was frustrating.

But in the end, if it weren’t for the various persuasions from his family, his old man wanted to drag the other three to play mahjong all night.

It also made him particularly curious about mahjong.

Liang Youxiao chuckled and said, “Of course, it’s fun, otherwise my old lady and the old man would both like it?”

“There are exactly four of us. I’ll show you how to play around a few times.”

Xi Rui came here just for this: “Then come quickly!”

So the four of them started playing mahjong.

There were relatively few entertainments in ancient times, so it was no surprise that Xi Rui and the other three also fell in love with mahjong.

Then, Liang Youxiao took out playing cards and taught several people how to play Fighting the Landlord and Chinese poker.

Compared with Mahjong, Xi Rui preferred playing Chinese Poker. He found it more exciting, although he had already lost several hundred taels of silver to Liang Youxiao.

In this way, Xi Rui came to the Liang Mansion to play for several days.

On this day, after playing mahjong in the afternoon and having dinner, Liang Youxiao sent away several other dandies who came with him.

Only he and Xi Rui were left.

Although Xi Rui was a dandy, he was not stupid. “Do you have something to say?”

Liang Youxiao smiled and said, “We haven’t sat together and talked for a long time.”

“I want to go into business, but they won’t let me. I’m almost irritated to death, so I just want to tell you what’s on my mind.”

Xi Rui gave him a helpless look: “This brother really can’t help you. If I go into business, my father will probably want to beat me too.”

Liang Youxiao picked up the wine glass and drank in one gulp, “Forget it, let’s not mention this annoying matter.”

He seemed to have accidentally found a topic and asked: “By the way, has the relationship between you and the Xiao Family eased?”

Xi Rui curled his lips and said: “Ease my ass.”

“Xiao Yuanshi’s brother-in-law was beaten up by my people last month, so he tried to trip me up in private, causing me to be whipped twice.”

When this matter was mentioned, he became angry.

Liang Youxiao’s smile deepened, “Why are you going to beat up his brother-in-law?”

Xi Rui said disdainfully, “That guy was so arrogant when he was in the academy. He acted like a real young scholar.”

“He looked down on us dandies in the academy.”

“I went to a restaurant for a drink that day, and I happened to meet him. I sneered disdainfully. He dared to scold me for being such a playboy who is good for nothing but eating, drinking, and having fun. He said, if I didn’t have a family background, I would be nothing at all.”

“In a fit of rage, I had someone beat him up and broke his writing hand.”

Liang Youxiao looked like he shared the same hatred with the enemy, “He, a guy who was expelled from the academy and has a bad character, still has the right to say that we are useless? Who gave him the courage?”

Xi Rui hummed, “Of course, it was given by Xiao Yuanshi.”

Liang Youxiao asked curiously: “How did Xiao Yuanshi design you to be whipped by your father?”

Under the protection of Old Madam Xi, but still receiving two whippings, one can imagine that the matter was serious.

Xi Rui said angrily: “When I was out playing, a woman suddenly hugged my leg on the street and said she was pregnant with my child.”

“Not only I was criticized, but my father gave me two whips when I came home without asking any questions.”

“Fortunately, my grandma arrived in time, otherwise it would never have been less than ten lashes.”

“Pfft!” Liang Youxiao couldn’t help but spit out a sip of wine, “Don’t you know that woman?”

Xi Rui rolled his eyes and said, “I don’t know that bitch. Weirdly, I could fall in love with such an ugly woman.”

Besides, he has never been interested in women, he only likes to eat, drink, and have fun.

Liang Youxiao asked playfully: “Did you find out that it was Xiao Yuanshi who did it?”

When he feels sleepy, someone gives me a pillow.

Xi Rui replied: “It was found out that his wife did it.”

“It took a lot of trouble during the investigation, and the woman made many twists and turns to arrange it.”

“But this time it was my people who went to investigate, so I still found it from some clues.”

“If we are an ordinary aristocratic family, we wouldn’t be able to find out.”

He hummed again, “But I will keep this debt on Xiao Yuanshi. After all, without his support, would that woman dare?”

Liang Youxiao asked: “You didn’t take revenge?”

Xi Rui became angry when he mentioned this, “Not yet, my father told me not to go out and cause trouble.”

Liang Youxiao raised his eyebrows, “You have been plotted, and your father won’t help you vent your anger?”

Xi Rui sighed, “I said that I caused trouble first and broke the other party’s brother-in-law’s hand. It might affect his ability to hold brush and weapons in the future, so I deserve to be tricked.”

“But even if he says this, he will not be able to swallow it in his heart.”

“Xiao Yuanshi seems to be very valued by the Emperor recently, and it’s hard to do anything to him.”

“I’m not engaged yet. After this trouble, how can a good family marry their daughter to me?”

Liang Youxiao: “……”

Even if there is no such thing, no good family will marry their daughter to you.

But he has to say that Xiao Yuanshi’s new sweet wife was not only vicious but also very courageous.

For the sake of her brother, she dared to plot against Xi Rui.

It seems that she values her brother very much.

No wonder, he wanted to kill Shi Qingluo and destroy Xiao Hanzheng.

She probably still wanted to take revenge. Shi Qingluo encouraged the old Xiao family to make trouble, causing her brother to be expelled from the academy.

But that woman was still a bit too shallow and self-righteous.

Does she think that the background of the founding noble families of the country was just a joke, and she can’t be found?