The boat docked on the shore and made a soft "bang" sound, and the whole boat shook. Qin Hanzhen gathered the cloak on his body, then stood up and walked outside the cabin.

Xia Qing was standing on the deck looking at the shore, and when she saw her coming out, she hurriedly said, "The girl will wait inside for a while, and when they are ready, I will ask the girl to go ashore." Now that it was windy outside, and there were people coming and going on the dock, it was not very convenient for the girl to stand here. ”

Qin Hanzhen looked at the shore, and didn't care: "How many people can there be?" It was because of the strong wind that I wanted to go to the shore earlier, and it would not be cold when I got into the carriage. He asked Xia Qing again, "How is Grandfather's side?"

Xia Qing said: "Hou Ye's boat docked earlier than the girl's boat, I saw that Hou Ye had already gone ashore, but I was afraid that I had already gotten into the car, so I waited for the girl." ”

Qin Hanzhen nodded: "Since that's the case, let's stop procrastinating, let's go ashore quickly." When it comes to the luggage, you tell them to keep an eye on it and don't miss anything. ”

Xia Qing responded, and called Feng'er and Lianshi: "Follow the girl closely, wait carefully." I have to keep an eye on the people, and I can't go back to the city with the girl, and I will have to worry about the two of you along the way. ”

Lianshi answered honestly, and Feng'er said: "Sister, don't worry, we are also familiar with each other, and nothing will go wrong." ”

Xia Qing stared at her: "Don't be careless. Now that the girl is older, there are more things to avoid. You are waiting by the girl's side, if you are still messing around like when you were a child, once something goes wrong, even if the girl is generous and does not care, Mrs. Hou will not spare it. Be careful!"

Lianshi still answered honestly. Feng'er smiled: "Sister, don't worry, when did you see me careless and make a mistake?"

Not really. Feng'er has always been safe, that's the attitude...... Xia Qing grew up in the courtyard of the deep house, and he was used to seeing the cautious Yahuan, so he was not very suitable for Feng'er's style. Feng'er has been on an errand in front of Qin Hanzhen for three or four years, and has always won Qin Hanzhen's favor, and all important errands are handed over to her. Xia Qing was always worried in her heart, even if Feng'er had never made a mistake, she couldn't help but say a few more words to her.

Qin Hanzhen looked back at the three girls: "Let's go." The boatman has already set up the board. ”

The three of them hurriedly came back to their senses, answered yes in unison, and went to take their own baggage.

Qin Hanzhen stepped on the pedal and went ashore steadily, and the subordinates of the Yongjiahou Mansion had already erected curtains on the shore to block the sight of outsiders. She Shi Shiran walked to the carriage not far in front of her, and saw the curtain of the carriage lifted, revealing the face of her grandfather Qin Bai: "It's cold outside, come up to your grandfather's car." The car is larger than the average car, and it sits steadily. I asked someone to burn the stove and hurry up to warm it up. ”

Qin Hanzhen responded with a smile, Lianshi had already placed the footstool and wanted to help her get into the car. Qin Hanzhen didn't let her help, she climbed the side of the carriage and stepped on the footstool, got into the carriage, and was immediately surrounded by a warmth. She let out a long breath, sat down in the carriage, and held a bronze carved handstove in her arms, and didn't want to move.

She spat to her grandfather: "It's only October, why is it so cold?"

Qin Bai smiled and put down the book in his hand: "We just came back from Lingnan, no wonder you don't adapt to the weather in the north, just get used to it in a few days." We didn't get back to the capital until two months later than originally planned, and your grandmother must have complained. ”

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "This is also a helpless thing, who knew that there would be a typhoon on the sea side of Dengzhou? As for my grandfather, because he had never played in Shandong, he wanted to take the opportunity to take a walk, but he was delayed for two months, which has nothing to do with me. As long as my grandfather said that he wanted to play, my grandmother would not say anything. Grandfather, don't tell me to carry this black cauldron. ”

Qin Bai pointed at his granddaughter funny: "You girl, is it possible that you didn't go with you to play?" didn't encourage me to go to Jinan to see Daming Lake?"

Qin Hanzhen laughed dryly, in fact, she wanted to go to the famous Daming Lake, but she didn't meet Xia Yuhe. But by the way, I went to play a lap, which was also an unexpected gain.

Since returning to the capital from Jiangnan in the spring of three years ago, Qin Baizu has probably fallen in love with tourism, and he must go to other places every year. Three years ago, I first went to Datong City to hold a wedding for Qin An and Xiao Feng, and the following year I went to Guangzhou to visit Qin Ping, last year Qin Hanzhen stayed at home to accompany his grandmother, but Qin Bai went to Suning County, and then turned back to Mizhi, and then went along the mountain road into Shu to find the mother of the deceased mother Mrs. Ye. He stayed in Shuzhong for half a year, and it was not until the beginning of spring this year that he went down the Yangtze River to Jinling. And Qin Hanzhen also accompanied his grandmother Niu, went south from Beijing, took the canal to Jinling to meet his grandfather, and then went to Guangzhou.

They stayed in Canton for two months, and then returned by boat from the sea. Niu was not very accustomed to the turbulence of the sea boat, and when he arrived in Ningbo, he clamored to go back to his hometown in Jiangning, and took the canal to return to Beijing, and wanted to accompany his grandson for a few more days. Qin Bai didn't force her, the couple had been separated for a long time in the past few years, but it wasn't like before they were always sticking together, it wasn't that their feelings were weak, but they were used to being independent. The couple made an appointment, Qin Bai took his granddaughter Qin Hanzhen to continue to go north by sea, and the Niu family transferred to Jinling, stayed in his hometown for a while, and then took the canal back to Beijing, and the family reunited in the capital. Where did I think that Qin Bai and Qin Hanzhen simply stopped because of a typhoon in Shandong, played around most of Shandong, and then boarded the boat in Donglai to continue northward, went ashore in Tianjin, and turned to the canal to enter Beijing. Compared with the originally agreed date, it was two months later to arrive in the capital.

At this time, it is already winter in the capital, and a cold wind is blowing outside, and I don't know when it will start to snow. They had just returned from the warmer south, and they were really a little uncomfortable for a while. Qin Bai didn't give it back, he didn't bring any winter clothes with him, but Qin Hanzhen's winter clothes were a little small, and he thought that he must have prepared new clothes at home, and he didn't want to spend any more money to buy them. She asked the girls to take apart the padded clothes they brought when they went south, resize them, and continue to wear them on their bodies. It's just that when she went south, it was already spring, and the cotton clothes she brought were all thin, and they were naturally not as warm as the new clothes, so she couldn't bear the cold wind at this time.

It's good that I'm almost home, and it's good to be home. The family must have made new clothes, but I don't know if the size is appropriate? Qin Hanzhen is now in the development period, he can grow several centimeters taller in a year, and he is also a lot stronger, and the new clothes made this year will not be able to be worn at all next year. She was really afraid that the housekeepers at home would not know, and the new winter clothes made for her were too small, and she had to dismantle and change them again and make new ones. If it was the first two years, she would have dealt with it as a little girl. But now the situation is not quite the same, as soon as she returns to Beijing, she will definitely participate in the social activities of the Beijing ladies circle, if she shows timidity in her clothes, it will inevitably make people laugh.

The carriage is very stable, this is specially built by the family, some shock-absorbing devices are installed, and the rubber specially asked by Qin Ping to be brought back from Qiongzhou is used, and even the wheels are covered with a layer of rubber, which is naturally much more stable than ordinary carriages, and the speed is not slow. Qin Hanzhen didn't get motion sickness anymore, except for being a little tired, there was no discomfort.

It took them half a day to finally enter the city and return to their home, the Yongjiahou Mansion.

Yongjiahou Mansion is adjacent to the Chengenhou Mansion of the long house, but the area is smaller than that of Chengenhou Mansion. The whole house is in a five-way and three-way pattern. The five entrances on the middle road are the front yard, the main courtyard where Qin Bai and Niu's husband and wife live, the open space used as the school field, and the four courtyards where Qin Ping, the son of the world, lived, and finally the warehouse.

There are five entrances on the east road, and the first entrance is the guest house, which is specially prepared for clansmen or relatives and friends, as well as the students taught by Qin Bai to borrow in Beijing. The second and third entrances are the garden, the fourth is Qin Hanzhen's courtyard, and then there is the kitchen and the servant's residence.

As for the west road, the layout is simpler, and you can go down to five courtyards in one go. The first courtyard is not inhabited, and he is used as a book collector and guest envoy on weekdays, but he specially prepared a wing room, which was prepared for Wu Shaoying to live in, but it has not been used so far. The second entry into the courtyard is reserved for Qin An and his wife, and the third entry is reserved for Brother Qian'er. These three courtyards are now empty there, and there has never been an owner, that is, the study courtyard is still popular on weekdays. After that, there is the place where the servants live, and there is no need to go into details.

Such a large Hou Mansion, there are few owners living in it now, and it is really a little deserted. Although the long room is on the side, and the relationship between the two rooms is not bad, and they can come and go often, but where can they compare with how lively their own family is? When Qin Hanzhen entered the house, he kept thinking that he and his grandfather had come back late this time, leaving only the grandmother in this house alone, and I was afraid that her old man would be very lonely.

The Niu family had already received the letter from the next person, and helped the girl to the front yard to greet him. Seeing her husband and granddaughter enter the gate from a distance, her tears immediately fell: "You guys are really angry with me!

She returned to Beijing from Jiangning, and after entering the house, she found that her husband and granddaughter, who should have come back a long time ago, were not there. In particular, Changfang heard the news that there was a typhoon in the Shandong Sea, and many ships capsized, and she was always worried that it would be bad news. After ten days and a half months, she received a letter, saying that the grandfather and grandson were playing in Shandong, saying that they were going to climb Mount Tai, so how could she not be angry? !

Niu Shi rarely stretched his face at her husband: "You only care about being happy outside, and you don't know how scared I am when I hear that your ship has encountered a typhoon! The old ones have no conscience, and the little ones have no conscience." Why am I so miserable, and I have a pair of heartless grandchildren like you?!"

She cried twice, and then remembered her eldest son: "Hou Ye's son is also a conscienceless. I always hope that he will marry a daughter-in-law and come back soon, give me a big fat grandson, and I have personally gone to Guangzhou twice, and even the candidate has been found for him, just waiting for him to nod, and he will be able to do happy events immediately, but he will not follow me to death, I am really angry!"

As soon as Qin Hanzhen heard his grandmother mention his father, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, and quietly glanced at Qin Bai, and the grandfather and grandson pretended to be cowardly.