Chapter 128: Road Encounter
Niu's mind was occupied by the daughter-in-law who was about to come to Beijing and the grandson or granddaughter in her womb, temporarily ignoring that there was another son who wanted to be transferred to the capital. If Qin Bai hadn't wanted to wait for General Ma's birthday banquet and ask the Ma family about General Ma's entry into Beijing, perhaps the Niu family would have sent people to Datong to pick up people.
Qin Hanzhen saw that her grandmother was on the rise, so she gave her advice: "After the fifth aunt and the sixth sister entered Beijing, they should live in the courtyard of West Road, right? There are two entrances over there, and the house is sufficient, but since the renovation was completed, no one has lived there." If you add the time when the former owner of the house, the Xie family, abandoned the yard, there are at least seven or eight years before and after, and the yard has never been inhabited. Even though our family had been renovated before we moved in, there was no comparison between a house without people and a house with no people. Before the fifth aunt entered Beijing, should my grandmother ask someone to tidy it up? The places that should be repaired should be repaired, the furniture and furnishings can also be replaced, and the curtains and curtains have faded, and they should also be replaced with the colors and patterns that are trending nowadays. The flowers and trees in the yard need to be pruned, and those unstable aisles, paths, corridors, steps, etc., must be re-paved, otherwise the fifth aunt and a pregnant woman will fall while walking in the yard.
Niu Shi was immediately reminded by her: "The third girl is right, these things should be prepared, without a month of effort, the house may not be able to be cleaned up and lived." When the house is tidied up and your fifth aunt can go to Beijing, it is just the time when the spring flowers are blooming, and the lukewarm weather is just in time. Just calculate the time, your fifth aunt should give birth in July and August, when the weather was quite cool, but it was the hottest in May and June, and she would definitely find it difficult. I have to quickly ask my subordinates to prepare more ice cubes while it is cold today, and prepare for summer!"
Qin Hanzhen thought of the residence, and the Niu family also thought of people: "There should be a few more people around your fifth aunt, you should choose daughters-in-law who have experience in childbirth, as well as mothers-in-law who have experience in midwifery, and even girls, you must also pick those capable children who have many younger siblings and know how to serve pregnant women." Of course, you have to have a good character. The girls that your fifth aunt uses now are not very reliable, especially that Juan'er, she had better not go to Beijing, just stay in Datong and get married. If it weren't for your fifth aunt protecting her, I would have the heart to drive her out of the house! Where is she doing this? I don't understand the severity at all!" After scolding Juan'er, the Niu family said to Qin Hanzhen again, "The house of the six girls should also be cleaned up, and the big and small girls waiting in her house have to be selected." I'm going to do your fifth aunt's business, how about you help your grandmother and take over your sixth sister's business?"
Qin Han really had nothing to do: "What is this? Grandmother has ordered, I will do it." Anyway, it's all the people at the bottom, so I'll just be the boss. It's just no problem to clean up the house, although I don't know the preferences of the sixth sister, but I still have some experience in cleaning up the house, and I shouldn't let the sixth sister be too disappointed. Besides, my grandfather and grandmother had instructed me to draw the picture of the temple fair, and I had something to do every day. ”
She has no intention of being angry with innocent children, and Qin Hanzhu is even more innocent than Brother Qian. But if she was to put too much effort into her little cousin, it would be impossible. She's just handing over the licensed goods. And the person who refuses to help pick the waiter, that is why she doesn't want to trouble. In case the girl-in-law next to Qin Hanzhu does something wrong in the future, she will find out that she placed someone in her cousin's house, wouldn't she want her to take the blame?
Qin Hanzhen had some meaning of protecting herself, but Niu didn't notice it, but thought that her granddaughter was well-behaved and sensible, had the heart to rely on herself, and attached importance to what she told her to do, so she smiled and said: "It's just a matter of letting you paint a picture, but I told you to take it as a serious matter, and only take care of it every day." You're too solid-eyed, kid. But that's it, how old are you? It would be nice to be able to help clean up the house. It's up to me to pick the girl's mother-in-law, you sit by and take a look, and learn how to pick people, and you will always be able to use it in the future. ”
Qin Hanzhen agreed.
In the next few days, the ancestors and grandchildren were either busy cleaning up the house for Xiao Feng and Qin Hanzhu's mother and daughter, selecting the people to wait, or preparing for General Ma's birthday banquet. During this period, Qin Bai also took the initiative to hand over the sign and entered the palace once. After returning home from the palace, his expression became quite solemn, often thoughtful, as if something important had happened.
Qin Hanzhen guessed, could it be that the crown prince finally told the emperor about King Ninghua's strange state, and the emperor privately informed Qin Bai? However, looking at Qin Bai's appearance, it seems that he doesn't know that his granddaughter is also an insider. He didn't know that Qin Hanzhen didn't talk much, and just silently waited for the arrival of the Ma family's birthday banquet.
The time soon came to the end of the month, and on the day of General Ma's birthday banquet, Qin Hanzhen followed his grandfather and grandmother out of the door. Because the weather was still cold, the two elders sat in a carriage, and Qin Hanzhen sat in a small car by himself, but he was also comfortable. Because the birthday gift was placed in her car, her girl couldn't squeeze into the carriage and could only sit outside. Qin Hanzhen was bored sitting alone, so he lifted a gap in the curtain of the car and watched the street scene outside.
The Ma family of the General of the Pillar State is located in Yangwei Hutong. This alley is very clean, there are not many pedestrians, and most of the people who live there are military generals. Qin Hanzhen's family may have come early, and there were still very few guests who came to the banquet. This is also Qin Bai's intention, he has the intention to talk to the Ma family before a large number of guests arrive, to find out about General Ma's transfer back to Beijing, and to see what kind of attitude the Ma family has towards Qin An's return to Beijing with General Ma.
Qin Bai's arrangement was very good, everything was going smoothly, but Qin Han's luck was really a little bad, the car she was sitting in was walking in the alley, somehow, something suddenly went wrong with the wheels, as if she was stuck by something, she walked extremely slowly, not to mention, and gradually there were signs of not being able to move forward. The coachman hurriedly restrained the horse, and Feng'er jumped down from the wheel to see what was going on, and after a while reported: "There is something wrong with the axle." ”
This is almost a hundred meters away from Ma's house.
Qin Hanzhen hurriedly asked Feng'er through the car window: "Let the coachman take a look, can't you really go?"
The coachman went to see it and reported, "If you fix it a little, you should be able to hold out for a while." It's just that where do you get the tools in this place? And it takes time to repair a car. ”
While speaking, Qin Bainiu's clan sent someone over and asked, "What's the matter, why did the girl's car stop and not leave?"
Qin Hanzhen told the situation, and the mother-in-law hurriedly reported to Qin Bainiu's clan to know, and after a while, she turned around and said to Qin Hanzhen: "Mrs. Hou said, let the girl take Feng'er over to take a car with them." Ask the mother-in-law who followed the car to carry the gift to Ma's house. The coachman stayed to repair the car, and the tools he needed, he turned back to talk to the steward of the Ma family and asked them to borrow them. If it doesn't work, go to the nearest carriage and horse shop and hire someone. It was repaired as soon as possible, and when the birthday banquet was over, the girl would have to take the car home. ”
That's the only way to do it now. Qin Hanzhen reluctantly agreed. Feng'er hurriedly took the footstool and helped Qin Hanzhen get out of the car. Fortunately, the carriage in front is not far away, and there are few pedestrians in this alley. Qin Hanzhen usually doesn't have so many rules, and walks a few steps to take another carriage in a low-key manner, but he doesn't think there is anything wrong. She put on her cloak and carried a handstove in her arms with ease, and walked forward. Feng'er followed with a bag full of spare items, and her steps were just as relaxed and happy.
No one mentioned anything to cover their faces, anyway, there are no people outside the Qin family in the alley right now, only at the gate of the General Zhuguo Mansion a hundred meters away, you can see the lively scene of the Ma family putting up lights and welcoming guests. But isn't that still nearly a hundred meters away?
However, sometimes things in this world can't be judged too ironly. Just when Qin Hanzhen took Feng'er and walked out of seven or eight meters, and there was still a gap of ten meters, when he arrived at his grandfather's and grandmother's carriage, a young man suddenly walked out of the alley next to him, looking eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in silk and satin, looking at him as a rich and noble person, and the whole person gave people a sense of arrogance, and seemed to have quite an identity. Behind him was a little guy in a blue silk cotton robe, and a jade pendant was tied around his waist. Even the servants around him can afford to wear such ornaments, and this young man is naturally not an ordinary rich man.
When the master and servant came out of the alley, their eyes kept looking to the left, and they didn't know what they were looking at, and they were only a foot away from Qin Hanzhen, and only because a mother-in-law stepped forward to stop him did they realize that there was someone in front of them, and it was a female dependent. The young man's brows furrowed, he quickly glanced at the marker on the Qin family's carriage, his brows furrowed even tighter, and without saying a word, he turned to the left, staring at the direction of the General Zhuguo's mansion, without even looking at Qin Hanzhen.
Qin Han really saw that someone was there, although he felt that this person was rude, but he was not an eventful person, so he quietly and silently quickened his pace, came to his grandfather and grandmother's car, and got into the carriage and sat down.
The Qin family's carriage continued to move forward. Due to the addition of Qin Han and Allah's servants, the carriage moved slower than before. But the Ma family is just ahead, and they are not in a hurry. The Niu family still has time to instruct a mother-in-law who follows the carriage to send the gifts on Qin Hanzhen's carriage to the Ma family's mansion steadily, and don't make any mistakes on the way, let alone drop things!
There's fragile porcelain in there.
When the mothers-in-law repeatedly promised to be careful, and the Qin family's carriage could finally speed up a little, Qin Hanzhen saw the gate of a mansion on the side of the road open through the gap in the curtain of the car, and a young girl came out, looking quite familiar. It's none other than the eldest girl of the Su family in Zhenxi Hou Mansion. She once had a relationship with Qin Hanzhen at the palace banquet in Cining Palace.
Miss Su only took a girl, so she was dressed in a gorgeous dress and walked out of the door wearing a cloak. Qin Hanzhen was a little surprised, so he lifted the corner of the curtain of the car and took a few more looks. I saw Miss Su walking in the alley with a smile on her face, and the girl next to her was holding a gift box in her hand, which seemed to be a guest at a house. Qin Hanzhen thought that the Ma family and the Su family were both military generals, although it was not clear whether General Ma would compete with the Hou Shizi of Zhenxi for any important official position when he returned to Beijing, but since the two families were neighbors, they should also come and go often, right?
Qin Han really wanted to put down the curtains of the car, but he heard someone call "Sister Su", it was a male voice. She couldn't help but look over again, and saw the young man she had just met walking towards Miss Su with a smile on his face. Miss Su showed surprise on her face and called "Seventh cousin".
What happened next, because the Qin family's carriage was moving fast, Qin Hanzhen didn't see anything, didn't hear it.
She was still wondering in her heart, what the hell is this "seventh cousin"?