In the more than four years since Doudou arrived in Hangzhou, although Yuan Hui and Dou Dayong have never had the opportunity to come to see her in person because of the long distance, the letters once a month have never stopped, so she and Yuan Hui have not felt strange because of the long separation.

Cai Sang had been serving Doudou for several years, and knew how important such a letter was to her, so although she looked lazy in the house, after leaving the courtyard gate, she trotted out, and soon ran to the old lady's yard.

Today's weather is cool, the old lady is sitting with a few old ladies under the big tree in the yard to wipe dominoes, and from a distance, she saw Cai Sang panting and running into the side room and said to a few people: "These little girls, who have served my sister Yuan for a few years, have learned from their masters in a hurry, and they don't know what they are busy all day long." ”

Mother Wu helped her look at the cards on the side, and hurriedly replied: "Today's post station has sent a letter, and the girl who picks the mulberry is probably here to get the letter for the second girl, and the young master and the girl also have it." ”

After hearing this, the old lady threw the cards on the table, clapped her hands and smiled: "Yes, I said why I was always unhappy today, it turned out that I forgot this, and you didn't remind me, Aunt Cui." ”

Mother Wu knew that she didn't have the heart to play, so she reached out and picked her up from the chair: "No wonder the old lady's cards are always not good today, it turns out that the letter of the second master beckons to you in the house!"

Several old ladies also laughed a few times and took care of cleaning up the dominoes and tables and chairs.

The old lady and Mother Wu laughed and returned to the inner room, only to see that the letter had been neatly placed on the small table by Frangipani and them.

There are really a lot of letters sent today, there are more than a dozen of them written to the old lady alone, she browsed them in general, and took out Yuan Zheng and Yuan Hui's first.

Yuan Zheng's letter didn't say anything too important, mainly to greet the old lady, but just a few words were enough to comfort an old mother's thoughts.

"Aunt Cui, did I ask you to prepare some clothes for Zheng'er? Shandong is colder than Zhejiang, so I have to bring some for him this time. The old lady instructed Mother Wu.

Mother Wu responded: "It's all in order, even the second master's side has all the attendants, you can rest assured." ”

The old lady opened Yuan Hui's letter again, and said with a slight smile: "I'm just worrying about it in vain, there are so many people around him who are serving, and when will he lack clothes." ”

Mother Wu smiled, her mother was worried, she was also a mother, how could she not understand this feeling.

"Aunt Cui, good news, Dayong has been promoted!" the old lady suddenly looked surprised, "It was said that he was transferred to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division as the Xuanfu envoy, uh...... This seems to be a military attache from the fourth grade, and Hui Niang has been looking forward to a good life for so many years. ”

Mother Wu was also very happy and said: "Liaodong is so close to Shandong, when you go to Shandong, Grandma Thirteen can come to visit you from time to time." ”

"Yes, I haven't seen Hui Niang since she left the capital, and she is also twenty-six or seventeen years old in the blink of an eye, and I am too old to look ......" the old lady said and became sad again.

Mother Wu was afraid that she would be too sad, so she quickly changed the topic and said: "Old lady, the thirteenth aunt has been promoted to three levels in a row this time, the first child has made a great contribution, and the second girl knows how happy she is!"

Three levels in a row? Mother Wu's casual words reminded the old lady, she was too happy to ignore these details, but her knowledge was far from being comparable to Mother Wu's, not only did she not laugh when she heard such a festive thing, but her brows furrowed.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty have always been promoted by military merit, as long as there is a battle to fight, it is not difficult to be promoted when the military rank is still low. Take Dou Dayong as an example, it took less than four years to rise from Shi Chang to the hundred households of the sixth grade.

However, after being promoted to a certain level, it will be extremely difficult for a person like him, who has no backing in the army, to go further up. In the past seven years, he has also made a lot of military exploits, but he has gained a lot of rewards and booty, and his family has a comfortable life, but he is still only a hundred households.

What kind of great merit should he have made in order to be promoted to the third level in a row? Moreover, he was originally under the command of General Huo Da, the king of Dingbei, who was stationed in the northwest, and even if he was promoted, he should stay in the northwest army and take up his post. Why did he suddenly go to Liaodong? It was the fief of King Fu, although King Dingbei and King Fu were sons and daughters, and this promotion always made people feel a little inexplicable.

Especially in this sensitive period of the handover of the old and new forces, King Fu and King Dingbei are too powerful, will the new emperor be afraid of them, and is it a blessing or a curse for Dou Dayong to get involved in these things?

"Aunt Cui, prepare a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me, and I want to write a letter to Zheng'er. "The old lady is only rough about political affairs, let alone military, but this matter is related to the future of Yu Yuanhui's family, and she still plans to write a letter to ask Yuan Zheng.

Wu's mother didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly began to prepare paper and ink.

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Doudou didn't care about thinking about it so much, and when he opened the letter and saw such good news, he cried with joy at that time.

She remembered very early, although she was only more than three years old when Dou Dayong was promoted to 100 households that year, she clearly remembered how happy her uncle and aunt were that day, and a large table full of good wine and food was placed, and her uncle was so drunk that his face was so red that he couldn't even straighten his tongue.

It was also on that day that she tasted the taste of wine for the first time, spicy, astringent, and bitter, but in the end it was only full of sweetness.

Since then, the family has never worried about money.

From the four products of the Xuanfu envoy, although it is nothing compared to those governors, governors, and commanders, but for the uncle from a poor family, it is already very remarkable.

What made her happiest was that the place where her uncle took up his post after his promotion was actually Liaodong! It was so close to Shandong and not far from the capital that she could go and live with her aunt and uncle for a year and a half at any time as long as she wanted, and she felt that she could wake up in the middle of the night with a smile.

Doudou gently wiped a handful of tears, and instructed with a smile: "Pick green and mulberry, come with me to the small kitchen, today I will make a few specialty dishes with my own hands and celebrate well." ”

"Girl, aren't you not allowed to drink the banquet now?" Cai Qing reminded in a low voice.

"We're just eating, what kind of feast, girl, we'll all go with you. Cai Sang twisted Cai Qing's waist, smiled and pulled Doudou and ran out.

After all, it was still the period of the emperor's funeral, and Doudou didn't dare to make too much trouble after all, but just ordered someone to close the courtyard door and set up a table of good dishes in the side hall.

The old lady and Gu Chao were not alarmed, Fu Shaoyun was inconvenient for a boy again, Doudou only invited the master and Sun Yan, and a group of people did not distinguish between masters and maids, and they all sat together.