After eating, the old lady talked about going to Zhuangzi, and the old man was very surprised: "Isn't it already separated?" Why do you still have to go to Zhuangzi? ”

The old lady was stunned for a moment before she realized what the old man meant, and hurriedly said: "It's not this reason, it's that Nianzhi wants to trim the garden in our house, it's just right, the second child has been moving a lot in the past two days, so I just avoided it first, and I can come back in a month." ”

The old man frowned, slightly unhappy: "This Ning Nianzhi, why are there so many things?" ”

The old lady asked with a tiger face, "What's the matter?" Isn't it just a change of garden? I wanted to change a good-looking garden in the early years, but I thought that life was not rushing, and I didn't want to see the garden, so I gave up, and now I also see what I mean, I am filial, and I proposed to repair the garden. ”

Originally, the old lady loved the house and Wu, and she had a good impression of Ning Nianzhi, and she liked it, but now that she is pregnant, it has become the old lady's treasure, second only to Yuan Dongliang, and even the old man has to take a step back.

Seeing the old lady's serious defense for Ning Nianzhi, the old man was a little helpless: "Okay, it's me who misunderstood her, and I also paid too little attention to you, but I didn't notice that you were already dissatisfied with the garden in the house, and I will definitely ask you more in the future, if you have anything to ask, don't keep it in your heart, just tell me when you should talk to me, old wife, old wife, old man, these children will have their own way to go in the future, have their own children to raise, and have their own daughter-in-law to care, just the two of us, only each other is left." ”

The old lady pursed her lips and muttered: "You are the only one left, I still have Dongliang, my granddaughter-in-law, and my great-grandson in the future." ”

However, she also understood what the old man meant, the most important thing in Yuan Dongliang's heart must be Ning Nianzhi, and she will add her own children in the future, and the most important thing in Ning Nianzhi's heart is Yuan Dongliang, and she will add her own children in the future.

After the children, there are the elders. Of course, if Yuan Dongliang had grown up in front of her since childhood, maybe it would have been different. But on the contrary, Yuan Dongliang was only brought back to Yuncheng after he became sensible, and he already had more important people in his heart.

"Okay, okay, it's not too early, aren't you going to sleep yet? When you are old, don't compare with young people, do you think that when you are still young, you can survive three days and three nights in the military camp without closing your eyes? The old lady urged, although the tone was not very good, but the old man could still hear the softened attitude from the inside, and a smile appeared on his face: "I am a little reluctant to you, you say, you go to Zhuangzi, it will take at least half a month, maybe you won't come back in two months, and only me and Dongliang will be left in this house." ”

The old lady patted the pillow and said, "Why are you and Dongliang left?" The other maids are not human, right? There is a lot of food and you wear, I really miss us, so I go to Zhuangzi to live for two days, at most two days away, and it will take three days to go back and forth, or let people send official documents to Zhuangzi, isn't it very convenient? ”

"That's not good, if the official document is sent to Zhuangzi, then everyone will have a good way to learn in the future, and won't the yamen become an ornament? Something big has happened, isn't there no one to be found everywhere? The old man hurriedly said, why is there a yamen, isn't it convenient for everyone to work in one place?

The old man regarded the last time Xiliang defeated Yuncheng as a shame, and he would never make such a mistake again in this life, so in terms of official affairs, he was more cautious than before, and even strictly required Yuan Dongliang to finish the business of the day, and he couldn't even go back home.

The old lady also knew that this matter was the knot in the old man's heart, so she didn't persuade much, and said with a smile: "Don't think about me too much, I'll ask someone to bring you the food on the Zhuangzi when you go back, take advantage of the weather is not too hot, hurry up, and come back to heat it up again, it's still delicious." ”

After a pause, he said: "You also take a free time, it's April, and the weather will be hot in June......"

Before he finished speaking, the old man patted his head: "You plan to repair the garden, do you plan to plant flowers and trees?" ”

The old lady was a little confused, she also looked at the drawings sent by Ning Nianzhi, nodded and said: "Yes, Nianzhi looks like she likes flowers and trees, and has set a lot of varieties, such as apple trees and peach trees." It's blooming, and you can still see it as a scene. ”

The old man couldn't help laughing: "It can be seen that you two are people who have only eaten fruits and have not planted fruits, this apple tree is planted in autumn to survive, and peach trees, jujube trees, and winter planting, flowers and plants, either autumn or early spring, this is late spring, and it may not be able to plant live." ”

The old lady was also stunned for a moment, but she never admitted that she hadn't considered this matter at all before, but argued: "I just said that I would repair the garden, and I didn't say that I would immediately plant flowers and plants. ”

After a pause, he was still a little puzzled: "What you said about when to plant something, it seems a little wrong, Nianzhi also asked the flowers and plants in the garden before, and he didn't say that he had to wait for any time to plant them." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand: "Forget it, you are also a layman, I admit that you are very good at leading troops to fight, but you still have to find experienced people to plant flowers and plants, but they are just on paper, and when you really want to use it, you still have to learn to improvise." ”

The old man insisted that what he said was reasonable, and he had to plant some flowers and plants when, otherwise he would not survive. The old lady adheres to her own point of view, if she is not sure, will the people in the garden dare to guarantee it casually? Besides, I haven't seen anyone who repairs their gardens in autumn or early spring, so isn't it possible that after someone's garden is repaired, they don't even plant flowers and plants?

The old couple argued about this issue for most of the hour, and in the end, the old lady was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, so the old man gave way, and the old lady closed her eyes contentedly.

But the next day, I didn't forget about it, and when Ning Nianzhi came to ask for peace at noon, the old lady pulled Ning Nianzhi to comment. To tell the truth, Ning Nianzhi has also eaten pork, and has never seen a pig run, if it wasn't for the old lady to ask, she really wouldn't have realized this question, and she was asked by the old lady all of a sudden, and after thinking for a long time, she had to find someone in the garden to ask.

"Some flowers and plants must be planted at that time, but some are easier to feed, and they can be dug up together with the surrounding soil, as long as they are carefully cared for for a few days, they can be relieved." The one who watched the garden was an old man in his fifties, with a little crooked back, who had been taking care of the flowers and plants in the original house all his life.

Ning Nianzhi suddenly thought of an idea: "Grandmother, otherwise, let's vacate a little space and wait for us to plant it ourselves?" ”

The old lady hesitated a little, and Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said: "It should be quite interesting, let's go and see it when we are free, by the way, what should we pay attention to when we plant flowers?" ”

"This, it depends on what kind of flowers, that is, peonies, also divided into yang and yin, some like water, some like drought, when the time comes, the old lady and the young lady just choose what they like, and the small one will tell you what to pay attention to."

He didn't take it seriously at all, and when the time came, he would raise a few more pots in private, in case the old lady or the young lady didn't feed it, wouldn't it be okay to transplant it himself? Anyway, as long as the old lady and the young lady are happy, they will have a reward to take, and if they are not happy, although they will not beat anyone, they may be fined silver.

Who can't get along with silver, isn't it okay to have a satisfying idea?

So, Ning Nianzhi and the old lady each chose a small piece of vacant land, and after the garden was trimmed, they went to plant some flowers and plants themselves.

In the evening, the second lady came over with her two daughters-in-law, saying that she had to serve the old lady with a meal: "In the past, the old lady was lenient and never let us be daughters-in-law to make rules, and I have always relied on the old lady to love me, so I should not take the rules to heart, now I think about it, I really regret it, and ask the old lady to give me a chance, so that I can serve the old lady once, and then the family is divided, I am afraid that I want to give the old lady a dish to serve a meal, and there is no such opportunity." ”

Xiao Miao also hurriedly said: "Grandmother, you give us a chance to be filial, I also want to be the same as my sister-in-law, serving by my grandmother's side for a long time, but unfortunately my sister-in-law is not as proud as my grandmother's heart, so I can only take the child to be separated, after this, I just want to be coquettish in front of my grandmother, talking, I'm afraid there is no chance, now grandmother will let me do my filial piety, okay?" ”

The third young lady didn't speak, just stood to the side, lowered her eyes, and didn't even make a move. Ning Nianzhi couldn't figure out what the third brother and sister were thinking now, saying that he was angry with the second lady and Xiao Miao, and he didn't see any movements from her, so he said that he was not angry, and the eyes that occasionally showed were like knives, and even Ning Nianzhi, a bystander, felt that it hurt to cut.

Also, two days ago, after the third young lady came to ask for help, Ning Nianzhi said at the time that she wanted to think about it and think about it, but then she also decided to help, but she never saw the third young lady come to the door again. Could it be that I misunderstood what I meant at the time and was disappointed? Or have you already thought of a better idea? What's the better way?

As for the purpose of the second lady and Xiao Miao's this time, Ning Nianzhi also had some guesses, probably because he felt that the separation of the family had become a foregone conclusion, this was to come to the old lady to sell a good job, and hoped that when the old lady thought of them in the future, she would feel that they were filial to their descendants.

It's just, the impression of many years, where can I change it with one meal? The old lady did not refuse, and without hesitation, the second lady and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not hesitate to turn around, and when they were full of food and drink, they waved their hands directly to drive people out.

Ning Nianzhi had just walked a few steps when he heard the third young lady behind him say, "Mother, I want to find my sister-in-law to get a few tricks." ”

The second lady turned her head to look at her, even Ning Nianzhi stood still and didn't move, Xiao Miao sneered: "The third brother and sister are afraid that they want to whisper something to the sister-in-law, right?" What kind of tricks do you say, is it possible, the sister-in-law's female celebrity is better than the ladies in our house? ”

Ning Nianzhi shook his head: "My needle and thread is just something that can be used, after all, people like us, where do we still need to make clothes by ourselves, the second brother and sister said yes?" It's just a trick, I really have a lot, I will bring it from the capital, before my mother was afraid that I would not be used to wearing the clothes of this cloud city, so I specially wrote a letter to send the most fashionable patterns in the capital, two days ago I mentioned it to the third brother and sister, and the third brother and sister only remembered it. ”

The third young lady said with a little sarcasm: "Second sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense if you are not smart, what does the number of patterns have to do with whether you can do needlework?" Those patterns are not embroidered, but drawn, and if you ask like this, it seems that you don't even know what the patterns are, and others may misunderstand that you never do needlework. ”

After speaking, he walked to Ning Nianzhi's side: "That sister-in-law, would you like to give me a few more tricks?" ”

Ning Nianzhi was still a little surprised, in the past, the third young lady was in front of the second lady and Xiao Miao, not to mention that she was submissive, but she didn't dare to speak loudly, but now she is refreshing, and she dares to sarcastically mock Xiao Miao?

Uncle Xiao Miao didn't expect the third young lady to have such courage, so she didn't react for a long time, she only stood in place with her mouth open, and watched Ning Nianzhi pass by with the third young lady in a daze.

"Mother, look at He's!" Xiao Miao turned his head angrily to complain, but Miao was not angry: "It's just a couple of words, who made you not react to yourself, okay, go back quickly, you're still busy in the past two days, you two still have to argue about making up for the rest, and if you get annoyed, you will be locked up." ”

After speaking, she didn't pay attention to Xiao Miao's, turned around and left, Xiao Miao's was angry to death, but everyone left, only she was left, so she could only stomp her feet and follow away.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I'm using you as a shield again." He Shi said with some embarrassment: "It's just that in the past few days, the original step-ancestor has watched it closely, and I don't know if it was what the Miao family said to him before, and he won't let me come here for the past two days." ”

Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows, the original step-ancestor, Miao's, these two titles are interesting. Is it possible that I don't want to live in the future? So, you have to call your mother-in-law by her last name?

If Ning Nianzhi was to choose by herself, she would definitely choose and leave, this cloud city is more enlightened than the capital, and there are also girls who go out to do business by themselves. He's current situation, the mother-in-law is sour, the sister-in-law is arrogant, the sister-in-law is savage, the husband doesn't like it, and he doesn't even have children, and he may be a way out.

On the other hand, the husband is unreliable, his mother's family is depressed again, and even the dowry is gone, and there is no way to live after he leaves.

It can only depend on what kind of person He is, if he is tougher, Heli is better, but she used to be so soft, I'm afraid that she can't go anywhere if she is tough, and Heli may be a dead end.

"It's okay, it's you, your mother's affairs have been dealt with?" Ning Nianzhi asked with a smile, He shook his head silently, and didn't drink the teacup, for a long time, the tea was cold, and then he said: "Yesterday, my mother's family sent me a letter, saying that those creditors came to the door and were willing to give grace for a few days, and I want to come to these things because of the strength given by my sister-in-law, so I want to thank my sister-in-law first." ”

"It's okay, it's just a few words of grace, it's just a sentence of effort, in fact, the silver still has to be given." Ning Nianzhi waved his hand, signaled Tingxue to go in and bring the box over, and then pushed each other in front of He's face: "This is 100,000 taels of silver, you count it, no matter what, people are the most important, as long as they are alive, they will be able to recover in the future." ”

Since she decided to help, Ning Nianzhi didn't procrastinate, but the IOU that should be written still had to be written, and she didn't want to be like He's and end up with nothing.

He Shi's face was full of gratitude, his eyes were red, and he didn't know what to say when he pinched the silver ticket, and after a while, he said in a dumb voice: "Sister-in-law's great kindness, I will never forget, what will my sister-in-law send in the future, just tell me, go to the soup and fire, I will go all out, sister-in-law's life-saving grace, I remember." ”

After speaking, he wanted to kneel down for Ning Nianzhi, and Ning Nianzhi hurriedly held the person: "Don't, the two of us are of the same generation, aren't you losing my life like this?" I've only helped with the money, and I can't help the rest more, so you have to find another way. ”

This case belongs to the prefect's yamen, Ning Nianzhi can't intervene, Yuan Dongliang can't intervene, and He's younger brother wants to come out, so he has to go through another way. He Shi also knew this very well, and now, there was nothing that could not be said to Ning Nianzhi, so he lowered his voice and said: "When my father was still there, he also had a few close friends, yes, it was a matter of writing a letter, I think they would not refuse, sister-in-law's money is the most important thing, if there is no this, those people just want to excuse my brother, and they can't find anything to say, sister-in-law's kindness, I will definitely repay it as a cow and a horse." ”

"It's all a concubine, why do you say such a thing?" Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and asked about the separation of the family: "You will follow the second aunt at that time, if you are wronged, go to this house to talk to your grandmother, although my grandmother and I can't bring you back, but you can still do it if you stay for a day or two." ”

He nodded, said another word of thanks, and then left with the silver. Ning Nianzhi was a little tired, she didn't know that she was pregnant before, she ate and drank well and slept well every day, but now she knows that she is pregnant, but she is squeamish, and she hasn't done anything big today, and when it comes to night, she is so tired that she doesn't even want to open her eyes.

Here Mama Tang sent He away, and when she turned around, she found that Ning Nianzhi had closed her eyes, leaned back on the chair, breathed slowly, and fell asleep.

Mama Tang couldn't move Ning Nianzhi, so she had to call the person up, let Tingxue Yingxue wait to freshen up, and then quickly stuffed the person into the quilt.

Early the next morning, the old lady sent Mama Liao over, saying that the things on the Zhuangzi had been packed, and she was going to leave now, and asked Ning Nianzhi if she was ready, Mama Tang was responsible for this matter, Ning Nianzhi turned her head to look at Mama Tang, and Mama Tang quickly nodded: "It's ready, we can go now, madam, let's go to the old lady and wait?" ”

So, they went to the old lady again, and then went to the outer courtyard together to take the carriage.

Ning Nianzhi was carrying his body, the carriage was very comfortable, there were seven or eight layers of mattresses in it, and there were seven or eight soft cushions, as well as small quilts and small blankets, the main street of Yuncheng was paved with bluestone slabs, very flat, Ning Nianzhi leaned on the wall of the car, and he didn't feel bumpy at all.

"Zhuangzi is very large, as big as our two mansions, within a hundred miles of the outside, are our family's fields, there are many tenants, a big village, two years ago because of the war, this rent was only collected four percent, next year if the year is good, it will be mentioned five percent."

"I'm telling you this now, but also to let you have a number in your heart, some Zhuangzi have a good harvest, our rent is higher, and the vegetables, chickens and ducks that are usually sent to the house are also bought by the tenants on this Zhuangzi, and the price is one percent more expensive than the market, which can be regarded as an additional subsidy for them."

"Some Zhuangzi have a bad harvest, and the soil quality of this field is not good, so we only collect 30% of the rent." The old lady was afraid that Ning Nianzhi would be bored, so she deliberately picked a lot of things on Zhuangzi and said: "In the event of this natural and man-made disaster, we will not lack this little silver, and there is no need to treat the tenants harshly." However, we should not condone them, and those who are corrupt and conceal personal interests must be severely punished. ”

"Several of the Zhuangzi in our house are from other places, how do they check the accounts every year?" Ning Nianzhi asked curiously, and the old lady nodded outside with a smile: "Maybe, sometimes, let your grandfather go and see it in person, and sometimes, my wife will go outside to relax, now, you have to be free, just take a trip with Dongliang, just treat it as a little couple to relax." ”

Ning Nianzhi was embarrassed again, and lay on the old lady's arm with a red face: "I also have to bring my grandmother, and when the time comes, where my grandmother says to go, we will go." Ah, my grandfather will definitely not be relieved, so my grandfather must go too. ”

"Little girl, you're still making fun of your grandmother, aren't you?" The old lady couldn't help laughing, Ning Nianzhi made a grimace, with such a mother-in-law, she was really lucky, maybe all the blessings of the previous life were saved in this life.

The old lady was also happy, when she was in the capital, she heard that Ning Nianzhi was a lucky star, and the Ning family turned safe several times because of her danger. I hope God blesses that with such a little lucky star by his side Dongliang, Dongliang will be safe and sound in the future.

"In the future, my grandmother's things will be left to our little treasure, and if it is a girl, it will be a dowry, and if it is a boy, it will be a dowry."

"If the reincarnation is a daughter, the boys below will be obedient a lot in the future, and they will not be too honest. If the reincarnation is a son, the younger sister below is more favored. ”

"In the summer, let's go to Zhuangzi to escape the heat, there is a forest over there, and in summer, Zhuangzi is a shade and very comfortable."

"In winter, we can find a hot spring village to live in for a few days, well, I'm afraid it won't work this year, I'm afraid that the little baby will come out in a hurry, then we will definitely go next year."

Ning Nianzhi smiled and just nodded, anyway, he didn't have to pack his things by himself, he just took a carriage to hurry. When I have a baby, I don't even have to sit in a carriage, and I can ride a horse faster.