When the summer and spring dynasty gave birth to a girl, it was already approaching the New Year, and the confinement was not out, and the New Year was about to be celebrated. At the end of the year, there were a lot of matters, and she was inconvenient and couldn't take care of it herself. Xia Gongxing is still young, and in the past, he mostly focused on reading and did not know housework. Although most of the family members are diligent and loyal, there are also a few people who are cheating and cheating, and seeing that there is no one in the family, they gradually become lazy.

Xia Yuan knew about this festival, sympathized with his daughter, and missed his granddaughter, so he moved to the countryside for the New Year, taking care of Xia Chunchao's confinement while taking care of her housework. Xia Gongyan and his family also followed, and the daily supervisor of the New Year's goods purchase, Xia Gongxing followed Brother Nai to learn some economic and human principles.

Wang Di'er suffered a loss in the hands of Xia Chunchao before, and she still held a grudge in her heart. Seeing that the sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter, she slandered in her stomach: Sure enough, it was an unlucky hoof, and she held her belly for half a year, and in the end she only gave birth to such a money-losing product. At that time, my father-in-law was still clamoring all over the world to recognize him as his grandson, and he gave the land to their mother and son with great fanfare.

She was full of hatred, but she couldn't do anything about it. Since the fight was back, Naifu has restricted her from going in and out to see people, and even the personal girl has been replaced by an honest person, and an awl can't make a sound. She is alone and unable to speak, and she is not a wise person, so she has to give up for the time being.

On this day, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Xia Chunchao got up from a nap, half-leaning on the bed and teasing the child, and saw that her daughter was white and lovely, and her heart was really happy.

Changchun slurry washed the urine liner and came in, and said, "It's snowing outside again, and it won't be sunny on this day, and the washed clothes won't dry for a few days." It's just that the diaper is almost gone. Miss is diligent in changing, how can it go on like this" Zhu'er fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier, and said in her mouth: "I said that you can't do it outside, just bring it in and dry the brazier." It's not that I haven't washed it, it's uncomfortable to smoke it, what are you afraid of after washing" Changchun smiled and said, "I forgot." As he spoke, he asked Xia Chunchao what he meant.

Xia Chunchao stood up and said, "What Zhu'er said is very true, let's bake it in the house." After a pause, he said: "It's freezing this day, it's hard for you to go outside to wash the pulp every day, it's cold and smoky." From tomorrow, you will wash in the outer hall, and it is better to burn a hot kang in the house than on the porch. The water must also be hot water, otherwise the hands will be frostbitten. Changchun smiled: "There is also a stove on the porch, it is not very cold, the girl does not have to worry about us." Zhu'er laughed and said: "I've already used hot water, and when I wait until this time, the girl can rest assured, and we won't find guilt for ourselves." ”

Xia Chunchao smiled slightly and said, "I raise children, and I will be busy with you when I am tired." Changchun said: "Where is the girl's words, the girl's daughter, we naturally have to serve carefully." Zhu'er responded and said: "That's exactly what I said, the girl's temperament was also good in the past, why is it that she has raised a child now, and she is out of the way." ”

The three masters and servants were laughing to themselves, and Na Yu'er was lying in swaddling clothes, and was woken up by this noise, and she began to cry. Xia Chunchao was busy kneading and coaxing her, and fed her milk. It was only then that the child was quiet, and fell into a deep sleep.

Changchun watched from the sidelines, nodded and sighed: "It's really rare for a girl to be like a girl, who has the money to invite a nurse, but is willing to feed herself." My aunt's house has a family living in the middle of the house, which is not as wealthy as ours, and the man has a pork stall on the street, and he has a little spare money in his hand. The daughter-in-law gave birth to a son last year, so she invited a nurse-in-law to take care of her, but the daughter-in-law herself refused to feed it. Xia Chunchao looked at the pink carved daughter in his arms, he really loved it in his heart, and said softly: "You haven't given birth, I don't know." This child has lived in the womb for a few months, as if he has grown in his heart, and he will panic if he can't see it at a glance, how can he be willing to support others that the outsider is just taking the money to take the errand and errands, how can he be as concerned as his own mother, I don't know what these people think in their hearts. ”

As she was talking, Bao'er suddenly opened the curtain and said, "Grandma is here." The words landed, and everyone was speechless to each other.

I saw that Wang Di'er was wearing old homely clothes, holding a hand stove in his hand, came in from outside, and said with a smile: "I just got up, the sky is fine, come and see the girl and her niece." ”

Xia Chunchao had nothing else to say, so he said lightly: "It's snowing outside, it's hard to worry about my sister-in-law, and there is still a lot of walking in the snow." As he spoke, he saw that Wang Di'er was wearing a hat, and there was some snow on the brim of his hat, which melted when he was hot, and he was dripping water downward, so he rebuked Bao'er: "Confused things, how can this cold object be brought into the house for a while, and Yu'er is cold for a while, how can it be good" Bao'er was honest, let him scold, and took the hat out without saying a word. Zhu'er said in a strange manner: "We are girls, I don't know these things." The eldest grandmother is a governor's woman, how can she be so careless," he said, and suddenly smiled: "I forgot, the eldest grandmother has never given birth, and it is reasonable not to know these things." ”

Wang Di'er saw that she was poking at the taboo in her heart, and she was annoyed for a while, and she didn't dare to bring it out on her face, so she only smiled and said: "This pearl is still this pair of sharp teeth, and she can speak well." After that, seeing that Xia Chunchao didn't say to give up his seat, he was cheeky and wanted to sit on the bed.

Changchun hurriedly shouted: "Grandma and stand, I'll bring a stool for grandma." The girl is confined, grandma just came in from outside, a body of cold, how to freeze the girl" said, walked to look for a long time but took a footstool over, said with a smile: "Unfortunately, there are few houses in the countryside, and I only took two chairs to the carpenter to repaint yesterday, there is no side, only this pestle, grandma will be on the way"

Xia Chunchao couldn't look at it, and scolded: "I don't want to play, how can I let my sister-in-law sit on the chair without a chair, and move the boxwood crutch square stool where I sat with my hair combed for my sister-in-law to sit on." Changchun smiled and said, "It's not the girl who said it, but I forgot." However, there is no such thing as a guest to sit on it. With that, he went and moved a stool according to his words.

Wang Di'er's face was blue and red for a while, but it was hard to say anything, so he sat down shallowly. Before she could speak, Zhu'er moved the brazier and said, "Grandma just came from outside, I see that the snow is still falling, and I am afraid that I will suffer a lot of cold weather along the way, so I should quickly roast the fire, so as not to get sick and bring our girl tired." ”

Because Xia Chun was in the confinement period, the kang in the house was extremely hot, and the silver charcoal in the brazier was also burning very strongly. The king Di'er was holding a hand stove in his hand, and his cotton clothes were thick, and he was roasted by the brazier close to him, and he immediately sweated down. Changchun smiled again: "Grandma can't help it, you also know that our girl is in confinement and can't eat tea." We didn't have tea in the house, only the girl's tonic decoction, but I was afraid that the grandmother couldn't eat it. It's too late to burn at this time, and the grandmother is sincere, and the family is not on a cup of tea, so they will just sit down. ”

That Wang Di'er was made by their left and right words, and Xia Chunchao scolded: "Little hooves, what are you messing about, don't remove the brazier, and burn the horns of your sister-in-law's skirt, why is there no tea in the house, and the Biluochun harvested in April this year is still there, and I will make a pot for my sister-in-law to eat." If you wait like this, you all go to the snow under the corridor and stand in the snow" reprimanded the two girls before saying to Wang Di'er: "Don't blame your sisters-in-law, they are used to such jokes on weekdays. I was in confinement again, and I was presumptuous without discipline, but I didn't have bad intentions, and my sister-in-law didn't want to take it to heart. ”

Wang Di'er's face was a little human, and he smiled and said: "The girl is polite, the family is lively when they talk and laugh." I'm not that stingy person, and I wouldn't be angry about such a trivial idea. Xia Chunchao smiled slightly, but did not answer.

After a while, Zhu'er made a pot of tea, held it to Wang Di'er, and said with a smile: "Grandma forgive me, we are laughing with grandma, but we don't dare to do this." Wang Di'er also smiled: "Zhu'er has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and loves to laugh, I know it." Zhu'er stepped aside and stood with Changchun.

Wang Di'er glanced at Changchun and asked, "I remember this big girl, it seems that she was serving his wife in the Lu family's upper room" Changchun replied: "Grandma has a good memory, I was indeed serving my wife at that time." The backward Lu family fell and sent me out. The girl saw that I was pitiful, and did not dislike me for being stupid, so she called me over to serve, and gave me this bowl of rice to eat. Xia Chunchao smiled and said: "You can do it, otherwise I wouldn't have so much spare money to support idlers." Wang Di'er pursed her mouth and said to Xia Chunchao: "Girl, I know that you have always been good-natured, kind and benevolent. However, the people in this room are still more careful, and they don't have to get some unclean things, eating inside and out, but helping outsiders harm their own families. The people who have been made by the Lu family, you still dare to make it"

As soon as the words fell, Changchun's face turned red, and he was waiting to distinguish it, but he heard Xia Chunchao say lightly: "My sister-in-law is worried about me, I am naturally grateful." This girl is okay, when I was at the Lu family, I looked at the door, and I didn't have any crooked eyes. No matter how bad it is, he has never done anything to climb the master's bed, which is more credible than those so-called henchmen. In a word, it was poking at Wang Diu'er's old illness in the bottom of his heart, his face was red and white for a while, and he gritted his teeth.

Xia Chunchao ignored her, and only asked Zhu'er: "The snow outside has stopped, and the window drawer is not as strong as this, and I can't see it." Zhu'er glanced outside, came back and said, "I never stopped, but it became tighter and tighter, and the ground was three inches thick, and the bluestone pavement was buried." I told the little servant to sweep out, lest he not be able to walk. Xia Chunchao nodded and said, "Remember to ask them to shovel the ice together, otherwise the stone slab will slip, and people will fall when they walk up." Zhu'er bowed her head and said: "This is not a command, I know it." ”

Xia Chunchao instructed him, and then said to Wang Diu'er: "The snow outside is slippery, and it is not easy to walk, so my sister-in-law might as well go." Later, when it gets dark, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. Our house is small, and we can't use a car. Zhu'er was quick to speak, and immediately answered: "Exactly, the girl is sitting in confinement, how can she have the kung fu to entertain irrelevant people." The eldest grandmother has been sitting for a long time, leaving you to eat, or not leaving you to eat, it is better to leave you to eat, the girl is in confinement, we have no tea and rice for hospitality here, we have to start a new stove, and we have to toss, and the grandmother is afraid that she will not go in her heart. If I don't leave you to eat, it seems that our girl doesn't even care about this idea, and the eldest grandmother is only afraid of saving it in her heart. It's better to go earlier, we're comfortable with each other. ”

Wang Di'er knew that this girl was unforgiving, so she didn't pay attention to her, so she only smiled at Xia Chunchao and said, "I came here today to see my little niece." I haven't seen it since I gave birth to a girl. It is said that this daughter is with her father, and she will be brought to her aunt to see, and she doesn't look like the young master of the Lu family" said, and stretched out his hands to hug it.

How could Xia Chunchao let her hold her daughter, but she didn't let go, but put the child on the inside of the bed, and then said to Wang Diu'er: "Sister-in-law, this girl is timid, she will cry when she hugs her, she is frightened, and she is afraid that she will spit up milk at night, so she will be exempted." When the future is older, how much will my sister-in-law hold it" Wang Di'er touched a soft nail, and her face was quite sneering. Coincidentally, Changchun followed in and said: "Grandma has never given birth to a child, and I don't know how to hold it." The child born this time has soft bones and can't hold it, so don't make any more mistakes. The lord is very precious our young lady, if we have a business trip, we can't afford it. ”

Wang Di'er's face turned red, listening to their handing over a sentence with a gun and a stick, it was just like sitting on pins and needles, so she had a thick old face, and smiled at Xia Chunchao: "The girl has been confined in the house for days, and I don't know anything about the new things outside." I'm afraid that the girl will be bored, so I'll talk to her. Before she finished speaking, Zhu'er immediately scolded: "Grandma, the girl is sitting in confinement, her body is weak, and she wants to nurse the child, she can't listen to those village rough words, you should stop quickly, lest I invite the master to come" Wang Di'er said disapprovingly: "It's just confinement, what can you do, you can't even listen to the words" Saying, she said to Xia Chunchao: "Girl, you don't know, there was news from the border last month, and the Yi people over there fought again with our border officers and soldiers." Several of the adults who went to the peace talks were detained, and it was easy to escape back to the capital this month. I heard that the court was furious and wanted to cure the sins of these people," he said, looking at Xia Chunchao's pale face, and said triumphantly: "Those Yi barbarians are fierce, I heard that they killed many of their relatives who went to the peace talks, and their heads were cut off and hung on poles to demonstrate. It's okay to come back, but it's just a loss of office and imprisonment, and those who don't come back are afraid that they will lose their lives. I thought it was a splashing wealth, but who knew that I didn't have the life to enjoy it. This impermanence is the way, and it is difficult to say that it is tight. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, his face turned pale, and he turned to everyone in the room and asked: "Is this true" Bao'er bowed her head and said nothing, Zhu'er pushed away the urine liner, but Changchun was still calmer, and said: "The girl just gave birth to a child, and she is sitting in confinement, we are busy with our feet and don't touch the ground, where do we have the time to listen to the gossip outside." It must be spread randomly, and it may not be taken seriously. The king said hurriedly: "Now it has spread all over the world, the court has even issued notices, and several big officials have been sent down in a row, and there is a lot of trouble in the capital, why is it not true, you are in the countryside and you don't know."

Xia Chunchao's face became more and more ugly, and he bit his lower lip tightly and said nothing. The king Di'er was angry, and he said: "Now that the court has allocated a large army, it is going to fight the Yi people again." The person who went to negotiate peace last time came back, but he didn't see his brother-in-law. I said that this jade girl is also pitiful, she was born without a father, and she doesn't know how to be good in the future" Zhu'er was impatient, annoyed, and said to Wang Di'er: "You broken-mouthed woman, the girl doesn't speak, you are more and more proud, what is the meaning of Miss was born without a father, you saw with your own eyes that the girl was confined, and she was about to recuperate, you just came to see it, and said that there are no of these, what kind of heart do you have" said, and stretched out his hand to push Wang Di'er, wanting to drive her out.

This Wang Di'er raised his hand and slapped Zhu'er, and shouted: "This girl is so rude, no matter how bad I am, I am also your master, so I used my hand to push me without saying a word, and the girl looked at it more and more, and did not say that she would take care of it" How could Zhu'er be willing to suffer such a loss, and she didn't care about what the master girl was, and immediately scolded: "You dare to beat me, if you don't take a mirror to look at it, are you worthy of beating me?" Changchun hurriedly hugged her by the waist and said to Wang Diu'er: "Grandma, let's respect you as the master and the girl's sister-in-law, don't talk about that." However, you know that the girl is sitting in confinement, and you tell the girl about those bad things, and you want to make her unhappy, this is the girl's house, and we are also the girl's girl, even if it is not good, if you want to teach a lesson, it is also a girl's lesson, and it is not your turn to beat people. You are so noisy and beating people here, disturbing the girl's purity, aren't you afraid that the old man will be angry" said, and saw that Xia Chunchao was silent, so Bao'er said: "Hurry up and invite the master to come, saying that the eldest grandmother is beating people in the girl's room, which scared the young lady to cry"

Bao'er said: "The master went out into the city early in the morning to do New Year's goods, and he has not come back. Changchun reprimanded: "Then please come to the uncle" Bao'er responded, and then walked out quickly.

Wang Di'er knew that she was at a loss, but she was afraid that her man would come to be angry, so she said: "It's a little thing, why do you have to go to sue the girl to recuperate, I will sit down soon." So saying, he staggered to leave. Changchun stepped forward to stop and said: "Grandma stay, grandma is so troublesome, and she scared and cried Miss, and the girl didn't say anything, we can't afford it, so we still invite the uncle to come, and the grandma will talk to him by herself." "Wherever Wang Di'er cares about her, she will take the door out. Changchun and Zhu'er stopped in front, and the three women were pulling together, when they heard a sound of footsteps outside, Xia Gongyan raised his voice and said: "You girls are sitting in confinement, don't say that you are good to serve, how can you have trouble again?"

When the words landed, I saw Xia Gongyan wearing a homely jacket and pants, stepping on green cloth cotton boots, and coming in from outside.

As soon as he saw his family, he immediately scolded: "You don't settle accounts in the house, and you ran to your sister's room to do what your sister is sitting in confinement, and you are about to recuperate, and you are running to make noise."