The people of Western Xinjiang have been very excited and excited recently, because they have received very tangible news that the Damin Dynasty is going to build a mutual market in the border city to trade with them. They have long longed for a place where they can buy necessities for life, or caravans to enter their area. But no caravan was willing to pass through the desert and plateau to deliver goods to them, and even if they were willing to pay several times more than ten times the price to buy them, they still didn't see the caravan come in all year round.

They were also forced to have no choice but to let their cavalry disguise themselves as ordinary Westerners to cross the border and rob. In the past, a lot of salt, cloth, porcelain bowls, and iron pots were successfully retrieved every year, but in the past few years, it has been very miserable, either the whole army was wiped out, or it was driven back by the army of the Great People's Dynasty before entering the country. Their lives are even more miserable now, and salt and cotton are scarcer and more precious than gold.

Although the Great People's Dynasty did not sign any trade contracts with Western Xinjiang, the people of Western Xinjiang were willing to consciously abide by all trade treaties between the two countries. The two superiors in the western Xinjiang strictly ordered the tribes under their jurisdiction not to attack or disturb the construction of mutual markets on the western border of the Great People's Dynasty. Once discovered, it will be driven into the snowy mountains, regardless of life or death.

Those who consciously and spontaneously defend the border trade treaties are more durable than those who are forced to sign this and that and all kinds of restrictive treaties. It is said that since its establishment, the mutual market on the border of western Xinjiang has not been attacked or robbed by any enemy in peacetime or war. It's a magical and real place, and even though more and more merchants come here to do business, the small market can't carry as many people. Those merchants preferred to be government according to the type of goods. With three or four days to take turns to enter the market, I don't want to open another market diversion. And those customers from the west are also very strange, there was once a prefect. Trying to open another market to disperse the crowds here, but the people of the West Frontier will not go to the new market to buy and sell anything.

The more we talk about this topic of mutual markets, the farther and farther it goes, in fact, we can't talk about it yet!

Wang Zhuangzi, Er Ya walked around the yard with a big belly to eat, she was very good at this pregnancy, she could eat, sleep and not vomit. It's just a little bad, no matter what you eat, you just don't know how to be full. If you are not careful, you will eat too much. No, I ate too much again, and it was uncomfortable. You can only keep moving around to help with digestion. Ding's sister-in-law's grandson and granddaughter happily scurried on both sides of Erya, who stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand to give Erya candy. The one also stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand to give Erya peanuts. Erya looked at the food in the hands of the two children. I just feel that this stomach is even more uncomfortable.

Ding Rulan was already busy with the sanitation of the kitchen, and the hygiene in the restaurant also asked the nurse to clean it up, so she came out and prepared to send her grandchildren back to the house to lie down for a while. When she walked out of the gate of the hall, she saw that the lady of the host family was still walking and eating, and her two children were beside her. I can't help but want to laugh! Children don't look small, they sometimes know better than some adults who they need to please.

The lady of the proprietor really didn't take down other people's children for these two children, and often instructed her to steam eggs, boil milk, press juice, and chop meat foam for her grandchildren alone. Sometimes the two children think of something delicious. The proprietor's lady will also order someone to get it. Now the two children are closer to the owner of the family than to their own grandmother. The two small owners were also very good to the two children, and after leaving the school, they took the two children to play football and catch eagles in the yard. While waiting to eat.

The two children are much more lively than in the previous master's house, dare to laugh and dare to speak, if it weren't for the fact that he told the two children from time to time not to run, so as not to bump into the big-bellied owner lady, I am afraid that the two children will be more active.

Ding Rulan watched the child's heart full of love, and at the same time thought about the life like a dream during this time. As the old sister said, after living here for a long time, you will forget your identity. However, what made her even more excited and unexpected was that last night, the lady of the owner gave her a household registration document. She was illiterate, and it was Wenyue's little proprietor who read the contents of the household registration document to her. She didn't hear a lot, just because her brain was at that time: Yao Xiangkun, male, Xinhai Niansheng, Liangmin, Yao Zhenzhen, female, Xinhai Niansheng, Liangmin. These contents buzzed with shock, and there was really nothing else to listen to. She never thought that she wanted to free her grandchildren from slavery in every possible way, but she didn't have the opportunity and ability to do it. But the owner did it quietly, and he didn't ask her for anything.

Erya just turned the corner and faced Sister-in-law Ding, and when she saw Sister-in-law Ding wiping her tears, she asked with concern, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

Ding Rulan hurriedly wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and replied with a smile: "If I go back to the east lady, I am watching the two children raised here for nothing and having fun, and I can't help crying when I am happy." ”

"Oh! It's okay! Zhenzhen and Xiang Kun follow your grandma to take a nap! ”

Ding Rulan took the two children to the house, and she had to give the children a large size, which is the habit of children. After the child finished getting the tuba, Ding Rulan used a square gauze dipped in water to wipe the child's buttocks. Every time she used this gauze, she was very distressed. In the past, when the master used silk cloth in his family, she thought it was natural, and she always felt that such a noble person should use it well. When a subordinate like her only used gauze, she was secretly distressed in her heart, and intuitively felt that she was not worthy of such a good thing. But now it's not a question of distress or unworthiness, but that I and my children have become accustomed to this gauze, and the previous things can no longer be accepted.

Alas! It's really easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it's hard to go from luxury to thrift!

She sighed softly, buried the anxiety in her heart, cleaned up the two children, and then carried them to bed one by one and coaxed them to sleep.

The nurse stood on the eaves of the porch with the tea and asked the second girl who was still spinning in circles: "Do you want to drink saliva?" ”

Erya just felt that her mouth was dry, and she nodded hurriedly: "I want it!" I just felt my mouth dry and panicked. ”

The nurse handed half a glass of water to Erya and said: "Pregnancy is like this, I feel dry for a while, I feel very dull for a while, I feel hungry for a while, I want to sleep for a while, I want to walk for a while, anyway, there is no stable time." ”

"Auntie is still right! My stomach is still swollen, and I want to eat again. Erya took a small sip of water, while embarrassingly talking to the nurse about her reaction at this moment.

"You say what you want to eat, I don't want to eat it anyway, and I won't support you anymore."

Erya now wants to eat durian, but the fruits from the tropical areas of the South China Sea are transported directly to the capital from the east coast and canals. Along the two waterways, because of these super expensive fruits, the sales were not very good, and gradually they were no longer left. Now it's not easy for Erya to even want to eat a lot of tropical fruits, when I used to eat them, I didn't really want to eat them, but now the more I don't have to eat, the more I want to be heartbroken. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't ride a horse with a big belly, Er Ya wanted to ride to the nearest port to wait for their fruit caravan and get a few baskets of fruits they wanted to eat.

"Forget it! I think durian, you can't get it! ”

The nurse smiled: "Why did you remember to eat that!" There's really nothing I can do about it. However, the lady of the proprietor can send a message to Steward Zhao! Didn't they go south to pick up the boat and come back? Just to bring some back to you, the boat is empty anyway. ”

Erya frowned, and replied not very approvingly: "When will it have to wait?" Forget it! They still have to bring back goods from the shoe factory, so I won't bother them. ”

"What about the grandson of the old lady's family? They seem to have someone in Jiangnan, you can send a message to them to intercept it at Dajiang Wharf, maybe you can get durian! ”

Grandpa's jerky and meat floss are selling quite well in Jiangnan, and now the jerky and meat floss workshop is also very large, with an annual income of nearly 10,000 taels. With such a big benefit from Erya, it is said that it is not a big deal for Erya to beg them to do such a small thing.

There is also the third uncle Wang Shoucheng, who broke away from Erya and worked alone. Last time when Xiaolong got married, a shipload worth 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver was ruined at the wharf on the outskirts of Beijing and was seized by the government. The third uncle asked the grandfather to participate in the Xiaolong wedding banquet, and asked the second girl to help by the way, although the second girl did not deal with it personally, but she sent a message to the dart head of the capital of the world, and the dart head immediately helped the third uncle to ask for all the goods back.

It is said that these favors are not small, but I don't know why, no matter how big or small the Wang family has been favored, Erya has never thought of asking them to help them do any private things because of this favor.

This time such a thing, although it can't be small, Er Ya still has that mentality, it's best not to trouble them.

"Hey! Forget it, you go and rest, I'll go in and sleep for a while. "The second girl slipped away, and when she spoke, as soon as her attention was diverted, her stomach didn't feel so uncomfortable. It was also nap time when she felt sleepy.

The nurse didn't know how to talk about it, and the mood of the lady of the owner suddenly fell, and she didn't dare to continue chattering. He sent the lady of the proprietor into the room, helped her to bed, and slept on her side, before gently closing the door and sitting on the side of the hall near the door.

Over there, Ding Rulan also coaxed the child to fall asleep, and came over to chat quietly with the nurse. Ding Rulan whispered to the nurse and asked, "Sister! Did the proprietor sleep? ”

"Hmmm! She fell asleep around this time every day. Did your two little ones sleep too? ”

Speaking of the two children, Ding Rulan's mood is very beautiful, and she smiles toothlessly. "Sleep! I put them on the bed, and the two children played for a while, and then they fell asleep on their own, and I didn't coax them much. I don't know what's going on, these two little ones, since they came here, they feel a lot more sensible than before. Just gave me an endorsement and asked me if I was right! I don't understand, how can I know right from wrong! Oops! But I was sweating in a hurry, but fortunately, the two of them fell asleep on their backs. ”

Although the nurse also thinks that it is very good for this big sister to have grandchildren, but she herself will have to rely on in the future, and the lady of the owner said that even if she is too old to move, she will find someone to serve her, which is definitely no worse than having children and grandchildren. Therefore, she doesn't have to envy Ding Rulan at all, it's just that having children frolicking in front of her is indeed the fun of the elderly. (To be continued.) )