Chapter Seventy-Four: A New Home
Lan Jiayin's mood at the moment is called a depression. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In her previous life, she was exiled to Shirong County with her family, and she had a special feeling of love and hate for this poor and closed place.
In addition to being surprised to learn that Hu Zhixing had taken up the position of parent official in that place, Lan Jiayin was not unhappy for the place where he had lived for many years.
After all, what kind of person Hu Zhixing is, will he be a good official, she still knows a little, sure enough, it didn't take long for her mother to occasionally mention two sentences, Hu Zhixing wants to learn from his father, and do something practical in Shirong County, which greatly reassures her a lot.
However, this does not mean that she is willing to let Hu Qinghui go there to live, she was down-and-out back then, and she really suffered a lot in Shirong County, even if Hu Qinghui went over as the sister of the county order, it would definitely not be much better.
In fact, the geographical environment restricts everything, poverty and isolation restricts everything, Lan Jiayin doesn't think that the pampered Hu Qinghui can stand that kind of hard life.
couldn't help but complain secretly, "I don't know what Brother Hu thinks?" ā
"Obviously, when I left Beijing, I said that Wanwan came out to accompany me this time, why did she have to bring someone to take up her post again?"
She secretly wondered there, but Hu Qinghui knew the reason in her heart, and knew that this was probably the idea of her good sister-in-law.
She really couldn't figure it out, this sister-in-law used to look gentle and virtuous, and she talked little and peacefully, how could she become another person as soon as she got rid of Mrs. Hu's oppression?
I don't know what benefits she can get by tying her sister to her side?
After all, Hu Qinghui is not a foolish person, no matter how much or less she has in her hands, it is also the body that her grandmother gave her, and it doesn't hurt to spend some on her eldest brother and nephew, but it can't all be given to her sister-in-law.
These are all private matters at home, Hu Qinghui said it, and she felt that she was so faceless, even if Lan Jiayin and her were friends who talked about everything, but there were some things that Hu Qinghui instinctively didn't want her to know.
Seeing that Lan Jiayin was sitting silently and sulking silently, she hurriedly smiled and comforted, "I know what to do, why are you in a hurry?" ā
"There are so many people outside, it's better to talk about things at home later, anyway, my sister-in-law is also in Pingjing, they are all stranded here because of me, and I don't see the previous side, so I said that I want to stay and not leave, how can I say the past?"
Lan Jiayin heard this, thought about it, but this is also the case, Grandma Hu is Hu Qinghui's sister-in-law, as the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, it is indeed the truth to make sense of this nod.
Although she understood that the gift should be like this, she still couldn't help but hold Hu Qinghui's hand and tirelessly advised, "You can't leave me alone, you also know what kind of temper my third sister has." ā
"If you really bear it, let me **** bow my head and embroider, and no one speaks, then you can go with them."
Hu Qinghui saw that she was reluctant to be with herself, so how could she be willing not to accompany her?
I didn't feel a little funny, and comforted: "I know, I can't bear you, my daughter's family, time is already short, and I want to take advantage of these two years to play with you." ā
"Don't worry, I'm not going to run away on my own."
finally calmed Lan Jiayin's heart, and let the wrinkled little face stretch out again.
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Because of the special geographical location of Pingjing, the distance between Pingjing and the Chiyu grassland is only three or four hundred miles, to put it mildly, once Rong Di breaks through the Golden Gate Pass, he will not stop fast, and the soldiers will only work for two or three days when they come to the city.
Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Rong Di's breakthrough through the Golden Gate Pass has also happened two or three times.
The most serious one was twenty years ago, when the outer city of Pingjing was breached by the Rong Di army, the Marquis of Xuanping was killed in battle, and the Fu Yin who watched the battle on the city wall was killed in battle, and the highest civil and military officials in Pingjing were both killed in battle!
If it weren't for Mu Detai, who was guarding Huwei Pass, desperately returning to help, the reinforcements on the Ohara side would be considered timely, and the inner city of Pingjing would not be guaranteed, but it was really about to face a disaster of annihilation, which was a rare fiasco.
Because of these unbearable past events, even if the Xuanping Marquis Mansion and the Yin Yamen of the Mansion disagree, they have to fight openly and secretly in everything, but only in the construction of the city wall, there is a tacit understanding.
Needless to say, everyone understands in their hearts that only when Pingjing is safe, all the people who live in Pingjing will be safe.
Anything else may be rippling, and in this matter, asking for money for money, and asking people to give people, are particularly refreshing.
After years of construction, the city wall of Pingjing is particularly tall and strong, and because Rong Di's iron cavalry has not trampled here for a long time, so outside the original city wall, a quite prosperous outer city has been formed.
Lan Mingdong's errand office is located in the center of the inner city of Pingjing, which is an important place that represents the face of the imperial court, and is definitely built according to regulations.
The outermost gate is built into an arched coupon, and the entrance is the majestic lobby, which is the place where the edict is read, the officials are received, and important ceremonies are held.
The second hall is the place where the Fu Yin handles general official business, and the atmosphere is solemn and majestic, and the third hall is for the Fu Yin to receive superior officials, discuss political affairs, handle official affairs, and rest in the small study room.
The back two into the inner courtyard, no longer called the hall, the four into is the mountain stone exquisite, the trees are green and green of the inner family residence, the strange flowers and plants inside, the competition for beauty, the pavilions and pavilions are the style of the west, open and close, dignified atmosphere.
Wujin is a large garden with a clear and clear artificial lake, the lotus flowers on the lake are competing to open, and the mandarin ducks and ducks are lively swimming on the water surface to feed, playing, although it is not comparable with the Bizhu Lake of Chongbei Houfu, but it is always a good place to relax.
Hu Zhixing's family now lives in the East Courtyard of the inner courtyard of the palace, Xiao Liu's mother is in charge of the backyard before Mrs. Lan arrives, she knows the relationship between the Lan and Hu families, so the courtyard is also quiet and spacious, even more comfortable than Grandma Hu's residence in the capital.
With the arrival of Mrs. Lan and her entourage, the backyard, which was originally too quiet, soon became noisy and lively.
Of course, Mrs. Lan lived in the main courtyard, and Lan Jiarou, Lan Jiayin and Hu Qinghui were divided into the West Cross Courtyard to move in.
Lan Jiarou didn't dare to go to a too secluded place because of her personality, so she chose the weeping willow house not far from Lan Jiayin, Hu Qinghui was obviously less talking than in the past at the moment, and after a little look, she instructed Chen's mother and Cui Yu to move their own cage to Banlianxuan near Lan Jiayin's left, where to put something, this will be placed first.
After choosing a place to live, she said goodbye to Mrs. Lan, saying that she was going to see her sister-in-law and nephew and niece.
Mrs. Lan, there is someone who doesn't agree?
also asked Hu's mother to pick up the gadgets she bought for the children, and said with a smile: "At that time, they bought it for Brother Hao, and they bought double copies, and you will just bring it to your sister-in-law." ā
"Tell her, it's all messy today, let's talk to our mother tomorrow, let her not come over, rest."
Hu Qinghui smiled and agreed one by one, so she took Cuihuan and Zhang's mother, and asked the little maid to hold the snacks and small toys for her nephews and nieces to go to the East Courtyard to meet Grandma Hu.
As soon as the master and servant walked into the moon gate of the East Courtyard, she bumped into Lan Hongsen on the side of the green bamboo corridor, and with Lan Hongsen's concern for Hu Qinghui, it was easy to see that this person was not very happy.
"What's going on?" He asked wonderingly, "Why did you run to the East Courtyard if you didn't pack your things in the West Courtyard?" ā
"I'm just coming to see my brother and sister-in-law, and I'm not in a hurry at this time, are you?"
Hu Qinghui pursed the corners of her mouth, and said with a reluctant smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss my nephews and nieces very much, come and take a look, Mother Zhang and Cui Yu are already cleaning up the house, but it doesn't get in the way." ā
Seeing that Miss still didn't say anything, Cui Huan couldn't help but deflated the corners of her mouth, hung her head and pulled her handkerchief to get angry.
Lan Hongsen glanced at the smiling and warm Mother Chen, and then looked at Cuihuan, who was angry with the handkerchief, and then had a plan in his heart, and nodded, "Where do I have the things I bought for Brother Hu and them, let Qingnian send them over first, Ming'er is free, and I will go over to talk to Brother Hu again." ā
Seeing that he didn't ask, Hu Qinghui sighed secretly, so he bent his knees and said goodbye and continued to walk forward.
Lan Hongsen watched them drift away, turned his face and instructed Qingnian, "You are familiar with Cuihuan, and you will take advantage of the past to send things and ask what is going on." ā
Qing Nian responded with a smile, and the master and servant headed towards the residence of the next three years - to the sea pavilion.
The little guy who followed behind him, two by two, carried a mahogany box that was not light, and the ancient book secretly counted the boxes while thinking, "The gadgets I bought are in the C3 box?" Or is it in a box of five A? ā
In the green courtyard, the big red gate is wide open, and in the distance, you can hear the innocent laughter of children.
This is the largest courtyard in the East Courtyard, three main houses, two left and right wings, more than a dozen backyard wings, and an elegant small garden in front of the main house, which is more than enough for Hu Zhixing's family.
Hu Zhixing's eldest daughter, Sister Qing, and second son, Brother Bao, were playing happily in the garden at this time, accompanied by the nurse and the maid.
Two children, one is six years old and the other is four years old, both of them are innocent, playful and playful, and they play eagles and chickens with the maid, and they are very energetic.
The nurse sitting on the small pestle under the porch, while smiling and watching the children laugh, while doing needlework and thread, she sat facing the door, so she was the first to see her young lady enter the door.
Hurriedly put the needlework and fabric into the basket of the front line, stood up and took a few steps forward, and greeted the master with a smile, "The eldest lady is back, it's been hard along the way, our eldest grandmother just said why haven't you seen it yet, hurry up and enter the house." ā
"Dong'er, why don't you say it soon?"
Before the words fell, I listened to the little girl outside the main gate, and said in a crisp voice: "The eldest lady is here, the eldest lady is invited in." ā
The two children have been familiar with their aunt who has not returned for many years in the capital, Hu Qinghui is a generous person, and when she sees food and play, she always wants to give a copy to her nephews and nieces.
As soon as he saw his aunt coming, he threw down the maid and threw himself forward, shouting happily, "Auntie, auntie, why did you come?" ā
The younger brother Bao even shouted, "Auntie hug, aunt hug!" ā
Hu Qinghui squatted down, opened his arms widely, and held the nephews and nieces of these two blood relatives in his arms.
A heartfelt smile bloomed on his face, "Okay, okay, I know that you two little guys and auntie, look, aunt has been thinking about you all the way." ā
As he spoke, he stood up, took Sister Qing and Brother Bao by the hand, and turned around to let them look at the maid and the objects held by the mother-in-law, "Look, how many good things did my aunt buy for you?" ā
"There's also the gadgets that Grandma Lan gave you."
"There are delicious and fun things here, enough for your sisters and brothers to be rare for a while."
The children were close to eating and drinking, and cheered in unison when they heard the words, Sister Qing was older, and she was not as eager as Brother Bao'er, so she went to pull the hem of the little girl's clothes and clamored for a wooden knife to play.
She bent her knees and gave Hu Qinghui a similar blessing, and thanked her happily, "Qing'er thank you, aunt, can Qing'er and my brother open the gift now?" ā
Hu Qinghui saw that her nephew was so polite, her heart was about to melt, she touched the small bag with a pearl crown on Sister Qing'er's head, nodded and smiled: "Of course it's okay, it was originally for you, let Mama Kong take you to the wing room to open and play, but you two can remember that you can't eat too much candy, otherwise your teeth will hurt." ā
Sister Qing nodded again and again, and pulled her younger brother to follow the nurse to the east chamber.
As soon as Hu Qinghui turned around, she saw the eldest brother and sister-in-law and her husband and wife, standing under the porch to greet her, looking at her sister-in-law's increasingly ruddy face, she secretly sighed in her heart, "Let's put it mildly, in the end, it is my brother's wife, nephew, and niece's mother, I can't save her face too much." ā
The three of them saw the ceremony, entered the house and sat down, and their own maids brought tea and snacks.
Grandma Hu raised her hand with a smile and asked, "This is the Mingqian tea I bought on the street a few days ago, although it is not as delicious as the tea in front of my sister, but it can barely be eaten." ā
"The dim sum is made by us, not to mention the taste, the most important thing is clean, my sister hurry up and try it."
Hu Zhixing couldn't help frowning when he heard this, glanced at his wife, and said with a smile: "Don't listen to your sister-in-law, this tea is from a famous teahouse in Pingjing, and it is also a new tea that only came over from Jiangnan. ā
"It's no worse than the Zi'an Bai that your grandmother gave you."
Grandma Hu glared at her husband coquettishly, not too mindful of being demolished, but when she looked behind Hu Qinghui, she asked in surprise, "Hey, why don't you see Mother Chen?" What about Emerald Feather? Why didn't I follow you? ā
Then he listened attentively, and then said in hindsight, "It's so quiet outside, why don't you see the maid, and the mother-in-law moves the cage in?" ā
"Isn't my sister supposed to live with us?"
(To be continued.) )