Chapter 90: Farewell to Brother Xuan
After much planning, on July 19, it was advisable to travel far away, prepare a group of chariots, horses and slaves, and Brother Xuan set off.
Sister Hui has been in bad spirits for several days, and the old lady took pity on her and ordered her to send her off.
"Sister, can I still come back?" Brother Xuan'er has grown a lot this year, and he has reached Sister Hui'er's shoulders, so he raised his head and asked. is mature and intelligent, but in the end it can't hide the heavy sadness in his eyes.
"Yes, just as my sister told you, one day this peaceful position is your father's, it's yours, a good man has ambitions in all directions, you have to go out to learn a skill to live up to your mother's life's planning."
"Will my mother see it in heaven? Can my sister see it too? ”
"Yes, you can, when you learn the ability to stand in front of your sister, your sister will see it."
Sister Hui thinks about it for three or five years, and Brother Xuan will definitely not be able to come back. When he can come back, Brother Xuan is also a ten-year-old child, and he must have his own grace, but at that time, I don't know if he will rely on her like he does now.
"Well, sister, I know, there are nurses, Changjing and red dates, I will be fine, don't worry about you in Beijing."
Although Brother Xuan said so, Sister Hui still had a sense of depression. The prince of the Hou Mansion should have been full of servants, but he was reduced to only a nurse and a little maid, plus a guard by his side. Now although there are many carriages and horses behind him, and there are a few small people, they are all made by the old lady for the people of Beijing, and when they arrive in Jiangnan, these people will come back.
"When you get to the academy arranged by the old lady over there, you will be naughty and quit your studies in a few days, and then go to Shanyang Academy, where the mountain chief was an old minister of the former dynasty, and he has the ability, you are good at learning, if there is any inconvenience, just write back to Beijing and tell your sister, and your sister will help you deal with it."
This is what Qiao's can give her, Shanyang Academy is the largest academy in the south of the Yangtze River, built on Lingshan, the mountain chief studied under the former dynasty scholars, and I was a bachelor of Hanlin during the period of Emperor Wu, and then resigned due to many factors and returned to his hometown to run the academy. There are many people who go to study, and the number of places is limited, and it is also because Qiao's father Guang Enbo has been kind to him, so Brother Xuan can go to study.
"Yes." Brother Xuan nodded solemnly.
Sister Hui told the nurse carefully, although she said it several times at home, but Brother Xuan also listened patiently on the side.
Sister Hui sighed, and the tears that she had been holding back flowed down unexpectedly, and she took Brother Xuan in her arms, crying: "As soon as Dad comes back, my sister will personally pick you up." ”
Brother Xuan nodded with tears in his red eyes.
This farewell, until the end of the hour, the sun was already shining brightly on the road, and Brother Xuan sat in the carriage with red eyes and biting his cheeks.
Sister Hui didn't turn around and get into the carriage until the team was out of sight, but when she got into the carriage, she couldn't hold back her crying anymore.
"Miss, don't cry, crying for a long time hurts your body." Qiu Ju handed over the handkerchief and comforted her gently.
Mo Qin also watched Brother Xuan grow up with Sister Hui, and couldn't help but have wet eyes, but she felt sorry for Sister Hui'er's way of crying, and said in a choked voice: "Miss, Qiu Ju is right, Young Master Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will have great achievements in the future, so you have to be happy." ”
"He's still so young, he's still so young, he's never left me, Suzhou is thousands of miles away from Beijing, if there is a case that the whip can't be reached" Sister Hui wiped her tears, but she didn't cry anymore, and the whole person leaned on the corner of the carriage like a deflated breath, and couldn't help choking.
She didn't know how to think about it, this is the best for Brother Xuan, not only to avoid the old lady, but also to learn some skills. The sky is high and the earth is wide, and it is not good if the man's family can go out and see what's wrong. Although he is in the Hou Mansion, he can reach out for food and open his mouth, but it is easy for him to grow into a gentleman like Chu Jinli, let alone talk about the future.
The reason can be figured out, but the reason is unacceptable, no matter how difficult it was before, at least there was Brother Xuan in the Manchu, even if it was not common, but he could occasionally meet secretly or pass on a few words. When I returned to Anning Houfu, I felt that everything was empty, and I was depressed for two days.
When the old lady saw her like this, she didn't know whether she was ashamed, or wanted to appease her, so she specially held a small banquet for her.
Because it is filial piety, it is impossible to publicize it, so I only invited the sisters in the family to come and have a lively time. This day was really lively, not only the sisters who had always appeared in front of her, but also the concubines who were pressed by Xiao Li's family on weekdays in Tangyuan were able to participate in this banquet.
Sister Hui thought that it was about Xiao Li's sense of revenge, and she was happy, so she specially made the scene more lively, adding to Sister Hui'er's blockage, and by the way, it was also to save face for the old lady.
"It's hot in Beijing this summer, and I heard that Jiangnan is a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but I can't say that the climate there is much better." According to the order, Sister Jing happened to sit next to Sister Hui'er, and saw that Sister Hui was full of smiles throughout the whole process, but the whole person's mind was not at the banquet at all, and she didn't know where she was, so Sister Jing knew that she was missing Brother Xuan, and she couldn't bear it, so she laughed and comforted.
"I once had a book called "The Chronicles of Great Xia" that said that the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River are also very hot in summer, which is better than that of the capital, and there are often typhoons, which can even destroy houses." Sister Hui took a sip of the fruit wine with ice cubes in front of her, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a mocking smile, and said lightly.
"Are you angry? Grandmother did lose the kindness of the elders this time, but the matter has come to this, the third sister has always been smart, if it is still like this after this banquet, I am afraid that the grandmother has lost patience "Sister Jing has gone through all things, in the end, she really regards her as a sister, and she dares to say such a rebellious thing and persuade her."
Sister Hui was stunned at first when she heard this, and then her heart warmed. laughed at himself, nodded, filled the two with fruit wine, picked up the glass and said seriously: "I'm sorry." Then he threw his head up.
Sister Jing had a smile on her face, and she leaned back, not half unhappy.
"Speaking of which, the second uncle's family is going back to Beijing this year, I'm afraid we will have to add another sister to play." Sister Xian provoked the conversation and laughed loudly.
She didn't like Sister Hui'er to have face in front of the old lady, so she made a special trip to hold this banquet, and she talked more today, and sure enough, as soon as this topic was mentioned, many people looked at her and discussed it around her.
"Speaking of which, the second uncle's sister is named Sister Zhu'er, have you ever seen it?" Sister Hui didn't mind, and only whispered to Sister Jing next to her.
"I've seen it, but I haven't seen it for five years. The fifth sister is well-behaved and cute, quiet and pleasant. Originally, the three-year expiration of the quick job, should be the same third sister you return to Beijing in a year, but the second uncle's Hejian Mansion said that there was a problem with Laoshizi, so he was allowed to enter Beijing two years later by the Ministry of Officials. Sister Jing said
"How can the fifth sister say it so well, she cowered when she was young, that is, she played with us, and the fake bamboo dragonfly could scare her half to death." Sister Yan pouted and said coldly.
What Sister Yan said is not fiction, and Sister Jing is not easy to say, if she argues, she is afraid that something will happen, so she also glanced at her head and went to laugh with the sisters next to her.
Because of the large number of people, Sister Hui'er's banquet lasted until the afternoon, or because it was later, she wanted to go to the old lady to say goodbye, so everyone dispersed in advance.
Sister Hui returned to her leisurely home and took out a letter from the drawer, if it weren't for Sister Fang Caixian'er mentioning the local officials' return to Beijing to report on their work, she would have forgotten this letter.
hurriedly opened it, and saw that the content was that Li Yuyi was going to follow his father to Beijing to report on his work, and he hoped to meet him at that time.
Sister Hui remembered that Sister Xuan was not mentioned in the letter, so she wrote another letter back, handed it to Moqin and sent it to the suburbs of Beijing, and found a reliable person to send it to Yizhou.
"In addition, you go and inquire who sent this letter, but you have been to the village, and why it was sent to the house." Another command Moqin.
Mo Qin nodded and went out with the letter.
"Mom, have all the family arrangements for the red dates been arranged?" Sister Hui remembered something and asked Wang's mother again.
Red dates are the girls chosen by Wang's mother for Brother Xuan'er to go out to study, and I heard that when she was in Jinyuan, the third-class sprinkler in the yard once took care of Wang's mother and Moqin. Although he is younger, he is reliable and honest.
Sister Hui thought that the people around Brother Xuan must not make mistakes, the nurse was chosen by the Qin family when she was alive, and the body deed was in her hands, and Changjing was absolutely credible. Only red dates, was arranged by Qiao's family after returning to Beijing, in order to be sure, Sister Hui investigated the good life of the red jujube family, and knew that there was no one else in her family except a pair of elderly parents, so she took her parents to Qin's Beijing suburb village to give birth and raise.
"It's all arranged, Miss rest assured."
"Well, in addition, take back the birthday gift I prepared for the old lady before, today is the old lady's birthday on the twenty-first and twenty-sixth, and I have to take it back to see."
"Well, the slave will let the steward fetch it tomorrow." Mother Wang nodded in response.
Sister Hui thought that she would go to Shoukang Hall to ask for peace for a while, and she would have to act in a scene, so she lay on the soft couch and closed her eyes and rested for two quarters of an hour.
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