Chapter 388, Letter from the Border Pass

In the evening, Mingjing returned home, and Changsheng handed him a poster, which was sent by his brother-in-law Pei Xun, saying that he would return to Wugong County tomorrow to bid farewell to the old lady, and go to his father-in-law Xie Wuya's grave to say goodbye and invite Mingjing to go back together. Please Mingjing sort out the things you want to bring, tomorrow morning, the carriage of the Pei family will come directly to pick him up in front of the county lord's mansion, and then set off, only live **** and come back.

Mingjing frowned: "When was it delivered?" Why did they go home and quit these days? Didn't you go to work in 10 days? I thought I'd have to wait a few more days for them to return to Wugong County. ”

Changsheng looked at him disappreciatively: "You sent it in the morning as soon as you left." Aren't you going to go back? Since you don't plan to go back, what does it matter if you send it early or send it late? Besides, now everyone knows that although the Pei family is not as powerful as before, it has finally recovered its vitality, and it is definitely worth befriending, and when my sister and brother-in-law leave for a few days, there must be a lot of farewell entertainment, and there may not be time to resign at that time, so they can only stop by when passing through Wugong County, so they went so early. ”

"I'm not going to go back with them. What's so bad about going along the way? To go to Jiannan Road, they always have to pass through Wugong County, they say goodbye to the old lady and leave directly, and they don't have to turn back to the capital and then go again, how can it be so comfortable to sit in the carriage for a day? ”

Changsheng glared at him: "You men's family is light, when my brother-in-law really takes office, he must be accompanied by officials and guards sent by the imperial court, and then he goes to a completely unfamiliar place to assassinate the history of any state, and even the local local language may not be understood for the time being, Pei Xiang is so careful, how can he not worry about it?" I think I must bring a few reliable and capable staff members to help each other, among them there must be those who can speak the native language of Jiannan Dao, the Pei family has raised a lot of staff members before, and it is not easy to find such a few people? It's just a big deal. ”

"I see, do you think the people you bring are afraid of causing trouble to the family? In fact, too, if you leave in a hurry, don't stay at home for one night, the eldest sister will definitely not be reconciled, this will not be three or five years before you can return to Beijing, if you stay for one night, and you are afraid of causing trouble to the family, dozens of people eat, drink and Lazar, it is not an easy task. However, they can let their entourage live in the county town, and their family will bring a few fewer people to live at home? ”

Changsheng puffed and laughed and said, "How can there be so many dozens of people? You only remember Pei Xiang, and forget that there is also Mrs. Pei, I am afraid that she is even more uneasy, and there will be more people sent. I think that these people must have reliable and capable family minions, otherwise the old lady will be worried that the minions of Jiannan Dao will not understand the language, and the service is neither dedicated nor reliable, and besides, how can it delay the children's study? The accustomed gentleman will definitely have to double his salary to bring it over. ”

Mingjing said "ah", and nodded: "Yes, this is how it should be, strange minions will have to **** for a long time to be used, and unfamiliar teachers will also affect their studies." And when they first went, they definitely couldn't understand the local language over there, if the master said it, the slave couldn't understand it for half a day, or the gentleman was in class, and the students couldn't understand it for half a day, wouldn't it be bad? ”

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet, think about it, the eating habits over there are different from here, and you must bring the accustomed cooks, embroidery girls and others to wait, plus the two children's nurses and maids, how many people do you have to have?" Maybe my brother-in-law will bring one or two concubines, you do the math, there are at least hundreds of people before and after, right? A small county town suddenly has so many people living in ****, and it is a person from the government, and it is impossible to hide it if you want to.

The wealthy squires and magistrates in the county town will definitely know about it, and they must be a lot of entertainment to catch the wind and wash the dust, and maybe someone will take the opportunity to make generous gifts. I think my brother-in-law definitely didn't want to be so ostentatious and impatient with this, so they went home early to say goodbye, and when that day they didn't go home, they just left. ”

Mingjing nodded: "I understand, or you can see clearly." Actually, I don't think there's anything wrong with them going back to quit their trip, but I'm worried that if they go home and quit their trip, they will be forced by the old lady to bring the bean yolk, so aren't we miserable? ”

Mingjing's face changed as he spoke: "No, I'll go to the eldest sister now, tell them that I won't go back with me tomorrow, and let them not come to pick me up, just set off and go back from Pei's mansion." I also want to force my eldest sister to swear that I will never take the bean yolk with me when I come back, and you don't have to wait for me for dinner."

As he said that, he was about to go out, but Changsheng grabbed him: "Do you want to go back?" I mean, if you're going to go back, you're going to have to give everyone a gift, and if you don't go back, you're going to have to bring a gift back, so how can you just leave? ”

Mingjing nodded first, and then said slackly: "It's time now, where to buy gifts?" If I ask my sister-in-law to back up the ceremony, she has to talk more and say something that I don't like, and I don't want to listen to it, how can this be good? ”

"I've been ready for this a long time ago, don't worry about it, I told the county lord about the eldest sister going home tomorrow to resign, so that she won't complain about us not telling her in the future, so that she will lose her dignity. Her decency was not lost, after I told her, she prepared a good gift, but it was hers, not ours, so I had to make a list and ask someone to buy it, and I had already bought it back and put it away. If you go back together tomorrow, just leave it here first, and load it into Pei's car tomorrow morning, if you don't go back, bring the county lord's gift and our gifts now, and let the eldest sister load the car and bring it back tomorrow morning. ”

"Then bring it over now, I won't ride a horse anymore, let Xiaofeng go and ask someone to set up a car and load the gifts."

Mingjing hurriedly took the carriage to Pei's mansion, Xie Mingzhu saw his eager appearance, and asked in surprise, "What happened?" Don't scare me, I'm the least scared right now."

Mingjing said a little embarrassed: "Sister, don't panic, it's nothing, I'm here to discuss with you about going home tomorrow." ”

"That's good, it scares me to death. What can I do when I get home tomorrow? You just wait in the county lord's mansion, didn't the post say, Chen Shizheng, the car is coming, do you need to run so hard? ”

"Eldest sister, the county lord's gift and our gifts have been unloaded, you can let people load the car tomorrow. I won't go back tomorrow, I want to tell you in advance, there is something else to entrust, I hope the eldest sister can agree"

Xie Mingzhu's face was full of disappointment: "Why don't you want to go back together?" But I'm just a relative of yours in the capital, who else can I go to if you don't go back?

Seeing that she was in an anxious mood, Mingjing was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Sister, there is a reason why I don't go back." Do you remember the girl who gave me the old lady? I couldn't see how bad she was before, but later her character became worse and worse, and she was even more entangled with me, and she couldn't get rid of it, even if she returned the deed of sale, she was reluctant to take the position of the Xie family, the girl in the room.

I'm really tired and afraid of her, I won't go back with you this time, I'm afraid that the old lady will let me take me back to the capital together, I don't want it, I don't want to die, and I hope the eldest sister will understand me."

Xie Mingzhu faintly knew about this, and she didn't agree with her mother's approach in her heart, so she nodded: "Actually, my mother may not let you bring her, and have you thought about it, if my mother wants her to come, even if you don't go back, she will force me to bring this girl when I come back, why don't you go back with me to visit, her old man will definitely thank you for your filial piety, and I will help you persuade your mother to let her keep Douhuang by her side, how about it?" ”

Mingjing remembered another thing, I had to go home to take a look, wasn't it just right? He nodded yes.

When he and Changsheng set off to Beijing, he told Lao Xia's family to keep an eye on Ming Qing and Lin Xinhui, wanting to find out as soon as possible what they couldn't see.

If you really go back, it will take two days to come and go, so you have to pack up some salutes.

Hearing that he was going to follow Xie Mingzhu back to Xie's house, Changsheng was not surprised, but just teased him for not seeing Douhuang for so long.

Early the next morning, the Pei family's carriage came to the county lord's mansion on time, probably seeing that the Pei family had recovered its vitality, Anyang also went out to see them off very rarely, and invited them to come to the county lord's mansion after returning from the Xie family, Xie Mingzhu of course agreed very happily.

In the afternoon after they left, Mingche's family letter was sent from the post station, he was a careful person, the outside was a large sealed envelope, and there were three small envelopes inside, a total of three family letters, one was sealed to the county lord of Anyang, what was written no one knows, anyway, after Anyang read it, he looked in a very good mood, and his temper was better.

Changsheng guessed that Mingche must have written some happy love words, full of words praising Anyang and telling the meaning of lovesickness, the purpose is to make her happy, only when she is happy, Shu'er and herself will have a better life. I just don't know if he's telling the truth or not? Whether it's true or not, it must be helpless.

The letter to Mingjing and Jinshu was not sealed, it was nothing more than saying that everything was fine now and that they had adapted to life at the border gate, and then they were told to take care of themselves and obey the words of the county lord, etc.

Changsheng secretly sighed at his good intentions, probably to make it easier for An Yang to check it, so that An Yang would know what he had written, so that he would not be suspicious.

At lunch the next day, Anyang sent someone to say that they were eating together, but Changsheng found that her face was gloomy, so he asked with concern: "What about my sister-in-law?" But worried about big brother? Didn't the eldest brother's letter say that everything was fine with him over there? Besides, it's not that he hasn't suffered hardships, I think he will definitely take care of himself, so don't worry. The eldest brother said that he was fine, but he was also afraid that his sister-in-law would worry about him, so don't let down the eldest brother's wishes, I think he will come back if he has the chance."

Anyang Fang had a smiling face: "Thank you, you are really a smart person, you will go to my heart at once, come and chat with me more in the future, don't hide it from you, Junma is gone, I am also bored and panicked." ”

Changsheng's head suddenly became bigger than Dou, and she secretly blamed herself for being too talkative, so she didn't want to talk to An Yang for a few days.