"Just go in and find out." "Cui Xi smiled and opened the curtain......

    She walked in, and the whispers in the room were still there.

    A man and a woman who got up when they saw her enter the house were Dai Zuguang and his wife from Dai Zhen.

    Jingyi never thought that she would see these two in her home. Seeing that his mother was smiling slightly, he knew that his mother was going to leave first in the upper room just now, and she should have received the letter.

    The fourth aunt came over first, took her hand, and said, "Miss Cheng, I can see you...... Is this alright? As he spoke, his eyes became wet.

    "Okay, very good, sit down quickly." Jingyi hurriedly invited her to sit back, looked at Dai Zuguang, called the fourth uncle, and said hello.

    Dai Zuguang and his wife looked at her intently, and for a while, they didn't speak. Seeing that the scene was cold, Wan Yi said to Jingyi: "Mr. Dai and Mrs. Dai specially chose this day because I heard that you were discharged from the hospital today." Brought you a lot of things...... Mr. Dai, Mrs. Dai, she is a child, I really don't deserve you two to do this, please sit down, sit and talk. ”

    Dai Zuguang smiled.

    The fourth aunt said: "Don't say that, Mrs., the grandchildren are full moon, and Miss Cheng's health is not well, all because of us." I thought I should come and see the girl anyway. The girl is better, and we are more at ease. Today, let's show my wife and the girl the photos of Jane and her grandson. ”

    "How are Jane and the kids?" Jingyi heard the fourth aunt say this and asked. I know that the fourth aunt may not have never come, but she has not been able to see her.

    "It's all good, it's all good, Miss Lao Cheng is worried." The fourth aunt took a small bag wrapped in a handkerchief from her husband's hand, opened it and presented it to Wan Wei first.

    Wan Wan looked at it, praised it with a smile, discussed it with the fourth aunt, and asked Qiao's mother to give the photo to Jingyi.

    Qiao Ma Cuixi and others couldn't help but come up and look at the doll in the photo with Jing Yi's hand - wearing a thick silk cotton jacket and a tiger head hat, although they are still thin and small, but they are also clear and beautiful-Jing Yi looked at it and sighed in her heart, this child is full moon. Look at Xiao Zhen holding the baby in the photo, smiling gently, looking satisfied, it is really reassuring.

      talked to each other a little more, and Dai Zuguang and his wife took their leave.

    Jingyi wanted to send them out, and they repeatedly refused.

    Wan Wei asked Qiao's mother Cuixi to bring them a lot of things, and she took Jingyi to send them out in person. I wanted the family's car to take them back, but they hired their own car to bring them into the city. Jing Yi, who was driving the car, also recognized that it was Dai Laoba. Seeing Jingyi, Dai Laoba just looked at her and smiled. When Dai Zuguang and his wife got into the car, the eighth child said to Jingyi: "Miss Cheng, you have a good heart, and so is your uncle." There will be good rewards. ”

    Jingyi was stunned there.

    After the eighth finished speaking, the whip flicked, whipped the horse, and the carriage shook and left the gate of Chengfu.

    The fourth aunt also leaned out and waved.

    Jingyi looked at her mother.

    Wanwei was silent for a moment before saying, "You can get out of danger, thanks to the Seventh Young Master." ”

    "Isn't it Abe and the third brother? Jingyi asked.

    Wanwei told Jingyi about the cause and effect. That day, she and Du Shi had already learned from Bao Ye that Jingyi was going out with her, and they were a little anxious. Zhichen returned late. When she determined from Zhi Chen's mouth that Jingyi had gone to Daizhen, she was surprised, but she was not too surprised. She had been unsettled for a few days, and faintly felt that Jingyi was going to cause some more trouble, and sure enough, the little girl Qiu Wei confided the truth. Du Shi scolded fiercely, worried about Jingyi. Zhichen said that the Dai family did not dare and would not do anything to Jingyi. Du Shi glared at Zhichen and said: Rigid and self-serving, if we want to think that someone's girl has hurt you, it is difficult to greet you with a smile. Du Shi wanted to personally bring someone to Dai Zhen to bring Jingyi back, but Zhichen stopped him. Du Shi forced him to pick up people immediately.

    “…… Before Zhichen went out, Abe called back and said that he was halfway back by you. Zhichen asked Abe to take people back to Daizhen, only to know that they had notified the Tao family. The Seventh Young Master happened to be at home, and he was the one who sent you to the hospital...... The seventh young master made a special trip to Dai Zhen the next day to thank Mr. and Mrs. Dai. Mr. Day was a missionary, and the church run by missionaries from the United States was in a dilapidated house outside Day's town. The Seventh Young Master said that there should be an infirmary in Dai Town. When Mr. Dai came to the city before, he also made a special trip to thank the Seventh Young Master. Thanks to the funding of the Seventh Young Master, the church has also been moved, and the doctor has also been found. The Seventh Young Master donated another sum of money to the church. If you say that you are doing good deeds, you have to have rice in the pot. ”

    Wanwei said to Jingyi in a gentle tone, Jingyi listened, and did not express an opinion.

    Wan Wei saw Jingyi tighten his shoulders, seemed to be cold, and said, "Mr. Dai didn't see the Seventh Young Master. I heard the second young grandmother say that on the day the seventh young master came back from Daizhen, he was recalled to Lanzhou. ”

    Jingyi lowered her head.

    She also saw it from the newspaper. The military situation in the northwest has changed. Although the Tao family has been in the northwest for many years, it has been in constant conflict with the Ma family who want to replace them for many years. As long as the Tao Department is a little relaxed, the Ma family will take advantage of the weakness. The previous Tao Shengchuan went out of Ganning and entered Beiping, and the Ma Jiajun, who was active at the junction of Gansu and Xinzhou, waited for an opportunity to dispatch. On Tao Shengchuan's way back to Lanzhou, he was ambushed. The war is still frequent, and Tao Si has stumped over the affairs of the Duan department, and it is reasonable for Tao Xiang to be recalled by Tao Shengchuan.

    The newspaper also quoted the local official newspaper as saying that the "banditry" in the northwest has been on the rise in the near future. However, it is said that the bandits have also been pacified after the Tao Department defeated the Ma Jiajun and forced it to retreat. The official newspaper praised the Tao commander's use of guerrilla tactics to deal with guerrilla tactics, which was a flexible and changeable combat style of light chariots and fast horses. It's just that in the series of reports, Tao Xiang's name did not appear in any official newspaper reports, I don't know if it was deliberate...... The Tao family is only temporarily safe this time. The old enemy has not been eliminated, and the bandits have been born again, as long as the Tao family wants to dominate the northwest for a day, it will not be peaceful for a day.

     She seemed to read the newspaper word by word, and then she had almost no impression, and she didn't want to connect it at this time, and it was very clearly presented in her mind.

     "The master went to Suiyuan, and then went to Lanzhou and met with Tao Dashuai. Wan Wei saw that Jingyi was silent for a long time and said.

    Jingyi looked at the white lotus flower embroidered on the hem of her mother's skirt. With the slow movement of the mother's steps, the lotus flower seems to float gently on the surface of the water.

    "Why did my father go there when it was so dangerous? She stared at the lotus. In the midst of the war, my father still wanted to go there...... She thought of a few days when Brother Jiu's face was gloomy, and her heart was pounding.

    Wanwei only held Jingyi's hand and said, "Let's talk about these things later." ”

    "Okay. Jingyi agreed.

    The mother and daughter returned to the room, Jingyi saw the photo of Xiaozhen's mother and son left by the fourth aunt, looked at it for a while, and said: "That day, I thought I was saving the fourth sister." ”

    Wanwei said softly, "I understand your heart, Yi'er. She accompanied Jingyi to look at the photos for a while before saying, "Take it, you're tired too, go back to the room and rest." ”

    Jingyi put away the photos and planned to go back to the room to rest.

     As soon as I walked out, I saw someone coming outside, who had not seen Zhang Zhixin for a long time. When I saw her, I greeted her. She looked at Zhixi's rough skin blown by the hard wind of the northwest, and wanted to ask him something, but in the end she only nodded and walked away.

     came to Xinglu, must have been ordered by his father.

    Jingyi put the photo on her dressing table and looked at it.

    So, she hasn't seen her father for more than a month......

    She looked around her room and suddenly felt a little strange.

     After sitting for a long time, she pulled open the drawer on the desk and touched the dark compartment.

    The texture of the wood is delicate and warm, and the dark grid has long been empty.

    **********

    On the day of the beginning of winter, all parts of Cheng's Mansion began to put up lanterns to celebrate the wedding of the third young master Cheng Zhichen.

    The wedding has been scheduled to be held in the city hall ten days later, and more than a dozen couples, including the two young ladies of the Zhao family and their respective fiancés, will be held on the same day.

    Cheng Jingyi helped Mrs. Cheng Du do what she could at home. Du Shi was afraid that she had just been discharged from the hospital and was overworked, so he only handed over the little things that did not tire her to do.

     Early this morning, Jingyi just came to Du's room, brought the detailed account that she had transcribed the day before, and prepared to invite Du's to look at it. As soon as she entered the door, she was ordered by Du Shi to go out of the door.

    "Let Zhixi follow you, go to the Beijing Hotel, and pick someone up at home. Du Shi said with a smile.

    Jingyi hasn't gone out for many days, and she was sent by Du Shi on this errand without a head, and was about to ask Du Shi who she asked her to pick up, Wan Wei and the third wife on the side said almost in unison: "Let's let the ninth young master go." ”

    Du Shi smiled: "You can't let Lao Jiu go." Not to mention that Lao Jiu would never go, even Miss Jiang, if he went to pick him up, I am afraid he would not come. ”

    Jingyi heard Du Shi mention "Miss Jiang", so she understood who it was, nodded and said, "Then I'll go." ”

    This Miss Jiang is naturally Zhishen's fiancée, the Hui An of the Jiang family. It has been more than ten years since the Jiang family left Beijing to settle in Shanghai, and she still saw Hui'an when she was a child, and she no longer remembered her appearance. This time she came to Beiping, I don't know why?

    "Master Jiang came to Beiping, one is because of his business trip to Beijing and Tianjin, and the other is because of your third brother's wedding. I went to Tianjin in the past two days, so I put Hui'an in the hotel by myself. If you don't know, it's fine, and if you know, you can't help but take her to the house. You two are the same age, so you must be able to talk. Dushi said, and asked Cardamom to call him in.

    Jingyi said, "Mother, isn't it good to let Sibao go out with me?" ”