Chapter 122: To the Barracks
Everything seemed to be the same as when she first married into the mansion, everyone tacitly did not mention the things in the Liuyun Garden that day, as if nothing had happened that day. It's just that when she saw Xu Yao again, the pimple in Xu Jiayi's heart became bigger and bigger. Xu Jiayi narrowed her eyes slightly to retract her thoughts, and then her eyes fell on Old Lady Chu.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance.
After deciding on Xu Yao's family affairs, Mrs. Chu smiled when she saw the sky, and actively prepared Xu Yao's dowry. Seeing Xu Jiayi at this time is also a rare good attitude, "It's so cold outside, just let someone come over and spread a word if there is anything, why bother to come here in person, freeze your body carefully, it's not good to catch a cold again." ”
"Don't worry, old lady, Madame is wearing a cloak and hugging Tang Pozi outside, she won't be cold." Cuiyun replied in a low voice.
Xu Jiayi asked Mrs. Chu for peace, and did not say her intention first, but first smiled and joked Xu Yao, "I heard that my mother has found a good family for you, congratulations." I heard Mama Hua say, the second son of the Su family is frank and upright and will hurt people, you have a good mother-in-law and sister-in-law after you get married, and you have a husband who hurts, after this marriage, you must be happy. ”
Xu Yao lowered her head in shame and her face was red.
She really didn't expect the Su family to be so anxious to set her, she came to the house to test one or two days that day, and then within two days, she sent someone from the official media to propose marriage, give a dowry, and even set the date of marriage, on the eighth day of August next year.
After deciding on the family affairs, Xu Yao had nothing else to do, just bowed her head and embroidered her dowry, waiting for the marriage in August next year. The old lady thought that it would be difficult to see Xu Yao after she went out, so she asked the people of Yaoguang Pavilion to move the girl's daily necessities to Rongyang Hall, and let Xu Yao live in Rongyang Hall, and the aunt and nephew talked a lot.
This is also the reason why Xu Jiayi met Xu Yao when she came over today.
After a few people finished greetings, Xu Jiayi explained her intention, it was almost Chinese New Year's Eve, and she wanted to ask what kind of customs were here, if she had anything to do, and that the prefectures in Changzhou needed to move around......
She just married into the Marquis of Anping, this is her first New Year in Changzhou, and I don't know if the customs here are the same as those in Yanjing City, so naturally I have to ask more. Although there are some things that can be asked to Mama Hua, there are some things that can only be asked to Mrs. Chu, so I came here for a trip today.
Xu Jiayi raised all her own questions, and Mama Yao, who was next to Mrs. Chu, went back one by one. After asking the questions she wanted to know, Xu Jiayi was also about to get up and say goodbye, but who knew that the old lady Chu stopped her, "You have been married to Changfeng for a while, there are few people in the mansion, and the heirs are thin, as Changfeng's wife, you should start the branches and leaves for the Hou Mansion as soon as possible......"
Whatever Mrs. Chu said, Xu Jiayi respectfully responded one by one, but she didn't remember it in her heart.
Xu Jiayi didn't take Mrs. Chu's words to heart, she just married into the Anping Marquis Mansion, and she got together with Chu Changfeng less and left more, even if she wanted to get pregnant, she didn't have this chance, although it was indeed not impossible, but the probability was too small. If she can still get pregnant without a man, it won't be a happy event, isn't this a clear telling everyone that she gave Chu Changfeng a green hat?!
Xu Jiayi felt that what Mrs. Chu said was boring.
What's more, she feels that she is still young, and there will always be children in the future, and the most important thing at the moment is to cure the problem of her body cold first.
As the weather gets colder day by day, the New Year is getting closer and closer. Xu Jiayi originally thought that Chu Changfeng would be able to come back to the barracks to deal with affairs, at least during the Spring Festival, but who knew that she received a letter from him yesterday, saying that there were many things in the barracks, and I was afraid that I would not be able to come back to accompany her this year.
The clothes and other things made for my nephew and grandmother have also been packed, and they will be sent back to Yanjing City after the New Year. Mrs. Chu was busy with Xu Yao's marriage and couldn't take care of her side at all, so Xu Jiayi had eaten, slept and eaten all day these days, and she had nothing to do.
When I have nothing to do, I miss Chu Changfeng more and more.
Mother Hua looked at Xu Jiayi lying lazily on the soft collapse, looking out the window boringly and being stunned, and proposed, "There are still some days before Chinese New Year's Eve, Mrs. misses Shizi, it is better to go to the barracks to visit Shizi, it is only two or three days to go back and forth, even if you rest there for a day or two, you can also rush back before the twenty-eighth of the lunar month." If the prince had known that you had gone, he would have been very happy. ”
Xu Jiayi's eyes lit up, and she smiled happily, "Is it okay?" ”
"Of course." Mama Hua nodded in response, thought about it and added, "But madam, you still have to say hello to the old lady, and you have to ask the old lady what she means." ”
Xu Jiayi nodded thoughtfully, and immediately took Mama Hua to Rongyang Hall and told Mrs. Chu about this decision. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chu nodded immediately after hearing this, and asked Xu Jiayi about the time of departure, and asked Mama Yao to prepare some things for her to bring over to Chu Changfeng.
So the matter of going to the barracks was decided.
The distance from the Marquis of Anping to the army stationed outside Changzhou took about three or four hours on horseback, and it was slower to ride in a carriage, and it took about five hours to arrive. So early this morning, Xu Jiayi got up and let Xiangqiao and Yuanxiang stay in the house, only bringing Mama Hua, who was familiar with the situation here, and Cuiyun, who had been serving her closely.
Just in case, there were some soldiers from the Marquis of Anping's Mansion who were traveling with him.
Xu Jiayi, Mama Hua, and Cuiyun together, the three of them sat in the carriage, and the things brought to Chu Changfeng were in the carriage behind. Their carriage was filled with some tea, pastries, and the like, and the originally spacious carriage turned out to be extremely crowded. The carriage was driven by the old man in the Anping Marquis's Mansion, the carriage was smooth and steady, and he got up early, so the carriage didn't run for long, Xu Jiayi was sleepy and began to yawn non-stop.
"Madame, sleep for a while, it's still early to the barracks." Seeing that Xu Jiayi was sleepy and tearful, Mama Hua stuffed a soft pillow into Xu Jiayi's back, and couldn't help but say out loud.
Xu Jiayi nodded vaguely in response, leaning on Cuiyun's expression and squinting for a while.
Xu Jiayi and the others set off at midnight, and when they arrived at the barracks, it was almost hour.
When the coachman reported that he had arrived, Xu Jiayi picked up the carriage curtain and looked out, and saw that Mama Hua was talking to the soldier guarding the door, and after finishing speaking, she also saw the soldier looking towards her, Xu Jiayi smiled and bowed slightly, and got out of the carriage with Cuiyun's hand, and asked people to move everything in the carriage by the way.
At this end, the soldiers guarding the door found Chu Changfeng's voice and reported respectfully, "General, a woman from outside the barracks came to you and said that she was your wife. ”
"Today is not the time to rest, no matter who you are, you can't enter the barracks, do you still need me to teach you these things?!" After Chu Changfeng finished speaking, he turned his head and was about to leave, but suddenly he paused as if he remembered something, and looked back at the person who reported the news, "Who did you just say?" ”
"General, the man said it was your wife......"
Before Xiao Bing finished speaking, he saw Chu Changfeng in front of him disappear from front of him like a wind, and when he looked closely, Chu Changfeng had already walked out of a hundred meters away.
Well, the general is really fast.
When Chu Changfeng ran all the way to the gate of the barracks, he saw Xu Jiayi standing outside the camp, and the corners of his lips unconsciously hooked up a smile, "Why are you here?" ”
"I heard that you won't be returning home on Chinese New Year's Eve, so I came to see you and brought you some things by the way." Xu Jiayi smiled brightly, stretched out her finger and pointed to the box that was being unloaded behind her, "I don't know what you need here, everything is prepared by Mama Hua, and my mother asked me to bring some over." ”
"All of them are useful." Chu Changfeng didn't even glance at those things, and directly expressed his attitude. Then he asked about the recent situation in the house, and after learning that Xu Yao had already made a marriage, he didn't have any other expression, but nodded slightly to indicate that he knew. After standing at the door for a while, Xu Jiayi said that she was going to leave first.
"Leaving so soon, finally here......"
Xu Jiayi was stunned for a moment before she understood what Chu Changfeng had misunderstood what she meant. She didn't mean to go back to the Anping Marquis Mansion, but to go back to the post station. Although there is an inn on this side of the barracks, it is not as safe as a post station, so Xu Jiayi chose a post station in a resting place. It was also two or three miles away from the nearest post station, and while it was still early, they tried to get to the post station before dark.
Chu Changfeng blurted out, "Otherwise, you will live in my tent tonight, and you will run back and forth in the province." You've been in the carriage for a day, are you tired? ”
"I'm a woman, isn't it okay to go to the barracks?" Xu Jiayi frowned and said in embarrassment. Although she also wants to spend more time with Chu Changfeng, but this is a military camp and not a mansion, so the women's family should not be able to enter the barracks, will it cause gossip and make Chu Changfeng embarrassed?
Thinking so, Xu Jiayi still refused in the end.
"Yes, the families of the servicemen are allowed to enter the barracks. In the past, there were family members who came to visit, and they were able to come in, but they couldn't stay for a long time, and they couldn't move around the army at will. Chu Changfeng explained with a smile.
Since this is the case, Xu Jiayi nodded with a smile, followed Chu Changfeng into the barracks, and the two walked in side by side. However, the flower grandmother who came with them was not led in, but went to the pre-booked post station to stay, and came to pick her up early the next morning.
Xu Jiayi was by Chu Changfeng's side, and she was still in the barracks, so she couldn't be safer. Cuiyun didn't mean to worry about Xu Jiayi's safety, but she was a little worried that she would not be comfortable with her wife when she wasn't around. However, at the moment, I also knew that I was judging the situation and did not bring it up.