(Continue to reissue,,,, for the inconvenience of reading to everyone,: I got a WeChat public account, thank you for your attention, and share the story behind the scenes. WeChat > the more recent years, the more lively this family is, to the orphanage responsible for taking in the city's orphans, every month after the twentieth month, you can eat a meal of meat at noon every day, although it is not much, but it is also really rare, after all, in the past, you can only eat salted fish once or twice a month.

As for the homes of ordinary people, this will be all shrouded in a festive atmosphere, and in recent years, people have begun to slaughter pigs and sheep in preparation for the arrival of the new year.

It's a great year!

Even ordinary people think so, not to mention that the wind and rain are smooth, that is, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have also been exempted a lot, and for the people, this is naturally a good year.

On the last day of the fourteenth year of Yongli, the sky was just dark, and in this Qinghe City, the sound of firecrackers could not wait to sound, and the sound of firecrackers continued one after another.

In addition to fireworks, the most common is the finger thick red paper cannon, a penny can buy a string, a string of more than 100 small cannons whipped, as for the thumb head thick earth-shattering thunder can also be bought for a penny, as for the tail can fly into the sky monkey, the price is naturally slightly more expensive, and the fireworks that can bloom in mid-air are worth a lot of money, in previous years, only the vassal king, the powerful family will set off fireworks to win, but in this Qinghe City, there are many ordinary people there set off fireworks.

However, when the sky is about to darken, naturally not many people set off fireworks, most of them set off guns there, and when the sky is completely dark, the air will be lively......

"Bang!"

The fireworks exploded in mid-air, quickly scattered into a huge spark, and then, dozens of sparks bloomed in the air, dressing Qinghe in the night into an extraordinarily enchanting look, although the fireworks at this time were not as dazzling as in later generations, but they lit up the night sky, making the world more flavorful.

"It's the New Year, it's the New Year......"

The children carried papier-mâché lanterns and walked through the streets and alleys, picking up unexploded firecrackers from the ground by the lights, and then jumping around and lighting the firecrackers, laughing at the sound of the firecrackers.

As for the elders of the family, the tribute table was full of fruits, which were the fruits of worship for God and ancestors.

Not to mention the ordinary people's homes, it is the lantern hanging high by the envoy of the office, this will be the same, the sound of firecrackers from time to time in the back house of the office, the last day of the New Year's Festival, the officials in the office have been let go home, even if the guards also have a few people to return home to visit relatives, as for the back office, it seems a little deserted. The reason why it is deserted is simple, compared to any big family, the Zhu family's people are too rare, but there are only Zhu Mingzhong himself and Zheng Ling.

However, in this regard, Zhu Mingzhong was naturally prepared, during the Spring Festival last year, he spent the Spring Festival alone, which really made him feel distressed, this year he invited the "family" over, and the so-called "family" naturally included Kou Yun, Xia Ziyun and Jin Suo. Zheng Ling did not object to this, after all, there were only two people in the Spring Festival, and it was too lonely.

"Husband, you might as well go and invite Shi Junzheng and Xiao Zhao to come, the two of them are alone in Qinghe, and they are too lonely."

Ever since he said those words to Shi Zhao that day, Zheng Ling has been trying to create opportunities for him. At this time, nature is no exception.

"It's not appropriate,"

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong said.

"Sishi and their father and daughter, after all, they are not from our family, tomorrow, invite them over tomorrow!"

Sishi is not family after all. What does it mean to invite their father and daughter over for the New Year? Thinking so in his heart, the food on the table over there was already ready, looking at the table full of food, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, Zhu Mingzhong looked a little depressed.

Think of your relatives every festive season!

This sentence is really true, in the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhu Mingzhong will naturally think of his family in another time and space, and his heart is naturally quite sad, and his mind can't help but appear in his mind again. Thinking of his parents who could never be seen again in this life, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes couldn't help but get wet, and tears fell involuntarily.

"Husband, you are ......"

Looking at the tears sliding down his face, Zheng Ling hurriedly asked. Kou Yun, Xia Ziyun and Jin Suo all looked at him in surprise, but as concubines, they didn't dare to say anything, after all, they were just maids, and if they could do it at this table, they were already the master's grace.

"It's nothing, I just thought about my family, and I was a little sentimental for a while......"

Saying this, looking at Zheng Ling, Zhu Mingzhong said again.

"At this time last year, the husband was a lonely New Year, but this year there is Ling'er with him, this good wife, it is really a blessing for the husband, you should pay tribute to Ling'er a glass, this cup of wine, for the husband to respect you."

Looking at the love of the husband and wife at this table, although the other three have their own thoughts, they are still inevitably a little envious, but in addition to envy, they dare not ask for anything else, after all, for them, all this is just something they can not reach, after all, their identity.

Thinking of her identity, Xia Ziyun's mind was in turmoil, looking at the lady who was immersed in happiness, her heart was full of envy, although she was forced into the house, but through the contact of the past two years, she knew that there may be few men in this world who can match Zhu Mingzhong, aside from appearance and talent, just the heartache of her daughter's family is not comparable to ordinary men.

At this time, when she saw the elbow on the table, she quietly picked up a piece of fat and put it in her sister's bowl, and then said.

"Little sister, you eat more meat,"

She didn't care about this, so that Jin Suo, who was about to move the chopsticks, looked at the fat meat, and her belly suddenly churned, and when the forced vomit came up, she only hurriedly covered her mouth and stood up, and before she reached the door, she couldn't control the vomit, so she spit out some bile water.

"Golden Lock, what's going on?"

Seeing the appearance of Jin Suo holding on to the door frame and vomiting, Zhu Mingzhong hurriedly asked, and Zheng Ling also said with concern on the side.

"But you have a bad stomach? If not......"

Only halfway through the words, her face changed slightly, and a thought appeared in her heart, and when that thought emerged, she only felt a tightness in her heart.

Don't...... Her face originally seemed to be quite ruddy, but her expression became complicated.

"Back to the lord, madam, the little maid, the little maid, it's okay...... ...... vomit"

Before he finished speaking, Jin Suo leaned on the door frame again and began to retch, and his delicate face showed a little weak pale.

Seeing that Jin Suo was vomiting and even wanted to spit out bile, Zhu Mingzhong hurriedly ordered.

"Hurry up and get a doctor."

Although Zhu Mingzhong is a traveling doctor, he may be able to see the symptoms without Western medicine, but he does not know how to treat it, after all, he does not know Chinese medicine and prescriptions.

However, although he didn't understand Chinese medicine, it didn't prevent Zhu Mingzhong from going over to check her body, and just as he was about to go, Xia Ziyun, who was originally standing aside, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

"All the mistakes are the fault of the servant, and it has nothing to do with the maid's sister, ask the lord and the lady to punish them."

As she spoke, she kept kowtowing, her appearance made Zheng Ling, who originally had a complicated expression, lose the slightest trace of blood on her face, Xia Ziyun's actions had confirmed her guess.

Not to mention Zheng Ling, even Zhu Mingzhong seemed to understand, he looked at the retching golden lock, and also understood what was going on.

"My sister is young and ignorant, and she doesn't know that she has joy, and it's the maid who has been hiding it from her......"

Although she looked terrified, Xia Ziyun's heart was like a mirror, her prayer was just a show, in fact, she already knew it from the time when her sister didn't have her menstrual period two months ago, but she just pretended not to know, she was waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to tell Zhu Mingzhong about this good thing.

After all, the identity of the younger sister is the maid, and the maid and the eldest woman were pregnant before, even according to the usual practice of large families, they can be beaten to death with sticks. The reason why she waited until now was that she wanted to gamble, Mrs. Gamble would definitely show her magnanimity in front of the master, and Mrs. Gamble would never fall into a situation where the lord had no queen.

Although she knew that doing so would be tantamount to putting her wife in the name of jealousy, she had to do so for the sake of her sister's future.

Jin Suo, who had just spit out a mouthful of bitter water, looked at her sister in surprise, what was she talking about?

How did my sister know?

"Sir, Madam, I ......"

Just as Jin Suo was about to explain, he saw Zheng Ling walk up to her, help her up and say.

"Sister, look at you scared, sister, I am not a jealous person, since I allowed you to stay at home, I regarded you as family, otherwise, how could I let you have this reunion dinner together for the New Year."

Although she knew that Xia Ziyun's actions could be said to be in the name of her jealousy, as the young lady of the Zheng family, after a moment of unhappiness, she still showed another side of calmness.

"The master's family is already scarce, if you can give birth to children for the Zhu family, isn't it a happy event, why hide it, sister, this really shouldn't be......"

When he turned to Xia Ziyun, although Zheng Ling was smiling, his smile was slightly cold, and he didn't even look at her.

He bowed to Zhu Mingzhong, and then said.

"Congratulations to the princess ...... concubine"

In the face of this congratulations, Zhu Mingzhong could feel the suppressed displeasure in Zheng Ling's heart, of course, she was not pregnant because of Jin Suo, but because, looking at Xia Ziyun kneeling there, Zhu Mingzhong sighed secretly, this woman has too many thoughts. By doing so, she is tantamount to putting Zheng Ling in what kind of situation she is in.

Is this a happy event?

It was indeed a happy event, but for some reason, looking at Zheng Ling, who was smiling strongly, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't laugh at all, walked to Zheng Ling's side, held her hand, and Zhu Mingzhong said.

"Let's call the doctor first."