Chapter 493: Ask the woman what she thinks, and her husband has never been idle

After a few light snowfalls, the city of Beijing is covered in snow, but the weather is getting colder day by day. Although every household has been burning ondols since the beginning of October, the room is not well ventilated, the elderly and frail are still unable to bear it, and children are also susceptible to wind and cold. In a well-known pharmacy like Huichun Hall alone, the number of visits in a day is so busy that several doctors do not touch the ground, and the number of people who come to take medicine and see a doctor is twice as large as usual.

Gu rarely goes out in the warm pavilion every day, even if Feng Yuanming comes twice in three days, and Xiao Wu comes to the door every day, but her body is still good and bad for a while, and even eating every day is just lazy to use a few mouthfuls, and it is useless to let the young man's room change his tricks. In desperation, after discussing with Du Juan, Lingxi simply instructed the youngest Zhang Jing to accompany her in the upper room of the North Courtyard. Zhang Zhen originally planned to ask for a long leave from Guozijian, but was scolded back by Gu's family, so he had to ask his younger brother Zhang Zhen to accompany him more.

And after Zhang Chao came back from the palace that day, he made a decree the next day, and sat out to blackmail the people's daughters and belittled the governor of Tongzhou Right Guard. Although everyone knows that Tongzhou is only a few dozen miles from Beijing, this derogation can be regarded as extremely tolerant, at most, it is harder to run at both ends on weekdays, but Dongfang fell ill because of this. The son is easy to get to the fifth grade, even if he may not have a knighthood, a commander is at least steady, and now this heavy fall has fallen to the seventh grade, how can he raise his head in the future? The son's work in the outer room was clearly pressed down by the family, and now it is exposed again, is it not her fault?

With her illness, the Zhang family is naturally even more busy. Li Yun and Zhao Fen had to take turns to serve all day long, and when they were free, they had to take care of the Gu family, the ancestor, and the aunt who was in trouble but was still pregnant. Du Juan took care of the housework with spirit, never showed anything in front of the Gu family, and stubbornly hid Zhang Yue's danger from him. And Zhang Chao, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhen, and the three brothers also wanted to hide the news of Xinghe being besieged, but they didn't say a word, so the big family finally stopped.

Fortunately, after a series of bad news, there was finally good news, and the will to transfer Zhang Xin back to serve as the Shuntian Mansion was issued the next day. Hearing this information, Feng's family, who was looking forward to the stars and the moon, cried with joy, and even the subordinates were relieved, after all, some of the male owners in this family were officials outside, some were leading soldiers outside, some were on business trips outside, and some were derogatory.

Because of hearing such great good news, Gu Shi made an exception at noon that day and ate half a bowl of rice, and it was used very sweetly, and in the afternoon, he took a walk in the house to eliminate food, and then Bai Fang helped him to take a nap. Du Juan and Lingxi returned to the room and hurriedly took a few bites of food, and immediately rushed to the small meeting hall. Because the end of the year is approaching, what tenants, renewals, purchases, and favors...... All kinds of miscellaneous things were busy, and it was easy to arrange these, Lingxi hurriedly instructed the little girl to fetch a basin of hot water and personally serve Du Juan to wash her face and hands.

After washing her face and dressing it again, covering the haggard color on her face, Du Juan saw that Lingxi washed her hands with residual water, and saw that her face was also sallow and her eyes were bloodshot, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly: "On weekdays, I still feel relaxed when I look at the second aunt taking care of these, but now I get started in person, and I see the money flowing out, so I know what is really difficult." ”

"Now that the Beijing division has been moved, many things have to be purchased new, and a lot of utensils have to be transported from the south, the price is two or three percent higher than before, and the cost of a large family is naturally greater than before. If it weren't for the fact that the lord was in Nanjing, it is said that he and Chengguo Gong had run some industry, and the money in the public account every month was very considerable, relying only on the second lord's 800 stone earl and the family's grange, etc., I am afraid that it would not be able to sustain it, after all, the eldest lord only has money and no income. When the eldest master comes back, it will be much better. ”

"That's what you said."

Although Du Juan also helped his mother to take care of the house, after all, there were not so many people in the family, and now he saw that the silver money transactions in the account were at least 500 yuan in treasure money, which was shocking to look at. After settling down, she remembered that Zhu Ning asked her to tell Lingxi about Zhang Yue, but her temper has always been something to carry by herself, plus Lingxi is busy these days, she even pressed this matter to the bottom of her heart, and when she was a little idle at this moment, she felt an indescribable miss in her heart.

Zhang Yue has been gone for twenty-eight days, and there was still information from Hu Qi before, but since he was surrounded by Xing, there has been no news, and when she slept alone every night these days, she even carved a mark on the bed frame with her fingernails, and now there are ten full ones, that is, there has been no news from him for ten days. She didn't know whether he was alive or dead, good or bad, even when she went back to visit her mother that day, she didn't dare to reveal half a word even in front of Xiao Wu.

's mother has always regarded Zhang Yue as her son, and she can't be scared anymore; And Xiao Wu doesn't know the severity, if something happens again, then things can only get worse. He had said that he would come back safely to see her and the child, and that he would be able to do it, and that she could only believe in him and that he would take every opportunity.

There is nothing bad in this world, only rely on yourself to find every opportunity!

"Young Grandma!"

Suddenly, someone called, Du Juan came back to his senses, and when he looked up, he found that it was a housekeeper's daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law saluted with her hands in front of her, and then said with a smile: "Third young grandmother, the third master over there in Nanjing sent someone to bring a lot of things, and a letter from home. Now those big cars are outside, and the more than ten people who follow the car have already been rewarded, so please indicate whether the things should be put into the warehouse first, or brought in for the old lady, the two wives and the young grandmother to see. ”

Hearing that his father-in-law sent someone to deliver something, Du Juan pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Have you ever sent in the list of things?" ”

"Look at the memory of the slave maid, I almost forgot this stubble, this is a list, this is the family letter of the third master!" The daughter-in-law patted her head, hurriedly presented a fold with both hands, and when she saw Du Juan open it and discuss it with Lingxi in a low voice, she stepped aside. After a while, she heard an order from above, and she carefully pricked up her ears to listen.

"The Nanmu crutches given to the old lady are counted with beads, as well as the materials and gadgets that are sent to each room first, and now the New Year is approaching, one is just right to cut clothes, and the other is for children to play. Those local cured meats from the south of the Yangtze River are sent directly to the kitchen, so that the kitchen can make a few flavors at night and come out to try them. The treasure money and copper coins are dissolved to the public account, and the account room is recorded. ”

Lingxi looked at Du Juan, and when she saw that she had no objection, she gave the list to the little girl on the side and sent the daughter-in-law down. And when the people left, Du Juan opened the seal of the book, took out the letterhead and read it, and when it came to the end, she couldn't help but sigh, and then laughed.

"Dad said that he originally planned to let Aunt Hong take her sixth brother into Beijing in the next year, but now the weather is too cold, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things in Beijing, so I plan to let their mother and son enter Beijing in the spring next year, so that the old lady can have multiple grandchildren in front of them, and the family will be more festive. She also said that her mother personally went to Qixia Temple to ask for a signature, and our family was all lucky, and she was very happy. ”

Although the Sun family is a serious master, Lingxi still can't help but wonder when he hears this: "The master still can't stand his wife." ”

Thinking of his pair of in-laws, Du Juan also felt a little relieved in his heavy heart, and then folded the letter and put it back. After a while, several daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law sent things into the council room, and when she opened a box casually, she saw that those silk and satin were all stable and generous and new, and they had already been divided according to the head, and she secretly sighed that her father-in-law was careful in his work. Just as she was about to have things brought to the rooms, she heard a sudden shouting outside.

"Third young grandmother, Lord Chen Liujun is here, and he has already gone directly to the West Courtyard!"

Before, he had suppressed the anxiety of worrying and missing, but at this time, Du Juan only felt that his head was sinking. Qiang smiled and stood up, she hurried out of the conference hall after a few words of instructions to Lingxi, who was busy with those daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law. Because the steps were too slippery, she couldn't help but stumble when she stepped on the last step in a hurry, but Amber Eye next to her quickly helped her. Even so, she still walked fast along the way, and Amber was struggling to follow, and her heart couldn't help but be puzzled.

Could it be that Du Juan already knew what Zhu Ning was here for? is so urgent, could it be that Zhang Yue has an accident?

hurried all the way back to the west courtyard, and as soon as he entered the warm pavilion of the landlord, he saw Zhu Ning sitting on the kang, bowing his head and hugging Jingguan and teasing non-stop, Du Juan couldn't help but be stunned, and a sense of hope immediately appeared in his heart. Sure enough, Zhu Ning raised his head and showed an undisguised smile on his face: "Don't worry, this time it's good news!" ”

A few simple words seemed to be weighty, and for a while, Du Juan didn't know if his dizziness was because of relief or because of something else. Dragging her lead-filled legs to the kang, she didn't notice that her throat suddenly became hoarse, and she just asked word by word: "Is he really okay?" ”

"What's more, it's okay, if the news from the Xuanfu is accurate, Zhang Yue will be in the limelight this time!"

Since this is a good news rather than a bad news, Zhu Ning did not avoid the two girls in the room, and said with a smile: "After the emperor found out, he was so happy that he said countless good words, what kind of general, what young and promising...... Anyway, all the good words were used. In addition, the emperor's grandson happened to be playing on the side, and as soon as the emperor was happy, he would probably reward your little quiet official immediately. Don't worry about that guy, although Xinghe hasn't been cleared yet, he can toss so much, he will definitely come back safely! ”

Du Juan took a deep breath, and coldly remembered the hug he had when he parted. He said he told her to wait for him to come back, and she promised to wait for him with her son...... She's done it all, and he'll be able to!

Zhu Ning looked at Du Juan for a long time, but he was secretly sighing in his heart. The good news is said, the bad news at this good moment is still hidden for the time being, and there is still no shadow of it, and I don't know who is chasing the wind and talking nonsense. When Zhang Yue comes back, Du Zhen should be released, and at that time, the slightest rumor will naturally disappear.