Wang Wei spent the New Year in Qingpu, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, he set off to Nanjing with Lu Tao and Zhang Ruoxi and his wife, and brought 800 pieces of Songjiang cotton cloth, 600 pieces of Sanshuo cloth, 500 pieces of twill, 300 pieces of woven velvet cloth, and 200 horses of jacquard silk, and filled a three-oar boat, and arrived at Nanjing Wuding Bridge Wharf on the second day of February - on the sixth day of February, the Nanjing branch of Shengmei firm was officially opened, and the business was laid in the west section of Fuqian Street, the most prosperous city in Nanjing. Wanyuan Commerce Bank is the backstage capital of Ningbo Minxin Bureau, in addition to selling silver jewelry and utensils, it is to send letters and things for the people, it is a transit station of Ningbo Minxin Bureau in Nanjing, Wang Wei got the help of Wanyuan Commerce Bank when preparing Shengmei Shop in Nanjing, because Ningbo Minxin Bureau and Shengmei Firm signed a cooperation contract - Wang Wei's sisters in the old courtyard in Quzhong are the first customers of Shengmei Firm, and the people of Nanjing are familiar with Wang Wei of the old courtyard Oiran Wang Wei, Wang Wei got out of the country and married Zhang Yuan, a famous man in Shaoxing, The story of the talented and beautiful woman is widely spread in the market, so the business of Nanjing Shengmei firm was prosperous at the beginning of its opening, and the method of dividing the profits of sewing workers is still implemented, and the prospect of Shengmei firm in Nanjing is better than that of Hangzhou.

On February 15, Lu Tao and Zhang Ruoxi left Nanjing, Lu Tao returned to Qingpu, and Zhang Ruoxi returned to her mother's house in Shanyin, because the delivery period of her younger sister-in-law Shang Ran was about the time from late March to early April, and it was a big difficulty for a woman to give birth to her first child. ”

This is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, Zhang Ruoxi couldn't help but smile, stretched out her hand and swept Wang Wei's wind-blown strand of hair behind her ear, this girl's ears are crystal like jade carvings, and her whole body is beautiful everywhere, Xiao Yuan is really blessed, and asked with a smile: "Miss Zhang Yuan?" ”

Wang Weiqiao's face was shy, and she lowered her head and said, "Yes, I miss it tightly." ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled, but said: "Maybe my brother Zhang Yuan will return next month, so will you still go to the capital?" ”

Wang Wei's eyelashes fanned, her beautiful eyes widened, and she said unconvinced: "Why does my sister talk like this, today is February 15th, and it is the end of the third test. ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled: "Okay, if Zhang Yuan is in high school, we went to Beijing a year ago, and we happened to go with the mother and son." He asked, "When will Xiuwei give birth?" ”

Wang was slightly ashamed and coquettish: "Sister! ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled: "Sooner or later." He waved his hand and got on the boat.

Wang Wei saw that the ship was far away, so he went back to the shop, but saw the guy from the Wanyuan Tongshang Silver Store next door coming over and said, "Aunt Wei, there is a letter in Beijing." He presented two letters.

Wang Wei was overjoyed, when he received the letter, it was indeed Zhang Yuan's handwriting, one was written to her, and the other was for Zhang Ruoxi, which was originally to be sent to Qingpu, but now Nanjing has intercepted it, and the Civil Information Bureau is next door.

When opening the letter, Wang Weixian's fingers trembled slightly, and after reading the letter, his heart shook even more, looking at the high sky and flowing clouds from afar, and he couldn't wait to fly to Zhang Yuan's side with his wings, but he heard the guy say: "This is Zhang Jieyuan's letter, and there are six other letters that Zhang Jieyuan sent from Beijing, sent to Shaoxing, and will be handed out tomorrow." ”

"So many letters!" Wang Weiqi said: "Let me see who it is sent to?" When I went to the silver shop to see, two of them were written by Zhang Yuan to his parents and Shang Tanran, and then Zhang Yuan wrote a letter to his uncle Zhang Rulin, and two letters written by Shang Zhouzuo to Shang Yuran and Shang Zhoude, but the last one was a letter sent by Zhang Yuan to Miss Wang Yingzi in Wang Siren's mansion next to Xinghua Temple in Huiji - of course, I can only look at the envelope, Wang Weixin said: "Where did the prince write a letter to Miss Wang Yingzi, how is the end between this pair of brothers and sisters?" Wang Wei knew about Zhang Yuan and Wang Yingzi, she asked Zhang Yuan in Liyuan last year, she was a little jealous, and wanted to go back to Jinling, but was tied by love, and now, I miss deeply, and the vinegar has faded - Wang Wei returned to the Shengmei shop, ordered Uncle Yao to catch Zhang Ruoxi's boat, and submitted the letter written by Zhang Yuan to Zhang Ruoxi.

When the lamp was in hand, Li Qiaoer, the sister of Li Xueyi, came to the Shengmei shop to talk to Wang Wei, if there were guests in the Xiangzhen Pavilion, Li Ko'er would avoid Wang Wei's here, so as not to be ridiculed by the guests, Li Ko'er is fifteen years old this year, and has been stared at by many merry customers, and wants to pay a high price to comb it - Li Ko'er often comes, no need to report, went straight to the inner courtyard, said a few words to Hui Xiang by the patio, and went to Wang Wei's bedroom, and said: "Why does Aunt Wei smile so well?" ”

Wang Wei looked at the letter written to her by Zhang Yuan under the lamp again, thinking about the sweet time when the two were together, this girl smiled in her heart, and didn't watch out for Li Ko'er suddenly coming over to ask such a sentence, she was taken aback, her heart was "pounding", and she said: "Li Ko'er, you are a cat, you walk quietly." ”

Li Ko'er smiled like a little fox and said, "I've been talking to Hui Xiang outside for a long time, it's Aunt Wei who is fascinated by herself, but she blames me, what is Aunt Wei looking at?" Peeking at it, he saw the words "Xiuwei and my love" before Wang Weizang's letter, and hurriedly asked: "Weigu, is this a letter written by the prince of Beijing?" ”

Wang Wei saw Li Ko'er's nervous face, and responded: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Li Ko'er pouted and said, "The prince said that he was going to write a letter to me, and I have been looking forward to it for many days——"

Wang Wei comforted: "The prince must be concentrating on preparing for the exam, and he wants the title of the gold list to marry you." ”

Li Ko'er suddenly replied with disgust, and asked shyly: "Then Aunt Wei said that the son of the sect can be successful?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Then let's divinate the money hexagram." "I found six copper coins, threw the money hexagram, Li Ko'er threw it first, a hexagram became auspicious, and she smiled with joy, and when Wang Wei divined whether Zhang Yuan could be in high school, she got an inauspicious hexagram under a throw, and she was unwilling, and she threw it again, and threw four squares in a row to get an auspicious hexagram, and the divination is only subject to the first time, and then the divination does not count, Wang Wei was a little unhappy, and Li Ko'er comforted her in turn.

At night, Li Ko'er rested here in Shengmei Firm, this girl now regards herself as a member of the Zhang family, so she is very close to Wang Wei.

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On the morning of the eighth day of the first month of March, Liu Gaoya, a hundred households in Dongchang who was guarding the yamen in Nanjing, suddenly came to the Shengmei shop on Fuqian Street with two servants and sent a congratulatory gift, saying that it was given to Zhang Gongzi by Gonggong Xing - Wang Wei was very surprised, and cautiously asked Liu Baihu why he sent a congratulatory gift?

Liu Baihu said: "Miss Wang, don't spread the word for the time being, Zhang Gongzi has already ranked sixth in the high school entrance examination, and there will be an official announcement in ten or so days." "Dongchang, Jinyiwei news is so well-informed, Yanjing is February 27 will try to release the list, ten days, three thousand miles away Nanjing Eunuch Xing has already gotten the list - Wang Wei was overjoyed, hurriedly prepared a gift on behalf of Zhang Yuan to give back to Eunuch Xing, that Liu Gaoya said: "Now that the palace test has not been held, Zhang Gongzi is very likely to enter the first class, and I will report the news when the time comes." Arching his hand, he turned around and was about to go out - Wang Wei said: "Lord Liu, wait a minute, may I ask Lord Liu, Zhang Yuan's brother Zhang Dai is not Chinese?" ”

Liu Gaoya said: "I don't know this, Gonggong Xing only told me that Zhang Gongzi was sixth in high school." ”

After Liu Gaoya left, Wang Wei couldn't hold back the joy, no psychological account, went to the store to see the guy doing business, saw two women buying cotton cloth, one of the women had a big belly, six or seven months pregnant, the two women chattered Gege said that there is a doctor in the small teaching field who can deliver the baby, cross-born, backwards, this doctor can next, if the mother encounters a fetal position, when the mother is helpless, then the mother will say please the little hand mother-in-law, only the little hand mother-in-law can save lives, the little hand mother-in-law is as small as a child, can dig, Last night, the little hand mother-in-law saved a difficult woman in Qixiafang, the mother and child were safe - Wang Wei's heart moved, and he inquired carefully about the two women, and learned that the little hand mother-in-law's surname was Chen, it is said that the ancestors were the palace medicine doctors to be edicted, specially for the concubine to deliver the baby, after the ancestor moved the capital to Yanjing, the ancestors of the little hand mother-in-law did not follow the north, stayed in Nanjing City, the small hand mother-in-law for the delivery of a lot of silver, to three taels of silver before willing to go out, the general smooth delivery does not need her, to invite her are to save lives, three taels of silver is also worth it, for 20 years, the little hand mother-in-law has countless people, but there are not many good things to say about her, because she has poor medical ethics and is insatiable in asking for money and goods - Wang Wei thought of Tanran's childbirth, and regretted that she didn't know about this little mother-in-law earlier, otherwise she could have hired Zhang Ruoxi to go to Shanyin with her, and now it's the eighth day of the first month of March, I don't know if I can catch up before Tanran gives birth?

Since she knows that there is such a small-handed mother-in-law, Wang Wei can't help but do something, otherwise, if the delivery does not go well, then she will feel guilty for life, so although she knows that it is very likely to catch up with the delivery, Wang Wei still decided to do her part - Wang Wei immediately went to the small teaching field to ask the small-handed mother-in-law to go to Shanyin to deliver the baby, the small-handed mother-in-law opened her mouth to ask for a hundred taels of silver, saying that it would take two or three months to go back and forth, which would delay her many things, Wang Wei is also shrewd now, after some bargaining, and the little hand mother-in-law said good, Catch up with the delivery on the 100 taels, did not catch up on 60 taels, first pay 10 taels - 10 taels in early March, Wang Wei arranged the shop everything, with the little hand mother-in-law to take the fast boat of the Minxin Bureau to Hangzhou, accompanied by Uncle Yao, Hui Xiang and Xue Tong, the boat boss said that if the road goes smoothly, 20 days can arrive in Hangzhou, Wang Wei asked the boat boss to hurry as soon as possible, with a period of 20 days, as soon as she arrived she would pay an extra five taels of silver, the boat boss was overjoyed, ordered the boatman to travel at night, and it took only 16 days to arrive at the port of the Hangzhou Canal.

Wang Wei did not go to Hangzhou Shengmei business overnight, overnight to take the night boat to Shanyin, the night boat passengers chatting, Wang Wei heard that Zhang Yuan's brother Zhang Dai and uncle Zhang Lianfang are on the list of Chunqiu, Shanyin Zhang's one branch and three jinshi, feng shui ah - March 28 early in the morning, Wang Wei and his party of five people went ashore at the Bashi Bridge in Shanyin County, before they arrived in Dongzhang, they heard that Zhang Jieyuan's wife Shang's dystocia, has been in pain for a day and a night, four or five stable women waiting, one is still invited from Hangzhou, but it can't be born, I'm afraid that there is danger - Wang Wei was surprised and delighted, surprised that Shang Ran was really dystocia, happy that he finally caught up, and said to the little mother-in-law beside him: "Granny Chen, this time I want to ask you." ”

This little mother-in-law is over sixty years old, her eyes are clear, her little man moves quickly, holding a long medicine box, Wang Wei wants to take her for her refusal, and says: "It's good to catch up, and the old body will earn an extra forty taels of silver." ”

At this time, in the archway of Xie Yuan, up to Zhang Ruiyang, the two elders of the Lu family, down to the servant doorman, one by one panicked, Wang Wei took the little mother-in-law into the door, and explained the situation to the two elders, and the tearful Zhang's mother Lu hurriedly said: "Take Granny Chen, quickly!" ”

Wang Wei led the little hand mother-in-law up to the second floor of the west building, and heard Shang Yanran's painful moans in the bedroom, and he didn't see anyone yet, just listening to this moan, the little hand mother-in-law nodded and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the mother is still strong, and her physique is not weak." ”

When I entered the bedroom, I saw that on the big bed of Luodian, a stable woman hugged Shang Ran's waist from behind, and there were four stable women and a few maidservants around the bed, Zhang Ruoxi sat on the edge of the bed and took Shang Ran's hand and constantly encouraged Ran to hold on - as soon as the little hand mother-in-law came in, she ordered the stable woman and the others next to the bed to go out, leaving only the stable woman on the bed who hugged her waist to help and close the door.

Wang Wei and Rabbit Pavilion stood on the corridor with Zhang's mother Lu Shi, Zhang's mother Lu's "Mantra in White" recited over and over again, Zhang Ruoxi walked around uneasily, looking downstairs, the old father Zhang Ruiyang looked at the patio, Zong Yishan and Yiting couple, and Shang Zhoude, the brother of Ran Ran, were also waiting anxiously below - time is hard, the relatives waiting outside are really like ants on a hot pot, about two moments later, finally heard a loud cry of "wow" in the room, the door has not yet opened, the little hand mother-in-law has proudly reported: "Mother and son are safe- ”

Zhang's mother Lu and Zhang Ruoxi suddenly burst into tears, and Zhang Ruoxi reported the good news to the old father downstairs: "I was born, and my mother and son are safe." ”

The good news spread quickly, the house celebrated, the previous panic disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the depressing atmosphere dissipated in an instant - the little hand mother-in-law washed her hands and opened the door and came out, and saluted Zhang's mother Lu Shi: "Congratulations, your mansion has been added." ”

Zhang's mother Lu didn't have time to taste the joy of Tian Ding now, as long as she was born, when she entered the room and saw a red baby lying beside her, crying loudly——......

Three days later, the little hand mother-in-law was escorted by Uncle Yao to leave Shanyin back to Nanjing, in addition to getting a hundred taels of silver honorarium, Zhang's mother Lu also sent a number of gifts to the little hand mother-in-law, really grateful, if there is a three-long and two short-term delivery, then the family will not have any joy for Zhang Yuanzhong Jinshi, Shanyin Liu Zhixian six days ago has sent someone to report the good news that Zhang Yuan High School Bingchen will be the sixth place in the examination - Shang Ran recovered quickly, the baby is also very healthy, in a blink of an eye is April 16, this is before noon, Shaoxing prefect Xu Shijin personally led a group of drums to blow and beat to the east Zhang Xie Yuan archway, Zhang Yuan Hall tried the champion of the good news document to Shaoxing, two vermilion lacquer flagpoles were quickly erected, the champion archway immediately started to build.

(To be continued)