Early the next morning, Xie Mulin had breakfast with his family. Mother Wen announced to everyone that she was ready to leave for her hometown.

As early as when Xie Zeshan, the eldest lord of the sect, had not left Beijing, his grandson Xie Jinkun had already chartered a big boat in the familiar boat for the women and children in the second and third rooms. They will set off with the fleet of the ship, but they will not live in one place, so that they can ensure a certain degree of independence, and they can be taken care of by the fleet along the way, and they will not have to worry about the various checkpoints, procedures, and personal contacts along the way. For the cost of hiring a boat, Xie Pu has already left enough silver taels.

The proprietor of that fleet is not a stranger, his mother is a land-sitting household in Huyin County, who lived in a foreign house for several years when he was a child, and he is also acquainted with Xie Jinkun, not a family that does not know the origin. With such a relationship, the women and children of the Xie family will be safer and more secure on the way back to their hometown.

The date of departure of the fleet had long been set, and just two days later, there was nothing to say about this. But Wen has one thing to announce to his family today, their original plan to return to their hometown needs to make some small changes.

She said to the juniors: "Your sister-in-law is still shallow, and his husband and wife didn't notice it before, and they were a little careless about their diet, and they fell again yesterday, so the fetal appearance is not very good." The doctor said that she needed to recuperate for a few days, and wait for four months before she could get out of bed and walk around, otherwise she would have a fetal gas, which was not fun. And the injury on her foot had to be repaired for three months. Hurt muscles and bones for 100 days, if you are not careful, I am afraid that there will be trouble. I saw that their husband and wife were young, and there was no elder at home to take care of them, and your sister-in-law's family was even more far away, although there were a few girls and mothers-in-law, but they were not very good at taking care of pregnant women, so I advised you to stay at home and take care of your wife, and you don't have to go on the road with us. ”

As the eldest son, Xie Xianzhi first stated: "This is as it should be." My second brother and my third brother can take care of our family, and the boat that my cousin Jin Kun hired for us is familiar with each other's boats, and the boat bosses are all steady and capable people, and this way is even more familiar, presumably this boat is also foolproof. So why bother your cousin to go with you, but let your cousin worry about his family and be restless day and night? ”

Xie Jinzhi also said: "Big brother is right. Huyin County is actually not far from Jinling, and this waterway has passed, and it is only a few days to walk slowly. Sister-in-law Jin Kuntang just fell and injured herself, and she needs someone to take care of her these days, so it's better for my cousin to stay at home. ”

Xie Huizhi and Xie Hanzhi had no opinion, and Xie Mulin said: "If my cousin is worried that we are not familiar with each other and we don't know how to solve the trouble on the road, then if there is any one of the entourages he brings when he goes out on weekdays is familiar with the road and is shrewd and capable, it would be better to borrow it from us." ”

Wen's gassho: "I was negligent in this point. Your cousin was worried about this, and when I asked him to borrow someone, he had no reason to object. ”

Xie Mulin smiled sweetly, thinking that it would be safer to have such a person here. Although the three older brothers are now more stable and reliable, they are still half-grown children, rarely travel far away, and lack experience. With an old seniority to follow, it's even more foolproof.

After breakfast, Wen went to see Xie Jinkun and his wife again, and mentioned the matter of borrowing people by the way. This time she brought several of the children with her. Xie Jinkun didn't object anymore, and lent Wen's one of the most useful Chen guys in the shop.

In this way, Wen is more at ease about his homecoming.

This matter needs to be reported to Mrs. Xie, but Xie Mulin is worried that her old man will be picky again, and the Wen family is weak and may not be able to bear it, so he thought of an excuse to let the Wen family stay in the small house on Gongyuan West Street to make preparations before the departure, and by the way, he met Sister Zhang Qiao and his wife, who had said in advance that they would come to invite him, and he and his brothers took a boat to the Xie family's mansion on Pearl Bridge to deal with Mrs. Xie.

The strange thing is that Mrs. Xie has not been picky. She seems to be a little absent-minded, as soon as she heard that Xie Xianzhi's brothers and sisters were going back to Huyin, she always loved yin and yang weirdness, but today she didn't mention it at all. After chatting casually for a few days, he sent the group out.

Even the youngest Xie Hanzhi sensed that something was wrong: "Is the old lady not in good spirits today?" Were you tired yesterday? ”

Xie Xianzhi, Xie Jinzhi, Xie Mulin and Xie Huizhi all felt the same way. However, it's rare for Mrs. Xie to be quiet for a while, how can these juniors who have been tossed a lot not cherish it? Except for Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi, who ran to find the pearl and confirmed that Mrs. Xie was not unwell, the rest of the people pretended not to know and went to find Xie Yinghui to speak.

Xie Yinghui felt very bored at home, and she was even more reluctant to hear that they were leaving in two days. Although she moved back to the Xie family's mansion, she didn't have to be angry with some people in Pingnanbo's mansion, but Mrs. Xie was much colder to her, and Xie Yingrong had a hard time to visit Jinxuantang, she had no place to pass the time, she wanted to go to the garden, and she had to worry about the craftsmen who were doing the renovation work there, so she was very depressed.

Xie Mulin gave her an idea: "We hurriedly sorted out the books in several study rooms at home, and my brothers took away some of the books that can be used in recent years, and there are still a lot left." It was planned that in the future, if there was a need, I would send someone back to get it. But if the brothers want to read, they will definitely not have time to come back, and it would be good for the scholars to be literate, where can they distinguish which books are good and which are not interesting? Now if the big sister is too bored, she might as well take out those books and reclassify them again. In the future, it will be much more convenient for the brothers to send someone back to pick up the book. Where can the eldest sister's knowledge be compared to the scholars? ”

Xie Yinghui snorted: "This job is also very boring, and it is tiring. Let's talk about when I'm really idle. ”

Xie Mulin smiled: "I also saw that you were too bored, so I made this suggestion. If you have a way to pass the time, you don't have to be tired. ”

Xie Yinghui sighed: "Yesterday was a little interesting, but I can't go out every day." Originally, a few days ago, my third sister came to joke with me, but now she has been with the old lady and doesn't even leave the house. I saw that they often sent people out on errands, and I didn't know what they were busy with. I asked the old lady, but the old lady thought I was troublesome and sent me back. The third sister also helped the old lady speak, which was really infuriating! ”

When Xie Mulin heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi.

Xie Xianzhi asked his sister: "What's wrong with the old lady?" We just greeted her, and she was also absent-minded. ”

"Who knows?" Xie Yinghui pursed her lips, "The people waiting around her don't interact with my girl, and I can't let people inquire about it." If you're curious, ask yourself, find out something, and come back and tell me. ”

Xie Mulin's brothers and sisters returned home with questions, just as Wen sent Wen Xuyou's wife out. The brothers and sisters hurriedly stepped aside and respectfully greeted Mrs. Wen Xuyou. The latter greeted them kindly, praised them a few words, and told them to take care of themselves on the way back to their hometowns, before going out to get in the car and leave.

Xie Mulin and others accompanied Wen back to the inner courtyard, and Xie Mulin asked Wen: "Didn't you say goodbye to Uncle Wen's family before?" Why did Aunt Wen come here again today? ”

"It's nothing. She heard that many people in Beijing were gossiping about the Cao family, and she was afraid that it would affect your eldest brother and sister, so she came over to tell her. Wen's face showed a sad expression, "Besides, it was yesterday's trip to the Taoist temple." The Taoist temple seemed to have something disgraceful yesterday, and the Wen family heard that we were also going, and they were afraid that we would be involved, so they came to remind us. ”

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