Xie Pu's family letter, after finishing the treatment of Xie Yingrong, did not mention anything else, nothing more than instructing the Wen family to be filial to the two mothers, make good friends with the clan, take care of the poor families in the clan, take care of several children, keep an eye on the two older sons to study seriously, restrain the third son to go to school hard, don't always go out to mess around, and pay attention to the bodies of several children, beware of them when the season changes...... And so on and so forth.

Arriving in Huyin County with the family letter were two men from the Xie family's firm, who were also tasked with purchasing a new batch of goods from the Hujia area of Suzhou and Hangzhou and sending them to Beiping. Xie Pu asked them to bring some northern goods south, some of which were left for their families, which was regarded as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift. Since Mrs. Xie is now in Huyin, he did not send any more gifts to Beijing, but only mentioned in the letter which gift was specially left for the eldest daughter Xie Yinghui, so that the Wen family could send someone else to Beijing, or take Xie Yinghui back to her hometown and give it to her.

Wen put the letter away and smiled at the children: "Now that I know that everything is fine in Beiping, everyone can rest assured, right?" Sister Hui'er returned to her hometown, Xianzhi wrote a letter to discuss with her, right? I'm going to write to her too. If you can reunite as a family, it is naturally good for a family reunion. Besides, the old lady has already returned, and then the old man asked him to send Sister Rong back, and Aunt Jin will definitely come back with her. There are not a few people left in the mansion in Beijing, and Sister Hui is too lonely to stay there, and there is no one to discuss in case of trouble, so it is better to come back and save trouble. ”

Xie Mulin said: "The old lady said more than once that she would go back to Beijing when she was cured, and asked me to accompany her." Naturally, I refused to agree, my mother and my brothers and sisters are here, what am I going to do when I go back to Beijing? I see that in the old lady's heart, it is more meaningful to go back to the third sister to settle accounts. If the third sister can come back, her old man will save trouble, and she will no longer have to suffer from the fatigue of running around the road. ”

Wen was surprised: "The old lady wants to go back to Beijing? Why didn't you tell me about this? ”

Xie Mulin said: "She originally wanted to stay in the capital for a long time, she liked the prosperous and comfortable life there, and she didn't like the poverty in the countryside. If she hadn't been frightened by the lies of her third sister, she wouldn't have come to her hometown. Now that the truth is revealed, isn't it natural that she wants to return to Beijing? But her old man has more ideas, and her mother doesn't have to take it too seriously. Looking at the meaning of my father in the letter, it is obvious that I prefer the old lady to stay in her hometown to live. Let's listen to Daddy, don't let the old lady mess around. ”

Wen glanced at her with disgust and rebuked in a low voice: "Nonsense! These words are not to be heard by outsiders. ”

Xie Mulin smiled and didn't say much. She knew that Wen had actually agreed with her. After all, Xie Pu's thoughts were placed there, how could Wen, as Xie Pu's brainless fan, go against his will?

Xie Jinzhi said on the side: "For now, let's discuss with my eldest sister about returning to my hometown." When she settles down, the third sister can also leave, and this matter will be accurate. At that time, we went to persuade the old lady to stay, and we were eighty percent sure. ”

Xie Xianzhi nodded in agreement: "I think so too." If the third sister doesn't come back, the old lady may not be willing to let go. Her old man's resentment is only afraid of it. ”

Everyone reached a consensus, and Wen announced his disbandment. Wanqin saw that she had never mentioned the matter of her daughter's trip to Beiping, so she wanted to stop talking, but thinking that it was inconvenient to talk about this kind of thing in front of the children, she closed her mouth, but followed Wen Shi and went to the main courtyard with her.

Everyone else went back to their courtyards, and Xie Mulin grabbed Xie Huizhi and dragged people to the east courtyard. At this time, there was no one in the courtyard, and it was quiet. Xie Jinzhi had already taken the first step, and they were not afraid of meeting him.

Xie Huizhi kept shrinking his neck and whispered for mercy: "Second sister, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly, and the little brother must answer honestly, and never dare to say half a lie!" Don't tease me, brother, I hurt—"

Xie Mulin glanced back at him, but let go of his hand happily. When she walked to the council, she casually walked up the steps and came to the door of a wing room, but without entering the door, she asked Xie Huizhi directly: "Tell me honestly, what is going on?" Why would the old lady tell you to come back to her new house? Didn't you just tell me that the old lady is a lot kinder to you now, and doesn't let you get out of here at every turn, as she used to be?! ”

During the time she went back to live in the new house, Xie Huizhi was always guarding the old house to take care of Mrs. Xie. However, he didn't stay there all day, and he still had to take the class of clan studies every day, so he went out early in the morning to take a boat, attended classes and had lunch at the clan school, and then went back to the old house after school in the afternoon. However, Xie Huizhi's temperament, it is too difficult to let him go home from school honestly, he either goes back to the new house every day to kill time, or makes an appointment with someone to wander around in Xiejiajiao or the county, and he always waits until the sun goes down and the gate of the county is about to close, before he takes a boat back to the old house. There were several times when he arrived home after dark, and he was scolded by Mrs. Xie a lot.

Mrs. Xie has also been lonely for too long, although Xie Huizhi is a grandson she has always disliked, and she goes out early and returns home all day long, except for appearing in front of her at dinner at night, she is basically invisible at other times, and she is not a serious child who comes to fulfill her filial piety at all, but it is better to have someone to accompany her than no one. So after disliking Xie Huizhi for a while, she couldn't help but start talking to this third grandson, asking him about the new things in Huyin County, where and what shops were opened, and by the way, she also talked about the ancients, and talked about Huyin County when she was young, and how beautiful she was at that time.

Although Xie Huizhi is a bear child, he is very talented in making friends, as long as he doesn't meet Aunt Dajin and Xie Yingrong, he is very likable. It is estimated that he also saw that Mrs. Xie's attitude softened, so he also coaxed the old man along the way, and now he can chat with Mrs. Xie for a while, and he will not be scolded a lot.

Xie Mulin heard him say these things, so he was relieved to stay at home for a long time and not return to the old mansion. Unexpectedly, Xie Huizhi not only often stayed in the new house to play after school, but even spent the night here, and now he has to say that he was driven back by Mrs. Xie?

Xie Huizhi hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no!" The second sister misunderstood! I wasn't driven back by the old lady, I ......" He hesitated for a moment, looked around left and right, and then lowered his voice and continued, "It was the old lady who heard the news from the second room and sent me back to listen to the news!" ”

Xie Mulin was puzzled: "What's the news in the second room?" ”

Xie Huizhi grinned: "What else can it be?" Isn't that the Yang family's business? Yang Laosi was not particular, and almost threw his aunt and uncle's face on the ground and stepped on it. The uncle ran back to his house and begged for a few days, only to ask Mrs. Yang to agree to teach Yang Laosi a lesson, and even Lord Yang in Yangzhou was alarmed, so he calmed down the matter. When the old lady found out about this, she wanted to see the joke in the second room, and urged me to come back to find out the news. ”

Xie Mulin raised an eyebrow: "Before Yang Si went to the county government to file a complaint, there were few people in the clan who knew about it. Nowadays, most of the clansmen are just spreading it privately, and there should not be many people outside who know about it except for our Xie family and Yang family. The old lady has been living in the old mansion, and even the yard is less, and the people in the old mansion are not talkative, how did she know the news? ”

Xie Huizhi froze suddenly, and his expression was very unnatural and he smiled at Xie Mulin a few times: "This...... I don't know......"

Xie Mulin snorted coldly and gently twisted his ear: "Stinky boy, you told the old lady, right?!" ”