What Mama said was interesting, and Jinniang was also interesting to hear.

But she just listened to it for fun, and she really didn't see what this grandmother was thinking about. It was still Mama Qin next to her who looked at her and mentioned her, and Jin Niang realized that this Mama was looking for her to be the new owner.

That's fine.

Regardless of whether this grandmother is sincere in taking refuge, or who ordered them to go undercover, after all, when they first arrive in Hezhou, they really need a grandmother who is familiar with the local situation to be a guide.

Since this grandmother took the initiative to send it to the door, they definitely have no reason not to use it. It's just a matter of being cautious when using it, and be careful not to be taken into the ditch and not to be pitted.

Jin Niang made a decision in her heart, but she didn't settle down immediately. Instead, after looking at the sky, he had her sent out.

The grandmother had a look of regret on her face when she left, and she could not tell whether the lady wanted to keep her. But she thought that it was always possible to work harder, and if she didn't work hard, there was absolutely no possibility of staying. So before leaving, he said a few words diligently, and said, "Mrs. has just come to Hezhou, and many customs are not understood, and the taboos of these ladies in Hezhou officialdom, as well as the distance between each other, I am afraid that it is not clear." The old slave has been in Hezhou for decades and knows a little about these. Madam, if you are interested, can the old slave come and talk to you again? ”

Jin Niang happily agreed, "Then it will be bothering Mama." ”

The grandmother suddenly smiled, "Don't bother, don't bother." Madame is blessed to be able to use us. In that case, I will not delay my wife's rest. Madam, the old slave will leave first, and Ming'er will come to talk to you again. ”

Seeing that the grandmother was gone, Jin Niang went to the inner room to bathe in the service of the maids.

Hezhou is located in Liaodong, and it is really cold to say cold. Don't look at it as it's already March, but the snow outside Hezhou has not yet melted, which shows how cold the weather in Hezhou is. And the night in Hezhou is colder than the day, not to mention anything else, just say that Jin Niang is wearing a jacket now, but this is also so cold that she can't do it.

Fortunately, the people of Hezhou have lived here and have found a way to spend the winter. No, most people have built a kang in their house, and firewood is burned under the kang road, and the kang becomes hot.

Of course, such a scene is absolutely not seen in the backyard of the same prefect. At least in the room where the master lives, it is absolutely invisible.

The grandmother in front also introduced that the former Mrs. Tongzhi was from Jiangnan. The rich and noble families in Jiangnan burn the earth dragon in winter, so there is no kang in the backyard of this Tongzhi, but because the earth dragon is burned, and because the earth dragon has been burning since the morning, the house is also hot. Taking a bath in this room is very comfortable without feeling cold at all.

Jin Niang got into the bathtub, only to feel that her stiff body bones were stretched.

She felt that this journey was really not easy, and it was really not easy for her to get to Hezhou alive.

No wonder the ancients didn't go out easily, this tossing energy, this suffering to endure. Jin Niang has suffered enough to rush this time, and she doesn't want to rush anymore.

Thinking about something in her mind, Jin Niang got up after soaking for a while under Qinghe's reminder.

When she packed up her clothes and went to the flower hall, she saw that the three children had also packed up.

Brother Rong sat on the carpet and played—even the floor was hot because of the burning of the earth dragon in the house. Then spread a thick carpet on top of it, and the child can sit on it and play more comfortably.

As for Xiao Yu'er and Changle, the two girls have wet hair. Changle wiped Xiaoyu'er's hair again, and Changle's maid was wiping Changle's hair.

When Jin Niang saw this scene, she couldn't help but roll her eyes, Xiao Yu'er, a ghost elf, knew how to bully her sister.

Jin Niang opened her mouth and said, "Changle take a break, just let the maid wipe Xiao Yu'er's hair." ”

He also said to Xiao Yu'er, "You can call her hard when you see your sister kissing you." You, Changle has a sister like you, and it's really bad for eight lifetimes. ”

Jin Niang didn't like to hear this.

She is such a smart, beautiful, intelligent and lovely little girl, who is not the blessing of that person to be a sister? Why is she so annoying when it comes to her mother's mouth?

Xiao Yu'er didn't follow, ran to Jin Niang and blinked her eyes and asked, "Mother, am I your own child?" ”

"Then who knows. Anyway, I fell asleep after giving birth, and who knows if someone came to change the child halfway. ”

Xiao Yu'er: I wanted to choke on my mother's kiss, but I was choked by my mother's words. If you kiss a bad person, you will bully her.

Jin Niang beckoned Changle over, "Sit down and rest, don't worry about that little devil in the future, she is a person who climbs up the pole, the better you treat her, the more arrogant she is in front of you." ”

Changle smiled and said, "No." Auntie Xiaoyu'er is very good, don't always bully her. ”

Jin Niang: Gotta get it. She was angry for Changle here, but Changle didn't appreciate it anymore. In the end, she became a person inside and out. Okay, okay, one of you is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, I don't care about it in the future.

At this time, Xu Erlang also came from the outer courtyard, he saw the steward who stayed in the outer courtyard, briefly understood the situation, and saw that it was not early, so he came back for dinner.

Jin Niang asked Qing He, and Qing He said, "Dinner is ready, but because of the rush of time, the meal prepared today is light and simple." ”

Jin Niang nodded, it's good to be light and simple, to be honest, it's been almost a month's journey, and the stomach is weak, and I really can't eat greasy. Then today's meal is simple, and everyone has a smooth stomach.

Several people were hungry and quickly began to eat.

After the meal, the three little ones rubbed their eyes sleepily, and Jin Niang asked their respective grandmothers to take them to the side room to rest.

This is the same as the prefect's mansion is very large, and there are many yards, but the children are still young, and Jinniang is not worried that they live alone in a strange place. In the second aspect, those places are said to have been cleaned, but without being cleaned up by her subordinates, Jin Niang always feels unclean, and her heart will respond. So let the three little ones stay in the wing room today, and as for the rest, we will arrange it tomorrow when we are free.

After the meal, Xu Erlang went to take a bath, and Jin Niang asked the maid to cut the paper, and wrote a letter to the family with wolf hair.

When they arrived in Hezhou, they should have told their families to stop worrying. Not only to send a letter to the capital, but also to the Lin family in Pingyang. After all, Qing'er had already informed Father and Aunt Lin earlier that Xu Erlang was going to Hezhou to serve as Tongzhi, so if they didn't send them a letter to report their safety now, the two elders were afraid that they would always be worried about their safety.

Jin Niang only wrote two lines when she picked up the pen and felt that there was a shadow falling around her. Xu Erlang's voice sounded at this time, "Writing a letter? ”

He had bathed, and was now dressed in a white bedgown, the placket of which was not tightly tucked, revealing half of his chest covered with thin muscles.

Jin Niang looked at it directly, and after a long while, she came back to her senses and said, "Yes." ”

Xu Erlang chuckled and pinched her cheek, "Look at what?" ”

"Look at you."

Xu Erlang: "......"

Xu Erlang threw away the towel in his hand, and his hair was still dripping with water. Jin Niang hurriedly said, "Alas, you have dried your hair." Although it was warm in the room, it was uncomfortable to get wet hair. "The key is to keep the air clear, half of the windows in the house are open, and the cold wind is blowing in, what if you have a headache or get sick afterwards?

Jin Niang hurriedly let go of the wolf in her hand, picked up the towel and went to twist his hair.

Xu Erlang was worried about her pregnancy, so he frowned and said, "Let the maid come, you continue to write letters." ”

"I'll do it anyway." She is very careful, and of course her own man serves herself. Although she knew that Qinghe didn't have the intention of climbing high, but her man let other women get so close, even if these women were just maids in name, she would be jealous.

Xu Erlang seemed to see her little bit of caution, so he looked at her and smiled. Jin Niang pretended not to see it, and chattered with him, "It's really cold in Hezhou, it's March and it hasn't thawed, so there is no way to spring ploughing, and it is estimated that it will be April when spring ploughing, and it is busy, and you can only harvest one crop a year." ”

In today's society, it is really the people who live on the fields. There are a lot of fields in Liaodong, and the land is also fertile, but because of the climate, only one crop can be harvested every year, which is enough for a family to have food and clothing? What's more, they have to pay land taxes and taxes, as well as other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which really force the people to die.

What's more, Hezhou is a border, and from time to time there will be Tartars coming from the north, and war will break out when it is said to break out. In such a situation, in order to survive, they were also forced to be helpless, many people were displaced, and many fertile fields became wasteland. As a result, the population of River State has plummeted, and the population is now less than one-fifth of what it was earlier. This question...... Just thinking about it makes people feel chills in their backs.

This topic is too solemn, Jin Niang stopped after saying a few words. She is now just a woman's family, and she is pregnant, so don't think about these things that are too heavy.

She can see these superficial problems, Xu Erlang can definitely see them, and those officials who have served in Hezhou for several years can see them. Since there is no solution to this problem, it is not clear how difficult it will be to implement the measures.

In short, she should take care of herself now, and the mess next to her, she doesn't want to.

Jin Niang muttered, and Xu Erlang didn't interrupt her. When she said she didn't want to say anything, Xu Erlang handed over a glass of warm water, and Jin Niang drank half of it with his hand.

At this time, Xu Erlang's hair was almost wriveted, and Jin Niang's hands were a little sore, so she didn't want to write a letter, so she supported Xu Erlang and said, "You go to write, my hands hurt." ”

Xu Erlang smiled, "I said that I would let the maid come, but you don't follow, and now you are suffering, right?" ”

Jin Niang sighed, "I'm also willing to endure hardships." ”

"You."

In the end, Xu Erlang still led Jin Niang to the bookcase, and the two wrote a letter together. It's good that he found a reason, at least so that Jin Niang can't refuse. Because Xu Erlang still has to write a letter and send it to the capital, it needs to be carefully worded, and it may take half the night. In addition, there are also division commanders and Suqian and Li Hehui, and he also has to write to him. If he wrote it together with the letters from the Xu Mansion and the Lin Mansion, he was afraid that he would have to write it until tomorrow.

When Jin Niang heard this, she felt a little sorry for him, and of course she was arrested and stood with him to write a letter.

Fortunately, the letter to Father Lin and Xu Fu didn't need to be considered, and it was written in a gossipy and homely tone. Jin Niang had a draft in her chest, but she finished writing it in a moment, and at this time, Xu Erlang had just finished polishing her pen and opened a new fold to start writing.

Seeing this, Jin Niang didn't bother him, so she put the written letter in the envelope, and the envelope was placed in the middle of the bookcase she had set up, so that Xu Erlang could see it at a glance.

After doing this, she was ready to retire. Xu Erlang looked keenly at this time, "Finished writing?" ”

"That's right, I'll go back and rest first, don't delay you in writing the recital, you write slowly, I'll go first."

"Go ahead, don't wait for me, you go to sleep first."

Jin Niang wants to say, I just have the heart to wait for you, but my reaction during pregnancy is a bit big, and I am a mess of drowsiness, and I can't wait for you if I want to.

Jin Niang was a little tired, so she didn't say anything in the end, waved at Xu Erlang and went back to sleep.

Sure enough, she fell asleep with another pillow. A second before going to bed, she still thought that there was no one who had the skills to fall asleep in this second.

Originally, when she was in the capital, she was worried that she would not be able to sleep at night if she changed to a new place. But now...... She doesn't have this trouble anymore, and her sleeping skills are almost as good as those of pigs.

Jin Niang slept soundly, and Xu Erlang didn't wake her up when he came back. However, she vaguely seemed to feel it, so she consciously moved in, as if she was muttering something, and then drilled into Xu Erlang's broad chest, and fell asleep in seconds.

The next day, Jinniang slept in the sun before getting up, and at this time, Xiao Yuer and Changle had already had breakfast and were "busy" for an hour.

Seeing the bag rubbing her sleepy eyes and walking out of the room, Xiao Yu'er sighed heavily.

She also guessed that her mother was pregnant at this time, after all, her mother was like this when she was a child. I can't wake up every day, and I'm lazy and greedy...... Alas, although it is not good to say that her own mother is like this, but Xiaoyuer is an honest little fish, and she will not lie.

But who let her mother conceive her younger brother, then no matter how sleepy, lazy and greedy she is, she can be forgiven. Not only does she have to forgive, but she also has to comfort her mother and make her not think too much...... I heard that pregnant women like to think about it the most, but she can't let her mother complain about herself and think about it.

Thinking so, Xiao Yu'er said, "Mother, you have breakfast, we still have big things to do after breakfast." ”

Jin Niang thought to herself, I do have a big event, because I have to arrange for the maid to clean and settle the house properly, and I also need to understand the customs of Hezhou, as well as the origins and relationships of those officials and their dependents, and I also have to prepare to write invitations and invite people to come to the door. I'm really busy, and I can't get out of it for a while, but you're a big kid, what are you busy with?

Xiao Yu'er had an expression that you don't understand, and said solemnly, "I'm going to choose a yard." In the next few years, we will have to live in Hezhou, if my father's official career is not smooth, maybe we will live in Hezhou for ten or eight years, then I must choose a good yard, so that I don't have to toss anymore when I am older. ”

Jin Niang covered her forehead, little fish, little fish! You curse your father like that! Your dad knows that he will spank your ass and bloom, you know?!

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