Chapter 259
Mu Ningjun's wife, Mu Liu, has mixed feelings in her heart, although her maiden family is not rich and expensive, but it is also a solid family, and she has not suffered anything since she was a child.
Follow Mu Ningjun to be satisfied, live a down-to-earth life, the nurse is the only person who treats her well after her mother leaves, for so many years, they get along very well, even with Mo Niang, she is treated as a sister.
Looking at the two children eating in the house, and looking at the tiredness of her husband's hard work, she suddenly lost her armor and decided to go to the nurse, perhaps, her husband was right.
Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, the grandmother of the Mu family has been doing evil for many years, and it is time to have a result.
Mu Liu's family avoided the scorching sun in the sky, walking in the shade of the trees, they were a little far away, the nurse because of her poor health, often taking medicine, so she sold the original yard, and now the rented house is a bit remote.
After walking for a while, he was covered in sweat, and seeing that there was still a little half of the way, Mu Liu's legs and feet were sore, and he walked into a tea shed behind him.
The little girl hurriedly took the tea, Mu Liu handed her a copper plate, the little girl smiled, revealing two small dimples, very good-looking.
There were many people in a hurry sitting in the tea shed, and everyone whispered as if they were talking about something. Mu Liu listened attentively. It turned out to be that Mu Shilang's mother, insidious and vicious, mean grandchildren, now people are soaring, and they are running over, wanting to take advantage, and they also bully other people's mothers' dowries, it is really shameless, such people can still be high, shouting five and drinking six, being the elders of other people, and the old people in the clan are blind.
Mu Liu's face turned pale, the grandmother of the Mu family had lived in the capital for a long time, and she treated Mu Ningyuan's brothers and sisters harshly, and the whole house knew about it, even the officials and relatives who had more contacts were also aware of it, but they didn't make these unbearable remarks.
It just so happened that as soon as she entered the capital this time, it was one after another, it seems that it was exactly what the husband said, the eighth prince was determined to do the Mu family's grandmother, even if they didn't help, someone else would definitely do it, she drank the tea in one go, didn't care about the pain in her waist and legs, and got up and hurried.
Living in a small courtyard with tree branches, a dilapidated adobe house, and a roof made of straw and mud, it has not been easy for the nurse to live these years, Mu Liu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and pushed open the door made of wood.
The nurse was weeding in the yard, facing the big sun, as if she didn't feel it at all: "Nurse, such a big day, take care of your body bones." β
Liu Shi raised his head slightly, the wrinkles on his face were so deep that he could trap a mosquito, and when he saw that it was Mu Liu, a happy smile appeared on his dark face: "The sun is so big, why did you come here, quickly, sit in the house." β
The nurse is not too old, just over forty, but she looks like a person in her sixties and seventies. I couldn't walk up straight, trembling and holding on to the periphery of the adobe house, moving my steps, "I'm idle, watching the vegetables in the yard grow well, I can let Mo Niang take it to the market and sell it, exchange it for money, and buy some cornmeal." β
Mu Liu took out some scattered silver taels from his purse and stuffed them into the nurse's hand, "Don't, child, you can make up for us a lot over the years, seeing that the two brothers are going to school, I can't take your money anymore, Mo Niang and her family are quite diligent, and they can't be hungry." β
"You are not in good health, you need money to take medicine, it is your life on weekdays, you can't always eat wild vegetables, the child is older, you want to go to school, fortunately, Ning Jun can still earn money."
While talking, Mo Niang and Liu Dong came back, Mo Niang went to cook on the fire, Liu Dong took the scoop, scooped water directly from the water tank, and drank it with a clatter, feeling comfortable.
Mo Niang scooped a few scoops of water, and began to pick the remaining wild vegetables, scalded them with water, removed the bitter star flavor, and mixed them with salt to eat.
He reached out and took the basin, mixed the cornmeal with water, and made a paste. Liu Dong is the only son of the nurse Liu and the brother of Mu Liu. Mo Niang was picked up by Liu, and happened to be a child daughter-in-law for Liu Dong, when she was young, the poor family couldn't open the pot, so she let Mo Niang go to Mufu to be a maid for a few years to supplement the family.
Liu looked at the two people who were busy when they came back, and greeted them in the house, and the two of them entered the house and chatted with Mu Liu: "Brother Liu, our family Ning Jun said that the family should buy a carriage, thinking about finding outsiders, it is better to use their own people, wages, and give one or two silver in a month, and wait until you have more money in the future, and then add it to you." β
Liu was overjoyed, even Mo Niang's eyes were full of hope, one or two silver, for ordinary farmers, it was half a year's living expenses, "Go ahead, I can take care of the work in the field and at home." β
"Well, can this work, don't you be embarrassed, Ning Jun is there, discuss it." Liu asked hurriedly, for fear that it was Nan Ke's dream.
Mu Liu held Liu's hand, "Nurse, it was Ning Jun who asked me to come, after all, it is my own person, Brother Liu follows, I can rest assured, isn't it?" β
Mo Niang had tears in her eyes: "Mother, Miss is at home, I'll ask Brother Dong to buy some meat, let's make dumplings at noon." "Excellent reading books
Mu Liu's eyes were quick, and he grabbed her as soon as he grabbed her: "Don't, I'm not an outsider." As he spoke, he took out a piece of bacon and seven or eight white-flour steamed buns from the baggage he carried, "Just stir-fry the things here, it's over, Brother Dong still has to follow me to the house, Ning Jun said, there are still some things to tell you, besides, the carriage at home is ready, Ning Jun will bring the children over in a while, the side dishes and wine, the car is ready, you don't have to be busy anymore." β
Hearing that Mu Ningjun was coming, Liu asked Brother Dong to go to Zhuangzi melon farmer to buy a watermelon, chill it into the well, and asked Mo Niang to take out the tea leaves hidden at home, boil water, make tea, and did not forget to tell Mo Niang to take out the white sugar treasured at home and make sugar water for the children to drink.
The two agreed, and left the house before and after, and the Liu family blamed Mu Liu: "You kid, Ning Jun, but a distinguished guest, why didn't you say it earlier, it was difficult to wait until Ning Jun entered the door, and let my old woman make a fool of me." β
Mu Liu smiled and joked, what kind of distinguished guests, they are all a family, just a door, which makes the teachers move, so scared that their family does not dare to come to the door easily, which attracts Liu's happy laughter for a while.
Mo Niang is not beautiful, but her facial features are very exquisite, when Mrs. Zhang once served as a maid for the old lady of the Mu family, her appearance was naturally not bad, and later, the grandmother of the Mu family was jealous, and after passing the door, she didn't even have a concubine.
The old lady of the Mu family is afraid of his wife, and the neighbors know it, even if the clan comes forward to fill in a concubine, he can be beaten back by the grandmother of the Mu family, back then, it was quite famous.
Mu Ningjun got up early in the morning, took the children to the car dealership, carefully selected, bought the carriage, paid the silver, and went to the cloth store to buy the carriage clothes.
The roof is made of a special paint, even if the sun shines on it, it is not as hot as outside, and it can also prevent rain, so it is not so difficult to decide to go out when the weather is bad in the future.
Ding Yi explained to Mu Ningjun a few people who were familiar with the firm, at the moment, such a big business, there is no one who can be trusted, and it is categorically impossible to carry out.
Although he is the confidant of the eighth prince, when he is employing people, the eighth prince's going out to do things is more decent, and when he does business, the faΓ§ade is propped up, and he is thinking about replacing it with his own people.
The carriage was much faster than a human walk, and when they got out of the city, they ran and the curtains were lifted to pour in a fresh breeze, so that the children could have a great time.
Brother Dong slowly put the watermelon into the well with a wooden barrel, Mu Ningjun stopped the carriage, and three children came out of the car, the one in front was slightly older, Mo Niang greeted him with an apron while wiping her hands: "The wooden official is here, please inside, why do you sit in the wooden official's car." β
"We met on the way, and we came back together." Mu Ningjun handed the side dish he was carrying to Mo Niang.
Brother Dong's son Fat Dun led the two small ones, and the three of them jumped and ran to the yard, saying that they were going to see the pheasants that Brother Dong had hunted in the mountains a few days ago, and they couldn't eat them all of a sudden, so they raised them first, and when they were empty, they took them and sold them, and they had to earn Liu's medicine money.
Mu Ningjun gave the horse whip to Brother Dong, "Let's see if you can take advantage of it, this carriage will be transferred by you in the future." β
The horse's coat is bright, and the teeth are good, and it looks like a good horse, "I bought the yard next door for you, you can move over and live, this is too far from the city, if there is something, you may not be able to get out of the city gate at night, let them be at home, can it be safe?" β
Although the countrymen are simple and honest, it cannot be completely ruled out that there are no crooked minds, and the courtyard wall tied by the branches of the tree is a gentleman.
Liu Shi hurriedly picked up the conversation: "This can't be done, you are not rich, we can't drag you down." β
"What kind of drag is it to talk about, my business is okay now, and I have made a big deal, and when I am employed, Brother Dong is my own person, so I can rest assured. Besides, I'm busy working outside on weekdays, and she has to take care of the children and cook at home alone. β
While talking, everyone sat down, Mo Niang quickly brought up the tea and sugar water, and went to bring Mu Ningjun in with side dishes and fried bacon, Fat Dun looked at the snow-white steamed buns, and was hungry, the children followed them, eating cornmeal all day and night, it was the time to grow the body, and Mo Niang was really aggrieved.
"As for Fat Dun's school, I said that I would go to Hongyuan Academy first, and when my grades are better, I will talk to the Eighth Prince and let him go to the Royal Academy."
Everyone in the room was stunned, Brother Dong knelt down with a puff, and was about to kowtow, but was stopped by Mu Ningjun, "What are you doing here?" The children are here, and besides, I'm going to call you a milk brother, isn't that tormenting me? β
Hongyuan Academy, that is the second in the capital, except for the Royal Academy, those who can enter Hongyuan Academy are either rich or expensive, they can enter with such an identity, it is simply a fool's dream, but Mu Ningjun actually helped them easily.