Chapter 12: The Grandfather's House
Ziyan and Zilan stepped forward, and Zilan smiled sweetly: "Grandpa, grandmother is good, I am Zilan." ”
"My grandparents are fine, I'm Ziyan."
"Okay, good boy, how old are you?"
Yang Houye happily touched the heads of the two children and patted them gently, it was rare that the girl was not afraid that he would be willing to get close, and he felt very comfortable and happy to see the child's sincere and innocent smile.
"I'm six and a half years old, and my sister hasn't had her fourth birthday yet."
Ziyan stood straight and answered in a regular manner.
"I'm four years old, and my mother said that the New Year will be four years old."
Zilan rushed to answer, making a child's cute and naughty look.
"Okay, they're all good boys, grandpa has prepared a gift for you."
"My grandmother also got refreshments, some good snacks for the child, and some sour plum soup."
The old lady saw that the child was beautiful and cute, and couldn't help but reach out and hold Zilan in her arms and tease.
Mama Xu took a box and opened it, and inside were two jade pendants, obviously carved on a piece of jade, as well as a pair of jade bracelets and several longevity locks and other items.
"Daddy, how can you give such a valuable gift, they have already given it when they were born."
Yang immediately got up.
"It's okay, this is for the children, it's none of your business. Does the child have a book? ”
The old lady waved her hand, looked gentle and smiled, and her eyes were filled with genuine joy.
"Studying in the local academy, it is usually Zhengtian who is teaching, and this time I plan to find a house to buy first, and I am looking for a college for my children to study."
Yang's rules report their own plans.
"Let's settle down first, let your eldest brother go and run for you about finding a house, how big are you going to find?"
The old lady was enthusiastic and took over the work.
"I plan to make it bigger, if there are five into the best, if there is no four or three into two, the house in the capital is getting more expensive every year.
In the past few years, I opened a local perfume shop, and I made some money and didn't buy too much property, so I kept the money, and planned to simply buy a larger yard, or buy an extra one, so that Lan'er could be a dowry. ”
Zilan didn't speak when she heard this, and nestled in the old lady's arms to play with the jade bracelet.
In ancient times, it was generally saved from a young age, if there was no son's family, it was not for nothing that the daughter married and accompanied half of the family business in the past, and even the wood of the coffin will be prepared, from birth to death, my girl does not need to eat your husband's things, we are all ready, and the girl is also hard to marry the waist pole.
"That's right, okay, I'll understand if I'm sure, let your eldest brother keep you busy, you can live at home with peace of mind."
Yang Houye also spoke, his daughter has not been back from home for many years, and she misses her father very much, and her attitude is very easy-going and close throughout the whole process.
"Yes, I came back this time and brought some gifts for my mother, father, brother and sister-in-law, and I will sort them out and send them to the rooms in a while.
It's just that there is one thing to be handed over to my father.,Zhengtian heard that several nephews have also reached the age of reading.,Specially sorted out his reading notes and wrote them for me to bring back.,I thought it wouldn't be appropriate to give it to anyone alone.,The nephews are all close to each other.,Let them copy it themselves.。 ”
Young's special instructions.
"Okay, it's hard for you to think about it, this is better than any gift, Tanhualang's notes are expensive."
The old lady's smile became more and more sincere, this is not so easy to get, after all, they are a family of military generals, and their friendship with civil officials is not too deep.
"It's all a family, and everything I can think of must be done first."
"The house can be cleaned, they will go down to rest first, and the family will have a reunion dinner in the afternoon, Yueqing has not been back for ten years."
Yang Houye was very satisfied when he heard it, and his daughter was still as clever and atmospheric as ever, doing things properly, more mature than before, and she was a little relieved.
"When you think about it, it's too late, it's already been cleaned up, the hot water is boiling, you go down and wash and rest for a while."
"Mother, am I late, sister, I'm late."
A crisp female voice entered the door, and then saw two beautiful women entering the door, followed by the maid and two boys, and a girl, much older than Ziyan, who looked eight or nine years old, and the other was about the same age, and also six or seven years old.
The girl was a little older than Zilan, and she was also childish, looking at strangers looking back and forth curiously with big eyes.
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for many years, I didn't expect you to be as beautiful as ever, my sister said hello to my sisters-in-law."
Yang immediately got up and took the first step to greet his two sisters-in-law.
When the beautiful woman Xu who came first in the big red jacket was the eldest daughter-in-law, she hurriedly stepped forward to support her and smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a few days, and we have been looking forward to you for many years, and I am one step late." ”
"What's the family's politeness, second sister-in-law, is this a niece? I look at Lan'er who is about the same age as my family, can I let my aunt hug me? ”
Yang saw the little girl in the arms of his second sister-in-law, Ma, who was very cute and couldn't help but overflow with maternal love.
Ma gave the child to her, "A few months older than your Lan'er." You're back, and our parents have been thinking about you. The ointment you sent me last time was very useful, this kid is allergic to peach blossoms in the spring, and your ointment saved my life. ”
"Look at what my sister-in-law said, what's polite, is this also my niece, introduce you to a sister, this is your cousin Zilan, someone will play with you in the future."
Yang hugged the child and smiled very gently and happily.
The two boys also stepped forward to salute, "Say hello to my aunt." ”
"Good boy, this is Brother Yu, it's an adult in the blink of an eye. Is this Brother Qi? ”
Yang recognized it at once, and the situation in the correspondence home was known.
"Isn't it the two of them, Brother Lin went to his grandfather's house to play a few days ago and hasn't come back yet, I guess I should come back too."
The old lady said with a smile.
Both of these were born to the eldest sister-in-law Xu, the little girl is the child of the second sister-in-law Ma, and she also has a son, Brother Lin, who is one year older than Ziyan, but he will not go to his grandfather's house.
"Ziyan, Zilan, come and say hello to the eldest cousin, third cousin, cousin."
Yang beckoned to his children and introduced them.
"Ziyan greets the eldest cousin, the third cousin, and the cousin."
"Zilan says hello to the eldest cousin, hello to the third cousin, and hello to the cousin."
Zilan saluted crisply.
"Cousin, sister, my name is Shuhui, you can call me Sister Hui."
"Sister Hui is good."
Zilan smiled happily, and Shuhui took the initiative to jump off and take Zilan's hand to the side to speak.
"Mother, I asked people to prepare the banquet, all of which are my sister's favorite dishes, and I specially prepared some dishes that children love to eat, which are slightly lighter.
Just now, my brother and sister and I went to unload the carriage and things, and my sister has brought a lot of things, so we can wait for your gifts. ”
Sister-in-law Xu smiled and asked her mother-in-law.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, I just said that I brought you a lot of gifts, your brother-in-law specially copied his reading notes and sent them back to the children for use, go back to the study and you can copy them one by one."
The old lady also deliberately told her two daughters-in-law about it.
"It's still my sister and sister-in-law who are worried about us, this is expensive." The second Ma is the daughter of a civil official, so he naturally understands this.