Chapter 19

In the courtyard of the Hu family, the west chamber is as light as a bean, Hu Bo and Hu Po talked about the goodbye around the mountain, and sighed at the end: "You have been gone for more than half a year, and I thought you would not come back, if you are at home, we and Lan Yatou also have a support, why bother to let that negative man ......"

Hu Bo waved his hand to stop his wife's words, and answered: "What did that person fall here for at the beginning, we can't guess, but now there is something urgent, even if he hates us for hiding his identity, but reunion is always his child, maybe ......"

"What a promise!" Hu Po is a hot character, glared and scolded: "He just has a lot of dissatisfaction, just say it to his face, he left without even saying a word, Lan Yatou secretly hid in the house and cried, you didn't hear it, I can hear it clearly, how well-behaved the child is in the reunion, he is also ruthless!" It's best if he doesn't come back, and if he does, see if I don't beat him out with a broom! ”

"Okay, okay." When Uncle Hu saw that his wife was angry, he hurriedly appeased, "Don't be angry, old woman, I said the wrong thing, when he comes back, I don't need you to do it, I'll be the first to beat him, okay?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Hu Po sat down angrily, and at the end, she remembered the way Ye Lan ran out without putting on her shoes during the day and wiped her tears, "Poor eldest lady, with two children in the future, when will we kick our legs one day, who will protect her......"

The old lady was so sad that tears were falling down her eyes, and Huber hung his head and sighed.

Shanzi's two fists hidden in his sleeves were clenched tightly, and his heart seemed to be stuffed with a ball of cotton, and it was difficult to breathe. He tried to say something, but when he spoke, the door was pushed open.

Ye Lan quickly closed the door when she entered the house, and said with a smile while patting the snowflakes on her shoulders: "It's actually snowing again, it's still very big, I can't say that I will have to sweep the snow again tomorrow morning." ”

Hu Po quickly wiped away her tears and said, "What are you worried about this?" There is your uncle on the left and right, and now that Shanzi has returned, there is no shortage of men in the family. What about the children, are they all asleep? ”

"Sleep, that's two little pigs, except for eating and sleeping."

"Don't talk nonsense, you were like that when you were a kid."

Ye Lan smiled, stepped forward and hugged the old lady's arm, looked at Shanzi and quipped, "Brother Shanzi, why did it take you so long to come back?" You see, I've given birth to two children, are you also starting a family outside? When will you bring your sister-in-law back to show us? ”

Shanzi half-hung his head, no one could see his expression, and it took a long time to hear him respond lightly: "I didn't have a family." ”

Hu Po hurriedly responded: "It's good to come back, the women outside are not reliable, our family's business is booming now, you can stay at home to help in the future, if you save a lot of money, Hu Po will find a good girl for you to marry." ”

Hu Bo also said: "That's exactly what you say, you are outside, your Hu Po is always worried, afraid that you won't eat or sleep well, so don't leave when you come back." ”

"Hmm." Shanzi replied vaguely, and said nothing else.

Everyone was accustomed to his taciturnity and didn't feel anything wrong.

Ye Lan thought of the shop's business, so she said: "Aunt and uncle, I have been idle these days, and I think of two new foods, and I try to sell them in the shop, how about you listen?" ”

"Hey, what's your idea? Let's talk about it. ”

Ye Lan smiled and said: "I used to eat a kind of dim sum similar to rice cakes, which is to mix sticky rice and ordinary japonica rice in one place and soak it, grind and grind it, and finally get sticky noodles, wrapped in bean paste patter, fried in an oil pan, soft and sweet, and the taste is very good." There is also a kind of food called twist, which is the same as the baked cake, the dough is raised, the twisting is formed, and it is also fried in the pot, which can be made crispy and soft, and these two kinds of food are not afraid of freezing.

"It's just about the New Year, every household always has to buy some food to entertain guests, the dim sum of the dim sum shop is good, but the price is high and not hungry, how many years of steamed steamed steamed rice cakes are also tired, if our shop makes this fried cake and twist flowers, it will definitely be a big seller."

"I'm drooling when I hear what you say." Hu Po is now afraid that Ye Lan will be sad and sad, not to mention that there are two more kinds of food sold in the shop, even if she wants stars and moons, she has to force the old man to pick one back.

"Okay, let's start preparing the ingredients tomorrow, let's do less and try to sell it in the shop, if it sells well, we can do more, and I can't say that I can make a hundred and ten taels of silver before the year."

"Haha, then I'll go to the grain store tomorrow morning to buy sticky rice." Hu Bo also joked: "I earned silver to make a gold collar for Tuan Tuan Tuanyuan, and wore joy during the New Year." ”

After a few more words, they told Shanzi to go to bed early, and then went back to the main room together.

Shanzi stood at the door, watching Ye Lan's back fade away, but finally he couldn't hold back, and smashed his fist on the door frame.

Heaven is unfair! No matter how hard he tried, he was always one step too late.

In the grass in the middle of the night, on the edge of the gloomy river valley, in a foreign town, he walked on the edge of life and death countless times in order to end it all, so that he could return to this quiet courtyard. Now that he has finally returned, he will never have to hide in the dark again, and he will not have to worry about bringing disaster to his family, but why, why is this scene waiting for him?

If he knew that leaving was a miss, he would have to stay and stay by her side even if he was hunted down.

Pity......

Ye Lan didn't know how Shanzi's mood fluctuated, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care, now for her, nothing matters, only the child is the most important.

A woman has the right to feel sorry for herself, but a mother does not, she is the child's day, supporting the backbone of everything, even if there is no father, they should be the happiest baby in the world.

And all this requires money, food, drink, clothing, literacy, dowry......

While she was slowly calculating, she fell asleep listening to the breathing of the two children, even in her sleep, she would not admit that she missed that person, and she missed him so much that she had to spend all her energy to make money so that she could forget his existence......

Children, children, don't cry, kill pigs when you enter the wax moon......

The snow in winter, is one after another, seeing into the wax moon, every family regardless of rich and poor began to diligently buy New Year's goods, after all, a busy year, no matter what the harvest, to reward the whole family, in order to continue to struggle next year to accumulate strength.

The small gravel town was crowded with farmers from all over the country who came to buy and idlers who took to the streets to join in the fun.

Needless to say, the three most prosperous streets are even more rubbing shoulders, and it is almost impossible to move an inch.

A few days ago, Ye Lan and Hu Bo pondered the fried twist flowers and fried cakes, which immediately won praise from their neighbors as soon as they were launched.

Fried cake three wen, twist five wen, Bai Sheng gave birth to the pot, rolled in the boiling oil pot for a few laps to become oily and fragrant, the children bit their fingers and stood outside the shop, no matter how their father and mother pulled, they refused to go, Hu Po was not stingy, and they tasted fresh after a circle, and also made a lot of popularity.

As a result, the slightly embarrassed fathers and mothers followed a taste, and their eyes lit up, and you five, he ten shouted to buy it back to honor his father, although these two kinds of food are smaller than the baked cakes, but they are rolled out of the oil pot, and the deliciousness naturally cannot be compared.

Hu Bo and Ye Lan were busy sweating in the stove room, one baking cakes, the other rubbing twist cakes, and then sending them to the door of the shop. Shanzi had already been arrested to be a chef, holding two long and thick chopsticks in his hand, dexterously rummaging through twist flowers and fried cakes in the oil pot.

Hu Po is responsible for packaging and collecting money, she turns her head from time to time to look, for fear that the two children will cry, but the reunion seems to be born smart, knowing that the family is busy, except for being hungry or peeing, never crying, even when she wakes up, she stares around with big eyes.

But all the acquaintances who come to the door will praise their well-behaved when they see this, and of course they will sigh behind their backs and say that they can be neighbors, but everyone in the Hu family can't hear it.

Not to mention how everyone in the Hu family worked together to be well-off, just to say that the Tibetan Kun City was also boiling for a while, and the sixth prince who was originally determined to go to report to the Lord of Yama has returned!

This news is like having wings, and it will spread throughout the city in a few hours, some people are happy, some people are frowning, but more are curious, the spring is missing and the winter is returning, where did the six princes go after nearly a year of hard work? What is the difficulty? Can there be injuries, but what adventures can be had?

It's a pity that everyone can only guess secretly no matter how anxious they are, because as soon as the sixth prince returned to the capital, he entered the palace directly without even entering the palace.

In the back house of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Lian was so shocked that the teacup in her hand fell directly onto the skirt when she heard the news. She didn't care about wiping the matcha, so she ran out of the door in a panic, and she didn't want to, so she happened to collide with Chen who entered the door.

"Mother, what should I do? The prince is back, and he's still alive! Ye Lian was completely panicked, grabbed her mother's arm and shouted.

Chen glared at his daughter fiercely, then turned around and instructed Bi Tao, "Miss, this is too happy, you let people go to the stove to make a bowl of soothing soup." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Bi Tao was relieved, turned around and went out of the door to send away the maids and women who were standing under the eaves.

Chen pulled his daughter into the inner room, and the spring night and drizzle hurriedly re-served tea and snacks, Chen's eyes flashed a different color, and he waved them down.

Ye Lian saw her mother bowing her head and drinking water, she didn't speak for a long time, and she couldn't hold her breath and asked again: "Mother, the prince is back, what will my daughter do if she investigates the matter of being drugged on the same day?" Also, the information I sent out......"

"Panic what!" Chen frowned and scolded: "It's a good thing that he came back, otherwise you will have to be widowed for a lifetime even if you have solved the poison in your body, the royal family will not allow you to remarry, and besides, he may not find out that he was drugged that day, even if he finds it, it is nothing, it is the two cheap maids of Spring Night and Drizzle, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Ye Lian was scolded by her mother, it was rare that she had no grievances, but she felt that she had a bottom in her heart. She cautiously approached Chen's and asked in a low voice, "Mother, what if the prince forces the spring night and drizzle?" The two of them ......"

"Don't worry, they won't have a chance to speak."

Ye Lian looked up and saw the cruelty in her mother's expression, and her heart trembled excitedly. "Mother, I'll go back to the palace tomorrow......"

"No," Chen shook his head, "You went out with the prince that day to suffer, and now that he is safe, why should I come and pick you up in person." You can wait with peace of mind, remember to pretend to be weak when the time comes, men pity weak women the most. Also, remember to have sex with the prince as soon as possible, as long as you have his blood in your belly, even if one day he finds out that you have committed a big crime, he will also spare your life in the face of the child. With your father's official position, as long as you live, you will always be able to live a prosperous life for the rest of your life. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to my mother."

The mother and daughter said a few more words, and Bi Tao came in with a soothing soup, and Chen personally took care of her daughter and drank the soup, and then found an excuse to return to the main courtyard with a restless spring night and drizzle.

Soon, the two girls were tied up and sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside for "colliding" with the housewife, and no one knows what to do with them after they arrived in the countryside.

Even if they knew, no one would be stupid enough to avenge the two maids, but the stewards and grandmothers were happy that there were two good places around the princess, and they tried their best to send their daughters or granddaughters over.

And in the palace, a big drama of family reunion is also being staged at this time, the emperor saw his younger brother who had been missing for many days, he was really emotional, his eyes were red, and he took his hand and asked, "Little Liu, where have you been for so long?" I've searched all over the country, and I haven't heard from you. ”

"It's all the fault of the younger brother, so that the royal brother is worried." Zuo Yuanhao knelt on his knees and was about to kowtow, but was held up by the emperor.

"Family, don't do these false courtesies." The emperor looked at his younger brother carefully, as if he had lost a lot of weight and darkened, and said with emotion: "I made you suffer." ”

"Big brother ......" Zuo Yuanhao remembered his brother's love for him in every way when he was a child, and he was also a little choked.

Seeing this, the queen and the princes hurriedly opened their mouths to consol -

"Your Majesty, it's good that the sixth brother comes back, you must not hurt your gods for this."

"That's it, father, the sons and daughters see that the Sixth Emperor Uncle is stronger than before, and he will definitely find the Sixth Emperor Uncle to try again one day." The one who said this was the five princes who liked to play with guns and sticks the most on weekdays.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and the hall also dispersed that depression.

The queen and others saw that Zuo Yuanhao only talked about the scenery of mountains and rivers, and never mentioned why he disappeared that day, so they made excuses to quit.

For a while, only the emperor and the crown prince were left in the hall, and Zuo Yuanhao whispered what he found at that time, how to escape from the ambush, and how to recuperate from his amnesia.

At the end, he said: "Brother Huang, before I came back, I went to the border again, and the barbarian cavalry of Western Xinjiang who retreated a few years ago and the Shaluo people of Northern Xinjiang have all moved, I am afraid that the war is just around the corner." ”

The emperor glared when he heard this, and Long Yan was furious, "Those barbarian horsemen in the western frontier, taking advantage of my serious illness to seize the city and kill my people, if you hadn't led the troops to fight and killed them to pay tribute, I don't know what my Jinghai would be ruined into?" I didn't think about revenge for the year, they actually came to seek death again! ”

Zuo Tianyu also said: "Father is right, the Nasaros have often harassed the towns in northern Xinjiang in recent years, and since they have the intention of joining hands this time, it is better to pick up together." ”

Zuo Yuanhao knelt down again and said loudly: "Brother Chen is willing to be the pawn of the imperial brother, step through the enemy country, and raise the prestige of my Jinghai country!" ”

The emperor stood up solemnly, helped him up with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Okay, tomorrow I will convene the cabinet elders to discuss the matter, and the imperial brother does not have to worry about food and grass, just train the troops and wait to set off to kill the enemy." ”

Zuo Tianyu heard his blood boiling, and took the opportunity to ask: "Father, the son also wants to go out with the Sixth Emperor Uncle, and I beg my father to permission!" ”

The emperor glanced at the crown prince and scolded: "You are the crown prince, how can you go into battle easily?" Besides, you don't understand the military strategy at all, wouldn't it be causing trouble for your Sixth Emperor Uncle? ”

(End of chapter)