I haven't been home for nearly two years, and when I stepped into the Nanfeng City Gate, that familiar and warm feeling came to my face.

This is the only place where you can truly make your heart happy and peaceful.

Along the way, the depression brought about by Lin Zhaoqing's incident was swept away. Even Ah Lan had a smile on his face: "It's better to go home." ”

Listening to her feelings, Banniang and Cang'er looked at each other and smiled.

Three carriages were hired, one with people and two with the gifts they had brought back. Because Zeng's family is in Nancheng, he is the Zeng family who went first.

Cang'er was in a hurry to go back to Lu's house, but before he entered the door, he said goodbye to Banniang at the door of Zeng's house, and took her car of things to Lu Mansion. I only said that I would come over to visit Wu Sanniang and others in two days.

Wu's concubines didn't expect Banniang to come back so soon, and as soon as they heard the report from the porter, Wu hurriedly sent Chunbi and Dongbai to inform Wu Sanniang and a few people. When Banniang entered the flower hall in the front courtyard, several sisters-in-law and Shi Niang's sisters greeted her.

As soon as Wu saw Banniang, he was red-eyed, this sister-in-law was the one she saw big, and treated her like her own daughter, although she used to walk outside, but she never left home for more than a month or two, this time it was nearly two years, and when Banniang respectfully saluted them, Wu pulled her to her side, wiped her tears, looked carefully, choked and said: "Look, isn't it thin again?" ”

He also instructed Chunbi: "Go to the kitchen and give an order, let me make something that Banniang likes to eat." ”

didn't wait for Chunbi to reply, and asked Banniang again: "It's hard along the way, right?" Are you hungry? If you are hungry, ask them to bring some snacks over to cushion the mat, forget it, I don't worry about the mother-in-law in the kitchen, and my sister-in-law will make it for you herself. ”

Banniang hurriedly pulled her and snuggled into her arms to make a little daughter: "Where are you hungry?" Sister-in-law misses you. Let's talk in one place. ”

Shi Niang is twelve years old, and she looks like a girl, and this girl is not only the smartest among the sisters, but also the most beautiful of the sisters. looked at Banniang's appearance, and while embarrassing her mother, she smiled and said, "Sister, how old are you?" Even the eleventh sister and Xiao Jianglai have never been so sticky to the sister-in-law. ”

"You bastard, you'll turn against me as soon as you come back. The good things that I brought back back are not your share. ”

"Don't be afraid, as long as you have sisters-in-law. I asked my sister-in-law for it, but could they still give it to me? ”

Wu Sanniang laughed when she said this.

Banniang saluted a few sisters-in-law, and Eleven Niang and Xiao Jianglai, who are six or seven years old, are two little girls who are carved in pink and jade, and secretly look at Banniang with a pair of curious eyes, and at the same time salute Banniang in a proper manner: "I've seen Eighth Sister." ”

"What? Don't remember Eighth Sister? ”

Seeing that they were restrained, Banniang pulled one while asking with a smile.

Eleven Niang grinned: "Remember, the tenth sister chattered about the eighth sister all day long, saying that when the eighth sister comes back, we will have good things, and they will take us out to play." ”

Xiao Jianglai pursed his lips and smiled shyly.

Banniang glanced at Xiao Shi Niang: "Yo, it turns out that you remember me in your heart." ”

After playing for a while, Wu asked about his mother-in-law, Zhu, and Xiao Twelve Langzi.

"Sister-in-law don't worry. My mother and my twelfth brother are all fine. It's just that the twelfth brother was weaker when he was born, and I was sick before I came back, but the second sister-in-law was very good and took care of her very carefully. Originally, I wanted to take the fourth sister-in-law to reunite with the fourth brother in Beijing, but now the fourth sister-in-law also gave birth to a nephew, the child is young, afraid of tossing on the road, my mother said, when the younger twelve brothers are older next autumn, I will ask the fourth brother to send them back. ”

Lu Siniang and Fan Danshu are also very worried about the situation of their respective husbands. Banniang didn't wait for them to ask, so she smiled and said, "A few brothers are also fine." I usually read books at home, and occasionally I would go to my father-in-law's house or Mr. Ouyang's house to ask for teaching, and then the seventeenth brother would invite my brothers to go to the grange outside the city to relax. When I came, I left the shop and workshop to a few brothers to take care of, and I thought I would be busy. The two sisters-in-law don't have to worry, if their mother is watching, they won't be asked to play blindly. ”

The capital is no better than Nanfeng.

When Goolan Washe is everywhere, the literati and scholars like to wander the most, and those who have some talents to learn, who is not a frequent visitor there? How many good words and sentences come from the brothel of the green house? Lu Siniang and Danshu said that they were not worried, but they were fake.

But fortunately, the Zeng family did not have a concubine, and none of the elders took concubines. Besides, they are guarding filial piety for their father-in-law, even if they have the heart, they don't have the courage to ruin their reputation.

Lu Siniang just smiled. Fan Danshu has always been calm, and he just nodded when he heard the words.

"Where's the brothers?"

"Your eldest brother and second brother went to the Grange, and Gorou went to Nancheng County to meet friends. Xiao Jiu and Jue'er are studying in Linchuan Prefecture School, and they will be back in a few days. Xuan'er and his fifth uncle went to Nancheng County to visit Mr. Xujiang to see if they could go to Xujiang College to study for a year next year. ”

Banniang was slightly disappointed when she saw that her brothers were not there. Wu smiled and said: "I'll be back in a few days, it's almost Laba, they have to rush back for the New Year." ”

Speaking of this, Wu laughed again: "Your sixth sister is in the embroidery workshop, so I will send someone to call her back." ”

"Sixth Sister doesn't live at home?"

"You live in the courtyard where you used to live. It's just that she is all about the embroidery workshop, and she won't come back until it's dark. Wu replied while calling Chunbi into the door, "Send someone to the embroidery workshop, invite the sixth aunt and grandmother back, and say that her eighth sister is back, let her come back for dinner earlier." ”

Chunbi smiled and went.

Banniang asked a few little nephews again.

Because it was noon, several children were taking a nap, Wu Sanniang and the others sent their maids to the courtyard to have a look, and if they woke up, they let the nurse carry them.

From time to time, the nurses of each courtyard hugged the little nephew.

The fifth brother's family is the eldest of the three, five or six months old, white and cute, there are already some shadows of Wu Sanniang in the eyebrows and eyes, beautiful like a little angel, Banniang smiled: "It's like the fifth sister-in-law, when she grows up, she walks out like this, and she is a pretty son of a turbid world." Maybe when the palace test is in the future, the official family will see that our Xiao Saburo is good-looking, so he will give him a champion. ”

Who is a parent in the world who doesn't like to praise their children? Wu Sanniang laughed when she heard this, pulled Banniang's face and scolded with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you take care of her mouth, what do you mean by looking like me?" When she turned around, her fifth brother listened, but she was going to be angry. ”

Banniang said seriously: "What is the fifth brother angry about? Could it be that he still wants to be more beautiful than your fifth sister-in-law? He wants to be really compared, and I really tell the truth, you don't look good without the fifth sister-in-law, the eldest sister-in-law, the fourth sister-in-law, and the fourth sister, do you say I'm telling the truth? ”

Because of the chaos in the family, you can't always call Lu Siniang and Jing sister-in-law, and the eighth sister simply calls Lu Siniang and her fourth sister as before.

Several people covered their mouths and laughed when they heard this. Wu said: "It's strange that your sisters-in-law miss you all, look at this girl's mouth." It's annoying and can't laugh. ”

"Fifth sister-in-law, what is Xiao Saburo's nickname?"

"This child was born naïve, your fifth brother said that when he grows up, he is probably not in a hurry, not at all like me and your fifth brother, your fifth brother gave him a nickname, called Du'er."

"It turned out to be called Xiao Dulang." Banniang thought about the fifth brother's uninhibited appearance, and then thought about the baby's nickname, and laughed out loud.

Before I finished laughing, the other two were also hugged by the nurse, and the fourth brother's family only had a full moon, because in the filial piety period, it was just a few elders and close relatives who came to have a meal, and Zijing's brother's house was more than three months, and it was only a hundred days, although the difference was only a few months, but it looked like a big difference.

Banniang looked at the three pink and tender little people, and she couldn't like it.

Fortunately, the greeting gift was prepared early in the morning. Banniang asked someone to find it in the luggage: "Come, three little handsome sons, this is a meeting gift from my aunt." ”

Fan Danshu said politely, and Lu Siniang accepted it generously, only Wu Sanniang quipped: "Yo, our eighth aunt is not married yet, this meeting gift is so thick, if we have the eighth aunt in the future, our three little things, can we save some private money?" ”

Fortunately, Banniang was thick-skinned, glared at Wu Sanniang, and said to the three little ones who were each held in their arms: "Look at your mother, you will dislike Aunt Eight at home, you will grow up quickly and support Aunt Ba." ”

The name of the Zijing family is Brother Sheng, and the name of the Shilang family is Brother Xiao, it is really strange to say, none of these three little guys are like the Zeng family, they all look like their respective mothers.

Banniang was very skeptical: "Could it be that our family members are not good-looking?" Even the little ones hate it? Still Jue'er has some conscience, in the end, he is the eldest grandson, and at first glance it is our great-family member. ”

Several of the concubines were laughed at by her, and Wu sneered: "Nonsense again, you are not a little girl now, fortunately, your sisters-in-law are generous, otherwise I have to be angry with you." ”

Lu Siniang and Wu Sanniang have both played since childhood, so they naturally know her, and the eighth lady stepped forward and grabbed Fan Danshu's arm: "Fourth sister-in-law, don't be like me, I am boasting about the beauty of the children from the side." ”

Where does Fan Dan book care? Thinking about Shiro who is far away in the capital, even with Banniang, the sister-in-law who has been in the capital, is much kinder than before.

Banniang naturally knew her thoughts, so she whispered in her ear: "The fourth brother wrote a letter to you, and it took two nights to write." When you turn around, I'll have someone take you to your house. ”

As he spoke, he blinked narrowly, and Fan Danshu couldn't help blushing.

After joking for a while, the maids sent food up, and Wu asked the people in several rooms to go back to the hospital, and Banniang finished eating the food in the bowl under Wu's eager gaze, and Wu let her go back to the hospital: "In the micro courtyard, your sixth sister and tenth sister and eleven sisters and Xiao Jianglai have been living in the courtyard, and they are usually cleaned up, and your house has been cleaned up two days ago." I asked people to prepare hot water, you are afraid that you are very tired all the way, go to wash first, sleep well after the end, and my sister-in-law will personally cook some delicious food for you at night. ”

Banniang rinsed her mouth, stuck to Sister-in-law Wu's side, and said with a smile: "It's okay to be in the capital, but I miss my sister-in-law very much." ”

This is very heartwarming. Wu Shi red-eyed and smiled: "What do you care about me?" As long as you eat well and sleep well, your sister-in-law has nothing else to ask for. ”

I thought of Banniang's family affairs again, and I was afraid that she would be sad. It's not good to ask for an exit.