Date: 212-12-18

In the afternoon, Li Danruo rushed back to the inn outside the city with Mrs. Zhu, and just after going up the stairs, Mama Yu came out of Mrs. Cheng's house and said with a smile: "The fifth grandmother is back." Li Danruo looked at Mama Yu in surprise and said, "Mama, how did you find it?" It's hard to find here. ”

"I've been asking my son to inquire, and yesterday he followed the old lady out of the city, and when he saw that the fifth grandmother had picked up someone to place the inn, I rushed over." Mama Yu hurriedly explained, Li Danruo said a few more words to Mama Yu, and led Mama Zhu into the house.

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed, Mrs. Cheng let the small stool sit on, Mama Zhu rolled with tears in her eyes, and reported in a low voice: "Early in the morning of the accident, grandma got the letter, and she wanted to visit you and the eldest lady, but the master...... The grandfather stopped grandma from going out, saying that the Jiang family had committed a big crime, and if grandma dared to go out of the house for half a step, even if she abandoned her home, he would divorce grandma, grandma couldn't leave two children, and almost cried to death. ”

Mrs. Cheng looked at Mama Zhu in shock, anger and pain, Li Danruo sighed and persuaded: "Mama went back to persuade the second aunt and grandmother, too...... The normal nature of the world, and take care of yourself, and children. ”

"If my sister says yes, go back and persuade Ernier, my wife and her mother, don't blame her, let her take care of herself first, and live a long life in the future." Mrs. Cheng also followed the persuasion, Mrs. Zhu wiped her tears, nodded again and again: "I will go back to persuade grandma, persuade grandma, grandma was watched by the grandfather in the house, and grandma was not allowed to leave the hospital with her daughter-in-law,...... Grandma was in a hurry, my grandfather didn't come back from drinking yesterday, so I had to be free, the old lady was safe, the wife was safe, and finally it was safe. ”

"That being the case, it's not too early now, you should go back quickly, lest your father find out and make trouble again, go back and persuade the second aunt and grandmother, take care of yourself is filial piety." Mrs. Cheng sighed and ordered, Mrs. Zhu didn't dare to delay, stood up and kowtowed again, and hurriedly found a car and rushed back to the capital.

Old Mrs. Cheng let out a long sigh, turned her head to look at Li Danruo and asked in a low voice, "Have you seen the fifth brother?" ”

"Well, it's all gone, and now it's stored in Beipotai Temple, and the eldest brother and fourth brother are also ...... It's all in one place. Li Danruo said with difficulty: "Mrs. Mourning, I discussed with Wulang, our group of people, old, young, and all women, it is not smooth to go by land, it is better to find a big boat down the river back to Jiangning, and the coffin will be sent to Beipotai Temple first." ”

Mrs. Cheng held back her tears and nodded her head again and again, Li Danruo continued: "Uncle they were exiled to serve in the Yongzhou army, Wulang said, thanks to Lu Langzhong's maneuvering, Balang was exiled to Xiongnan, Wulang and the third son of the Hou family of Annan became friends, and the wife also knew that the ancestral home of the Hou family of Annan was Annan, and Xiongnan was the same, Wulang said that the third prince was a righteous man, and he had promised to find a few family members who often went to Annan to escort Balang all the way, which was also a great luck in misfortune. ”

"That's good, that's good, your uncle and they can go to Yongzhou, this is the blessing of the Bodhisattva, Balangfu has a great life, and he will come back safely, okay, the Jiang family will never stop." Mrs. Cheng covered her face with a handkerchief, and tears rained down for a while.

In the middle of the night the next day, Li Danruo sent the Liang family outside the Weizhou Gate, watched Liang from a distance and walked away after Jiang Fengde and others, and then rushed to the inn with Jiang Yanming.

After more than ten days of hurrying, the family got on the boat from outside the East Water Gate, took five coffins, went down the river, and went back to Jiangning.

At the beginning of March, the ship marched into the territory of Haozhou, stopping at a large wharf, Jiang Yanming got off the boat, and looked for a place to buy a copy of the palace, a tabloid and a list of scholars.

In the big cabin, everyone was doing needlework and gossiping, Mrs. Cheng held Sister Zhi to teach her to read and write, Jiang Yanming handed over the copy and other things to Wei Zi to bring in, and stood outside the cabin and said excitedly: "Mother, the uncle of the Li family has won the thirty-fourth place in the second grade!" What a great event!"

"Really? Bring it to me and see it!" Mrs. Cheng hurriedly hugged Sister Zhi and ordered, Doulu handed the list of Kejinshi to Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng held it from a distance, pointed along Doulu, squinted her eyes and finally recognized Li Yunzhi's name, hurriedly put down the list and smiled: "What a great joy!" Gorou, go buy some wine and meat and come back, let's celebrate and celebrate!"

"The Li family, what's the matter with us!" Second Grandma Su shook her hand vigorously and muttered with Brother Cai'er's spring gown, Old Lady Cheng's face sank, and she was about to speak, Li Danruo looked at Second Grandma Su and smiled: "Third Brother can be lifted this time, that means that the relatives of the Jiang family are not bad and disgusted, and the next subject, Wulang may also be fine, isn't this a good thing to celebrate?" The second sister-in-law will never say that Wulang's matter is Yao's family affair, and it is none of our business, right? ”

Second Grandma Su snorted softly, and didn't dare to push back if she had something in her heart, this Li Danruo had a gentle face, but in fact, her face was sour and ruthless, she really didn't dare to provoke her, Mrs. Cheng snorted angrily, and her eyes swept over and poked Jiang Yanfan and Jiang Yanfeng with a needle pretending to poke around, and looked at it coldly a few times before moving away and ordering: "Help me to the back cabin to go to the pillar incense." Doulu hurriedly took over Sister Zhi'er, and Mama Yu accompanied Mrs. Cheng to the back cabin to incense.

Zhu Yi came in with Zhou's decoction, Jiang Yanying hurriedly put down the needle and thread and stood up to take it and thanked him: "Thank you, Sister Zhu Yi." Zhu Yi smiled and handed the decoction to Jiang Yanying, took tea and gargle, Jiang Yanfeng put down the needle and thread heavily, looked at Zhu Yi and ordered: "Zhu Yi, pour me a cup of tea." Zhu Yi glanced back at her, didn't move or speak, Jiang Yanfeng glared at Zhu Yi fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "Even you look down on me?" Bullying me for being an orphan? ”

Li Danruo looked at her with annoyance and said: "If the seventh sister doesn't bully herself, no one bullies you, look, you sisters, which one is calling Yahuan?" Everyone doesn't have it, why are they bullying you? ”

"I'll let her pour a cup of tea, and I'll do it!" Jiang Yanfeng said stiffly, Li Danruo stared at Jiang Yanfeng and said coldly: "The Jiang family has fallen, no one is waiting for you, have you learned this matter yet?" Jiang Yanfeng's face turned pale in an instant, staring at Li Danruo, grandma Zhao sighed, stood up and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Jiang Yanfeng and said: "Your fifth sister-in-law is right, you have to learn to take care of yourself, look at your clothes, you have been doing it for four or five days, and even half of the sleeve is not ready." ”

"Don't worry about it!" Jiang Yanfeng angrily found an exit, yelled at Zhao, raised the clothes in his hand and threw them to the ground, and rushed out angrily, Jiang Yanfeng was excitedly watching the excitement, seeing Jiang Yanfeng rushing out, raising his eyebrows, slanting at Zhao, smiling and lowering his head, and continuing to slowly make his spring clothes.

Li Danruo didn't pay attention to the two of them, and when he saw that Zhou had taken medicine, he sat sideways next to Zhou and said with a smile: "What are you looking at, Second Auntie?" ”

"Look at the water, this is not our house, why did you come out? Did you see the second master? I haven't seen the second brother and the seventh brother for a few days, and I won't come to ask for ......" Zhou suddenly paused, his brows tightened, he stayed for a long time, panic appeared in his eyes, and looked at Li Danruo and said hurriedly: "Raided the house?" ”

"No, no! The second aunt had a nightmare again, and there was nothing wrong. Li Danruo hurriedly comforted, Jiang Yanying hugged Zhou's and comforted softly: "Mother, don't be afraid, it's okay, my father went to the Yamen, the second brother and the seventh brother, my mother doesn't know, what can I write all day long, didn't the fifth brother just come back, they all went to know the text." ”

"Oh!" Zhou breathed a long sigh of relief, grabbed his daughter's hand tightly and said easily: "When I saw you, I knew I had a nightmare, Sister Ying, I am also like a ......dream at this time" Li Danruo stood up quietly, looked at Jiang Yanying talking to Zhou, and was sad for a while, hurriedly lowered his head, and quietly walked out of the cabin.

Jiang Yanming stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, and when he saw Li Danruo coming out, he hurriedly took off his cloak and handed it over: "It's cold outside, don't freeze." Li Danruo shook his head and pushed it back, Fat Hong had already taken the cloak and sent it out, Li Danruo took it and put it on, put on a hat, turned his head to look at Jiang Yanming and said in a low voice: "Uncle Niang is sick, I don't know what's wrong." ”

"Alas!" Jiang Yanming sighed heavily, and said in a low mood for a while: "Uncle Niang hurts Liulang, Liulang is gone, where can she bear it, Liulang...... Before leaving, I went to see them, even Hachiro, who can also respond calmly, but Rokuro ...... I was worried about him then. ”

The two were silent for a long time, Li Danruo subconsciously tightened his cloak, turned his head to look at Jiang Yanming and said: "Liulang is also the meat of the wife's heart, this matter, hide it from Jiangning, Liulang's coffin should be transported, and it will be ...... then."

"Let's go step by step, and then ask the doctor before I tell the wife." After a while, Jiang Yanming replied in a low voice, and Li Danruo nodded with a wry smile, so he had no choice but to do so.

The boat still has more than ten days of travel from Jiangning, this day just docked and fell anchor, a middle-aged steward wearing a bronze silk cloak on the shore, leading the horse to the boat and asking loudly which is the Jiang family ship in the capital, Jiang Yanming hurriedly asked Zhang Wang to go ashore and asked, led to the boat, the middle-aged steward saw Jiang Yanming at a glance, was very surprised, jumped on the boat in a hurry, and said to the end: "The fifth master is well." Jiang Yanming recognized that it was the eldest sister Jiang Yanhu's housekeeper, so he hurriedly returned the salute and let him into the cabin.

The steward kowtowed to Mrs. Cheng, put his hands on his knees, sat on the round stool diagonally and replied: "...... Big/grandma knew that it was late, or the uncle saw Xin'er, big/grandma sent Xiao back to Beijing overnight to inquire about the old lady Xin'er, Steward Liu went to Yongzhou, Steward Sun went to Xiongnan, Xiao first rushed to Jiang's Mansion, and then found Weiyuan Hou's Mansion from Jiang's Mansion, and then found Pingshun Street, only then did I know that the old lady was going south to Jiangning by water, and I chased all the way along the canal, thinking that I was going to chase all the way to Jiangning, but it was a coincidence...... Big/grandma let the little tell the old lady, and want to open some, the coming day is long, the big/grandma said that the big man Yongzhou must be good, that is, the eighth master, our uncle has been looking for acquaintances in the same year, to see if we can find someone to take care of one or two, the old lady and rest assured......"

After talking for more than half an hour, the steward took out a very small burden from his arms, handed it to Mrs. Cheng and said: "There are two thousand three hundred taels of silver tickets here, and the big/grandma asked to bring it to the old lady, the uncle is an honest official, and the two roads of Steward Liu and Steward Sun also need silver, and the big/grandma said to let the old lady use it first, and she will raise some silver to send it over." ”

"Go back and tell your eldest / grandmother, let her worry more about Hachiro's place, there is only one left of him in the third room, I want to watch him come back alive, as for the silver, Gorou's daughter-in-law's dowry has preserved most of it, I have a lot of silver here, you can also bring it back, your uncle wants to entrust someone, and you also have to use silver to make a point, so that your uncle and grandma can rest assured, my mother and I are fine, Gorou will write a letter to me and let him take it back." Mrs. Cheng said gently, and the steward responded again and again, and followed Jiang Yanming to rest.