Date: 212-12-31

The Yang family stayed for four or five days before reluctantly returning to Wuwei Mansion. \[\]

Peaceful days fly, the next year the Jiang family just got rid of the service, the capital came with a happy letter, Liu Meiren gave birth to the emperor's eldest son safely, amnesty to the world, the Jiang family's daughters are also among the pardons, the family got the letter, they were busy packing some luggage, ready to set off to rush back to the capital.

Everything is in order, only the house and the shop are left, Li Danruo discussed with the Zhao family, and went to the main house to discuss with Mrs. Cheng: "Qianer Wulang asked a few elders, saying that it was not easy to sell, it was cheap when it was bought at the beginning, and naturally it could not be sold at any price at this time, and that shop, although it was said to make money, in fact, there was no capital, I discussed with my sister-in-law, I wanted to leave these two places to the sixth sister, as soon as we returned to Beijing, she was here alone, and it was not easy for them to leave their mother and son, and they were also a side, what about the wife?" ”

"This is your heart for the sixth sister, it's hard for you to remember her, it's all good, you and the eldest daughter-in-law have discussed things, it's all right." Mrs. Cheng nodded sadly in agreement.

Li Danruo came out, sent someone to Shangyuan County to pick up Jiang Yanfen, did the deed, and instructed Yang Quan and his wife Jiang Ning to stay for a month longer, and taught Jiang Yanfen to take over the dim sum shop almost enough, and then set off to return to the capital.

The journey was very smooth, at the beginning of July into the capital boundary, counting that there were still a day or two to rush to the capital, this evening, the family had dinner, Mrs. Cheng left Li Danruo and Jiang Yanming to discuss: "Seeing that I will enter the capital, there is something, I have been thinking about it for a few days, entering Beijing, we have to live separately." ”

"Living separately?" Li Danruo looked at Mrs. Cheng in surprise, and before she could speak again, Mrs. Cheng sighed and stopped her and said: "I know you have to speak, this old and weak woman, firstly, she has no way to make a living, and secondly, there is not even a top man in the family, this is separated, how will life be lived?" You can't help but separate!" Mrs. Cheng paused before she continued: "Next year is the year of Dabi, Gorou will be the end, if you live in one place, maybe there will be any changes, but I am afraid that it will delay Goro's future, this is a big deal, Gorou has a future, so he can plan for forgiveness later." No matter how much it happens, it can't be delayed. ”

Jiang Yanming looked at Li Danruo, Li Danruo thought for a while and said: "The wife is thoughtful, otherwise, I think so, I will buy two places and even a house, in this way, the points are also separated, and it is usually easy to take care of them, what about the wife?" Jiang Yanming nodded hurriedly and said, "That's good, if it's far away, I really can't let go." ”

Mrs. Cheng hesitated and nodded: "It's okay, the door is good to open another place, and the door must be far away, so the house is not easy to pick ......."

"First, it's not urgent, and second, the capital must be no better than Jiangning, buying and selling houses, and it's not too difficult to buy, but it's a lot of trouble, and when you enter Beijing, Gorou can study with peace of mind, and let Pingfu run." Li Danruo hurriedly smiled, Mrs. Cheng answered, and instructed Jiang Yanming a few more words, and the two of them withdrew.

The next day when he entered the capital, Jiang Yanming only rushed to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion and Zhongtongbo Mansion to report his safety after dark, and he didn't dare to move around.

The family was busy for a month, only to pick a place just in the back garden separated by a wall, a large and a small two houses, Mrs. Cheng looked around, insisted on the small two into the yard, Li Danruo and Zhao watched people repair everywhere and clean up, and the back garden opened a corner door to facilitate the two yards to come and go, until the end of August, Li Danruo and Jiang Yanming moved into the larger three courtyards, and Mrs. Cheng took Zhao and others to move into the second courtyard next door.

Early this morning, Li Danruo took a car and went out to visit Li Yuju at the grandmother's temple outside the city.

The car went out of Chenzhou Gate, and it took more than an hour before the Potai Nunnery stopped, Shen Mama stepped forward to inquire, and the group followed a little nun out of the nunnery, walked along the wall of the nunnery for more than a quarter of an hour, and arrived in front of a simple blue brick courtyard.

Li Danruo stood in front of the courtyard and looked, next to this courtyard, about the back kitchen of the nunnery, there was a corner door open, outside the door was a large green rape field, several nuns were bending down to work in the meantime, the yard was a small blue brick courtyard in the countryside, the front of the door was very clean, the paint was mottled and the two small doors were closed, and a corner of a small gatehouse had a purlin exposed, Li Danruo stood for a while before signaling Zhu Yi to come forward and knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened from the inside with a 'squeak', Chunyan poked her head out of the door, and Zhu Yi hurriedly smiled: "Sister Chunyan, it's me, our grandmother came to see the second aunt." Chunyan was stunned, hurriedly looked back, saw Li Danruo at a glance, his face was full of surprise, turned around and was about to run in to report the news, just turned around but twisted back, pushed the two doors open, ran out in a few steps, and even blessed two blessings, but couldn't speak, Li Danruo stretched out his hand and pulled her and said, "No need to be polite, let's go in and talk." ”

"Alas!" Chunyan agreed, hurriedly broke away from Li Danruo, ran into the yard in three steps and two steps, and shouted: "Grandma, grandma!" Grandmother! The fourth aunt is back! The fourth aunt and grandmother are here!"

As soon as the words fell, three or four people rushed out of the house, Li Danruo hurriedly walked a few steps to meet him, Li Yuju rushed forward, looked at Li Danruo and looked like crying and laughing: "Fourth sister...... It's good that you're safe......" Before he finished speaking, tears fell like rain, choking and couldn't go on, Li Jinrui took two steps forward, patted Li Yuju lightly on the back, looked at Li Danruo and said, "My second sister and I are talking about you, you are here, just come back?" Let's go into the house, go into the house and talk, Hanbi go make tea, and see if there are any snacks. ”

Li Danruo followed the two into the house, sat down on the south window, Li Yuju pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, looked at Li Danruo with red eyes and said: "I just talked about you with the third sister, and I don't know if you Jiang Ning is good, you haven't even had a letter all these years, you came back, when will you enter Beijing?" Have you settled in? ”

"I'm fine, I'm here at the beginning of July, I want to buy a house now, and I've been busy until I settle down, and my second sister has been living here?" Li Danruo took the tea, handed a cup to Li Yuju first, Li Yuju nodded and said: "The first to live in the back of the nunnery, and then the third sister moved over, the two of us discussed, so we borrowed this courtyard and moved out." ”

Li Jinrui smiled bitterly and continued: "My second sister and I are a bitter gourd on a vine, the second sister is not lucky, I am ...... Alas," Li Yuju pulled her, Li Jinrui sighed and said: "I know, don't say it, I am self-inflicted, the year you left the capital, Chen Dalang left Zhenning Gong...... Now it has changed, called King Zhending, took the path of the Zou family, the king of Zhenning, and asked for a foreign appointment, so he took his two concubines to take office, and he has been gone for two years, without a letter, and not a big money has been brought home. ”

Li Danruo held the cup in both hands and listened intently to Li Jinrui's words, Li Jinrui laughed: "I have already guessed, what kind of goods is that, I have seen it clearly in the past few years, if you want not to starve to death, you can only rely on yourself, after he left, I retreated from the courtyard of the capital and moved to the Zhuangzi where I married." Li Jinrui paused for a moment before continuing: "That Zhuangzi, just a few Zhuangzi households, finally ...... People are simple, although they are ...... in the middle Finally, the house leaked when it rained, and it didn't take long for me to get sick, thanks to the third sister-in-law who gave me fifty taels of silver...... Later, I moved in with my second sister. ”

Li Jinrui said a few words about her past few years, but Li Danruo was shocked and speechless for a long time, Li Yuju looked at Li Jinrui with pity, sighed low and said: "The third sister has suffered a lot, I'm fine, it's always been like this." ”

"I heard that Master Di has already returned to the capital, have you sent someone to visit?" Li Danruo looked at Li Yuju, didn't go around the corner, and asked directly, the expression on Li Yuju's face was indescribable for a while, and he shook his head for a while: "I don't know if he's back, whether he comes back or not, it's not like that." ”

"That's a wolf, too!" Li Jinrui gritted her teeth and said: "When he came back, my second sister and I still listened to Mrs. Nunnery, and when I came back, I asked Chunyan to go back and report a message, no one in the gatehouse gave a message, Chunyan guarded the gate, waiting for him to get off at the door, who knew that he saw Chunyan, just like he didn't see it, he went in with his head held high, I told the second sister, so wolf-hearted dog lungs, just treat him as dead, and my second sister and I are both filial piety survivors!" Simply!"

Li Danruo was full of emotions for a while, and he couldn't speak for a while, the three of them were silent for a while, Li Yuju smiled and said: "Let's not talk about these unhappy things, the fourth sister is back, our sisters can get together together, and we are all safe, this is a great joy, is the fourth sister good in the past few years?" Do you have children? ”

"Yes, it's a brother, born in November last year, and he will turn one year old in November this year." Li Danruo responded, Li Jinrui turned his head to look at Li Yuju and said with a smile: "I'll just say, the fourth sister is a blessing, you see, it's all good, the fourth sister will be designated as a great blessing in the future!"

"Entrusted to the third sister Jiyan." Li Danruo laughed, and the three of them laughed for a while, and the anger and depression gradually faded.

Not long after, Chunyan and Hanbi and others set up a meal, the three sisters laughed and ate slowly, and then sat on the couch again, Li Danruo held the tea, looked at Li Jinrui and asked with a smile: "Second uncle, are they okay?" ”

"Fortunately, the eldest uncle has not been gone for a long time, his errand is not good, my father is a good-tempered, cottony son, and my mother discussed, simply begged to see the forage warehouse outside the city to send, even the family moved over, I went to see a trip in May, the garden behind him is full of vegetables, the forage warehouse is idle, and life is passable."

"What about the fifth brother?"

"He didn't have much interest in the first place, the year before last, his mother cheekily begged his aunt and grandmother to make him a small official in the military department, and his father simply begged him to the forage field, and now he follows his father to manage the forage field, and there is nothing wrong with it." Li Jinrui's expression was slightly indifferent, and he said calmly.

"That's fine, peace is a blessing." Li Danruo paused for a while before whispering, Li Jinrui sighed heavily, turned his head to look at Li Danruo and said: "In the past, I always felt that my father and the sixth brother were wronged, but now I know that there is no grievance, my grandfather left a blessing, like the eldest uncle and the third uncle, with a little blessing, you can go all the way, my father is like this, he is like that, in recent years, I often think of the past, my father was home except for the yamen, and when he arrived at home, he was waiting for those flowers and plants, and there was nothing else to do, he never went up, he was looking forward to the sixth brother's life, Fight for his face, but the sixth brother has a temperament and temperament, which is exactly the same as him!"

Li Jinrui sighed heavily, Li Danruo didn't know what to say for a while, Li Yuju pushed Li Jinrui and said, "Didn't you say that you want to open it, just think it's good for the second uncle and second aunt?" Look at you. ”

"You said yes, it's okay, I thought about it a long time ago, alas, this person, how nice it would be if he could live again......" Li Jinrui changed the topic, and the three of them talked for more than an hour, seeing that it was getting late, Li Danruo said goodbye and got in the car and went back.