Ying did not return, not because he was injured or sick or encountered any obstacles, but because he was ordered by the Sika army to follow the traces of Kaldan. Originally, this kind of thing could be done by Mongolian nobles who were familiar with geography, but considering that the Mongols had contributed a lot in this war and suffered heavy casualties, they should have been able to survive, and Tongying had been hovering in the desert there for almost a month, and he knew everything about where to hide people and where to get supplies, so letting him go would definitely help, so the emperor gave this order.

Shuning got the exact news from her brother and knew that Tongying was all safe, so she was relieved. It's just that a young guard who Duanning knew said in a casual conversation that when the army in the middle of the road was fighting famine, Tongying had given his food to his father and friends several times, and everyone thought that he would starve, and they didn't want him to still be alive and well, and he still had the strength to borrow food, and he didn't know what good things he ate. Someone once asked to share, but there was a dish behind the matter, and others refused to say no matter how they asked.

Shu Ning listened, and her face showed the same strange look as Duan Ning. She remembered the bugs and scorpions that Tongying said when she was scared...... I can't help but feel funny. Come to think of it, what is she worried about so much? Tongying is not a flower raised in a greenhouse, nor is it a gentleman who grew up in the capital. Now that the battle has been won, there are only a dozen people left around Erdan, and no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to pose any threat to Tongying. Even if it does, someone else will deal with it. Thinking like this, her mood relaxed.

She remembered something and asked Duan Ning with some curiosity: "Brother." Brother Tong Ying has made a great contribution this time, will there be a big reward? Will it be promoted? We have a dowry here, do you want to change the list? ”

Duan Ning thought for a while and said, "I can't tell you about this, maybe it will be promoted." ”

"But isn't that one named Penchuk Dibeizi promoted to the king of the county because of the enemy? Brother Tong Ying is also a shell, and he is also a meritorious person in detecting the enemy. ”

"This one is different." Duan Ning said with a smile, "Tongying's reconnaissance skills back then, the reward has already come down, otherwise how do you think he would be promoted back to Beizi?" This time, it was only the credit for leading the way and borrowing grain. Maybe add the pursuit. And this prince of Penchuk, who was originally a noble on the Mongolian side, took a big risk to reconnoiter Galdan's military situation this time, and the emperor rewarded him with a big reward, which also meant to appease the Mongolian tribes, after all, they were ...... in this war. Helped a lot. But in our Manchurian clan, the emperor's reward will not be so generous, after all, several princes have been sealed, and most young people have been sealed early. It won't be easy to do in the future. ”

Shu Ning suddenly realized: "So Brother Tong Ying won't be crowned the king of the county, maybe he will be crowned Baylor?" ”

Duan Ning hesitated a little, and stopped talking. Shuning looked at it. I wondered what was going on.

Duan Ning smiled bitterly: "Actually...... Tong Ying may not want to rise to the rank of knight again...... Do you know that his elder brother, the eldest son of Prince Jane's descendant, Yarjana, has not yet been officially canonized as a prince, and the title is only Baylor. ”

Shuning had also heard about it, and said hesitantly: "I heard...... Their brothers...... There seems to be a misunderstanding......"

Duan Ning sighed: "Actually, they were originally compatriots of the same mother.

It used to be very good. I remember when I was a child, I went to play with Tongying after school, and when I came back late, his brother would wait at the gate of the palace, count him down for a long time, and scold him for not worrying the family. I was next to me, and I could clearly see that their brothers had a very good relationship. Pity...... Since Jifujin gave birth to two little brothers one after another, Tongying's elder brother entered Beijing again, and their brothers began to separate. I heard that his brother had not been canonized as a prince for many years, and I always suspected that his brothers would plot for their own son's throne. Even his younger brother became suspicious. After taking a wife, the situation is even worse. This expedition. His brother was not with the army. There will be no military merit. If Tongying really sealed Baylor, it would be the same as him. ”

Shuning was silent. After a while, he said, "If this is the case, it is better to ask for some other good reward, such as the property of the Grange house, so as not to be too distracted by his brother." I remember that Brother Tongying was going to buy a property, which saved a lot of money. ”

Duan Ning couldn't help but laugh and said: "My sister has a lot of housekeepers, and it is a matter of money to open and close your mouth, beware of other people's great painters who listen to it, they think you are cheesy." ”

Shuning smiled: "He's not like this. ”

At this time, the second sister-in-law came in from outside the door and said, "What are you brothers and sisters talking about here?" The eldest lady sent someone to ask again, when will the medicine for the eldest master be delivered? ”

Shuning said: "It's ready, I'll give it to you." She turned around and went into the back room, took out a wooden box and a baggage, and said: "The box is filled with six, two, three, seven and two ginseng plants, and the bag is a few other medicinal materials that the aunt said, and I also added a kind called Pian Tsai~. In addition, there are several medicines she said, Taiyi Zijin ingot, Huoluo Dan, ginseng twisted gold, and Bao Bao Dan or something, I don't know which ones are suitable for the uncle, so I simply sent them over, please ask the uncle to ask the doctor before using it. ”

The second sister-in-law couldn't help laughing, took the box and left.

Duan Ning asked with a strange expression: "Why do you even have a baby pill and a twist of gold?" "Forget about the former, but the latter is a medicine for pediatric diseases, and it has nothing to do with Jin Bao's injury at all.

Shuning smiled: "It's all the eldest aunt who said it, and I don't know." Duan Ning laughed for a while before he said, "It seems that there is really a shortage of silver in the account in the house, otherwise the eldest aunt would not be like this." The eldest uncle's injury is serious, so let's do more. I remember that there were four ginseng plants at home, so why did I give them two? ”

Shuning said: "The eldest uncle's injury has healed most of the time, and now it's just a matter of recuperation." Two ginseng plants can be eaten for a long time, so I will send someone back to Fangshan to get more tomorrow, but two plants must be kept here for backup anyway. My sister-in-law is not sure when she will give birth, so she should leave some participation just in case. ”

Duan Ning nodded: "It's still my sister who thinks thoughtfully." Then let's give me some more money, for lately people have been crying in front of me. ”

Shu Ning smiled: "I have already sent two hundred taels of silver yesterday, it is my private room." It's not that she doesn't understand the hints from the big house. But when my mother was in Beijing before, she just handed over the silver from her father's title to the public school, and she didn't mean to send another money, but now that she has been replaced, it is naturally the same. What's more, she had taken care of the housework, and knew that the wheat on the ground in Baoding Zhuangzi had been harvested and sold to SF Grain, and the grain store followed the instructions of the clan and paid two cents more for each stone than for other families. Nowadays, although there is not much money in the account of the Earl's Court, it is enough to easily support it until winter. And next month. This quarter's shop rent is back in the books. Nala cried poorly, just to make his hands more relaxed.

But the eldest uncle was recuperating from his injuries, and as a niece, he really shouldn't stand idly by, so Shuning took two hundred taels from his own private room. As soon as these silver and medicinal materials are added, Jin Bao is more than enough for one person, and even can benefit the Nala family, the Li family and the three little nephews; Second, it also hinted at the Nala family, this is the private money of the niece of the third room, which makes her embarrassed to ask for more.

Duan Ning had obviously understood what her sister meant. Gave her a blank look: "You little ghost spirit, you are becoming more and more cunning." Shuning raised her chin: "Who is cunning?" I'm just trying to show my heart. Where can you find a person as pure as me? ”

Duan Ning choked and coughed several times. Only then did he say: "Let's go, I won't tell you, go back to accompany my wife." With that, he was about to get up.

Shuning hesitated for a moment and asked: The full text of the Legend of the Golden Phoenix reads "Brother, you...... You seem to be coming back early every day lately...... Does it matter?

Get up on the wrong side of the bed? She noticed that her brother had been returning to Shen Shi for the past month, at least not until the unitary time. And it seems to be a bit burnout.

Duan Ning smiled: "It's okay, the battle is over, so naturally I'm not as busy as when I had to prepare for the war before." What's more, you also said that you should accompany your sister-in-law more at this time. I did as I was told, and walked around the yard with her a few times a day. Isn't that good? ”

Shuning thought about it, but she was still a little worried: "If there is something, you must tell us." What does the family have to worry about? You have been wronged outside, if you don't want your sister-in-law to know, just tell me. Even if I can't help. You also have a place to vent. ”

Duan Ning was moved in his heart, and said softly: "It's okay." In fact, it's just a little discouraged. I wasn't even twenty years old. has already achieved seven grades, as long as you have a few years of seniority. Wouldn't it be easy to wait for the child to be released when he is older? Now that you have time, it's better to spend more time with your family. As long as you don't get down to business. ”

Shuning thought about it and felt that it made sense, so she didn't say more. Duan Ning reminded her that the people from the General's Mansion might arrive in two days, so she went back to Meiyuan.

Zhenzhen is about to give birth, so the General's Mansion sent several people to help, but with a full-time confinement lady, those people are not of much use, so they can only fight. After the two-month sister-in-law who was seconded to the Li family came back, the people sent by the General's Mansion had nothing to do, and even the four children who were six as seven joys, eight blessings and nine children were more knowledgeable than them.

The family arrived at home in mid-June, and brought back his son Xianning and Xiao Liu's mother and son. After seeing his daughter-in-law and asking if everything was okay, he put his heart down and listened to his daughter and second sister-in-law report everything at home. Several people from the General's Mansion came to visit, and when they saw that Liangzhu was also among them, and they were holding the woman's hairstyle, they realized that she had been taken in by Chongli, and they were secretly glad in their hearts. Then I learned that Chongli was now discussing marriage, and the other party was the young lady of a certain chief soldier.

Less than ten days after her return, Jinjin was about to give birth. Maybe it was because her body was originally good, and she was often active during pregnancy, she didn't suffer too much, and she gave birth to a white and chubby baby boy after only two hours of pain, and the mother and child were safe.

Holding his grandson, he smiled from ear to ear, completely ignoring Xianning, who had been jumping around him to see his little nephew. She first gave the child a nickname Fat Fat, and the big name was taken by Zhang Bao when the moon was full.

While instructing everyone to take care of Zhenzhen, she asked someone to go to Baoding to report the good news, and also informed the big room, the second room and the fourth room, so that they could also have fun.

Shuning teased the little nephew in the car, and only thought it was cute. Although the little face is wrinkled together, like a little monkey, it looks much fatter than Xianning when he was a child, and he must be more beautiful in the future.

Xianning tried his best to call the baby "uncle" on the side, and when he saw that Chubby ignored him, he was so anxious that he couldn't do it. Hearing my sister say that Chubby will grow more likable than herself in the future, she didn't follow it, and she hugged Shuning and twisted around, so she had to change her words, which made Shuning cry and laugh. Xiaobao coughed violently next to him, but unfortunately the person concerned did not understand what he meant.

Duan Ning walked over and knocked him on the head a few times, and Mimi said, "Stinky boy, dare to say that my son is not cute?" I'm going to make peanut cake in the kitchenette tonight, it seems that you don't want to eat it? Xianning rolled his eyes, hurriedly hugged his brother's thigh, and said, "How can I fight with Fatty?" He's the cutest. Brother, can I eat two more pieces of peanut cake tonight? ”

Shi covered his face with a fan, shook it for a long time before putting it down, and said with a serious face: "Don't make trouble, the child seems to be a little hungry, hurry up and go to his mother." I found him a nurse, and I think it's almost there. ”

The nurse she found was called Sister-in-law Xuan, a relative of the people in the house, with a good appearance and a quiet woman. Shi was very satisfied with her, and even allowed her to bring her own children into the house, as long as she did not delay the fat and breastfeeding, she would turn a blind eye to the rest.

Zhenzhen recovered well after giving birth, it seems that those confinement ladies are indeed capable, and the Li family was very red when he heard about it, and he was even more determined to borrow someone to take care of himself.

Duan Ning took ten days off for the birth of the child, and when he returned to the yamen on a business trip, he unexpectedly received a message from Tianyang, a scholar from Tongyingdi. Prince Jane's mansion received a letter from Tongying, saying that he had surrounded Galdan somewhere, just waiting for the other party to surrender, and if everything went well, he would be able to return in October.

Shuning was also very happy when she heard the news. After hearing this, he thought about it carefully, and decided to celebrate it and set up twenty or thirty tables of wine on the day of his grandson's full moon. Hearing that the Nala clan hinted that there was not much money in the account, she said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, this is my three-room land, so naturally we will pay for it ourselves." It's just that I have to borrow the people and places in the house, and then ask my sister-in-law, younger siblings and a few nephews and daughters-in-law to help support the scene. ”

Without waiting for the Nala clan to say anything, Jin Bao agreed first. This is the eldest grandson of the third room, and he should have celebrated well, not to mention that he hasn't been happy for a long time, and he should find a reason to ask for some joy, so that the whole house is also excited.

As soon as he had received the letter, he began to calculate the amount of money to be spent.

Now their three-bedroom is in good financial condition. SF Grain Bank has made a lot of profits, because the price of grain rose in spring and summer, once rose to three taels and one stone, they really made a lot of money, so far they have earned back the principal, and also made a profit of hundreds of taels. Although there is a disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, the price of grain has risen, and the price of grain will definitely fall after the autumn harvest, for them, it is just to make less money. On the side of Hengfu Stacking House, 70,000 or 80,000 stone of business has been done before and after, and if it continues like this, the principal will be recovered before the end of the year.

It's only been half a year, and there have been such achievements, so you can imagine what the situation will be in the future. In a year, there is at least an income of seven or eight thousand taels of silver, plus the dividends from Guangzhou, tens of thousands of taels are not a problem, and even in a disaster year, it will not be greatly affected.

Encouraged by this good news, he decided to be generous. Shuning also agreed, but she didn't think it was necessary to invite some people she didn't know, as long as relatives and friends asked for it, and then invited her brother's bosses and colleagues.

It's right to think about it, the cost is too much, maybe it will stab the big house's eyes, so he followed his daughter's wishes, but he still went to ask Zhenzhen's opinion to make sure she agreed to this practice, and then set the charter.

On the day of the fat full moon, Tatara House was beaming. Zhang Bao finally took a few days off to return to Beijing, holding his grandson and refusing to let go, and personally named his grandson "Mingrui", hoping that the child would be smart and clever, and also hoping that he would be able to live and be healthy for the rest of his life.

Nala helped the third room greet the guests, and there was a smile on his face. She has been in much better health recently, her husband's injuries have healed, and she has the military merit of delivering food, and she is expected to be promoted; On the other hand, judging from the replies of the people sent to the Four Baylor Mansion, the daughter has been really sensible recently, soft and respectful, and she has also behaved appropriately at the family banquet to welcome the fourth elder brother back to the house, and she has been able to talk a few words with other female relatives recently. There is also a beautiful husband's family to help him, and he eats and wears better than before, and sometimes he can send someone to buy some idle books to read outside to relieve boredom, and it is said that he is in good spirits.

The daughter's side is safe and sound, and the Nala family is in a good mood, and she doesn't feel that the richness of the third room is in the way, and she is happy to help Zhang Luo. Shen didn't know the inside story, and frequently looked at her with strange eyes, but he turned a blind eye to it, and just held the child for others to see.

Halfway through the banquet, someone suddenly came to report, saying that the Sibeile Mansion had sent a congratulatory gift to congratulate the little boy on the full moon.