Back to the capital, first to the mourning hall to cry, in fact, the baby and I do not have much affection for the old man, it is not easy to cry, fortunately I have my own small method. I took out a small sachet of white silk and green ears, which contained moistened mustard powder, which is mustard, which has been used as a natural herb since the Zhou Dynasty, and later used by some women as other ways. The baby naturally understood what I meant, and I also used some for Xiao Xianning when I cried, and then I went to see the old woman.

This time I returned to Beijing, the situation was very different, in the past, the old woman grabbed the power of the house, forbade it, and said nothing, but now that she is sick, the power of the housekeeper will fall into the hands of the sister-in-law. This is good news for our third room, the eldest sister-in-law is not in power like an old woman, after all, she is not an elder, and she will not interfere in our housework, and it is even more difficult to offend the concubine when she is just in power. In addition, Zhang Bao has been released for many years and has been promoted to an official, so he no longer has to rely on the government for everything, and he is even more tough when he has an economic foundation.

Back in Huaiyuan, the second sister-in-law reported to me about the recent affairs of the family, I just listen to other things in the house, and I don't plan to interfere, as long as we take care of our room. After chatting with the eldest sister-in-law about housework, I learned some truths about the death of the old lord and the old woman's illness, it turned out that when the old lord was sick, the old lady listened to her nephew's instigation to find a mage to exorcise evil spirits, and the old lord was more ill as a result, and went in a few days, the old woman knew that she had killed the old man, and she was sick with guilt, and I think the power was also one of the reasons.

After returning to Beijing, in addition to going to the old woman's place every day in the morning and dusk, I basically stayed in Huaiyuan to take care of Xiao Xianning, anyway, I had to keep filial piety to the old man, and I was so happy not to go out, and lived my own small life in Huaiyuan. The baby went to copy the scriptures with the sisters to pray for the old man, I think she is mostly to practice calligraphy, hehe.

Just after 100 days, the emperor issued an order to let the eldest uncle be promoted to the rank of knight, and become the second-class Wei Yuanbo, the fourth uncle Rong Baofeng was awarded the first-class light car captain, Zhang Baofeng was the second-class light car captain, and the second uncle Xing retained the title of a cavalry captain. Hearing Zhang Bao discuss with Duanduan, I realized that Lao Kang gave so many knights to our family at once because the death of the old lord was related to several old princes and clans, and Lao Kang was compensating our family. Zhang Bao's second-class light car lieutenant is a knighthood from the third grade, with 185 taels of silver and 185 hue of rice every year, although it is not much, but it is always an entry, after all, you can't just eat the old book. Talking about the luxurious style of the other rooms, Zhang Bao and I are very disdainful, we have seen a lot more of the world than them, and we are not so showy. Our family doesn't like to be in the limelight, and I just want a few children to be safe in the future.

After receiving the seal, there were still some people who came to congratulate me, so I forgot one thing, and it wasn't until the baby came to tell me that I suddenly remembered. In this year's draft, Lao Kang pointed out a show girl to make a side room for Sisi, and I realized that Sisi had reached the age when she could get married, and I thought that Sisi got married without her mother (I already automatically became a concubine and did not exist) by my side, I was a little out of shape, and immediately thought about what to send to good, clothing, jewelry, medicinal materials...... The baby quickly stopped me and reminded me that there will be arrangements in the palace for these things, and we have to keep a low profile, so I woke up and was a little embarrassed. But Sisi got married for the first time (this statement...... Sweat!! I still have to send some good things over, and I also got some new things in Guangzhou, so I quickly asked my second sister-in-law to take them out and prepare.

The atmosphere in the Earl's Mansion has not been very good for a while, in addition to the old woman often losing her temper, the two couples in the second room are also restless. Previously, Xingbao had been dissatisfied because of the lowest title he had obtained, and Suo Xue Luo had stirred up trouble in front of the old woman, which was nothing more than jealousy of the head of the big house. I scoffed at the approach of the second room, Uncle Jinbao is the eldest son, and his official position is the highest, it is natural to attack the lord, and the eldest sister-in-law has nothing to say, no matter how noisy your second room is, can you still squeeze out the big room, and besides, the emperor's decree has come down, can you still turn the sky upside down?

It didn't take long for the old woman to get sicker, she had a stroke, and someone had to be by her side at all times, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the old woman didn't have many days left, and maybe she wouldn't be able to slow down one day. A few days later, there was another danger, but fortunately, I invited the imperial doctor overnight, and finally escaped again. When the whole family was relieved, my anger couldn't be relaxed, I didn't expect the old woman to come to this point and didn't forget to put people in my house, her original few big girls are basically matched, and our family also has a little Liu, I think she is sick like this and can't make any waves, who knows that she specially brought a second-class girl up in order to be sure to stuff people in. I laughed angrily, the old woman is getting more and more perverted, does she really think that this practice of placing concubines in each room is effective? Look at the few emeralds she sent out before, what's the use, she may have had some role when she was in power before, but she is like this now, is it just a stubborn idea that is doing trouble?

Zhang Bao was very surprised when he learned the news, because he was still in filial piety, and there was no reason for his father to take a concubine after his son had died for a few months, and it was a crime of unfilial piety and etiquette. In ancient times, it was like this, according to the tradition, it took three years for Ding to worry about the death of his parents, not to mention marrying a wife and taking a concubine in filial piety, and even pregnancy was not allowed, so Zhang Bao felt that the old woman's illness was confused. I smiled faintly and said, "My husband has too much heart, how could E-Niang do such a foolish thing?" She just said that we don't have enough people in the house, and we don't have a suitable person to serve you, so I sent my beloved girl to take care of your daily life. When did her old man say that she was sending you a concubine? Don't get me wrong. Zhang Bao understood as soon as he heard my words, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

The day after this, the old woman went, and it seemed that the spirit of the first day was only returning to the light, and now the whole house was busy with the funeral. In the meantime, there are not hexie factors, the restaurant and teahouse managed by Erbo Xingbao has always been a big entry in the house, and the house has used a lot of money because of these two funerals, and now Xingbao regards the outside industry as his own, and is unwilling to take the money out, so several brothers quarreled again, and finally Zhang Bao took the lead, each with some silver counting, it can be seen from the time, there will be trouble for this matter in the future.

The quarrels between men are also reflected in the women, between the four concubines, I got closer to the eldest sister-in-law, and also helped her deal with some family affairs, the four brothers and sisters have always cared about the affairs of the house, and the second sister-in-law often avoided us, and there was no good face when they met, so they passed quietly for a while. But we have an old woman in the third room to deal with the trouble left by the old woman, that Cuilian is rushing to be accepted by Zhang Bao and came here, she thought that the old lady arranged her like this she would definitely be promoted to a concubine, but the people in the third room still treated her as a girl, so she was not satisfied, wanted to bully Xiao Liu was trained by the baby, wanted to seduce Zhang Bao but couldn't find a chance, came to me to complain and was fooled away by me with a high-sounding excuse.

Cuilian had no choice but to make a desperate attempt to drug Zhang Bao to create a fait accompli, but Zhang Bao and I had already known it in our hearts, so of course Cuilian could not succeed, and we seized the opportunity to rectify it and sold it to others as a concubine. As for the fact that this matter finally spread out, Lao Kang knew about it and discussed it, so we can't know it, and since then, our three rooms are like iron buckets, and no outsiders can easily make up their minds.

The next big thing is that I finally saw Sisi, Sisi came by holy order this time, just because the old earl and the old lady of Weiyuan Bofu died one after another, and the emperor was also very sad, so he specially ordered him to come to a pillar of incense to comfort the soul of the deceased in heaven. I was so nervous in the inner courtyard, but I still had to put on a casual look, just twisting the handkerchief vigorously, although I have always regarded Sisi as a son in my heart, except for sending him some things, I have never seen him because of leisure, and I may be able to see him today, can I not be nervous?

I was nervous here, but Wan Ning was a little overexcited, and kept pulling Wu Xinda to ask carefully, and wanted to go out, but she didn't think so. My face suddenly looked ugly, what kind of demon moth does this Wanning want to fix, she is still unruly at this time, if she doesn't know what to do, I can't help but scold her. After a while, there was a word from outside that Sisi was going to come to greet me, and I was so excited that I immediately agreed, Sisi didn't mean to see anyone else, so I went directly to Huaiyuan, and I hurriedly took my daughter back to the hospital.

At first, because there were guards around, we only pretended not to know Sisi well, and then Sisi found an excuse to send the guards to the study. I asked Changfu and the second sister-in-law to guard at the door, leaving only our family in the house, Sisi stood up and saluted me seriously, I hurriedly grabbed him and looked at him carefully. Although Sisi is smaller than Duanduan, he looks taller than Duanduan, but he is a little thin, with maturity beyond his age, he looks like a little adult, my heart is sour, in that environment, he must be unhappy. Then I thought of him running like this, in case someone said that he was befriending a foreign official with bad intentions, Sisi hurriedly explained, we only knew about the matter of dealing with Cuilian, Lao Kang also knew about it, and talked about it when chatting, Sisi just took that opportunity to tell Lao Kang about our relationship, and saw that Lao Kang was not unhappy, so he asked for a will to come over and come to see me by the way. I calmed down after listening to it, and asked him in detail about his diet and daily life, telling him that he should pay attention to supplementing more calcium vitamins when eating a long meal, of course, I would change it to a statement that he could understand, and then asked him about his marriage. He was a little embarrassed, "Na Gege, what kind of marriage is it, my aunt sent such a big box of things......"

I said, "It's your first wife and concubine, so naturally you have to ......be solemn," and then some words were inconvenient for a girl like the baby to listen to, so I gave her a look, she smiled and retired, Duanning also avoided the right room, and I approached Sisi and whispered to him.

The main thing is to tell him that doing too many things at this age will affect development, and if you don't control it, it may cause prostatitis or dysfunction, and also tell him how to calculate the ovulation period if you want to have children, etc., I don't know if anyone will teach him these things, but he is very teachable. After chatting for a while, I thought that he might not have anything good to eat in the palace, not that the things in the palace were bad, but maybe there was nothing new, so I was going to let him taste the snacks of the people in the south, and I told the second sister-in-law to let the baby pick a few good things and send them over.

As a result, Wanning came with the baby, and I was a little surprised, "Why did the second girl come to our hospital as a guest?" It's a rare guest. Seeing Wanning, I felt a little unhappy, so I turned to my daughter and said, "Since your second sister has come to see you." Why don't you accompany her well, but trouble her to send something with you? Ignoring Wanning, I smiled and asked Sisi to taste the dim sum, Sisi thought that the dumplings and peanut cakes stuffed with mushrooms and water chestnuts tasted good, and joked with Duanduan that I would send him a copy if I made it in the future. Wanning was restless and rushed to let Sisi taste the milk ice she made, I frowned, saying that it was not good to eat raw and cold things on rainy days, and I thought that I couldn't let Sisi eat something of unknown origin made by Wanning, who knew what it was, so I urged Sisi to go back. Wanning didn't give up, and said that she would make a few Cantonese dishes for Sisi to taste in the future, I frowned even more, and immediately vomited: "I didn't know that the second girl could also cook, when will I cook two dishes for the third aunt to eat?" "I've never heard that Wanning asked someone to cook "novel" dishes, and asked her to cook by herself, I don't know what she will make? Wanning always wanted to say something more to Sisi, but she was pushed by Sisi without a trace, and when she finally left, she didn't give up on catching up, I saw it in my eyes, and snorted coldly.

I understand Wanning's thoughts, she knows that Sisi is the future Yongzheng, so she wants to hug his thick legs in advance, maybe she still wants to have an ambiguous relationship with Sisi like those Qing Chuanwen, the baby is really confused, how did she pull her. The baby explained to me to know, alas, this girl, everything is good, but the heart is too soft, she can't refuse what others ask for, it seems that I have to do the work from the sister-in-law, let her take Wanning closer.

A while ago, the dispute over money in the house finally broke out, first Zhang Bao overheard Xiao Wuwei Ning say that the second room is going to be separated, we are all a little puzzled, the division is not good for the second room, after all, although they have money but no power, and the impact of the separation is very bad, or the baby put forward an idea, did the second room find another backer? Sure enough, after some inquiry, the second room hugged the prince's thick legs, and I let out a long breath: "I actually climbed up to the prince, no wonder...... They looked fearless...... "I kept sneering in my heart, these white-eyed ancients, I don't know that the prince is the most unreliable, he was abolished twice, and he ended up in a trap until death." I asked Zhang Bao, what should we do if the second room is really going to be divided, should we divide it? Zhang Bao means that he does not plan to divide it, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, our family does not seek to be rich and noble, as long as there is a happy life, there is the Earl's Court in front, you can also worry less. With this plan, Zhang Bao and I also did some things separately, such as investigating the income and usage of the Earl's Court in the past few years, as well as what the second room has done that cannot be put on the table, etc., so as to have more bargaining chips in the future in the separation negotiations.

Sure enough, soon after the second room proposed to split up, I don't know how their brothers talked about it, but there is a strong huoyao flavor between the concubines, and the eldest sister-in-law first occupied the righteous lesson Suo Yu Luo, and Suo Yu Luo shook out the matter of Qingning getting the concubine pregnant and miscarrying during the filial piety period, but the eldest sister-in-law was already prepared, and the statement had already been thought of, and she also planted a second room buyer for the crime of making false evidence, and took out the matter of Suo Yu Luo's wife and concubine competing for favor and designing the concubine Cuiying, Suo Yu Luo's family couldn't please him, so he had to run away. After that, I heard that Wan Ning also went to Taoyuan to make trouble and was ridiculed back, I have always disliked Wan Ning, and I am happy to suffer from her.

The matter of separating the family was troubled for a few days, and finally they took a step back, and the uncle agreed to divide the family, but it was conditional, and finally the second room was divided with five restaurants and teahouses, and the rouge shop was the private property of Suo Xue Luo, and it was also taken away, and the land and antiques in the house were not distributed to him, and in order to compensate the other brothers, he also had to take out four properties and half of the empty shop under his name. Most of these properties belonged to the public middle school, but the uncle thought of Zhang Bao and the fourth uncle's help in the process of separating the family, so he gave the two brothers a property, the fourth uncle chose the three-entry mansion near the Guangji Temple in the inner city, and Zhang Bao chose the five-entry mansion in the Hutong of Yunju Temple in the outer city. As for Zhang Bao using this property to exchange for another village in Fangshan, this is a later story, not to mention for the time being.

When I was in Guangzhou, I had a primary training in housekeeping for my daughter, and it was time for the next housekeeping course, just as the Earl's Court was preparing to add some new subordinates, so I asked the baby to pick the maid we needed for this house and practice. This time you need to pick a personal girl for the baby and Xiao Xianning, and Duan Duan needs two, Duan Duan is not young, usually close girls are ready to accept the room for the young master, because I hate the girl's house, so I hope the baby can pick the honest duty, but I didn't tell the baby, just look at how she picks.

In the end, the baby picked a gentle and steady girl about fifteen years old for Xiao Xianning, and picked two or two girls with medium appearance, honesty and neat hands and feet for Duanduan, I looked at it and nodded with satisfaction. In the end, she picked a girl who looked just Qingxiu had waited in the study, I asked her why she didn't pick a talented or good needlework for herself, in fact, I wanted to ask her why she didn't pick the best overall quality of the hibiscus, is it because of the name Hibiscus?

The baby explained a high-sounding word, I blocked her back, she told the truth, I took the opportunity to teach her: "Choosing a servant is not just good-looking, or you like it yourself, it should be able to do the land, and it is what you need, when you pick someone, you can't ignore the people who originally served you." I also told her my opinion on the Duanduan personal girl, the daughter-in-law after Duanduan is a member of our own family, there is no need to make people unhappy, I don't approve of the ancient mother-in-law and daughter-in-law getting along mode, the daughter-in-law is also half a daughter, and the family and everything is prosperous. When the baby heard this, he adored me again, and I was very proud ~~~~~~~~~

Duanduan began to go to school in Guozijian, and I was going to go to the bamboo courtyard to talk to my sister-in-law about the servants, but I was called back when I was halfway down, saying that there was a noble person in Huaiyuan who quarreled with Duanduan. I hurried back to Huaiyuan, and I saw Duanduan and a girl in a purple Mongolian robe saying something with a cold face, and the baby was watching nervously next to him. I looked at everyone and said, "What's going on?" Duanning Shuning, since there are guests coming, why don't you invite people to sit in the house? It's rude. Then he smiled faintly and said to the Mongolian girl, "The child is not sensible, it is too rude, Gege, don't be surprised, there are guests passing by the door, please come into the house and have a cup of tea?" Then the elegant and amiable began to fool the girl, what tea, the weather, the identity of the girl, the gorgeous clothes she was wearing, and then lightly said that our family was in mourning and her sister who was going to marry made a fuss or something, and after a while, the little girl was fooled away.

I just learned that this Mongolian county lord Na Danzhu has been pestering Duanduan since last year, and Duanduan rushed to Guangzhou at the beginning of the year. In order not to make things bigger, I told Duan Duan to stay in the house during this time and not go out, if that Na Danzhu came again, she would be tactfully fooled away, and I also asked Zhang Bao to ask the uncle to go to the flag owner to say Xiang, after all, our family is still in filial piety. I have already thought about the choice of my daughter-in-law, but I don't want my son to marry such a rude girl.

During this time, Xiao Liu's mother and son and Duanduan moved to Fangshan Villa first, which was the Zhuangzi that Zhang Bao exchanged for the property that his family shared.

Speaking of that Zhuangzi, we have to start from the day Zhang Bao went to see the property. Zhang Bao met Su Chun Ah in the outer city, that is, the Ah Ma of Miss Su who married into Prince Kang's mansion, and met Zhang Feihu, Bai Minliang and others through his introduction, just the two were about to buy a house, but it was not enough cash, so they discussed using a house in Fangshan to exchange Zhang Bao's place, and then make up the difference. Zhang Bao went to see the house in Fangshan, felt very satisfied, the house was built at the foot of the mountain, about eleven or twelve miles away from Yunju Temple, just located between Yunju Temple and Shidu, there are many houses, very clean and elegant, there is a large garden, there are pavilions and pavilions, there is a small lake, and a small part is on the mountain. Zhang Bao also used the difference of 500 taels to buy a field near the house, so the whole family discussed moving in after the house was renovated, and finally moved in with Xiao Liu for various reasons.

Although the three rooms are not separated, but they have been living in the house is not free, not to mention that it is easy to be involved in the rights and wrongs of the house, so in the external individual courtyard, most of the time in the other courtyard, plus this is the first time that the three rooms have their own industry, Zhang Bao and I are very happy, and we are very happy to discuss what vegetables and fruits to grow and what aquatic products.

By the end of the year, our family had finally officially moved to Fangshan, Zhang Bao had already taken someone to transport the luggage in advance, and then Duanduan escorted me and my baby Xiao Xianning on the road with a few portable maids. Several children went their own way, and Zhang Bao took me to visit the main courtyard where we lived, and the main courtyard was all arranged by Zhang Bao himself. Entering the courtyard first painted the shadow wall of the bird, I was moved by a burst of emotion, knowing that this is the meaning of my name, behind the shadow wall is a spacious courtyard, in the middle of the yard with various pebbles around a shallow pool around the rockery in the middle, there are some small fish and snails in the pool, there are exquisite small pavilions and small bridges on the rockery, the whole rockery is covered with flowers and moss, it looks like a large bonsai from afar.

There are three main rooms facing the rockery, the middle is the hall, under the wall facing the door, there is a four-fold red lacquer screen with a high height, under the screen is the case of red sandalwood, the wide chairs on both sides of the case are considered the main seat, and the wild goose wings on the left and right sides are arranged with four chairs, and I deal with housework here on weekdays. The left room is the living room of Zhang Bao and me, there is a screen in the middle divided into two rooms, the outer room is built against the wall with a low kang two feet high, the head is a lattice cabinet with a high top room, there is a soft couch on the kang, there is a small table, there are two chairs on the side of the kang, the inside is a carved big bed of red sandalwood, a matching dresser, behind the big bed is a hundred treasure grid and a large wardrobe. In the right room, there is a large bookcase, a desk, a rusty case, etc., and a low kang and a row of chairs against the wall.

Zhang Bao kept talking about how it was designed, my heart was warm, and a daughter-in-law came to call us to dinner, I was in a good mood, with a smile on my face, and often gave food to Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao was smiling and eating a fine light, and gave me a coercion, completely as if a few children did not exist. A few children were clamoring to go to see the garden, and Zhang Bao said to me gently: "Madame, take a rest after dinner, it's still early, and when you are asleep, let's go to the garden together." I blushed slightly and nodded slightly.

In Fangshan, the days can be said to be extremely happy, in the morning the family had breakfast together, and then the baby helped me with the housework, Zhang Bao either went to the orchard or inspected the fields. After lunch, I coaxed Xiao Xianning to take a nap, and in the afternoon I did some needlework or chatted with Zhang Bao in the room, and occasionally went to visit the garden, and the life was very comfortable. There are several pavilions and pavilions in the garden, we named them respectively, the two-storey building on the side of the forest was named the Pillow Xia Pavilion by the baby, and the octagonal pavilion opposite the Pillow Xia Pavilion was named Guanlan Pavilion, the pavilion in the center of the lake was set as the "Lake Center Pavilion" by me very uncreatively, and the house built on the platform was called "Lingbo Terrace" by Zhang Bao.

Soon the New Year came, and our family still had to go back to the Earl's Court for the New Year, so I returned to Beijing in advance with a few henchmen to help my sister-in-law prepare for the New Year. When it was close to the end of the year, Zhang Bao took his son and daughter back to the house, and Xiao Liu's mother and son stayed in Fangshan for the New Year. Early the next morning, my sister-in-law and I sat in the Rongqing Hall as co-directors, with the Li family and the Xitara family accompanying us, and Wanning Shuning also attended. Wan Ning is not very interested in housekeeping, I heard that there is a garden in our courtyard and want to play, the baby doesn't want her to go, look at me, I will smile and say: "A few rooms still have land, if the second girl is interested, come to us to live for a few days, right?" After sitting in the carriage horizontally, it was only half a day's journey. Sure enough, Wanning retreated. In the following discussion process, Wanning did not put forward any good suggestions except for decoration and diet, and also copied some personnel arrangements in "Dream of Red Mansions", but it was not realistic at all, on the contrary, the baby could put forward a lot of useful suggestions, the eldest sister-in-law and the fourth siblings praised me for teaching my daughter in a good way, I had a humble face on my face, in fact, I was so proud in my heart, I kept bending the corners of my eyes, with a curvature on the side of my mouth, and often tidied up the hairpin on the right from time to time...... Well, don't make it too obvious. After the discussion, the baby was pulled away by Wanning, and I chatted with the concubines.

After that day, I restrained a little, no longer show off my daughter's skills, and only occasionally asked when arranging affairs, but I also found that the baby was insufficient, and she didn't know much about interpersonal relations and public relations, thinking that she was still young now, and she was not forced to be busy studying.

Finally, on the day of the sacrifice, many relatives and relatives will come, and the second Bo Xingbao family also came, and now we have confirmed that he has climbed to the crown prince and made a vacancy in the Internal Affairs Office. Suo Xue Luo has probably been in the position of the main mother for a few months, and has increased some self-cultivation, although there are still some engraved books in his speech, I look down on the people of the second room. It's just that it didn't take long for a few girls to make a fuss, and it turned out that Yuan Ning revealed the news that Concubine Yi in the palace was interested in one of her famous flowery nephews named Wen Han's match Wanning, which scared Wanning and fell ill. In Rongjutang, I saw my sister-in-law with a sad face, so I comforted her, and the fourth brother and sister also proposed that they could report their age, and the sister-in-law seemed to be a little moved.

The second room was very embarrassed because of the separation of the family, and this sacrifice also wanted to mend the image among the relatives, but the result was unsuccessful, and the Suo Sui Luo clan wanted to show off in the concubine but was said to be suspected of violating the system, and there was a gossip about Yuan Ning's violent temperament and mean and unkindness, so as soon as the ceremony ended, the second room and the family left in a hurry.

There are also a lot of guests in the first month, during which the baby behaves very unremarkable, I asked her why she deliberately hidden, the baby is determined not to be in the limelight, she said that her good family knows it, I can't do anything about her. It's just that the injury on her arm makes me very heartbroken, it was caught by Wan Ning on the day of the sacrifice, if it weren't for the thick winter clothes, I was afraid that I would be pinched and bloody, I hated that Wan Ning even more, and told the baby to stay away from her again.

Considering that our family would have to stay in the capital for a few years, it was impossible not to deal with outsiders, so I secretly paid attention to the people I could befriend, and among the guests who came to visit, there was a wife of the Viscount family surnamed Fucha who was very temperamental to me, and they became friends after coming and going, and the baby also happily dated the daughter of that family, Fucha.

As soon as the New Year passed, I took my family back to Fangshan under the pretext that the fields in the other courtyard were going to be sown in spring.

Back in Fangshan, we lived a small life again, and now the crops and saplings in the field have been planted, but the land that Zhang Bao bought last time was a waste land, and nothing would be produced by planting. Because the land is close to our garden, the baby suggested digging a pond in the ground, planting lotus flowers and lotus roots, and after several discussions, it was decided to dig a pond to raise lotus, and then you can also raise fish and shrimp or something. I began to think about it, if the lotus pond is built in the future, and the fish are raised, the surrounding environment is cleaned up, and then a small village is built to make a farmhouse or something, and the flowers are appreciated and fished, isn't it possible to make a lot of money? ? I smiled and shook my head, it was so whimsical.

Because there are many temples near our annex, we welcomed a special guest on this day. Sisi has always believed in Buddhism, and often goes to Yunju Temple in Fangshan to worship Buddha, so on the way back, he took the opportunity to come to our house to see me. I placed him in Zhilan Courtyard, and I didn't even tell the baby in order to keep it secret, so Zhang Bao and I took the end to receive Sisi, and at night the order of the curfew did not allow people to go around. We didn't talk about business, we just chatted about some homely things, and it was obvious that Sisi liked this atmosphere very much. The next day I told the baby about this, the baby is very worried that the people will spread out, so it is recommended to clean up the pillow Xia Pavilion in the garden to receive the four, usually strengthen the management of the garden does not let people easily enter, especially when the four four come to find an honest and reliable person to guard the garden gate, I think it makes sense to allow.

This year, the baby is thirteen years old, the longer the more delicate, and the skin is good, I am very happy to be able to dress up the baby, thinking of the Barbie doll I played with before, I snickered, baby, meet your mother's little wish. The baby doesn't seem to be very willing, does he feel young? In modern times, many junior high school girls have begun to dress up with makeup, and the baby's temperament is too calm.

At the old earl's anniversary, my sister-in-law Fuli also came with her daughter Susu, who looked very much like an old woman, and I always felt a little uncomfortable looking at this face. My sister-in-law is not a good match, and she is very proud, and she will pinch when she meets her second sister-in-law, the same as Wanning Yuanning, I hum. In the second half of the banquet, after the guests left, I saw Suo Xue Luo and pulled his daughter to the side of the aunt and the eighth aunt of the same clan who were sitting at the top, I don't know what to say, I looked aggrieved, and glanced at us from time to time, and then the two elders frowned, and the sister-in-law called over. The result was that the sister-in-law just said something about Yuanning, because Suo Xuanluo's mother and daughter were dressed too gorgeously and were disrespectful to their ancestors, and Suo Xuanluo accused Wanning and Shuning of also embroidering clothes with blonde hair accessories, but she lifted a stone and hit her own feet, but she left with a disgrace. Later, the baby told me that she used velvet flowers instead of pearls and hairpins to wait for Suo Xue Luo to jump into the pit, I laughed secretly, the baby is also a black belly.

The days go by as usual, and the industrial development of the other courtyard is also on the right track, far away from the rights and wrongs of the Earl's Court, and our family's small life is very tasteful. In May, I received a letter from Mrs. Fucha, saying that she had set up a marriage before the Mid-Autumn Festival and wanted to invite our mother and daughter to visit the house in the near future. I hurriedly asked someone to prepare a congratulatory gift, and asked my daughter to pack her things quickly and prepare to return to Beijing, I knew that I was glad to point out a clan, but I didn't expect to get married so soon.

Mrs. Fucha was anxious to invite me to the door, but it turned out that my family had some large pieces of jade brought back from Guangdong, many of which were treasures, and wanted to find one or two for my daughter to dowry, so I immediately agreed. The wife of the Fucha family showed me the dowry they prepared for Xinran, and I was a little surprised to see it, there were many tricks, and it was worth a lot of money, and they also had a courtyard for the wedding, and I was surprised and surprised, and my face was still not visible at all. Mrs. Fucha said that there were other things, and she was happy to have a daughter who was very favored when she prepared so much dowry, and second, her future son-in-law's family environment was not very good, and she planned to buy some land.

Coming out of Fucha's house, I looked at the baby while thinking that it was time for the baby to prepare the dowry, because Duanduan was 18, I first considered the things he needed to marry his wife, and thought that the baby was still young and not in a hurry. It's also that I think it's wrong, it's always modern, and the 13-year-old is very young, but in ancient times, I was already able to marry at this age, and the dowry was prepared for several years, and I had to prepare it early. The baby was stared at by me very uncomfortable, I also want her to continue to use skin care products and drink goat milk, at this time there are no cows in China, so only ask someone to buy sheep, drink goat milk, look at the baby's expression, maybe she thinks it is very black line.

As soon as I returned to the house, I heard that the two little wives of the big house had a quarrel, that is, Fang Ning's mother and Cui Ping, who had a quarrel over Fang Ning's refusal to marry. Fang Ning had a bad reputation because of the previous teahouse, and she never found her mother-in-law's house, plus she was twenty years old after three years of filial piety, and she was a very old girl in this era, so the sister-in-law wanted to find a suitable person to negotiate marriage first, and she would marry after she was fully served. As a result, two families were rejected to propose marriage, one was because he was older, had no future, and divorced his wife, and it was said that he was cowardly so he pushed it, and the other family was in good condition, but it was the power of Uncle Tu's family so it was also pushed. Fang Ning's mother kept making trouble about this, and quarreled with Cui Ping again, but the eldest sister-in-law's four brothers and sisters were not there, and I was the only one to take care of it. When they arrived at the bamboo courtyard, the two of them each played fifty boards, and ordered that no one should be allowed to discuss Fang Ning's marriage again, Fang Ning is the master even if she is a concubine, not that aunt can talk about it casually. The baby also felt that Fang Ning was very pitiful, and after going to see her, he begged me to take Fangshan to live for a while, I thought about it, and several nieces were Fang Ning I thought it was good, so I agreed, but I still had to agree with my sister-in-law.

After Fang Ning arrived in Fangshan, she was often taken to the temple by the baby and Xiao Liu to worship the Buddha, and slowly the people became more cheerful, and the people grew ruddy. However, Fang Ning's complexion has improved, but the baby has lost weight, she has to accompany Fang Ning outside, and she is unwilling to leave her homework behind, and she has to do needlework, she doesn't sleep enough, and even the dark circles under her eyes come out. I was busy with the old lady's anniversary festival and harvesting fruit and lotus seeds during this time, and I didn't notice the baby's situation, or Frangipani and Holly told me that I knew, so I immediately called the baby to not let her go out, and had a good rest and recuperation.

It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Bao asked me to take the child back to Beijing for the holiday, in fact, I don't really want to go back, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is the baby's birthday shortly after, so the road tosses back and forth, the baby's birthday is always in a hurry, but because Zhang Bao said so,

There was no choice but to go back. When I returned to the earl, I unexpectedly noticed the changes in Wanning, speaking, acting, and dealing with people and things, all of which showed everyone's demeanor, and they were almost unrecognizable, but they were too stylish, and I always felt that it was very fake. I know that my sister-in-law has invited her to discipline her, but the country is easy to change, and her nature is difficult to change, and I don't think she can pretend to be like this for long.

Because of the filial piety just after a year, the Mid-Autumn Festival Earl's Mansion is not easy to celebrate, only the big room has three bedrooms and four rooms, and the banquet is still very river crab. The eldest sister-in-law looks very complacent, because now she is a good housekeeper, and her son and daughter are beginning to be sensible

, the relationship between husband and wife has also improved, and the marriage of the eldest daughter has also been found, and several big stones in her heart have fallen to the ground, and some of them have been brought out unconsciously during the conversation. Fang Ning's current change is still because of living in Fangshan for a period of time, so my sister-in-law praised me a few times, I am quite proud, of course, I don't look at who I am. The eldest sister-in-law also proposed to do a good job of the birthday of the baby and Fang Ning, because Fang Ning has set a family affair and will not be able to stay at home for two years. Speaking of this, it has something to do with our family, Fang Ning's family is the first to mention the marriage, because I heard that the future is not good and the cowardly character was pushed, but the wife of the family saw Fang Ning in the Fangshan temple again, and she was very satisfied with her, so she came to the door again to propose, and the son of that family is not as bad as rumored, the person is excellent, and Fang Ning herself is willing, this family matter is so decided.

When I was about to arrive in Chongyang, because I made an appointment with Mrs. Fucha, her family was happy to get married and went to see her, who knew that the day before departure, Zhang Bao accidentally stepped on a stone and turned his foot because he was watching people collect lotus roots, although the injury was not serious, the doctor said that it was best to recuperate. I didn't know what to do, so the baby volunteered to stay and take care of his father, so I was relieved and took my two sons back to Beijing. I didn't know that in the days in the capital, a big event happened at home, and the duanduan hair Xiaotongying suddenly appeared after disappearing for half a year, and she still appeared very embarrassed.

Later, I learned the whole story, it turned out that Tongying went to Mongolia to sketch a while ago (I think it was to have fun), and on the way back, the spy who saved the imperial court in Junggar was being chased and killed by Geerdan, and the spy was seriously injured, so he handed over all the information to Tongying, and took out the map for Tongying to write down, and then took those maps to lead away the pursuers, and later died under the knife of the pursuers. But those pursuers also targeted Tongying, Tongying could not enter the city, so he had to go to the west and north, out of Yumen and Anxi, go north along Hami, cross the desert and turn back to the east, and then come back through the Ulanchabu League. On the way to escape, Tongying was not idle, and inquired about the topography, climate, villages, wells, quicksand, plants, medicinal herbs, and places where food was produced. Unexpectedly, when entering the customs, he accidentally revealed his whereabouts, and Tongying had to go separately from his entourage and fled into the courtyard of Fangshan.

At that time, only the baby and Zhang Bao were at home, Tongying told Zhang Bao about the matter, hoping to hide in Fangshan for a while, because there were still people looking for him outside, and the map and information had to be sorted out, Zhang Bao placed Tongying in the Pillow Xia Pavilion, and the baby sent food every day, Ma San'er and his wife were responsible for sending toiletries, Changgui prepared a tool and sent two small servants to guard the garden gate, in fact, everyone was not allowed to enter the garden.

Three days after Chongyang, Duanduan and I went back to Fangshan, and Duanduan was pulled to Pillow Xia Pavilion to help, and even the baby went to fight later. I was a little worried that those Mongols would come to the door, I had been a little bit of a snake after the danger in Guangzhou, Zhang Bao comforted me that this was the hinterland of the capital after all, and those people would not know that Tongying was hiding here. I was a little relieved, and remembered that the baby mentioned to me that a subordinate Wang Gui inquired about the guests in the garden, that Wang Gui is Wang Ruibao's son, and he is also easy to get into trouble, just in case, Zhang Bao decided to send him to Baoding Zhuangzi, and then ask someone to watch him, don't let him chew the root of his tongue.

After Tongying finally completed all the intelligence sorting work, it was already September, and our family was ready to go out together to cover Tongying, although there was a small episode on the way, but finally returned to the capital safely. After that, Tongying often came to Fangshan, and lived directly in the courtyard at Duanduan, and I felt inappropriate at first (tearful ~ It's not that I'm rotten, it's not that I deliberately think crookedly, but their situation is really ...... It was Tongying who persuaded her many times before she reluctantly agreed. I firmly believe that my son is normal, even if Tongying has any wrong thoughts, he will definitely refuse, yes, it must be so!!

After all, Tongying can't stay in Fangshan often, and in order to accommodate his friends, he has to move back to the capital, I resent it!! However, when I think of Duanduan's dealings with Tongying, I often intersect with the children of various powerful families, so maybe when I will get an opportunity. Duanduan is almost 19 after taking full service, and I am ready to go out, for the sake of Duanduan's future, I have to endure the pain and say goodbye to my son. Fortunately, my pain was worth it, Duanduan met Lao Kang by chance, and was rewarded a few words, and now he is also famous.

Duanduan's reputation is obvious, and there are more people who come to the door to propose marriage. The daughters of these people, almost all of them are unsuccessful show girls, I don't look down on these people, and the failure of the draft means that they are either mediocre in appearance, or have some physical defects or diseases, or have a bad character, and are vulgar. Cutting off the wives married by the three cousins, the Li family is good, but the appearance is indeed not outstanding; The Hitara clan is also average-looking, and his temperament is still cowardly; Cheng Ning in the second room has recently made a marriage, and I heard that the other girl is a beauty, and her family background is passable, but she is notoriously rude and willful. My end is so good, of course, I have to marry a matching wife, counting, or the most suitable Zhenzhen in Guangzhou, but it is so far away, I don't know if there will be any changes.

Thinking of Duanduan's marriage, I began to worry again, now except for Zhenzhen, I really haven't found anyone worthy of my son, but Zhenzhen's side hasn't been settled yet, if there is any change...... Duanduan is 19 years old, Qingning of the big house is a father at this age, I don't want my son to marry early, I just want to settle the object first to feel at ease, otherwise the good ones are selected by the draft. I pondered for a long time, and finally decided that the future daughter-in-law must have a good appearance and temperament, and it doesn't matter if the family background is poor, because in addition to the girl herself, only those with a poor family background may be defeated.

I think about the future of Duanduan, in fact, I don't want Duanduan to be too prominent and involved in the right and wrong of the heir, as long as I do a down-to-earth do-it-all official, don't hold any power, boil the qualifications and lay a good foundation, and wait for more than 20 years later, it will be safer to come out again after the fourth or fourth ascends the throne. With the relationship between our family and Sisi, the future will not be sad, and at that time, Duanduan will not be less than forty, which is really a time to shine. If someone from the party is marked early, it is easy to become the target of attack, Zhang Bao has been implicated several times before, and I don't want my son to be like this. Alas, think far, think far, this is a matter of decades away, so let's live the present first.

Before I knew it, I was approaching forty, and it had been almost thirty years since I came to this era, and it seemed that I had lived much longer in ancient times than in modern times, and now I couldn't tell whether I was an ancient or a modern person. Zhang Bao is in his forties, and he has begun to make fortune in middle age, which looks a little dignified, but I know that he is also just a paper tiger. Even Xiao Liu has gained a lot of weight, and the sad look on his face that can't be erased at the beginning is completely invisible. Xiao Xianning is still so naughty, but he has also started to read, Xiaobao is much calmer, and his body has grown stronger, and he is no longer the bean sprouts of the year. My baby son Duanduan has grown into a big handsome guy, and his figure is even better, and he can completely fascinate a bunch of little girls. The baby has grown a lot taller, and now she is 1.6 meters, she is a big girl, her "aunt" finally came to visit her, I don't know if she will miss "Hushubao" and "Sophie" at this time?

I found that the baby is getting better and better, and it may become a big beauty in a few years. I began to teach the baby how to dress up, from makeup, combing hair to clothing, wearing accessories, in fact, I think the baby should understand these things, but she is always too lazy to dress up, I am more and more sure that she was an otaku in her previous life.

Today, my baby and I are preparing to entertain guests at home, because Zhou Yinlan and her mother are going to stay overnight at our house on their way back to Beijing and passing through Fangshan. Zhou Yinlan's family and our family were very good in Fengtian, and later after returning to Beijing, they came and went for a while, so the two families had a lot of friendship. Zhou Yinlan has already made a marriage, and this time she is going back to Beijing to prepare for the marriage, and Zhou's mother is not in good health, it is said to be a heart attack, I think heart disease can be regarded as a terminal illness in ancient times. However, the Zhou family was very lucky to meet a famous doctor, who had a prescription for heart disease, and after using it for Zhou's mother, she finally saved her life temporarily and could live for a few more years.

The two girls also cooked a sumptuous dinner for the elders, and after chatting for a while, they arranged for the mother and daughter of the Zhou family to rest.

I sat alone in my room, feeling very uncomfortable, because Zhou's mother told me about their relationship with the famous doctor. That famous doctor was born into a medical family, and his medical skills were very good, and he was originally going to enter the palace as a doctor, but on the way to Beijing Kaotai Hospital, he met several officials, because one of the ladies and his wife hit it off at first sight, and invited him to accompany him. Unexpectedly, because of the other party's gorgeous clothes, it attracted a few road bandits. His wife was slashed in the chaos and frightened, and from then on he became ill and died, and from then on he became disheartened and left home.

This has no effect on others, but it has a big impact on my cousin, who had a heart attack in the first place, and if that famous doctor was admitted to the hospital, maybe my cousin would have lived a few more years, so that my cousin would not have been there before I really experienced the sisterhood. What's more coincidental is that the official relatives who caused the trouble are the wives of Chen Stallion, I immediately thought that this must be a butterfly effect, if it wasn't for Chen Stallion to wear it, history may not be like this, thinking like this, I hate Chen Stallion even more.

My sad baby saw it and persuaded me for a long time, and I knew that I felt guilty because I was not sincere enough to my cousin, and I was better after the baby's persuasion. However, the baby asked me if other people in the Tong family also had heart disease, and I immediately reflected that heart disease seemed to be hereditary, so the next day I asked Zhou's mother for the prescription just in case.

Because the old earl's death day was approaching, we returned to Beijing with the Zhou family. When I arrived at the Earl's Court, I discussed with my sister-in-law about preparing for the old lord's sacrifice, and the baby went to gather with the sisters by himself. Who knew that when the baby returned to Huaiyuan, he brought back a purse, it turned out that Wanning also heard that the four or four families had just given birth to a daughter, so they asked the baby to help send a purse over.

I picked up the purse, found that there was something inside, opened it and looked, it turned out that there was a rusty Buddhist scriptures of Juanpa, I sneered in my heart, and asked the baby to return the purse to Wanning. I don't know what Wan Ning is thinking? I didn't like her idea of beating Sisi in the first place, not to mention that Sisi only gave birth to a daughter, how could I help other women send purses to her, so what kind of person have I become, pimping?? The baby took the purse back, I sighed again, it must be Wanning who softened her heart as soon as she begged the baby, alas, when will she be able to harden her heart and refuse Wanning.

Originally, after the big sacrifice, I planned to go back to Fangshan immediately, who knew that Shunning's wife suddenly found out that she was pregnant, and the fetus was still a little unstable, there was no way, the eldest sister-in-law had to take care of the daughter-in-law, and the housework fell on me and Qingning's wife. The baby only stayed with me, I don't know what happened between her and Wanning, I obviously felt her coldness towards Wanning, well, that's right.

It's just that soon there was bad news, Sisi's daughter was seriously ill not long after she was born, and she died in a few days, I feel sorry for Sisi, this is his first child. I don't remember how many children there were in the history of April Fourth, except that I remember that the fourth son was Qianlong, I don't know anything else, whether it is a son or a daughter, my own child must be sad to die if he dies, I can't comfort him in person, so I can only write a letter and send some medicinal materials. Just a few days after Sisi's daughter went, I heard the news that Yumin, the daughter of Fei Yanggu's family, was accused of being Sisi's concubine. I was surprised how it was possible to get married at this time, and later I heard that this will had been set a long time ago, but it was to be postponed, and the wedding date was set for autumn.

In addition to the matter of Sisi, I am still worried about Zhang Bao's matter. Because of the relationship between Yin Yuheng in Fengtianfu before, the relationship between our family and Chen Stallion is okay, and Chen Stallion will occasionally help Zhang Bao at work. In the past, Chen Stallion has always appeared as a pure minister, which is very popular with Lao Kang, but it is inevitable that he will be assigned to the hall after a long time, and Zhang Bao has been regarded as a member of Chen Stallion's faction. Recently, there was a royal history who participated in Chen Stallion, and Zhang Bao thought about saying hello to the people of that faction, and he could help if he had something to do. I stopped it, I don't want Zhang Bao to have too much contact with Chen Stallion, one is because I don't look down on Chen Stallion as a person, and the other is that I think Chen Stallion's glorious days are coming to an end, because he can't be a pure minister now, Lao Kang doesn't like the practice of dividing the party and faction, and I don't want Zhang Bao to be implicated. After all, Lao Kang still has decades to live, as long as Zhang Bao is simply loyal to the emperor, there will not be too many disasters, and Zhang Bao is now worried, and there is also a good excuse to stay away from right and wrong.

Therefore, Zhang Bao still lives a leisurely life, only reading and writing at home, not interacting with friends in the officialdom, and going back to Fangshan every few days to cook the industry. After a few days, it turned out that I was right, the matter of Chen Stallion was overturned, the imperial envoy was exposed, and many officials followed suit, and the officials who were usually good friends with Chen Stallion were implicated, including Yuheng. Zhang Bao was worried at home, and because of the relationship between the Tong family and the recent low profile, he was not affected. In order to avoid the limelight, Zhang Bao took the baby back to Fangshan first, and I stayed with Duanduan because I was going to be the housekeeper in the Earl's Palace.

Su Xu also wanted to follow the baby to Fangshan, when I told my sister-in-law, she proposed to let Wanning go with her, I didn't want to agree, but my sister-in-law said it badly. Because Wuwu always pestered Wanning, she also asked Fang Ning's girl to send a letter to Wanning privately, she didn't want Wanning to stay in Beijing and be entangled by Wuwu, hoping to go to Fangshan to avoid it. I thought that Wanning couldn't make any waves when she arrived in Fangshan, so it was good to let the baby stare at her, so I agreed.

The baby had a bitter look on her face when she heard the news, and it seemed that she was avoiding Wanning now, so I comforted her: "What do you have to worry about?" That's our family's place, and you're the master, but the second girl brought a few people there, what can I do with you? Besides, there's you, Amma. I saw that the baby only thought about how to hide from Wanning, so I taught her: "When you meet people who can't see the eye, if you only know how to hide, others will think that you are a bully." You have to be patient to get along with the second girl for a few days, you don't have to be angry with her, but you always have to let her know that you are not good to bully, so that she doesn't dare to provoke you again. "The baby looks like he is being taught.

Then she was worried about what to do if Sisi went to Fangshan, don't worry about this, Sisi came to our house mainly to see me (I am very ^_^ proud), I and Duanduan are in the capital, even if he goes to Fangshan, he will not go to our house, plus he is now preparing to get married, he will definitely not be able to leave. The baby is finally ready to go back to Fangshan with peace of mind, but before leaving, Su Su, who was supposed to go to Fangshan, suddenly said that he couldn't go, I felt very puzzled, is Su Su hiding Wanning? I said I was going to Fangshan before, but now Wanning wants to go and she won't go, I suddenly understood, the previous He was suddenly driven away, I felt strange, it must have nothing to do with Wanning, Su Su lives in a yard with Wanning, she must have seen something.

After a few days, I took care of the affairs of the Earl's Palace, and the rest of Qingning's wife should be able to handle it, so I decided to go back to Fangshan, and Susu heard that Dafang's mother Jin was going to take Wanning back, and she also planned to go to Fangshan with me.

Back in the other courtyard, Wanning followed Xiao Liu and the baby to Yunju Temple to incense, and when they came back, Jin's mother proposed that Wuwu had already returned to the barracks and would not come to harass Wanning again, so she had to take her back.

Wanning was anxious when she heard this, and she was very reluctant to go back, but Mother Jin insisted, so Wanning thought of an excuse again: "Mother Jin, in fact, this is the case." Today I went to Yunju Temple to offer incense, and I heard the monks there say that the day after tomorrow is the Christmas of the Medicine King Bodhisattva, and there is a Dharma meeting in the temple. I thought, I should also pray for Ama Eniang, and the second sister-in-law, isn't her baby unstable? I'm going to recite the sutra for her a few more times. I am also a piece of filial piety, so you can agree to it, Mother Jin. I frowned when I heard it, she was embarrassed to say these words, it seems that Wanning is not only high-spirited, but also very selfish and cold, I secretly snorted by drinking tea.

Xiao Liu didn't know what to do, so he asked Wanning to go to the festival of the Medicine King Bodhisattva's birthday, because there was a doctor who wanted to go to the stage (do the stage?). Khan). Mother Jin had no choice but to compromise, but asked Wanning to go back the day after tomorrow. Wanning doesn't go back, I still have a layer of worry, that is, if you come to our house today, you can't let Wanning know, you have to think of a way.

So I seemed to inadvertently mention that there are many people to queue up, afraid that it will not be the turn of the night, sure enough, Xiao Liu is worried about what to do if it is not the turn, I proposed to invite the doctor to come to the house, but unfortunately this doctor only does the Yunju Temple does not accept external consultation (of course, I already knew this, deliberately said so), and finally I proposed to let Xiao Liu live in the temple at night, and specially said that Wanning did not have to go in advance. Hmph, Wanning was really fooled, and she was too busy to go out for the night. Sure enough, Wan Ning probably knew some news, after all, the rumor that Sisi was going to Shangxiang might always leak.

The baby didn't understand this, I told her that it was because Sisi was coming, of course, I had to find a way to send Wanning out, the baby admired my foresight, I thought badly, Wanning, congratulations on passing by Sisi ^_^