Zhang Bao invited Mr. Su to discuss the release the next day. Mr. Su has been living in the guest room in the house in recent months, which is very unaccustomed, Zhang Baoding is short, he is also relieved, and he talks about the local climate with great interest.

The two siblings, Duan Ning and Shuning, were also very happy to learn from their mother that their father was going to be sent to Guangzhou. Tong was a little worried that the place was too remote and that the road would be difficult to walk.

Shu Ning waved her hand and said: "I'm not afraid of this, I've read the travelogues written by others, and it is best to walk safely and comfortably, and it is best to take the waterway." We took a boat to walk the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and saw the coastal scenery along the way. When you arrive in Hangzhou, you can rest for two days, visit the West Lake, and see the Su Causeway ......"

Duan Ning added: "See the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and try the snacks there." ”

"That's right, when we have enough rest, we will take a boat south along the coast, and there are many prosperous places along the way, and it is convenient to rest on supplies. Anyway, it was at least September at that time, the typhoon season had passed, and winter had not yet arrived, it was a good time for autumn to be crisp, all the way through Fujian and Zhejiang into Guangdong, no need to walk, no need to ride the carriage so hard. ”

Tong Shi smiled when he heard this: "You girl actually knows how to walk so well, and there are many miscellaneous books and travelogues on mountains and rivers and rivers, which is really beneficial." But you seem to be mistaken, we are going to work, not to play in the mountains and rivers, we are like you, when and what month can we get there? ”

Shuning was a little embarrassed by her, so she was coquettish by her mother and said, "Let's take the waterway." ”

Tong Shi was amused by her and said, "Okay, it's up to you." Then he wondered, "What do you just want to bring with you?" I don't know if there's a house for us to live in. I've heard that it's hot all year round, so should I bring big wool clothes? Bring more clothes for the four seasons, and bring more medicine......"

"E-niang-" Duan Ning looked at her mother with a smile, "It's not a barren place there, are you like this?" ”

Tong Shi said a little embarrassedly: "I'm not worried that there is nowhere to buy it." ”

Shu Ning secretly snickered, and then said: "I know, Guangzhou has been established for more than a thousand years, and it was the southern port in the Ming Dynasty. There must be a lot of businessmen who want to come. In such a place where businesses gather, food, clothing, housing and transportation are convenient, so Eniang doesn't have to worry about it. It's flour and stuff, you can bring more. ”

Tong Shi was puzzled: "Flour? Why? Isn't there there? ”

"Yes, there is, but southerners eat more rice and less pasta, and even if they sell, it is not much. The amount of flour that Amma can receive is not much, and it is not enough for our family to eat for two months, so it is better to bring more. ”

Duan Ning disagreed: "Even if you bring it, you can only eat it for a while." After all, you still have to get used to eating rice, so it's better to get used to it early. I can eat anything. ”

Shu Ning glanced at him: "Oh, of course, is there anything in this world that Duan Siye can't eat?" ”

Duan Ning bullied her and pinched her nose, she hid behind Tong's family, the two brothers and sisters were fighting, Tong couldn't stand it, so they drove them to the side to play.

Tong was smiling and watching the two children return to their previous cheerful appearance, and the second sister-in-law walked up to her and asked, "The bird's nest I brought back last time was used up yesterday, and I went to the manager to ask for it, and I won't get it until at least tomorrow, my wife thinks ......."

Tong said lightly: "There is a package of bird's nest in the second drawer on the left hand of the threaded mahogany cabinet, which was given by Mrs. Zhou in the past, so use that one first." ”

The second sister-in-law paused and said, "There is bird's nest in the things that the fourth wife sent yesterday, why don't you use it first?" ”

Tong shook his head: "Put it away first, don't use it, it's better to be careful now, it's indispensable to guard against people, those things will not be bad if you put them for a few more months, and it's not too late to use it in the future." ”

The second sister-in-law agreed willingly.

Tong turned his head to look at the two children, only to see that they had already begun to talk about what the sea was like.

Duan Ning said: "I heard Tongying say that it was endless water, much bigger than the lake we had seen. ”

Shuning said strangely: "Has Brother Tong Ying seen the sea?" ”

Duan Ning said: "How have he seen it, but he just listened to other people's nonsense." He Ama had been to the cattle farm, but he had only passed by in a hurry, and had not gone to the sea. ”

"That's not nonsense, the sea is really endless, so big that you can't imagine, when we get to Hangzhou and go out to sea, you can see it."

Duan Ning smiled evilly: "It's as if you've really seen it, when did you see it?" Tell me about it? ”

Could she say that she had seen it before the crossing? She had to reluctantly say, "I haven't seen it either, I guess I've seen it in a dream." ”

Duan Ning smiled: "What you said is the same as what Tongying said, in fact, it is all a lie." ”

To say that I am a liar, damn it!

Duan Ning said again: "You just said that there are many foreigners' ships docked in Guangzhou, and I heard that the foreigners' ships are all pointed, won't they sink?" Don't know what it looks like? ”

Modern ships are pointed, but in view of what happened just now, Shuning didn't say much.

Tong Shi listened and said: "When I followed your grandfather to serve in Shandong before, I heard an official who had been a shipping department in Hangzhou mention that foreigners' ships are indeed pointy-bottomed, and they will not sink easily after walking in the sea for a few months. ”

Duan Ning was immediately attracted to the past: "How many months have you been walking? It's true? Won't they come to the shore? ”

Tong smiled and talked with his son, and Shuning listened for a while and joined them.

=====================I'm the dividing line ==================== after lunch

After lunch, Duan Ning went to Wenshu to prepare for tomorrow's teacher's inspection. Shuning went back to her room for a nap. Tong Shi lay down for a while, feeling bored, so he got up and sat on the recliner to read. After watching for less than half an hour, the girl came to report: "The fourth wife is here." ”

Shen came in and saw that she was about to get up, so he hurriedly took two steps and pressed her to sit down, and said, "Sister-in-law, sit down, family, why be so polite." He sat down on a round bench next to him.

Tong smiled faintly and said, "How can the fourth brother and sister be free today?" ”

Shen lowered his head and said, "Actually, I'm here to make amends to my sister-in-law." Because of the things we sent in the room, I almost hurt my sister-in-law, although it was unintentional, I really didn't want to go. ”

"The fourth brother and sister are ......," Tong still smiled faintly, "You also said it unintentionally, who would have thought that girl would paint so much, and she happened to stand beside me, the fourth brother and sister really don't have to be responsible." ”

Shen Shi said with a straight face: "It's always my fault, the fragrance of the jade is so strong that everyone in the room can smell it, but I haven't recognized the smell, and I haven't been able to remind my sister-in-law, so I have to make amends to my sister-in-law." ”

When Tong heard this, he no longer hid it, so he asked directly: "Since the fourth brother and sister said this, I also have something to ask you, you also stayed in that house for so long yesterday, and you really didn't smell that smell?" ”

Shen Shi said a little embarrassedly: "I really don't hide it from my sister-in-law, I don't like those fragrant and powdery things on weekdays, even when I go out to meet guests, I only sprinkle two drops of the lightest flavor of flower water." When we were in Jinan, I don't know who I listened to, I bought a few bottles of new goods, I didn't ask for it because the taste was too strong, so he gave it away. Yesterday I sat next to my second sister-in-law, she had the usual fragrance of flower dew on her body, I smelled it, but I didn't recognize the smell of jade for a while. Looking back, I'm really ashamed, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will be too careful, so I'm here to explain to you today. ”

Tong's face relaxed slightly after hearing this, and said: "Since this is the case, it has nothing to do with the fourth brother and sister, the second sister-in-law has a fragrance all year round, no wonder you didn't smell it." ”

Shen said with a smile: "It's best if my sister-in-law can understand, in fact, although the flower water has bezoar musk and other things, pregnant women will feel uncomfortable when they smell it, but if there is really any harm to the fetus, it must smell at least ten days and eight days, and my sister-in-law only smelled it for a while yesterday, and it will be fine." ”

"Oh? Is this true? ”

"Seriously, this is also what our head of the family heard in Shandong. It is said that there was a wealthy family, and the mother of the housewife was pregnant, and several concubines went to congratulate her, and one of them gave two bottles of new toilet water. The housewife loves incense the most on weekdays, so she is very happy, and she also praises the concubine a lot. After that, she wiped the flower water every day, and after ten days of discomfort, she invited a doctor to take a look, only to find that the cat in the flower water was greasy, and she almost didn't beat the concubine to death. Later, the mother had been bedridden and took tonic medicine for more than a month to save the fetus, and the child was born in good health. ”

Shen glanced at Tong's face before continuing: "It can be seen that the newly pregnant person smelled it for ten days, and it was a little dangerous, and the sister-in-law was seven months pregnant, and she only smelled it for a while, and she would be fine." ”

Tong suddenly realized: "I see, I will feel uncomfortable when I think about it, and it is also because the smell of jade is too strong?" ”

"Exactly, who would paint so much? It's not incense, it's stinky. That jade broke through this catastrophe, I heard that she was kicked out of the house last night, and Eniang was really fair and strict. ”

When the Tong family heard about this for the first time, they were secretly taken aback, but thinking that Cuiyu had this stain, it was impossible to marry Rong Bao as a concubine again, and they also felt that it was not strange for her mother-in-law to do this.

She chatted with Shen for a while, as if she had returned to the harmonious atmosphere of yesterday morning, until Shuning woke up to say goodbye to her mother, and Shen took her leave.

Not long after, the second sister-in-law sent the newly made bird's nest today, and Tong took two bites and frowned. The second sister-in-law hurriedly said: "The Zhou family's bird's nest has been put for a long time, it is not as good as what we used to eat, if my wife is not used to it, I will go to the manager to ask for it." ”

Tong thought for a while and said, "No need, the fourth wife sent it, you can use it." The second sister-in-law was stunned, and then responded.

Tong Shi took a few bites and asked again, "Why don't you see Qiu Ju?" Speaking of which, wasn't she on duty last night? Why did Suyun come about? ”

The second sister-in-law was reminded by her, and then she remembered and said: "She said last night that she was not good, and she changed it with Su Yun, and now she is working in the back room." Speaking of which, she has often not seen anyone recently, but when I asked her, she only said that she had gone to see her sisters in the past. But I asked a few girls in the big room and the sewing room behind my back, and they all said that I hadn't seen her, and I thought it would be better to tell my wife, for fear that she would have something unsavvy. ”

Tong sneered: "Hookup? I'm afraid that it can't get out of Qingning, you pay more attention, if she doesn't see anyone like this again, when she comes back, she will bring it to me immediately. ”

The second sister-in-law nodded.