Soon it was the lunar month, and every family began to prepare for the New Year, and the Gu family was no exception.

Mrs. Gu came early in the morning to report to the old lady, slaughtered four pigs, eight sheep, two cows, eighty-eight *** eighteen ducks, ninety-nine grass carp, and eighteen happy head fish......

The meat dishes are all listed on the list, as for the radish and cabbage, they are all planted in their own Zhuangzi, and they are collected and placed in the cellar, which can be stored for a long time, and other vegetables are specially sent by people every day.

"When I was in Wuchang, there were a lot of fish there, including black fish, herring fish, and bream, and they were really delicious......," the old lady said with a wistful face.

The fourth lady hurriedly smiled and said: "Then let the housekeeper transport some back, or go to the capital to buy some, now the family is getting better and better, how can you lose the old lady." ”

The eldest lady naturally did not object, "Then the daughter-in-law ordered someone to do this." ”

Although Wuchang is still far from Zheng County, the steward of the Gu family has always been loyal and capable, not only bought the fish back, but also jumped around.

"I'm an old woman, just eat once or twice, get one for the county lord every day and send it over, this child, others give birth to one, she gives birth to four, and it's really hard to conceive a child."

The fourth lady hurriedly echoed: "That is, even if you eat, you need to be more delicate than others." ”

Anyway, it was the old lady's ladder that was spent, and she couldn't eat alone, so she naturally had to prevent the eldest lady from eating alone. Not only that, but it also flattered the old lady, so why not?

The eldest lady was so angry that she wanted to cry.

It's not that she's not filial, but that Mrs. Fourth is too good at sycophancy, and she gets ahead of her every time.

The old lady wanted to buy the fish, and she knew that the fish must have been bought for Wang Linzhi in the name of the old lady, and she didn't object to this matter, but from top to bottom, she was too eager, so that her housekeeper was covered up by them.

But she wasn't out there.

The eldest lady laughed, "It's still the old lady who thinks thoughtfully, everyone is compassionate, in addition to the fish, I also let the kitchen stew a cup of soup for Cuiweiju at noon and evening every day, so that the county lord can change the taste." ”

After Wang Linzhi arrived in Zheng County, she still used a separate kitchen, in fact, she didn't need the eldest lady to offer this kind of hospitality, but if she didn't offer this kind of hospitality, others would offer it, and it was better to come by herself than to cheapen others.

At the beginning, when her husband insisted on kowtowing to Wang Linzhi, she was really dizzy, and she thought about advancing and retreating with her husband! Now it's good, Master Gu blames her for everything, saying that she, as an aunt, can't have a good relationship with her niece and daughter-in-law.

Anyway, it's not her silver that is spent, why is she not generous?

Even if Wang Linzhi didn't drink the stewed soup and poured it out, she didn't need to feel distressed.

Xiang Shi knew about Wang Linzhi's pregnancy, so he deliberately rushed back and directly handed her a Zhuangzi's land deed and two shop deeds, "I didn't take care of you last time you were pregnant with a child, and I can't this time, you can take this little money." ”

When the water is clear, there are no fish, so Gu Yan has also received a lot of things in office, and now he is a secretary of the ministry, and he has won the trust of the emperor.

If Xiang doesn't make a move, it's enough, and if he does, it's quite generous.

Wang Linzhi saw that she insisted on giving, so she happily took it, and specially asked people to go to Zhuangzi to see it.

"There is a pond for raising fish, a bamboo forest, a laurel tree in the middle of the mountain, an orchard in the middle of the mountain, apples, pears, dates, peaches, and more than a dozen grape vines.

Xiang Shi can really send things.

I know that she has always loved to eat fruit.

"There is still hot spring water on the Zhuangzi, and the sound of "cooing" in winter, this snowy day, there are a lot of small green vegetables, the slave specially brought a basket back, and the county lord can change the taste at night. ”

On the edge of the hot springs, it is warmer than elsewhere, so it is naturally a good way to grow vegetables.

Gu Yue couldn't help laughing, "A-Niang still has such a good place, why don't I know." ”

The subordinate was also a wonderful person, and hurriedly said: "The slave has the trust of the county lord, and I specially inquired, and the Zhuangzi only arrived in the hands of his wife last month." ”

Wang Linzhi has to admit that this mother-in-law is too good to find fault with herself.

At this time, Xiang was also in the capital and talked to his eldest daughter-in-law Wei, "The old lady, who has always had a hot temper, and when she rarely looks at people, she lost her to the county lord and her, and did her filial piety on our behalf." ”

Although the Wei family is in the capital, most of the things that happened in Zheng County are also known to them, and they said in their hearts: Obviously, the old lady wants to do everything possible to coax Wang Linzhi to be happy, but in the mouth of her mother-in-law, Wang Linzhi has become a representative of filial piety!

But after marrying into the Gu family for so long, she has long been accustomed to the partiality of the Xiang family and the old lady, and when she heard this, she smiled and said: "The county lord has always been popular, the first emperor liked her when he was there, and His Royal Highness the Seventh called her a life-saving benefactor, and His Royal Highness the Sixth has said it many times, when she is treated like a sister, not to mention the eldest princess's mansion, I heard that the eldest princess and the concubine are more attentive to her than the eldest prince and the second prince." Even my brother and I have also had her help, and if my wife doesn't like her, my daughter-in-law will be strange. ”

Xiang was just afraid that Wei's heart would be unbalanced, and when he heard her say this, he knew that she could figure it out herself, so he was immediately relieved.

"You also have your good, if you don't take good care of Da Lang and the children, how can he be so leisurely and happy every day, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to stay in the capital with confidence with these boys in the family."

It turned out that when Mrs. Xiang went to Guangzhou with her husband, she did not take Shiro and Goro, but left them to study in the school in the capital, and the person who took care of them was the eldest sister-in-law Wei.

Calculated carefully, Wei's is much harder than Wang Linzhi.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was willing to understand herself, Wei Shi hurriedly smiled: "This is all as it should be, I have taken care of my younger brother since I was a child, and I have a little experience, and my wife believes in me, so I entrusted my fourth uncle and fifth uncle to me." ”

In previous years, the Xiang family tried not to go back to the old house as much as possible, and only spent the New Year with her husband and son in Beijing.

But this year, as soon as she handed over the month, she explained to her wife and asked the housekeeper to send all the expenses for the New Year to the old lady, and she wanted to celebrate the New Year with the old lady in Zheng County.

Although the old lady pretended to be tough on the surface, she was actually a little afraid of the second daughter-in-law from the scholarly family, who knew that it was the Xiang family who instigated Gu Yan not to return to her hometown, and she could only turn a blind eye, but she always missed her children and grandchildren every festival.

This year is good, because Wang Linzhi lives here, the second daughter-in-law doesn't need her to speak, she came back for the New Year, and the housekeeper also sent 5,000 taels of silver back.

The old lady looked at Wang Linzhi even more pleasing to the eye.

Soon it will be the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the married aunts and grandmothers will take their aunts and grandchildren back to their parents' homes, and Wang Linzhi is no exception.

But Gu Yue said that the quadruplets are now older, and they should slowly become independent, so they have to be allowed to sit in a carriage alone, although Wang Linzhi feels sorry for her sons, but in the end it is not good to hold her husband in front of others, so she can only agree.

Fortunately, the road is not far away, and the quadruplets are immersed in the joy of traveling, but they have no opinion.

Soon when it was time to come back, Gu Yue didn't know whether he had drunk some wine or what, but he actually hugged Wang Linzhi in the carriage and performed the Zhou Gong salute. And the beautiful name said: "It's been three months!" ”

In fact, they had already passed the absurd night once, and now like this, Wang Linzhi fell asleep not long after.

When I woke up again, I realized that they were already at the station.