Among the twelve daughters of Old Man Zhu, the most valued and loved by the whole family is Ruan Linluo's mother Zhu Yuanlan.

Zhu Yuanlan is the old lady's first child, and she is still a sick and weak premature baby, who almost lost her life as soon as she was born. Fortunately, she should not die, and she has always been pampered by her parents as a heart. When he grew up, he not only came out and fell slim, but also had the honor to marry into the Jingguo Mansion.

Zhu Yuanlan's husband Ruan Xiping, although he is just a concubine who cannot inherit the title, has followed his father to guard the northwest for many years, and has made great achievements in war, and is highly valued by the imperial court. Zhu Yuanniang married in the capital and couldn't come back often, but she was very concerned about her mother's family, young and old, and the gifts for the New Year's holidays were extremely rich and thoughtful.

The old lady has been thinking about her eldest daughter in her heart, and every time she comes to the New Year's Day, she counts her fingers in her heart, and looks forward to her coming back from the capital every day, saying that she will come back this year, and then, the family will be reunited, and have a beautiful holiday.

It's a pity that the daughter who marries out is someone else's family. As a woman, honoring her in-laws is the right way, even if she wants to come back to her mother's year, she always can't pull it out.

During the Lantern Festival the year before last, Zhu Yuanlan rarely came back with a pair of children, but the family was overjoyed, but they were just happy and happy, and they could only stay for three or five days, and they had to hurry back to the capital. There is no doubt that Ruan Linluo's sudden arrival this time made Old Man Zhu and the old lady happy, only happier than the festival.

The old lady first asked her and her mother how they were doing for more than a year, and then, as if sighing, she sighed a few words, held her granddaughter's hand tightly, and said with a loving face: "Don't go to other people's yards to crowd in, sleep with me at night, and grandma will sleep with you in her arms." ”

Ruan Linluo smiled, nestled in her arms and nodded.

Ruan Linluo was directly placed in the west room of the warm pavilion where the old lady lived, and the two mothers-in-law and four maids who accompanied her also settled down together, and they had all kinds of clothes and food, which saved them a lot of trouble.

The old lady saw that Zhu Jintang's face was tired, so she waved her hand lightly and said, "You guys go back to rest first, and come back when it's time for dinner, our family will be lively." ”

Subsequently, Zhu Jintang and Shen Yuechen returned to the west courtyard together, and the two were silent all the way, until they returned to the bedroom, Zhu Jintang said the first thing to her.

"Prepare hot water for me, and I'll take a shower later." Zhu Jintang commanded lightly.

Shen Yuechen nodded, she had already prepared to instruct her subordinates to prepare hot water at any time in case of emergency. Then, she Yingying stepped forward, with a pair of white hands, she took off the outer robe for Zhu Jintang lightly and skillfully, as careful and gentle as usual.

I haven't seen it for a long time, Zhu Jintang's dark eyes stared at her face for a long time, and after a while, he asked softly, "How is the family?" ”

Seeing that he asked simply, she also replied lightly: "Well, thanks to the uncle, everything is fine at home, nothing serious." ”

There are no big things, there are small things. Zhu Jintang obviously knew what he wanted, and he didn't ask anything more, what he wanted to do most at the moment was to take a shower and then sleep well.

The water was quickly prepared in the clean room, and Shen Yuechen followed behind Zhu Jintang, ready to bathe and freshen him up in person. After all, they were husband and wife, and it wasn't the first time she had served him like this.

Inside the room, it was steaming hot and the water was full of mist.

Zhu Jintang sat in a wooden barrel filled with hot water and closed his eyes to recuperate, his originally somewhat tired body and stiff muscles and bones gradually became relaxed under the comfort of the hot water.

Shen Yuechen gently wiped his muscular arm with a towel, and muttered for a moment before he spoke: "I haven't seen you for a few days, my uncle has lost some weight." ”

Zhu Jintang closed his eyes, pillowed his head on the edge of the bathtub, and said lightly: "You are the same." ”

From the first time he saw her, he noticed that she had lost weight, and even her chin had become sharper. She used to look thin and smart, but now, her jade body is slender, and she looks more and more cute.

When Shen Yuechen heard this, she was slightly stunned, lowered her head, and then got up and said, "Concubine Fang was confused for a while, and forgot to say hello to the uncle." Aunt Sun, she is three months pregnant. ”

Zhu Jintang straightened up suddenly, turned back with a little surprise, and said, "Really? ”

Shen Yuechen tried her best to make the smile on her face generous and decent, and said: "Yes, Aunt Sun's blessing is good, the doctor said that her fetal qi is stable, and she will be able to add a new child to the Zhu family in a few months." ”

Zhu Jintang was in a good mood, said "um" with satisfaction, rested on the edge of the bathtub again, and exhaled as if sighing. The heirs of the long house are thin, and the arrival of any child is a happy event for him.

"Aunt Sun has been looking forward to the uncle's return, do you want the concubine to send someone to invite her to talk to the uncle."

Zhu Jintang closed his eyes again and said, "No need to toss." She is now pregnant, and it is not too late to see her early or late. ”

He was so tired that no one wanted to see him.

Shen Yuechen saw that his attitude was not cold, so he stopped talking, and only silently wiped his body and back for him.

Back in the main house, the tired Zhu Jintang leaned on the bed to take a nap, and when his head touched the pillow, he had a feeling that he wanted to cover his head and sleep immediately, but he couldn't sleep well now, because there was a family banquet at night.

Spring Tea, who had been waiting in the house, was busy making tea, and brought some cakes in turn. Outside, Cuixin and Yingchun packed their luggage together, and Zhengzai carefully folded the robes and robes one by one.

Shen Yuechen saw that the two of them were nimble, and after a while, he put the clothes, shoes and socks in those boxes neatly together, and couldn't help but praise them very much.

When Cui Xin and Yingchun heard this, they immediately showed a happy face.

Everyone can see that because the uncle is back, the young lady's mood has also improved a lot.

The clothes, shoes and socks were handed over to the maid to take care of, and Shen Yuechen herself had to carefully put away those slightly valuable things one by one. For example, jade wrenches, paper fans, fan pendants, jade pendants, jade plates, etc., those trivial and valuable things, if you don't pay attention to them, you may fall or lose them, and it's a pity for nothing. Thanks to her good memory, she remembered everything she brought with her when she prepared the luggage for Zhu Jintang earlier, and she was exactly the same, so it was easy to put it away.

Shen Yuechen cleaned up for most of the hour before he took time to go back to rest for a while.

Zhu Jintang was half-lying on the bed, motionless, as if he was asleep.

Shen Yuechen walked to the side of the bed, and noticed that his eyebrows moved slightly, and knew that he was not asleep. "Uncle, is it okay to eat a bowl of shredded chicken porridge? The concubine specially asked someone to cook it for you, and it was always kept warm on the stove. ”

When Zhu Jintang heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at her, lazily lying on the bed, and said hello softly.

Shen Yuechen bent her lips and smiled, got up and told Chun Ming to bring the porridge, but she heard the little maid outside the door come in and say, "Grandma, Aunt Sun has come to ask for grandma and grandma." ”

When Shen Yuechen heard this, she smiled indifferently and said, "Invite her in." ”