Old lady Shao was originally a general and worked resolutely. And he has just returned to Beijing now, and the emperor has given him a little time to rest. As soon as the holidays are over, it will soon be time to return to the barracks to do things. If you want to go to Linjiang, you can only use this time.

So on the second day of moving into Shao's house, the group set off to Linjiang, in addition to Mrs. Shao, Xia Zhengqian and Xia Qi, there were also Shao Heng and his eldest son.

Xia Jin and Shu stayed in the newly moved courtyard, and went to the main courtyard in the morning to have breakfast with Mrs. Shao, and then came back to do his own thing. Sure enough, there was a side door in the courtyard that led to the outside. If she wants to go out, she only needs to say hello to Shu's family, and she doesn't need to ask anyone from the Shao family.

Dong Yan is a veteran in trading, and he is also very smart. In the past two years, I have accumulated a lot of experience, and now I have come to Zhangluo two stores, and I am familiar with it, but it only takes ten days of hard work to set up the stall.

Xia Jin didn't completely get rid of Cen Ziman and Su Muxian to do it alone. She said those words in front of Cen Ziman and Su Qin that day, just to let the two families know her right to speak and determine her main position. She asked the Su family and the Cen family to be the bookkeeper and serve as the accountant and cashier. They only take care of the incoming and outgoing accounts, regardless of the personnel in the store.

After finishing these, all kinds of strangely shaped utensils that Xia Jin asked Lu Liang to make also arrived. She carved out a room in her courtyard as a forbidden place, and no one was allowed to enter or leave; He also asked Lu Liang to buy back the best wine in the market. Then she locked herself in her room and began experimenting, refining spirits and alcohol, and trying to make some injections.

Shu is a mother who dotes on her children, and has experienced so many things, she has an extraordinary trust in Xia Jin; The people in the family were all brought over by Linjiang, and what Xia Jin made was the original team of the original Qingzhi Pavilion, and they were loyal and obedient. So Xia Jin locked himself in a mysterious room. From time to time, a puff of smoke came out of it, or a strange smell came out, and under the stern warning of the calamus, everyone did not dare to ask more.

The only thing that gave Xia Jin a headache was those newly recognized sisters-in-law or cousins.

Shao Wenxuan is okay, she has a quiet temperament, she only likes to stay in her yard to read and embroider, only under her mother's nagging. When she gets closer to her new sister. will come to Xia Jin's courtyard.

But the seven sisters-in-law are different. Most of them have lively personalities, and they know that they can return to Beijing because of Xia Jin's blessing, and Mrs. Shao loves Xia Jin very much. I can't wait to make up for the love I owe Xia Zhengqian for so many years to the two children Xia Qi and Xia Jin - and because of Xia Jin's kind relationship with the Shao family, this love is more inclined to Xia Jin. So they scrambled to show their care for Xia Jin. The specific performance is to send things to Xia Jin every once in a while, either the snacks she makes, or the needlework she does for her. They also dragged her to the streets from time to time to enhance their friendship with each other.

Xia Jin was doing experiments to achieve key places. I was often called out by the calamus to entertain guests.

She's not a person to endure. But others are kind, and she doesn't have much to say. Only when each sister-in-law came, she came out of the laboratory with medicine residue or stains. There are still bruises drawn with a pen under his eyes, and he sincerely apologizes: "I'm sorry, I'm researching some new drugs." Just now it was at a critical time, and as soon as it was put down, it was scrapped. Sister-in-law waited for a long time. I'm sorry. ”

Although she has a warm and intimate attitude, and does not complain, who is too embarrassed to bother her again? The family can return to Beijing by her medical skills, and who can guarantee that they will not get sick for the rest of their lives and will not need the medicine in Xia Jin's hands?

Two days later, the visitor was gone. The sisters-in-law will still send snacks and needlework to her, but they will no longer come in person, but let the maid send them, and Xia Jin only needs to send a maid to receive them.

Xia Jin gained silence.

As for Cen Ziman's crazy girl, she can't stay at home. But because of her relationship with Xia Qi, she couldn't come to Xia Jin's house, so she asked her out every once in a while, all under the pretext of seeing how the shop was going.

For her, Xia Jin has nothing to be polite about, and she should refuse. When the family was bored, I asked her out for a walk.

And Su Muxian has never come to look for her, not only has she not climbed the roof of her house again, but even when she went to see the progress of the two shops with Cen Ziman, Su Muxian did not appear once. When it was necessary for the three parties to sit down to discuss things, Su Qin was present in his place.

What Su Muxian is doing now, Xia Jin also learned something from Cen Ziman's mouth. King Yan and the Peng family may have discovered something, or maybe the current situation is not conducive to their actions, and they have not moved for a while. So Su Muxian and the others were not as busy as they were at the beginning, and he even went back to the palace to be on duty. After the next value, I went over to shake it, and the time was quite leisurely.

This shows that Su Muxian passed Cen Ziman's mouth and learned that she didn't want to spread rumors about the relationship between men and women before Luo Qian came back, so she made such a response.

And Xia Jin proposed Luo Qian's shareholding, and on the second day, Cen Ziman came to tell her Su Muxian's reaction: "I told my cousin that Luo Gongzi also became a shareholder of the dim sum shop, and he said that this was the right thing, and he was not unhappy at all." ”

When Xia Jin heard this, he didn't have any expression on his face, so he only responded: "Got it." ”

Cen Ziman stared at her for a while, then leaned over and asked, "You're not afraid of the reason why my cousin is angry, you can tell me about it now." ”

Xia Jin looked at her in surprise: "You still haven't understood?" If he is unhappy, it naturally means that he is small-minded and has no energy. Are you still afraid that such a man will be angry? ”

Cen Ziman blinked his eyes: "You mean, now my cousin is not angry, so he is broad-minded and generous, are you very satisfied with his performance?" ”

Xia Jin smiled and nodded generously in agreement: "Yes." ”

The smile on Cen Ziman's face slowly bloomed like a flower, and finally laughed out loud with "haha", and said happily: "So, are you sure you want to marry my cousin?" ”

Xia Jin glanced at her: "Don't talk nonsense." I told you that you won't be thinking about family affairs in the near future. ”

"Yes, yes." Cen Ziman stretched out his voice with a meaningful expression.

Xia Jin thought about it and was not at ease, and advised, "Don't tell your cousin about this." Although I have known him for a long time, we don't know each other well. Marriage is a lifelong thing, and it is too difficult to reconcile and leave after becoming a relative. Therefore, it needs to be carefully considered. lest a good couple become a grudge. ”

Cen Ziman's face suddenly drooped: "Then your brother and I don't know each other......"

Xia Jin pinched her face: "Don't worry about this, you have me." If I think you're not suitable, I'll stop it. Since I didn't stop it, it means that you are a good fit. ”

Although Cen Ziman didn't spend much time with Xia Qi, the relationship was harmonious and sweet, and Xia Qi gave her a strong sense of security. The more the two get along, the more satisfied Cen Ziman is with this family business. In addition, she doesn't like to be sad and sad. I just said it casually. As soon as Xia Jin was reassured, her worries vanished.

"Don't worry, between us. I'm not going to tell my cousin. We're on better terms in comparison, aren't we? She blinked, her expression playful. There is also a hint of ridicule.

Xia Jin lived a peaceful life like this. Twenty days later, on the second day of the opening of the restaurant and dim sum shop. Xia Zhengqian and Xia Qi came back from Linjiang.

"My father took us to the grave and offered incense, and gave each of us two rooms a thousand taels of silver. The eldest brother readily agreed to change our surname back. When Xia Zhengqian said this, the corners of his mouth hooked up with a touch of mockery. They also raised that since I am the Shao family, should the original property be returned to the Xia family. ”

For this. Xia Jin was not surprised at all. A pie suddenly fell from the sky, how could Xia Zhengshen and Xia Zhenghao not go up and take a bite? The difference is only that they want short-term gains. Use Xia Zhengqian to cheat more money, or put a long line to catch big fish, restrain his greed, and have a good relationship with the Shao family, in order to let the Shao family bring more of their descendants.

Now, it seems, they chose the former.

"Give it to them, give it to them." Shu Shi is an indisputable character, "This way you can rest assured." ”

"Why?" Xia Zhengqian's answer surprised Xia Jin, "Those properties were not handed down by the ancestors of the Xia family, but I earned them back over the years." Giving them 2,000 taels of silver is already a repayment, and they still want the property in my hands, no way! ”

Shu Shi and Xia Jin glanced at each other and did not speak again.

Both of them knew that it must be Xia Zhengshen and Xia Zhenghao who were too greedy and forced Xia Zhengqian to be ruthless, so he would say such things.

"So, my father is going to open an ancestral hall and let you change your surname?" Shu Shi asked in a different way.

Xia Zhengqian nodded: "Father looked at the day, and the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day." He commanded, let's go with our family. ”

The ancestral hall was a very sacred place in ancient times, and only men were often allowed to enter during worship, and women were not allowed to enter. However, many people are working as officials or doing business outside, and they move to a place alone, in order not to forget their ancestors, they build an ancestral hall at home, burn a pillar of incense during the New Year's Festival, and go to worship when they marry a wife. The ancestral hall of the Shao family is obviously this kind.

Xia Zhengqian and Xia Qi rested for a day, and on the third day of their return, they bathed and changed their clothes, took their wives and children to the Shao family ancestral hall, and burned incense and kowtowed under the auspices of Mrs. Shao. Their surname was changed to the surname Shao, and Xia Shu also became Shao Shu.

When Xia Zhengqian was born, Mrs. Shao named him Shao Hengan. Originally, in order to thank and remember Mrs. Xia, his name Mrs. Shao was not going to be changed back. Just change your surname and call it Shao Zhengqian.

But after going to Linjiang and seeing the conduct of Xia Zhengshen and Xia Zhenghao, Mrs. Shao was a little reluctant to let her youngest son rank with them, so she simply changed her name and called back the name Shao Hengan (the following will also be changed.) Xia Qi and Xia Jin were also changed to Shao Qi and Shao Jin, which are hereby noted).

"Old lady, old lady." As soon as the worship was over, a subordinate ran in in a panic, put his mouth into the ear of Mrs. Shao and muttered a few words.

Seeing that Old Lady Shao's face changed suddenly, Shao Hengding, the eldest master of the Shao family, hurriedly asked, "Dad, what's the matter?" ”

"Don't ask too much about the affairs of the DPRK and China." Old lady Shao hurriedly walked out and dropped a sentence, "I'll go to the palace." ”

Everyone looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.

Old lady Shao is a military general, and the emperor urgently announced him, only for martial affairs. And now the biggest martial event is the battle of the border pass, calculate the schedule, Xuan Pinghou should also enter the place where the border pass belongs with the army.

Could it be that someone was blocked and attacked on the way?

Together, everyone kicked this ridiculous idea out of their minds.

Although the army has not yet arrived, the border pass has always been guarded by soldiers. It is not feasible for a foreign enemy to enter the country in a big way and attack an army of more than 100,000 people, and it is also foolish to do so.

So apart from this, what else made the emperor urgently summon General Shao?

I can't think of a reason for it. Shao Hengding waved his hand and said to everyone: "After the sacrifice, everyone is gone." ”

After a few words, everyone prepared to go back to their own yard.

Shao Jin glanced at Shao Qi. (Why is it so awkward for me to use these two names.) How do you feel? ）

Shao Qi hurriedly said to Shao Heng: "Uncle, what can be announced in the court, grandfather comes back, you send someone to inform us." Although the ability is insufficient and I can't help much, I know in my heart that I won't guess blindly and worry about it. ”

Shao Heng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, if there is anything, Uncle will definitely inform you." ”

He was relieved. The newly recognized third brother has lived at the bottom of the society since he was a child, and his knowledge is limited and the pattern is not large. Fortunately, he has two good sons and daughters, Shao Qi and Shao Jin, who are stronger than their children in the big house and the second room in terms of ability, which is enough to support the third room.

After receiving the guarantee, Shao Qi and Shao Jin returned to their courtyard with peace of mind.

Old lady Shao went to the palace and didn't go home until the evening. Not long after he came back, Shao Hengding sent someone over, but instead of telling Shao Qi any news, he said: "The old lady instructed, let the third master, the eighth prince and the sixth girl go to the main courtyard to discuss something." ”

Everyone looked at each other and immediately stood up.

"What's going on? Why is it even called Sister Jin? Shu Shi was very worried.

"It may be that the queen mother or the emperor is sick, and she should be declared to the palace for medical treatment." Shao Hengan said.

Shu Shi was taken aback: "This, how can this be born?" ”

Although Shao Jin saw the emperor once, cured him, and was rewarded, this kind of good thing is not something that can happen every time. If you want to ask Shao Jin to see the disease, you know that if you think about it, it must be because the imperial doctors are helpless and have to do it. Whether such a disease can be cured or not can only depend on luck. If you are unlucky, you will be cured, but you will be killed.

"It doesn't have to be that, don't worry, mother. Besides, even if you ask me for treatment, I can cure it, don't worry. Shao Jin hurriedly comforted his mother.

"Let's go, don't let your grandfather wait." Shao Hengan urged and took the lead in going out. (To be continued)