After the meal, the maids served everyone to rinse their mouths and clean their hands, and removed the dishes. Less than half an hour later, tea was served to relieve food and greasy.

After drinking tea, Shen Yuechen was the first to get up and look at Zhu Ying and Brother Ming, only to see that the two of them were already sleepy, and they were sleeping on the couch next to each other, face to face, hand to hand, covered with a thin quilt, and their little faces were sleeping with puffs.

Fang was still making a fuss, but it would be fine, and they fell asleep together.

Shen Yuechen smiled, reached out and touched Zhu Ying's head, Zhu Ying's brows moved a few times, and soon opened his eyes and called softly, "Mother." ”

Shen Yuechen patted her lightly and said softly, "Go back to sleep." ”

This will be carried back, and the children will blow the cold wind, and they will have to catch a cold.

Zhu Ying muttered in response, and then fell asleep again.

The old lady saw that the two sisters and brothers were sleeping soundly, and said with a smile: "Let the two of them sleep with me tonight." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

Mother Yang personally led the children to the left side, and the four corners of the room supported the burning charcoal basins, which were warm and warm.

After the old lady finished drinking the tea, she instructed Yang's mother to explain to Li and Chai about the family's New Year's Additions and Deletions.

Mother Yang replied carefully: "According to the old practice of the family, a few years ago, the two masters and the two wives in the family each made twenty-four sets of new clothes, and six sets each in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The eldest young master and the second young master are twelve sets each, the eldest and young grandmother have ten sets of new clothes, the rest of the aunts have four sets of new clothes in the room, each mother-in-law has three sets of skirts, the eldest maid has two sets of skirts, the second-class maid has one skirt, the little maid and the coarse mother-in-law will each be rewarded with one muslin cloth, and the little maid and the nursing home will each be rewarded with two cotton cloths. ”

After Mother Yang finished speaking, she paused slightly, "The eldest lady and the second lady, do you think this is okay?" ”

Li Shi and Chai Shi glanced at each other and nodded: "Just follow the old routine." ”

When it comes to the New Year's Festival, there are places everywhere that cost money. According to the meaning of the old man and the old lady, this year is going to be a big deal, and it will inevitably cost thousands of taels of silver......

Mother Yang nodded and continued: "As the New Year approaches, the old lady ordered the daily consumption of all the courtyards and rooms to be doubled. In addition to tea, porcelain, lacquerware, folding fans and all kinds of gold and silver utensils suitable for the occasion, there is anything special that needs to be added, please the two ladies carefully consider it, and then inform the old slave. ”

Li Shi groaned slightly: "There is nothing missing at home, but I don't have anything I want to add?" Brother and sister, what do you see? ”

Chai Shi smiled faintly: "The old lady usually rewards a lot of good things, I can't think of anything to add or subtract, let's add it to the juniors." ”

Li Shi set an example first, saying that if he didn't add anything, Chai's would naturally not have much to do.

The old lady listened to the words of the second daughter-in-law, and smiled with the tea bowl: "You all can't say anything, and the child in Yuechen will naturally say something." After speaking, she looked at Shen Yuechen again and said, "I know you won't want anything, so let's add an extra set of jewelry according to the old practice." ”

Shen Yuechen nodded in response, and after standing up straight, Fang Cai blessed his body and said with a warm smile: "Old lady Xie." ”

Sun Wenpei has been sitting next to her and listening silently, on such an occasion, according to her identity, she is naturally not qualified to interject.

The old lady rewarded Shen Yuechen with a piece of jewelry, but she didn't say anything to reward her, which made her feel a little awkward.

Sun Wenpei touched her bulging belly and said in her heart: The doctor said that her fetus is stable, and it is very likely that she will be pregnant with a boy. In a few months, when she gave birth to this son peacefully. The old lady will definitely be impressed with her.

After eating the lively hot pot, Zhu Jintang, Shen Yuechen, and Sun Wenpei went back to the west courtyard together.

When he walked to the door, Sun Wenpei suddenly grabbed Zhu Jintang's arm and said happily: "Concubine, a few days ago, I asked someone to draw a picture of a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren, do you want to go over and take a look?" ”

After Sun Wenpei finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Jintang expectantly,

Zhu Jintang was a little tired, and he didn't feel like he had accompanied her in the past, but Shen Yuechen smiled beside him: "I heard that my sister has been moving very much in the past two days, so it's good for my uncle to go over and take a look." ”

When Sun Wenpei saw her speaking for herself, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hurriedly said: "Yes, the uncle accompanies the concubine more, that is, he accompanies the child in the concubine's belly." ”

Zhu Jintang's eyebrows moved slightly, and he glanced at Sun Wenpei with some displeasure, and then said lightly: "It's too late today, I'll go over to see you tomorrow." ”

When Sun Wenpei heard this, the smile on his face suddenly faded a little, and he immediately nodded with a smile: "Yes, then the concubine will not disturb the uncle and grandmother to rest, and the concubine will retire." ”

Shen Yuechen glanced at Zhu Jintang strangely, smiled at the Sun family, and did not make a sound.

Even if the Sun family loses his sense of proportion today, he has worked hard to conceive a child for him, and there is no merit and hard work.

As soon as Zhu Jintang entered the house, he took off the crane on his body and stood on the edge of the charcoal basin to warm his hands.

Shen Yuechen was holding a hand warmer all the way, and her hands were not cold, but her little face was blown red. Zhu Jintang warmed his hands, then turned around and picked up her face and covered her for her.

In front of the maids, Shen Yuechen was a little embarrassed, lowered her head slightly, and her thick and slender eyelashes imprinted a faint shadow under her eyes.

There was a charcoal pot burning in the house, which was as warm as spring, and the body quickly warmed up.

Shen Yuechen immediately remembered something, and sent Cuixin to inform Aunt Cao and tell her that Zhu Ying was in the old lady's house tonight, and asked her not to wait.

Cui Xin left in response, but was stopped halfway by Shen Yuechen, "It's cold outside, you wear more and go over, don't freeze." ”

Approaching the New Year's Festival, if you get sick, you will get bad luck and be disliked.

Zhu Jintang sat at the table eating tea, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but look up and say, "Why bother sending someone to toss it." It was so late, she must have gone to bed early. ”

Shen Yuechen shook her head slightly, took a sip of tea, and said gently: "The child has not come back, and the mother must not be at ease." ”

After a while, Cuixin reported the letter and came back, and said through the bed curtain: "Miss is really careful, Aunt Cao has not slept and waited." ”

Shen Yuechen turned over and said, "Well, I know, you guys should go down too." ”

Zhu Jintang lay on her side, reached out and touched his nose, then looked at Shen Yuechen beside him, and said lightly: "I really married a good wife." ”

Shen Yuechen lay flat and smiled slightly: "The concubine can't afford such praise from the uncle." I'm just comparing my heart to my heart, and I'm also a mother, so I can naturally understand the longing between mother and son. ”

Zhu Jintang was slightly stunned when he heard this, then smiled faintly and stopped talking.

Shen Yuechen was still waiting for him to speak, turned over to face him, looked at his ink-like eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Uncle, the concubine wants to ask you for something." ”

When Zhu Jintang heard this, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said, "You actually have something to ask me?" It's new, so let's hear about it first. ”

Shen Yuechen deliberately leaned towards his side and said softly: "Brother Ming'er's child is getting older day by day, and the concubine wants to be closer to him, so I want to ask the uncle to ask the eldest lady to intercede on behalf of the concubine...... After Brother Ming is old, can you let the concubine raise her personally......"

Zhu Jintang looked at Shen Yuechen, the expression on his face was slightly surprised, and he pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is not easy to handle. ”

Brother Ming has been raising her mother since she was born, and her mother must be reluctant. After all, Brother Ming is the only grandson of the long house, and he is also the only root of the long house.

"Good guy, why did you bring this up?"

To be honest, Zhu Jintang was a little suspicious of Shen Yuechen's motives. Brother Ming is not her own in the end, why does she have to do such a thankless thing, even if she wants to be virtuous, it is a bit too much.

Shen Yuechen looked at the subtle changes in the expression on his face, and vaguely guessed that he was not at ease with him, so he continued: "Although Brother Ming is not my biological child, I have always been his mother. It is natural for a mother to take care of her son, so why should she always bother the elders in the family? ”

It's not enough to just say beautiful things, Zhu Jintang is not so easy to deceive, he has to say a few real words.

Shen Yuechen paused slightly, "Moreover, I don't have the grace of fertility for Brother Ming, if I don't have the grace of parenting, when he grows up in the future, he will become more and more estranged from me...... Between mother and son, it should be heart-to-heart. Therefore, I want to do more responsibility for him and raise him well. ”

When Zhu Jintang heard this, his brows frowned slightly, and he somewhat understood her thoughts.

As the saying goes, mothers are more expensive than children. She is young and oppressive, and she has no children of her own, and now, Sun is pregnant, she must be under pressure in her heart, so she wants to ask Brother Ming to come over to rely on.

Sun's birth is very critical, if a boy is born, then the problem of the long house in the heir, the pressure will be eased a lot. But if it is a girl, then it is meaningless, and everyone's hope will be placed on Shen Yuechen's body as always, waiting for her to spread the branches for the Zhu family.

Shen Yuechen couldn't pick out all the words in his heart and say them clearly.

Zhu Jintang was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "I understand your thoughts." However, it is better not to mention Brother Ming's matter for the time being. Let's wait for the New Year's Eve, let's take a closer look. ”

When Shen Yuechen heard this, she said "um" softly. "The concubine knows."

Brother Ming is the lifeblood of the Zhu family, and he doesn't worry about her, and there are some of them. However, sincerity goes, and the gold and stone are open. If you can't do it once, you will ask for it twice, and there will always be a day when you will ask for Zhu Jintang and Li Shi to nod.

Zhu Jintang turned over, no longer talking to her, just looked at the bed, and said lightly after half a sound: "Brother Ming'er's matter, don't be too anxious." Right now, the most important thing you should worry about is to get pregnant as soon as possible! The Sun family is just a concubine, and only what you give birth to is a concubine. ”