Chapter 179: Tong Yan
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Bai Zhi sat in the carriage and walked leisurely towards Bai'an County, driving a small maid auspicious, and in front of the carriage was Tang Feng riding a horse.
Tang Feng stayed by Lord Lu's side after the previous assassination at the temple fair and became a personal guard, which also saved their brother and sister from the pain of being adrift.
This time, Lord Lu and Bai Zhi didn't bring many people to Bai'an County, only Tang Feng and Jixiang, and the maid also helped take care of the little golden grass with a small bottle.
They walked out of Jinling City and walked eastward, and in less than half a day, they came to Bai'an County.
Bai'an County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a place with beautiful scenery. They entered the city and walked for a short time before they arrived at the county office, auspicious entered the door to pray, and soon a man in official uniform came out of the yamen.
"It turned out that Lord Lu arrived, and the lower officials were disappointed." The man was Ye Zongping, he dealt with the case in the morning and delayed for a while, thinking that people could not arrive so early, but he didn't expect to come just after noon.
"Lord Ye is polite, we are also bothering this time." Lu Zhiyuan returned the salute.
After greeting each other, Ye Zongping led them to the back house.
The Ya place in Bai'an County is not large, and the courtyard of the two entrances is connected to the inner house in front of the yamen and behind it.
As soon as they entered the back house, Bai Zhi saw the woman who was supported by the maid walking towards them, the woman was wearing a half-worn satin purple jacket with flowers, and only a silver hairpin was inserted on her head. Bai Zhi saw that her abdomen was bulging, and it looked like she was about to give birth.
After meeting, it was naturally another mutual salute, and then Su Shi took Bai Zhi's hand and said with a smile, "I'm really happy that Sister Bai can come." ”
"Mrs. Ye is warmly invited, I have to come anyway." Bai Zhi smiled back and said politely.
Lu Zhiyuan and Ye Zongping went to the study, and when men meet, there are naturally topics for men to talk about. Bai Zhi went to the inner room with Su.
Su and the two walked to the inner room while laughing, on the way, Su couldn't help but look at Bai Zhi, she noticed Bai Zhi when she attended Tao's banquet last time, she accidentally found that wherever Bai Zhi was, Lu Zhiyuan's eyes never left her body, they were all women, and she obviously noticed that this Aunt Bai must be extremely favored by Lord Lu. That's why she has been persisting in writing a post invitation after she came back, as long as Bai Zhi comes, Lord Lu will definitely follow her to Bai'an County.
She guessed correctly and bet correctly, this Bai Zhi was sitting in her room, looking down and playing with the little girl on the side.
"Who is this young lady, I can't help but like it when I look at it." Su Shi knew that Bai Zhi had not been with Lu Zhiyuan for a long time, and it stands to reason that there should not be such a big child, so he asked.
"Jin Cao is the daughter of me and Lord Lu, her father went to do business in other places, and she won't be able to come back for a while, and this child fell in love with me again, so we left her by our side." Regarding Xiao Jincao's life experience, Bai Zhi had already thought about how to explain it to the outside world, anyway, it couldn't be said that it was the daughter of the bandit leader. Doing business is such a thing, doing it for a day is also doing it, and doing it for a year is also a thing, and she is ready to let Meng Gang Master do business for a few more years.
"I see." Su Shi nodded, stretched out his hand and couldn't help touching his belly, "It's good that this hope in my stomach is as well-behaved as Jin Cao." ”
Speaking of children, the two women naturally talked about a lot, and soon swept away the embarrassing atmosphere of the first meeting, but it seemed a lot warmer. During the conversation, Bai Zhi also knew how old Su was older than her, and the two were called Sister Su and Sister Bai.
Su has a four-year-old son, who will hear that there are guests at home, and they will also come over to see the excitement, children don't care about adults, and children and children are particularly close to each other.
Four-year-old Ye Qiu saw a soft little girl for the first time, looking at him with a pair of big eyes, he thought it was very funny, so he reached out and pinched the little girl's fleshy face.
"Wow!"
An earth-shattering cry startled the adults who were talking outside, and at the same time, this deafening sound also successfully frightened Ye Qiu, he looked at this little guy who couldn't speak with a white face, he felt that this little girl must be a little devil when she grew up.
The child's skin was delicate, and Ye Qiu's face turned red on the side of the golden grass, and several handprints clearly appeared on it.
This matter is not a big deal in Bai Zhi's opinion, and there is no bump between children. But the Su clan still punished Ye Qiu and punished him for not being allowed to eat at night.
As soon as he heard that Ye Qiu was punished and couldn't eat, Xiao Jincao over there stopped crying, her eyes were still coaxing, but she had already begun to giggle, which made Bai Zhi helpless for a while, isn't this obviously gloating.
The more Su Shi looked at it, the more she liked Xiao Jincao, and she always felt that she was very close to this little girl, she said half jokingly and half seriously, "I like Xiao Jincao very much, it is better to be my daughter-in-law Qiu'er." ”
Bai Zhi was taken aback, and subconsciously shook her head, "No." ”
When her two words fell, Su Shi was unspeakably embarrassed, and Bai Zhi hurriedly explained, "This child's father is still here, although I am a stepmother, I can't arbitrarily set her family affairs, and we will discuss this matter when her father comes back." ”
Mainly because of the fact that Jin Cao's father is the leader of the bandits, if ordinary people know Jin Cao's identity, they will definitely mind, she doesn't want people to look at her with strange eyes when she is so young. Marriage is still a big deal when she grows up, let her decide to go for herself.
Explaining this way, Su Shi's face smiled again, her reaction just now was afraid that Bai Zhi would be unhappy, she said this was also a half-joke, she didn't want to make Bai Zhi unhappy for such a trivial matter.
"A woman's marriage is not a trivial matter, so it is natural to think about it in the long run." Su Shi gently revealed the matter as he spoke.
Since he came to the Ye family as a guest, he naturally stayed for dinner.
At the table, Bai Zhi found that Lord Lu and Ye Zongping had been in contact with each other for an unusual time in the afternoon, and according to Lord Lu's expression, he must have admired this Lord Ye very much.
After dinner, it was agreed to go to Buyun Mountain to soak in the hot springs early the next morning, and rested in the west wing of the Ye family in the evening.
Jin Cao played for a day, and fell asleep early in the evening, Bai Zhi reached out and pulled the quilt for her, raised her head and said to Lord Lu, "You seem to be very close to Lord Ye." ”
"Well, Zong Ping's opinions on things coincide with mine." Lu Zhiyuan nodded, got up and walked to the small bed next to the bed to look at Jin Cao, and saw that she was asleep, so he turned around and sat on the bed.
Bai Zhi talked to him, and naturally mentioned that Su Shi half-jokingly mentioned the matter of marrying Jin Cao today, "I refused at the time, but I looked at Mrs. Ye's expression a little embarrassed, and I don't know if she will be angry." ”
"Zong Ping is a straightforward character, presumably his wife will not be a person with a small belly." Lu Zhiyuan said.
Bai Zhi thought that Lord Lu's words also made some sense, so she was also relieved.
It was not early, the candles in the room were extinguished, and I gradually remembered the sound of even breathing.
The night was still very long, and in the room in the east courtyard of Ye Mansion, the Su family was teaching Ye Qiu a lesson.
"Do you know what's wrong?"
Although Ye Qiu was not very old, he obviously had already understood a lot of things, and when he saw Su's face, he knew that he was really angry, so he rubbed Su's side, "Mother." ”
Su Shi kept his face calm and didn't speak, Xiao Yeqiu was also frightened, his eyes were red, he lowered his head and couldn't help shedding tears, his cry Su Shi's heart softened, but she still endured it, and still said with a straight face, "Do you know it's wrong?" ”
"The child knows." Ye Qiu sniffed, and he didn't dare not admit it this time.
"What went wrong?" Seeing that he knew that he had admitted his mistake, Su Shi's tone had softened a lot.
Ye Qiu lowered his head and said, "The child shouldn't have teased Sister Jincao today, and shouldn't have made her cry." The more he talked about it, the more he felt wronged, and he obviously pinched his little face, who knew that she was so unpinched, and her face turned red all of a sudden.
"Since I know that I am wrong, I will apologize to Sister Jincao early tomorrow morning, if you are disobedient, my mother will ignore you in the future." Su Shi said in a deep voice.
Ye Qiu was immediately frightened when he heard this, so he had to agree honestly.
Seeing that he was going to be honest, Su Shi's heart softened, and he pulled him into his arms and hugged him, "You are your brother who wants to protect his sister, how can you bully his sister?" ”
Ye Qiu lowered her little head and muttered quietly, "My sister hasn't been born yet, and she is still in her mother's belly." ”
Su Shi couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, she just wanted to explain the difference between a brother and sister and a brother and sister who were not, but when the words came to her mouth, something suddenly came to her mind, she looked at Ye Qiu and asked, "Qiu'er, do you think Sister Jincao is good-looking?" ”
Where did Ye Qiu know if it was good-looking or not, he only saw it once today, and he could only remember that he was a very fierce fat man.
"Beautiful." He was afraid that he would make Su angry again if he said it was not good-looking, so he followed her words.
Su Shi's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Then when you grow up, will my mother tell you to be your daughter-in-law?" ”
"What is a daughter-in-law?" Although Ye Qiu is a little more precocious than ordinary children, he is only a four-year-old child after all, and he naturally doesn't understand many things.
"A daughter-in-law is someone who can play with you, eat with you, and sleep with you." Su Shi thought that children could not talk too deeply, so he briefly introduced it.
Ye Qiu showed a confused look in his eyes when he heard this, he looked at Su Shi and shook his head, "I don't want a daughter-in-law, I want my mother to play with me, eat with me, and sleep with me." ”
"But my mother still wants to accompany your father." Su Shi reached out and pinched Ye Qiu's nose, and couldn't help but quip, "If your mother accompanies your father, won't there be no one to accompany you?" ”
Ye Qiu pondered for a while, as if this was indeed the truth. He remembered that he wanted to sleep with his mother at night and was finally carried to his house by his father, and sure enough, his mother was not his own, but his father's.
Thinking about it like this, he felt that having a daughter-in-law was a very important thing, although the little girl was a little fierce and fatter today, but it was better than nothing.
"Okay, let her be my daughter-in-law." Four-year-old Ye Qiu sighed as an adult, and said seriously.