Xia Jing cleaned up a little and took the maid to the front.

As soon as he came out of the second door, the housekeeper came to report that the Xia family had been invited to the flower hall for tea.

Xia Jing's footsteps turned slightly, and she went down the corridor to the flower hall.

Flower Hall.

The Xia family looked at the simple flower hall, and there was a look of surprise in their eyes, maybe they didn't expect that the place where the dignified Prince lived would be so simple.

The maid came in and served tea and then withdrew.

Sister Xia took a sip of the teacup in her hand, her mouth was filled with a bitter taste, and she noticed the dark tea soup in the teacup.

"Hmm~ What kind of tea is this, why is it so bitter?"

The others took a shallow taste, and the young child couldn't stand the pain so much that his mouth and nose wrinkled together.

Chen took a sip, the bitter taste was still acceptable, "This should be the herbal tea that Lingnan people like to drink." ”

"This is herbal tea?" Sister Xia shook her head, "This smell is too weird." ”

Chen gloated and said, "The maid began to ask us whether we drank herbal tea or black tea, and it was you who said that you wanted to drink herbal tea." ”

"How did I know that herbal tea tasted like this, and I thought it was cold tea." As she spoke, Sister Xia looked at her children.

Sure enough, a few children took a bite and left it untouched.

Sister Xia is two years older than Xia Jing, and she is the daughter of the Xia family named Xia Ni, ranking second, and there is a big brother in front of her, named Xia Qingshan.

At the age of fifteen, he married the son of the Li family, who also opened a small shop in the town, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter after marriage.

The eldest son is married, the second son is fourteen, and the youngest daughter is thirteen this year.

The little girl wanted to find a handsome guy to get married as soon as possible, but in recent years, natural disasters have continued, and this matter has been delayed.

Of course, when I came to visit this time, the daughter-in-law of the family did not come with her grandson, she only brought her three children over.

"I heard that herbal tea clears heat and detoxifies, it's okay for us to drink a little when we first arrive in Lingnan, and we will have to get used to it slowly in the future."

Chen persuaded the children, keeping his eyes on the door.

I really haven't seen my second daughter for many years, and I am nervous and worried, I don't know if the second daughter is doing well in the palace?

She suppressed the emotions in her heart, her eyes paid attention to the door from time to time, and she also took care of the other family members sitting in the flower hall.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Wu, noticed her mother-in-law Chen's expression and said with a smile: "I haven't seen my sister-in-law for so many years, and I don't know if my appearance has changed?" ”

Xia Ni said with pity: "The little sister is really miserable, she followed the prince to this kind of poor country, if she followed the emperor to Jiankang, no matter how good it is, it is better to stay in the southern capital than to stay at the foot of this mountain." ”

Chen frowned and said bluntly: "What is good about Jiankang, the rules are big, and you are afraid to do anything, don't forget that the disaster has not passed, who knows when this disaster will be delayed." ”

"If you want me to say, it's good to come to Lingnan, not to mention anything else, at least there is no drought here, and it is also a kind of happiness to be in a corner of peace in this troubled world."

Everyone was surprised, but they didn't expect Chen to have this opinion.

"Bang Bang!"

As soon as Xia Jing arrived at the door, she heard Chen's remarks and couldn't help but applaud her.

She didn't expect that Chen had such an opinion on the current situation, worthy of a woman who dared to follow Daddy Xia outside at a young age.

"Well said!"

"Jing'er!" Chen stood up in surprise.

"Little sister!"

Xia Jing smiled and nodded to them, "Sister, eldest brother, sister-in-law." ”

Walk a few steps quickly, come to Chen, and help her sit down, "Mother, you sit." ”

I haven't seen my mother's family for at least ten years, and now goodbye, Xia Jing can still pick up the memory of them from her memory.

Now that she has replaced the original owner, of course she has to take care of her family.

The most important thing is that the character of the Xia family is not bad, except for the love brain of Sister Xia.

"Huh!" Chen's gaze has been glued to Xia Jing and has never been removed.

Xia Jing was very helpless in her heart, but she was also a little warm, and she could feel Chen's pure maternal love.

Chen wiped the corners of his eyes, and his joy overflowed, "Yes, I want to come to the prince all these years and I haven't treated you badly, and my complexion is really good." ”

In fact, whether a woman marries well or not, and her life is not satisfactory, you can know a thing or two from her usual complexion.

Xia Jing has a comfortable life these days, insists on exercising every day, there is no sadness in her eyebrows and eyes, her blood is good, and the whole person looks energetic from the inside out.

Xia Jing patted her hand, "I've had a good time over the years, you don't have to worry about me." ”

Chen smiled and nodded: "It's good that you're doing well." ”

As he spoke, he looked outside the door and asked, "What about Chengmu, why didn't you see him, he should have grown into a big guy, right?" ”

"He is taller than the prince now, but unfortunately it is not a coincidence, he took 5,000 recruits to Linhai Town for training these days."

"Can Cheng Mu lead troops?" Xia Ni exclaimed, glanced at her son, and said with disgust: "My family is not motivated at all, and they only care about their own one-third of an acre of land all day long, and they can't stand alone when they go outside, and now they are still supported by his father." ”

Xia Jing noticed the two boys sitting next to her who were blushing, and smiled: "Everyone's growth environment is different, and the skills to be mastered must be different, no matter what the boy's ability is, at least he is the best character to be sensible to his family, eldest sister, don't be too demanding." ”

I wanted to say that I would save some face for my children outside.

Xia Ni disagreed: "The most important thing for a man is to have the ability!" ”

I didn't want to delve into this topic, but I happened to see Bai Mei coming over with a tray, so Xia Jing waved her hand to let her distribute the gifts.

One for each of the juniors, pen and ink for boys, and jewelry for girls.

At this point, the Chen family finally reacted, she hadn't asked the junior to give Xia Jing a gift.

Xia Jing didn't care about this, now she wanted to know more about how the Xia family came to Lingnan and what happened along the way?

"Mother, don't see each other as a family, why did you come to Lingnan? Is the disaster in Yanzhou serious? ”

Thinking of what he had seen and heard along the way, Chen couldn't help but shudder, "Alas! It's a long story. We can meet again today, thanks to your father's vigilance. ”

Father Xia had already seen that the situation was not right, and the weather was too abnormal, so he persuaded the village chief to take the whole village out to escape in advance.

Otherwise, if you escape later, you may not have a chance to go to Jingzhou, and you may not have a chance to go to Lingnan again.

"Our whole village fled all the way to the south, but fortunately, we were able to get to Jingzhou thanks to our unity, resistance to foreign enemies, and resistance to emergencies. When I was in Jingzhou, I heard the victims talk about King Qian, and we knew that you had come to Lingnan. ”

Xia Qingshan took a sip of herbal tea, frowned and took over the conversation: "We heard that you came to Lingnan, so we discussed with the village chief to join you, but it kept raining in Guiyang County, and most of the villagers retreated Finally, only our family crossed the Nanling, and the other villagers settled in Guiyang County." ”

"It's not easy for everyone to go all the way, and it's good to be able to settle down in Guiyang County." Xia Jing and the villagers don't know each other, and they don't care where they settle down.

Instead, he asked where they lived, "Big brother, where do you live now?" ”

Xia Qingshan heard this, and replied to her: "At present, we are staying in the inn, and we didn't come to bother you too late on the day we entered the city, and the next day we were delayed for a few days because of the second child's fever, so we delayed it again and again, and we didn't come to see you until today." ”

"How many days have you been here?" At this time, Xia Jing found out that Xia Dashu was missing, "What's wrong with Dashu?" ”

Xia Dashu, the fourth elder of the Xia family, is the youngest of the four siblings of the Xia family.

"I'm injured, the wound is infected and I have a fever, but the fever has subsided."

Xia Qingshan told them about the bandits they encountered in Lingnan, and finally sighed: "This way, it can really be described as nine deaths, everywhere are either refugees or bandits, fortunately, my father is old, and we hired a lot of guards before departure, so that we can reach Lingnan safely." ”

Xia Jing bowed: "It's good if the fever subsides, your guest house is inconvenient after all, and. . We are also in a tight housing situation here. In the past two days, I will send someone to look for a house outside, and then you will move when the house is settled. ”

Xia Qingshan waved his hand, "Little sister, don't worry about it, I have already sent someone out to inquire, and when the search is done, we will notify you when we move." ”

"It's okay, if you have any difficulties, you can come to me." Xia Jing also simply did not dwell on this matter.

Due to the arrival of the Xia family, seven or eight tables were set up for lunch in the backyard of the government, but it really responded to that sentence, and the people were prosperous!

Xia Jing found that King Qian, a noble nobleman, had a good relationship with Father Xia and Brother Xia, and they exchanged glasses on the wine table and talked happily.

completely plays the role of a hairy son-in-law, treating his father-in-law with respect and respect for his uncle.

King Qian felt the sticky gaze at the next table, turned his head and winked mischievously at Xia Jing, and grinned.

Even Xia Jing didn't expect him to react like this, she was dumbfounded, what does this man mean?

Table work?

"Hahaha" King Qian laughed at her reaction.

"Lord Wang, what I just said is funny?" Xia Qingshan was inexplicably laughed at by him.

"I'm so glad to see you today, drink and drink." King Qian raised his glass and touched Xia Qingshan.

In the next few days, Xia Jing didn't go out, tinkering with saltpeter, and paying attention to the situation of the Xia family.

"Princess, it's so cool in this room, how do you know that saltpeter can make ice?"

"Seen in the miscellaneous."

Xia Jing was lying on the soft couch, holding a medical book in her hand and slowly flipping through it, and in the face of the maid's question, she answered casually.

During this time, she has been subjected to the scorching heat of Lingnan, which reminded her of saltpeter ice making.

Two days ago, I asked the steward to help her buy saltpeter, but I didn't expect to buy it.

"Since making ice is so simple, princess, we can open a shop to sell ice, sell ice in Lingnan" Bai Mei imagined that scene, full of excitement, "I'm afraid the threshold will be flattened." ”

"Selling ice?" Xia Jing looked away from the medical book and pondered for a while, "This is feasible, you go and notify the shopkeeper Ding, ask him to hang a sign in the store, and then set the price, and we will launch a new one in two days." ”

Seeing that her suggestion was adopted, Bai Mei almost jumped up with joy, "The slave will go and inform the shopkeeper Ding." ”

Waiting for Bai Mei to leave, Xia Jing put down the medical book, self-reflected, and asked, "Is it that I have too little money to reward during this time, so that you are full of how to make money?" ”

Hongmei pursed her lips and snickered, jokingly: "Then if you make money selling ice this month, reward her a little more." ”

"This can be had!" Xia Jing nodded thoughtfully.

Hongmei was overjoyed, and said in Baimei's tone: "Haha, when that little girl holds the silver, she will definitely say, eh, there is no place to spend the silver in this Lingnan." ”

Xia Jing smiled and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because there are no new jewelry and clothes on Lingnan Street."

Xia Jing raised her eyebrows and shook her head: "It's a pity." ”

Bai Mei informed the shopkeeper Ding, and when she entered the yamen, she met the sister-in-law of the Xia family, Wu.

The two came in one after the other, and Xia Jing was slightly surprised, "Why is my sister-in-law free to come over today?" Is there something going on at home? ”

After Wu sat down, he took the almond syrup handed to him by Hongmei, and said, "There is something to trouble you." ”

"Oh, just say something." Xia Jing was sitting precariously.

Wu took a sip of almond juice, his eyes lit up, this is delicious.

But no matter how delicious it was, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous in her sister-in-law's place, put down the cup, and talked about the purpose of coming here.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that your brother has been running all over the city in the past few days, and he hasn't found a house that suits him, so let me ask you to see if you have any way to sell the house?"

Xia Jing frowned slightly, "Lingnan is not a prosperous place, how can you not buy a house, what's the matter with your disagreeing?" ”

She remembered that the Mu family followed them to Lingnan and found a big mansion in two days.

Wu sighed, "It's not that there is no house for sale, it's just that the family has a large population, and my father and mother mean to buy a big house, and the whole family can live in, after all, we have just arrived in Lingnan, and everyone lives together safely, and we can take care of each other when we have anything." ”

Xia Jing nodded, she was a newcomer, although she was behind her, there was no problem with Daddy Xia's arrangement.

Wu continued: "It's just that your eldest brother has inquired for a few days, but no one in the big house is willing to change hands, and we are too small to live in the small house." ”

Xia Jing wouldn't believe that there would be no big mansions for sale in the entire city, there must be something greasy in this!

"I'll ask the housekeeper to check on this, sister-in-law, you go back and tell your father and mother not to worry, and I'll inform you when there is news."

"Well, that's for the best. We are here, we are not familiar with the place, and we can't understand what we say, so it's really a bit embarrassing for you big brother to find out the news outside. ”

Wu saw Xia Jing's response, and breathed a sigh of relief, watching her husband go out early and return late in the past few days, she was tired, but she felt sorry for her.

After sending the Wu family away, Xia Jing sank her face and asked Hongmei to go and talk to Steward Yan and ask him to send someone to find out what was going on?

Zeng Yan's work efficiency was as high as ever, and the results of the investigation were handed over to her within two days.

Xia Jing looked at the news in her hand, her pretty face was as gloomy as water, "What a Lingnan family, you have to be ironclad, but I don't know if you are really ironclad and invulnerable?" ”

Hongmei asked with concern: "Princess, are these families doing ghosts in this matter?" ”

Xia Jing snorted coldly: "Isn't it who they will be?" ”

It's just that there is one thing she can't figure out, why do these families target the Xia family?

Or are they just moving in from out of town?

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