Chapter 9: Home in Memory (Revised)
Begonias did not stop the reef.
Looking at the little brother's expression, she knew that he was looking for the businessman surnamed Sun.
It was about the impending enemy attack, and if the reef could get any useful news from the spy merchant, it would also be good for Begonia. She certainly won't be holding back.
She traveled with her family and soon arrived at her home in Suzhou City.
Suzhou City is not big, it is a rectangular city, and all the street buildings in the city are built with the bell and drum tower as the center and radiating outward. The private residence of the Hai family is located at the intersection of a bifurcated side street on the street, not far from the bell and drum tower in the center of the city.
Begonia jumped out of the car in front of the house, looking up and carefully looking at this home that had been vaguely remembered in Xiao Haitang's memory.
It is a house with a Shaanxi style, with high walls and narrow doors, and inside the door is a long, narrow courtyard, with houses on both sides, and a low wall made of flower bricks separates three entrances. The first entrance is the living room, guest room, kitchen and the living quarters of the subordinates, and a deep well has been drilled; The three rooms in the second east chamber are inhabited by Xie Wenzai, Cao and Lu, and the three rooms in the west chamber are connected, which is the residence of a family of three in Hai Chang'an; The third main house houses Haixiya and a pair of grandchildren, the east chamber was originally the room of their son Haidingcheng and his wife, and the west chamber was used as a warehouse. Now that all these houses have been cleaned, the furniture has been put on place, and even the kang has been burned, the Hai family only needs to move in with their bags.
Haixi Cliff and Xie Wenzai pulled Liu Keren and thanked him again and again for his intentions. Liu Keren in turn lamented that when he was in trouble, it was the Hai family and Xie Wenzai who pulled him, and he will never forget this kindness for the rest of his life.
Liu Keren persuaded Haixiya and them to stay in Suzhou City: "I have heard that Brother Hai used to be in Suzhou and was a good hand in the army in managing money and grain. In the past few years, you have been absent, and several generals have to worry about food and grass every year, and they will never forget your ability. Brother Hai just stay, Sun Yonglu is nothing at all. The whole border army knows that he is a straw bale and will soon kick him out......"
This seems to imply something. Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai glanced at each other, and the latter pulled Liu Keren into the living room: "Brother Liu, there is something we want to discuss with you...... Hai Xiya, Cao Gengyun, and Lu Bainian followed, and several people began to talk secretly. Cui Bo, the housekeeper of the Hai family, stood outside the living room door, preventing anyone from approaching.
Haitang glanced at this side a few times, and then followed her grandmother Ma into the third courtyard.
Ma Shi looked at the elm tree in the yard, and couldn't help but show a little nostalgic expression on his face: "This tree is still there...... It was planted by your father the year you were born, and in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and it is so high. ”
Little Begonia also has this elm tree in her memory: "I remember that when I was a child, I played with my brother under the tree. ”
Ma Shi laughed when he heard this: "Isn't it? Your brother was naughty at that time, and he had to climb trees. At that time, the tree was still small, where could it withstand it, and several branches were broken, and your mother was so angry that she stomped her feet. ”
The reef is no longer a naughty age, and the elm tree has grown to the thickness of a child's climb, but the mother Qiao's is no longer there.
Ma Shi thought of his young son who died early and his filial daughter-in-law, his eyes couldn't help but redden, he turned his head and quietly wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and looked back to see that his little granddaughter was only looking at the tree, and it was estimated that he didn't find his gaffe at all, so he pretended to be fine, and greeted his subordinates with full anger: "Jinhua will move our bedding back to the house, and the big strong daughter-in-law will go to the kitchen to boil water." The big guy has been in the wild for so many days, and he is already covered in stinky sweat and dust, so he quickly washes it and eats a hot meal. Today, I won't do anything but clean up the house, and I'll have a good rest. ”
Aunt Cui, the wife of Cui Bo, whose name is Jinhua, and her daughter-in-law, Da Zhuang's daughter-in-law, are busy with the call.
Ma urged Begonia again: "Go into the house and lie down, just get sick, you can't toss." Turn around and call you again when the hot water is boiled. After speaking, he called Jin Guo to take care of Haitang, and he went to Haichang's house. Xiaoshi's illness has not been broken yet, the second son Hai Changan went to ask for a doctor again, and the second daughter-in-law Hu didn't know if she could cope with it, so she had to help.
Begonia took off her coat and went to the big kang in the main house. The kang is warm and comfortable, a hundred times stronger than in the carriage. However, she didn't care about resting, so she secretly pushed open a crack in the window and observed the movement outside. After a while, Hai Changan came back with the doctor, and the second courtyard suddenly became lively. When she entered the courtyard, Aunt Cui took her grandson Cui Xiaodao and Jin Guo to move things back and forth to the house. In the direction of the front yard, although Cui Dazhuang and the hired guards helped unload the carriage, it looked very noisy, but the direction of the living room has been quiet.
Haitang thought to herself, I don't know if that Lord Liu Keren listened to Uncle Xie's inference?
She wanted to continue to observe, but the big kang was really too warm, and before she knew it, her eyelids drooped and she fell into a deep sleep.
By the time she woke up, it was dark.
She found that her body was much refreshed, and when she looked down, she didn't know who changed her clothes, and wiped her body. She hasn't woken up once after such a toss? Do you sleep so deeply? It seems that her body needs to be replenished as soon as possible.
Outside the house, grandmother Ma Shi was talking to her husband Hai Xiya in a low voice: "Baoshun told me again that I want to leave Suzhou as soon as possible." He looked very sad. You said...... They asked him to live in the East Chamber, did it remind him of the old things when his father and mother were there, and he felt sad and didn't want to stay here sadly? ”
Hai Xiya was putting a plaster on his waist, and he paused when he heard this: "This is not strange. When the accident occurred in Dingcheng, Baoshun already remembered, unlike Begonia who was still a little doll and didn't remember anything. ”
"Begonia still remembers playing in the yard when she was a child." Ma was a little sad, "It's not just a child, it's actually a ...... Looking at the elm tree in the yard, I remembered that when my son and daughter-in-law were still there, it seemed that they were both alive, but Dingcheng took his daughter-in-law out of the house......"
Ma's eyes turned red again, and Hai Xiya continued to apply the plaster silently, and said after a while: "Then let's stay in Suzhou City for a few more days until you want to leave." ”
Ma wiped away his tears: "Baoshun wants to leave, why bother to make the child uncomfortable?" It's nothing, I don't live in Suzhou, and Chang'an is also very good. Dingcheng grew up in Chang'an since he was a child, and his mother's family is also there. ”
Hai Xiya put on his clothes and sat up straight: "Cousin Xie mentioned to me that Baoshun is getting older every year, and for the sake of his future, we should also go back to our hometown." Anyway, Cousin Xie and the others have already been pardoned, and they are not afraid of anything when they go back, and they don't have to worry every day, for fear that General Sun will find out. ”
Ma Shi pursed his lips: "Even if Sun Yonglu finds Cousin Xie, how can he be at a glance?" His family is not what it used to be. In the past, everyone said that his concubine wanted to be crowned the queen, and the prince who was born also wanted to be the prince, but now that Sun Guifei's son has been dead for almost five years, she is still a concubine. She is also in her forties, can she still give birth to a child? Without the prince, the Sun family will lose power sooner or later - it looks like his family spirit is exhausted. If the emperor still put Sun Guifei on the tip of his heart, he would not have issued an order to pardon Cousin Xie and them, and he would posthumously confer on Cousin Xie's teacher. Who in the world doesn't know how the Wu family died? This posthumous seal is a slap in the face of the Sun family! ”
Hai Xiya had no intention of discussing the affairs of the Sun family's relatives, and was silent for a while before saying: "Baoshun wants to leave, and Cousin Xie also wants to go back, so ...... When we have finished the errands ordered by the generals, we will go back. After all, the Northwest is not our hometown. ”