Lin Piao remembered one thing: "By the way, auntie, I remember that Yu Niang has been married for many years, and she has no children under her knees. ”

Although she didn't know if it was her stupid man or hers, Lin Piao felt that it was still necessary to give her second aunt a dozen vaccinations first.

The second aunt didn't care: "People who don't have good fortune can't have children, or they can't support them when they are born, this is a debt owed by their own bad conduct, Yu Niang is a kind person, and my two pillars are good-hearted, they will definitely be able to give birth together, and future generations will definitely be blessed." ”

Lin Piao nodded: "That's it, where can the surname Lin be compared with Erzhu." ”

The more the second aunt talked, the more elated she became, as soon as she thought that Erzhu was going to get married, and that she could marry a girl who was in line with his heart and made him like it very much, she was happy for Erzhu in her heart, and felt that this kid was really blessed, and thought that he would fight from time to time, or be sent out, and that he would be lucky to be in Kyoto for half a year and a year, and marry Yu Niang, and he went out, and there was also Yu Niang to live in the house, and the two of them could talk together, and take a walk together to pass the time.

Lin Piao thought for a while: "This relative can't be found, but isn't there Xiaoyue and Juan'er, they are about the same age as Yu Niang, so they said that they are very good friends, and now that Yu Niang is gone, they exchange letters, Xiao Yue Juan'er is now living well in Beijing, so she invited her to come to Beijing to play and get together, which is also reasonable." ”

When the second aunt heard this, she nodded again and again: "It's also a method, at the beginning, a few people knew about the affairs in the county government, so they said that it was the best girlfriend, and others could not refute it?" ”

After the two discussed, they went to do this, and after half a month of going back and forth, they finally got the matter done, and Yu Niang began to embark on the road to Beijing.

Erzhu was so excited that he couldn't wait to sleep on the ground at the gate of the city, so as to guard the carriages so as not to be able to welcome the jade lady.

The second aunt thought that if it was hot today, it would be more uncomfortable to travel than on a hot day, and she asked Xiaoyuejuan'er to prepare summer clothes, and planned what to eat for her when she came, so that she could have a comfortable appetite.

Such a family is busy, but it is not all because of Yu Niang, Lin Piao found that the second dog has also had some changes recently.

This kid used to be idle and had nothing to do, but he always had to find an excuse to drill into them, but now he doesn't know what he is doing, and he can't see anyone for days.

Lin Piao asked Shanzi privately, and Shanzi secretly told him: "Ergou is obsessed with an old brother." ”

"Dude?!" Lin Piao's eyes widened, and he was shocked, the second dog wouldn't be an old man, right?

"Yes, I'm in my twenties, and I don't do serious things, I don't know if I've ever had a baby, but I'm not an old brother."

Lin Piao: "Why don't you listen to what you're talking about......?"

Shanzi was stunned for a moment, and his expression became flustered: "Little sister-in-law, I didn't mean that, I am not old in my twenties, besides, aren't you twenty-three, you are still young, that brother is twenty-six." ”

Lin Piao: "......"

Well, although twenty-six is not old, Lin Piao thought about it carefully, this brother and sophomore are almost six years old, which is quite a lot older in this era.

I didn't expect Ergou to fall in love now, he was talking about love in the next year, and he thought that Ergou's struggle would like the kind of little girl and little brother who looked up to his achievements.

"What does this guy do? You say you don't know if he has ever had a child and is a widow? ”

Shanzi sighed, he would never dare to say this in front of others, but in front of his sister-in-law, he couldn't help but say it more bluntly: "It's not as good as a widow, it's an old bustard, and he used to be an oiran." ”

Lin Piao: "????? ”

Lin Piao was really shocked at this moment, and understood why Shanzi was so unkind when he talked about it, and Ergou didn't talk about it, but he talked about it so difficult.

"Little sister-in-law, I'm not talking nonsense, don't look at me like this, he's been a little obsessed lately, and he doesn't know when he'll be able to get out, but the brother in this kind of place, there must be a way, and we can't persuade him, after all, it's not a big deal, and there is no reason to make him unhappy."

Lin Piao pondered this matter for a while, and slowly pondered in his heart, Ergou's reputation in Shangjing is not good, although it seems to be beautiful, but all famous women and brothers who have a little bit of style and self-thinking are all looking down on Ergou, and those who can look down on Ergou are difficult to □□ in flattery and vulgarity, and they are not people who can talk.

At night, Lin Piao talked to Shen Hong about this matter and asked Shen Hong for his opinion, but Shen Hong had no opinion, and felt that it would be good if Ergou was willing.

Lin Piao also thought like this: "I just don't know what the situation is, if it is like the time before Da Zhuang, he will not be able to get out of the injury for a long time." ”

"Lingyue has such a temperament, if the other party is sorry for him, he can only wish that the other party would not die well, and he would not be injured for a long time like Da Zhuang."

The main focus is to hurt others, not yourself.

"That's good."

Lin Piao calculated: "Now everyone has feelings to talk about, but the most stable ones are Erzhu and Yu Niang." ”

Shen Hong smiled and looked at Lin Piao: "Don't we count?" ”

Lin Piao was stunned for a moment and laughed: "Yes, forget about the two of us, we are also very good, not worse than others." ”

*

Outside Beijing, the procession escorting Yu Niang is winding on the official road, there are not many of them, but there are more than a dozen, one person riding a horse, half of the front and half walking, Yu Niang is sitting in the carriage, holding a small fan in her hand and fanning the wind constantly, and the two maids are also constantly fanning her next to her.

"You two fan yourself, it's too hot, don't get heat stroke."

The two maids nodded, and they each drank a little water, and they were all afraid of heat stroke, and if they fell ill before they arrived in Beijing, and they had no place to stay and could not find a doctor, it would be a serious matter.

The two maids grew up with Yu Niang, and now that Yu Niang came to Beijing this time, probably for something, they also knew in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried, fearing that going to Beijing would not end well.

"I don't know what General Chungmu is doing now, and if we go, he won't be able to see Miss." The girl sighed softly, and the other maid also said with some concern.

"Now that we are busy in Beijing, we went to Beijing, and I don't know if we will disturb it."

Yu Niang listened to what they said, and said: "Don't think about it so much, I haven't seen Brother Piao for a long time, and Juan'er Xiaoyue and them, just take it as a visit, not to mention that we have never been to Shangjing, only in so many places, Shangjing is the capital of Daning, just like the head of a dragon, just to see, it is also cost-effective to increase your horizons." ”

Yu Niang was not panicked in her heart, she was not so sure, but believed in the conduct of Lin Piao and Erzhu, even if she arrived in Beijing, there were other things delayed, or there was any change in the situation, but they would definitely arrange her well, and she would not let her encounter anything or suffer anything, which she trusted very much, so she was very stable in her heart.

The girl nodded, but there was a sigh in her heart, thinking that if the lord and the lady knew that Erzhu would become such a powerful figure behind him, it would be good if they would marry the young lady directly to Erzhu, saving all these troubles and worries.

They rested as they walked, until they reached the gate of Shangjing, as if they had seen the dawn.

According to the previous appointment, they first inquired about Xiaoyue and Juan'er's news, found Yuemingfang, and then Xiaoyue Yuniang took them home.

Yu Niang and the two maids beside her first entered Shangjing, looked around, saw the prosperity of Shangjing, arrived at Yuemingfang, and after reporting the name, Xiaoyue quickly walked down from the upper floor.

"I'm counting the accounts, and after a delay, you sit down, drink a cup of tea and take a rest, and we'll go back again, otherwise we won't have to take a breath."

Yu Niang watched Xiaoyue come down from downstairs, looked at her seriously, and carefully looked at her dress, every word and deed.

"Xiaoyue, you are so beautiful now."

Xiao Yue smiled: "Where, it is better to guard this shop, people rely on clothes, Buddha relies on gold clothes, and it is just a matter of dressing up in so much color." ”

Yu Niang listened to her series of words, and felt really different, and she felt a little wooden about herself, as if she was hesitant and couldn't speak, so she could only nod: "It's because you are already good-looking." ”

In the past, when Xiaoyue was working in the shop, people were also very lively and spoke well, but they didn't feel so old, but now when I look at it, I feel that I have changed a lot, and I have become very powerful.

After a while, Juan'er also hurriedly walked down, the two met and talked to each other, the rhythm between the two of them was much better, Juan'er still didn't like to talk very much, Yu Niang didn't speak very well, just chatted briefly, how was the journey when she came, whether it was smooth or not, Xiaoyue came forward again, asked her to choose clothes, and gave her a meeting gift.

Yu Niang chose a set of clothes, Xiaoyue gave her a handkerchief, and Juan'er took her a set of underwear: "This ice silk underwear, specially made by our Yuemingfang, is the lightest underwear on the market today, it is cool and breathable to wear, so take a set and wear it first." ”

Yu Niang let the girl follow, and then thanked them for their kindness, Xiao Yue took him back to Shen Mansion first, planning to see the little sister-in-law first, and then notify Brother Erzhu to come over.

When they arrived at the house, they couldn't find their sister-in-law, so they asked Qiu Yu before telling Xiaoyue in private: "Madame is taking a bath in the adult's yard." ”

"Is Brother Shen Hong here too?"

"How can this be, of course, it is the lady herself, who hates the hot weather and soaks in cold water over there."

"The cold water is cold, and it is refreshing to soak at first, but it is getting hotter and hotter as soon as the water comes out."

"That's what we said, too, but what is the way Madame wants to take a cold shower?"

Xiao Yue nodded, and asked Qiu Yu to tell her sister-in-law, she went back to the house and said to Yu Niang: "Little sister-in-law has something, she will come over in a while, let's wait first." ”

Yu Niang nodded, her eyes wanted to look around, but she was afraid of being rude, so she sat politely and uprightly.

Lin Piao cleaned up here, and when he rushed over, he saw Xiao Yue sitting in the room with a girl with a somewhat familiar appearance.

The jade lady has grown a little, and the person has also grown a lot, looking thin, very delicate, and sitting very upright, but it is not as eccentric as in the past, but as soon as she speaks, the smart energy is still on her body.

"Brother Piao." She stood up and felt a little excited when she saw Lin Piao.

"Sit down, sit down, it's been a hard journey."

"It's not hard, it's just a little hotter on the road, but the scenery is still very good, and I can take a break in a shady place, and I have seen a lot of scenery along the way that I have never seen before."

Lin Piao nodded: "This is the benefit of going out, seeing some scenery that I have never seen before, and my mood can be much broader." ”

They sat and chatted for a while, Yu Niang's expression became more and more cheerful, she was a little thin looks, I didn't think in the past, but now I opened it and some of it appeared, her head and face were a little small, it looked very delicate, although the nose and mouth were not big or small, but on her face also showed a kind of grace, there was always a little childishness on the face, and it was more obvious when she was happy.

Lin Piao thought to herself, she really hasn't changed, she has changed her silhouette a little, and everything else is exactly the same as when she was a child.

Yu Niang rarely saw Lin Piao, she was very happy, she said a lot of things when they were playing together, and talked about pickled pepper rabbits, saying that she hadn't eaten them for a long time, and once she dreamed that when she was a child, Lin Piao came to him with a crockpot to play, and they fried pickled pepper rabbits to eat, and went to see the two pillars rowing dragon boats.

When Yu Niang talked about everything in her dream, she obviously looked very nostalgic, and some of her memories stayed in that time, because it was the happiest time she had ever had.

Lin Piao also remembered his past days in the county government, and a subtle feeling welled up in his heart, not sadness, but the feeling in the county government that enveloped him.

Mossy old bluestone slabs, narrow alleys, low eaves, black tiles on top of each other, trees growing luxuriantly.

Every morning, I woke up to the sound of my second aunt chopping lamb chops, and as soon as I opened the pot for breakfast, a puff of water vapor dispersed, and in the cool morning with a mist, everyone gathered at a table and sat full to eat breakfast.

Lin Piao's thoughts drifted away for a while, and then he thought of Shen Hong, at that time Shen Hong was studying, and he could only come back once in five days, at the beginning he always came back almost at noon, just in time for a noon meal, only occasionally came back in the morning, and had to leave after dinner, climbed two mountain roads a day, and never shouted that he was tired.

Later, he came back earlier and earlier, and he didn't know what time he got up, and he could often catch their breakfast, and every time he came back, he had to bring something to eat, and Lin Piao still remembered the first time he brought something back, and it was a persimmon given to him by the teacher, and there were no persimmons in that season, and they had never eaten them in the village, and they cherished a few small persimmons.

Later, Shen Hong always brought snacks and dried meat back for them, but when the family started to sell dried meat, he didn't treat the dried meat very much, and liked to bring snacks back.

Memory is like a long string of threads, Lin Piao pulled to the end of the thread, pulled out a large string with a slight tug, and even remembered that Shen Hong still had some thin teenager appearance when he was a teenager, Lin Piao would sometimes wait for him in the yard, and when he would come back, he would lower his eyes and call him respectfully: "Sister-in-law." ”

When I think about it now, it looks so lovely.

Lin Piao thought about the time when he lived on the mountain, he peeked at the Spring Palace and was caught by Shen Hong, and then Shen Hong had a bad attitude towards him, he was unhappy at that time, thinking that Shen Hong thought that he was unruly, but now that he thinks about it, he looks a little awkward in it.

Did you like him then?

Lin Piao smiled and looked at Yu Niang with a sense of return: "Now that you have come to Shangjing, you will live here first, you don't want to live in a wing room, just live in the courtyard here, there are other rooms in the courtyard, just clean up one and come out, live with Xiao Yuejuan'er, and you can talk together on weekdays." ”

A big reason why Lin Piao didn't let her stay in the guest room was that Shen Hong's side was full of people, and Shen Hong's friends and doormen were mixed up to his level, and there were many people to deal with, and it would not be convenient for Yu Niang to meet her in the past.

Yu Niang nodded: "It's all up to Brother Piao's arrangement." ”

Lin Piao asked Qiu Yu to go down to arrange for him, and asked Xia He to go outside, and arrange the people and salutes accompanying Yu Niang.

So Yu Niang stayed here temporarily.

and notified Tongxi Lou to renovate a table of meals to be delivered, of which pickled pepper rabbit is naturally one of the main dishes, Yu Niang was surprised when she heard the words of Tongxi Lou: "Brother Piao also opened a Tongxi Lou in Shangjing?" ”

"Yes, the main reason is that everyone in the family loves to eat this bite, and they have to eat it all day long, so it is better to open a store and earn some money to supplement the family by the way."

Yu Niang nodded, feeling very good, although it was unfamiliar to Beijing, but these people were familiar with it, and the three words Tongxilou gave him the feeling that he was still in the county government.

In the afternoon, Erzhu came to see Yu Niang, the two ate at the same table, they were embarrassed to say too much, Yu Niang only talked to Lin Piaojuan'er Xiaoyue's second aunt, and Erzhu talked to Shanzi, but the smile on his face could not be hidden.

Shen Hong happened to be present, Yu Niang was a little cautious in the face of Shen Hong, and after bringing the greetings of her father and mother at home, she stopped talking to Shen Hong, because her father and mother had instructed her that now Shen Hong was a dragon in the sky and had become an extraordinary character, so she should be cautious and not make mistakes.

After eating, Xiao Yue found an opportunity for the two of them, and asked Erzhu to take Yu Niang for a walk in the courtyard, to see the lotus flowers by the pond, and asked him to work hard under the pretext that he was busy.

Erzhu was naturally full of responses, and the usual calm and fierce appearance was scattered when he returned home, but now when he saw Yu Niang, he was even more smiling and at a loss.

"Go this way, go this way, the lotus pond is here, and the lotus flowers are blooming well."

Yu Niang nodded, lowered her head and smiled, then raised her head to look at Erzhu, and smiled very cutely.

When the two of them walked out, Lin Piao looked at the second aunt: "A match made in heaven." ”

The second aunt nodded fiercely, but looked at Lin Piao for solution, wanting to know Lin Piao's opinion.