Chapter 337 Due to the severe cold in winter and the many places with ice and snow on the road, I didn't dare to walk too fast.
It took me four days to reach Beichang Prefecture after two days of driving.
Traveling is inconvenient for people in this era, but if you can travel, you can rarely go back and forth on the same day.
Therefore, no one was aware of the four-day journey.
In the words of He Lao Niang, "When we came to Beichang Mansion, we had been on the road for more than a month, and these were only a few days."
Anyway, Mrs.
He was still in high spirits when she got home, and Brother Xing was also very happy to see her.
Like a monkey, he jumped into his mother's arms.
Mrs.
Shen hugged her son, who had grown taller and fatter, and said with a smile, "Why is it so heavy?
I can't even carry it."
Brother Xing smiled and said, "It's not that I'm fat, it's that I'm taller."
Madam He also said, "Brother Xing has grown a lot in the past six months."
Mrs.
Shen laughed, "I jumped half an inch."
The whole family came into the house to talk.
Mrs.
He's house was warm and cozy, not at all cold.
Madam He sat on the short bed and asked, "Why is it so warm?
There was no way to send a message before we came.
Could it be that there is a charcoal fire burning in my house?"
Mrs.
Shen took the hot tea handed over by Cui'er, offered one to her mother-in-law first, and said with a smile, "A-Nian sent a lot of letters here earlier.
I figured it was almost the New Year, so I sent the old lady in advance.
The house is on fire.
A few days ago, Zijin’s father said he would take a few days off to pick you up.”
Mrs.
He drank half a cup of hot tea with a smile and said, "Our girl Pianzi and Anian are not happy for me to come back and insist that I celebrate the New Year in Shahe County.
I just thought that I would just drink at their place on weekdays.
Where can I go during the New Year?"
There is no reason for not coming back.
Because of this, the girl is not happy."
He Zijin said, "I'm not unhappy.
You can come back if you want."
Mrs.
He smiled even more joyfully.
Mrs.
Shen asked A Nian Jiang Ren to sit down and have a rest, and then asked Fuzi to take care of the yamen servants who came with them, and make some sugar-watered eggs to warm everyone's bodies. .
When the sweetened eggs were ready and served, everyone had a bowl.
Shen said, "We haven't eaten this in the past in Sichuan.
There are many people who eat like this in Beichang Prefecture.
Especially on a cold day, eating a bowl will warm your whole body."
Mrs.
Shen then asked how he got here along the way.
It was easy to walk on the road and was it not too cold?
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Anian said, "Originally we prepared carriages and horses, but later I realized that carriages and horses are really not as cheap as sledges.
We came here on sledges, but dogs are not as patient as horses after all.
They can only walk half a day, so we have to find a place."
Let’s take a rest.
Today is also short, so we will delay for a few days.
Otherwise, we should have arrived two days earlier.”
Shen said with a smile, "It's one day earlier and one day later.
The most important thing is not to be cold and tired on the way.
It's better to take a rest than to rush on.
Otherwise, let alone the cold weather, it will be autumn this year."
It started to snow from time to time.
It was okay in the city.
The prefect called on the people to clear the snow.
If you go out of the city, you have to take a sled or a sledge. " Brother Xing hurriedly said, "Mom, I can also skate."
Mrs.
Shen smiled and said, "It seems that you have gone out to develop your skills."
Brother Xing said, "Master Chaoyun asked someone to make skates for me.
I learned it in two days."
Mrs.
Shen touched her son's round face and asked about Master Chaoyun's health.
Knowing that Master Chaoyun was fine, he helped take care of the children.
This time the young couple came to the state capital and the babies were stored in Chaoyun again.
When the master was there, Mrs.
Shen couldn't help but feel impressed again, "Master Chaoyun's character cannot be overemphasized."
When Mrs.
Shen asked about her grandchildren, there was almost no one else to say this time, and Brother Xing started talking about his nephews and nieces.
"Aye likes to talk, Axi likes to fight", and "I help Master Chaoyun watch them, and I even persuade them to fight when they fight.", anyway, they are a bunch of things that highlight their indispensable roles. , and how naughty the twins are.
It sounds funny to people.
Shen smiled and said, "If nothing else, Brother Xing has been here for a little over half a year, and he speaks really lucidly."
Mrs.
He smiled and said, "I said the same thing.
I can't always speak clearly at home.
But after I lived here for half a year, I can speak quickly and well."
He Zijin said, "Our Shahe County has good feng shui."
Brother Xing sighed like a grown-up, spreading his two little meat hands and said, "I'm just in a hurry."
This made people laugh again.
Anian smiled and said, "Brother Xing, despite his young age, is very reliable.
He knows how to take Axi with him and Aye has also read two books on Mengxue.
On our way here, Brother Xing was My son has to read two pages of the book without stopping."
Mrs.
Shen was not happy when she heard this.
She was extremely happy and said, "You have indeed made progress."
He Zijin teased Brother Xing, "What's the improvement?
You're babbling to the sky, you're babbling like a chatterbox."
Brother Xing said loudly, "Grandma said that I love to talk just like my sister when she was a child."
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Everyone laughed.
Because brother-in-law A-Nian just praised him for his hard work, brother Xing began to use his skills and said to his family, "Grandma, mother, sister, brother-in-law, brother A-Ren, you can talk, I have to read a book for a while.
Otherwise, in a while, I won’t be able to see my father and my eldest and second brothers when they come back.”
Shen couldn't help laughing and said, "The urgency is now."
The more his mother said this, the more Brother Xing wanted to read a book.
Shen smiled and said, "Your room has been tidied up, and the kang is hot.
Go read a book in your room."
Brother Xing then went to study hard with his book, and the adults all laughed to themselves.
After waiting for a while, brother Ah Liejun came back.
He saw his grandmother, sister, brother-in-law, Jiang Ren, and brother Xing all here.
They were all very happy.
Ah Lie is fifteen this year and is already a tall and tall boy.
It's just that the boy wore a little too much, and his clothes were obviously bulging.
Brother Jun was wearing a fox fur coat, which was a bit thin.
He Zijin hurriedly pulled Brother Jun into his arms, pinched the clothes on his body and said, "Although the fox fur protects against the wind, it is a bit thin."
Ah Lie said, "Sister, you don't know something.
This boy is very handsome and has big cotton clothes to wear.
We all wear leather coats to keep out the wind when we go out, so he has to make a coat to wear.
With the leather coat, I don’t want to wear large cotton underneath, so I wear a quilted one, it’s weird if it’s not thin.”
He Zijin said to Brother Jun, "You're not cold."
Brother Jun said stubbornly, "It's not cold."
Ah Lie said, "My father and mother have told him several times, but he has always said that he is not cold.
Is there anything we can do?"
Even though there was nothing she could do, Mrs.
He felt sorry for her precious grandson.
She hurriedly asked Brother Jun to sit on the kang to warm her up, for fear that her precious grandson would freeze outside.
Ah Lie said, "Why is he so cold?
He has eight heaters on his body."
He Zijin, A Nian, and Jiang Ren were about to laugh when they heard the funny stories about the two brothers.
Brother Jun was unhappy when he saw his brother expose him, and said, "How can I be like my eldest brother?
You are dressed like a bear."
Ah Lie's eyes widened, "Who are you calling a bear?"
Ever since Brother Jun got older, he was often criticized by his elder brother.
He was very angry and dared not speak out.
He turned around and complained to his grandmother, "Grandma, when you are not at home, my eldest brother always bullies me."
Ah Lie said, "I haven't beaten you yet."
Mrs.
He hurriedly advised, "It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk.
Brother Xing, please read as soon as you come back and study more."
As soon as He Lao Niang said this, Brother Xing made a proud look with his head held high.
Brother Xing was proud enough, but he was only over four years old now.
He was small and chubby, and he raised his round head.
The round little face just makes people laugh.
What's more, his eldest and second brothers are both grown up and don't like to play with this little guy the most, so Brother Xing raised his head and chest in vain for a while, but neither the eldest and second brothers responded, which made Brother Xing feel depressed and sleepy.
Showing her charming eyes to the blind man.
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Comparing it with Brother Jun, Ah Lie suddenly felt that his third brother, Brother Xing, was sensible.
He touched Brother Xing's head and said to him, "I got a small bow first, so I'll save it for you.
Come to my place later." , I’ll give it to you.”
Brother Xing was very happy when he heard this and agreed with a smile.
He also said, "I also brought something for the eldest and second brothers."
Mrs.
Shen asked, "Do you have anything to do with your father and me?"
Brother Xing was confused by his mother for a moment.
He, he actually forgot to prepare a gift for his parents.
However, Brother Xing responded quickly.
He nodded pretendingly, "Yes."
Mrs.
Shen smiled and didn't care about her younger son.
Jiang Ren was so happy when he saw the whole house full of young and old that he could not help but secretly make up his mind to go back to the imperial capital next year and bring his parents, wife and children to live in Beichang Mansion.
It was not too late for He Gong to return home.
Apart from being busy during the annual scholar examination and the triennial Autumn Festival, He Gong was not busy at other times.
Moreover, since it was the twelfth lunar month, everyone was focused on celebrating the New Year. , Therefore, He Gong also returned home early.
Seeing Jiang Ren, my youngest son's daughter and son-in-law, return, He Gong repeatedly said to Mrs.
Shen, "Please add some more dishes tonight and take out the jar of dark-flavored wine that Governor Yu gave me."
Mrs.
Shen smiled, "I've prepared everything for you no matter what your instructions are.
Today is the reunion dinner."
He Gong took a closer look at the complexions of my mother's daughter and son-in-law Jiang Ren, and saw that they were all very good.
He smiled and said, "Mom is a little fatter."
He Lao Niang said, "You will gain weight in winter."
Mrs.
Shen also smiled and said, "I am very relieved about one thing about Zijin.
This girl knows how to make food when she is free.
She must be good at eating.
Look at Anian and Ren.
They are also strong."
He Lao Niang smiled, "Even though Shahe is just a county, it is not as prosperous as Beichang Prefecture.
Oh, it is really a good place, guarding the mountains, there are all kinds of game, chickens and rabbits are common, and there are sheep, deer, foxes and bears from time to time.
The county town is also close to the water.
When we go out for ice fishing in winter, we always get big fish of one or two feet.
The big fish are so fat whether they are grilled, grilled or stewed.
We can’t go out when it snows in winter.
Are you just looking for something to eat at home?”
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
He Gong saw that my mother and son were all covered with fresh clothes, so he knew that his daughter had bought them.
He couldn't help but feel very happy, thinking that his daughter was considerate.
Needless to say, the reunion dinner in the evening was both warm and lively.
After dinner, thinking that the children had been traveling out for the past few days, He Gong didn’t say much else.
He ordered the children to rest and talk about the cold weather tomorrow. .
The young couple and Jiang Ren all took a rest, but He Gong couldn't sleep for a while.
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Without him, Brother Xing was still waiting to show his father what he had learned.
So, He Gong took the Meng Xue book to check his youngest son's homework.
After the youngest son showed off to his satisfaction, He Gong, Shen and his wife took off their clothes and went to bed, and the couple returned to their own courtyard.
The couple was very happy.
He Gong smiled and said, "Brother Xing has made a lot of progress."
Shen also said, "I originally thought that he would go there with the old lady and stay for a month or two and then come back.
I didn't want to live there for half a year.
Brother Xing used to study a few elementary school lessons with his grandfather, because he was young. , I also learned a lot, but I don’t want to go to Zijin to learn some serious lessons.”
"Otherwise, everyone would say that my daughter is caring."
Thinking of the eldest son and the second son who have to fight at home from time to time, He Gong became more and more aware that his daughter is caring.
He Gong said, "Even if we have two more daughters, our family will not be too many."
Shen Shi was slightly annoyed, "What are you talking about in your sleep?"
She now has three sons and one daughter, and her descendants are already prosperous.
Now he is approaching forty, and even if he wants to have a baby, he is afraid that he will not be able to have one.
He Gong smiled, "That's what I said, let's just let nature take its course."
Because He Gong wanted to have a little girl again, the old couple became more intimate than before.
Mrs.
Shen enjoyed her husband's intimacy, but she was thinking about her daughter.
She thought that her grandchildren were one and a half years old, so her daughter and son-in-law should think about having more children while they are young.
Of course, my daughter now has a son and a daughter, so there is no pressure on either daughter or son.
Even Mrs.
Shen feels that as long as the children are raised well, they will be the same regardless of whether they are sons or daughters.
In particular, her husband was just a single son back then, but when it came to his son-in-law A Nian, he was a meager man who didn't even have a family, let alone one who had many children.
After thinking this, Mrs.
Shen talked to her daughter privately.
He Zijin was not shy about this matter and said, "A-Nian and I are very good, but there has been no movement here.
I thought, maybe I am Like you, it will take five or six years to have another baby."
The same was true for Ms.
Shen when she thought about having a son.
At that time, she was so eager to have a son that her daughter had a son when she was just over five years old.
It is not unreasonable to say that my daughter is like me.
Shen said, "There is nothing wrong with being like me.
It will be a few years until Axi and Aye are older, and it will be easier to take care of the children."
Thinking that she was passed on to her husband's family alone.
After giving birth to three sons and a daughter, Mrs.
Shen said to her daughter, "If you were like me, your A-Nian children would definitely be prosperous."
He Zijin smiled, "Yes, that's why A-Nian and I are not in a hurry.
Who knows, in three or four years, I will be in love with each other again."
Mrs.
Shen couldn't help laughing and poked her daughter's eyebrows lightly, "You are just dreaming.
All the blessings in this world have gone to you."
He Zijin was also happy.
Mrs.
Shen wanted to hear more about her grandchildren.
She heard that the children were smart and strong.
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Mrs.
Shen said, "Next year the children will be older.
If you come to Beichang Mansion again, bring them with you.
Your father and I miss you both."
It's tight.
It's just that it's far away.
Your father's office is not busy, but it's hard to ask for leave.
Otherwise, we would have gone over to see you."
"Next year will be almost there.
It will be warm in April and May.
I will bring them together."
He Zijin smiled, "It's interesting.
They are round and round.
They just learned to do somersaults with their heads on their heads.
Axi rolled around on the bed and could Twenty in a row."
Mrs.
Shen couldn't help laughing, "You are a mother too, so don't play with your child."
"Axi is very thick-skinned, more like a boy.
Aye is very cautious in his work.
Mom, you don't know, it was the first time they saw snow, and Axi fell into the snow immediately, feeling It was fun, and she wanted to roll around, but Ah Nian picked her up out of the snow.
When Ah Ye saw the snow, she was like a little girl.
He poked his heart with his finger and then poked it for half an hour.
When he felt that there was no danger, he went to play.
"I was fooled by Ah Ye."
He Zijin said very helplessly, his daughter was heartless and his son was a little bad guy.
Shen laughed, "The child has really grown up since he was a child.
Ah Xi was strong before and could eat milk or steamed eggs faster and better than Ah Ye.
Ah Ye was squeamish and could eat steamed eggs the same way.
Even though Xi had finished eating, he was still staring at the steamed egg, not sure what he could detect, but it shows that this kid has been meticulous since he was a child. " He Zijin said, "It really makes me worried."
"What's there to worry about?
Ah Xi has a carefree temperament at first glance.
As for Ah Ye, I won't be able to worry about him in the future."
Shen said, "A Xi looks a bit like Ah Lie, and Ah Ye has a temperament like Brother Jun. ” Speaking of his two younger brothers, He Zijin said, "I heard from Ah Lie that he will take the scholar examination next year."
Speaking of her eldest son's future, Mrs.
Shen smiled and said, "I didn't intend for him to take the scholar examination so early.
You also know that your brother, Ah Lie, is not as talented as Ah Nian.
Fortunately, he also knows how to study hard and do his homework.
He was not bad among his peers.
A gentleman from the school asked him if he wanted to try to be a scholar.
He came back to discuss with us.
Your father and I thought, since we are not very old anyway, we just want to give it a try. " He Zijin said, "Ask Ah Lie to show Ah Nian his homework.
My father is very knowledgeable, but he has many skills in taking exams.
I would like to ask Ah Nian to talk to Ah Lie.
Since there is a test, prepare carefully.
If It's a decent thing to pass the exam.
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"When you go to the country, follow the local customs.
Even though He Zijin came here, he has to follow the customs here.
He Zijin himself got married late because A-Nian was two years younger than her.
A-lie will be sixteen next year, and in the blink of an eye it will be the age to discuss marriage.
In a man's family, although marriage can be discussed a few years later, with fame and fame, A-lie is in the process of getting married.
You can take a step up.
This is his own younger brother, so He Zijin naturally looks forward to his younger brother's success.
Shen said, "That's what I say.
Since it's a test, take it seriously."
When talking about her son taking the exam to be a scholar, Mrs.
Shen inevitably talked about the marriage of her eldest son.
Mrs.
Shen said, "It's strange.
We have several close relatives, including four sons from your uncle's family and two sons from your aunt's family.
How come there is no family?"
If anyone has a daughter, I’ll do anything to beg for Ah Lie.”
These days, marriage between uncles or two aunts is popular.
Even in He Zijin's time, if A Nian hadn't been quick to act, Shen Su would have asked for his eldest son's niece to marry him.
However, He Zijin did not recommend that his younger brother marry a girl from a relative's family.
He Zijin said, "Mom, you and my father are not related, so we can still love each other for the rest of our lives.
In this marriage, the most important thing is to have the right eye.
A Lie Here, he knows how to make progress, and it is better for us to find a marriage that suits his heart.
The couple is united and is not afraid of a bad life. " Mrs.
Shen smiled, "That's true."
He added, "Anyway, Ah Lie is only sixteen during the Chinese New Year, so there's no rush."
Everything went well with the He family.
He Zijin and Anian went out to Shangfeng's house to say hello, and nothing went wrong.
Both the wife of Magistrate Zhang and the wife of Governor Yu treated He Zijin well.
Jiang Ren rested in Beichang Mansion for two days, then took the New Year's gift with him and set off for Beijingguan.
One is to send some new year gifts to He Han, and the other is to congratulate He Han since his wife Li has given birth.
The second is to send New Year's gifts to General Ji's Mansion on behalf of A'niang He Zijin.
Both palaces had annual gifts in return, especially General Ji.
He specifically asked about Luo Daru's current situation and learned that Luo Daru was doing well.
General Ji especially prepared a generous annual gift for Luo Daru, so he ordered Jiang Ren took them back together. gd1806102: