Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 153: Her parents don't want her, she is our baby

In the end, Emperor Yong'an gave Zhou Mu the character "Jin", which he could use as a courtesy name when he came of age. From then on, his surname was Zhou, his given name was Mu, and his courtesy name was Mu Jin.

After they returned to the palace, the rewards were carefully selected by Eunuch Li and sent to the small courtyard where Zhou Chengye lived in the Charity House.

Zhou Chengye was stunned. His family had fallen on hard times and had to live in an orphanage, so how come they were suddenly struck by such overwhelming wealth?

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After Emperor Yong'an and Concubine Yun returned to the palace, Princess Zhenbei also left. She was old, and even if she didn't do anything for most of the day, it was still exhausting. She could go back and get a little sleep before dinner.

Xiao Wenchu, Chen Ruxin, Su Shiyun, and Qiao Lili hit it off right away. Princess Zhenbei knew that Xiao Wenchu ​​had been away from Beijing for many years and had no friends of the same age in the capital. Seeing that Xiao Wenchu ​​was having a good time here, she let her stay and spend more time with the sisters. Out of her love for Qiao Lili, she also wanted them to have a closer relationship.

"Wen Chu, please stay here safely. Grandmother will send a carriage to pick you up later." Princess Zhenbei waved to her granddaughter, rejecting her offer to accompany her back.

"It doesn't matter if the princess doesn't accept it. Lili will send Sister Wenchu ​​back." Qiao Lili helped Princess Zhenbei get on the carriage.

"You have enough things to do today, don't worry about these little things." Princess Zhenbei patted Qiao Lili's hand lovingly, pinched Qiao Lili's little face, and then ordered the coachman to drive away.

Mrs. Song had quietly left to take care of her little daughter's nap. Zhao Luxi did not leave. Because of her status, she was a little uncomfortable in front of the noble ladies. However, Qiao Lili and the others did not look down on her. They took care of her feelings everywhere, which made her feel very comfortable. The atmosphere of the orphanage made her feel very comfortable. She thought she could leave with her brother later.

Now that the adults have left, it is the young people's world. Several girls comb the hair of several little girls in the orphanage and teach them to change some of their living habits so that they can adapt to the life in the orphanage as soon as possible.

Qiao Peng, Qiao Zhen and the elementary school students at Fengqiao Academy were doing the same thing.

Qiao Lili only participated for a while and then left. Taking advantage of the fact that no one came at this time, Yunwu asked Zhou Chengye to come for questioning.

This question really revealed something that was beyond my imagination. It turned out that Zhou Chengye was actually a scholar.

After he passed the examination to become a scholar, his parents fell ill and passed away one after another. He took care of them for a few years and then spent a few more years in mourning. After that, he had to take care of the family's livelihood on his own and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to take the imperial examination.

He has a house passed down from his ancestors and a tea shop, and his wife is also satisfactory. Although they are not rich, they live a comfortable life. The only drawback is that his wife has not given birth to a child after more than ten years of marriage.

He loved his wife very much and did not want to take a concubine and let his wife suffer, so he wanted to adopt a child.

Coincidentally, on a rainy morning, I met Zhou Hong who had fainted at the door of a tea shop. The child was five or six years old, skinny and had a high fever. He was sent to the clinic and treated for three days before he woke up.

I don’t know if it was the high fever that damaged the child’s brain, or if the child was just too young. The child didn’t remember who he was, where he came from, or why he came here alone.

One was a child who didn't know where his home was, and the other was a family that lacked a child. Zhou Chengye and his wife both felt that it was God's will, and they regarded him as a son sent to them by God. They named him Zhou Hong, and took good care of him and loved him very much.

Not long after this, Zhou Chengye met two vicious men on the street who were begging with three children aged three or four not far from his shop. He had been childless for many years and felt particularly sorry for the children, so he bought buns for them every day.

Five or six days later, a beggar child suddenly ran into the store and asked him for help, telling him that their boss said they couldn't beg for money because they were not pitiful enough, and that they would break their legs, cut off their tongues, and poke out their eyes, and then let them out to beg, and they would definitely get a lot of money that way.

He said that the three of them were stolen and knew he was a good man, so they begged him to report to the police.

He reported the matter to the authorities, and the two vicious men were arrested. However, the three children were also bought by them, and they did not know where the seller had stolen the three children from. The authorities sent people to search for several days, but perhaps because it took too long, they could not find the person who sold the three children. It is estimated that the person may have fled from Beijing, or was not originally from Beijing.

The government could not raise three children, so they asked him to take care of them for a few days. He did this for four or five years and treated the child like his own son.

After he adopted four children, one day, a newborn baby girl was placed at his door. He already had four sons, and now he had a daughter. That was not bad. He could raise her and now he had both a son and a daughter.

Perhaps his reputation for adopting children and being good to them spread, and from then on, every once in a while a child would be thrown in front of his house or shop. There were boys, girls, and even Xiaojiu, who was sick and dying.

The children were young and didn’t remember much, so what could he do? He couldn’t give them away, and he couldn’t bear to throw them away, so he could only raise them. Xiaojiu was sick, so what could he do? Treat him. Was he going to watch the child die of illness? He had spent all his savings, so he had to sell the tea shop. Fortunately, the child’s illness was cured, and now he was no different from a healthy child.

Zhou Mu is the eighth child, and the tenth and eleventh children are all girls. When the eleventh child was thrown at the door of his house, she was covered in meconium, and her umbilical cord was not cut. She was wrapped in a dirty and torn piece of cloth. His wife was crying while she was tidying up the children.

They wanted to have a baby but couldn't, and they didn't cherish the one they could have. "Husband, her parents don't want her, so she is our baby."

Now they have eleven children, seven boys and four girls. The oldest is their eleven-year-old son, Zhou Hong, and the youngest is their precious little daughter, who is only six months old.

After they fell into financial difficulties, people around them advised them to send some of their children away and leave only one son and one daughter to take care of them in their old age. However, he and his wife were reluctant to leave, and the children also refused to leave, saying that they would rather starve to death than leave their parents.

There were also high-ranking officials who heard about his family's situation and were willing to pay a large sum of money to buy the child, saying that they wanted to teach the child to accompany the young men and women at home and that it was a place for them to enjoy a good life.

How could Zhou Chengye be willing to see the child he raised become a slave of someone else's family? He refused all the offers. This caused dissatisfaction among certain people, who secretly took away his job as an accountant. That was the income that his family relied on for survival after the tea shop closed.

The family's housekeeper came to him and said that as long as he had Zhou Hong and Zhou Mu, he would give him enough money for his family to live on for the rest of their lives.

"If you give up two, the other children can live a good life. You won't lose out. They are not your biological children anyway. If you want more children, you can pick up more." The housekeeper looked at Zhou Hong who was standing beside him at the door of his house with ill intentions.

Zhou Hong and Zhou Mu are the best looking among these children, especially Zhou Hong, who has a girly appearance, a fair and tender complexion, and is lovable wherever he goes.

A bad idea suddenly came to his mind. They were so unscrupulous in wanting these two children. Perhaps they had some bad intentions.

As soon as this thought came to mind, everything that had happened before became clear. At his age, he had heard of some people having special hobbies. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble all over, as if he was falling into an ice cellar. He didn't dare show it on his face, and could only evade the question by saying, "Zhou Hong's biological parents have been found, and they will be here to pick him up soon." He then closed the door neatly.

For several days, the family stayed indoors. Occasionally, he sneaked out to buy some food, and every time he saw suspicious people wandering around his house.

Yesterday, he heard about the orphanage in the grain store, and after discussing it with his wife overnight, he brought his children to seek shelter. No matter how powerful the person who coveted his children was, could he be more powerful than the people in the Dingguo Mansion? Moreover, she was the future prince's consort.

At this point, Zhou Chengye knelt down on his knees and burst into tears: "I didn't mean to conceal it on purpose, but I didn't dare to say it in front of everyone this morning. I hope you will forgive me. If, if you are in trouble, I will take the child away immediately and will never cause any trouble to you."