"Master, master hasn't come back, when do you think he will help his wife and grandma out of the city?" Lai Sheng is still handing over duties to the former housekeeper, and he came to answer Jia Zhen to show his face in front of the master, so he hurried over.

Ding Li just came back to his senses, but his mind was still stuck in the impression that Fang Yang told himself repeatedly in his previous life that he would definitely come to find him and let him wait.Listening to Lai Sheng's reply at this moment, a pair of dark eyes were fixed on Lai Sheng.

Lai Sheng's heart trembled when Ding Li watched him, and he never realized that Uncle Zhen was so afraid of people. Why did he faint once in his wife's mourning hall before, and it made people's heart skip a beat?

"Help me up." Ding Li lifted the brocade quilt covering his body and was about to get out of bed.

Lai Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to help him: "These tired and lazy people left the uncle here alone, and there was no one to support them, so they should be kicked out!" He said this, so he did not give Jia Zhen the people who served him. Because of eye drops.If you want to sell well to Jia Zhen, and also want to put some of your own people around Jia Zhen, the original people around Jia Zhen will be a bit of an eyesore.

Ding Li didn't speak, and when he sat upright, he looked at Lai Sheng and asked, "What's the situation at home now?"

"Returning to the uncle, the boy who went to the Taoist temple to deliver the letter came to report that the master asked you to take care of the funeral affairs of the wife and the eldest grandma. The eldest girl is now with the old lady in the West Mansion with Brother Rong and Brother Qiang. You were there before I fainted in the mourning hall, now the housekeeper and the second wife of the West Mansion are looking after me!"

What Lai Sheng said made Ding Li sort out the family situation a little bit: he should be the eldest son in the family, and he is also the first son.The coffin I saw before should be the original mother's coffin.And it's not just one funeral at home, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law died together.

He should also have a younger sister and two sons.The old lady of the West Mansion who is now being entrusted should be a close relative of his family.

"Is it the right time to go out of the city?" Ding Li stood up with his body propped up.The dead are the big ones, since the family is now a double-duty affair, it is better to get this matter done first.

"Forget it, forget it!" Lai Sheng said quickly, "It's because the time is almost up, so I came to ask the uncle to get up. Otherwise, I would not dare to call the uncle when he is uncomfortable."

"Then change your clothes!" Ding Li waved impatiently.

Lai Sheng responded repeatedly and went out of the house to ask someone to bring sackcloth to change for Ding Li, when Ding Li said again: "How many young ones are there?"

"The old lady ordered that the elder girl and Brother Rong are weak, and the wife and grandma are sympathetic, and they will not be willing to see them go through this..." Lai Sheng replied quickly, but he was the fastest at the moment, and called out In the past, he was called after his elder brother.He raised his head to peek at Ding Li, and found that Ding Li didn't seem to notice, so he quickly bowed his head obediently.

"Then according to the rules, what should we do?" Although Ding Li knew that this was reasonable, judging from what he observed after waking up, Yuanshen's family probably had a court background.

Being in the imperial court is not like the rivers and lakes, everything must be well-regulated, otherwise you will worry about being accused by thousands of people.In any case, since he has this status, Ding Li is willing or not, that's what he has to do.

Seeing that Lai Sheng lowered his head, Ding Li knew he guessed right: "Just follow the rules. Don't let them carry the coffin. Isn't it tiring to follow?"

"But...Brother Rong and Brother Qiang are only five years old, and the eldest girl is only a little over a month old..." Lai Sheng still wanted to win: the old lady is a one-sided master!

"Let someone prepare the plain car, and the eldest girl will follow in the car. You assign a few boys to follow the two brothers. When you are tired from walking, you will hug them, and if you feel uncomfortable, you will send them to the car." Ding Li thought for a while, Instruct Lai Sheng like this.

Lai Sheng didn't dare to shirk anymore, and immediately led his wife and son to the west mansion, and after hearing the old lady scold Ding Li well, he brought back the two brothers and the eldest girl, and prepared according to what Ding Li said. After finishing the manpower and chariots, follow Fuling out of the city.

Thin and dry.

This was Ding Li's first impression of Lai Sheng's brothers Rong and Qiang, who might be his sons.

It goes without saying how good Qiao Feng's physique was back then. A three-year-old child looks like a five- or six-year-old child. He can beat up all the seven- and eight-year-old children in the village. He is definitely a healthy and good baby.Later, junior brother Di Xian was over seven years old when he came here. Although his body shape did not appear particularly noticeable, I don’t know if it’s because of genetics. I can throw away the stone locks used by the disciples in the outer courtyard when they practice horizontal kung fu!

As for the child born as a surrogate in the previous life, although Ding Li didn't take care of it all the time, it was like a white and tender round meat ball when it was a child. When it was two or three years old, it was able to run around vigorously. The huskies he raises are so tired that they hide when they see them, and they are so energetic that they seem to never run out.

But what is he seeing now?He knew that the ancients liked to increase their age. Lai Sheng said that the two children were five years old, but they might actually be four years old.But a four-year-old child can't walk steadily?A four-year-old's arms and legs are so thin?If it weren't for the fact that these two children had fair skin and no scars, and their emotions were normal, Ding Li would have wondered if Yuan Bo had abused these two children?

But... the original owner's body is not getting any better, that's right!It looks pretty glamorous, but in fact, there are faint signs of blood stagnation inside.Could it be that their family is actually very difficult, so everyone in the family is either malnourished or weak?

But look at the mighty funeral procession that stretches out for two or three miles, it doesn't look like it!Ding Li shook his head slightly, but decided to wait until Bai was done beforehand before worrying about anything else.

Yuanzheng's mother, Jia Hanshi, and Yuanzheng's wife, Jiaqishi, passed away one after another in one day. Jiahanshi died because of old age and childbirth, loss of energy and blood, while Jiaqishi died because of a serious old illness and was bedridden for many days. Because of the sudden death of the mother-in-law who knew the same mother and daughter, she died of emotional distress.

Ding Li didn't know the reason for the death of Yuanshen's two close relatives until this time, so he was a little bit embarrassed.Holding the spirit tablet with a wooden face and holding the soul-inducing flag, he walked at the front of the team.

When he got out of the city, Ding Li felt that Yuan Shen's tattered physique was so weak that he was dying. He had only walked a few miles, and he didn't walk fast, so he was almost blown out of breath.The two children had already been picked up by the people who followed him. As an adult, he didn't have this kind of treatment, so he could only transfer his internal strength slowly, hoping not to make a fool of himself.

Because Yuanshen's ancestral home was not in the capital, the coffins of his mother and wife had to be sent to the family nunnery, and the spirits would be sent back to their hometown later.Ding Li watched the staff in the nunnery take over the following ritual procedures, and was led by Lai Sheng to the family temple not far away.

It really doesn't look like a dilapidated door, otherwise it would be impossible to provide monk temples and nunnery.Ding Li thought as he walked, maybe he also made an offering to the Taoist temple!

Because it is the family temple dedicated by his family, the yard arranged by Zhike monk for Ding Li is the best place in the temple that does not occupy a large area.Ding Li lived in the main house, Brother Rong and Brother Qiang lived in the two rooms in the East Wing, and the eldest girl, who was just over ten days old, was served in the West Wing by the nanny and maid.

After eating the vegetarian food in the monastery, Ding Li sent the people around him down, and when he was alone, he went to get the name card that Lai Sheng had placed in the small outer room before - he must know his official position!

Well, the owner of the post is Jia Jing, whose ancestral home is Jinling, and a first-class Weiyuan general who is a descendant of the Duke of Chining.Ding Li nodded, this should be a post from the master at home who didn't come back from the Taoist temple.The head of the family should be placed at the top.

Ding Li continued to look at the next post that should be his own: his real name is Jia Zhen, and he is a third-rank general Wei Lie, a descendant of Duke Ning.

This is strange.There shouldn't be two headed family members in the family, and both of them are generals. With the original owner's physique, it's not that Ding Li looked down on the original owner, and he might not be able to survive daily exercises, so return to the general!Therefore, this general should not be an official position, but a title.He just said it!

Before Ding Li could sneer, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He looked back and forth between Jia Jing's post and his own, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly—he knew who he was!

The Jia Zhen who picked up the ashes and died in the works of Cao Xueqin, the number one pit god in the ages!Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion!

Before Ding Li had time to mourn for himself, he heard a sound coming from the east chamber, mixed with the voices of the nanny and the children, crying endlessly.

Then he remembered that there were two children living in the East Wing!Ding Li sighed.Brother Rong in Lai Sheng's mouth is Yuanshen's son, and Brother Qiang is Yuanshen's cousin.

After the Rongning Second Mansion established itself in the capital, the original body's great-grandfather had three sons, one concubine and three concubines. The three concubines had separated as early as when the prostitute's son Jia Daihua, that is, Yuanshen's grandfather, became the head of the family.And Yuanchen's grandfather also had two sons. The eldest son Jia Fu died young, leaving only one child and left. In the end, the second son, Yuanchen's own father Jia Jing took over the title of the family.

Jia Jing is a bit rigid. After raising the child left by his eldest brother, he also found a suitable marriage for the child.It's just that the husband and wife are not healthy people, and they only had one child, Jia Qiang, for many years, and then both passed away.And Jia Qiang's mother's natal family was also implicated in the Longzi's seizure of the heirloom soon after. They were demoted again and again and soon disappeared. Jia Qiang, the decent great-great-grandson of Ningguo Mansion, was ordered by Jia Jing to be raised with Jia Rong , until now.

"What's the matter?" Hearing the voices of the two children, Ding Li put down the name card in his hand and came out to ask no matter how upset he was about his strange identity.

"Return to the words of the uncle." The nanny heard Jia Zhen's voice and came out to reply, "Brother Rong and Brother Qiang said they were hungry. It's just that they have eaten more than usual today, and the servants are afraid that Brother Rong and the others will overeat." , coaxing the two elder brothers!"

Ding Li felt a headache, looking at the nanny with the expression "I'm doing it for my brother's sake", he didn't even have the strength to curse.After taking a deep breath to calm down, Ding Li said, "The two of them walked a long distance today. They were tired earlier and probably didn't feel hungry. Now they are hungry, so let the kitchen prepare meals."

"But the two brothers have already eaten more than usual for dinner!" The nanny said again.

"Ginger tea!" Ding Li didn't want to talk to the nanny anymore.Why is this person so stupid?When physical exertion is high, children will supplement the consumed energy by eating.Something will happen if you starve your child and refuse to eat!Food accumulation?Sorry, the children raised by Ding Li have never accumulated food.

"Master!" Jiang Cha was the servant serving Jia Zhen, and when he heard Ding Li calling him, he hurriedly stood up.

"Go to the kitchen and make some easy-to-digest food. Whether it's noodles or mushy, it doesn't matter what, hurry up and get some for Brother Rong and Brother Qiang."

"Don't dare, sir!" Before Jiang Cha could reply, the nanny on the side howled, and it was a duet.It turned out that another nanny who was in the house also came out, and when she heard that Ding Li wanted a kitchen to cook food for her two elder brothers, she immediately sang a chorus with her previous colleagues.

"You go." Ding Li frowned and urged Jiang Cha who was standing still.

"Master, you are a man, you don't understand these things. The two little brothers have always drank the milk of my sister and me, and only ate a little food. The little brothers have weak spleen and stomach. If they eat too much every day, they must accumulate food. Grandpa, you feel sorry for your brother and your slaves understand, but if you let him eat too much, he will feel uncomfortable. The food is hard, and it is not as easy to digest as milk. Grandpa, you can’t let your brother let his temper go, it will hurt his spleen and stomach! "

Hearing what the nanny said, Ding Li saw that there was nothing wrong with it. In fact, what she said was completely nonsense, and he finally understood: the original body had indeed abused the two children!

Whose child is four years old and still drinks milk every day and only eats a small amount of food?Properly malnourished!These two children are definitely lucky to grow up to the age of four and not die early!He finally found out why the two children were so thin and dry.

The two nannies wanted to persuade him again, but Ding Li ignored them, and went into the house past them.The two brothers who heard Ding Li's voice in the room stopped arguing a long time ago. They timidly stood side by side and saluted Ding Li, then bowed their heads and did not speak.

"Hungry?" Ding Li asked.

"Father forgive me, it's my son who is greedy. From now on, he will definitely skip lunch, please don't scold his son!" Jia Rong apologized to Ding Li sternly, not at all as miserable as described in the original book.Jia Qiang also wanted to say something, but was stopped by Jia Rong's sleeve.

The small movements of the two of them were all noticed by Ding Li. He was about to say something to appease the two brothers when he heard the only sons of the two brothers making grunting sounds one after another, which made Ding Li feel the love between the two of them. Stomach tight and sour, feeling too hungry.

"Go and sit there." Ding Li pointed to the warm bed with a kang table, watched Jia Rong and Jia Qiang's two children climb up with one password and one movement, and then nodded in satisfaction.

He has been under fire for a day because he separated from Fang Yang.Now that he was hit at the point of the gun by two nannies who were doing bad things with good intentions, Ding Li didn't have the patience to talk to them nicely, so he sat across from the two little brothers: "You are old, don't listen to everything Nanny. If you are hungry, let the little girl in the house go to the kitchen to get food, don’t worry about anyone else, your stomach is the most important thing. Also, who taught you not to eat after noon?”

"It's the Second Grandpa Zheng." Jia Rong replied in a muffled voice with her head lowered.

"Children have to look like children. Being old-fashioned makes people laugh." Ding Li said casually.

"Master." Jiang Cha's voice came, and someone came in with a food box. "The kitchen is afraid that the uncle will order food at night, so I prepared it earlier. It happens that the uncle also uses some, which are vegetarian fresh noodles." As he said, he brought three bowls, one large, two small, and three bowls, to the kang table.

Ding Li looked down, and the noodles were probably made with vegetable juice.The soup is filled with qi-invigorating medicinal materials, red wolfberry and white ginseng slices, against the emerald green noodles, making people feel appetizing just looking at it.

"Let's eat." Ding Li picked up his chopsticks to signal the two brothers to start eating.

Seeing Jia Rong and Jia Qiang's delicious food, the two nannies were too guilty to speak.In fact, apart from the reasons they told Ding Li, the two of them didn't want Jia and Rong to eat more because their milk could no longer satisfy the appetite of the younger brothers.Nanny is such a decent job. In order not to be excluded from the inner circle of people around the younger brothers too early, the two of them deliberately controlled the diet of the younger brothers.

If Ding Li knew that there was such a reason, no matter how well-bred he was, he would get angry: let the two children suffer from malnutrition for his own self-interest, and it would damage the health of the two children for the rest of their lives!

"Okay, don't go to sleep when you're full, let's digest your food. I'll go see your little aunt first." Ding Li watched the two children clumsily eat noodles with chopsticks, and smiled and let Jiang Cha eat himself up. The bowls and chopsticks are collected.

The two nannies saw Ding Li striding away, and they didn't know what would happen to them afterwards, they had long since lost the air they had earlier.Although the other maids and mother-in-law in the two brothers' room didn't make sarcastic remarks, they didn't step forward to appease them. It was obvious from a glance that they were also dissatisfied with their usual behavior.

"Did Miss ever get windy and hot?" Ding Li asked the person who took care of Miss after entering the west chamber.

The nanny and the girl shook their heads: "There was never a wind blowing in the heat. The eldest girl has been in the carriage all the time, and when she came out, there was a wind curtain to block the wind and heat, and she is fragrant now."

Ding Li took a closer look at the sleeping baby, and stretched out his hand as if to tuck the baby in a quilt, but in fact he felt the baby's pulse secretly.

This eldest girl is probably the fourth girl Xichun in the original book.Although she was born prematurely, her pulse is still strong, which shows that she was well taken care of.

Ding Li nodded, and ordered someone to take care of the eldest girl before leaving.

The nanny looked at Ding Li hesitantly, and when Ding Li was about to step out of the room, she opened her mouth: "Master, I brought the eldest girl to the West Mansion before. I heard from the old lady of the West Mansion that I wanted to hug the eldest girl." Used to keep it."

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