little son-in-law

Just after the mid-autumn festival, Ye Qing went to the neighboring counties to buy goods with the shopkeeper together with several other guys from Yipinzhai. During this season, a lot of melons, fruits, pears and peaches came down, so they took them back to bake dried fruits and other small snacks , Wei Yuer is more than three months old now.Aunt Ye herself is not in good health, she often stays in bed, and her youth is young. Although her uncles and brothers are all in the town, they are far away.Before Ye Qing left, he specially came to Mo's house to entrust him to take care of him.

A few days ago, I heard Yuyang mentioned during breakfast that Ye Qing's daughter-in-law still vomited whatever she ate for more than a month, so she went to see a doctor, and the doctor didn't dare to prescribe medicine for this body matter.

Most pregnant women like sour. Mo Nanjin kept the freshly fished fish in alkaline water for four or five days, and soaked the aged sour soup for seven or eight days.I washed the oil and boiled it in clear water without adding any seasoning. I made a big bowl of fish in sour soup, and Yuyang sent it over.

In the past few days, the peanuts, sweet potatoes and beans have all come down.Because they didn't grow much, my family came here in a hurry. The Mo family had a flatbed truck and borrowed one from the blacksmith's shop.The three little guys had already climbed up early and sat down in a row. They brought hoes, shovels and other belongings, and the family packed up and was ready to go to the field.

The bean leaves are all yellow, and some of them are faintly burnt, which means they are ripe. The leaves of peanuts and sweet potatoes are still very green, but when the weather cools down in a few days, they will not grow much. Take advantage of the current weather Warm, collected, and a good sun to dry, so that it will not be moldy when stored.

The beans and peanuts were directly pulled out by hand, and the sweet potatoes were about to be dug out with a shovel. Ming Ting and Xiao Mo put on their gloves and walked towards the peanuts and beans. The sweet potatoes and peanuts that came down were picked up in long cloth bags.The three little guys were chasing and playing in the field, occasionally coming to help pick up the peanuts that fell in the field.

"Daddy, do you want to drink sweet potato noodle soup tonight?" Jing Zhi followed behind Yuyang, sticking out his little butt, picking out a small sweet potato head that was as thick as a finger with his little hand, and put it into the cloth bag excitedly when he turned his head.

"Jing Zhi wants to drink?" Yuyang smiled and looked back at him, busy with his hands, pulling the sweet potato from the melon vine, and throwing it into the cloth bag behind him. Over the past few years, she has already done light farm work. It's easy to get used to.

"Well, it's warm and sweet." Xing Zhi spun his bamboo dragonfly and ran over with short legs.

"Look at the melons and vines under your feet, don't trip." Seeing his reckless posture, Mo Nanjin hurriedly said.

"Understood, Daddy." Xingzhi stopped obediently, turned around with a pair of beautiful and clear big eyes, and even pulled Yunzhi who was following behind him.

"Sister, slow down, you will trip."

Then Mo Nanjin nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, continued the work in hand, and said: "You three, be good, and Daddy will bake sweet potatoes for you later."

"Okay, I like roasted sweet potatoes the most." The three little ones immediately smiled.

Mo Nanjin found an open space, dug a shallow pit, picked some slender sweet potatoes and put them in, covered with a thin layer of soil, burned dry bean stalks on top, and threw some peanuts and beans to the fire.

The three little guys stood around, staring intently.

The beans and peanuts ripened quickly, and soon there was a burnt aroma.Mo Nanjin found a twig and pulled out the ripe peanuts and beans.Throw some more in, and invite others to come over and taste it.

The three small ones formed a semicircle around Mo Nanjin, with six little paws outstretched. Mo Nanjin peeled them and put them in their hands. The freshly roasted peanuts were a little hot, and there was still some water in them, so they tasted a little hot Mouth, but tender and raw, don't have a sense of freshness.

"Master, look at Tian Yuan..." Xiao Mo came over with a handful of peanuts and put them in Mo Nanjin's hands, and nodded his chin to signal Tian Fang, who was rushing past the field two feet away, with a bad look on his face, even a little out of breath He scolded the servants behind him, including Uncle Zhao's son Zhao Xiaoshan. When Zhao Xiaoshan saw Mo Nanjin's family, he gave a slight glance and didn't dare to say hello. Tian Fang obviously saw it too, and seemed to hum heavily. One sound, far away, and Mo Nanjin couldn't hear it very clearly.

"Master, I heard that those mandarin fishes from Tian's family are going to be shipped to big places for sale, but they are transported too far, most of the fish died on the way, and the fish is expensive to sell, and those dignitaries are picky. I have to eat something fresh, who wants dead fish, now the Tian family not only didn’t make any money, but also lost more than half of it.” Xiao Mo said, the corners of his mouth seemed to turn up when it was over.

"Who did you hear that from?" Mo Nanjin's eyes moved, and he knew that this must be true. In this era, there are no fresh-keeping devices. It is inevitable that many fish will die during long-distance transportation.He thought of this when he was digging fish ponds. Although he knew that the business of fish ponds was better than growing crops, he didn’t dare to do more. Most of the fish ponds were sold to nearby villages and towns, and it would be almost the same if they were sold to Zhaoyang County. .

"It's spread all over the town. But they all talk about it in private, and no one dares to discuss it publicly. I heard it from Mr. Liu and the others at the entrance of Dahuaishu Alley." Xiao Mo said.

"You really have a lot of friends, don't you?" Mo Nanjin raised his eyebrows and smiled at him. Nanshan Town is so big, he naturally knows about Liu Erye, but their family lives in the westernmost part of the town, which is rare on weekdays. It's really true that we can meet each other so that Xiao Mo can also find out the news.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, ate peanuts and beans, and drank some water, looking at the sun, and could collect more before noon.

"Jingzhi, Xingzhi, you two take good care of your sister. The sweet potatoes are not yet ripe, so don't move yourself, it's very hot, and Daddy will pick them out for you later." Mo Nanjin gave another word of worry, seeing the three little ones Qiqi nodded in agreement, then patted their heads, turned and went back to the field.

"Brother Mo..." Mo Nanjin raised her head upon hearing the words, saw Cai Qing far away, waved towards her, and ran over without stopping.

"Caiqing, take a breath first, don't worry, what's going on?" Seeing that he was running out of breath, Mo Nanjin motioned for her to take a rest first, and handed him a glass of water.

Caiqing supported her chest with one hand, wiped the sweat on her face with the other hand, took the cup, said without drinking water, "Brother Mo, your sister is here. She is waiting at your door."

"Sister?" Mo Nanjin murmured, in this world, only Nangong Qingyun is his sister in terms of blood relationship, but Nangong Qingyun doesn't say that she doesn't know the inside story, even if she knows, It's impossible to admit his brother, right?

"What's it like?" Xiao Mo asked, and he didn't dare to say it rashly: Where does my young master have a younger sister? My younger brother does have one, but I can't wait for my young master to die early to satisfy him.

Cai Qing glanced at him suspiciously, maybe it was strange that Xiao Mo didn't know his young lady, but she still said: "It's a lady who looks very noble, and she looks very beautiful." She didn't read many books and only listened to After a few lines of drama, in her imagination, that's what a noble wife should look like. She speaks kindly but makes people feel that she should be respected.

Seeing Caiqing's troubled look, Mo Nanjin smiled lightly and said, "It's okay, Xiao Mo just asked casually, let's load these into the car and go back."

Caiqing took a sip of water, thought for a while and said: "By the way, that brother Tian Cheng and Mrs. Tian are here too." I met the lady from the prefect's family the last time I came here.

"What are they here for?" Xiao Mo looked sideways at the young master, his eyebrows twitching.He didn't like that woman, even with Tian Cheng, he thought it best not to come here.

"Okay, you have a lot to do, hurry up and load the car." Mo Nanjin's eyes flashed twice, his expression remained unchanged, and he raised his hand to pull his ear.

"I know, young master." Xiao Mo ran away.

"I'll come over to help too." Caiqing put down the cup, rolled up her sleeves and carried a bag of peanuts with Mingyue, and loaded them into the car.

Before leaving, I still didn't forget, I picked out the roasted sweet potatoes that the three little guys had been thinking about, wrapped them in big sycamore leaves, put them in the car, and ate them when I went home.

Turning around an intersection, I saw a carriage parked steadily in front of Mo's house. Tian Cheng stood on the road and looked around. When he saw Mo Nanjin and the others, he ran to the window and said After saying something, he came towards this side again.

"Brother Mo, you are finally back." Tian Cheng said.

"Brother Tian, ​​we meet again." Mo Nanjin replied with a smile, but her probing eyes unconsciously turned to the carriage behind him.

It was her!

The corner of Mo Nanjin's mouth could not help but pull into a relaxed smile.

"Rong..." The visitor opened his mouth to speak, but instead bit his tender lower lip, he turned a corner and said, "Brother."

Seeing this, Mo Nanjin couldn't hold it back, and almost laughed out loud, thinking, I can't afford to be your big brother, your big brother is the current emperor, and she inadvertently wiped the corner of her lips with her fingers before calling out : "Yuanyuan."

The person who came was Nangong Yuanyuan, the wife of the current General Yun Zhongchun, who was titled Princess Chang'an.

Nangong Yuanyuan walked a few steps closer, wet tears welled up in her eyes, but she still looked up and down with a smile, she hadn't seen her for five years, she was still as handsome, elegant and peaceful as in her memory, but her brows were more stretched than five years ago Quite a few, until this time she really believed that Big Brother Rong was really not dead. Nangong Yuanyuan covered her mouth with her hands, her voice choked up, "...that's...that's great."

Seeing her like this, Mo Nanjin felt sad in his heart, supported his arm and persuaded him in a low voice: "Yuanyuan, don't do this, let's go home."

Yu Xili, Nangong Yuanyuan's personal maid, bowed her head and bowed her knees to salute Mo Nanjin. Mo Nanjin nodded and helped Yuanyuan enter the door first.

Tian Cheng and Guo Mingxia looked at each other, both puzzled, but when Guo Mingxia turned around, his gaze just moved.Seeing this, the guard driving the carriage snorted softly, followed Xiao Mo and led the carriage to the back door.

"Wipe your face, it looks like a cat. They are all mothers, and they cry so much." Mo Nanjin took the hot towel twisted by Yuyang and handed it to her, and said softly.He knew that Yuanyuan had a boy over two years old.

"Who says a mother can't cry, right, sister-in-law?" Nangong Yuanyuan wiped her face with a hot towel, her eyes were red, but she turned to smile at Yuyang.Before she came, she had heard from her husband-in-law that Brother Rong had already married a woman. She was very virtuous and well-managed. She was worthy of Brother Rong and had three children.

"Sister is right." Yuyang didn't know Nangong Yuanyuan's identity, but judging by her gestures, after all, she used to grow up in such a family, and it was revealed by the behavior of the always proud Guo Mingxia His respectful attitude made it easy to guess that it should be the family of a nobleman.

"By the way, the three children I saw just now are my nephew and niece, right? As an aunt, I haven't seen them yet. I want them to come out soon." Nangong Yuanyuan looked around for a week and saw no one. .said again.

"Just now the field was covered with soil, Mingyue changed their clothes in the back, and she will come out later, you can have a sip of tea first." Mo Nanjin said with a smile, she was still so impatient, she hadn't changed at all.

"The tea smells so good, what kind of tea is this? I've never drank it before." Nangong Yuanyuan said as she lifted the lid of the cup, and the tea inside was dark and seed-like.

"It's the barley tea I made myself. If you like to drink it, I'll pack a bag for you later." Mo Nanjin said, he made a lot of tea by himself when he was free.Barley tea, black bean tea, eight-treasure tea, chrysanthemum tea, mint tea, osmanthus tea, etc. are quite a few.

"Brother Rong..." Nangong Yuanyuan wanted to ask: Brother Rong, how have you been doing these years?But seeing this quiet town, the small farmyard with lush flowers and trees, the virtuous wife, and you who are relaxed and indifferent, I suddenly found it hard to ask this question.

But what should brother do?

She still clearly remembered March in Shengjing, when the willow trees beside the moat had sprouted, and catkins were floating all over the sky in Shengjing. On that day, she embroidered a purse with lotus flowers in front of the window. Although it didn't look very pretty, it was already It can be seen that it is a lotus flower. Her female worker has improved a bit. She often wants to wait for Brother Rong to come back so that she doesn’t have to apply the medicine for her. She will ask Uncle Huang in a few days. I met Brother Rong, and every time I asked to see him, my uncle refused.

Inadvertently raising her head, she saw herself in the bronze mirror, with willow flowers falling into her hair, very much like the filial flowers worn by her father and king at that time, she wanted to reach out to the mirror to remove them...

Yuxi slammed into the door, and before she could question her, her face was already full of tears, and she said, "Miss, Prince Xiaorong... went..."

"Gone, where did you go? Where did you go?" Intuition told her that "gone" meant that, but...

"Yuxi, what nonsense are you talking about? I promised elder brother that I will visit elder brother Rong often. Yuxi, go find elder brother Rong's clothes. Didn't you pack them last time? I'm going to the palace to send to elder brother Rong now." Yes, Yuxi, go quickly, why don't you go? Go quickly." Nangong Yuanyuan was hysterical at the end, her legs went limp, she collapsed on the ground, she struggled several times, but she didn't get up.

"Miss, don't scare me." Yuxi hurried forward, helped the lady onto the bed, handed over the handkerchief and said, "Miss, wipe it off."

"What should I wipe? Did I cry?" Nangong Yuanyuan touched the cold spot on her face, sniffed and said, "How did Brother Rong get there?"

"I heard from the second young master and his wife in the hall just now that Beiyuan's envoys forced us to hand over the murderer of Beiyuan's prince, but Prince Xiaorong came out and took poison in court." Yuxi said in a low voice.

"Really? Brother Rong just went there?" Nangong Yuanyuan murmured to herself.

"Besides, I heard that Prince Xiao Rong said before he left that he wanted to be cremated, and the ashes would not be kept, and all the ashes would be scattered in the Huijiang River." Yuxi added what he had heard.

"Huijiang, I heard that the river flows southward, and when it reaches Linyang, it will be called Lingjiang. It will not be left at all...Brother Rong, who are you saying goodbye to in this way? My elder brother? The elder brother should how?"

It has been more than a month since the elder brother came back, and what he saw was: the peace of the northern border, the complete surrender of the northern plains, the stability and stability of the country in Daning, and the farewell of the one he loves forever.

She still remembered what elder brother said before he left, he asked her to go to the palace to see elder brother Rong when she had time, she looked at her handsome and ready elder brother and asked, "When will elder brother Rong come back?"

The eldest brother said with a smile: "When I come back from northern Xinjiang, we won't be separated." There was such obvious expectation and tenderness in his eyes.

They were all waiting for the day when the eldest brother returned triumphantly, but the eldest brother did not come back all night. Gu Shisan sent someone back to say that the eldest brother stayed on the riverside all night and only said one sentence: Didn't you agree to wait for me? did you come back?

For nearly a month after that, Eldest Brother stayed in Qiushangju by himself, and no one was allowed to enter, even his mother and Uncle Huang were turned away. Suddenly, one day he went to Linyang to pick Elder Brother back. Did not receive.

When he came back again, he seemed to have calmed down, obeyed the arrangement, and ascended the throne as emperor, but he became more and more indifferent.Even in front of her family, she couldn't see a smile. She knew that her elder brother was blaming them. After elder brother Rong left, the family didn't even send him a letter.

They kept Yuanyuan and the others for dinner at noon, and learned from Yuxi that Yuanyuan was more than two months pregnant, and made Yuanyuan another fish in sour soup.

At the dinner table, Tian Cheng raised his head and looked at Mo Nanjin through the dining table a few times, uncharacteristically seldom talking, Guo Mingxia wanted to intervene several times, but the words were not speculative, so she had to stop in resentment.

Yuanyuan was very attached to the three children, and each of them gave a golden lock of longevity. Mo Nanjin and she didn't refuse much, thanked them, and accepted it for the children.

I heard from Yuanyuan that this time, because the Empress Dowager returned to Beijing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, they passed through Zhaoyang and caught cold and sickness, so they came here from Shengjing.

The Empress Dowager Duankang was the empress of Emperor Long'an, the aunt of Emperor Tongxi, and the grandmother of Nangong Jingshen. She had no chance to meet this legendary woman when she was in Shengjing.

Emperor Long'an loved Concubine Ying all his life and neglected the Empress, but he only gave Concubine Ying the respect of imperial concubine, and never ascended to the post.

When Emperor Tongxi ascended the throne, she was supposed to be the son of an enemy, and she also got along well with her and gave her full support.

The reason why Nangong Jingshen was able to ascend to the throne smoothly in the end is also due to her, the emperor's grandmother's many arrangements behind the scenes.

It’s just that after Nangong Jingshen ascended the throne, the most honorable woman in Daning lived in Jiangnan most of the time, and only returned to Beijing on important occasions. This time, she shouldn’t have passed through Yunzhou this time, but there were prefectures and counties on the original route. Floods, epidemics, and temporary diversions in Yunzhou, unexpectedly fell ill in Zhaoyang, and had to stay for recuperation.

Officials of Yunzhou Hefu, big and small, naturally showed their filial piety regardless of whether they could meet with them or not. Yuanyuan also met Guo Mingxia at that time, and I heard that her husband-in-law was originally accompanied by talents from Nanshan Town.

According to what she meant, Mo Nanjin probably sneaked here behind someone's back, but Yuanyuan refused to admit it after beating her to death, so there was really nothing she could do about it.

Fortunately, someone chased after lunch.

Yun Zhongchun first stepped forward and saluted Mo Nanjin, which caused Tian Cheng and his wife to gasp, and Guo Mingxia's face was pale and trembling.

Pulling Nangong Yuanyuan aside, she whispered, "Didn't I tell you not to come and disturb me so easily?"

Nangong Yuanyuan glanced at him sideways, and said seriously, "I'm here to see Brother Rong, how can it be considered disturbing?"

A doting smile floated on Yun Zhongchun's upright face, and he said helplessly, "I can't say no to you, so hurry up and go back with me, so that no one will find out that you are missing, and they will investigate later and cause trouble for Prince Xiaorong. Do you know?" Looking back at the two people standing blankly at the side, it seems that they have to "instruct" them well, what should be said, what should not be said, and who should not be messed with.

They left, and before boarding the car, Nangong Yuanyuan turned back and said to the three children with a smile, "Do you know your birthday? Auntie will give you better things next time on your birthday."

Jing Zhi and Xing Zhi had just passed their birthdays, so they naturally remembered clearly, and replied crisply: "The first day of August."

"The first day of August in the 20th year of Tongxi." Nangong Yuanyuan repeated.

Mo Nanjin didn't have time to stop him, and felt Yun Zhongchun's probing gaze upon hearing the words, but his heart tightened.

Nangong Yuanyuan asked Yuyang Yunzhi's birthday again.

Finally, he leaned close to Mo Nanjin and said softly, "Brother Huang will arrive in Zhaoyang the day after tomorrow."