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Not long after Aunt Xue went out, Jia Huan came to Xue's house.So Xue Pan didn't wait for Aunt Xue to come back, and told Qing'er to take good care of the child, cleaned up by himself, and went to Jingxi Military Camp with Jia Huan to sign up for the army.

When Aunt Xue came to Hejia Lane, she first went to visit Jiamu, told Xue Pan that Xue Pan was going to join the army, and also told Xue Pan that she was going to marry Ying'er: "Old lady, Ying'er is like this in our house." It's been many years, so I can rest assured that she and Chai'er will continue to manage the shop in the future, and I will have someone to rely on. Pan'er said that if Chai'er feels that there is no girl around, I will pick a neat girl for her."

Mother Jia nodded and said: "What my aunt thinks is reasonable. Girl Bao is filial and polite. I think she will definitely agree. As for Baoyu, he has just returned and is still so weak. He can't compare with Pan'er and Huan'er." Lan'er suffered a lot, if he can get fame in the future, he can buy a few girls."

After seeing Jia's mother, Aunt Xue went to Baochai's house again.After Baochai heard Aunt Xue's words, she couldn't refuse, so she asked Ying'er again. Ying'er thought that Xue Pan used to like the new and dislike the old, but this time she came back, it was as if she had changed her face.Now she is just a girl, Baoyu has lost her former style, and the glory of Jia's mansion is gone forever.Xueyan, Zijuan and Meiqing, who are the same age as me, are already wives and mothers, if they stay here, they will be just a second Pinger.Marrying Xue Pan, although she is a stepwife and has children, but now that Xue Pan said that she will never marry again, then she is the main wife.Even if Xue Pan failed to achieve anything in the military camp, as long as he guarded the current shop of Xue's family, he would not be too down and out in his life, not to mention that there is an old shop and house in Jinling.

Thinking of this, Yinger nodded and said, "Yinger listens to the girl and wife."

Aunt Xue saw that Ying'er had agreed, so she smiled and said, "That's good, Ying'er, Pan'er said, you and Chai'er will continue to manage the shop together in the future, just like before. Chai'er wants to come back anytime, I will come back." The house will be cleaned up for you and Baoyu over there. I will go back and ask Guanshi Zhang to buy a good girl to make up for you. What do you think, Chaier?"

Baochai hurriedly said: "Mom, this place is not the same as ours now. You can buy me a girl for free. If you want to buy it, I can choose it myself, and you don't have to worry about it."

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you the money tomorrow. Yinger, you stay here with Chaier today, and I'll let the sedan chair carry you back tomorrow. I'll also prepare a few banquets at home, and let the people here Everyone went to eat. Now I go back and help you decorate your new house first."

In the evening, when Xue Pan came back, he saw Aunt Xue, Tong Xi, and Qing'er were helping him decorate his new house. Knowing that everything was in order, he couldn't help but smile, so he hurried out and invited some old friends to come to his house the next day to congratulate him.

The next day, the Xue family was full of joy.Early in the morning, Aunt Xue asked Qing'er and a few servants in the shop to hang up the lantern couplets first, and invited a cook to prepare three tables of banquets, and then hired sedan chairs to pick them up in Hejia Lane.

The Xue family's banquet this time was not bad. Except for Jia's mother, Mrs. Amber Xing, everyone in the Jia family came to congratulate her. Li Wan also asked Jia Lan to come and give gifts.Wang Ren also came with two concubines.

It was night, Xue Pan, who was the groom again, changed his vulgarity and showed tenderness towards Yinger in every possible way, which made Yinger look at her with admiration, and cherished the love that should not belong to her even more.

On the fourth day of Xue Pan's marriage to Ying'er, Xue Pan began to go to the Jingxi Military Camp for training.When registering on the same day, Xue Pan was assigned to the Sword and Gun Camp, and Jia Huan was assigned to the Bow and Arrow Camp. They have been told to start training in four days.

Because of the warm weather, the military camp allowed those recruits living in the capital to go home at night, but they had to return to the military camp in the morning.Jia Huan simply lived in the barracks. Xue Pan bought a horse because he had just got married, and he left early and returned late.

Baochai and Yinger continued to run the shop together, the difference was that in the evening Yinger returned to Xue's house and Baochai returned to Jia's house in Hejia Lane.Because there are many people in Jia's house, the child Jia Kui stays in Xue's house with Jia Lian's son Xing'er.

In a blink of an eye, it was already March [-]th.

At noon that day, Jia Zheng came back from the outside and brought everyone a very unexpected news, saying that Jia Rong, who was guarding the northwest border, had returned.

Mrs. Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, hurriedly asked Jia Zhen and Jia Lian about the situation. Jia Zheng said: "Old lady, sister-in-law, Zhen'er and Lian'er are not coming back, and they said they will stay there and continue to guard the border."

Mother Jia was shocked and said, "What? Brother Zhen and Lian'er didn't come back?"

Jia Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, old lady, Brother Rong said, Zhen'er felt ashamed to see us, so he voluntarily stayed in the northwest, saying that if he couldn't make a career in this life, he would never return to the capital to see his family. Lian'er has always been with us. He is very friendly, so he just asked Rong'er to tell us that he is fine and there is nothing to worry about."

Jia Zheng's words didn't matter to anyone else, only Qiu Tong burst into tears and murmured: "How can I do this? When I was in Chang'an that day, he said that I gave birth to a son, and he would do anything. If he doesn't come back, does he still have our mother and son in his heart?"

After Qiu Tong finished speaking, she covered her face and turned to go to the room to be sad.Mrs. Xing didn't say anything, she just turned around silently to look at Hu Xing'er and Jia Kui.

But it is said that in Liu Zhai at this time, Xichun is more than seven months pregnant, and his son Liu Rufeng is three years old.

Xichun can't do housework now, so besides rest every day, she does some needlework, teaches her children to read and write, and sometimes plays the piano and zither. He and the girl are busy in the kitchen, and the inside and outside of the house are full of the warmth of home.

When a bright moon hangs in the sky, sometimes Liu Xianglian can't help but hug Xichun, looks at Xichun with a tender smile and says, "Sister, do you think our second child is a daughter?"

Xichun leaned against Liu Xianglian's chest and said, "Brother, do you want to be a daughter or a son?"

Liu Xianglian said without hesitation: "Sister, of course I hope it's a daughter. We already have a son like Feng, so we should have a daughter. You don't know, both Feng Ziying and King Beijing Jing said that next time they want to Go to the Muni Temple to pray, hoping to give birth to a daughter after the next pregnancy."

Xichun said with some disbelief: "What? Brother-in-law Feng and brother-in-law Wang both want daughters? They don't like sons?"

Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "It's not that they don't like their sons, it's because they miss their daughters so much. The two of them also said that if they had daughters, they would hug them several times a day and teach them literature and martial arts. Feng The wife also said that in a family, if there is a boy, it is good to have a daughter. She and General Feng did not have a daughter. Now Feng Ziying and Miaoyu have both sons. Ziyong's child is about to be born. Boy and sister, if the two of us had a daughter, Feng Ziying and King Beijing would not be envious."

After Liu Xianglian finished speaking, she lowered her head and gently attached to Xichun's big belly and whispered: "Daughter, did you hear that? When you are born, daddy will hug you ten times a day, and from now on daddy will teach you everything you know, your mother will I will also teach you, so that you can be the happiest daughter of the Liu family who is unparalleled in Beijing!"

Xichun listened and smiled and said: "Brother Liu, if you say this, I also hope that this fetus will have a daughter. You look like Rufeng, you said that you want to learn martial arts on horseback at such a young age, and you also said that when you grow up to be like you, if you have a son, I'm afraid I'll run to the barracks by then, and no one will accompany me."

Liu Xianglian laughed and said, "Sister, this is the same as Feng Ziying's mother said. Mrs. Feng said that the three Ziying brothers were still young, and they wanted to ask their husband to teach them literature and martial arts. When they were older, they would sneak out when they were free." , No matter how old I was, I always went to the military camp. Fortunately, my family now has two daughter-in-laws and grandsons to accompany me, otherwise the family would not be lonely."

Xichun smiled and said: "But brother Liu, if we love her more, she will get married sooner or later, if it is a daughter, will you be willing?"

Liu Xianglian smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, even if our daughter is married, she can't be allowed to marry away. It will be convenient for us to see her, and it will be convenient for her to come back to see us, just like Ziyong and Li Wen, Li Tai and you The third sister is not at home, and Mrs. Li asked Ziyong and Li Wen to go back to eat and talk in only three or four days. Isn’t this the same as not being married? By the way, I will ask Mr. Zhang to show you tomorrow, he must know our baby is A son or a daughter."

Xichun smiled and said, "Why is Brother Liu so impatient? I think our children have heard what you said by now. If he is a son, you are so patriarchal, and you won't have sex with you when you are born?"

Liu Xianglian smiled and said: "My sister is wrong, I, Liu Xianglian, prefer women, but I never said that I want to favor boys and dislike sons!"