Tranquility

This year's first spring rain lasted all night, and with the newly melted snow, it seeped into the ground finely and densely, awakening the creatures that had been sleeping all winter.

Listening to the rain hitting the window, Tangning hugged her beautiful wife and unborn son and slept soundly.

The sky was bright outside the window, and the rooster next door crowed several times. Tangning reluctantly left his wife and children, and put on a white open-sleeve silk dress. Sister Cheng specially made this dress for him. She wore it with a lining when she went out for an outing in spring. Originally, she wanted to wear it with a jacket, but Tangning insisted on stopping her.

Tangning opened the door and woke up Sister Cheng who was on the kang. Tangning turned around and smiled at her, called Xiaotao to bring water, then sat back on the kang and said, "The weather is cold these two days, you should sleep more, and let Xiaotao make breakfast Eat on the kang, if I have something to ask Mr., I will go to the front yard to eat with Mr. "

Sister Cheng struggled to hold herself up. Her stomach was already growing, and it was more than eight months old.Tangning picked up a pillow and placed it behind her. Sister Cheng leaned against her. She smiled palely and said, "I can't fall asleep anyway. Why don't you get up earlier and be more energetic."

Tangning took the hand towel from Xiaotao, wiped her face, and said worriedly, "You still can't sleep? What's going on? It's a pity that Uncle Lu went to the town to make medicine. Otherwise, I'll invite him to take a look."

Sister Cheng rubbed her stomach, shook her head and smiled and said, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome. I'm not alone, and others are like this. It will be fine when the baby comes out."

Tangning washed up briefly, then reached out to touch her son, "Son, Dad went to play with your grandfather. When you come out, let's play together."

Sister Cheng couldn't hold back her joy, so she gave him a light thump, "The more you live, the more you become a child."

Tangning laughed and got up and walked out the door. Sister Cheng shouted from behind, "Put on some clothes before leaving."

Tangning stood on the threshold and replied, "It's only a short distance. I will have to take it off when I get to Mr.'s place. It's troublesome."

After closing the door, Tangning turned around, and suddenly found that the peach trees in the yard were dotted with pink. Even though he was worried about Sister Cheng's body, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Went to Mr. Cheng's house.

Since Tang Ningzhong got to know Yuan, his wealth has accumulated rapidly.In addition to the generous rewards from the prefecture and county, many villagers voluntarily put their fields under his name in order to use his fame for tax exemption and become his tenants.Of course, there are also merchants who voluntarily donate fields, houses, and beauties to him, but Tangning rejected them all. He only selected a few well-known farmers as tenants. Even so, he still has nearly [-] acres of land under his name. , seems to have become the new squire landlord.

As soon as she entered the room, the cold air from outside was dissipated by the heater. Tangning calmed down and saw Mr. Cheng holding a book and squinting at the window.

The sunlight passing through the window paper is soft and warm, falling on the gentleman's handsome face, as if smoothing his inner edges and corners.But Tangning knew that it was just an illusion. Even though he had experienced many setbacks, the edges and corners of his husband had never been smoothed out. It was just that when facing his relatives, he always showed the softness of the sharp backside.

Looking at her husband's side profile for ten years, Tangning felt a pang of sadness in her heart. After all, the husband is old. He never squinted his eyes to read a book before, nor could he lean against the window.

However, thinking of the wonderful plans for the future, he cheered up again, put the food box on the table, and called his husband to come over for dinner.

The master picked up the chopsticks and said, "How is Yu'er today?"

Tangning set it up late, "You look pretty good, but you can't sleep."

The husband snorted, "She couldn't sleep, but I think you slept well, can't you talk to her and rub her legs?"

Tangning lowered her head to eat, not daring to argue.

The gentleman just complained a few words, and seeing that Tangning was being honest, he started eating on his own.

After dinner, Tangning packed the dishes, sat down and said, "Sir, I want to move to the town next year."

"Oh? Why did you think that you moved away, and your parents are still here."

"I heard Uncle Lu say that his neighbor next door is going to sell the house. The house is quite big, so I want to buy it. Let's move there together. First, it's close to Uncle Lu so that it's convenient for Yu'er to see a doctor. Second, you can also move here together. Live, the house can be separated by a wall, we are half of us, open a door in the middle, you can see Yuer whenever you want, and you can also talk to Uncle Lu. Three years ago, my friends are all in the town Well, Hongyu is also in the town, so it would be more convenient for me to live there. Besides, anyone who is admitted to Juren will buy a house in the town. I am not an exception. The house here is not far away. , Come back and live when you have time, and honor your parents.”

After hearing this, the gentleman nodded, "It's a good idea, but there's no rush to do it. We have to wait until Yu'er is in better health and my grandson grows up before we can move."

"That's natural. I'll buy it first, send someone to clean it up, and then add some servant girls, so that Yu'er can live a much more comfortable life in the future." Tangning smiled, but seeing her husband's expression of displeasure, she asked suspiciously : "Sir, is there anything wrong?"

Mr. Cheng didn't answer, he just took out a letter from the drawer and handed it to Tangning.

At the same time, Zhao Huiniang and Niu Niu with her belly were walking on the cobblestone path separated by two walls.

Zhao Huiniang supported Niu Niu nervously, "Be careful, the gravel road just rained is the most slippery, you, don't go in the main hall, but take the path. Let me see, why do you go out at this time and stay at home?" How nice it is."

Niuniu supported her waist and tried her best to straighten her six-month-old stomach. She held her head up and said disdainfully, "It is said that the stones on the stone road in his house are brought from the south, and each one costs ten yuan. They also say that people walk on it." All diseases are safe, I want to see how mysterious this path is, maybe if I leave today, I can give birth to a big fat boy tomorrow."

Mrs. Tang is helpless. Ever since Niuniu became pregnant, Zhang’s bird’s nest and ginseng have not been cut off. Zhang Youcai’s old mother has come to see her every now and then. Just how and what, a bunch of sweet words and empty promises without money were brainwashed, and Niu Niu and her daughter were so praised that they couldn't find their way. It seemed that as long as they entered Zhang's house, they entered heaven.

Niuniu said so on her lips, but she didn't dare to be careless with her feet and walked extremely slowly.When the two reached the door of Sister Cheng's room, Sister Cheng had already had breakfast and packed up. Seeing Zhao Huiniang helping Niuniu approaching, she hurriedly stretched her stomach to welcome them in.

"Why is sister-in-law free to come to our house today? It's the season of spring plowing. Niuniu is here anyway, the road is not easy now."

"That's right. Your elder brother broke a hoe while weeding. I came here to borrow one today. It happened that Niuniu stayed at home all the time, and no one talked to her. She was bored, so she begged me to take her. Come here, let's talk together." Zhao Huiniang helped Niuniu to sit down, and said by the way.

"Oh, I remember seeing it just two days ago." Sister Cheng swept it away, pointed to a hoe at the far wall along the window, and said, "Isn't that, hey, sister-in-law, you sit, it just rained, and the soil is soft , I'll let Xiaotao go and get it, let's drink tea first and talk."

In the front yard, inside Mr. Cheng's room, Tangning held the letter and said in shock, "How could Mr. Yu be executed? Where did he come from for the crime of treason? It's nonsense, Mr. Shui made a mistake, right?"

Mr. Cheng stretched out his hand to signal Tangning to sit down, and don't get excited, "This matter involves a secret back then. You should have heard that besides liking alchemy and cultivating Taoism, nowadays, he is also obsessed with male sex and is quite tired of female sex. If it wasn't for the sake of children, It is estimated that they will not marry wives and concubines.

In fact, this is not to blame today, it is all because when the late emperor was critically ill, in order to win the throne, today's biological mother Concubine Shu used poison to kill the eldest son of the late emperor who was born to Concubine Rong. Jinshang, who was only eleven, was secretly imprisoned in the palace, and his confidantes were tortured in every possible way. Until the late emperor died, no one could find him. The late emperor had three sons, the eldest son was dead, and the second son was missing. At that time, the situation was tense. So he convened a secret meeting of the cabinet, intending to elect the third son of the court lady as emperor, but he got the news before the meeting was over, so he didn't mention it again.

Unexpectedly, after more than [-] years, Jinshang somehow found out about this matter. He thought that Mr. Yu Ge was not pleasing to his eyes, but Mr. Yu Ge was able to handle affairs effectively, was upright and honest, and did not form cliques for personal gain. It was obvious to all the officials that he had no reason to deal with Mr. Yu Ge.This time, he managed to grasp the handle and finally sent Mr. Yu Ge to prison.Thinking about it now, there are not many people who know about it, but it was the six cabinet bachelors back then, and the family ancestor was there at the time, so I can know something. This must have been said by a certain bachelor or his relatives back then, as far as I guess , nine out of ten are old Qiuge. "

When Mr. Cheng said this, his voice became gloomy.

"But even so, so many years have passed, and there is no evidence, can it be said that the dignified elders of the three dynasties, the chief minister of the cabinet, and the head of Xishi can be beheaded today?"

Tang Ning was filled with righteous indignation, but there was laughter and laughter at Sister Cheng's side. It turned out that when Xiao Tao went to pick up a hoe, half of her calf accidentally fell into the mud, and she couldn't pull it out no matter what, she was so anxious that she almost cried.

Zhao Huiniang smiled and went out to pull her back, but was caught by a counterforce. Sister Cheng heard the laughter of the two people outside, then turned her head and said, "Niu Niu, sit down first, I'll go take a look." As he spoke, he held his waist and slowly moved outside the door to watch the excitement.

In the Tang family across the wall, Aunt Tang just came back from the outside with a basket. She heard the laughter of Zhao Huiniang next door, curled her lips, and looked for Niuniu out of habit, but she didn’t see her. She doesn’t change her sex, she’s pregnant with a child, and she’s still running around.”

Carpenter Tang knocked on the cigarette stick, and said, "I went to San'er's house with her sister-in-law."

Aunt Tang put down her things, wiped her hands, "I'm pregnant, no, I have to go and see." Then she went out again.

Besides, Niuniu glanced at Sister Cheng's back, her eyes rolled wildly, and saw that there was no one in the room, she committed her old problem again, got up, looked here and there, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the small wooden box on the kang, and the box was locked , she took out the hairpin on her head, fiddled with it a bit, and opened it, it turned out to be a box full of ginseng slices!

This box of ginseng slices is used by Dr. Lu to make tea for Sister Cheng every day. They are all ginseng that is 300 years old.In the beginning, it was only a few decades of ginseng, and then gradually used older ones. After all, Sister Cheng would use ginseng of a thousand years to hang her life. Even if Dr. Lu cooked it, the medicinal properties would be too strong. .

Niuniu's eyes were about to pop out, it's not that she has never seen ginseng slices, and the Zhang family sent a lot of ginseng slices, but each piece of ginseng slices in this box is completely larger than the ones sent by the Zhang family.

She stared at the box full of ginseng slices, and a wave of resentment arose in her heart. She thought that as long as she could marry into the Zhang family, she would be a master, and anyone who knew how to solve Yuanju would be trampled under her feet. What she ate now It's something that the girls in the village would never dare to think about in eight lifetimes. What is Tang Ning and what is Tang Ning's wife? She can't compare to her uncle. How are you doing? Can she eat bird's nest and ginseng?But now she realized that Tangning was so insidious. The third sister-in-law looked kind and amiable, but she had this kind of face behind her back. She only kept good things for her own use, and she was not willing to give any of them to her younger sister.

While Niu Niu was in a trance, Aunt Tang had already brushed past the heavy atmosphere of the front yard, shouting as she walked, "Niu Niu, you damn girl, why are you always wandering around, why don't you come out and go home with me!"

Niu Niu was pulled back to her senses by Aunt Tang's shout, she looked at the box full of ginseng slices, without saying a word, she hurriedly closed the lid and stuffed it in her sleeves, after all, there were so many ginseng slices, and a box was missing, she also felt guilty, she was afraid Sister Cheng turned around and found out, and now the old woman yelled at her throat, and was even more afraid that Sister Cheng would turn around, so she hurried to the door in a panic.

Unexpectedly, when I reached the door, I was tripped by the threshold, and the whole person rushed forward. At this time, Sister Cheng just turned around and just got out of the way. However, at this very moment, Aunt Tang had already approached...

"But even so, after so many years, and there is no evidence, could it be possible that the dignified elders of the three dynasties and the chief minister of the cabinet beheaded Xishi on the basis of one-sided words?" Tangning was filled with righteous indignation.

Mr. Cheng was about to speak, when suddenly several shrill female voices cut through the quiet and peaceful morning, passed through the window lattice, pierced the eardrums of the two of them, and penetrated to the bottom of their hearts!

The author has something to say: [-]. After it rains in the countryside, the ground is soft, and if you step on it, you really can't pull it out. I often did this when I was a child.

Second, I asked for a character design of Xiao Tang.