An old lady's life

There are four great joys in life: meeting rain after a long drought, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, title on the gold list, and wedding night in the bridal chamber. According to the negotiation between Rong Mansion and Yijun Palace, the wedding date was set in October when the climate is suitable.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Ai Cao and Jia Min of the Lin family returned to Beijing with their twin sons, Lin Wei and Lin Meng, to attend Jia Hu's wedding. Lin Hai and Lin Zhen could not return to Beijing until the imperial order arrived.

After Ai Cao and Jia Min returned to Beijing, Jia Min immediately submitted a formal greeting letter to her natal family, saying that she would return to Rong Mansion the next day to visit, and she would naturally bring her twin sons who were almost five years old. I haven't seen my brother yet!

That night, Ai Cao met her niece whom she hadn't seen for many years. Lin Nuan took her eldest son Wu Xi and younger son Lou Bei back to the Lin family to visit her aunt. The maintenance of the Lin family these years was also arranged by Lin Nuan, not to mention that she planted all the gardens in the Lin family. Ai Cao and Jia Min saw all kinds of medicinal materials when they came back, and smelled the strong medicinal fragrance in the air, both Ai Cao and Jia Min laughed a little. Although Lin Nuan wrote to tell them, they never expected , The Lin family has become like this, of course it is very lively.

Lin Nuan would bring his son or apprentices to the Lin family to take care of them from time to time. They took care of the medicinal materials grown in the garden by themselves, so the Lin family was not like other families who left Beijing for a few years and had to repair it when they came back. House, otherwise there is no way to live.

Ai Cao called Wu Xi and Lou Bei to her side, and touched this and that. Wu Xi was eight years old, and Lou Bei was almost four, looking at Ai Cao with wide eyes.

"Wu Xi, call Lou Bei, these are the uncles and grandmas that mother told you about." Lin Nuan glanced over, "This is my aunt, and the ones are my cousins. They are divided according to age."

Ai Cao couldn't help laughing, and Jia Min couldn't help smiling too. He called the two children over and introduced each other. Wu Xi was the oldest, Lou Bei was the youngest, and Lin Wei and Lin Meng were in the middle.

"Aren't you going back to Wu's residence tonight?" After talking for a while, Ai Cao asked Lou Gao, his niece and son-in-law.

Lin Nuan nodded: "I often come back to live, Lou Gao is on duty in the palace tonight, so it's okay if you don't go back." She wrinkled her nose, and said, "Sister-in-law, those medicinal herbs in the garden, I'll take care of them in two days. Let them be removed."

Jia Min nodded. In the future, the Lin family will entertain guests, so they must be decorated with flowers and plants to make the Lin family look elegant and tasteful. With guests coming to the house, these are just things to talk about. It is not suitable to grow all medicinal materials, let alone children who are ignorant and mischievous. What if they damage it? manage?

"Okay, don't worry, your cousin won't be back until October."

The next day, before Jia Min could bring his two sons back to his natal home, Lou Gao, Hao Ding and Ying Xing came to visit the old lady. The others were all employed and had to wait for their holidays to visit the old lady.

"Madam, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Hao Ding was still so mischievous, Ai Cao glanced back and forth at the three of them, Lou Gao, the niece and son-in-law, seemed much calmer than before leaving Beijing, he is now the commander of the Imperial Army, Feng Yu is the deputy commander, and each of them holds a line in their hands. Fortunately, Feng Yu does not act as a monster or greedy for power. The two sides live in harmony and have cooperated for many years and complement each other.

"Are you all resting today?" Ai Cao greeted the three of them with a smile, and now they are all well-known figures, "I haven't seen Hao Ding for a long time, Hao Ding is still so cute! Besides being cute, he is a little more stable."

Hao Ding patted his chest and said: "Hey, old lady, I'm so proud, I'm a father, I must be a role model for my son and daughter."

Lou Gao and Ying Xing looked at Hao Ding speechlessly, and Ai Cao nodded: "That's good, when I become a father, I will naturally support my child."

Said that the child will be here soon, Lin Wei and Lou Bei ran in holding hands, followed by the slow Lin Meng and Wu Xi with a serious expression on his face. Lou Bei's eyes lit up when he saw his father.

"Daddy!" The little short legs ran fast, rushing into Lou Gao's arms, and then looked at Hao Ding and Ying Xing, "Uncle Ten, Uncle Eleven."

Lin Wei and Lin Meng both stood in the middle, looking up at the three strange men, Ai Cao smiled and said, "Wei'er, Meng'er, what should I call these uncles?"

Wu Xi walked over silently, bowed to his father, uncle, and grandma, and then stood aside silently. This baby is now almost a copy of Lou Gao.

"Uncle." Lin Meng said lazily, looking at Hao Ding and Ying Xing, he was in trouble.

Lou Bei proudly said: "Second Cousin and Third Cousin can call Uncle Ten and Uncle Eleven."

Lin Wei and Lin Meng really called people obediently: "Uncle, Uncle Ten and Uncle Eleven."

Hao Ding laughed, stretched out his hand and hugged Lin Meng and Lin Wei who were near him, looked at the two brothers, and said in amazement: "Old lady, Brother Wei and Brother Meng look exactly the same, but I can tell the difference at a glance. the two of them."

Ying Xing poured cold water: "If you can't tell the difference, then you have to reconsider whether you are qualified to be the leader of the imperial army."

Hao Ding glanced at the two elder brothers, hugged Lin Wei and Lin Meng and started talking, you asked me to answer, and you asked me to answer you, laughing frequently.

Ai Cao had no time to ask about the lives of Lou Gao and the other three, so she called Wu Xi to her side. Naturally, the two brothers lived with Lin Nuan in her yard at the Lin family, but when Ai Cao asked his mother, Wu Xi said, "Mother, go!" The pharmacy is closed, let my younger brother and I accompany my uncle and grandma, or go back with my father later."

"Your mother is really relieved!" Seeing that the child was so young and mature, she knew that Lin Nuan might be an unreliable mother, and there were no servants or maids accompanying the two children.

"Mother has to see patients, and father has to be on duty, but I have so many aunts who take good care of me and my younger brother." Wu Xi blinked, he didn't understand what uncle and grandma said, he didn't think it was bad!

Ai Cao couldn't help laughing and said, "Yes, you have so many aunts."

After talking for a while, Ai Cao didn't keep the three of Lou Gao and let them go home to rest. They have already returned to Beijing, and they will have time to spend together in the future. After Lin Hai returns to Beijing, the Lin family will definitely entertain guests.

Lou Gao left his two sons behind, and carefully told Wu Xi: "Remember, Xixi, don't be naughty, take good care of your younger brother, and listen to your uncles, grandmas and aunts."

Wu Xi nodded, and Lou Gao said again: "Father is on duty at night, so he can't come to pick you up, wait for your mother to come back to pick you up."

Here, Jia Min packed up the presents and planned to take the two sons back to her natal home, but Lin Wei and Lou Beichu had known each other for the first time, and the two were as close as one person, so Jia Min had no choice but to take the four children back to her natal home.

When he arrived at the gate of Rongfu, Lou Bei took a look and said, "I've been here before!"

Wu Xi murmured in her heart, of course she has been here, every once in a while when she took them out to play, she would come here to ask the old lady inside for a pulse.

Jia Min was surprised, but soon figured it out.

"Let's go, let's go in. This is Weier Menger's grandfather's house. Do you still remember the grandmother, two uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​that Mother told you about?"

Under the guidance of the maid, the children ran fast, not to mention that Lou Bei knew the way. When Jia Min arrived at Rong'an Hall, he saw his mother hugging the twins with a smile on her face.

"Did your mother, Beibei, leave you and your elder brother to grandma and uncle again?" Hongye still knew a thing or two about Lin Nuan's behavior. Playing in the street, of course it is because of the good weather, so I took a stroll to Rongfu to get her a pulse. Other times, she would take care of the children at home, and entrust the children to Hao Ding and their wives to take care of them when she was not at home. Of course, there were still children at home. There are people serving, but there are not many servants in Wu's house, unlike the Duke's Mansion, which has been formed over a long period of time, and the people who serve around the young master and girl have rules.

Lou Bei nodded with puffed cheeks, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, but this time the Lin family is fun, and they have two cousins."

Hongye touched this child, touched that child, it really was her own child, no matter how cute she looked.

Jia Min's eyes were flushed, and when she came in, she gave her mother a big gift, leaned on her mother's knee and choked up talking, Hongye smiled and said: "Okay, you are a mother now, why are you so emotional? Don't you?" Tell Wei'er and Meng'er to laugh at you, and don't tell Xixibeibei to laugh at your aunt."

Jia Min had only met the two sister-in-laws after the venting of emotions, and now the nephews were not at home, so only the two nieces, Sister Shan and Sister Qiong, looked curiously at the fourth aunt who only knew her name but had never seen her before.

Children usually play with children. Sister Qiong is just over one year old, but she also likes to talk to her two cousins ​​and Beibei, while Wu Xi follows behind to take care of her younger siblings, and occasionally chats with Sister Shan .

"Wu Xi, is it hard for you to practice martial arts?" Sister Shan asked curiously. This is the first time she has had close contact with Wu Xi, and they were nodding acquaintances before.

Wu Xi shook his head: "It's not hard work, just do what you can."

"Are you and Fengzhang together?" Sister Shan groaned and continued to ask.

"Not all of them are together. There will be two to three days of training together in ten days." Wu Xi replied, they were all training in the training ground of the palace. There were many people around his age. Feng Zi and Long Sun also only want the sons of Fengzhang and King Qi's sons, and the sons of other clans or princes will not appear in the training ground.

"The son is very powerful, and he can persist."

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Inside the house, Jia Min followed Hongye every step of the way, and Hongye also thought it was really funny, they are all 30 years old, why are they still so childish?After taking a nap in the middle of the afternoon, she went for a walk with Hongye again.

"Sister Shan is so big now, she is still young, how beautiful she will be when she grows up!" Jia Min held Hongye's arm, "Mother, are you really willing to let Miss Shan enter the royal family? The royal rules are so many."

Hong Ye smiled and shook her head: "It's okay. No matter who it is, if you want to marry Miss Shan, you must issue a military order. If you can't meet it, you can't do it. The girl I raised so hard is not for others to abuse. Our Jia family raised her. worthy of the girl."

"Mother, why do I think you speak so much like my mother-in-law?" Jia Min couldn't help laughing on her mother's shoulder, a yellow leaf fell on her head, and the red leaf took it off.

Hongye murmured in her heart, of course they look alike, they are hard-core best friends, and their thoughts are naturally interlinked!

Now that the days are getting shorter, when Jia She and Jia Zheng came back, the side hall of Rong'an Hall was already set up. Jia Hu came back one step earlier than his father and second uncle. He is now on duty in the Imperial Academy, but he does a good job every day Most of the things are copying books.

"Hu'er has grown up, these days go by really fast!" Jia Min felt emotional when he saw his nephew who was taller than him.

Jia Hu smiled: "Fourth aunt is still so young and beautiful!"

"Spoof!" The smile on Jia Min's face was as bright as a flower, and he called Lin Wei and Lin Meng over, "I'm afraid Wei Er Meng Er can't remember the big cousin?"

Jia Hu went to Qingzhou when he was studying abroad, and stayed in Qingzhou for about half a month. At that time, the two little cousins ​​were still young, so they must not remember him.

"The two little cousins ​​are easy to recognize." Jia Hu pursed her lips and smiled. Anyone who has been in contact with them for a while will not admit it wrong. Lin Wei is lively and Lin Meng is lazy, and they can be distinguished at a glance.

"Brother Hu, what about me?" Lou BeiJi tried to find a sense of presence, Jia Hu nodded and smiled at Wu Xi, and rubbed Lou Bei's head, "If brother remembers correctly, we just met the day before yesterday."

Thanks to his father, Jia Hu recognized all the leaders of the imperial army who could talk, and thanks to his aunt Lin's family, he also knew all the children of Commander Lou's family. Naturally, he also knew the children of Hao Huwei and others, but he Older than them and busy with their studies, they are not particularly familiar with these little guys.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng coming in. Jia Min's eyes lit up. I haven't seen the two brothers for a few years. The brothers have changed a lot!

"Big Brother, Second Brother!" She looked down at her sons, and saw Lin Wei and Lin Meng saluting like a little adult: "Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle."

Wu Xi and Lou Bei saluted, then stood aside, and Lou Bei clung to Jia Hu, "Brother Hu, I heard that you are getting married, how about I be a bed press boy for you?"

Jia Hu was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "This brother can't make the decision." He looked at the little guy curiously, "Do you know what a bed press boy is?"

Lou Bei puffed out his small chest: "I know, there are a lot of delicious food, I've been it, it's fun!"

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Here Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and Jia Min were reminiscing about the old days, and saw two identical nephews, which is very strange, since the Jia family has never had twins.

"Let uncle guess, which one is Brother Wei and which is Meng Geer?" Jia Amnesty stroked the short beard on his chin, and looked at the two little nephews with a smile on his face.

Jia Zheng glanced at the childlike elder brother, and stroked Lin Meng's head: "This is Brother Meng, right? The second uncle saw you for the first time, and there are no good gifts. These are wooden tigers and lions made by the second uncle. As he spoke, he took out two wooden tigers and lions from his sleeves, and stuffed them into the hands of his two little nephews.

"Second brother, you are really stingy, and the wood is not worth much money!" Jia Amnesty was not to be outdone, seeing the two elder brothers scrambling to give gifts, Jia Min had some dark lines, especially when the elder brother ran against the second elder brother. In other words, she doesn't think there is anything wrong with wooden toys. The second brother made them himself, with full sincerity.

Jia Amnesty gave two big pearls to his two nephews, and Jia Min was a black thread. Lin Wei and Lin Meng accepted the gift from their uncle, thanked their uncle obediently, and quickly hid the gifts on their bodies, especially the two pearls. , don't let my mother take it away, of course it doesn't mean that the second uncle's gift is not good, they like it very much, but mother will take away anything that is too valuable.

"Brother, what pearls are you giving? They belong to children's families, just to look good!" After finishing speaking, Jia Min skillfully searched out the two pearls from his son, "You can play with the toys given by the second uncle. You can’t play with the pearls that uncle gave you, mother will keep them for you, count them as your private money, and return them to you when you are older.” Jia Min didn’t think pearls are valuable, but pearls are round and her son is young , if they accidentally swallowed it, she wouldn't know where to cry.

Jia Amnesty couldn't help laughing out loud, Jia Zheng shook his head, the eldest brother is really more and more childlike.

Seeing this, Lou Bei grabbed Jia Hu and said, "My mother also took my pearls. It turns out that my aunt is the same as my mother. But I saw where my mother put my pearls. My mother said Give it to me when I grow up, when will I grow up?"

Jia Hu couldn't help laughing, but Wu Xi was speechless.

It was getting dark and early, and Ai Cao and Lin Nuan had already had dinner. While the two were talking, Jia Min had already brought the children back together. The aunt Jia Hu personally sent came to see Ai Cao, and said After a few words, he left.

Just like that, the Lin family was busy contacting relatives and friends after returning to Beijing. The time passed quickly. During the official assessment period in September, Beijing was full of excitement. Entering October, Lin Hai's transfer order was also sent to Qingzhou. The new prefect of Qingzhou is none other than the magistrate of Qingzhou. Lin Hai is also relieved, so that the strategy he and other Qingzhou officials have formulated can continue to be implemented. After spending a few more days handing over to the prefect of Wu, Lin Hai took Lin Zhen to the seat. The passenger ship back to Beijing has arrived.

Before Lin Hai arrived, the wedding of Princess Jia Hu and Ping Hui was held on October [-]th. On this day, the entire Rong Mansion was decorated with lights and festoons. After Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang hurriedly went, there were many guests. When paying homage to the hall, the busy day will come to an end when the guests gradually disperse.The new house of the grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Hong Ye was embarrassed to go to see it, but Sister Shan waited without any scruples. They talked with the new sister-in-law in the new house, until the eldest brother came back and was kicked out of the house by the elder brother, and Sister Shan carried her younger sister to convey the news of the new house to her grandmother. lively.

"Your eldest brother is not drunk, right?" Hongye was very worried that her grandson's new house would make a fool of herself. Sister Shan covered her mouth and smiled. Before she could speak, Sister Qiong said quickly, "Third brother is drunk!"

Sister Qiong nodded seriously and then shook her head: "Not good, not good."

For Jia Hu's marriage, Jia Lian deliberately set aside time to come home early. Today he brought his cousins ​​to accompany his elder brother to greet the bride, and at night he even helped the elder brother hold back the wine. Don't underestimate Jia Lian, this kid doesn't know Where did he practice drinking secretly, of course he was still drunk!

"Sister Qiong is right, it's not good to be drunk." Hong Ye stroked her granddaughter's head: "Go back and rest, tomorrow I will talk about Lian'er, who is underage, yet dares to drink?"

Sister Shan smiled gloatingly, and then left. It was another hour after the Rong Mansion calmed down.