An old lady's life

Only ten days after Jia Hu got married, Lin Hai and Lin Zhen returned to Beijing. When they were still on the boat, the father and son saw the dock. Yes, the capital has really changed a lot!"

Lin Zhen nodded. Qingzhou has also developed rapidly in recent years, although it is not as good as Shanghai City and Fucheng. Those who don't go to the floating city, but don't think it's completely his imagination, the capital city is only more lush than the floating city.

The merchant ship they were on waited for a long time before berthing at the pier. Immediately, the steward of the pier came up to take over and asked how long the ship would stay at the pier. After all, the pier in the capital was very expensive.The left and right sides are full of luxurious big ships, and the far left is a cargo ship with a heavy draft. Many porters are unloading goods from the ship, and there are many small vendors on the shore, almost all selling food.

The Lin family had already sent people to the pier to wait for them for several days, and today the master and young master finally arrived, and the housekeeper immediately came forward to greet them.

Lin Hai and Lin Zhen didn't pay much salute. All the big or heavy things were brought back to Beijing earlier. This time, a carriage is enough. The father and son entered the carriage, the butler also came in, and then the coachman and The two guards sat outside, they were both men, so don't be too particular about it.

Lin Hai opened the curtain to look at the scenery outside. The passers-by were already familiar with dignitaries appearing on the pier from time to time, and they no longer panicked like before. Now they just avoided the side, and they could still walk on the road calmly.

"How much money do these coolies on the pier earn in a day?" Lin Hai asked suddenly, the porters were the hardest and most tiring on this wharf, and the ones who earned the most were the porters.

The housekeeper Lin Wen smiled and said: "There are quite a lot of them. If you are physically strong, you can earn a tael of silver. Most of them are seven or eight hundred yuan, and those who do less are four or five hundred. The price of a bun used to be one penny, but now it costs two pennies a bun, and the prices of other items have also increased by about two times."

Along the way, the butler talked about many things in the capital, and told the master in advance, so as not to be dissatisfied when the master suddenly returned to Beijing.

The carriage stopped in front of the Lin family's gate. All the owners of the Lin family were waiting in the front hall. Ai Cao and Jia Min were in the hall. Lin Wei, Lin Meng Lougao and the three children hid behind the door, looking out through the crack of the door to see their father ( Uncle) when will you come back.

Lou Bei was still young and hadn't given formal teaching yet, so he had a lot of time. Wu Xi had Chinese and martial arts classes, but he didn't have much time, so Lin Nuan felt relieved to throw his youngest son back. The Lin family is gone, and Lou Bei and his two little cousins ​​are fresh, and they don't care about the other siblings in the family.

Seeing the carriage stop, Lin Wei and Lou Bei's eyes widened. Lin Meng glanced lazily and saw his father and elder brother get off the carriage, so he immediately opened the door. As a result, Lin Wei and Lou Bei compared He stepped over the threshold quickly.

As soon as Lin Hai walked up the steps, Lin Wei hugged his legs. In front of him was a smaller guy stretching his neck and looking at him. His cheeks were puffed up. The little face was delicate and cute, and it gave him a familiar feeling. a feeling of.

"Hee hee, Daddy, you are so slow, you are only coming back now!" Smiling, Lin Wei stretched out his hand to grab the eldest brother Lin Zhen behind him. Lin Zhen squeezed his younger brother's cheek, turned around and hugged Lin Meng.

Lin Hai squatted down, picked up his son with one hand, stared at Lou Bei, and said with a serious face: "Who is the little guy?"

Lou Bei immediately raised his head and chest, and said righteously: "Uncle, I am not called a little guy. I have a name. My name is Lou Bei. Everyone calls me Beibei."

He tilted his head and smiled at his uncle: "Uncle can also call me Beibei."

Lin Hai couldn't help showing a smile, and then picked up the little guy with the other hand, "What a smart kid!"

Lou Bei giggled, leaned on his uncle's shoulder, and waved to Lin Zhen behind him: "Big cousin, I'm Beibei!"

With a smile on the corner of Lin Zhen's mouth, she nodded, "Yes, Beibei."

Lin Meng hugged his elder brother's neck, and glanced lazily at his elder brother and cousin who were laughing with his father in front of him. Seeing that his elder brother was fighting for favor with his cousin, he said seriously to his elder brother, "Elder brother, second brother is so childish!"

The corners of Lin Zhen's mouth turned up, and she nodded affirmatively: "Yes, very childish."

"This is my father!" Lin Wei yelled at Lou Bei with puffy eyes, and Lou Bei was not to be outdone: "I know, my uncle is the father of my second cousin and third cousin, I have my own father, how about my father?" awesome!"

Lin Hai suddenly laughed, it really is a child, what is there to compare it to?

"My father is also very good!" Lin Wei glared at Lou Bei, Lou Bei tilted his head to look at his uncle, and nodded: "Well, my uncle is also very good, look at how he can hold us both!"

Lin Wei nodded in agreement, and the two cousins ​​who were about to quarrel reconciled just like that. Lin Hai watched from the beginning to the end and laughed.

In the front hall, reunited with mother and wife.

It was mid-afternoon, Ai Caoliu Lin Hai and Lin Zhen talked for less than a quarter of an hour, so they asked the father and son to follow Jia Min back to the main hall to wash and rest, and then they said something slowly.

Around You hour, the sky was already dark, and the Lin family's dinner was already on the table. Lin Nuan knew that her cousin was returning to Beijing today, and her youngest son was still at the Lin's house, so she called Lou Gao and her eldest son to come to the Lin's house.

Lin Hai and Lou Gao sat drinking and chatting together. Next to them were Lin Zhen and Wu Xi. They were almost ten years old. As we know, Lin Hai is gradually taking Lin Zhen with him, even if Lin Zhen listens to everything. I don't understand, but gradually he can understand it in the future. This is the subtle influence from childhood.

Ai Cao and Jia Min had to urge Lin Wei and Lin Meng to eat. Lou Bei sat next to Lin Nuan and scooped up the food in the bowl with a spoon. Of course, everything in his bowl was made by Lin Nuan. What kind of food did mother put in? He is not picky about what food he eats.

Lin Wei and Lin Meng are more active, they want to eat this and that, but Lin Meng is not so humble when it comes to food.

Seeing that Lou Bei is so well-behaved, Ai Cao sighed, whether she can really teach children well, regardless of modern or ancient people, it all depends on one's ability.

"Nuannuan, Beibei is so good, she can eat by herself." Ai Cao glanced at Lin Wei and Lin Meng, who were negotiating conditions with their mother, with a smile, and looked at Lou Bei, who was eating with puffy cheeks like a little hamster.

Lin Nuan glanced at her son and nodded, "It's very good, don't worry me much."

The black line of wormwood, this mother is really very worry-free. Hearing this, Jia Min raised her eyebrows and looked at the two sons. Is she too gentle?That's why the two sons are so naughty?

"If you're disobedient, just give him a good beating!" Lin Nuan picked up a piece of tofu for her son, and said, "After eating in the bowl, leave the table by yourself." She would not punish the child for being hungry, but just give her son a good spanking. Pain does not hurt the body.

Lou Bei held a small spoon in his hand and nodded obediently with puffed cheeks. Ai Cao and Jia Min choked, and couldn't help laughing when they recovered.

Lin Zhen and Wu Xi focused on two things. They listened to their father and mother respectively. When they heard what their aunt (mother) had to say, one looked at the aunt curiously, while the other was very calm, because he also came here when he was a child.

In Wu Xi's memory, there are very few memories about Grandpa Master. After all, he was still young at that time, and he couldn't remember too many things. After Grandpa Master passed away, if his mother went to the pharmacy, she would take him with her, and if she went out for a doctor, she would entrust him to him temporarily. The aunts take care of her. If you don't eat well by your mother's side, you will be spanked.His father was busy with errands, and he would only take him to practice martial arts with him on holidays, or sometimes when his mother had to stay out for outpatient consultations, his father would take him into the palace to live in the collective dormitory in the palace at night. When his father was on duty, he would sleep in the On the father's bed, I went home with my father after dawn.

The next day, Lin Hai went to the palace to meet the emperor early in the morning. He knew that King Zhaojun was in charge of many matters in the court. are used to it.

However, he was a little surprised to see the division of labor between Emperor Changping and King Zhaojun in the imperial study room. Seeing that the emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, he seemed to be reading miscellaneous books, not reviewing memorials. There are several stacks of memorials in front of the county king.

Emperor Changping was very satisfied with Lin Hai's actions in Qingzhou. The two of them chatted about the affairs of Qingzhou, and it was not until the end that King Zhaojun spoke, saying that he should report to the household department first, give him a three-day holiday, and then return to the household department to work.

Lin Hai walked out of the palace, still wondering what King Zhaojun meant when he said "it might be very busy in the future"?

This time Lin Hai was promoted, directly promoted to the right servant of the household department, assisting the household department minister to manage the world's money bags, but now the household department is busy learning newer accounting methods, and the previous accounts accumulated by the household department have to be used in new ways After sorting it out, the household department will indeed be very busy.

After reporting to the household department, Lin Hai went to visit his former gentlemen in the afternoon. When he returned to Lin's house, Jia Min had told him that he would go back to Rong Mansion tomorrow to visit his mother-in-law and two uncles.

Everyone in the Rongfu knows that Lin Hai will be reused when he returns to Beijing, especially Jia She is very familiar with the current imperial court. He is an unusual one among the many important ministers, like a narcissus among a large garlic seedling. Pretending to be garlic, so that everyone outside knows that the Rongyang Marquis Mansion is highly valued by the next emperor.Hey, in fact, he is the fate of being squeezed. It has nothing to do with him to make decisions. Of course, he has the right to express his opinions. It's just that he found that what he thinks is not as good as the ministers, but it is very broad-minded.

Because of Lou Gao's location, he didn't dare to tell Lin Hai too much about the imperial court, but Jia Amnesty was fearless, what he knew was what Lin Hai urgently needed to know.

In the study room in the front hall, Jia Shen, Jia Zheng, Jia Hu, and Lin Hai talked. Basically, Jia Shen, Jia Zheng and Jia Hu told Lin Haijing about these things. It was only tonight that Jia Hu found out about the book from the sky. He really didn't know about the matter before, but he wouldn't blame his father for not telling him. He would naturally know about some things when he should know them.

Although Lin Hai was surprised in his heart, he managed to stabilize himself. It was late at night, and he bowed his hands to his two uncles: "Thank you for letting me know. It's getting late today, so I'll take my leave. I'll come back later to bother you." Two brothers."

Jia Amnesty nodded: "This matter is actually an undisclosed secret. Most people in the court know it, but they can't tell it outside. It's not easy to tell it in the letter in the past, and you don't need to tell you this time. Feeling embarrassed, the emperor and King Zhaojun will tell you sooner or later." Then you just wait to be squeezed!

Jia Zheng also nodded. Their research institute is talking about the research in the books, but if the hardware conditions are not up to standard, it will take a long time to research the electricity.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng personally sent his younger sister and brother-in-law's family out, only to return to their respective courtyards when they saw the carriage disappearing into the night.

Afterwards, Lin Hai understood what it meant to be a little busy. In fact, it was not a little busy at all, but a very busy one. He usually stayed in the palace for three days, and there were people copying books or arguing about the meaning of the books in the side hall of Yugan Palace, and he needed to learn The most important thing is the latest accounting method of the Ministry of Accounting, and you have to learn the numbers called Arabic numerals, which are indeed simpler and clearer than Chinese characters.

By the way, there are Arabic numerals on the foreign book today, but Dafeng has never seen this before, so after the localization of these numbers, they become exclusive to Dafeng, called Huaxia numerals.

Often he stays in the palace for three days before he is allowed to leave the palace to go back to the mansion, change clothes and rest overnight, and then go to the Ministry of Households to stay for a day the next day, and then he has to enter the palace again. After learning it, give him other types of books and let him study hard.

In this way, it was not until a few days before the Chinese New Year that the side hall of the Yugan Palace was vacated. King Zhaojun finally let all the officials out of the palace, generously expressing that they would come back after the New Year's Lantern Festival.

Ai Cao heard Lin Hai say that he is learning a new kind of numbers, which is convenient for accounting. After the court popularizes it in the next year, let Jia Min also learn this, so that he will not be as tired as before.

She thought Lin Hai was referring to Arabic numerals, but Lin Hai said that these numbers are called: "Huaxia numerals are in the same line as Chinese characters. It is easier to write than Chinese characters, and the accounts will not be so cumbersome in the future."

Ai Cao almost died laughing, this group of officials are too good at taking possession of it, and they occupy it with confidence.

Seeing the weird smile on his mother's face, Lin Hai didn't think much about it. Jia Min nodded: "I've heard about this too. The imperial court will launch many new affairs to facilitate our lives."

In the evening, Ai Cao talked to Hongye. This was the first time Hongye knew that the Arabic numerals had changed their name, so she couldn't help laughing.

Just like this, the red leaves and wormwood watched the changes in the imperial court. The 32nd year of Changping came as scheduled. The footsteps of spring have gone far, and summer is coming again.

Everyone in the house was talking about the Grain Grain Festival, and Hongye suddenly realized something important. Sister Qiong was over two years old, it seemed that Jia Baoyu was about two years younger than Yingchun, and Jia Baoyu was born in April, so this April On the occasion of Grain Grain Festival, it was time for the Wang family to give birth to Jia Baoyu.

At night, Hongye and Wormwood met in the space, and they sat on the grass looking at each other, "Jia Baoyu is gone, what's going on? When my mother took away the illusory realm, these lovers had already been reincarnated in the way of reincarnation." , when the time comes, she will be born, although Yingchun has changed her mother, she is also born, where is Jia Baoyu?"

Mugwort spread her hands: "You ask me, who should I ask?"

"Forget it, let's go, maybe the underworld has corrected the reincarnation rules, or maybe Jia Baoyu has returned to the heaven." Hongye thought for a while that Jia Baoyu was not born. .

The two were too concerned about this, anyway, there were already enough children in each family, and Wang was getting old, Hongye didn't want her to have another child.

The two of them really didn't pay much attention, but another month passed. In the evening, Mrs. Wang was walking in the yard with her son to pick up flower petals. The son burst into tears, and the servants hurriedly carried the second wife back to the west courtyard.The imperial physician arrived in less than half an hour, and at this time Wang had already woken up from the coma.

After the imperial doctor's pulse diagnosis, joy appeared on his face, "Congratulations, old lady, the second wife is happy, it has been a month."

Hongye was stunned for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses and said with a smile, "Oh, they are all in their tens of years, how many children have they had, why are you still so confused?"

Wang's face blushed immediately, the imperial physician smiled and said nothing, Hongye asked Wang imperial physician to take a pulse for the wives, young masters and girls in the mansion by the way.

Hongye smiled and agreed, she and the children were fine, and Princess Pinghui was fine, but the imperial doctor was a little weird after examining the pulse of Princess Pinghui. Then she said a few words that enough is enough, before Hongye could react, Princess Pinghui blushed with embarrassment.

Hongye now understands that young couples who are newly married are inevitably keen on bed affairs.

Coughing, Hongye said: "Thank you for the reminder, the imperial doctor, young people really should have someone to remind them."

Princess Pinghui lowered her head, her heart was dying of embarrassment.

When he arrived at Zhang's, Imperial Physician Wang deliberately took a little longer, "Please tell me, Da Furen, when was the last menstruation?"

Hongye was wondering, but Mrs. Zhang said openly and honestly: "After coming here at the end of March, I won't be in the future anymore. I'm getting older, so I don't care so much about this."

Doctor Wang couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Madam, you are pregnant, it's almost three months, thanks to your good health these years."

This was a bolt from the blue, Zhang's eyes widened in disbelief, and he stammered, "Is...pregnant?" Her voice was extremely high-pitched, she was already married to a daughter-in-law, what's the matter with being pregnant again?

Physician Wang gave some more careful instructions. After all, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang are considered older women.

Hongye is still in a fugue, Zhang and Wang are both pregnant, who are they going to give birth to?Tanchun Jia Cong Jia Huan?Counting the time, Wang's baby looks a lot like Tanchun, and Zhang's baby is going to be unstable. It should be Jia Cong, right?As for Jia Huan, he was one year younger than Tanchun, so he wondered if Wang would give birth to Jia Huan after Tanchun was born?Hongye suddenly became worried, this continuous production is not good for her health.

When Jia She returned to the mansion and found out that Zhang Shi was pregnant, the first time she was not happy, but her face immediately turned down, until Zhang Shi repeatedly assured that her body was fine, Lianer was already 13 years old, and she had raised her for more than ten years. If her body has recovered, she will be able to give birth to this child safely.

Jia Zheng was called back by his subordinates. He is a very busy man. After knowing that Wang Shi was pregnant, he was really happy at the first moment. When he was happy, he remembered that Wang Shi was not young anymore. Not that worried either.

When the whole family in the Rong Mansion was in the midst of joy, a woman and maid came to the Lin family to announce the good news, saying that their wife had just been diagnosed as one month pregnant.

Hongye was just like wormwood after Chuchu found out that Jia Min was pregnant. They were very excited. Sister Lin is here!