The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 842 Good Baby Huan
Although everyone is eager to return home, there are not as many heavy vehicles on the return journey, but they also bring back a lot of Northland specialties, and the speed of the return journey is not much faster. Fortunately, the weather in autumn is dry and the journey is smooth. Hurry up Slowly rushing back to the capital at the thirteenth of September.

Lu Jinkang and Ning Zhongping had official duties, so they naturally had to advance to the palace, while Su Yunduo, Su Zechen, and Ning Huayou divided into three routes to return to Zhen Guogong Mansion, Dongmingfang, and Huayang Street respectively.

The motorcade that accompanied the return had a handover with the housekeeper, and Su Yunduo, who was about to go mad with Miss Huan, went directly to Ci'an Hall, but Bai Zhi took Huan to the garden to have fun.

While ordering people to go to the garden to catch Brother Huan, the little monkey, An shi took Su Yunduo's hand and said farewell, and finally said with emotion: "Finally, you were chased back. I thought you couldn't catch up." Come back to celebrate Brother Huan’s birthday, it’s really hard work to hurry along the way.”

"When the news of Beichen Kingdom's change of owner came out in June, I really thought that I would spend another year in Boni City. Fortunately, the situation stabilized quickly and the Holy Majesty's order was timely. Although the journey was a bit hard, it was still Let's hurry back!" Su Yunduo echoed An's words, but his attention was caught by the movement outside.

Wasn't Bai Zhi the one who hurried over with the child in her arms, so wouldn't the child in her arms be Brother Huan? !

As soon as Bai Zhi crossed the threshold with the child in her arms, the boy in her arms struggled to get off the ground, shouting "great-grandmother" cheerfully, and threw herself into An's arms like a suckling swallow. Seeing this scene, Su Yunduo's eyes suddenly twitched. famous.

In my memory, Brother Huan just couldn't walk or talk, only had a few small teeth, and was an eight-month-old baby crawling around. Although his eyebrows and eyes were delicate, he couldn't tell who he looked more like.

Brother Huan in front of him can already walk and run and speaks clearly, and his eyebrows and eyes have grown a lot. Although his eyebrows and eyes are more like Su Yunduo, delicate and beautiful, the small mouth that is straight and chattering is not a smile The corners of Shi's lips are also slightly raised, which is very similar to Su Yunduo.

Such a delicate and beautiful child can't be mistaken for a girl, and he can tell it's a boy at a glance, because his face is more like Lu Jinkang and not feminine.

An Shi listened quietly to Brother Huan talking for a while, then pointed to Su Yunduo, and asked Brother Huan to call his mother, Brother Huan turned to look at Su Yunduo.

Su Yunduo looked nervously at Brother Huan, only to see the little man tilting his head and looking at him, his little brows were slightly frowned, and there was obvious strangeness and resistance in his eyes. Such a scene made Su Yunduo feel sore and painful in his heart .

The son who was pregnant in October and gave birth desperately did not know her anymore!
But think about it, when she left Brother Huan, Brother Huan was just an eight-month-old baby. Even if such a small child has already begun to recognize people, his memory is very short.

It's been more than a year since she left, how can Brother Huan remember who she is!
Su Yunduo walked up to Brother Huan in a few steps, squatted down so that he could be at eye level with Brother Huan, looked at Brother Huan with a smile in his heart, gestured with gestures and said in surprise, "Mother's Huan Brother Huan has grown so tall. Brother Huan was only so big when Mother left the capital. Come on, tell Mother quickly, what does Brother Huan eat on weekdays? Do you eat meat and vegetables? ?”

Although Su Yunduo is a mother for the first time, she also understands that no matter how big or small a child is, he hopes to be treated as an adult, and he can also distinguish between good and evil, good and evil, from the attitude of others towards him.

No, although Su Yunduo in front of him is still a stranger to Brother Huan, because of Su Yunduo's tone and attitude, he quickly disintegrated the strangeness and resistance in Brother Huan's heart. Yun Duo praised him for his growth and was happy.

After hearing Su Yunduo's question about eating meat and vegetables, Brother Huan became a little shy, and his little face was also a little bit tangled. He looked back at An Shi, saw the encouragement in An Shi's eyes, and then resumed. Facing Su Yunduo, he stretched out his chubby little hand and said, "Brother Huan likes to eat meat, vegetables... also, eat so much."

Brother Huan tried his best to let Su Yunduo understand that although he doesn't like vegetables, he still looks like he eats vegetables. He is so cute and cute. Su Yunduo felt that his heart was instantly softened into water by his cute appearance. .

Su Yunduo has been in Boni City for more than a year, but his heart has been divided into two halves. He knows everything in the capital, but his eyes are not dimmed. He knows that Brother Huan is a picky eater, and his favorite meat is not Hi vegetables.

From Su Yunduo's point of view, picky eaters are not a big problem, as long as you put your mind to it, you can always correct it. Since Brother Huan can still eat some vegetables on weekdays, it's natural to praise him more now: " Wow, brother Huan is so powerful! What a good baby!"

Taking advantage of the situation, he hugged Brother Huan into his arms.

At the moment when Brother Huan's soft body fell into his arms, Su Yunduo did not ignore that Brother Huan's body was a little stiff, and his heart suddenly felt sore and astringent. This is her son who was born with difficulty in October. It is the son who is really connected with her blood in this world, but more than a year of separation has caused a strange relationship between them.

Su Yunduo gently patted Brother Huan's back, while talking softly to Brother Huan, soothing his strangeness and resistance.

Maybe it's the blood connection, maybe it's Su Yunduo's gentleness, gradually Brother Huan no longer resists, and there is more intimacy with Su Yunduo.

Seeing the little great-grandson nestled in the arms of his grandson-in-law, the sense of strangeness and resistance on his face slowly dissipated, and he muttered to Su Yunduo, sometimes laughing crisply, An's heart that had been hanging was finally relieved. Slow down.

She was really worried that the separation of more than a year would create a barrier between Brother Huan and Su Yunduo, but now it seems that she was too worried.

Su Yunduo quickly healed the estrangement of the separation of mother and child for more than a year. When Lu Jinkang came back from the palace, because Su Yunduo mediated, Brother Huan soon climbed onto Lu Jinkang's shoulders. The sound almost never stopped.

September [-]th is Brother Huan's second birthday. Although An Shi was not sure whether Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo would be able to come back in time to celebrate Brother Huan's birthday, he still made all the preparations as they could.

Although only the in-laws of the Duke of Zhen's mansion were invited and they were basically the in-laws of Su Yunduo and Lu Jinkang's house, the outside of the Duke of Zhen's mansion was still full of traffic that day.

Brother Huan's birthday, of course, cannot do without a reward from the palace.

Faced with the piles of presents and rewards piled up into hills, the guests who came to celebrate had to tease the little birthday star and let Brother Huan choose the one he likes the most. This session was specially arranged for Su Yunduo, the purpose is to make up for the It is a pity that she was not able to attend Catch Week last year.

It's just that Brother Huan is one year older now, and compared to last year's ignorance, he already has his own clear preferences.

No, he directly chose a sword and a bow from a lot of gifts and rewards. Just when everyone praised the tiger father for having no dogs, Brother Huan gave the sword to his favorite little uncle , gave the bow to Ning's cousin.

On the other hand, he threw himself into the pile of presents again, found the golden abacus bestowed by the Holy One, and flipped the beads up and down in a similar manner, which really shocked and blinded everyone in the room!
Su Jieting smiled heartily: "It seems that Brother Huan knows the holy meaning best!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay at first, and soon some people began to agree, and the matter passed vaguely like this.

Fortunately, those who came were all the closest in-laws, what happened today will not be spread, but the Holy Majesty and the precious concubine in the palace cannot hide it.

According to Lu Jinkang, who brought Brother Huan into the palace to thank you, the Holy Majesty was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then he pointed at Brother Huan who was still holding money and counting money to spend, and laughed loudly. Say more.

It can be seen that even if the Holy Majesty didn't have this intention when he bestowed the golden plan, he must have taken this heart at this moment.

But Su Yunduo is more willing to believe that the Holy Majesty originally had this intention, otherwise the world would know that the Duke of Zhenguo has been a general for generations, why the Holy Majesty did not bestow a sword and a bow, but gave him a golden abacus instead, self-evidently, When did the Holy Majesty act aimlessly? !

But Brother Huan is still young, and he is only interested in anything for a few days. Although he treats Jinsuan as a treasure, and takes it out to play for a while, his temperament is uncertain, and as he grows older, he must bring more to make him interested. Who can guarantee whether he will pursue civil and military affairs or business in the future?Su Yunduo hopes that Brother Huan can do what he likes, as long as he is happy!
After returning to the capital, Lu Jinkang started to get busy again. This time, he no longer returned to the imperial army to work as an errand, but went to the Ministry of War, mainly responsible for the research and development of weapons.

Although Su Yunduo had seen guns and ammunition in her previous life, she didn't have this knowledge, and even if she had, she didn't dare to show it off.

Dongling Kingdom began researching gunpowder many years ago. Although the effect was far inferior to the explosives Su Yunduo had seen in his previous life, it became one of the two key factors for winning the battle with Beichen Kingdom.

Because he tasted the sweetness, His Majesty paid more attention to the research of gunpowder, and increased his investment year after year, but the results were not satisfactory, and the research in the past two years has almost stagnated.

After Lu Jinkang returned from Boni City, the Holy Lord originally planned to let him continue to take over the post of commander of the Imperial Army, but Lu Jinkang directly refused.

He has been away from the Forbidden Army for more than a year, and Lu Kun has brought the Forbidden Army to a new level. Since Lu Kun has done a better job than him, and he has always been interested in weapon research and development, he simply proposed to the Holy One to be in charge of weapon research and development in the Ministry of War.

Of course, in addition to being interested in weapons, it is also for the sake of the Duke of Zhen, he still understands the truth that prosperity must decline, and it is better to take a step back than to wait until others point their swords at the Duke of Zhen.

Since the letter of credence of the new emperor of the Beichen Kingdom clearly recognized the various treaties previously negotiated, at least the last few years would not raise troops. One hundred thousand banned troops is too conspicuous.

Although Lu Kun also belongs to the family of the Zhen Guo Gongfu, he is a clan member who has already passed the fifth service. It is naturally much more suitable for him to be in charge of the Imperial Army than Lu Jinkang, and it can save the Zhen Guo Gong Fu from many unnecessary troubles.

Su Yunduo is quite satisfied with Lu Jinkang's new errand. Although Lu Jinkang is still busy after he went to the Ministry of War, even if he still leaves early and returns late every day, at least he can come back every day to accompany his wife, not like he used to be in the Imperial Army. Once there is a trouble, I have to get up from the bed in the middle of the night to deal with it.

Now that Lu Jinkang has more free time, Su Yunduo naturally wants him to spend more time with Brother Huan. Father is an indispensable role in the growth of boys. A "Ma Baonan" or "Jia Baoyu" come!

Although Lu Jinkang didn't know who "Jia Baoyu" was, and it was the first time he had heard of the term "Ma Baonan", he could also sense from Su Yunduo's expression that these two terms were not good terms.

After Su Yunduo explained clearly, he couldn't help but compare himself with Lu Jinhua, so Lu Jinkang naturally followed suit, no matter how busy he was, he still had to find time to accompany Brother Huan.

The first two months when Su Yunduo returned to the capital were naturally quite busy. Apart from visiting relatives and friends, she naturally had to visit the properties in the capital and the suburbs under her own name and the name of Dafang.

Although there were proper arrangements before leaving, this transfer was not perfect everywhere. The small ice shop had the most problems, and unclear accounts were a minor problem. Su Yunduo couldn't tolerate the incomplete records of the entry and exit of saltpeter. of.

After some investigation, the account of the saltpeter's entry and exit was basically cleared up, but it was found that a small part of the saltpeter was resold privately, together with the leaked saltpeter and the method of making ice with saltpeter, this made Su Yunduo very annoyed.

This ice shop can make money mainly because of the saltpeter ice making, and the ice shop naturally loses its advantage if the method is leaked, but Su Yunduo, the leaker, can't be beat or scolded, so he can only hand it over to Lu Jinkang in the end.

After Lu Jinkang learned of the situation, he was naturally so angry that he asked Su Yunduo to close the ice shop, and asked Su Yunduo to take the money that Lu Jinhua and the others entrusted Su Yunduo to take care of, together with the money earned from opening the ice shop. The number will be returned to them and will no longer be in custody for them.

In fact, after learning that the Xu family also opened an ice shop and competed with their own ice shop, Lu Jinhua was so annoyed that he almost slapped himself to death.

Accidentally, the uncle of the Xu family took away the formula for making ice with saltpeter. I thought that the Xu family had no source of saltpeter, and even if the recipe was taken away, it would be of no use. The price bought off the ice shop owner, stole part of the saltpeter, opened a new ice shop near his own ice shop, and started a price war with his own ice shop.

Lu Jinhua often negotiated with the Xu family in private, but just looking at the white money, how could the Xu family listen to him, what to do or what to do, and even deliberately lowered the price of ice cubes in front of Lu Jinhua.

Due to the low price sales of Xu Ji Bing Shop, the revenue of the ice shop belonging to the three Lu brothers and sisters naturally dropped sharply this summer.

But earning less money is a trivial matter, Lu Jinhua is more worried about how to explain to Su Yunduo.

Lu Jinhua hesitated to go, worried about this and that, until Su Yunduo went back to the capital to find out the problem, and did not see him confess to Su Yunduo.

(End of this chapter)