serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 114 Happy People
The winter of the second year of Jianwu was extremely cold, but the hearts of the people in the capital were full of enthusiasm. Yesterday, that is, the third day of November, a grand victory ceremony was held at Andingmen.

When the triumphant army arrived at Andingmen, the whole city was boiling, and the Andingmen Street was crowded with hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing. military.

Looking at the chahar nobles and chieftains who were driven here, the common people showed proud smiles on their faces. The victory of the grassland war meant that Xuanfu and Datong had ushered in peace, and the capital was safe.

When the emperor's chariot appeared on Andingmen Street, the atmosphere was extremely frenzied. Jianwu Emperor Wu Rui stepped out of the chariot, greeted the triumphant Li Guogong Liu Fang and others, and waved to the crowd with a smile. "Long live" cheers echoed In the sky above the capital.

In the eyes of all the people, Emperor Jianwu took Liu Fang to board the dragon, and they drove to the imperial city together.

Last night, a grand parade of lanterns was held on Qianmen Street, which lasted until the second watch
The cold wind pulled a few dead leaves and danced in the air, and the east and west cities were crowded with people, hawkers, bargainers, chirping, and it was very lively.

Early in the morning, a piece of good news spread throughout the capital.

The Yongwei Battalion successfully captured Suiyuan City and Guihua City, and the army was already on the way to triumph.

While the common people were cheering, good news also came from the eastern and western cities. To celebrate the great victory of the imperial court, all the shops under the name of the Jia family announced that all products would be discounted by [-]% from now on until the end of the day after the victory of the Yongwei Camp. .

This made everyone excited, this is a discount of real money!
The whole capital is as lively as a festival.

The Jia family at this time was no exception, the two houses were full of joy, everyone had smiles on their faces, and they walked with wind.

Rongguo Mansion, Miss Feng's small courtyard.

Zhou Rui's family invited a few women to come in carrying two boxes and cages, just as Ping'er came out and asked, "Sister Zhou, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Rui's family stepped forward and whispered, "My uncle and wife are here, and they are in my wife's room."

Ping'er asked again: "Are these things given to our grandma?"

Zhou Rui's family smiled wryly: "Go in and talk about it." Then he quickly asked: "Is Second Master Lian at home?"

Ping'er: "I was called to go to the big study by the old master." Saying that, he raised the curtain and walked in.

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly asked several women to carry the things in.

Several women put the two boxes and cages in the house, and then retreated out.

Zhou Rui's family looked inside, and then asked in a low voice, "Is Second Grandma awake?"

Without saying a word, Wang Xifeng's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Second Grandma, it's me." Zhou Rui's family walked into the room with a smile.

Wang Xifeng lay on the bed, "Hey, isn't this sister Zhou?"

Zhou Rui's family greeted Wang Xifeng, and asked with a smile, "How does grandma feel?"

Wang Xifeng replied angrily: "It's only been more than a month, so I can feel it!"

Zhou Rui's family said solemnly: "Grandma is the first child, you must not be careless, you must be careful."

Seeing what she said, Wang Xifeng had no choice but to nod, glanced at Ping'er, and then asked: "Is there something wrong with Sister Zhou coming early in the morning?"

Zhou Rui's family: "My uncle and wife are here, and they are in my wife's room."

Wang Xifeng: "Oh?"

Zhou Rui's family glanced at Ping'er first, and then continued: "The uncle wrote a letter, saying that he was left on the grassland by our second master. So... Alas! My uncle and wife said that there will be someone in the court to speak for my uncle. , I just beg Second Master not to stop you."

Ping'er went on to say: "Sister Zhou brought two boxes of things."

Wang Xifeng was startled for a moment, then smiled wryly, and said, "Don't say I dare not, even Second Master Lian would not dare to touch this hand."

Zhou Rui's family laughed: "Grandma thinks too much, who doesn't know that our family's rules are strict, and my uncle and wife will never trouble grandma. Not all these things are for grandma, there is a box for Miss Lin's uncle and wife Having said that, grandma doesn't need to talk about things, just deliver the presents. The Wang family will not bother our family with anything. "

Wang Xifeng didn't say a word, just looked at Zhou Rui's house.

Zhou Rui's family: "My uncle wants to compete for the job of commanding the yamen of the infantry."

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up: "Can it be done?"

Zhou Rui's family came close to her ear and said, "It's the meaning of the palace."

Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, and replied, "Okay, I'll go there after dinner."

"Hey!"

Zhou Rui's family was overjoyed, "Then I'll go back to my wife and uncle!"

Wang Xifeng nodded: "Take me to greet my uncle and wife."

Zhou Rui's family: "Before I came here, my uncle and wife specifically explained that grandma must pay attention to her body and give birth to the child safely." Then she said to Ping'er, "Miss Ping, let me tell you which box is for the second grandma. .”

After seeing off Zhou Rui's house, Ping'er opened the curtain and came in, only to see that Wang Xifeng had already got up and was looking at the things in the cage.

Ping'er laughed and said, "This box of books, paper pens and other things is for Miss Lin."

"I know."

Wang Xifeng gave her a blank look, threw the gold collar in his hand casually, and said, "Did your second master say when he will be back?"

Ping'er shook his head, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "I heard from the second master that Uncle Rui from the back street is coming back."

Wang Xifeng: "So fast?"

Ping'er: "Grandma, do you still remember that Jia Yu Village?"

Wang Xifeng: "The one who settled the lawsuit for the Xue family?"

Ping'er nodded: "I heard from the second master that this Jiayu Village is very impressive now. Not only does he have a close relationship with the master of the Zhen family in Jinling, but he also climbed up to the governor of Jiangsu and helped him promote the New Deal, which is quite appreciated by the governor of Jiangsu Appreciate and reuse."

He took out the presents from the box and arranged them, and said, "I heard from the second master of the Dongfu that the governor of Jiangsu is going to join the cabinet in the future, and Jia Yucun will definitely go to Beijing with him."

Wang Xifeng leaned over on the chair and sat down: "It's far away."

Ping'er: "Didn't the Zhen family receive [-] silver from our family? Master Rui took the master's letter and money order to pay the money, and somehow it spread to the ears of Jia Yucun. He, the governor of Jinling Prefecture, personally supervised it. That's why Uncle Rui has completed the work of the Grand Master in such a short period of time."

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng sneered: "This Jia Yucun is really embarrassing. By the way, clean up, let's go to Lin girl."

Ping'er was taken aback: "Didn't you say we'll go after dinner?"

Wang Xifeng stood up: "Are we the dishes sent by the governor of Jiangsu, or the tea sent by the governor of Shuntian Prefecture?!" Turning his waist and walking into the room.

On the other side, Lin Daiyu got up late, just finished washing, and now she was sitting on the chair in front of the desk, reading Jia Hu's letter.

The letter was sent to Beijing together with the military newspaper, and it was delivered in the middle of the night. After reading Jia Hu's letter, Lin Daiyu suffered from insomnia.

After reading Jia Hu's letter carefully again, Lin Daiyu folded the letter carefully, put it in the wooden box, and asked Zijuan to put it in the cabinet.

Zijuan put the box away and said: "I have advised the girl not to worry about it, the second master will definitely come back safely, the girl just doesn't believe it, she shed so many tears for no reason."

Daiyu said angrily, "Whether I cry or not is none of your business!"

Zijuan: "It's none of my business, it's just that the girl should be considerate of me. I haven't slept well in the past half a month. The girl worries every night, cries every night, and even has nightmares a few times. yelling"

Daiyu blushed immediately: "Is this girl crazy today? Why don't you pour tea?"

Zijuan smiled secretly, and came out to pour tea.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the courtyard, the door curtain was lifted, Wang Xifeng helped Ping'er and walked in, and two women followed behind carrying the box.

Zijuan: "Miss, Lian's second grandma is here."

Lin Daiyu came out and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this a great hero of our family!"

Wang Xifeng gave Daiyu a white look, and asked the two women to put the box and cage by the desk in the outer room, and waited for them to leave, then said: "You are a daughter of a famous scholarly family, don't learn from those small families. If you continue like this , I told the old lady to go."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Sister-in-law is here."

Wang Xifeng: "I've already inquired, and my sister-in-law is not here." After saying that, she felt embarrassed, so she spat: "I don't love you for nothing!"

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and came up to help Wang Xifeng sit down, "It's early in the morning, is sister-in-law okay?"

Wang Xifeng nodded, then waved to Zijuan, indicating that she would not drink tea, and pointed to the cage: "This is from your uncle and wife. It's not something expensive, just some books, paper and pens."

After thinking for a while, he whispered a few words in Daiyu's ear.

Lin Daiyu suddenly remembered what Jia Hu had told her in the letter, and couldn't help laughing.

Wang Xifeng: "What's wrong?"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, she didn't expect Jia Hu to even predict this, so she asked Zijuan to take the things.

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a smile on her face: "Because of this, I didn't even have time to eat breakfast. You have to treat me well!"

At this time, Qingwen and Xueyan came in with a group of daughters-in-law and women carrying two big food boxes.

Wang Xifeng asked, "What's delicious today?"

Qingwen: "I heard that the girl stayed up all night, so the kitchen specially made a bowl of fire meat and cabbage soup, added a little dried shrimp, and served with some green bamboo shoots and seaweed."

Xueyan continued: "I also boiled some red rice porridge."

Wang Xifeng sighed: "It's true that people are more angry than others! I have been here for so many years, and only old ladies and wives are treated like this."

Lin Daiyu blinked and said, "I don't mind if you come here every day." Everyone laughed.

While talking, a daughter-in-law and mother-in-law had already brought over the dining table, and Ping'er led Qingwen and Xueyan to set the meal and set the chopsticks.

Wang Xifeng took Daiyu to sit down, and filled her with half a bowl of red rice porridge with her own hands. Then she sat down next to Daiyu, and suddenly remembered something, and said to Qingwen: "The governor of Jiangsu sent me Bring some side dishes."

"Hey!"

Qingwen often made contacts for Wang Xifeng, the relationship between the two was much closer than others, and they spoke a little more casually.

Wang Xifeng took two sips of soup with a spoon, put it down, and sighed: "The rules of the big family, the girl who has not left the cabinet, Jingui. But a daughter-in-law like us has to set rules in front of the old lady and the wife, that's fine, but also Serving these sisters-in-law and sister-in-law, I dare not offend any of them."

Lin Daiyu smiled, but did not speak.

Wang Xifeng looked at Daiyu and said: "In the past, I always wondered when I could be like my ancestors. Until you came, I found that you are the happiest person in our family. There is no mother-in-law who needs your filial piety. Daddy Sister-in-law's temperament is like this, and no one will argue with you.

The second brother cares about you so much, unlike your second brother Lian, who always cares about you!Stop talking, let's eat. "

Lin Daiyu smiled faintly: "Sister-in-law, you might as well think about the kindness of Second Brother Lian, how tolerant and forgiving you are."

Wang Xifeng seemed to have realized something, and nodded.

(End of this chapter)