After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 9 Home in Memory (Revised)

Haitang did not stop Haijiao.

Looking at her little brother's expression, she knew that he was looking for the businessman named Sun.

Regarding the upcoming enemy attack, it would also be good for Haitang if Haijiao could get any useful information from the spy businessman.Of course she won't hold back.

She walked with her family and soon arrived at her home in Suzhou City.

Suzhou City is not that big, it is a rectangular city. All the street buildings in the city are built with the Bell and Drum Tower as the center and radiating outwards.The Hai family's private house is located at the intersection of a branching street on the street. It is not far from the Bell and Drum Tower in the center of the city. The surrounding area is quiet and bustling. It is also convenient to go to the market. Most of the neighbors nearby are from Suzhou Wei. military attache.

Haitang jumped out of the car in front of her home, raised her head and carefully looked at this home that was already vague in Xiao Haitang's memory.

This is a Shaanxi-style house with high walls and a narrow door. Inside the door is a long and narrow yard. There are houses on both sides, and low walls made of colorful bricks separate the three entrances.The first one is the living room, guest room, kitchen and servants' residence, and a deep well is also drilled; the second one is the three rooms in the east wing where Xie Wenzai, Cao and Lu live, and the three rooms in the west wing are connected, and there are three members of Hai Changan's family. The third main house is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Hai Xiya and a pair of grandchildren. The east wing was originally the room of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Hai Dingcheng, and the west wing was used as a warehouse.Now that all these houses have been cleaned, the furniture has been put up, and even the kangs have been burned, the Hai family only need to pack their bags and move in.

Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai took Liu Keren and thanked him again and again for his hard work.Liu Keren in turn lamented that it was the Hai family and Xie Wenzai who helped him when he was in trouble. He will never forget this kindness in his life.

Liu Keren tried hard to persuade Hai Xiya and the others to stay in Suzhou City: "I have heard that Brother Hai used to be in Suzhou and was a good man in managing money and food in the army. In the past few years, several generals have been asking for money every year since you have been away. Worry about food and grass, and never forget your ability. Brother Hai, just stay, Sun Yonglu is nothing. Everyone in the border army knows that he is a idiot, and they will kick him away soon..."

This seems to imply something.Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai looked at each other, and the latter pulled Liu Keren into the living room: "Brother Liu, there is something we want to discuss with you..." Hai Xiya, Cao Gengyun, and Lu Bainian followed, and a few people started commune.Cui Bo, the Hai family's housekeeper, stood outside the living room door, preventing anyone from approaching.

Haitang glanced here for a few times, then followed her grandmother Ma into the third courtyard.

Ma looked at the elm tree in the yard, with a somewhat nostalgic expression on her face: "This tree is still there... your father planted it with his own hands the year you were born. In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. They are all so tall."

Little Begonia also has this elm tree in her memory: "I remember that when I was a child, my brother and I played under the tree."

Ma laughed and said, "Isn't that right? Your brother was very naughty at that time and even climbed the tree. The tree was still small at that time, so it couldn't withstand it. He broke several branches and made your mother stamp her feet in anger."

Haijiao is no longer his naughty age, and the elm trees have grown thick enough for children to climb, but his mother, Qiao, is no longer here.

Thinking of her son who died young and his filial daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ma couldn't help but turn her eyes red. She turned her head away and quietly wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. When she turned around, she saw her little granddaughter was only looking at the tree. She probably didn't notice her gaffe at all, pretending to be casual. He looked like he was nothing, and greeted his servants in a confident tone: "Jinhua, please bring our bedding back into the house, and my wife will go to the kitchen to boil the water. You guys have been in the wild for so many days. I'm covered in stinky sweat and dust, so I need to wash up quickly and have a hot meal. I won't do anything else except clean up the house today. Let's all have a good rest."

Cui Bo's wife, Aunt Cui, whose maiden name was Jinhua, and her daughter-in-law, Da Zhuang, got busy in response.Madam Ma urged Haitang again: "Go inside and lie down. You have just recovered from your illness, so don't worry about it. I'll call you when the hot water is ready." After saying that, he called Jin Guo to take care of Haitang, while he went to Hai Chang'an's house. went.Xiao Shitou's illness has not yet been cured. His second son, Hai Changan, went to see a doctor again. His second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hu, didn't know if she could handle it alone. She had to help.

Haitang took off her coat and got on the big kang in the back room of the main room.The kang is warm and comfortable, a hundred times better than being in a carriage.However, she didn't bother to rest, so she secretly opened a crack in the window and observed what was going on outside.After a while, Hai Changan came back with the doctor, and the second hospital immediately became lively.The third time they entered the courtyard, Aunt Cui took her grandsons Cui Xiaodao and Jin Guo back and forth to move things into the house.On the other hand, in the direction of the front yard, although Cui Dazhuang and hired guards were helping to unload the carriage, which seemed very noisy, the direction of the living room was always quiet.

Haitang thought to herself, I wonder if Mr. Liu Keren believed Uncle Xie's inference?

She wanted to continue observing, but the big kang was really too warm. Being weak after the illness, she unconsciously drooped her eyelids and fell into a deep sleep.

When she woke up, it was dark.

She found that her body felt much refreshed. When she lowered her head, she didn't know who had changed her clothes and wiped her body.After all this hard work, she didn't even wake up once?Are you sleeping so deeply?It seemed like her body needed nutrition as soon as possible.

Outside the house, grandmother Ma was talking to her husband Hai Xiya in a low voice: "Baoshun told me again that he wanted to leave Suzhou as soon as possible. He looked very sad. You said... we asked him to stay." Does the east chamber remind him of old things when his father and mother were still alive, and makes him feel sad, and he doesn’t want to stay here sadly for any longer?”

Hai Xiya was applying plaster on his waist when he heard this and paused: "That's not surprising. When the incident happened in Dingcheng, Baoshun had already remembered things, unlike Haitang who was still a little baby and couldn't remember anything. "

"Begonia still remembers playing in the yard when she was a child." Ma said a little sadly, "Not just the children, but also... looking at the elm trees in the yard, I remembered the time when my son and daughter-in-law were still there. They are both still alive, but Dingcheng went out with his wife..."

Ma's eye circles turned red again. Hai Xiya continued to apply the plaster in silence. After a while, he said, "Then let's stay in Suzhou City for a while longer until you want to leave."

Ma wiped her tears: "Baoshun wants to leave, why bother making the child feel uncomfortable? It's okay. Chang'an is fine if I don't live in Suzhou. Dingcheng grew up in Chang'an since he was a child, and his mother's family is also there. There it is."

Hai Xiya put on his clothes and sat up straight: "Cousin Xie told me that Baoshun is getting older every year. For the sake of his future, we should go back to our hometown. Anyway, cousin Xie and the others have been pardoned. , I don’t have anything to worry about when I go back, and I don’t have to worry about it every day for fear of being discovered by General Sun.”

Ma curled her lips: "Even if Sun Yonglu found out about cousin Xie, how could he do it? His family is no longer what it used to be. In the past, everyone said that his noble concubine would be named queen, and the prince he would give birth to would also be crown prince, but Concubine Sun's son has been dead for almost five years now, and she is still a concubine. She is also in her 40s, how can she still give birth to a child? Without a prince, the Sun family will lose power sooner or later - well, it depends on how powerful the family is. It's over. If the emperor still had Concubine Sun at the forefront, he wouldn't have issued an edict to pardon Cousin Xie and the others, and would have given Cousin Xie's teacher the posthumous title of Duke Wen'an. Who in the world doesn't know how the Wu family died? ? This pursuit of the title is just a slap in the face of the Sun family!"

Hai Xiya had no intention of discussing the affairs of the Sun family's relatives. He was silent for a while and then said: "Baoshun wants to leave, cousin Xie and the others also want to go back, so... let's go back after finishing the errands ordered by the generals. The northwest will eventually It’s not our hometown.”

(End of this chapter)