Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 316 Young Years
Zhao Wangshu was reading a collection of poems in the Nuan Pavilion when he heard the voice of the maid outside the house greeting Yun Hao. She got down from the big kang and wanted to greet him.

Yun Hao came in and saw her, and quickly walked a few steps to help her, "Where are you going?"

"Why are you back so early today?" Zhao Wangshu asked with a smile.

Yun Hao smiled softly, "The affairs between the DPRK and China were handled earlier today, so I thought I would come back to accompany you earlier. What, aren't you welcome?"

Zhao Wangshu smiled and shook his head, "Why wouldn't you be welcome? I just didn't expect you to come back so early."

Yun Hao supported her with one hand and touched her belly with the other, "Did the child make trouble for you?"

Zhao Wangshu glanced at him, "The child is less than two months old and doesn't know how to make trouble."

Yun Hao helped her sit down on the kang. When he saw the collection of poems placed on the kang table, he advised her, "You should pay attention to your health. Don't read all the time. Your eyes will be tired."

"I'm doing prenatal education." Zhao Wangshu picked up the book of poems and stuffed it into his hand. "You read it, and I won't read it. Let the child get familiar with your voice and know that you are her father."

"Okay." Yun Hao opened the poetry collection, "Which one do you want to listen to?"

"Just read along." Zhao Wangshu took the pillow and placed it behind him to lean against.

"The jade bones are worried about the miasma, and the icy posture has its own fairy style. When the sea fairy is exploring the fragrant bushes, a green-haired phoenix hangs upside down. The plain face is too pink, and the lipstick does not fade after washing the makeup. The high emotions have chased the dawn clouds, Don’t dream about pear blossoms.”

Yun Hao's voice is gentle and magnetic, as if the spring breeze is blowing on the face, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Zhao Wangshu leaned on the pillow, looking at Yun Hao tenderly, with a gentle smile on his lips.

"That sounds good, husband, please continue." Zhao Wangshu said softly.

Yun Hao turned a page and said, "The temple official is still young, sleeping soundly in spring under the red sun half window. To repay the neighbor, don't wake up in surprise, and let the dream come to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Jiangnan has beautiful scenery. I want to go to Jiangnan." Zhao Wangshu looked at Yun Hao expectantly.

Yun Hao looked at her fondly and said with a smile: "When you give birth to the child and take good care of yourself, I will accompany you to the south of the Yangtze River to see the hazy mist and rain there and listen to the rippling water there."

"A gentleman promises not to deceive my wife and others." Zhao Wangshu pouted and said coquettishly.

Yun Hao nodded, with a gentle smile on his lips, "As long as it is where you want to go, I will accompany you, and I will never lie."

Zhao Wangshu raised the corners of his lips and said, "Continue reading poems."

Yun Hao patiently read the poem until Lu Zhi came in and said, "Master, Madam, it's time for lunch."

The couple then passed the meal in and ate together.

Seeing that Zhao Wangshu was eating well and had no morning sickness, Yun Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

After eating, Yun Hao helped Zhao Wangshu walk on the corridor for a while, then took a nap with her.

Zhao Wangshu fell asleep and Yun Hao was no longer around. He asked Lu Zhi, "Where is the young master?"

"Master Wang came to see the young master and said that he had something to discuss, so the young master went out. The young master told him that he would come back later so that the young lady would not have to wait for him." Luzhi said while helping her put on her shoes.

After hearing this, Zhao Wangshu nodded slightly and said nothing more. In the afternoon, he took out the booklet and wrote a pregnancy diary as usual.

The days passed quietly like running water. On the 23rd, the New Year's Eve, Zhao Wangshu asked Yun Hao to go to the Buddhist hall to pick up Mrs. Yun and come to Linglong Courtyard to celebrate the New Year together.

After a while, Yun Hao came back. Zhao Wangshu looked behind him and asked, "Where is mother?"

"People from outside the country don't want to have close contact with secular people like us, lest it ruin her practice." Yun Hao said with a hint of resentment. Zhao Wangshu sighed secretly. She couldn't understand what Mrs. Yun was thinking. There was no awkwardness between mother and son.

"But today is the New Year." Zhao Wangshu said softly, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Let her do whatever she wants." Yun Hao supported her, "Let's eat, don't starve you."

"Let's spend the New Year well by ourselves." Zhao Wangshu smiled at Yun Hao.

As night falls, the lights of Linglong Courtyard are brightly lit.

Although there were only two of us, the meal on New Year’s Eve was still sumptuous.

The couple sat across from each other to have a meal. Zhao Wangshu raised his glass and said, "Husband, I want to toast you." She was pregnant and drank orange juice.

"Thank you, madam. I'll do it first as a courtesy, madam, do whatever you want." Yun Hao drank the wine in one gulp.

Zhao Wangshu took a sip of orange juice and said, "Don't just drink, eat some food to make ends meet. I can't take care of you when you're drunk."

"This wine is so sweet that you won't get drunk." Yun Hao picked up the pot and poured another glass.

Zhao Wangshu ate a piece of chicken and then said: "The golden pan dew has a strong stamina. If you drink five more cups, you can get a smooth score of six or six, and then you are not allowed to drink anymore."

"I will obey my order." Yun Hao smiled obediently.

The two chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

There was no need to stay up late on New Year's Eve. After dinner and a walk, Yun Hao read a few more poems, and then the couple went to bed.

The next day, Zhao Wangshu ordered people to open the ancestral hall, arrange for people to clean it, pack the offerings, and invite the gods. Everyone in Yun Mansion was busy.

On the 25th, Mrs. Qiao came in with two boxes and said, "Young madam, the bag of broken gold that I took from me totals one hundred sixty-nine taels and three coins. The fineness of the gold in it varies, and there are a total of one hundred and sixty-nine taels." Sixteen gold coins."

As she spoke, she opened the box on top of her head. The shape of the locket had auspicious patterns such as plum blossoms, begonias, and pens and ingots. The locks varied in size. The largest one weighed about three qian, and the smallest one only weighed five cents.

Lady Qiao then opened the box containing the silver coins and said, "There are three hundred and sixty-two silver coins in total."

The style of the silver pick is the same as the gold pick. Zhao Wangshu picked up a plum-shaped pick, weighed it in his hands, and nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work, Mrs. Buckwheat."

Lady Qiao said hurriedly: "Young lady, you're too polite. This is all a matter of my servitude."

"This is a reward for you." Zhao Wangshu handed the buckwheat to Lady Qiao.

Lady Qiao accepted it and said, "Thank you, madam."

"Green branches, put this away. When the Chinese New Year comes, each person will be rewarded with a silver crown." Zhao Shu said generously.

"Thank you, madam." Luzhi bowed his knees.

On the 26th, Zhao Wangshu sent people to several temples in the city to add sesame oil and pray for peace and good weather for his family in the new year.

On the twenty-seventh day, the village head, the shopkeeper and others came into the mansion to pay the accounts. These had their own accountants in the mansion to calculate, but the red gift note written by the village head of Heya Village, who had always supported the mansion, was sent to Zhao Wangshu.

The red gift card reads: "The village under our control is high and complete. I would like to congratulate the young master and young lady on the New Year with the produce of the village. This year the weather is good and the crops are growing well. I hereby offer a hundred stones of new wheat, a hundred stones of new rice, and rouge." Two stones of rice, fifty husks of rice flour, twenty wild boars, and twenty wild sheep as a mark of respect. May the young master and the young lady be blessed with good health and happiness."

"This Gao Quan Zhuangzi is very well taken care of." Zhao Wangshu handed the red gift card to Lu Zhi, "I will give him fifty taels of silver and let him do a good job."

Luzhi responded with a smile, took fifty taels of red envelope from Lady Qiao, and went to see Gao Quan.