The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 109 The Steamed Bun Comes Out

Tang Ju's fall from the horse is a common occurrence for those dandies, and it has not attracted too much attention. As the township examination approached, people gradually forgot about it.

Most of the young masters of the official families took the road of imperial examinations, and the triennial rural examination was still very important.

Zhao Qing is also going to take part in this township examination. Now, except for walking in the yard in the morning and evening, he basically shuts himself in the study and does not go out.

Zhao Chen and Zhao Qing have a good relationship. As the eldest sister-in-law, Ah Ju would order the kitchen to make some soup to show her concern from time to time, but she actually missed her father who was far away in Dengzhou.Zhao Chen recommended a famous teacher to her father, but his father is over 30 after all, and what he teaches in the school is mainly about the content of the college entrance examination, which is not beneficial to other country examinations. In less than a year, she is worried that her father will fail the examination.

Ah Ju is very clear that her father will take the exam again to support her, and if he wins the Juren, he has a reason to come to the capital to prepare for the exam. Once he fails the exam, with his father's temper, he will never come to the capital, and he will not tell others that the Lin family borrows the power of the Zhao family. .

She is like a candidate who worries about accidents in the exam room before the exam, and starts to worry about failing the exam after the exam.

From preparing for the exam at the beginning of the month to publishing the results at the end of the month, Ah Ju's previously round cheeks have visibly thinned.She knew that she should relax, knowing that it would be bad for her health, but she really couldn't help it, she didn't dare to reveal anything during the day, she could listen to Ning Shi's explanation, but at night, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well .

Zhao Qingzhong passed the exam, but only hung up his tail. Zhao Yunting asked him not to take the general examination next year, and then take the exam in three years.Ah Ju was even more disturbed when she learned about it. Zhao Qing almost failed the exam after studying for so many years. What happened to his father?
"Ah Ju, don't think about it, the father-in-law will send us a message as soon as the list is announced, at the latest in half a month, can you let go?" In the dark night, Zhao Chen leaned against his wife's back Hugging her, my heart ached so badly.Ah Ju lost weight, and he became even thinner. He couldn't afford any accidents, big or small.When she first started suffering from insomnia, she was afraid of disturbing him to sleep and asked him to move out to sleep, leaving her to toss and turn alone, wouldn't that kill him?

He talked to her softly, and as he spoke, he gently smoothed her hair, from the top of the head to the bottom.After being married for so long, he knows many of her habits, he knows that her spine is the most sensitive, and he also knows that helping her smooth her hair will make her feel very comfortable, so comfortable that she wants to sleep.

She fell asleep, Zhao Chen didn't stop, and continued for a long time, making sure that she would not wake up again, then Zhao Chen covered her with the quilt and fell into a light sleep.

Fortunately, the letter from the Lin family arrived soon.

Lin Xianzhong got the job, and immediately set off for Beijing after saying goodbye to the village. He arrived in early October, and the Lin family of four should have been on the way when Ah Ju and the others received the letter.

After reading the letter, Ah Ju smiled happily.

The wife showed that sincere and gentle smile again, and for Zhao Chen, the haze that had shrouded his heart for a month was gone.That night, he hugged Ah Ju and complained for half an hour, complaining that she only cared about his parents for forgetting him and the child, and complaining that she made him worry.Ah Ju knew she was ashamed, not only took the initiative to kiss the resentful man, but also hinted that she could have a long-lost couple with him.

Zhao Chen wanted it very much, but he didn't dare to ask for it. His wife would be born soon, and he would rather endure it than have any accidents at this juncture.The top priority is to bring back his wife's health.

Heart wide and body fat, in October, Ah Ju's face can finally be seen again.

At dusk that day, the couple talked while walking slowly in the yard.

Zhao Chen had already bought a house for his father-in-law's family. When he bought it, Zhao Chen wanted to choose a good place, but Ah Ju refused.What are the conditions at home? Ah Ju knew that with so little savings, she couldn't afford a house in the capital. Instead of asking her uncle's family to help, it would be better for her daughter to pay for it, but she couldn't buy a house that was too big. Such a father would definitely not want it.So Ah Ju personally chose a courtyard with two entrances. There are few people in the family and there is more than enough to live in. In addition, the location of the house is quiet and suitable for father to study and prepare for exams. I believe father will be satisfied.After choosing, Ah Ju immediately sent a letter to the family, so as not to send any more money from his uncle and aunt.

The servants must also be prepared.Zhao Chen was in charge of choosing the attendants for the father and brother in the front yard, while Ah Ju and Ning Shi picked out the maids, mothers, and cooks in the back yard. After the rules were taught, they would be arranged to enter the house first, and only waited for the family to come to Beijing.

"I saw Xiaojiu during the Dragon Boat Festival, and she has grown a lot taller. I don't know if Ah Zhu has grown taller. It will be Chinese New Year soon, and she will be 14 next year. My mother will also worry about her marriage." Ah Juwang Looking at the distant sky.

"Mother-in-law is not worried yet, you worry about it first." Zhao Chen helped her back with a smile, looked at her belly and said, "When we are born, I want to see how you manage it. Xiao Jiu said you are the most verbose , it seems that you probably won't be liked by our children."

Ah Ju glared at her husband, then raised her hand to touch her stomach, how could her child not like her?
The day chosen by the Lin family was very coincidental, the day they arrived in Beijing happened to coincide with Zhao Shen Muxiu on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhao Chen asked Ah Ju to wait at home, and he went to pick him up in person.

So the passenger ship approached the pier, and when Lin Xian's family of four came out of the boat tent and waited to disembark, Lin Chongjiu, with sharp eyes, was the first to see the man in Chinese clothes standing by the pier, and shouted happily: "Mother, look quickly, brother-in-law." There, brother-in-law!"

Zhao Chen heard a familiar voice, followed the prestige, and waved.

Lin Xian nodded slightly, seeing her son-in-law who had been away for a year, she seemed to see her eldest daughter, her eyes were slightly wet. 13-year-old Lin Zhu, wearing a white gauze hat, glanced over his brother-in-law, looking at the pier curiously, but pressed his bare hands firmly on his younger brother's shoulders, for fear that he would jump and fall into the water.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, you are finally here. Ah Ju has been thinking about you all the time. If you don't come again, I'm afraid that her child will be uneasy." After saluting, Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Mrs. Liu immediately asked: "Ah Ju gave birth?" Although the doctor said that the eldest daughter will be born at the end of the month, how can such things as childbirth be so accurate every time?She had three births, both of which were premature.

Hearing that his mother-in-law misunderstood, Zhao Chen quickly explained: "I haven't given birth yet, but the midwife is ready, maybe it's just a matter of these few days. Mother-in-law came just in time. With you by Ah Ju's side, I feel at ease with her .”

Liu Shi also thought so in her heart, but complained to the eldest daughter: "Ah Ju is too ignorant, at this moment, you should focus on the child and worry about what we are doing. Did it cause you a lot of trouble?"

Zhao Chen smiled calmly: "Mother-in-law is worrying too much, Ah Ju's matter is my matter, why bother?"

Mrs. Liu liked to hear this, and couldn't help laughing.

Just in front of the carriage, Zhao Chen personally opened the curtain to invite Liu's mother and daughter to get on the carriage. After they sat down firmly, he went to the front to accompany Lin Xian and his son.

The carriage started to move, Lin Zhu took off his veil, smiled and said to his mother: "I don't think my brother-in-law has changed from before, can my mother rest assured?"

Mrs. Liu clapped her second daughter's little hand, as if she said to herself: "Why don't you worry, I don't worry about your brother-in-law's family background in this life."

Lin Zhu heard it, but she didn't know how to explain it, so she hugged her mother for a while and leaned to the window to look outside through the crack of the curtain.Seeing that her daughter honestly didn't lift the curtain to show her face, Mrs. Liu didn't care too much.After the eldest daughter got married, the second daughter became more or less sensible.

The carriage went to the Lin family's house first.

Lin Xian didn't want to take advantage of his son-in-law's influence, but he was not a pedantic person who didn't know how to adapt. Seeing that the house was as it was said in the letter, he readily accepted the kindness of his daughter and son-in-law.The luggage was taken care of by the servants, and the four of them changed their clothes and took a short rest before boarding the car again and rushing to Yanping Hou Mansion.It stands to reason that Ah Ju should come here to see them, Ah Ju really wants to come, Zhao Chen firmly refuses to agree, and Lin Xian and his wife will only be more worried than him, they are all a family, their daughter has a big belly, why bother Hypocrisy?
Ah Ju is sitting in the Rongshou Hall at the moment, and Mrs. Zhao Yunting is there.

She held the handkerchief in her hand, and glanced outside from time to time.

When Mrs. Tai saw this, she curled her lips in disgust. If she could, she really didn't want to recognize such an in-law.Even if a teacher in a town wins the Juren, he is not worthy of their Marquis Mansion.She looked at her son unintentionally, but accidentally met his son's disapproving gaze. Mrs. Tai was too lazy to quarrel with her son over such a trivial matter, and then looked at the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law's big belly, and she felt a little better. A friendly smile.

Not long after, Zhao Chen led his father-in-law and his family in.

As early as the sound of footsteps in the yard, Ah Ju's eye circles were red, and when she saw a familiar figure, she quickly wiped her tears with a handkerchief, was helped up by Mammy Jiang, and called her parents with a trembling voice.

Lin Xian and his wife are adults after all, no matter how excited they are, they don't lose their composure like their daughter. They nodded and went to meet Mrs. Zhao Yunting first.Lin Chongjiu had met her eldest sister once this year, and this time she did not shed tears, but stared at her belly curiously.Lin Zhu winked playfully at her elder sister, and then led her younger brother to follow her parents.

Ah Ju's tears came and went quickly, especially after receiving her sister's familiar playful eyes, her restless heart finally fell for that moment.Her family members are here, no change from before, and it will be great to see them every once in a while.

She looked at the backs of her parents, younger siblings and smiled, with no other people in her eyes, and she didn't want to see Mrs. Tai's expression.

After exchanging greetings, Mrs. Tai didn't delay too long, and said kindly to Ah Ju: "Your family reunited after a long time, please invite them to visit Zhuxuan for a while, let's have a family talk, and let's have dinner together in the evening Let’s have a good and lively meal.”

Ah Ju smiled and thanked, and together with Zhao Chen invited relatives to visit Zhuxuan.

On the way, Zhao Chenlinxian walked side by side in the front, and Ah Ju held his mother in his left hand and his sister in his right hand. Hearing that his younger brother wanted to switch hands with his younger sister but the younger sister refused to let her be familiar and noisy, he felt extremely satisfied.

When they arrived at Wangzhuxuan, Mrs. Liu didn't care whether her husband had seen enough of the eldest daughter, and went to the inner room to talk with Ah Ju, and Lin Zhu naturally followed.

"How is it, is the child good or not? Did you make trouble with you?" Mrs. Liu carefully helped Ah Ju to sit on the bed, then stared at the eldest daughter intently and looked up and down. She saw that her cheeks were more delicate than when she was at home, and her complexion also changed. That's very good, let's not ask about Ah Ju's life here, let's first care about the eldest daughter's body.

In fact, it was mentioned in the letter, but when her mother came in front of her, Ah Ju was so happy that she said it again.Her pregnancy was quite stable, the morning sickness was not severe, and she recovered soon. Even in August, when she was worried, the child didn't bother her, as if she knew that her mother had something on her mind, so she behaved obediently and did not worry her anymore .

Liu smiled gratifiedly, gently touched Ah Ju's stomach, and said softly: "My grandson will definitely be very filial when he grows up."

Lin Zhu sat quietly at the side, knowing that the eldest sister had a lot to say to her mother, and most of them she didn't understand, so she didn't intervene. When the two were talking, she carefully pressed the elder sister's stomach and listened to the movement inside. .That's her little nephew, and she's going to be an aunt soon.

Ah Ju touched her sister's head, and when she looked at her mother again, tears came down again, and she said to her mother what she had been afraid of so much that she couldn't even say it to Zhao Chen, "Mother, I'm afraid, what if I die all my life?" What about my daughter, will she be born..."

Zhao Chen told her more than once that he doesn't care if it's a daughter or a son, but Ah Ju cares, which new wife doesn't want to have a child in one fell swoop?She thought to herself, she wanted to have a son, and she didn't want to be ridiculed for not being able to have a son.Also, she was also afraid that something would happen to her. Since she was a child, she had heard of several cases where daughters-in-law failed to survive due to dystocia. She was afraid...

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, nothing will happen to you..." Seeing that no one was crying, Lin Zhu's eyes were wet when he heard this.

"Don't cry, there's nothing to cry, one is stupid and the other is stupid!" Both sisters' eyes were blurred with tears, and Liu patted them on the head one by one.

Lin Zhubuyi, sat up straight, rubbed his head and complained: "Mother, you are biased. When you hit the eldest sister, there was no sound at all. When you hit me, brother-in-law can hear it outside!"

Ah Ju laughed through tears.

Mrs. Liu saw that she liked it, and while wiping her tears with a handkerchief, she said softly: "Don't worry, you have a good pregnancy, and the midwife at home has prepared it early, so nothing will happen. Ah Ju, do you remember? When your mother gave birth to your younger brother, it was more than half a month earlier. Your father was not at home, and you were the one who rushed to call. Daughter, you don’t like it anymore? According to your thinking, when you and your sister were born, your mother should throw you away, right? "

Ah Ju lowered her head, "I understand what mother said, it's just..."

"Afraid of outsiders' gossip?"

Mrs. Liu continued, "Actually, when my mother just gave birth to you, she was really unconvinced for two years. When she went out in the evening to enjoy the cool air, there were fat boys running around around other people's wives, but my mother only had you as a girl. Don't be looked down upon by others. When I get home, my mother wants to vent my anger on you, but you are so obedient and so painful. My mother can't help laughing when she sees it. How can she be willing to say something serious? At that time, my mother will understand, as long as Your father doesn't dislike me, so I will live happily, no matter what others say? Now look, my Ah Ju has married and lived a good life in the Hou's mansion. Those in the village who have sons are busy at the moment Cross-eyed with my daughter-in-law, knowing that I'm coming to the capital, everyone can't be jealous..."

With familiar soft words and familiar faces, Ah Ju looked at her mother, listened to her rambling, and slowly calmed down, her eyes fell on her stomach.

Yeah, what's the difference between son and daughter?The child has grown up and is about to come out. All she can do is to take good care of it and be a good mother.

On the afternoon of October 26th, when Ah Ju got up, she suddenly felt that something was wrong down below, so she hurriedly called out Mother Jiang.

Soon Aju entered the delivery room.

After Zhao Chen got the letter, he hurried back from the palace, and Mrs. Liu came here in a hurry, and sat beside her daughter to encourage her.Ah Ju has always been an obedient and sensible girl, no matter how painful she was, she gritted her teeth and endured it. She did whatever the midwife told her, and finally gave birth to a daughter smoothly at sunrise the next day.

She was so tired that she didn't have the heart to think about anything. She fell asleep after seeing her daughter with her own eyes, with a satisfied smile on her lips.

(End of this chapter)