The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 145 Returning to the Heart Like an Arrow
Zeng Xuerou got married in the Yanping Hou Mansion in a splendid manner.

After all the guests had left, Aju handed over some chores to Mother Jiang to take care of, and went to Xinlan Court to pick up her daughter exhausted.

As soon as she entered the room, Cancan, who was practicing walking while leaning on the window sill, immediately turned her head and looked over here. Seeing her, the little guy smiled happily, quickly lay down on the kang, and skillfully crawled towards the edge of the kang, twisting and twisting. Like a little bunny in red.Seeing her daughter's smiling face, Ah Ju felt less tired, so she stood close to the edge of the kang, and when her daughter climbed up to her, she hugged her directly into her arms, kissed her resoundingly, and pointed at the mother-in-law who was sitting on the kang Question: "Has Cancan listened to her grandmother?"

Cancan didn't know if she understood, she nodded and put her head on her mother's shoulder.

Ning smiled and answered for her granddaughter: "You're very obedient. I ate all the egg custard at noon. Are you done with your work?"

"Well, I just sent all the guests away." Ah Ju sat on the kang, talked to her mother-in-law about the scene in the front yard for a while, then got up and said goodbye: "Mother, I will go back first, and I will come to eat with you in the evening." She Now I just want to change clothes and lie down on the kang to rest. No matter how nice her mother-in-law is to her, it's not good for her to just lie down in Xinlanyuan.

Ning knew that her daughter-in-law must be tired after working all day, so she didn't stay longer, and went down to the field to send her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to the gate of the courtyard.Cancan played with her grandmother for a long time, she was a little reluctant to leave, she stretched her small body and went to her grandmother's arms, but when Aju sent her there and pretended to leave, she was also anxious, and finally dropped two strings of gold bumps before leaning on her reluctantly. Gone in mother's arms.

On the road, I met Yoyo strolling over, Aju pointed to Yoyo to show to her daughter, Cancan immediately forgot about her grandmother, and stretched out her little hand to imitate her mother to call: "Yo, Yo..."

The sound is crisp, sweet and very nice.

Ah Ju kissed her daughter with gusto: "Cancan said mother, mother..."

The little girl is now learning to speak other than the initial ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah Ju knew that her daughter would definitely not know how to do it, so she taught her simple grandparents. She didn't think it would be wrong, only her aunt couldn't shout, which made Lin Zhu angry.

Cancan's attention was all on Yoyo, and she didn't hear her mother's expectation.When Yoyo left, when Aju taught her to call her mother while holding her and walking, Cancan stopped talking and raised her little hand to touch the sapphire hairpin on her mother's head. Fortunately, now she understands her mother's reprimand, and only touches round Play with gems, do not draw out.

Sensing her daughter's curious and cautious movements, Aju pressed her daughter's face, feeling less cold.

Back in the house, Ah Ju carried her daughter onto the kang, Lu Yunshui came to help her wash her face, and Cancan just sat aside obediently and watched.After Ah Ju finished washing, seeing her daughter's curious face, she deliberately picked up the handkerchief and gestured at her. Cancan immediately turned around and crawled into the kang, screaming excitedly.

After only the mother and daughter were left in the room, Ah Ju took out her pillow and lay down, letting out a long sigh of relief.Anyone who saw him would smile, his face almost froze with laughter.

Seeing that her mother didn't chase after her, Cancan sat blankly for a while, then crawled back to her mother's side, with her upper body pressed against her mother's chest, looking at her curiously.

My daughter will be one year old next month, and her eyebrows and eyes are more open. When I was a child, I thought that only the eyebrows resembled Zhao Chen. Looking at it now, it seems that other places are similar. I can’t tell exactly where, but I can tell at a glance that she is Zhao Chen. Shen's daughter.Ah Ju stretched out her arms, hugged her lively daughter into her arms, and said softly: "Cancan hear the sound of firecrackers? That's your Uncle Li's coming to marry Aunt Xuerou." Xu is the man in the groom's robe , looking at Li Zonghua today, he looks quite outstanding.

Cancan echoed a few words.

Ah Ju acted as if her daughter understood, looked down at her eyebrows and eyes, and said in a tone full of nostalgia: "Does Cancan know that your father married mother back home in the same way back then. Your father is so handsome, it was mother who saw it." The most beautiful man, my mother didn't like him back then, when he lifted the hijab to see his appearance, she was still so nervous that her heart was beating fast, she didn't even dare to look at him after drinking a cup of wine..."

What happened two years ago is vivid in my mind, Zhao Chen's meaningful eyes, low-pitched sweet words, gentleness and forbearance when they slept together at night, all emerged before my eyes.After he left, Ah Ju thought about him every day, but she controlled it very well, but seeing someone getting married today, she couldn't help it.

Hugging her daughter, Ah Ju wept silently on top of her head, her chest was filled with longing, but there was nothing inside.

"mother……"

Her daughter's milky voice came from her arms, Ah Ju opened her eyes in disbelief, quickly wiped her tears with her cuffs, and looked down at her daughter: "Cancan just called your mother?"

Cancan raised her head, stared at her mother with her big black eyes for a moment, then called "Mother" softly and very clearly.

Ah Ju burst into tears again, but this time she was crying with joy.

She sat upright, helped her daughter to stand on her lap, and taught her with sobs: "Cancan call you daddy, call me daddy..."

Xu Shi was frightened by the tears in mother's eyes, Cancan didn't jump up and down in mother's arms as usual, looked at mother, and obediently called "Daddy".At first it sounded more like a beep, but Aju repeated it several times in a row, Cancan obediently imitated it, staring at her mother's lips, the yelling became more and more like a beep, and finally she really yelled "Dad" clearly.

Aju hugged her daughter and kissed again and again, knowing that her daughter was afraid of her tears, she quickly stopped crying, and boasted with a smile: "Cancan is so good, when your father comes back and hears you will call him, he must be special Happy."

Cancan didn't understand those things, seeing her mother smiled, she also grinned, supported her mother's arms and began to jump up and down, her little feet stepped on her mother's legs, with extra vigor.

Three days later Zeng Xuerou returned home, first went to Rongshou Hall to meet Mrs. Tai, half an hour later came to visit Zhuxuan.

Ah Ju went out to meet her with her daughter in her arms, and almost didn't recognize her new daughter-in-law walking towards her with smiling eyes.

The appearance is still the same, but the demeanor of the whole body has changed. If it was a pearl covered in dust before, now the layer of dust has been washed away, and it is dazzling.

Ah Ju was really happy for this cousin, and after entering the room, she joked with a smile: "It's said that you will be impressed after seeing each other for a day, cousin looks like this, brother-in-law must be very kind to you, right?"

Zeng Xuerou blushed slightly, but she did not bow her head shyly, but looked at Aju gratefully and said: "He is very good to me, cousin, since my parents left, no one has treated me like this again. Cousin, cousin Xue Rou will remember her great kindness and virtue in her heart forever."

Li Zonghua looked like a rough man, but he was actually very careful. The clumsy behavior in the bridal chamber made her laugh like honey.They didn't sleep that night. She told him everything about the family and knew that she was worried about her brother. Li Zonghua immediately decided to help him buy a house. How could she not be grateful for such a good husband who studied in the Imperial College?

"Why do you say such kind words." Ah Ju glared at her reproachfully, and threw her daughter's hydrangea into the kang for her to pick up. She concentrated on talking to Zeng Xuerou, "I just went to Mrs. Tai's side, and they didn't make things difficult. How about you?" This time the old lady Zeng came again, besides Zeng Xuerou's younger brother, she also brought a girl from the Zeng family, Ah Ju bumped into her twice in the garden, the little girl looks okay, but she has an unlovable temper, Seeing Cancan leaning over, she wanted to hug her, but Ah Ju ignored her.

Zeng Xuerou smiled: "My husband and I went there together. Mrs. Tai is okay, even if my grandmother is dissatisfied, I can't say anything. Cousin, my husband is discussing with my grandmother about keeping my younger brother in Beijing. If my cousin is not here, he will It’s not good to come to Wang Zhuxuan for a visit, and when my cousin comes back, I will let you take a good look at him.”

The daughter crawled back to cling to her again, Ah Ju threw the ball to Zeng Xuerou this time, urged her daughter to get it back, and took the opportunity to say: "I see what my brother-in-law is doing, it's enough for you to look satisfied, as long as he takes good care of you." Well, he is a good brother-in-law."

Just as Zeng Xuerou was about to speak, Cancan, who was halfway up, suddenly stopped climbing and called "sister" to Zeng Xuerou.

Zeng Xuerou froze, looked up at Aju, Aju was surprised that her daughter could say another word, and hugged the little girl happily, "Cancan is so smart, she can talk like her mother, but she is not a younger sister, you want Call Auntie..."

Cancan didn't care, she leaned in her mother's arms and called out to her cousin aunt happily, enjoying herself.

It was already very cold in the capital in October, but at the border of southern Xinjiang thousands of miles away, an autumn shirt was enough to keep out the cold.

Uncle Yunyang and Li Gan were discussing tactics with the soldiers in the tent.

"The Xuanwei envoy in the car was taken back by General Zhao with his troops the day before yesterday, and there are four other places left. How should we fight this battle, please tell me?" Li Gan looked up at the few people in front of him, looking away from the sand table on the border of southern Xinjiang. Generals, including King Rui who is in charge of supervising the army.

He Ruming, the former governor of Yunnan, said in a deep voice: "If you want to fight, you have to fight hard before the end of the year, otherwise it will rain again soon after the year, and it will rain intermittently for two or three months, which is not good for our soldiers."

His younger brother He Rufang echoed loudly, pointing to the two comfort envoys and said: "Brother and I lead troops to fight these two, and General Zhao is in charge of this place. Dongyue just suppressed these comfort envoys not long ago, and no one remained. There are too many guards, and they will be defeated soon. Then General Zhao led the troops to attack Mengyang, the farthest place. My brother and I split into two groups and sneaked from the two wings to Kaka Mountain to ambush the Dongyue army. Finally, we joined forces with General Zhao. Surround him, beat him and wipe him out!"

Zhao Chen glanced at him with no expression on his face.

King Rui couldn't help asking him: "General Zhao thinks this plan is inappropriate?" He had seen Zhao Chen's ability this time when he went south, if it wasn't for the choice of Zhao Han as a companion to make his father suspicious, he would have to talk to the Zhao family for the time being. Keep your distance, after returning to Beijing, he will definitely find a way to get Lin Zhu as soon as possible.

Zhao Chen didn't answer directly, but looked at Ji Zhao next to him: "What do you think?" This kid doesn't know how to fight, but he has a lot of tricks.

The faces of the He family brothers suddenly darkened.Zhao Chen has the ability, they put up with not taking their brothers seriously, what is Ji Zhao a brat, Zhao Chen actually used Ji Zhao to humiliate them?

But Ji Zhao didn't seem to see the stinky faces of the two of them. He stared at the sand table for a while, and said slowly: "Eastern Yue has been retreating steadily, and morale has plummeted. We really should take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but the consolation envoys everywhere are ours." In the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to use troops to rob, it is better to send people to make peace, induce them to surrender voluntarily, and then cooperate with us internally and externally to encircle Dongyue together."

Li Gan nodded, but quickly frowned again: "I'm afraid we didn't send troops to help when Dongyue attacked them before. It's hard for these chieftains to trust us now."

The faces of the He family brothers became even uglier, but no matter how much they made a mistake, they could only swallow their anger at this time.

Zhao Chen finally opened his mouth, pointing to the consolation envoy in the recovered car and said: "Send the chieftain in the car to lobby, there are some benefits, they hate Dongyue the most, as long as we show our sincerity, they will cooperate. "The imperial court did not control these consolation envoys too much. A few chieftains can be regarded as the emperors. However, if they are completely suppressed by Dongyue, they will only be courtiers in the future.Those who can make toast are smart people who know how to choose.

"Okay, this strategy saves troops and effort, come here, and ask the chieftain in the car to enter the account!" Li Gan praised and ordered loudly.

Zhao Chen was still staring at the sand table in front of him, but his thoughts drifted to the capital.

He must have missed his daughter's weekly banquet, but if this battle goes well, he might be able to go home a year ago.

The man was so concerned about his wife and daughter that he didn't notice the secret exchange of glances between the He family brothers.

(End of this chapter)