Modern Couples' Life in Women's Society

Chapter 25 Small talk
After listening to the greetings from the two, Mo Li remembered that Mo Qing and Mo Zi were still called before, and they must have been called differently in the palace. They had to be instructed later, and when they shouted, Fu Ling hurriedly knocked on the door to report. Your husband is here.

There was no sound, and when he was about to shout again, the door opened from the inside, Xiao Tong stood inside, saw Mo Li smiling and saying "Come on, Mo Li", and saw Mo Zi and Fu Ling outside, thinking that Mo Qing must be busy I didn't have time to come back, and I was looking at the two of them, my face was blue, I think I was frozen.

Xiao Tong took a look and then frowned and said, "Why are you outside? It's not that you don't need to wait. It's so cold outside. Don't wait anymore, just do things yourself."

Before they finished speaking, they looked at Mo Li. Seeing that Mo Li didn't mean to enter the study, his eyes were full of doubts. Mo Li hurriedly said, "My wife, I just finished my work, and it's time for lunch. Go eat."

"Oh, okay" Xiao Tong agreed, hurriedly walked out, turned around and closed the door, and walked with Mo Li, leaving behind Fu Ling and Mo Zi who were nervous and panicked. The back of the person, hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at the dining room, the meal was already set, Xiao Tong washed his hands, sat next to Mo Li, took the rice bowl from Mo Qing, and let them go to eat according to the old rules.Xiao Tong and Mo Li were left talking while eating.

"Is it all right?"

"Well, it's almost there. The rest of the medicine will be replenished after returning to Maoling. It will be troublesome to buy the medicine from here and transport it there."

"Where is the military camp in Maoling?"

"It's three hundred miles away from the border of Qi State, and it's a little far away from the main city of Maoling. They usually stay in the army and seldom go home."

"Is everyone in the family in Maoling?"

"After my mother became the Minister of Dali Temple two years ago, she usually stayed in Yandu. My father followed my mother half the time. My elder brother, Mo Zhaoyi, was always in the palace. My older sister was usually in the army. Maoling's family stayed the longest. It’s my little aunt’s family, and my big aunt only comes back during the holidays.”

"Your brother Mo Zhaoyi is in the palace? Zhaoyi?"

"In the palace, there are titles such as Huanghu, Huangguijun, Guijun, Zhaoyi, Ronghua, Cairen, etc. The elder brother is Zhaoyi."

Xiao Tong understood, it was the different titles of the Queen's husbands, it turned out that Mo Li's elder brother was one of his aunt's husbands, and his grade was not considered low.

"When can you come back after that?"

"There will be very few. In previous years, I would only go back four or five times a year."

"Well, no wonder the prince doesn't want you to go. It turns out that there is too little time to go home."

"Well, if I can come back, I will try my best."

"That's good."

After a moment of silence, Xiao Tong thought it would be okay to ask Mo Li first, and spoke again.

"Well, Mo Li, do you know what the servants under our palace and Zhuangzi mainly do?"

"Let's all perform their duties. There are those who serve people, those who run errands outside, and there are different people in Zhuangzi and the shop."

"What about building a house? Does anyone specialize in it?"

"Yes, the general houses and Yuanzi are made by the people in the mansion."

"Well, who is responsible for the construction of those public facilities, such as yamen, streets, and bridges?"

"The imperial court is built by the government offices of the prefectures and counties."

"Is that so, won't they contract out, that is to say, they will pay for others to build it. By the way, Mo Li, do we buy things with silver?"

"Usually, there are copper plates, silver, and gold used for business. One tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, and ten taels of silver is equal to a consistent copper coin. A consistent copper coin is 1000 copper coins. Generally, the public facilities you mentioned are in charge of the people in the yamen. Their There are relatives and friends who specialize in doing this. Generally, outsiders are rarely allowed to do it. What does it mean to contribute?"

"It means that the yamen gives money to other people to do it, which means that ordinary people have no chance to find these jobs to do, right?"

"Well, what are you asking these for?"

"I just want to find out, because I don't know what to do in the future, I want to ask more, and I can find something to do in the future."

"When you are in good health, if you want to do something, the prince will help you arrange it. You can stay in Erythia or Yandu, but I think the prince will let you stay in Erythia."

"is it?"

"kindness"

……

After finishing the meal while talking, Xiao Tong thought about taking a casual walk to eliminate food, and asked Mo Li if he wanted to go, Mo Li nodded in agreement, and the two started to walk casually again, and walked out of Tongfang Courtyard. There were also many servants who arrived, and they all bowed and avoided to the side and waited for them to pass by before moving forward again.

Xiao Tong and Mo Li chatted casually while walking, it was more a matter of common sense in this society, Mo Li's words were concise and to the point, Xiao Tong kept in mind, walked for nearly half an hour and went back to Tongfang Courtyard, and when he entered the house, he saw the poems sent to him. The medicine came, and I was already waiting, but there was still time, and the medicine hadn't cooled down yet.

Xiao Tong and Mo Li sat down, Xiao Tong took the medicine and drank it in one breath, looked at the Fu poem and asked, "But what's the matter?" Before the medicine was given by Fu Ling, it seems that this Fu poem has something to do find her.

"Yes, the Hongfangyuan has been doing things as before. Now the only ones who live with the young lady in the past are to give spirits and write poems. The people in the Hongfangyuan are also available. It's nothing. But, the young lady has been living in Tongfang before. The courtyard, most people are still in this courtyard, my husband doesn’t take much care of the affairs in this courtyard now, some servants come to my slave’s house after reporting something, it’s a bit unreasonable, so let’s talk to Miss now.”

"You continue to take care of it. In this way, you can move back to Tongfangyuan today. I just go back to Hongfangyuan to rest at night. It is enough to have the spirit. When I recover from my injury, I will move back to Tongfangyuan. Mo Li will go back to the army in a few days, and things at home should be done as before."

"Yes, the servant will leave."

After Fushi exited and closed the door, Xiao Tong and Mo Li went back to the bedroom to rest like yesterday.

It was Mo Li who woke up first, thinking about something and waiting for Xiao Tong to wake up by himself. After a while, Xiao Tong also woke up, earlier than yesterday.In the afternoon, I went to the study room as usual, the study room was warm, the two of them still gathered around the history book, but the speed was faster, Xiao Tong mastered some rules, and it was much easier to understand, the calligraphy was still ugly, regardless of the faster speed Some.

They rested for a while, drank water, and chatted. It was mainly Mo Li who was talking about the climate and cultural characteristics of various places in Yan. Although Mo Li had never been there, he had heard a lot.Mo Li also talked more, and Xiao Tong listened with great interest.After talking for a long time, Xiao Tong still had a lot to say, but he also knew that he could not delay his study, so he started to study again.

It wasn't until dinner time that Fu Ling came to remind me to leave the study. After dinner, I went for a walk as usual, and walked to the main courtyard as usual. Prince Su hadn't come back yet. He was the one who went to Tongfang Courtyard. Xiao Tong came to this main courtyard continuously for the past two days, so he was very happy.

(End of this chapter)