Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 37

It is about 140 miles from Yanjiang Village to Fucheng, and it can be reached in a day and a half if you go fast. However, there are old and young people in this group, and there is a pregnant woman. The weather is hot, and the carriage dare not go too fast.On the first day, they rested overnight in a farmhouse along the way. Several people crowded together on a kang. Xue Ping lived with the farmer's son, so he managed to get by for the night.In the early morning of the second day, everyone got up early, left some money for the farmer, and set off.Fortunately, Mrs. Wu made some dry food before going out, so no one was hungry.I didn't have a good rest at noon, so I just ate some dry food and continued on. Finally, I arrived at Fucheng when it was dark.

Xue Jinyu had been sending people to guard the gate of the city. As soon as she heard the news that Xue Ping had returned, her mother-in-law and aunt also came to pick her up, so she hurriedly brought people out to greet her.The door of Xue's residence was opened, and Xue Jinyu brought the housekeeper, Uncle Fu, the housekeepers, the maids, and a group of twenty or thirty people standing at the door, and saw Xue Ping driving the car towards here from a distance.

"Here we come, here we come," said someone in the crowd.

When the carriage approached, Xue Ping jumped out of the car, and Zi Xuan also jumped down, "Master, the maidservant and Xue Ping have brought the old lady of the in-laws and the grandma of the Tong family here."

"Well, the errand was done well, and I will arrive at the room to receive the reward." Xue Jinyu responded, and hurried down the steps to the carriage, opened the curtain, and shouted: "Mother, Jinyu is here to pick you up."

"Jinyu, why are you still here? There's no need to be so grand." Mrs. Wu got out of the car, seeing the scene, she blamed her son-in-law.

"Mother, you haven't come to my place yet, of course the son-in-law will welcome you." Xue Jinyu helped Wu Shi get out of the car while speaking.

When Mrs. Wu got out of the car, Zixuan hurried forward and helped Mrs. Fang get off, followed by several children.As soon as Xue Jinyu saw Fang, she stepped forward to salute, "Sister, it's really difficult to ask you to come after such a long journey."

Fang supported her waist, "Jinyu, you don't have to be polite, the family doesn't need to be polite." Then she turned around and said to her children, "Come and see your uncle soon."

"Hello, Uncle." Yuxian and the others came over to see Xue Jinyu.

"Okay, this is Little Four, Little Five and Yuxian, right? That's great, they're all grown-ups." Xue Jinyu turned around and supported Wu Shi. "Mother, the place where you and eldest sister live has already been cleared up. The journey is tiring, so let's rest first and go to see Bilian tomorrow."

"It's okay, I can bear it. I'd better go and see Bilian and the child first, or I won't be able to sleep well at night." How could Wu not go to see her daughter, and insisted on seeing Bilian first.

"Just Yimian, Zisu, go to the chrysanthemum courtyard to see if there is anything wrong with the preparations, ask someone to prepare hot water, burn incense in the house, and take a look at everything else." Jin Jin Yu ordered to go down. "Mother, let's go to the bamboo courtyard. Bilian and I live in the bamboo courtyard." As he spoke, he helped the old lady into the soft sedan chair that had been prepared earlier, and Zixuan also helped Fang's into the soft sedan chair. Go to the bamboo courtyard in a mighty way.

When we arrived at the gate of the bamboo courtyard, the woman guarding the gate had already received the news, and guarded the gate cautiously, "Grandma, grandma already knows, and is waiting."

Xue Jinyu hummed, helped Mrs. Wu get out of the sedan chair, and walked into the courtyard, followed by Mrs. Fang and the child.

In the room, Fang Bilian was leaning on the pillow and half lying on the kang. Seeing her mother and eldest sister coming in, tears flowed out uncontrollably. "Mother, big sister, you are here."

"What is this for? You can't shed tears during the confinement period. Wipe away your tears quickly, and don't cry." Wu hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her daughter.Fang also sat on the edge of the kang.

Under Wu's comfort, Bilian stopped crying and looked at Fang, "Sister, I didn't know you were in this situation. If I knew, I wouldn't let you come." Fang was less than four weeks pregnant Yue, she hasn't shown her bosom yet, but she can tell from the way she walks. "How many months has it been?"

"It's less than four months. You made it pretty well. If I really couldn't come a while ago, the child might have made a fuss." Fang said to her sister with a smile. "Your brother-in-law is worried. He was going to follow, but the family can't leave him. Fortunately, he came with mother." Turning around, he called Yuxian and the others: "I haven't come to see your aunt yet."

The children naturally saluted Bilian again, "Hello, Auntie." The three said in unison.

"Where's the child?" Fang asked.

"The nanny is taking it. I'm not feeling well this time, and I can't take it myself, so I let the nanny take it." He said and looked at Ziling, "Go and ask Auntie Liu to bring the child and let the old lady take a look."

After a while, a woman less than 30 years old came over with a baby in her arms. Wu took the baby and saw that the baby was still asleep, with a tender face, eyes closed, and frowning, and she looked cute . "This child is fair enough. You can't tell who she looks like if you close your eyes. With this girl, your wish can be fulfilled." Bilian's third son is six years old this year, and finally she has another daughter. .

"Well, with her this time, I will never have another child." Bilian said as if swearing. "I don't have the ability of my eldest sister. I gave birth to six in a row, and I am pregnant again." Just when I was in a good mood, I started to play tricks.

"You, lie down quickly. It's only been a few days since it's crooked. After careful consideration, your arm hurts." Fang gave Bilian a look and told her to lie down quickly.

Mrs. Wu took out some children's clothes, and Mrs. Fang also took out the clothes that she had made a long time ago from her bag. Because they knew Bilian's wish well, they both chose the colors that girls would wear when they made them. It's really the right choice. "There is nothing that can be sold. Your house is not short of anything. I made a few children's clothes a while ago." Fang said.

"Auntie, Xian'er brought you some fresh Gastrodia elata. My brothers dug it up the mountain. You can use it to stew chicken, or fry it with eggs, so you won't be afraid of the wind during confinement." Yuxian handed the gastrodia elata she brought to Zixuan and asked her to keep it.

At this time, Xue Jinyu came in from the outside. He had just gone to arrange meals. "Mother, you and Eldest Sister haven't had dinner yet, I've ordered the kitchen to prepare the meal, do you think we should eat in the Bamboo Courtyard or go back to the Chrysanthemum Courtyard?"

"Go back to the Chrysanthemum Courtyard. The two days of driving are exhausting enough. I'll come back tomorrow and have a good chat with Bilian. I'm really tired today. Your elder sister is in such a body. You should rest early." Mrs. Wu After all, he was getting old, and just now he was just trying to hold on to see his daughter, so he was exhausted and didn't even want to move.

"Okay, then put it in the Chrysanthemum Court." Jinyu winked, and a maid went out to arrange it.

"Bilian, you're so good at giving birth, I'll come and see you tomorrow." Mrs. Wu got up and walked out, Xue Jinyu quickly went up to support her, "Jinyu, stay here with Bilian, just ask someone to take us there. "

"Hey, mother, then you go slowly." Ziling on the side stepped forward to support the old lady, and Zixuan helped Fang's back to the chrysanthemum courtyard.

The chrysanthemum courtyard is next to the bamboo courtyard. The two courtyards are not far from each other, and they will be there in a while.The group first ate dinner in the flower hall. Today they ate dry food all day, and they didn't eat less this evening.After dinner, a servant girl came to lead everyone back to the room to rest. The old lady shared a room, Fang and Yuxian shared a room, and the fourth and fifth children shared a room.Hot water is prepared in each room, the room is incensed, each room has a kang, and brocade bedding and pillows have been laid on the kang.Everyone went to take a shower, and then fell into a deep sleep.

The two-day rush made everyone exhausted, so they slept soundly. The next morning, at the end of the morning, Yuxian woke up. As soon as she got up, a maid came forward to help her dress, "Sister, it's still I'll do it myself, I'm not used to asking others to help, so I just put the washing water there." Yuxian is really not used to having someone waiting on her side.

"Miss, you are the master. Serving the master is the duty of a maidservant. The maidservants Hong Shao, Hong He, Hong Ying, and Hong Luo are all maids in this chrysanthemum courtyard. If you have anything to do, you can call us." Hong Shao insisted on helping Yuxian. After getting dressed, she waited for her to wash up and comb her hair. "Miss, breakfast is still in the flower hall. The two young masters are already up, and the old lady and grandma are in the flower hall." He led Yu Xian to the flower hall.

Yuxian was so tired last night that she didn't bother to take a look at the chrysanthemum courtyard. Looking at it now, it's really magnificent.A courtyard is bigger than Tong's house, and it also has a layout similar to a courtyard house. There are five main rooms on the north side, and three side rooms on the east and west. There are corridors connecting the main room and the side rooms.The yard is full of flowers and plants of various colors, which Yu Xian basically doesn't know well, and the yard is full of flowers and plants.

The flower hall is in the main room. Last night, Mrs. Wu led the four and five children to live in the east room and suite of the main house, and the west room is divided into a flower hall and a study room.

"Yuxian, come and have dinner, I'll go see your aunt later, let's go to the garden when we have time." As soon as Wu Shi saw Yuxian, she beckoned her to sit down and eat.

Yuxian sat down, there were all kinds of food on the table, Yuxian didn't know each other at all, Hong Shao next to her helped her serve a bowl of porridge, some small buns and some dishes, Yuxian ate while eating, While looking at other people.Seeing grandma and mother eating slowly, Yuxian found that her mother seemed a little different, as if there was a kind of nobility and elegance in her bones.It's not that Fang's eating habits were not good before. When he was in Tong's house, Fang also chewed his meals slowly, but always with a kind of restraint, but now Fang seems to be completely relaxed, very comfortable and enjoying A kind of feeling that those who don't know will think that she is the wife of some family.Yuxian felt a little sorry for her mother, but such a rich lady married into the Tong family, did laundry, cooked, fed pigs and chickens, and was angry with the old witch of the Qin family, squeezed out by the Liu family and the Zhou family, just thinking about it for her mother Distressed.

"Yuxian, what are you doing looking at your mother when you don't eat?" Fang asked strangely when her daughter kept looking at her.

"It's nothing, mother. The breakfast is delicious." Yuxian smiled and lowered her head to eat.

(End of this chapter)