The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 143

While looking at Zhou Tianhao's letter in simplified characters, Xie Yujiao was still thinking about Yun Song, what's the big deal, and she didn't say to wait a while, and asked herself to write a letter and take it there, and just left?But fortunately, I have nothing serious to do, it's just a few exhortations.

Xie Yujiao put away the letter and got up from the soft couch. At this time, the kitchen was cooking the bird's nest and bringing it over. Xie Yujiao didn't like to eat these things at first, but now that Mrs. Xu is so attentive, she has to cooperate a little bit.

Seeing that Xie Yujiao's smiling face was blooming, Ziyan brought over the bird's nest and asked, "What did you write in the prince's letter? You are so happy, why don't you close your mouth?"

"You want to know? Then take it over and have a look." Xie Yujiao handed Zhou Tianhao's letter casually, and Ziyan put down the bird's nest, stepped forward to accept the letter from Xie Yujiao, looked it over and over again, she I didn't know a few characters at first, but now I don't know any of these simplified characters. After reading it for a while, I just said with a blank face: "The prince writes like a girl, he likes to write a radical, and the servant can't read it." understood."

Xie Yujiao accepted the letter with a smile and glanced at it again. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly and she said, "My lord said that he found a few small courtyards near Tangshan, and he is looking at which one is better. When the time comes, he will buy it and take us over." If we live in the past, we can be together every day again.”

Ziyan was very happy when she heard this, but then she thought about it, Tangshan is just a small town, it must be inconvenient for the girl to live there, now that she is pregnant, she has to be more careful, she still lives In Xie's house, it is more reassuring to have a wife to take care of her.

"Although it's nice over there, it's not as comfortable as here after all. Besides, girl, you are pregnant now, so even if you can see the prince every day, what's the matter?" She blushed and hid aside without speaking.

Xie Yujiao only frowned for a moment, then frowned and said: "You're right, besides, I live here, I can be with my mother Chaozong every day, and you can see Mama Zhang and Steward Liu every day, after all, it's better than going there A lot." After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she slowly recollected it, and only rolled her eyes and said, "Ziyan, now you are more and more..." Shameless is not easy to say, so Xie Yujiao paused. , continued: "This kind of words can be blurted out."

Ziyan was already ashamed, but after hearing this, she became more and more distraught, she just covered her face and said: "Girl, stop talking, the more you talk, the more you will feel ashamed to death."

Seeing her like this, Xie Yujiao just smiled and said, "Then I won't talk about it. Anyway, you are grown up now, and it will be two years at most, so it's time to arrange a marriage for you."

Ziyan is the same age as Xu Hui this year, they are both fifteen years old, so they are supposed to be married, but Mama Zhang and Steward Liu are not in a hurry now, Chang Shun just married Xi Que and is now expecting a child. There is no shortage of happy events at home.What's more, now that Ziyan went to the palace with Xie Yujiao, she might meet someone better in the future. If she just found someone in the village and married her, she would just end up as a tenant servant in the future.

Xie Yujiao understood what Mama Zhang meant, so she also took this matter to heart, but now the palace has only just been built and opened, so Xie Yujiao is not very familiar with those servants who are in charge and have some ability, so this matter has to be done. Take your time.

After hearing Xie Yujiao's words, Ziyan became more and more embarrassed to answer, she only bit her lips and twisted her veil for a moment, then said: "Yesterday my mother came to me and told me not to worry about these things, and take good care of her first." After the girl gives birth to the child, I have to wait for the little maids around the girl to use it smoothly before I can think about my affairs."

Xie Yujiao really doesn't have many handy maids around now, but Mother Liu bought a batch of maids into the palace a while ago, and they are still being taught by her now. You have to use it to know if it is good or not.

"Then it's hard work for you, Ziyan maidservant!"

Seeing Xie Yujiao calling her that, Ziyan felt a little smug on her face, smiled and handed the cooled bird's nest to Xie Yujiao and said, "Miss, hurry up and eat, the kitchen lady is still waiting to collect the cups!"

Xie Yujiao was in a good mood at this time, and she could drink a bowl of bird's nest to the bottom.

But Yun Song ran for two hours at a stretch before arriving at Xie's house. He was exhausted and flustered, but just now he was excited and ran out again. At this time, he was almost exhausted halfway.At this time, it was the hottest time of day, and the water in the water bag was drunk again. When he rushed back to the camp, he was so thirsty that his mouth was about to smoke, and his whole body seemed to be exhausted, top-heavy, looking at Zhou Tianhao He clearly wanted to get off the horse, but his strength was exhausted, so he fell headfirst.

A few patrolling soldiers happened to see him, and they only helped him and sent him to Zhou Tianhao's battalion commander.Zhou Tianhao asked Yun Song to deliver the letter, but he didn't expect him to come back like this. He was so frightened that he was out of his wits, so he hurriedly called the military doctor over, poured him a bowl of salt water, and patted his face to wake him up.

Yun Song was in a daze, but felt a pain in his cheek, opened his eyes and saw Zhou Tianhao looking at him with a sergeant face, and said excitedly: "My lord... my lord..." On the other hand, he fell off the horse just now, rubbed His face was covered in mud, so even with a happy expression on his face, it still made people feel a little disgusting.

Zhou Tianhao broke out in a cold sweat again from his two yells, he held his collar and asked, "Is something wrong with the princess? Tell me well!"

Yun Song wiped the mud off his face with one hand, and said with a smile: "The princess is happy! The slave has got the good news, so hurry back and report the good news to the prince!"

After hearing this sentence, Zhou Tianhao's face turned pale. He only held Yun Song's skirt with both hands, wishing he could throw him off the bed. He gritted his teeth angrily, "Are you announcing the good news for me? How dare you almost throw him I was so scared that I had a heart attack!" After Zhou Tianhao finished speaking, seeing Yun Song's sunburnt appearance, he couldn't bear it to some extent, so he just threw him away, and couldn't help but smile on his face. Walking up and down in the middle, said: "Is what you said true? Jiaojiao is happy? Is this king going to have a queen?"

Yun Song was really taken aback by Zhou Tianhao's gloomy eyes just now, and seeing him happy like a child again, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "That... needless to say, The slave's horse is about to break its leg, how could it be false news?"

Zhou Tianhao stopped in his tracks, he was so happy that he didn't know what to do, he clapped his hands and said, "No, I'm going to Xie's house to see Jiaojiao, she is weak, and this is her first child, she must take good care of her." Besides... … Zhou Tianhao felt a little depressed when he thought of this. The level of ancient medicine is really hard to praise. It is all about luck to give birth to a child.

"Why is the prince so anxious? I'm afraid that the wife of the in-laws has given up the princess as a treasure now, so what else is there to worry about? I heard from the wife that the princess was afraid that the prince would be too excited, so no one passed on the news immediately. Letter to the lord, if it wasn't for the coincidence that the servant went today, I'm afraid the lord will have to wait for a few days to learn the good news!"

Zhou Tianhao became a little unhappy when he heard this, and said with a bluffing face: "You are so delicate, you still want to hide it from me, you are really disobedient."

Seeing what Zhou Tianhao said, Yun Song could only think to himself, when did the princess hear the prince's words?Don't all the princes obediently listen to the princess's words?

Zhou Tianhao got the news, but couldn't sit still anymore. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and it would not be efficient to drive at night. Zhou Tianhao thought about it, and ordered someone to pass on the dinner early, and fell asleep at [-]:[-] a.m. Go down, and the next morning when the sky is bright, I set off for Xie's house.

So, when Xie Yujiao woke up naturally the next morning, when she opened her eyes, she saw Zhou Tianhao sitting on the head of her bed.Xie Yujiao thought she was dreaming for a moment, so she closed her eyes and opened them again, but she didn't want Zhou Tianhao still sitting in front of his bed.

Seeing her blinking constantly, Zhou Tianhao felt strange, so he asked, "Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? Are your eyes cramp?"

When Xie Yujiao heard that Zhou Tianhao in front of the bed was still able to speak, she couldn't help pinching herself. The pain made her grin her teeth. Then she grasped Zhou Tianhao's palm, stood up from the bed and asked him, "What are you talking about?" Why are you here, what time is it?"

Zhou Tianhao glanced at the hourglass in the corner of the room, and said, "It's almost the end of the day, I've been here for a while, seeing that you're still asleep, I'm waiting."

Xie Yujiao had already sat up on the bed at this time, Zhou Tianhao glanced at her up and down, and couldn't help but fall on her lower abdomen, seeing that it was still flat and firm there, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart Come.

"You are pregnant, why didn't you let your mother tell me earlier, do you still want to hide it from me?"

"No, it's because I'm afraid that you will be surprised and want to come here overnight like this, so I won't let you talk about it. Look, I'm right? You're not tired, and you're jolting on the horse all day long."

"It's just that I go faster on horseback. I just can't help but want to see you." Zhou Tianhao said, he put his arms around Xie Yujiao, and kissed her cheek that was still a bit dazed. Rubbing, it came to her lips again.Xie Yujiao hurriedly hid for a while, and whispered, "I just woke up, and my mouth still stinks!"

"No, in my heart, you are fragrant everywhere." Zhou Tianhao said, he didn't force Xie Yujiao after all, he only touched her lips lightly, then let go of her, and called the maid outside to come in to serve She washes up.

Xie Yu stood up with her shoes on, and Zhou Tianhao's petite figure fell into Zhou Tianhao's eyes again. Zhou Tianhao said without warning, "After this one is born, regardless of gender, let's not have children in the future."

Xie Yujiao sat in front of the dressing table in a daze, but her eyes slowly turned red.In ancient times, it was not easy to give birth to a baby safely. When listening to Xu Shi and the others chatting, they would often talk about this dystocia and that one dead body.Xie Yujiao became numb after listening too much. At that time, she never thought that she would have a baby one day. Now that she was really pregnant, she felt that all this was not too far away for her.

Xie Yujiao thought for a while, but in the end she didn't reply to Zhou Tianhao's words. Firstly, there was no effective contraceptive method in ancient times, and whether or not to have a second child was not up to her. Only one child was born, so Xu was afraid of nagging.It's still early for these things, so I'm not in a hurry to talk about them now.

"Let's talk about the future. None of them have been born yet!" Xie Yujiao lowered her head and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Zhou Tianhao sat behind and watched.Xie Yujiao saw in the mirror that Zhou Tianhao was getting more and more tanned, and he looked more masculine than before, so she smiled at him in the mirror, and said coquettishly, "What's so good? Don't you want to draw my eyebrows too?" ?”

Zhou Tianhao also smiled at her, thought for a while and said, "Forget it, so that you don't have the face to go out to meet people." After Zhou Tianhao finished speaking, he looked at the sky and said, "Since you are fine, I should go back to the camp too. I’ve gone there, and there are a lot of things happening these days, and the artillery is waiting for me to experiment.”

Xie Yujiao saw that although he looked energetic, but his eyes were still somewhat tired, she got up and walked to him, sat down opposite him and said, "I won't stop you, but I just used it with me anyway. Have breakfast before leaving, if you want to see me in the future, you don't have to come early like this, after you have chosen a house over there, I will live there and stay with you!"

"Do you really want to live there?" Zhou Tianhao was a little hesitant at this time. He wanted Xie Yujiao to live there before, but now that she is pregnant, she can't live without someone to take care of her. How can she live in such a wilderness? In the wild, if there is something bad or bad, there is no time to call a doctor.

"It's better not to live in the past. I feel more at ease living here. The poor mountains and rivers over there are not as good as here. The food and other things are much worse. You may not be used to living in the past." Zhou Tianhao just said.

"You're used to being in the military camp. I'm not used to living outside. Besides, isn't this place the same as that? It's the countryside? It takes more than half an hour to hire a doctor here. How convenient it is over there, but if I can see you every day, my heart will be at ease."

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was determined to go, Zhou Tianhao also felt very itchy, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was not good, so he said again: "Then...you should not go for the next few months. I heard from my mother that the first three You should pay special attention to Yue, and there should be no fatigue in the slightest, after these three months, the weather will be cooler, how about I pick you up then?"

Xie Yujiao lowered her eyebrows and thought about it. She really had to pay attention to it in the first three months. Besides, if she saw Zhou Tianhao every day and let him see it but not eat it, it would not be a good thing after all, lest the two of them be hooked into flames. It's better not to be seen.

"Then it's up to you. I'll live here for another three months. If you don't come to pick me up then, I'll go there myself."

Seeing that Xie Yujiao agreed, Zhou Tianhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.After a while, the maid from outside came in to reply, saying that the breakfast in the hall was ready.

Since Xie Yujiao became pregnant, Mrs. Xu told her that she would eat three meals a day in Xiulou, and if she changed places temporarily, it would be fine to just go to the kitchen and tell her.

The weather is hot recently, Xie Yujiao is pregnant and has a poor appetite, so she only prepared mung bean porridge, egg pancakes, vegetarian steamed dumplings, duck oil pancakes, and tofu brain.Knowing Zhou Tianhao's arrival, Mrs. Xu specially ordered the kitchen to add a basket of small soup dumplings and a bowl of beef tendon ramen.

After Zhou Tianhao ate with Xie Yujiao, the sun became more and more venomous. Xie Yujiao only stood on the porch for a while, but felt dizzy from the sun, and hurried back into the room.At this time, the room has been replaced with ice, and it is cool and shady, and it is comfortable.Xie Yujiao saw that there were still a few drops of sweat on Zhou Tianhao's forehead, so she just reached out to wipe him off, frowned and said, "The weather is too hot, so let the second housekeeper send you a carriage to take you back later, otherwise you will be If he was sunburned to death on the road, I’m afraid no one will know about it. It’s a pity that a generation of virtuous kings was burned to death because they went back to their mother-in-law’s natal house to see their daughter-in-law.”

Zhou Tianhao just laughed when he heard this, and said: "When Yun Song returned to the barracks yesterday, he suffered from heat stroke and came in out of breath. I thought for a while that something happened to you, but I'm sweating out of fear."

Xie Yujiao felt even more distressed when she heard this, and after thinking about it, she said: "There is cold water in the bathhouse, you go in and soak in it, and then leave after a while, don't worry about the time for a day or two, besides, Those soldiers of yours are nothing more than ordinary people, I am afraid that the weather is difficult. When I send a car to take you back later, I will ask the mung beans to pull a cart and make mung bean soup for them. "

"Are you rewarding the soldiers for getting up? Buy them off so that they will work for me?" Zhou Tianhao said, but couldn't help but put his arms around Xie Yujiao, folded his hands and caressed her belly, biting his ears Said: "When the Tartars are beaten out of Dayong, I will disarm and return to the fields. I will be the son-in-law of your Xie family. Do you think it is okay?"

Xie Yujiao just let him hold her, leaned on him, turned her head to look at him and said, "Whether the Tartars can fight or not is not up to you alone. Why do you keep this on your mind?"

Seeing Xie Yujiao's words, Zhou Tianhao was a bit moved after all, and he just sighed and said, "I refused to accept the biography of the late emperor back then, but the late emperor said that the three were too mediocre, and I feared that the country would not be safe in his hands. I did my best to protect him, and now half of the country is in the hands of the Tartars, if I go in the future, I'm afraid I will lose face to see the late emperor."

How could Xie Yujiao know that there was such an inside story in the middle, she just frowned, turned around and gave Zhou Tianhao a hard look, and said, "I told you to be dishonest, and I didn't say these things out. You really deserve it for being so miserable, and I don’t feel sorry for you anymore!"

Zhou Tianhao didn't have the slightest temper at this time, he let Xie Yujiao scold him, he just hugged her and said, "I'm only 25 now, even if it takes five years to drive the Tartars out of Dayong, the days after the age of 30 will be all The two of us are better than being trapped in that cage for the rest of our lives, if I live to be seventy or eighty, we can still be together for half a century!"

These words touched Xie Yujiao more than any sweet words before. Xie Yujiao just leaned in Zhou Tianhao's arms, raised her head and kissed his chin, and whispered: "In order for us to be together for a longer time, then you Come on, too!"

Zhou Tianhao took a shower in the bath and changed into clean clothes.Sure enough, Xie Yujiao ordered a few servants to open the granary of Xie's house, drag out hundreds of catties of mung beans, and transport them to the barracks together.

Since Zhou Tianhao left, more than two months have passed in a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed in a blink of an eye, and it is early October, and the weather is already very cool.Because many waterwheels were built this year, despite the drought, the rice harvest will not be in short supply, so for Xie's house, this year is still a bumper harvest year.

Mrs. Xu had heard the news that Xie Yujiao planned to move to another courtyard in Tangshan early in the morning. Although she was reluctant to part with her, but thinking that she and Zhou Tianhao were newlyweds, and they were always separated like this. The eighth day of the first lunar month was the day when Xu Huiru left the pavilion, so Xu simply sent his servants to the other courtyard in the city, cleaned it up, and planned to live in the city for a while.

Mrs. Xu was sitting in the living room, watching the maids and wives preparing boxes and cabinets, and then sat down to drink a cup of tea, when she saw Xie Yujiao enter the second door. She was only three months pregnant, because she was small in stature, and even It's because she couldn't see any belly, but her complexion was a little rosier than before, but she didn't see any flesh.

Mrs. Xu often advised Xie Yujiao to eat a little more, but she had a shadow in her heart, fearing that if she ate too much, the child would grow up, and she would only eat seven layers of fullness every meal.Fortunately, her pregnancy reaction was not strong, so she didn't suffer too much.

"Why did you come by yourself? Didn't I tell you? I'll ask someone to call you after the front is settled." Mrs. Xu hurriedly stood up to meet her. Xie Yujiao walked inside and said, "My things Everything has been tidied up, and the women are moving to the car, so I will come over to my mother to have a look, this time I will live for another half a month, so don't leave anything behind."

Since Xie Chaozong learned that Xie Yujiao was going to give birth to his nephew, he has been very well-behaved, and he never dared to mess with Xie Yujiao. Whenever he looked at her, he was very cautious, and sometimes he asked in a puzzled way: "Sister?" , how long will it take for my little nephew to come out to play with me?"

Xie Yujiao thought for a while, and then said, "When you eat zongzi next year, you will probably see your little nephew." As for why you must say "little nephew", Xie Yujiao was also depressed. At that time, Xie Chaozong clearly said that he liked his little niece, and also said that his aunt's belly was a little brother, and his sister's belly was a little niece, but Xu didn't believe in evil, so he insisted on telling Xie Chaozong that he was a little nephew .

Based on the principle of filial piety, Xie Chaozong could only listen to Mrs. Xu, so he reluctantly changed his little niece into a little nephew.

(End of this chapter)