The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 3
"Miss Jing is here, let the maids in the side hall prepare the meal!" Mrs. Xu raised her drooping eyebrows when she saw Zhao Jing coming in, and quickly ordered the maids standing aside.

A little girl with a wink had already stepped forward to take off Zhao Jing's cloak, shook off the snow beads on it, and hung it on the coat rack in the inner room.Zhao Jing's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and when she encountered the heat, her face became even redder.

"You don't have to be polite, old lady. It's the same if I eat in front. I'm sorry to let my brothers and sisters wait for me." Zhao Jing said respectfully and bowed to old Mrs. Xu .

At this time, the girls who were sitting also stood up and leaned towards Zhao Jingfu.

Because the eldest girl is a righteous daughter, she also took her original surname Sun and named Yu'e; the second girl was surnamed Xu, with a single name of Xian, and a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, one named Qi Jiabao and the other Qi Huibao.Marquis Wu'an was fighting outside all the year round, if it wasn't for these people accompanying Mrs. Xu, the days when the old lady was alone at home would indeed be deserted.

"I'm just afraid that you won't come here because you think it's a long way here, and you have to take a cup of tea when you come outside. Now it's snowing again and the road is slippery. If the snow is even worse tomorrow, I'll let the maids Send it to you, you are a distinguished guest in our house, how can we let you just eat outside!"

Mrs. Xu was very friendly when she spoke, and she seemed to be in good health, but she was used to being poor when she was young, and she didn't know how to manage the housework. It was a mess, with no clue.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager has ordered that all the funeral expenses of Mrs. Wu'an Hou will be paid by the household department, and the house does not need a penny. I'm also busy breaking my head.

Zhao Jing smiled faintly, and sat down on the armchair beside her. The servant girl brought hot tea up, and she took a sip of it, and the coolness on her body seemed to dissipate a bit.

"I'm just a slave. The old lady is really too polite. The queen mother let the servants come over to help the old lady manage things, not to cause trouble for the old lady. Now that the old lady says that, I can't afford it anymore. "

Although she knew that her status was unusual in the eyes of others, when she left the palace, the Empress Dowager had already told her that Marquis Wu An was now fighting against the Tartars in northern Xinjiang. Be sympathetic to his subordinates, so that he has no worries at all.We must also try our best to let the people in the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion feel the greatness of the emperor's grace.

These words entered Zhao Jing's ears in the left ear and out in the right ear, but she privately thought that no matter how great the emperor's grace, it would be difficult to make up for the wound in Marquis Wu'an's heart.The newlyweds went to the battlefield in half a day, their good son was gone, and the wife who had only slept for half the night was gone.However, as a general of the imperial court, Marquis Wu'an didn't even have the chance to come back and take a look. A couple of one night repays a hundred days of grace!In Zhao Jing's heart, she was really not worth it for Mrs. Marquis Wu'an.

What's more worthless is that not long after she died, Miss Sun Yu'e, the adopted daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, had already started to curry favor with the old lady again.Zhao Jing glanced at Sun Yu'e, and lowered her eyelids again. Although she had saluted herself just now, Zhao Jing didn't care about that attitude.If she was in the palace, if she saw someone saluting like this, she would have taken off her pants and sentenced to punishment.It's just that she's here for the funeral, so it's better not to take care of other family's housework.

Just at this time, the maids came from the side hall, went back to the old lady of Marquis Wu'an and said: "Old lady, the lunch has been set."

The old lady Xu smiled and got up to go over. Zhao Jing stood up and saw Sun Yu'e had already greeted her with a smile. Sun Yu'e helped the old lady Xu to leave, with her head down, and followed listlessly.

The two twins were still young, and they were led by the nanny, and Zhao Jing followed behind them. Suddenly, Qi Huibao turned his head, blinked his big black grape-like eyes twice, and said to Zhao Jing with a smile: "Aunt Jing, I am here today!" Ask the nanny to tell the kitchen to make southern milk meat again."

Zhao Jing was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and then she remembered that a dish of southern milk meat was placed in front of her two days ago. In front of her, she just ate something, but unexpectedly, she was noticed by this little girl.

Thinking of her good intentions, Zhao Jing naturally wouldn't say that she doesn't like meat, so she just smiled at her and said, "Then thank you, Sister Hui."

When Sister Hui saw Zhao Jing smiling slightly, her whole body became excited, the dimples on her face sank in, and the pigtails that had just grown her hair flicked away, and ran to Zhao Jing's hand He took her hand in front of him.

(End of this chapter)