The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 82
Mother Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Mrs. Xu was persuaded by herself, and continued: "In my opinion, it's better to give Miss Jing twenty catties of silver frost charcoal, a bag of royal rice, some dried fruits and peanuts, and a handful of gold and silver." Kaizi, it's almost New Year's Eve now, so that's all that works, the first year she comes out of the palace, she must also give lucky money to the juniors."

Mrs. Xu nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and said persistently: "You still have experience, you can think of these things, I just saw that Miss Jing's voice was hoarse, and I thought she had contracted a cold, but now that I think about it, it must be caused by the charcoal fire. Yes, when I didn't live in the Hou's mansion, I also had a drake voice every winter."

When the old lady talked about her poor life in the past, she still sighed in her heart, "Brother Sheng lived with me for a few years, but Brother An was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child. I didn't expect him to suffer now."

As the old lady was talking, Zhao Jing had already come out of the room with Qi Jiahui in her arms. Qi Jiabao fell asleep after taking the medicine, and Qi Jiahui was lying on Zhao Jing's shoulder, drowsy.

"Old lady, please don't let Sister Hui and Brother Bao stay in the same room. It will be a disaster if you get infected." Zhao Jing was worried, and told Mrs. Xu that she was quite embarrassing. , frowned and said: "She won't listen to me, I'm talking, and I can't say serious things."

Zhao Jing thought it was funny seeing the old lady like this, at this time Qi Jiahui's nanny carried Qi Jiahui to sleep on the kang inside, Zhao Jing sat down and said: "It's the old lady, you are too spoiled by them, fortunately, Brother Bao is also fine It’s almost over, and I’m relieved too.”

Just as Zhao Jing was talking, a little maid suddenly came in and spread the word that Sun Yu'e had also come.Zhao Jing didn't want to see Sun Yu'e, in fact, she guessed that Sun Yu'e would not come. Qi Jiabao was sick, and it was an infectious disease. She didn't see Sun Yu'e here as soon as she entered the door. A lot less came.

Sun Yu'e came in soon, and frowned slightly when she saw Zhao Jing, but Mrs. Xu pulled Zhao Jing to sit on the guest seat, and she had to lean towards Zhao Jing, but her eyes were smiling. The old lady looked over and said happily: "Old Ancestor, Master Hou has sent you a letter!"

Only then did Zhao Jing realize that Sun Yu'e was holding a kraft envelope in her hand. The wax on it had fallen off, and it seemed that she had read the letter inside.Zhao Jing recalled Sun Yu'e's appearance when she saw Xu Si'an that day, holding a teacup and lowering her eyebrows for a while, she suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Have you received a letter from Lord Hou?" At this time, the most interesting thing for Mrs. Xu was probably these few words.When Mrs. Xu was speaking, Zhao Jing could see her eyebrows flying up, and her body was suddenly as agile as a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, and she took the letter from Sun Yu'e.

Mrs. Xu got the letter and skillfully pulled out the letter paper from the envelope. Just as she was about to read it, she suddenly remembered that she couldn't read a few words.She smiled awkwardly, handed the letter to Zhao Jing who was beside her, and said with a smile: "Miss Jing, help my old lady give me a year, my eyesight is not good."

Zhao Jing wanted to laugh. The old lady was illiterate, but she just wanted to save face. Even if Master Hou wrote a small letter with hairpin flowers, it was impossible for her to miss it.Zhao Jing took the letter paper in a good manner. She originally wanted to read it according to the letter paper, but after scanning the contents of the letter, she couldn't read it. It would be strange if she didn't laugh when she read it.

It turned out that Xu Si'an knew that the old lady was not very literate, so he just wrote the letter in a normal tone, thinking that if the old mother wanted to read it herself, she might still be able to recognize a few words, so this letter was not in vain.

Zhao Jing read the letter in a hurry, smiled and said to Mrs. Xu: "Your Majesty said that the war is over, and now I am waiting for the emperor to issue an order to return the court, so that the old lady will wait for him to come back at the mansion." In the letter He didn't mention the last time he went back to Beijing privately to be punished, probably in front of Mrs. Xu, Xu Si'an also only reported good news but not bad news.

Zhao Jing thought that Xu Si'an, as the marshal of the first army, would always have a reliable lieutenant by his side, who was willing to suffer this flesh and blood for him, and there was only so much she could help herself.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" Mrs. Xu sighed while nodding, "It's almost the New Year's Eve, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see anyone until the New Year is over."

How can the army return to Beijing so quickly? Zhao Jing pinched her fingers and calculated. The little emperor was about to issue the edict to return to the court a few days before she left the palace. I am eager to advance to the capital before the return of the army on the Lantern Festival, it is already fast.

"Old lady, don't worry, Master Hou is fine. It doesn't matter if you come back two days later, you can still be reunited with the old lady." Zhao Jing folded the letter and put it in a kraft paper bag on the tea table, pretending to be casual and said: "The person who delivered the letter was too careless. Why did the wax on the envelope disappear before the letter reached the old lady?"

After Zhao Jing finished speaking, she cleared her throat slightly, and glanced at Sun Yu'e who was standing aside.The letter that Lord Hou wrote to the old lady, she just got it first, and read it first, which really made her unable to get over it.

(End of this chapter)