From the ashes: Return of the General

Chapter 45 Inspecting Yiying Hall

The sad eyes made Zongzheng Mingzhen dumbfounded. He was very angry at first, but when he thought of his beloved girl who had not been married for so many years, he said with a smile: "I don't think my mother is the only one who is anxious. Tell me, is the girl Tianluo? Not waiting for you?"

At first, he wanted to say no, but Li Yu changed his words again, and only heard him say: "Well, she will be twenty after the new year, she is an old girl in the rich and noble families in the capital, and she can be regarded as an old lady in the common people's family. She's getting older. So, I can't wait any longer, it will really delay her."

Tianluo's parents died early, and there was only one younger brother to accompany her, so she didn't urge him, only said to trust him.But he didn't want to wait any longer, Tianluo was a good girl, although she was from a bad background, and now she was making a living selling fish outside, but he just liked her.He didn't want to disappoint her, and he didn't want her to worry about it day and night. He wanted to marry her early and go home, and then help her take care of her younger brother so that she wouldn't have to work hard for a living.

Seeing Li Yu's sincerity and considering that the Tianluo girl is indeed a bit old and can't wait any longer, Zongzheng Mingzhen said: "I will write a letter back to Beijing in a while and ask my mother to prepare a dowry for you. After returning to Beijing, you will come to the door Propose marriage. Choose a good day and auspicious day for you to get married, and you will stay in Beijing from now on."

"That won't work. The slave and the snail have discussed it long ago. After getting married, the slave will also follow the young master. Where the young master goes, the slave will go there. The snail agreed, so even if the slave gets married, it will be the same as now , where you are, the servant is there." Rejecting without hesitation, Li Yu almost blurted out.

He is the son of Zongzheng Hou's family, and he has been with Zongzheng Mingzhen since he was six or seven years old. He is not only a follower, but also a companion, and even a playmate.Therefore, the feelings are deep and different from others.

Guessing that after returning home this time, my old lady would not let her out easily, so Zongzheng Mingzhen let him go.Thinking of the child in Mei's confidant, he ordered: "I can't control that much, you go get a pair of miscarriage medicine first and come back. After it's done, find a way to drink it for her, this child will never be born."

Even if he was a mess, if he involved the Mei family, the prince and King Heping, it would be a mess.Besides, according to his investigation, Mei Xin didn't want to marry the crown prince or King Ping just because of the child.That being the case, he did this as a help to her, saving her from getting entangled and being threatened.

Li Yu refused, feeling a pity from the bottom of his heart.Therefore, I opened my mouth to persuade him again, hoping that he would not do this.

At both ends of the conversation, just when Li Yu was trying to persuade her, Mei Xin's carriage stopped at the door of Yiying Hall.Since the children are in class, the sound of reading aloud can be heard continuously.Mei Xin hadn't heard this reassuring sound of reading for a long time, and Mei Xin's heart was extremely peaceful.

Because the Yiying Hall has invited a master, it can be regarded as similar to a school.Therefore, there are not only the head of the mountain, but also two stewards who assist him in the hall. Under the stewards, there are several women who are in charge of the children's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Yesterday I got the news that Mei Xin was going to enter the city, and Shan Chang didn't go out today.Mei Xin likes children, every time she returns to the city she will visit them.So, as soon as she got off the carriage, she didn't have a firm footing, and the head of the mountain came up with two stewards.

Shan Chang, surnamed Zhao, named Jin, is about 40 years old, with a goatee and a gentle face, which makes him a kind and honest person.He bowed his hands and saluted with a smile on his face, and he called out respectfully: "Young general!"

Mei Xin returned the salute very politely, asked him to get up and said, "Thanks for your hard work, you three. This is something I brought for the children. Please let people move in. Mr. Zhao Shan, I heard that the Yiying Hall has been expanded again. Show me around."

She hasn't come here for a long time, and she doesn't know when she will be able to come back after leaving for Beijing in two days. She wants to have a look around and enjoy the peace and warmth of this last moment.

After finishing speaking, Mei Xin walked in with Yuan Muqiu and Sanniang, while Yun Luo and the others stayed behind to help them move things, and by the way, asked the two stewards how they were doing and whether the children were as usual.

Zhao Shanchang took the order to follow closely behind, and after entering the room, he walked up to the front, introduced Mei Xin one by one, and talked about the children's learning situation.

Mei Xin listened attentively, while Luo Qiu took a pen to write it down bit by bit.In the kitchen, Mei Xin frowned slightly when she saw that the children ate very simple food, even two meals a day were multigrain porridge and multigrain pancakes.

She stopped, looked around, and made sure there was only so much to eat. She said: "The children are growing up. Didn't the general say that there is at least one meal a day with meat and that the children are full? What's the matter with this day?" Both meals are porridge?"

Picking up the spoon in the pot and scooping it up, it wasn't thick, Mei Xin said a little displeased, "It's only been cold for a few days and the food can't be picked up?"

Involuntarily she accentuated her tone, and Mei Xin's eyes became sharper.

Zhao Shanzhang didn't think there was any problem with the children eating these, so he immediately replied: "No, no, this year's weather is good, the rice harvest is quite good, and the farm just sent ten carts here not long ago, and the grain can be received. "

Putting down the spoon in her hand, Mei Xin turned her head to look at him and said, "Since it was picked up, the farm only sent food over, so why only give these to the children? Two meals of porridge a day, will the children have enough to eat? "

Due to the large number of people in Yiyingtang, three kitchens were built, and the three kitchens were divided according to the age of the children, and the food they ate was different.Children between the ages of one and five eat fine grains, and they all live in the small kitchen, where there is constant chicken, duck, and fish every day.Children aged six to ten are in the Chinese kitchen. There are at least two kinds of chicken, duck and fish every day, and each person has one egg per day.The food for children over ten years old is slightly worse, but no matter how poor it is, it is impossible to eat gruel twice a day, let alone meat, and it is impossible to have a little white flour in the multigrain pancakes.Therefore, Mei Xin was very angry, and extremely suspected that there was someone in the Yiying Hall who was acting obediently and not following her father's orders.

Seeing Mei Xin's sinking face and serious face, Zhao Shanchang realized that something was wrong, but he still didn't think there was any problem with the children eating these.Therefore, according to the facts, he said: "If you are full, how can you not be full? If this is in a poor family, two meals of porridge and two pancakes would be a family's daily ration."

Frowning deeply, the more Mei Xin heard this, the more something was wrong.As the saying goes, half-children eat poor old men, children have to learn literature and martial arts every day, and they are too old to sit still, how can they be full with two bowls of porridge and two pancakes a day.Not to mention the children, even at her age she would not be able to eat enough after practicing martial arts for a day, not only would she not be full, she would be too hungry to sleep.

Very angry, full of rage, she would have scolded this in her previous life, but after experiencing all kinds of things in her previous life, she has calmed down a lot in this life.Turning her head and taking a deep breath, she suppressed her anger and said in a very calm tone as much as possible: "I heard that the head of the mountain wants to practice martial arts?"

(End of this chapter)