Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 321
Caiping's marriage had already been decided, and in October of this year, the Wan family was very generous. After marrying such a talented and beautiful daughter-in-law, they immediately bought a courtyard in Changqing Hutong as their new house.

Changqing Hutong is not far from Wanjia's steamed stuffed bun shop. These days, masons and carpenters have been hired to repaint and decorate the courtyard.

Ji laughed from ear to ear all day long, busy going in and out, and today she was going out to buy some belongings, saying that the Wan family's betrothal gift was generous, so even if she took out the coffin, she would still save face for her daughter.Color screen's persuasion is useless, so forget it, anyway, the money can be earned back, she is now a big manager, and she will return part of the money to my old mother in the future.

Ji Shi also said that Du Xiaoyu had a good eye, and wanted to ask her to refer to her for reference. Du Xiaoyu had nothing to do, so he went shopping with Zhao Shi and two servants with Ji Shi.

Autumn has just arrived, and there is a faint smell of sweet-scented osmanthus in the air.

Mrs. Zhao passed by the market and saw someone selling catalpa leaves, so she went up and bought a few. Du Xiaoyu was amused when she saw it, "Mother, why are you buying this? Maybe you want to wear it on your head?"

The leaves have been cut into beautiful patterns, Zhao glanced at her, "I heard that Li Qiu is good to wear this, it just happens to happen, so let's wear it once." After that, he stuck a few pieces on Du Xiaoyu and himself. , and gave some to Ji, and kept a few, "Take it back for Huanghua, Qingqiu, Nianlian and the others to wear."

Du Xiaoyu looked at the passers-by, and sure enough there was a woman wearing this, but she usually didn't notice it.

Mrs. Zhao picked and picked again, bought some fresh dates and pears, and then continued walking.

Xirong Street in the capital is just like its name. It is festive and prosperous, and it sells everything. The three of them shuttled through the various shops, and soon bought a lot of things, including enamel mirrors, carved copper basins, and so on. Small wooden box.

The two servants couldn't take it anymore, so Ji Shi reluctantly planned to go back, and felt that his wallet was too thin, so he couldn't help but regret it, otherwise he could buy some better and more exquisite things for his daughter.

When passing Changqing Hutong, Mrs. Ji sighed contentedly, and said to Mrs. Zhao, "I went to see that house once, and everything is very good."

"It shows how satisfied they are with the color screen."

Ji said sincerely, "The color screen is thanks to you, we mother and daughter will never repay your kindness in this lifetime!"

"You're here again." Mrs. Zhao frowned, "Caiping has helped Xiaoyu so much, and now they are like sisters. Doesn't your remark make our two families feel strange? Besides, we all love the steamed stuffed buns from Wanjia. I don’t know how much I ate, but if you say this, how can we have the nerve to eat it in the future?”

Ji Shi couldn't help laughing.

Mrs. Zhao patted her hand, "You are more in love with me than my sister, don't say these things in the future."

"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it anymore." Ji quickly waved his hand.

The three smiled and turned around the alley.

Mrs. Zhao looked at Jinyun Street not far away, paused, and said, "A few days ago, I didn't know if I misjudged the person..." She shook her head and said to herself, "It shouldn't be the case. "

"What's wrong?" Du Xiaoyu asked.

"I seem to have seen Miss Ruan. At that time, many people surrounded me. I vaguely heard that the eldest wife of that family arrested the daughter-in-law and said that she would restrain her son and use family law."

Du Xiaoyu pursed her lips and sneered secretly.

The so-called self-inflicted can't live is probably the case. In fact, Mrs. Zhao is not mistaken, Ding's residence is on this street.

At the beginning, I didn't know what method Ruan Yu used to get Ding Fangheng to marry her back as his wife. Ding Fangheng's widowed mother naturally didn't like it, but she couldn't bear her son's request, so she agreed.But now that Ding Fangheng has been dismissed from office and exiled, and Ruan Yu has no protection, her mother-in-law is likely to vent all her resentment on this daughter-in-law.

Du Xiaoyu changed the subject, "Mother, go back quickly, Xiaofu and Donglin's hands are about to be broken."

It was talking about two young servants, Mrs. Zhao looked back, and they were really sweating profusely, and immediately laughed, "Oh, thank you for your hard work, let's go now." After saying that, he hurried to the house.

Ji played with the things he bought and showed them to the color screen, while Du Xian asked the maids to wash the fresh fruits and bring them to eat.

"Tell your sister and Nian Lian to come here too." After saying that, Mrs. Zhao asked a maid to go to the White Mansion.

After a while, Du Huanghua came with Bai Nianlian in her arms. Bai Nianlian was three years old now, and her eyebrows and eyes were all delicate, showing all the advantages of her parents.Every time Du Xiaoyu saw Bai Nianlian, he had to think of Li Jingxiu, why didn't this child follow Li Yuanqing all the way?When he grows up, he will definitely not be as good-looking as his father.

"Come on, I'll put it on for you too." Smiling, Zhao put the catalpa leaves on the heads of the two of them.

"What's going on today?" Du Huanghua asked, while giving Bai Nianlian some dates.

Bai Nianlian is well-behaved, she often asks her to do something quietly, even though she is only over three years old, she can understand it and do it, and slowly eats the jujube.

"Mother bought some fresh fruit for you to eat, so there is no need for something good." Du Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Du Huanghua also laughed, "It seems like we don't have any in the house."

"Yeah, mother is biased." Du Xiaoyu pouted.

"You child." Mrs. Zhao poked her on the head, "You like pears, jujubes and yellow flowers. If you want to say this, I am not guilty of being a mother, we are not partial at all!"

Several people laughed.

Just as they were talking, Li Yuanqing and Bai Yushi also came back.

Du Xian was going to prepare dinner, but Li Yuanqing stopped him, "Father-in-law, brother-in-law has something to say."

"what's up?"

Seeing his serious expression, everyone looked over.

"Anyway, it's a good thing." Li Yuanqing walked up to Du Xiaoyu and hugged Li Jingxiu. The child immediately giggled. Ever since he played trapeze, he liked his father very much.

At this time, Bai Yushi revealed the whole story. It turned out that his three-year term of office as head of the Ministry of Industry had come. After passing the performance assessment of the Ministry of Officials, he was awarded an excellent grade.

This is indeed good news, but it's not so good. Although he was promoted from a sixth-rank official to a fifth-rank official, Hengzhou is so far away, and he has to say goodbye to his family again. Hearing this, Du Xiaoyu immediately became sad.

Li Yuan anticipated her feelings early in the morning, held her hand and said, "This is a must, and I may be transferred abroad in the future, but it will be a matter of time before I return to Beijing."

"I'm worried about Eldest Sister." Du Xiaoyu sighed, and then went to Tianyin Nunnery to beg a Guanyin to send her son back to worship every day, but now her brother-in-law is leaving, how could Eldest Sister be pregnant by herself?But if they want to go to Hengzhou together, it means that the two sisters will be separated again, and the father and mother must be very reluctant.

Du Huanghua was really stunned, and didn't know whether it was happiness or worry for a moment.

Bai Shiying and his wife naturally knew about it. They heard that their son was very happy about his promotion, but they soon thought of this question. Should they be separated again?Immediately, Cui was very distressed. How much she wanted a grandson to inherit the incense of the Bai family, but how should she deal with it now?

Bai Yushi definitely hoped that Du Huanghua could go with him, but it was hard to make a quick decision.After all, there are courtyards and servants in the capital city, and they cannot be solved immediately.

After this matter dragged on for three days, in the end, for the sake of her son, Cui didn't want Du Huanghua to serve by her side, and asked her to go to Hengzhou with her. Bai Nianlian is not young anyway, so it shouldn't matter if the journey takes more than a month.And they don't really want to move around anymore, after all, Bai Yushi is likely to come back in the future, and in the capital, there is also Du Xian's family to take care of each other, so there is no problem in life.

That's it.

Although Zhao Shi and Du Xian were reluctant to give up, they had no choice but to prepare as many things as possible and put all their hearts on it.

"I went to Hengzhou, and my father and mother want you to take good care of me." Before leaving, Du Huanghua talked to Du Xiaoyu, her eyes were red, and her voice was choked up.In the past two years or so, they are not much different from when they were young in the capital, and they can see each other whenever they want. They thought it would be like this for the rest of their lives, but in the end they still had to face another separation.

Du Xiaoyu held back her tears, "Can't you just say something else, my parents live with me, can I not take care of it? But you remember to take that Guanyin statue with you, so I won't have to find someone to bring it to you .”

Du Huanghua laughed, "You don't need to say, my mother-in-law put it away for me, and went to Tianyin Temple to buy a lot of incense. She said it was specially made, and told me not to forget it every day."

"This is the best. When we meet again next time, I will definitely see our chubby little nephew."

Du Huanghua patted her head, "I'm letting go now. My husband said that you can't force anything, as long as I get along well with him. People can't be too greedy, right? You don't have to worry about this for me, just like you said, Let nature take its course."

For some reason, upon hearing these words, Du Xiaoyu burst into tears, threw herself into her arms and sniffled, "Sister, I miss you so much!"

"Me too." She reached out and hugged her sister, and the two of them were face to face, feeling each other's warmth.

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Winter is coming to spring, and half a year has passed in a blink of an eye. Du Xiaoyu looks at the white clouds outside the window, thinking about her eldest sister who is thousands of miles away, wondering how she is, how is the weather over there?Is Bai Nianlian even more beautiful?She has a barrage of questions.

In the past six months, she didn't even have a letter. She sent someone to deliver it once, but Du Huanghua was not there at the time. It is said that she and other wives went to a temple in the mountain to eat vegetarian food. It was a letter from Bai Yushi, saying that everything was safe. it is good.

There was no more news after that, and when I think about it occasionally, it always involves a lot of memories.

She has been here for 13 years, and the closest people who accompanied her growing up are all by her side now, only Du Huanghua is not there, so thinking of this, I look forward to the day when we can reunite again.

"Madam, Madam, there is a letter from Hengzhou!" He Ju yelled and ran in, knowing that Madam had been waiting for the letter from there.

Du Xiaoyu jumped up, "Bring it quickly!"

He Ju hurriedly handed it over, she opened the letter, and saw at first glance, "Xiaoyu, you are going to help me go to Tianyin Nunnery to fulfill my vow..."

"Ah!" Du Xiaoyu was overjoyed, shouting and rushed to the yard, "Father, mother, eldest sister is pregnant, pregnant!"

(End of this chapter)