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Chapter 12

Chapter 10

As soon as the old lady said "Amitabha", Jiang raised his eyes and saw her husband was looking down at him, his eyes sparkling, knowing that he was very happy, he felt sweet, and smiled at him.

Although Ming Yu was more certain in her heart than others, she only knew that it was correct, so she was still relieved.Inadvertently turned her head, seeing Dongmei behind the old lady looked a little lost, and figured out what she was thinking, just smiled, pretending she didn't see it.

Sun Langzhong instructed all the precautions, and prescribed a prescription for invigorating qi and nourishing the mind, which was sent out by Ruan Hongtian.Ming Yu just came out from behind the screen, saw that the old lady had already ordered someone to catch her according to the prescription, and ordered the maids and nuns to take care of her, so she hurried to her quiet room to call this important event Mingyu's grandfather knew.

After congratulating everyone in the room, everyone performed their duties and gradually dispersed.Jiang also changed into normal clothes and sat on the soft couch. Ming Yu sat over, stretched out his hand to gently stroke her flat belly, and smiled crookedly: "My brother, be obedient, don't make your mother feel bad anymore. .”

Jiang Shi was in a good mood, and when he heard this, he burst out laughing: "I don't know if it's a man or a woman, but you are the only one who is full of brother and brother."

Ming Yu tilted her head and leaned on Jiang's lap, and said with a smile, "I know it must be my younger brother, mother, just trust me."

Jiang's heart skipped a beat.She used to worry that her husband would dote on her, but she herself was still barren.Now, after ten years, they are happy again, so they are naturally happy.After I was happy, I started to worry about whether it was a man or a woman.Thinking of the dream my daughter had said a few months ago, I thought she was just reassuring myself, but I didn't want to be true.Fortunately, I was lucky at first, but I delayed the past and didn't give my husband a concubine.Hearing that she was so sure that she was pregnant with her younger brother at this moment, she was also happy in her heart, stretched out her hand to gently pinch her delicate nose, and said with a light smile: "Mother knows that you are Mother's little lucky star."

"What are you two talking about, so happy."

Ming Yu was about to speak, when she heard a voice behind her, she turned her head and saw that it was her father coming, she sat up straight and said with a smile: "Father, I told my brother in my mother's belly to be obedient, and mother said I was a little lucky star. "

Ruan Hongtian strode over, stretched out his hand and rubbed Ming Yu's head, and said with a smile, "I just heard your mother tell me about the dream you had last night, and it really came true. Your mother is right, Ayu really Be a little lucky star for your parents."

Ming Yu hid for a while, but she couldn't escape her father's big hand. She pretended to stomp her foot and said, "Mother, look at my father messing up my braids when he came."

Jiang covered her mouth and laughed, and glanced at her husband. Ruan Hongtian also laughed, and slapped himself, and said to Mingyu: "Yes, it's all father's fault. I forgot that Ayu is already a big girl. Don’t move your hair anymore. Just tell Dad what you want, and thank you, little lucky star, for your iron mouth.”

Ming Yu blinked her eyes and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll talk about it when I think about it, dad is not allowed to play tricks." Ruan Hongtian naturally agreed.

Ming Yu stayed with her for a while longer, and seeing her father approaching her mother, she knew that the two of them had something to say, so she retreated quietly, opened the curtain and vaguely heard her mother behind her saying: "...don't, just want to eat after eating." Spit..." He seemed to be acting coquettishly, he pursed his lips and smiled, and closed the door behind him.

On the second day, everyone in the Rongyin Hall was as excited as the Chinese New Year.It turned out that Mr. Ruan was happy, the hundreds of people in the whole family, from the big and small managers to the fire-burning concierge, all got a new set of seasonal clothes and an extra month's money.When it arrived at Sishi, the family members of the Ruan family and the uncles who came down from the grandfather also brought congratulatory gifts to visit the Jiang family. Among the seven or eight women, Ruan Hongtian's cousin, the Zhang family of Ruan Honghai's family, stood out the most. She is about thirty years old, of medium build, and usually knows how to dress up very well. At this moment, she can only hear her laughter, and the few birds parked in front of the window of the painting hall are startled and fly away.

Ruan Honghai is the eldest son of Ruan Zhongjin, the second uncle of the Ruan family.When Ming Yu's grandfather was young, he once went out to do business with this second uncle. He didn't want to encounter robbers on the road. Thanks to him, he blocked the knife.When Ruan Hongtian arrived, he not only respected Ruan Zhongjin as his own father, but also took care of his cousin. He handed over the most expensive silk and spice shops in several nearby counties including Jiangzhou to his house. There is no need to report income and expenditure to the public account.His wife, Zhang, is also the daughter of a big merchant in this city.Mrs. Zhang gave birth to a son and a daughter. His son An Jun was fifteen years old, and his daughter Ming Fang was the same age as Ming Yu.There are three concubines in the family, but I don't know whether Zhang's method is good or those three concubines are really infertile. After several years, there is no movement in the stomach, but they are all in peace.

Ruan Honghai is a sub-branch of Rongyintang, Zhang naturally did not dare to count on being the head of Rongyintang, but he felt a little bit aggrieved.The only thing that made her feel happy after so many years was that the Jiang family could not give birth to a son despite being the only one favored by her husband.Unexpectedly, I got the news early this morning that the East Mansion was full of joy, and my wife was actually happy. I felt a sense of loss in my heart, but I didn't dare to be negligent. After packing up, I hurried over with a congratulatory gift. When I arrived, I realized that I wasn't the first one. The people from the other room came over.

It was the first time in ten years that the Jiang family was happy again, and he heard that Lang Zhong said that the most important thing to be cautious in the first three months, so he didn't dare to be casual, and half leaned on the couch to talk to many women of the same family, while Ming Yu and Ming Pei sat at her feet. accompany.Mingyu saw that her mother's face was gradually becoming pale, but Mrs. Zhang and other women were still making noise and flattering. She knew that Mrs. Jiang's thin skin would not drive people away. , and looked at Zhou's mother who was standing aside.Zhou's mother understood, she patted her forehead immediately, and pretended: "Oh, look at my memory. The doctor said that the wife would have a soup to strengthen the body in the morning. I just listened to my wife and all the ladies talking, but I forgot It’s too late, it’s too late, damn it!” As he spoke, he urged the little girl to go to the tea room to have a look.

Everyone in the Zhang family looked at each other, and then they took leave to leave.Jiang Shi was already a little tired, wishing they would leave early, pretending to stay for a few times, then smiled at Ming Yu: "Ayu, send off all the aunts and aunts for mother."

Ming Yu complied, and cast a slight wink at Chun Yuan beside her, then got up and sent the members of the Zhang family and the accompanying maids out of the courtyard where the Jiang family lived, turned around several winding corridors, and arrived at the When walking along the corridor, I saw Zhang's footsteps suddenly slowed down, as if thinking of something, he groaned, and smiled at the people who looked over: "Look at my memory, I actually threw the handkerchief in the room. You go first Alright, I'll go back and get the handkerchief first."

Everyone did not suspect him, and wanted to leave one after another.Mrs. Zhang turned around, but was stunned for a moment, seeing Ming Yu standing in front of her, taking a golden-brown crepe handkerchief from Chun Yuan beside her, and smiling to herself, "Is this the handkerchief that Auntie left behind? Just now Chunyuan saw it, and seeing that it didn't look like it was in my mother's house, she knew that one of the aunts and aunts left behind by accident, so she brought it out. Just right, saving my aunt an extra trip."

The smile on Zhang's face froze for a moment, feeling a little disappointed in her heart, she said oh, had to accept it, and then slowly followed the crowd out again.

Zhang's face was full of disappointment, Ming Yu just refused to see, and sent the group out of the cave flower gate, then stopped and turned back to Jiang's room.

"Compared to before, the girl is really meticulous, even this small place can be seen." On the way back, Chun Yuan praised.

Ming Yu smiled without saying a word.What Mrs. Zhang wanted to do when she came here today, she had already known it clearly.It turned out that after Jiang's previous life heard that he was happy, he had to find someone to share the responsibility of running the house, so Zhang recommended himself.At that time, Mrs. Jiang was very ill-tempered, seeing Mrs. Zhang was usually smart and capable, and it was she who offered to come over to help, it was difficult to refuse, and there was no more suitable person, so she agreed.

If Mrs. Zhang could really manage the internal affairs of such a large Rongyin Hall, Ming Yu would not care about it even if she was asked to skim some oil and water, but she remembered clearly that after Mrs. Zhang was in charge of the accounts, she and her who distributed the money in the account room The mother-in-law's nephew, Yang Erbao, hooked up together and made a lot of money on his own, but he was extremely strict with the servants of the whole family, to the point where pennies and pennies were counted.Not to mention anything else, let's take the daily use of the mansion as an example. According to the usual practice, the servants are usually given cash to buy it outside.The subordinates will take advantage of the price fluctuations in the profit market to earn some small change, which is a common thing in many big families.When it was Zhang's turn to take care of the accounts, not only did she not give any more money, but she also had to go through her to report the accounts one by one, which made people complain as if they had passed through the gate of hell every time they went to see her. Unexpectedly, no one is willing to do the errand that they fought for in the past, which makes the Rongyin Hall jump up and down, and it is restless.It turned out that she had long been envious of Jiang's position as the head of the Rongyin Hall, and she could only secretly think about it before, but now it's finally her turn to take charge, so naturally she has to show off the majesty of the master.

Mrs. Jiang gradually learned about this, and persuaded her a few words, but Mrs. Zhang didn't like it, saying that she was helping to clean up the servants, so that the slaves would not climb up to the head of the master's house.Although Jiang shi regretted it a little, but because of the affection of the second uncle, it was not easy to take back the right to manage affairs immediately. It was not until three months later that his body gradually stabilized, so he found an excuse and prepared a thank you gift to send her away. After sending it back, everyone in the whole family breathed a sigh of relief.At the last closing of the accounts, there was a loss of as much as 2000 taels in the accounts in the past three months.Where he went, Jiang naturally knew it well, although he was unhappy, but it was not easy to talk about it, so he passed by so-so.After that, during the months of waiting for delivery and the confinement period, Mother Zhou and Sister-in-law Liu from the housekeeper's family assisted the directors all the time.After this incident, Mrs. Zhang secretly nicknamed "Liaozi" among the servants of Rongyin Hall, which meant to laugh at her swallowing it in big mouths and squeezing it out in small mouths.

Ming Yu never cared about trivial matters in the past, but now it's different.Knowing that Zhang's family is not a kind person, why would she let her mess around?So I've been keeping an eye on her just now.Seeing that she quietly threw a piece of handkerchief in her sleeve on the chair pier before leaving, she knew that she would use this as an excuse to turn back to Xunjiang and ask, so she signaled Chunyuan to pick it up and return it to her, and took her directly Block it back.

(End of this chapter)