It was only a few months from Shen Shujing's proposal to her marriage. Although Wei Changying had already prepared for Shen Shujing when she was preparing to marry Shen Zangning, the dowry was still not complete.
Fortunately, Mrs. Song had already expected this. After the Shen family got married, she wrote to Wei Changying and told Wei Changying that the Wei family could help prepare some of them. When the wedding party arrived near Panzhou, they would send someone there. .
Of course, Shen Shujing is not the daughter of the Wei family, so the Shen family still has to pay for this part of the things. But in Xiliang, you can’t buy anything with money. It was Mrs. Song who loved her granddaughter and was afraid that Wei Changying would worry too much, so she helped her.
But even with her mother's family sharing the burden, Wei Changying was still too busy to keep her feet off the ground.
Finally, it was five days before Shen Shujing left home, and everything was done so closely that she had time to sit down and take a breath.
Huang poured the mint tea and said, "Madam, please drink this to refresh yourself."
"Auntie, please sit down and talk. You have worked hard these past two days." Wei Changying nodded, took a sip of the light green tea, and felt a refreshing mint aroma rushing straight to his forehead, making his whole body feel numb. Zhi Su said with satisfaction, "When Jing'er goes out, you and Aunt He should have a good rest for two days. Don't be exhausted."
"Now that the maids are quite strong, they can still take some of Madam's worries for a few years. It doesn't matter." Mrs. Huang sat down with a smile and said, "On the contrary, Madam has lost a lot of weight in the past two days."
"Really?" Wei Changying touched her face, but now she didn't care much about this issue. She put down the tea bowl and said, "How have the Wen brothers and sisters been these past two days? And Miss Wen is still pestering Yan'er?"
Mrs. Huang nodded: "My servant has never seen someone as studious as Miss Wen."
Wei Changying said thoughtfully: "As I said a few times before, Wen Yulan didn't meet her father many times, and she wasn't particularly favored because she was the only daughter. But then again, since Wen Yazi was willing to They gave it away, which shows that even if they are loved and loved, they are still unreliable. "
Huang said with a smile: "How can these country people let go if they have the opportunity to climb up? Besides, Wen Yaozi is in the prime of life, not to mention that he still has a wife and legitimate son by his side this time. Now it's not like that Taking a concubine. According to his thinking, he is not afraid of not having more children in the future. "
"No matter how many children you have, which one is not your own flesh and blood?" Wei Changying curled her lips. She disliked people like Wen Yaozi very much. Even if Wen Yaozi had predicted that the Shen family would not leave Wen Zhiqi and Wen Yulan behind, at this time of war, the two half-grown children were allowed to casually go to the opponent's territory, and they had to pass through large and small people in the process. The battlefield... This is too dangerous.
Previously, Shen Zangfeng wanted to take Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie to Diecuiguan, and Wei Changying could not rest assured.
The master and the servant sighed for a while at Wen Yaozi's cruelty, and then Huang said: "Miss Wen is extremely studious, but Mr. Wen is honest, and has the same temperament as a twelve or thirteen year old boy in the countryside."
Wei Changying said: "These two brothers and sisters have been following their mother Qiu, I think it is for this reason." He added, "This is also the reason why Wen Yaozi sent them here. They have not seen Wen Yaozi very much. They have not met Wen Yaozi very much. We don’t know anything about Wen Yaozi or his current power, so we can’t get any important information out of him.”
"But Mr. Wen is very interesting. Miss Wu asked him to eat peaches when she met him in the garden before." Huang remembered something and said with a smile, "In the end, Mr. Wen gnawed all the peach cores cleanly, so I just returned the peach." , and he was looking for stones everywhere. The fifth lady was very surprised and asked him why he wanted the stones. Mr. Wen said that the kernels in the peach pits were edible and could not be wasted. Finally, the fifth lady became interested and asked someone to take them. I gave him a small golden hammer."
At this point, Huang paused, and Wei Changying asked curiously: "Then what? Are the two of them smashing peach stones?"
"Where!" Huang said with a smile, "When Mr. Wen saw the little golden hammer, he thought it was copper at first, so he told Miss Fifth: 'This copper hammer is so small that it can't be used for anything except smashing fruit cores.' The fifth lady said: "This is a golden hammer, it was originally used to crack walnuts." As a result, Mr. Wen was so frightened that he dropped the hammer directly on his feet... The fifth lady had to bite her lip for the sake of etiquette and not to laugh at him. I bit the skin off my lip!"
Wei Changying hurriedly asked: "Is Mr. Wen's foot okay?" Shen Shuxi is a member of his own family, and a bitten lip is not a big deal. It can be cured in two or three days at most. Wen Zhiqi was a guest in Mingpei Hall. If something happened to this guest, the Shen family would not look good.
Especially Liu Rong tried his best to keep the Wen brothers and sisters in Xiliang. Don't use this excuse to refuse to take Wen Zhiqi away when the time comes.
"It's such a small hammer. Mr. Wen was wearing boots at the time, so how can it be a big deal? It's just a bruise on his toe. The maid sent someone to bring ointment and asked the maid to rub it for him. I think it will come in a day or two. That'll be fine." Huang said with a smile, "But Mr. Wen seemed to be frightened by the golden hammer. When the little maid was washing his feet with a copper basin, he repeatedly asked whether the basin was made of copper or gold... "
The guard chief Ying said: "Please remind some of the subordinates, don't lose etiquette because of this!"
"My maid has warned that anyone who dares to laugh at Mr. Wen or Miss Wen will be kicked out immediately!" Huang said hurriedly.
Wei Changying asked about Huo Qingling's pregnancy again: "Is the sixth brother and sister's morning sickness getting better?"
"The number of times has been reduced in the past two days, but there are still times when I can't help it." Huang said, "I think it's because I'm worried about the Sixth Master."
"Alas, the stalemate over at Diecui Pass has indeed been too long. But now the main force of the Rong people is no longer outside the pass. I think they will all be back in a few days." Wei Changying sighed, "Look at me tomorrow and the day after. If you have time, go and see her."
Mrs. Huang said softly: "According to my maid's opinion, the sixth lady's current concerns are probably due to the fact that this baby is a young lady."
"There is a saying among the people that flowers bloom first and bear fruit later. Aren't the four younger brothers and sisters an example?" Because of Huang's reminder, the next day Wei Chief Ying went to the sixth room and talked to Huo Qingling in private. He made it clear and tried, "I am now I can't even think of a daughter. Look at Guang'er and Xie'er, who was raised a little older and was taken away by their father. I'd rather say he's my son and can't talk about anything other than food and clothing! One of them is a daughter, and she can stay with me right now!"
Huo Qingling's face turned red and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "It's just that the person sent to deliver things to my husband last time heard his second brother privately telling my husband at Diecuiguan how come this child is a girl? What if? It would be nice if you were a man. My husband didn’t say anything, but I thought maybe he was a little regretful, right?”
She lowered her voice, "I don't care about myself, I gave birth to her anyway. I'm afraid my husband won't like it. Sister-in-law, please think about Yan'er. Although we protect her, the injustice the child suffered the first two times is really... Now I am even more heartbroken. I really don’t want my children to be like Yan’er.”
Wei Changying's face turned gloomy, and the second brother-in-law was so expressionless! He favors sons over daughters, and his good eldest daughter has made her become more and more haggard. Now she wants to torment her brother's room so that there is no peace
The strange thing was that Huo Qingling was seven months old now. He had not seen any trouble in the previous few months, but the closer he was to the delivery date, the more uneasy he became.
After thinking about it, Wei Zhangying said: "Don't worry about this. I still know a little bit about the kind of person my sixth brother is. He is not someone who will ignore his own flesh and blood. Besides, you are all still young. Why do you need to do this about this heir?" What's more, don't you believe your third brother's temperament? If my sixth brother treats your legitimate daughter like she did to Yan'er, can your third brother spare her?"
Huo Qingling remembered that her husband was really afraid of the two brothers, Shen Lianshi and Shen Zangfeng, especially Shen Zangfeng. This was not only because Shen Zangfeng was the boss of the clan now, but also because Shen Zangfeng had the most control over his younger brothers in the past. After all, Shen Zangfeng was Shen Xuan's publicly supported successor, but Shen Lian wanted to avoid suspicion. Before Shen Xuan and the others passed away, he almost never taught his brothers a lesson.
So until now, when Shen Zangfeng frowned, Shen Zangji and Shen Liankun were immediately frightened, for fear of being beaten.
With Shen Zangfeng here, there is really no need to worry about Shen Liankun making a big mistake.
Huo Qingling smiled: "I was confused, thank you sister-in-law for reminding me."
Seeing her thinking, Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief and asked a few questions about daily life - because Shen Shujing was going out the day after tomorrow, she didn't have time to stay longer, so she left.
After she left, Huo Qingling's smile added a touch of melancholy, and she caressed her belly slightly in trance: "The third sister-in-law already has two children, and the fifth sister-in-law also gave birth to a pair of twins at the end of last year, but I am pregnant with a daughter. . Oh, fortunately, the third brother and the third sister-in-law are sensible people. Otherwise, what will happen if the husband is instigated by the second brother to favor boys over girls? "
Although the nanny Li who serves her was a child born from the Shen family two years ago, she is usually valued by Huo Qingling because she is attentive and considerate and has a good eye for expressions.
Seeing the expression on Huo Qingling's face at this moment, he guessed what she was worried about, so he stepped back, poured a cup of warm rose water for Huo Qingling, and said softly: "Actually, madam, you are worried that the second master is always at our house. It’s not impossible for the master to gossip in front of me.”
Huo Qingling's eyes lit up and she hurriedly asked, "Mommy, please tell me!"
"The second master has no children. Sooner or later he will have another one." Aunt Li said softly, "If there is a more powerful person in charge, how can he have the time to instigate things in our room?"
Huo Qingling sighed after hearing this: "How can I have a say in this matter? Besides, how can the second brother be controlled by a woman? You have never seen the late second sister-in-law, then She is the daughter of the Jinxiu Duanmu family. Although she is not the head of the clan, she is still a legitimate daughter. She is considered a good match for marrying the second brother. Moreover, the second sister-in-law was well-known in the imperial capital in her early years as a virtuous person. She took care of the house and served Aunt Weng to raise the family. Everyone praises Yan'er for her talent at the age of three, but it's all because of the teachings of the second sister-in-law! But even if a wife like this occasionally gets into a fight, the second brother will take action!"
Aunt Li laughed: "The second master is really hot-tempered, but have you forgotten? Not all women in this world can only be beaten. Although there is one woman who is also a woman, she doesn't beat the second master repeatedly. Are you bedridden?"
"Her?!" Huo Qingling was startled and said, "Ms. Ji? She is indeed different from others... But how can the second brother marry her? Not to mention such a difference in status, this Ji Niang is a widow. She even gave birth to a daughter! Besides, the second brother hates her very much!"
Aunt Li smiled and said: "If you can't be a wife, how can you be a concubine? With the Ji family's status, it would be good to be the second master's concubine. As for the second master hating Mrs. Ji, that's not necessarily true for my maid, right? You think, If the second master really offends Lady Ji, as the second master, how can he not hold Lady Ji accountable for his disrespect?"
Huo Qingling didn't know Shen Lianshi or Ji Chunmian very well, so he said doubtfully at this moment: "Maybe it's for the sake of Third Sister-in-law and Doctor Ji?"
"You don't know what the second master is like. If you want to say something disrespectful, my servant, in the eyes of the second master, women of the same generation and juniors are nothing!" said Aunt Li, "As for Divine Doctor Ji, after all, he is just a doctor. How can you compare with our family?”
"... This matter is not trivial, let's wait and see." Although Huo Qingling hoped that Shen Lianshi would never instigate Shen Liankun in the future, she was a steady person and thought about it again and again, but she still shook her head.
Seeing this, a trace of disappointment flashed across Nanny Li's eyes. (To be continued)