Another year close.
This year, they went to the palace for a family banquet as usual. In the early morning of the third day, the two immediately got into the carriage and went to Ning's house.
Jiang Yunlan had been waiting for a long time. This year, the Ning Mansion was even more deserted than last year, but there were only their big room and the third room. Ning Nuan walked in, but didn't even see anyone other than the servant.
"Mother?" Ning Nuan wondered, "Where are the others?"
"Who else is there?" Jiang Yunlan said, "The second child is dead, and the second child is still in the cell. Ning Qing is pregnant, so she stayed in the Zhou family and didn't dare to come out, so she gave it to the old lady. After all, it is said that he will not be back this year. The third family is here, and it is in the old lady's yard. I don't want to join in the fun. "
Ning Nuan nodded, she didn't want to join in the fun either.
"It's just that Lang'er isn't here this year, so it's a little deserted." Jiang Yunlan sighed: "But it's just right, years ago, the Jiang family sent me a lot of things, but they were all things at the border, A Nuan, you have never been there, It must have never been seen before."
Ning Nuan was suddenly curious.
Chu Fei was pulled over by Ning Yanting, and Ning Yanting finally found his drinking buddy. In recent days, as soon as he saw him, he immediately took him to drink. Now that it is New Year's Eve, Jiang Yunlan will not stop them and let them go.
Ning Nuan followed Jiang Yunlan into the house. The Jiang family sent a lot of special items from the frontier, including some small snacks. As soon as Jiang Yunlan took out a handful of goat milk candies, there was a burst of laughter and noise from outside, from far to near, and ran past the door.
Ning Nuan followed the sound: "Who is that? Sounds like a child?"
"It's Ning Teng." Jiang Yunlan said unsurprisingly, "I didn't tell you now, the third one is here, and the old lady now loves Brother Teng to the bottom of her heart, and treats him like a darling, even the original The Ning Shuo is not comparable. You only came today, but he has come a few days ago, and he lives with the old lady. He has been here for many days, and the old lady is used to it. Did he run away? Probably because he heard his father's orders and knew that he wouldn't get close to me, so I let him go."
Ning Nuan nodded.
The child who just ran past now ran back, sneaked out a head, and looked inside curiously.
Ning Teng looks like Ning Yanhai, Ning Yanting's three brothers don't look alike, Ning Yanting is more like the old man who went first, and the remaining two brothers, they are more like old ladies. The old lady was good-looking when she was young, and she inherited it from Ning Teng, and she was also a lovable boy.
Ning Nuan didn't have much contact with Ning Teng, but more with his sister Ning Xin. Ning Xin, like her mother, didn't seem to have any ideas. She always followed Ning Qing and followed Ning Qing's orders. Later, when Ning Qing got married, Ning Xin had no sense of existence.
"Auntie." Ning Teng shouted while lying on the door frame, "Sister Nuan."
Ning Nuan waved at him: "Come here."
Ning Teng's eyes lit up and he ran in immediately.
Ning Nuan grabbed a handful of goat milk candy from the table and stuffed it into his book. Ning Teng's eyes were sparkling, and he couldn't hold the milk candy in his hands with both hands.
Ning Nuan touched his head: "Go play."
Ning Teng just ran away.
Jiang Yunlan pouted: "What are you doing to him so nicely? In the end, he won't remember your kindness."
"This is not good for him." Ning Nuan said, "It's just a few candies. Besides, the third uncle's family will come here often in the future. The old lady likes Brother Teng. It's like making fun of your mother, it's better, mother, don't you think?"
Jiang Yunlan was satisfied.
Jiang Yunlan is not good at sweetness, only Ning Nuan likes it in the family. Jiang Yunlan picked and picked these things sent by the old department of the Jiang family. Most of them were packed and packed, waiting for her to bring them when she went back.
I don't know if it was because of Brother Teng, even the old lady was willing to come out of the yard. As usual, she didn't give Ning Yanting and Jiang Yunlan any good looks, but when she saw Chu Fei, she would be more cautious, and Ning Teng didn't know if it was because of the toffee that she was particularly fond of Ning Nuan. The closeness made it difficult for the old lady to even say the words of disgust.
"Sister Xin is getting old, so she should also say kiss." Jiang Yunlan mentioned.
Ning Xin and her mother sat together, bowed their heads, and kept silent for a while, but now that she heard her name suddenly, she raised her head in astonishment.
The third lady hurriedly replied, "I already said my kiss."
Jiang Yunlan continued to ask, "Which family's son is he?"
The third lady said the name of a small official.
After the Ning family split up, the third room has not been as good as before, and Ning Yanhai has always been a dude. Although he spent a lot of money to get an official position in his early years, he is not aggressive and gets together with his group of friends every day. Children drink and play, and Ning Teng hasn't grown up yet, Ning Xin is not a very powerful person, so in the end, he can say kiss to her, and he is not a very powerful family.
Before Jiang Yunlan said anything, the old lady frowned.
"How can I help Brother Teng in the future?"
Ning Xin's face was flushed red, her hands were twisting the handkerchief, and she lowered her head in shame.
"What the old lady said is wrong." Jiang Yunlan smiled and said, "How much future Teng'er can do in the future, but it all depends on him. Although Ning Shuo was in prison, he also went to Jiangzhou to study before and got a great Confucianism. Teaching, how much is worth, but he earned it himself. Brother Teng should also go to test for fame in the future, do you still need to rely on Sister Xin?"
The old lady opened her mouth, looked at Ning Nuan, but hesitated.
Other people at the table, why don't they understand what she means
What she meant was clearly to say that Ning Nuan married a good family, so that Ning Lang's achievements today.
Ning Lang made a contribution and was promoted to an official position. The news spread to the Ning family, and then passed it on by several servants, and naturally it also reached the ears of the old lady. From the old lady's point of view, Ning Lang is an ignorant jerk. How could he be someone who has made achievements on the battlefield? It was due to King An's blessing to be able to have such a promising future. The credit must have leaked from the fingers of King An.
If Ning Xin also married someone like An Wang, and if he leaked a little bit from his fingers, wouldn't it also make Ning Teng worry-free for the rest of his life? If Ning Teng were more aggressive, wouldn't they let their Ning family honor their ancestors
The atmosphere on the table suddenly froze.
It was Ning Teng who was the first to speak, and said crisply: "Grandma, I will take the exam for the champion in the future and let you be the grandmother of the champion!"
The old lady immediately smiled and called out to his good grandson, but she forgot what happened just now.
Ning Nuan glanced at Ning Teng inquiringly, Ning Teng was hugged by the old lady, and secretly smiled at her embarrassedly. It turned out that he really saw the atmosphere just now and came forward to make a clearance.
Ning Nuan was suddenly surprised.
After the meal, the old lady went back to the yard and Ning Teng followed, and Ning Nuan told Jiang Yunlan about it.
There was no surprise on Jiang Yunlan's face.
"Your father was very good when he was young, otherwise I wouldn't have followed him to the capital. The third child is his brother after all. He was born to the same father and mother. The Ning family has given birth to so many bad people, so he has to be good. Bamboo shoots, right?" Jiang Yunlan said, "If Teng'er was really young, he would look at people's faces and his head would be active, so I can rest assured in the future. As long as he is not coaxed by the old lady, I don't mind helping him. Give him a hand. If he can help your brother, that's fine too."
Ning Nuan casually said: "My brother is full of only Miss Yang, and when he wants to come back, he will follow Miss Yang everywhere, and earn credits with Miss Yang. Mother wants to let brother inherit the family business, maybe brother doesn't want to. "
Jiang Yunlan's face stiffened.
She thought about it and felt that Ning Nuan's words made sense, and she was shocked.
…
In the border barracks, the New Year is also lively and lively.
Perhaps because of the New Year, the enemy did not commit any more crimes. Recently, there have been good news, and General Lu was very happy. He went to the city to find dozens of women and asked them to make dumplings for the frontier soldiers to eat for many days. The dumplings were stuffed with copper coins. Originally, Ning Lang was thinking about getting one for Yang Zhen. He ate it for several days, but he didn't get one. Staring at people placing dumplings.
Just waiting for the chubby dumplings to get out of the pot and stirring with a large spoon, he couldn't tell anything.
"Master Ning, go out." The soldier who cooked the meal said, "When the dumplings are ready, I will bring them to you in person."
Ning Lang left unwillingly.
He just walked to the door of the tent when he saw Uncle Wu coming out of it, and suddenly said, "Uncle Wu, are you looking for me?"
"It's the young master." Uncle Wu looked at him with a smile: "The old slave just came to look for the young master, but the young master was not there, so the old slave had a few words with the young mistress, and it just so happened that the young master came back."
"Uncle Wu, what are you doing with me?"
"It's a letter from the young lady." Uncle Wu took out a letter from his arms and said, "The young lady specially ordered it to be a letter to the young master, so the old slave came here to deliver the letter to the young master."
"For me?" Ning Lang was surprised: "I've been here for so long, but my mother never wrote me a letter."
"The letter was delivered, the old slave left, and the young lady was still waiting for the young master."
Ning Lang lowered his head to open the letter, and answered without raising his head.
He opened the curtain and walked in, took out the letter from the envelope, and walked inside while looking at it.
Yang Zhen was reading a military book, and when he heard the movement, he raised his head and saw his frowning face, and immediately wondered: "What's wrong?"
"Yang Zhen." Ning Lang put down the letter and called to her with a bitter face: "Since you have managed a mountain, then... Then, is it okay to manage more industries?"
Yang Zhen: "..."