"White Jade Lion? Why do you remember that? You gave it away a few days ago." Jin Fengju answered vaguely, but Jin Zhenxuan was stunned for a moment, then sat on the ground and cried loudly: "Why did you give it away? I asked for it twice. , Daddy didn't give it to anyone, who is better than me? You just gave it away? Didn't you say that? It's a gift from the emperor, and it can't be given away easily. I don't care, daddy, you want to come back, you go and get it. return… "
Jin Fengju had no choice but to pick him up and said: "You can't get back what you gave away. If you like it, daddy has a lot of good things. You should study hard and cultivate your virtue. You will be excellent in both character and learning in the future. What do you want?" Daddy will give you whatever you want, but now, not to mention your knowledge is not enough, even your moral character is not enough."
"A child's home is all about moral cultivation. Do we have to train him to be an old master?" Jiang Wanying hugged her son over: "Okay, don't cry, listen to your father and study hard. If your knowledge improves in the future, my mother will take care of you." If you pick something good, don’t be afraid that he won’t give it to you.”
Hearing that his mother was supporting him, Jin Zhenxuan smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and thought for a long time before saying: "I don't care, the white jade lions are gone, I want a pair of green jade lions."
Jin Fengju almost fell off the chair and said angrily: "Why did you identify the lion? Can't the tiger be good? I have a green jade parrot there. I'll give it to you next time." After saying that, Jiang Wanying also smiled, He then said a few words to Jin Fengju, such as "Xuan'er is really practicing his skills these days" before letting him leave Qingwan Pavilion.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. The weather happened to be sunny on that day, so Fu Qiuning said to Yu Niang Yu Jie: "I think it's time to bring out those sweet potatoes. Isn't the little Marquis Are you thinking about eating fresh sweet potatoes? Let’s send them to the old lady and other rooms, so let’s not delay them.”
Yujie finally understood what she was thinking. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I'm afraid that I'm not rushing to give the little Marquis a taste, but that I want to send it to you before the old lady comes? By then, the old lady will be sick of sweet potatoes just looking at them." I don’t want to come to our Wanfengxuan anymore, grandma, is this slave right?”
Yuniang also laughed, shook her head and said: "Zhenzhen Yujie is the roundworm in grandma's belly. It turns out that it is for this, but this slave is still kept in the dark." After saying this, Fu Qiuning twisted Yujie. His cheeks twitched, and he said bitterly: "Since you are a roundworm in my belly, you have returned to my belly to stay well. Why are you turning into a human form here to oppose me?" After saying that, he saw Jin Zangfeng and Jin Zangjiao. Running in, she said: "You can go to the study later today. Let me help you bring out some sweet potatoes before you go to study. I just hope that your father will not come in at this time, otherwise he will be unhappy again when he sees me asking you to do work. .”
"Daddy will not be angry with mother. I see that father has been very good to mother these few times." Jin Zangjiao said like a brat. Compared to her lively elf, Jin Zangfeng was much calmer.
"I'll beat you if you keep talking nonsense." Fu Qiuning was avoiding this topic at this time, so his expression became solemn. Jin Zangjiao was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything anymore, but she felt a little grievance in her heart. She secretly thought that her father was good to her mother, why was her mother unhappy? Mother should also be nice to dad, so that dad can come often in the future. The child only wants to be close to his father, but he has no idea of the twists and turns involved.
So the five people set out for the backyard. They had just prepared all the tools when they suddenly heard a noise in the front yard. Fu Qiuning, Yu Niang and others looked at each other in astonishment. They hurriedly threw away the tools and returned to the front yard. They saw a large group of people already standing in the yard. The man was talking and laughing, pointing to the flowers, trees and plants in the yard and the vegetables planted in some corners.
"Why are our ancestors here?" Fu Qiuning hurriedly stepped down the steps with Yujie Yuniang, and saluted Yingying: "I didn't know that my ancestors were coming, and I deserved to die if I didn't welcome you from afar." Before he could finish speaking, Old Taijun Jin was He helped her up and listened to her smile: "I don't blame you. Even Fengju didn't let him know that I was coming today. How could you know?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Grandma Mingyu beside her smiled and said, "My ancestors felt so comfortable when they woke up this morning. Then they saw that the weather was crisp and clear in autumn, so they became interested. I just said that grandma was afraid that she would take advantage of these few days. I dig sweet potatoes every day, so I come over to join in the fun no matter what."
Fu Qiuning hurriedly smiled and said: "It's just a few sweet potatoes. I'll just bring the laboring ancestor's car from wherever I am and I'll just deliver it myself." After saying that, he heard Old Mrs. Jin laugh and say: "I'm just afraid you'll take this. Idea. What do you think? Looking at the way you are dressed today, you obviously have to work. Everything else has come down this season, only the sweet potatoes have not come out yet. After all, you made it carefully yourself. I ate the corn last time and liked it very much. , tastes better than the ones they buy, I think these sweet potatoes must be sweeter than those bought outside.”
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "There was a lot of rain in the past two years, so the sweet potatoes were not sweet. This year there was less rain, so they are naturally sweet." As he spoke, he and Luo Cui helped Old Mrs. Jin up the steps. She saw her Standing in front of the door, looking at the dozen or so houses in front of him, he said with emotion: "You have done a good job in taking care of this yard. It's hard for you to live in such a remote place as a woman with a child, not to mention that there have been deaths here. Yes, you’re not afraid either?”
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "At first I felt a little scared, but gradually nothing happened, so naturally I wasn't afraid anymore. Besides, there are a lot of people here. Feng'er and Jiao'er came to me when they were three years old. Coming here, to be honest, is like a human being, and we feel at ease sleeping together at night."
Mrs. Jin nodded, sighed for a while, and then said with a smile: "Let's go into the house and have a look." After saying that, he stepped forward and walked twice in the hall and bedroom. Then he sat on the chair and frowned: " Why is Fengju so careless now? Some things must be done to save face. You are also his first wife, but look at this house, where can you find anything interesting? "
"It's not that I blame you for being careless. I begged him not to get those things here. I also want the two children to know how sad the world is and how difficult it is for their ancestors to create this family business, so that they can work hard to make progress." Fu Qiuning The respectful answer made the old lady nod frequently.
"Old ancestor, let's have a cup of tea and some snacks here. I will dig out the sweet potatoes in the backyard and steam a few for you to try." Fu Qiuning said, taking the tea brought by Yu Jie and putting it on the table. On the table in front of Mrs. Jin.
"There are so many people, why do you still need to do something? I brought these people here specifically to help you." The old lady took a sip of tea and said with a smile. Before she could finish speaking, the maids behind her The boys' eyes widened and they were all gearing up. Apparently they thought this job was novel and wanted to give it a try.
Fu Qiuning took a breath of air-conditioning and thought, Oh my god, can I still tolerate you from spoiling my little sweet potatoes? Because he was busy, he said with a smile: "How do you do this? The girls and grandmothers around our ancestors have never done this kind of rough work since they were children. How do you know the trick? Digging sweet potatoes seems simple, but in fact it is important to dig big. , if you are not careful, there will be wounds on the sweet potatoes, and they will rot in the future and become unpalatable. There are also those who are strong enough to poke a hole in the sweet potatoes with a fork. There is not much left and right, ancestor. Just wait here with peace of mind, we will come as soon as we go."
When Mrs. Jin heard what she said, she no longer insisted on her own opinion. However, the maids and mothers behind her all looked disappointed and watched helplessly as Fu Qiuning and Yujie Yuniang left. Brother and sister Jin Zangfeng and Jin Zangjiao knew their eyes well and knew that grandma was coming. They would definitely not have a share in the work today, otherwise their mother would probably be severely punished, so they just sat down at the bottom and accompanied Mrs. Jin. The old lady was chatting, and the children's words and childish words made the old lady laugh for a while from time to time.
Just as he was smiling, he suddenly saw two children standing up together and saying: "Grandma, it's time for us to enter the study. Today we still have twenty characters to write and one article to recite..." Before she could finish speaking, Mrs. Jin Already he said happily: "Good boy, it's rare for you to study hard like this. Go quickly." So the two children saluted and walked out of the door together.
"Didn't my ancestor say that he was afraid of causing trouble to this Fu family, so he never got close to her? He didn't even ask her to talk to her, so why did she come here with great fanfare today? When you were talking to the young Marquis a few days ago, the old servant thought You just said that casually."
Seeing that the maids also went to the backyard to watch Fu Qiuning produce sweet potatoes, only the two eldest maids, Luo Cui Caiyun, were left in front of them. Both of them had grown up in front of Old Mrs. Jin since they were children, and they were the most confidant. Therefore, Grandma Mingyu also I couldn't help but ask the questions I had been wondering about for a long time.
Old Mrs. Jin slowly opened the tea lid and smiled slightly: "I didn't want her to enter the backyard, so I didn't get close to her. Since she wants to be safe for a few years, why don't I help her? I will definitely disturb this poor person. Where is purity? But now, when I look at Feng Ju’s actions and think about Mrs. Fu’s character, it’s not what I thought before. I’m afraid that within the next two years, she will enter the backyard, rather than suddenly appearing at that time. , it’s better to let her get used to it slowly. That’s why I came here today... "
Before she finished her words, she heard another noise in the courtyard. Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "They came very quickly." While putting down the tea cup, sure enough, Mrs. Jiang walked in with Jiang Wanying and Xu's Huo. The honest Cui and Yue Lan did not come to join in the fun this time.
"I went to pay my respects to my ancestors early in the morning, and I didn't know you were here." Jiang Wanying was still as cheerful as ever. She helped Mrs. Jiang sit down under Old Mrs. Jin, and she came to the old Mrs. Jin and said with a smile. : "After all, our ancestors were in high spirits. We had nothing to do during the day, and we didn't even think of coming over to see this pastoral scenery. Huh? Where's my sister? Why don't you see her? There's not even a waiter. This is not good. By the way, if there was no one in the house, why didn't you tell me to add a few more? It's an oversight on my part."