But she was a woman in the inner house, and she only heard things from hearsay. How could she make comments casually and ruin Uncle Chi's business
Zhou Shaojin just smiled and said nothing.
Huaishan came in and said, "Fourth Master, everything has been packed. We can set off anytime!"
Cheng Chi smiled slightly.
Zhou Shaojin was shocked and asked in a lost voice: "Where is the Fourth Master going?"
There was a hint of panic in his expression.
Just like a child who has lost his parents.
Cheng Chi was reluctant to let her feel even the slightest bit uncomfortable, so he hurried forward to hug Zhou Shaojin, gently stroked her back, and said in a warm voice: "You came at the right time. I was just about to look for you - I have to go back to Jinling. I told you before that things have changed now, and I have to go back early."
Zhou Shaojin felt relieved after hearing this, and hurriedly pushed Cheng Chi: "Huaishan... is still in the room!"
Blushing face.
Cheng Chi smiled and let her go.
She used to be annoyed that he hugged her, but now she is afraid of being seen by others...
He suddenly felt refreshed.
Zhou Shaojin's face turned even redder.
There was no trace of Huaishan in the room.
Once or twice is a coincidence, but three or four times is deliberate.
I'm afraid everyone around Uncle Chi knows about what happened between me and Uncle Chi.
She lowered her head and asked, "When will you be back?"
Don’t ask Cheng Chi what he is going to do—Cheng Chi has many secrets.
Cheng Chi leaned over and spoke to her, his expression showing his affection. "I'll be back as soon as I finish my work. Can I bring Snowball and the two orioles with me when I come back?"
Zhou Shaojin nodded shyly.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Huaishan's shadow flash by outside the house.
I'm afraid he's urging Uncle Chi to set off!
Walking so fast...
She whispered, "Then be careful on the road. Don't work so hard... Money is only a thing outside of your body."
Cheng Chi nodded, gently touched her face, and said, "Shaojin, I will try my best to come back before Guan Ge's hundred-day ceremony."
It takes such a long time, which means that things are not so easy to end.
Zhou Shaojin said: "It doesn't matter if we can't make it back in time. We can give him a big gift when Brother Guan turns one."
Us
Cheng Chi was in an extremely happy mood.
After lunch, he set off for Jinling.
Zhou Shaojin watched Cheng Chi's carriage slowly drive out of the alley, feeling very depressed. When she returned to the house, Chun Wan asked her when she was going to Fengtai, and she remembered why she went to find Cheng Chi.
It would be better to wait for Uncle Chi to come back and go with her.
Zhou Shaojin made up his mind not to go out. Apart from going to see Zhou Chujin with Li, he stayed at home helping Cheng Chi make winter clothes.
Guan Ge'er changes every day. Today he can suck his fingers, and tomorrow he can blow bubbles. In her previous life, when Guan Ge was born, she had already gone to the farm, but she only saw him once every year or so. Every time, Zhou Shaojin would go back before they got to know each other well. Now seeing such an interesting Guan Ge, she was extremely jealous.
Children like to play with other children.
Zhou Youjin would lie down beside Guan Ge all day long, wanting him to hug her and asking him to call her sister. This made everyone in the room burst into laughter. Zhou Youjin was so angry that she pouted and ignored everyone. Once, she almost took Guan Ge out of the cradle while the servants around him were not paying attention, which scared everyone into a cold sweat.
After only seven or eight days of coming and going, Zhou Shaojin had already made a winter coat for Cheng Chi. When she was about to cut the second one, a little girl came in and said, "The three aunts of the Cheng family are here to visit you!"
The three aunts of the Cheng family...
Zhou Shaojin thought about it before he realized who the little maid was talking about.
She was surprised and asked, "The three aunts of the Cheng family? All three of them are here? At this time?"
The little maid thought of the three low-key yet luxurious black lacquered carriages with flat roofs parked at the door, and nodded continuously, saying, "The maid accompanying the carriages said clearly that they are the three aunts of the Cheng family in Jiuru Lane, Jinling City."
Zhou Shaojin was a little flustered.
The three aunts of the Cheng family naturally refer to Cheng Zheng, Cheng Xiao and Cheng Sheng.
Cheng Zheng was the eldest daughter of the Cheng family. She married Gu Xu, the son of Gu Shun, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy at the time. She was three years older than Cheng Chi. Zhou Shaojin had never met her. He only knew that her husband was successful, her children were well-behaved, and the couple loved each other very much. They lived a good life, and many women in the capital envied her.
When Cheng Xiao came of age, Zhou Shaojin was still a little girl. The two had almost no interactions at all. At most, they just greeted each other when they met in Jiuru Lane.
Cheng Sheng had spent quite a long time with Zhou Shaojin, and they had also studied together with Madam Shen. But even so, because Cheng Sheng had been raised by Madam Guo, he had extraordinary knowledge and experience, and she was only being nice to Madam Shen out of consideration for her appearance.) They were talking about classmates, but in fact Cheng Sheng had given more guidance to her and Cheng Ji.
Why are they here
And they came together
No one was sent to deliver the post beforehand, just came directly to the door...
Zhou Shaojin was puzzled and had to tell the maid: "Please invite a few ladies in!"
The little maidservant responded and left.
Zhou Shaojin changed into a bean green gauze bodice and a silver-red skirt. Her jet-black hair was tied into a bun with a small jasmine flower inserted in the back, which smelled fragrant.
The three Cheng sisters were all amazed, especially Cheng Sheng. She had only not seen Zhou Shaojin for two or three years, but Zhou Shaojin seemed like a different person. She opened her eyes wide and said, "Shaojin, you really have changed a lot since you grew up. If we met on the street, I would definitely not recognize you."
She has indeed changed a lot.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and finally managed to move his eyes away from Cheng Zheng's face.
Cheng Zheng, so beautiful.
Moreover, her beauty does not lie in the exquisiteness of her facial features, but in her whole body's elegance.
She stood there with a leisurely expression, like a blooming peony, gorgeous and beautiful, dazzling, making the people and things around her pale in comparison.
Zhou Shaojin invited Cheng Zheng and others to sit down in the banquet room.
The maids served tea and snacks.
Cheng Zheng remained calm, but Cheng Xiao was secretly frightened.
This house is not big, but everything along the way is of extraordinary value. If it were just like this, she is not someone who has never seen the world, how could she be moved? In fact, this arrangement and furnishings, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the work of grandma.
Could it be that this house was given to me by my grandmother
Cheng Xiao had left Jiuru Lane for about six or seven years, so she naturally wouldn't speak rashly.
Cheng Sheng didn't know what to say.
The little girl who used to have a vague face has grown up to be as bright as a pearl and jade, and her gestures are graceful and elegant, like two different people from the little girl who only knew how to hide and cry in her memory. She felt a little uneasy about this earth-shaking change, but she couldn't let her elder sister Cheng Zheng, who hardly knew Zhou Shaojin, greet Zhou Shaojin, right
Cheng Sheng took a sip of tea and finally found a topic to talk about. He smiled and leaned towards Zhou Shaojin, saying, "Shaojin, when did you arrive in Beijing? I heard that Chujin gave birth to a big fat boy. I heard about it after I came to Beijing. Has the child been named? I heard from my second sister that the child is already one month old, but there is no full-month ceremony. Are you planning to have a hundred-day ceremony? Have you decided when? Fortunately, I came to Beijing this time, otherwise, would you sisters not have planned to invite me?"
She married the son of Peng Xiang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Peng Xiang and Cheng Sheng's father Cheng Wei were in the same department, and they had a very good relationship. They also decided to get married because they liked each other. The Peng family's ancestral home was in Jiangxi. They got married in Beijing, but after the wedding they went to their hometown in Jiangxi to worship their ancestors. They just returned to Beijing two days ago.
In their previous life, they lived a loving life.
Cheng Sheng and his friends didn't know what had happened, and they invited her to their home. When they knew she was "sick", they made a special trip to see her and brought her some medicinal herbs.
Later, perhaps because they knew what had happened, the three sisters rarely contacted Zhou Shaojin and Zhou Chujin.
In fact, Zhou Chujin sent a letter to the Cheng family after giving birth to Guan Ge.
After Guan Ge'er was born, Zhou Chujin also informed the Cheng family of the news. Since the Cheng family consisted of only men, not many people came, but they still sent a very expensive third-day bathing gift.
But at that time, only Cheng Zheng was in the capital.
Cheng Zheng's eldest son got chickenpox, so Cheng Zheng worshipped the Goddess of Pox at home.
I just don’t know why they arrived at the house right after Cheng Chi left.
Uncle Chi once said, the world is bustling with people, all for the sake of profit, the world is bustling with people, all for the sake of profit.
He also said that when you don’t know what to do, the best way is to be patient and deal with it as it happens.
Zhou Shaojin slowly answered Cheng Sheng's question: "I came here after the Chinese New Year. You know my personality, I don't like going out very much. Plus, my sister was pregnant at that time, and there was no elder to take care of me, so my wife brought me here..." Finally, he asked Cheng Xiao's eldest son Gu Ninglai: "Is he feeling better now?"
Cheng Xiao laughed when he heard that and said, "Thank you, he is well now. Otherwise I would not dare to go out." Then he pointed at Cheng Xiao and said, "Your cousin Xiao came to Beijing two days ago. We thought you sisters were also in Beijing, so we came here. Please forgive us for our intrusion."
Whatever interest you have.
Zhou Shaojin could also understand it.
The two of them started talking about Cheng Jia: "… She was a ball of glutinous rice flour, but unexpectedly she got married in the blink of an eye. It's a pity that we sisters are all living in our own countries, and we can't even see her off when she gets married!" She said this with some sadness.
Zhou Shaojin laughed and said, "I received a letter from my cousin Jia a few days ago. She said she was living well there. The old lady sometimes made things difficult for her, and she would talk back. The old lady had no choice but to ask Li Jing to talk to her, but Li Jing listened with one ear and ignored her with the other. The old lady was so angry that she had no choice but to let herself get angry and let it go..."
Cheng Sheng laughed and said, "I didn't expect that the most powerful one among us is Cheng Ji."
Everyone laughed again.
Cheng Zheng suggested going to visit Zhou Chujin: "We haven't met yet? We can go see Brother Guan as well."
Zhou Shaojin accompanied them to Yushu Hutong.
Zhou Chujin had received the letter and was waiting in front of the Chuihua Gate with her child in her arms.
Cheng Xiao hurriedly asked: "Why did you bring the child out with you? What will happen if the news gets out?"
Zhou Chujin also met Cheng Zheng once when he was a child, but everyone who saw her would be deeply impressed. Zhou Chujin recognized Cheng Zheng at a glance and said with a smile: "I see that the weather is very good today, so I want to take the child out for a walk." Then he handed the child to the wet nurse and gave Cheng Zheng a big gift.
When several people get together, it is inevitable that they will have some time to spend together.
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Sisters and brothers, today's update!
Tomorrow's update will be around 5pm.
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※(To be continued)