It’s the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, and every family is busy celebrating the New Year.
Xu Chunjun was afraid that Ziling would be tired, so she personally prepared all the gifts for each family and the things that she would use during the first and twelfth lunar month.
Zheng Wuji suffered from a cold and a cough due to the weather conditions. Xu Chunjun ordered the people who served him to take good care of him, and he didn't interfere with the rest.
Anyway, he has only been playing around at home recently, and has not gone out to fool around.
The old lady Jin can already get out of bed, but she has to be supported.
Mrs. Fang served here every day and no longer burned incense or chanted sutras.
Xu Chunjun called all the servants who knew about it and lectured him. No one was allowed to tell the old lady that she was poisoned, and no one was allowed to mention it again.
Because it doesn't help matters and hurts harmony.
Because the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month was Xu Daoan's birthday, Xu Chunjun went back to her parents' home.
The second sister-in-law, Mrs. Song, had been waiting for her return at the second door. When she saw her, she came up to her and said, "Come in quickly! I'm waiting for you."
Everything is fine with her parents' family, especially looking at the children, Xu Chunjun feels even more pleased.
In a family, the elders must pave the way and lay the foundation, and the children must support the hope.
Xu Bai has begun to read the Four Books, and the Xiaozhuan Wei stele has also been written in a decent manner.
Xu Song also became enlightened. Song taught him to recite poems every day, and he was quite obedient.
Xu Daoqi is already good at eating his hands. He is fat and white and is really cute.
Although Xu Chunjun has not been back for some days, he is not unfamiliar and especially likes to be held by her.
Xu Lang and Chen Qin also came, with the two wet nurses holding the twins.
The two children look exactly the same, but have very different personalities.
Because Chen Siyi was too naughty, no one called him by his name anymore, so he was known as the "Second Bandit".
Xu Chunjun put down Xu Daoqi and hugged him. As soon as he lowered his head, he grabbed his hair and pulled it, making it messy.
Green Ulva hurriedly stepped forward and took off his hand with a smile. The child became angry, but he didn't cry, he just shouted with his neck straight.
"What are you shouting for?" Xu Chunjun teased him, stretching out his index finger to touch his swollen face, "Why are you so fierce?"
The two bandits were screaming, their faces were red, and they were kicking around.
"This child will never be beaten less in the future." Xu Lang came over and said.
After hearing this, Chen Qin immediately picked up his youngest son and gave him a hug.
Everyone laughed but said nothing, it was obvious that Xu Lang was a strict mother and Chen Qin was a loving father.
"By next year, these three boys will be able to run around everywhere." The elder Xu Ze said with a smile while stroking his beard.
Xu Bai held his hand and begged him to write a couplet. Although his son had become a monk, fortunately he still had a grandson.
The eldest man and his wife also felt comforted.
Xu Daoan finished his business outside and entered the house. Everyone said, "Sit down quickly, my birthday boy! I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Xu Daoan smiled sheepishly and said, "At my age, I don't have birthdays, so I just have a reason for everyone to get together."
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"It's good for my second brother to be self-aware," Xu Chunjun teased him, "the clothes I gave you are not a birthday gift, they are just for fun.
Everyone laughed.
The second wife, Sun Shi, was particularly satisfied and said: "Dao'an has another daughter-in-law, and she will give birth in June next year. Chunmao and Chunqiao also sent letters. Chunmao gave birth to a son, and Chunqiao gave birth to a daughter. Both adults and children are very happy."
good."
"These happy events really come one after another," everyone was happy. "It's probably not too late to prepare gifts at the end of the year and send them out. Don't ask your in-laws to choose our gifts."
The Xu family has always valued their married daughters, especially those who live far away from home.
Xu Chunjun also received letters from his two sisters and had already prepared gifts.
"It's better to let the bank's car take us there. It's more convenient than sending people ourselves," Xu Chunjun said, "but it's just a small fee."
Their bank is affiliated with several major banks, so it is very convenient to handle this matter.
"That's very good," Xu Daoan was very happy. "Originally, I was thinking about whether to take the waterway or the dry road! The bank's carriages and horses are fast, and they have bodyguards, so there is no need to worry about safety."
Xu Chunjun had dinner at her parents' house and stayed for another half day before taking a car home in the evening.
As soon as they entered the door, Zhu's mother came over and said, "Grandma, today we caught Aunt Hu hooking up with Zhang Xiaosan, who is buying fresh goods, in the back street. We held them both down, and asked Grandma to come down."
Xu Chunjun was not surprised when he heard this. As he walked, he asked, "Does that Zhang Xiaosan interact with her on weekdays?"
"They have been hooking up a lot since spring. Later, when grandma came, they calmed down for a while." Zhu's mother said, "Everyone in our backyard knows about it. But it's just empty talk. This kind of thing must be caught before it can be convicted."
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"You are right," Xu Chunjun nodded, "otherwise it would be nothing but nonsense."
Aunt Hu and Zhang Xiaosan were watched and locked up in the woodshed.
When Xu Chunjun arrived, the two of them just begged for mercy.
"Aunt Hu, you are from Aunt Liu's room, why did you run out?" Xu Chunjun asked, sitting on the chair brought by the servant.
"Grandma, I just want to go out and buy some food. Today is the memorial day of Aunt Liu's biological mother." Aunt Hu looked pitiful.
"That's nonsense!" Lvchun retorted to her, "First of all, who allows concubines to offer private sacrifices? Secondly, if you want to pay homage, you have to have our girl nod her head, and it's not difficult to order some sacrifices. You are making your own decisions and thinking
Slap our girl in the face. Let outsiders think that our girl is mean, and force you to secretly pay homage to her!"
"I was wrong! I didn't think about it that much. I just wanted not to cause trouble to Grandma." Aunt Hu begged for mercy.
Xu Chunjun looked at him, then at Zhang Xiaosan, and said, "I'm afraid that's not the case! Where did you get the money? It's all deducted from your monthly payment."
When Aunt Hu heard this, her face became even worse. She wanted to argue, but Xu Chunjun was too lazy to talk nonsense to her: "You must have stolen something from the house and asked him to help. If you don't want to explain, I will send you two to the Yamen."
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Zhang Xiaosan had also heard about Xu Chunjun's power, and was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Grandma, please forgive me, but the younger one was entangled by her and couldn't push her away for a while. In fact, there are not many things, and I didn't take action on a few items."
When Aunt Hu saw Zhang Xiaosan's move, she couldn't deny it, so she had to admit it.
"Call Aunt Liu over here! Let's see what she says." Xu Chunjun was too lazy to pay attention to these two shrimps, but since they bumped into each other, they had to follow the rules, otherwise there would be trouble later.
The family must be governed fairly, otherwise there will inevitably be resentment.
Aunt Liu was also frightened. She and Aunt Hu had colluded, but at this time they could only abandon the pawn to save the car.
Xu Chunjun didn't ask further questions. She didn't want to touch Aunt Liu just yet. It would be more appropriate to separate Aunt Hu from her.
Therefore, the final result was that Zhang Xiaosan lost another ten taels of silver to recover the things he took out.
I called Yapo and took Aunt Hu out to sell her for five taels.
Then he handed the fifteen taels of silver to Sikandar and said, "Change these silver coins into copper plates and give them to the beggars passing by! It can also be considered as a good deed."
