"After the New Year, you will be twenty-two years old, and you will be a mother again. You are not a child, and you are still crying. Look, Brother Xu will laugh at you."
"I don't care, I'm going to cry."
"Okay, okay, you can cry for a while if you want, but don't cry too hard. Don't hurt the baby in your belly."
In the inner hall of Shen's house, Feng Shaojun hugged Mrs. Xu and nestled her head in her grandmother's arms. Like a child, her eyes were full of tears. Mrs. Xu felt distressed and funny, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Cui Yuanhan smiled and joked: "Cousin, this is not like your temper."
Feng Shaojun looks weak and delicate, but in fact he is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. He is very independent. He rarely shows his vulnerability like this.
Feng Shaojun wrinkled his nose at him, but his tears stopped.
Brother Xu shaved his face at his mother: "Mom is crying, so embarrassed!"
After Feng Shaojun became pregnant with this child, she suffered from severe morning sickness, and her temperament became much more childish. She even scolded her son.
Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Song laughed together.
After the emotions calmed down a little, everyone talked about their farewell.
Cui Yuanhan said with a smile: "On that day, Eunuch Yang went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deliver a message, asking me to be transferred to the frontier army as a quartermaster. After I returned, I told my grandmother, who was also very happy. She immediately packed her luggage and set off."
"We wanted to give you a surprise, so we didn't say anything before." Ms. Song answered with a smile: "Today, it seems that my cousin is really surprised."
Isn't it?
It's simply a blessing from heaven.
Feng Shaojun's face was full of joy: "My cousin must report to the military camp as soon as possible, and my grandmother and cousin-in-law will settle down first. Let's celebrate the New Year lively together."
Since your family is moving to a border town, you will have to buy a house and a place to live sooner or later. It was definitely too late a year ago.
Mrs. Song smiled and said, "We have the same plan. After the Chinese New Year, we will look for a big house that is closer."
Mrs. Xu coughed and said, "I will stay here temporarily. Young Master is pregnant and there must be an elder around to take care of him."
How could Mrs. Song be disobedient? She smiled and said, "Grandma misses Da Lang Erlang. I will bring their brothers over at any time."
It has been six or seven years since Mrs. Song married into the family. She is knowledgeable, courteous and has a gentle temperament. Mrs. Xu likes her granddaughter-in-law very much. Hearing this, she smiled and said: "As a grandmother, I can't blindly favor my granddaughter. You and your wife are buying a house. I will pay for the money. Don't argue with me. Sooner or later, the money in my hands will be given to you."
So, what younger generation wouldn’t like such a generous, generous and reasonable elder?
Mrs. Song knew Mrs. Xu's temper, so she gave in and thanked her.
The children gathered together and had a lot of fun. Brother Xu followed his eldest cousin and his second cousin, running around happily.
…
After lunch, Cui Yuanhan took his wife and children to settle down and rest.
Feng Shaojun and Xu finally had some time alone. Xu held Feng Shaojun's hand, looked at it carefully, and then sighed: "You are a little thinner than before."
Feng Shaojun looked helpless: "I have been vomiting after eating for more than a month, and I have to vomit bile every day. It is inevitable to lose weight. I don't know when I will stop."
Mrs. Xu smiled and comforted: "It is extremely hard for a woman to be pregnant and give birth to a child. You, Brother Huaixu, did not suffer this when you were a child. Now you are more squeamish. You can bear with it. After three months, you have settled down. It’s time to get better slowly.”
After saying that, he smiled happily and said: "After I received your letter, I made a plan to come to the border town after the Chinese New Year. I will go back after you have given birth to the baby and have your confinement period. I never thought that Yuan Han would be transferred I'm here to serve as a frontier soldier. This time it's just right, our whole family, young and old, is here. We can be together again in the future."
Feng Shaojun's nose felt a little sore: "Grandma, it's me who has caused trouble for you."
Otherwise, Emperor Qing'an would not suddenly issue such an imperial edict.
Xu said: "In the past few years, Yuan Han transformed from a merchant's son to an imperial merchant. He worked as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had a serious official position. Isn't it all because you went through life and death to work for the emperor?"
"Now that he has come to the frontier army, he has been promoted to the rank of quartermaster. If he is good at this job, he may have great potential in the future."
"There are many people who have left their hometown thousands of miles to serve as officials. Yuan Han is also an official of the imperial court. He came to serve as an official in the border army. Could it be that he has been wronged?"
"When you meet him, don't say these things. Otherwise, he will have to be angry with you with a straight face."
Feng Shaojun was silent for a moment, then said with a smile: "Grandma is right, I won't say this."
Xu smiled and said, "That's right. As a family, don't say those heretical things. From now on, when Yuan Han enters the military camp, asking Shen You to look after him a little more will be better than anything else."
Feng Shaojun pursed his lips and smiled: "There is no need to give instructions."
The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and Mrs. Xu showed a slightly tired look on her face.
At this age, it is really not easy to travel in a carriage for more than half a month. As soon as the joy and excitement of the reunion passed, fatigue suddenly rose.
Feng Shaojun said softly: "Grandma is having a good rest. There is a wedding event at home tomorrow, so we can have some fun together."
Mrs. Xu was a little surprised: "What happy event?"
Feng Shaojun smiled and said: "Ji Xiang and Chi Xiao will get married tomorrow."
Mrs. Xu suddenly laughed: "The two of them match each other very well. They are both old and it is time to get married. Wait, I have to add some auspiciousness to such a happy event."
He immediately called the maid next to him and said, "Go and prepare some good clothing materials and a box of silver ingots. Send them together!"
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On the second day, Ji Xiang wore a red wedding dress and a red hijab. Chi Xiao wore a red wedding robe and looked beaming with joy.
Both of them were sold into slavery at a young age and had no relatives. After worshiping heaven and earth, there was no high hall to worship, so they could just worship their master.
When a maid and a young servant get married, there is not much to pay attention to. Generally speaking, it is just a matter of kowtowing to the master and setting up a few banquets.
Feng Shaojun didn't want to wrong Ji Xiang, so he wore wedding clothes, went to the church, and sat in a sedan chair, all the same.
The new house is located in a small house two blocks away. Jixiang bids farewell to his master and is about to take a sedan chair to a new life.
Feng Shaojun was smiling at first, until Jixiang finished kowtowing and said in a choked voice, "I'm leaving now," Feng Shaojun's tears suddenly welled up.
Mother Zheng wiped away her tears while coaxing her master: "Today is an auspicious wedding day. Madam should also be happy, but don't cry."
"Besides, Jixiang doesn't just get married. Jixiang will come back when the wedding is over."
This is true, but I still feel sad.
Feng Shaojun wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said to Ji Xiang, who was sobbing under the red hijab: "You are happily getting married. If Chi Xiao dares to bully you, I can't spare him."
Chi Xiao immediately said loudly: "One day, there will be no need for Madam to open her mouth, and I will hold my own."
Feng Shaojun smiled and watched the newlyweds leave.
