In the summer of that year, there was a severe flood in the south of the Yangtze River, which destroyed countless farmlands. Su Tao, the prefect of Jiangxi Province, sent a note to the court asking for tax relief for disaster relief. The King of Yan was completely unaware that Su Tao had withheld the Xie family's bankbook, and there was no spare money to provide them with disaster relief. Therefore, he spent a large sum of money
With one stroke, he was exempted from tax for three years, and he didn’t know what to do with disaster relief. Su Tao went one step further, describing the misery with a wailful pen. King Yan waved his pen again, and was granted tax exemption for three years. Su Tao then got six years of tax exemption,
Quite satisfied. And he also knew that if Jia Cong's collusion with Feng Ziying was exposed, the tax exemption for the past six years would definitely be gone. What his daughter said was actually right. Neither the emperor nor the gods can be relied on, and he can only rely on himself.
In late September, Su Zheng called his son into the courtyard and said slowly: "In this catastrophic disaster, the Rongguo Mansion has helped you a lot from beginning to end. We can't repay you. Don't think that I taught Yao Erhuan."
It's only natural that Cong'er has been here for a few years so that he can help us do this." Su Tao was about to speak, but his father had already taken over, "Their three girls are getting married next month. You can take Cheng'er to see them and give them gifts.
After all, it’s not as good as what people used to be.”
Su Tao was stunned: "Father, the disaster has just passed and I am already very busy."
"It's been three months, and the big thing has been decided." Su Zheng said, "In the early years, Wang Ziteng helped Jiangxi build the Daguan Road, which is very convenient for riding fast horses. There are also Li Guopei and Yang Guotai here. The one below you
The magistrate, named Tu Yaozu, seems to me to be very reliable. The matter of building the new dam was entrusted to Mr. Xiong, and the boy surnamed Mei was very attentive and responsible for resettling the victims. The remaining bandit Liu Xiaoqi is still running around.
It's nothing more than common people filing lawsuits. Few of them have seen what the prefect looks like. At worst, I will look after the stall for you. Isn't my surname Su?"
What else can Su Tao do when his father talks about this? He has to bite the bullet and arrange the next things one by one. Su Cheng knows that he will have to stay and study after this trip, and he is also busy with setting up the factory.
Because she knew that chocolate is not something to be eaten in the summer, and most of the chocolates in the warehouse are semi-finished products, and they have only started to test the line recently. So she left the maid Bai Lu to take charge, and entrusted the rest to her mother Zhang. Zhang smiled and said.
She pointed her finger and said: "You are here to collect debts." The gifts for the three girls of Rongguo Mansion had already been shipped to Dajiala. A few days later, Su Tao and Su Cheng were on their way. Su Tao saw that his daughter could not ride a horse as well as a man.
Not so good, and a little surprised.
In early October, the father and daughter took a boat from Guangzhou Port and arrived at Dajiala Tamsui Port. Su Tao was astonished when he was in Guangzhou. When he arrived here, he was no longer shocked. It was like arriving in a foreign country written in an ancient book. Men and women came and went.
The clothes are also different from other places. Su Cheng explained: "This kind of clothes is called a T-shirt. It is easy to wear without any clothes. It is warm in Taiwan, so you don't need to wear too many clothes. You still have to wear Hanfu in formal occasions."
Su Tao asked: "What is Hanfu?"
"What we are wearing are Hanfu." Su Cheng had been here before, and she waved to a four-wheeled carriage soliciting passengers, jumped on it, and pulled her father into the carriage.
Su Cheng didn't tell everyone in Dajiala when the two men would arrive, so no one came to pick her up. Anyway, Tanshu Tanchun still had a few days to get married, so she simply didn't go to the Jia family and took her father to find an inn to stay.
.We visited Huizi Street that day and the night market in the evening. We visited the museum the next morning and Su Tao didn’t want to leave after entering.
At noon, Su Chengqiang took her father out for lunch, and saw several huge portraits hanging on a big house not far from the restaurant. She couldn't help but take a few glances. She immediately recognized someone and shouted: "Li Tao!"
Su Tao knew that this woman was a hero in breaking the bandits, so he quickly asked: "Have you seen her?"
Su Cheng pointed out: "That portrait in the middle is her." Then he read, "Dajara Concert Hall, the musical The White-Haired Girl, starring, Du Keqi. I think this Du Keqi is her newly changed name.
Dad, shall we go see her perform tonight?" Su Tao heard this and agreed.
By the time the two of them finished their meal and rushed to the Dajiala Concert Hall, the tickets for tonight had already been sold out. The play was performed the next day, so Su Cheng bought the tickets for the next show. Su Tao saw how many tickets his daughter had taken out.
The colorful piece of paper didn't look like a banknote, so he asked what it was. Su Cheng said: "These are banknotes issued by the Bank of China last year. They are similar to banknotes and are convenient to carry around. Nowadays, Taiwan, Guangdong and Guangxi, Ping'an Prefecture, Shandong
This kind of banknotes are commonly used in China, Japan, Yan, Wu, Liu, Southeast Asia, Java, Malay and Australia, and the water-soluble Dacheng is also ready to be used next year. This is the result of the APEC meeting. "
Su Tao was confused: "What kind of sender?"
Su Cheng chuckled and said, "I can't explain a few words clearly, but you will understand after a while."
The two of them stayed in the inn for four or five days, and Su Tao gradually understood why his father had forced him to come here. Three days before Tanchun was to get married, they went to the magistrate's Yamen to submit the notice, and Jia Lian was so surprised that he ran out to greet Su Tao.
Seeing his complex expression, he said with emotion: "Brother Jia, you should not be judged by appearance..." Jia Lian laughed. In the next two days, Su Tao, accompanied by his daughter, walked to several places where outsiders were not allowed to go, each hour getting better and better.
Shi Chen was shocked.
Jia Tanchun was getting married, and only his younger brother Jia Huan came to watch the ceremony in the capital. It turned out that the second grandma Bao, Huan, and the third grandma both had big bellies, and everyone congratulated them on their third wedding. During the banquet, Chen Ruijin suddenly closed his mouth and felt disgusted. Wang Xifeng was the first to
An idea came to her mind, and she quickly asked someone to replace the dishes in front of her. At first, Jia Cong thought that she had an upset stomach, but seeing the beaming look on Second Mistress Lian's face, she suddenly thought of some possibility and was dumbfounded.
Wang Xifeng worked for a long time, and when she saw that Jia Cong was dumbfounded, she hurriedly pushed him: "Brother Cong, take care of your wife." Jia Cong suddenly woke up and stared at Chen Ruijin eagerly again.
Chen Ruijin glanced at him and cursed in a low voice: "Why are you so stupid?" He couldn't help but lower his head, his face red.
What else didn't Jia Cong understand? He pounded the table with his fists and shouted to the sky: "Ah————" The whole audience looked over, wondering what happened to him.
Wang Xifeng covered her mouth and smiled, and quietly approached Mrs. Xing and said a few words. Mrs.
The surname was Lin, and he wrote to Lin Hai asking for a name. Lin Hai had been thinking about it for more than two months and could not come up with the name of his eldest grandson. Jia She was worried about why there was no news about the second son's family, but he came by chance.
His wife was pregnant, so Jia Cong didn't dare to run around anymore. He stayed at home and circled around Chen Ruijin like an old hen. Chen Ruijin was so annoyed that he couldn't help but couldn't kick him out. However, she only had less than a month and a half ahead of her.
There were pregnancy reactions, but I didn’t feel any discomfort after that. I ate well and slept soundly; Jia Cong still looked like a fool. Chen Ruijin was really annoyed and bothered Yuan Chun to take him out to teach him. Yuan Chun said with a smile: "I will also teach him not to move, you
Just be patient, it will be fine once the child is born." Chen Ruijin smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that the child will be even more stupid after he is born."
Seeing that the twelfth lunar month was over, Su Tao had to rush back to celebrate the New Year with Mr. Su. Before leaving, he came to see Jia Cong. Jia Cong invited him to meet in the study. The two brothers had tea for half a day, and Su Tao clearly had something to say.
, but didn't know how to speak. Jia Congnai said first: "Dare you ask me, senior brother, whether the king is more important or the people are more important."
Su Tao said: "They are all important."
"What if I can only choose one? The king is more important or the people are more important."
Su Tao sighed and said without hesitation: "The people are important."
Jia Cong pointed out the window: "May I ask, senior brother, is it the happiness of the people in Beijing, the happiness of the people of Jingzhou, or the happiness of the people of Dajiala?"
Su Tao said: "Obviously the people of Dajiala are much happier than those two places."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "I think senior brother and I will not have any conflicts. Senior brother must hope that the people of Jiangxi are as happy as the people of Dajiala." Su Tao felt sad and speechless.
The next day, Magistrate Su went back alone. Since Jia Xichun was going to get married after the new year and planned to leave for Egypt next summer, he left Su Cheng as his disciple.
In the comprehensive department, Su Cheng worked with her father to treat water for a month or two, which gave her a certain foundation.
In the blink of an eye, the new year has passed. Princess Jian'an gave birth to a son in the first month. In March, Shi Xiangyun also gave birth to a son. Everyone was eagerly looking forward to the birth of three children in Rongguo Mansion.
Chen Ruijin's pregnancy was very smooth. Others said that the child was sensible. Jia Cong thought for a long time and remembered an allusion he had heard in his previous life. A high school classmate once said that his mother was so vomited when she was pregnant with him that she was so thin except for her belly.
There were only bones left, and there were few pregnancy symptoms when she was pregnant with the second child. The elders said that the child must be a sister, but unexpectedly she was born a brat again. Later, when I checked her blood type, I found that he was type O, and his mother and brother were both type A.
. It can be seen that the size of the mother’s pregnancy reaction may be related to the fetal blood type.
Jia Cong told his wife about this and said, "Let's be mentally prepared. This child probably just has the same blood type as you, so he may not be naughty."
Chen Ruijin glanced at him: "How can your son not be naughty?" Jia Cong smiled flatteringly, knowing that she was probably still looking forward to giving birth to a son. Chen Ruijin didn't have maternal depression, but he was a little worried.
Probably because things were so smooth in the beginning, on the day of delivery, Chen Ruijin had been tossing and tossing from morning until dusk but the baby still hadn't been born. Jia Cong was almost crazy with anxiety. It was hot at that time, so he tore off his clothes and kicked around outside the delivery room, shirtless.
Seeing Shu Yuanchun as an eyesore, he ordered someone to borrow a pommel horse for physical education classes from a nearby elementary school, and also found him a pair of boxing gloves for him to beat to vent his anger. Jia Cong hit him seventy or eighty times at once, while beating him
While thinking about the backwardness of gynecology in ancient times, and thinking about how even with such good medical standards in later generations, women still died on the delivery bed, I was so frightened that I sat down on the ground. After staying there for half a day, I got up and rushed into the delivery room.
He didn't know how many times he rushed in that day. There were female armed policemen standing at the door and windows. Yuan Chun and others were too lazy to care about him, so he couldn't rush in anyway. Jia Cong shouted: "Doctor, doctor, doctor..."
There were four doctors in the room, and after hearing this, a young doctor who was helping out came out. At first, they were polite and comforted him, but he got used to it after arguing for a day, and then he said with a paralyzed face: "Sir, what's the matter?"
"How is my wife?"
“Not bad.”
Jia Cong clearly knew that he was being perfunctory, so he did not dare to lose his temper. He could only warn: "If anything happens, remember to protect the Lord!"
The doctor said: "You have said it twenty-three times since the first time when the Third Master secretly whispered to our Dr. Zhao. This is the twenty-fourth time. Wan Sheng will remember it." He turned around and returned. Jia Cong was still calling from behind.
"Thank you for your hard work -" Chen Ruijin shouted again. Jia Cong rushed in again, but the armed police stopped him expressionlessly.
It lasted until the sun set in the west, and candles were burning all over the yard. Jia Cong, who was not about to give birth, was sitting at the door of the delivery room unable to move. Suddenly, he heard Chen Ruijin scream, and soon the baby cried loudly. Nurse Wenpo inside shouted in unison.
: "It's happening, it's happening!"
Jia Cong jumped up and said, "Ruijin, how are you? How are you!" He opened the door again and tried to rush in.
Yuan Chun said happily: "You're alive?" He ordered the armed policeman guarding the door to say, "Forget it, let him in." The armed policeman stepped aside, and it was the first time in his life that Jia Cong rushed so fast, jumping in in three steps.
There were many candlesticks burning in the room, as bright as day. There was a big bed in the middle, surrounded by about a dozen women and medical staff wearing masks and white coats. Through the gap, it was clear that there was no blood on the sheets. Jia Cong put down the bed.
Half of his heart was broken - he was most afraid of the rumored postpartum hemorrhage. He ran over and saw Chen Ruijin lying exhausted, his eyes slightly closed. Jia Cong quickly reached over and leaned on her head, tears rolling down his face.
Chen Ruijin knew it was him without raising his eyes, and still had the energy to smile: "What did I say? You are really naughty."
Jia Cong cried: "We only want this one, and we don't want any more, but it scared her for most of my life."
Chen Ruijin said softly: "The first time of giving birth is difficult, but the second one becomes easier. It's so lonely without brothers and sisters."
"What's so lonely about it?" Jia Cong wiped away tears, "There are only two of them coming out of the capital." Chen Ruijin shook his head.
The little nurse came over with the baby in her arms and said, "Congratulations, Third Master, for adding a daughter."
Jia Cong turned to look at his first child in his two lives. His heart felt as if he had been pinched by a tiny paw. Tears were streaming down his face like rain. He reached out to pick up his daughter and held her in his arms. From then on, Chen Ruijin no longer
After the pregnancy reaction, he went to the obstetrics and gynecology hospital to learn how to hold the baby. He looked hard at it twice and hurriedly put his daughter in front of Chen Ruijin: "This little girl is tormenting you. When she grows up, you can teach her a lesson."
Chen Ruijin is a person who never sheds tears, but now he burst into tears when he saw his daughter. After a while, he said: "Okay. I'll teach her a lesson, but you can't protect her."
Jia Cong nodded vigorously: "I will never protect you! Of course you have the final say on such small matters, and only big matters are mine." Chen Ruijin glanced at him from the corner of his eyes. Jia Cong continued, "Anyway, there are no big things in our family."
The words made several young nurses giggle, and Chen Ruijin also chuckled. The family of three stayed in silence for a while.
At this time, Jia She and others also rushed over. Hearing that he had given birth to a girl, Jia She felt disappointed. Jia Lian comforted him: "The flowers bloom first and then bear fruit. Isn't it true that I got the blessing first?" Jia She sounded reasonable.
His face looks better too.
Jia Cong had already thought of a name for the child. He took Chen Ruijin's hand and discussed, "I'm thinking that this is our eldest daughter and she needs to be more grand. How about my daughter's name be Dingbang?"
Chen Ruijin guessed that the name he chose must be ambitious, but he never thought of being so straightforward. Instead, he smiled knowingly and said softly: "Okay."
Jia Cong was most afraid that she would find the name tacky, so he was overjoyed when he heard this, and shouted as if he had been praised: "Thank you so much for your support, ma'am!" He put his daughter next to his wife's pillow, jumped out and loudly told those who were watching the fun outside.
Everyone was shocked, except Gong Kun who looked at him deeply. This generation of the Jia family is considered to be a generation with a cursive character. Jia She himself had thought about the name of his grandson for a long time. Hearing this, he immediately stared: "Nonsense! There is no way for a girl to win.
Such a name."
Jia Cong said righteously: "What's wrong with the girl? My daughter has the ambition to stabilize the country, why can't she be called Dingbang?" Jia She disagreed and criticized it as "nonsense". Jia Cong also said, "Wait until the second time.
, both girls and boys are called Jia Xingguo."
Jia She stumbled: "I won't agree! I will never agree!"
"The name of the family tree is up to you to pick from the head office. Anyway, you still have to pick one to fill in the family tree."
"no!"
Naturally, the parents make the decision, not the grandfather. On the day her eldest daughter was born, Jia Cong registered her name at the Taiwan Household Registration Office: Jia Dingbang.
Jia She was so angry that he couldn't eat dinner. He carried his arms behind his back in the yard and counted the big and small mistakes that Jia Cong had made since he was a child. It wasn't until the next day that he ran to Jia Cong and patted the table and said, "I'll take the name.
This 'Dingbang' is hers!"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "As long as you are happy, your household registration has been registered."