Wang Xifeng got on Tianjin Guard's boat heading to the capital city and looked out the window in trance.
The boat rides leisurely and the waves are swaying, making Wang Xifeng's thoughts wander.
She has walked through this waterway countless times over the years. Ten years ago, in which year did she not go to the capital city seven or eight times?
In the years after Daguan was ten years old, she would go there three or five times a year.
When did it start to fade away? It was probably fifteen years after Daguan. By twenty-two years after Daguan, she basically stopped going.
As people age, why bother looking for discomfort?
Of course, we go there occasionally to catch up on old times, but Feng Ziying and she no longer stay overnight, and even if we stay overnight, it's just sharing the bed and talking.
Looking at Sister Qiao who was busy preparing tea next to her, she suddenly remembered something. Wang Xifeng remembered that she went to Beijing in the seventh year of Daguan and got pregnant once, but unfortunately she miscarried not long after, which made her very sad.
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If she could give birth, maybe she could have another daughter?
But having Sister Qiao was enough. Although Zhi Feng was nominally adopted by himself, he could not hide it from Sister Qiao, and Wang Xifeng had no intention of hiding it.
The two siblings have a very good relationship.
Sister Qiao married the Wang family's boarder, who is Grandma Liu's grandson, um, the title of the book is Wang Jingzhong.
This was what Feng Ziying was referring to at the time of the marriage, which made Wang Xifeng very angry. I don't know what kind of mentality Feng Ziying had that would actually fall in love with Wang Ban'er, a farmer's kid from the suburbs of Beijing.
The two of them often quarreled on the bed to vent their anger, but Wang Xifeng could not defeat Feng Ziying in the end.
Fortunately, although Ban'er was unable to study and was only a scholar, he had a close relationship with Xue Biao of the Xue family. Now he has become the person in charge of the Xue family's river fleet, and he also owns some shares, so his life can be considered very comfortable.
Already.
Sister Qiao herself is quite satisfied.
In particular, Wang Ban'er is an honest person and has no frivolity. He didn't even marry a concubine, but he devoted himself to doting on Sister Qiao. In this aspect alone, he is more than a hundred times better than Feng Ziying.
Therefore, Wang Xifeng gradually accepted this son-in-law, and even became more and more satisfied with him.
She even planned to discuss with Zhi Feng and give some shares of the cement workshop to Qiao Jie'er's family. Wang Xifeng believed that Zhi Feng's atmosphere and close sibling relationship with Qiao Jie'er's family would not be a problem.
She has not been to the capital city for several years, but Feng Ziying still keeps in touch with her through letters, and sometimes Hongyu will go to the capital city and bring back some words.
Li Wan is also old.
Although she lives in the capital city now, she lives alone. I heard that sisters Li Min and Li Qi often go out of the palace to visit their cousin.
I don’t know if sisters Li Min and Li Wan know that Zhitong is also Feng Ziying’s son.
As you get older, some things become less important, and things about children become more and more important in your mind.
Qiao Jie'er also has two children, a boy and a girl. This time she didn't bring Tianjin Wei, because Qiao Jie'er came back to visit her mother on her own.
Sister Qiao had actually known for a long time that her mother had an affair with the emperor and gave birth to a son.
She has been living with her mother in Tianjin Wei. Although Lin Zhixiao and his wife avoided her intentionally or unintentionally, and Sister Feng'er and Wang Xin also kept it secret, but over the years, as she grew older and was exposed to daily contact, how could she
Don’t know?
However, Sister Qiao can also tolerate it. Her father and mother reconciled, her mother was forced to leave the Jia family, and a single woman still took her with her. Her father went to Yangzhou and found a new family. How will her mother and herself live regardless of this place?
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Sister Qiao still understands the difficulty of transitioning from luxury to frugality. Her mother is still young, a young woman in her twenties. How can she maintain the livelihood of the two of them without someone to rely on?
From Qiaojie’s point of view, looking around at that time, who could her mother rely on?
You can't look for the Jia family again, right?
Then Feng Ziying is naturally the most suitable candidate, and to be honest, my mother made the right choice.
Over the years, Feng Ziying has taken good care of her mother. Well, it can be regarded as affectionate and righteous.
As for having Zhi Feng, it was reasonable. She would get married sooner or later, and her mother would always have someone to rely on for the rest of her life, and it was impossible for her to join the Feng family.
She really has some affection for Zhi Feng, her younger brother, Qiao Jieer. Zhi Feng is also very kind to him. It can be said that he is not affected at all by his half-father.
On the contrary, the impression of his biological father Jia Lian and Qiao Jieer has become increasingly blurred, and even contact with him has gradually been lost.
Now my father is in Yangzhou, he has three sons, and as many as four daughters. The whole family is in harmony with Meimei, and has never had any contact with my mother. It seems that everyone has completely forgotten this relationship.
But as a daughter, Sister Qiao once went to Yangzhou with her husband after she got married, and the whole family also had a meal together, but that was all. Even though her husband's fleet often passed by Yangzhou, there was no contact.
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My mother is getting older, which can be seen from the fact that she often loses her mind and thinks about things.
Fortunately, Zhi Feng was still very ambitious and slowly took over his mother's cement business. Now he also had a wife, two concubines, two sons and a daughter, which gave his mother the pleasure of coaxing her grandchildren.
"Sister Qiao, how is your uncle's health now?" Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered something and asked.
"My daughter visited me last month. My uncle is in good health. Although he is eighty-five years old, he can still eat meat, but the family does not allow him to drink. Sometimes he gets dizzy and talks nonsense, but my daughter feels
Maybe I can live past ninety."
Sister Qiao thought for a while before answering.
"Then what didn't your uncle say?"
"When my uncle talked about old port and Turpan, my daughter couldn't understand it. Anyway, he was just talking about important military matters. I heard that every month my uncle would go to the Privy Council to talk to someone, ask about the war in the northwest, or just ask questions.
The situation of Uncle Xue in Nanyang..."
Wang Xifeng stroked her forehead helplessly.
This uncle of mine really wants the martyrs to be ambitious in their old age. What does the Northwest War and the expansion of Southeast Asia have to do with you, an 80-year-old man?
However, the Xue family fleet has now established a firm foothold in Nanyang, and its business is getting bigger and bigger.
It's good to be the uncle of the state. Everyone below will know it well and support him quietly. Not to mention deliberately trying to please the emperor, at least he won't offend anyone.
However, Baoqin didn't seem to be favored much in the palace. It was said that the son she gave birth to was also a playboy, causing trouble in the capital city all day long and making people dislike him.
The emperor refused to even grant the title of county prince, but to know that even Yun Changsheng's son was granted the title of county prince, which shows how bad his performance was.
When I go to Beijing this time, do I want to go to the palace?
Or only meet Feng Ziying once?
By the way, there were Yuan Chun and Qin Keqing. Wang Xifeng was in a daze for a while, and all the entangled relationships in the past came to mind again. ()