After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1103 Settlement
Before the beginning of spring, Mother Li returned to the Hai family in Beijing with her two children.

She has settled Lu Ping'an and his mother in her own home. Her old house originally had two entrances, and now she rented the backyard to Lu Ping'an and his mother. Xiangcao also made connections and found a couple who were honest and capable among her familiar neighbors and relatives, and asked them to be responsible for purchasing materials and doing heavy work for Lu Ping'an and his mother, so that the life of Lu's mother and son became easier and less troublesome. Lu Ping'an's widowed mother did not even need to leave the house or the village to live a stable life with her son.

The couple doing odd jobs were members of a big family in the village. Mother Li herself received a share of rental income and rewards from Ma and Lu Ping'an, and she was very well-off, so she was generous and gave one of the rental income to the big family in exchange for the other family's care for their old house and daily care for their tenants. With the reputation of this big family in the village, the villagers would never neglect the mother and son of the Lu family. If there were people outside the village who were blind, they would also protect them.

When Li's mother returned to the village to visit relatives and sweep the graves, she did not tell the truth about her family's true situation. She only vaguely said that her husband had an accident in Chang'an, and that the three of them had a hard life. Fortunately, they met a kind person who took them in. Now they followed their employer, who was an official, to the capital. The job was easy and the income was generous. The employer was generous and easy to serve. As for the tenants they brought back, they were the family of a scholar near their employer's home. The scholar was preparing for the exam in Beijing with his wife and children, but unfortunately died of illness. The wife of the scholar had already written to her relatives in her hometown, urging them to pick her and her son up, but before her relatives arrived in Beijing, in order to save living expenses, she decided to take her son to rent a house in the countryside to live temporarily.

The healthy and ruddy complexion of Li's mother and her two children, their clean and decent clothes, their appropriate jewelry and daily necessities, and the large carriage that is obviously not owned by ordinary people, can all prove that they are living a good life now. The wife and son of the Juren who they brought back are living a good life, so naturally they can't be deceiving. Although Lu Ping'an's mother was born as a maid, she has lived in the courtyard of aristocratic families for many years. She imitated the wives and grandmothers and showed off her majesty. The villagers couldn't see the flaws. And in the luggage that Lu Ping'an brought with him, there were many books and study rooms, and he had to recite and do homework every day. If he wasn't a young master from a scholar's family, how could he have such skills at such a young age? !

The villagers now respected the wife of the Juren very much, and they also looked up to the young master of the Juren family. In addition, the big family got two extra incomes and was more willing to take care of the tenants of the Li family. Lu Ping'an and his mother soon settled down in the village and lived a worry-free life.

When Li Mama and her son returned to Beijing, they stopped at a tea stall and unexpectedly met Zhou Wenjun, who had just left her husband's residence and was heading to Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion in Beijing. She didn't recognize Li Mama and her son at first, but she accidentally heard Xiangcao and Dunzi talking to each other and revealed the names of the Hai family members, and then she knew that she had met the Hai family servants. After the two sides talked and recognized each other, Zhou Wenjun simply let Li Mama and her son drive behind her team. In this way, no one would stop Li Mama and her son at the checkpoints along the way and when entering the city to ask for fees.

After entering the city, Madam Li separated from Zhou Wenjun and his party. After returning home, she immediately told the matter to her mistress Ma, and said, "General Kang's wife learned that Mr. Lu's nephew now lives in a small village, and she specifically asked for the address, saying that she would send someone to visit. If Mrs. Lu encounters any difficulties, she can also send a letter to her at any time."

Ma was very grateful: "That's great! Although General Kang's military camp is still ten miles away from your village, it is much closer than the capital. If General Kang and his men are willing to take care of Ping An and his son, I don't have to worry anymore!"

As she spoke, she told Aunt Cui to prepare a generous gift to send to Zhou Wenjun, but she was a little confused: "What happened in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion? Why did Miss Wenjun come back to the capital?"

Haitang was also puzzled, so she smiled and said to her grandmother, "I'll write to Sister Wenjun and ask her later. It just so happens that she has come to the capital, so I don't have to send someone to deliver the letter to the military camp."

Ma nodded: "That's good, it will be easier for you two sisters to talk. You have seen each other less often since you came to Beijing. The friendship formed in youth is the most sincere. If the friendship fades because of trivial matters after getting married, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Ma gave the task of delivering the thank-you gift to her granddaughter, and told Li to take the children downstairs to clean up first, and they would be busy starting tomorrow. In the spring, the renovation of the east wing of the Hai family's main courtyard would begin, and the wedding of Haijiao and Zhuang Minyi would also have to be prepared, and Haitang's dowry would also be put on the agenda. There were so many things to do. Now that Uncle Cui, the housekeeper, and his capable son were missing, the tasks of others were even heavier.

Even Dunzi, who had just returned, was arranged by Lu Bainian to follow the family's coachman to improve his driving skills. Now that Xiangcao was going to be Haitang's dowry maid, Ma was planning to give Mama Li to her granddaughter as a dowry, so Dunzi had to be brought along as well. In this way, when Dunzi arrived at the Jin family in the future, he would have to run errands a lot, and he could no longer be satisfied with being a messenger boy, but had to master a few more practical skills.

Xiangcao was happy that her brother would be promoted, but was then sent by Haitang to help Aunt Cui and Mother Li. Grandmother Ma was very busy and needed more help. Haitang was idle in the yard, so it didn't matter if she didn't have a maid to help her. Sending her away would make her work less stressful.

When Haitang was the only one left in the yard, she couldn't help but open the system panel and poke at it a few times.

Since the system was restarted before the New Year, it has not yet been completely restarted. Now I can't use it even if I want to. I can't even open a few storage compartments, let alone small games like the flower turntable. This is the first time she has encountered a situation where the system takes so long to restart, and she doesn't know what went wrong. Fortunately, she took out the important things in advance, so even if she can't use the system, it will not affect her real life, so she is not panicked. It's just that things that she has been used to for a long time are suddenly completely unusable, and she feels a little uncomfortable.

When will the system restart again? Will the long restart time bring any new changes to the system panel?
With this question in mind, Haitang returned to her desk, sat down, took out a pen and paper, and began to write a letter to Zhou Wenjun.

Haitang had some guesses about Zhou Wenjun's purpose of returning to Beijing.

My brother Haijiao has been very busy lately. After the government office was reopened, more people from the Jinyiwei were involved in the case of the Minister's Mansion, and Haijiao was one of the leaders, so he was too busy to spare any time. But even so, he would still squeeze out time to meet with his little sister when he returned home and tell her the news he had heard.

She heard that the two sisters, Zhou Xuejun and Wu Qiong, were taken back to the Cining Palace again after the beginning of spring. The intention of the Empress Dowager Zhou was very clear. She used the excuse of taking the future queen and Princess Kang into the palace for education, but in fact she wanted the new king and Zhou Xuejun to cultivate their relationship in advance. Wu Qiong was actually there to accompany them. Empress Dowager Xu agreed with this very much and sent good things to the Cining Palace every day. The attitudes of the two royal elders also made people inside and outside the palace see the situation clearly.

The position of the Empress of the Zhenguo Gongsunnu was very stable, and no one could shake it. As for the families and ladies who wanted to become the concubines of the new emperor, it was better to give up the idea as soon as possible.