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

Chapter 1114 Harmony
The reply has been written, but has not been sent out yet.

The next morning, Haitang got up early, washed, put on new clothes, and went to the upper room in the main courtyard with a smile. She had breakfast with her grandparents, and then greeted her brother and new sister-in-law.

Hai Jiao and Zhuang Minyi, wearing festive new clothes, walked into the upper room with ruddy faces and shy expressions. The former held the hand of his new wife and went forward to greet his grandparents. The latter was shy and embarrassed, but still did not break free from the hand of her new husband and knelt down with him.

Hai Xiya laughed heartily. Ma hurried forward to help up her grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law. Together with her husband, she accepted their toast of tea and put the gift she had prepared in advance into the hands of her granddaughter-in-law.

Haitang greeted her sister-in-law with a smile, and they exchanged titles. Then they sat down and talked about family matters, all of them happily.

Then Hai Changan and his family of three came to greet the new niece-in-law, and Hai Jiao took his wife to the front yard to greet his uncle and the two teachers Cao and Lu. They all had lunch together in the main hall of the front yard. Ma was in a good mood and gave rewards to the servants the next day. The whole family was in a happy mood.

After lunch, Ma sent her grandson and his wife back to the east wing to rest. She was not in a hurry to hand over the household chores to her grandson's wife. A young couple had just gotten married, so they should spend more time together. Everything else was just a side issue. Although she was old, she was in good health and could still take care of the household for the children for a few more years, so that they would have less to worry about. When her grandson's wife gave birth to her great-grandson and recovered, she would teach her how to manage the household. There was no need to burden the young people now.

Zhuang Minyi had no objection to this. She had managed the household before, so she was not unfamiliar with this aspect. If her grandmother-in-law asked her to take charge of the household chores right after she came home, she would be able to handle it. However, what her grandmother-in-law and her husband said made sense. She had always been weak, and she would have to suffer a lot after marriage to have children. In order to suffer less, she should take the time to take care of her body.

Although she didn't think that she had lost her health when she was at her parents' home, it was a fact that she was weak. Although the Hai family was a military household, they were very particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation. They also had their cousin, Xie Wenzai, a medical expert who was good at conditioning people's bodies. And her grandmother, Ma, had also learned several palace health-preserving medicinal diet recipes from her good friend Ma Shangyi, and was more familiar with this than the Zhuang family father and son. Zhuang Minyi quickly accepted her husband's proposal and planned to eat the medicinal diet for a few months. On weekdays, she would also learn a few gentle boxing moves from her younger sister Haitang, not for martial arts, but just to strengthen her body. If her always weak body could be conditioned, it would be of great benefit to her future, wouldn't it?

Zhuang Minyi followed her husband back to her room to take a nap. After getting up, she did a few stitches in front of the window before being dragged out by her husband to walk around in the yard. In late spring, the afternoon sun was not very hot, but it made her feel warm. After a while, she began to sweat and was dragged back to the house by her husband to wash her face and change clothes.

Hai Jiao was afraid that she would be tired after walking around the yard for a few times, so he asked her to rest in the house for a while, and went out to talk to her younger sister Hai Tang. Zhuang Minyi did not say much, but sat quietly under the window doing needlework, thinking that after the jacket for her husband was finished, she would ask her younger sister Hai Tang about her grandmother's preferences so that she could make a new dress for her. She should have done these things before marriage, but unfortunately there was no female elder in the family, and the cousin of the Geng family was in poor health, so it was not convenient for her to visit the Hai family. She could only find a way to please her grandmother after marrying into the Hai family.

Zhuang Minyi was thinking about something when she saw her newly-married husband Haijiao coming back. However, he did not talk to her but hurriedly changed his clothes and looked like he was going out.

She asked hurriedly: "Where are you going, my husband?"

Haijiao turned around and smiled, "Yesterday Xiaojin sent me a generous thank-you gift. When I saw it just now, I was really surprised and wanted to go find him to thank him. I will be back soon and have dinner with you tonight." Zhuang Minyi was about to say something, so Haijiao took her hand and said softly, "You don't eat much for lunch, but you are not used to the taste of our dishes? There is a new restaurant on Zhengyangmen Street. It is said that the chef is from Datong and the dishes he cooks are very authentic. I will go out later and take a look. If it is really good, I will bring back a few dishes for dinner."

Zhuang Minyi knew that Haijiao was worried that she would not eat well, so she deliberately found an excuse to go out and buy a few dishes she liked. If she said that she went out specially for her, no matter how kind and gentle her father-in-law and mother-in-law were, they would think she was too nosy. But her husband just went out to do something and brought back a few dishes, which was just an ordinary thing.

Zhuang Minyi felt sweet in her heart and didn't want to let her husband worry too much, so she said, "I have tasted the dishes of that restaurant. When it first opened, my father sent people to buy them a few times. They said they were authentic, but in fact they were just so-so. However, their roasted eggplant and boiled tofu were well made, soft and tasty. I think my grandfather and grandmother would like to try them. My husband, just bring these two dishes back, and don't worry about the others."

Haijiao was a little surprised, thinking that his younger sister had predicted everything, that his wife really loved these two dishes, and he didn't know how she had found out. He didn't show any strange expression on his face, agreed immediately, and turned around and left.

After waiting for an hour, he returned home with a box engraved with the name of the restaurant. There were indeed two dishes in it: roasted eggplant and boiled tofu. There were four servings of each, enough for the whole family. In addition, there were a few Shanxi specialty cakes, all of which were sweet, soft and easy to digest. Hai Xiya and Ma were very happy to see each other. They ate a delicious dinner and asked Zhuang Minyi not to be restrained. If she felt that the dishes at home were not to her taste, she could ask the maid who came with her as a dowry to tell the kitchen to cook according to her preferences.

Zhuang Minyi felt that her grandfather was kind, her grandmother was loving, her husband was gentle and considerate, and her sister-in-law was also very caring, and she was very happy. This marriage was just as her grandfather said, everything went well.

Let’s not talk about how happy the new daughter-in-law Zhuang Minyi was after marrying into the Hai family. Hai Jiao went out for a walk in the afternoon and helped his younger sister Haitang deliver the reply to Jin Jiashu. He also chatted with his future brother-in-law Jin Jiashu for a long time. After dinner in the evening, he went to his younger sister’s yard and discussed with her: “I was wondering why you were in a hurry to write to Xiao Jin. It turned out to be about the Jin family’s property. Xiao Jin attached great importance to your reply and discussed with me. He felt that if he really wanted to run those two shops, he would have to borrow the help of our Hai family.”

Haitang asked him, "Brother, what do you think? Do you want to cooperate with the Jin family?"

Hai Jiao pondered, "Rather than saying it's a collaboration with the Jin family, it's better to say it's a collaboration between us two siblings. Xiao Jin will focus on his studies in the future. Ma Shangyi will help him take care of these business affairs before he gets married, but you will have to worry about them after he gets married. I'm not going to lie to you. To be honest, although our family is wealthy, it was accumulated by our grandfather. After coming to Beijing, my grandfather focused on his career and planned to retire in a few years. He can't worry about money like before. Anyway, it's enough to have enough money. But our family only has a few hundred acres of land in our hometown, and it's not a long-term solution to just sit back and eat up all the money. If there is a stable way to make money, I will naturally be happy to get involved."

Haitang felt relieved after hearing his words. She smiled and said, "We have no shortage of recipes, a store, and we can find employees. But our two companies have shallow foundations, and we can't control such a lucrative business. Besides, grandpa made the secret recipe in order to earn money for the Northwest Border Army. If we plan to start a new business now, we have to ask the Border Army for their opinion."

Hai Jiao raised his eyebrows: "So... the Zhou family should be included in it?"