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

Chapter 880 Narration
The Hai family spent the entire afternoon resting, packing their luggage, and decorating their new home.

Ma also sent Aunt Cui to accompany Cui Xiaodao to visit the house where Fang, the eldest daughter of the family, was currently living, to deliver some local products from Chang'an and to visit the sick Hai Baozhu. She told Fang and her daughter not to rush to the house to pay respects, but to wait until Hai Baozhu's condition was completely cured. Fang wanted to come over to kowtow to her uncle and aunt, but was stopped by Aunt Cui.

Dinner was ordered from a famous restaurant on a nearby street. It was indeed delicious and varied, something you couldn't taste in Chang'an. After dinner, the waiter from the restaurant even came to take away the food boxes and tableware, saving the kitchen maids a lot of effort. The Hai family, both the master and the servants, were happy.

However, Ma couldn't help but criticize privately: "It's okay to try something new once in a while, but you can't eat this all the time. A table of noodles costs two taels of silver, which is too expensive, and there is no pasta. I can't get used to it."

Ma was from Chang'an and had lived in the northwest for many years. Her taste could not be easily changed. Hai Xiya was originally from Zhili. After eating the banquet just now, he thought it was okay. However, he would not refute his wife at this time. He smiled good-naturedly and said, "We have just arrived, right? We must taste the flavor of the capital. Besides, we have just arrived home and haven't settled everything yet. The children ordered a banquet for us because they wanted to save trouble and let us eat better. On weekdays, we still have to buy rice, vegetables and cook at home. How can we go to restaurants every day?"

Ma was delighted when she heard this and said, "I went to the kitchen to check. Although Chang'an and Baoshun are not familiar with household affairs, Dazhuang still knows what the kitchen should buy. Fresh vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, eggs, rice, flour, oil, and salt are all available. Tomorrow I will ask them to roll noodles and I will make dumplings for you myself."

Hai Xiya was delighted after hearing this and simply ordered some dishes: "If we have bean flour, we can make some glutinous rice dumplings. I remember when we were newly married, we bought this from an old store in town and you enjoyed it so much. I don't know if there is any store selling this in the capital, if not, we can make it ourselves."

Ma thought about it and realized that she hadn't eaten this for many years. This was originally a specialty of Yongping Prefecture. She had never seen it in the northwest. After such a long time, she almost forgot about it. "The kitchen didn't buy bean flour, but it doesn't matter. I'll ask Dazhuang to ask. The capital is not far from Yongping Prefecture. There are many people in Yongping Prefecture who make a living in the capital. There should be shops selling food."

Hai Xiya smiled and said, "If you can find them, buy more, as well as chess piece biscuits, fire cakes and so on. I remember my cousin likes these snacks."

Ma agreed immediately and looked out the window again: "Cousin Xie and Old Lu are living in the front yard okay, right? I feel a little embarrassed because I only found out after I came here that Baoshun arranged a room in the east wing of the front yard for them. They are used to living in a house alone in Chang'an..."

Hai Xiya thought it was nothing, "Wouldn't it be nice for the whole family to live together and have more fun? Lao Cao asked his family to take him back. Although Lao Lu was happy for him on the surface, he must feel uncomfortable in his heart because no one came to his house... At this time, it's better for him to live with us. When he arrives in the capital, he will be a native of the hometown. If he wants to live in a more spacious place, are you afraid that he won't be able to find a place? For now, he should settle down at home and think about other things after he settles down."

After hearing this, Ma couldn't help but sigh: "I remember that the Lu family is richer than the Cao family. They are an old and established family in Beijing, and there have been several officials in the family. His family is not short of money. If they were afraid of getting into trouble in the past, now that Old Lu has been pardoned, the Sun family can't bother with them. Why don't the Lu family take him back? Even if they don't take him back, write a letter, send someone to send something, and say hello? In the past, we privately scolded the Cao and Lu families for being too ruthless, but now the children and grandchildren of the Cao family have come to take Old Cao away, but the Lu family ignores Old Lu. Doesn't it make Old Lu look too pitiful?" Hai Xiya thought, if we talk about pitiful, then isn't his cousin Xie Wenzai not pitiful? There were not many promising people in the Xie family, but after Xie Wenzai was pardoned, no one went to Chang'an to find him. Because Hai Xiya's mother was a daughter of the Xie family, she had written letters to her mother's relatives in private, but she didn't receive a single reply. The Xie family was so cold to his grandson who had never been exiled and was still serving as an official, not to mention Xie Wenzai, a former exiled official.

Forget it. Although the Xie family is ruthless, they still have Xie Zhong, an old servant who is willing to be loyal to Xie Wenzai. This is enough. I hope the Xie family can be ruthless to the end, and when my cousin lives a good life in the future, they won't bother me anymore.

While Hai Xiya and his wife were talking in the main courtyard, Haitang also led her brother Haijiao back to the northwest courtyard where they lived.

Xiangcao was busy in her room, while Mama Li and Shiliu were helping unload the luggage in the front yard, which was quite quiet. Haitang made tea in the study room, and invited her brother Haijiao to sit down. The two siblings talked about their experiences since they separated.

All the important events had been mentioned in the letter, so Haijiao talked about the recent news in the capital: "Lao Ge Lao Tao ordered us Jinyiwei to secretly investigate the evidence of the crimes of the Sun faction. I thought my superior was reliable, so I made a suggestion and asked him to order an investigation of the private soldiers of the Sun family. These people have done a lot of dirty work for the Sun family in the past thirty years. If we can catch these people and search their hiding places, we may find the hidden evidence of the Sun family. If Lao Ge Tao wants to completely eradicate the power of the Sun family in the future, these evidences are indispensable. Anyway, as long as the Sun family gets what they deserve, it is not so important whether all the crimes they have committed are investigated. They openly killed and set fires and acted recklessly. No matter how many merits Lao Ge Sun has made, they cannot offset their merits. The scholars in the court and the public cannot question that the new cabinet is slandering loyal officials."

Haitang straightened her back while listening, her eyes sparkling, "So brother has thought of this too? I thought of it too! I even told Brother Jin about it at the time. Brother Jin originally planned to write a letter back to the capital to report his safety and mention it casually, but unfortunately the guards escorting him back to Chang'an did not agree to split up to send the letter, so the matter was left unresolved. But Brother Jin returned to the capital earlier than us, so I guess he has mentioned this matter to Imperial Noble Consort Xu and the Crown Prince in the palace, right?"

Hai Jiao smiled proudly: "Do I need to wait for you to write back from Chang'an to remind me? I thought of it a long time ago! And the Jinyiwei has already collected enough evidence to arrest all the assassins and private soldiers of the Sun family. I went with them in person and saw them arresting people with my own eyes. I also helped in searching for evidence and found several hidden account books!"

These were skills he had mastered in his previous life. In this life, as a newly promoted Jinyiwei, he used them and received praise from several superiors. Even Tao Ge Lao, after knowing what contribution he had made, specially met with him and praised him highly.

Hearing these compliments, he couldn't be happier. This was something he had never thought of in his previous life. At that time, he was already satisfied if he could avoid being scolded and the bounty was paid on time, let alone being praised.

However, no matter how happy he was when he was praised, it was nothing like the praise he received now from his younger sister, who knew about his rebirth experience, after he told her what he had done. He felt that this was his happiest moment.