The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 181 To meet him (3)
Sun Yu'e still didn't come to Songhetang for breakfast, and the old lady didn't say anything. Now Zhao Jing doesn't have class, and the children are free again at noon.The old lady liked this very much, and someone was talking with her again, so she just asked Zhao Jing: "Last time you said that you wanted to take your brother's daughter over to learn sewing, why didn't you come over, let her come over and have a good time with Sister Xian Companion is also good."

Xu Xian was so moved that she burst into tears when she heard this, she lowered her head and whispered, "Old ancestor, my granddaughter will definitely learn how to sew well and live up to my ancestor's heart."

Looking at Xu Xian's cautious appearance, Zhao Jing could only sigh slightly. It would indeed take some effort to train her into a dignified lady from the Hou family, but she was still young after all, and there was still time.

Zhao Jing chatted with the old lady for a while in Songhe Hall, and then went to the outer courtyard.Steward Zhou didn't go out today, Zhao Jing wanted to see him very much.When she was attending funerals in the Hou's Mansion before, she had also dealt with Butler Zhou a few times, and she just felt that such a person who was seasoned and sincere was the perfect butler.

Besides, before Xu Si'an left, he entrusted him with all the work in the front yard of the Hou Mansion, which also shows Xu Si'an's trust in him.

After the mother-in-law served tea, Zhao Jing sat down, and she learned from Zhang's mother that Steward Zhou was originally a lieutenant general following the old Lord Hou, but because of an injury on his body, he could no longer pull the bow or draw the sword. So he came down from the barracks and worked as a housekeeper in the Hou Mansion.Such a man who can go to the battlefield and go to the hall must also be a capable person.

"Butler Zhou, please sit down." Zhao Jing invited him to sit down, and she saw him holding the teacup with his left hand and drinking slowly.

Even something as simple as holding a teacup cannot be done with the right hand. Thinking about it, it was indeed a serious injury back then.

Steward Zhou finished his tea, raised his head and asked Zhao Jing straight to the point: "Mr. Zhao is always looking for this old slave, what orders do you have?"

Zhao Jing thought for a while, and said, "I dare not obey the order, but Lord Hou is away fighting all the year round, and Steward Zhou must know how to contact Lord Hou." Zhao Jing thought about it all night last night, if she didn't go back to the palace yesterday on impulse, maybe she would You won't think about the past.Those things are still weighing on her heart, but she just wants to tell Xu Si'an that he must be more careful when he is asked to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

"When Lord Hou is marching outside, if it is not when the two armies are facing each other, he will write a letter from home about every three or four days, but if he encounters a raid, siege, or pursuit of the remnants, then he will probably forget to write a home letter." Letters. The old lady can’t read very much, so she doesn’t write many letters from home. Only when she thinks about it occasionally, she invites an outside clerk to write letters. It is Master Hou who made a rule for the old slave to write every two days. Send a letter to the barracks, if Mister Zhao has something to say to Lord Hou, this old servant can ask the servant to take it to Mr. Zhao."

Although Steward Zhou is old, he is someone who has been there before. When Xu Si'an told him about letting Zhao Jing be the housekeeper, he didn't even twitch his eyebrows. It can be seen that Xu Si'an's heart has already been subdued by Zhao Jing, which is rare. His own master, Qing Dou, made such a round, and he only 100% raised his hands in favor.

After Zhao Jing heard this, she felt embarrassed. In fact, she didn't have anything to say, but she just told him to be careful.The two of them had just opened up their hearts to get along with each other, and when such a thing happened, Zhao Jing also felt a little regretful.But if it wasn't for Xu Si'an, she probably really didn't have the courage to take up this responsibility.

"In that case, I will write a letter and ask Steward Zhou to deliver it to Lord Hou."

After hearing this, Steward Zhou asked the boy to bring over a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Zhao Jing was also someone who hadn't written a letter for a long time, and remembered that when she taught the children a hundred surnames, Xu Si'an gave her a few surnames. This post, but now that such a long time has passed, she has not seen much improvement, but she is still the same.Thinking of these things, Zhao Jing felt a little embarrassed, even when she wrote, she felt a little blushing.

But what Steward Zhou saw at the side was not like this at all. He seemed to see a young woman writing a letter to her lover who was far away on the battlefield. Because of the long-term miss, she couldn't help but blushed. Brother Qing, Brother Qing, you are suitable Going home, little girl, I am waiting for you to return home in good clothes, and I will go to your house in an eight-carriage sedan chair, and give birth to a fat baby for you.

Butler Zhou couldn't help laughing as he thought about it, and Zhao Jing's cheeks blushed even more. After writing a few lines hastily, he put down his pen, folded it and put it in a kraft paper envelope.

"Mr. Zhao finished writing?"

"It's finished." Zhao Jing nodded, thinking that she just wrote a letter, how could she make Butler Zhou laugh so much, it's really fantastic.

Zhao Jing handed the letter to Steward Zhou, and was about to go back to the backyard, when a young man from the porter came in to answer, saying that the Regent's Palace had come to report the funeral.

The death of the princess regent is supposed to be a major event in the capital, but because of her status as a former princess, she is a little secretive in the court.It's just that no matter what, she is the wife of the regent Wang Mingmei.But for those families who coveted the position of princess regent and sent their daughters to the palace, it was probably a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Zhao Jing rubbed her sore brows, raised her head and said to Steward Zhou: "Butler Zhou, you just follow the usual routine for things outside. I will go in and see the old lady in a while. If she wants to go to the palace Once, then I will trouble you to prepare a car and horse, and we will go there together."

Steward Zhou nodded, seeing Zhao Jing getting up to leave, he added: "If Mr. Zhao can avoid going to the palace, it's better not to go, so as to save Lord Hou's heart."

Zhao Jing's footsteps faltered, but she didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a long time she turned to Steward Zhou and said, "Thank you Steward Zhou for reminding me, I will be careful."

Zhao Jing also felt that she was already awake, as if she had got rid of the feeling of splitting, and once she recognized a person, she became fearless.She began to understand the fear she had for Zhou Yi before, which was probably the last moment she saw him when she fell down the steps, and the hesitant look in his eyes.

In any case, I am the one who was abandoned.

When Zhao Jing returned to Songhe Hall, Qi Jiahui was playing rope with the old lady. She knew how to learn as soon as she was young, so she pestered the old lady to play with her.Although the old lady doesn't do rough work now, the old man's hands are somewhat stiff. Qi Jiahui just saw Zhao Jing enter the door, so she smiled and rolled the rope to find her.

(End of this chapter)