Ordinary clear day

Chapter 204 The Return
Yuanning returned to Ning nine days after their wedding with the fifth elder brother. Xingbao and Suochaoluo invited many relatives to the banquet.Shu Ning, who did not go to the palace with her mother and sister-in-law to attend the wedding banquet last time, received an invitation this time and came to the home of her second uncle Xing Bao after getting her mother's permission.

Xingbao's house is only a five-entry mansion, which looks much smaller than Tatara Mansion, but it is also decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, and the furniture is very particular.The front yard is huge, and a wedding shed is set up, which is enough to entertain twenty tables of guests, plus ten tables in the inner hall to greet the female relatives, which is very lively.

Shuning, Zhenzhen, Fangning, Li's family, and Sitara's family were led to Yuanning's place where she lived before marriage. After looking at the courtyard for a while, she felt that it seemed slightly larger than Wanning's small courtyard.After a while, the servant girl came out to greet her, and they hurried into the main room, only to see Xu Xu happily greet her, while Wan Liuhashi sat still with a smile on her face.

Yuanning was wearing a bright red Fujin dress, full of jewels, sitting upright, smiling and watching the sisters and sisters-in-law salute to her under the guidance of the accompanying mother, and then said: "They are all close relatives, there is no need to be so polite, hurry up Sit down quickly." His demeanor and speech were full of the appearance of a prince Fujin, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this.

Shu Ning felt sore, as if the little sister who complained to her whenever she was wronged and asked her for help when panic had disappeared, and the one in front of her had become a stranger.However, she had already been psychologically prepared. Once she stepped into the royal gate, Yuanning and her natal relatives were in two classes, and it was impossible to be as casual as before.

However, Yuanning treated her and Xu Xu very kindly and politely. I don't know if it was because they were going to marry into the clan.It's just that Mrs. Li and Mrs. Sitara are very unaccustomed to it, and Mrs. Wan Liuha has been laughing strangely beside her, which makes them very silent.Only Fangning and Zhenzhen were chatting beside them, trying to make the atmosphere more lively.Shuning frowned, then smiled and asked about Yuanning's situation after marriage.

Yuanning just answered some unimportant words indifferently, if there were matters related to the palace, or the specific situation of their husband and wife getting along, the nun behind her would always cough lightly, and Yuanning quickly changed the subject.However, the nanny coughed a few times, and Yuanning called the maid Wenyu calmly: "Mammy has a cough, help her down and take some throat-moistening pills." ", that nanny followed out with a green face, and the other nanny who accompanied her didn't make a sound.

Then a few more people came, even Suo Chuo Luo Shi also accompanied him and Tara Shi came into the room, smiling and beckoning everyone not to restrain themselves.Among the people who came were the two nieces of Suo Chuoluo, the oldest one was eleven years old, and they were preparing to go to Beijing to learn some manners so that they could prepare for the next draft, so that they could marry into the royal family like their cousin.

Yuanning also asked about the marriage between Xu Xu and Shu Ning. Unlike Shu Ning, Xu Xu just got married two days ago, and the wedding date is scheduled for November. Shu Shujue Luo's family is already making furniture.Xu Xu blushed to accept the congratulations and jokes from the crowd, but she didn't know who it was, but suddenly mentioned Wanning, and the room suddenly became cold.

That day when Wanning left Chengde, apart from the people who lived in the former earl's mansion, neither the married woman Fangning nor his Tara family received any news. Only Xingbao's family heard some rumors, but they only thought it was the mansion over there. There are maids who elope with servants.However, following Jinbao's demotion, Fei Yanggu's promotion, rumors of the Chengde incident, and the fact that Wanning was married to the Sibeile Mansion, these families knew more or less the news, and the Xingbao family was even more concerned I joked behind my back several times.At this time, I don't know who brought it up without winking, which made everyone feel embarrassed.

In the end, Yuanning rounded up the situation: "Today, I am very happy to be reunited with my sisters and sisters-in-law. But according to the rules, we have to have a banquet at Sishi and return home before noon. It's getting late now, why don't we go to the banquet outside?" .” Everyone responded one after another, got up and went to the table of the female relatives.

When Yuanning and Fifth Elder Brother left her natal home together, Shu Ning took a look at them from a distance, and felt that although the couple were not close, they got along fairly well, so she couldn't help but sigh slightly.Judging by Yuanning's complexion just now, she probably had a pretty good life.

Speaking of which, since Wanning entered the Sibeile Mansion, since she was not a formal marriage, there was no rule of returning home or not, so she could not come home either.It turned out that the person sent by the Nala family to send the dowry saw Wanning and her maid, and after looking at the situation, came back to report, and he and other people in the La mansion knew about her situation.

Because it was the fifth elder brother's big wedding that day, all the masters of the Baylor Mansion went to the palace to attend the big banquet. Although Wanning was a bit colder, she didn't suffer much.When meeting Fujin the next day, Yumin treated her fairly politely, but she never saw the fourth elder brother.

Wanning lived alone in a small courtyard in that mansion, which was about the same size as her own home, but far away from other courtyards.The mansion matched her with two wives and two maids, both of whom were well-behaved, honest and reliable.The cost of food and clothing is almost the same as the other concubine Li's, but Li just gave birth to a daughter, so there will be some extra subsidies.Wanning's life is not bad, but she is bored in the courtyard every day. If she wants to go out, she must first get permission from Fujin Yumin. If she sneaks out and is less than ten feet away from the courtyard gate, someone will ask her to go back.No one came to be a guest, even people like Song Gege who had been at odds with her in the past didn't say a word, they just nodded slightly when they met.The old friend Yu Min, although his attitude is very polite, is no longer as close as before.

The fourth elder brother never went to her room, nor did he see her, and Yumin took care of everything.Wanning wanted to see him, but Yumin replied, "Women in the backyard should just wait in the courtyard for Lord Belle's arrival, there is absolutely no reason to pester and force her", which made her very depressed.She also tried to bribe the servants to send things to the fourth elder brother, but no one would accept her money, so she finally bought one, and was transferred away before the things were delivered.

Fortunately, although she was obviously not favored by the fourth elder brother and had no official status, she was not treated badly in terms of normal food and clothing, and the servants did not deliberately bully her.It's just that she is like this, she is no different from a canary raised in a cage.The sparrow still had its owner come to take a look, but she could only stare blankly at the yard and the servants.

When Nala heard her family's return, she felt very sad, but she was relieved to know that she had no shortage of food and clothing, and was taken care of by someone, and that no one would pay for her. Send the family to send some things, and chat with them for a while, so that the daughter will not be too bored.In fact, in her heart, she might not have hoped that her daughter would become safe and sensible.

Of the dowry prepared for Wanning that day, only three or four out of ten were actually sent there. For example, only twenty boxes of the 64 boxes of jewelry were sent to Sibeile Mansion.The remaining 44 boxes were redistributed by Nala, and one box was given to each of the sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, nieces, and daughters-in-law. And Fang Ning did not fall behind.But Yuanning's box was returned, and Nala didn't care. After accepting it, he picked up another box that was worse, and sent it to the home of the big girl who was about to get married, as a way to add makeup to her.

For the rest of jewelry, clothes, clothing materials, antiques, etc., she handed them all over to Tong to choose, and she took whatever the other party liked.Tong said his thanks, and unceremoniously took his daughter to the room where the things were stored.As a result, she only picked various hairpins and phoenix hairpins, necklaces, accessories, etc. for the jewelry, as well as some coral beads, honey bead, and oriental beads. She only picked bright red or similar colors for the clothes, but most of the antique calligraphy and paintings were picked.She still felt a little regretful, the medicinal materials and spices were all sent away, so she had to buy another one.

She took all these with her daughter-in-law into the warehouse of Huaiyuan, locked three locks, kept one key for herself, and handed over the other to Ermo, and then ordered her family to pack up and prepare to go back to Fangshan.

This time when she left, Zhenzhen had to accompany her, because after she married into this family, she hadn't visited Sanfang's real property and asked about the accounts, which was not appropriate.After all, Shu Ning, who was originally in charge of most of Fangshan's housework, had already made a marriage arrangement. As the new hostess of the younger generation, it was time for Zhen Zhen to take over these matters.

Before Tong's departure, Tong privately summoned Zhenzhen to give an opportunity. As a result, among Zhenzhen's four dowry maids, only Qixi Bafujiu'er went with her, while the more honest Liuru stayed with Chaxiang and others to serve Duan Ning living.Mrs. Tong also specially told Masanjia to be more careful, and the Ministry of War has been busy recently, and Duanning can't get home almost every day until after the time of You.

On the day of departure, they bid farewell to Duanning early in the morning, sent him out, and then went to see Nala in the bamboo courtyard.I don't know if it's because of the heavy blows recently, but Nala's whole body seems to be ten years old, with a few white hairs mixed on his head.She only lightly acknowledged Sanfang's departure and advised them to come back more often.

It seems that the noble title in the family was demoted because of her own daughter, and she has been deprived of her position as mistress in a disguised form. Now the housekeeper is Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Nala is just slowly recuperating her body, occasionally chatting with her daughters-in-law Chatting, or teasing grandchildren, in spare time, they began to eat fast and chant Buddha.

When Shuning and his party got on the bus at the second door, they encountered a group of family members not far away crying for the housekeeper.Shu Ning asked Su Xin who was that in a low voice, and the answer she got was her family members who were kicked out of the house recently, she sighed secretly and didn't say anything.

Because of being relegated to the baron's mansion, the Li family began to reduce unnecessary manpower, and a dozen or twenty family members were released from the mansion.Some of them were honest, hard-working, young and strong, so Tong took in the sixth house, leaving two houses to guard Huaiyuan, and the others were taken to Fangshan to be "disciplined" for a while.On the fourth room side, I heard that they bought the house next door to the other courtyard recently, and they are planning to open it up and divide it into two courtyards, so that Chun Ning, who is ten years old, can move out of the main courtyard and live in a separate courtyard with his parents. Manpower, to a few rooms to go.The others were really not taken in, and Xingbao was not interested, so they begged Manager Wu not to drive them away right now.

Although Shu Ning was sympathetic, she didn't intend to intervene.In the past, there were too many servants in the mansion. In fact, many of them belonged to rich families that had been passed down from generation to generation.I don't know how many of them love to chew their tongues, make troubles, be lazy at work, greedy for petty gain, have dirty hands and feet, or like to gamble.Sanfang has always been under strict management, but that's fine. Those under Nala's subordinates are really not very good.What's more, being kicked out of the mansion does not mean that you will starve to death. As long as you are willing, Tatara Mansion is still willing to provide a bond, but those who are used to a comfortable life, how can they be willing to lose this golden job?Therefore, the only people who are willing to ask for a letter of guarantee to work in another family are the couples.

Shuning somehow remembered that brother Fang Qing.On that day, he entered the mansion as a servant and had never been enslaved.I heard that after he went to Chengde with Wanning, he stayed with the fifth elder brother. Before he got married, he even got the name of a bodyguard.Later, the fifth elder brother broke with Wanning and did not convict him. He thought that he would have a bright future, but he never thought that an official from the Shuntian Mansion would come to his door and show him the certificate of slavery from the Tara Mansion, saying that he was a Is a fugitive slave.The person who could prove that he was not a domestic slave entered Sibeile Mansion, and he was forcibly taken away.Later, it was only heard that he was beaten, but no one knew about him.

Shu Ning sighed again, she seemed to sigh a lot recently.From the time of the draft in June, it seems like a few lifetimes have passed in these one hundred days. The fate of almost everyone has changed.On the road back to Fangshan again, she suddenly felt unreal.

The only thing that made her happy was that her marriage with Tong Ying was finally settled.Although Tong Ying has been busy in the Ministry of War since returning to Beijing, and because of etiquette and rules, the two could not see each other, but she occasionally received a few words from him, and she felt sweet in her heart.Tong Shi asked her to go back to Fangshan. Although she lost the opportunity to communicate, she had a faint thought in her heart that if she was in Fangshan, it would be easier to meet Tongying.After all, in Beijing, she can only live in Tatara's mansion, and Tongying has to go through many checkpoints to enter the mansion.In contrast, Fangshan is much more free.The biggest problem now is that Tong Ying doesn't know when she will be free to leave the capital.

Thinking wildly, he arrived at the gate of Fangshan Bieyuan before he knew it.Chang Gui had been waiting in front of the gate, and when he entered, Little Liu greeted him with a smile, Xian Ning broke free from his mother's hand, rushed forward and hugged Xiao Bao, the two kids were playing.Tong's headache was caused by their quarrel, so he waved his hand and let them play by themselves.

Before she sat down to talk, Shuning noticed that Zhenzhen's complexion was not very good, she seemed to be showing some signs of motion sickness, she was very surprised, and hurriedly told her mother.Seeing his daughter-in-law's face, Tong was also startled, and hurriedly told Changgui to invite the doctor quickly, and asked the maids to help Zhenzhen to lie down and rest in Duanning's room.Shuning went back to her small courtyard to find medicated oil, rubbed a few drops on Zhenzhen, and saw that her face seemed to be getting better.

Half an hour later, the doctor came, but the results of the diagnosis and treatment surprised everyone.

Zhenzhen is pregnant.

(Returning to the short story of the parents, I wonder if you will find it a bit boring? ^_^b )

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