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Chapter 213 The Nephew
Tongying did not return, not due to injury or illness or any obstacles, but was ordered to follow the Maska army in the northwest to follow the traces of Galdan.Originally, this kind of thing could be done by Mongolian nobles who are familiar with geography, but considering that the Mongolian side contributed a lot in this war and suffered heavy casualties, they should be able to survive, and Tongying spent almost a month in the nearby desert. Yue knows where to hide people and where to get supplies. Letting him go will definitely help, so the emperor issued this order.

Shuning got the definite news from her elder brother, knowing that Tong Ying was safe, so she was relieved.It's just that a young guard Duan Ning knew mentioned in a chat that when the army in the middle road was fighting famine, Tong Ying had given up his meals to his father and friends several times. I have the strength to borrow food, but I don't know what good food I ate.Someone once asked to share, but it turned out that there was food behind the incident, and no matter how others asked, they refused to say.

After hearing this, Shu Ning showed the same weird look as Duan Ning.She thought of those bugs and scorpions that Tong Ying said when she scared Xu Xu back then... She couldn't help but find it funny.Come to think of it, what is she worried about so much?Tong Ying is not a flower grown in a greenhouse, nor is she a playboy who grew up in the capital.Now that the battle has been won, there are only a dozen people left around that Galdan, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to pose any threat to Tongying.Even if it does happen, someone else will deal with it.Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

She remembered one thing, and asked Duanning curiously: "Brother, Brother Tongying has made great achievements this time, will he be rewarded? Will he be promoted to the title? We are preparing the dowry here, do you want to change the list?"

Duanning thought for a while and said, "I don't know what to say, maybe I will be promoted."

"But that shellfish named Pen Chuke, didn't he become the county king just because he scouted the enemy? Brother Tongying is also a shellfish, and he also made meritorious service in scouting the enemy."

"This is different." Duan Ning said with a smile, "Tong Ying's reconnaissance merits back then, the reward has already come down, otherwise how do you think he would be promoted to Beizi? Hunting should be added. And this Lord Penchuk was originally a noble from Mongolia. This time, he took a big risk to spy on Galdan's military situation. The emperor gave him a big reward, which also meant to appease the Mongolian ministries. After all, they...helped a lot in this battle. But for our Manchurian clan, the emperor's rewards will not be so generous. After all, several princes have no seals, and most young people have been awarded high early. Well, it won’t be easy in the future.”

Shuning suddenly realized: "So Brother Tongying won't be crowned the king of the county, maybe he will be named Baylor?"

Duan Ning hesitated, hesitated to speak.Shu Ning looked at it, felt strange, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Duanning smiled wryly and said: "Actually...Tongying may not want to be promoted to a noble in her heart... You know, his elder brother, Prince Jane's eldest son Yaerjiang, has not been officially canonized as the prince yet, and the title of noble It's just Baylor."

Shu Ning had also heard about it before, and said hesitantly, "I heard...their brothers... seem to have misunderstood..."

Duan Ning sighed: "Actually, they are siblings from the same mother. They used to be very good friends. I remember when I was young, Tong Ying and I went to play after school. When we came back late, his brother would wait at the gate of the palace, scolding For a long time, he blamed him for worrying the family. I was by the side, and I could clearly see that their brothers have a very good relationship. It's a pity...Since Ji Fujin gave birth to two little elder brothers one after another, Tong Ying's elder brother came to Beijing again. Then began to divide the birth. I heard that his elder brother has not been canonized as the son for many years, and he always suspected that his brothers would plot his own position as the son. Even the younger brother became suspicious. After marrying a wife, the situation was even worse. This time His elder brother didn't join the army, so he won't have military merits. If Tongying really seals Baylor, it will be the same as him."

Shu Ning remained silent, and said after a while: "If this is the case, it is better to ask for some other practical rewards, such as the property of the farm house, so as to prevent his brother from being overwhelmed. I remember that Brother Tongying was going to buy a property, which is amazing. Saved a lot of money."

Duan Ning couldn't help laughing and said: "My younger sister takes care of the housekeeper a lot, and when you talk about it, it's about money. Be careful, the great painter will think you are vulgar."

Shuning smiled: "He is not such a person."

At this time, Ermo came in from the door and said, "What are you brothers and sisters talking about here? The eldest wife sent someone to ask again, when will the medicine for the eldest master be delivered?"

Shu Ning said: "It's ready, I'll bring it to you right away." She turned around and went into the back room, took out a wooden box and a bundle, and said: "The box contains six, two, three, seven and two ginseng plants. There are several other medicinal materials that my aunt mentioned. I also added a kind of medicine called Pien Tze Huang, which is wrapped in paper, and the efficacy and usage are attached inside. In addition, there are a few proprietary medicines she mentioned, Taiyi Zijin Tablet , Huoluo Pill, Ginseng Yitianjin, Baoying Pill and so on, I don’t know which ones are suitable for my uncle, so I just send them over, please don’t hesitate to ask the doctor before using them.”

Ermo held back her smile, took the box and left.

Duanning asked with a strange face: "Why do you even have Baoying Pill and Yijiujin?" The former is fine, but the latter is a medicine for children's diseases, and it has nothing to do with Jin Bao's injury. .

Shu Ning said with a smile: "It's all said by my aunt, I don't know." Duan Ning laughed for a while, and then said seriously: "It seems that there is really a shortage of money in the account of the house, otherwise my aunt would not have Like this. Uncle's injury is serious, so let's do more. I remember that there are four ginseng plants at home, why did you give them two plants?"

Shu Ning said: "Big Uncle's injury is mostly healed, now it's all about recuperating. Two ginseng plants can be eaten for a long time, I will send people back to Fangshan to get more tomorrow, but there are two ginseng plants left here no matter what. Backup. Sister-in-law may give birth at some point, so I should keep some ginseng just in case."

Duan Ning nodded: "It's my younger sister who is thoughtful. Then let's pay more money. Recently, people often cry poor in front of me."

Shu Ning smiled: "I sent 200 taels of silver over yesterday, it's my private house." It's not that she didn't understand the implication from the big house, but when her mother was in Beijing, she just gave away the money from her father's title. The salary was handed over to the public, and there was no intention of sending any other money. Now that it was changed to her, it was naturally the same.What's more, she has been in charge of housework and knows that the wheat on Baoding Zhuangzi has been harvested and sold to Shunfeng Grain Bank. The grain bank followed Tong's instructions and paid two cents more per stone than other families.Although the money in the earl's mansion's account is not much, it is enough to easily support it until winter.And next month, the shop rent for this quarter will be available again.Nala's cry of being poor was just to make her hands more lenient.

But the uncle was recuperating, and as a niece, she really shouldn't just sit by and watch, so Shuning allocated 200 taels from her private room.Firstly, the silver and medicinal materials are more than enough for Jinbao alone, and it can even benefit Nala, Li and the three nephews; secondly, it also implies that Nala, this is the private house of the third niece She was embarrassed to ask for more money.

Duan Ning obviously understood her sister's meaning, and gave her a blank look: "You little ghost, you are becoming more and more cunning." Shu Ning raised her chin: "Who is cunning? I just want to express my heart. Where can I find me?" Such a pure person?"

Duanning was choked, coughed several times, and said: "Come on, I won't tell you anymore, go back to accompany my wife." After saying that, he planned to get up.

Shu Ning hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Brother, you... You seem to come back early every day lately... Is it okay? Is it in a bad mood?" She noticed that her brother had been coming home before the time limit for the past month. In the past, he would not come back until Youshi at least, and he seemed a little tired.

Duan Ning smiled and said: "It's okay, the battle is over, so naturally I'm not as busy as before when I was preparing for the battle. Besides, you once said that you should spend more time with your sister-in-law at this time. I followed my orders and stayed with her in the yard every day Walk around a few times. Isn't that good?"

Shu Ning thought about it, but she was still a little worried: "If there is something wrong, please tell us. What is there to worry about as a family? You have been wronged outside, if you don't want your sister-in-law to know, just tell me. Even if I help you If you are not busy, you have a place to vent."

Duan Ning was moved in his heart, and said softly: "It's okay, but in fact, I'm just a little discouraged. I think I'm not yet 20 years old, and I've already reached the seventh rank. I only need to work through a few years of qualifications, and when the child grows up, I will be released. Isn't it easy? Now that you have time, why not spend more time with your family. As long as you don't miss the business."

After thinking about it, Shu Ning felt that it made sense, so she didn't say any more.Duanning reminded her that people from the General's Mansion might arrive in two days, and then went back to Meiyuan.

Zhenzhen was about to give birth, so several people were sent by the General's Mansion to help her, but with a full-time confinement wife, those people were useless and could only be used as helpers.After the two confinement ladies who were seconded to Mrs. Li came back, the people sent by the General's Mansion were even more idle, and even the four of them were more knowledgeable than them.

Mrs. Tong arrived home in mid-June, and brought her son Xianning and Xiao Liu's mother and son back.After seeing his daughter-in-law and asking that everything was well, he was relieved and listened to his daughter and Ermo report on the family affairs.Several people from the General's Mansion came to pay a visit, Tong saw that Liangzhu was among them, and she was holding a woman's hairstyle, only to realize that she had been taken over by Chongli, and she was secretly glad.Then I learned that Chongli is currently discussing marriage, and the other party is the lady of a certain soldier.

Within ten days after Tong's return, Zhenzhen was about to give birth.Perhaps it was because of her good health and frequent activities during pregnancy, she didn't suffer too much, and gave birth to a white and fat baby boy after only two hours of pain, both mother and child were safe.

Tong Shi hugged her grandson, smiling from ear to ear, completely ignoring Xian Ning who kept jumping around to see her little nephew.She first gave the child a nickname named Pangpang, and Zhang Bao took the first name after the full moon.

While ordering everyone to take good care of Zhenzhen, she sent people to Baoding to report the good news, and also informed the first, second and fourth bedrooms, so that they could have fun too.

Shu Ning teased the little nephew in the car, she just thought it was cute no matter how she looked.Although the small face is wrinkled together, it looks like a little monkey, but it looks like Bi Xianning was much fatter when he was a child, and he must be more beautiful in the future.

Xian Ning, on the other hand, tried hard to call the little baby "Uncle", seeing that Pangpang ignored him, he became very anxious.Hearing that her sister said that Fatty would be more likable than herself in the future, she refused to follow her, and twisted and hugged Shuning tightly, insisting on her changing her words, which made Shuning dumbfounded.Xiao Bao coughed violently at the side, but unfortunately the person involved didn't understand what he meant.

Duanning came over and knocked him on the head a few times, and Mimi said with eyes: "Stinky boy, do you dare to say that my son is not cute? The small kitchen is making peanut cake tonight, it seems that you don't want to eat it?" Xianning's eyes rolled Turning around, he hurriedly hugged his brother's thigh and said, "How can I fight with Pangpang? He is the cutest. Brother, can I eat two extra pieces of peanut cake tonight?"

Tong covered her face with a round fan, shook it for a long time before putting it down, and said solemnly: "Don't bother, the child seems a little hungry, hurry up and find his mother. I found a nurse for him, It’s coming soon.”

The wet nurse that Tong's family found was called Sister-in-Law Xuan, a relative of a servant in the mansion, with a good-looking appearance and a quiet woman.Tong Shi was very satisfied with her, and even allowed her to bring her child into the mansion. As long as it didn't delay Pangpang's breastfeeding, she would turn a blind eye to the rest.

Zhenzhen recovered very well after giving birth. It seems that those confinement women are really capable. Li Shi was very jealous when she heard about it, and she became more determined to borrow someone to take care of herself.

Duanning took ten days off for the birth of his child. When he went back to the Yamen to work again, he unexpectedly received a message from Tongying's book boy Tianyang.Prince Jian's mansion received a letter from Tongying, saying that Galdan had been surrounded in a certain place, and he just waited for the other party to surrender. If everything went well, he would be back in October.

Shu Ning was also very happy when she heard the news.After hearing about it, Mrs. Tong thought about it carefully, and decided to have a big celebration, and set up twenty or thirty tables of banquets on the day of her grandson's full moon.Hearing Nala's hint that there is not much money in the account, she said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, this is a matter for my third wife, so naturally we have to pay for it ourselves. It's just that we have to borrow the servants and places in the mansion, and then pay for it." Ask sister-in-law, younger siblings and a few nephews and daughters-in-law to help support the scene."

Before Nala could say anything, Jin Bao agreed first.This is Sanfang's eldest grandson, he should have celebrated well, not to mention that he has not been happy in Tara Mansion for a long time, and he should find a reason to cheer up and cheer up the whole mansion.

As soon as Tong got the letter, he began to calculate the money to be spent.

Now their three rooms are in good financial condition.Shunfeng Grain Bank has made a lot of profits. Because of the high price of grain in spring and summer, it once rose to three taels a stone. They really made a lot of money. So far, they have earned back their principal and hundreds of taels of profit.Although there are disasters in the south of the Yangtze River, the price of grain has risen, and the price of grain will definitely fall after the autumn harvest, but for them, they just earn less money.As for the Hengfu warehouse, they have already done a business of [-] to [-] shi. If this continues, the principal will be recovered before the end of the year.

It's only half a year, with such results, one can imagine what will happen in the future.After a year, at least 8000 taels of income, plus the dividends from Guangzhou, tens of thousands of taels is not a problem, and even in a disaster year, it will not be affected too much.

Encouraged by these good news, Tong decided to be generous.Shu Ning also agreed, but she didn't think it was necessary to invite people she didn't know, as long as relatives and friends were invited, and brother's bosses and colleagues were enough.Tong was right when he thought about it, the cost was too much, and it might hurt Dafang's eyes, so he followed her daughter's wishes, but she still asked Zhenzhen for her opinion to make sure she agreed with this approach, and then decided on the regulations.

On the day of the fat full moon, Tatara Mansion was beaming with joy.Zhang Bao finally took a few days off to return to Beijing. He refused to let go of his grandson, and even named his grandson "Ming Rui".

Nala helped Sanfang greet the guests, with a smile on his face.She has been in better health recently, her husband's injuries have healed, and he has military merits in delivering food, and he is expected to be promoted; on the other hand, judging from the replies from the people sent to the Sibeile Mansion, her daughter has recently become sensible, submissive and respectful , at the family banquet welcoming the fourth elder brother back home, he also behaved decently. Recently, he and other female relatives have been able to talk a few words.With the help of Qiaoyun's husband's family, food and clothing are better than before, and sometimes people can be sent outside to buy some idle books to read to relieve boredom, and it is said that the spirit is very good.

The daughter is safe and sound, and Nala is in a good mood, and she doesn't feel intrusive about Sanfang's wealth anymore, and is very happy to help Zhang Luo.Shen Shi didn't know what was going on, and frequently looked at her with strange eyes, but Tong Shi turned a blind eye and just held the child for others to see.

When the banquet was in the middle, someone suddenly came to report, saying that Sibeile's residence had sent a congratulatory gift to congratulate the young master on his full moon.

(End of this chapter)