Mountains and rivers fall into red

Chapter 1 Wedges
Ni Xiu'e is going to Jiangling to be a nanny.

Jiangling was the capital of the Later Liang Dynasty.Most of the women in Mengmao County make a living as wet nurses, so it is not uncommon for them to go to the capital, but it is rare for Ni Xiu'e to fall in love with an official family.This is not an ordinary official family. Who doesn't know that Shen Buyu is the new prime minister?It's fine if he is the prime minister, he also has a distant cousin who entered the palace and was named Concubine Rong, second only to the empress.

Mengmata County is located in the south of the Yangtze River, far away from the capital, and the news is not well informed.People in Mengmata County live their lives peacefully. It doesn't matter to them whoever is in power is like replacing old symbols with new ones.They are only interested in palace anecdotes, such as that Concubine Rong.

The new emperor's son was weak, and after the empress gave birth to the eldest prince, there was no good news from the palace for two years.People in Mengmata County were looking forward to it, and they finally looked forward to the exciting news: Concubine Rong gave birth to a second prince.The market and alleys had something to talk about after dinner, and the state and county even sang for three days.The exciting period was only two months old, and the news came that shocked people again: the second prince died unfortunately.

Ni Xiu'e didn't take it seriously.At that time, not long after she gave birth to her third daughter, she felt unhappy.She was caught in the crowd and said casually: "Princes in the palace are more delicate than ordinary people, and they are not as easy to raise as folk cats and dogs."

Someone joked with her, "Ni Xiu'e, when will the Chu family have a son?"

"The next child will be." Ni Xiu'e answered very simply.

"What if it's still a girl?"

"Damn, curse me, right?" Ni Xiu'e rolled up her sleeves and wanted to hit someone, "I'm telling you, I'm not only going to have a son, but I'm also going to Jiangling to work as a nanny for an official's family, the money you've earned has never been seen in your life! I want to marry my son a daughter-in-law who is prettier than the lady in the palace!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Ni Xiu'e snorted coldly and left.

People stopped paying attention to her.Their topic shifted to which concubine was the most beautiful and who was the most favored.Of course, they will never meet those empresses, but they have enough imagination.

Another year later, Concubine Rong became pregnant again, and another Zheng Meiren was also pregnant with a child almost at the same time.So there was a new topic in the whole neighborhood. People praised Concubine Rong and Zheng Meiren as gods, thinking that they must be the most favored women in the palace.

Ni Xiu'e listened calmly to what people said.She also had a big belly, and the child in her stomach was about the same size as Concubine Rong and the others.She has already given birth to three daughters, and she hopes that she will really have a son this time.

Her husband is renovating the run-down house again.

This is a longevity house, where an elderly couple died.But the house is too dilapidated, no one uses its brains.The house is deep in the alley of Ni Xiu'e's house. Her husband would go to renovate it whenever he had free time, saying that one day in the future, his son would marry a wife, and the couple would move out of their house and live here.

It turned out that her husband also strongly dreamed of having a son.

Ni Xiu'e disdains her husband's thoughts.She hoped that their son would become an official in Jiangling in the future and be able to stand out.At that time, their whole family will be able to enjoy the glory of their son, and they will not have to worry about food and housing in their later years.

She brought water to her husband, and the husband shouted from the roof: "Don't come here, be careful of broken bricks falling on you!"

Ni Xiu'e hurriedly covered her abdomen and walked out of the broken yard.

Her third daughter was already able to walk, and when Ni Xiu'e came home, she was covered in dust.The eldest brother and the second child were in the kitchen, greedily grabbing the crispy rice.She was impatient for a while, and suddenly thought that the production day was coming soon, and she had to buy an old hen that could lay eggs first.

The old hen struggled in her hand, and she let go for a moment.The old hen was flopping about in front, and she hurriedly chased after it.When she was not far from home, she heard a slight pop, which turned out to be the rupture of the amniotic fluid.

Late that night, the Chu family heard the clear sound of a baby crying.

As expected, Ni Xiu'e gave birth to a son.

The whole family raised him as a baby, so they named the child "Four Treasures".Ni Xiu'e asked a fortune teller to measure the characters, and gave her son a famous name—Chu Tianji.

At about the same time, in the distant capital, Concubine Rong also gave birth to the third prince.

That Zheng Meiren gave birth a few days late.The fourth prince's life is not as good as the third prince's. As soon as he was born, his mother died of a haemorrhage.

People in Mengmata County feel sorry for Zheng Meiren.But soon, because Emperor Liang had two sons in a row, all the prefectures and counties set up stages to sing operas for six days.

Ni Xiu'e went out with her baby son in her arms, with a smug smile on her face.

People gathered around and praised the full moon sky.Their attitude towards Ni Xiu'e is naturally different from before.

"Ni Xiu'e, do you still want to go to Jiangling to be a nanny? Do you have the heart to leave your son alone?"

"I won't go, I won't go, it's important to raise my son." Ni Xiu'e said with a smile.

She couldn't do without her precious son, and temporarily put aside the idea of ​​going to Jiangling to be a nanny.

Tianji turned one year old and was raised like a tiger, so cute.Ni Xiu'e was overjoyed, wondering whether it was time to wean the child.By coincidence, the news that Ni Xiu'e would raise her son spread to the ears of outsiders.It just so happened that Prime Minister Shen Buyu's second wife was about to give birth, and he asked for a nanny from Mengmata County by name, so the introducer recommended Ni Xiu'e.

Ni Xiu'e is really going to Jiangling to be a nanny.

The news spread like wildfire, and people gathered at the door of Chu's house to send her off like a relative.

"Ni Xiu'e, there are many anecdotes and anecdotes in the capital, and I want to tell everyone when I come back."

"That's for sure." Ni Xiu'e said with a smile.

She raised her proud head, straightened her waist, and left Mengmata County under the eyes of everyone.

Mengmata County is closed, and outsiders seldom appear.The people there live a poor life, but the folk customs are simple.Apart from farm chores, people are mostly busy with their livelihoods, and the rest of the fun is just to listen to interesting things.

In a blink of an eye, even Skyrim can walk and talk.

Ni Xiu'e's husband and four children are extremely busy all day long.He also has no intention of tidying up the dilapidated house, and drags his children and daughters back and forth between the fields every day.When they saw them, people couldn't help but mention Ni Xiu'e.

"It's been more than half a year, the child's mother should go home."

"Soon, soon." Ni Xiu'e's husband smiled honestly.

Not long after, Ni Xiu'e really came back, and she also brought back a young couple.The man's surname is Tao, he is a plasterer, and he looks very honest.The woman's name is Cao Guizhi, she is rather pretty, and treats others coldly.

Ni Xiu'e placed them in that broken house.

The couple aroused people's curiosity, they pointed towards the dilapidated house, and secretly asked Ni Xiu'e about their affairs.

The strange thing is that Ni Xiu'e kept a straight face and didn't say anything.She didn't seem very happy, and rarely mentioned the anecdotes and anecdotes of the capital to others.When pressed, she would stare and shout: "I'm going to be a nanny, not a streetwalker! What do I have to do with those shitty things in Jiangling?"

Everyone felt bored and dispersed slowly.

This plasterer surnamed Tao was very friendly, but he didn't like to talk.He is from the capital, and the work he does is exquisite and serious, and people from far and near are willing to hire him.He knows a lot of characters and can help people write couplets.People simply stopped calling him a plasterer and called him "Mr. Tao".That Cao Guizhi was pregnant, and her stomach was changing day by day. She shut herself in the yard, almost shutting herself out.

People gradually lost their curiosity and began to accept this foreign couple.

A few months later, when Tianji was playing in the alley with his three older sisters, Cao Guizhi's heart-piercing cries suddenly sounded in Tao's house.He shivered shiveringly, and looked at it a little stupidly.Immediately afterwards, he saw his mother Ni Xiu'e rushing into Tao's house as if flying.

Cao Guizhi gave birth to a daughter.It was Ni Xiu'e who delivered her.

Mr. Tao named the child "Xiuxiu".

Our story begins six years later.

(End of this chapter)