Foster son and husband

Chapter 13 Request
Xu Junying wore a layered cloak embroidered with phoenix tail patterns embroidered with snowy cherry blossoms and gold thread, which lacked a bit of heroism and majesty, but added a bit of elegance. When Meiniang saw him coming in, her originally dark eyes suddenly lit up, and her face With a bright smile on his face, he stood up and greeted him.

The maids of Cuixi first pushed each other a few times like frightened ducklings, and then saluted Xu Junying together. Xu Junying took off his cloak and shook off the snowflakes on it. Meiniang reached out to take it, and ordered Cui Xi:
"Make a cup of hot tea for Lord Hou!"

Xu Junying said: "No need, I'll get the cloak - this one was given by the old lady, please keep it here!"

Sure enough, the grandchildren are different, why didn't the old lady give her one just now?
Meiniang handed the cloak to Cuisi, but refused to take out his mink cloak, she just looked at him and said:
"I was thinking about when Lord Hou will come back. It's snowing heavily and the road is difficult to walk. I'm going to ask Cuixi to pick you up with a lantern!"

Xu Junying glanced at her indifferently: "It's not necessary, I know her very well in my house!"

"Sit down, Lord Hou, I want to talk to Master Hou!"

Meiniang wanted to follow Xu Junying's attitude. When the relationship between husband and wife will never improve, this guy has a concubine and his confidante Zheng Meiyu. My son's father, the mother and son's only backer, without his support, good times would not fall from the sky in vain.

"Is there something wrong? Are your mother and your brother okay, have you rested?"

Xu Junying finally asked about his wife's family, Mei Niang took the teacup from Cuixi, handed it to him, and said with a smile:
"Mother and elder brother are both well, and Lord Cheng misses you!"

Xu Junying didn't take the teacup: "Leave it alone, I'll drink it from the old lady!"

Mei Niang had no choice but to put down her teacup and sit opposite Xu Junying across the round table.

Xu Junying said: "I have to get up early and go out tomorrow, if nothing happens..."

Mei Niang looked up at him: "I want to discuss something with Master Hou..."

After hearing what Meiniang said, Xu Junying was also astonished at the round sheepskin lamp on the table like Meiniang.

Mei Niang is not in a hurry anymore, she has made a request, as a husband and son-in-law, how he will answer and how to deal with this matter is related to the man's mind.

She wanted her brother to go back to Yuezhou to accompany his sister-in-law tomorrow. There was no need to rush on the way. The young couple would spend the New Year in Yuezhou safely. After the next year, the weather would be fine and the roads would be easier to walk, and then they would slowly return to Beijing to take the exam.

As for his mother, Mrs. Qin, she was brought to the Hou Mansion to celebrate the New Year with her.

She just wanted her mother to spend a year with her so that her brother and sister-in-law wouldn't suffer from running around. She really hoped that Xu Junying would agree to this request.

After a while, Xu Junying said to Mei Niang: "I'm afraid it won't work!"

Mei Niang looked straight at him with her water-cut pupils, and Xu Junying turned her face slightly: "Your mother and brother may not be willing - if your brother wants to go back quickly and reunite with his mother in Beijing for the New Year, I can send People accompany him, use the chariots and horses of the military station all the way, and he will be back in less than half a month!"

Mei Niang lowered her eyes, this is also a good way, but the problem is that her sister-in-law, whom she has never met, is pregnant, so she can't help being bumpy, they can lighten men, they can do whatever they like.

Xu Junying said: "The official road from the capital to Yuezhou City is fairly flat, and the snowy road is a bit slippery. The carriages in the military station are strong and wide, and they are all driven by well-trained soldiers. It’s possible—there have been generals who used this method to pick up their pregnant wives before, and they went farther.”

Mei Niang sighed, and said: "I will ask my mother and brother tomorrow to see what they think. If my brother insists on walking around, I hope Master Hou will help him!"

Xu Junying nodded: "I'm not at home tomorrow, leaving Baoju behind. If your elder brother wants to go to Yuezhou to pick up someone and let Baoju look for me, I will send someone, a dozen or twenty, will be able to protect him !"

"Thank you in advance, Lord Hou!"

"Ok!"

Xu Junying got up and left. Helping this favor was just a little effort, not to mention it was for his own convenience. He didn't want to get involved with the Qin family, and he didn't even want to meet each other. possible!

Qin Meiniang watched Xu Junying lift the curtain and walk out of the room, her heart burst into bubbles: This man, really, is talking face to face, with no expression at all, coming and going like the wind indifferently, really doesn't pay attention to the main room?
When I woke up the next morning, I asked Mrs. Qin and Qin Boqing, and it was exactly as Xu Junying expected. They did not agree to Mei Niang taking her mother to the waiting mansion for the New Year. Mrs. Qin said:
"Son, my mother knows you are filial, but the Houfu family has a great career. It is a great fortune for our small family to be able to climb up to such relatives. How can we live here and drag you down and be laughed at by others? Even if your brother spends the New Year with your sister-in-law in Yuezhou, and spends it in Beijing for your mother, he can still do well!"

Mei Niang didn't expect her mother to refuse to spend the New Year with her, but she had such thoughts, she couldn't help but said angrily: "If I knew it, my daughter wouldn't marry a rich family back then!"

Mrs. Qin quickly covered her mouth, and reprimanded lightly: "Silly boy, don't talk nonsense! This is your blessing, and many women can't even think about it. Now you have Brother Heng, and if you are older, you will be the heir of the Hou family. You just need to take good care of Brother Heng, and boundless glory and wealth are waiting for you in the future, enjoy the blessings and don't have to worry about your mother's family!"

Meiniang felt hot in her heart, she leaned against Mrs. Qin's arms and couldn't speak. Qin Boqing looked at her quietly, nodded and smiled and said:

"Sister is fine, mother and brother are at ease!"

Mrs. Qin and Qin Boqing came from Yuezhou in a hurry. They planned to send Mrs. Qin back to the Qin residence as soon as they arrived in the capital. They happily went into the waiting mansion together to visit, but they didn't bring anything. When they came last night, they disturbed the old lady. Mrs. Qin thought, she can't just leave like this, she has to pay respects to old lady Xu, and wait a while Mrs. Zheng, the mother-in-law, can only go back after paying all the etiquette.

Qin Boqing thought about what gift to prepare for his mother to meet the old lady and Mrs. Zheng. In Beijing, I sold most of the land in my hometown in Yuezhou to get some money. In addition to saving money to live on, I also need to leave a sum of money to prepare for the exam. Every penny must be carefully calculated.

Mrs. Qin lamented that Qin's father left too early, otherwise, at this time, it would be good to find some old schoolmates and friends for Qin Boqing's participation in the Chunwei meeting.

Meiniang secretly asked Mother Wang to take an old ginseng, packed it tightly, and went out to buy medicine on the pretext of going to a well-known big shop. She didn't care too much, and let it go when it was the amount of money Meiniang needed. After walking around the shops on the street, I came back and prepared three decent gift boxes for Mrs. Qin, so that I could go to see the old lady and Mrs. Zheng. It doesn't matter if Mrs. Gui from the second room sees her or not, but she is also on guard.There was still 800 taels of silver left, and Mei Niang handed over the 600 taels to Mrs. Qin, and asked her to keep it for her sister-in-law to give birth to a child and her brother to take the exam.Mrs. Qin declined a few times before accepting it. After all, the Qin family is not as good as it used to be. The son is in poor health and needs to take medicine for a long time. There is no need to worry about food and expenses, a few hundred and two bodies are not small, but she doesn't need it, and she has subsidized her mother's family, so let's keep it first.

At that moment, Meiniang took her mother and went to see Mrs. Zheng first. Mrs. Zheng was still lying on the couch. Seeing that her mother-in-law had come, she pretended to get up, but was supported by Meiniang and Mrs. Qin. Mrs. Qin took out Meiniang as a The gift box she prepared didn't know what was in it. Chunyue came up to collect it. Madam Qin saw that Madam Zheng was weak and not talkative, so it was inconvenient for her to sit for a long time, so she said a few words to take care of herself. , and said goodbye.

The guests were about to leave, Madam Zheng naturally said some polite words, she asked Meiniang to stay with her mother, and let her stay in the mansion for a few more days, when she recovered, she came to talk with her mother-in-law again, Meiniang agreed one by one, Helping my mother out, I met the legendary Zheng girl Zheng Meiyu on the porch outside the door.

If she hadn't said it herself, Mei Niang wouldn't have recognized it.

Zheng Meiyu is of medium height, plump and fair, with a pair of willow eyebrows and a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, an egg-shaped face, and thin and red lips. She is eloquent and eloquent. She was a little surprised when she met Mei Niang suddenly. It flashed for a moment, then showed a smiling face, Fushen said:

"Biao sister-in-law is well! Congratulations to my cousin sister-in-law for recovering so quickly. Yu'er has wanted to visit her cousin for the past two days, but her aunt refuses to take the soup and medicine. Yu'er has to coax and persuade her, and she can't get away for a while..."

Mei Niang took a look at her, and said lightly: "It's hard for you to think about it! I'm sick and you have to take care of me, and now I have to take care of my wife. It's really hard! There are Chunyue and the others by my wife's side. I will teach them to do everything. Take it easy. , Don’t be too tired!”

He didn't have time to look at her, and he didn't bother to let her greet Mrs. Qin, so the mother and daughter went to Jinhua Hall with each other.

After sitting in the old lady's room for a while, maybe she was bored. The old lady asked Mrs. Qin about the customs of Yuezhou, and she listened with great interest. Later, she was still reluctant to let Mrs. Qin go. Ruixue said that she should lie down and take a nap Now, Mrs. Qin was about to say goodbye and leave, so she gave up and politely thanked Mrs. Qin for the gift again. Jiao Ji's mother also sealed a few gift boxes and gave them to several people in the family, telling Mrs. Qin to come and go often, So she asked Mei Niang to accompany her mother back.

Mei Niang was afraid that her mother would be tired, so she didn't mention visiting Mrs. Gui's courtyard. She thought that Mrs. Gui knew she was the second room, and no matter how hard she fought, she couldn't win over the eldest room, Mrs. Zheng. Qingfu, but she taught her daughter-in-law to be strong. When Madam Zheng lost her beloved son and was too sick to move, she held the power of housekeeping in her hands. Mother only needs to send a gift box over in the future, saying that she is afraid that she will be inconvenient due to illness, so she doesn't dare to disturb her.

Unexpectedly, the sixth master, Xu Junxuan, was a caring person. Hearing that Lord Hou had left early and had no time to entertain Qin Boqing, he came forward and invited Qin Boqing to drink tea in the upper hall of the front yard. The third, fourth and fifth masters in the house would accompany him. When going out, the Qing guests who usually chat with each other also accompany them to talk together. They are all well-informed and well-informed scholars. .

The masters tried to keep Qin Boqing back, and reluctantly sent him out of the house. Baoju had come to invite him, saying that more than 20 military masters were waiting outside. Qin Boqing finally received the respect he deserved at his brother-in-law's house after receiving this hospitality. Feeling good, couldn't hide his smile, blushed, and walked out of Xu Mansion in a happy mood. Bao Ju helped him into the car, surrounded by soldiers on horseback and left quickly.

There is also Xu Junying's personal leader who followed Bai Zhan to see Meiniang, saying that Master Hou told him to escort his wife back to the Qin residence, and brought someone over to help clean and tidy the house. Mother was doing work, and Madam Qin came back from Yuezhou with two young girls in their teens. Mei Niang was afraid that they would be in trouble, so she asked Mama Wang to accompany Madam Qin back. Before leaving, she took out the largest and best old mountain ginseng , cut it into four parts, wrapped them in red silk, and gave two parts to Mrs. Qin, who was asked to take it back to make up for her brother and mother.

Keep two copies, one for yourself, this body is still a bit weak, is it silly to have ginseng not make up for it?
The other one is for Ning Rulan, who always feels that she owes her love, and the sincerity is only shown when there is reciprocity.

Ms. Wang said that a thin slice of such an old ginseng can equal the effect of an ordinary ginseng, and it is enough to use it up in a winter.

(End of this chapter)