Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 252 The Second Brother
Chunqiu laughed "hehehe", then crossed her body, and slowly rubbed into Yuan Shi's arms. After being cute and weird to Yuan Shi, Chunqiu finally said the purpose of her trip, "Mother , I miss my second brother, yesterday a brother wrote to say that he is going to the capital to do something, can I follow my brother to the capital to see my second brother?"

Two years ago, her second elder brother Yang Chunming finally paid off, he shined brilliantly in the imperial examination, and was directly named Tanhua by the present emperor, but because the number one scholar was Yuan Rui, most of the limelight was taken away by Yuan, Both of them are handsome and extraordinary, which makes No.2 second place a cannon fodder.

Because he was admitted to Tanhua, he has been studying in the Hanlin Academy in the capital since he went back to his hometown last time. He hasn't seen his second brother for two years.

Sure enough, after listening to Chunqiu's words, her mother, Yuan Shi, also showed a lonely expression on her face. She thought her son was in high school and could return to his hometown for reunion. Who would have thought that he would be recalled by an imperial edict after staying at home for two days? The business at home was busy these two days, and Yuan Shi didn't get the corresponding free time. Maybe she would go to Beijing to see Wang Zi.

Although she had this idea in her heart, Yuan Shi was still a little worried about going with Chunqiu alone, Yuan Shi said hesitantly, "Qiu'er, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, the capital is far away from Linfang, in case something happens What can I do if there is an accident? Besides, it has been two years now, and last year Brother Ming asked someone to send a message, saying that he will definitely come back during the Chinese New Year this year, and it is already April, so why go so far?"

"Mother" Chunqiu grabbed the sleeve of the resentment, and said seriously, "Last year, the second brother also said that he would come back for the Chinese New Year, didn't he come back? This year is more than half a year away from the Chinese New Year, who knows when it will come back?" Can't you come back because you have something to do temporarily?" Having said this, Chunqiu noticed a slight change in the expression of her mother, Yuan Shi, and cheered softly in her heart. Chunqiu continued to persuade, "Mother, this time Although the distance is far away, it is foolproof, and you must know that there are people from the Escort Bureau among the accompanying people." Zhou Huaiyan went to Beijing this time because of the problem of Chinese herbal medicine. Before last year, a message came from the capital, saying that he wanted a batch of The medicinal materials with excellent medicinal properties, because the higher-ups were fancy, after Zhou Mingfeng received the news, the herbal hall was directly mobilized, and it took several months to get all the medicinal materials needed by the higher-ups. No, for the sake of safety, Zhou Mingfeng specially hired people from the Escort Bureau to press the car.

Zhou Huaiyan only knew that he was going to the capital after receiving news from his father. Thinking about how Chunqiu kept talking about her second brother in front of him a few days ago, Zhou Huaiyan decided to invite her to go with him. There are a lot of people, plus a girl in Spring and Autumn, it's no big deal.

It is precisely because of this that Chunqiu came to ask for help today.

Chunqiu finished his good words, but still didn't wait for her mother to make a clear decision, she saw her mother frowning tightly, her eyes drooping, her hands clasped together in front of her chest, a look of hesitation made Chunqiu anxious.

But she can't just start urging her, if this makes her mother anxious, maybe she won't agree to go, and Chunqiu will be useless even if she wears her lips.

"Qiu'er, mother still feels that the journey this time is a bit unsafe, besides, the people on this road are all big men, you little girl, can you take care of yourself well? No, mother is still worried." Yuan finally said Don't worry about letting Chunqiu go alone.

Chunqiu took Yuan Shi's hand, stared at Chunqiu closely, and said in a serious tone, "Mother, you believe me, and senior brother? Senior brother will also set off with him because of the problem of medicinal materials. When the time comes, senior brother will follow me. It will be fine." Chunqiu really wanted to go out for a walk, and she couldn't accept staying in one place every day.

Yuan's expression gradually loosened, "Qiu'er, do you really want to go?"

"En." Chunqiu nodded.

Yuan Shi looked at the serious girl who didn't seem to be lying, and finally nodded in agreement.

"Since that's the case, I'm going to set up Miracle Doctor Zhou tomorrow. It just so happens that last month's profit for the Beauty Pavilion has already arrived..."

Chunqiu listened carefully to what her mother had said, and in order not to stop her mother from visiting tomorrow, Chunqiu knew that her mother was worried about her and cared for her at the same time.

After her mother finished speaking, Chunqiu consciously turned to the simple topic, "Mother, don't worry, when I see my second brother, I will definitely tell my second brother to eat more and get less sick..."

Neither mother nor daughter mentioned the matter of going to the capital again. They chatted and laughed for a while, until guests came to the second floor, Yuan finally let go of Chunqiu's little hand and opened the door to welcome them.

Seeing her mother leave, Chunqiu directly took off the shoes on his feet, and rolled onto the bed with a gulu.

With her mother away, she could finally relax.

Chunqiu reached out and picked up the ledger at the side. When her mother went out, the ledger was not put away, but scattered aside.

Chunqiu lay flat on the bed, opened the account book and lifted it above his head, and carefully flipped through the pages one by one. The black letters were the daily income and outflows, and the cinnabar red letters were the daily profits calculated by her mother. At the bottom of each page were marked Looking at a number, Chunqiu looked carefully at the ledger in front of him, using his own method to compare the sum of the numbers with the final ledger, to see if there was any omission or miscalculation.

After Chunqiu finished checking the ledger, her mother, Yuanshi, also entertained the guests on the second floor. She opened the door and came in. Yuanshi yelled at the villain on the bed, "Qiuer, get up, let's go home."

"Eh? Are you done?" Chunqiu revealed his small head from behind the ledger.

"Yeah, I'm done." Yuan nodded, and took two quick steps to take away the account book in Chunqiu's hand.

Without the account book in hand, Chunqiu felt that it was meaningless to lie down, so he turned around and sat up again with a grunt.

"Hair is messy, hurry up and straighten it out." Yuan bent down, put the ledger into a wooden box under the bed and locked it up, not forgetting to turn her head and tell Chunqiu to pay attention to her appearance.

Chunqiu responded obediently, then reached out and wiped the sides of her hair casually, jumped off the bed, put on the shoes beside her, and stood beside her handsomely.

After Yuan finished her work with the staff, she turned her head and noticed Chunqiu beside her. It turned out that her daughter had grown so big before she knew it.

Yuan Shi sighed in her heart, and then had to re-examine herself.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Chunqiu tilted his head, not understanding why her mother suddenly fell silent again.

"Huh?" Yuan Shi shook her head and smiled, "It's okay."

Yuan Shi stood up, patted Chunqiu on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go quickly."

Chunqiu looked at her mother curiously, and said "Oh".

(End of this chapter)