reborn widow

Chapter 36

Li Song said with a smile: "What happens to their family is none of our business, you just need to be in confinement with peace of mind."

Seeing that Li Song refused to speak, Gui Qingqing didn't ask any further questions. In fact, she also vaguely guessed something in her heart. Since her husband was afraid that she would think too much, she didn't ask.

The next day Osmanthus came to see her when she got the letter. When she saw Gui Qingqing, she smiled and said, "I told you that your baby must be a boy. This child has such a loud voice. I heard it as soon as I walked in. The voice is loud." The child is in good health." Osmanthus saw that her sister was changing the diaper for the child, she quickly took it over and helped the child change it, and said in her mouth: "Be careful when confinement, don't do anything, be careful of confinement disease."

"I know, it's not that Mrs. Ding went to wash diapers. Now that the family is full of siblings, I don't need to do anything...By the way, sister, do you have enough food for your family?"

"Enough, didn't you remind me not to sell grain last year? I also thought that I would need a lot of white flour to open a pastry shop this year, so I left all the miscellaneous grains unsold. I planned to grow some wheat in the field this year. A year like this? By the way, I have always wanted to ask you, how do you know there will be a drought this year?"

Gui Qingqing smiled and said: "Speaking of which, when I went to Qingzhou Mansion last year, I met an old monk with a sense of demeanor. He said that there would be a severe drought in the southeast road this year, but no one believed it at the time. He said that the old monk was lying. Thinking about whether to trust what is there or not to trust what is not, I reminded my sister by the way. But my father-in-law is convinced, so I saved a lot of food."

Gui Qingqing made up this reason casually. Osmanthus was illiterate, and her mind was simple. The key was that she didn't expect her sister to lie. A lot of fields around the village have been changed, and now you have become a big landlord, and you can wait to enjoy the blessings in the future."

Gui Qingqing smiled: "I'm in confinement now, and my father and Dalang do the farm changing. I really don't know what's going on. Don't tell anyone about it. I don't care about it. It is said that the Qin family helped get the food."

"I know, I know, I'm not stupid, even with your brother-in-law, I wouldn't tell..." At this time, Osmanthus fragrans had already wrapped the baby, and Gui Qingqing said, "Let me give the baby some milk, and he It’s time to be hungry again, he cries when he’s hungry, and when he urinates, he cries so loudly that he can hear it all over the yard.”

Osmanthus own son has been four or five months old, and now she has both sons and daughters, she is very satisfied, although the pastry shop's business is not so good because of the increase in food prices, she is not affected, Osmanthus smiled and looked at Gui Qingqing Breastfeeding the baby "Can the little guy have a good name?"

"Not yet. My father-in-law has had countless names, and I always feel bad. I gave him a nickname, Changsheng, and I will call him that first."

"Changsheng? Even if the name is Changsheng, it's not bad!"

"Although that's the case, if you don't let your father-in-law name it, it won't make sense, right?"

Osmanthus laughed when she heard this. The eldest son and grandson are very important at home. It is normal for the old man to give him a name. She took out the gift she prepared for the little nephew, the bellyband, clothes, and quilt for the child. Everything is prepared. Two sets, for fear that the child would get wet and didn't change the laundry. Because the sisters have no mother and their father is an alcoholic, it makes the two sisters get closer.

Gui Qingqing looked at the small apron and clothes embroidered with sweet-scented osmanthus, which were embroidered with cloud patterns of big and small blessings. For fear that the threads would rub the child's delicate skin, the inside was lined with a layer of fine cotton, so that no threads would leak. With heart.

Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "You still have the child with you, and you still have to go to work in the shop, how can you have time to do this?"

Osmanthus fragrans listened and smiled, "I made this when I was pregnant. My kid used Zhaodi's. You thought you didn't have a mother-in-law, and our natal family didn't have a mother, so you made a few more... ..."

Gui Qingqing looked at the blessing character and couldn't help laughing: "Sister, why bother to embroider the blessing character on purpose, this is written by Xiaoman?"

"It's not! It's a word that no one else can understand."

"I still remember when we were young, we only wore simple clothes, and there were no flowers on our bellybands. At that time, mother..."

Osmanthus fragrans obviously didn't want to bring up the past, and quickly interrupted her, "Qingqing, what are you talking about? Mother doesn't like us."

"You can't say that, can you? Mother just doesn't adapt to life in the country..."

Osmanthus fragrans still didn't want to say this, she looked at the baby in her sister's arms, and said with a low laugh: "Oh, this child has opened his eyes, the eyes are really big, how magical he looks, as if he can see people .”

Gui Qingqing smiled, "How can you see people so quickly? It's true that your eyes are big." She was breastfeeding the child, watching her son's little feet pedaling dishonestly, Gui Qingqing's eyes were full of tenderness, the little guy Gudong Gudong drank milk for a while, then fell asleep in a daze.Gui Qingqing picked up the child and patted him on the back lightly. After a while, the little guy hiccupped, and she put the child down.

Osmanthus fragrans hurriedly said: "Lie down quickly, and be careful of backache after sitting for a long time." Seeing her sister lying down, she was afraid that it would affect her rest, so she left early. There were several, and she had nothing to worry about.

Gui Qingqing woke up after sleeping and saw Ximei lying on the side of the small bed watching Changsheng, so she asked: "Ximei, do you know what happened to the Shang family?"

"Your servant knows!" Although Ximei is young, she knows a lot. She said with a smile: "I heard that Yang Mo's mother-in-law knew about the letter and came to catch her. I heard that many people went to watch the fun. The servants were boiling water in the kitchen, but they didn't see anything, and fortunately they didn't go, those people found a dead body in Shang's yard..."

Gui Qingqing was taken aback secretly, she quickly asked: "Who is that corpse? What happened afterwards?"

"The servants don't know who the corpse is, but the yamen servants came soon. The monk Yang Mo was taken to see the officials by the yamen servants. I heard that it was that person who broke their adultery, so they killed him ..." Ximei flinched as she spoke, she felt a little scared when she thought of the dead people in the next yard.

Seeing that she couldn't find anything to ask, Gui Qingqing didn't say much, she just thought in her heart that this matter must have something to do with Li Song. She still remembered that Du Xiaopu came to look for Li Song at that time, and the two secretly muttered, No ghosts, she believed that Li Song didn't frame innocent people, so these two people touched his Nilin, maybe Shang wanted to avenge Song Ziqiao?Maybe Song Ziqiao felt that something was wrong, so he gave Shang a divorce letter, asking her to avenge herself. Based on her understanding of Song Ziqiao, he would do such a thing. If not, how would Shang know Wang Zhenzhen? live here?The reason why Shang Shi seduced her, Yang Mo, must be to use him...

After this incident, Shang's natal family immediately clarified that Shang's family did not have such a daughter, Shang was ashamed and ashamed, and committed suicide in prison. As for Yang Mo, he was dispatched to the army from afar.

Gui Qingqing was still in confinement, so of course she didn't know about it, and Li Song deliberately kept it secret.A month has passed in a blink of an eye. Because of the severe drought and people's panic, the family discussed that the child's full moon will not be a big deal, and only the families of both parties are invited to join in the fun. This morning, Gui Qingqing finally took a hot bath Take a bath and put on new clothes.

Not long after breakfast, relatives and friends from various families arrived one after another. Although it is not a big deal, Li Song's current status is high, or everyone wants to come to Li's house to have a full meal, even Gui Liang brought his wife and children coming.

The women all went to the main room to see their children, and Erniang Wu put on the airs of her stepmother, "When I received the letter from you, I was very worried. I was afraid that something would happen to Qingqing. Having a child is a matter of life and death. It's just you I haven't been here before, so I don't know how to get there if I want to see you..."

Wu's words were complaining that Gui Qingqing was not close to her natal family. She didn't even know where Gui Qingqing's family was, and Gui Qingqing didn't bother to talk to her. She thought that when she moved to a new house, she also invited relatives and friends to have warm pot meals Come on, Wu Shi was afraid of spending money at the time, so he didn't come at all, and now he actually said this!Gui Qingqing originally wanted to provoke her with a few words, but then thought that she was Xiaoman's mother after all, so she endured it.I only asked in a low voice a few words about Xiaoman's homework, but it turned out that the family was not full and the private school had already been disbanded.

Seeing the awkward situation, Mrs. Wu hurriedly continued: "Now that I see Qingqing like this, I feel at ease... This child is really beautiful, white and clean, and those eyes are like a mother's, black grapes..."

Osmanthus didn't want to talk to her, she just asked Gui Qingqing, "Is the child okay at night? Is he crying? Who will take care of her at night during confinement?"

Gui Qingqing smiled and said: "Fortunately, this child knows that he loves me, so he doesn't cry at night. During the day, Auntie Ding helps me look after him. At night, Dalang helps me. He is not tired."

The two were talking, and the second aunt Song came with a few daughters-in-law, and the second mother Wu muttered, "Is this purposely coming to eat?" Li Song specially sent some to the Gui family a few days ago. To go for the food, the Wu family actually took out the mother-in-law's money today.

Gui Qingqing couldn't help but cast a glance at her, and knew she was such a person long ago, so Gui Qingqing has always been indifferent to her, if it wasn't for worrying that her father and younger brother were hungry, Gui Qingqing would not bother to talk to her.Fortunately, the second aunt didn't hear this, otherwise it must have been a disturbance.

As soon as Mrs. Song came in, she saw Mrs. Wu. She knew exactly how Mrs. Wu treated Gui Qingqing before. He smiled and said, "Second Aunt is late, let me take a look at this fat boy first."

Gui Qingqing hurriedly asked her second aunt to sit down, and Mrs. Song sat down on the embroidered pier next to the bed. She looked at the child and said with a smile: "This child looks really good, like a mother. His grandfather is very happy to have a grandson. Every time I go back to the village, I come to our house to talk about the child, I have never seen my elder brother so happy..." She said, looking at Gui Qingqing's expression again, "I see that you have been raising well this confinement."

Gui Qingqing smiled and said, "My second aunt is worried about me. I'm fine. Is my family okay?"

"Okay, thanks to the food sent by your family this year, otherwise I would starve to death..."

When Mrs. Wu heard that Gui Qingqing had also sent food to Mrs. Song, she felt a little jealous. She was not Qingqing's mother-in-law, so there was too much food and there was nowhere to send it. Mrs. Wu was about to speak, but she heard Gui Qingqing say: It shouldn't be, when I had no food before, Second Aunt took care of me a lot..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu finally didn't act stupid anymore. Gui Qingqing comforted her again: "I heard from Da Lang that the relief from the imperial court should arrive in a few days. It won't always be like this. Second Aunt, rest assured."

Speaking of this, Song couldn't help sighing, "If you want to rely on the government for relief, you will really have to starve to death, but it's better than nothing..." She experienced such a thing once when she was a child, and the government's relief went to those corrupt officials. The pockets of the people are really in the hands of the people, which is really a drop in the bucket.

Gui Qingqing also understood this, and the daughters-in-law of the Song family began to talk about it again. Gui Qingqing couldn't help being surprised to hear that Li Yu and Li Bai also exchanged grain with others, even though Li Song reminded him last year The two brothers wanted to store more food, but he didn't listen to his elder brother's words at all. The family ran out of food a few days ago. For this, Li Song specially sent several buckets of food to his relatives. How could they still have food in exchange? land?Could it be that he exchanged the food given by his family?
Just as Gui Qingqing wanted to ask more questions, Li Yu and Li Bai brought their whole family, and Wang and Hu also came in to see the child. Everyone exchanged pleasantries again, so Gui Qingqing couldn't ask any more questions.

Soon it was noon, and everyone had a full meal, because the road was far away, and soon everyone dispersed, but Li Yu and Li Bai refused to leave.

Li Song saw that the two of them seemed to have something to do, so he asked, "What's the matter with you? What's the matter?"

Li Yu said awkwardly: "Brother, the food you gave last time... no... no more..."

Li Song frowned, "It's only been a few days, why is it gone?"

Hu interjected: "Brother, you also know that every family is short of food, my natal family... I can't just leave them hungry..."

Gui Qingqing was listening by the side, already annoyed. If they really helped their relatives, it would be understandable. Gui Qingqing said coldly: "How did I hear that you traded grain for fields? Do you think your eldest brother Is sister-in-law a fool? Is it easy to fool?"

Wang said straightforwardly: "Brother and sister-in-law, anyway, your family's grain exchange is cheaper than others' land exchange. In this case, why don't you give the bargain to your family?"

When Mr. Li Fuman heard this, he grabbed the teacup beside him and slammed it on the ground. "Get out! Since you traded grain for land, go eat the soil. There is no grain! Get out!"

It is true that there is not much food in the family. Gui Qingqing bought more than 1000 acres of land in total, and the rest is only enough for the family to eat until next autumn. This is only the second. What Li Fuman was most angry about was last autumn. He clearly told the two sons not to sell the food, but they didn't listen to him at all. Now that the eldest son gave them the food, they dared to sell the life-saving food!How to make Li Fuman not annoyed?

Li Yu and Li Bai's family were kicked out by Mr. Li Fuman and left in despair.

At this time, Changsheng woke up, the little guy might be a little hungry, crying so loudly, Gui Qingqing held him in his arms, and he started to hug him, Gui Qingqing smiled and said: "Is Changsheng hungry?" She put the clothes on Untie it and feed the baby, when Li Song came in, he held his son's little feet and said carefully: "Qingqing, don't be angry with them."

Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "It's not been a day or two since I married into the Li family. I know exactly what kind of people they are. If I get angry with them, I should be so angry."

Li Song said with a smile: "I'm still saying I'm not angry, isn't that considered angry? It's just that they are my brothers after all, and I can't just leave them alone..."

"What are you going to do?"

"You can't just let it go. Of course, let them learn a lesson. Starve them for a few days first, lest they have to exchange land for food."

Gui Qingqing said: "Next time, I will give them less each time, and I will send them a predetermined amount. Is there any more?"

"Yeah, let's do it like this." Li Song nodded repeatedly.

Not long after, the relief food from the imperial court really came. Even so, many people in Qingpu County fled. According to the statistics afterwards, only the villagers of Lijia Village did not flee, but most of the fields were destroyed. Li's family exchanged food.

Since then, the Li family not only gained a good reputation for benevolence and righteousness, but also became a well-known landlord in Qingpu County. Ma County Magistrate stayed in Qingpu County for six years. Since the government was clear and bright, Li Song specially organized his yamen servants to open a bodyguard company. Even if they didn't need to "fish", these people were well-off, and these yamen servants naturally supported Li Song very much.

When Ma County Magistrate Gao was promoted, Li Song thought about it again and again, and finally resigned from the post of Dian Shi. He recommended Du Xiaopu to take over as Dian Shi. He returned to Lijia Village by himself, built a big house, and became a rich man with peace of mind. With a big family and a big business, Li Song couldn't bear to keep his wife busy.

During the six years, Gui Qingqing gave birth to three sons together. On this day Li Song's youngest son celebrated a hundred days, Li Song held a big banquet, and when he came back after seeing off the guests, he saw Chang Sheng sitting on the kang, pushing a cart in his hand, shaking the cart But the youngest son in the house refused to sleep, babbling, not knowing what to say.

The second son was already fast asleep. Although Chang Sheng was sleepy, he still sat there with sleepy eyes and looked at the youngest brother, not knowing what he was muttering in a daze.No matter what Mrs. Ding next to him tried to persuade, Changsheng just refused to go to sleep. When he heard the movement and saw his parents coming in, a smile appeared on his face. He stood up, opened his small arms, and rushed towards the edge of the kang.

Li Song hurriedly opened his arms to catch his son, Chang Sheng buried his little head on his father's neck, and hugged his little arms vigorously, refusing to let go. He made out with his father, but kept silent, for fear of waking up his second brother.

Gui Qingqing hurriedly went to put her younger son to sleep, while Li Song picked up Changsheng and went to the adjacent room, and put him on the bed. Changsheng said, "Father, you've been drinking again, and it doesn't smell good."

Li Song couldn't help but smile, "Of course a good man must drink. Didn't you learn martial arts from your father and say you will be a general in the future?"

Changsheng thought for a while and said, "Mother hates the smell of alcohol the most, so I won't be a general in the future, I will be the number one scholar!"

Li Song felt that the child was just talking casually, and he never expected that after more than ten years, his son would really come back with the first prize in the exam.

Gui Qingqing gave birth to five sons and two daughters. The couple taught their children carefully. With the eldest son as a role model, the other four sons also liked to study, and they all passed the Jinshi examination.

Many years later, when people in Qingpu County talked about the No. [-] Scholar's family, they all knew that the Li family had already become a famous family.

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