Chapter 127: Like the little brother.
After waiting for the people to come back and rest for half an hour, Shen Zhiqing led the team to the next county.
Every time he went to an inn, he would give the innkeeper a red envelope containing three taels of silver so that he could sell fruit trees next to the inn door.
day to day.
Shen Zhiqing was either selling fruit trees by the entrance of the inn, or he was on his way.
Rain or shine.
... Cheng Yurong
in the capital
received the fifth letter from Shen Zhiqing and realized that he had arrived in the southern city for several days and encountered many things while selling fruit trees.
But the journey was smooth and safe.
"Mother, I want to read the second brother's letter." Ruan Ruan stretched out his little hand to grab it and got into Cheng Yurong's arms.
"Do you know how to read?"
"Humph! Then I won't read it." Ruan Ruan pouted her little mouth, then realized that she was probably "illiterate" when she was more than one year old.
"Mom, let me read it to you! Your second brother misses you very much."
"Yeah, yeah."
...
On the first day of April,
the capital city was filled with green, flowers were in full bloom, and birds were chirping everywhere.
Cheng Yurong and Ruan Ruan dressed up and went to the Tan Mansion to attend the baptism of Mrs. Tan's youngest son.
Three days ago, Mrs. Tan successfully gave birth to a fat and white son.
She specially invited Cheng Yurong to be the grandma who admitted the baby and gave her best wishes to her youngest son. Entering Tan's house
in the afternoon
, Mrs. Tan personally greeted Cheng Yurong. She presented a box of brown sugar, bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin as gifts, and then took Ruan Ruan into Mrs. Tan's bedroom.
"I've been looking forward to seeing you, Sister Rong... Ruan Ruan, come here, let Auntie take a look at you."
Mrs. Tan was so anxious that she hadn't seen Ruan Ruan in almost half a month.
Cheng Yurong led Ruan Ruan to the bed and carried her to the bed.
"Auntie, how are you?"
"Very well. Auntie is stronger than an ox." Mrs. Tan gently stroked Ruan Ruan's little face and then touched the back of her head.
I have been very healthy and comfortable during my pregnancy with my little son, and even the delivery went very smoothly and quickly.
"Ruan Ruan, come and see the little brother."
"Wow~ Is this the baby born by my aunt? It's so cute." Ruan Ruan gently poked the swaddled baby with his hand. It was white and fat. She's really cute.
"Do you like your little brother, Ruan Ruan?"
"Yes, my brother is so cute."
Ruan Ruan lowered his head and kissed the baby's cheek.
When Mrs. Tan saw it, she smiled very happily and gave Ruan Ruan and her youngest son a meaningful look.
It would be great if these two little guys could get married.
...
Cheng Yurong carried Mrs. Tan's youngest son out and came to the hall. There were already many relatives of the Tan family here.
Mrs. Tan followed behind. She came out to watch her youngest son bathe for a while, and then returned to the bedroom to rest.
An incense table is set up in the center of the hall, enshrining the statues of thirteen gods including Bixia Yuanjun and Songzi Empress.
On the table next door, there are things needed for bathing, such as copper basins, warm water boiled with mugwort leaves, handkerchiefs, dry quilts, clothes, etc.
Cheng Yurong skillfully took off the baby's clothes, held his small body with both hands, and put him into a copper basin to bathe.
Relatives took turns filling the basins, starting from the order of seniority and age. Mrs. Tan's parents-in-law threw a gold ingot and a silver ingot into the copper basin.
Cheng Yurong shouted: "The house is full of gold and jade, long life and wealth."
When someone threw jujube and chestnuts into the copper basin, Cheng Yurong shouted: "Zao'er will make a son."
"Zao" and "zao" are homophonic, and "Li" and "Li" is a homophonic pronunciation.
When someone threw lotus seeds and longan, Cheng Yurong shouted: "In a row, you will have a noble son."
"Gui" and "gui" are homophonic, Guiyuan, Guiyuan, three yuan in a row. After "adding basins" was over, Cheng Yurong picked up the mallet and stirred the basin, and said: "Stir once, stir twice, stir three times, and the elder brother led the younger brother to run. Seventy-year-old, eighty-year-old, crooked-haired, and naughty." Xilihulu is here!"
Ruan Ruan was held by the wet nurse and stood watching, making her laugh happily.
Until she returned to the General's Mansion, she was still immersed in the laughter and laughter of the Tan Mansion.
By the way, Aunt Tan said the baby's name is Tan Tianchen.
...
the days have returned to calm.
Ruan Ruan had nothing to do, so he began to torment Wang Daniu and Wang Dayu, making them often carry him around on their backs.
From time to time, she would go to the plum garden of the garden to see the hundreds of corn plants planted. After growing for almost two months, the corn stalks were already as tall as adults, and there were already many green flowers blooming like ears of wheat.
It is estimated that she will be able to eat corn in a month.
The corn fields are taken care of by the two brothers Wang Daniu. For two months, they have been pulling weeds, watering and fertilizing every day, and the corn is growing very well.
Shen Hong only went to Zhuangzi once a month and couldn't see the growth there, so he often came to see the cornfields in Meiyuan.
Seeing that the two brothers Wang Daniu were taking good care of him here, he could guess what was going on with his second uncle.
Shen Zhiqing had been away from home for a month, and it was Cheng Yurong and Shen Zhiyuan who helped take care of the cake shop and the grain and oil store in other places.
From several shopkeepers, they learned that Shen Qingqing had opened a new silver shop at the end of February, and the jewelry he sold was very beautiful and very expensive.
In just one month, it became popular throughout the capital.
The "Yunshang" clothing store she opened made tens of thousands of taels of silver in just six months.
The Duke Protector's Mansion was in relatively poor condition last year, but this year it has turned around.
Cheng Yurong is neither humble nor arrogant. Shen Zhongsheng and his second wife are doing well, so she won't be jealous.
The five sons will personally avenge the second wife.
She goes with the flow and helps when they need her.
Shen Zhiyuan's face was solemn. It was not like he had not caused trouble for Shen Shaosheng for more than half a year.
It's just an itch for Shen Shaosheng and a little more trouble.
If he waits for another four months, he will definitely give Shen Shaosheng a "big gift".
...
The First Zhuangzi, Beiyuan.
Cheng Er has been staying in Beiyuan for two months, taking care of several treasures every day.
Looking at the rows of corns taller than himself, he felt extremely proud.
Harvest is only a month away.
Then we walked to the potato field. Since it had only been planted for about a month, we still had to wait two more months to harvest.
Cheng Er walked to the sweet potato field under the sun and looked at the large green leaves. He was in a very good mood.
He picked a basket of sweet potato leaves and planned to fry them for lunch. They were particularly good for the stomach.
In the past half month, he often picked a lot of sweet potato leaves and asked his servants to deliver them to Cheng Mansion and General Mansion.
After walking for another two-quarters of an hour, Cheng Er arrived at the paddy field. The rice had been growing for a month and was two inches tall. It was growing very well.
If nothing else, it will take another four months to harvest.
Cheng Er squatted on the ridge of the field, stroking the leaves of the rice and carefully observing whether there were insects or diseases.
He even checked the water and silt in the paddy fields.
Beiyuan is divided into four areas, and each area has two garrison stations. Four servants are sent to take turns patrolling every day to prevent outsiders from invading and destroying.
...
The second Zhuangzi, Dongyuan.
Cheng Jinmiao has been in Dongyuan for a month, working hard every day, and finally planted several fruit seeds and ten vegetable seeds.
The shorter ones have only sprouted for a few days, while the longer ones have several leaves.
Especially peanuts and cotton, these two crops are what he cares about most.