Chapter 172 General Shen Returns to Beijing

It snowed in the capital.

Jiang Yueyao woke up very early. She stood in front of the window. The yard, the eaves, the trees... everything was covered in white.

The snow was very thick, and it made a crunching sound when I stepped on the ground.

She went back to the inner room, changed into some thick clothes, washed up, and then went out.

There was floor heating in the room, so she didn't feel cold. But as soon as she went out, the cold wind blew in her face, and she quickly hid her face in her rabbit fur scarf.

The maid Amber who followed behind her hurriedly handed her the hand warmer.

"It's not very hot, just hold it to keep it warm."

Jiang Yueyao smiled at her and went to the next room with the hand warmer.

Amber was given to her by the old lady. She was the old lady's maid. She was steady and careful in her work and treated her very well.

The Bai family treated her very well.

From the old Grand Tutor and the old lady to the maids and servants, although she was not a proper girl from the Bai family, no one looked down on her. Even the ladies of the first and second houses treated her the same as Shen Baoqing.

So, she is lucky!

When I entered Shen Baoqing's room, she was still sleeping.

Jiang Yueyao took off her outer cloak, handed it to Amber, and walked into the inner room.

Shen Baoqing had woken up, but was still lying in bed and didn't want to get up.

Seeing Jiang Yueyao coming, he huddled in his quilt: "It's so cold, why are you getting up so early?"

"Today is the first day of the lunar year. Let's go to the Buddhist temple with the old lady. You should get up quickly."

As she spoke, she brought her clothes herself.

Shen Baoqing sighed as he put on his clothes.

"It's snowing and the journey is difficult. I wonder when my father, mother, and brother will be able to reach the capital."

Jiang Yueyao straightened her clothes and said softly, "I'll be back eventually. It'll just be a few days."

"That's right." Shen Baoqing became happy again. "It's snowing today, and we need to eat hot pot at home. I'll go talk to Uncle Zhang and ask him to give me a mutton hot pot with spicy sauce."

After a busy period, the two had breakfast and went to Chongming Hall where the old lady lived.

It was still early when we went there, and the old lady was having breakfast.

When the old lady saw the two people coming, a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"have eaten?"

"I've eaten." Jiang Yueyao sat down beside her and scooped a bowl of porridge for her. "It snowed heavily last night, and the roads are hard to walk on. You have to walk slowly when you go out."

"I know, I know." The old lady smiled with a relaxed look.

"You had stomach discomfort yesterday, so you can't eat too much of this sesame cake." She said as she put the plate of sesame cake aside.

Shen Baoqing saw it on the side.

"Why do I feel like you're becoming more and more like a housekeeper? It's fine if you're just taking care of me, but now you're taking care of my grandmother too."

The old lady smiled happily.

Jiang Yueyao glanced at Shen Baoqing: "What? You are not happy? Then I will not care."

"Oh my, oh my, I just said it casually, you take care of it, I let you take care of it."

Jiang Yueyao pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

The old lady beside her also laughed.

After breakfast and a short rest, Jiang Yueyao and Shen Baoqing helped the old lady to the Buddhist temple next door.

The Buddhist temple was built next to Chongming Hall. There were green bamboos planted in the yard. It was usually lush and green, but today it was bent by the heavy snow.

When the old lady saw this, she said to the maidservant following behind her, "Have someone clear the snow away so that the bamboos don't get crushed."

"yes."

The charcoal brazier had already been lit in the Buddhist hall. Jiang Yueyao took off her cloak, washed her hands, and sat aside to copy scriptures.

After living in the Grand Tutor's Mansion for three months, and staying in the Buddhist temple with the old lady on the first and fifteenth days of each month, Jiang Yueyao's temperament became more and more calm.

I used to be unable to sit still, but now I can sit for a whole morning.

Shen Baoqing was sitting opposite her.

She couldn't calm down, so after copying for a while, she ran to the bed to look at the snow scene.

After watching the snow scene, he returned to the table to write a few words, and then ran to the side to drink some water.

By the afternoon, Jiang Yueyao had copied an entire volume of Buddhist scriptures.

The old lady looked at it with eyes full of admiration.

"Yaoyao's handwriting is becoming more and more beautiful. Her hairpin-shaped small calligraphy is much better than Baoqing's."

Jiang Yueyao smiled and said, "That's because you taught me well."

Shen Baoqing was unhappy.

"You two are just praising yourselves, why do you have to involve me?"

The old lady poked her forehead with her finger and said, "Who told you to be lazy? It's been almost a day. How much have you copied? Show it to me."

Shen Baoqing covered the rice paper with his hands and laughed.

Then it started again with 'ouch ouch', "My wrist hurts, Grandma, can I stop writing?"

The old lady glared at her, then hugged her in her arms, massaging her wrists as she said, "With your temper, what will you do when you marry into your husband's family?"

"I won't get married. I'll be supported anyway."

The three were chatting and laughing when Guan Jiaxing, who was beside the old Grand Tutor, came hurriedly.

"Madam, Madam, the young lady and her husband are back."

The old lady was stunned for a moment: "Who did you say came back?"

The housekeeper was sweating profusely.

He didn't have time to wipe it off and said happily: "It's Miss, Miss and son-in-law are home, they are in Chongming Hall now, and the cousin is also back, they are all back."

Shen Baoqing, who was originally leaning on the old lady's arms and acting coquettishly, jumped up when he heard this.

She rushed out without saying a word, forgetting even to put on her cloak.

"Great, Daddy, Mommy, and Brother are back."

The old lady also became excited.

She quickly stood up and walked out.

But he was stopped by Jiang Yueyao and Nanny Qin beside him.

After putting a cloak on her and stuffing a hand warmer in her hand, the two men helped her to the Chongming Hall next door.

Halfway through the journey, I saw a beautiful middle-aged woman hurriedly coming from the other side in the distance.

The old lady also saw it and reached out her hand from a distance.

He called out tremblingly, "Sister Yu?"

The beautiful middle-aged woman called "Yu Jie'er" was walking when she heard the old lady's call, and then she started running towards this side, holding up her skirt.

Running and shouting.

“Mother…Mother…”

Those intimate calls made the old lady so excited that she shed tears.

Jiang Yueyao supported her and walked towards her. When they got there, the beautiful middle-aged woman threw herself into the old lady's arms, hugged her and started crying.

"Mother, mother, Yu'er is back."

The old lady hugged her tightly, tears streaming down her face.

"Bao'er...my Bao'er..."

Jiang Yueyao took half a step back.

The mother and daughter reunited after a long separation, hugged each other and cried, and she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

After crying for a while, Nanny Qin, who was standing by, was worried that the old lady could not bear it, so she hurriedly helped Bai Jinyu up.

"Girl, it's freezing here, you'd better go inside first."

Bai Jinyu nodded, wiped her tears, and helped Qiao to the yard.

The mother and daughter walked and talked as they went, forgetting everyone around them.

Jiang Yueyao followed behind, hesitating whether to go in together?

The family reunited after a long separation.

She was an outsider, so it would be fine on normal days, but at this time today, it felt a bit abrupt.

So she stepped forward and gently tugged at Nanny Qin's sleeve.

When the other party looked at her, she quickly lowered her voice.

"Mammy, I'm going back first. I'll come back tomorrow morning to pay my respects to General Shen and his wife."

Nanny Qin knew what she was thinking.

He smiled and nodded.

Jiang Yueyao smiled back at her and led Amber to Yuehua Garden.

Before reaching Yuehua Garden, I saw the maid from Chongming Hall running over hurriedly.

"Miss Jiang, the Grand Tutor wants you to come over."