Chapter 192 Returning Home
"Sui Niang, this is the money earned from the shop, and it can be considered as our family savings. Please keep it!" Pei Ersao's tone was firm, with an implication that no one could refuse.
All the money earned from the restaurant was handed over to the family. How come they have so much money in their hands now?
"Sui Niang, you keep it. We have money. Besides, all the profits from the restaurant are given to the family. The money from our two shops should also be handed over." Pei agreed.
Even Mrs. Pei agreed with this logic, so Ji Zhisui had no choice but to take the silver on the table. With the business of these two shops, the Pei family now had a savings of more than two thousand taels.
The Pei family members had an expression of joy on their faces that they could not conceal. Although these two thousand taels of silver were not a small amount in the past, it was far from enough to make them look up to them.
But the two thousand taels of silver in the family now were all earned by everyone's hard work in the past few months. Of course, the Pei family understood that the biggest contributor here was Sui Niang.
If Sui Niang wasn't there, their life would have been so miserable!
Sui Niang is simply the lucky star of their Pei family!
After not having to go to the restaurant, the Pei family prepared for the upcoming Spring Festival and began to tidy up the house, cleaning inside and out. Pei was working on the orders she had received in the house. The bag in her hand would be finished today and delivered to the noble lady on South Street, and she would also be able to get some money before the New Year.
On New Year's Eve.
Ji Zhisui got up early in the morning. She got up early and dressed up. She took the white magnolia hairpin in her hand and pinned it on her head.
After tidying herself up, her eyes always fell on the gate intentionally or unintentionally, but the gate was quiet and there was no movement.
As soon as Mrs. Pei came out, she saw this scene. She knew who Sui Niang was waiting for without having to guess. It was just that An Ge'er hadn't written to her for a long time, and she didn't know whether his promise to come back during the New Year was still true.
If it doesn't count, I'm afraid Sui Niang will be very sad.
"Sui Niang, is this how the meat should be cut?" Old Madam Pei wanted to bring Ji Zhisui back to his senses and make him care less about this matter.
As someone who has been through this, Mrs. Pei knows very well that waiting is very difficult to endure.
"Ah! Let me see." When asked by the old lady, Ji Zhisui withdrew his gaze and began to guide Madam Pei to cut the meat.
What they are making now is dumplings. There is no custom of eating dumplings during the New Year in Lingnan, but they all came from the capital.
Mrs. Pei was cutting pork and cabbage, planning to make dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage. Of course, there were more fillings than just this one, there were also lamb, green onions, mushrooms, etc.
Add water to flour and knead it into dough. After the dough has risen several times and the surface is smooth, cut it into small equal pieces and roll it out with a rolling pin. Wrap the filling inside, pinch and twist it, and the dumplings with plump bellies are ready.
With things on hand to do, Ji Zhisui had no time to think about other things. Madam Pei's goal was achieved.
The sky outside the house gradually darkened as the Pei family prepared more and more sumptuous food, but there was still no sound from outside the door.
The joy of the New Year had been somewhat dampened, and the Pei family did not mention having dinner.
After all, this reunion dinner should be eaten together, but now there is one person missing!
Pei Tiantian tugged at the corner of Ji Zhisui's clothes and said naively, "Aunt San, didn't Brother San say he would be back for the New Year?"
Ji Zhisui didn't know whether Pei Yian would come back today, so he could only force a smile and touched Pei Tiantian's head to comfort her. At the same time, he was also comforting himself. Brother An was coming back from the border, and there were many uncertainties on the way, so it was understandable that he couldn't make it out on New Year's Eve.
Pei Tiantian seemed to be able to sense something from the atmosphere at home, and was tactful enough not to say much.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Everyone in the Pei family had joy on their faces. Ji Zhisui's originally gloomy expression suddenly brightened up. He stood up and couldn't wait to open the door.
The other members of the Pei family did not compete with her for this job; they just sat there eagerly waiting for it.
When the door opened, Ji Zhisui discovered that the person standing outside was not the person she was thinking about, but Grandma Zhao from next door.
Grandma Zhao didn't know what had happened. She just felt that Sui Niang opened the door too quickly, so she handed the thing in her hand to Ji Zhisui.
"Sui Niang, this is the red fruit we made at home, you can try it."
These red fruits are a specialty of their area. Sui Niang and the others came from the north and probably don’t know about these things.
"Okay, thank you, Grandma Zhao." Seeing that the person in front of him was not the one he had been thinking about, Ji Zhisui couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he also politely thanked Grandma Zhao.
Grandma Zhao realized later that something was wrong. When she saw the Pei family members sitting inside but did not see Mr. Pei, she realized something and opened her mouth to say some words of comfort, but she was afraid of Tu Tiansui's mother's sadness.
In the end, Grandma Zhao still didn't say anything. After delivering the red fruits, she planned to go back. Ji Zhisui turned around and planned to close the door.
"Years."
Hearing this unique name and familiar voice, Ji Zhisui's hands tightly grasped the plate in his hands, his eyes staring straight in one direction.
Not far away stood the person she had been thinking about and longing for day and night.
Before the end of the year, Pei Yian dealt with the military affairs and handed over the management power of the military to Pei Yi and others.
Even if some restless people wanted to pass on the message, the journey from the border to the capital was long, and Pei Yian had already placed people along those routes.
Even if someone manages to escape to the capital, the person in the capital will not sit idly by.
After taking care of everything, Pei Yian brought a few of his men and hurried to Qizhou County. He never forgot that he had promised to stay up all night with Sui Niang.
Not just this year, but every year thereafter, they will always be together!
Pei Yian traveled day and night, and even had very few moments to rest. He felt nothing and only had one thought in mind: to go home.
I even felt a burning sensation inside, a kind of joy and excitement that I was about to see my loved one.
These emotions eliminated all the fatigue he felt. His desperate way of rushing on the road made it difficult for those subordinates who accompanied Pei Yian back.
Pei Liu had no idea why his master was rushing on this journey at such a high speed, but since his master could endure it, they, the secret guards, naturally could not complain and could only accompany his master on the journey.
However, when they arrived at the territory of Qizhou County, Pei Liu and others originally wanted to continue following, but who knew that the master just threw a few silver ingots at them, told them to find an inn to stay in, and then rode away and soon disappeared.
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