Chapter 116: Better Than Spring Breeze (Ending - Guangling)
Three years later.
One summer afternoon, Qi Huaijing had just returned from outside when he saw his son jumping down from a short tree in the yard.
"Qi Lin! Keep your voice down and don't disturb your sister's sleep."
Qi Lin ran past, leaving a message in the distance.
"knew……"
Several maids hurriedly chased after him.
When Qi Huaijing lifted the curtain and entered the room, his daughter Qi Sheng had already been woken up, and Chen Tang was coaxing her softly.
"Sheng'er, look, who's back? It's Daddy! Let's not sleep anymore, okay?"
The two-year-old girl, as fair as a snowball, was rubbing her sleepy eyes, pouting her lips, and making grunting sounds as if she was about to cry.
Before she could cry out loud, Qi Huaijing quickly took her from Shen Tang's arms.
"Let me see, is my Sheng'er well behaved today? Does he look good when he smiles? Come, tell daddy, what has Sheng'er been busy with at home today..."
After Qi Sheng finished his halting speech, Qi Huaijing praised him greatly. After the father and daughter sat down peacefully, Shen Tang asked about the serious matters.
"Why are you back now? How's the shop going? Is it settled?"
"It's settled. We'll leave three shops to the mother and her three children in the west courtyard, and sell the rest... It won't delay our departure next month."
"That's good. Every year when you go to the capital, the child always clamors to go with you. If we really move to the capital this time, he might even clamor to go back to Guangling!"
As their children grew up, the couple had long thought about moving to the capital.
After Qin became a widow, she sent away all the beauties in the courtyard one after another, finally making the life a little more peaceful. Only Aunt Chun was left to raise the children together with her.
This year, seeing that little Qi Hong has turned three years old, her mind has become more active.
Chen Tang had noticed several times that she had been secretly working with the clan, spreading the word that the family business was growing bigger and bigger, but they were an orphan and a widow, and had no property to rely on.
Coincidentally, Mr. Shen’s official career had been dormant for many years, but suddenly his fortunes turned around.
The imperial court was preparing to compile a series of books and seconded a group of erudite scholars from various local academies. He was among them, which was considered a small promotion.
With this in mind, the couple had a legitimate reason to separate and go to Beijing to live a carefree life.
Anyway, there are shops, houses, and even farms in the capital... Qin and others know nothing about it. They really think he is filial and only wants to accompany his father-in-law to settle down in the capital!
Regarding the division of the family, there are old customs among the elders of the clan.
Madam Yue was still alive, Qi Huaijing was the legitimate son, and Qi Chengzhou was the illegitimate son. They were able to leave three shops to the Qin family for support, and everyone in the clan said that Sanlang and his wife were kind to others.
Now that the division of the family has been decided, all we have to do is wait for the journey.
"Tang'er, has the madam packed her luggage?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "It's too early!"
"She's been cleaning for almost two months, and she's still not done?"
"Just the clothes and shoes that the brother and sister had worn filled several large boxes... Mom said that nothing could be thrown away and that everything had to be taken to the capital."
Qi Huaijing shook his head and suddenly remembered something.
"Just the children's clothes? What about mine?"
Chen Tang couldn't help but laugh, unable to hide his gloating.
"She said...your clothes take up too much space, throw them away."
Qi Huaijing sighed.
"As expected, I have completely fallen out of favor."
He has finally waited for this day!
As the couple was talking, the cat that was playing with the bead curtain suddenly became alert, jumped off the couch, and ran to the door, meowing.
It turned out that Huaping came back to see everyone.
Last year, Huaping left home and her parents arranged a marriage for her. Her husband is the youngest son of the owner of a dim sum shop.
The two houses are not far from each other, just on the same street.
Chen Tang was afraid that this family was not good and treated her badly, so he asked her carefully. Seeing that Huaping was shy and satisfied, he suddenly remembered -
No wonder, when she was in the Shen family, she always liked to bring snacks for the eldest daughter every time she came back from home.
It turns out that we have been friends since childhood.
Bailu gets married earlier.
Her distant cousin won military merit in the northern frontier. After returning home triumphantly with the troops, he came to Guangling to find her as soon as possible.
Originally, Qi Huaijing left Bai Lu to help the newly married Chen Tang with household affairs.
Now, Chen Tang has long been able to take charge of his own affairs with ease, Bai Lu has also saved up a lot of silver bills, and Qi Huaijing has rewarded the couple with a generous sum of silver to help them settle down and start a business.
Lidong married even more... and had already left her body and heart in Guangling City.
Feng Xi was busy running a clinic. Since he had a daughter, he quit his job and took on all the housework in the Feng family's new house, taking care of Ah Hui, Ah Huang, Ah Hong, and Ah Lu...
The most important thing is to take care of my daughter.
He looked at this big and strong man, combing his hair, braiding it, tying it into a hair flower... it was no problem at all, and there were quite a lot of ways to do it.
Occasionally he would come to the Qi family to do things for the Third Master, and he would always bring his daughter with him, never leaving their side.
At first, Qi Huaijing couldn't bear it.
"Lidong, you can't spoil your child like this."
Lidong folded his arms, stared intently at his daughter who was playing with Qi Lin, and spoke in a sincere tone.
"Third Master, you don't understand."
Qi Huaijing sneered. He became a father earlier than him, so why didn’t he understand?
Then, Xiaochun, who had just learned to walk, picked a flower in the yard and ran over crookedly, speaking in a baby voice.
"Daddy, wear flowers~"
Qi Huaijing watched as Lidong, such a tall man, lowered himself obediently so that his daughter could put the flower in his ear... and he also kissed him by the way.
He turned around and saw Qi Lin, barefoot, chasing Ah Zhen around the yard. He was sweating profusely, his body was covered with cat hair, and his hands were covered with mud...
Lidong was wearing flowers, picked up the little girl who was sweeter and cuter than the flowers, and walked up to him.
"Do you understand?"
Qi Huaijing was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
…It wasn’t until Shen Tang gave birth to Qi Sheng that he felt he had avenged himself.
This spring, Youlan also got married.
Although Youlan was a merchant's daughter, she had beautiful handwriting and could compose poetry. She was well-known for her talent among the ladies in Guangling City... just like Chen Tang back then.
After all, she was the girl she taught.
Chen Tang's stepmother, Madam Qi, who is also Youlan's aunt, left her niece to worry about her early on and took a fancy to the illegitimate son of a colleague of Lord Shen.
Madam Qi acted as a matchmaker, and after the two families met and found they were willing to marry each other, and their ages and looks were similar, it was a natural thing for the man and the woman to get married... Naturally, Shen Tang took care of the dowry.
The day Youlan got married was a warm and breezy spring day.
When the groom arrived to pick up the bride, the Qi family was filled with red decorations and firecrackers, creating a lively and bustling atmosphere.
Amid the deafening sound of sheng, flute and drums, Qi Huaijing and Shen Tang stood side by side. When he saw his younger sister's big red sedan leaving the Qi family's gate, he suddenly asked a question.
"Are you jealous?"
After being married for many years, Chen Tang understands his little thoughts too well.
"Since you and I got married, there has been no marriage in the world that I can envy."
Qi Huaijing relaxed his brows, his smile more proud than the spring breeze.
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