It was already noon when Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu finished their work. After they finished their meal, Zhao Wu took Xu Lanyin to take a nap.
This guy never took a break before.
Xu Lanyin looked out the window at the bright sunlight, the pure blue sky, the chirping of birds in the branches and the barking of Huazi next door.
Said, "It's not good to indulge in promiscuity in broad daylight, right?"
Zhao Wu said seriously, "This isn't about indulging in adultery, it's about continuing the family line. Since our family is quiet, let's try to have two children in three years, and three in four years..."
As he said that, he picked up Xu Lanyin and carried her sideways.
Xu Lanyin laughed out loud, then quickly suppressed her laughter.
After finishing, the two couldn't sleep and didn't want to get up, so they chatted idly.
Zhao Wu said, "Sister..."
Xu Lanyin lay on his chest and whispered, "Call me Yinyin. I like you to call me that."
This was how her parents called her in her previous life, with the second character being pronounced longer than the first.
Zhao Wu rubbed his thumb on her cheek and called out, "Yin Yin."
"Yeah, call it again."
"Yin Yin."
"Um."
Zhao Wu said again, "From now on, you can call me Zhao Lang."
Xu Lanyin looked up at him but didn't say anything.
Zhao Wuwen, "Don't like it?"
"It's not that I don't like it, I just think it's a bit corny." Xu Lanyin felt that this name was even cornier than the "kiss" and "meaty" in her previous life.
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Then call me Zhuo An. Call me that in private. That's what my parents called me when I was a child. In front of outsiders, call me Second Master."
"Zhuo An."
"Um."
"Second Master."
"Um."
It was strange, the different names made the feelings between the two people more intense...
I go back to my parents' home on the fourth day of the New Year.
At 9:00 PM, Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu, dressed in their finest attire, arrived at the front yard. Instead of going through the small gate, they exited the Zhao family's main gate and turned left to head toward Xu's. Two maids followed behind, carrying gifts.
Standing at the gate of the Xu family were Xu Lanting and Xu Ershi, welcoming the new son-in-law and aunt.
The two men bowed and called each other "brother-in-law" and "sister".
In the upper room sat Qin, Old Lady Xu, Xu Dashi, and several of the children. Li, who was not yet a month old, and her second daughter, had not come.
Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu went in and kowtowed to the two elders.
Seeing the even more beautiful and charming Xu Lanyin, Qin smiled.
As soon as Xu Lanyin sat down on the chair, Xu Lanting and Xu Lanyue leaned into her arms. These two children, one of whom she had raised and the other who was most attached to her, were not used to her being away. Yesterday, they had wanted to go to the Zhao family to look for their eldest sister, but Qin had stopped them.
Xu Lanyin's previous house was still there, and she and Zhao Wu rested here after lunch.
After lunch, Old Lady Xu came to the west wing and took Xu Lanyin's hand. She talked a lot, nothing more than how much she loved the children of the second wife. Old Lady Xu learned her lesson and advised Qin not to be angry with him again...
Old Man Xu is Xu Qingyan's father. Qin has made it clear that she will not divorce him. It is impossible for the second wife's descendants and Qin to not respect him. They just need to make sure he doesn't dare to do anything wrong again.
Xu Lanyin smiled and said that Qin and the three siblings always remembered the kindness of Old Lady Xu and would honor them...
Old Mrs. Xu felt relieved and happy.
Tomorrow, Old Lady Xu and Xu Ershi will return to their hometown. The Xu and Zhao families have given them a lot of gifts, and Xu Lanyin also gave the old lady one hundred taels of silver.
Starting tomorrow, Xu Lanyin, Zhao Wu, and Li Luo will start eating at Xu's house again. Xu Lanyin must pay ten taels of silver for the food expenses.
Qin shook her head and said, "How can a daughter and son-in-law come back to her parents' home for dinner and ask for money?"
Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "We don't come here occasionally as guests, but come here every day to eat. If mother doesn't want us to come, we will feel embarrassed to come."
When the two children heard this, they quickly started doing Qin's work.
Xu Lanting said, "Mom, let's put things in perspective. I should take the money."
Xu Lanyue was almost crying, saying, "What if Auntie doesn't accept the money and my sister and brother-in-law don't come back?"
Qin had no choice but to accept it.
In the evening, Li Luo, who had left the government office, was invited to dinner. Because of the presence of Old Lady Xu and Xu Dashi's family, Qin Shi was reluctant to invite Qin Che's family.
On the ninth day of the third lunar month, a Fujian man would return to the capital to marry. In those days, officials' wedding leave was nine days, with travel time calculated separately. After the Fujian man had spent nine days at home in the capital, the bride would then move with him to Ningzhou Prefecture to stay for a month, hoping to have more children.
Both the Zhao and Xu families sent valuable gifts, and also brought things to the Princess's Mansion and Xu Qingyan and his son. Xu Lanyin also wrote letters and sent gifts specifically to Minjia and Xiaoxingxing.
On the tenth day, Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu went to the Jokhang Temple on Huading Mountain in the suburbs to burn incense. Qin, Xu Lanting and Xu Lanyue also went there.
They kowtowed and burned incense. Xu Lanyin and his wife gave two hundred taels of silver each for Zhao Wu's parents and two hundred taels of silver for Qin Huiniang. Qin Shi gave two hundred taels of silver each for Qin Huiniang and her deceased grandparents, and Xu Lanyue gave fifty taels of silver for Zhou Xin.
Xu Lanyue had a monthly allowance and red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. The Zhou family had also given her silver before. She seldom spent money. Even though the money Zhou Xin left for her was kept with Xu Qingyan, she still had more than 200 taels of private money.
After a vegetarian meal at the temple, the group continued their exploration of Huading Mountain. Huading Mountain isn't very high, so it took just over an hour to traverse it. It was March, the height of spring, and peach blossoms were in full bloom, covering the mountainside. Lush greenery was interspersed with unusual rocks and streams. The group thoroughly enjoyed themselves, happily returning to the city only after the sun had set.
Xu Lanting insisted on riding a horse with Zhao Wutong, and Xu Lanyin lifted the curtain to look outside.
Farmers were busy working in the fields, and not far away was a village where children played in groups of three or four.
Xu Lanyin likes the tranquility and beauty of the countryside, but her life in Xiaozao Village is not easy and comfortable.
Zhao Wu pointed to a group of houses in the distance and said to her, "Yinyin, the barracks where Brother Hong is is right over there."
Just as they finished speaking, they saw several men in military uniforms on horseback approaching from a distance and then running past them. Hong Zhen was there too, but he didn't say hello, just smiled at them.
Xu Lanyin and Xu Lanting also smiled at him, but Zhao Wu looked at their receding backs with a gloomy face.
Xu Lanyin asked, "Second Master, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Wu hurriedly shook his head and said, "Nothing."
It was already dusk when I got home.
Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wuxian went back to their own yard to wash up, and then went to Xu's house for dinner.
Xu Lanyin asked quietly, "Is there anyone you know among the people with Brother Hong?" She was still thinking about this because Zhao Wu saw that the expressions of those people were very different.
Zhao Wudao said, "Yes, it's the ninth master of the Pu family. That drunkard, actually wearing the uniform of a third-rank official, how did he come here? Could he have been transferred here?" He explained, "He is the son of the old uncle Pu and the old lady Pu, and the nephew of the Empress Dowager. In the past, Wen Yan liked to hang out with him the most."
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