Chapter 479 Situation (Part 2)

Si Niang was an insightful person. When she saw this, she smiled and said, "I'll go see if your fourth brother-in-law is drunk again." As she said this, she was about to get off the kang.

How could Eleventh Lady let the pregnant Fourth Lady escape?

She smiled and said, "Fourth sister, you should take a rest now! If you are worried about fourth brother-in-law, I will ask Amber to go check it out." She added, "Fifth sister and I will go check out the excitement and will be back soon."

Si Niang didn't bother to be polite with them. She smiled and nodded, watching them leave.

Wu Niang took Shiyi Niang to an empty side room.

"Do you know why brother didn't come?" she asked straight to the point.

Eleventh Lady thought of Fourth Lady Luo's hesitation to speak, and thought of Luo Zhensheng being Fifth Lady's brother... She smiled and said, "I heard from Fourth Sister-in-law that Big Brother has something to do."

Wu Niang sneered: "Let me tell you! Big Brother is going to deal with the industries in Fujian!"

Fujian! Eleventh Lady's heart moved.

Wu Niang said, "When father was in office, mother and others started a tea plantation. Later, father was in trouble and the tea plantation business went downhill. The partners wanted to break up with father. It was not until you married into the Yongping Marquis's mansion that things started to improve. Fujian is in chaos now. Although the tea plantation has improved in recent years, it is not as good as before. Father then thought of selling the tea plantation to the partners. Otherwise, how could Twelve Sister have so much dowry when she got married?"

Eleventh Lady was secretly surprised, but she said vaguely: "Fujian is too far away, it would be better to sell the tea plantation.

Wu Niang listened with a twinkle in her eyes: "Do you know how much silver the tea plantation has taken in?"

Eleventh Lady's heart was filled with alarm bells, and she shook her head slightly: "No matter how much money is involved, it is all family property. What does it have to do with us?"

"You are stupid!" Wu Niang cried out, "When Twelve Niang got married, she had a dowry of five thousand taels of silver. How much did we get when we got married? Didn't mother say that having three daughters in a row would make her money too tight? Now that there is money at home, she should give us some!"

"To increase the dowry?" Eleventh Lady stared at Fifth Lady in amazement.

"Yes!" Wu Niang said confidently, "I checked and there were precedents like this in the past. When a girl's parents got rich, they gave her dowry to her married daughter."

Eleventh Lady's mind was spinning rapidly. Why did she bring me up to discuss such a good matter? She just wanted to use her name to negotiate with Luo Zhenxing!

"I think it's better for Fifth Sister to talk to Big Brother about this!" She considered, "My mother spent money when I got married. Any of you can go and ask for it. It would be unreasonable for me to go." Not wanting to say more to her, she opened the partition door, "I don't know who is in charge of the account, but he is going to make a lot of money today." Having said that, she walked out without waiting for Fifth Niang to say anything.

On the second day, Xu Lingyi and Shiyi Niang left Jin Ge'er at home, and Xu Sizhen, Xu Si'e and Zhen Jie'er all went to Gongxian Hutong to attend the wedding banquet. Cheng Ge and Li Ge from Si Niang's family also came. Yu Cheng was older, and Yu Li was two years older than Xu Sizhen, and he and Xu Sizhen and Xu Si'e soon became friends. When Xu Sizhen came back from the wedding, he was still thinking about Yu Li and wanted to visit Si Niang's family.

"After eating Laba Congee, it will be the New Year." Shiyi Niang advised, "If you go now, every household will be busy celebrating the New Year, and they will have to entertain you. Isn't that just causing trouble for others? I think it's better to wait until after the New Year to go."

Xu Sizhen nodded reluctantly.

A maid came in and reported, "The person sent to Luoye Mountain came back and said that the second young master will be returning home early on the 24th."

The New Year is coming soon, and Eleventh Lady sends someone to pick up Xu Siyu.

Eleventh Lady ordered Amber to go to the courtyard where Xu Siyu lived and take a look: "Tell them to light the dragon and prepare everything. Add what needs to be added and replace what needs to be replaced."

Amber smiled and agreed. Doctor Liu was coming. "Madam is recovering very well." After giving her acupuncture, he quickly retreated outside the tent. "From now on, I will come to give her acupuncture every ten days or half a month."

Xu Lingyi wanted to ask clearly: "Is it ten days or half a month?" As he said this, he laughed first, "Even if I choose ten days, it's wrong. Choosing half a month is also wrong!"

Eleventh Lady thought of what Doctor Liu said when he first treated her: "It's best to rest for seven or eight days. If you can rest for ten days or half a month, it would be even better. At the very least, you should rest for four or five days." She burst out laughing.

Xu Lingyi turned around and glared at her as she was getting dressed in the curtains. Shiyi Niang lowered her head quickly.

Doctor Liu couldn't help but say: "Madam, you should focus on medicine and acupuncture in the future. You don't have to stick to these things."

Xu Lingyi had just returned from seeing off Doctor Liu. Half of the gauze curtains had not yet been rolled up. Eleventh Lady was sleeping with the quilt wrapped around her. There was a faint pink on her fair face, and her expression was as peaceful as a water lily.

"You're getting braver!" he murmured, stroking her forehead.

Eleventh Lady's sleep was disturbed. She let out a moan, frowned and turned her face to the side, trying to avoid his hand.

Xu Lingyi let go of her hand and pulled the quilt for her, but he couldn't bear to leave immediately. He sat quietly for a while, leaned over and pecked her lips, which had not yet had color, gently, and then got up and went outside. Shiyi Niang opened her eyes, looked at the mirror-like terrazzo blue bricks in a daze.

Soon it was the end of the month. The housekeepers, maids, and old women were busy sweeping the house, pasting peach charms, and setting up decorations for the occasion. Eleventh Lady was busy preparing her New Year's clothes. She would have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, go to the palace to congratulate the new year on the first day of the first lunar month, and go to various mansions with Xu Lingyi to pay New Year's greetings from the fifth to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month...

Zhen Jie'er was sitting on the big kang by the window, holding Jian Ge'er in her arms, and from time to time she would say things like, "This red dress looks good," or "I think purple is better, it's more elegant."

Eleventh Lady just felt tired: "I was looking forward to the New Year and getting red envelopes. Then I wrapped them in a handkerchief and put them in a box, and I felt more at ease." She was stunned at first. These days, the memory of Yuhang is getting clearer and clearer, and the memory of the previous life seems to be getting more and more vague. Will it become a hazy shadow one day?

After hearing this, Zhen Jieer chuckled: "No wonder mother and aunt are the best. Aunt also said something like this. She said that if you put the banknote under your pillow, you will sleep more peacefully."

Eleventh Lady did not stop Zhen Jie'er and Madam Wen from interacting, and gradually, the two would say a few words to each other.

She listened and calmed down, took Jiange'er from Zhenjie'er's arms, and saw that his big black eyes were staring at her without blinking. She smiled and kissed her son, saying, "Why haven't you spit yet? Do you want to eavesdrop on what mother and sister are talking about?" Before she finished speaking, she saw Jiange'er smiled a little.

"Sister Zhen, look, look!" Eleventh Lady was very excited, "He can laugh!"

Zhen Jie'er hurried over, and Jian'er's smile had disappeared. He bent his arms hard and tried to put his white and tender little fist into his mouth. Even so, Shiyi Niang also thought her son was very cute.

She touched her son's head, put on a small hat tied with a handkerchief for him, and said with a smile, "Yesterday I put him on the kang to help him dress, and he actually raised his head as if he wanted to get up. I didn't pick him up, and he started crying loudly, as if he couldn't bear it even for a moment. He has a terrible temper.

"Sixth brother doesn't like lying down." Zhen Jieer nodded, "He likes to be carried upright and walked around.

Eleventh Lady also noticed: "Don't they say that a child's head can only stand up after 100 days? How come he is so early?"

"Should we ask Mother Tian?" Sister Zhen didn't know either, so she gave Shiyi Niang some advice.

Eleventh Lady nodded and was about to ask the maid to call Madam Tian in when a maid reported through the curtain: "Madam, the Second Young Master is back!"

It was just past noon, and she thought Xu Siyu would arrive in the afternoon or evening.

"Please come in!" Eleventh Lady smiled, and Zhen Jie'er had already gotten off the kang.

Xu Siyu walked in wearing a lake green plain silk brocade robe.

Compared to six months ago, he did not grow taller, but his body became stronger, and he looked more handsome.

"Mother," he saluted to Eleventh Lady with a calm and respectful expression, called out "Big Sister" with a smile, and his eyes fell on the boy in Eleventh Lady's arms.

"I got you a smiling Bodhisattva, but you have never seen him." When Shiyi Niang saw him, she smiled and held up Qin Ge'er with her arm to show Xu Siyu, "This is your sixth brother."

Xu Siyu looked at Jiange'er with a smile: "Sixth brother is just like fifth brother, with phoenix eyes."

Not only did he not say the same thing as himself, but he also never took a step forward.

Jiange'er's eyebrows and eyes grew longer, and the shape of his eyes gradually became apparent.

Eleventh Lady knew that he was thinking a lot, so she didn't force him. She looked at her son with a smile and said, "I think his eyes look a bit like my brother's." As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Sizhen and Xu Siqi arrived.

After Laba, Mr. Zhao closed the academy and returned to his hometown, and Xu Sizhen and Xu Sihe had a holiday. Every morning, after practicing calligraphy in Xu Sihe's room, they would go to Shiyi Niang's room to see Jiange'er. If Jiange'er fell asleep, they would come back after taking a nap.

Seeing Xu Siyu, the two brothers hurriedly bowed and their joyful expressions subsided.

Xu Siyu returned the gift and asked the two of them in a gentle voice: "I heard that Mr. Zhao has returned to his hometown. He left a lot of homework for you."

Xu Sizhen replied, "Yes," and said, "Mr. Zhao said that the museum will be open after the Lantern Festival. We will check the work at that time. Those who have not finished will have to plant ten trees in the garden." At this point, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, "My fifth brother and I have almost finished our work. There are only a hundred pages of characters left to write."

Xu Siyu nodded his head, as if to confirm that Xu Siyu was right. Xu Siyu smiled faintly.

Xu Siyi ran to the side of Shiyi Niang. "Mom, mom, my fourth brother and I brought some good things for my sixth brother." He said, and took the chubby little hand of Jinger.

Xu Siyu looked at it with a flash of surprise in his eyes. Then he saw Xu Sizhen take out a toy of a chicken pecking at rice from his sleeve, saying "Sixth brother, look what this is" while demonstrating the toy.

Jiang'er was immediately attracted by the "bang bang bang" sound of the chickens pecking at rice, and he shouted "ah" at Xu Sizhen.