Chapter 165 I Have a Home (6,000-word chapter, please vote)
Seeing Lin Chang'an sighing like a little adult, Yingchun and Tanchun also wanted to sigh.
But they are girls and will get married like their sisters in the future.
"Do you still want to cry like Baoyu?"
Daiyu was so amused by her brother's behavior that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Then hurry up! When I first came, I seemed to see Baoyu running towards the East Palace. Hurry up and cry to Brother-in-law Cheng. If that doesn't work, you can follow your eldest cousin and marry him. By the way, you can also make sure that the Cheng family doesn't bully her."
"...No, did you really see Baoyu go to the East Mansion?"
Yingchun didn't care about her words about asking Baoyu and Chang'an to be included in the dowry together, and asked directly about what terrified her the most.
Ever since he knew that his elder sister was going to get married at the age of 24 and would no longer be at home, Baoyu would run to his elder sister as soon as he got home from school.
Baoyu didn't touch any of the snacks and fruits that his brother-in-law Cheng brought in.
It was as if his elder sister would be at home if he didn't touch her.
Yingchun and the others were speechless.
Originally, they felt that their sister had married well and were very happy for her.
But after Baoyu did this, they became more and more reluctant to let him go, and sometimes they felt that they had been wronged in their dreams at midnight.
But they just said it verbally and felt sad for a while, but Baoyu cried and made a lot of noise.
Yingchun saw the old lady and the elder sister crying because of Baoyu several times.
"yes!"
Daiyu nodded, "He runs like the wind, so fast!"
“…”
“…”
Yingchun and Tanchun looked at each other and felt that Brother-in-law Cheng was in trouble.
"elder sister……"
Lin Changan looked at his sister, then at his two cousins, his eyes rolling around, "How about we all go over and take a look!"
I only heard Baoyu crying.
He hasn't seen it yet.
His mother felt very distressed when she heard Baoyu crying.
Lin Changan felt that he needed to learn it.
After all, he also has a biological sister.
"Then... go and take a look?"
She walked to school every day, and every three days she had to follow her teacher to learn the Five Animal Exercises, which her aunt required her to do. Daiyu's body improved visibly.
Until now, he had only coughed a few times the other day.
If you have a good body, you will do a lot of naughty things.
The small kitchen of Ningcuixuan has become their world. After the cook has made the dough, they start to knead it into sheets and eat it, and make them into various shapes. Unfortunately, the originally shaped kittens, puppies, piglets, etc., become extremely ugly once steamed, and lose their original appearance.
Last time, they were so full from eating the small animals they made that they drank hawthorn water, and were dragged by their eldest cousin to walk around every yard.
Let’s not even mention the mumbling in between.
now……
Daiyu's eyes sparkled. "Let's go see Brother Cheng. If he can comfort Baoyu, that's fine. But if he doesn't, we'll cry together."
This? Tanchun was also eager to try.
"Okay, okay, let's go together!"
After hearing the third sister's plea, Yingchun could no longer bear it and finally agreed to everyone's request, "Don't run so fast for now, watch it secretly."
Several children nodded in unison.
The maids saw that they were about to act naughty again, thought about it, and finally did not stop them.
The third aunt said it would be better to buy some.
What child is not naughty? The fourth aunt said that naughty children are healthy.
Miss Lin and Young Master Chang'an were not in good health before, but they got better after traveling to Beijing.
So the old lady said, as long as they didn't play with water or fire, it was up to them.
Now even if we go to cause trouble for Xinping Hou, it will be better than causing trouble for the old lady.
Having made up their minds, they followed slowly.
However, not long after arriving at Huifang Garden, they heard Baoyu's crying coming from the direction of the rockery.
They hurriedly quickened their pace and saw the girls and Master Lin hiding behind the rockery, watching Master Bao standing in front of the eldest girl and crying so hard that Lord Cheng had sweat on his forehead.
"Baoyu, stop crying. I'll just say a few words to the Marquis and then go back."
Yuanchun didn't know yet that not only Baoyu had come, but also her sisters and cousins from her fourth aunt's family.
He didn't even know that his third aunt's cousins were on their way.
She felt sorry for Baoyu.
When his mother entered the small Buddhist temple, the old lady was afraid that he would be influenced by the atmosphere there, so she asked my father to tell him that he only needed to pay his respects once on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
Baoyu was afraid of his father, and since he couldn't see his mother, he had no choice but to go to her.
Now even she is getting married.
Yuanchun also felt very uncomfortable.
"I don't!"
Baoyu burst into tears, "You are going to marry him and don't want me anymore, wuwu~, I don't want you to marry me, big sister, please wait for me, I will grow up soon, and then I will marry you."
Yuanchun: “…”
Cheng Luo: “…”
Cheng Luo, who was the only child, was so envious when he saw his future wife that his eyes suddenly turned red.
He had brothers, but those two wished he was dead.
I never knew the relationship between brothers and sisters could be so good.
Although his father-in-law and mother-in-law were not very nice, he still cherished Yuanchun's brother and younger brother for himself.
"Why don't you want me anymore?"
Cheng Luo tried his best to reason with his brother-in-law, "Your sister married me, and from now on you will have an extra brother-in-law who loves you. If you miss your sister, you can come over anytime, or ask the servant to send a message, and I will bring your sister back right away. Whatever you want to eat or play, your brother-in-law will buy it for you."
Oh~ Whatever you want to eat or play, your brother-in-law will buy it for you? Although the food in the mansion is delicious.
But all the way from Jiangnan to the capital, many roadside stalls have their own unique flavors.
Lin Changan especially missed those snacks with unique flavors.
Now, after hearing what Brother-in-law Cheng said, how could he hold back? He rushed out like a cannonball, and Yingchun couldn't hold him back. "You're lying. You just want to trick our sister away."
“Wooo ...
Baoyu's crying suddenly got louder again.
Cheng Luo: “…”
Yuanchun: “…”
Before I can appease this little ancestor, that little ancestor comes again.
And, it looks like there’s more than one.
Yuanchun grabbed her little cousin who was holding up his fist as if he was going to hit someone, "Chang'an, no one can fool me."
My brothers and sisters are so cute and soft...
Yuanchun, who had experienced the cold calculations in the palace, especially cherished the babies who trusted her unconditionally and loved her just because she was her elder sister.
She wanted to tell him that I, your sister, am very smart.
But the sisters also burst into tears.
Yuanchun couldn't hold back her tears.
Cheng Luo: “…”
He is so panicked!
His sister-in-law and brother-in-law both cried because he took their sister away.
What should I do? "I swear, you are not losing a sister, but gaining a brother-in-law. You are always welcome in our house. You can go whenever you want."
Cheng Luo raised his hand and swore.
He wanted to tell them that he just wanted to join them, not to snatch their big sister away, and then he would never come over again. "Whatever you want to eat or play, you can come to my place. I..."
"Will my sister be in charge of the Xinping Marquis's Mansion from now on?"
Min Mei, who finally arrived at the battlefield, asked, "Does your sister manage even your private money?"
"Yes!" Min Jianbai said, "If it's all about the eldest cousin, we will trust you."
The two siblings have experience.
His father was in charge of his mother's warehouse, and he knew all of his mother's private money. He would find ways to take away any good stuff.
If his mother had been more vigilant and not been deceived by his father, even if his maternal grandfather's family went bankrupt, the entire Min family depended on his mother for food and the servants in the house were all under his mother's control, and his father would never dare to treat them like that.
"Naturally!"
Cheng Luo felt nervous because he knew this sister-in-law.
It was she who forced her uncle to beat up everyone in the Min family.
He envied her for daring to do that.
He was just too weak at the beginning.
"Everything I have belongs to your sister."
Will Yuanchun let him starve?
Of course not! "Don't cry, I'll order you the Eight Delicacies of Lamb from Deshenglou, okay?"
The last time he came to give Yuanchun a gift, he was seen by Jia Lian, who then blackmailed him into a meal of lamb and eight delicacies from Deshenglou.
At first the guy seemed to dislike him, but he became better after the meal.
“Don’t eat it!”
Baoyu cried even louder, "You want to trick my sister away with a meal of lamb and other delicacies. Woo~~~~, I have money, I'll treat you!"
He can't find his mother.
If I didn't have a sister anymore...
Baoyu cried the most pitifully, "Wu~ Go away, go away, I don't want you to come to my house."
Seeing a group of sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law making such a fuss in the garden, of course Youshi had to come over to take a look.
Hearing Baoyu say this, she didn't know whether to laugh or not, so she hurried out and said, "Baoyu, this is a marriage granted by the emperor. You can't be unreasonable. Think about it, if your third aunt and fourth aunt didn't get married, where would your cousins be?"
Baoyu: “…”
He looked at Cousin Min and Sister Lin with tearful eyes, then at Cousin Jianbai and Cousin Changan, not knowing how to refute.
Although Sister Lin and her cousin Lin were not very nice, they had a lot of fun.
Cousin Min and Cousin Min also bought a yard outside and would go out from time to time and bring him fun things.
"You're not losing a sister, you're gaining a brother-in-law who loves you."
Yu looked at Cheng Luo who nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "I just heard that you want to treat us to the Eight Delicacies of Lamb in Deshenglou?"
Huh? "Yes, yes!"
Cheng Luo agreed, "I'll ask them to go and call a few more seats."
It seems a bit unreasonable to invite younger brothers and sisters but not send gifts to the elders.
So, Shen Ning's lunch today became a table of lamb delicacies.
Because of the leg injury, her table of lamb delicacies was cooked very lightly.
Even the roasted lamb leg doesn't have that spicy taste.
"Why would Master Cheng send this feast in?"
Going to her house and seeing her, isn't it their family's treat?
Shen Ning drank a bowl of mutton soup with wolfberry and asked Qingzhu in confusion.
"Don't mention it."
Qingzhu and the others smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng called several guests in today. He almost banged his head against the wall because of Baoyu's crying today."
"Baoyu?"
Shen Ning blinked her eyes, as if she understood something, "He can't bear to leave his elder sister?"
"Madam is wise~"
The maids laughed so hard that their shoulders shook.
He described to her vividly the farce that took place in Huifang Garden.
Shen Ning listened and found it very appetizing.
But when the old lady of the Cheng family heard it, she went crazy.
After returning home from the Jia Mansion, Cheng Luo stood outside Old Lady Cheng's Buddhist temple and happily described to this so-called grandmother how good the grandmother over there was, how good the aunts were, how good the aunts were, and how good the brothers-in-law, brothers-in-law, and a large number of sisters-in-law were all lovable.
"Old lady, from now on, I will have a lot of family members."
Cheng Luo smiled and said, "Thank you so much. If you hadn't messed up my previous marriages, I wouldn't have met such a good in-law family like the Jia family, or such a good girl like the Jia family."
Old Mrs. Cheng: “…”
She was so angry that she wanted to smash things, but now her tea bowls were all the most ordinary coarse porcelain bowls, and if she broke one, she would be thirsty for the whole day.
The brats out there are really cruel.
Even if someone from the tribe came to see her, as soon as she complained, he would show them all the broken bowls and plates.
He didn't throw away any of the things she had smashed.
Just waiting to be shown to others.
Old Mrs. Cheng didn't dare to smash things anymore, but she was still filled with anger and couldn't vent it, so she could only pound the cushion under her.
"Oh, you don't know yet, do you? After I get married, my elder brother-in-law, younger brother-in-law, and younger sisters-in-law will come to my house often. I will leave several courtyards in the Xinping Marquis's Mansion to them. Your grandson..."
“…”
Old Madam Cheng's heart suddenly tightened.
Ever since she was locked up here, her little Ze'er can only come to visit her on the first and fifteenth days of the month.
On the fifteenth day before yesterday, he came to see her.
He is quite tall, but looks unnaturally thin.
I don't even have any good clothes.
"Oh, didn't we separate? I have the responsibility to support you, but I have no obligation to support him, and you have no property to give him. I heard that he pawned and sold all his savings over the years and bought a house."
“…”
Old Mrs. Cheng knew that she had given her grandson a lot of good things in the past few years.
Although those things cannot guarantee Ze'er a life of wealth and prosperity, at least he can live a safe and secure life as a wealthy man who is not as rich as others but better than most.
But he has so many things...
"You unfilial son, you...you went to bully him again?"
He must have snatched the things she gave to Ze'er.
Otherwise, why would the child be dressed like that?
"You are wronging me."
Cheng Luo smiled, "Didn't you always want to find him a wife from a powerful family? He has been following my example these years and doesn't have a concubine. What a pity, I already have a good in-law family, the Jia family, and you are neither high nor low, which has delayed him until now. It's getting harder and harder to find one. As a result, I heard that he fell in love with a girl in a brothel a few days ago."
What? Old Mrs. Cheng rushed to the door at once, "Cheng Luo, you can't do this, he is also your brother."
"Huh~"
Cheng Luo knew that the old lady was in good health, so he would not be angry to death for the time being. "My brother? My mother only gave birth to me, how could I have a brother?"
Did his father give him a brother?
Clearly an enemy.
"No, no, no, I should have had brothers, but you taught me so well that you turned my brothers into enemies. Old lady, you are so smart!"
Old Mrs. Cheng: “…”
She clung to the door, slowly fell down, and burst into tears.
Amid her crying, Cheng Luo slowly left and went to tell his mother that he had made the old lady cry again.
Of course, he also told his mother that his brother-in-law was afraid that he would rob his sister, so he tried to pay the money today, but was stopped by everyone who laughed at him. He was so angry that he drank two bowls of mutton soup.
Compared to the Jia family, his home is really too cold.
"Mother~"
He looked at Princess Baofeng's tablet and laughed while crying, "Just wait, in a few days, our family will be lively and I will have many real relatives."
This is the relative who can truly protect him.
They are not the so-called uncles and aunts who would snort at you with just a glance.
In this world, although he still has his uncle the emperor who is willing to protect him, Cheng Luo also knows that his uncle the emperor is helpless in many things.
Even if he holds power in the future, the emperor's uncle's sons and daughters will have grown up.
Rather than hoping to gain affection from the emperor uncle, it is better to give birth to children yourself.
"As long as I treat Yuanchun well, her aunt is my aunt, her aunts are my aunts, and my brothers, sisters, and nephews... are all mine."
Cheng Luo couldn't wait, he wanted the day to come and the night to come again... until the day when he would marry Yuanchun.
Time passed slowly as he lived day by day like years.
Finally it was August 24th.
The Xinping Marquis's Mansion and the Jia family were all decorated with lights and colors. Cheng Luo rode on a tall horse, dressed in red as a bridegroom, and led the wedding procession to Ningrong Street with music and drums.
At this time, Jia Zhu had been practicing at home for several days without Li Wan's knowledge.
His father and mother are unreliable, so as his brother, he cannot be even more unreliable.
Jia Zhu was afraid that he would not have enough strength when carrying his sister on his back and be laughed at by others, so he exercised every day these days.
Now, he is confident that he can carry his sister all the way out of his grandmother's yard.
"The imperial edict has arrived..."
In Lixiang Courtyard, Jia Zheng listened to the servants reporting that the retired emperor had given rewards and the emperor had given rewards, and he carefully turned sideways.
Although no bones were broken after forty beatings, I really suffered a lot during these days.
Now that his daughter is getting married, he, as a father, can only listen from afar and cannot even look at her...
To say I'm not sad would be a lie.
"master!"
Aunt Zhao took Jia Huan to join in the fun, and Jia Zhu and his wife were busy. At this time, only Aunt Zhou was with them in Lixiang Courtyard. "It's time to change the medicine."
“Change…change!”
It hurts when changing the dressing.
But if he doesn't change it, he will be in pain for a longer time.
This is not the most embarrassing thing for Jia Zheng. The most embarrassing thing is when he goes to the toilet and wipes his butt.
No matter how careful you are, you will get hurt.
But I have to wipe it off.
"Be gentle."
"Don't worry, sir. I know."
Aunt Zhou's voice was very gentle and her movements were also very gentle. She slowly wet the gauze on Jia Zheng's buttocks with warm water and carefully peeled it off.
"Ah~, hiss~~~, slowly~~~slow down."
It finally doesn't hurt as much as last time.
Jia Zheng clenched his hands, then slowly loosened them.
"You have suffered greatly."
Aunt Zhou's eyes were filled with tears. "It has not healed for so long. The flesh on the butt must have been damaged."
Jia Zheng: “…”
Although he couldn't see it, he felt that it was the case. "Are you going to bring food to Wang later?"
"yes!"
"Give her a bowl of water."
Do you think that if your daughter has a good day, she can eat something good too?
Stop dreaming.
Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "Half a steamed bun will do. If she asks, just tell her that it was I who said it."
He is suffering.
She just had to sit on the cushion and chant.
Every time Jia Zheng took medicine or had a bowel movement, he hated his wife.
"Yes! I will listen to you, Master."
While applying the medicine, Aunt Zhou glanced at the man who clenched his fists.
If this man had protected her a little bit at the beginning, Wang would not have dared to do that.
Poor her child...
If her child were still alive, he or she would definitely have received a share of the 3,000 taels of silver for marriage.
Nowadays, the men of the Jia family have no worries about finding a wife, but her children don’t even have the chance to grow up.
“Ouch~ It hurts~~~~”
Jia Zheng suddenly trembled and cried out in pain, "Be gentle, be gentle."
“Yes, yes, yes…”
Aunt Zhou seemed not to have noticed the blood.
She deliberately left one area of her buttocks untouched and didn't apply medicine to it.
Every time I apply the medicine, I squeeze and press it there.
Sadly, this guy’s butt is still getting better and better.
"This is where the injury is the most serious. If you don't apply more medicine, it won't work. Master, please bear with it."
Jia Zheng was in so much pain that tears fell down his cheeks. "When will this end?"
In the small Buddhist temple, Wang did not chant any sutras today.
She pressed her ear to the window, trying to listen to the hustle and bustle in the distance.
Early this morning, her daughter came to say goodbye to her.
Wang was very sad.
She begged her daughter to plead with the old lady and let her go out for a while, but...
It won’t work if you don’t raise it by my side!
Poor her, all her three children were taken away by the dead old woman.
She had worked so hard for half her life, but it was all in vain, right? Wang was very sad.
She originally thought that the dead old woman raised her child, and all her private property in the future would belong to her child, but now, the dead old woman's most beloved daughter has returned.
How could this Lixiang Courtyard be better than Jia Min's? That was the courtyard she had chosen for Baoyu.
Her gem...
Wang leaned against the window with her eyes closed, but suddenly, her stomach started to growl.
She couldn't help but touch it.
People are having their daughter's wedding banquet outside, but she, as a mother, is going to go hungry today.
Click~ The door lock was opened, and Aunt Zhou came in with her maid.
"Madam, the master was just changing the bandages. He is in a lot of pain. I told you that your lunch today is only a bowl of water and half a steamed bun."
The little maid put the things down and stepped aside.
Wang looked at Aunt Zhou deeply and said, "Mrs. Zhou, you are very good!"
When the old lady asked Aunt Zhou to supervise her, she knew that she would be retaliated against.
"But don't forget that this Lixiangyuan belongs to me, Zhu'er, after all."
When Zhu'er passes the imperial examination, she will definitely receive an imperial decree.
"My Zhu'er will be an official next year, and my Yuanchun will be the wife of a marquis. Tell me, if I tell them that you don't let me eat enough every day, what will they do?"
Wang sneered at Aunt Zhou and said, "Don't think that the master will protect you. Don't you know what kind of person he is? Not to mention that he is incapable of protecting you in front of Zhu'er and Yuanchun, even if he is willing to protect you, will my Zhu'er and Yuanchun care about him?"
Aunt Zhou: “…”
"Go," she ordered, holding her head high, "serve me, the madam, a bowl of rice and some more vegetables."
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