Chapter 323 Sleeping
At Rongguo Mansion, Grandmother Jia could clearly feel that Nanny Lai was in a good mood today.
There was a hint of smile in her eyes.
As long as you relax your mind, there will be no days that you can't get through.
The master and servant have supported each other for so many years, and she hopes that Nanny Lai can live a good life for the rest of her life.
It just so happened that she had been suffering from insomnia at night recently, so she skipped the nap at noon and asked Lai Ma to talk to her every day, which made her sleepy. Others saw that she valued Lai Ma and took better care of her.
"The weather is especially hot this year. Bring some ice when you go back!"
“Hey!”
Nanny Lai smiled and agreed, "Thank you for your consideration, old lady. Because of the hot weather this year, I heard that the price of ice is three times higher than in previous years."
Even if there was ice, she wouldn't take it home.
It is impossible for the old lady to give her ice cream every day.
Even if the old lady was willing to reward him, the second grandma would not agree.
And if you enjoy the coolness, you will become even more unbearable to the scorching heat.
Now that her family no longer has the conditions, she can no longer spoil her grandchildren.
So it’s better to sell this ice.
If you exchange it for some silver, you can buy another half acre of land if you have the chance.
Today, Aunt Lai is accumulating wealth bit by bit for her four grandsons and granddaughters who have fallen from heaven to earth.
"Yeah?"
Grandmother Jia smiled and asked Yuanyang, "Did we store a lot of ice last year?"
"Many."
Yuanyang smiled and said, "The girls are in the East Mansion housekeeper. They don't know how much ice to store, so they went back to the old rules and came to ask Second Madam. After all, they are all in the East Mansion, and the consumption of the East Mansion must be more than in previous years. Second Madam calculated the approximate consumption of each person each year for them, and also said that she has a normal storage of ice here, so even if the East Mansion is not enough, she can provide support."
"Hahaha, Feng girl is a good one."
Grandmother Jia was very happy. "In that case, when we go to Lai Mama's house later, you can accompany Yuanyang and get more for her."
"yes!"
"Then I will be ashamed to accept it."
Nanny Lai stood up and bowed with a smile, "Speaking of ice, I still remember that in the tenth year after you got married, the summer was also very hot and we didn't have enough ice..."
"yes!"
Grandmother Jia motioned her to sit down and said, "It was my sister from the East Palace who supported me."
Her mother-in-law just kept blaming her, without thinking at all about how many guests came to their home that year.
Everyone needs ice, but seeing that the ice in the ice storage is getting less and less and the price of ice outside is rising three times a day, she herself is less willing to use ice.
In the end, it was her sister who supported her.
It has been many years since my sister passed away.
Lian Jing'er is gone.
Grandmother Jia felt a little uncomfortable. "According to the time, in a few days, it will be her sixty-nineth birthday."
"That's right!"
Lai Ma also showed appropriate sadness and said, "People say that nine years will last longer than ten years. We can't go back to our hometown in Nanjing for the time being, but we can go to a temple and light a perpetual lamp."
She didn't mention Tiekan Temple directly.
If she tells this, the old lady will definitely be angry with her if something happens in the future.
"In the past two years, there have been many accidents at home. We should do more rituals."
Grandmother Jia was persuaded by her, "Hubo, go and ask the eldest lady of the East Palace to come over."
"Oh, old lady, look at the sun outside."
Nanny Lai tried to stop her, "It's very hot right now, and the eldest lady of the East Mansion is not feeling well. If you go find her now..."
"Tomorrow morning then!"
Grandmother Jia made the final decision, "Hubo, go over later and tell Shen that I will treat her to breakfast tomorrow."
“Hey~”
Amber quickly agreed.
Nanny Lai talked to Lady Jia for a few more words, and then left after Xing and Wang Xifeng came over after their lunch break.
At this time, Kuroiwa Nami and Fukuyama Shunji were already getting impatient.
It was hot in the concierge room and even hotter outside.
They were worried about something going wrong, and their restlessness made them even hotter.
Nanny Lai finally came out. The old woman who saw her off even brought a bucket of ice. Both of them couldn't help but feel a little happy.
"Carry it!"
In fact, Nanny Lai didn't want them to follow into the mansion. Knowing one more person would mean more danger for the Lai family.
She didn't even want them to stay in the concierge, but since they were determined to go in, she couldn't do anything about it.
"yes!"
Kuroiwa Nami lowered her head and took the bag, and the two of them accompanied Nanny Lai out of the house.
But as soon as we drove out of Ningrong Street, the person who lowered her head and looked pleasing to the eye turned out to be Lai Ma, "Thank you for your understanding, lady. Fortunately, I have fulfilled your mission. The matter of leaving the city will most likely be accomplished."
"That's good!"
Kuroiwa Nami couldn't help but look up to Lai Mama, "Tell me, how did you get the old lady of this family to celebrate the death of someone else?"
Learning more may help her in her future lurking.
"yes!"
Nanny Lai tells you everything she knows.
The old lady had been suffering from insomnia recently, so in order to prevent herself from taking a nap at noon and not being able to sleep at night, I went to talk to her, and then talked about Bing... Anyway, I told her everything bit by bit.
"So, we can't be sure until tomorrow?"
Kuroiwa Nami frowned slightly, "The old lady wanted to invite her on the spot, why did you stop her?"
"...Even if I didn't say anything to stop it, Yuanyang and Kohaku would have advised me against it."
Lai Ma said, "Mrs. Shen's status in the Jia family has long been higher than that of the old lady. It's so hot, even if we call her, she won't come. So, whether it's for the old lady's face or because they're afraid of being punished, they will persuade her to change the time to the evening or tomorrow morning."
If the maids didn't help the old lady think of something that she hadn't thought of at the time, they would be punished afterwards.
In this wealthy and powerful mansion, which maidservant who has managed to climb to a high position doesn't have some skills? "Don't worry, come over tomorrow at noon, there will be good news!"
"Okay, I'll trust you one more time."
Kuroiwa Nami moved closer to the ice bucket and said, "Let's do it again tomorrow."
“Yes, yes!”
Nanny Lai glanced at the ice bucket and felt sorry that she couldn't exchange it for silver.
The next morning, Shen Ning really came to have Jia Mu's breakfast.
Green stem rice porridge, chicken shredded cold noodles, tofu skin buns, rock sugar bird's nest porridge, sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup, lotus leaf and lotus soup, etc...
Chen Ning tasted a little of everything in a small bowl, but when it came to the lotus leaf and lotus pod soup, she could only look at it and couldn't eat a single bit.
Little Jia Yue, on the other hand, can try his hand at everything.
"Watching this child eat, I can eat more without realizing it."
The more Grandmother Jia looked at little Jia Yue, the more she liked her. "If you want to eat for free in the future, take her with you. I will make sure you eat well every meal."
"Hahaha, I knew that Auntie would get tired of the old and love the new."
Shen Ning smiled and rubbed her daughter's belly, "Forget it, forget it, this little guy is my own, so I will be magnanimous and not be jealous of her."
"You, you~"
Grandmother Jia laughed, "Aren't you afraid that little Yue'er will laugh at you when she grows up?"
"Dear Yue'er, will you laugh at your mother?"
Bo~ Xiao Yue'er raised her little head and kissed Chen Ning, "I like you, mother!"
In the child's eyes, there is only her.
Shen Ning hugged her and said to Jia Mu with a smile: "Aunt, did you see it? I also have a caring little cotton jacket."
"Hahahaha..., you, you!"
Grandmother Jia was amused by her, "Fortunately I also have a cotton-padded jacket, otherwise, you would definitely not escape a beating."
"In this case, I have to thank my sisters."
There were several ice basins in the room. To prevent herself from getting sick again, Shen Ning held Jia Yue away from them, "Come on, two sisters, please accept my greeting."
"This is what we deserve."
Jia Min pulled Jia Wen, who was trying to avoid her, back and said with a smile, "Fortunately, we both have daughters. Otherwise, if my eldest sister-in-law had been like this, I would have been so anxious that I would have to go back to Jiangnan right away and find Ru Hai to have a child."
“Puff~~”
“Hahaha~~~”
Everyone in the room burst into laughter.
It took a while before I could rest.
When the maids had packed up everything, Grandmother Jia hugged Jia Min who was sitting next to her, and then said to Chen Ning: "I asked you to come here today because your mother-in-law's birthday is coming soon. People say that nine is not ten. Do you have any rules?"
"We will go to Tiekan Temple to perform three days of rituals. Also, isn't Mantou Temple giving out steamed buns? In this way, for three consecutive days, a thousand steamed buns a day."
Shen Ning only thought for a moment before giving her rules.
She would never go to any temple or monastery to light eternal lamps.
With that money, she might as well give it to the children in the charity to make clothes for each of them.
"In addition, I would like to make a set of clothes for each of the young and old in the Salesian Bureau in the name of my mother-in-law."
“…Also possible!”
Grandmother Jia prefers to perform rituals and light eternal lamps.
But by doing this, Shen is also doing good deeds.
"Then my third sister, my second sister and I will each give a day's performance to Auntie!"
Jia Min also busy interjection.
Jia Wen nodded beside him.
The second sister in the palace would definitely agree.
"It's settled then."
Grandmother Jia agreed, "Zhen'er and Lian'er both have to go on duty now. Zhu'er is in much better shape now. Why not let him handle the outside affairs?"
In the past, she was worried when the children were at home.
Now, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian, the two people she least favored, were doing very well in the court, while Zhu'er was left with nothing to do at home.
Grandmother Jia felt sorry for her eldest grandson and wanted to find something for him to do.
"Listen to my aunt."
In fact, there was nothing major to worry about, so it was no big deal to let Jia Zhu run around.
Shen Ning agreed.
However, when she returned home, she summoned Jiao Da and asked him to send more people that day.
Although almost all the Japanese who could be caught were captured, it does not mean that there were some that slipped through the net.
In short, it’s never wrong to be careful! She thought that everything would be fine after explaining all these, but she didn't know that with the help of Nanny Lai, Kuroiwa Nami not only got the topographic maps of Tiekan Temple and Mantou Temple, but also had a complete understanding of the surrounding areas within dozens of miles.
The days passed in their tension, and soon it was the eighth day of June.
The Ningguo Mansion's carriage was sandwiched among the many carriages of the Jia family. Kuroiwa Nami watched from afar, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
Wash your hands, burn incense, offer sacrifices, recite sacrificial texts, kowtow, burn paper money...
There were many steps involved. Chen Ning, Jia Mu and others had their makeup done according to their rank, and to the sound of funeral music and Taoist priests and monks chanting, they got everything done.
The weather was too hot, and even though there were many ice basins here, Shen Ning was sweating a lot.
"Sister-in-law, you don't look well."
Jia Min noticed her and whispered, "Why don't you go back to the room and change your clothes and take a rest first. We will take care of you outside."
"Thank you, sisters."
Shen Ning patted Jia Wen, who was also concerned, and said, "I'll be back soon."
Returning to her own quiet room, the coolness of the room finally allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Watch out. If someone calls you outside, call me."
"yes!"
Xiaodong and his friends are doing their job conscientiously.
In fact, if the old lady of the West Mansion had not proposed it, according to the ideas of their great-grandmother and uncle, even if the ceremony was more grand, it would not alarm so many people. They could just come over from their own home, perform a ritual, burn some incense, burn some paper, and then send more clothes and food to the charity bureau, and the matter would be over.
Everyone can feel relieved, and their wives don’t have to go through so much trouble.
Several people were secretly criticizing Lady Jia in their hearts.
The old lady is in good health, so she doesn't consider their wives at all.
My wife is afraid of heat when she moves around, and wants to stay cool but can't. Since the hot weather started, she has had two minor illnesses.
now……
They could only pray in their hearts that the people outside would be more understanding and allow their wives to stay in the house and rest for a while longer.
However, obviously not.
She is the head of the family after all.
Although no outsiders were invited, Shi Nai and his wife and Shi Ding's wife from the Shi family all came.
Shen Ning couldn't hide, and couldn't hide.
No one called her, but she felt it was about time and had to go out.
After a busy day, she finally breathed a sigh of relief when it started to darken.
At this time, Chen Ning no longer had the energy to take care of the baby, so Jia Wen took Xiao Yue'er over considerately.
Without the noise of children, Shen Ning, who had just washed up, lay down on the rattan recliner and fell asleep unknowingly.
The room gradually became quiet, but outside the temple, there were still many people who were eager to watch the show on the stage and came from far away.
This was the way it was in that era. There were not many entertainment options, and if you heard there was a show somewhere, many people would walk ten or twenty miles to join in the fun.
Some people even came driving ox carts or donkey carts.
Because the show runs from morning to night, three troupes take turns performing.
Most of their belongings were kept in the temple, and the gatekeepers and patrolling guards could not help but take a second look when they heard the commotion.
Chen Ning fell asleep, and Wen Peilan and Xiaodong, who were accompanying her, yawned a few times without realizing it.
The ice in the ice basin was still melting slowly, bringing them coolness and making them fall asleep.
Creak~ After a while, the low sound of the door opening did not alarm anyone.
"They are all fast asleep."
Fukuyama Shunji, who came in carrying the box, was very satisfied, "Nami, we are going to make a great achievement."
They originally wanted to get to know the Shen family in one fell swoop.
But opportunities are rare.
Just like Nami said, many of their people are still in prison.
If she could be used to exchange for the lives of the tribesmen, or even for the safe departure of the leaders in the group, it would be ten times better than killing her with a single blow.
Moreover, as long as the line with Nanny Lai is still there, there will be opportunities in the future.
"Shh~"
Kuroiwa Nami didn't have time to chat with him here, "Hurry up."
She carried the big box over and roughly put the sleeping Shen Ning into it.
The two people came quietly and left quietly.
The guards passing by saw the costumes on the box and just glanced at them before walking away.
After walking out of Tiekan Temple and making sure that no one was noticing him, he lifted up his costume and saw that it was just the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people.
They quickly carried it to a donkey cart not far away, and no one noticed until they had driven a long way away.
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