Chapter 155: Cheng En Leaving Beijing (Ending 1)
After ten months of pregnancy, Shen Qi was about to give birth. Xie Yuduo guessed correctly, it was indeed a daughter.
On the second day after my little daughter's full moon, the general from the northern border who had recovered the country returned to Beijing.
Xie Yuduo was holding his little daughter who had just turned one month old, and accompanying Chen Qi who had just come out of confinement. Xie Huaiming and Xie Huailang were standing beside him. They stood together at the gate of their house, looking at the generals who were all over the street, waving flags and cheering happily.
The generals passing by Qingyun Street saw the spacious gate of this house, the family talking and laughing, and being affectionate, with red ribbons hanging on the door to commemorate the new child. They were somewhat envious of the family's wealth and blessings.
Hearing the discussions of passers-by, Xie Yuduo and Shen Qi looked at each other, smiled and said nothing.
Xie Yuduo once traveled thousands of miles north to the border in person. He knew how much blood and tears these generals who waved flags and shouted slogans had shed in order to return to the court.
They are heroes, and everyone knows it.
But they didn't know how much blood and tears this tall and graceful stranger with a child in his arms had shed so that they could return to the capital.
He is also a hero.
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Fortunately, Zhou Ting'en, who was awarded another honor and enshrined in the Taimiao for his contribution to the recovery of the northern border, has not forgotten that he is a hero.
Because of his great achievements and serious injuries, the old prime minister submitted a petition, requesting special permission for Xie Yuduo to enter the government as a businessman, and granting him a second-rank official position, in charge of all affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.
In fact, considering Xie Yuduo's achievements and abilities in the battle of Northern Frontier, no one would dare to say anything even if he asked that old fox for a first-rank position, let alone a second-rank official position.
But he doesn't do it.
The second rank doesn’t do it, and the first rank doesn’t do it either.
"Oh, you old fox, it's not enough that I wasted three years on them, you want me to waste my whole life!"
He didn't like all that talk about loyalty between the ruler and the minister, devoting oneself to the country, and devoting oneself to the country until death.
He liked making money, but he liked having fun with Chen Qi and the children even more, making up for the years of being busy away from home.
What's more, with his wealth, there is really no need for him to do anything he doesn't like.
Therefore, the current emperor made an exception and granted him the position, but Xie Yuduo refused to accept it and only held the honorary title of the second-class Duke of Anbei to express his gratitude.
After that, Xie Yuduo gradually consolidated his industries, expanded his branches, passed on the benefits to the people, and hid himself in the city so as not to attract attention again and also to leave himself more free time.
Chen Qi is not as free as him.
She had to raise her children to adulthood, take care of Yujing's family and ensure they had a safe and happy life, celebrate her brothers' success in the imperial examinations and their appointments to official positions, watch Xiaoling and Xiaowu's love and quarrels, and occasionally take the children to the Wen family to hang out with Meng Qinghui's children...
Also, she wants to accompany her husband in love and live together for a long time.
In this way, the family lived a carefree life in the capital for many years.
When his youngest daughter was old enough to sit on a horse steadily, Xie Yuduo wrote a letter to the emperor, resigning from the capital due to illness, and traveled far away on the rivers and seas with his wife and children.
Many years later, Jiangnan.
An old man driving an ox cart saw the little girl of five or six years old, covered in mud, walking on the side of the road with a small backpack on her back. As usual, he called her.
"Girl, can I give you a ride?"
"Hurrah!"
When the little girl got in the car, he couldn't help but speak.
"What are your parents busy with every day? Is there anyone else at home? Why is there no one to take care of you?"
The little girl supported her head with her little muddy hands, thought for a moment, and then told the truth.
"My father goes into the mountains every day to collect herbs, and my mother stays at home making clothes for other people's children. I have a sister and a brother, but they are not at home. My parents sent them to live with relatives."
When the old man heard this, he knew that her family was poor. Then, seeing the innocence in her eyes, he couldn't help but feel pity for her.
The distance was not far, and when she got off the bus, the old man handed her two fruits.
"Here, I picked some from the mountain, they're sweet! Take some and eat them... Poor kid..."
Xie Huaimeng took the fruit, smiled sweetly, thanked the old man, and skipped away.
As soon as he turned the corner, Xie Yuduo jumped down from the tree.
"Meng'er, why did you walk for so long today? I watched you for a long time in the tree, otherwise you would have taken someone else's car. I would have waited for you for a while."
"Humph, Daddy only said that if you lose you can't ride a horse, he didn't say you can't take a car!"
She held up the small basket of herbs to show her father.
"Daddy, next time I will definitely find it faster than you!"
Xie Yuduo chuckled, took her small backpack, and carried his daughter, who was covered in mud, onto the horse's back. The father and daughter walked slowly towards home.
Under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, Chen Qi made another small brocade dress, looked over it carefully, folded it neatly, and put it in a brocade box. The next time a servant returned to Beijing, he would take it to Yu Jing's new child to wear.
When she saw Xie Yuduo coming back with his daughter who looked like a mud monkey, and instructing the servants to wash the dirty horse thoroughly, she couldn't help but frown.
"You two aren't much cleaner than horses, yet you still think horses are dirty? Why don't you go to the stables and wash up together? If you can't wash yourself clean, don't come into my house!"
The little mud monkey didn't care about all this. He ran over with a smile and climbed directly onto his mother's lap.
Chen Qi looked down on her while hugging her, and did not forget to push the newly made small clothes away.
"Mom, Daddy cheated again today. I clearly found it a long time ago, but he insisted it wasn't mine, forcing me to look for it all over again. I searched for a long, long time... and now I've lost."
Xie Yuduo took off his mud-stained coat, threw it aside, and went straight to the courtyard to wash the mud off his body.
"Meng'er, who of us is cheating? Daddy clearly remembers finding several a long time ago, so how come they were all put into your little backpack?"
Little Meng'er pouted, looking aggrieved, and lay in her mother's arms.
"Mother, Daddy is a scoundrel. It was obviously not me who put it there!"
Xie Yuduo smiled slightly, knowing that it was not her who put it there.
Because he was the one who put it there.
If he doesn't let her go, the girl would rather stay out until dark than go home.
Chen Qi had long known that Xie Yuduo was playing tricks again, and she couldn't help but scold him while holding her daughter's little face.
"Meng'er, let's not go looking for herbs tomorrow, okay? We'll get covered in mud and be so dirty."
Xie Huaimeng shook his head decisively.
"Oh no! Daddy said that everyone in our shop is waiting for me to find herbs for them. Otherwise, everyone will starve."
Xie Yuduo washed himself and came over, nodding as he wiped himself.
"Last year, there were over 300 local herbal medicine shops. But because you were always lazy about picking flowers, this year there are only over 200 left."
Seeing her little daughter looking aggrieved, Chen Qi couldn't help but kick him again.
"Don't listen to your dad's nonsense. That's because several branches have been connected to one street and merged into one."
Xie Huaimeng's bright eyes lit up.
"Ah, can I still pick flowers then?"
Chen Qi remembered that there were many bees in the local wild flowers. Last time, her daughter tried to pick flowers for her, but her hand was stung by a bee and was swollen for several days. She decisively refused.
"No! You'd better follow Daddy to find herbs. If you slack off again, our shop will be closed again!"
Xie Huaimeng once again understood the heavy burden on his shoulders and nodded solemnly.
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