"Really? My brother is going to discuss marriage. Whose family will my future sister-in-law be from? How did my brother and future sister-in-law meet?"
"There's nothing confirmed yet. We're just discussing the marriage, but we don't know if it can be finalized or not." Hua Mingqian said.
Soon, Sanqiao led a little boy of six or seven years old into the house.
Hua Mingqian noticed Yue Zheng immediately. This child was tender and cute, with a pair of round apricot eyes, somewhat similar to Hua Fushu.
"Is this the child?"
Hua Fushu nodded.
She waved to Yue Zheng, "Zheng, come here."
Yue Zheng ran over happily. He was wearing a green brocade robe and looked like a young master from a wealthy family.
"Sister." Yue Zheng stood beside Hua Fushu, looking at her with his big eyes, looking very well-behaved.
Hua Fushu stroked Yue Zheng's back, looked at Hua Mingqian, and said, "A Zheng, this is my sister's father. What should you call him?"
"Uncle." Yue Zheng blurted out.
His sister taught him how to address others. For example, he should call his brother-in-law's brother and sister-in-law "brother" and "sister-in-law" instead of "uncle" and "aunt". He should call his brother-in-law's grandfather "grandpa".
Those older than his father are called uncle, those younger than his father are called uncle, those with white hair are called grandpa or grandpa, women who are several years older than his sister are called aunt, and girls as beautiful as his sister are called sister...
"Hey, good boy, come here and let your uncle see you." Hua Mingqian said with a smile.
Yue Zheng did not go over. He looked at Hua Fushu, as if asking Hua Fushu what he thought. His father and mother had told him before that he should not talk to strangers, otherwise he would be taken away by scammers.
Hua Fushu saw a hint of timidity in Yue Zheng's eyes. Yue Zheng grew up in Qingyun Mountain. Apart from his parents and others, he had never come into contact with anyone else since he was a child. It was normal for him to be afraid.
She said softly, "A Zheng, uncle is your father, A Zheng's relative. Uncle is not a bad person. Don't be afraid. Uncle just wants to take a good look at A Zheng."
After his sister said this, Yue Zheng's timidity disappeared. He walked towards Hua Mingqian and called him "uncle" again.
Hua Mingqian looked at Yue Zheng's facial features carefully. There was a bit of his younger brother Hua Mingqiao's shadow between his eyebrows. He believed that this was his brother's son.
"Your name is Yue Zheng, right? Uncle liked you the moment he saw you. You're such a good kid!"
"Good boy, that's good!"
The tears in Hua Mingqian's eyes did not flow, he just smiled happily.
"Uncle didn't prepare a gift for you. Can I give it to you tomorrow?"
"Okay!" Yue Zheng said.
This caused everyone to burst into laughter.
The welcoming banquet was held in Feiyuan.
Ye Shiheng went to the Western Territory, and the old general was the head of the General's Mansion, so it was reasonable to hold the welcoming banquet in Feiyuan.
Dugu Lanxi also attended the welcoming banquet after she finished her confinement.
Ye Zelin doesn't like drinking, but he drank a lot of wine with Hua Mingqian at the welcoming banquet.
Hua Fushu drank a few glasses with her father and then stopped drinking, not even the fruit wine with a low concentration.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, every courtyard is decorated with dogwood and calamus, and realgar is sprinkled to repel insects and snakes.
All the young maids in the mansion pinned a bright red pomegranate flower in their hair and wore sachets around their waists to ward off evil spirits.
Ye Zelin was going to the Kong family to give Mr. Kong a Dragon Boat Festival gift. Before leaving, Hua Fushu tied a sachet with red tassels around his waist. The sachet was filled with various spices to ward off evil spirits.
This exquisitely embroidered sachet was naturally not made by her. She was not that good at embroidery. She specially found an excellent embroiderer in Beijing to make this sachet.
Ye Zelin looked at the sachet on his waist and said, "Fushu, is this all your sincerity? The sachets worn by other husbands are all made by their wives themselves."
"Do you dislike it that much?"
Hua Fushu wanted to roll her eyes. It was someone who disliked her sewing skills before and told her to stop sewing. Now he disliked her for not making sachets for him.
"I don't mind." Ye Zelin had previously told Hua Fushu not to sew anymore. Given her personality, she probably wouldn't sew anymore. How could he dare to despise her, for fear that she would be too lazy to buy things for him in the future.
"Hurry up and go. The sooner you go, the sooner you will be back."
Hua Fushu urged him.
Ye Zelin said, "Aren't you going with me?"
Hua Fushu said, "You are going to give a festival gift to your teacher, and I will also wait for my apprentice to give me a festival gift."
Ye Zelin then remembered that Hua Fushu had a cheap apprentice, so he didn't ask Hua Fushu to go with him.
In fact, Hua Fushu didn't want to go to the Kong family with Ye Zelin. Mr. Kong was serious and rigid, and she would feel uncomfortable when she saw him.
Not long after Ye Zelin left, Jun'er and his mother Zhang arrived at the General's Mansion.
Since practicing Tai Chi, his body has become stronger and stronger, he has gained weight, and his body has started to grow taller.
Zhang said, "Thanks to Madam, Jun'er's health has visibly improved. Jun'er is now a teenager and it's time for him to play with his friends. He can't be confined to the house all day. His fifth uncle found a nephew of the Kong family's chief priest to be his tutor. I don't expect Jun to pass the imperial examinations and become an official, but just that he can learn a few words and understand right from wrong."
Hua Fushu was entertaining Zhang in the main hall of Guanju Pavilion. She sat at the head of the table, holding a round fan with a peach blossom pattern, and chatted with Zhang, "Sister Zhang, you're talking about Confucius from Chongqing Lane."
"That's right."
Zhang had great trust in her uncle Bao Changzhou, and the teacher he had found for her son must be one of both good learning and good character. "After the Dragon Boat Festival, Jun'er will go to Confucius' school. The Princess Qin's younger brother also attends Confucius' school. Jun'er knows the young master from the Lu family. When Jun'er goes to the school, he'll have playmates."
"What a coincidence! I have a younger brother who also attends Confucius' school."
Hua Fushu turned around and told Sanqiao, "Qiao'er, bring A Zheng over here and let him play with Jun'er."
Sanqiao quickly brought Yue Zheng over.
Yue Zheng held a fat orange cat in his arms and walked to Hua Fushu's side, "Sister."
The orange cat Orange has a gentle temperament. Yue Zheng especially likes to play with Orange and often holds Orange tightly in his arms.
Hua Fushu said, "This is Brother Jun'er. Would you like to go play with Brother Jun'er?"
Yue Zheng listens to Hua Fushu very much and basically obeys whatever Hua Fushu says.
He walked up to Jun'er and said, "Brother, let's go play. I'll give you the oranges."
The two little brothers walked out of the house and played with the cat together in the yard. Their voices could be heard from time to time in the house.
Jun'er pointed at the orange cat lying on the ground and asked, "Is this cat called Orange?"
Yue Zheng gently stroked the orange cat's soft fur, "Orange's fur is orange, so we call it Orange."
Jun'er touched the orange cat's round belly and said, "It's so fat."
Yue Zheng defended Orange, the fat cat, saying, "Orange is not fat, it's just gained weight."
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