Chapter 485 People who share the courtyard
Entering through the hanging flower gate, you will reach the second courtyard.
The second courtyard has the main house, east wing and west wing.
A well-dressed young man lived in the main house, and a couple in their early thirties lived in the east wing, with two children, a son and a daughter.
The west wing was where Xu Qingye lived in the capital for the past few months.
There has always been a saying in the courtyard that "the east side is empty but the west side is not". The east wing does not receive sunlight all year round, and it is cold in winter and hot in summer. It is far less comfortable to live in than the west wing, and the rent is slightly cheaper.
Behind the second courtyard is a row of back rooms, two of which are occupied by the principal son's attendants and the nanny who takes care of his daily life.
There were three other empty rooms. Xu Qingye planned to ask Guiping to pay a few days' rent to the main son and arrange the servants who came with him to sleep in these empty rooms. When the time came, they would find a suitable yard and move all the servants there.
Song Yuntang took a look at the yard. It was quite large, but if a family lived there, with so many people sharing one yard, the privacy was obviously not good enough.
We have to hurry up and find a suitable yard.
At this moment, a group of people were carrying things into the yard, and the tenants in the main house and the east wing were all alarmed.
Jason Lu walked out of the east wing and clasped his fists towards Xu Qingye.
"Brother Xu is back."
Xu Qingye also raised his hand and bowed, and saw Jason Lu's wife, He, was also there.
"Brother Lu, sister-in-law."
He had a kind face and she nodded slightly towards Xu Qingye and Song Yuntang.
"This is my sister-in-law, right?"
"Yes." Xu Qingye introduced the two people, "This is my wife, her last name is Song."
Then he introduced the couple in front of him to Song Yuntang, "Tang'er, this is Brother Lu Jason Lu, who is also a Jinshi this year. Next to him is Brother Lu's first wife, whose surname is He."
Song Yuntang hurriedly greeted the two of them with a smile.
"Hello, Brother Lu, Hello, Sister-in-law."
He smiled and glanced at her husband beside her.
"I thought Brother Xu was a handsome man, but I didn't expect there was such a beautiful woman hiding in the house."
Jason Lu looked frank and nodded in praise.
"Brother Xu and his wife are a perfect match, talented and pretty."
Song Yuntang looked a little embarrassed.
"Brother Lu and sister-in-law, thank you for your compliments."
He hurriedly pulled her two children to greet the two, "Xingyan, Zhenzhen, come and call Uncle Xu and Aunt Song. In the future, we will serve as officials together, and your father and Uncle Lu will be colleagues."
Lu Xingyan is Jason Lu and He's eldest son, and he is nine years old this year.
Lu Zhenzhen is their eldest daughter and is five years old.
The brother and sister looked well-behaved and sensible. When they heard He's call, they hurried over to call for help.
"Uncle Xu, Aunt Song."
He came suddenly, and he didn't know that there were two children in the courtyard where Xu Qingye lived. Song Yuntang didn't prepare any gift for the meeting, so he took two bags of cakes bought on the road from Jinshu and gave them to the two children. Seeing that He's face looked a little lacking in energy and blood, he also gave He a portion of the blood-nourishing pills he made, a total of three pills.
He was busy making excuses.
"My sister-in-law is younger than me. Logically, I should prepare a gift for her. How can I let her spend money?"
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "I made this blood-nourishing pill myself. It didn't cost me much money. You can keep it, sister-in-law. Take one pill every ten days. It is very nourishing."
He looked at her with envy.
"No wonder my sister-in-law looks so good, she even knows about pharmacology."
Song Yuntang said modestly, "I know a little bit."
Just then, Xia Ning came out from outside the yard holding the child.
"Madam, the young master must be hungry. He is looking for food with his mouth open."
Song Yuntang reached out and took the child.
"Is the wet nurse still out of milk?"
Because she was taking medication for her eyes, she did not breastfeed her children for the first half month after giving birth. The children sucked little and her milk was not enough. Later, she had no milk at all, so the wet nurse had to provide milk for both children alone.
Xia Ning said, "The nurse has been traveling a lot lately, and she is not used to the climate there, so her milk supply is not sufficient. I saw that she looked not very well just now, and I did not bother to ask her."
Even if you take good care of yourself after giving birth, it is still hard for one person to provide milk for two children.
They are all mothers.
If you put yourself in her shoes, you can’t just leave the wet nurse’s own child hungry.
Song Yuntang looked at her.
"Well, go outside and look for sheep that have just given birth. One or two will do. If the milk is not enough, squeeze the goat milk, boil it, let it cool, and feed it to the baby. This will also allow the nurse to relax for a few days and recuperate."
"Yes." Xia Ning clasped his fists, turned around and walked out.
He smiled as she looked at the child in Song Yuntang's arms, "My sister-in-law is kind-hearted. Judging from the little boy's appearance, he is also a blessed one."
Song Yuntang liked to hear this.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
He took the two children.
"I still have to go and sew the soles for my two children, so I won't delay my brother and sister-in-law's placement."
Song Yuntang nodded, "Sister-in-law, go and do your own thing."
She was about to carry the child back to the house when Guiping came out of the main room, followed by a man outside.
"Brother Xu is back."
Xu Qingye smiled lightly, "I'm back."
Xie Yingwei looked like he had just woken up and he yawned.
"I just heard from Guiping that Brother Xu wants to rent out the other three rooms in the back. Actually, it doesn't cost much. Since Brother Xu doesn't plan to rent them for a long time, I won't charge you rent. I will just let the people below settle down."
Xu Qingye looked in the direction of Song Yuntang, shook his head and said, "After all, Master Xie also spent money to rent the yard, so the rent should be the same. Otherwise, I will find another place to live."
Xie Yingwei smiled.
"You are such a person that you won't do anything unless you are allowed to suffer a loss. After all, we have lived under the same roof for several months, and you don't even have this much friendship?"
The man looked at him and said, "It is said that brothers must settle accounts clearly and put one thing at a time. Right now, my wife and I don't know if He can find the yard. If the children quarrel, I hope Mr. Xie will bear with them."
Only then did Xie Yingwei notice Song Yuntang, who was wearing a light green dress, holding a child in her arms, with a gentle and calm expression.
There was no sign of having given birth on the woman's figure. She was dressed in green, and looked like willow catkins in the morning, light and soft.
He was a little dazed.
When Xu Qingye saw his expression, his brows tightened slightly.
"We have just moved here and need to find our belongings, so I won't talk to you any more. I'll ask Guiping to deliver the rent later."
After saying that, he took Song Yuntang into the west wing.
"Why……"
Xie Yingwei wanted to say something, but seeing that the person had already entered the room, he could only swallow his words, touched his head, turned around and went back to the house.
Song Yuntang had been focusing on the child in her arms and did not notice the look in Xie Yingwei's eyes.
"Jinshu, go get some warm water. I'll feed Hao Ting a few mouthfuls first."
"Yes, ma'am."
Jin Shu bowed, found a small bowl for children from the box and went to the backyard.
Soon, Hao Ting's wet nurse Xu came to the door.
"Madam, the little boy hasn't had milk for a while, but he's hungry?"
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