Chapter 515 Liu's Abacus
As soon as the first month of the lunar year was over, Xu Qingye would secretly go to Hongjiang City to investigate a case for the emperor.
Xu Yuande and the old couple Hu stayed in the capital for more than three months. Although they had no worries about food and clothing, lived in a comfortable courtyard and had servants to serve them, they had lived in Lushan Village all their lives and missed it after being away for so long. It happened that Xu Qingye was going to Hongjiang City and was on their way, so they decided to go back to Lushan Village with him.
It would be nice to have someone to take care of you on the way.
Song Yuntang was very reluctant in his heart.
The night before leaving, she packed Xu Qingye's things while giving him instructions.
"The first month of the lunar year has already passed. Hongjiang City is not far from Yingshan City, and the climate is relatively warm. After all, you will be back in less than half a year, so I won't prepare so many thick winter clothes for you."
"There are also some daily necessities and medicines, all packed in a box. If you're missing anything, write me a letter later and I'll have someone send it to you after I prepare it."
"I have prepared five hundred taels of silver for you, one hundred of which is in the form of silver ingots and small change, which is convenient for daily use, and the other four hundred taels are silver notes, just in case. Hongjiang City has Mingyue Tower and Yujun Pavilion, so if you really don't have enough, you can go there to withdraw money. I will write to the two shops in advance to inform them."
"Fortunately, we have our own business in Hongjiang City, and the people in Yujun Pavilion are all reliable. If necessary, we can use them."
"Don't worry about the capital. I will take good care of Hao Ting."
The more she spoke, the more reluctant the man became. He stepped forward and hugged her petite body from behind.
"Take care of yourself, too."
The wife in his arms nodded obediently and turned her head to look in his direction.
"There are so many people in my family. When have you ever seen me mistreat myself?"
"When I come back, I will ask His Majesty for half a month's leave so that I can spend more time with you and Hao Ting."
The man lowered his head and buried it in her neck, sniffing the fragrance emanating from her body, as if he wanted to imprint the unique scent of his wife in his heart.
Song Yuntang got goosebumps from his actions.
But he didn't avoid him.
"It's only February now, and there are still four and a half months until mid-June. I don't know if you can catch up with Hao Ting's first birthday."
The man paused.
"As soon as I finish my work in Hongjiang City, I will rush back as soon as possible, but I'm afraid I will miss your birthday again."
Song Yuntang turned around and looked him in the eye.
"Birthdays are celebrated every year. Your safe return is the best birthday gift for me."
Hearing his wife's sweet words, the man's face was moved and he hugged her tightly in his arms.
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That night, the couple lived in harmony.
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The next morning, the old couple Xu Qingye and Xu Yuande left together.
Xu Yongwang held his grandson and accompanied Jiang and Song Yuntang to watch the carriage disappear before entering the house.
Hao Ting, who was almost eight months old, had already grown his first tooth. When a child is teething, his saliva secretion is particularly strong. Jiang made many cotton handkerchiefs and sewed a button on Hao Ting's clothes. She hung the handkerchief on his chest, which made it much easier to wipe the saliva.
Xu Yongwang and Jiang are both steady people. The children are usually looked after by their parents-in-law, so Song Yuntang can also free up his hands to do other things.
She had people pick out two suitable shops in Beijing in advance. One was on the main street of East City and was renovated in the style of Yujun Pavilion. The other was a little further away and in South City. It was relatively cheap and had a large location, and was renovated in the style of Xinglin Medical Clinic.
South City is where ordinary people gather, and its population is much larger than that of East, West and North City.
In addition, his home is close to South City, so it is convenient to go back and forth. The original intention of setting up the clinic was not to treat wealthy families. In Song Yuntang's opinion, it is most appropriate to set up the clinic in South City so that he can get in touch with more patients.
The Song family arrived in mid-March.
Those who came together included Song Yuntang's parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephews, nieces, and grandparents.
Nian'er saw that there were guests at home and there were still a few empty rooms in the backyard. After all, she didn't need to live in a big place, and she was not used to living in the same yard with her uncle and aunt, so she took this opportunity to move to the back room.
In the courtyard of Xu Yongwang and Jiang, the vacant east and west wing rooms were occupied by the old couple Song Xingye and the couple Song Jinbao.
The two pairs of brothers and sisters-in-law were arranged to live in the east and west wing rooms of the courtyard where Xu Wencheng had lived before, and the main house remained empty for Xu Wencheng.
With servants to serve the family, they have no worries about food and clothing, and the family gets along quite harmoniously.
Song Yi has always been taken care of by Zhao.
The little girl, who was over three years old, didn't seem to be very lively. When she saw Song Yuntang on the first day, she hid behind Zhao.
Song Yuntang squatted down.
"Yier, don't you remember your aunt?"
When she left last year, Song Yi was almost two years old.
Even though eight months have passed, I shouldn't have completely forgotten about it.
However, some children are shy, so Song Yi's reaction at the moment is normal.
Zhao pulled her out from behind her in frustration.
"Hey kid, why are you hiding? This is your own aunt, how can she eat you? Call her aunt."
Song Yuntang smiled gently.
"Mom, don't pull her anymore. Let her get used to it first."
Song Yi didn't say anything, but kept observing her aunt's expression.
Seeing that she didn't seem to dislike him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The way her aunt looked at her was different from the way her mother looked at her.
"aunt."
The little girl's voice was very soft, but Song Yuntang still heard it.
After she responded, she extended her hand to Song Yi, "Do you want to go eat something delicious with your aunt?"
Seeing Song Yi hesitating, Zhao hurriedly pulled the child over to her.
"Go with your aunt, grandma will pack first."
Song Yuntang took the child and walked towards the main hall.
When Liu followed Song Jinyuan into the yard holding the child, she looked in the direction of Song Yuntang and Song Yi, and saw that Song Yuntang seemed to like his daughter very much, with a look of joy on his face.
When she got into the house, she put her almost one and a half year old son on the bed and let him play by himself.
When he turned to look at Song Jinyuan, there was a shrewd look in his eyes.
"Jinyuan, what do you think? Should we leave Yi'er in the capital?"
Song Jinyuan, who was packing his luggage, was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at her with a puzzled look on his face.
"Why?"
Liu was worried that her words might be heard by others, so she stood up and walked to his side, lowering her voice.
"Tang'er doesn't have a daughter now. Yi'er is her niece and she grew up with her. I see that Tang'er is quite caring towards Yi'er. She took her out to eat delicious food as soon as she came in. If Yi'er stays here, maybe she will have a good future. She can also take care of us more for her sake. What do you think?"
And Haoting is only one year and nine months younger than Yier.
Cousins grew up together, and they are close to each other. Maybe they can become closer relatives in the future. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Song Jinyuan didn't think as deeply as Liu did.
"How can we let our own daughter be raised by an aunt like Tang'er? She is still young now. If she really wants a daughter, she can give birth to one herself."
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