Zheng Xiu got the news in advance, but she didn't know when they would arrive. A few days ago, Xue Zhi asked someone to wait at the dock, and she waited for news at home every day.
On the day they arrived, Zheng Xiu heard the news from the servant who rushed back from the dock, and she couldn't sit still. She asked Xue Zhi to go out to pick them up. She asked Ming Hui and others, "Is the food ready? Have the people in the new house been arranged? Has everything been cleaned?"
Seeing that she was so nervous, Ming Hui said, "The food has been prepared by the kitchen a long time ago, and it will be served when the master and the young master arrive. The new house has also been arranged and decorated a few days ago, and you can stay there."
Not long after Xue Zhi left, he came back with people.
Zheng Xiu had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Xue Zhi led the team on horseback, with a carriage and a team of servants, and stopped steadily at the gate of the Duke of Qing's mansion.
Zheng Xiu was so excited that she couldn't help herself and hurried forward.
The servant opened the curtain, and Zheng Ren got off the carriage first.
He was dressed in a blue cloth and looked still very handsome and young.
Zheng Yu also got off the carriage. He was a little taller, wearing a small lake blue cotton jacket with ripple patterns, and his little face was rosy.
"Dad." Zheng Xiu's eyes reddened, and she stepped forward and held Zheng Ren's hand.
Zheng Ren was also very excited and held her hand tightly, "Ahxiu, you've gained weight."
Zheng Xiu touched her face and smiled with tears in her eyes, "I eat well and live well here, so I've gained weight."
Zheng Ren said, "You'll look better if you're fatter."
The father and daughter were about to cry together, and Xue Zhi advised, "Father-in-law has been on the road for a long time, go into the mansion and rest first."
Zheng Ren also felt that he had lost his composure, so he let go of Zheng Xiu's hand and let Xue Zhi lead him into the mansion.
Zheng Yu followed his father holding the hem of his clothes. Zheng Xiu pulled him back and asked in a low voice: "Ayu, why didn't you call your sister when you saw her? Are you alienated from her?"
Zheng Yu immediately said: "No, I... I'm just afraid that your sister has forgotten Ayu."
Zheng Xiu's heart was touched softly, "I raised you, how could your sister forget you."
The two siblings held hands. Following Xue Zhi and Zheng Ren, Zheng Yu looked around from time to time and exclaimed: "Sister, you live in such a big house? And there are so many servants?"
Zheng Xiu said: "These are all from your brother-in-law's house. Sister usually stays in Hao Yetang. If our A Yu likes, he can stay and stay with sister for a few days."
Zheng Yu nodded and asked: "Where is A Shao? Why doesn't he come to pick me up?"
"A Shao is also studying with the teacher in the mansion now, and will not be back for lunch until noon. It's not that he doesn't want to pick you up. He was excited for days when he heard that you were coming. If he knew you were coming today, he would definitely not want to go to the study."
Zheng Yu said solemnly, "It's more important to study. Anyway, I'm here, and it won't be difficult to meet in the future."
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but rub his little head lovingly, "Our A Yu is really sensible."
Zheng Yu puffed out his little chest, "I'm nine years old, of course I have to be sensible."
As he spoke, the group arrived at Hao Yetang.
Minghui had been waiting at the door. When she saw them, she bowed and said, "I have met my maternal master and my uncle. The food is ready."
Zheng Xiu nodded and said with a smile, "Let Baizhu set the table." Then she walked forward with Zheng Yu, pushed Xue Zhi aside, and walked into the house shoulder to shoulder with Zheng Ren.
Xue Zhi touched his nose. How could his daughter-in-law dislike people now that she had a father and a younger brother?
After entering the house, Zheng Xiu asked Zheng Ren to sit down first, and asked the maid to serve Zheng Ren's favorite Tieguanyin.
Zheng Yu walked around boldly, and saw that the furnishings and decorations were all in the style that her sister had always liked, and she felt a lot more friendly.
Xue Shao also ran back from the front yard excitedly. Before he entered the yard, he was already shouting outside: "Where is A-Yu? Where is A-Yu?"
Zheng Yu also ran out with a smile on his face. The two little guys were shouting and jumping in the yard.
Zheng Ren and Zheng Yu had been sitting on the boat for half a day and were indeed hungry.
Zheng Xiu was in no hurry to talk to them. She called the two children into the house, set out the food and let them eat first.
The meals were all hometown dishes that Zheng Xiu personally asked Bai Zhu to prepare. Although the taste might be a little different, the chef had tried his best to make them look like the real thing.
Zheng Xiu picked up food for his father and Zheng Yu from time to time and even forgot to eat himself.
The meal was quickly finished. Xue Zhi thought that they had not seen each other for a long time and they had a lot to talk about, so he went to the study in the front yard.
Zheng Yu and Xue Shao went to the room to take a nap, and Zheng Xiu sat on the kang next to the bed and talked with his father.
"Is Dad doing well at home these days? How about grandpa and grandma? Are they healthy? You and A Yu came to the capital, is there anyone to take care of grandpa and grandma?" A series of questions, all of which were her thoughts and ideas during these days.
Zheng Ren said patiently, "Everything is fine at home. Your younger sister has grown up and is responsible for all the small matters at home. Your grandparents are in good health now. When we came to the capital, your younger sister said that she would take your grandparents back to the countryside to take care of them."
"Will Second Aunt agree to that?" Zhu had been looking forward to getting rid of the two elders with great difficulty, so how could she be willing to take them back and waste her time? "
Now your younger sister is becoming more and more capable, and your second uncle listens to her. Even if Second Aunt is unwilling, she has nothing to say."
Zheng Ren then told her about some things at home in detail. Zheng Xiu listened with great interest and occasionally interrupted. The father and daughter forgot the time when they talked, and soon it was dusk.
Xue Zhi calculated the time and came back from the front yard. Seeing that they were still chatting, he could only interrupt them in a tactless manner: "Ah Xiu, my father-in-law has not yet visited the house we prepared for him. It is getting late. We should send them there first to settle them down."
The house outside was Shangkan Hutong, south of Zhuque Street, and it was only a quarter of an hour's walk from the Duke of Qing's Mansion on Zhuque Street. Xue Zhi had used all kinds of manpower and material resources to buy it.
Zheng Xiu stood up and said, "It is indeed late, Dad, I will take you to see the house."
During their chat, Xue Shao had already returned to the study in the front yard. Zheng Yu was still asleep because he had not slept well for several days on the boat.
Zheng Xiu went to the room in person and saw that he was sleeping soundly, so she put on his coat.
Zheng Yu opened his eyes and saw that it was his sister, so he closed his eyes again.
Zheng Xiu felt sorry for him because he had been on the road to Beijing for so long, so she didn't call him again, but carried him out of the room.
Zheng Yu is now nine years old and not light in weight. When Xue Zhi saw him, he wanted to come over to take him.
Zheng Xiu dodged and said, "Let me carry him to the carriage." She hadn't held her brother like this for a long time.
Xue Zhi knew that they had a good relationship as siblings, so he didn't force it. He asked Minghui to help out, and the group left the Duke of Qing's Mansion, got on the carriage, and headed for Shangkan Hutong.
In the carriage, Zheng Xiu held Zheng Yu and refused to let go. She still remembered that when she had just traveled through time, her brother was only four years old, a little kid who could only lie in front of the hospital bed to tease her and talk. In the blink of an eye, he has grown so big.
The carriage stopped and started, and soon arrived at Shangkan Hutong.
Zheng Yu had already woken up in the carriage, and he hadn't closed his eyes because he wanted to stay in his sister's arms for a while. He felt embarrassed to let his sister hold him anymore, so he pretended to have just woken up and got off the carriage with the adults.
This was a two-story house, which was inconspicuous in the capital city full of dignitaries. But it had convenient transportation and was quiet in a bustling place. The previous owner was a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, and the house was decorated very quietly and elegantly.
Zheng Xiu had come here in advance, and she also asked a matchmaker to come to the house, bought two maids, cleaned the house in advance, and bought various furniture and daily necessities.
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