When Zheng Xiu's child was born, the family's anxious hearts finally settled down.
Xue Zhi and Zheng Xiu thought of many names, and they always felt that they would be enough when the time came.
But when the child was born, they picked and chose, but felt that none of them were suitable.
Fortunately, the child was still young, so there was no rush to give him a full name. Giving him a nickname would be the same.
Seeing that the couple could not make up their minds, Princess Guihe helped them with ideas: "We are all boys in our family. It is rare that Ah Xiu gave birth to a girl. Let's call her Bao'er."
Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi naturally regarded the child as their treasure, and this nickname was friendly and easy to pronounce, so the child's nickname was decided.
Xue Bao'er stayed in Zheng Xiu's belly for ten months before she made a sound. When she was born, she weighed almost five or six kilograms. At present, one catty is still 16 taels, so you can imagine how plump this little girl is.
Princess Guihe used to joke with Zheng Xiu that she would lend her a few days to play with after she gave birth, but now she really comes to see Baoer in the cradle every day, and she can't take her eyes off her, and stays in Haoye Hall for half an afternoon. Even Baoer's third-day bath, the first month of the lunar year, and the full-month wine were all handled by Princess Guihe, so you can imagine how much she loves her.
Xue Mian felt that he had lost favor, but when he came back with Xue Shao after school, he saw Baoer's sweet and soft, jade-like and lovely appearance, and he was no longer jealous. Especially when he thought that he was now a brother and had to set a good example for his sister, the most naive Xue Mian grew up at a very impressive speed.
Zheng Xiu was recuperating in the confinement period, and Xue Zhi was still worried about her heart disease, so he let Su Qingru follow Zheng Xiu.
Su Qingru did have her strengths. Apart from other things, her ways of saying and making people laugh were one after another, which was dazzling.
Zheng Xiu watched her daughter growing up day by day, and her family was around her, so she didn't have so many worries in her heart. After recuperating in the confinement period, her body got better day by day.
When Baoer was three months old, Zheng Xiu felt that she no longer had the tendency to depression, so she asked Xue Zhi to send Su Qingru back to Lianghuai.
Su Qingru had been with her for so long, and she could see that Su Qingru was only thinking about her uncles and brothers at home, and she didn't really want to stay in the capital.
Xue Zhi heard this and said, "Since you think you get along well with her, why don't you let her stay in the mansion as a doctor?"
Zheng Xiu almost laughed at this and spat at him, saying, "Don't think I don't know that you used both soft and hard tactics to force her to treat me. Now that I'm well, how can I force her? Let Miss Su go back to Lianghuai and reunite with her family."
Xue Zhi nodded without comment, but still kept Su Qingru for another half a year to make sure that Zheng Xiu was really well before sending Su Qingru back to Lianghuai.
Zheng Xiu was naturally reluctant to let her go. She asked Xue Zhi to give her a generous reward and also had someone load a carriage with gifts for her to take back.
Su Qingru also showed her true feelings for her. Before leaving, she told Zheng Xiu that if she needed her in the future, she could send someone to Lianghuai to find her, and she would definitely come to the capital to help.
Not long after Su Qingru left, Zheng Xiu's marriage was also settled.
Zheng Ren helped to find a local scholar in the capital, whose surname was Huang. Huang Xiucai's hometown was hit by a mountain torrent, and his family was in trouble. Only he escaped because he stayed in a deserted house halfway up the mountain and forgot to eat and sleep to study. Huang Xiucai stayed in his hometown to take care of his parents, and went to the capital alone to seek refuge with distant relatives.
This distant relative was a colleague of Zheng Ren. Although the family was not rich, they were honest and kind.
Zheng Ren had met Huang Xiucai several times and tested his character and knowledge. He was very satisfied with him and decided to marry him. But Zheng Xian was also a person with her own ideas. Zheng Ren did not make a decision on his own, but asked Zheng Xian's opinion through Old Lady Zheng.
Zheng Xian did not trust the family her mother Zhu had chosen, so she did not talk to them in Shiniu Town. At present, marriage is about the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. Her grandparents are old and her parents are useless. Naturally, she can only rely on Zheng Ren.
Therefore, after discussing it, Zheng Ren invited Huang Xiucai to his house as a guest. Zheng Xian took a look through the hollow carved screen and listened to their conversation for a while. Huang Xiucai was handsome, gentle and polite, and his answers were measured, so Zheng Xian naturally nodded.
It was already unthinkable for Huang Xiucai, a scholar, to be able to marry Zheng Ren. Later, with the tacit approval of the elders, the two met several times and felt that they were even more compatible. The marriage was settled in this way.
After Zheng Xian's marriage was settled, Zheng Ren brought Zheng Quan and Zhu from Shiniu Town.
Zhu had some complaints about this marriage. She and Zheng Quan were still there, so how could it be the turn of the uncle of the eldest house to arrange the marriage of his niece? However, Zheng Quan was putting pressure on her, so she didn't dare to express it. She just wanted to have a good talk with Zheng Xian when she met her in the capital.
After the two of them arrived in the capital, they were stunned by the prosperity of the capital. Then they were taken to Shangkan Hutong, and they were even more dumbfounded when they saw the big house. Zheng Rong was also brought to the capital by the couple. On the first day of his arrival, he was taken to the street by Zheng Quan. Seeing so many delicious and fun things, he had so much fun that he forgot everything else. Then he met Zheng Yu again. Zheng Yu has studied in the capital for several years. He is no longer the child who only knows how to play in the countryside. He is also wearing silk and satin clothes. This made Zheng Rong even more jealous. When he came back at night, he acted coquettishly with Zhu, saying that he just wanted to stay in the capital and not go back to his hometown.
Zhu had this idea when she came, and after hearing her son's words, she made up her mind. Of course, she was not stupid. She knew that Zheng Quan just wanted to go back to his hometown to live out the rest of his life. If she showed this idea in front of him, he would inevitably scold her. So she didn't tell Zheng Quan what she was thinking, and just thought about finding a solution herself.
Soon Zheng Quan and Zhu met Huang Xiucai again. Seeing that he was extraordinary in appearance and temperament, they were both quite satisfied, and Zhu had nothing to say. When she was with Zheng Xian in private, she said to her, "Mother knows that your uncle has chosen a good family for you, but Mr. Huang's parents are gone after all, and the family will always be lonely in the future. You see, our family has been together for so many years, why don't parents stay to take care of you..."
Zheng Xian knew her mother very well, and when she heard this, she knew that her mother wanted to stay in the capital. She asked herself if she really couldn't bear to leave her parents, but she was able to marry in the capital now because of her uncle. If her parents and brother stayed, the family would have no way to make a living, and they would still have to trouble their uncle. She didn't express her opinion when she heard it.
Zhu saw that it was useless to talk to her daughter, so she went to lobby Mrs. Zheng again.
Old Lady Zheng was known for her soft ears. Zhu thought that if she talked a few more times and tried harder, she would be able to persuade Old Lady Zheng.
But she didn't expect that Old Lady Zheng had been used as a gun in the capital. She knew that her eldest granddaughter and eldest son had special status and needed to be prepared for being plotted against. She became more cautious.
Therefore, Zhu cried in front of her several times, but Old Lady Zheng didn't say anything. She just said some comforting words to comfort her, saying that Zheng Xian would be taken care of by Zheng Ren and Zheng Xiu in the future, and that her life would not be bad in the future.
Zhu was not really worried about Zheng Xian, she just wanted to enjoy the prosperity in the capital, so she was not calm after hearing her words, but was worried day and night because of the fire burning in her heart.
In March of the year after Zheng Xiu gave birth, it was Zheng Xian's wedding date.
Zheng Xiu funded the young couple to buy a house in Wuyi Lane. Wuyi Lane is full of scholars, the atmosphere is good and it is close, which is convenient for several families to move around in the future.
Zheng Xian was naturally grateful and wanted to refuse, but Huang Xiucai had nothing and had lived in a relative's house before. If she refused, the two of them would have to rent a yard to live in the future. Mr. Huang didn’t have much income now. If he spent this much money, their life after marriage would be very difficult. She was very confused for a while.
But Zheng Xiu didn’t give her a chance to refuse. She bought the house and transferred it to Zheng Xian’s name. Before the wedding, she gave her the land deed and the house deed directly. She also patted her hand and said earnestly: "Girls always need to have something in their hands to be strong." Mr. Huang was penniless at the moment. He looked like a good person, but there was no guarantee that he would be like this when he became rich in the future. Zheng Xiu did this for Zheng Xian’s sake.
Zheng Xian was more grateful because her mother didn’t prepare any personal belongings for her before she got married, not to mention that her dowry was prepared by her uncle.
Zhu was very active during this period, and she even came to the mansion of the Duke of Qing twice under the pretext of visiting Bao'er.
The wealth of the mansion of the Duke of Qing was something she had never seen before, and since Zheng Xiu was always accompanied by several maids, she did not dare to act unbridled. She only dared to say some polite words during the two visits, and did not dare to say a word about her own thoughts.
Zheng Xiu had seen through her thoughts, but she just pretended not to see them.
Fortunately, Zheng Xian's wedding date was not long, and Zheng Ren married Zheng Xian out of Shangkan Hutong in a grand manner.
Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi also went to watch the ceremony, and the family held the wedding in a lively and lively manner. Three days after Zheng Xian and Huang Xiucai got married, Zheng Xiu was afraid that Zhu would make trouble again, so she
quickly discussed it with her father and sent Zhu and her family on a carriage back home.
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