"I was so busy that I forgot. Your sister had some abdominal pain last night. She struggled for several hours but still couldn't give birth. I was so anxious that I forgot everything. We should have gone to the general's mansion to celebrate today, but I asked you to come here."
This is the custom of the Daxing Dynasty. On the auspicious day of moving to a new house, all the relatives in the family must come to congratulate.
As the name suggests, a warm house.
However, their move this time was a little special. There had been a huge fire in the Duke's Mansion, and both sides seemed to be at odds with each other. How could they still come to his house?
So after Du Jingyi accepted the gift sent by Mrs. Wei this morning, he no longer thought about the matter.
Anyway, the liveliness in the General's Mansion does not rely on the relatives in the Duke's Mansion, so there is no need to rush at this moment.
"Don't worry, mother. Will there ever be a time when you can't come to congratulate them? My cousin Zhao wrote to say that they should be here in ten days or so. I have discussed with the general that we should hold a housewarming banquet before the Little New Year. We will invite parents, uncle He and aunt He to come and have a seat."
"Okay, I'll wait for your post then."
Mrs. Du had already known that Madam Gu was coming, so she was not surprised.
Moreover, during those years when they were in Jinling City, they had heard a little about this young lady from the Gongsun family, the head lady of the Gu family, but had never seen her.
So when this good opportunity comes, I will definitely pay a visit to him.
Du Jingyi was also very curious about this grandmother whom he had never met, so he smiled and spoke.
"My daughter knows. Once an auspicious date is confirmed, she will ask Cherry to send the invitation."
While the mother and daughter were talking, the other maids were not idle either.
They started to make arrangements. Today the Du family had the most people present, so naturally they had to celebrate properly.
As a result, everyone had a smile on their face and was happily doing their work.
"Mom, have you thought of a name for the child? You can't just keep calling him nephew."
Du Jingyi was a little curious, but Mrs. Du couldn't help but talk about interesting things when she saw this.
"Don't mention it. It's not that I can't think of any, it's that I've thought too much and can't choose. The master has thought of three or four, your uncle He has thought of three or four, your sister and brother-in-law have thought of three or four more. Now I'm having a headache. How can I choose from more than ten names?"
Then he added another sentence.
“They all have good meanings and are catchy.”
Seeing this, Du Jingyi responded calmly.
"That's easy. Just write it down and let him pick it himself. He'll be the one using the name in the end anyway, so he can choose the one that suits him best."
Mrs. Du was a little amused.
"Child, if we had treated you like this when you were a child, you would probably be called Du Jingxiao instead of Du Jingyi now."
Hearing this, Du Jingyi also started laughing.
As Mrs. Du was laughing, she suddenly began to sigh.
He reached out and touched the hair at Du Jingyi's ears and said with a sad look.
"Xiangxiang now has a son by her side, and I, as a mother, feel much more relieved. And this time, seeing that the two elders of the He family and your brother-in-law have put their heart into her, I think she will live a comfortable life in the future."
"But you are still pregnant, and there are so many problems in the Duke's Mansion! There is no elder to look after you. If the Duke is instigated by Madam Wei to cause trouble for you, I am afraid that your life will be difficult."
The news that the Duke was stabbed in the street had already spread throughout the streets and alleys of Sui'an City.
The Du family has always been sensitive to news, so they naturally knew about it.
But the inside story is not very clear.
Later, they heard that there was a fire in the Duke's Mansion, so everyone in Dongyuan moved to the General's Mansion overnight.
When the two heard the news, they were almost scared to death. They immediately went to visit their daughter and son-in-law in person. Who knew that it was actually their own idea.
Mrs. Du has never been a merciful person, so she understands the need to use extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.
The only thing that worried her was that they hadn't even had a child before, but they had been in such a mess. If they really had a child, she was afraid that more troubles would follow.
My daughter and son-in-law are better off, as they are capable of protecting themselves.
But a newborn baby can be easily manipulated and harmed by others, and Mrs. Du is very worried about this.
So I opened my mouth and asked.
"The wet nurse and the midwife must be found in advance. They must have a clean family background and be capable. How about this? I will find them for you. There is still more than half a year before you give birth, so I will definitely find a suitable one."
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"Okay, I'm not afraid now that my mother is watching over me."
After saying that, Du Jingyi nestled in Madam Du's arms like he did when he was a child, feeling his mother's love and care, his heart as sweet as if he had eaten honey.
"By the way, I heard that the third room has also moved out?"
"Yes, I live in the house in Guihua Lane. A few days ago, my third sister-in-law wanted to visit the general's mansion, but was sent away by Butler He."
Now is the time for her to take good care of her health, so everyone in the general's mansion is united in facing the outside world and will not allow anyone to disturb her.
Not to mention that the person who came was Sanlang's wife, even if the third old lady came in person, the result would be the same.
The General's Mansion does not intend to recognize relatives who are arrogant, domineering and greedy for money.
Fortunately, Sanlang's wife was not someone who didn't care about her own reputation, so she never bothered him again after that.
"Then I have to remind you, that Sanlang in their family wants to do some business to make some money, but I don't know how he got in touch with your cousin, and now he is being played around by him. If you want to help, just remind him, if not, just ignore what I said."
Du Jingyi was a little surprised.
"What did Du Jingxian do?"
"Taking advantage of the heavy snow this year, he raised some funds and planned to go to the north to transport some goods to the south to sell. He would just make a profit from the price difference. But he didn't think about the fact that those who can make money from such things are the first to act. Our escort agency is about to transport the goods to Jinling City. He is only thinking about going to the north now. It would be strange if he doesn't lose everything."
Mrs. Du really looked down on her nephew. It was so stupid and disgusting that he managed to run a good business like this.
"What name is he using to raise funds?"
Hearing this, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Mrs. Du's eyes.
"Since he was caught selling fake medicine under our family's name last time, the master severely punished him in front of all the merchants, so he can no longer stand among the merchants in Sui'an City."
"This time he found the youngest son of the Shangshu family of Jin to be his guarantor, and that's how he was able to absorb a lot of money from the rich young men. It wasn't a lot, a few hundred or a thousand taels per person, and I heard that he collected nearly 100,000 taels."
One hundred thousand is not too much, but not too little either.