Chapter 60 Finding a Wife for Song Song
Madam Si was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "No one taught you to know about daughter-in-law. Do you know what daughter-in-law means?"
"I don't know." Juanjuan shook her head.
Songsong was completely speechless. This little girl was simply making fun of herself.
"I don't know. You still want me to find a wife for Songsong." Old Madam Si looked at her and asked.
"Isn't my wife a good friend?" Juanjuan asked after thinking seriously for a long time.
"I don't know where you heard this, kid." Old Madam Si shook her head helplessly.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Songsong and said, "But it's time to find a companion for it. Let's go to the market tomorrow."
When Juanjuan heard this, she immediately hugged her hand and acted coquettishly: "Grandma, Juanjuan wants to go too."
"Go, go, I'll take you there tomorrow, and take Songsong with me." Old Lady Si smiled and touched Songsong's head.
Songsong turned his head away proudly and said, "If this girl hadn't told you, you would have never thought about this at all."
Madam Si saw Si Jinchen sitting there studying for a long time and said, "Achen, you need to rest properly, otherwise it will be bad for your eyes and body."
"Okay, grandma." Si Jinchen placed the reassembled musket on the shelf and wiped the gun body clean.
"Grandma, have Brother Mayang and Second Uncle gone out?" Juanjuan didn't see Mayang today.
"He and your second uncle have things to do. They will come back when they are not busy." Madam Si looked at the chicken coop beside her and asked, "Did you go to collect eggs today?"
"I'll go now." Juanjuan went to the kitchen to find Aunt Wu: "Aunt Wu, give me a basket, I'll go pick up the eggs."
Aunt Wu looked at the basket of eggs, which was almost full, and found her a new one.
Before I came to the Governor's Mansion, it was difficult to eat an egg at home. Now that I'm here, it seems that no one wants to eat eggs.
If I keep so many eggs any longer, they will probably go bad. I should talk to the old lady and ask her to take some to the market to sell them.
After finishing her meal, she went to find Madam Si: "Madam, there is something I want to ask your opinion on."
"What's the matter?" Old Madam Si looked at her strangely.
"We have too many eggs at home. I want to take some to the market to sell tomorrow. Otherwise, they might go bad if we keep them for a long time. My kids don't really want to eat eggs anymore."
Wu Ma was also worried. In the past, she occasionally cooked a meal for the young ladies and young masters, and they still ate it.
Now that there are more eggs, they don’t like to eat them anymore.
When Mayang came, I thought of giving the food to Mayang's child, but the child stopped eating after a few days.
Everyone else in the family did the same. There were twenty eggs on the last day, and a hundred in just five days.
The hens in their house are all very hardworking and lay eggs every day.
Madam Si thought about it and looked at the two children: "I happen to be going to the market tomorrow, we can just sell them there."
"Ah! Madam, you have to go and sell it yourself!" Aunt Wu was a little embarrassed.
"Don't make such a fuss. Before I was the governor's wife, I also worked in the fields." Mrs. Si said with a smile.
"Then I'll go with you tomorrow." Aunt Wu said after thinking for a while.
Mrs. Si nodded in agreement and asked her to pick out all the eggs and sell them together tomorrow.
In the afternoon, I found some books for the two children to learn words. Mrs. Si would read the words they didn’t know to them.
Juanjuan took notes very carefully and even asked Mrs. Si what it meant after reading it.
Old Madam Si would then break the story down in detail and tell it to the two children. Unlike Yan Anqing's rigid story, her story was more vivid and interesting.
All children like stories, which are more interesting than boring textbooks.
"Grandma. Can we go to the bookstore tomorrow?" Si Jinchen asked.
"Of course. Are there any books you want to buy?" Mrs. Si looked at him and asked.
"I just want to go and take a look." Si Jinchen didn't know what he wanted to buy.
Si Ming couldn't see anyone in the past few days, and now even Si Tian couldn't be seen.
Forget it, I don’t know what these two kids are busy with now.
At night, Juanjuan slept on the first floor with Mrs. Si.
The bed was a large wooden bed, and she could roll on it several times without falling off.
"Come and sleep, or you'll catch a cold." Old Madam Si pulled open the quilt and let her crawl in.
"Grandma, did grandpa also go to a very far place?" Juanjuan looked at her while lying on the bed.
"Yes, your grandfather also went to a very far place." Old Madam Si almost forgot how long he had been gone.
"It doesn't matter, we will all be with you." Juanjuan reached out and hugged her.
Madam Si felt a warmth in her arms and pulled her into them: "Do you want to hear a story?"
"I do." Juanjuan nodded.
"Close your eyes and let grandma tell you a story." Old Madam Si held her in her arms, patted her back gently, and told her a story.
When I looked down, the little person in my arms had fallen asleep.
She gently placed her on the pillow, sat up, leaned against the head of the bed, and took out a slightly yellowed photo from the bedside table.
The picture above is of my younger self and my husband Si Qing.
The man in the photo is tall and handsome, and even though he is wearing a homespun long gown, it cannot hide his outstanding appearance.
At that time, the two had just gotten married and the situation in Beiyang City was very chaotic. It was also at that time that he broke through the siege and took the position of governor.
Others who took the position of governor were all trying to make money and expand their power, and they took in countless concubines.
He was busy stabilizing Beiyang City, hoping that peace would return here as soon as possible.
The two of them were rarely together, one in charge of external affairs and the other in charge of internal affairs, which led to the relatively stable Beiyang City we have today.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Madam Si raised her hand to wipe the corners of her slightly moist eyes, then looked down at the people in the photo: "Ah Qing, the children are doing well, and A Tian's legs can walk now."
"Don't worry about us. I think you can see from heaven that Ah Ming is governing Beiyang City very well."
She didn't know when the curly little hand was already held in her hanging palm.
Old Madam Si looked down and found that the little guy was still sleeping, but the warmth in her palms helped her dispel a lot of her sadness.
In the morning, Juanjuan looked at herself wearing simple homespun clothes and small cloth shoes, which was quite novel.
Si Jinchen was also wearing a long gown of homespun cloth, and Old Man Si was wearing homespun cotton trousers. They really looked like ordinary people.
Wu Ma looked at the three people, the dog, and the large basket of eggs, and it really looked like the real thing.
"Old lady, normally one silver dollar can buy the thirty-three eggs in your hand. But ordinary families can't afford so many silver dollars to buy eggs."
"So they are all bought with paper money, usually at a price of one yuan each."
Madam Si looked at the two children and said, "I'll let you sell these eggs later. Have you memorized the price?"
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