Chapter 922: Brother Hua (2)
Yuxi asked Aunt Jia, "What do you want?" As long as I can do it, I will agree to you." ”
Aunt Jia choked back tears and said: "I hope that the lord will not trouble me as the head of the house, and I also hope that the princess can follow the Buddha's brother." "Han Jianming is a ruthless person, if he knew that she remarried a bandit, maybe she, the head of the family, and her young son would die. This is also why she sent Hua Ge'er to the palace, instead of sending it to the Han Mansion.
Yuxi nodded and said, "I can promise you both conditions." The two conditions put forward by Aunt Jia are trivial matters to her.
Aunt Jia knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, princess." If she hadn't had no choice, she would have been willing to leave her son behind.
are all mothers, if anyone separates her from the child, she is estimated to be able to fight with others. Yuxi looked at Aunt Jia, who was crying miserably, sighed and said, "If you want to think about Brother Hua in the future, you can come to Ho City to see him." ”
Aunt Jia raised her head sharply and said, "Really?" Seeing Yuxi nodding, Aunt Jia shook her head while wiping her tears and said, "Don't see it, I'm afraid that if I see it, the child will be even more sad." ”
Yuxi thought for a while and said, "Brother Hua is too young, let him go to Yanzhou to see you when he is older!" This is equivalent to a promise that Brother Hua will not break off relations with her.
Aunt Jia was moved and kowtowed to Yuxi three times: "Thank you princess, thank you princess." ”
Yuxi said: "Don't thank me, there is only so much I can do. "The eldest brother now only has one son, Brother Chang, and the heirs are too thin. Since Hua Ge'er is not dead, he must stay.
At this time, Hua Ge'er shouted outside: "Mother, mother......" also changed her name to Mother when she fled, and in the past, Brother Hua could only call her Aunt Jia in Hanfu.
Yuxi paused for a moment and said, "Do you want me to call Brother Chang'er over and let him see you too." "Brother Chang was brought up by the Ye family, and he is not close to Aunt Jia. However, Aunt Jia is his biological mother in the end, and it is still appropriate to see it.
Aunt Jia hurriedly shook her head and said, "I won't see the eldest young master." "This son hasn't been with her for a day since he was born, and she hasn't raised her for a day, not at all. Although she was sad, she didn't want Brother Chang to be embarrassed.
Seeing this, Yuxi didn't say anything more: "Then you can rest for two days and then go back!"
Aunt Jia shook her head and said, "I'll go back later." Although she was reluctant to Brother Hua, she was more worried about seeing Han Jianming, and it was unknown whether she would be able to return to Yanzhou at that time. In Han Jianming's eyes, she is a weed that can be thrown away, but in the eyes of the master, she is a treasure. Therefore, she will return to Yanzhou even if she dies.
Looking at Aunt Jia's frightened appearance, Yuxi sighed again: "I'll ask Han Ji to arrange a carriage and horse for you, and then leave tomorrow morning! You and Brother Hua will spend one more night!" Seeing Aunt Jia's hesitation, how could Yuxi not know that she was worried about the people of the Han family. Yuxi said: "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to do what I promised you." ”
Aunt Jia nodded and said, "The princess's kindness, I will be a cow and a horse in my next life." ”
Yuxi shook his head and said, "There is no need to say such things, it is the Han family who owes you." "This includes not only Aunt Jia and Brother Hua, but also the other two aunts and those children who have died.
Meilan said outside: "Princess, Lord Tan asks to see." "Yuxi is a busy person now, and he really doesn't have a moment to rest.
Yuxi said to Aunt Jia: "After returning to Yanzhou, let's live a good life with that person! ”
Aunt Jia shook her head and said, "Don't trouble the princess." ”
Tan Tuo came over, mainly to talk to Yuxi about the autumn planting in Gansu. Tan Tuo said: "Princess, it rained heavily in Gansu two days ago, and it is time to farm. Princess, do you think you can grow artichokes again?"
Yuxi shook his head and said, "No." Artichoke was planted in the field last year, and if it is planted again this year, there will be insect infestation. "If you conquer Shanxi and Henan, you can grow artichokes."
Tan Tuo hesitated and said, "Or, plant some and try it." "The yield of artichoke is too high, so that officials and people who have just experienced disasters are reluctant to give up, including Tan Tuo.
Yuxi shook his head and said: "I asked them to do an experiment before, and they planted two stubbles in succession on the same acre of land, and they could only harvest more than 400 catties for the second time. "Three-quarters of the production was reduced.
When Tan Tuo heard this, the fire that had just ignited in his heart was extinguished at once: "It's okay in Gansu, but I don't know when Shaanxi will be able to farm." "It's the end of October, and if we delay it, we'll have to wait for spring to start planting.
Yuxi shook his head and said, "It depends on God's meaning." ”
In the evening, Yuxi finished talking to Yunqing about business, and talked about Aunt Jia: "I didn't expect Aunt Jia and Brother Hua to be dead." ”
Although Yunqing respected Han Jianming, he felt that Han Jianming was very irresponsible in this matter: "Even if I couldn't take them out of the capital and come to the northwest at that time, I should have placed them well, instead of leaving them in the capital." ”
Yuxi smiled bitterly and said, "It's too late to say this now." "Han Jianming has not regretted it in the past few years, but it is useless to regret it.
Yun Qing said: "After the Jia family leaves, send that child back to the Han Mansion! ”
Yuxi didn't agree, and said, "Wait for the eldest brother to come back, let the eldest brother take him back personally!" Yuxi was not worried that Hua Ge'er would be treated badly when he returned to the Han family. After all, Brother Chang is the elder brother of his mother's compatriots, and with this relationship, even if his mother is not around, the people of the Han Mansion will not dare to slack off him.
Yun Qing was silent and said, "The affairs of the family are enough for you to be busy, so don't interfere in the affairs of the Han Mansion." "I can't be busy with my own affairs, so how can I have time to take care of other people's affairs.
Yuxi smiled and said, "The eldest brother will come back in two or three days, and this child will stay in the palace for two or three days." Besides, I don't need to take care of it, there is a maid!"
Yunqing didn't say anything more.
The next day, before dawn, Aunt Jia got up. Looking at Brother Hua, who was sleeping soundly, Aunt Jia wiped the tears on her face, gritted her teeth and turned around and walked out of the house.
Sitting in the carriage, Aunt Jia finally stopped being patient and cried loudly. He cried until near noon, when the coachman told him to get out of the carriage and have lunch. In the next few days, Aunt Jia was in the grief of being separated from her son.
It took seven days for Aunt Jia to return to her home in Yanzhou. The coachman delivered Aunt Jia to her door, then took out a large gray cloth package from the mezzanine of the carriage and said, "This is from the princess for you." After saying that, he put the package in Aunt Jia's hand.
The package was very large and heavy, and Aunt Jia almost didn't hold it firmly and fell to the ground: "What is here?"
The coachman shook his head and said, "I don't know." The chief housekeeper said that this was given to you by the princess, and he would give it to you when he arrived in Yanzhou. Mrs. Li, I'll go back if it's okay. ”
Aunt Jia guessed that it was silver, and she wanted to say no, but she couldn't say anything about the current situation at home.
The coachman completed his task, turned around and drove away.
Aunt Jia's husband is called Li Erpao, and he was the second leader of the bandit group before. I didn't save much money for marrying relatives, but I still saved some gold and silver by marrying Aunt Jia, but I spent almost all of it during the famine. When he arrived in Yanzhou, Li Erpao exchanged a piece of gold for this earthen cave, which can be regarded as a home. But after buying this earthen cave, they have no money on hand. This time, he went to Hocheng to entangle, and Li Ercang borrowed it from others.
Aunt Jia opened the door with the key, and then inserted the door upside down before entering the house. When I opened the package, I found that it was full of clothes, both adults and children. In addition to the clothes, there were more than thirty pieces of broken silver and a square camphor box.
When the camphor wood box was opened, Aunt Jia saw a neat pile of yellow gold leaves.
Yuxi didn't give the gold ingots to the gold leaf, because he thought that the gold leaf was small, and it was convenient to use it, but the gold ingots were too eye-catching. This box of gold leaves has fifty taels, as long as they don't spend indiscriminately, it is enough for their family to have no worries about food and clothing in the northwest. Provided, of course, that there are no more great calamities.
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside: "Erwa, mother, are you not at home?"
Aunt Jia heard the voice of her neighbor Sister-in-law Hu, and hurriedly hid the box of gold leaves in the middle of the kang, and then put the bricks back to restore them to their original state. After straightening his clothes, he went out and opened the door.
Sister-in-law Hu's husband and Li Erpao are friends for eight years, and it is also because they have a group of people who can survive until now.
Sister-in-law Hu saw Aunt Jia's lake-blue muslin clothes, and her face was full of smiles: "Yo, the second baby and her mother, this dress is really beautiful." Just now he saw Aunt Jia get off a carriage, and then the coachman handed Aunt Jia a big package.
Aunt Jia said with a smile: "This is given by her aunt for the eldest baby." "When I left with Brother Hua at that time, I said that I would send the eldest baby to my aunt who was married in Weizhou City. If people like them from other provinces have relatives in the northwest, it is an enviable thing. What's more, Sister-in-law Hu also knows that her aunt is still on an errand in the official family.
When Aunt Jia was in the cottage, she told people that she took Hua Ge'er to join her sister-in-law who married in the northwest before she was arrested by bandits. Now life is difficult, and no one doubts that the child will be sent to Weizhou.
Sister-in-law Hu said with envy: "This dress is not cheap, her aunt is really willing to give up the baby." By the way, will the eldest baby stay at her aunt's house?" Seeing Aunt Jia nodding, Sister-in-law Hu said, "This eldest baby has fallen into the blessed nest." "Just the clothes that Aunt Jia is wearing will cost two or three hundred yuan. Such a generous lord will definitely not treat a child badly.
When Aunt Jia heard this, she said with red eyes: "If it weren't for the helplessness, I would be reluctant to send the child so far." "It's also a man's iron relationship, otherwise he wouldn't be a neighbor. But Aunt Jia and Sister-in-law Hu are not close, Sister-in-law Hu is not bad, but she has a broken mouth, and everyone knows that she can publicize a little thing. In addition, she is very picky, so she didn't dare to entrust her youngest son to her when she went to Ho City.
Sister-in-law Hu felt that Aunt Jia didn't have a backache when she stood and talked, if she had such a good relative, she would have sent her son over a long time ago. It's a pity that her son didn't have that life, and he didn't have an aunt who worked as an errand in the official family.
After saying a few words, Aunt Jia gave a piece of broken silver to Sister-in-law Hu: "Sister-in-law, this is the silver you owe you." Sister-in-law, you see I've been back for so long, I have to pick up the child back. What's the matter, let's talk about it later!" "I borrowed two taels of silver from Sister-in-law Hu, and this piece of broken silver is more than two taels.
Sister-in-law Hu took the piece of silver, and her eyes were about to come out.
Aunt Jia turned around and went back to the house, picked out two of the most plain and old clothes, rolled them up, and then took the household registration to the grain store to buy ten catties of potatoes. Passing by the grocery store, I thought about it and bought another bag of maltose, and carried it to Shang's house in large and small bags.
The security in the northwest is very good, even if Aunt Jia and her family mention so many things, no one dares to make up their minds.
Sister-in-law Shang was shocked when she saw that Aunt Jia had sent so many things: "Brother and sister, don't you dare to ask for it, this is too precious." "Although Sister-in-law Shang's husband and Li Erpao have not married, they have a very strong relationship, but he has four children at home. The children did not have a good time for many days, except for the eldest daughter who survived the famine, the following three little ones did not survive.
It was also because of the lack of money that their family could not afford to buy a cave, so they could only share a cave with others. Aunt Jia will hand over her youngest son to Sister-in-law Shang's family, firstly, Sister-in-law Shang is kind-hearted and does not worry about mistreating the child, and secondly, her eldest daughter Xiaoqin is nine years old and can help take care of the child without delaying Sister-in-law Shang's work.
Aunt Jia hugged her clean son and said, "Xiaoqin helped me take care of the second baby so well, I am happy." This thing is specially given to Xiaoqin, not for you, sister-in-law can't postpone it. ”
Sister-in-law Shang also knew that Aunt Jia was intentionally helping her, thinking about the situation at home, and then looking at her daughter's expectant eyes, she finally accepted the thing: "Xiaoqin, thank you, auntie." ”
Xiaoqin took a piece of maltose and said with a smile on her face, "Thank you, auntie." After speaking, he added a small mouthful.
Sister-in-law Shang asked, "Brother and sister, how is the eldest baby and her aunt and uncle?
Aunt Jia nodded and said, "Dawa's aunt is a warm-hearted person, and his uncle is also a kind person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be at ease to hand over the baby to them. After a pause, Aunt Jia pointed to the clothes on her body and said, "Aunt Dawa knew that I was having a difficult time, so she not only gave me a lot of clothes, but also gave me some silver. When he left, he also said that if there was any difficulty, just go to her. It's just that I remarried after all, and if I didn't have it this time, I wouldn't have gone to her. ”
Sister-in-law Shang nodded and said, "The eldest baby and her aunt are really rare." "When Aunt Jia left, she didn't even entangle. Now that she is sending sugar and cloth, the eldest baby and her aunt are definitely not small money.
Aunt Jia went to the grain store again with the child in her arms, and this time she bought 20 catties of artichokes, and 5 catties of rice, noodles, beans and other things, spending a total of one or two silver.
She eats the artichoke herself, and the rice noodles are ready for her son. Although the second baby survived, she was very thin. Now that I have money in hand, I naturally want to give my children something good.
There were a lot of things to buy, and Aunt Jia was holding the child, so she couldn't bear to spend two pennies to ask someone to deliver the things to the door.
Sister-in-law Hu looked at the pile of things, and her eyes were about to glow green: "My brother and sister are really rich this time." These things, why do they have to cost seven or eight hundred dollars, right?"
Aunt Jia smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I have to pack up my things now, and I'll talk about it later!" After speaking, let people see the things carried to the yard.
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