During the Chinese New Year, my aunt's family came to Beijing, and Xu Hao personally took someone to pick them up, and took them home and lived in the garden together.

My aunt is just 30 years old this year, and her husband's surname is Du Nai, the official family of the Hongwu Dynasty, and it was Xu Hao's second uncle who was a matchmaker when he was an official in Hubei, and married his little sister to his colleague Du Ziwen, and had an only daughter Du Qianqian after marriage.

Du Ziwen is the only son in the family, after his death, the Du family's family road plummeted, and his aunt worked hard to serve her in-laws to raise her children, and lived on hundreds of acres of fertile land.

Aunt Xiao adheres to the character of her mother, the old lady is very strong, and is as shrewd and capable as the eldest sister, and has never written to complain to her mother's family, but will ask someone to bring some hand-sewn clothes or some local products to her mother's relatives during the New Year's holidays.

Mrs. Fang was all empty in those years and devoted herself to worshipping the Buddha, and the Xiao family believed what Aunt Xiao said in her letter, thinking that she was living a good life. Besides, the water spilled by the married daughter can't visit the virtual reality so far away. However, Xiao Shi knew the little sister's temperament very well, and was afraid that his sister would die and suffer a crime, so he would take the initiative to send someone to send dozens of taels of silver every year, and he did not refuse the eldest sister's help Aunt Xiao.

In the past two years, her father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away one after another, and Aunt Xiao devoted all her resources to the funeral for the second elder, who knew that the hometown suffered from a locust plague and the White Lotus Uprising broke out, followed by a drought, and the farmland was barren for two consecutive years without any output, and the family suddenly became poor.

At that time, Xu Hao ran around the northwest, the problem was that the Xiao family, who was worried about his sister, deliberately cut off the help, and deliberately forced Aunt Xiao to return to her hometown, but she didn't ask her son to visit her aunt at that time, and Xu Hao didn't think about a lot of things, so Aunt Xiao still gritted her teeth and held on until the end of the year, until the family couldn't open the pot and couldn't stay up.

Aunt Xiao's family lived in the new house that Zhu Qiaoqiao specially repaired for Xu Hao back then, and named it Yanguitang. It didn't take long for Xu Hao to pick up the two aunts again, along with two cousins. Among them, the 10-year-old Xiao Yuwei's biological mother and aunt Fan did not come, and the nine-year-old Xiao Yuhan's biological mother died of dystocia.

In the room, Mu Ningxue sat quietly on the side, looking at Aunt Xiao, who was gradually recovering her beautiful face, and was startled when she saw her aunt for the first time during the Chinese New Year, she was obviously only thirty years old, but she looked like an old woman in her fifties.

I remember that my husband said that he was fortunate to take over the family first, and that if he went to see his grandmother, he might have to cry the old man.

The two aunts and the rejuvenated aunt talked and laughed, Hongye and Qingshuang took their three cousins to play chess, and Mu Ningxue was very happy in her heart. Everyone wants their home to be lively.

Originally, she was a little frightened, after all, there were three elders who were no less than her mother-in-law, and her mother was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that her son-in-law deliberately made her own girl angry, and returned home in a fit of anger that night, and within two days, she was afraid that her daughter would be bullied and simply moved back.

As a result, after the relatives of the Xu family moved in, they did not rely on the old and sell the old, and even the little aunt who had never been merciful was very protective of her duty, which made Mu Ningxue breathe a sigh of relief, and after a long time, she got used to getting along with the elders.

In fact, Mu Ningxue's status is noble. Plus, who doesn't know that Xu Hao loves his wife deeply? Not to mention the three elders of the Xu family, even the elders of the Xu family are not good at losing their temper with her, and everyone has to be polite.

At this time, Xu Hao walked in from outside and said, "The imperial court has issued an order to order the princes and princes of all the princes to enter Beijing together. Maybe my mom and dad will come back with me. ”

Aunt and aunt looked very happy, and Aunt Xiao said with a smile: "I finally want to bring your mother back, no, our magpie's nest dove is uneasy." Have you eaten? You are left with a plate of steamed mandarin fish with scales and Jinhua ham, which is the finest. Peeled like amber, soft and beautiful like grease melted in the mouth; There are also two bowls of sugar crispy crystal horns, new bamboo shoots, clams, sea noodles, egg paste, and meatballs. ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Listen to what you say." I'm not hungry and hungry. ”

Aunt Xiao said happily: "This is all cooked by our mothers, don't worry, I didn't ask your daughter-in-law to do it." ”

Mu Ningxue chuckled and said, "Actually, I often accompany my mother to make some porridge and side dishes at home, how can I be as delicate as my aunt said." ”

"The first thing you need to do now is to give birth to a big fat boy, anyway, you are not allowed to cook, and you will have to be smoked by oil smoke." Aunt deliberately kept a straight face.

Mu Ningxue blushed and nodded helplessly, and the little aunt Shangguan got up and ordered: "Go and bring the food hot, and by the way, scoop a pot of daughter red, Hao'er likes to drink it." The maid Suyun and the magpie turned around with a smile.

Mei Shi kept smiling and silent, and sat still with a fan on his own.

Mu Ningxue walked over a little nervously, and while taking off her husband's coat with her own hands, she asked quietly, "Could it be the palace?" ”

Xu Hao shook his head and said, "It's okay, but you can summon the prince to Beijing in advance, and you just have a plan in your heart." ”

Mu Ningxue thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go back and write a letter to my eldest brother." ”

After saying goodbye to the elders, he returned to the bamboo garden with Zhiqing and other maids, and the red leaves shouted when he saw this, and he also took the fat powder brothers to play in the garden.

Shangguan said enviously: "Look at Hao's daughter-in-law's predecessor and a large group of people serving in front of her, and then look at the few ghosts and wild ghosts around us, alas." ”

Xu Hao walked over and sat on the kang and said, "Ning Xue said several times that she would send some people to serve, but you don't want it." ”

Shangguan sighed: "You husband and wife have received their kindness, but how dare we bother others to serve your family and the people of the Mu family?" It's not boring to be bored with life. Besides, the small family is used to it, and I can't stand the pomp and circumstance of your family. ”

Seeing this, Aunt Xiao also said: "Don't worry about it, it's not that there is no one around us, and we have been here for so many years." ”

Mei Shi chuckled at this time: "The advantage of fewer people and fewer people, Qingqing quietly has few worries." Your daughter-in-law is busy with a bunch of trivial things all day long, and her feet don't touch the ground, and your child is not distressed. ”

"Why don't you feel distressed? No matter how many times I said it, I didn't listen. Xu Hao was very helpless.

Aunt Xiao also said distressedly: "It's not easy for us to help her because of our identity, at most we can help come up with ideas." According to my observation, Ning Xue is actually a person who likes to be quiet, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all first-class and excellent, but a stunning beauty like her Lan Xinhui takes care of trivial matters all day long, and she has wronged others. ”

Xu Hao said: "When I have time, I will take her out for a walk, as the daughter-in-law of the Xu family, I have to take care of the housework, there is no way." ”

Aunt Xiao was amused, and said cautiously: "You kid." That's it, you husband and wife are light on the face, and your heart is more elfty than anyone else, and this family affair is not beautiful when it is deep. ”

Xu Hao looked at his aunt and said in his heart that it was really powerful, this family is so in such a dilemma, not for the power of the family house but for no matter what, just like if you don't want to be promoted and make a fortune after becoming an official, but the people below will definitely push you forward, and many times you have to strive for the upper reaches for the sake of the people around you.

Xu Hao has to take into account the feelings of all the people in the second room, Mu Ningxue, as the daughter-in-law of the second room, has the Mu family who is married to her, can she stand idly by and let the sister-in-law take charge of everything? Or let Xiao, who has been upgraded to mother-in-law, worry about it? There is no way, if you don't care about anything and blindly love husband and wife, you only know the wind and snow, sooner or later, people will be separated from morality.

It is said that after my aunt came over, the first thing was to ask Xu Hao to help buy dozens of acres of land, and she had a total of 140 taels of silver in her hand at that time.

Xu Hao persuaded and explained that it is too hard to eat from the sky, how do you deal with the people in the village when you first arrive? People bully you as a widow and stay at your house when you are not leaving, you have to eat steamed buns and garlic noodles when you are busy with farming, you have to eat mung bean and rice porridge at noon, and if you don't give it, you will be scattered in a hurry, or you can't work hard, and some are ways to toss you, and even if you are not afraid of trouble, you have to think about your sister's future.

In this way, Xu Hao made the decision and invested the silver in the trading of red leaves, and the profit of thirty taels of silver per month was enough for his aunt's family of ten to spend. Later, the two aunts each gave out one hundred taels, and received two hundred and forty taels of silver every year, and the three elders knew what was going on with this lucrative business, and they were very grateful to Xu Hao for saving them a decent amount.

In addition, Xu Hao has to follow the standard of Miss Xu's family, the monthly money of the three cousins is five taels of silver per month, and even with the only personal girl per person two taels of silver per month, four little girls have been added, and the rouge gouache and new clothes in all seasons are compared with the Xu family, and they are treated equally, so this matter is beyond the help of the elders.

The weather was hot, and the three beautiful women were dressed in thin clothes and curves, smiling and talking while watching Xu Hao eat and drink.

Xu Hao has probably been aesthetically tired recently, and he bowed his head to eat without turning a blind eye. And during the Chinese New Year, he and his wife had already worshiped heaven and earth under the auspices of Mrs. Mu, Mu Ningxue was still young and had little interest in the boudoir, and Xu Hao always left the capital, and the couple got together less and left more for most of the year.

It was just a simple ceremony that day, Xu Hao planned to wait for his parents and relatives to be around in the future to make up the wedding, regardless of whether it was in line with the rules of etiquette, and it coincided with the difficult period when everyone was unable to eat enough to eat, so he did not publicize it.

Xu Hao took pity on his wife's delicate and gentle so he didn't ask for too much, seeing that he was about to be married for a year, he had been in love less than ten times in total.

Listening to the elders talking about the difficult things of the widow's family with relish, Xu Hao poured himself a drink very pleasantly, and the maids Cuiyun smiled and secretly watched his every move from time to time.

Shangguan said: "The one in my house who has recently been encouraged by his mother's family to plan to leave his children behind, and not just ask for anything to remarry. At the beginning, I said that she must be restless from a bitch background, and it was like the sky was falling without a man. ”

Aunt Xiao said: "This is also a helpless thing, hand over the child to you, and the property is not worth a penny, except for refusing to keep the festival, who can accuse her of anything?" Your family won't be ruined by this. ”

Shangguan sneered: "I'm not as good as she wants, even if the Xiao family is not as good as it used to be, but in the end, it is still a scholarly family." ”

Mei persuaded: "You obviously sent the concubine out at the beginning, but this time it is embarrassing for others, wouldn't it be better to leave the child to you?" ”

Xu Hao suddenly said: "It is difficult to keep the festival, rather than having a beginning and no end, it is better to be cautious and finally begin." ”

Mei's eyes lit up and said, "Hao'er is right, after all, he is a learned person. (To be continued......)