Chapter 261 Summer is long
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, but fortunately there is no lake in the back garden of Shen's family, so Chen Muqing doesn't have to worry about Xiao Yueying falling into the water, but Xiao Yueying doesn't take a nap. Every afternoon when the sun is the strongest, it also gives Chen Muqing a headache.
"The big girl's skin is really good." Yingfen looked at the scorching sun outside, "It's whiter than me every day."
"She is a child's home, can you compare with her." Chen Muqing smiled, "Are the things being purchased in order?"
Yingfen nodded: "It's all done. When will you go over and take a look?"
"Let's go in a few days!" Chen Muqing smiled, "Sister Jingshu is about to give birth. She is the first child, so I'd better spend more time with her."
Yingfen nodded and hesitated: "Aunt Chen asked me two days ago and asked me to talk to Grandma Ren. She said that she had a child in the Shen family, so it would be better to go to the temple to ask for some signs to avoid a bloody disaster in the Shen family."
Chen Muqing frowned: "I understand."
As soon as she finished speaking, a little maid outside reported, "Master Chang is here."
Chen Muqing tidied up his clothes and went to the main hall.
Chang Hui looked a little unnatural and said, "I want to ask Liu Niang to come to her house for a few days."
"Just make your decision." Chen Muqing smiled and told Yingfen again, "The expenses will be taken from my account."
Yingfen responded, and Chang Hui touched her head a little embarrassedly: "I still need some medicinal materials."
"You have to ask Yingfen to get you together!" Chen Muqing didn't ask much, "If even Yingfen can't get it, it's not too late for me to find a way."
Chang Hui responded, but was not in a hurry to leave.
This is somewhat inconsistent with Chang Hui's personality.
Chen Muqing simply asked: "Brother Chang, what else is there?"
Chang Hui hesitated for a while and said, "I want to help Yueying cleanse the marrow and bones..."
Chen Muqing jumped up suddenly: "She is less than three years old."
"It is difficult to find medicinal materials, and it will take at least half a year to start." Chang Hui hurriedly explained, "What's more, this is laying the foundation. If you want to open up the Ren and Du meridians, it will take at least seven times..."
"Tell me the truth." Chen Muqing's face was as cold as frost, "What's the danger?"
"There is no danger, it's just a little trouble..."
But before Chang Hui finished speaking, Chen Muqing said, "You are a generous person. If it weren't for danger, you wouldn't be so hesitant in front of me. Do you have to stop once you start? And the more things you need, the greater the risk there is?"
Chang Hui opened her eyes wide and looked at Chen Muqing.
In other words, you guessed it right!
Thinking that Chang Hui needed more and more expensive herbs, she was really worried about it.
"No." Chen Muqing said bluntly, "I can't let you treat Yueying as a test subject."
"No, no." Chang Hui said hurriedly, "The ancestors of all generations have done this... It's just that our generation's family declines and there is no financial support. Your family is naturally different, and this matter is not dangerous to Yueying."
"Then why are you hesitating?" Chen Muqing didn't believe it.
Chang Hui said honestly: "If Yueying is a boy, I'll do it alone. Ke Yueying... I have to find an assistant to internal kung fu. Only Liu Niang is the most suitable..."
Chen Muqing snorted coldly: "But Liu Niang doesn't want to!"
Chang Hui smiled embarrassedly: "I want to carry Yueying to Baizhifang for Liuniang to see... She will definitely like Yueying after seeing it."
Chen Muqing was not sure about this, and she said calmly: "Let's talk about this later!"
Chang Hui had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.
Chen Muqing was upset and went to the back garden to see the beautiful shadows.
Yueying and the magpies used branches to make garlands. Seeing her mother, she ran over with a smile.
Chen Muqing hugged her daughter in her arms and wiped her sweat from her sideburns with a veil: "Is it hot?"
Yueying shook her head: "Don't sleep."
Chen Muqing smiled.
She often came to the back garden at noon to find Yueying, and then took her back to her house and tried to let her take a nap. But she was so energetic that she fell asleep on her own, and Yueying was playing with her fingers with her eyes wide open. After a month, she had no progress at all. Children's habits can usually be cultivated in one month. Chen Muqing had no choice but to give up.
She touched her daughter's head and told the magpie: "Be careful of being caught in the heat."
The magpie nodded repeatedly.
Yueying ran to the path beside her and picked a small flower for her mother.
Chen Muqing took the little flower, and Yueying covered her mouth and smiled, turned around and ran to the forest in the garden.
When the magpie saw it, she pulled her skirt and followed her.
Chen Muqing ordered Yingfen: "Give magpies an additional 500 documents every month, and deduct them from my monthly rules."
Yingfen smiled and replied "Yes".
Chen Muqing smiled and said "goodbye" with his daughter who was playing in the woods, and went to the eldest wife's place.
The eldest wife had just woken up at noon. When she saw Chen Muqing coming, she hurriedly asked Yuzhan to bring her the iced lotus seed soup. The two of them were talking on the kang with a mat.
"...My aunt asked Sister Jingshu to go to the temple to ask for a signboard. I just wanted to come and ask the eldest wife to see if you can come forward to talk to my brother-in-law - I am from the Shen family after all, and I am afraid that they will feel troubled if they say it."
"Let me do this!" The eldest lady nodded, "They stayed in the Shen family to understand the loneliness of the master. Now that you are back, you suddenly ask someone to write a talisman table. If someone changes, you will feel uncomfortable - they can't afford to buy a house."
Chen Muqing sighed: "My aunt has no eyes when doing things. The master is old and must give in to her. I just hope that she will not do too much and hurt Dashe's face."
It is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family matters, let alone a married daughter.
The eldest lady smiled and changed the topic: "Where is Yueying? She is playing in the garden again?"
Chen Muqing nodded helplessly and told Chang Hui about his purpose.
The eldest lady smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. Ask Chang Hui if there is anyone other than Liu Niang. As long as he can name his name, I can invite people. To be honest, I have traveled around the world and seen more. No matter how many my parents' homes are, no matter how many in-laws are, it is better to have one in my hands. We have this ability and Yueying has this opportunity, so let her learn her skills with Master Chang, and at least she can protect herself!"
Chen Muqing nodded.
Although feudal ethics are strict, they vary from person to person... There are many ministers in the court who are afraid of their wives!
As the two of them spoke, Yuzhan walked over quietly: "Madam, the osmanthus tree in the backyard is hanging buds."
"Oh!" The eldest lady looked very happy and asked Chen Muqing: "Do you still make mooncakes by yourself this year? Do I want some of you to help pickle a few cans of roses and osmanthus candies to make the filling?"
The eldest lady likes osmanthus, and Chen Muqing knew that it was because she heard the words and said, "It's good to be in love. My osmanthus filling is counting on you."
"Haozhang, you can hear it!" the eldest lady smiled, "Grandma's osmanthus filling is gone, so I'll settle the score with you."
"Grandma, please spare me!" Yuzhan pretended to be afraid to pull Chen Muqing's sleeve, "If the osmanthus flowers don't bloom this year, then I'm even more unfair than Dou E."
"You are the one who says the osmanthus tree has buds, and you are the one who is worried that it will not bloom." The eldest lady smiled, "Where did this mouth come from?"
Everyone laughed when they were fussed by the Jade Hair.
The eldest wife told Shen Muqing about the past: "... When my father was there, we were not allowed to like anything, and said that "playing with things is a loss of ambition". So when I saw the osmanthus tree that Banpo specially planted for me by Xiao's family, I thought that it would be good to marry into such a family. After marrying, my father-in-law was really good to me. He protects me in everything and helps me everywhere. It's a pity that the eldest master and I have no fate, and have suffered two children. I still have resentment in my heart a few years ago. I have grown older in recent years, and when I look at Yueying and Brother Xing, my heart gradually fades away."
There was indeed no past melancholy between my eyebrows, and I was calm and almost peaceful.
It is not a good thing for a couple to turn against each other and finally find their own lives.
"I told Yunniang tactfully about the Wang family," Chen Muqing knew that the eldest wife was most worried about now was the two children. "She had never replied to me, and she didn't know what she thought."
The eldest lady smiled faintly: "No matter what she thought, since the marriage has been decided, she will not do anything soon."
Chen Muqing was slightly stunned.
The eldest wife said bluntly: "Why did she marry the Wang family? She just took a fancy to the Wang family's business in Jiangnan. She would not give up this opportunity to take advantage of the situation before she got what she wanted."
"Maybe it's not as complicated as you think!" Chen Muqing comforted the eldest wife insincerely, "Speaking of this, the Xiao and Zheng families also have their own strengths, and they don't have to borrow the power of the Wang family. Maybe they are interested in the character of the fourth son of Wang, or not."
The eldest lady smiled slightly, and did not respond to Chen Muqing's words, but called Yuzhan: "Go and invite Master Chang."
Chen Muqing was slightly stunned.
The eldest wife smiled and said, "Son is my mother's heart. You will take it with you in person. In a few days, you will have to change your family again. You will be busy inside and out. If Yueying's business is not done well, you will be uneasy - be careful to fall ill!"
Chen Muqing couldn't help but shake the eldest wife's hand: "You still feel sorry for me!"
"Oh!" The eldest lady's eyes showed a joke, "I am the only one who loves you? Who said that the fruits and melons in Kyoto are not fresh, which made someone rush to send melons from Gansu in a hurry!"
Chen Muqing's face turned slightly red and said, "That was given to the emperor, and I brought back a few baskets!"
The eldest lady laughed and her eyes fell on Chen Muqing's feet.
It was a pair of straw sandals woven with orchids, soft, cool, exquisite and delicate. Xiao Sa specially brought them back from Gansu. He still joked in the letter, but fortunately he had big feet, otherwise, even if the straw sandals were cool, it would be useless.
Chen Muqing couldn't help but shrink his feet, wanting to hide it in his skirt.
"Good boy," the eldest lady smiled into a crescent moon, "I'm not too happy if you can do this!"
If it weren't for the "adoption" incident, the eldest lady would be a very good mother-in-law.
Thinking of this, Chen Muqing sighed deeply in his heart, feeling a little excited. A little maid came in with a nervous look on his face and said, "Big Madam, Sister Zijing from Grandma Ren comes over and says Grandma Ren has had an attack. Please ask Grandma Ren to come over and take a look."
Chapter completed!