Generals take care of their children: The master mother leads the system to farm

A maidservant came in from outside the door, lifting the door curtain.

"Madam! The Second Madam and the Second Young Master are back and coming this way."

After hearing this, Mrs. Fan's wrinkled face immediately relaxed. "You're back? Oh, I'm glad you're back! I haven't seen your second uncle and second aunt's family for a long time. I don't know how tall your second brother has grown now, and your younger brother."

The latter sentence was directed at Sun Xiuying, who had already behaved properly.

As she was speaking, there was a noise outside the door, "Grandma, I'm back!"

"Yes, Feng'an!" Da Fan leaned on the edge of the kang and tried to stand up. Sun Xiuying hurried forward to support her. "Second brother is here. Grandmother, you should just stay on the kang."

Several people suddenly rushed in from behind the door curtain.

The first wife is Xiao Fan, the second wife is Zong, the eldest daughter is Sun Xiuduan, and the second young master is Sun Fengan.

Zong walked to the kang and lowered her body. "Mother, I have brought my child to kowtow to you. I am unfilial and have not been filial to you and father in the past few years. Master is too busy with government affairs to come back, so I asked my daughter-in-law to come back and kowtow to you two more times on his behalf!"

Speaking of her second son, the old lady almost burst into tears. After her daughter-in-law kowtowed twice, she let her eldest daughter-in-law serve the man.

Seeing this, Sun Feng'an knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady several times, which made the old lady feel distressed again.

The maid served tea to everyone. Zong had been traveling for such a long time and now she could finally sit down and relax.

"Brother Tao was going to come back with us, but he just caught a cold and lost a lot of weight. It's a bit of a rush to go back to Kyoto, so we told him to stay there so he can keep the master company."

Sun Fengtao is the second child of the second master and Zong, and the youngest grandchild of the Sun family.

The Grand Tutor Sun Li and his wife had two sons and one daughter, the eldest master and his wife had one son and two daughters, and the second master and his wife had two sons.

The eldest daughter died early, leaving behind only grandson Gu Jingyan.

The backyard of the Sun family was also quiet, except that the Second Mistress sent two concubines and maids to the Second Master in order to stop him from asking the higher-ups to send him beautiful concubines.

The old lady said, "It was hard when you were pregnant with him, traveling a long way with the second child, and almost...

Your father and I both know that the three of them are now living a peaceful and respectable life outside, and you have contributed the most. You married a virtuous wife, and your mother married you and your eldest sister-in-law to the eldest and second sons as daughters-in-law. She also gave birth to filial and intelligent grandchildren, which can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors of the Sun family. "

"If the two concubines really want to stay with you and your wife and serve you, just let them go. If they are honest, the Sun family doesn't need their retirement money. If they have other intentions... just send them away."

Everyone in the room who could understand understood the meaning of this sentence.

Zong was grateful to Da Fan for speaking up for her, and her eyes were slightly red. Seeing that the younger generation was in the room, it was not appropriate to continue talking about this, so she quickly changed the subject.

After they sat down and showed concern for each other, Second Madam Zong called her maids outside the door to bring in the things.

She took Sun Xiuduan's hand and patted it gently, saying lovingly: "I asked someone to find some good things in the south to add to our Xiuduan's makeup."

Sun Xiuduan bowed his head and thanked her, "Thank you, Second Aunt, for thinking of me. I am very happy that you are back."

Xiao Fan also said that this was the truth. This sister-in-law had been following her brother-in-law in his post, and often brought back gifts during festivals. Xiao Fan still had a good impression of Zong.

Zong handed over another two thousand taels of silver note, "Your second uncle said that no one should suffer loss but our two darling daughters."

Zong looked at Sun Xiuduan from head to toe again, then glanced at Sun Xiuying standing next to the old lady, and turned to Little Fan with envy:

"Sister-in-law, the two sisters Xiuduan and Xiuying have grown up so well, I am jealous just looking at them.

Feng An, this naughty monkey, irritates me all day long. He is not as playful as a soft and cuddly girl. Tao Ge'er is very young, but his temper is just like the second master, very old-fashioned..."

"My dear mother, if you say so, why not give me to my eldest aunt, so that she won't despise me all the time. My eldest sister is getting married, so give my second sister to me."

Everyone in the room laughed. The old lady pointed at him and said, "I think your mother is right. You are just a naughty monkey."

Although Xiao Fan had some complaints about this marriage, at this point the marriage was a foregone conclusion and she reluctantly accepted it.

Her eldest daughter was beautiful and intelligent, her youngest daughter was smart and lively, and she had a son, Sun Fengying, who was studying hard in the academy. How could she not be very proud of herself?

Hearing Zong's envious tone, he was naturally proud, but out of modesty, he just gave Zong a proud smile and said modestly:

"My sister-in-law is not as good as she said, you just didn't see me when I was angry.

You guys really spent a lot of money, Xiuduan, you must remember the kindness of your uncle and aunt." She said to Sun Xiuduan.

She still felt a little emotional, as her daughter, who had been raised in luxury since childhood, was about to become someone else's daughter-in-law.

No matter how dissatisfied he was with the Gu family before, he now only hoped that his daughter could marry into the Gu family and live a smooth and happy life.

The maids held two boxes and opened them in front of everyone. Zong's eyes were full of joy. She pointed at the small box and said:

"There are six pearls in this box. I asked someone to find them from the south. Xiuduan can use them to make any jewelry."

Inside the big box were a gold headpiece, a tasseled gold hairpin, a gold comb, a woven gold bracelet, and a gold necklace. Needless to say, the craftsmanship was excellent.

As soon as Zong made a move, it was clear how much she loved her niece. Pearls, gold headpieces, and banknotes, all together, probably amounted to more than ten thousand taels.

Sun Xiuduan bit her lip and looked at her grandmother, Da Fan. The old lady looked at her with a smile, as if she could see through her uneasiness. "Since it is a gift from your uncle and aunt, you should accept it."

Sun Xiuying looked here and there, and blinked her big eyes at Zong, "Second Aunt, when it's my turn to get married, will you also give me some money and jewelry as a gift?"

Zong was stunned by the question, then she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed uncontrollably, "Haha, sister-in-law, please give me this treasure, I really want it..."

Sun Feng'an pretended to be unhappy. He approached Xiao Fan and said quietly: "Aunt, please agree to my mother's request... Hey, it's really hard for me to make a living under my mother's control..."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Sun Xiuying licked her lips and said, "Second brother, I never had a good life under my mother's control..."

He stared at Zong again, "Second Aunt..."

Little Fan rubbed her forehead and said, "Xiuying, don't act silly. How can a young girl talk about getting married all the time? She even asked for a dowry..."

She said helplessly to Da Fan: "Mother, you see, she still didn't copy enough Buddhist scriptures..."

The old lady wiped the corners of her eyes that were filled with tears from her laughter with a handkerchief and said, "...It's okay, it's okay. Her second aunt will definitely not let her go."

Zong smiled and took over the conversation, "Of course." She looked at her niece with amusement, "Second Aunt has also prepared your share, so we can't favor one over the other."

Even though Sun Xiuying always claimed that she was thicker-skinned than her older sister, she lowered her head in shame after being teased this time.

It was still a long time before dinner, and Xiao Fan calculated the time when Zong and his party would arrive home, and had people prepare some food to fill their stomachs. After talking for a while, the maids from Ruyi Courtyard came in one after another with trays and gave each master a small bowl of white fungus, lotus seeds and red dates soup.