[Red House] But for the sake of the king

Jun Qi stayed at Lin's house for only three days, and then set off for the Jinling Palace.No matter how much reluctance to give up, after all, he still shoulders the heavy responsibility of the family and the country. It is self-willed for the king of a country to make this trip.

Before leaving, Jun Qi teased Lin Ruhai, saying that he asked him to make a painting for this year's birthday gift.However, he saved three or four points of hope, but he didn't take it seriously, because he knew how thin-skinned Lin Ruhai was.What he didn't expect was that Lin Ruhai really gave him a scroll of paintings when he was leaving, but otherwise he opened it immediately.Jun Qi endured it for a while, until he left Yangzhou City, he carefully unfolded the painting, it was exactly the portrait he saw that day.The mounting was a bit rushed, but Jun Qi knew that Ru Hai had mounted it himself, so he cherished it even more, and carried it with him personally along the way, without letting others intervene.

The emperor's guard of honor will start from Jinling at the end of October.Jun Qi brought a lot of trophies, like a lion returning from victory, and returned to Beijing happily all the way with a proud attitude.

As the end of the year approached, there were more family affairs. Fortunately, there were not many relatives here, so Tang was able to sneak in and play with Daiyu in his busy schedule.Every family of children, as if they were happy when they saw Xue, always liked to tease her outside.Tang couldn't help worrying, if he returned to the capital, the snow in winter would be even more spectacular than that in the south of the Yangtze River, how would he be able to stop Daiyu then?Fortunately, she is still young now, so she just needs to be coaxed a few more times. If there is a lot of noise, she will be hugged and watched for a while under the verandah, and she is absolutely not allowed to touch her.

It's just that after a long time, it's boring, and it's not a problem to be detained in the house all the time.Tang ordered people to buy a lot of things, but Daiyu has long lost interest.Later, Tang simply took the thousand-character text to teach Daiyu how to read.Don't expect her to be a talented woman, but just pass the time.Unexpectedly, Daiyu was very happy, pointing her little finger and asking "what is this" and "what is that".

In the twelfth lunar month, Aunt Su is about to give birth, Tang and Lin Ruhai, and even Jia Min are looking forward to it.When I was seven or eight months old, I invited a well-known Wen Po in Yangzhou City to come over and say that it was probably a boy.

Jia Minyuan was already able to stand up, and his complexion improved day by day.But I don't know why after a night, I fell ill again, adding the symptoms of insomnia and dreaminess, and I was even more haggard than when I had a miscarriage that day.Changed doctors and prescriptions, but nothing worked.Tang asked Lin Ruhai privately whether he should invite an aunt to come and see, or go to the temple to pray for disaster relief.Lin Ruhai hesitated to go, but Jia Min gradually got better and let go.

In the silent inner room, the mahogany gauze lamp by the bed stood upright, with a faint candlelight emitting from the top, reflecting the small surrounding area.The bed curtain was blown by a gust of wind and trembled slightly.

Jia Min lay in the brocade quilt, eyes closed, brows slightly frowned, cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead, both hands tightly grasped the corner of the quilt, the veins on the back of his hands protruded, which was very scary.After a while, Jia Min suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.Ever since she knew about it, she has been restless every day and often has nightmares.Now the candles are lit every night, and there are two maids watching the night outside, and they only want to fight for this breath, but they survived this pass.It's just that when she dreamed back in the middle of the night, those people and things that she tried to forget and buried deep in her heart kept popping up in her mind, disturbing her restlessness.

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Tang shi had lunch and ordered the things to be used for Laba tomorrow.Every year, this Laba porridge is very particular. The Lin family combines the strengths of the north and the south. The raw materials used are red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, longan, hazelnuts, grapes, ginkgo, water chestnut, black hair, roses, red beans, peanuts, etc. Twenty kinds.This porridge is not only used by the masters, but also given to the servants.What's more important is that the ancestors, gods and Buddhas from all walks of life worship the gods, especially the Kitchen God, and they all have to offer a bowl of Laba porridge.Therefore, we have to boil a big pot every year, and we have to leave a little for a few days in the end, which indicates that there will be more than every year.

Daiyu came to make trouble with her grandmother again wearing a cute tiger-head hat. Lin Ruhai had bought this hat for her a few days ago when she was on the street, and she refused to take it off except when she was sleeping.

"Grandmother, Yu'er is here to help." Daiyu, who is almost two years old, speaks more and more fluently now, and sometimes she can speak surprisingly, she is really childish.

Tang carried her to the couch, straightened her hat with a smile, "Oh, but my good granddaughter knows how to love others, so she slept well just now, have you ever been hungry?"

Daiyu nodded, "Grandmother, Yu'er wants to eat Laba porridge."

Tang guessed that she had heard this a lot these days, so she coaxed, "Good boy, I haven't got any today, but tomorrow will be enough for you. There are sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice balls in the kitchen, as well as double Mochi cake, would you like to eat this?"

Daiyu likes these two things the most when she comes to Yangzhou, so she clapped her hands and applauded.The grandparents and grandchildren happily ate the snacks without mentioning it.

Aunt Su leaned on the bed with a big belly, talking to Jiyue.She is well raised and has a big belly.At first I thought it was twins, but the doctor said it was not true after many visits, but it was because I ate too much.So it's a little more troublesome, and it's not easy to have a child who is too big.Therefore, in the past two months, Aunt Su often walked slowly in the room, hoping that the delivery would go smoothly.Of course I dare not go outside, the thin snow in the yard is very slippery.

Rubbing her huge belly, Aunt Su smiled and said, "Jiyue, you said your wife is really recovering from her illness?"

Jiyue squatted on the pedals to pinch her legs, and they have been swollen since she got older, "I don't dare to talk about my wife's affairs. I just heard from the little girl over there that my wife has been doing it for a few days. I can't sleep well, my face is a little blue, and my eyes are almost turning black."

"Hey, God is sorry to see you. My wife is such a kind-hearted person, and she has been praying to God and worshiping Buddha all year round. Why is it like this? There are so many doctors, and none of them can explain clearly." He said and tucked the corners of his eyes with a veil, Suddenly the subject changed, "Why haven't you seen the one in the west for the past two days?"

Jiyue kept her hands on her hands, and said in a low voice, "I don't even know about this servant. Ever since my wife said that my wife had recovered from her illness, that one has never left the room again."

"I thought she was a formidable one, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." Aunt Su raised her orchid fingers, her slender nails were dyed bright red with impatiens, "It's just that I didn't know about it until I hid it for two months. What kind of idea is it?"

Jiyue stopped, went to wring the handkerchief again, and wiped her aunt's hands, "Whatever you do, the most important thing for you now is to take good care of it, and it will be fine when you give birth to your brother next year."

Aunt Su smiled and said, "That's a good point, I'm just pointing at brother. Oh, what happened today, he kicked me again, but I feel bored inside, so I'm going to come out."

It was meant to be a joke, but then there was a colic, Aunt Su couldn't even hum, her lips turned white from the pain.Jiyue panicked, and called out loudly, "Come quickly, my aunt is about to give birth."

Fortunately, Mrs. Wen has invited people from home, and there are additional staff from the Tang family in the yard, so although she is a little flustered, she can't make mistakes.The pain just started, and it won't start right away. Granny Wen measured her belly with her hand, and then touched it for a while, asking Auntie to eat something when it doesn't hurt. Later, there will be times when she needs strength.

Tang received the letter, saying that he was afraid that he would not be able to activate it until midnight, so he suppressed his mood and prayed to God in the small Buddhist hall.The hope of the Lin family rests on this child.Seeing that her grandmother was busy, Daiyu was very interested because she had just taken a nap, so she found the maids to play with.Jia Min clenched the veil tightly, and the noise from the other side of the wall made her uneasy, and such a familiar scene made her lose control.Lin Ruhai was not at home, and went to visit an old gentleman outside the city.

The sound of the wooden fish became faster and faster, and it became more and more prominent in the empty Buddhist hall. Tang simply stopped, "Is there any news from over there?"

Chun Yu handed over a clean towel, "Wen Po said that we have to wait for two hours. Dongxue will be there to watch, and will pass on news as soon as there is news. It's almost midnight, you can go have dinner first."

Tang shi rubbed her numb knees, and stood up tremblingly, "Forget it, what about Yu'er, have you had dinner yet?"

"Not yet. Maybe it's because Yuanzi ate too much this afternoon. Just now, Xianyun said that the young lady refused to eat because of arguing."

"Nonsense," Tang said a little displeased, "Yu'er is so young, how can she know that she is hungry and full. The nannies don't look at it, and have said it many times, you can't use more snacks, let alone miss the main meal. Go pass the meal Let’s call Yu’er here too. Also, it’s not that there’s a fresh mandarin fish today, but I’ve never cooked it before. If you haven’t cooked it yet, tell them not to use steamed ones, but to cook them in soup and stew them longer.”

"Yes, I'll go now, servant girl." Chun Yu asked Xia Lu to take over, went outside, ordered a nanny to go to the kitchen and said, and went to Daiyu's place by herself.

After a while, someone came back and said, "Aunt Chen in the kitchen said that the mandarin fish has already been loaded, and it is almost cooked now. The soup is also prepared, as the master ordered yesterday. Two guinea fowls, It has been stewed for almost three hours, and I only have three cups, which are specially for old ladies, wives and young ladies to replenish their bodies."

Tang shi heard that the straight talk was too much, but he was very happy in his heart.It's just that Daiyu was reluctant to eat, so she had to think of a way, "That's all right, it's a big deal if you force it. Go, let the kitchen steam a bowl of egg custard, don't add anything else, an egg is half an egg Put a bowl of water, sprinkle with a little salt. After it is out of the pot, add two drops of sesame oil, and sprinkle with chopped green onion."

I made it in the kitchen. A bowl of ordinary egg custard looks like nothing special, but it smells so fragrant that it makes people move their index fingers.Sure enough, Daiyu was also hungry, and ate more than half a bowl.Tang shi took two more mandarin fish with chopsticks for her, and carefully stabbed them.It was so easy for Daiyu to eat dinner, but she didn't eat a few mouthfuls.

At the end of Xu Dynasty, Lin Ruhai hurried home.He had already entered the city, but he had other important business to attend to, so he didn't come home until the curfew.When I heard the news as soon as I got home, I was a little stunned for a while.This kid came earlier, but it didn't hinder Lin Ruhai's expectation of him.

Tang shi was reclining on the couch, almost falling asleep in a daze.Suddenly he heard the big western clock strike, and he woke up again.She couldn't stay up late at an old age, but if she couldn't wait for her grandson to be born today, she might not be in the mood to sleep.This baby was really tossing to death, it started to hurt in the third quarter, and it really broke out in the next quarter, but until now, no news has come.She originally wanted to go there in person, but after all, she was just an aunt, and Jia Min was already guarding the yard, so going there would embarrass her daughter-in-law.

Jia Min was sitting in the wing room, hearing shrill screams and moans of pain, but she was in a surprisingly good mood.What she is most afraid of now is sleeping, so she is happy to come here to be a virtuous wife.What's more, she is working hard, but she is giving birth to a son for her.It's just this voice, tsk tsk tsk, any fool can know that it's probably going to be a dystocia.

After drinking another cup of tea, Jia Min sighed, "Hey, it's because Aunt Su is inexperienced, she just blindly took care of her during pregnancy. Now the child must be too big, and she will suffer even with her. Xing'er, you can ask again." Mother-in-law, how is my brother's situation, the old lady is still waiting."

That Mrs. Wen has just been called several times, and she is very annoying, and now is the time when it is important, so how can she care about these things.She has been in this industry for decades, and she knows the way of the inside, not to mention ten points, but seven or eight points.In a family without a legitimate son, even if the concubine can be born, the biological mother probably won't be able to survive.What Wen Po did was to give birth to accrue virtue, and she didn't want to help with such immoral things, which is why she became famous in Yangzhou City.No matter how they fight in the future, mother and child cannot be folded in her hands anyway.

Jia Min secretly hated the old woman for not knowing good and bad, but she had no choice but to continue to wait patiently.

In the delivery room, Aunt Su was biting the long wooden stick, and tried several times to no avail. After tossing and tossing for so long, she had almost used up her little bit of strength.Aunt Su spit out the wooden stick in her mouth, breathing weakly, "Wen Po, in the end, will it work?"

The Wen woman yelled, "Hey, why are you still talking? Hurry up and bite the wooden stick. I have been in this business for decades, old lady, and there are more than a dozen brothers born in my hands every year. Well, it won’t work anywhere. You just listen to me, giving birth to a child is a laborious task, so try again after you have enough strength.”

After hearing this, Aunt Su grabbed the quilt on the floor, took a deep breath, and exerted all her strength.Wen Po kept saying, "Hurry up, hurry up, see the head, try harder, harder!"

Aunt Su just felt that all her strength had been exhausted just now, and she couldn't exert any more energy.It's just that she is not reconciled, she has swallowed her anger for so many years, and finally got this brother, she must not give up at this time!Grabbing an arm randomly, the onion-like nails sank into the white flesh, the little nails were too long and turned upside down, but now she couldn't care about this little pain anymore.

Seeing that the child's head had come out, but the shoulder was stuck there, Mrs. Wen couldn't help being anxious, and hurriedly helped to pull the child out.Fortunately, Aunt Su also exerted her strength at this time, so she really gave birth to the child.Looking at the time, it happened to be the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Wen Po had just cut the umbilical cord and was about to scrub the baby, when suddenly the maids exclaimed that the blood had burst!What a fate, it was so easy to give birth to a big fat boy, but I couldn't make it through after all.It's also because the child is too big, and it's the virtues of the ancestors who didn't suffocate in it.Wen Po shook her head, and asked someone to send the wrapped young master out to show to his wife, and then asked someone to invite the doctor.But I knew in my heart that most of them would not make it through.

Looking at the child, Jia Min almost shed tears. She really fulfilled her wish without dirtying her hands.It seems that this is really God's will, maybe this child was reincarnated by her unfavorable son, "Pomegranate, let those two nurses come over and take my brother. Xing'er, you stay here and watch, let the doctor do his best, Auntie You have made a great contribution, so just ask someone to get it from me if you want any medicinal materials. Jin Guo, you go to announce the good news to the old lady, so that the old lady can feel at ease, and say that everything is fine, brother."

After giving these instructions, Jia Min took the child to his yard.Now that she finally has a son, it's time to make it through.

When Tang received the letter, the people who had already been a little confused woke up instantly, put their hands together, "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless, the Lin family finally has a child." The thing she had been thinking about for so many years finally came true. Lord Hou, I can also explain.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help being overjoyed, and ordered Songmo to prepare a jug of wine, but actually poured it in the study and drank it by himself.While drinking, he actually shed tears.