I was engaged in construction in ancient times

It was almost the same season as when they came last year, but the scene at Yangzhou Wharf was quite different at this moment. Last year's desolation and decay turned into bustling and bustling.

Rows of fishing boats are parked on the shore, fishermen with straw hats pulling nets to catch fish, and the whispering voices of guests from Xuanzhou, boat owners asking for a shout, rendering the wharf very lively. It has not been fully built, and some workers and soldiers will build roads and houses to make large ships.

Looking along the river bank, you can see a riverside fish farm formed by a wide rope net, and several wooden houses suspended from the bank. The houses sway with the river water, and the clear river water occasionally has Active snakehead jumps upwards.

"Fresh fish, fresh fish, buy two and get one free!"

"I sell fish soup, you can drink a bowl for a penny, don't you want to drink a bowl to warm your body when you pass by?"

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A little further past the wharf is the fish market, where fish buyers and sellers gather, and some who know how to do business start trading with merchants, selling fish soup and fish vermicelli on the side of the road, and after a while , there are people selling grilled fish here.

The original mud road has also been repaired into a cement road. The flat land is clean and free from mud. Xiao Yuhe stood in front of the wooden fence, looking at the river and the big boat approaching gradually. Yes, it is that boat. , he couldn't help grabbing Duan Shubai's clothes with his hands, feeling a little nervous.

Duan Shubai rewrapped the cloak around him, held his hand, and comforted him silently.

The big boat docked, and surrounded by the crowd, a woman who still retained her charm stepped out of the boat. The lady looked about 40 or [-] years old, her face was a little like Xiao Yuhe's, with a gentle smile on her face. With a smile, the face like a jade plate is full of natural joy, looking kind and generous.

She was wearing a dark red dress with deep stripes, and combed her hair meticulously and rigorously. Her appearance was graceful and luxurious. When Xiao Yuhe came down after seeing someone, she walked over excitedly, and called affectionately beside the woman: " Mother."

Duan Shubai also called out: "My lord mother-in-law."

He took a little look at his mother-in-law. Duan Shubai remembered seeing Xiao Yuhe's mother once from afar, and it seemed to be different from her current appearance. She used to be a luxurious lady full of jewels, but now she seems to be a lot more low-key?

"Mother's good Yuhe." Ma Shuqin hugged her son distressedly, and the mother and son, who had been separated for a year, hugged each other excitedly for a while.

Ma Shuqin looked at his huge belly, frowned and said, "How can such a heavy body be blown by the river bank?"

Although she was frowning, the smile on her lips did not diminish. She looked at her jade carefully, and it was plump and rosy. This appearance is not worse than when she was in the Hou's mansion, even better than when she was a teenager. I also want Yurun to look good. I don't think I have suffered much in Yangzhou.

At the beginning, when Xiao Yuhe followed General Duan Shubai to Yangzhou, Ma Shuqin was worried and frightened for a long time at home, fearing that her child would have a bad life outside, but after receiving Xiao Yuhe's letter, she was relieved a lot.

Xiao Yuhe held his mother's hand and said coquettishly, "Mother is here, so the child will naturally come to greet her personally."

"You child, you are going to be a father, and you are still so self-willed and childish."

Ma Shuqin turned to look at Duan Shubai again, half probing and half complaining: "You don't look at your husband."

Duan Shubai put his arms around Xiao Yuhe's waist, and smiled generously, "Your mother-in-law, you have come all the way, and Yuhe and I will come to greet you in person." After speaking, he teased again: "Even if the son-in-law is really If you want to stop it, where can you stop it?"

Xiao Yuhe patted his hand away, still half leaning on Duan Shubai's body, Ma Shuqin felt relieved when she saw her son and son-in-law flirting with each other under the nose of her old man.

Seeing the reluctance of her children before they got married, Ma Shuqin was afraid that the two would become a pair of resentful couples.

Now the tacit understanding between the two is natural, such a close relationship cannot be acted out.

Ma Shuqin used to be very worried about her family, Yuhe. Xiao Yuhe's temper looked indifferent, but in fact he was spoiled by them very much. He has a stubborn temper and a straight temper. He himself thinks that it is what it is. , I can speak according to my own temper, and I never have the shame to say some flattering words.

Her natal family is a merchant family, and her brothers are all slick and cunning, but when it comes to her home, Yuhe, they are completely different.

Ma Shuqin likes her child's temperament, but she is afraid that he will be a twin. Such a temper will inevitably be frustrated, and it is easy to get frustrated. She originally wanted him to marry him low, or to be with his cousin, but she watched from the sidelines at least She can take care of him, but an imperial decree made him marry Duan Shubai and go to Yangzhou, and she couldn't take care of him even if she wanted to.

"Looking at the loving appearance of your husband and wife, my mother is relieved."

Xiao Yuhe blushed slightly.

Duan Shubai said: "Mother-in-law, let's get into the carriage together, it's windy here, be careful if you catch a cold."

"Yes, yes, let's talk after we get in the car."

The servants pulled the carriage over, Duan Shubai asked Ma Shuqin to get in the carriage and took a seat, then naturally picked up Xiao Yuhe and got into the carriage, Xiao Yuhe and Xiaoxiao exclaimed, thinking that his mother was here, he felt a little ashamed. Some embarrassment.

Ma Shuqin brought a boatload of things over, and Duan Shubai sent someone to unload the boat. She also brought a lot of people with her. There were 30 to [-] servants alone, and Duan Shubai arranged for them to accompany them one by one. Let's go back to the city together.

After getting into the carriage, Ma Shuqin sat on the main couch. Duan Shubai wanted to hold Xiao Yuhe in the carriage as he did when he came here, so as not to shake him uncomfortable, but at this time Xiao Yuhe was beaten to death and did not want to stay. In his arms, he wanted to sit alone, so Duan Shubai had no choice but to lean on him and put several soft pillows beside him, "Is this okay? Tell me if you feel uncomfortable."

Xiao Yuhe blushed, and he, who was taken care of submissively, nodded indiscriminately, "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm", at this moment, he only thought that the carriage under him could start immediately.

Xiao Yuhe leaned on Duan Shubai's arm, the carriage neighed, and the wheels rolled forward.

This little couple!

Ma Shuqin glanced at her eyes faintly, and couldn't stop smiling in her heart. Look at the way her son-in-law loves her son when she takes care of her son. With such love for her husband, it's no wonder that her stubborn son said in the letter Speaking of her husband, she also talked about her husband boasting about her husband.

The little emperor made a mistake in mandarin ducks, but it was a combination of mistakes and let her son marry the right person.

Ma Shuqin is looking at Duan Shubai now, it is the mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she is satisfied.

His appearance is majestic and handsome, and his majestic and heroic spirit makes people's eyes shine at the first glance. He is really a heroic and mighty general. In the mansion before, there were other people who laughed at her Jia Yuhe. According to her, her son-in-law is much better than those so-called princes from the capital.

There are many rules in a wealthy family, and Ma Shuqin has suffered the most in her life. Now that her son can sing harmoniously with her son-in-law, she feels very relieved.

She looked at Xiao Yuhe's belly again, and there was a gleam of joy in her eyes. After a few months, she would be a grandma. She didn't bother to stay there in the Boyanghou Mansion.

The carriage moved forward steadily on the concrete road. It was the first time for Ma Shuqin to ride such a stable carriage. She felt it was novel. She opened the curtain and looked outside. She had never seen such a smooth gray concrete road before. In this carriage, it is more comfortable than the so-called eight-carriage sedan chair.

Huh?Ma Shuqin also saw someone walking forward on a strange thing with two wheels. She had doubts in her heart, but she didn't ask.

As the daughter of a merchant, Ma Shuqin married into the Hou's family. Some people would always laugh at her and ridicule her for being rare and strange. They made fun of her. Ma Shuqin was angry when she was young, but now that she is older, she takes these things lightly. , But also developed the habit of not asking too much.

After all, this is the first time I meet my son-in-law, so don't talk too much about such sidelines.

In the carriage, Ma Shuqin picked up the conversation and asked them about the couple's affairs in Yangzhou, such as how they were doing in Yangzhou, whether they were used to it, asking Xiao Yuhe if he wanted to see his mother, and so on.

"Eating habits."

"Of course I miss my mother."

"We live in Xinyang City. I told Mother in the letter before that Mother came at the right time. Now the city is full of peach blossoms, and it is so beautiful."

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The more Ma Shuqin heard it, the happier she was, she clapped her hands and laughed loudly and said, "That imperial decree is right, you see how well-suited you and your son-in-law are!"

Duan Shubai and Xiao Yuhe looked at each other and smiled. Looking back on the details of the past year, it was really vivid and colorful, and all the sweetness came to my heart at once.

"Mother, don't just talk about me, but also talk about how you lived in the Hou's mansion."

Ma Shuqin sighed, and said slowly: "What else can you do? It's no fun to live alone, you're gone. If you eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha's name, your life will be peaceful."

"Ah?" Xiao Yuhe was a little dazed after eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha's name. It was hard for him to imagine that his mother would do these things. His mother wore gold and silver all day long, and she liked to wear luxurious clothes the most. Whenever there was excitement, she would be excited .

Speaking of which, his mother is really not used to wearing some "light and plain" clothes today.

"Mother is getting old, she needs to cultivate her body and mind, now she burns incense three times a day to pray for you."

In fact, she lived too leisurely, and was reprimanded by the old lady in the Boyang Hou's mansion, saying that she was wearing red and green cheerfully all day long, and she didn't look like a widow at all, okay, okay, she will learn Be a widow who eats fast and prays to Buddha.

Needless to say, since she started to cultivate her body, eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha, she really feels much more comfortable, and people around her look at her differently.

For Ma Shuqin, this kind of "arty" taste is really interesting.

The carriage drove into Xinyang City, and a group of people got off the carriage. Ma Shuqin saw the scene of peach blossoms flying all around.

Ma Shuqin was a little surprised.

Although Xinyang City looks like a mountain city to her, the scenery here is much more beautiful than the so-called scenic spots in the capital.

She is also happy to live in such a place in the future.

That night, the family of three had dinner at the banquet, and the cook Ma Shuqin brought cooked all the meals Xiao Yuhe had loved the most. Xiao Yuhe was delighted and moved.

The family chatted lively.

While talking, Ma Shuqin suddenly said: "I am used to going to temples to offer incense and pray for blessings on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year in the capital. I don't know if there are any famous temples here?"

Duan Shubai pondered for a moment, and said: "There is no temple, but if mother likes it, there is a mountain in the southwest of Xinyang City with misty clouds and mists. Tomorrow I will have someone build a ladder and build a temple."