Ajiu

Chapter 98 Night

The way home was smooth and smooth, and the sound of horseshoes was particularly cheerful.At sunset, a group of people arrived at the gate of Pei's Mansion on Jiuning Street, "Grandpa Concierge, I'm back!" Ajiu walked to the concierge specially, and greeted the peerless master who played with her and indulged her mischief.I haven't seen him in six years. Mr. Concierge is still in his early fifties, and he doesn't seem to be aging at all, which is amazing.

The concierge smiled, "It's good to be back. Miss Nine, the master and his wife are waiting impatiently, you can go in quickly. It's time for tomorrow, so let's stop talking." Ajiu nodded happily, "Sure, I'll follow your orders."

There was a clamor of cars and horses at the gate, and the servants and women were overjoyed to announce inside, "Second Master, Second Mistress, Third Young Master, Sixth Young Master, and Miss Ninth are back!" Elder Pei Ge and Mrs. Fang in the hall couldn't sit still after hearing the news. Get up and go outside.Zhonglang, Ajiu, you guys are back.

After six years apart, Mr. Pei Ge and Mrs. Fang could not miss their children and grandchildren.It's also outside, Mr. Pei and Mrs. Xu are okay, they are close, and they can come back to have a family reunion during the Chinese New Year.Zhonglang's family can't do it, it's too far away.

The two old eloquents had only reached halfway in the middle, when the door curtain was raised, and a smiling young girl came in.She was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a slender figure, delicate and fair complexion, a childish face, and a gleam of joy in her beautiful almond eyes.

"Grandfather, Grandmother!" she exclaimed happily.

"Ajiu, good girl." Mrs. Fang shed tears happily when she saw the grown-up Ajiu.She was still a child when she left, but she will be a grown-up girl when she comes back. Look, how good-looking my daughter is.

"Come here, let grandfather take a good look at it." Pei Ge beckoned to Ajiu with emotion on his face, and looked at it carefully, "I have grown so much taller, and I was still a little bit when I left... Nannan is good at everything, but thin a little bit."

Mrs. Pei Ge turned his head to look at Mrs. Fang, and asked earnestly, "Madam, I cook delicious food these days, so I have to make my daughter gain weight." Mrs. Fang wiped her tears and agreed, "Sure, cook delicious food every day, my daughter loves it." Do whatever you eat." Ajiu walked over, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and asked repeatedly: "Grandmother, you cried happily, didn't you? If you cried sadly when you saw me, Father must not hit me."

Second Master Pei and Lin Youhui came in side by side, and saw mother crying, daughter coaxing, father smiling and shaking his head, Second Master Pei pretended to be displeased, "Why did you make your grandma cry as soon as we met? You should hit me!"

"You should fight!" Mr. Pei Ge and Mrs. Fang said in unison.

Mrs. Fang stopped crying, and looked at Second Master Pei angrily, "I haven't seen you for a few years, you are so majestic." Pei Ge snorted, "I just entered the door, and I didn't know what to do. How did he manage to be the head of this mansion?"

Ah Jiu held his grandfather with one hand and grandmother with the other, and told them in a low voice, "Grandfather, grandmother, I think, Daddy is jealous of me." Both old people nodded, "Yes, he is a cheapskate, and he is jealous of my good girl. "

The old man, who is usually very reasonable, is not very reasonable at this time.

Ajiu winked mischievously at his parents, Second Master Pei and Lin Youhui both laughed, Ajiu, you naughty child.

Second Master Pei secretly asked his wife, "Miss, can we put aside when we have grandchildren?" Lin Youhui pursed his lips and smiled, "Don't be unconvinced, sir, when we have grandchildren, we can also put our children aside. "Second Master Pei thought about it seriously, and shook his head, "No. Even if I have grandchildren, the children are still precious." His expression was so serious that Lin Youhui couldn't help laughing, but he was too embarrassed to laugh. very hard.

Uncle Pei came in with Pei Wei, Pei Qi and others. Seeing Ah Qi and Ah Yuan, the grandparents also felt a lot of emotion, "Ah Qi is going to marry a wife, Ah Yuan, soon."

Pei Qi's fiancée is the daughter of a servant in the Hanlin Academy. The servant's surname is Yuan.He has three daughters, all of whom are famous for their beauty, and the one Pei Qi is about to marry is the youngest one, who is also the most beautiful one.

The Yuan family's daughter is not only beautiful, but also elegant and quiet, gentle and calm. Erye Pei and Lin Youhui are very satisfied to marry such a daughter-in-law.Pei Qi, needless to say, what man wouldn't want to marry a virtuous and beautiful wife?

Pei Qi blushed when her grandfather and grandmother mentioned "marrying a wife".Pei Ge stroked his beard and smiled, "Aqi, grandparents don't expect anything else from you, just marry a wife and have children soon." Great-granddaughter, we dare not think about it.Seeing that your eldest brother and second brother are also giving birth to a son, it is estimated that our Pei family has such a feng shui.

Pei Qi was even more embarrassed, her face flushed.Ajiu knew the third brother's temperament all along, and hurriedly said: "I just talked, and I haven't saluted my grandparents yet. Grandfather, grandma, please sit up." Pulling grandparents to the top, he helped them sit down.The maid brought the mat to worship, and Second Master Pei took his wife and children to kowtow to the second elder.Mrs. Pei Ge smiled slightly, Madam Fang said repeatedly: "Good boy, get up, get up."

Mrs. Gu brought her two daughter-in-laws, Qi Yingying and Mrs. Gu, to work in the dining room. Now that everything was arranged properly, she also came over with a smile on her face.It was the first time for Xiao Gu to see his second uncle and aunt Pei and Lin Youhui, and it was the first time for Ah Jiu to see his second sister-in-law.

"Where are the little nephews?" Ajiu asked curiously.

It's so easy to have a child younger than me, what about people?

Seeing her mentioning the children, Mrs. Gu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, "You don't know, the two younger ones are only a few months old, and they don't know anyone yet. They only sleep all day long. What about the older one, Brother Hua?" Four years old, Qi brother is three years old, naughty, the two brothers just got into a fight, dirty, went back to the room to change clothes."

"It's good to fight." Ajiu asserted, "Boys, if you don't even know how to fight, then it's okay? Auntie, Brother Hua and Brother Qi must have sharp eyes and ears, right? This is really great .”

Gu's heart was full of joy, "Ninny, my aunt loves to hear that!"

When Qi Yingying and little Gu heard this, they also pursed their lips and smiled.

First, Pei Hua, the fourth elder brother, and Pei Qi, who was three years old, were brought over by the wet nurse. The two children had washed their faces and changed their clothes. They were white and chubby, very cute.Then, the two children were also carried by the wet nurse. They both closed their eyes and slept more soundly than the other. "Brother Jun is four months, brother Xiao is three months." Gu said with a smile.Such a small child sleeps most of the day

When Second Master Pei and Lin Youhui saw their nephews and grandchildren, they were overjoyed, "Brother Hua, Brother Qi, they are called uncles, uncles." Teasing the two children, they each gave a purse full of golden scorpions as a gift.The golden curlies in the purse are all champions and first-ranked models, which have excellent meanings.The two little ones who sleep sweetly with their eyes closed are also impartial, just like their brothers.

The Pei family hadn't had children for many years. It was rare for Ah Jiu to see the sons of the elder brother and the second elder brother.Pei Hua and Pei Qi are good-tempered children, and if Ajiu coaxes them for a while, they will obediently call people.Ajiu was very satisfied, and ordered Chuhe to bring four sets of the precious Four Treasures of the Study, four sets of exquisitely crafted ancient silver bracelets, anklets and collars, as a meeting gift for the little nephew.Pei Qi and Pei Xuan also each had presents.

Gu Shi tsk-tsk, "Ajiu, you are so generous." Nannan, the gift you gave to your little nephews is very generous.

Ajiu stretched out her hand proudly, pointing to a gold hairpin inlaid with sapphire and ruby ​​on her hair, "Auntie, I don't lose money, I still make money." The gold hairpin was given to her by the second sister-in-law, Xiao Gu. Yes, very valuable.

Her childish words made everyone laugh.

Second Master Pei smiled and argued, "Father, mother, I didn't teach Ah Jiu to be good at calculation. What I taught her is always to be indifferent and self-satisfied, regardless of fame and fortune."

"I taught it." Pei Ge said leisurely: "As a secretary of the household department, what I think about all day long is the matter of money. Little Ajiu, it's up to me."

Gentlemen are ashamed to talk about profit, the little girl's concern about money and profit is worthy of your pride and praise, can you be more partial?The children and grandchildren silently looked at the contented old Pei Ge, speechless.

The elder Pei Ge was half unconscious, and waved to Ajiu, "It's not surprising that my daughter is so thin, let's go and have dinner with my grandparents." Mrs. Fang cheerfully said, "Yes, follow my grandparents, and I want my daughter to eat whatever I want. Fat. This girl, bloated is not good, but being too thin is even worse." The two old men led their granddaughter to the dining room, and Second Master Pei followed behind, and asked Lin Youhui quietly, "My lady, is your daughter too thin?" Lin Youhui shook his head, "No, Ah Jiu is neither fat nor thin, just right." Second Master Pei looked hesitant, "Then, how could father and mother be like this?" The old man can't be wrong, is the girl really thin?Then you have to find a way to coax her to eat more.Lin Youhui joked, "Ajiu is a circle of fat, and my father and mother will still think she is thin. Grandfather, grandparents in the world, all agree that the granddaughter is too thin." She was the same when she was a child. Grandma always thought she was skinny and tried to coax her to eat.Even if she eats an extra bite of dim sum, the old man will be happy.

Second Master Pei understood, "So that's how it is."

In the dining room, there is one table for men and one for women, and the children set up small tables and chairs to enjoy the reunion banquet.Mrs. Fang kept adding food to Ajiu, "Ninny, eat more." Ajiu nodded happily, "Okay, eat more." I like all the dishes on the table, how can I not eat a lot of them? eat?
The Qianqing Palace was still brightly lit, the emperor was leaning on the couch with his eyes half closed, and the Tenth Prince was sitting beside him, reading the words from the memorial to him.If he dictated something, the Tenth Prince would write it down with a red pen.The emperor heard an excerpt about taxes in Zhejiang, closed his eyes and asked, "Who is in Wenyuan Pavilion?" The tenth prince replied, "Old Liang Ge and Elder Su Ge."

"It's a pity it's not Lao Pei." The emperor murmured, and ordered the tenth prince to write down a few words, and then asked the servants to bring them to the gate of the palace and hand them over to the person on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion.

At this time, the key to the palace gate has been unlocked, and the servants can't get out, but they can pass it out through the crack of the door.The cabinet ministers answered the emperor's questions and passed them in through the crack of the door.

The emperor is obviously old, he is still very fat, his body is not as healthy as before, and he is often panting and breathless.However, the first half of politics is unwilling to relax.

"Father, just rest." The tenth prince couldn't help but said.

He saw that the emperor was obviously very tired, but he still had to support himself, of course he felt distressed.

The emperor smiled, "Father can't rest. Xiao Shi, as long as father stays in this position for a day, he can't rest."

Silly little ten, being an emperor can't take a break.I want to keep the great foundation laid down by this ancestor, and when the time comes to hand it over to your elder brother, it will be a prosperous and prosperous world.

(End of this chapter)