Ordinary clear day

Chapter 63 Two people
Zhang Bao's letter of appointment was officially issued a few days later.Although there had already been rumors, the old lady was still surprised that her son had to leave home so early and go to such a far place to become an official.

She said to the daughter-in-law who came to pay her respects: "It's such a long journey, and you have such a big belly, why don't you stay in Beijing after giving birth. You don't have to worry about the third child, I will send reliable people to take care of him." Tong said with a smile: "How dare you bother Er Niang? Although the distance is longer, we will take the water route and it will not be hard. Er Niang need not worry."

The old lady said again: "Do you have enough people under your command? Do you want me to call a few more people for you?" Tong said: "Thank you, my wife is planning to have two or three more family members. Sister-in-law I have already explained it, and I will call someone to let me pick it later.”

The old lady said again: "Do you want to take Brother Duan with you? According to me, there may not be a good gentleman in Guangzhou, and I don't know if there is any good riding and archery master. He will follow you for a few years. Don't put yourself His studies were delayed."

Mrs. Tong still smiled and said: "The Mr. Su we invited has good knowledge. Duanning's Ama is also a serious Jinshi. With them, Duanning's studies will not be delayed. Besides, Guangzhou may not have no Good sir. As for the master of riding and archery, isn’t there Master Cheng? He has been teaching for so many years, and he has always taught very well.”

The old lady was still relentless: "I just don't want to part with my grandson, it's rare that he is more successful than other brothers, besides, staying in Beijing, everything is complete, it's better than being outside."

Tong Shi just smiled and said nothing. In the past few months, Zhang Bao's performance and words and deeds have given her a lot of confidence. Facing her mother-in-law, she is no longer as cowardly as when she first came back.She stood firm, and it was hard for the old lady to mention it.

The news that Sanfang was going to leave Beijing greatly stimulated some people, and it was inevitable that some people would be secretly active.There were some family members in Fuzhong who didn't get a good job, or servants who wanted to go further, each with their own thoughts, looking for a way to squeeze into the big list of appointments.Mrs. Tong and Ermo spent half a day together, carefully selected and selected two family members. The man in the first room was named Wang Er, and the other was named Zhou Zhoulin. , the kind that can start working when they are two or three years old.The rest of the people don't want it at all.

After Qiu Ju knew that the master was leaving, she was very restless, often sitting in a daze, and often made mistakes in her work.

Qiaoyun is most uncomfortable with seeing her, so she is always sarcastic.She ignored it at first, but when she saw that the other party's words were unpleasant, she said unconvincedly: "You have the backbone, let's deal with Second Lord Shun first. He comes to you every day with excuses, so you have the nerve to talk about me?"

Qiaoyun raised her brows upside down, and said: "What he wants to do has nothing to do with me, I just don't agree with him." Seeing Qiuju curl her lips in disdain, she was even more angry.

At this time, the unlucky young master Shun Ning came to her. As soon as she heard the voice of the little girl outside the house saying hello to Shun Ning, she picked up the scissors in the sewing basket and rushed out without saying a word, saying to Shun Ning: " Second Master Shun, please don’t come here again. I’ve already said that I’ll never be a petty person. If you force me, I’d rather die in front of you right now!” After finishing speaking, he picked up the scissors and put it on his neck .

Shun Ning has always been soft-tempered, how could he expect Qiao Yun to be so decisive?At that moment, she was so frightened that she repeatedly said, "Don't mess around, don't mess around", and asked the little girls beside her to help pull it away, finally persuaded Qiaoyun to put down the scissors, and before he could catch his breath, Qiaoyun took three steps together Zuo Er rushed to the upper room and knelt down, and said to Tong Shi who was startled by her: "I beg your wife to testify, this servant will swear here today, I would rather never marry for the rest of my life, and never be treated as a petty person. If you violate this oath, you will be struck by lightning!"

Shun Ning followed her in, and when he heard her say that, he was very anxious.

Mrs. Tong glanced at her nephew and asked him, "Brother Shun, Qiao Yun has already said that, look..."

Shun Ning sighed helplessly: "I'm not that kind of wicked person, since she's so reluctant... Auntie is in charge." Then she walked back with her head down and sighed three times.

Tong smiled and said to Qiaoyun: "In the past, I underestimated you. I never thought you would have such a heart. Don't worry, I will never force a maid to be a concubine. Needless to say, Xiaomei, who has been with me before, There is also Xiaotao, who married into a dignified peasant family outside the Guan, and now she is also the head of the family. You stay with me for a day, and I will protect you for a day. Come tell me, and I'll take care of you."

Qiaoyun blushed and kowtowed, then retreated, was about to go back to the room, saw Qiu Ju looking at her in surprise in the corridor, raised her head, and walked in front of her with a snort.

When Shu Ning came back from get out of class and heard Chun Xing talk about this incident, she was also very surprised. She didn't expect that beautiful and pungent Qiao Yun to be such a strong-willed girl.In the earl's mansion where all the beautiful maids want to be the master's concubine, it is really rare to have such an anomalous existence.

Although Qiaoyun has a bad mouth and often doesn't say good things, and she didn't care much about Shuning when she first came here, but after getting along for a long time, she can find that she is actually just a straightforward person, plus she likes to chatter.Shuning looked at her, and felt that she was somewhat similar to the girl Qingwen in "A Dream of Red Mansions", so she also became close to her.

If such a girl came to their third room, wouldn't she end up in such a tragic end as Qingwen?

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Although there are quite a few people who admire Qiao Yun's determination, it is not easy to change the deep-rooted concept. At least Qiu Ju has no plans to change.She didn't want to go out of town with the master of the third bedroom, and tried hard to persuade Qingning to take over her house.Qingning was afraid of her mother's scolding, so she couldn't make up her mind, but in the end she was no match for Wenrouwang. After a day of tenderness, she finally agreed to ask her aunt for someone.

Unexpectedly, when the two came out of the private meeting room, they met Nala and Tong who came with a large group of people, and they were shocked.Qiu Ju hid behind her with a white face, Qing Ning bit the bullet and greeted her mother and aunt. Seeing his wife's expressionless face behind her mother, she didn't know what to say.

Nala sneered and said, "Is it enough for you? In broad daylight, you are now a man with wives and concubines. Why do you still eat what is in the bowl and look at what is in the pot, and pull all the smelly and smelly things into the house?" ?!"

Qing Ning even shrunk back, Qiu Ju's pale face suddenly turned red, and then turned pale again.

Tong was angry that she was restless, but she didn't want to keep such a person by her side, so she said to Nala, "Sister-in-law, although you had good intentions at the beginning, I can't keep this girl now, even if I can't keep her heart, so please ask my sister-in-law to take her back."

Nala's face was ashen, seeing the flash of joy on Qingning's face, he became even more furious: "Why are you happy? Hearing your third aunt say that, you thought that your wish would be fulfilled? Before I sent this girl away because I was afraid that you would delay the serious marriage. Now that you are married, I didn't stop you from accepting more people. If you have something to say, just speak up. Why are you so sneaky? What a shame Your Ama and my face!"

Qing Ning lowered his head and said, "This is my son's fault. Please forgive me, let this girl follow me."

Nala's face was still ashen, and he said after a while: "Ask your wife! I can't control this matter!"

Qingning hurriedly turned her head and bowed to Li Shi: "Grandma, please help me, I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life." The maids and daughters-in-law next to me were all sniggering, and Tong Shi also recited it. She tried to hold back a smile on her face, but the concubine named Miguan turned her face crooked in anger.

However, Mrs. Li still had that expressionless expression. She glanced at her husband indifferently and said, "You can do whatever Er Niang says, anyway, you already have one, and it doesn't matter if you have another one."

This made Qing Ning feel ashamed, and said repeatedly: "Thank you Madam for your noble hand, I will never say anything about Madam's orders in the future."

Mrs. Li was unmoved, while Mrs. Nala pointed at him and said, "You...you..." He was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, he finally swallowed his breath, and turned to the one who was showing joy on his face. Qiu Ju shouted sharply: "Why are you happy?! Do you think you have become an aunt?! Do your spring and autumn daydreams! You will be the girl in Brother Qing's room from now on, no matter if it is grandma or aunt, If you have an errand, you have to do it for me! If you are lazy, watch your skin!" She snorted angrily, then turned around and left with Li Shi and the others, and the honey official gave Qing Ning a faint look when he left , and gave Qiu Ju another hard look.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Mrs. Tong glanced at Qiu Ju, and said lightly, "Go back to the house and pack your own things. Don't take other people's things by mistake. Let's go there tonight." Go, Qiao Yun sneered when she walked past Qiu Ju.

Qing Ning wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said to Qiu Ju, "That's all right, we've crossed the bright road in the future." Qiu Ju agreed, feeling a little puzzled in her heart, thinking that this seemed to be a little bit different from what she thought. It was different, but she was officially overwhelmed by the joy of confiscating the house, so she stopped thinking about it.

Tong Shi mentioned Qiu Ju's matter to Zhang Baolue at night, but Zhang Bao didn't care: "Since she has walked this way by herself, let's see her fortune."

Tong Shi nodded, seeing that her husband seemed to be in a state of embarrassment, she asked, "My husband just speaks out, why is it so embarrassing?"

Zhang Bao opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Today, Ama brought up Brother Duan's matter."

Tong's hands trembled, and he raised his eyes and said, "Brother Duan? What's the matter?"

Zhang Bao hesitated again and again, but still said: "Ama thinks Brother Duan is good at riding and shooting, but his martial arts skills are poor. Thinking that we will go to Guangzhou, we will leave Duanning in Beijing. It is easy to find a good teacher here. .”

Tong was silent for a long time, and said, "I don't want to."

Zhang Bao hurriedly shook her hand: "Actually, why am I willing to give up? But what Ama said is also reasonable. With the support of my brothers and a good husband here, brother Duan's studies will definitely make great progress. Besides, he He is not young anymore, instead of letting him go so far away with us, it is better to let him spend more time with other children in Beijing, if he can make a few like-minded friends, it will be good for him in the future."

Tong's eyes couldn't help but turn red: "My husband's words are reasonable, but my son has grown up so much and never left me. How can you tell me to be willing?"

Zhang Bao hurriedly comforted her and said, "It's also for his own good. First, you will give birth in three months. When the time comes, you will be too busy to take care of the younger ones. Even if Brother Duan is by your side, you will not It is better to leave him in Beijing to learn more. Second, since ancient times, a loving mother has always been a loser. After he left his parents, he might become sensible. When we come back after three years, he It's already done."

Tong Shi also understands these reasons, but she is still a little worried: "What if he is bullied if we are not by his side?"

Zhang Bao said: "I also told Ama, he said that he would take care of the child and prevent the child from being bullied by cousins. Besides, since the fourth brother came back, Er Niang has regarded Chun Ning as her heart, those nephews We are taking care of our jealous little cousin, how can we take care of our son."

"The school over there..."

"Okay, just let the child go by himself. If you keep protecting him, how can he become a talent?"

Tong was finally persuaded by her husband to accept the fact that she would be separated from her beloved son for three years.

(End of this chapter)