Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 32
The old woman was startled, and then her face was surrounded by great happiness. She stretched out her hand to help Zhang Yi and couldn't hold back the tears for a while, and she couldn't help saying: "Yi'er, my Yi'er, My Yi'er is back! My Yi'er is back!"

Seeing the old lady's appearance, Zhang Yi couldn't bear it either, and hurriedly said: "Grandma, little sister, let's go inside and talk, don't freeze in the wind and cold outside!"

While talking, Old Zhong also let the groom drive the carriage into the small courtyard with a proud face. There are still many things waiting for him to arrange in the carriage.

After entering the inner hall, the old lady urged Zhang Xiang to bathe Zhang Yi in hot water, and then she pulled her grandson to sit on the chair.

"Yi'er, I have really suffered for you for more than a year. Let grandma see that you are all tanned and your hands are thick." The old lady began to cry again as she watched.

"Grandma, it's a good trip for grandson. How can it be difficult to have old uncle Zhong take care of you? Besides, grandson also met the second son of the Duke of Yue. He spends a lot of time all day long. It's just that you and your sister don't care about it." I know how you survived!" As a man, even if he is angry and scolded outside, he always likes to show his handsome side when he returns home. Zhang Yi doesn't want this woman in her 60s to know his The grandson walked from Chang'an to Lingnan step by step, and he didn't want her to know how much hardship he had put in to return to Chang'an.

In fact, everything is really not important, what is important is that the old woman welcomes back his grandson, and Zhang Yi has a home again.

"That's good. I can still trust Lao Zhong. In fact, when a merchant bought me and Xiang'er from Jiaofangsi earlier, I felt something was wrong. I kept guessing that even if he was a concubine, he would buy your sister. Is it possible that the old woman who bought me can be an ancestor?" The old lady's face was full of smiles during the conversation: "This is a gift of the house and money, until the imperial court sent a set of imperial clothes, grandma. I know that my grandson is coming back soon! So, I am waiting and looking forward to it every day! I just want you to come back soon!"

While talking, Zhang Xiang smiled and showed his head at the door of the room, and said with a smile: "Brother, the water is ready, you should take a bath first!"

Seeing the younger sister's agile appearance, Zhang Yi felt sore again. The formerly dignified second lady had long since lost the appearance of the official lady in memory, and she looked like a maidservant in coarse clothes.

The water was very hot, and some pomelo leaves were added in it. After being scooped into the wooden barrel, a large stream of water vapor rushed towards him. Zhang Yi did not dare to go into the water. The hot water would not peel off a layer of skin ?

"Xiang'er, look at you, you can't even mix it with water, so you're not afraid of scalding your brother with such hot water?" The old lady reprimanded Zhang Xiang with a straight face, then turned her head and smiled and said to Zhang Yi: "Yi'er Ah, wait a minute, let's wash it when the water is colder! Your sister is too, she is so big and always has thick hands and feet!"

The old lady only has her own grandson in her eyes now, and she doesn't have the time to care about her granddaughter secretly wiping tears when she feels wronged.

"Little girl, don't cry, how about we buy eight maidservants after I go to the palace to thank you tomorrow, one for cooking, one for boiling water, one for grandma, and one for you?" Zhang Yi hurriedly comforted the little girl.

If a 12-year-old girl didn't know that she was spoiled by her parents in later generations, she still has to work and be scolded now. After finally having a younger sister, it's too late for her to feel distressed!

"En!" Zhang Xiang nodded, and then began to pour cold water into the bucket.
When the hot water soaked away all the troubles and changed into the clothes newly made by grandma, the family gathered together again.

"Yi'er, now you are back, and you still have a title. Although you don't have an official position, it can be regarded as restoring our family's previous glory!" The old lady began to cry again as she said, "It's a pity, we You are the only seedling left in the family, so grandma wants to ask for a marriage for you, if grandma can give birth to a great-grandson earlier, grandma will be happy even if she dies!"

"Grandma, what are you talking about! You still have to live to be a hundred years old, how about ten or eight great-grandchildren who will be around you every day after your grandson?"

"Good! Good! Good!" Immediately, the old lady's face turned into a flower with a smile, she took Zhang Yi's hand and continued: "Grandma has chosen for you a long time ago, it is the fur business owner next to our house. The daughter of the Chen family, although she is from a lower family background, but she has a thick waist and a big butt, she is easy to bear at first glance, as long as she gets married this year, she is guaranteed to give birth to a big fat boy next year."

Zhang Yi couldn't imagine that, with a thick waist and a big butt, it's a good thing that giving birth to a pensioner is looking for a sow!Such a woman can imagine what she looks like with her toes, and it would be terrifying to think about sleeping with such a woman.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi hurriedly said: "Grandma, we are not in a hurry now! Aren't I being made a Viscount? The most important thing for us now is to thank the Holy Grace and go to the fiefdom, check the property, buy servants, and build a new house. Son! It’s not too late to get married after all these things are done!”

There is no way, in order to ease the old lady's heart, it can only be delayed for a while.

"Look at me, I've forgotten all about it! The matter of fiefdom is a big deal. The day after tomorrow, no, grandma will go to Jingyang with your sister tomorrow morning. This land is what our family lives and lives in!"

As soon as the land was mentioned, the old lady's mind was immediately attracted. This person only knows the hardships of life after he has suffered enough.It can be seen from the calluses on the old lady's hands that she must have lived like a year for more than a year, not only to take care of herself but also to protect Zhang Xiang, so now she attaches great importance to the land.

Because with the land, as long as you are not lazy, you can live on the harvest of the land. This is not only her opinion, it can be said that all people who have such thoughts in Datang!

After discussing the next thing, Lao Zhong trotted over from the outside, greeted the old lady, and then handed over an account book and a bundle in his hand to the old lady. "Madam, here are the young master's sealed letter and the money brought back from Lingnan, as well as our business accounts over there!"

"Old Zhong, I don't worry about your work. This time Yi'er went to Lingnan thanks to your care all the way!" The old lady first thanked Old Zhong, then casually flipped through the account book and locked the package together in the box. Decided to watch it by myself when no one is around at night.

As the mistress, as long as Zhang Yi is not married for a day, she has the final say in this family.In fact, this is also the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, where the male dominates the outside and the female dominates the inside. Now that the grandson is back, the old lady feels that it is necessary for her to count how much property the family has, even if the person in front of her is the most loyal old Zhong. Willing to pretend to others.

(End of this chapter)