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Chapter 213 The Cousin Under the Fence (22)

The old lady's small treasury is still very rich, although it is not comparable to the assets and dowry that Zhu Jiayi inherited from Zhu's family, it is the only one in Kyoto!

"Yi'er, your mother also left Beijing with your father when you were this age, and she came back three or five times after that." The old lady held a half-sized suitcase and said full of memories, "It's said that the daughter It's mother's little padded jacket. How can a son be as caring and filial as a daughter?
Not to mention the daughter-in-law who is the opposite!

You, like your mother, are the most filial to me except your grandfather. "

She opened the box, and it turned out to be full of jewels, emeralds and gold ornaments, which brightened the dark room a lot. "People, you have to accept your fate. Since your grandfather is gone, our Duke Du's mansion should have changed the lintel long ago.

It's me who has been brazen enough to fight against the two masters above, pretending not to understand anything, ignoring that the mansion exceeded the standard.

Now one master is gone, and the other is starting to settle with us nobles.

Alas, Yier, I saved these for you mother and daughter.Every time I get a good thing, I want to keep it for you, but I didn't expect to fill the box with each piece.

Take it, grandma really wronged you. "

Zhu Jiayi's eyes were red, she couldn't help taking her arm, and leaned on the old lady's shoulder very cutely and sadly, "Grandmother, Yi'er never felt wronged.

Father and mother left Yi'er one after another. You are like a big tree, sheltering Yi'er from wind and rain!

She is Yi'er's only blood relative in this world. Even if you feel sorry for Yi'er, you have to cheer up and get better.

Although the two uncles are old, but you are here, they are like children, they still need your decision!
Grandmother..."

"Silly girl," the old lady said with a smile as she stroked her smooth face, "Your grandmother is about to become an old goblin. There are not many old ladies and old men who can be as old as me among the nobles.

It's me who is greedy for the world, and I have been reluctant to close my eyes for a long time.

I missed you the most before, but now that you are living happily at Dou's house, I don't have anything to worry about.

As for your two uncles, together with your two aunts and those sisters and sisters, how many times have they looked at me?If Baba hadn't been staring at this thing in my hand, I would have wanted to help dig a hole and fill it! "

The old lady was also heartbroken, "I have worked hard for most of my life, and you are the only one in front of my bed.

They are old, their wings are stiff, and they have their own little Jiujiu, impatient with me, an old woman.

Why should I bother thinking about them?
You take this box back as a gift from your grandmother to you and your future children.These items are all good, and they will not be outdated even in one or two hundred years. "

Zhu Jiayi hugged the old lady tightly, "Grandmother..."

After all, the old lady couldn't survive the winter of this year. As soon as she died, the two sons began to divide her small treasury in front of her bed, causing an extremely ugly disturbance.

On the contrary, Zhu Jiayi brought a group of maids to tidy up the old lady.

Because the Supreme Emperor had just left for a short time, the old lady's funeral was extremely simple, and only her family and in-laws came to attend the funeral.Thinking about the glory of the old lady before she was alive, and looking at the desolation at this moment, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

The two masters of the Du family divided the old lady's treasury, and after the funeral, they quickly separated.However, the second room held the money in its hand, and did not move out of the mansion, and still bore the name of the second master and second wife of Du Guogong's mansion.

Du Guogong's mansion is declining day by day, but it's just that the money in the duke's house has bottomed out, but the pockets of the first and second house are indeed bulging, and with the old lady's private money, life is more comfortable than before!
The servants below also became active and continued to pick things up in their small house.

But without the protection of the old lady, no one in Du Guogong's mansion has made any contribution to the court and the people. With a wave of the emperor's hand, people came to the door with all kinds of crimes committed by the whole mansion, including the master and slaves.

All the confiscated property in Du Guogong's mansion was confiscated, and the masters and high-ranking servants were sent to the frontier to open up wasteland.Sometimes they suffer even though they are alive. The distance from Kyoto to the frontier is [-] kilometers, and the weather is so cold, you can imagine how much they have to suffer!

Not only the Du family, but five other families were dispatched to the frontier, with thousands of people, who happened to follow the troops stationed in the border.

These are all criminals, and there are not many who come to see them off. Everyone is afraid of being implicated, and it is too late to hide.
Except for some close relatives and servants who value love and righteousness.

The people in Du Guogong's mansion looked at the other family with heavy cotton-padded clothes and lying on the donkey cart eating meat and sesame cakes, while they could only wrap themselves in tattered clothes tightly, curled up dirty and hungry.

They couldn't help but think of the luxurious days before, when they gave gold and silver to their servants casually, even if it was bird's nest, they would eat it as porridge for three meals a day until they got tired of it.Who would have thought that they could not even compare to the lowest coachman in the mansion now!
And this was just the beginning, their faces became even more ashen and desperate.

"Hey, what's in the distance? Are there so many carts of grain? Don't we have enough grain?" The resting soldiers gathered together and discussed in low voices.

Some people even rode on horses and looked over. What could the bags on the cart be if they were not grain?But the majestic, really shocking and unavoidably exciting.

The general who led the team sent his deputy to ride over to inquire.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"Master, our master heard that there was a shortage of supplies at the border, and food and clothing were scarce, so he personally delivered these dozens of carts of grain and cotton cloth." The leading driver replied with a loud voice.

After entering, everyone could clearly see an elegant and unique carriage in the middle of the convoy.

When the car stopped, a woman immediately stepped forward to put the footstool in place. A stern man jumped down and turned around to pick up the woman behind him.

The woman was wearing an ermine fur cloak with a blue skirt underneath. The hood on the cloak covered most of her face, only revealing her delicate white chin.

"Master Dou!" The leading general looked at the man, and immediately stepped forward and shouted.

"General Qi," Dou Yu nodded and smiled faintly, "My wife didn't want to see the suffering of the soldiers, so she specially donated all the production in the village this year, and also paid for a lot of cotton cloth, as well as these livestock and vehicles. .”

"Madam Dou is righteous," General Qi said with great gratitude, "On behalf of the soldiers, I would like to thank Madam Dou and Lord Dou!"

Zhu Jiayi smiled lightly and said: "The soldiers are defending their homes and the country on the frontier, we should thank you.

Although my ability is limited, I am willing to contribute a little bit.

From now on, every autumn when the food comes out, I will send people to the frontier to deliver a batch.

Only when the soldiers have enough to eat can they stand guard and inspect energetically! "

(End of this chapter)