Chapter 104 Returning to Beijing
The day Ji Wan left, Lu Feili did not come to see him off because the army of Beidi finally arrived.
The reason was that a caravan passed by the border and was intercepted by a team inspected by Beidi. After killing and robbing all the bodies, they threw the body into the Dayan defense line.
provocative!
So the horn of war was blown up.
The team that Lu Feili promised to Ji Wan was sent to him last night. The battlefield was far away, but in fact it had little impact on Yancheng and Dengxian. Ordinary people didn't even know that the border was on war. In fact, at the beginning, Ji Wan didn't know that it was Qi Ji, who was entrusted by Lu Feili to send their family out of the city, seemed to have told Ji Wan unintentionally.
Ji Wan didn't open the car door, just said no.
Qi Jiu felt that Lu Feili was serious and that little girl was also boring.
He shrugged and left.
Ji Wan lowered her head, but her thoughts were a little distant.
Lu Feili's injuries have not healed yet, and the battlefield is dangerous. What if... Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah, that guy is very skilled in martial arts and a bunch of generals protecting him? Besides, he said before that Beidi is not afraid. This war will not last long.
Maybe he will return to Beijing soon.
Oh no, what does it have to do with him whether he returns to Beijing or not?
Hell.
Ji Wan abandoned the inexplicable thoughts in her mind, turned her head and saw her younger brother eating snacks piece by piece, and said helplessly: "I ate almost two dishes in the morning, so don't eat them anymore, don't turn around and accumulate food."
Without saying a word, she snatched the pastry from her brother's hand, put it on a plate, and moved it aside.
Ji Heng opened his beautiful big eyes, looked at her pitifully, and began to act coquettishly, "Big sister..."
"It's useless to call my sister."
Ji Wan spoils her younger brother and sister, but she won’t spoil her.
"When we arrive at the next station, my sister will make you delicious food."
Ji Heng smiled only then.
"good."
Children are so coaxed, they are nothing more than delicious and fun, and they also like to listen to stories. They have nothing to eat, so Ji Heng pestered Ji Wan to tell him stories.
Ji Wan hugged her younger brother and began to tell in a whispery manner.
...
The capital is thousands of miles away, and a whole family is walking and stopping on the road, and it takes nearly a month to arrive in the capital.
It was mid-April, and the south was already warming up, with flowers blooming everywhere, and willow catkins flying, full of vitality.
The Zhou Mansion is in the inner city. It took another hour to walk after entering the city gate. It was almost noon before reaching the door.
"Big girl, here."
Changfu whispered a reminder outside.
Ji Wan and Ji Rong both looked at their mother, one was quiet and the other was nervous.
Zhou pursed her lips and asked her two daughters to get off the car first, then handed her younger son to her eldest daughter, and finally got off. Zhou didn't want to be too eye-catching, so after entering the city, he asked the team of guards sent by Lu Feili to escort back to the Duke Anguo Mansion, and said that after he settled down, he went to the mansion to visit and thank him.
She looked up at the three words "Taishi Mansion" on the door plaque, and felt a brief trance and absent.
Cheng has brought people out to greet him.
The woman of twenty-five or six years old has a pretty face. She wore a plain orchid with white background and a light-colored long skirt underneath. She was dressed in a simple and elegant manner, but her temperament was unconventional and had a unique style. Behind her was a woman wearing a water-red robe. She looked younger, but her appearance was slightly inferior to Cheng's.
This should be Lin, the wife of the second-ranked husband in the big room.
Cheng took two steps forward with a kind smile on his face, "Sister is back. I have something to do in the court recently, and the master and the others have not come back yet. Come on, follow me in." Then his eyes fell on Ji Wan's sister and brother, "This is Sister Wan, Sister Rong and Brother Heng. Come on, don't stand outside and go into the house to talk."
When Zhou left, Cheng had not yet entered the house, but he had heard of it when he was in the boudoir. He also knew that his master respected the elder sister very much and his attitude was very enthusiastic. He took Zhou's hand and walked with concern: "Sister has been working hard all the way, so it must be very hard. I have already packed up your boudoir. I have arranged the yard where Sister Wan and the others live. After lunch, I will take you there."
Zhou smiled and said, "Mrs. This time I returned to Beijing, all the extra maids were sold. The rest were all the maids and mothers, Awan and me, and the younger ones, and if there are any things I don't understand the rules, please forgive me."
She did not regard herself as her elder sister, and her words were gentle but alienated.
The younger generations and Lin, who were in the second wife, didn’t know much about the grudges between the Zhou sisters more than ten years ago. However, Cheng heard what his master said, as a woman, he could understand Zhou’s grievances better. After hearing what she said, he sighed softly.
"The elder sister said this and saw her. The elder sister was wandering around these years, and the master was very worried. Now that we have finally come back, our family can meet again. This is a great joy. When my grandfather and the others come back soon, they will definitely be very happy."
Lin followed a little further, without interrupting.
As juniors, Ji Wan and others were all walking behind. Listening to the third aunt, no, the big house had few children, and after the separation, the rankings were merged, and men and women were not called separately. The mother had been classified as genealogy. Uncle Zhou Changru ranked second at home, and she should have called Cheng the second aunt.
Seeing that my second aunt said this was sincere, it was not like being false. Now that the Zhou family is the second aunt in charge, it should not make things difficult for my mother.
The group said and came to the backyard.
Cheng originally arranged for the servants around him to bring back the Zhou and his son to settle their luggage in the new residence, but Zhou said, "We are in a mess all the way, so it's better to wash up first and then have a meal."
"I ignored it."
Cheng said, immediately gave instructions, and then took Zhou to her original boudoir, Qiongyuan.
And Ji Wan lived in a small yard that was split out separately next door.
Cheng thought that the mother and daughter had something to say, so he didn't bother and took the people away first.
"Mom, Zhou's mansion is so big, much bigger than our house in Deng County."
Ji Rong remembered the pavilions and pavilions he saw along the way, and the buildings were scattered, and he felt dazzled.
Zhou Mansion is a courtyard of seven, so of course it is big.
When there was no separation, there were many people in the mansion, but there was still room for spare. After the separation, many yards were vacant.
Zhou looked at the place where he had lived before. It had been more than ten years, but it still had not changed. The windowsill cabinet and even the glass screen had not moved at all.
She felt a little touched for a moment, and then called all the servants to start a lecture.
"You all came from Deng County with me. How was it like before and how is it now. But you must remember that this is the Zhou Mansion, the mansion of the Grand Tutor of the dynasty, and the rules are much stricter than the Zhou family in Deng County. You must remember to talk less and do more."
"yes."
Headed by Kong Mama, everyone responded in unison.
Zhou nodded, "But you don't have to worry. We can't live here for long, at least one month or three months, and we still have to move out. So don't think that you are a servant of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, just superior to others."
Everyone replied in unison: "Yes."
"Go down."
After dismissing all the servants, Zhou began to teach his three children again, "I have been expelled from the mansion, so you cannot regard the master of the mansion as a deity, pay special attention to the title."
Ji Wan was born, and immediately said, "Mom, don't worry, I know."
Ji Rong always used his sister as an example and nodded. Ji Heng hadn't figured out what was going on now, but he only knew that he had just come in and didn't recognize the people he saw. He was a little scared and looked at his mother and two sisters with a blank look on his face.
Zhou bent down and said to his youngest son: "Be good, after dinner, we will meet our elders. Then you will call people with your sister. Do you know?"
Ji Heng nodded obediently.
"good."
Zhou touched his head, "Go and take a shower and change your clothes,"
After the mother and the four of them were finished, it was already two quarters of an hour later. The maid outside the door came in and reported, "Grandma, the second wife has prepared lunch. Please move over and have a meal with your cousin girl."
Zhou nodded and took a few children to Cheng's yard.
The third wife Lin and the girls and men in the mansion were also there. They were all standing beside their mothers. When they saw a few people walking in, the children immediately called out in unison: "Hello, aunt."
Chapter completed!