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Chapter 8 Homecoming

Brother Wu and Wen were playing backgammon in front of the ancestral house. Brother Wu saw that he was about to lose. When he looked up and saw Zhen Shiniang getting off the carriage, he rubbed the chessboard with his foot and said, "Mom is back, I won't play anymore!"

He raised his legs and ran towards Zhen Shiniang, "Mother, mother!"

"You're cheating!" After a rare win, Jian Wu unexpectedly destroyed the chessboard. Brother Wen gave up and rushed forward, grabbed Jian Wu and dragged him back, "Mom said that a man must be able to afford to lose. Come back."

Finish this game of chess with me!"

"Who said I was cheating!" Brother Wu's face turned red, "I'm going to pick up my mother!"

"If you lose, destroy the chessboard. You are just cheating!" Brother Wen grabbed him and refused to let go.

Brother Wu became angry and turned around to fight with Brother Wen.

"Brother Wen and Wu, please let go, you may have hurt your body." The nanny who was standing by lied and hurriedly stepped forward to pull her away.

Although he is only a little over four years old, Jian Wu and Jian Wen act like two little tigers. How can the wet nurse keep them away?

These two children quarrel every day when they open their eyes.

Seeing her sons struggling with each other in the blink of an eye, Zhen Shiniang sighed, turned around and gave the fare, and walked over in a few steps, "Brother Wen, Brother Wu, let go!" Her voice was not high, but Zhen Shiniang's face was serious.

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Brother Wen and Brother Wu both let go, but they refused to admit defeat and stared at each other like cockfighting cocks.

The wet nurse took the opportunity to go forward and tidy up the clothes of the two of them, muttering, "Aren't there just a few stone boys, who can still be eaten if they win or lose?" When she looked up, she saw Zhen Shiniang with a straight face, and she hurriedly closed her eyes.

Mouth.

"...What's going on?" Zhen Shiniang asked.

"He's unreasonable!"

"It's him who's cheating!"

Brother Wen and Brother Wu said at the same time.

Zhen Shiniang didn't say anything, and just looked at the two of them calmly. It wasn't until both of them closed their mouths and looked up at her that she said, "Brother Wen, speak first."

"We play backgammon, and if he loses, he destroys the chessboard!" Jian Wen pointed at Jian Wu angrily, "Mother said, a man must be able to afford to lose, and he cannot beat him up if he loses! It's just you who's wrong."

Zhen Shiniang looked at Jian Wu.

"...I'm just going to pick up my mother!" Jian Wu argued forcefully.

Zhen Shiniang lowered her head and looked at the chessboard that had half of its size scratched off on the ground. She already knew it in her heart. Her eyes fell on Jian Wu, "When I saw my mother coming back, Wu'er knew how to greet her. This is filial piety. My mother is very happy." Jian Wu'er said.

Wu Er raised his chin proudly towards Jian Wen, but Zhen Shiniang changed the topic, "Wu Er wanted to welcome mother, why did he destroy the chessboard?"

"I..." Having seen through his thoughts, Jian Wu lowered his head and said nothing.

"...Jian...Wu!" Zhen Shiniang called him by his first and last name.

"I...I was wrong..." Jian Wu hesitated.

"...Do you know where you went wrong?" Zhen Shiniang still had a grimace on her face.

"I shouldn't make excuses not to play because I'm afraid of losing!" Jian Wu muttered in a low voice.

"Well, Brother Wu is a good boy who dares to admit his mistakes." Zhen Shiniang nodded with satisfaction, but her expression dimmed, "If you make a mistake, you will still be punished. I will punish you by writing this sentence thirty times!"

"Mom..." Jian Wu's face fell instantly.

Zhen Shiniang ignored her and turned to look at Jian Wen, "...you are the elder brother. You know that your younger brother is wrong, so you should give him a good warning. How can you take action without saying anything?"

"...Mother said I'm only half an hour older than him!" Jian Wen was quite unconvinced. Jian Wuhu was stronger than him, so why should he let him?

"Well..." Zhen Shiniang's tone rose slightly.

"I know." Jianwenonuo said.

"You will be punished to write ten times with your brother."

Hearing that Jian Wen was also punished, Jian Wu immediately became happy and pulled his mouth with his hand to make a happy face towards Jian Wen.

Qiu Ju was chopping firewood in the yard when she heard Zhen Shiniang's voice. She dropped her work and ran out, "Miss, are you back so early today?" Seeing her empty hands, she exclaimed, "...you didn't buy a donkey skin. ?" He asked again, "...Is it because the donkey-hide gelatin was not sold well and the money was not received?"

If the bill is collected, her young lady will never forget this.

As soon as Qiu Ju reminded her, Zhen Shiniang suddenly remembered that she met Shen Zhongqing in the medicine hall, and she became excited and said to herself, "I almost forgot about the big thing." She raised her head and told the wet nurse and Qiu Ju, "You guys take Brother Wen first. Brother Wu is going to Xique's house." He then told Jian Wen and Jian Wu, "Honestly finish the punishment I just gave you at Aunt Xique's house, and you are not allowed to come back without my instructions!" His tone was unusually serious.

"I haven't finished chopping the firewood yet..." Qiu Ju looked at Zhen Shiniang in confusion.

"I'll do it again in the afternoon..." Zhen Shiniang has already entered the courtyard.

It was rare to see Zhen Shiniang so serious. The wet nurse and Qiu Ju looked at each other in confusion, then pulled Jian Wen and Jian Wu towards Magpie's house.

After a moment of fuss, Zhen Shiniang quickly collected all the children's belongings in the room.

Sitting on the chair and breathing heavily for a while, she raised her head and faced Qing Qing's beautiful face in the mirror. Her heart moved and she thought to herself, "With the way I'm dressed, he can recognize me at a glance. The woman I saw in the medicine hall!"

Li Qi and Feng Xi both knew that she had two sons.

After this thought flashed through her mind, Zhen Shiniang stood up quickly and rummaged through the boxes to dress up.

She must change her appearance to make him think that she recognized the wrong person in the medicine hall!

"Miss, what happened?" While they were busy, a magpie's urgent voice came from outside. I heard Qiu Ju say that Zhen Shiniang kicked them out as soon as she came back. I don't know what happened. She was raising a baby at home. The magpie hurried over, and as soon as he entered the house, he was stunned and asked, "My God, Miss, what are you doing?!"

"Shh..." She was licking her lips when Magpie yelled at her. Zhen Shiniang's hands trembled, and rouge instantly spilled out of the corners of her mouth. She hurriedly made a gesture to silence her, "I just saw General Shen in the medicine hall."

"Who...General Shen?" She was startled for a moment, then the magpie opened her eyes wide, "Miss, did you say that the general is here?" Suddenly she screamed, "Did the general recognize you? He found out that you were selling medicine, he Did I know you went to the pharmacy to sell medicine?!" His face has never been whiter.

It is rumored that the head wife of a dignified general is secretly selling medicine. It is not a joke to slander the general's face. She might lose her life!

If she hadn't really been desperate, she would never have allowed her young lady to practice medicine and buy medicine.

In the Zhou Dynasty, master craftsmen and itinerant doctors were all low-class craftsmen. Let alone generals, they were not allowed to intermarry with ordinary noble families.

Zhen Shiniang was not as scared as Magpie. She was worried that Shen Zhongqing would find Jian Wen and Jian Wu and snatch them back. Seeing Magpie being shocked, she smiled and said, "That's why I changed my disguise. If he If he really comes to confront him, we will make him refuse to admit his guilt!" There was a child-like naughtiness in his tone.

The magpie's heart immediately calmed down.

Thinking of something, she pointed at Zhen Shiniang and said, "Even if you have to dress up, Miss... Miss, you don't have to be so exaggerated, right?"

Zhen Shiniang touched her face, "What's wrong..."

Just as he was talking, there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the yard, "...Is anyone home?"
Chapter completed!
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