Chapter 307 (1/2)
Time like water, unknowingly to the twelfth month.
It was so cold that nobody wanted to go out.
Xiao qin'er's due date is in the lunar month, and she has a big stomach.
Some even speculated that she was pregnant with twins.
Xiao qin'er's legs and feet are slightly swollen, and it's hard to move.
She was very angry. ”It's the twelfth month. Why hasn't my cousin come back? It's not that the LORD sent someone to the south of the Yangtze River. Why didn't he bring his cousin back? ”
The servant girl comforted her, ”madam, don't worry. The young master promised that the twelfth lunar month would come back, and that would certainly come back. ”
Xiao qin'er sat up from the bed with her stomach in her hands. ”Who knows when he will come back. As soon as I found out that he was pregnant, he went to Jiangnan. Now that I'm going to have a baby, he's not seen. Did he forget me
With that, Xiao qin'er began to cry.
The servant girl comforted her while wiping her tears.
Just at this time, the porter came to report, ”madam, madam, I am very happy. The fourth young master is back
”Is cousin really back?”
Xiao qin'er is surprised. Although her tears are still hanging on her cheek, the whole person is shining with excitement.
”Back, back. I've just entered the second gate. I'd like to see you in Chunhe hall first. ”
Xiao qin'er told her servant girl, ”help me up. I want to go to Chunhe hall.”
”Madame is heavy. It's better to wait for the young master to come back.”
”No, I have to see it myself. I want to ask him why he came back so late. If he can't explain why, I'll ask my mother to make the decision for me. ”
Xiao qin'er insists on going to Chunhe hall, but the servant girl can't stop her. Let people quickly prepare a soft sedan chair and put on a thick cotton padded jacket and a cape for Xiao qin'er.
When Xiao qin'er arrived at Chunhe hall, he walked into the gate and heard laughter coming from the hall.
It's cousin. She knows it's his voice as soon as she hears it.
Xiao qin'er quickened her pace and went in without waiting for the maid's notice.
”Cousin
”Qin'er! Sit down
Liu Yi hurried forward to hold Xiao qin'er on the chair.
Looking at Xiao qin'er's huge stomach and slightly swollen cheek, he didn't recognize it.
After all, when he left Beijing, Xiao qin'er was still a beautiful girl.
Just a few months later, she became a big belly woman.
Liu Yi felt very unreal, like a dream. After waking up, everything changed.
Xiao qin'er patronizes happily and does not notice Liu Yi's expression.
She took Liu Yi's hand and said wrongly, ”why does cousin come back now? Don't you know that I'm pregnant, why don't you come back earlier? ”
”I'm back. There are many things in Jiangnan. I also want to come back earlier, but I haven't finished my work. How can I come back. But it's good to catch up. When will the child come out? ”
Xiao Qin Er pursed a lip to smile, ”the child still has half a month to come out.”
Liu Yi was excited, ”I didn't expect to be a father. Mother, my son is going to be a father. ”
Pei's happy and ha ha, ”look at you this silly appearance, the person who wants to be a father is still so silly.”
Liu Yi's smile is more and more silly.
After Pei's smile, he said, ”I'll remember to send my regards to your father. If you have been out of Beijing for such a long time, you have to clear the delivery of your errands. You can't be said that you have no rules. ”
Liu Yi's embarrassed smile, ”how is father Wang's mood recently?”
Pei's eyes glared, ”guilty?”
Liu Yi shook his head, ”how can I. The son just wants to care about his father. ”
”Hum! It's ridiculous that you make such a big mess the first time you take on a heavy responsibility. If I had not asked qin'er to hand over the money, your father would not have spared you. ”
Liu looks at Xiao qin'er.
Xiao Qin Er slightly nods, ”silver all paid.”
Liu Yi stamped his feet and handed over all the silver he had worked hard to find. Don't you know to keep some?
What a black sheep.
Pei said, ”don't blame qin'er, she is also for your sake. There are so many people and so much money in the government. How can we do without money. You dare to be greedy for ink the first time you take on an important task. You know that your father is very angry and threatens to punish you severely.
If I hadn't given up the money and persuaded your father, you would have been caught back by the guards
”Thank you so much for your son's trouble.”
”All of you are debt collectors. I hope you can do well. In the future, we should focus on the key points and don't look at money. ”
Liu Yi complained, ”it's not that my son is open-minded when he sees money. As soon as his son arrives in the south of the Yangtze River, the steward below will frequently send money to his son. If he doesn't accept it, he can't do it.
If you don't accept it, those who are in charge of affairs and business do not cooperate at all, and the money can't be collected.
The son had no choice but to accept their filial silver first, and then forced them to spit out the silver a little bit.The son really wasted nine oxen and two tigers for his father's work.
The so-called greed for ink is not his son's own will. I don't know that they dare to deduct money and only send that little silver back to the capital. ”
”That's because you have collected their money, and they will naturally have to make up for it from elsewhere. You, you, you are really not a success in your work. You even ask the people below to make calculations
Liu Yi blushed and ashamed.
He said, ”the son later learned about their fame, and later he did not accept their money and asked them to pay the full amount.”
”Although the silver you sent back didn't meet the expectation, the difference was not big. Your father didn't say anything. All right, you should go to your father's place to hand over the errand first, and then you can accompany qin'er well. ”
”The son listens to his mother.”
”Cousin Xiao qin'er is a little nervous.
Liu Yi comforts Xiao qin'er, ”go back to your room first, and I'll be back in a minute. Ask the kitchen to prepare some food and drink with me in the evening. ”
Xiao qin'er nodded, and the couple separated. One went back to his room and the other went to see King Ning in the outer courtyard.
This evening, the couple had a lot to say.
Seeing Liu Yi take out ten thousand taels of silver, Xiao qin'er is even more smiling.
”Good cousin. My father sent someone to supervise you. I didn't expect that you could hold the money. ”
Liu Yi smiles, ”who am I? Those tellers want to check me out. Dream. You see, my father didn't scold me very much today. It can be seen that the accounting rooms are full of rice
Xiao qin'er laughed. ”My cousin is so powerful that I can even hide from my father's accounting room.”
”What is that. I'll go to Jiangnan next year, and I'll get more money. ”
Xiao qin'er collected the silver. ”It's half a year since you went to the south of the Yangtze River. Have you ever done something that I'm sorry for? ”
”I'm sorry, you just want to think more. I've been thinking about you all the time. If I get the money, I will give it to you, but not to others. ”
”Seriously?”
”Shall I dig out my heart to show you?”
Xiao Qin Er giggled, ”I believe in cousin. It's a pity that all the money you sent back was collected by the imperial concubine. These days, I'm at home alone and I'm dying. If you want to add some clothes and jewelry, you have to think twice and dare not spend money indiscriminately. ”
Liu Yi held her hand. ”Now that we have money, you can spend it without saving money for me.”
Xiao qin'er nodded, ”cousin is so good.”
The husband and wife had a sweet two-day life.
Two days later, Liu Yi began to run outside.
he said that he had been away from Beijing for a long time. He wanted to get together with his friends and told Xiao qiner not to worry about him. If he came back too late, he would rest in his study so as not to disturb her.
At first, Xiao qin'er would leave a lamp waiting for Liu Yi to come back.
Later, it was too hard to bear, so she went to bed early. Tell the porter to be alert. Don't wait for the young master to clap the door to open the door.
Early in the morning, Xiao qin'er asked the maid, ”when did you come back from drinking last night?”
The servant girl was eager to speak.
Xiao Qin Er frowned, ”ask you, why not answer?”
”I heard from the porter that it was the young master who didn't come back until dawn, and she still had fragrance on her body. I think she was going to drink flower wine.”
Xiao Qin er's face was cold, ”seriously?”