C242 The Matriarch Is Ill
C242 The Matriarch Is Ill
When he returned home, he heard that Old Lady Mu was sick. This was what Mu Sihua had told her when she came over to play, that the temperature had dropped a few days ago. When Old Lady Mu was walking by the edge of the pond, she was so scared that she fell into the pond.
"The day before yesterday, I accompanied Grandmother to visit her. She …" Mu Sihua opened her mouth, but suddenly she remembered something. She sneaked a glance at Shen Jingli from the corner of her eyes, and then said mysteriously, "It's nothing, she's just sick and muddled, she said some stupid things."
Once she said it, Shen Jingli knew that Old Lady Mu was definitely scolding him and Mu Chen. He smiled and did not say anything, but gave Mu Sihua a cup of milk tea.
"Drink this milk tea, it's something that Lee Qi had thought of recently, the taste is not bad."
"Sister-in-law, aren't you unable to drink tea?" Mu Sihua took the milk tea and carefully savored it. The milk had a very strong taste, but it didn't have the usual ambrosia, and it still suited her taste well. After drinking the milk tea, she pointed to the dim sum at the side, "Sister-in-law, what's this?"
"The tea cake is a snack from Jiangnan, and this one is a rice ball. The one with the plum inside is the bread, it's the appetizer." Shen Jingli pushed a plate of dim sum in front of her, "Do you want to try?"
All girls loved snacks, especially sweet snacks. Mu Sihua didn't wait for Shen Jingli to finish speaking and started to try his luck.
"Sister-in-law, this tea cake is not bad." Mu Sihua's eyes lit up with joy. She took a small ball and bit into it, and when she bit onto the plum meat, her eyes lit up, "This plum is really not bad. It's appetizing, can I bring some back for Grandmother and the others to eat?"
"Of course you can, just let Jin Yu get you a jar of sour plums later, you can make it when you get back."
Mu Sihua nodded her head and continued to take out the snacks to eat. After a while, she continued, "Originally, Sister-in-law wanted to come with me today, but the one who was betrothed to Sis Sitong came to Na Cai. Mother told him to stay by the side to learn from the overseer, so I came here alone."
"Why don't you stay at home and help out when the family of Sitong's betrothed come to Nacho? In the future, you also need a steward. "
"I'm still young, there's no need to hurry." Mu Sihua shook her head and continued to eat the pastries on the table. After eating a few pieces, she suddenly touched her stomach, pouted, and said unhappily, "I've gained weight again."
Shen Jingli listened and laughed. Indeed, weight was a matter that women cared about the most, regardless of the time.
"Sister-in-law, what are you laughing about?" Mu Sihua pouted and said coquettishly.
Shen Jingli laughed, and reached out to stroke Mu Sihua's head, "Have you taken a fancy to anyone? "Sister-in-law will help you chase them."
Mu Sihua smiled shyly, and looked at Shen Jingli with a strange expression, "Sister-in-law, how did you chase Thirteenth Brother?"
Shen Jingli smiled but did not reply. He felt that this girl's questions were quite sharp, so he asked her about Mu Sitong's engagement with her.
The few ladies who had paid attention to the Mu Family two years ago had revealed their intentions to look for someone for the young lady in the Madam Qin. The Second Young Master of the Wang Family had coincidentally become a Thousand Ox Guard and became an official, so Madam Wang couldn't wait to invite the matchmaker to come and propose for him.
Madam Qin was very satisfied with this marriage. She asked Mu Sitong's birth mother, Aunt Yu, and felt that this marriage was not bad, so she agreed to marry the matchmaker on the spot.
His mother said that this marriage was good. Second Young Master Wang dotes on her and Madam Wang is reasonable. Elder Sister Sitong won't suffer any grievances if she marries him, and his eldest brother spent three thousand taels of silver to buy a shop on Vermillion Bird Street to put on some makeup for his elder sister. Aunt Yu is very happy. Mu Sihua laughed, then said: "Mother is very good at dealing with aunts."
Shen Jingli laughed, then turned and asked Yang Ningyi about her life in the Western Mu Mansion. After knowing that he was living a good life there, she felt a lot more at ease.
Mu Sihua stayed all the way until dusk, and after they had eaten dinner at County Prince's Mansion, Shen Jingli arranged for the carriage to take her back.
After she left, Mu Chen returned from the army training camp outside the city.
Shen Jingli asked the servants to bring him hot water, he wiped his face and washed his hands before bringing him hot tea.
"Did you have dinner?" Shen Jingli untied his hair ribbon, helped him comb his hair, and asked with concern.
Mu Chen shook his head and hugged Shen Jingli, "Big brother." He paused for a moment, looking downcast. He pursed his lips and looked even more serious than usual.
"What's wrong, big brother?" Mu Yu was one of the very few people who could affect Mu Chen's emotions, so something like this was probably a very serious matter. "It's the Grand Monarch? Or Ceng Wan'er? "
Right now, the ones who could make it hard for Mu Yu were the two of them.
Mu Chen shook his head again, "Big brother, please transfer to Xinchuan."
"Where is Xinchuan?" Shen Jingli tried his best to recall, but he discovered that he had never heard of this place before.
"Xinchuan is a city in the northwest part of the country. It's very backward there, surrounded by mountains on all four sides, and it's not good for growing crops. If Big Brother really goes there, I'm worried that he …" Mu Chen sighed again.
However, Mu Yu had never left the capital, allowing him to suddenly run to the small mountain city in the northwest. He was afraid that he would not be able to get used to it.
"If you want to be rich, you have to build your own path first." Hearing him say that, Shen Jingli immediately thought of this sentence, "Big bro has his own considerations, don't worry about it, if you are worried, just give him some moves."
Mu Chen thought, and felt that it was true, holding Shen Jingli again, with his face against his stomach, muttering to herself, who knew what she was talking about, when suddenly, Shen Jingli felt his stomach move, as though a little fist had struck him.
"He, he, he moved, he moved …" Shen Jingli was so excited that he couldn't say anything, he reached out and grabbed Mu Chen's hand tightly: "Fourteenth, what did you tell them? They moved, they moved …."
Mu Chen smiled subtly, held Shen Jingli's stomach and kissed him lightly, "Alright, if you're tired, you can rest for the time being, I still need to go to King Jing's Palace later on."
Shen Jingli frowned, he did not want Mu Chen to work so hard, but he knew that it was his responsibility, so he sighed, "En, you go and busy yourself, I will go and see Xun Er, then I'll go and sleep later."
Mu Chen then shook Shen Jingli's hand and kissed the back of his hand, allowing Nian Hua to accompany him to Xun Er's room.
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In order to investigate about the Great Lee spy, Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin had been extremely busy.
His Western Mu Mansion and Yang Mansion were both extremely happy, and in the same month, Supervisor Qin Tian ordered Master Liu to send a matchmaker to propose marriage to Yang Ningyi. It was the eldest son of Master Liu, Liu Yuanli, who had come to propose marriage to Yang Ningxi.
Mrs Zhao was most worried that her daughter would marry into the Boorish family. She was very satisfied with the marriage, and after discussing it with her husband, she agreed to the Liu family's proposal. A few days later, they would give each other a betrothal gift in exchange for an invitation to marry in March of the next year.
Mrs Zhao was a person who followed the rules. Ever since Yang Ningxi set her engagement, she had held her captive and allowed her to learn the rules of marrying at home. She wanted her to learn how to work as a female worker and weave clothes, not allowing her to go out.
After Yang Ningxi set the engagement, she was happy for a while, with a smile plastered all over her face. But the moment Mrs Zhao imprisoned her at home, she began to learn how to be a female worker, and how to a butler … "She was very troubled, and had a worried look on her face every day. However, Mrs Zhao felt unlucky to see her and forbade her to worry.
Yang Ningxi was forced to the point where she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She could only find some entertainment for herself everyday, but thankfully Yang Ningya was still waiting for their marriage like her, and was also restrained outside. She felt better, so the two sisters often gathered together to chat.
After Yang Ningyi was diagnosed with a pregnancy, she immediately told Madam Qin that she wanted to return home and stay for a few days. The Madam Qin was very open-minded, not only did she not stop him, she even prepared a lot of gifts, making Yang Ningyi very touched.
On the second day Yang Ningyi returned home, she sent someone to invite Shen Jingli to gather. Coincidentally, Yang Ningxiu's Embroidery Workshop had delivered a pile of cloth, so a few of her siblings came over to pick one.
"Sister-in-law, what do you think of this cloth?" Yang Ningyi took a piece of sky green silk and asked Shen Jingli.
"It's pretty good." Shen Jingli reached out to touch it, "Are you preparing to make clothes for Mu Jing?"
Yang Ningyi was startled, and frowned in puzzlement, "Sister-in-law, how did you know?"
He could also wear this color, why was it given to that guy? When Mu Jing was mentioned, his face immediately flushed red. Such a carefree and thoughtless person was actually …
Thinking about it, Yang Ningyi turned her head away.
Seeing him like this, Shen Jingli knew that he and Mu Jing got along quite well. Laughing, he continued to look at the cloth and thought to himself, should I pick one for Mu Chen too?
"Fifth brother, you have such a good relationship with your brother-in-law. Do you know what the madams in the capital say?" Yang Ningtian caressed a moon-white cloth, unwilling to let go.
"What do you mean?" Yang Ningyi asked.
Shen Jingli was also very interested, with his eyes opened wide, he looked at Yang Ningtian. Yang Ningtian raised his chin, then said: "If I knew earlier that Mu Family was so devoted to Duo'er, I would have introduced him to my son." Yang Ningtian laughed proudly, then threatened Yang Ningyi: "Fifth brother, big bro has been very popular recently, you must be careful, there are a lot of people who want to give their daughter to him as a child."
Yang Ningyi felt her heart tighten when she heard this. He had only been married for more than two months, why couldn't they see him again?
Shen Jingli took a blue heavenly silk cloth and passed it to Yang Ningyi, saying: "Don't worry, Mu Jing isn't that kind of person."
He could withstand the pressure from his grandparents and parents. If he couldn't meet someone he liked, he definitely wouldn't marry, so how could he accept someone else's invitation to a concubine so easily?
Seeing Yang Ningyi's gloomy expression, Yang Ningtian knew that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately replied: "That's right, my brother is so loyal, those people's thoughts must have missed their target."
Although she knew that these were just words of consolation, thinking about how Mu Jing treated him well, Yang Ningyi still couldn't help but feel happy.