I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

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I wanted to find Ji Xiaobei to confirm, but Ji Xiaobei had already entered the kitchen.

He had never been to Ji Xiaobei's house and had only seen the furnishings inside from the door.

He strode forward towards her house without hesitation.

When he reached the door, he dusted himself off, took off his outermost coat and draped it over his arms.

I was exhausted from the journey and covered in dirt.

He smoothed his wind-messed hair and opened the door without hesitation.

The two little heads that were looking around were suddenly stunned.

Two pairs of big, round eyes looked at Fu Jichang as if they didn't recognize him.

Fu Jichang didn't expect that the two little guys would sleep in this room. He felt warm in his heart and said with a soft smile:

"Guoguo, Zhengzheng, I'm back..."

Guoguo and Zhengzheng looked at each other. They were suspicious and had just asked their mother.

Mother said, it will be soon, is it really that fast?

Guo Guo lifted the quilt, sat up, and grinned: "Uncle Fu, you're back!"

Zheng Zheng also followed suit and called Fu uncle.

Fu Jichang put the coat on the chair, reached out and grabbed the wet towel hanging on the rope, wiped his hands, then walked forward with a smile and hugged the two little guys.

Guoguo and Zhengzheng sat on his lap with ease.

It's only been two months since I left, and the two children have grown a lot.

Fu Jichang looked at this and then that and was extremely happy.

Guoguo and Zhengzheng also looked at him carefully.

Ji Xiaobei had heated up the noodle soup in the kitchen, and she came over to call Fu Jichang to come and eat.

When I pushed the door open, I saw three people laughing.

Ji Xiaobei: Okay, you guys chat, I’m leaving first!

"Mom!" Guoguo and Zhengzheng poked their heads out of Fu Jichang's arms and called out in a tender voice.

Ji Xiaobei: "The food in the kitchen is ready, go and eat! Aren't you two cold?"

Only then did Fu Jichang realize that the two children were wearing thin clothes.

He quickly stuffed them into the quilt and covered them up, and Ji Xiaobei let them sleep well.

She and Fu Jichang walked out of the room and closed the door.

Guoguo was holding something in his hand and showed it to Zhengzheng secretly.

"Purse? Sister, where did you get it?" Zheng Zheng asked while holding the pink purse.

Guoguo blinked and said, "Uncle Fu just dropped it...shhh..."

The two children looked through it curiously: "There is a piece of paper inside..."

Guoguo took it out carefully, put his two little heads under the oil lamp and looked at it carefully.

"Sister, this is so ugly..."

Zheng Zheng said with a frown.

Guo Guo patted his head and said reproachfully, "Look again, who is this person?"

After being hit, Zheng Zheng looked at it more seriously, turning it over and over again, and finally shook his head.

Guoguo sighed: If this brother was not her biological brother, would she have to beat him up?

"Let me remind you one thing, your closest person..." Guoguo reminded seriously.

"Yes, sister..." Zhengzheng grinned foolishly.

Guo Guo hit him on the head again: "Am I that ugly?"

"Could it be mother?" Zheng Zheng asked in disbelief, "No, mother, mother is much prettier than the person in the painting, sister is lying..."

Zheng Zheng would never believe that the burly figure in the painting holding a big knife was his mother.

impossible!

Guoguo was confused by her angry brother. When she saw it for the first time, she immediately concluded that it was her mother, but after her brother's fuss, she couldn't make up her mind.

"Maybe not?" Guoguo said hesitantly.

“It must be Uncle Fu’s brother, Heita…” Zheng Zheng said firmly.

Guo Guo shook her head. It's not the Black Tower...

The two children were arguing endlessly. Guoguo felt sleepy and fell asleep with the purse in his hand.

Zheng Zheng still looked unconvinced.

In the kitchen, under Ji Xiaobei's gaze, Fu Jichang drank all the remaining noodle soup in the pot.

I drank five or six bowls.

Ji Xiaobei: Well, fortunately I didn’t feed the wild cat.

"Have you just come back from your hometown?" Ji Xiaobei asked when he saw him put down his bowl and chopsticks.

"No, from the palace!"

Ji Xiaobei said "Oh", it must be the emperor who summoned him back in advance.

Fu Jichang didn't talk about what happened in the palace, and Ji Xiaobei didn't ask either.

"Have all the old lady's affairs been settled?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"It's done. The family ancestral hall needs to be repaired. It has been handed over to the uncles surnamed Fu. There is nothing else to do..."

Fu Jichang hesitated for a while and said, "Mrs. Gui broke the family rules, and the elders punished her according to the family rules. A few days later, she fell ill and died..."

Fu Jichang seemed to be giving Ji Xiaobei an explanation.

He spoke lightly about Mrs. Gui's affairs.

"The potatoes from West Mountain will be dug up the day after tomorrow. People from the imperial court will come for a secret visit. I will be very busy these few days..." Fu Jichang's voice was a little hoarse, and he looked tired after dinner.

Ji Xiaobei felt a little sorry for him.

There is only one male in the Fu family, and he has to take care of everything.

There are so many things to do at work, I'm really exhausted.

If Fu Jichang had brothers, perhaps they could share some of the burden for him.

Fu Jichang noticed that Ji Xiaobei was distracted and asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"

Ji Xiaobei smiled and said, "I was thinking, there are too few men in your family. If you had more brothers and sisters, you would have someone to discuss things with and share the burden with, and the burden on your shoulders would be lighter."

Fu Jichang nodded and said, "Our Fu family has been a single-line family for three generations, with only one son. My grandfather did not take concubines, but my father did, but he did not give birth to any children. This time I went back to find someone to check the Feng Shui. After the ancestral hall is repaired, I will worship the heavens and my ancestors, and pray that my Fu family will have many descendants and a prosperous family..."

Fu Jichang said this and looked at Ji Xiaobei meaningfully.

Ji Xiaobei: Cough cough cough, why are you looking at me? What does it have to do with me?

Fu Jichang: What was the meaning of you taking Zhengzheng to kowtow when your grandmother passed away?

Ji Xiaobei: Old Mrs. Fu adores her two children and treats them as her grandchildren, so naturally we have to kowtow to her and see her off.

Fu Jichang: How can it be called a grandchild? It is obviously a grandchild...

The fire in the brazier in the kitchen was still hot, and Ji Xiaobei's face turned slightly red because he felt a little hot.

"Now that you're full, go back and rest. We still have things to do on the West Mountain tomorrow!"

Ji Xiaobei stood up and said.

"Xiaobei, the old lady is gone..."

Fu Jichang hadn't finished speaking yet, and Ji Xiaobei was afraid that if he said something like that, she would definitely refuse.

Old Mrs. Fu had just left, and she spoke in such a harsh tone that she couldn't bear it.

"You mean, now that the old lady is gone, she still has a share in the textile workshop, right? Yuyao has already paid out all the dividends from the past year. When you are no longer busy, I will give it to you..."

Ji Xiaobei said a little flustered.

"That's not what I'm talking about..." Fu Jichang was a little anxious.

"Some things are not said at the right time now, you'd better not say them..." Ji Xiaobei's tone was a little stiff.

Now she is also very confused.

During this time since Mrs. Fu passed away, she has thought a lot.

Mrs. Lin also told her a lot.

Yu Yao said that Zheng Zheng has a talent for studying and should be well cultivated. Among the three classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, scholars are the most respected and can pursue a career in officialdom.

If you want to pursue a career in politics, you will achieve twice the result with half the effort if you have someone to help you.