Re-embroidering life

Everything that happened after that went smoothly and logically.

When the last leaf slowly fell in the autumn wind, Shui Qinghua finally received the first letter from Ji Zimo.

"Qing Hua, my wife loves Jian,

I wish you all the best. When you see this letter, I have already arrived in Qianzhou.

The second time I went to Qianzhou, the road was even more difficult to travel. After the disaster, everything was devastated. Thousands of miles of fertile land turned into mud, and all the crops and vegetables were destroyed. Houses collapsed, and the broken walls still bore the traces of the flood. The village where I once rested for the night had long been buried under mud and rocks, without a trace.

There were many dangers along the way, but we finally arrived safely. I did not go to the provincial capital, but to Hong County where Qingyuzui is located. Now I am a legal advisor to County Magistrate Qin. Every day, I calculate the quotas of the villages, allocate relief money and grain, and record the inventory. I am busier and more tired than ever before. How to get along with superiors and colleagues, how to provide relief to the victims, how to sort out the affairs of the three shifts and six rooms of the county government, there is knowledge everywhere, and I always feel that twelve hours a day are not enough.

I don't have time to think of you when I'm busy, but every night when everyone is quiet, I miss you like a thread, endless. I keep the silk handkerchief you gave me close to my heart. Angelica angelica, the day of falling snow, the time of angelica.

In the autumn of the Gengzi year, Zimo was in Hong County.

Shui Qinghua closed the letter gently and exhaled. He wrote it calmly, but the disaster was like a fire. How could one be relaxed in the midst of it? She remembered that before leaving, she told him, "I know your knot, but it was a natural disaster. You sold all your favorite paintings and donated tens of thousands of taels of silver without leaving a penny. You have done enough."

He said, I just feel that I can do more.

This is the path he has chosen, and he has to go on no matter how difficult it is. All she can do for him is to protect this home and wait for him to return when the snow falls.

Lan Xin came to report that the second wife had arrived. Shui Qinghua hurriedly put away the letter and cheered up. Sun Xiaolan had already walked in, walking hurriedly and looking anxious.

"Third sister-in-law, thanks for reminding me. I secretly asked someone to inquire about the situation of the Song family. Guess what? That, that, that son of the Song family has a congenital heart disease!" Sun Xiaolan was so anxious that her tongue was tied and her face flushed.

Shui Qinghua handed her a cup of tea and used his hand to soothe her breath behind her back. "Don't be impatient, sister-in-law. Talk slowly."

Sun Xiaolan burst into tears. "Damn the Song family. They kept such a big thing a secret. Many local families knew about it and refused to marry into the Song family. They are deliberately trying to defraud outsiders like us!"

She kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief, feeling scared from time to time. If her third sister-in-law hadn't reminded her, and she had just changed the engagement letter, wouldn't that be pushing her daughter into the fire?

"Second sister-in-law, does Second Brother know about this?"

Sun Xiaolan stopped wiping her tears. This time, she inquired about the matter without telling the second master. She couldn't explain why, but she intuitively didn't want him to know.

"He probably doesn't know yet. I'll send someone to give him a message right now. This marriage cannot be concluded!"

Shui Qinghua nodded and said, "Second sister-in-law, has the news of the marriage between the Ji family and the Song family spread over there? It will be difficult for Yun'er to propose marriage over there."

Sun Xiaolan sighed, "Who said it wasn't? The Song family was afraid of more trouble, so after both sides had agreed verbally, they let the news out. If there's no engagement, Yun'er's reputation will be ruined. What should we do now?" She couldn't help but feel sad and cried even harder.

"Second sister-in-law, now that things have come to this, Yun'er can no longer go back there. She might as well stay in Jiangxia. It won't be too late to get married after she reaches the age of 15 in two years." Shui Qinghua gave her advice sincerely.

Sun Xiaolan did not respond. She was not unwilling, but her husband married into the Song family for his future. In his heart, which was more important, her own future or her daughter's life, she did not dare to think about it, nor did she dare to take the risk.

Shui Qinghua saw it all and knew what was going on. It looked like her father was unreliable, and if her mother wasn't more resolute, Yun'er would be in big trouble.

"Second sister-in-law, you said last time that you wanted to live back in Jiangxia. Why don't you discuss it with second brother and ask him to find a way to transfer back to Jiangxia? That way, you don't have to worry about the Song family."

Sun Xiaolan smiled bitterly: "If I could be transferred back, I wouldn't have left in such a hurry. Isn't the Ji family still unpopular in Jiangxia? Even if I were to find a good family in Jiangxia, how could I find one?"

It was the truth, but Shui Qinghua always felt that the situation would change soon. In his previous life, Ji Zixuan was reinstated after more than two years. In this life, she had confessed to Ji Zimo that she was loyal to the Third Prince in advance. It was impossible for an official like Ji Zixuan to not take action. Recently, he had been in frequent contact with the Tang family, and it was unknown what they were discussing.

The most urgent task is to stabilize the second sister-in-law and postpone the marriage with the Song family.

"Second sister-in-law, since you know that the Song family is a pit of fire, you should take the long view. Why not just say that Yun'er is young and grandma can't bear to let her go, so she wants to stay with her for a few more years and then officially get engaged after she reaches the age of 15."

Sun Xiaolan's eyes lit up. This was a good excuse. She was being filial to her grandmother. No one could say anything. "Third sister-in-law, I knew you had your own ideas."

Shui Qinghua was thinking that this was not enough. It seemed that she should help her second sister-in-law to seize the power of household management as soon as possible. Once she took charge of the household, she would naturally be reluctant to return to the southwest for the sake of her children's future.

Before Shui Qinghua could implement his plan to seize the family's wealth, a shocking news reached the Ji family: the imperial court issued a commendation to the Ji family!

In fact, the court did not issue a special commendation to the Ji family, but instead concentrated on commending the gentry and common people who made contributions to the disaster in Qianzhou. Among them was the Ji family. The Ji family ranked first in Jiangxia Prefecture with a donation of 26,500 taels of silver.

Along with the commendation order, there was also great news. The court was moved by the fact that the Ji family, without any permanent property at home, raised a huge amount of money by selling paintings to support Qianzhou, and returned the land and mansion in the city that had been confiscated.

The Ji family was all overjoyed!

Shui Qinghua seemed to be thinking about something. On the night of the Zhenjiang Pavilion auction, Ji Zixuan rushed to the Tang family. It seemed that he used the Tang family's connections in the court to report Ji's loyalty. Although he was not reinstated, the commendation order itself was a signal that the court was willing to let Ji Zixuan's incident go, and they could slowly work on it later. Making the best use of everything, killing two birds with one stone, Ji Zixuan was very clever!

Ji Zimo would never have thought that the silver he donated with all his heart could be used by his elder brother in this way and achieve such an effect. Shui Qinghua couldn't help but think of the mysterious man who donated 10,000 taels of silver. Without his 10,000 taels, there would be no reward order. Was he after Ji Zimo or Ji Zixuan?

Shui Qinghua shook her head and put these thoughts aside. Ji Zixuan was so powerful that he would take care of the affairs of the Ji family and the court, so she should concentrate on doing the work at hand.

But she didn't expect that the Ji family would be in chaos so quickly. In theory, the returned mansion was public property, and it was right for the whole family to move back to the city, but Tan Meixue suggested that this reward was due to Ji Zixuan's hard work, Ji Zimo's selling paintings to raise money, the second house had no contribution, and their whole family was serving in other places, so there was no need to move to the city, and when they returned to Jiangxia to visit their relatives in the future, they would leave the old house to them.

Shui Qinghua was delighted, for she was afraid that her sister-in-law would not move. Now that she had moved, she should just hand over the household goods!