The whole family wears it! Roll it up together! The envy of all the rich in Beijing

Before she could think about it, her cousin had already looked over and she hurried forward.

"This must be my cousin. You must have had a hard time on the journey!"

Hong Wenchu ​​is sixteen years old this year, and Hong Wenyuan is fourteen years old, only two months younger than Bai Jintong.

“Wen Chu has met his cousin!”

"Wenyuan has met my cousin!"

The brother and sister politely bowed to Bai Jintong as an equal.

"Cousins, please don't stand at the door. Come inside and warm up."

Bai Jintong stepped forward and supported Hong Wenchu's other arm. She could feel her thinness even through her padded jacket.

After sitting in the carriage for half a month, it was so bumpy that I guess my bones must have been shaken apart.

The Hong siblings felt light as they walked.

The two of them hadn't washed up properly on the way, and Hong Wenchu ​​felt embarrassed to let her fairy-like cousin help her.

Bai Jintong didn't even give her a chance to refuse.

"Mom and grandmother are both at home, and Dad is still working and won't be back until the afternoon.

Oh, by the way, my family and my second uncle’s family have separated. Well, our relationship is not very good, and we don’t interact much now.”

Bai Jintong felt that she should make things clear with her cousins ​​first, so that it would be too late to say anything later.

Hong Wenchu ​​and Hong Wenyuan were also surprised when they heard this. Since their cousin said so, it meant that the relationship with that side was very bad, otherwise they would not have split up.

This is not a glorious thing and is generally not told to outsiders. This is treating them as our own family.

I am very grateful to my cousin for being so considerate.

"Got it. Thank you, cousin."

"We are all sisters, cousin, there is no need to be so polite. Just treat it like you are at home."

Bai Jin'an and Bai Jintong saw that the brother and sister were very nervous, so they carefully picked some light-hearted topics to talk about to ease their tension.

Bai Jintong: "Cousin, I haven't been to Lingzhu yet. Is it really full of miasma and poisonous insects, snakes and ants?"

Hong Wenchu: “Not really, but it’s very humid there, and the winter is similar to our spring and autumn.

There is more miasma in summer.

But if you don’t go to the wild forest, there won’t be miasma everywhere.”

Bai Jintong: "Oh~ cousin, you know so much, so amazing!

I’ve never been that far away.”

Hong Wenchu's face looked better after hearing Bai Jintong's straightforward praise.

Hong Wenyuan: "There aren't that many poisonous insects, snakes, and ants.

We haven't seen it. Maybe they are staying at home during the winter.

But there are people who catch long insects and sell them, which are worth some money, and there are people who make a living by catching poisonous insects, snakes and ants."

Bai Jintong: "Wow, my cousin has only been there for a few days but he's already made such careful observations!

My cousin must have learned a lot!"

Hong Wenyuan: "No, no, my cousin is really amazing. He even entered the Imperial College."

Hong Wenyuan's little face turned red when he was praised, it was very funny.

Bai Jin'an: "If I have a chance, I'd like to go to the south to have a look. I heard that there are people who specialize in raising poisonous insects further south, right?"

After Bai Jin'an said this, even his younger sister Bai Jintong couldn't help but want to hit her brother.

Dad didn’t hit me too lightly.

Can such a thing be said casually?

Since ancient times, the imperial family has hated things like poisonous insects the most.

"Brother, just wait for dad to come back and punish you. You keep talking nonsense all day long!"

The faces of Hong Wenchu ​​and Hong Wenyuan, which had originally looked better, turned yellow again.

Bai Jin'an also reacted and quickly clasped his hands together and begged for mercy from his sister.

"Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong!

Please don't tell me, I'll give you all this month's salary!"

"Your monthly salary has been deducted a long time ago. Even if you had it, I would still say that you are studying at the Imperial College. If you don't change your foul mouth, it will sooner or later bring trouble to your family."

"Sister~~~"

"Don't force me to tell Mom now."

“Don’t don’t don’t!

I have saved up two taels of silver with great difficulty, and I am giving it to you to spend~"

Bai Jin'an's face was filled with pain and sincerity, which made the three of them laugh.

When they arrived at the main house of the second courtyard, the brother and sister were no longer as nervous as they had been before.

After entering the house, the Hong siblings greeted the lady and Hong Tianqiao.

"You are all good kids. Now that you are here, treat this place as your home and don't feel constrained.

If you need anything, just talk to your aunt, or you can talk to me, your grandmother.

You cousins ​​can also handle things.”

The lady spoke kindly to the two children, and Hong Tianqiao smiled and nodded beside them.

The enthusiasm of the Bai family made Hong Wenchu ​​and Hong Wenyuan feel less nervous along the way.

The Hong siblings did not come empty-handed, they also brought gifts for the Bai family.

"My parents brought some local specialties from Lingzhu. I hope my grandmother and aunt won't dislike them."

"Look at what you are saying, kid. You came all the way here to bring me a gift. I would be happy even if it's just a handful of soil.

Let me take a look, so I can imagine what the tomb looks like."

The lady was very supportive, which made the Hong siblings, who had originally felt that their gifts were a bit embarrassing, feel relieved.

“These are lychee mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, and some other dried mushrooms, but they are all edible and non-toxic mushrooms, and they all taste delicious when stewed in soup.

There are also some medicinal herbs, all picked by my parents themselves."

Bai Jintong saw that there was tangerine peel, the best dried tangerine peel, poria cocos, and a whole piece of agarwood the size of two palms!

It’s all good stuff!

"This will cost a lot of money, right?"

They don’t know anything else, but that piece of agarwood the size of two palms is worth a fortune!

Bai Jintong also identified that it was green agarwood, which is the best of the best!

The scent of green agarwood is cool and sweet, and has the effect of calming an irritable mood.

Just by smelling the scent of the raw materials, everyone present felt refreshed.

Spices have always been precious luxury items, both in ancient times and today.

With such a large amount of supply for the emperor, common people could probably directly ask for an official position.

Don’t my uncle’s family know how precious this green agarwood is?

"Dad said this was left by the previous county magistrate."

In fact, it was the county magistrate who embezzled the money. However, after his death, all the things that were not recorded in the register became part of their family's property.

"Dad thought my uncle might need it, so he asked me to bring it back."

Of course, the Hong family knew how precious this agarwood was.

But Hong Tianyu said that he had never been able to give his sister a good life in the past, and it was for her that his sister married him off early, and the betrothal gift was used for his studies.

This favor can never be repaid in a lifetime.

Fortunately, Bai Mengshang is a good person, so he feels more at ease.

Hong Tianyu also often told his family, especially his two children, to be filial to their aunt if they had the chance.

This is just a piece of agarwood, its value is not even worth what his sister gave to him back then.

The Bai family was also moved at this time. It seemed that the extreme case they were worried about did not exist.

The best people would never take out such valuable things casually.

Both children have been very well behaved and sensible till now.

Hong Tianqiao was also thankful that their family had prepared everything in advance, otherwise it would have been a real embarrassment.

At this time, two bowls of brown sugar ginger tea prepared in the kitchen were also brought in.

"Cousins, please drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm your body first, eat some snacks, wash up to get rid of fatigue, and have a good sleep. When dad comes back in the evening, we will reunite as a family."

Hong Wenchu ​​was so moved that he immediately drank the sugar water, otherwise tears would have fallen.

It would be too unlucky to cry right after arriving, so I tried to cover it up by drinking sugar water.

I didn't expect my aunt's family to be so considerate. They are indeed better than what my father said.

It was said that we were just allowed to have some snacks, but the two large bowls of chicken noodle soup piled high with shredded chicken, the four side dishes, and the rare and precious fruits that were hard to come by in the middle of winter, all looked carefully prepared.

What warmed the brother and sister's hearts even more was that after they had eaten their fill and went to the room prepared for them by their aunt, they saw several sets of new clothes neatly laid out on the bed and the furnishings in the room. They felt that nothing could be better.

Even our own parents may not be able to be so attentive.

"Ding! Mission completed, reward: Everyone loves you, two points, please check!"

Bai Jintong felt more and more that something was wrong when she saw the weird rewards given by the system which looked not very serious at first glance.

It really can't be blamed on her for reading too many novels.